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Oruro Depairtment

**Oruro** is a depairtment in Bolivie, wi an aurie o 53,588&nbsp;km². Its caipital is the ceety o Oruro. At the time o census 2001 it haed a population o 391,870.

## Provinces o Oruro
The depairtment is dividit intae 16 provinces  which are further subdividit intae municipalities an cantons.

## Govrenment
The chief executive office o Bolivie depairtments (syne Mey 2010) is the govrenor; till then, the office wis cried the prefect, an till 2006 the prefect wis appointit bi the Preses o Bolivie. The current govrenor, Santos Tito o the Muivement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty o the Fowks, wis electit on 4 Aprile 2010.

The chief legislative body o the depairtment is the Depairtmental Legislative Assembly, a body an aa first electit on 4 Aprile 2010. It consists o 33 members: 16 electit bi each o the depairtment's provinces; 16 electit based on proportional representation; an minority indigenous representative selectit bi the Uru-Chipaya fowk.

## Leids
The leids spoken in the depairtment are mainly Spaingie, Quechua an Aymara. The follaein table shows the number o those belangin tae the recognized group o speakers.

## Notable fowk
* Evo Morales, Preses o Bolivie, born in the little veelage o Isallawi near Orinoca.

## Places o interest
* Sajama National Park
* Parinacota Volcano
* Sajama Lines
* Poopó Lake
* Lake Uru Uru

## See an aa
* Oruro Symphony Orchestra

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Oruro Travel Guide 
* Weather in Oruro 
* Carnaval 2009 folklore 
* Technical University o Oruro
* Oruro News 
* Feria Exposición 
*
Ystradgynlais

**Ystradgynlais** is a toun on the River Tawe in sooth wast Powys; it is the seicont lairgest toun in Powys, Wales wi a population o 9,004.  The toun grew aroond the iron-makin, coal-minin an watch-makin industries.

Ystradgynlais hostit the 1954 National Eisteddfod, which is an annual Welsh festival o literatur, muisic, an sang.

The century-auld award-winnin Ystradgynlais Public Band competit in the 2005 National Eisteddfod.
Ystradgynlais is ane o the few auries athin auld Brecknockshire, which hase a heich proportion o Welsh-speakers, indeed, accordin tae the 2001 census, ower hauf o aw the Welsh-speakers athin Brecknock destrict live in Ystradgynlais itsel.

National Cycle Route 43 passes though this veelage.

## Notable fowk
The Airchbishop o Canterbury, Rowan Williams, grew up in Ystradgynlais.

The Pols painter Josef Herman spent 11 years livin an paintin in Ystradgynlais.

It is the  o the *[[Torchwood]]* an *[[Belonging (TV series)|Belonging]]* actress Eve Myles. *[[Grownups (2006 TV series)|Grownups]]* actor Steve Meo attendit Maesydderwen Comprehensive Schuil in the toun.

Composer Caleb Bedville wis born in Ystradgynlais an lived there prior tae emigratin tae Scranton, Pennsylvania.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Ystradgynlais Toun Cooncil wabsteid 
* Aw Steids in Ystradgynlais  (14 steids)
* Ystradgynlais on Best o Wales
* www.geograph.co.uk : photos o Ystradgynlais an surroondin aurie
Vyatskoye, Khabarovsk Krai

**Vyatskoye** () (alternatively kent as *Viatsk* or *Viatskoe*) is a sma fishin veelage in Khabarovsk Krai, Roushie, locatit on the east side o the Amur River, 70 kilometers (43 mi) northeast o Khabarovsk.

## History
The oreeginal inhabitants apparently wur various Tungusic fowks.

Umwhile pairt o Ooter Manchurie, **Vyatskoye** alang wi Khabarovsk an Vladivostok was cedit tae Imperial Roushie bi the Qing Dynasty o Cheenae as pairt o the 1860 Convention o Peking.

Durin Warld War II near **Vyatskoye** wis a camp for the Soviet 88t Brigade, which wis made up o Cheenese an Korean guerrillas.  Kim Il-sung, futur leader o the Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea (North Korea), wis stationed there as a Caiptain in the Soviet Red Airmy commandin a battalion, an accordin tae some sources his family wis there as well. Accordin tae those same sources his son Kim Jong-il wis born there on February 16, 1941 (Although the DFRK govrenment claim Kim Jong-il wis born on Baekdu Muntain in Japanese occupee'd Korea a year later, on 16 Februar 1942). Residents o the toun claim that his brither Shura Kim (kent as the first Kim Pyong-il an aw) fell intae a well an dee'd, an wis buriet thare; housomeivver ither sources claim that Kim Jong-il's siblin drouned in a puil in Pyongyang in 1947.
Lazarevo

**Lazarevo** (Лазарево) is a veelage locatit in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat Destrict o Serbie. It is situatit in the Autonomous Province o Vojvodina. The veelage haes a Serb ethnic majority an a tot population o 3,308 fowk (2002 census).

The veelage is kent as the place whaur Bosnie Serb general Ratko Mladić wis arrestit on Mey 26, 2011.

## Name
In Serbian, the veelage is kent as *Lazarevo* (Лазарево), in Croatian as *Lazarevo*, in Hungarian as *Lázárföld*, an in German as *Lazarfeld*. *Lazarfeld* is an aa an aulder name for the veelage uised in Serbian.

## History
The veelage wis foondit in 1809 bi German colonists. In 1800, the first German immigrants arrived at the enormous estate o János Lázár de Écska, the son o Lukács Lázár. “Martinica pusta” wis determined as a location for thair dounset. It wis, besides Ečka an Jankov Most, the third dounset foondit on Lukács Lázár’s estate. In his honour it wis named Lazarfeld.

In 1922, the veelage chyngit its name tae Lazarevo. Till the end o Warld War II, it wis maistly inhabitit bi ethnic Germans. Efter Warld War II, the German population fled an the veelage wis colonized bi Serb families frae Bosnie an Herzegovinae.

Lazarevo wis the last shelter o the Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladić who wis arrestit here bi the Serbian special police forces in the early fore-nuin oors o Mey 26, 2011. The arrest teuk place athoot incident as Mladić surrendered hissel as well as twa pistols that he carried.

## Historical population

*1961: 3,313
*1971: 3,430
*1981: 3,480
*1991: 3,450

## Features

Thare are aroond 3,000 indwallers in aboot 900 hoosehaulds. The wirkin fowk are maistly employed in Zrenjanin, an agricultur is a supplemental activity. The local population maistly assembled bi the cultural society “Slaviša Vajner – Cica”, the volunteer fire Society, an the hunters associations. The local Protestant kirk wis reconstructit an turned intae the first Orthodox kirk in 1998. Unner the name “Zadrugar”, fower sports clubs exist, an its fitbaa team gae a few Yugoslav representatives.

## Education

Thare is a primary schuil, "Slavko Rodić" in the veelage for childer frae Lazarevo an the veelage o Zlatica. Lazarevo daes no hae a heich schuil, sae childer frae Lazarevo an Zlatica hae tae go tae schuil in Zrenjanin, or in the nearbi toun o Sečanj.

## See an aa
*Leet o places in Serbie
*Leet o cities, towns an villages in Vojvodina

## References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

## Freemit airtins
* Community o Zrenjanin
Coat o airms o Burkina Faso

The **[[coat o airms]] o [[Burkina Faso]]** contains a shield based on the naitional banner. Abuin the shield the name o the kintra is shawn, while belaw it is the naitional motto, *Unité, Progrès, Justice* (French for "Unity, Progress, Juistice").  The supporters are twa white stallions. This coat o airms is seemilar tae the auld Upper Volta coat o airms (see belaw), wi the Burkina Faso banner replacin the Upper Volta banner in the middle.

## Historic coat o airms (1984-1987)

Thomas Sankara's 1983-1987 Burkinabé revolution implementit a coat o airms featurin a crossed mattock an AK-47 (an allusion tae the Hammer an Sickle), wi the motto *La Patrie ou la Mort, nous vaincrons* (*Faitherland or daith, we will win*).

## Coat of arms of Upper Volta
This somewhat resembles the current emblem, except that the enclosin shield haes a blue backgrund, the horse are white, the inescutcheon is based on the banner o Upper Volta wi the superimposed letters "RHV" (for *République de Haute-Volta*), an the motto wis *Unité, Travail, Juistice* ("Unity, Labour, Justice").
Banner o Burkina Faso

The **[[banner]] o [[Burkina Faso]]** is formed bi twa equal horizontal baunds o reid (top) an green, wi a yellae five-pointit starn restin in the center. The banner wis adoptit on 4 August 1984.  The colours are the popular Pan-African colours o the Ethiopie, reflectin baith a break wi the kintra’s colonial past an its unity wi ither African ex-colonies. The reid is an aa said tae seembolise the revolution an the green the abundance o agricultural an naitural riches. The yellae starn placed ower the reid an green stripes is the guidin licht o the revolution.  The banner wis adoptit follaein the coup o 1983 that brocht Thomas Sankara tae pouer.

## National coat o airms
The current coat o airms o Burkina Faso featur a shield wi the naitional banner colors, wi a scroll bearin the name "BURKINA FASO" accompanied bi twa stallions on each side, wi an open beuk at the bottom. A lawer banner bears the naitional motto in French: "Unity - Progress - Juistice".

## Prior naitional banners an coat o airms
The oreeginal banner o Upper Volta, adoptit at unthirldom, contained three horizontal stripes o black, white, an reid. These colours representit the three major tributaries o the Volta River, which flows sooth throu the kintra: the Black Volta, the White Volta an the Red Volta.

Frae 1984 till 1997, the offeecial Burkina Faso coat o airms uised a revolutionary central crest featurin a scythe crossed wi a Soviet AK-47 assault rifle, alang wi an open beuk seembolisin the importance o eddication an the study o revolutionary principles.  A lawer banner declared in French, "Mitherland or Daith, We Shall Owercome".

## References

## Freemit airtins
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Ystradfellte

**Ystradfellte** (, the Mellte bein a river) is a sma veelage in Powys, Wales, in the Fforest Fawr area o the Brecon Beacons Naitional Pairk.

Acause o the geography an topography o the area the veelage o Ystradfellte isnae visible frae the nearest main road, the A4059 Hirwaun tae A470 stretch.

Ystradfellte comes unner Aberdare for postal reasons.

## Geography
Ystradfellte lies in Powys, Wales, on the Afon Mellte. The veelage is a kenspeckle centre for tourists, wi mony o thaim comin for the hillwalkin or tae visit the waterfaws an caves o the river.  Ystradfellte is hame tae a pub, The New Inn, an Croydon Cavin Club.

### Caves
The area aroond Ystradfellte is weel-kent for its caves an karst scenery, makin cavin a popular activity.  Some o the mair kenspeckle caves near the veelage include:
* Porth yr Ogof - the maistmuckle cave entrance in Wales, throu whilk the River Mellte flows
* Little Neath River Cave
* Ogof Ffynnon Ddu - the third-langest cave in the Unitit Kinrick

### Waterfaws
A popular attraction near the veelage is the **Waterfalls Walk**, an easy walk alang the Afon Mellte.  The route passes twa main faws on the river, *Sgwd Clun-gwyn* an *Sgwd Isaf Clun-gwyn*, an finishes at *Sgwd yr Eira* on the Afon Hepste, whaur the fuitpath passes ahint the waterfaw.

### History
Ystradfellte is chiefly kent in Welsh history for bein the spot whaur the Welsh nobleman an rebel leader Llywelyn Bren surrendert at the conclusion o his revolt o 1316. Llywelyn, wha gied hissel ap on the condition that his men be spared, wis put tae daith in 1318 at Cardiff.

## Kenspeckle residents
The muisical act Melthair an the LoveRats based themselves in Ystradfellte durin the spring o 2007, recordin the album 'National Record of Desire' in Dan y Bryn cottage. The baund appearit on Bethan Elfyn's Bethan Elfyn Radio One show durin this period an aa.

## Freemit airtins
*Illustrated guide tae the waterfaws
*series o local photographs 
*Photos frae Swansea University Hiking Clubs Version o the Waterfaws Walk 
*www.geograph.co.uk ; photos o Ystradfellte an surroondin aurie
Banner o Cameroon

The naitional **[[banner]] o [[Cameroon]]** wis adoptit in its present form on 20 Mey 1975 efter Cameroon became a unitary state. It is a vertical tricolour o green, red an yellae, defaced wi a five-pointit starn in its center. Thare is a wide variation in the size o the central starn, awtho it is aaways contained athin the inside stripe.

The colour scheme uises the traditional Pan-African colors (Cameroon becomin the seicont state tae dae sae), an the tricolor design is adoptit frae the banner o Fraunce. The centre stripe is thocht tae staund for unity: reid is the colour o unity, an the starn is referred tae as "the starn o unity".  The yellae staunds for the sun, an an' a' the savannas in the northren pairt o the kintra, while the green is for the forests in the soothren pairt o Cameroon.

The previous banner o Cameroon (1961-1975) haed a seemilar colour scheme, but wi twa gowd (daurker than the third stripe bi comparison) starns in the upper hauf o the green. It wis adoptit follaein Breetish Sooth Cameroon's joinin o the State o Cameroon.

The oreeginal banner, first made law bi Law 46 o 26 October 1957, wis the semple tricolour. It wis confirmed on 21 Februar 1960 in the new constitution.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*
Emblem o Cameroon

The **naitional emblem o [[Cameroon]]** consists o a shield wi a banner abuin an belaw it. Ahint the shield are twa crossed fasces. The shield haes the same colour pattern as the banner o Cameroon, an in the centre is a cairt o the naition. The scales o juistice are superimposed on tap o the cairt o the naition.

The banner at the bottom gies the name o the naition in French an Inglis. The tap banner contains the naitional motto: . The fasces are a seembol o the republic's authority, an the scales o juistice represent juistice.

The previous version o the state airms haed text in French anerlie, wi "République du Cameroun – 1er Janvier 1960" on a scroll abuin the shield, an "Paix, Travail, Patrie" belaw the shield.  The shield differed in that the green an yellae auries tae left an richt each haed ane lairge blue five-pointit starn, while the central reid aurie did no hae a starn on tap (sae that the blue cairt ootline o Cameroon extendit heicher).

## References
Wortegem-Petegem

**Wortegem-Petegem** is a municipality locate in the Belgian province o East Flanders. The municipality is makkit up wi villages o Elsegem, Moregem, Ooike, Petegem, an Wortegem. On Januar 1, 2006 Wortegem-Petegem, aathegither haed a population o 5,977. Its hale area is 41.96 km², giein it a population density o 142 woners per km².

## Villages
Elsegem, Moregem, Ooike, Petegem an Wortegem. 

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial wabsteid o the municipality
Ledeberg

**Ledeberg** is a submunicipality o the ceety o Ghent. It lies sooth-east o dountoun Ghent an haes direct access tae the E17 road.
Its population is 13,974 inhabitants (2005).
Sint-Kruis-Winkel

**Sint-Kruis-Winkel** is a veelage in the Belgian province o East Flanders an a destrict o Ghent. The veelage lies in the far north o the territory o the ceety, near the port o Ghent an the sea canal frae Ghent tae Terneuzen. 

## Freemit airtins
Banner o Gabon

The **Banner o Gabon** haes colours that are green, representin the forests; gowd, representin the equator; an blue, representin the sea.

## History
The airmorial banner o the preses o Gabon an the naitional airms wur baith designed bi Louis Mühlemann, a Swiss heraldist an vexillologist. He chose panthers tae hauld the airms. The banner o Gabon wis adoptit in 1960.

The oreeginal banner adoptit in 1959 wis lik tae the praisent ane but wi stripes o unequal width an the French Tricolour in the canton. The Tricolour wis dropped at unthirldom an the thin yellae stripe, seembolisin the Equator, wis enlairged. Nou the colours represent the sun, the sea, an the kintra's lush naitural resoorces, pairticularly plaunts an trees.

## References

## Freemit airtins
Coat o airms o Gabon

The **coat o airms o [[Gabon]]** wis designed bi the Swiss heraldist an vexillologist Louis Mühlemann, ane o the foondin members o the FIAV an an' a' designer o the umwhile coat o airms o Congo. It haes been in uise syne 15 Julie 1963.

The supporters o the seembol are panthers which seembolise the vigilance an courage o the preses who protects the naition. The bezants (gowden discs) in chief o the shield seembolise the mineral walth o the kintra. The ship at the lawer pairt represents Gabon muivin towards a brichter futur.  The okoumé tree at the tap o the shield seembolizes the timmer tred.

The coat o airms is unuisual in haein twa ribbons wi mottos in twa different leids. The ribbon belaw the shield haes a motto in French 'UNION, TRAVAIL, JUSTICE' ('Union, Wirk, Juistice'). The seicont ribbon is placed beneath the branches o the okoumé tree an haes a motto in Laitin 'UNITI PROGREDIEMUR' ('Let us go forrit unitit').
Gentbrugge

**Gentbrugge** is ane o 25 destricts ("wijken") o the ceety o Ghent, Belgium in the Flemish Region o Belgium. Gentbrugge thegither wi Oud Gentbrugge haed been a separate municipality afore Januar 1, 1977, when it fused wi Ghent.

## Neighborhuids
The destrict o Gentbrugge itsel haes been dividit in fower neighborhuids: Dries, Sportplein, Coninxdonk an the rural aurie Zwarte Fles wi a population o 3417, 3653, 268 an 6 respectively in 2008.

## Demographic facts
* Atween 1999 an 2008 the population grew bi 2,1% as compared tae 7,1 for Ghent entirely
* The average age is 42,9
* The nummer o non-Belgian indwallers is wi 3,7% lawer than the average o Ghent (10,01%)

## Gentbrugse Meersen
The Gentbrugse meersen is a rural aurie o 270ha surroondit bi urbanized Gentbrugge tae the Wast, the Scheldt river in the East an pairtit in the middle bi the E17 freeway. It is bein developed bi the Ceety o Ghent tae an aurie for natur development/conservation an recreation.

## Places o interest

* Rattendaelepark. Historical parc, nou for recreational uise. Frae the Castle Vilain named efter its first awner Albijn Vilain  (1619) anerlie a touer remains.
* The water touer, visible when enterin Ghent bi the E17 heich-gate frae Antwerp. Oreeginally frae 1937 an colorfully repaintit in 1990 bi the Ghent airtist Chris Demangel.
* Gentbrugge hosts the stadium o the Belgian first league fitbaa club, KAA Gent, kent as La Gantoise an aw.
* The St. Eligius Kirk near the Brusselsesteenweg. Oreeginally neo-gothic frae 1884, but expandit in airt-deco style in 1937 bi the airchitect W. Vandenbogaerde.
* The castle Coninxdonck, biggit in the 19t century tae replace a medieval castle
* The Admeenistrative Center. An example o 60ties functionalism designed bi the Belgian airchitect Paul Felix in 1973.

## Sports
Gentbrugge haes the stadium (Jules Ottenstadion) o the First Class-team KAA Gent, kent as La Gantoise an aw. Besides the stadium are some tennis courts o a team which is cried La Gantoise an aw, besides the hockey team.

Thare's anither fitbaa team in Ghent an aw, which played its gemmes in the Emanuel Hielstadium. This team wis creatit on the 1. Apryle 1899 when the teams Athletic Club Gantois, Sport Pédestre Gantois an Football Club Gantois merged an became member o the UBSSA as Racing Club de Gand. In the period afore 2010 this team haes changed its name efter some later developments intae KRC-Gent-Zeehaven an it plays its matches in Oostakker. The fields in Gentbrugge hae accommodated athletics frae 2010 in order tae gie a suitable training field tae the Racing Club Gent for Athletics.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial steid o the destrict Gentbrugge
*Local activities an events 
*Steid o Gentbugse Meersen natur conservation aurie
Antakya

**Antakya** (, *Anṭākyä* frae , *Anṭiokia*; , *Antiókheia* or *Antiócheia*) is an seat o the Hatay Province in soothren Turkey, near the border wi Sirie, makkin it the soothmaist ceety in Turkey.

Kent as **[[Antioch]]** in auncient times, the ceety haes historical significance for Christianity, as it wis the place whaur the follaers o Jesus Christ wur cried *Christians* for the first time. The ceety an its massive waws an aa played an important role durin the Crusades.

## Geography
Antakya is locatit on the banks o the Orontes River (), approximately 22&nbsp;km (14&nbsp;mi) inland frae the Mediterranean coast. The ceety is in a valley surroondit bi muntains, the Nur Muntains (auncient Amanos) tae the north an Munt Keldağ (Jebel Akra tae the sooth, wi the 440 m heich Munt Habib Neccar (auncient Silpius) formin its eastren limits. The muntains are a source o a green marble. Antakya is at the northren edge o the Deid Sea Rift an vulnerable tae earthquakes.

The plain o Amik tae the north-east o the ceety is fertile soil watered bi the Orontes, the Karasu an the Afrin rivers; the lake in the plain wis drained in 1980 bi a French company. At the same time channels wur built tae widen the Orontes an let it pass neatly through the ceety centre. The Orontes is joined in Antakya bi the Hacı Kürüş stream tae the north-east o the ceety near the kirk o St Peter, an the Hamşen which runs doun frae Habib-i Neccar tae the sooth-wast, unner Memekli Brig near the airmy barracks. Flora includes the bay trees an myrtle.

### Climate

The ceety enjoys a Mediterranean climate wi hot an dry simmers, an mild an wet winters; housomeivver due tae its heicher altitude, Antakya haes slichtly ceuler temperaturs than the coast.

## Twin touns

Antakya is twinned wi:

* Aalen, Germany (syne 1995).

## References

* 

## Freemit airtins
* Picturs o Antakya
* Picturs o Antakya Museum
Coatbrig

**Coatbrig** or **Cotbrig** (Inglis: *Coatbridge*, Scots Gaelic: *Drochaid a' Chòta*) is a toun in North Lanrikshire, Scotland, aboot ten mile eist o Glesga. The first fowk abidit in the aurie durin the Stane Eild. The-day's toun wis foondit in the twelft centurie whan a chairter wis grantit til the Monks o Newbattle Abbey bi King Malcolm IV. The industrial revolution eikit the toun, an in parteicular wi the het blast steil makin process. Coatbrig wis a weichtie steid for airn wirks an coal winnin durin the 19t yeirhunder an haes bin beskrived in Inglis as "the industrial heartland of Scotland" an the "Iron Burgh". 

Bi the 1920s, coal seams wis aw uist-up an the airn industrie in Coatbrig wis dwynin. Eftir the Gret Depression, Gartsherrie wis the last airn wirks in the toun. Ane buik says that in Coatbrig the-nou, "coal, iron and steel have all been consigned to the heritage scrap heap". Coatbrig the-day is aye a wirkin-cless toun an haes a mukkil nummer o fowk o Irish strynd.

## References
Free Presbyterian Kirk o Scotland

The **Free Presbyterian Kirk o Scotland** (, ) wis foondit in 1893 an claims tae be the spiritual descendant o the Scots Reformation.
Namangan Province

**Namangan Province** (, Roushie: Наманганская область) is a viloyat (province) o Uzbekistan, locatit in the soothren pairt o the Fergana Valley in far eastren pairt o the kintra. It is on the richt bank o Syr Darya River an borders wi Kyrgyzstan, Fergana Province an Andijan Province. It covers an aurie o 7,900&nbsp;km2. The population is estimatit tae be aroond 1,970,000, wi ower 62% o the population livin in rural auries.

Namangan Province is dividit intae 11 admeenistrative deestricts. The caipital is the ceety o Namangan (pop est 410,000 indwallers). Ither major ceeties include Kosonsoy, Pop, Uzbekistan, Uchqo‘rg‘on, To‘raqo‘rg‘on, Chortoq, Haqqulobod an Chust.

The climate is a teepically continental climate wi extreme differences atween winter an simmer temperaturs.

Naitural resoorces include deposits o petroleum, natural gas, gowd, lead, copper, quartz an antimony. Main agricultur includes cotton, horticultur an sericultur, ainimal husbandy, includin breedin o Angora gaits for thair valuable doun hair.

Industry is primarily based on textiles, wi twa lairge silk production complexes, a non-woven fabric manufacturin plant, cotton yarn processin, an numerous smawer textile, laither an fuitwear plants. The aurie is an' a' a centre for the production o traditional Uzbek handicrafts, especially knives.

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial steid o Namangan Province .
Qashqadaryo Province

**Qashqadaryo Province** (, ), (auld spellin *Kashkadarya Province*) is a viloyat (province) o Uzbekistan, locatit in the soothren pairt o the kintra in the basin o the Qashqadaryo River an the wastren slopes o the Pamir Muntains. It borders wi Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Samarkand Province, Buxoro Province an Surxondaryo Province.  It covers an aurie o 28,400&nbsp;km². The population is estimatit tae be aroond 2,067,000 (2007), wi some 73% livin in rural auries.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
The provincial caipital is Karshi (Qarshi) (pop est 177,000 indwallers). Ither major touns include Beshkent, Chiroqchi (Chirakchi), Dehkanabad (Dehqonobod), Guzar (G‘uzor), Kitob, Koson, Myrishkor, Muborak, Kamashi (Qamashi), Shahrisabz, Shurbazar, Tollimarjon (Talimardzhan),  an Yakkabog.

Qashqadaryo Province is currently dividit intae thirteen admeenistrative destricts. 

Laitinization o destrict names is in accordance wi the offeecial Uzbekistan governmental wabsteid.

## Geography
The climate is a teepically arid continental climate an pairtly semi-tropical.

## Economy
Naitural resoorces include significant petroleum an natural gas reserves, wi the **Mubarekh Oil an Gas Processing Plant** as the region’s lairgest industry. Ither industry includes oo processin, textiles, licht industry, fuid processin an construction materials. Major agricultural activities include cotton, various crops an livestock. The irrigation infrastructur is vera well developed wi the lairge **Tollimarjon reservoir** as a reliable watter soorce.

The province haes a well-developed transport infrastructur, wi ower 350&nbsp;km o railways an 4000&nbsp;km o surfaced roads.

## Cultur
The ceety o Shahrisabz, the birthplace o Amir Timur, is the main tourist attraction in the province.

## Notes
Mulguy

**Mulguy** () is a toun in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is oan the Allander Watter, at the nor'wastern edge o Muckle Glesga, an aboot  frae the city centur. It lies next tae Bearsden.

A muckle nummer o fowk in Milngavie get tae Glasgow oan the trains fae wirk an eddication. The toun is gey popular wi auld fowk that disnae wirk onymair; it haes a high nummer o senior citizens. 12,795 fowk wis written as bidin there in 2001. 

The toun is best kent the nou as the stairt o the West Highland Way, a footpath runnin north for 95 mile tae Fort William.

## History
The difference atween the toun's writtit an callit names comes fae the way its Scots Gaelic name wis adaptit intae Inglis. The Gaelic name fae the toun is thoucht tae hae bin *Muileann Dhaibhidh* ( "David's mill"), wi *Daibhidh* cuttit tae *Dàidh* in plain leid, giein *Muileann Dhàidh*. Hence the writin o "-gavie" and the callin o "-guy". The stress placement is Gaelic an aw, but cud be Scots.

Joan Blaeu's *Atlas o Scotland* shews auld spellins fae well-kent places: Milngavie is shewn as "Milgay" ("ay" bein a Scots spellin o , cf. *aye* an the oreeginal callin o *MacKay*), meanin "Mill o Guy". Anaither suggestion is the nam meant "Gavin's Mill", an Gavin's Mill is aye in the toun centur the nou.

Kent the day as a suburb of Glesga, the toun grew frae a country village within the parochine o New Kilpatrick to a smaa industrial centur in the nineteent centurie wi paper mills an bleach wirks oan the Allander Watter tae the Nor'eist o the toun centur. The Clober Industrial Estate staunds thaur the nou.

Stane villas an muckle hooses wis bildit fae rich fowk to the eist of the toun efter the railway reached Milngavie in 1863.

Efter Warld War II a hoosin scheme wis bildit tae the wast o the toun, an mony fowk frae bombed-oot hooses in Clydebank came thaur. The toun wis eikit wi private developments o bungalows an mair hooses tae the Sooth an Wast o the toun in the 1950s and 1960s. The Fairways estate wis bildit in the 1980s.

Fowk frae the toun ran a campaign tae bring the Olympic Gemmes tae Mulguy in 2020, but it wisnae ever taken seriously.

## References
Glenrothes

**Glenrothes** (Scots Gaelic:*Gleann Ràthais*) is a muckle toun in the hairt o Fife, Scotland. It is lies aboot thirty mile frae baith Edinburrie an Dundee. Aboot 38,750 fowk abided in the toun in 2008.
 
The toun wis planned in the late 1940s as ane o Scotland's first new touns fae miners winnin coal at the Rothes Colliery. The mine wisnae a success, but the toun developt as an important industrial centur fae Scotland's Silicon Glen atween 1961 an 2000 wi mony electronics an hi-tech companies bildin factories in the toun.

Glenrothes is the centur o govirnance fae Fife an haes baith Fife Cooncil an Fife Polis headquarters.  Glenrothes toun centur is maistly ben the Kingdom Shopping Centre.

## History

Glenrothes wis designated in 1948 unner the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1946 as Scotland's second post-war new toun. The nam Rothes comes frae the Nor-eist o Scotland Earl of Rothes, what haes the clan nam Leslie. The Leslie family aince owned muckle o the aurrie that Glenrothes haes been bildit oan. "Glen" (frae the Scots Gaelic wird 'gleann' meanin valley) wis eikit tae stop fowk gettin intae a guddle wi Rothes in Moray, an acause the toun lies in the Leven valley.
The oreeginal toun plan wis tae bild a new settlement fae 32,000 to 35,000 people. The intention o the developers wis: "*to establish a self-contained and balanced community for working and living*".

## References
Sint-Laureins

**Sint-Laureins** is a municipality locatit in the Flemish province o East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the touns o Sint-Jan-in-Eremo, Sint-Laureins proper, Sint-Margriete, Waterland-Oudeman an Watervliet. On Januar 1, 2011 Sint-Laureins haed a total population o 6,535. The total aurie is 74.50 km² whilk gies a population density o 88 inhabitants per km².

The Oor Lady-Kirk in Watervliet, biggit in the 16t century, is cried the 'Cathedral o the North'.

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid 
*Offeecial wabsteid o the youth cooncil
Ballerup

**Ballerup** is a Dens toun, seat o the Ballerup Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden.

## Geography
The toun is in the north-wastren suburbs o Copenhagen an is pairt o Copenhagen's urban aurie.

## Twin touns
* East Kilbride (Scotland, UK)
* Prague 10 (Czech Republic)

## See also
*Ballerup station
*Ballerup Super Arena

## Freemit airtins
David Reece

**David L. Reece** is an American vocalist best kent for his time wi Accept an contreibution tae thair 1989 album Eat the Heat.

## Muisical career
### Afore Accept

Reece grew up in Oklahoma, makin his recording debut wi Dare Force in 1989. He an aa recorded vocals for a demo for Sacred Child. He wis replaced bi Astrid Young afore thair album recording, but the demos war included on a re-release o thair debut.

### Wi Accept

Efter mony auditions, Reece wis chosen tae be the new Accept sangster for Eat the Heat. He an the rest o the baund produced a different soondin album than those o early Accept albums. The tour wis cancelled an he wis fired as the sangster.

### Efter Accept

Efter bein sacked frae Accept, he formed Bangalore Choir an released an album wi them. The band included members o Hericane Alice - a band for which Reece haed declined tae record demo vocals earlier due tae his involvement wi Lillian X - a partnership which never resulted in ony recorded material. The follaein years he released twa albums wi *Sircle of Silence* wi Larry Farkas frae Vengeance Rising, Jay Schellen frae Hurricane an Greg Chaisson, formerly o Badlands. He then released an album wi American band Stream.

In 2007, Reece jynt Swedish band *Gypsy Rose*, releasing an album wi them the follaein year.

Reece released his first solo album on August 28, 2009. His band consists o Andy Susemihl (ex-U.D.O.), Stefan Schwarzmann (formerly wi U.D.O., currently an aa wi Accept) an Jochen Fünders (ex-Holy Moses).

## Discography

*Accept: "Eat the Heat" (1989)
*Bangalore Choir: "On Target" (1992)
*Sircle of Silence: "Sircle of Silence" (1993)
*Sircle of Silence: "Suicide Candyman" (1994)
*Stream: "Take it or Leave it" (1995)
*Gypsy Rose: "Another World" (2008)
*Reece: "Universal Language" (2009)
*Bangalore Choir: "Cadence" (2010)
*Bangalore Choir: All Or Nothing – Live At Firefest (2011)
*Reece-Kronlund: Solid (2011)
*Bangalore Choir: Metaphor (2012)
*Tango Down: Identity Crisis (2012)
*Reece: Compromise (2013)
*Tango Down: Charming Devil (2014)
*EZ Livin': Firestorm (2014)
*Wicked Sensation: Adrenaline Rush (2014)
*Bonfire: Glorious (2015)
*Bonfire: Pearls (2016)
*Sainted Sinners: Sainted Sinners (2017)
*Sainted Sinners: Back With A Vengeance (2018)
*Reece: Resilient Heart (2018)
*Reece: Cacophony of Souls (2020)

## References

## Freemit airtins
*David Reece's Hamepage
Stefan Kaufmann

**Stefan Kaufmann** wis born August 4, 1960, Solingen, Germany. He joined Accept as drummer early enough tae appear on the cover photos for their debut, but too late tae record the drums for the album (that wis done bi Frank Friedrich). He haed tae give up drummin towards the end o Accept's career due tae health problems.

Kaufmann haes produced the live albums *[[Staying a Life]]* an *[[All Areas - Worldwide]]* for Accept an contributit significantly tae Accept's sangwritin. He haes wirked extensively as a record producer for ither baunds. He produced or co-produced ivery U.D.O. album frae 1990 til present.

Kaufmann wis the drummer for Accept on nine albums.

Kaufmann joined Accept's sangster Udo Dirkschneider in his baund U.D.O. as guitar player in 1996, follaein Accept's seicont breakup, an haes recordit seiven albums wi them. On 13 September 2012, it wis annooncit that Kaufman haes ceased playin in U.D.O. for "halth raisons", though he will continue tae wirk wi the baund in ither capacities.

## References
Kastrup

**Kastrup** () is a suburb o Colpenhaven, on the east coast o Amager, Tårnby Municipality.

Kastrup is best kent as the steid o Colpenhaven Airport. In Dens, the airport is aften cried *Kastrup Lufthavn* (Kastrup Airport) or *Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup* (Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup).

Scandinavian Airlines haes its Denmark offices in Kastrup. Transavia Denmark haes its heid office in Kastrup. When SAS Commuter operatit, its heid office wis in Kastrup. When Danair existit, its heid office wis in Kastrup.

## See an aw
* Kastrup station

## References
Peter Baltes

**Peter Baltes**, born 4 Aprile 1958 in Solingen, is a German hard rock an hivy metal muisicker. He is a memmer o the German hivy metal group Accept, that he played as bassist wi on 15 albums, sellin mair nor 17 million records aroond the warld. He made minor contributions as a lead vocalist an aa wi Accept on their early albums an on the album *[[Predator (album)|Predator]]* fae 1996.

## Ither recordin credits
*Recordin backgrund vocals on the Scorpions *[[Savage Amusement]]* album.
*Played bass on John Norum’s albums *[[Face the Truth (John Norum album)|Face the Truth]]*, *[[Worlds Away (John Norum album)|Worlds Away]]*, an mair.
*Played bass an backgrund vocals on Don Dokken's solo effort *[[Up from the Ashes]]*, an an aa, played bass on the first seiven tracks o Dokken's *[[Breaking the Chains (Dokken album)|Breaking the Chains]]* album, thoch he wisna creditit.

## Accolades
*Votit #1 bass player in Burn Magazine reader's poll o 1985
*Votit best bass player in Europe for Metal Hammer magazine in 1985.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Accept Hame Page
Abu Ghosh

**Abu Ghosh** (; ) is an Israeli Arab toun in Israel, locatit 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) wast o Jerusalem on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem heich-gate. It is situatit 610–720 meters abuin sea level. In 2010, it set the Guinness Warld Record for lairgest dish o hummus. Abu Ghosh is kent for its guid relations wi the State o Israel an walcomin attitude toward Israelis.

## History
Abu Ghosh is ane o the earliest auries o human habitation in Israel. Airchaeological excavations hae revealed 3 neolithic settlement phases, the middle phase is datit tae the 7t millennium BCE. Its auld Arabic name o Qaryat al'Inab ("Grape Veelage") haes led Abu Ghosh tae be identifee'd wi the biblical steid o Kiryat Ye'arim. Legio X Fretensis o the Roman airmy haed a station hoose in Abu Ghosh till the end o the 3rd century. The veelage haes an aa been associatit wi Anathoth, the birthplace o the prophet Jeremiah.

### Ottoman era
Abu Ghosh is the name o an Arab faimily that settled here in the early 16t century. Accordin tae the faimily tradition, they haed Circassian strynd, an the foonder fechtit wi Selim I. In the 18t century they lived in a veelage near Beit Nuba, frae which they ruled the surroondin region. Housomeivver, accordin tae the tradition, the Bani Amir tribesmen an the veelagers o Beit Liqya rose against them an slaughtered the entire Abu Ghosh clan except for one wumman an her baby, who continued the Abu Ghosh name.

The faimily controlled the pilgrimage route frae Jaffa tae Jerusalem, an imposed tolls on aw pilgrims passin throu. The kirks in Jerusalem an aa payed a tax tae the Abu Ghosh clan. In the 19t century, the veelage wis an aa referred tae as Kuryet el' Enab.

The Abu Ghoshes wur grantit a “firman” tae impose tolls on pilgrims an visitors tae Jerusalem. The Abu Ghoshes wur amang the maist kent feudal faimilies in Palestine. They govrened 22 veelages. The sheikh o Abu Ghosh lived in an impressive hoose descrieved bi pilgrims an tourists as a  "true palace…, a castle…, a protective fortress…”

Abu Ghosh wis attacked bi Egyptian military forces in the 1834 Arab revolt in Palestine It wis attacked again in 1853 durin a ceevil war atween feudal faimilies unner Ahmad Abu Ghosh who ordered his nephew Mustafa tae gang tae battle. A third attack on Abu Ghosh carried oot bi the Ottoman military forces, helped an executit bi the Breetish forces, durin the military expedition against the feudal faimilies in the 1860s.

Kiryat Anavim, the first kibbutz in the Judean Hills, wis foondit near Abu Ghosh in 1914, on land purchased frae the Abu Ghosh faimily.

## See an aw
*Leet o Arab localities in Israel

## References

### Bibliography
*Edward Robinson *Biblical Researches in Palestine and Adjacent Countries* (first published in three volumes, Boston and London, 1841);
*Benny Morris (1994): "*[[1948 and after; Israel and the Palestinians|1948 and After.]]"* ISBN 0-19-827929-9. (Chapter 8, pp.&nbsp;257–289: The Case of Abu Ghosh and Beit Naqquba, Al Fureidis an Jisr Zarka in 1948 -or Why Four Villages Remained.)
*
Pardes Hanna-Karkur

**Pardes Hanna-Karkur** () is a toun in the Haifa Destrict o Israel. In  it haed a population o .

## History
In 1913, 15 square kilometers o land wis purchased bi the Hachsharat Hayishuv society frae Arabs in Jenin an Haifa for 400,000 francs (a sum equivalent tae 2 million US dollars). Twa years later, the land wis sauld tae a private investor, Yitzhak Shlezinger, the Odessa Committee an the First Lunnon Ahuza society. This land became the core o Karkur, Moshav Gan Hashomron an Kibbutz Ein Shemer. Till actual dounset began, the aurie wis guardit bi Hashomer, which planted eucalyptus trees tae circumvent a Turkis law that alloued the Ottomans tae expropriate lands if thay wur no cultivatit for three years.

The early settlements did no fare well. Shlezinger went bankrupt an sauld his land tae the Jewish National Fund. The Lunnon Ahuza society hoped tae settle Inglis Jews on the land, but succeedit anerlie pairtially. Eventually the Jewish National Fund an the Lunnon Ahuza society jynt forces tae establish Karkur.

Pardes Hanna (lit. "Hanna's orchard", an aa "Pardes Chana") wis foondit in 1929 bi Palestine Jewish Colonisation Association.

On 6 Aprile 1948, the Irgun raidit the Breetish Airmy camp at Pardes Hanna killin seiven Breetish sodgers an stealin a lairge quantity o wappens.

Efter Israeli unthirldom, Neve Efraim wis foondit bi Jewish immigrants frae Yemen an Neve Oved wis established bi the Labor muivement. In the 1950s, the veelages Tel Shalom an Neve Efraim wur merged wi Pardes Hanna.

Pardes Hanna an Karkur merged in 1969.

## Demographics

Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics, the population o Pardes Hanna-Karkur wis 31,800 at end o 2009. The land aurie is 22,596 dunams (~22.6&nbsp;km²). Pardes-Hanna is govrened bi the lairgest local cooncil in Israel bi population size (amang touns athoot municipal status).

## Education
The auldest an lairgest schuil in Pardes Hanna-Karkur is the Pardes Hanna Agricultural Heich School. It wis established in 1934 bi the Association o Fermers an wis the first agricultural schuil tae include a full academic matriculation program as pairt o its curriculum. It is the anerlie heich-schuil in Israel that affers a veterinary track. Pardes Hanna-Karkur haes sax non-releegious elementary schuils, includin a Democratic schuil, an fower releegious elementary schuils. A releegious heich-schuil for boys, Midrashiat Noam, wis ance considered the flagship o releegious-Zionist eddication. Its graduates include umwhile meenisters Yitzhak Peretz, Benny Elon an Ya'akov Ne'eman; journalists Haim Zisowitz, Yair Sheleg an Adam Baruch; an Labor Pairty Secretary-General Eitan Cabel. A releegious heich schuil for girls, Elisheva, is an aa locatit in Pardes Hanna.

## Transportation
Pardes Hanna-Karkur is served bi the Caesarea-Pardes Hanna Railway Station an bi buses run bi Egged an Nateev Express. It is connectit tae Heich-gate 4 bi Road 651, tae Heich-gate 65 bi Roads 650 an 652, an tae Heich-gate 70 bi road 652.

## Notable residents

*Gal Fridman, Oleempic gowd-medal-winnin windsurfer

## See an aa
*Karkur junction suicide bombin

## References
Mark Tornillo

**Mark Tornillo** (29 Mey 1963) is an American sangster an guitarist. In the 1980s an 1990s he wis a member o the baund TT Quick. In 2009 he wis hired as the lead sangster o the German hivy metal baund Accept, replacin the oreeginal vocalist Udo Dirkschneider. On 5 Mey 2009, he haed his first appearance in New York wi the band. The baund's first album wi Tornillo, *Blood of the Nations*, wis released on 20 August 2010.

## Discography
;T. T. Quick
* *Metal of Honor* (1986)
* *Sloppy Seconds* (1989)
* *Thrown Together Live* (1992)
* *Ink* (2000)

;Accept
* *Blood of the Nations* (2010)
* *Stalingrad* (2012)

## Ither wabsteids
Northren Territory

The **Northren Territory** is a federal territory o Australie, occupyin hintle o the centre o the mainland continent, as well as the central northren regions. It shares borders wi Wastren Australie tae the wast (129t meridian east), Sooth Australie tae the sooth (26t parallel sooth), an Queensland tae the east (138t meridian east).

Tae the north, the territory is bordered bi the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea an the Gulf o Carpentarie. Despite its muckle aurie—ower 1,349,129 square kilometres (520,902 sq mi), makin it the third mucklest Australian federal diveesion—it is spairsely populatit. Wi a population o 229,675 it is the least populous o Australie's aicht major states an territories.

## References
Dunkirk

**Dunkirk** (, , ; , ; Wast Flemish: ) is a commune in the Nord depairtment, northren Fraunce. It lies 10 kilometres (6&nbsp;miles) frae the Belgian border. The population o the ceety (commune) at the 1999 census wis 70,850 inhabitants (71,300 inhabitants as per Februar 2004 estimates). The population o the metropolitan aurie wis 265,974 inhabitants as per the 1999 census.

## Name an leids

The name o Dunkirk derives frae Wast Flemish "dun(e)" (dune) an "kerke" (kirk). Till the middle o the 20t century the ceety wis situatit in the French Flemish aurie; the day the local Flemish dialect, a variety o the Dutch leid, can still be foond but haes been lairgely replaced bi French.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Dunkirk maintains Sister Ceety relationships wi the follaein eeties:
* Krefeld, Germany syne 15 Juin 1974
* Middlesbrough, Unitit Kinrick syne Aprile 12, 1976
* Gaza, Palestine
* Riga, Latvie syne 1960
* Rostock, Germany syne 1960
* Vitória, Brazil 
* Corumbá, Brazil 
* Ramat HaSharon, Israel 

Dunkirk haes co-operation agreements wi:
* Dartford destrict, Unitit Kinrick syne Mairch 1988
* Thanet destrict, Unitit Kinrick syne Juin 18, 1993
Tromsø

**Tromsø** (; ) is a ceety an municipality in Troms county, Norawa.  The admeenistrative centre o the municipality is the ceety o Tromsø.

Tromsø ceety is the nint lairgest urban aurie in Norawa bi population, an the seivent lairgest ceety in Norawa bi population. It is the lairgest ceety an the lairgest urban aurie in Northren Norawa, an the seicont lairgest ceety an urban aurie in Sápmi (follaein Murmansk).

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Tromsø haes eleiven twin touns an sister ceeties:

## References
Cáceres, Spain

**Cáceres** () is the caipital o the same name province, in the autonomous community o Extremadura, Spain. Its population wis 91,131 inhabitants in 2009. The *[[Municipalities o Spain|municipio]]* haes a land aurie o 1,750.33&nbsp;km², an is the lairgest in geographical extension in Spain.

There hae been settlements near Cáceres syne prehistoric times. Evidence o this can be foond in the caves o Maltravieso an El Conejar. The ceety wis foondit bi the Romans in 25 BC.

The auld toun (*Ciudad Monumental*) still haes its auncient waws; this pairt o toun is an aa weel kent for its multitude o storks' nests. The waws contain a medieval toun settin wi nae ootward signs o modrenity, which is why mony films hae been shot there. The Universidad de Extremadura, an twa astronomical observatories are situatit in Cáceres.  The ceety is an aa a seat o the Roman Catholic Diocese o Coria-Cáceres.

Cáceres wis declared a Warld Heritage Ceety bi UNESCO in 1986 acause o the ceety's blend o Roman, Islamic, Northren Gothic an Italian Renaissance airchitectur. Thirty touers frae the Muslim period still staund in Cáceres, o which the Torre del Bujaco is the maist famous.

## Twin touns
* Santiago de Compostela, Spain
* La Roche-sur-Yon, Fraunce
* Castelo Branco, Portugal
* Portalegre, Portugal
* Piano di Sorrento, Italy
* Gaza, Palestine
* Netanya, Israel
Darwin

**Darwin** mey refer tae:

* Charles Darwin (1809&ndash;1882), Inglis naturalist an writer, best kent as the oreeginator o the theory o biological evolution bi naitural selection
* Darwin, Northren Territory, a caipital ceety in Australie
Darwin, Northren Territory

**Darwin** is the caipital ceety o the Northren Territory, Australie. Situatit on the Timor Sea, Darwin haes a population o 127,500, makin it bi far the lairgest an maist populatit ceety in the spairsely populatit Northren Territory, but the least populous o aw Australie's caipital ceeties. It is the smawest an maist northerly o the Australian caipital ceeties, an acts as the Top End's regional centre.

Darwin haes grown frae a pioneer ootpost an sma port intae ane o Australie's maist modren an multicultural ceeties. Its proximity tae Asie makes it an important Australian gateway tae kintras such as Indonesie an East Timor. The Stuart Highway begins in Darwin, endin at Port Augusta in Sooth Australie.

The ceety itself is biggit on a law bluff owerleukin the harbour. Its suburbs spread oot ower some aurie, beginnin at Lee Point in the north an stretchin tae Berrimah in the east—past Berrimah, the Stuart Highway goes on tae Darwin's satellite ceety, Palmerston, an its suburbs.

## References
Gold Coast, Queensland

**Gold Coast** () is a coastal ceety o Australie locatit in Sooth East Queensland, 94km sooth o the state caipital Brisbane. Wi a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the seicont maist populous ceety in the state, the saxt maist populous ceety in the kintra, an an' a' the maist populous nan-caipital ceety in Australie.

Gold Coast is kent as a major tourist destination wi its sunny subtropical climate, surfin beaches, canal an waterway seestems, its heich-rise dominatit skyline, nightlife, and rainforest hinterland. Gold Coast is a candidate ceety for the 2018 Commonwealth Gemmes.

## Sister ceeties
Accordin tae the Gold Coast Ceety Cooncil Wabsteid , Gold Coast is twinned wi:

*  Beihai, Guangxi, Cheenae
*  Acapulco, Mexico
*  Corfu, Greece
*  Medellín, Antioquia, Colombie
*  Dubai, Unitit Arab Emirates
*  Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Unitit States
*  Horowhenua, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
*  Kanagawa, Japan
*   Takasu, Hokkaido, Japan
*  Netanya, Israel
*  Nouméa, New Caledon (Fraunce)
*  Tainan, Taiwan
*  Taipei, Taiwan
*  Ulaanbaatar, Mongolie

## References