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Percy Thomson

Percy Thomson (17 November 1884 – 24 August 1962) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician. He served as mayor of Stratford from 1929 to 1933, and again from 1938 to 1947.
Early life and family
Born in Dunedin on 17 November 1884, Thomson was the son of William Thomson and Elizabeth Sarah Thomson (née Halliwell). He received his secondary education in Dunedin and Sydney.
Thomson moved to Hawera in 1900 to work as a clerk with his uncle, Herbert Theodore Halliwell, a lawyer. From 1950 to 1910, he was a clerk at Adams Brothers law firm in Dunedin, before entering legal practice himself in Stratford in 1910 under the firm of Halliwell and Thomson.
On 8 April 1912, Thomson married Hilda Spence at the Presbyterian church, Hawera. Together they had two daughters and five sons, one of whom David Thomson was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Community involvement
He owned a dairy farm from 1920 and was director of Ngaere Dairy Company for 25 years. Thomson also served on the Stratford Hospital Board and was Chairman of the Taranaki Patriotic Council for a period following World War II.
He was a long-serving chairman and member of the Stratford Domain Board.
Upon the death of King George V in 1935, Mr Thomson was the driving force behind planting beech trees in Broadway South and renaming it the King George V Memorial Avenue. He was largely responsible for many of the attractive plantings in the town's streets and domains.
Other local committee involvement included vice president of the Taranaki District Law Society, executive of the Municipal Association, President of the Stratford Aero Club, an elder of St Andrews Church, and a member of several horticultural associations.
Later life
In 1928, a portion of his Stratford land was developed and thus named Percy Avenue in his honour.
In the 1946 New Year Honours, Thomson was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire. In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. He died on 24 August 1962, and was buried at Kopuatama Cemetery, Stratford. He had been predeceased by his wife, Hilda Thomson, in 1954.
He left a significant bequest to be used and applied towards the establishment and maintenance of an arboretum and herbarium of the native flora of New Zealand and an art gallery.
The Stratford District Council established the Percy Thomson Trust to manage these facilities for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Stratford District and the public generally.
The Percy Thomson Gallery is Stratford's public art gallery and was opened in June 2002. The gallery contains both exhibition areas and work areas for use by local artists and community art groups. The gallery provides an active programme of exhibitions and events that is both internally generated and toured from other art collections.
References
External links
Percy Thomson Trust and Art Gallery
1884 births
1962 deaths
Lawyers from Dunedin
New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire
Mayors of Stratford, New Zealand
Burials at Kopuatama Cemetery
20th-century New Zealand lawyers
Joe Buckhalter

Joe Buckhalter
Joseph A. Buckhalter Jr. (August 1, 1937 – December 30, 2013) was an American retired basketball player.
He played collegiately for Tennessee State University.
He was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the 12th round (81st pick overall) of the 1958 NBA draft.
He played for the Cincinnati Royals (1961–63) in the NBA.
He also played with the Harlem Globetrotters.
References
External links
1937 births
2013 deaths
Cincinnati Royals players
Harlem Globetrotters players
Power forwards (basketball)
St. Louis Hawks draft picks
Tennessee State Tigers basketball players
Wilkes-Barre Barons players
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Chicago
فاليز (بني موسى)

فاليز (بني موسى)
فاليز هو دُوَّار يقع بجماعة بني بوزرة، إقليم شفشاون، جهة طنجة تطوان الحسيمة في المملكة المغربية. ينتمي الدوّار لمشيخة بني موسى التي تضم 9 دواوير. يقدر عدد سكانه بـ 260 نسمة حسب الإحصاء الرسمي للسكان والسكنى لسنة 2004.
مراجع
روابط خارجية
البوابة الوطنية للجماعات الترابية
المندوبية السامية للتخطيط
أماكن مأهولة في بني موسى (بني بوزرة)
Plunge dip

Plunge dip
A plunge dip (also known as a dipping vat, dipping tank or, simply, a dip) is a bath designed to immerse livestock in liquid pesticide or other treatment.
Design
Typically a dip is designed as a narrow channel (about the width of the animal) through which the animals walk, immersing them in progressively deeper liquid until the animal is completely immersed (apart from its head so it can breathe). The channel then becomes progressively shallower until the animal exits. Because many animals can walk through the channel one after another, it is an efficient method of delivering pesticide or other liquid treatments to a large herd.
A liquid product used to treat the livestock by immersion in a plunge dip is also known as a dip (e.g. sheep dip).
See also
R v Korsten
Cattle drenching
References
External links
Animal husbandry
Pesticides
Bathing
Agricultural buildings
أمارال (لاعب كرة قدم، مواليد 1988)

أمارال (لاعب كرة قدم، مواليد 1988)
أمارال هو لاعب كرة قدم برازيلي، ولد في 1 مايو 1988 في في البرازيل. لعب مع نادي فلامنغو ونادي فيتوريا.
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
لاعبو وسط كرة قدم رجالية
لاعبو الدوري البرازيلي الدرجة الأولى
لاعبو الدوري البرازيلي لكرة القدم الدرجة الثانية
لاعبو سنترو سبورتيفو ألاغوانو
لاعبو فلامينغو
لاعبو فيتوريا
لاعبو كرة قدم برازيليون
لاعبو موتو كلوب
لاعبو نادي بوا إيسبورت
مواليد 1988
لاعبو نادي فيتوريا
الحبلة (الظهار)

الحبلة (الظهار)
الحبلة محلة تابعة لقرية بيوت العدن، التابعة لعزلة الحوج القبلي بمديرية الظهار إحدى مديريات محافظة إب في الجمهورية اليمنية.، بلغ تعداد سكانها 181 حسب تعداد اليمن لعام 2004.
مراجع وروابط خارجية
المركز الوطني للمعلومات باليمن
الحبلة
الحبلة
فيديريكو مارتينا

فيديريكو مارتينا (2 نوفمبر 1992 - ) هو لاعب كرة طائرة الأرجنتين.
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
لاعبو كرة طائرة رجالية أرجنتينيون
مواليد 1992
KV8

KV8
Tomb KV8, located in the Valley of the Kings, was used for the burial of Pharaoh Merenptah of Ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty.
The burial chamber, located at the end of 160 metres of corridor, originally held a set of four nested sarcophagi. The outer one of these was so voluminous that parts of the corridor had to have their doorjambs demolished and rebuilt to allow it to be brought in. These jambs were then rebuilt with the help of inscribed sandstone blocks which were then fixed into place with dovetail cramps.
The pillars in Chamber F were removed to allow passage of the sarcophagus, only two were replaced. The other two pillars may have been stolen by Paneb, a worker in the craftsman's village (Deir el-Medina), for use in his own tomb.
References
Reeves, N & Wilkinson, R.H. The Complete Valley of the Kings, 1996, Thames and Hudson, London
Siliotti, A. Guide to the Valley of the Kings and to the Theban Necropolises and Temples, 1996, A.A. Gaddis, Cairo
External links
Theban Mapping Project: KV8: Includes description, images and plans of the tomb.
KV8 (Tomb of Merenptah) – Tomb Plan, tomb photographs with detailed descriptions and elements that can be inspected. Web Archive Saved on 10 September 2020
Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century BC
Valley of the Kings
إدواردو كو

إدواردو كو هو لاعب كرة قدم برازيلي في مركز الدفاع، ولد في 17 يناير 1999 في برازيليا في البرازيل. لعب مع نادي ساو باولو.
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
رياضيون من برازيليا
لاعبو الدوري البرتغالي الممتاز
لاعبو كرة قدم برازيليون
لاعبو كرة قدم مغتربون برازيليون
لاعبو كرة قدم مغتربون في البرتغال
مواليد 1999
لاعبو كرة قدم من برازيليا
ما يريده الرجال

ما يريده الرجال هو فيلم رومانسي كوميدي أمريكي من إخراج آدم شانكمان وبطولة تاراجي بيندا هينسون، ألديس هودج، جوش برينر، إيريكاه بادو، ريتشارد راوندتري وتريسي مورغان. صدر الفيلم في 8 فبراير 2019.
المراجع
روابط خارجية
أفلام أخرجها آدم شانكمان
أفلام أمريكية
أفلام أمريكية في عقد 2010
أفلام أمريكية معادة
أفلام إنتاج 2019
أفلام باراماونت بيكتشرز
أفلام باللغة الإنجليزية
أفلام باللغة الإنجليزية في عقد 2010
أفلام تقع أحداثها في أتلانتا
أفلام رومانسية كوميدية أمريكية
أفلام سجلها برايان تايلر
أفلام عن تخاطر
أفلام فانتازيا كوميدية أمريكية
أفلام فانتازيا كوميدية في عقد 2010
أفلام كوميديا رومانسية في 2019
أفلام مصورة في أتالانتا
أفلام واقعية سحرية
Takashi Iizuka (game designer)

Takashi Iizuka (game designer)
(born March 16, 1970) is a Japanese video game director, producer, designer and screenwriter. Since 2008, Iizuka has been the vice president of product development for the Sonic the Hedgehog series at Sega, as well as the head of Sonic Team although he has been working on games in the Sonic series since 1994.
Early career
His first collaboration with Sega involved working with Sega Technical Institute on Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as a designer. Later, he helped supervise Traveller's Tales with the development of Sonic R. He was also the lead designer for Nights into Dreams, and director for Sonic Adventure.
Sega
In 1999, he and a small part of Sonic Team moved to San Francisco to establish Sonic Team USA (later renamed Sega Studio USA), in order to gain feedback from the western market. Over in the U.S. his team worked on the international release of Sonic Adventure. Afterward, his team started to develop their own games, where he was the director and lead designer for Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Nights: Journey of Dreams. In an effort to further broaden Sonic's appeal to western markets, Iizuka gave western developer, Backbone Entertainment, a shot at developing Sonic titles (Sonic Rivals and Sonic Rivals 2) under his team's supervision for the PlayStation Portable console.
In 2008, Sega's American division, Sega Studio USA, was absorbed back into Sonic Team Japan, making Iizuka the producer for the Sonic series at Sonic Team and the head of the company as well. In 2016, Iizuka relocated to Los Angeles to become the VP of Product Development at Sega of America, while retaining his title as the head of Sonic Team.
In 2022, it was revealed that Iizuka designed a game named Devi & Pii for the Sega Genesis in 1992, but it was never released. It would finally be released on October 27, 2022 for the Sega Genesis Mini 2, however.
Legacy
Game journalist from Wired described Takashi Iizuka as a difficult man to read, as he tends to slip into corporate speak especially when discussing mixed reception of Sonic games. His long time colleague and composer, Tomoko Sasaki, however described him as someone who "offered a different and fresh, almost unpredictable, way of thinking" and got along well with him from the very start.
Works
References
Living people
Japanese video game designers
1970 births
Sega people
Japanese video game producers
Japanese video game directors
People from Kawaguchi, Saitama
برج النخيل (الرياض)

برج النخيل (الرياض)
برج النخيل ، هي إحدى أبراج ناطحة السحاب في مدينة الرياض ، وبالتحديد في حي النخيل على طريق الملك فهد ، وهي برج متعددة الاستخدامات ، وتعد هي من أطول 5 مباني في مدينة الرياض وارتفاعه يبلغ نحو 200 متر ، ولها 26 طابقاً فوق سطح الأرض و4 طوابق تحت الأرض ، وبدأ البناء سنة 2008م وانتهت سنة 2011م.
المصدر
تأسيسات سنة 2011 في السعودية
مبان سكنية اكتملت في 2011
ناطحات سحاب ارتفاعها بين 200 و249 مترا
ناطحات سحاب في الرياض
Oman national football team results (1965–2019)

Oman national football team results (1965–2019)
The Oman national football team is the national team of Oman that has represented Oman in international competitions since 1978. Although the team was officially founded in 1978, the squad was formed long before, and a proper football association was formed only in December 2005. The team is governed by the Oman Football Association.
1990s
1999
2000s
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Notes
References
1965
1990s in Omani sport
2000s in Omani sport
2010s in Omani sport
Results
John W. Coe

John W. Coe
John William Coe (May 26, 1839 in New York City – January 17, 1890) was an American politician from New York.
Life
John William Coe was born in New York City on May 26, 1839. He received a good common school education, and then turned his attention to mercantile pursuits. On June 20, 1858, he married Eliza A. Ramapo. On February 11, 1860, he married Elizabeth A. Jackson, and they had four children. In the 1870s, he was engaged in business as a carriage manufacturer in Brooklyn.
For many years Coe was prominent in the public affairs of Brooklyn. Under his direction many public improvements were carried out, among them Newtown Creek, Jamaica Turnpike, and Eastern Parkway. He was the chief factor in securing the charter for the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
He was for many years an active Republican, but joined the Liberal Republican Party in 1872, and was a delegate to the Liberal Republican National Convention in Cincinnati which nominated Horace Greeley for President.
In 1870, Coe he was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors, and proved such a popular representative, that, in 1872, the Liberal Republicans returned him to the Board from a strong Republican district. His second term as Supervisor was signalized by a most stubborn contest for the Chairmanship of the Board. After a five-month campaign, Coe was elected to that office.
In the fall of 1873, the Liberal Republicans placed him in nomination for the New York State Senate. The action of the convention was endorsed by the Democrats, and the result was his election over the incumbent John C. Perry.
Coe's political position in the 97th New York State Legislature was a particularly independent one, having been nominated by a distinctively Liberal Republican convention, and endorsed by the Democrats. He made no pledges whatever to the latter, and, in refusing to do so, told them that they had simply to choose between him and his Republican opponent. As a consequence, party ties sat very loosely upon him, and he was left free to follow an unbiased judgment in considering all questions brought before the Senate.
He came to the Legislature with the reputation of having materially assisted in unearthing the labyrinth of frauds in the jail of Kings County, through which the public was swindled out of thousands of dollars annually. He announced his entrance into the Senate by casting his vote in favor of awarding the contested seat of the 10th District to Edward M. Madden. His speech, in explanation of his action, proved him to be a clear and cogent speaker. Coe was a member of the Committees on Cities and Public Health.
He died on January 17, 1890, in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
Sources
Life Sketches of Government Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1875 by W. H. McElroy and Alexander McBride (pg. 48f) [e-book]
CAPTURED ON JAMAICA BAY; John H. Coe, the twenty-nine-year-old son of the late State Senator John W. Coe... in NYT on November 17, 1897
Coe genealogy at RootsWeb
1839 births
1890 deaths
New York (state) state senators
Politicians from Brooklyn
New York (state) Liberal Republicans
New York (state) Republicans
ألتون براون

ألتون براون هو لاعب كرة قاعدة أمريكي، ولد في 16 أبريل 1925 في نورفولك في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 10 يناير 2016 في فرجينيا بيتش في الولايات المتحدة.
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
أفراد الجيش الأمريكي في الحرب العالمية الثانية
جنود أمريكيون
رياضيون من نورفولك (فرجينيا)
عسكريون أمريكيون في الحرب العالمية الثانية
لاعبو كرة قاعدة من فرجينيا
لاعبو واشنطن سيناتورز (1901–1960)
مواليد 1925
وفيات 2016
لاعبو كرة قاعدة من نورفولك (فرجينيا)
طرف (حركة العين)

طرف (حركة العين)
الطَرْف هو عملية نصف لا إرادية تظهر في صورة إغلاق جفن العين بسرعة، وهي تتم عن طريق تثبيط عمل عضلة رافعة الجفن العلوية مع تنشيط عمل العضلة الدائرية حول العين. وهي تعتبر عملية هامة للعين حيث تساعد على انتشار الدموع عبر العين، وإزالة المواد المهيجة من على سطح القرنية والشبكية.
قد يكون لعملية الطَرْف وظائف أخرى حيث أنها تحدث باستمرار وبمعدل عالٍ وذلك للإبقاء على العين في حالة تشحيم دائم. يعتقد الباحثون أن عملية الطَرْف قد تساعد على فك أو فصل التركيز، حيث وُجد أنه مع بداية الطَرْف يقل نشاط قشرة المخ في الشبكة الخلفية، ويزداد نشاطها في شبكة الوضع الافتراضي المختص بالمعالجة الداخلية.
تتأثر سرعة الطَرْف بعدة عوامل مثل الإرهاق، وإصابة العين، وبعض الأدوية، والأمراض. مركز الطَرْف هو المسؤول عن تحديد سرعة الطَرْف ولكنه يمكن أن يتأثر بسببب المؤثرات الخارجية. بعض الحيوانات مثل السلاحف البرية، والأقداد (فئران الهامستر) تطْرِف بعين واحدة دون الأخرى. يقوم البشر بعملية الغمز (الطَرْف بعين واحدة) كأسلوب ضمن أساليب لغة الجسد يستخدم عند الكذب أو المزاح وأحيانًا في العلاقات العاطفية وغيرها .
أهمية وكيفية الطَرْف
يوفر الطَرْف رطوبة للعين حيث يقوم بري وغسل العين باستخدام الدموع ومادة شحمية تفرزها العين، كما يساعد الجفن في حماية العين من الجفاف باستخدام الدموع الموجودة في قناة مجرى الدموع ليغطي بها العين بأكملها .
الأهداب عبارة عن شعر قصير متصل بالجفنين العلوي والسفلي ويشكل خط دفاعي ضد الغبار وبعض المواد الأخرى الضارة بالعين. تقوم الرموش بطرد معظم المواد التي تسبب تهيج العين قبل وصولها للعين من الأساس.
هناك العديد من العضلات التي تتحكم في عملية الطَرْف، أهم عضلات الجفن العلوي هي العضلة الدائرية حول العين، وعضلة رافعة الجفن العلوية.
• تقوم العضلة الدائرية حول العين بغلق العين، بينما
• تقوم عضلة رافعة الجفن العلوية بفتحها.
عضلة غضروف الجفن العلوي وعضلة رافعة الجفن السفلية مسؤولتان عن توسيع العين.
تلك العضلات ليست فقط أساسية في الطَرْف، ولكنها أيضًا تلعب دورًا في وظائف أخرى مثل التحديق بالعين، والغمز.
أنواع الطَرْف
الطَرْف التلقائي
يحدث دون الحاجة إلى مؤثر خارجي أو مجهود داخلي. وذلك النوع يحدث تلقائيًا مثل التنفس والهضم.
الطَرْف المنعكس
يحدث كاستجابة لمؤثر خارجي مثل لمس القرنية، أو ظهور شيء أمام العين بسرعة، وهو يحدث بسرعة تفوق سرعة الطَرْف التلقائي.
الطَرْف عند الأطفال
الأطفال الرضع لا يطْرِفون بنفس معدل طَرْف البالغين، حيث يبلغ معدل الطَرْف لديهم مرة أو مرتين فقط كل دقيقة. السبب في هذا الاختلاف غير معروف حتى الآن، ولكن من المعتقد أن الرضع لا يحتاجون نفس كمية التشحيم للعين مثل البالغين. بالإضافة إلى ذلك فإن الرضع لا ينتجون الدموع خلال شهرهم الأول. كما أن الرضع يحصلون على أقساط من النوم أطول من التي يحصل عليها البالغون (وكما ذُكر مسبقًا فإن العين المرهقة تطْرِف أكثر). وبنمو الطفل في مرحلة الطفولة يزداد معدل الطَرْف إلى أن يصل إلى مرحلة المراهقة التي يتساوى فيها معدل الطَرْف لديه مع المعدل الخاص بالبالغين.
الطَرْف عند البالغين
تم التوصل إلى نتائج مختلفة عند إجراء دراسة تعتمد على نوع الجنس في الاختلافات في معدل الطَرْف. حيث كانت نتائج الإناث إلى الذكور تساوي الضعف تقريبًا. بالإضافة إلى ذلك فإن النساء اللاتي يستخدمن حبوب منع الحمل يطرفن بمعدل أكبر بنسة 32%، والسبب في ذلك غير معروف.
قد تُستخدم عملية الطَرْف في تشخيص الحالات الطبية، فعلى سبيل المثال :
زيادة معدل الطَرْف قد يدل على بداية متلازمة توريت أو الجلطة الدماغيةأو اضطرابات في الجهاز العصبي.
بينما نقص معدل الطَرْف يدل على الشلل الرعاش.
مصادر
عين
Henri Bouchard

Henri Bouchard (13 December 1875 – 30 November 1960), was a French sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Biography
The son of a carpenter, Bouchard was born in Dijon. He was educated at the Académie Julian and in the studio of Louis-Ernest Barrias before entering the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He took the Prix de Rome in 1901. His attention turned away from models from antiquity, and towards peasants, everyday life, and ordinary workers. Bouchard himself became a professor at the Académie Julian in 1910.
In November 1941 Bouchard was one of a number of French painters and sculptors who accepted an official invitation from Joseph Goebbels for a grand tour of Nazi Germany. Others who accepted the invitation were Charles Despiau, Paul Landowski, André Dunoyer de Segonzac, and Fauve artists Kees van Dongen, Maurice de Vlaminck, and André Derain. On his return Bouchard had kind words about the status accorded artists in Nazi Germany. Upon Liberation, in 1944, Bouchard was suspended from his professorship, branded a collaborator and ostracized by many former supporters. He died in Paris.
The Musée Bouchard in Paris was opened in 1962 and closed in 2007, at the sculptor's former studio at 25 rue de l'Yvette. Its collections, including a large figure of Apollo displayed at the Palais de Chaillot, plus over a thousand other works such as bronze casts, stone sculptures, and original plaster works, have been transferred to the Musée de La Piscine in Roubaix. According to the museum's web site, a reconstruction of the studio was scheduled to open in 2010.
Work
symbols of the four evangelists, for the campanile of Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris, 1911
figure of the medieval sculptor Claus Sluter, 1911
statues for the Reformation Wall in Geneva, executed with fellow French sculptor Paul Landowski, circa 1912
monument to the children of Saint-Quentin (Aisne) in collaboration with the architect Paul Bigot and sculptor Paul Landowski, 1927
Tombstone of Cardinal Louis-Ernest Dubois, Notre-Dame de Paris (1929)
Christ on the Cross on the facade of the church of Saint-Martin, Chauny, France, circa 1930
Boufarik colonization monument in French Algeria, 1930
the tympanum of the church Saint Pierre de Chaillot in Paris, 1933–1935
bronze Apollo for the Jardins du Trocadéro below the Palais de Chaillot, Paris, 1937
the tombs of Albert Bartholomé, Gabriel Pierné and Général Grossetti, all in Père Lachaise Cemetery
Inventor of the Bush hammer.
Gallery
Sources
Musée Bouchard (Bouchard Museum)
Association des Amis d'Henri Bouchard (Henri Bouchard friends non-profit corporation)
References
External links
1875 births
1960 deaths
Académie Julian alumni
Academic staff of the Académie Julian
French architectural sculptors
Prix de Rome for sculpture
Artists from Dijon
Members of the Académie des beaux-arts
20th-century French sculptors
20th-century French male artists
French male sculptors
Academic staff of the École des Beaux-Arts
Art competitors at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Deh-e Larz

Deh-e Larz (also known as Deh Laz) is a village in Kuh Panj Rural District of the Central District of Bardsir County, Kerman province, Iran.
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 110 in 33 households. The following census in 2011 counted 147 people in 42 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 335 people in 98 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.
References
Bardsir County
Populated places in Bardsir County
America, Netherlands

America, Netherlands
America (Limburgish: Amerika) is a parish village in the Dutch province of Limburg, known historically for its peat extraction.
Geography
America is part of the municipality of Horst aan de Maas in Limburg, and lies approximately northwest of Venlo, east of Helmond, and west of the German border. The town is located within the agricultural Peel region of the Netherlands where peat extraction has been practiced since the Middle Ages. The town is situated approximately above sea level on the Kabroeksebeek, a stream that flows northeasterly to the Groote Molenbeek stream and eventually to the Meuse.
The area of the town is and the population as of 2019 is 2,030.
History
America was founded in the late 19th century on the Venlo–Eindhoven railway to serve peat extraction in the area by providing transportation for workers and resources. The town's etymology is uncertain, but it is likely the town was named after the Americas. Other villages with similar foreign names in the Peel region, including California and Siberia, were founded in the same era.
The town's railway station, America Station, opened in 1866 and was rebuilt in 1894. The parish church for America, Saint Joseph's Church, was completed in 1892. The railway station closed in 1938 and the town was captured by the Germans during World War II before being liberated by the British on 22 November 1944. America Station was eventually demolished in 1970, although it has been immortalized by the 1993 album Station America by the local band Rowwen Hèze.
In recent years, as peat extraction has declined surrounding America, reclaimed peatlands have been converted as holiday villages and bungalow resorts including Limburgse Peel and Het Meerdal, both operated by Center Parcs Europe.
Notable people
Hub van Doorne, founder of manufacturing firm DAF
Jack Poels, lead singer of Rowwen Hèze
Joey Litjens, motorcyclist
Gallery
See also
Amerika, Drenthe (Netherlands)
Amerika, Saxony (Germany)
References
Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)
Horst aan de Maas