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Santa Cruz del Sur
History
The ceety haes a special place in history due tae its total destruction bi floodin durin the catastrofic hurricane Flora beginnin late on 8 November, 1932. In a few oors, atween dawn an mid fore-nuin o 9 November, the ceety disappeared unner the sea, an mair nor 3,000 o its inhabitants drowned or wur crushed bi fleein debris carriet bi winds in excess of 135 mph (215 km/h). Why a select nummer o survivors escapit the storm, an why the toun wis no evacuatit prior tae landfaw, persist as questions. The hurricane wis rumored tae be destined for landfaw far east o Santa Cruz, an when notification arrivit aboot the toun's peril, landfaw was imminent. The last depairtin trains for evacuation failed tae depairt due tae floodin. Fishermen o Santa Cruz wur said tae hae predictit the event, apparently suspectin that "something wrang wis brewin in the atmosphere." Survivors providit horrifeein testimonies in the wak o a storm that literally drouned fowk in their homes. Hurricane Paloma made landfaw thare 76 years later on the same nicht in 2008 wi 100 mph (160 km/h) winds an aw.
Demografics
In 2004, the municipality o Santa Cruz del Sur haed a population o 51,335. Wi a total aurie o 1122 km2, it has a population density of 45.8 /km2 In 2007 the town of Santa Cruz del Sur had 16,600 residents.
Sa'dah Govrenorate
The Sa'dah Govrenorate (‏صعدة‎ Ṣa'da) is a govrenorate locatit in the north o Yemen on the mairch wi Saudi Arabie. In Februar 2004, the province haed a population o 695,033 indwallers, aroond 3.67% o the tot population o Yemen an hae an aurie o 11,375 square kilometers. It is ane o the maist inaccessible auries o Yemen an ranks amang the poorest in the kintra. The provincial caipital is Sa`dah, the lairgest ceety in the govrenorate.
Saada is ane o the few regions o Yemen inhabitit bi a lairge majority o Zaydis, a Muslim releegious minority close tae Shia (frae which thay separatit at the end o the 8t century efter a dispute aboot the identity o the fift Shi'a Imam). It is currently the centre o an insurgency pittin Zaydi rebels against the govrenment.
Insurgency in Sa'dah
Syne Juin 2004, violent conflict haes taken place in Saada, killin hunders an causin displacement o the population. The conflict haes its ruits in an insurgency against the govrenment o Yemen which wis initiatit bi a rebel Imam. A ceasefire, brokered in Juin 2007, wis follaed bi a peace agreement in Februar 2008. Bi Aprile 2008, housomeivver, the peace process wis in jeopardy as each side o the conflict accuised the ither o failin tae implement aspects o the peace agreement. Analysts suggest that renewed conflict will hae an impact on the humanitarian situation in the region. In Mey 2008, it wis estimatit that thare wur 77,000 internally displaced bodies (IDPs) in Saada as a result o the conflict.
Patrick Cormack
Sir Patrick Thomas Cormack (born 18 Mey 1939) is an Inglis politeecian, an a member o the Unitit Kinrick pairlament at Wastmeinster, representin the Conservative Pairty. He represents the Sooth Staffordshire consteetuency in the Hoose o Commons.
Wakamiya, Fukuoka
Wakamiya (若宮町) wis a town located in Kurate Destrict, Fukuoka, Japan.
As o 2003, the toun haed an estimatit population o 9,889 an a densitie o 113.02 persons per km². The total aurie wis 87.50 km².
On 11 Februar 2006 Wakamiya wis mergit wi the toun o Miyata, frae Kurate Destrict an aw, tae form the new ceety o Miyawaka.
Cesar, Colombie
Cesar Depairtment (Departamento del Cesar) or simply Cesar is a depairtment o Colombie locatit in the north o the kintra in the Caribbean region, borderin tae the north wi La Guajira, tae the wast wi the Magdalena an Bolivar, tae the sooth wi Santander, tae the wast wi Norte de Santander, an tae the east wi the Venezuelan state o (Zulia). The depairtment caipital ceety is Valledupar.
San Pascual, Batangas
San Pascual is a first class municipality in the province o Batangas, Philippines. Accordin tae the 2010 census, it haes a population o 59,598 fowk.
San Pascual wis umwhile pairt o the municipality o Bauan an kent as "Lagnas". It became an unthirlt municipality in 1969. The municipality is adjacent tae Batangas Ceety, alang Batangas Bay. The toun is hame tae a ile refinery an chemical plants as well as ither industrial an commercial establishments.
Barangays
San Pascual is poleetically subdividit intae 29 barangays. • 2
Beithir
The beithir is a lairge snakelike craitur or draigon in Scots fowklore, likely oreeginating frae sichtins o lairge grass snakes (Natrix natrix) or European eels (Anguilla anguilla).
Etymology
The Scots Gaelic wird beithir haes been defined variously as "serpent", "lichtning", an "thunnerbolt". It is awso referred tae as beithir-nimh ("venomous serpent") an nathair ("serpent" an "adder"). The wird mae awso mean "wild beast" an mae be derived frae the Norse for "bear" accuirdin tae Celtic meethology scholar James MacKillop.
Santa Rosa Depairtment (Guatemala)
Santa Rosa is a depairtment in Guatemala. The caipital is Cuilapa.
Miyata, Fukuoka
As o 2003, the toun haed an estimatit population o 20,984 an a densitie o 399.77 persons per km². The total aurie wis 52.49 km².
On 11 Februar 2006 Miyata wis mergit wi the toun o Wakamiya, frae Kurate Destrict an aw, tae form the new ceety o Miyawaka.
Longport
Longport can refer tae:
Tagawa
Tagawa (田川市) is a ceety locatit in Fukuoka, Japan.
As o 31 Mey 2011, the ceety haes an estimatit population o 51,128, wi 24,348 hoosehaulds an a population densitie o 937.78 fowk per km². Its total aurie is 54.52 km².
The ceety wis foondit on 3 November 1943.
Tagawa wis historically a coal minin ceety, an is easily recognizable bi its twa tall chimneys locatit near Tagawa-Ita (田川伊田駅). Currently active industries in Tagawa include limestane an cement production. Tirol (チロル) miniatur chocolates are manufactured in Tagawa. The TRIAL Kyushu warehoose is locatit in Ita-machi, an services TRIAL discount stores in aw prefecturs in Kyushu.
Rajshahi Diveesion
The Rajshahi Diveesion (রাজশাহী বিভাগ) is ane o the seiven admeenistrative diveesions o Bangladesh.
It haes an aurie o 18,174.4 km² an a population at the 2011 Census o 18,329,000 (preliminary figures). Rajshahi Diveesion consists o 8 destricts (Bogra, Joypurhat, Naogaon, Natore, Nawabganj, Pabna, Rajshahi, Sirajganj), 70 Upazilas (the next lawer admeenistrative tier) an 1,092 Unions (the lawest admeenistrative tier). This diveesion is characterized bi its cheap labour force. It haes an excellent rail an road communication infrastructur. The diveesional caipital o Rajshahi is anerlie fower oors road journey away frae Dhaka, the caipital ceety.
Till 2010 this Diveesion comprised 16 destricts, but early in that year it wis dividit intae twae, when a new Diveesion (Rangpur Diveesion) wis formit oot o the 8 northerly destricts that till then haed been pairt o the Rajshahi Diveesion. Rajshahi wis dominatit bi various Rajas, Maharajas an Zamindars.
Location
Rajshahi diveesion is in the mid wastren corner o Bangladesh. The famous river Padma borders Rajshahi diveesion on the sooth an anither famous river, Jamuna, lees athort the eastren border. In the Wast, Rajshahi diveesion shares a border wi Indie.
Dunaivtsi Raion
Dunaivtsi Raion (Дунаєвецький район) is a raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its admeenistrative center is Dunaivtsi. Its population is 66 900 inhabitants. It wis established in 1923.
Nadine Dorries
Nadine Vanessa Dorries (née Bargery, born 21 Mey 1957) is an Inglis politeecian, an a member o the Unitit Kinrick pairlament at Wastmeinster, representin the Conservative Pairty. She represents the Mid Bedfordshire consteetuency in the Hoose o Commons.
Dunaivtsi Raion
Geografie
Dunaivtsi Raion is a pairt o Podolie. It is ane oot 20 Raions o Khmelnytskyi Oblast. It is a lairge Raion an ranks as the 5t amang the lairgest wi respect tae the total aurie (1 182 km² correspondin tae 5.7% o the total aurie o Khmelnytskyi Oblast).
Brest, Fraunce
Brest is a ceety in the Finistère department in Breetany in north-wastren Fraunce. Locatit in a sheltered poseetion no far frae the wastren tip o the Breton peninsula, Brest is an important harbour, seicont French military port efter Toulon, at the wastren extremity o Fraunce. The ceety is locatit at the occidental edge o continental Europe, hence the expression « Europe frae Brest tae Brest ». Coontin 142,722 inhabitants, Brestois an Brestoises (2007 sensur), Brest is the main metropolitan aurie (reachin 300,300 inhabitants) o Wast Beettany, seicont ahind anerlie Rennes in the region o Breetany an the 22nt populous ceety o Fraunce. Awtho Brest is bi far the lairgest ceety in Finistère, the préfecture (caipital) o the depairtment is the muckle smawer commune o Quimper.
Durin the Middle Age, the history o Brest wis the history o its castle. Then Richelieu made it a military harbour. Brest grew aroond its arsenal, till the seicont pairt o the 20t century. Profoondly merked bi the Allies bombin raids durin Warld War II, the ceety centre wis completely rebuilt efter the war. At the end o the 20t century an the beginnin o the 21st century, the deindustrialization o the ceety wis follaed bi the development o the service sector. Nouadays, Brest is an important varsity toun wi 23,000 students. Asides a multidisciplinary varsity, the University o Wastren Breetany, Brest an its surroondin aurie possess several prestigious French elite schools sic as École Navale (the French Naval Academy), Télécom Bretagne an École nationale supérieure des ingénieurs des études et techniques d'armement (ENSIETA). Brest is an' a' an important research centre, mainly focused on the sea, wi amang ithers the lairgest Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation o the Sea) center, le Cedre (Centre o Documentation, Research an Experimentation on Accidental Watter Pollution) an the French Polar Institute.
Brest’s history haws aaways been linked tae the sea: the Académie de Marine (Naval Academy) wis foondit in 1752 in this ceety as well as the aircraft carrier Charles-de-Gaulle wis biggit thare. Ivery fower years, Brest hosts the internaitional festival o the sea, boats an sailors: it is a meetin o auld riggins frae aroond the warld.
Geography
Brest is locatit amidst dramatic landscape near the entrance o the naitural rade de Brest (Brest roadstead), at the wast end o Breetany.
It is situatit tae the north o a magnificent landlockit bay, an occupies the slopes o twa hills dividit bi the river Penfeld. The pairt o the toun on the left bank is regardit as Brest proper, while the pairt on the richt is kent as Recouvrance. Thare are an' a' extensive suburbs tae the east o the toun. The hillsides are in some places sae steep that the ascent frae the lawer tae the upper toun haes tae be effectit bi flichts o steps an the seicont or third storey o ane hoose is aften on a level wi the grund storey o the next.
Twin touns
Brest is twinned wi:
Friendly relationship
Brest haes an offeecial friendly relationship (protocole d'amitié) wi:
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (21 Februar 1794 – 21 Juin 1876), eften kent as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna an whiles cried "the Napoleon o the Wast", wis a Mexican politeecian an general who greatly influenced early Mexican politics an govrenment. Santa Anna first opponed the movement for Mexican unthirldom frae Spain, but then foucht in support o it. Thou nae the first caudillo (militar leader) o modren Mexico, he wis amang the earliest.
Langham, Dumfries an Gallowa
Langham (English: Langholm ), kent as "The Muckle Toun" an aw, is a burgh the historical coonty o Dumfriesshire in Dumfries an Gallowa in soothwast Scotland. Langham lies atween fower hills in the dale o the River Esk in the Soothren Uplands. It is the tradeetional seat o Clan Armstrong wi its maist famous descendant bein Neil Armstrong, the first man tae walk on the muin. In 1972 he acceptit in person bein bestowed the first Freeman an Honorary Burgess o the burgh o Langham. On acceptin the honour he said "The most difficult place to be recognised is in one's home town. And I consider this now to be my home town."
Location an geography
Langham sits 8 mile north o the Scots-English mairch on the A7 road rinnin atween Edinburgh in in east central Scotland an Cairl in nor'wast England. Edinburgh is 73 mile til the north, Copshaw Howm is aroond 10 mile til the east, an Cairl is 19 mile til the sooth.
Langham is immediate surroondit bi fower hills in the River Esk dale within Scotland's wider Soothren Uplands. The hie-est o the fower hills is the 984 fit Whita hilltat that an obelisk (kent local as "The Moniment" staunds on. The Moniment commemorates the life an achievements o Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833), an umwhile sodger, statesman, an historian. The ither three hills is Warblaw (in Langhown it's pronoonce't Warbla), Meiklehowmhill (a knowe that is kent there as 'Tinpin', an the Castle Hill.
History
Langham is the tradeetional seat o Clan Armstrong that is praisent representit aroond the warld bi the offeecial Clan Armstrong Trust. Hame o the Clan Armstrong is Gilnockie Tour 4.5 mile sooth o Langham an 1.4 mile north o Canonbie. The Episcopalian kirk on Castle Howm gae intae disuse afore convertin intil the Clan Armstrong Museum.
The toun wis an important centre for the Border reivers. The town later growed around the claith industry.
Quentin Davies
John Quentin Davies (born 29 Mey 1944), kent as Quentin Davies, is an Inglis politeecian, an a member o the Unitit Kinrick pairlament at Wastmeenster, representin the Labour Pairty. He represents the Grantham an Stanford consteetuency in the Hoose o Commons. He defectit frae the Conservative Pairty on 26 Juin 2007.
Espoo
Espoo (Esbo, ) is the seicont lairgest ceety an municipality in Finland. The population o the ceety o Espoo is 234,930 (Mairch 31, 2010). It is pairt o the Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie alang wi the ceeties o Helsinki, Vantaa, an Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastren mairch wi Helsinki an Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen. The day, Espoo is the anerlie municipality in Finland tae fully enclose anither municipality. The ceety is on the shore o the Gulf o Finland, in the region o Uusimaa.
Langham, Dumfries an Gallowa
Governance
The toun is pairt o the Sooth Scotland region in the Scots Pairlament, bein int he constituency o Dumfriesshire. Oliver Mundell o the Scots Conservative Pairty is the MSP.
Espoo
Ither bordering municipalities o Espoo ar Nurmijärvi an Vihti in the north an Kirkkonummi in the wast. The naitional park o Nuuksio is situated in northwast Espoo.
Langham, Dumfries an Gallowa
Governance
Langham is represented on Dumfries an Galloway Cooncil by three cooncillors for Annandale East an Eskdale: Archie Dryburgh o the Scots Labour Pairty, Denis Male o the independents an Karen Carruthers o the Scots Conservative Pairty. The neist election will tak place in 2027.
Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity is the term referrin tae electricity generatit bi hydropouer; the production o electrical pouer throu the uise o the gravitational force o fawin or flaein watter.
Espoo
Espoo encompasses 528 square kilometres (204 sq mi), o which 312 km2 (120 sq mi) is land.
Madise, Tartu Coonty
Madise is a veelage in Kambja Pairish, Tartu Coonty in eastren Estonie.
Espoo
Espoo haes several local regional centers. Espoo is sicweys dividit intae seiven major auries (suuralueet, storområden): Vanha-Espoo (wi administrative center), Suur-Espoonlahti, Pohjois-Espoo, Suur-Kauklahti, Suur-Leppävaara, Suur-Matinkylä an Suur-Tapiola.
Langham, Dumfries an Gallowa
Governance
Afore Brexit for the European Pairlament its residenters votit tae elect MEPs for the Scotland constituency.
Espoo
The Helsinki University o Technology is based in Otaniemi, Espoo, alang wi a thriving science community that includes numerous startups an organisations sic as VTT – the Technical Research Center o Finland. Nokia, the telecommunications company, is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, alang wi ither heich-tech companies sic as KONE, Tekla an Fortum.
Langham, Dumfries an Gallowa
Neil Armstrong
In 1972, astronaut Neil Armstrong wis walcomed an mae the first freeman an burgess o the burgh. The depute toun clark at the time later said, "The town council had made the approach because this is Armstrong country and we thought it would be appropriate. It turned out that he was coming to Edinburgh to deliver the Mountbatten lecture so he coul accept and come to Langholm."
Espoo
The ceety o Espoo is offeecially bilingual. The majority o the population speaks Finnish as thair mither tongue an thay staund at 83.6% o the population. The minority speaks Finland Swadish an thay staund at 8.3 percent o the population. Espoo's population that haes a first leid ither than Finnish or Swadish staund at 8% o the population.
Langham, Dumfries an Gallowa
Neil Armstrong
The ceremony teuk place at Langham's lairgest biggin o the time, the pairish kirk. Wi his mainer o cannie deegnity he statit:
Espoo
Twin touns – Sister ceeties
Espoo is twinned wi:
Langham, Dumfries an Gallowa
Neil Armstrong
He syne walkit for his denner at Buccleuch Hall. His veesit is capturt in a online video. In kiverage bi the international press, the Chicago Tribune's front page story includit a map o the Breetish Isles merkin anely Lunnon an Langham. Armstrong universal kent for his hummleness is myndit as haein no interest on his veesit o blowstin o his achievements. Insteid he wis resorbit in findin oot mair o his Armstrong heirskip an makkin a connection with the aurie.
Ither fowk
Thomas Telford wis born nearby an wrocht in Langham as a prentice early in his career.
Christopher Murray Grieve (better kent as Hugh MacDiarmid wis born in Langham. The Scots poet wis a leadin licht in the Scots Renaissance o the 20t century. Unusual for a communist, he wis a commitit Scots nationalist an wrate in baith English an leeterar Scots. The toun is hame til a moniment in his honour made o watherin steel that taks the form o a lairge appen beuk depictin eemages fae his writins.
The first female corporate member o the Institution o Ceevil Ingineers, Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan, wis born an reart in Langham, the dochter o Rev James Donalson Buchanan, the langtime meenister in Langham Pairish.
David Thomas Richardson, a linguist an an officer in the Bengal Airmy wis born in Langham.
Economy
Edinburgh Woollen Mill wis foondit in Langham in 1946 bi Drew Stevenson, houiver thay recent announce't plants tae muive thair heidquarters fae Langham tae Cairl.
Bus
The X95 cross-mairch bus service (that is operatit bi Borders Buses rins throu Langham, the service maistly follaes the route o the A7 road atween Edinburgh an Cairl via Haaick in The Mairches.
Rail
The nearest operational railwey stations is at Cairl in England an Lockerbie in Scotland.
Newspaper
The local newspaper is the Eskdale an Liddesdale Advertiser sted in Langham High Street. The Advertiser is awnt bi the CN Group. The newpaper kivers news fae Langham an its surroondin auries (namely Canonbie an Copshaw Howm an is common refert tae locally as "The Squeak". Estaiblisht in 1848, the newspaper wis the first penny newspaper in Scotland.
Radio
Ootby o the nationwide services a body can receive transmissions by:
Eddication
Langholm Academy is a combine't primary an seicontary schuil.
Sport
In 1858 Langholm Cricket Club wis foondit. The club play thair matches on the picturesque Castleholm Ground. They praisently play thair matches in the Border League, finishin mid-table for the 2009 saison. The 2010 saison stairtit again Gallae at hame on 24 Apryle.
In 1871, Langholm RFC wis foondit, bein the auldest Rugby club in the Mairches. Langholm RFC play in the Scots National League (rugby union) (Diveesion 1) an in the Border League.
Langham haes an aw a minor fitbaw team, Langholm Legion, that play an aw on the Castleholm.
The toun haes an aw a karate club, Langholm Shotokan Karate club, that is pairt o the JKS Scotland.
Airts an leisur
Forby the Scots Episcopal Kirk noo uised as the Clan Armstrong Museum, the Roman Catholic kirk o St Francis o Assisi closed in 2010, an is noo a fine airt gailerie.
Langham has a pipe baund an a bress baund (kent as "the Town Band" or colloquial "the Toun Baund", that is leged tae be the auldest survivin bress baund in Scotland.
The toun is hame an aw til the Eskdale and Liddesdale Aruchaeological Society.
The're an acteeve Archive Group an aw wi a steidy increasin collection o information, muckle o it is noo on-line.
Industry
Industry for a lang time wis sted on claith wi at ae time 22 mills in the toun. There haes been a muckle o consolidation an closur syne that peak. The High Street retail brand Edinburgh Woollen Mill wis stairtit in Langham and haes yet a praisence in the toun.
Langholm Project
This mair-recent study is teetelt offeecial The Langholm Moor Demonstration Project, bit like its predecessor it is kent general as the "Langholm Project". The praisent project is a jynt ventur atween the Buccleuch Estates, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, an the Natural England public body.
Austrick
Austrick (German: Österreich, Czech: Rakousko, Slovenian: Avstrija; Croatian: Austrija; Serbian: Аустрија; Hungarian: Ausztria) is a laundlockit kintra in central Europe. It haes a laund mairch wi Germany an Czechie tae the north, Slovakie an Hungary tae the east, Slovenie an Italy tae the sooth, an Swisserland an Liechtenstein tae the wast. Austrick haes been a member-state o the EU sin 1995.
The fowk in Austrick speak German, a few speak Hungarian, Slovenie an Croatie. The caipital o Austrick is Vienna (Wien).
Austrick is mair nor a thoosand year auld. Its history can be follaed tae the nint century. At that time the first fowk muived tae the laund nou kent as Austrick. The name "Ostarrichi" is first scrieved in an offeecial document frae 996AD. Syne this wird haes developed intae the Modren German wird Österreich.
History
Austrick wis an empire frae aboot 800AD tae 1918, an wis ringit ower bi The Hoose o Habsburg for maist o that period. Than it becam a republic. The First Republic wis frae 1918 tae 1938, the Seicont Republic haes been frae 1945. Frae 1938 tae 1945 Austrick wis pairt o Germany. It wis annexed bi the Nazis an becam pairt o the"Third Reich" juist afore WWII. Efter the weir it syne becam unthirlt.
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Чуко́тский автоно́мный о́круг, Chukotsky avtonomny okrug; Chukchi: Чукоткакэн автономныкэн округ, Chukotkaken avtonomnyken okrug), or Chukotka (Чуко́тка), is a federal subject o Roushie (an autonomous okrug) locatit in the Roushie Far East. Population in 2010: 50,526 (2010 Census).
The autonomous okrug's surface aurie is 737700 km2. The principal toun an the admeenistrative center is Anadyr. The region is the maist northeasterly region o Roushie an, syne the sale o Alaska tae the Unitit States, haes been the anerlie pairt o Roushie lyin pairtially in the Wastren Hemisphere (east o the 180t meridian).
Elgygytgyn Lake, an important steid for scienteefic research on climate chynge, is locatit in Chukotka, as is the veelage o Uelen, the closest substantial Roushie dounset tae the Unitit States.
Lalli, Rapla Coonty
Lalli is a veelage in Kehtna Pairish, Rapla Coonty in northren-central Estonie.
Thymus
The thymus is a specialised primary lymphoid organ o the immune seestem.
Verkhovazhsky Destrict
Verkhovazhsky Destrict (Верхова́жский райо́н) is a admeenistrative an municipal destrict (raion), ane o the twinty-sax in Vologda Oblast, Roushie. It is locatit in the north o the oblast an borders wi Velsky Destrict o Arkhangelsk Oblast in the north, Ustyansky Destrict o Arkhangelsk Oblast in the northeast, Tarnogsky Destrict in the east, Totemsky Destrict in the sooth, Syamzhensky Destrict in the soothwast, Vozhegodsky Destrict in the wast, an wi Konoshsky Destrict o Arkhangelsk Oblast in the northwast. The aurie o the destrict is 4260 km2. Its admeenistrative centre is the landwart locality (a selo) o Verkhovazhye. Destrict's population: 16,346 (2002 Census);  The population o Verkhovazhye accoonts for 36.2% o the destrict's total population.
Geografie
The aurie o the destrict is slichtly elongatit frae wast tae east. It is crossed frae sooth tae north bi the Vaga River (the name o the destrict's admeenistrative centre, Verkhovazhye, means leeterally "on the Upper Vaga") an its tributars, the lairgest o which are the Kuloy in the east an the Pezhma in the wast. Auries in the wast an in the soothwast o the destrict belang tae the basins o the tributars o the Kubena, in the basin o the Sukhona River. The whole aurie o the destrict belangs tae the basin o the Northren Dvina River.
Thare are mony swamps in the destrict, maist o which are locatit in the glens o the Vaga an the Kuloy. The basins o the Vaga an Kuloy Rivers are separatit bi the chain o hills which runs throu the destrict frae north tae sooth.
Forests cover 85% o the destrict's territory. In pairticular, spruce occupees 44% o aw forestit auries, birch occupees 22%, pine–25%, an aspen–3% o aw forestit auries.
In addeetion, the Chugly Park creatit bi Illarion Dudorov 47 km frae Verkhovazhye, is protectit as a natural monument syne 2002.
Najasa
Najasa is a municipality an ceety in the Camagüey Province o Cuba.
Verkhovazhsky Destrict
History
The aurie o Verkhovazhye an the upper course o the Vaga wur awready populatit in the 13t century. Due tae its location on ane o the main watterweys connectin central Roushie an the White Sea (it was controlled first bi Novgorodians, an efter the faw o Novgorod wis transferred tae the Grand Duchy o Moscow), an the later construction o the surface road connectin Moscow an Arkhangelsk, bi the 17t century Verkhovazhye became a major tradin dounset. In the 18t century, industrie wis introducit, which includit a distillery, an iron wirks, an a paper production plant. In the 18t century, Verkhovazhsky Posad (currently Verkhovazhye) wis ane o the main tradin touns in the Roushie North, hauldin twa annual fairs.
Najasa
Demografics
In 2004, the municipality o Najasa haed a population o 16,470. Wi a total aurie o 921 km2, it haes a population densitie o 17.9 /km2.
Verkhovazhsky Destrict
History
In 1929, several govrenorates, includin Vologda Govrenorate, wur mergit intae Northren Krai. On 15 Julie 1929, the uyezds wur abolisht, an Velsky Uyezd wis split intae Velsky, Verkhovazhsky, an Ustyansky Destricts. Verkhovazhsky Destrict became a pairt o Nyandoma Okrug o Northren Krai.
In 1930, the okrug wis abolisht, an the destrict wis subordinatit tae the central admeenistration o Northren Krai. On 30 Julie 1931, Verkhovazhsky Destrict wis mergit intae Velsky Destrict (wi the exception o Zhikhovsky Selsoviet, which wis transferred tae Totemsky Destrict), an on 25 Januar 1935, it wis re-establisht. In 1936, the krai wis transformit intae Northren Oblast, which, in turn, wis split intae Arkhangelsk Oblast an Vologda Oblast in 1937. Verkhovazhsky Destrict remained in Vologda Oblast iver syne.
Industrie
The economie o the destrict is based on timber industrie, which is, housomeivver, declinin steadily. Thare is fuid industrie an aw, mainly bread bakkin.
Agricultur
In 2010, three collective ferms, eleiven privately awned mid-scale ferms, an ane private smaw-scale ferms operatit in the destrict. The main agricultural specializations wur cattle breedin an flax growin. The flax growin, which wis a tradeetional occupation o the peasants in the aurie, is considered tae be a priority.
Transportation
Ane o the principal heich-gates in Roushie, M8, which connects Moscow an Arkhangelsk, crosses the destrict frae sooth tae north, bipassin Verkhovazhye. Thare are local roads an aw, wi the bus traffic oreeginatin frae Verkhovazhye.
Nane o the rivers are navigable athin the limits o the destrict.
Cultur an recreation
The destrict contains 174 objects classifee'd as cultural an historical heritage o local significance. Maist o these are firthen ferms an kirks built prior tae 1917.
The anerlie state museum in the destrict is the Historical Museum o Verkhovazhsky Destrict, locatit in the selo o Verkhovazhye.
Tyre Destrict
The Tyre Destrict is a destrict in the Sooth Govrenorate o Lebanon.
Phoenician era
Tyre wis a major port in Phoenician times. It grew walthy frae its far-reachin colonies an industries o purpie-dyed textiles. This attractit the attention o conquerors amang them the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar an Alexander the Great.
Five millennie o history
Foondit at the stairt o the third millennium BC, Tyre oreeginally consistit o a mainland dounset an a modest island ceety that lay a short distance aff shore. But it wis no till the first millennium BC that the ceety experienced its gowden age. In the 10t century BC Hiram, King o Tyre, jynt twa islets bi landfill. Later he extendit the ceety faur bi reclaimin a considerable aurie frae the sea. Phoenician expansion began aboot 815 BC when traders frae Tyre foondit Carthage in North Africae. Eventually its colonies spread aroond the Mediterranean an Atlantic, bringin tae the ceety a flourishin maritime tred. But prosperity an pouer mak thair awn enemies. Early in the saxt century BC Nebuchadnezzar, King o Babylon, laid siege tae the wawed ceety for thirteen years. Tyre stood firm, but it wis probable that at this time the residents o the mainland ceety abandoned it for the safety o the island.
Alexander's era
Alexander the Great In 332 BC set oot tae conquer this strategic coastal ceety durin the war atween the Greeks an the Persians, Unable tae storm the ceety he blockaded Tyre for seeven month, Tyre held on but the conqueror uised the debris o the abandoned mainland ceety tae big a causeway an ance athin reach o the ceety's waws, Alexander uised his siege ingines tae batter an feenally breach the fortifications.
Sae enraged at the Tyrians' defence an the amoont o men lost in the battle, Alexander destroyed hauf o the ceety. The toun's 30,000 residents war massacred or sauld intae slavery. Tyre an the whole o ancient Syria fell unner Roman rule in 64 BC. Nonetheless, for some time Tyre continued tae mint its ain siller coins.
Romans era
The Romans biggit great important monuments in the ceety, includin an aqueduct, a triumphal airch an the lairgest hippodrome in antiquity. Christianity figures in the history o Tyre, the name Tyre is mentioned in the new testament, Durin the Byzantine era the Airchbishop o Tyre wis the primate o aw the bishops o Phoenicie. At that time the ceety witnessed a seicont gowden age as it can be seen frae the remains o its buildings an the inscriptions in the necropolis.
Islamic era
Tyre surrendered tae the Islamic airmies in 634, the ceety affered nae resistance an continued tae prosper unner its new rulers, exportin o succar as well as objects made o pairl an gless makin wis a guid soorce o income for the ceety. Wi the decline o the Abbasid caliphate, Tyr acquired some unthirldom unner the dynasty o Banu Aqil, vassals o the Fatimid Caliphate. This wis a time when Tyre wis adorned wi funtains an its bazaar wur full o different kynds o merchandise includin carpets an jewelry o gowd an siller.
Thanks tae Tyre's strang fortifications it wis able tae resist tae onslaught o the Crusaders til 1124. Efter aboot 180 years o Crusader rule, the Mamluks reteuk the ceety in 1291, til it wis passed on tae the Ottomans at the stairt o the 16t century.
Lebanon era
Wi the end o Warld War I Tyre wis integratit intae the new naition o Lebanon.
Atlántico, Colombie
Its caipital is Barranquilla. Ither important ceeties include Soledad an Malambo.
Tolata Municipality
Tolata Municipality is the third municipal section of the Germán Jordán Province in the Cochabamba Depairtment, Bolivie. Its seat is Tolata.
Verona Pooth
Verona Pooth, née Feldbusch, (born 30 Aprile 1968 in La Paz, Bolivie) is a German televeesion personality, brawnie pageant winner, an an occasional actress. In 1993, she wis Miss Germany an Miss Intercontinental an representit Germany at the Miss Universe contest. She receivit the German "Bambi" media prize in 2004 an 2006.
In 2004 she marriet Franjo Pooth, a German entrepreneur. They hae twa sons, San Diego an Rocco Ernesto.
Crispin Blunt
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt (born 15 Julie 1960) is an Inglis politeecian, an a member o the Unitit Kinrick pairlament at Wastmeinster, representin the Conservative Pairty. He represents the Reigate consteetuency in the Hoose o Commons.
Miyawaka
Miyawaka (宮若市) is a ceety locatit in Fukuoka, Japan. The ceety wis foondit on 11 Februar 2006, frae the merger o the touns o Miyata an Wakamiya, baith frae Kurate Destrict.
As o Februar 2007, the ceety haes a population o 31,296 an the densitie o 223.56 persons per km². The total aurie is 139.99 km².
Toyota Motor Kyushu is based in Miyawaka, an build Lexus models.
Murom
Murom (Муром; Auld Norse: Moramar) is a historical ceety in Vladimir Oblast, Roushie, which sprawls alang the left bank o the Oka River. Population:
History
In the 9t century CE, the ceety markit the eastmaist dounset o the East Slavs in the laund o the Finno-Ugric fowk cried Muromians. The Primary Chronicle mentions it as early as 862. It is sicweys ane o the auldest ceeties in Roushie. Circa 900 CE, it wis an important tradin post frae Volga Bulgarie tae the Easter Seas.
Atween 1010 an 1393, it wis the caipital o a separate principality, whose rulers includit Saunt Gleb, assassinatit in 1015 an canonisit in 1071, Saunt Prince Konstantin the Blessed, an Saunts Peter an Theuronia, subjects o an opera bi Rimsky-Korsakov. It wis the hame toun o the maist celebratit East Slavic epic hero, Ilya Muromets. The toun haes statue which shows Ilya hauldin the hilt o his swuird in the left haund an a cross in the richt.
On 30 Juin 1961, Murom wis the steid o a spontaneous protest an riot against the polis an Soviet authorities, follaein the daith in polis custody o a senior factory foreman namit Kostikov.
Admeenistrative an municipal status
Athin the framewirk o admeenistrative diveesions, Murom serves as the admeenistrative centre o Muromsky Destrict, even tho it is no a pairt o it. As an admeenistrative diveesion, it is incorporatit separately as the Ceety o Murom—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts. As a municipal diveesion, the territory o the Ceety o Murom thegither wi nine landwart localities in Muromsky Destrict are incorporatit as Murom Urban Okrug.
Sichts
Murom still retains mony marks o antiquity. The Savior monastery, ane o the maist auncient in Roushie, wis first chronicled in 1096, whan Oleg o Chernigov besiegit it an killed Vladimir Monomakh's son Izyaslav, who is buriet thare. In 1552, the monastery wis visitit bi Ivan the Terrible who commissioned a stane cathedral, which wis follaeed bi ither kirks.
Notable fowk
Amang notable natives are the faither o color photografie, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863), an the faother o televeesion, Vladimir Zworykin (1889).
Kiel
Kiel is the caipital an maist populous ceety in the northren German state o Schleswig-Holstein, wi a population o ower 237,000 (2009).
Kiel is approximately 90 km north o Hamburg. Due tae its geographic location in the north o Germany, the sootheast o the Jutland peninsula, an the soothwastren shore o the Baltic Sea, Kiel haes become ane o the major maritime centres o Germany. For instance, the ceety is kent for a variety o internaitional sailin events, includin the annual Kiel Week, which is the biggest sailin event in the warld. The Olympic sailin competitions o the 1936 an the 1972 Simmer Olympics wur held in Kiel.
Kiel haes an aa been ane o the traditional hames o the German Navy's Baltic fleet, an continues tae be a major heich-tech shipbiggin centre. Kiel is an important sea transport hub, thanks tae its location at the Kiel Fjord (Kieler Förde) an the busiest artificial waterway in the warld, Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal). A nummer o passenger ferries tae Swaden, Norrowey an ither kintras operate frae here. Moreower, the day Kiel harbour is an important port o caw for cruise ships tourin the Baltic Sea.
In 2005 Kiel's GDP per capita wis €35,618, well abuin Germany's naitional average, an 159% o the European Union's average.
Athin Germany an pairts o Europe, the ceety is kent for its leadin handbaw team, THW Kiel. The ceety is hame tae the University o Kiel (established in 1665).
Sister touns
Kiel is twinned wi:
Hatikvah
Hatikvah (, Hatiq'vah, lit. The Hope) is the naitional anthem o Israel. The anthem wis written bi Naphtali Herz Imber, a secular Galician Jew frae Zolochiv (today in Lviv Oblast), who moved tae the Land o Israel in the early 1880s.
The anthem's theme revolves aroond the nearly 2000-year-auld hope o the Jewish fowk tae be a free an sovereign fowk in the Land o Israel, a naitional dream that wad eventually be realized wi the foondin o the modren State o Israel in 1948.
The Cundeez
The Cundeez is a muisic group fae Dundee that formed in 2010. Thay mak sangs in the Dundonian byleid o Scots. Mony o thair sangs relate tae thair lives growin up in the schemes o Dundee.
Thair memmers include Gary Robertson as sangster an bagpiper, Stevie Cundee Bass, Trotsky Cundee Guitar  Shaun Kerr Drums Jock Castle/Wullie Cundee mayhem. They descrived themsel as 'Skeem Rawk'.
Discography
KIlts On Taps Aff/ Stornoway Stomp (Oary Records 2021)
Mark Field
Mark Christopher Field (born 6 October 1964) is an Inglis politeecian, an a member o the Unitit Kinrick pairlament at Wastmeinster, representin the Conservative Pairty. He represents the Ceities o Lunnon an Wastmeinster consteetuency in the Hoose o Commons.
Longport, Staffordshire
Port Vale F.C. played their hame gemmes at The Meadows in Limekiln Lane atween 1876 an 1881.
Transport
Longport is servit bi Longport railwey station which wis opened bi the North Staffordshire Railway on 9 October 1848 an is regularly servit bi trains on the Crewe to Derby wi a limitit nummer o Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester trains.
LGBT richts muivement
The LGBT richts muivement, forby cried the gay richts muivement, or gay liberation muivement, is a ceevil richts muivement that advocates equal richts fur gay men, lesbian, bisexual, an transgender fowk (the LGBT commonty). It seeks tae get rid o sodomy laws baurin homosexual acts atween consentin adults an caws fur an end tae discrimination again LGBT fowk in employment, credit, housin, an ither areas o lyfe.
Afore the 20t yeirhunner
Releegious admonitions again sexual relations atween same-sex fowk (maistlins men) meant that sic behaviour wis lang tashed. Housomiver, maist legal codes in Europe war silent on the subjeck. The judicial systems o monie maistlie Muslim kintras invokit Islamic law in a wide range o contexts, an same-sex intimacy war criminalised in thon kintras wi severe dronach, includin execution.
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (Михаи́л Васи́льевич Ломоно́сов; November 19 1711 – April 15 1765) wis a Roushie polymath, scientist an writer, who made important contreibutions tae leeteratur, eddication, an science. Amang his discoveries wis the atmosphere o Venus. His spheres o science wur naitural science, chemistry, pheesics, mineralogy, history, airt, filology, optical devices an ithers. Lomonosov wis an aa a poet an influenced the formation o the modren Roushie leeterar leid.
LGBT richts muivement
Afore the 20t yeirhunner
Beginnin in the 16th yeirhunner, law-makkers in Breetain began tae categorise homosexual behaviour as creeminal. In the 1530s, durand the raign o Henry VIII, Inglan passt the Buggery Act 1533, whilk made sexual relations atween men a creeminal offense punishable bi deith.
Brest, Belaroushie
Brest (Брэст; Брест; see an aa alternative names), an aa Brest-on-the-Bug ("Brześć nad Bugiem" in Pols) an Brest-Litovsk ("Brześć Litewski" in Pols), is a ceety (population 310,800 in 2010) in Belaroushie at the mairch wi Poland opposite the ceety o Terespol, whaur the Wastren Bug an Mukhavets rivers meet. It is the caipital ceety o the Brest Voblast.
Khlong Toei Destrict
Khlong Toei (an aw Klong Toey, คลองเตย; ) is a destrict in central Bangkok, lang kent for its slum. It is bordered bi the Chao Phraya River an conteens major port facilities. It is the location o a major mercat an aw, tho no ane o tourist importance.
Neebourin destricts are (clockwise frae the north): Watthana, Phra Khanong, Amphoe Phra Pradaeng o Samut Prakan Province (athort the Chao Phraya), Yan Nawa, Sathon, an Pathum Wan.
History
The destrict wis ance pairt o Phra Khanong, but on 9 November 1989 it wis separatit intae a new destrict. Oreeginally Khlong Toei consistit o 6 sub-destricts, three o which hae syne left tae shape the new Watthana destrict (annooncit on 14 October 1997, effective frae 6 Mairch 1998).
The aurie haes a history datin back tae the nint hunderyear as a port tae ceeties upstream alang the Chao Phraya River, such as Pak Nam Phra Pradaeng (Thai: เมืองปากน้ำพระประแดง) (as opposed tae the current Amphoe Phra Pradaeng) built durin the King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke period. Khlong Thanon Trong (Thai: คลองถนนตรง) wis a khlong (canal) an a parallel road built bi King Mongkut aroond 1857. Later, it became kent as Khlong Toei an Khlong Hua Lamphong for different sections o the canal. Khlong Toei means the canal o pandan, as the plant grew alang the soothren bank o the canal. The road wis renamit tae Rama IV Road bi King Vajiravudh in 1919. In 1947, a lairge portion of Khlong Toei canal wis filled up tae expand the Rama IV Road surface.
Admeenistration
The destrict is sub-dividit intae 3 sub-destricts (Khwaeng). Frae wast tae east, these are:
Note that Khlong Toei is a baith the name o a subdestrict an the destrict in which it lees. Phra Khanong is baith a subdestrict o Khlong Toei an a destrict on its awn, wi anerly subdestrict Bang Chak. Furthermair, aw three subdestricts leetit abuin hae coonterpairts wi addeetion "Nuea" (North) in Watthana destrict.
Port
The Khlong Toei Port, kent as Bangkok Port an aw, wis Thailand's anerly major port for sea transportation o cargo. The construction began in 1938 an feenished efter the end o Warld War II. The port is locatit on the Chao Phraya River, no far frae the Gulf o Thailand. Due tae its limitit capacity an traffec problems caused bi semi-trailer trucks, hintle o its shippin operation haes muivit tae Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi Province syne it wis opened in Julie 1981.
Places
Attractions include:
Brest, Belaroushie
Bein situatit on the main railwey line connectin Berlin an Moscow, an an intercontinental hieway (the European route E30), Brest became a principal mairch crossin syne Warld War II in Soviet times. The day it links the European Union an the Commonweel o Independent States.
Ceety name
Thare are several theories o the ceety name oreegin. The maist common are as follaes,
Ance a centre o Jewish scholarship, the ceety's name in Yiddish, is בריסק ("Brisk"), hence the term "Brisker" uised tae describe followers o the influential Soloveitchik faimily o rabbis.
Coat of arms
The coat o arms features an arrow pyntit upwards and a bow on a sky blue shield.
Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Brest is twinned wi:
Cercado Province, Oruro
Cercado is a province in the northeastren pairts o the Bolivie depairtment o Oruro.
Location
Cercado province is ane o saxteen provinces in the Oruro Depairtment. It is locatit atween 17° 22' an 18° 35' Sooth an atween 66° 21' an 67° 20' Wast.
It borders Tomas Barrón Province an La Paz Depairtment in the northwast, Nor Carangas Province an Saucarí Province in the wast, Poopó Province an Pantaléon Dalence Province in the sootheast, an Cochabamba Depairtment in the east an north.
The province extends ower 135 km frae north tae sooth, an 105 km frae east tae wast.
Population
The population increased frae 213,755 inhabitants (1992 census) tae 241,230 (2001 census), an increase o 12.9%. - 39.4% o the population is younger than 15 year auld.
16.3% o the population are employed in agricultur, 1.8% in minin, 11.9% in industrie, 70.0% in general services (2001).
83.0% o the population are Catholics, 13.5% are Protestants (1992).
Diveesion
The province comprises fower municipalities which are further subdividit intae cantons.
LGBT richts muivement
The Enlichtenment
See forby: Age o Enlichtenment, Scots Enlichtment
18t-yeirhunner author Thomas Cannon mebbe screived the erest furthset defens o homosexuality in Ingels, Ancient and Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify'd (1749). Inglis social reformer Jeremy Bentham wrat the erest kent argument fur homosexual law reform in Inglan aroon 1785. His advocacy cam fae his utilitarian philosophie, in whilk the moralitie o an actioun is determined bi the net consequence o that actioun on human well-bein. He argued that homosexuality wis a victimless crime, an tharefor nae deservin o social approbation or creeminal charges. He saw popular attitudes again homosexuality as an irrational prejudice perpetuated bi releegion. Housomiver, he didnae furthset his views as he affeared reprisal; his essay wisnae furthset till 1978.
Atween Enlichtenment an Victorian eras
In 1822, August, Duke o Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (an maternal grandfaither o Queen Victoria) scrieved Ein Jahr in Arcadia: Kyllenion (A Yeir in Arcadia: Kyllenion), yin o the erest novelles anent same-sex luve.
Victorian era
In Breetain sodomie remainit a caipital offense punishable bi hangin till the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Section 61 o the Act remuived the deith penaltie fur homosexuality, but male homosexual acts wur still illegal an punishable bi imprisonment. Twa decades efterhin, in 1885, Pairlament passt an amendment sponsorit bi Henry Du Pré Labouchere, whilk craftit the offense o gross indecency fur same-sex male sexual relations, enablin onie kynd o sexual behaviour atween men tae be prosecutit (sexual relations atween weemen werena subjeck tae the law). Siclike, in the German Rik in the aerlie 1870s, whan the kintra wes integratin the ceevil codes o sinderie disparat kinricks, the hinnermaist German penal code includit Paragraph 175, whilk creeminalised same-sex male relations wi dronach includin prison an a dishort o ceevil richts. A saicret Brits societie cried the Order of Chaeronea campaignit fur the legalisation o homosexuality, an countit playwricht Oscar Wilde amang its memmers.