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# Ship transport

Harbour cranes unload cargo frae a container ship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, Indie.
**Ship transport** is wattercraft carryin fowk (passengers) or guids (cargae).
# Centre-Val de Loire

| Centre-Val de Loire |
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| Region o Fraunce |
| Banner |
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| Kintra |  Fraunce |
| Prefectur | Orléans |
| Departments |
6[hide]
* Cher
* Eure-et-Loir
* Indre
* Indre-et-Loire
* Loir-et-Cher
* Loiret
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| Govrenment |
|  • Preses | François Bonneau (PS) |
| Area |
|  • Total | 39151 km2 (15,116 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-01-01) |
|  • Total | 2,538,000 |
|  • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
|  • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| GDP (2006) | Rankit {{{GDP\_rank}}} |
| Tot | €63 billion (US${{{GDP\_US$}}} bn) |
| Per capita | €25,200 (US${{{GDP\_per\_capita\_US$}}}) |
| NUTS Region | FR2 |
| Website | regioncentre.fr |

**Centre-Val de Loire** (French pronunciation: ​[sɑ̃tʁ(ə) val də lwaʁ]; Scots: Centre-Loire Valley) is ane o the 18 admeenistrative regions o Fraunce, locatit towards the northwest o the actual centre o the kintra, aroond the Loire Valley, the Val-de-Loire. Its caipital is Orléans, although its lairgest ceety is Tours.

## Features

The main featur o Centre is the Loire Valley. It includes the rich, fertile valleys o the Loire River an its tributaries: Cher, Indre, Loiret, etc. Centre contains the famous *châteaux* o the Loire Valley, which attract mony tourists tae the region. The climate o the region is essentially oceanic.

## Name

Forest in Eure-et-Loir, Centre
The name *Centre* wis chosen bi the French central govrenment based purely on geography, as Centre is composed o ower mony historical provinces tae uise a historical name. Housomeivver, Centre is no in the geographical centre o Fraunce, an the name haes been criticized as being owerly dull an nondescript.

It haes been proposed tae rename the region *Val de Loire* (i.e. "Valley o the Loire") or an aw "Coeur de Loire" (i.e. "Hert o Loire), which wad give mair character tae the name o the region. *Val de Loire* is a name associatit wi positive images o the Loire Valley, such as the chateaux, the gentle an refined lifestyle, wine, the mild an temperate climate. The name chynge haes been adoptit.

## Major communities

Pont Wilson, Tours
* Blois
* Bourges
* Chartres
* Châteauroux
* Dreux
* Fleury-les-Aubrais
* Joué-lès-Tours
* Orléans
* Tours
* Vierzon

## See an aw

* Saint-Benoît-du-Sault

## Freemit airtins

 Media relatit tae Centre at Wikimedia Commons

* Région Centre Archived 2006-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Offeecial wabsteid
* (in Inglis) Centre at Curlie
* The Centre region of France Overview of the region and main attractions
* Centre Val de Loire region of France Information on the region and its departments

Template:Prefecturs o Centre-Val de Loire
# Benjamin Franklin

| Benjamin Franklin |
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| 6t Preses o Pennsylvanie |
| **In office** October 18, 1785 – November 5, 1788 |
| Vice Preses | Charles Biddle Thomas Mifflin |
| Precedit bi | John Dickinson |
| Succeedit bi | Thomas Mifflin |
| Unitit States Meenister tae France  |
| **In office** September 14, 1778 – Mey 17, 1785 Servin with Arthur Lee, Silas Deane, and John Adams |
| Appyntit bi | Continental Congress |
| Precedit bi | *New office* |
| Succeedit bi | Thomas Jefferson |
| Unitit States Meenister tae Swaden  |
| **In office** September 28, 1782 – Apryle 3, 1783 |
| Appyntit bi | Congress of the Confederation |
| Precedit bi | *New office* |
| Succeedit bi | Jonathan Russell |
| 1st United States Postmaster General |
| **In office** Julie 26, 1775 – November 7, 1776 |
| Appyntit bi | Continental Congress |
| Precedit bi | *New office* |
| Succeedit bi | Richard Bache |
| Speaker o the Pennsylvanie Assembly |
| **In office** Mey 1764 – October 1764 |
| Precedit bi | Isaac Norris |
| Succeedit bi | Isaac Norris |
| Member o the Pennsylvanie Assemmly |
| **In office** 1762–1764 |
| **In office** 1751–1757 |
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| Personal details |
| Born | 17 Januar 1706(1706-01-17) Boston, Massachusetts Bay |
| Dee'd | 17 Apryle 1790(1790-04-17) (aged 84) Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie |
| Naitionality | American |
| Poleetical pairty | Independent |
| Spoose(s) | Deborah Read |
| Bairns | William Franklin Francis Folger Franklin Sarah Franklin Bache |
| Profession | Scientist Writer Politeecian |
| Signatur |  |

**Benjamin Franklin** (17 Januar 1706 – 17 Apryle 1790) wis an American statesman. He has also been kent as "the First American". He wis a verra important fowk in the American Revolution an helpit make the Thirteen Colonies ane naition. As a leader o the Enlichtment, he influencit European scientists. He even wis the first thing mony Europeans associatit wi Americae at the time. His successfu diplomacy in Fraunce wis an important factor in the Unitit States' win ower Great Breetain.
# Mayor

In mony kintras, a **mayor** (frae the Laitin *māior* (/ˈmɑːjɒr/), meanin "bigger") is the heichest-rankin officer in the municipal govrenment o a toun or a muckle urban ceety.

In mony municipal seestems, the mayor sers as chief executive officer an/or ceremonial offeecial o mony teeps o municipalities. Warldwide, thare is a wide variance in local laws an customs regardin the pouers an responsibilities o a mayor, as weel as the means bi whilk a mayor is electit or itherwise mandatit.

In Scotland, houaniver, the heichest-rankin officer in the municipal govrenment o a toun isnae kent as a mayor, but as a **provost**.