cyanic-selkie/wikianc huggingface dataset:
Coccus
Coccus (plural cocci) can be used tae describe ony bacterium that haes a spherical, ovoid, or generally roond shape.
Uzhhorod
Name
The ceety gets its name frae the Uzh River, whilk divides the ceety intae twa haufs (the auld an new sections). Uzh (Уж) means ringed snake (Natrix natrix), an horod (город) is Rusyn for ceety, comin frae Auld Slavonic grad (градъ). Housomeivver, this name is a recent big, an haes been uised anerly syne the beginnin o the 20t century. Afore then, the ceety wis kent as Ungvar, spelled Ongvar, Hungvar, an Unguyvar an aw, a name derivit frae the Onogurs, a Hunno-Bulgar fowk wha gaun athort the Volga in the 5t century AD.
It is kent bi several alternative names an aw: ; Užhorod; Ungwar, Ungarisch Burg; Użhorod; Ujhorod.
Early history
The best kent o the first ceety foonders are early Slavs. ane o thair tribes – White Croats – settled the aurie o the modren Uzhhorod in the seicont hauf o the first millennium AD. Durin the 9t century a fortifee'd castle chyngit intae a fortifee'd early feudal toun-dounset, which became the centre o a new Slavonic principality, at the heid o which wis a legendar prince Laborets, who wis vassal o Great Moravie.
In 895 AD Hungarian tribes, heidit bi thair leader Árpád, stormit the Hungvar fortress. The forces wur no equal an Laborets wis defeatit an beheidit on the banks o the river that still cairies his name.
Efter the income o the Hungarians, the smaw toun began tae extend its borders. In 1241–1242 the Mongols o Batu Khan burnt the dounset. In the air 14t century Uzhhorod shawed strang resistance tae the new Hungarian rulers o the Anjou dynasty. Frae 1318 for 360 years, the Drugeths (Italian coonts) awned the toun. In that period Philip Drugeth biggit Uzhhorod Castle. Thegither wi the castle the ceety began tae grow. Bi 1430, Uzhhorod acquired some privileges frae the keeng an wis offeecially cried "The Privilegit Ceety o Ungvar" an became caipital o Ung Coonty.
Durin the 16–17t centuries thare wur mony handicraft corporations in Uzhhorod. In this period, the ceety wis engagit in the releegious fecht atween primarily Protestant Transylvanie an Catholic Austrick. In 1646 the Uzhhorod Union wis proclaimit an the Greek-Catholic kirk wis established in Subcarpathie, in a ceremony held in the Uzhhorod castle bi the Vatican Aegis. In 1707 Uzhhorod wis the residence o Ferenc II Rákóczi, leader o the naitional-leeberation war o Hungarians against Vienna.
The beginnin o the 19t century wis characterisit bi economic chynges, includin the first factories in the ceety. The greatest influence on Uzhhorod amang the poleetical events o the 19t century wis made bi the Hungarian Revolution o 1848-1849, in whilk the native Hungarian nobility socht baith tae get free o the Austrian Empire an tae assert thair richt tae dominate aw ither fowks o Hungary. 27 Mairch 1848 wis offeecially celebratit in the ceety as the owerthrow o the monarchy in Hungary.
In 1872 the first railwey line opened, linkin the ceety tae the important railwey junction o Chop.
Twintiet century
Accordin tae the 1910 census, the ceety haed 16,919 indwallers, 13,590 (80.3%) o whilk wur Hungarians, 1,219 (7.2%) Slovaks, 1,151 (6.8%) Germans, 641 (3.8%) Rusyns an 1.6% Czechs. At the same time, the municipal aurie o the ceety haed a population componit o 10,541 (39.05%) Hungarians, 9,908 (36.71%) Slovaks, an 5,520 (20.45%) Rusyns.
Warld War I slawed doun the tempo o ceety development. On 10 September 1919 Subcarpathie wis offeecially allocatit tae the Republic o Czechoslovakie. Uzhhorod became the admeenistrative centre o the territory. In thir years, Uzhhorod developit intae a airchitecturally modren ceety. Efter the Munich Treaty, Uzhhorod became pairt o the Slovak hauf o the new Czechoslovak state.
Efter the Vienna Award in 1938, Uzhhorod wis retransferred tae Hungary.
This period brocht significant chynges. At the ootskirts o Uzhhorod new enterprises wur constructit an the auld enterprises wur renewed. On 29 Juin 1945 Subcarpathie Ukraine wis annexed bi the Soviet Union an became a wastmaist pairt o the Ukrainian SSR. That year, the Uzhhorod State Varsity (nou Uzhhorod Naitional Varsity) wis opened an aw. Syne Januar 1946 Uzhhorod wis the centre o newly formed Zakarpatska Oblast.
Syne 1991 Uzhhorod haes acome ane o 23 regional caipitals athin Ukraine. Oot o thaim, Uzhhorod is the smawest an wastmaist.
In 2002, efter some controversy, a bust o Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czechoslovakie's first preses, wis unveiled in a main square o the ceety. A seemilar bust wis unveiled in 1928 on the 10t anniversar o Czechoslovak unthirldom, but wis remuivit bi the Hungarians whan thay teuk ower the region in 1939.
Climate
Uzhhorod haes a humid continental climate (Köppen climate clessification: Dfb), near on the borderline o the oceanic climate (Cfb) wi ceul tae cauld winters an wairm simmers. The cauldest month is Januar wi a average temperatur o -1.7 °C while the wairmest month is Julie wi a average temperatur o 20.9 °C. The cauldest temperatur iver recordit is -28.2 °C an the wairmest temperatur wis 38.6 °C. Average annual precipitation is 748 mm, that is evenly distribute ootthrou the year tho the simmer months haes heicher precipitation. On average, Uzhhorod receives 1950 oors o sunsheen per year
Demographics
Accordin tae the Ukrainian 2001 census, the population o Uzhhorod includit:
Transport
Uzhhorod is servit bi Uzhhorod railwey station an haes railwey connection wi Chop (further tae Hungary an Slovakie) an Lviv (further tae Kiev).
Uzhhorod is servit bi Uzhhorod Internaitional Airport wi direct flichts tae Kyiv.
Local public transportation is representit bi buses.
Twin touns – Sister ceeties
The nou, Uzhhorod is twinned wi:
Hughenden Stadium
Hughenden is a rugby pairk, the hame o Hillheid/Jordanhill an Glesca Rugby blaws a capacity o five an a hauf thoosand. It is in the Wast End o Glesca.
Sant Mateu de Bages
Sant Mateu de Bages is a veelage in the comarca o Bages in province o Barcelona an autonomous commonty o Catalonie, Spain. The municipality covers a aurie o 102.93 km2 an as o 2011 haed a population o 642 fowk.
Hughenden Stadium
Omnibuses
Mony omnibuses gang alang Great Western Road (whit is alangside the pairk). Wheen o whit are 11, 20, 41 an 66. Git aff the omnibus at the stap immediately afore seicont traffec lunts efter the Botanic Gardens junction. Gang caurie intae Hyndland Road an doremaist richt doon loan tae Hughenden Road an rugby pairk. The 44 omnibus gangs fae the ceety mids to Hyndland Road an aw - git aff at the stap juist efter the Rock pub.
Fae ootside o Glesca
Gin you're traivelling by caur fae the north or east tak the M8 to Glesca an ootgate fae junction 17, sign-posted for Dumbarton. At the end o the slip road, gang richt at the traffec lunts an tak the flyower back ower the motorway. Follae this gate (Great Western Road) for roond aboot 3 km. Weir in the Botanic Gardens on your richt an gang straicht yont the neist set of traffec lunts. Gang caurie at the follaein set o traffec lunts intae Hyndland Road, an first richt efter the tennis club.
By caur fae the sooth or wast
Tak the M8 to Glesca, cross the Kingston Bridge an ootgang fae Junction 18 sign-posted for Dumbarton. At the end o the slip road, gang richt at the traffec lunts an tak the flyower back across the motorway. Follae this road (Great Western Road) for roond aboot 3 km. Pass the Botanic Gardens on your richt an gang straicht through the neist set o traffec lunts. Gang caurie at the follaeing set o traffec lunts intae Hyndland Road, then first richt efter the tennis club.
Stoat-wheasel
The stoat-wheasel or Scots ermine (Mustela erminea) is a wee mammal o the faimily Mustelidae. Aften uised as a moose-catcher.
Staneykirk
The aurie is aboot 21,500 acre, o whit 19,000 acre is arable. 375 acre is wuidland an plantations, an the lave (o whit 1,100 acre micht be reclaimt) is muirland.
Knockinaam Lodge, Port Spittal, Staneykirk, acause it is oot awa, wis the laction for a saicret meetin atween Winston Churchill an Dwight D. Eisenhower durin Warld War II tae discuss the D-Day plans.
The A716 road rins throu pairt o the veelage, and a local coach firm, McCulloch's Coaches, is sted in the veelage.
James King 407 Service provides a bus link north tae Stranrawer an sooth tae Saundheid an Drummore.
Saundheid leuks oot ower Luice Bay that wis uised for laundin lime an coal.
The Veelage
Stoneykirk veelage, locatit near RAF West Freugh developit aroond the kirk (noo disuised) an wis name't efter the kirk.
The Veelage Haw is the heidquarters o the South Rhins Community Development Trust.
Staneykirk haes twa hottles - the 3-stern Torrs Warren Country House Hotel, and the oreeginal manse built in 1790 wi a restaurant an baur.
Staneykirk kirk
The first kirk, Saunt Steen's Kirk, (o Steeniekirk, Stephenskirk, Toskarton, Achawan, or Clayshant, amang ither variations) wis dedicatit tae Saunt Stephen/Steen in is thocht tae hae been built atween the 12t and 14t centuries, likely unner the patronage o the McCulloch faimily o Ardwell, Toskarton Pairish, o Clan McCulloch.
Toskarton and Clayshant auncient pairishes wis unitit tae Staneykirk in 1618.
In 1827 the auld medieval pairish kirk wis rebiggit.
Staneykirk Free Kirk biggin wis biggit in 1844 an it passt successive til the Unitit Free Kirk o Scotland and the Kirk o Scotland, an it unitit wi Ardwell-Saundheid as Staneykirk in 1974.
Kirkmadrine kirk
Kirkmadrine wis dedicatit tae St Medran, an early Bishop o Ossory o Ireland. The war three chaipels o ease in the pairish: St Brioch's at Kirkmabreck, St Donan's at Kildonan, an St Lashrean's at Killaser. The biggin is no langer uised as a kirk.
The Monogram Stanes o Kirkmadrine date fae aboot 450, that makes thaim the earliest inscrieved Christian heid-stanes in Scotland ootby o Whithorn. The auldest is a staunder stane datin fae the 5t century. Aw the stanes wis fund in the immediate aurie, suggestin that it was an early Christian seemetry, like Clachanmore.
History
A cornerstane o McDowell's Garthland Castle (tour hoose) buir the date 1211, an on anither ane taewart the east, 1274.
Janet McDowell (McDowall), dochter o Uchtred McDowell o Garthland, mairit Ninian Adair, son o William Adair o Dunskey Castle an o Kilhilt that wis kilt at the Battle o Flodden. Utrecht McDowell, that wis kilt at Flodden an aw, appeart tae awn the aurie o Stranrawer, an Ninian an Janet McDowell built the Castle o St John. Stranrawer, likely on her faither's laund. On 27 Februar 1547, in the beuk "Inquisitiones Speciales", unnerr "Wigton", Uthredus M'Douell wis heir tae his faither Joannis M'Douell de Garthland that wis kilt at the Battle o Pinkie Cleugh (qui obit apud Pinkiecleuch), o 24 merkland o Garthland, Pairish Staneykirk, an 14 merkland o Lochans (adjynin Garthland) in Pairish o Inche. On Ainslie's 1782 map, William McDowall Esp wis shawn at Garthland Castle. Killhilt, the auncient hame o the Adair faimily, is shawn an aw on the 1782 map juist north o, and adjynin, McDowell's Garthland Castle.
In Wigtounshire, the name McCulloch o Clan McCulloch appears on gey early missives. i.e. The Register o The Great Seal o Scotland, Vol I, appendix II, p. 531, nos. 321, 322, Kirkmadrine Tuskercon/Tuskerton/Toskertoun/Toskertoune.
About 1317 King Robert I o Scotland knichtit Caiptan Cullo og Neil (O'Neil) an chose him tae be his staundart-beirer an Secretar o State. King Robert grantit an aw tae Sir Cullo og Neil launds an Achawan or Auchwane in Wigtounshire (kent an an aw as Kirkmaderen, ref. RMS vol VIII, p. 87, #255, Toskartoun/Toscartoun/Staneykirk/Stoneykirk) that encompasst the estates an castles o Ardwell an Killasser near Clachanmore (Law Ardwell). The 42 merkland o Toskerton haed been forfeitit bi Sir John le Mareschal de Toskerton tae King Robert I. In 1331 Sir Cullo og Neil dee'd an left his estate tae his auldest son Sir Godfrey that assume't th tha faimily name McCullog (McCullough/McCullo'c).
On 7 Julie 1618 William McCulloch o Mertoun (Myretoun McCulloch Torhous in Mochrum pairish, wi the consent o his auldest son Alexander, ratifee'd a chairter o Killasser in the Barony o Achowane tae William Houston an his guidwife Katherine Vaus. The subscript mentiont a new deed-o-baronia Killasser an the castle. Anither deed o 29 Juin 1621 wis fae William Houston tae William Adair, whaurby James Glover, Notary Public, recordit deleevery o "seizin" (sasine) o 4 merk o laund in Carnewell (Cairnweil), neist a Kirkmadrin Kirk, in the Pairish o Toscartoun.
Killasser Castle is shawn on Ainslie's 1782 map as in ruins. It wis the auncient seat of the Macculloch o Ardwell.
The Pairish Leet o Wigtounshire 1684, pp-57-61, leets the places in Staneykirk Ceevil Pairish.
Adjynin Killasser Castle wis William Maxwell o Ardwell at Ardwell Hoose, Staneykirk Pairish, Wigtounshire.
The war a Laird Maxwell that wis impreesont bi Keeng James VI an released as lang as he quit Scotland. In 1588 Laird Maxell wis in Spaingie what the Armada wis bein redd, an he advised Keeng Philip II o Spaingie that the Gallowa ports shoud be uised. The First-Cless man-o-war "Philip & Mary" saundit itsel on shingl no far fae Port William, Pairish o Mochrum, near Sir Willam Maxwell's Myretoun Castle on the Menreith Estate.
14 Julie
The 14t o Julie is the 195t day o the year (196t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 170 days ti come.
Staneykirk
Archaeology
In Archaelogical and Historical Collections Relating to Ayrshire and Galloway vol V, p 63, Rev. George Wilson leets forts in Staneykirk:
The're cairns an aw at Doon Hill o Kildrochet
In 1588 some boats belangin til the Great Spaingie Armada wis wrackit aff the westren coast, no faur fae a bay that wis named in commemoration o that circumstance Float Bay. At Money Pynt (Money Heid) a considerable nummer o Spaingie dubloons wis subsequent diskivert. Project Adair at
Houiver, in the beuk "The Scotch Irish" bi Charles A Hanna, p. 233, it states that at the pairish at Staneykir is the ferms an bay o Float, local statit tae hae been cried sic fae the wrack o ane o the ships o the Spaingie Armada: and the heidland close to, corruptit fae the Gaelic wird "monadh", the hill-heid, tae "Moneyheid", fae the money supposed tae hae been lost fae the wrack. The name Float is fae the Auld Norse flott that means a plain.
Foumart
The foumart (Mustela putorius) haes daurk broun bouk wi a licht strip ower the een, a fauch yellae wame, a lang tail an cutty shanks.
The name is whiles gien the hamelt craitur Mustela furo that for ordinar haes broun, black, white, or spreckelt fur, and the whitrat.
Camille (sangster)
Camille Dalmais, better kent bi her mononym Camille (born in 1978 in Paris), is a French sangster, sangwriter an occasional actress.
Early life
Camille wis born an raised in Paris, Fraunce. As a teenager she studiet ballet an developit an interest in bossa nova muisic an American stage muisicals. She attendit the prestigious Lycée International de Saint Germain-en-Laye whaur she obtained her baccalaureate in leeteratur. Thanks tae her mither bein an Inglis teacher, she grew up learnin tae speak Inglis fluently. She performit her first oreeginal sang "Un Homme Déserté" at the age o saxteen while attendin a weddin. In the early 2000s, while performin at jazz clubs in Paris, Camille made her actin début in the film Les Morsures de l'Aube (bi Antoine de Caunes; wi Asia Argento an Guillaume Canet). She contributit tae the sang "La Vie la Nuit" in its soondtrack.
She attendit Paris Institute o Political Studies "Sciences Po" juist afore beginnin her muisic career.
Muisic career
In early 2002, Camille signed a recordin contract wi Virgin Records. She released her first studio album Le Sac des Filles. In 2004, she began wirkin wi Marc Collin an his baund Nouvelle Vague, which incorporates new wave an bossa nova muisic. She contributit vocals tae the sangs "Too Drunk to Fuck", "In a Manner of Speaking", "The Guns of Brixton", an "Making Plans for Nigel" on thair first album.
In 2005 she released the album Le Fil, which wis producit in collaboration wi Inglis producer MaJiKer. This album incorporatit an avant-garde concept – a string, or thread ("le fil"), which wis a drone that persistit throuoot the entire course o the album. Aw o the sangs in this album are based on the sploration o the vyce, wi anerlie a double bass, bass guitar, guitar, trombone, percussion or keybuird as accompanyin instruments. Le fil quickly became a gowd album. The sang "Pâle Septembre" seems tae be a reference tae the attacks on the Warld Tred Center o 11 September 2001. The lines "Mais qui est cet homme qui tombe de la tour? Mais qui est cet homme qui tombe des cieux? Mais qui est cet homme qui tombe amoureux?" (But who is this man fawin frae the touer? But who is this man fawin frae the skies? But who is this man fawin in love?) suggest guilt accompanyin luve in a time o mournin. The sang "Ta Douleur" wis votit 26t in Australie's Triple J Hottest 100, 2006.
In Juin 2007 Camille performit Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols an a new a cappella work God is sound (The 12 World Prayers) at L'église Saint-Eustache, Paris.
Camille's sang "1, 2, 3" frae Le Sac des Filles wis uised in the telly ad for Cacharel's Promesse perfume starrin Laetitia Casta an Matthew Avedon. Her sang "Waves" wis uised in Perrier's "Melting" telly ad.
An aw in 2007, she contributit tae the soondtrack o Pixar's Ratatouille in the sang entitled "Le Festin". This style o muisic, which mey be termit "teepical Parigot street singing", is foond in the movie Porco Rosso in the sang "Le Temps des Cerises" an aw. Additionally, she provides the European French dub vyce o Collette in Ratatouille.
A new album entitled Music Hole wis released on 7 Aprile 2008, again producit in collaboration wi MaJiKer. Music Hole wis recordit an mixed bi Valgeir Sigurdsson. The first single frae the album entitled "Gospel With No Lord" wis released for online dounload on 11 Februar 2008, alang wi anither new sang frae the album entitled "Money Note".
Her sang, "Ta douleur" wis featurt in the American telly program Saturday Night Live. The oreeginal sketch aired in October 2010 titled "Les jeunes de Paris" hostit bi actress Emma Stone. In Mairch 2011, sangster Miley Cyrus showcased this sang in a seemilar sketch. The skit which seemit inspired bi Jean-Luc Godard's Band of Outsiders wis entirely in French an involvit a dance aff tae the sang.
She contributit tae the track "Putain putain" on Nouvelle Vague's 2010 album Couleurs Sur Paris for whom she haed previously done wirk for on thair first album. Recently she appeared on Jérôme Van Den Hole's sel-titled album on the track, "Debout".
Her sang "Pour que l'amour me quitte" frae her 2005 album Le Fil wis covered in Italian superstarn Elisa's 2010 acoustic album Ivy in collaboration wi her colleague Giorgia.
Personal life
On 18 November 2010, she gae birth tae a son namit Marius, whose faither is muisicker an percussionist Clément Ducol. She is an atheist.
Ahualulco de Mercado
Ahualulco de Mercado is a toun an municipality, in Jalisco in central-wastren Mexico. The municipality covers an aurie o 134.22 km².
As o 2005, the municipality haed a total population o 21,465.
Aquismón
Aquismón is a toun an municipality in San Luis Potosí in central Mexico. In 2010 the municipality haed a aurie o 796 sqkm an a population o 47,423. The toun haed a population o 2,127.
Semnan, Iran
Semnan (, an aw Romanizit as Semnān an Samnān) is a ceety in an caipital o Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population wis 124,999, in 36,298 families.
Sciurus vulgaris
The ferret (Sciurus vulgaris), kent as a con or squirrel an aw, is a tree-dwallin omnivorous rodent that's common oot-throu Eurasie. In Great Breetain, housomeiver, nummers haes dwined, in pairt doun tae the inbringin o the gray ferrets frae North Americae an in pairt tae management o its widland haunts.
Semnan, Iran
Semnan (Semnani name: Seman) is locatit in the central northren portion o the Islamic Republic o Iran. The ceety o Semnan is a bonnie an unique municipality filled wi recreational activities, historical an releegious steids, festivals, gardens an pairks, colleges an universities, an Semnani cultur. The ceety serves as the cultural an poleetical caipital o the Semnan Province. The ceety's main souvenirs are daffodil flowers, Shirmal pastry, Kolucheh cookies, Glim rugs, an shortbread.
Mairtin
The mairtin or mertrick (Martes martes) haes the bouk o a ferm cat. Their fur is for ordinar licht tae daurk broun an growes langer an mair sleekit in the winter. They hae a cream tae yellae colourt merkin aboot the thrapple. Mairtins for ordinar bides in the wids.
John Cornforth
Sir John Warcup "Kappa" Cornforth, Jr., AC, CBE, FRS, FAA (7 September 1917 – 8 December 2013), wis an Australie–Breetish chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his wirk on the stereochemistry o enzyme-catalysed reactions, acomin the anly Nobel laureate born in New Sooth Wales.
Osamu Shimomura
Osamu Shimomura (下村 脩) wis a Japanese organic chemist an marine biologist, an Professor Emeritus at Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts an Boston Varsity Schuil o Medicine. He wis awairdit the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for the discovery an development o green fluorescent protein (GFP) wi twa American scientists: Martin Chalfie o Columbia Varsity an Roger Tsien o the Varsity o California-San Diego.
Amacueca
As o 2005, the municipality haed a total population o 5,065.
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem (Ngô Đình Diệm,, ), (Januar 3, 1901 – November 2, 1963) wis the first Preses o Sooth Vietnam (1955–1963). In the wake o the French athdrawal frae Indocheenae as a result o the 1954 Geneva Accords, Diem led the effort tae creaut the Republic o Vietnam. Accruin considerable US support due tae his staunch anti-Communism, he achieved victory in a 1955 plebiscite that wis widely considered fraudulent. Proclaimin hissel the Republic's first Preses, he demonstratit considerable poleetical skill in the consolidation o his pouer, an his rule proved authoritarian, elitist, nepotistic, an corrupt. A Roman Catholic, Diem pursued policies that rankled an oppressed the Republic's Montagnard natives an its Buddhist majority. Amid releegious protests that garnered warldwide attention, Diem lost the backin o his US patrons an wis assassinatut bi Nguyễn Văn Nhung, the aide o ARVN General Dương Văn Minh on November 2, 1963, durin a coup d'état that deposed his govrenment. Upon learnin o Diem's ooster an daith, Democratic Republic o Vietnam Preses Ho Chi Minh is reportit tae hae said, "I can scarcely believe the Americans woud be so stupid."
Medina
The Islamic calendar is based on the emigration o Muhammad an his follaers tae the ceety o Medina, which marks the stairt o the Hijri year in 622 CE, cawed Hijra (هجرة).
Similarly tae Mecca, entrance tae Medina is restrictit tae Muslims anerlie; non-Muslims are neither permittit tae enter nor travel through the ceety. Muslims believe that the latter verses o the Quran wur revealed in Medina an its surroondin ootskirts, cried the medinan suras.
References
Medina
Asunción
The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous caipital destrict no pairt o ony depairtment. The metropolitan aurie, cawed Gran Asunción, includes the ceeties o San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San Antonio, Limpio, Capiatá an Villa Elisa, which are pairt o the Central Depairtment. The Asunción metropolitan aurie haes mair nor 1.8 million indwallers. The Municipality o Asunción is leetit on the Asunción Stock Exchynge, as bvpasa: MUA, a unique featur o ony ceety.
It is the hame o the naitional govrenment, principal port, an the chief industrial an cultural centre o the kintra. Local manufacturin production includes fuitwear, textiles, an tobacco products.
History
Asunción is ane o the lairgest ceeties in Sooth Americae an the langest continually inhabited aurie in the River Plate Basin; for this reason that it is know as "Mother of Cities". It wis frae here that the colonial expeditions departit tae foond ither ceeties, includin the seicont foondation o Buenos Aires an o ither important ceeties sic as Villarrica, Corrientes, Santa Fe an Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
The site o the ceety mey hae been first visitit bi Spainyie conqueror Juan de Ayolas, on his wey north, up the Paraguay River, leukin for a passage tae the mines o Alto Perú (present-day Bolivie). Later, Juan de Salazar y Espinosa an Gonzalo de Mendoza, relative o Pedro de Mendoza, wur sent in sairch o Ayolas, but wur unable tae find him. On his wey up an then doun the river, de Salazar stopped briefly at a bay in the left bank tae resupply his ships. He foond the natives friendly, an decidit tae foond a fort thare, in August, 1537. As customary, he named it accordin tae the releegious feast o that day: for August 15, Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Oor Lady o the Assumption), honorin the feast day o the Assumption. This fort became a ceety wi the establishment o the Cabildo (civilian admeenistration) on 16 September 1541.
In 1541, natives destroyed Buenos Aires, an the Spaniards fled tae Asunción. Sicweys, the ceety became the centre o a lairge Spainyie colonial province comprisin pairt o Brazil, present-day Paraguay an northeastren Argentinae: the Giant Province o the Indies. In 1603 Asunción wis the seat o the First Synod o Asunción, which set guidelines for the evangelization o the natives in thair lingua franca, Guaraní.
In 1731, an uprisin unner José de Antequera y Castro wis ane o the first rebellions against Spaingie colonial rule. The uprisin failed, but it wis the first sign o the independent spirit that wis growin amang the criollos, mestizos an natives o Paraguay. The event influenced the unthirldom o Paraguay, which then materialised in 1811. The secret reunions atween the unthirldom leaders tae plan an ambush against the Spaingie Governor in Paraguay Bernardo de Velasco wur held at the hame o Juana María de Lara, in dountoun Asunción. On the nicht o Mey 14 an Mey 15 the rebels succeedit an wur able tae force governor Velasco tae surrender. The day, Lara's hame is kent as Casa de la Independencia (Hoose o the Independence) an serves as a museum an historical building.
Efter Paraguay became independent, thare wis significant chynge in Asunción. Unner the presidency o Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia roads wur biggit throughoot the ceety an the streets wur named. Housomeivver, it wis durin the presidency o Carlos Antonio López that Asunción (an Paraguay) progressed, as the new preses implementit new economic policies. Mair nor 400 schuils, metallurgic factories an the first railwey service in Sooth Americae wur biggit durin the López presidency. Efter López dee'd, his son Francisco Solano López became the new preses an led the kintra throu the disastrous Paraguayan War that lastit for five years. Efter the War, Asunción wis occupeed bi Brazilian troops till 1876.
Mony historians hae claimed that this war provoked a steady dounfaw o the ceety an kintra, syne it massacred twa thirds o the kintra's population. Progress slowed doun greatly efterwards, an the economy remained stagnatit.
Efter the Paraguayan War, Asunción began a slow recovery attempt. Towards the end o the 19t hunderyear an durin the early years o the 20t hunderyear, a flow o immigrants frae Europe an the Ottoman Empire came tae the ceety. This led tae a chynge in the appearance o the ceety as mony new biggins wur biggit an Asunción went throu a era mair prosperous than ony syne the war.
Demographics
Population is approximately 520,000 fowk in the ceety proper. Roughly 30% o Paraguay's 6 million fowk live athin Greater Asunción. Saxtie-five percent o the tot population in the ceety ar unner the age o 30.
The population haes increased greatly durin the last few decades as a consequence o internal migration frae ither Depairtments o Paraguay, at first acause o the economic boom in the 1970s, an later acause o economic recession in the kintraside. The adjacent ceeties in the Gran Asunción aurie, sic as Luque, Lambaré, San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay an Mariano Roque Alonso, hae absorbed maist o this influx due tae the law cost o the land an easy access tae Asunción. The ceety haes ranked as the least expensive ceety tae live in for five years runnin bi Mercer Human Resoorce Consultin.
Geografie
Asunción is locatit atween the parallels 25º 15' an 25º 20' o sooth latitude an atween the meridians 57º 40' an 57º 30' o wast longitude. The ceety sits on the left bank o the Paraguay River, amaist at the confluence o this river wi the River Pilcomayo. The Paraguay River an the Bay o Asunción in the northwast separate the ceety frae the Occidental Region o Paraguay an Argentinae in the sooth pairt o the ceety. The rest o the ceety is surroondit bi the Central Depairtment.
Wi its location alang the Paraguay River, the ceety affers mony landscapes; it spreads oot ower gentle hills in a pattern o rectangular blocks. Places sic as Cerro Lambaré, a hill locatit in Lambaré, affer a spectacular show in the waretime acause o the blossomin lapacho trees in the aurie. Pairks sic as Parque Independencia an Parque Carlos Antonio López affer lairge auries o teepical Paraguayan vegetation an ar frequentit bi tourists. Thare ar several sma hills an slichtly elevatit auries throughoot the ceety, includin Cabará, Clavel, Tarumá, Cachinga, an Tacumbú, amang ithers.
Destricts an neebourheids
Asunción is organisit geographically intae destricts an thir in turn bring thegither the different neebourheids.
Eddication
The leeteracy rate is 95 percent, the hichtest in Paraguay. The nummer o schuils haes doobled syne 1982. Student nummers hae doobled syne 1962.
Universities
The main varsities in the ceety ar the Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (private Catholic varsity) an the Universidad Nacional de Asunción (state-run). The Católica haes a sma campus in the dountoun aurie next tae the Cathedral an a lairger campus in the Santa Ana neighborhood, ootwards toward the adjoinin ceety o Lambaré, while the Universidad Nacional haes its main campus in the ceety o San Lorenzo, some 5 km eastward frae Asunción. Thare ar an aa a nummer o smawer privately run varsities sic as Uninorte, Universidad Americana an Universidad Autónoma de Asunción, amang ithers.
Economy
Awtho the economically active population o Asunción haes no increased significantly in the last 10 years, it haes doubled syne 1962.
The industrial distribution o the economically active population show that the tertiary (business an services) sector is the maist important, employin 8 oot o 10 o aw economically active fowk. The seicontary sector (manufacturin an construction) employs 16% o the active population, while the primary sector (farmin) is practically nan-existent, as Asunción is a completely urban destrict.
In terms o commerce, it shoud be notit that this sector haes grown considerably in recent years stretchin towards the suburbs whaur shoppin malls an supermercats hae been biggit.
Paraguay's anerlie stock exchynge, the BVPASA, is locatit here. The ceety itsel is leetit on it, as bvpasa: MUA.
In Julie 2008, Asunción wis foond tae be the "cheapest ceety in the warld" bi Mercer.
Transportation
Acause the Paraguay River runs richt next tae Asunción the ceety is served bi a river terminal in the dountoun aurie. This port is strategically locatit inside a bay an it is whaur maist freight enters an leaves the kintra. Thare is a lesser terminal in the Sajonia neighbourhuid, an a shuttle port in Ita Enramada, amaist opposite the Argentine ceety o Clorinda.
Public transportation is uised hivilie an is served throu buses that reach aw the regions o the ceety an surroodin dormitory communities. The main lang-distance bus terminal is on the Avenida República Argentina an its bus services connect aw o the Depairtments o Paraguay, as well as internaitional routes tae nearbi kintras sic as Argentinae, Brazil, Bolivie an Uruguay.
Asunción is served bi the Silvio Pettirossi Interniational Airport locatit in the ceety o Luque.
Air
Silvio Pettirossi International Airport is Paraguay's main naitional an internaitional gateway, locatit at Luque, suburb o the caipital Asunción. It is named efter the Paraguayan aviator Silvio Pettirossi an wis umwhile kent as Presidente Stroessner Internaitional Airport, efter Paraguay's umwhile dictator General Alfredo Stroessner.
Tourist attractions
The ceety is hame tae the Godoi Museum an the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (which contains auld pentins frae the 19t century), the Kirk o La Encarnación an the Metropolitan Cathedral, an the Naitional Pantheon o the Heroes, a smawer version o Les Invalides in Paris, whaur mony o the naition's heroes ar entombed. Ither laundmerks include the Palacio de los López, the auld Senate building (a modren biggin opened tae hoose Congress in 2003), the Catedral Metropolitana an the Casa de la Independencia (ane o the few examples o colonial airchitectur remainin in the ceety).
Calle Palma is the main street dountoun whaur several historical biggins, plazas, shops, restaurants an cafes ar locatit. The "Manzana de la Rivera", locatit in front o the Presidential Palace, is a series o auld traditional hames that hae been restored an serve as a museum showcasin the airchitectural evolution o the ceety. The auld railwey station maintains the auld trains that nou ar uised in tourist trips tae the ceeties o Luque an Areguá.
Asunción an aa haes luxurious malls that contain shops sellin well-kent brands. The biggest shopping malls ar Shopping del Sol, which includes a Macy's-style depairtment store; Mariscal López Shopping, Shopping Villa Morra in the central pairt o the ceety, an the Mall Excelsior dountoun.
Sports an entertainment
fitbaa is the main sport in Paraguay, an Asunción is home tae some o the maist important an traditional soccer teams lik Olimpia, Cerro Porteño an Club Libertad, Club Nacional, Club Guaraní, Club Sol de América, which hae thair awn stadiums an sport facilities for affiliated members. The Defensores del Chaco stadium is the main fitbaa stadium o the kintra an is locatit in the neighbourhood o Sajonia, juist a few minutes away frae the centre o Asunción. Syne it is a naitional stadium whiles it is uised for ither activities sic as rock concerts.
The nichtlife revolves aroond twa auries: ane in the dountoun pairt o the ceety an the ither in the neighbourhoods o Manora an Las Carmelitas, a strip full o nichtclubs an bars.
As it haes been happenin in mony ither pairts o the warld, cinemas hae migratit intae the main shoppin malls.
Asunción an aa host several symphony orchestras, an ballet, opera an theater companies. The maist weel kent orchestras ar the Ceety o Asunción's Symphony Orchestra (OSCA), the Naitional Symphony Orchestra an the Northren Varsity Symphony Orchestra. Amang professional ballet companies, maist renowned ar the Asunción Classic an Modren Municipal Ballet, the Naitional Ballet an the Northren Varsity Ballet. The main opera company is the Northren Varsity Opera Company. A lang-standin theater company is Arlequín Theater Foundation's. Traditional venues include the Municipal Theater, the Paraguayan-Japanese Center, the Central Bank's Great Lyric Theater, the Juan de Salazar Cultural Center, the Americaes Theater, the Tom Jobim Theater, the Arlequín Theater an the Manzana de la Rivera.
Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Asunción is twinned wi:
Mesquita
Mesquita mey refer tae:
Glasgow Warriors
History
Acause o the SRU's hie debt, acause o the redevelopment o Murrayfield cawed for retrenchment. Efter twa saisons, Glesca mellt wit Caledonian tae mak a coar tae be kent as Glesca Caledonian. Fae the 2002-03 saison the Caledonian label wis drapped an the coar were semply kent as Glesca Rugby. Stairtin wi the 2005-06 saison, the coar wis yit agin rebranded as the Glesca Warriors.
Glesca reached the semi-finals o the inaugural Celtic League but hae struggled syne. In 2004-5 thay wur fifth, the best o the three Scottish coars.
Efter a threap wi the fiars o Hughenden (Hillheid Sports Club) the Glasgow Warriors flittit tae Firhill
Seaison 2006-07
Celtic League
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Aguilar de Bureba
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Glasgow Warriors
Seaison 2006-07
Challenge Cup
Saracens (ING) - Warriors 28:23 Warriors - Parma (ITA)
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Zaniza Zapotec
Zaniza Zapotec (Zapoteco de Santa María Zaniza) is a Oto-Manguean leid o wastren Oaxaca, Mexico. It is ane o several Zapotec leids cried Papabuco. It haes anerly 10% intelligibility wi Texmelucan Zapotec, its closest important relative. (Speakers o the nearly extinct Elotepec Zapotec hae 70% unnerstaundin o Zaniza, but it is no kent if the reverse is true, so this mey be a question o familiarity.)
The leid is spoken in Santa María Zaniza, Oaxaca. As o 2003, the leid haed aboot 400 fluent speakers. It is spoken in Santiago Textitlán an aw.
Yalova Province
Yalova Province (Yalova ili) is a province in northwastren Turkey, on the eastren coast o the Sea o Marmara. Its adjacent provinces are Bursa tae the sooth an Kocaeli tae the east. The provincial caipital is the ceety o Yalova. The population o the Yalova Province is 203,741 (as o 2010). Prior tae 1995, Yalova constitutit a destrict o the Istanbul Province an prior tae 1930 constitutit the destrict o the Kocaeli Province.
Livorno
History
Livorno wis defined as an "ideal toun" durin the Italian Renaissance. The day, it reveals its history throu the structur o its neighbourhuids, crossed bi canals an surroondit bi fortified toun walls, throu the tangle o its streets, which embroider the toun's Venice destrict, an throu the Medici Port characteristically owerleukit bi touers an fortresses leadin tae the toun centre. Designed bi the architect Bernardo Buontalenti at the end o the 16t century, Livorno unnerwent a period o great toun plannin expansion at the end o the 17t century. Near the defensive pile o the Auld Fortress, a new fortress, thegither wi the toun-walls an the seestem o navigable canals, wis then biggit.
In the late 1580s, Ferdinando I o Tuscany declared Livorno a porto Franco, which meant that the guids tradit here wur duty free. The Leggi Livornine wur laws in force atween 1590 an 1603. Thir laws helped the tradin activities o the merchant, freedom o releegion an amnesty for some penance. Thanks tae thir laws, Livorno became a cosmopolitan ceety an ane o the maist important ports o the entire Mediterranean aurie. Mony foreigners moved tae Livorno; Armenians, Dutch, Inglis, Greeks an Jews wur amang those who relocatit tae live an trade. Muckle later, durin the 18t century, some Moriscos (Muslim Spaniards forcibly convertit tae Catholicism) an aa moved tae Livorno frae Spain. On 19 Mairch 1606, the Granduca di Toscana Ferdinando I de' Medici, in the Fortezza Vecchia Chapel o Saunt Francis o Assisi elevatit Livorno tae the rank o ceety.
Durin the Napoleonic Wars, trade wi Britain wis prohibitit an the economy o Livorno suffered greatly. Then, in 1868, efter Livorno became pairt o the new Kinrick o Italy, it lost its status o a free port an the ceety's importance declined.
Main sichts
The Museo Mascagnano hooses memorabilia, documents an operas bi the great composer Pietro Mascagni. Ivery year some o his operas are tradeetionally played durin the leeric muisic saison, which is organised bi the Traditional Theatre o Livorno. An aa the “Terrazza Mascagni”, a walkway dividit frae the sea bi a haundrail, is named in honour tae Pietro Mascagni.
Up in the hills the Sanctuary o Montenero, which is dedicatit tae Oor Lady o Graces, the patron saunt o Tuscany, is a fixed destination for pilgrims. It is famous for the adjacent gallery, decoratit wi ex-voti mainly connectit tae stories o miraculous sea rescue.
The "Monumento dei quattro mori" ("Monument o the Fower Moors"), dedicatit tae Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici o Tuscany, is ane o the maist important monuments o Livorno. An important square, the Piazza della Repubblica, contains twa important monuments o Italian politicians. The square is an aa a brig, unner which thare lies a lairge canal.
Anither important monument is an auld reid-brick fortress which, in Medici times, defendit the ceety frae attack bi pirates. Its three bastions are named “Capitana”, “Ampolletta” an “Canaviglia”. The oreeginal fortress wis biggit afore the Renaissance. A later ane wis constructit at the end o the 16t century.
Cultur
Poleetically, Livorno is ane o the maist left-leanin ceeties o Italy. The Communist Pairty o Italy wis foondit in Livorno on 21 Januar 1921.
Leet o municipalities in Pernambuco
This is a leet o the municipalities in the state o Pernambuco (PE), Brazil.
Livorno
Sport
Livorno haes a fitbaa team in Serie B, A.S. Livorno Calcio.
Twin touns—sister ceeties
Livorno is twinned wi:
Dolavon
Dolavon (Welsh: Dolafon) is a sma toun in the Patagonie province o Chubut, Argentinae. It haes a population o 2,929 accordin tae the. It is locatit close tae the Chubut River, aboot 19 km tae the wast o Gaiman. The name comes frae Welsh dôl (meadae) an afon (river). Welsh immigrants began tae settle in the aurie efter their arrival in Patagonie in 1865. The Central Chubut Railwey arrivit in 1915, linkin the dounset tae Trelew, an the toun wis offeecially foondit in 1919. Dolavon became a centre o wheat production uisin irrigation canals tae compensate for the arid climate. The auld flour mill wi its watter wheel is nou a museum.
Accordin tae plans annooncit in November 2006, Dolavon wis tae be the steid o important energy generation facilities bi mid-2008: a combined cycle pouer plant (wi an ootput o atween 330 and 465 MW) an a wind ferm (100 MW).
13 Julie
The 13t o Julie is the 194t day o the year (195t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 171 days ti come.
Palladium
Palladium is a chemical element wi the chemical seembol Pd an an atomic nummer o 46. It is a rare an lustrous sillery-white metal discovered in 1803 bi William Hyde Wollaston. He named it efter the asteroid Pallas, that wis itsel named efter the epithet o the Greek goddess Athena, acquired bi her whan she slew Pallas. Palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium an osmium fairm a group o elements referred tae as the platinum group metals (PGMs). Thae hae seemilar chemical properties, but palladium haes the lawest meltin pynt an is the least dense o thaim.
Ower hauf o the supply o palladium an its congener platinum gangs intae catalytic converters, that convert up tae 90% o harmfu gases frae auto exhaust (hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, an nitrogen dioxide) intae less-harmful substances (nitrogen, carbon dioxide an watter vapor). Palladium is uised in electronics, dentistry, medicine, hydrogen purification, chemical applications, groundwatter treatment an jewelry. Palladium plays a key role in the technology uised for fuel cells, that combine hydrogen an oxygen tae produce electricity, heat, an watter.
Ore deposits o palladium an ither PGMs are rare, an the maist extensive deposits hae been foond in the norite belt o the Bushveld Igneous Complex coverin the Transvaal Basin in Sooth Africae, the Stillwatter Complex in Montana, Unitit States, the Thunder Bay Destrict o Ontario, Canadae, an the Norilsk Complex in Roushie. Recyclin is a soorce o palladium, maistly frae scrapped catalytic converters. The numerous applications an leemitit supply soorces o palladium result in the metal attractin considerable investment interest.
Mesquita, Minas Gerais
Mesquita is a toun an municipality in the state o Minas Gerais in the Sootheast region o Brazil.
Hipódromo (Asunción)
Hipódromo is a barrio (neebourheid) o Asunción, the caipital o Paraguay. It's a relatively new neebourheid wi a 8,348 indwellers bidin thar, an provides ane o the biggest green auries in Asunción. The name coms frae the Spainyie meanin o the wird Hippodrome, whilka staunds for "horse race track". This is acause the lairgest horse race track in Paraguay, the Paraguayan Jockey Club, lees in this barrio.
The name o the streets generally cairy the name o characteristic trees frae the Paraguayan kintraside (such as Yvyrapytá, Quebracho an Paraíso) or the name o native tribes o Sooth Americae (Carios, Guaraníes an Incas).
This barrio is hame o a lairge number o open areas o recreational uises such as smaw pairks an plazas. Besides haein the Jockey Club ither important institutions reside in Hipódromo, for exaumple as the Institute o Superior Teachin (Instituto Superior de Enseñanza), the Naitional Schuil o Physical Education (Escuela Nacional de Educación Física), Naitional Sports Council (Consejo Nacional de Deportes) an the Paraguayan Tennis Association (Asociación Paraguaya de Tenis).
Ane o the maist particular steids o this barrio is the "Champions Veelage" section. The residents o this veelage are the umwhile players o the Paraguay weemen's naitional basketbaw team that wan the 1952 an 1962 Weemen's Sooth American Championships. The veelage wis biggit in the early 1970s when then Preses Alfredo Stroessner recognisit the merit o the players bi biggin thaim hooses.
Wildcat
The wildcat (Felis silvestris), aften soondit wullcat or e'en wullkie, eats wee mammals, birds, an ither craiturs o a seemilar bouk. Its is sib tae the hoose cat Felis silvestris catus.
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast (Калинингра́дская о́бласть, Kaliningradskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast) situatit on the Baltic coast. It haes a population o 941,873 (2010 Census).
The oblast forms the wastrenmaist pairt o Roushie, but it haes nae land connection tae the rest o the kintra. Syne its creation it haes been an exclave o the Roushie SFSR an then o the Roushie Federation. The faw o the Soviet Union left it isolatit frae the 'mainland'. It is surroondit bi Lithuanie, Poland, an the Baltic Sea. Borderless traivel tae the main pairt o Roushie is anerlie possible bi sea or air. This poleetical isolation became mair pronooncit when Lithuanie an Poland baith became members o the European Union an NATO, an entered the Schengen Zone, which means that the oblast is surroondit bi the territories o thir organisations as well.