Dotan (Alabama)

Dotan  /ˈdoʊθən/ ABŞ-nin Alabama ştatının cənub-şərq küncündə, Corciya sərhəddindən 32 km qərbdə və Florida sərhəddindən 26 km şimalda yerləşən şəhər. Deyl və Henri qraflığına qədər uzanan şəhər Hyuston qraflığının inzibati mərkəzidir. Adı Yaradılış 37:17: "Dotana gedək." ifadəsindən götürülmüşdür. 2010-cu il əhalinin siyahıyaalma məlumatına əsasən şəhərin əhalisi 65,496 nəfərdir."Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Dothan city, Alabama". 

 Xairici keçidlər 
 Official website
 Dothan Chamber of Commerce
 Historic photos 
 Landmark Park
Dotan Ceniva, Henri və Hyuston qraflıqlarını əhatə edən Dotan Metropoliten Statistik Sahəsinin əsas şəhəridir; Deyl qraflığına uzanan kiçik bir hissəsi isə Enterprays-Ozark Mikropolitan Sahəsinə aiddir. 2010-cu ildə Dotan metropoliten ərazisinin ümumi əhalisi 145,639 nəfər olmuşdur. The city serves as the main transportation and commercial hub for a significant part of southeastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and nearby portions of the Florida Panhandle. Since approximately one-fourth of the U.S. peanut crop is produced nearby, with much of it being processed in the city, Dothan is sometimes referred to as "The Peanut Capital of the World". Dothan also hosts the annual National Peanut Festival at the dedicated "Peanut Festival Fairgrounds".Dothan Convention and Visitor's Bureau website .

 Tarixi 

 İlk illər 
İndiki Dotan ərazisində min illərlə yerli xalqların mədəniyyətləri mövcud olmuşdur. Qədim zamanlarda bu ərazini əhatə edən geniş şam meşələri ovculuq və toplayıcılıqla məşğul olan Alabama və Krik hindu qəbilələri tərəfindən zəbt olunmuşdu. Bu qəbilələr yüksək inkişaf etmiş mədəniyyətə malik olmuş, iki yolun kəsişməsində yerləşən bulağın yaxınlığnda ticarət məqsədi ilə görüşlər təşkil edirdilər.

1763-1783-cü illər arasında Dotan ərazisi Britaniya Qərbi Floridasının bir hissəsi olmuşdu.The Economy of British West Florida, 1763–1783, by Robin F. A. Fabel (University of Alabama Press, 2002) European-American settlers moving through the area during the late 18th and early 19th centuries discovered the Indian spring, naming it "Poplar Head". Most felt that the sandy soil common to this region would be unsuitable for farming, so they moved on.  A crude stockade was constructed on the Barber Plantation, where settlers could take refuge whenever they felt threatened. This fort disappeared by the 1840s, after the end of the Indian Wars in Alabama and the removal of most members of the Five Civilized Tribes to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.
[citation needed] Some Indians stayed in the region, becoming state and US citizens by giving up their tribal membership.

 Genişlənmə və inkişaf 

 Coğrafiyası 
Dotan Alabamanın cənub-şərqində, Hyuston qraflığının şimal-qərbində yerləşir. Şəhərin hüdudları şimalda Henri qraflığına və şimal-qərbdə Deyl qraflığına qədər uzanır. ABŞ Siyahıyaalma Bürosu məlumatına görə şəhərin ümumi ərazisi 89.7 square miles (232.4 km2) olub bundan 89.4 square miles (231.5 km2) quru və 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2) və ya 0.36%-i sudur.

 İqlim 
Dothan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). This produces hot, humid summers and generally mild winters, with average high temperatures ranging from 92 °F (33 °C) in the summer to 59 °F (15 °C) high during winter. Snowfall is an extremely rare event – a two-inch snowfall occurs about once every ten years, which results in a yearly average of 0.2 inches (5.1 mm). Tornadoes are a frequent risk during the spring, summer and fall; the city's tornado activity is slightly below the Alabama state average, but 79% above the U.S. average.http://www.city-data.com/city/Dothan-Alabama.html .

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 Təhsil 
The majority of K-12 students in Dothan and Houston County attend Dothan City Schools, or Houston County Schools. Others attend local private schools such as Houston Academy, Providence Christian School, Northside Methodist Academy, Emmanuel Christian School, or Westgate Christian School. Institutes of higher education include Fortis College, Troy University Dothan Campus, Wallace Community College, Bethany Divinity College & Seminary, and the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine.

 İnfrastruktur 

 Hava limanı 
Hava limanı Milli Hava Xidmətinin yerli hava müşahidə stansiyası kimi xidmət edir.

 Quru nəqliyyatı 

 Avtomaqistral və avtobus 

 Dəmir yolları 

 Səhiyyə 

 Din 

 Kütləvi informasiya vasitələri 	 

 İdman 

 İqtisadiyyat 
Dotanda iki xəstəxana mövcuddur : Southeast Alabama Medical Center şəhərin yeganə ictimai xəstəxanasıdır və şəhərin cənub-şərqində yerləşir. Dotanın qərbində yerləşən Flowers Hospital isə özəl xəstəxanadır. Southeast Alabama Medical Center 18 may 2010-cu ildə ştatın 400 nəfərlik ilkin yardım həkim çatışmazlığını həll etmək məqsədi ilə Alabamanın ilk Sümük Xəstəlikləri Tibb Kollecinin tikintisini başladığını elan etdi. The Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, ACOM, 29 iyul 2013-cü ildə təsis edilmiş və 2017-ci ildə ilk məzunlarını verəcəkdir. 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m2) əraziyə malik müəsisənin 2007-ci ildə 100 milyon $-dan artıq iqtisadi təsirə malik olacağı düşünülür.

Dotan çoxsahəli iqtisadiyyata malikdir. Agriculture is the largest industry, though retail sales and restaurants have experienced a rapid growth in recent years. Although peanut production remains a mainstay of the agricultural sector, cotton is gaining in importance. Tomato production is locally significant as well, especially in the nearby town of Slocomb, which styles itself "the Tomato Capital of the World".

 Əsas işəgötürənlər 
Şəhərin 2011-ci il Kompleks İllik Maliyyə Hesabatına görə, əsas işəgötürənlər bunlardır :
 #İşəgötürənİşçi 
sayı1Southeast Alabama Medical Center 2,5002Dothan City & Houston County Schools1,9733Flowers Hospital1,1004City of Dothan9275Southern Nuclear (Farley)8606Perdue Farms8007Michelin5428AAA Cooper4259Hyuston Qraflığı39210Twitchell387

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 Kriminal vəziyyət 

 Festivallar 
 Andy Andrews, motivational speaker and self-help author
 William A. Barks-Dale, Ph.D., International Songwriter of Sacred Music (Gospel Music Workshop of America, Inc.) and GIA Music and Principal Owner of Events with Barks-Dale
 Bill Baxley, former Alabama Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor, born and raised in Dothan
 Brad Baxter, former NFL running back
 Tony Bowick, former NFL and Arena Football League player
 Larry Brackins, professional football wide receiver
 Johnny Mack Brown, born and raised in Dothan, All-American college football player at the University of Alabama and Hollywood film actor
 Buddy Buie, songwriter, producer, and publisher
 Matt Cain, starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, born in Dothan
 Elaine Cheris, fencer who competed in the 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympics 
 Mike Clark, former professional football defensive end
 W. M. Cooper, who published a revision of B. F. White's popular song book The Sacred Harp in 1902, a collection of shape note hymns, important to religious revivals in the South
 Jimmy Cross, radio producer and singer
 Ashley Davis, Miss Alabama 2010
 Lawrence Dawsey, former NFL wide receiver
 Charles Bernard Day, federal judge
 Frank Dempsey, former NFL player
 Donna D'Errico, actress and model
 Gardner Dickinson, a 7-time PGA Tour champion golfer, born in Dothan
 William Gray Espy, actor (the original Snapper Foster of The Young and the Restless), born in Dothan
 Terry Everett, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
 Jim Farmer, former professional basketball player
 Richmond Flowers, Sr., former Attorney General of Alabama and opponent of segregation, born and raised in Dothan
 Richmond Flowers, former professional football player
 Allen Forrest, rapper, singer-songwriter, music producer, known by the stage name Matchstik
 Jordan Gatlin, YouTube sensation, currently at Auburn University
 Artis Gilmore, Jacksonville University center and later Most Valuable Player of the American Basketball Association, attended middle and high school in Dothan
 Bobby Goldsboro, singer noted for his 1968 Top 40 No. 1 hit "Honey", grew up in Dothan and graduated from Dothan High School
 Thom Goolsby, former member of the North Carolina State Senate
 Ken Grimwood, fantasy fiction author
 Gabe Gross, a former quarterback and baseball All-American for Auburn University, former pro baseball player
 Kevin Jackson, former professional football safety
 Robert Reynolds "Bob" Jones, Sr., evangelist and founder of Bob Jones University, reared in the Brannon Stand community west of Dothan, 1884–1899
 David Kelton, former Major League Baseball player for the Chicago Cubs
 Dale Kennington, contemporary artist working in the style of New American Realism, lives in Dothan
 Eddie Kirkland, electric blues guitarist and songwriter
 Burton Lawless, former offensive lineman in the National Football League
 Charles Marsh, Dothan High School, class of 1976; award-winning author and professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia
 Mickey McGowan, former professional baseball pitcher
 Jim Parkman, criminal defense lawyer
 Eulace Peacock, track and field athlete
 Ricky Polston, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 2012 to 2014
 Izell Reese, former NFL defensive back
 Larry Roberts, former NFL defensive end
 Clint Robinson, Major League Baseball first baseman
 Robert Edwin Russ, founder of Ruston, Louisiana, lived near Dothan in his early years
 Patti Rutland, dance choreographer
 Steadman S. Shealy, former American football player and attorney
 Haywood Sullivan, former Major League Baseball player
 Jamie Thomas, creator of two skateboard companies and a shoe company, grew up in Dothan
 Mark Walker, congressman from North Carolina
 P. J. Walters, Major League Baseball pitcher
 Heather Whitestone, former Miss America, born and raised in Dothan
 Charles H. Wright, physician and founder of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

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