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# A Storm Was Coming

A Storm Was Coming (Spanish: Anunciaron tormenta) is a 2020 Spanish documentary film directed and produced by Javier Fernández Vázquez. The documentary focuses on Ësáasi Eweera, one of the last kings of the Bubi people in the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, who was captured by authorities in 1904 and died under strange circumstances.

## Synopsis

Ësáasi Eweera, one of the last kings of the Bubi people in the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, opposed to the Spanish colonial authorities, is captured in 1904 by them and died under strange circumstances. The film reopens the case a century later. The official reports of the Spanish are read out by actors and contrasted with interviews with the Bubi.

## Production

Anunciaron tormenta was produced with the assistance of the City Council of Madrid and with the support of both ECAM and Progressio.

## Reception

The film premiered at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival and at the Pontevedra International Film Festival, where it was the winner of the Latexos section. The film was also nominated to eight Goya Awards categories. Fernando Bernal of 20 Minutos rated with 4.5 out of 5 stars.
# Adrián Scifo

Adrián Miguel Scifo (born 10 October 1987) is an Argentine footballer.
# Turnše

Turnše (pronounced; in older sources also Turnišče) is a settlement south of Radomlje in the Municipality of Domžale in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

## Castle and manor

Črnelo Castle (German: Rottenbüchel) used to stand on Hribar Hill (Slovene: Hribarjev hrib) above Turnše. The castle was first mentioned in written sources in 1297 but at the end of the 17th century it was abandoned for a manor below the castle. The castle itself was probably used for building material because no trace of it remains today.
# Nick Awford

Nicholas Andrew Awford (born 15 April 1995) is an English footballer who plays for Baffins Milton Rovers as a central midfielder.

## Club career
### Portsmouth

Awford was born in Portsmouth, and began his footballing career at Portsmouth's Academy.
On 9 February 2011, Awford signed a two-year scholarship deal with Pompey. Although he then spent most of the 2012–13 season with the Academy (managed by his father, Andy Awford), Nick Awford was promoted to the first team squad on 6 April 2013. He was named among the substitutes in a 0–0 draw against Stevenage, but he did not leave the bench. He was also on the bench in the following weekend, in a 3–2 away loss against Brentford.
Awford made his Portsmouth debut on 20 April, replacing Johnny Ertl in the dying minutes of a 3–0 home win against Sheffield United. It was his maiden appearance of the campaign.
On 30 August, Awford was loaned to Gosport Borough, in a one-month deal. Two months later, he joined Chelmsford City on the same terms.
On 27 February 2015, after having another temporary spell at Bognor Regis Town, Awford was released by Portsmouth.

### Havant & Waterlooville

A day after being released by Pompey, Awford joined Havant & Waterlooville in a permanent deal until the end of the season.

## Career statistics

    As of 15 March 2015
| Club | Season | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Portsmouth | 2012–13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Portsmouth | 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Portsmouth | 2014–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Portsmouth | Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gosport Borough (loan) | 2013–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chelmsford City (loan) | 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bognor Regis (loan) | 2013–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Havant & Waterlooville | 2014–15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
# Wilhelm Island

Wilhelm Island (Norwegian: Wilhelmøya) is an island in the Svalbard archipelago. It is situated northeast of Olav V Land on Spitsbergen, in Hinlopen Strait. Its area is 120 km². About 33.5 % of the island is covered with ice. The island was named after Wilhelm I.
# Qurdarik-e Sofla

Qurdik-e Sofla (Persian: قوردريك سفلي, also Romanized as Qūrdīk-e Soflá; also known as Qūrdīk-e Pā'īn and Qūrdīk-e Soflá) is a village in Sokmanabad Rural District, Safayyeh District, Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 232, in 57 families.
# Germain (name)

Germain, is the French variant of the name Germanus.
Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

* Adrienne Germain (1947–2022), American women's health advocate
* André Germain (1903–1988), French cinematographer
* Bruno Germain (born 1960), French association football player
* Columbus Germain (1827 – 1880), American politician
* François-Thomas Germain, (1726–1791) French silversmith
* George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1775 – 1782), British Secretary of State during the American Revolutionary War
* Ivor Germain (1923–1982), a Barbadian boxer of the 1940s and 1950s
* Louis Germain, (1878–1942) French malacologist
* Paul Germain (born 1959), American animation producer
* Ryo Germain (born 1995), Japanese association football player
* Sophie Germain (1776 – 1831), French mathematician
* Tabitha St. Germain, Canadian stage and voice actress
* Valère Germain (born 1990), French association football player, son of Bruno

## Given name

* Germain de Brie (c. 1490–1538), French poet, writing in Latin
* Germain Ifedi (born 1994), American football player
* Germain Kambinga, Congolese politician

## Pseudonym

* "Mr. KABC", pseudonym of Marc Germain (born 1967), a radio talk show host in Los Angeles, California
* "Ernest Germain", pseudonym of Ernest Mandel (1923 in – 1995), a Trotskyist politician in Belgium
# Federico Scoppa

Federico Matías Scoppa (born 7 July 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie D club Termoli. He also holds Italian citizenship.

## Club career

He made his Segunda Liga debut for Sporting Covilhã on 26 October 2008 in a game against Freamunde.
# Radiooooo

Radiooooo is a French music website, based in Paris.

## History

Radiooooo was founded in 2013 by DJ Benjamin Moreau. On Radiooooo, users can peruse playlists arranged not by genre but by decade and region. Each of the five Os in the name is meant to stand in for one of the world's five continents.
It is available as an app. The website has been reviewed by The New Yorker.
# Oktyabrevka

Oktyabrevka (Russian: Октябревка) is a rural locality (a village) in Allaguvatsky Selsoviet, Sterlibashevsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 20 as of 2010. There is 1 street.

## Geography

Oktyabrevka is located 28 km southeast of Sterlibashevo (the district's administrative centre) by road. Karayar is the nearest rural locality.
# Ibraykino

Ibraykino (Russian: Ибрайкино; Bashkir: Ибрай, İbray) is a rural locality (a village) in Bizhbulyaksky Selsoviet, Bizhbulyaksky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 20 as of 2010. There is 1 street.

## Geography

Ibraykino is located 10 km southeast of Bizhbulyak (the district's administrative centre) by road. Verkhnyaya Kurmaza is the nearest rural locality.
# Taleb Amoli

Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Taleb Amoli known as Talib Amuli and Talib Amoli (Persian: طالب آملی, also aka Ashub, Atash, Taleba and Malek Al Shoara Taleb) (b. Mazandaran 1586 - d. India 1627) Iranian Tabari poet was of the early 17th century. He was the poet laureate of the Mughal emperor Jahangir from 1618 till his death. His poetry is in the “Indian Style” of Persian language. A poetry collection (divan) and the poem Talib and Zohre are the works that are left of him today. The fact that he read mathematics, geometry and philosophy in his poems reveals that he received a good education. He is also known to be a good calligrapher. Around 1010 AH, he traveled from Amol to Isfahan and from there to Kashan. After Kashan, the Taleb goes to Mashhad and from there to Marv to serve Bektash Khan. This ruler receives Taleb with respect. But the poet always dreamed of going to India, so he leaves for India. He for some time he lived in Delhi, then in Agra. In the end he ended up at the court of Mirza Ghazi Beg, the Mughal governor of Kandahar.
Taleb played a crucial role in the rapid transformation of poetic style at the beginning of the 17th century. His work gave a free rein to the tendency toward conceptualism (Fantasy) in the “fresh style” (later known as the Indian Style) that had begun to emerge a generation earlier in the poetry of Naẓiri and ʿOrfi. At the same time, he gave a new vitality to conventional images and common idioms by exploring their full figurative implications, a procedure Taleb himself revealingly dubs his ṭarz-e esteʿāre (metaphorical style). Taleb entered Jahangir's service about 1616 and was appointed to the post of poet laureate (Malek osh-Sho'ara) in 1619. His Ghazal poems are very similar to Hafez.
Taleb after poets Ferdowsi and Omar Khayyam, is the third poet in terms of the number of verses among Iranian poets. Taleb, the number of couplets in the published complex is approaching 23,000. Taleb was buried in the compound of the Taj Mahal at Shah Jahan command when he died. Taleb gravesite is unknown.

## Poem

ما به استقبال غم کشور به کشور می‌رویم چون ز پا محروم می‌مانیم با سر می‌رویم
صد ره این ره رفته‌ایم و بار دیگر می‌رویم العطش‌گویان به استقبال ساغر می‌رویم
چون به پا رفتن میسر نیست ما را سوی دوست نامه می‌گردیم و با بالِ کبوتر می‌رویم
کنون کز مو به مویم اضطراب تازه می‌ریزد نسیمی گر وزد اوراقم از شیرازه می‌ریزد
لب عیشم به هر عمری نوایی می‌زند اما زبان شیونم هردم هزار آوازه می‌ریزد
دلی دارم که در آغوش مرهم زخم ناسورش نمک می‌گوید و خمیازه بر خمیازه می‌ریزد
عجب گر نقشبندی‌های صبر ما درست آید که عشق این طرح بی‌پرگار، بی‌اندازه می‌ریزد
# Grand Marsh, Wisconsin

Grand Marsh is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Adams County, Wisconsin, United States. The community is southeast of Adams, in the town of New Chester. Grand Marsh has a post office with ZIP code 53936, which opened in 1850. As of the 2020 census, its population is 110, down from 127 at the 2010 census.
The community took its name from the surrounding wetlands.
# Jafarabad, Torbat-e Jam

Jafarabad (Persian: جعفراباد, also Romanized as Ja‘farābād) is a village in Bala Jam Rural District, Nasrabad District, Torbat-e Jam County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,186, in 280 families.
# Project Neptuno

Proyecto Neptuno, sometimes also called Proyecto Arazatí, is a water infrastructure development project in Arazatí, in the department of San José in Uruguay. A consortium of businesses named "Aguas de Montevideo" presented the project in 2020 to create a water treatment plant that draws water from the Río de la Plata near Azaratí, to satisfy the water needs of the Montevideo Metropolitan area.
The government water corporation, OSE, accepted the proposal, issuing a request for proposals to build the plant in November 2022 with an estimated cost of over 200 million dollars, and quickly was approved with the consortium of businesses. A 20-year cost estimate suggests that the Uruguayan government will have to pay at least 480 million dollars to maintain operations of the project.
The project is supposed to provide at least 30% of the metropolitan areas water demand from the Río de La Plata. The process involves building a pólder and artificial lake with 4.0 cubic hectometers capacity. The project has been an important source of environmental conflict. Critics highlight three major issues with the project. First the environmental impact of the project was never fully evaluated. The scientific community in the country, has actively disagreed with OSE's initial evaluation of the impact of the project and its potential to address the water shortages And lastly, critics point to the speed and terms of the contract between the consortium of businesses and the state corporation.
# Ahmadiyeh, Hamadan

Ahmadiyeh (Persian: احمديه, also Romanized as Aḩmadīyeh; also known as Aḩmad Rowghanī) is a village in Kamazan-e Olya Rural District, Zand District, Malayer County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 330, in 80 families.
# Juan Pablo Segovia

Juan Pablo Segovia (born 21 March 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga MX club Necaxa.

## Honours
### Lanús

* Torneo Apertura: 2007-08
# Botswana Police College

The Botswana Police College is located in Otse in the South East District. An ultra-modern new college campus for meeting the training needs of the Botswana Police Service was designed by FMA Architects Ltd (Canadian Architect - Samuel Oboh - was a resident Architect on this project), constructed by Stocks Building Africa and completed in 2000 at a cost of 230 million Pula.
The police college shares its campus with the International Law Enforcement Academies' Gaborone academy, known as ILEA Gaborone. It is here where law enforcement officers from more than 25 countries across Africa come to learn the latest in law enforcement techniques.
A certain number of points are required to train at the Botswana Police College. A rule change in 2018 meant that Special Constables were no longer automatically considered for admission to the college when their two-year contracts ended.
# Boz Qonj

Boz Qonj (Persian: بزقنج, also Romanized as Bozqūnj and Buzghunj) is a village in Alqurat Rural District, in the Central District of Birjand County, South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 185, in 57 families.
# Clam Lake, Wisconsin

Clam Lake is an unincorporated, census-designated place in the town of Gordon in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on Wisconsin Highway 77 near County Highway GG. The entire area lies within the Chequamegon National Forest, an 860,000 acre area spread across northern Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, its population was 36, a tiny decrease of 37 at 2010.
Situated near the headwaters of the Chippewa Flowage, the area encompasses several smaller lakes that host prime Musky fishing.
Clam Lake is well known as the site of the reintroduction of elk in Wisconsin with a herd of 25 in 1995 by the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, which has grown to an estimated 180.
Clam Lake is the site of a U.S. Navy extremely low frequency (ELF) transmitter site, used to communicate with deeply submerged submarines. It was used between 1985 and 2004 but is now decommissioned.

## Geography

Clam Lake is located at 46°8′6″N 90°34′43″W﻿ / ﻿46.13500°N 90.57861°W﻿ / 46.13500; -90.57861 (46.164, -90.902).

### Climate

Climate data for Clam Lake 4W, Wisconsin, 1991–2020 normals: 1498ft (457m) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 47 (8) | 58 (14) | 76 (24) | 77 (25) | 90 (32) | 91 (33) | 92 (33) | 90 (32) | 85 (29) | 81 (27) | 72 (22) | 52 (11) | 92 (33) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 37.8 (3.2) | 43.9 (6.6) | 58.0 (14.4) | 69.5 (20.8) | 82.3 (27.9) | 86.3 (30.2) | 86.9 (30.5) | 84.5 (29.2) | 81.5 (27.5) | 72.5 (22.5) | 58.7 (14.8) | 43.2 (6.2) | 88.5 (31.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 19.6 (−6.9) | 24.8 (−4.0) | 36.4 (2.4) | 49.2 (9.6) | 63.3 (17.4) | 72.9 (22.7) | 76.4 (24.7) | 74.6 (23.7) | 66.9 (19.4) | 52.5 (11.4) | 37.2 (2.9) | 24.9 (−3.9) | 49.9 (10.0) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 10.1 (−12.2) | 12.9 (−10.6) | 24.6 (−4.1) | 38.3 (3.5) | 51.7 (10.9) | 61.9 (16.6) | 66.2 (19.0) | 64.1 (17.8) | 56.3 (13.5) | 43.1 (6.2) | 29.5 (−1.4) | 16.6 (−8.6) | 39.6 (4.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 0.7 (−17.4) | 1.1 (−17.2) | 12.8 (−10.7) | 27.4 (−2.6) | 40.1 (4.5) | 51.0 (10.6) | 56.0 (13.3) | 53.6 (12.0) | 45.7 (7.6) | 33.7 (0.9) | 21.9 (−5.6) | 8.2 (−13.2) | 29.3 (−1.5) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −26.6 (−32.6) | −23.0 (−30.6) | −13.1 (−25.1) | 11.0 (−11.7) | 27.6 (−2.4) | 36.6 (2.6) | 46.6 (8.1) | 42.9 (6.1) | 32.2 (0.1) | 21.8 (−5.7) | 4.4 (−15.3) | −17.2 (−27.3) | −28.2 (−33.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −37 (−38) | −38 (−39) | −30 (−34) | −5 (−21) | 23 (−5) | 34 (1) | 42 (6) | 39 (4) | 27 (−3) | 8 (−13) | −13 (−25) | −32 (−36) | −38 (−39) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.99 (25) | 0.94 (24) | 1.91 (49) | 3.12 (79) | 4.08 (104) | 4.19 (106) | 3.96 (101) | 4.27 (108) | 3.64 (92) | 3.37 (86) | 2.01 (51) | 1.44 (37) | 33.92 (862) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 14.4 (37) | 14.7 (37) | 9.6 (24) | 13.8 (35) | 2.0 (5.1) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.51) | 2.8 (7.1) | 9.6 (24) | 21.1 (54) | 88.2 (223.71) |
| Source 1: NOAA ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: XMACIS (2008-2020 snowfall, records & monthly max/mins) ||||||||||||||
# Udodovsky

Udodovsky (Russian: Удодовский) is a rural locality (a khutor) in Trostyanskoye Rural Settlement, Novoanninsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The population was 182 as of 2010. There are 4 streets.

## Geography

Udodovsky is located in forest steppe on the Khopyorsko-Buzulukskaya Plain, 59 km southeast of Novoanninsky (the district's administrative centre) by road. Trostyansky is the nearest rural locality.
# Patna division

Patna Division is one of the nine administrative units of Bihar, a state in the east of India. Patna is the headquarters of the division. Established in 1829, it is one of the oldest divisions of the state.

## History of administrative districts in Patna Division

Patna Division was established in 1829 along with Saran division (with districts of Saran, Champaran, Tirhut, and Shahabad) and Bhagalpur division (with Monghyr (now Munger), Purnea and Maldah districts) of Bihar, as 11th division in Bengal Presidency of British India. On March 1, 1834, the 10th division (or Saran) was abolished and merged into 11th (Patna) and 12th (Monghyr) divisions. Then Patna Division comprised the districts of Patna, Bihar, Saran, and Shahabad.

## Districts, sub-divisions, and blocks

Patna Division (HQ: Patna ) 6 District, 19 Subdivisions, and 19 Blocks :
| # | District | Headquarter | #Subdivision | Subdivisions |
| 1 | Kaimur | Bhabhua | 2 | Bhabhua |
| 1 | Kaimur | Bhabhua | 2 | Mohania |
| 2 | Bhojpur | Arrah | 3 | Ara |
| 2 | Bhojpur | Arrah | 3 | Jagdishpur |
| 2 | Bhojpur | Arrah | 3 | Piro |
| 3 | Buxar | Buxar | 2 | Buxar |
| 3 | Buxar | Buxar | 2 | Dumraon |
| 4 | Nalanda | Biharsharif | 3 | Bihar Sharif |
| 4 | Nalanda | Biharsharif | 3 | Rajgir |
| 4 | Nalanda | Biharsharif | 3 | Hilsa |
| 5 | Patna | Patna | 6 | Patna Sadar |
| 5 | Patna | Patna | 6 | Patna City |
| 5 | Patna | Patna | 6 | Barh |
| 5 | Patna | Patna | 6 | Danapur |
| 5 | Patna | Patna | 6 | Masaurhi |
| 5 | Patna | Patna | 6 | Paliganj |
| 6 | Rohtas | Sasaram | 3 | Sasaram |
| 6 | Rohtas | Sasaram | 3 | Bikramganj |
| 6 | Rohtas | Sasaram | 3 | Dehri |
# Sherkat-e Gol Nama

Sherkat-e Gol Nama (Persian: شركت گل نما, also Romanized as Sherkat-e Gol Namā) is a village in Taraznahid Rural District, in the Central District of Saveh County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 50, in 15 families.
# Kalateh-ye Hajji Ali Akbar

Kalateh-ye Hajji Ali Akbar (Persian: كلاته حاجي علي اكبر, also Romanized as Kalāteh-ye Ḩājjī ʿAlī Āḵbar; also known as Shahraḵ Qal‘eh-ye Ḩaq Kūcheḵ and Qal‘eh Jūq-e Kūchak) is a village in Gifan Rural District, Garmkhan District, Bojnord County, North Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 396, in 83 families.
# Javier Sequeyra

Javier Marcelo Sequeyra (born 23 July 1995 in Berisso) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Club Ciudad de Bolívar.

## Career

Sequeyra is born in Berisso. He made his debut in the 2012/13 season. He played two games that season.
# Dome of Yusuf Agha

The Dome of Yusuf Agha (Arabic: قبة يوسف أغا Qubbat Yūsuf Agha) is a small square building with a dome in the al-Aqsa Compound (al-Ḥaram ash-Sharīf), in the courtyard between the Islamic Museum and al-Aqsa Mosque (al-Qibli).

## History

It was built in 1681 and commemorates Yusuf Agha. He also endowed the Dome of Yusuf, a smaller and more intricate-looking structure about 120 metres (390 ft) to the north.
It was converted in the 1970s into a ticket office and an information kiosk for visitors.

## Environs

It is in the middle of an open-air courtyard that stores detached column capitals. To its south is the al-Aqsa Library.
To its west are the Islamic Museum and the Moors' Gate (Morocco Gate). There's another domed building to its northwest: the Sabīl Bāb al-Maghāriba (the sebil of the Moors' Gate).
To its southwest is the al-Fakhariyya Minaret. To its north is a mihrab with a small window in it, the mihrab of the Pine Platform (مصطبة الصنوبر) (Maṣṭabat aṣ-Ṣanawbar).
# Grue Finnskog Church

Grue Finnskog Church (Norwegian: Grue Finnskog kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Grue Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Svullrya. It is the church for the Grue Finnskog parish which is part of the Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1886 using plans drawn up by the architect Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff and it was significantly rebuilt in 1950 by the architect Ola B. Aasness. The church seats about 340 people.

## History

A cemetery was built in the village of Svullrya in 1854 to serve the eastern part of the municipality. In 1862, a small church was built at the cemetery. The building was constructed by Brede Bredesen Kolstad from Kongsvinger who used drawings by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The building had seating for about 200 people. The church had no tower, and it is said that the small church bell hung between two pillars outside the church door. This church was built in 1862 and consecrated on 4 March 1863.
In 1883, it was decided to demolish this church and replace it with a new one. The new church was designed by Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff and the builder was Günther Schüssler. This building had a neo-Gothic design and it was a timber-framed long church with seating for about 430 people. This new church was consecrated on 8 December 1886.
On 28 January 1948, the roof of the church collapsed under the weight of the snow. The church tower and the western part of the nave remained, but the rest of the building was severely damaged. Some of the interior furnishings were saved. The church was rebuilt soon after using designs by the architect Ola B. Aasness. The lead builder was Kåre B. Bråten. The newly rebuilt church was consecrated on 26 November 1950. This new church has 340 seats.
# Kostenets (village)

Kostenets (Bulgarian: Костенец) is a village in the Sofia Province southwestern Bulgaria, located in the Kostenets Municipality (which also has a separate town of Kostenets). As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 4,201. It ranks 14th by population of all Bulgarian villages.

## Geography

Kostenets is located at the foot of the Rila mountain, 63 kilometers southeast of Sofia, about 6 kilometers south of the town of Kostenets and 35 kilometers east of Borovets. Its altitude ranges from 650 meters in the northern part to 725 meters in the southern part.

## History

It is assumed that the area was originally settled by the Thracian tribe Bessi around 2nd century BC. The settlement was the first one in today's Kostenets municipality. During an archaeological study of the "Gorna cherkva" area were found remains of an old fortress and the footprints of an old Christian basilica from the 5th century as well as ancient pottery, Roman, Byzantine and medieval Bulgarian coins.

## Cultural and natural landmarks

* Kostenets waterfall, located about 3 km south of the village and described by Ivan Vazov.
* The nearby historic mountain pass Gate of Trajan.

## Gallery

* Entrance road to Kostenets
* The Archangel Michael Church (Built 1857) in Kostenets village
* The interior of Archangel Michael church in Kostenets village
* 19th century Orthodox Frescoes from Archangel Michael Church in Kostenets
* Monument to the fallen antifascists (1923-1945) in Kostenets village
* Culture club (Chitalishte) "Probuda" (evocation) in Kostenets, founded 1881