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# TWSI

TWSI may refer to:
* Two-wire serial interface, a type of I²C
* Tottenham War Services Institute, a charity in London
* Tactile Walking Surface Indicators
# Postal codes in Greece

The Greek postal code system is administered by ELTA (Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία, Hellenic Post). Each city street or rural region has a unique five-digit number, its Ταχυδρομικός Κώδικας 'postal code' (ΤΚ). The first three digits identify the city, municipality or prefecture. In major cities, the final two digits identify specific post offices.
Postal codes beginning with the digits between 100 and 180 are used for the city of Athens; the beginning sequences 180 to 199 are used for other parts of the prefecture of Attica, with the exception of Corfu and Rhodes.
A complicated system relates the numbers used for the second and third digits to the numbers used in the fourth and fifth digits.
* In less populated areas, the third digit is always a 0, while the final two digits identify municipalities in the prefecture. Because there are fewer municipalities in such regions, the final two digits tend not to exceed 50 or 60.
* In areas with a greater population, the third digit may climb as high as 6 or 8, while the fourth and fifth digits may also be higher.
* In larger cities, the third digit is never a 0, but ranges from 1 to 9. If it reaches 8 or 9, the fourth and fifth digits also reach larger numbers such as 80 and 99.
Sequences beginning in the 900s are not used.
All postal codes in Greece are numeric consisting of five digits. Until 1983 local three-digit systems existed in Athens and other cities.
# Porthos

Porthos, Baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds is a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers (1844), Twenty Years After (1845), and The Vicomte de Bragelonne (1847–1850) by Alexandre Dumas, père. He and the other two musketeers, Athos and Aramis, are friends of the novel's protagonist, d'Artagnan. Porthos is a highly fictionalized version of the historical musketeer Isaac de Porthau.

## Name

In The Three Musketeers, his family name is du Vallon. In Twenty Years After, having made a financially advantageous marriage, his surname is du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds. He eventually earns the title of Baron. His real first name is never given; "Porthos" is a nom de guerre, assumed upon joining the Musketeers.

## Personality

Porthos, honest and slightly gullible, is the extrovert of the group, enjoying wine, women and song. Though he is often seen as the comic relief, he is also extremely dedicated and loyal toward his friends and fellow Musketeers and stands out for his physical strength and size. His eating abilities even impress King Louis XIV during a banquet at Fontainebleau. As the story advances, he looks more and more like a giant, and his death is that of a titan.
At the time of The Three Musketeers (ca. 1627), he apparently has few lands or other resources to draw from. He is finally able to extract sufficient funds from an elderly lawyer's somewhat younger wife (whom he was romancing and later married) to equip himself for the Siege of La Rochelle.
The fictional Porthos is very loosely based on the historical musketeer Isaac de Porthau.

## Film and television

Actors who have played Porthos on screen include:
* Jack Chagnon, in The Three Musketeers: Parts I and II (1911)
* Edward Kenny, in The Three Musketeers (1916)
* Charles Martinelli, in Les trois mousquetaires (1921)
* George Siegmann, in The Three Musketeers (1921)
* Tiny Sandford, in The Iron Mask (1929)
* Moroni Olsen, in The Three Musketeers (1935) and At Sword's Point (1952)
* Alan Hale, Sr. in The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
* Gig Young, in The Three Musketeers (1948)
* John Colicos, in The Three Musketeers (TV movie) (1960)
* Frank Finlay, in The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers (1974), and The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
* Alan Hale, Jr., in The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
* Valentin Smirnitsky, in D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) and its sequels (1992, 1993)
* Oliver Platt, in The Three Musketeers (1993)
* Raoul Billerey, in La Fille de d'Artagnan (1994)
* Rex Ryon, in an early 1998 film of The Man in the Iron Mask
* Gérard Depardieu, in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
* Steve Speirs, in The Musketeer (2001)
* Anthony Strachan, in Young Blades (unaired TV series pilot) (2001)
* John Rhys-Davies, in two episodes of The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (2000) and La Femme Musketeer (TV movie) (2003)
* Joe Jonas, in The Three Musketeers (Disney TV series JONAS)
* Ray Stevenson in The Three Musketeers (2011)
* David Ogden Stiers in Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2012)
* Howard Charles in The Musketeers (TV series) (2014–2016)
# T Cars

T Cars was a saloon car-based motor racing series based in the United Kingdom, open exclusively to drivers between the ages of 14 and 17. The series was set up in 1999 and was the first championship in the UK to allow drivers under the age of 16 to drive racing cars. The series was dropped in 2008, due to poor grid entries, and was finally replaced by the new Fiesta Junior Championship for the 2010 season.

## Champions

| Season | Champion |
| 1999 | Tom Boardman |
| 2000 | Tom Kimber-Smith |
| 2000 | Stuart Hall |
| 2001 | Ben Reeves |
| 2002 | Matthew Wilson |
| 2003 | Simon Walker-Hansell |
| 2004 | Will Bratt |
| 2005 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs |
| 2006 | Luciano Bacheta |
| 2007 | Daniel Brown |
# Ta Nea tou ANT1

ΤΑ ΝΕΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤ1 (also branded on air as ANT1 News) is a Greek news television programme. Aired on ANT1 since 1989, it is hosted by Nikos Hadjinikolaou as part of the ANT1 News programme.
# Taiyang Subdistrict

Taiyang Subdistrict (Chinese: 太阳街道) is a subdistrict of Wafangdian, Dalian District, Liaoning, China. It is based around the small town of Taiyang, Taiyangsheng or Taiyangshengxiang, which lies 19 kilometres east by road of Fuzhou, 64 kilometres north by road from Pulandian. To the east is the DFM reservoir.
# Table tennis at the Mediterranean Games

Table tennis is one of the sports at the quadrennial Mediterranean Games competition. It was introduced in 1979 and has recurred since 1987.

## Editions

| Games | Year | Host | Men's singles | Men's singles | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Men's doubles | Men's doubles | Teams | Teams | Teams | Women's singles | Women's singles | Women's singles | Women's doubles | Women's doubles | Women's doubles | Teams | Teams | Teams | Mixed doubles | Mixed doubles | Mixed doubles |
| Games | Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| VIII | 1979 | Split | YUG | FRA | YUG | FRA | YUG | YUG | YUG | FRA | TUR | YUG | YUG | YUG | YUG | FRA | YUG | FRA | YUG | GRE | FRA | YUG | YUG |
| X | 1987 | Latakia | YUG | ITA | YUG | YUG | FRA | ITA | | | | FRA | YUG | ESP | FRA | YUG | ITA | | | | YUG | YUG | YUG |
| XI | 1991 | Athens | FRA | GRE | YUG | YUG | TUR | ITA | | | | YUG | FRA | YUG | YUG | FRA | ITA | | | | | | |
| XII | 1993 | Languedoc-Roussillon | FRA | CRO | FRA | FRA | CRO | ITA | | | | ITA | ITA | FRA | ITA | CRO | FRA | | | | | | |
| XIII | 1997 | Bari | GRE | CRO | YUG | FRA | YUG | CRO | | | | ITA | CRO | FRA | CRO | ITA | YUG | | | | | | |
| XIV | 2001 | Tunis | FRA | SLO | YUG | YUG | ESP | FRA | | | | CRO | ITA | FRA | YUG | SLO | CRO | | | | | | |
| XV | 2005 | Almería | ITA | CRO | SCG | SCG | ESP | SLO | | | | CRO | ITA | ITA | SCG | FRA | ITA | | | | | | |
| XVI | 2009 | Pescara | GRE | CRO | ESP | FRA | CRO | SRB | | | | TUR | FRA | GRE | ITA | FRA | ESP | | | | | | |
| XVII | 2013 | Mersin | EGY | TUR | TUR | | | | TUR | ITA | ESP | TUR | ESP | ESP | | | | ESP | FRA | EGY | | | |
| XVIII | 2018 | Tarragona | SLO | ESP | TUR | | | | SLO | FRA | POR | EGY | MON | ESP | | | | ESP | TUR | FRA | | | |
| XIX | 2022 | Oran | ESP | EGY | POR | | | | SLO | POR | GRE | MON | POR | ESP | | | | EGY | ITA | POR | | | |

## All-time medal table

Updated after the 2022 Mediterranean Games
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 12 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Croatia (CRO) | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Slovenia (SLO) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Egypt (EGY) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Greece (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Monaco (MON) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 48 | 48 | 56 | 152 |
# Portuguese Motorcycling Federation

The Portuguese Motorcycling Federation (FMP) (Portuguese: Federação de Motociclismo de Portugal; FMP) is the governing body of Motorcycling in Portugal. It is based in Lisbon.
It organises the Portuguese racing championships, which interests are: Enduro, Cross Country, Quad Cross, Motocross, Supercross, Offroad, SuperMoto, Stunt Riding, Trial and Road racing.
Besides racing, it covers several non-competitive activities like managing affiliated Clubs rallies calendar and events such as Portugal de Lés a Lés.
# Taekwondo at the 2013 Mediterranean Games

The taekwondo competitions at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin took place between 21 June and 23 June at the Edip Buran Sports Hall. This was the first time that taekwondo was held at the Mediterranean Games.
Athletes competed in 8 weight categories.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Turkey)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Turkey* | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Morocco | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (58 kg) details | Jose Luiz Mendez Jimenez Spain | Flavien Furet France | Fırat Pozan Turkey |
| Flyweight (58 kg) details | Jose Luiz Mendez Jimenez Spain | Flavien Furet France | Marcello Porcaro Italy |
| Lightweight (68 kg) details | Daniel Quesada Barrera Spain | Claudio Treviso Italy | Servet Tazegül Turkey |
| Lightweight (68 kg) details | Daniel Quesada Barrera Spain | Claudio Treviso Italy | Alexandre Amghar France |
| Middleweight (80 kg) details | Issam Chernoubi Morocco | Oussama Oueslati Tunisia | Nicolás García Spain |
| Middleweight (80 kg) details | Issam Chernoubi Morocco | Oussama Oueslati Tunisia | Yunus Sarı Turkey |
| Heavyweight (+80 kg) details | Ali Sarı Turkey | Alexandros Nikolaidis Greece | Leonardo Basile Italy |
| Heavyweight (+80 kg) details | Ali Sarı Turkey | Alexandros Nikolaidis Greece | Vanja Babić Serbia |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (49 kg) details | Nour Abdelsalam Egypt | Rukiye Yildirim Turkey | Kyriaki Kouttouki Cyprus |
| Flyweight (49 kg) details | Nour Abdelsalam Egypt | Rukiye Yildirim Turkey | Ana Petrušič Slovenia |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Eva Calvo Spain | Hatice İlgün Turkey | Andrea Paoli Lebanon |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Eva Calvo Spain | Hatice İlgün Turkey | Lamyaa Bekkali Morocco |
| Middleweight (67 kg) details | Nur Tatar Turkey | Hakima El Meslahy Morocco | Hedaya Wahba Egypt |
| Middleweight (67 kg) details | Nur Tatar Turkey | Hakima El Meslahy Morocco | Haby Niare France |
| Heavyweight (+67 kg) details | Maeva Meiller France | Milica Mandić Serbia | Yaprak Eriş Turkey |
| Heavyweight (+67 kg) details | Maeva Meiller France | Milica Mandić Serbia | Rosana Simon Alamo Spain |
# Taekwondo at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's 68 kg

The men's 68 kg competition of the taekwondo events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on the 23 of June at the Edip Buran Arena.

## Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).
| Date | Time | Round |
| June 23, 2013 | 09:00 | Preliminaries |
| June 23, 2013 | 14:00 | Finals |

## Results
### Legend

* PTG — Won by Points Gap
* SUP — Won by Superiority
* OT — Won on over time (Golden Point)

### Main bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| | | | Servet Tazegül (TUR) | Servet Tazegül (TUR) | 10 | | | | | | |
| Xhersi Kurti (ALB) | Xhersi Kurti (ALB) | 2 | Ghofran Ahmed (EGY) | Ghofran Ahmed (EGY) | 9 | | | | | | |
| Ghofran Ahmed (EGY) | Ghofran Ahmed (EGY) | 19 | | | | Servet Tazegül (TUR) | Servet Tazegül (TUR) | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Daniel Quesada Barrera (ESP) | Daniel Quesada Barrera (ESP) | 12 | | | |
| | | | Stylianos Papadopo (GRE) | Stylianos Papadopo (GRE) | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Daniel Quesada Barrera (ESP) | Daniel Quesada Barrera (ESP) | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Daniel Quesada Barrera (ESP) | Daniel Quesada Barrera (ESP) | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Claudio Treviso (ITA) | Claudio Treviso (ITA) | 2 |
| | | | Michele Ceccaroni (SMR) | Michele Ceccaroni (SMR) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Killian Platto (MON) | Killian Platto (MON) | 7 | Claudio Treviso (TUN) | Claudio Treviso (TUN) | 12 | | | | | | |
| Michele Ceccaroni (SMR) | Michele Ceccaroni (SMR) | 10 | | | | Claudio Treviso (ITA) | Claudio Treviso (ITA) | 10 | | | |
| Elias El Hayek (LIB) | Elias El Hayek (LIB) | 2 | | | | Alexandre Amghar (FRA) | Alexandre Amghar (FRA) | 3 | | | |
| Alexandre Amghar (FRA) | Alexandre Amghar (FRA) | 7 | Alexandre Amghar (FRA) | Alexandre Amghar (FRA) | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | Neji Ben Ali Gam (TUN) | Neji Ben Ali Gam (TUN) | 2 | | | | | | |
# Tacha

Tacha is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Athena Tacha (born 1936), Greek artist
* Deanell Reece Tacha (born 1946), American judge
# Tabre

Tabre (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

## Population

Inhabitants of Tabre are called Tabréens.
# Tabra

Tabra may refer to:
* Tabra, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
* Tăbra River, in Romania
* Saint Tabra, 5th century Christian saint, see Theonistus, Tabra, and Tabratha
# Takako Aonuma

Takako Aonuma (青沼貴子, Aonuma Takako, January 1, 1960) is a Japanese manga artist who writes primarily yonkoma manga.

## Works

* Ann 2-sai, Omutsu ha Zushi Taisakisen
* Persia ga Suki!
* Mama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus
* Odoron Angel
* Takako Aonuma no Madame Hanako
* Tanpopo-chan
* It Buries and Is the Fruit
# Taimur Khan

Taimur Khan may refer to:
* Taimur Khan (cricketer, born 1975), Pakistani cricketer
* Taimur Khan (cricketer, born 1991), Pakistani cricketer who played for Quetta
* Taimur Khan (cricketer, born 1996), Pakistani cricketer who played for Rawalpindi
# Taimur Alam Khandaker

Taimur Alam Khandaker is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the general secretary of the Trinamool BNP. He is the former chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation.

## Career

From 2001 to 2006, Khandaker was the chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation.
In October 2007, the Anti-corruption Commission identified Khandaker, former chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation, as a corruption suspect. Mohammad Hanif, general secretary of the Dhaka Auto Rickshaw Shramik Union, sued Khandaker and Barrister Nazmul Huda, former minister of communication, on charges of misappropriating 10 million BDT from the union. The Bangladesh High Court cancelled a letter by the Anti-corruption Commission asking Khandaker to submit a wealth statement. The Bangladesh Supreme Court cancelled the High Court order in March 2008. In June, he was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment on charges of taking a bribe from Nikunja Model Service Centre. The Anti-corruption Commission sued him on charges of illegal wealth in November 2008. His wife, Nasima Haque, and son, Mashfiqul Haque, were also in the charge sheet. He had 11 criminal cases against him. He collected nomination forms from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. In 2009, he was elected president of the Narayanganj District unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Khandaker contested the 2011 Narayanganj City Corporation election backed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party but withdrew at the last moment alleging the vote was rigged in favor of the ruling Awami League.
In September 2014, Khandaker was arrested in Dhaka on a vandalism case filed by Sayed Ruhul Arefin. He was the president of the Narayanganj District unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and chairman of Bangladesh Jatiya Badhir Sangsthya. In December 2016, he contested the Narayanganj City Corporation election as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate.
Khandaker contested the Narayanganj City Corporation election as an independent candidate in January 2022. He lost but blamed the government for rigging the election. He alleged his polling agents were not allowed in the polling centers. He was the advisor of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia. He was expelled from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for participating in the election against the party decision. He said he would continue to work for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was also removed from the post of advisor to the party chairperson.
In September 2023, Khandaker was elected general secretary of the Trinamool BNP. He collected the nomination form for Narayanganj-1 for the 12th parliamentary elections in November 2023. He lost to Awami League candidate Golam Dastagir Gazi. After the elections, he warned Bangladesh was at the risk of becoming a one party state.
# Powerlifting at the 2019 Parapan American Games

Paralympic powerlifting competitions at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima were held from August 29 to 31 at the VIDENA Sports Center 2.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Peru)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Colombia (COL) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | El Salvador (ESA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Peru (PER)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |

## Medalists
### Men's event

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 49kg | João De França Junior Brazil | 141kg (PR) | Jhonny Morales Colombia | 125kg | Lucas Dos Santos Brazil | 123kg |
| 54kg | Bruno Pinheiro Carra Brazil | 163kg (PR) | César Rubio Guerra Cuba | 145kg | Juan Ortiz Cardenas Colombia | 138kg |
| 59kg | Juan Carlos Garrido Chile | 185kg (PR) | Luciano Bezerra Dantas Brazil | 151kg | Carlos Betancourt Venezuela | 150kg |
| 65kg | Herbert Aceituno El Salvador | 182kg (PR) | Jorge Carinao Chile | 176kg | Danilo Rodriguez Garcia Cuba | 170kg |
| 72kg | Ezequiel De Souza Brazil | 171kg | Javier Montenegro Colombia | 170kg | Jackson Blanco Perez Venezuela | 168kg |
| 80kg | Francisco Palomeque Colombia | 195kg (PR) | Porfirio Arredondo Luna Mexico | 184kg | Aílton De Andrade Bento Brazil | 178kg |
| 88kg and 97kg combined | Evânio Rodrigues Brazil | 182.34kg (PR) | Ahmed Shafik United States | 168.68kg | Rodrigo Rosa Brazil | 168.28kg |
| 107kg | José Castillo Castillo Mexico | 226kg (PR) | Fabio Torres Silva Colombia | 220kg | Mateus De Assis Silva Brazil | 201kg |
| 107kg+ | Jhon Castaneda Colombia | 220kg (PR) | Miguel Melendez Made Mexico | 171kg | Christian Porteiro Brazil | 168kg |

### Women's event

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 41kg and 45kg combined | Leidy Rodriguez Cuba | 103.23kg (PR) | Lara Sullivan Brazil | 97.34kg | Clara Fuentes Venezuela | 97.31kg (PR) |
| 50kg | Maria Luzineide Santos Brazil | 88kg (PR) | Mayra Hernandez Godinez Mexico | 83kg | Juana Vasquez Molina Peru | 40kg |
| 55kg | Amalia Perez Vazquez Mexico | 120kg (PR) | Camila Campos Chile | 105kg | Renée Da Silva Souza Brazil | 78kg |
| 61kg and 67kg combined | Mariana D'Andrea Brazil | 114.35kg (PR) | Miriam Aguilar Jimenez Mexico | 98.62kg | Pamela Munoz Rojas Chile | 61.65kg |
| 73kg | Bertha Fernandez Arango Colombia | 111kg (PR) | María Ortiz Becker Chile | 109kg | Amanda Santos De Sousa Brazil | 93kg |
| 79kg and 86kg combined | Perla Barcenas Mexico | 107.98kg (PR) | Tayana De Souza Brazil | 97.05kg (PR) | Marion Serrano Chile | 91.85kg |
# Prairie Hollow

Prairie Hollow is a valley in St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Prairie Hollow was named for the fact the valley contained relatively few trees in pioneer days.
# Prairie Hill, Washington County, Texas

Prairie Hill is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Texas, United States. Founded in 1870, the community flourished from the 1880s through to the 1960s and is still in existence today.

## Location

Prairie Hill is six miles north of the city of Brenham, centered on the corner of Old Independence Road (County Road 60) and Prairie Hill Road (County Road 63). It is located at 30°14′56″N 96°22′38″W﻿ / ﻿30.24889°N 96.37722°W﻿ / 30.24889; -96.37722.

## Major features

The corner of Prairie Hill Road and Old Independence Road was the heart of the Prairie Hill community. Saint John Lutheran Church was located there, as was the Hafer General Store, the Prairie Hill School, and the doctor's office. The Prairie Hill dance hall was located about a half-mile north on Old Independence Road. The Prairie Hill Cemetery (officially the cemetery of Saint John Lutheran) and the cotton gin were adjacent to the church.
Today, Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church and its cemetery are the only remaining structures from the old Prairie Hill community.

## History

Prairie Hill was originally settled by German immigrants in the early 1870s. In 1876 the church was organized as St. John's Lutheran Church. This structure was enlarged in 1911, and then burned down in 1912. The structure was rebuilt the same year. The church joined the Texas Lutheran synod in 1925.

## Prairie Hill today

Much of what made Prairie Hill a community is no longer present (the school, the dancehall, and the general store), and for this reason, some would consider Prairie Hill a ghost town. However, it continues to be an active community. Saint John Lutheran of Prairie Hill is an active congregation with over 450 members, and is the center of community life. Many community activities are sponsored by or supported by the congregation. Prairie Hill Books - an online bookstore - operates where the Prairie Hill School once stood. The Prairie Hill Volunteer Fire Department still operates out of the firehouse in Prairie Hill. There are also active Prairie Hill chapters of the 4-H and the County Extension office.

## Notable person

* Nell O'Day - actress, born in Prairie Hill
# Prairie Hill, Limestone County, Texas

Prairie Hill is an unincorporated community in western Limestone County, Texas, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 84, northwest of the city of Groesbeck, the county seat of Limestone County. Its elevation is 594 feet (181 m). Although Prairie Hill is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76678.
Named for a small nearby hill, Prairie Hill's first settler was shopkeeper Marquis Perry, who became the first postmaster when the community received a post office in 1884. Although the post office was closed in 1906, it was reopened in 1925. The community continued to grow well into the twentieth century, reaching its peak during the Great Depression. It has declined since the early 1940s, although the community has remained rather stable for the last thirty years.
# Takekiri eshiki

Takekiri-eshiki (鞍馬山竹伐会式, "Bamboo cutting festival") is an annual Japanese festival which occurs in June at Kurama-dera.
The event is based on a legend in which a giant serpent was slain. Lengths of bamboo serve as surrogates for the serpent in a re-enactment of the legend.