Spanish Wells is one of the districts of the Bahamas. It is a small town on the island of St. George's Cay It is wide by long. About 1,500 people live here. Spanish Wells has a bridge to neighboring Russell Island. Spanish Wells is so small that many people get around the island using golf carts instead of full-sized cars.
The area had a lot of property damage during a direct hit from Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and Floyd in 1999.
West Grand Bahama
West Grand Bahama is one of 31 districts of The Bahamas. The district covers the entire western part of Grand Bahama island. It does not include the city of Freeport, which is its own district. Communities within West Grand Bahama include the settlements of Mack Town, Hunters, Lewis Yard, Pinder's Point, Eight Mile Rock, Hepburn Town, Bartlett Hill, Hanna Hill, Pine Dale, Martin Town, Russell Town, Jones Town, Sea Grape, Holmes Rock, Bootle Bay and the westernmost settlement of West End.
West Grand Bahama is divided into four town areas or townships. Each township has its own chairperson. They are:
Airexpo
Airexpo is a French airshow created in 1987. It is the third most important airshow of France. It is organized by the students of the universities "École nationale de l'aviation civile" and those of the "Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace". It is yearly organized and most of the time on the Muret - Lherm Aerodrome.
The aircraft are representative of the world of aviation, from the Supermarine Spitfire to the F-18 Super Hornet, through the little Robin DR400. Proof of its quality and originality, the airliners are also regularly represented with the participation of Airbus and ATR, with the Airbus A380 and A340-600 or the ATR 72-500.
Green Turtle Cay
Green Turtle Cay is an island in The Bahamas. It is in the "Abaco Out Islands". It is long and 1/2 mile wide. It was named after the many green turtles that live in the area. There are about 450 people. The main town is New Plymouth.
King Fahd Causeway
The King Fahd Causeway is a causeway joining Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The idea to make the causeway was to improve the links and bonds between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Surveying began in 1968. Construction began in 1981. In 1986 it was opened to the public.
In 2008 there was an average of 48,600 passengers per day.
Greater Kashmir
Greater Kashmir is an Eglish-language newsper, which is published in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. The newspaper started as a weekly newspaper in 1987. Since 1989, it is published daily. It is among the most widely read English-language newspapers in the state.
Qatar Bahrain Causeway
The Qatar Bahrain Causeway (also called the Qatar Bahrain Friendship Bridge) is a planned causeway between the two Arab states of Qatar and Bahrain. It was announced on the 13th of December 2008 that construction would start in early 2009. As of November 2010, construction had not started. On April 27, 2011, an announcement was made that building the causeway would start in 2011 for completion in 2015.
Flag of Bahrain
The national flag of Bahrain is a white band on the left, with a red area on the right split by five triangles.
Red is the traditional colour for flags of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. The five points are for the five pillars of Islam.
It is very similar to the flag of Qatar.
The oldest known flags of Bahrain were plain red. In 1820, Bahrain made a treaty with the United Kingdom. A white stripe was added to show the truce. In 1932, a serrated edge was added to make the flag of Bahrain different from its neighbours.
The flag first had twenty-eight white points. This was changed to eight in 1972. In 2002 the number was changed to five. This was so that each of the points could stand for one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
Coat of arms of Bahrain
The current coat of arms of Bahrain is a coat of arms that was originally designed in 1932 by Charles Belgrave, the British adviser to the then-Shaikh of Bahrain. The design has undergone slight modifications since then, namely in 1971 in 2002 when mantling and the indentations of the chief were modified respectively, but the influence of the original design is still clearly visible in the modern blazon.
The arms act as a governmental and national symbol in addition to being the personal arms of the king; only the king, however, may display the royal crown ensigning the coat of arms.
The General Maritime Treaty of 1820 gave Bahrain protected status (not as a protectorate of the United Kingdom). In 1932, the advisor to the Ruler, Charles Belgrave, designed a coat of arms for the Ruler, Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa. The original heraldic achievement was red with a white chief dancetée of three ensigned by an heraldic "ancient crown" of eight points, with five being visible in renditions.
After the United Kingdom withdrew from Bahrain in 1971, red mantling with a white lining was added to the coat of arms as a symbol of the island nation's newly acquired independent sovereignty. The mantling is displayed around the shield without a helm or torse, in a manner unusual to traditional heraldic practice. The Princely coat of arms still displayed the Crown when used as the personal arms of Emir, though the Crown was modified to have smaller points displayed between the space of each point. The arms displayed with the mantling sans Crown became the arms of dominion for Bahrain.
The heraldic device has been most recently altered in 2002, when the emirate was declared a kingdom by Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa. The shield remains red, but the white chief dancetée now includes five indentations to represent the five pillars of the Muslim faith, rather than the three as was originally assumed in 1932.
The design on the shield is nearly identical to the design of the national flag, the only difference being that the whole of the design is rotated so that the chief of the shield appears as the hoist of the flag. The current coat of arms of Bahrain was made in 1932 by Charles Belgrave.
Bahrainona
"Baħrajnonâ", which means "Our Bahrain", is the national anthem of Bahrain.
Several changes were made to this song by a national police band which was formerly led by Colonel Moħammed Ṣedqi Għajâẋ. The lyrics (words of the song) were written by Jusef Għaṭṭeja ar-Rimâwi. The melody comes from at least the 1940s, but its composer remains unknown. It was later rearranged by singer and composer ‘Aħmad al-Ġomajri.
Bahraini
Bahraini may be:
Constitutional monarchy
A Constitutional Monarchy is a form of government, in which a king or queen is the official head of state, although their powers are limited by a constitution and often lack much real power, as the legislative branch is the primary governing body. A constitutional monarchy differs from an absolute monarchy in that in an absolute monarchy the monarch is able to rule with unchecked power, and are able to change the laws at their whim.
Constitutional Monarchy first emerged in England. Initally the British monarchy was absolute, however, the nobility under King John felt that the king had abused his power, and had forced him to sign a document called the Magna Carta. This document limited the powers of the king and made and made him somewhat responsible for the wellbeing of his subjects. The document, however was more focused on maintaining the ability of the nobles to have a say in what the king did.
Contemporary constitutional monarchies include the United Kingdom and Commonwealth realms, Belgium, Bhutan, Bahrain, Cambodia, Denmark, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Eswatini, Sweden, and Thailand.
The following is a list of reigning monarchies. Except where noted, monarch selection is hereditary as directed by the state's constitution.
Teide National Park
Teide National Park is the most visited National Park in Spain and also one of the most visited National Parks in the world.