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Chengde

**Chengde** (), previously kent as **Jehol**, is a prefectur-level ceety in Hebei province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, situatit northeast o Beijing. It is best kent as the steid o the Muntain Resort, a vast imperial gairden ceety umwhile uised as the simmer residence bi the Manchu Emperors o the Qing Dynasty.  The urban centre haed a population o approximately 450,000 as o 2009.

## History

In 1703, Chengde wis chosen bi the Kangxi Emperor as the location for his simmer residence. Constructit throughoot the aichteent century, the Muntain Resort (避暑山庄; literally "avoidin the heat muntain villa") wis uised bi baith the Yongzheng an Qianlong emperors. The site is currently a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid. Syne the seat o govrenment follaed the emperor, Chengde wis a poleetical centre o the Cheenese empire durin thir times.

The ceety o Jehol reached its heicht unner the Qianlong Emperor 1735-1796 (dee'd 1799). The great monastery temple o the Potala, loosely based on the famous Potala in Lhasa, wis completit efter juist fower years o wirk in 1771. It wis hivily decorate wi gowd an the emperor worshipped in the Gowden Pavilion. In the temple itsel wis a bronze-gilt statue o Tsongkhapa, the Reformer o the Gelugpa sect. Hedin referred tae it as "the maist beautiful Lama temple in Cheenae."

Unner the Republic o Cheenae, Chengde wis the caipital o Rehe province. Frae 1933 tae 1945 the ceety wis unner Japanese control as a pairt o the Manchurian puppet state kent as Manchukuo. Efter Warld War II the Kuomintang regained jurisdiction. In 1948, the Fowk Liberation Airmy teuk control o Chengde. It wad remain a pairt o Rehe till 1955, when the province wis abolished, an the ceety wis incorporatit intae Hebei.

The ceety is hame tae lairge populations o ethnic minorities, Mongol an Manchu in pairticular. The name for Chengde in Manchu is *Erdemu be aliha fu*.

## Sister ceeties
Chengde haes ceety pairtnerships wi the follaein ceeties:
* Santo André, Brazil
* Takasaki, Japan
* Dakota Coonty, Minnesota, USA

## References
Türkmenabat

**Türkmenabat** (Cyrillic Turkmen: Түркменабат), umwhile **Chardzhou** (, Turkmen: Чәрҗев), an aa spelled *Çärjew, Chardjui, Charjou, Chardzhev, Charjev, Chärjew,* or *Charjew*, ancient **Amul**, is the seicont lairgest ceety in Turkmenistan, caipital o Lebap Province. As o 2009, it haed a population o approximately 253,000 fowk (up frae 161,000 in the 1989 census).

The name Chardjui is Persian (چهارجوی) an means "fower streams".

## Geography
Türkmenabat is locatit at latitude 39.1014 North; langitude 60.5750 East, at an altitude o 187 meters on the banks o the Amu-Darya River, near the border wi Uzbekistan.

## History
Although nou a modren industrial ceety, Türkmenabat haes a history o ower 2,000 years.  The modren ceety wis foondit in 1886, durin the construction o the Trans-Caspian railway. Its role o railway junction an the hie fertility o the Amu-Darya region made it the major trade center for agricultural products in the northeast region o the kintra.  The ceety haes fuid processin, textile (cotton processin an silk) factories.

In ancient times, it wis kent as Āmul (tae be distinguished frae the Iranian ceety o Amol). The river Amu Darya is said tae hae been named efter this ceety.

Chardzhou wis Turkmenistan's industrial an transport hub durin the Soviet period, but maist o these relatit jobs an transport opportunities hae been relocatit tae Ashgabat or closed since Turkmenistan's unthrildom.

## Transportation

The ceety is connectit wi the Turkmen caipital Ashgabat bi Turkmenistan Airlines an the M37 hieway an an' a' bi train.

## Miscellaneous

Some 70 kilometers sooth o Türkmenabat in the East Karakum Desert is the Repetek Nature Reserve, famed for its *zemzen*, or desert crocodiles. 

Türkmenabat is unuisual in that it haes a lairge (60%-70%) ethnic Uzbek population, which haes hivily influenced the aurie's cultur an customs.

*Polechudes* is a pairk whaur fowk celebrate naitional holidays.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* MSN Map - elevation = 187m
Berwickshire

**Berwickshire** or the **Coonty o Barwick** is a registration coonty, a committee area o the Scot Borders Cooncil, an a lieutenancy area o Scotland, on the mairch wi Ingland. The toun efter whilk it is namit&mdash;Barwick&mdash;wis lost bi Scotland tae Ingland in 1482. The coonty wis on occasion referrit tae as **Duns-shire** or **Dunsshire** durin the Victorian period an efter, reflectin the fact that Duns haed acome the coonty toun.
Lieutenancy areas o Scotland

The **lieutenancy areas o Scotland** () is the areas uised fur the ceremonial lord-lieutenants, the monarch's representatives, in Scotland.  They are different frae the local government council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the umwhile regions an districts, the umwhile counties o Scotland, an the sindry ither subdivisions of Scotland.

The Lord Provosts o Aiberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, an Glesgae forby act *[[ex officio]]* as lord-lieutenants. This is a unique richt in the Unitit Kinrick: aw ither lord-lieutenants is appyntit bi the monarch, rather than bein eleckit politeecians.


**Lieutenancy areas o Scotland**


#Aiberdeen
#Aiberdeenshire
#Angus
#Argyll an Bute
#Ayrshire an Arran
#Banffshire
#Berwickshire
#Caithness
#Clackmannanshire
#Dumfries
#Dunbartonshire
#Dundee
#East Lowden
#Edinburgh
#Fife
#Glesgae
#Innerness
#Kincardineshire
#Lanrikshire



Midlothian
Moray
Nairn
Perth an Kinross
Renfrewshire
Ross an Cromarty
Roxburgh, Ettrick an Lauderdale
Stirlin an Falkirk
Sutherland
The Stewartry o Kirkcudbright
Tweeddale
Wast Lowden
Wastren Isles
Wigtown

**No shown:**
* Orkney
* Shetland






## Definition o the areas
Ilka Lord-Lieutenant o a coonty hauldin office immediately prior tae 16 Mey 1975 wis appointit tae a region or pairt o a region as follaes:

 

## References
* The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1975 1975 No. 428
* The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996, Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 731 (S.83).

## See an aa
*Subdiveesions of Scotland 
*Leet o burghs in Scotland
*Leet o places in Scotland
Schleswig-Holstein

**Schleswig-Holstein** () is the northmaist o the saxteen states o Germany, comprisin maist o the historical duchy o Holstein an the soothren pairt o the umwhile Duchy o Schleswig. Its caipital ceety is Kiel; ither notable ceeties are Lübeck, Flensburg an Neumünster.

Schleswig-Holstein borders Denmark (Region Syddanmark) tae the north, the North Sea tae the wast, the Baltic Sea tae the east, an the German states o Lawer Saxony, Hamburg, an Mecklenburg-Vorpommern tae the sooth.

The umwhile Inglis name wis *Sleswick-Holsatia,* the Dens name is *Slesvig-Holsten,* the Law German name is *Sleswig-Holsteen,* the Dutch name is *Sleeswijk-Holstein* an the North Frisian name is *Slaswik-Holstiinj.* Historically, the name can an aa refer tae a lairger region, containin baith present-day Schleswig-Holstein an the umwhile Sooth Jutland Coonty (Northren Schleswig) in Denmark.

## References

## Freemit airtins
Mitsubishi Triton

The **Mitsubishi Triton** is a compact pickup truck produced bi Mitsubishi Motors. It wis oreeginally kent as the **Mitsubishi Forte** in Japan frae 1978 tae 1986, when the name wis discontinued in favour o the **Strada**. In the Unitit States twa captive imports o the Forte wur sauld bi the Chrysler Corporation frae 1979, as the Dodge Ram 50 an Plymouth Arrow Truck. Mitsubishi itsel importit it as the **Mighty Max** when it began sellin directly in the U.S. frae 1982, at which pynt the Plymouth ceased tae be available. For maist export markets the name **L200** is uised, tho it an aa been kent as the **Rodeo**, **Colt Bakkie**, **Storm**, **Magnum**, an ithers.

The fowert generation Triton, biggit in Mitsubishi's subsidiary in Thailand an launched in 2005, wis designed bi Akinori Nakanishi an is exportit tae 140 global markets. Cumulative sales o the first three generations exceedit 2.8 million units aroond the warld. Housomeivver, Proton haes renewed cross-licensin an technology transfer agreements wi Mitsubishi as o October 2008, an a seicont-generation Proton Arena replacement cawed the **Proton Jumbuck 2nt**.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Mitsubishi Triton official Japanese website  (in Japanese)
Toyota Hilux

The **Toyota Hilux** is a series of utility vehicles producit an marketit bi the Toyota Motor Corporation. Maist kintras uised the Hilux name for the entire life o the series but in North Americae, the Hilux name wis retired in 1976 in favor o *Truck*, *Pickup Truck*, or *Compact Truck*. In North Americae the popular option package, the SR5 (Sport Rally 5-Speed), an aa became synonymous wi the truck, even tho the option package wis uised on ither Toyota models as well an aw. In 1984, the **Trekker**, the camper version o the Hilux, wis renamit as the **[[Toyota 4Runner|4Runner]]** in Australie an North Americae, an as the **[[Toyota Hilux Surf|Hilux Surf]]** in Japan. In 1995, Toyota introducit a new pickup model, the **[[Toyota Tacoma|Tacoma]]** in the Unitit States, discontinuin the Hilux/Pickup thare. The 4Runner is nou a full SUV, an the mair recent models dae no resemble the Tacoma.
Toyota LiteAce

The **Toyota Liteace** is a line o motor vehicles produced bi the Japanese manufacturer Toyota. Launched in 1970, the Liteace is a medium-sized van which wis maist commonly exportit tae Asie, Australie an Africae.

The Liteace wis marketit in twa different forms ower its life:

* A box-lik an mair angular design, seemilar tae a Nissan C22 (Vanette).
* A mair MPV-lik design, wi design cues o the Toyota Hiace.

The **Toyota Liteace Noah**, an MPV replaced bi the Toyota Noah, wis an aa released.

In 2008, a new model, based on the Daihatsu Gran Max which launched in Indonesie in late 2007, replaced the Toyota LiteAce alang wi Toyota TownAce in Japan. Baith the truck an the van teep are available in 1.5L ingine.
Mitsubishi Freeca

The **Mitsubishi Freeca** is a compact MPV designed bi Mitsubishi Motors an China Motor Corporation for the Asian mercat, an biggit in Taiwan, Cheenae an the Philippines, whaur it is kent as the **Mitsubishi Adventure**. It wis first released on September 11, 1997, an the 50,000t Freeca wis manufactured in the Philippines plant in Mairch 2005. In the Philippines, the Adventure wis gien major redesigns in 2001 an then 2004, then a minor facelift in late 2009.

The vehicle is forby kent as the **Mitsubishi Kuda** in Indonesie whaur "Kuda" means Horse in Indonesian an whaur it wis locally manufactured till 2005, an **Mitsubishi Jolie** in Vietnam. The model name "Freeca" is coined frae *"free"* an *"ca"*, the Taiwanese for vehicle. The Cheenese factory forby manufactures badge engineered Freecas for the Sooth African mercat, which are locally assembled in Cape Toun as the **Africar Landio** an **Africar Jockey**.

## Production

***** Freeca an Zinger combined production figures

*(Sources: [http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/corporate/ir/share/pdf/e/fact0009.pdf Facts & Figures 2000] , [http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/corporate/ir/share/pdf/e/fact2005.pdf Facts & Figures 2005] , [http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/corporate/ir/share/pdf/e/fact_2009.pdf Facts & Figures 2009] , Mitsubishi Motors website)*


## References
Mitsubishi Cordia

The **Mitsubishi Cordia** is a compact hatchback-coupé that wis biggit bi Mitsubishi Motors frae 1982 tae 1990. Its name is supposedly an amalgam o "cordorite" (a lustrous mineral) an "diamonds" frae Mitsubishi's *Three Diamonds* logo. Alongside the Tredia an Starion, it wis ane o the first caurs importit an sauld tae Americae bi the company athoot the involvement o its then pairtner, the Chrysler Corporation.

## Owerview
Designed tae fit atween the existin Galant an Lancer models tae increase the oweraw lineup o passenger vehicles, the Cordia an Tredia uised front-wheel drive, an wur seemilar in design tae the contemporary Mirage. Thay incorporatit a MacPherson strut/beam axle suspension, front disc brakes, manual or electrically controlled automatic transmission, an a choice o three ingines: a 1.4&nbsp;litre ratit at 68&nbsp;hp, a 74&nbsp;hp (55&nbsp;kW) a 1.6&nbsp;litre, an a 112&nbsp;hp (84&nbsp;kW) turbochairged 1.6&nbsp;litre. Some export markets an aa received a carb-fed 110&nbsp;hp (82&nbsp;kW) 2.0&nbsp;litre.

The caurs wur gien a mild facelift in 1983, an fower-wheel drive wis affered in 1984. The ingine range wis owerhauled in 1985 tae allou the caurs tae run on unleaded fuel, includin the introduction o a 1.8&nbsp;litre ingine in baith 100&nbsp;hp (70&nbsp;kW) naturally-aspirated an 135&nbsp;hp (101&nbsp;kW) turbochairged form, afore production wis discontinued in 1990. 1988 wis its last year in the Unitit States.

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial history o the Cordia & Tredia , Mitsubishi Motors Sooth Africae wabsteid
*''Autospeed.com'' review , Michael Knowling, November 10, 1998
*Specifications for Mitsubishi vehicles at Carfolio.com
Mitsubishi PX33

The **Mitsubishi PX33** is a prototype passenger caur biggit bi Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the company which woud eventually sire Mitsubishi Motors. Commissioned for military uise bi the Japanese government in 1934, it wis the first Japanese-biggit sedan tae hae full time fower-wheel drive, a technology the company woud return tae fifty years later in pursuit o motorsport success. Four working prototypes wur biggit, an a version wis in development uisin Mitsubishi's 6.7&nbsp;litre, 70 PS (51&nbsp;kW; 69&nbsp;hp) *445AD* pouerplant, Japan's first direct injection diesel ingine. Housomeivver, the entire PX33 project wis cancelled in 1937 efter the government decidit tae prioritize commercial vehicle development o trucks an buses.

The PX33 received renewed attention as a marketin tuil for Mitsubishi durin the release o the fowert generation Mitsubishi Pajero. The PX33's historical an technological link tae the company's newest sport utility vehicle saw baith caurs displayed in parallel at the Paris Motor Show in September 2006.

## References
Banner o Colombie

The **[[banner]] o [[Colombie]]** wis adoptit on November 26, 1861. It is a horizontal tricolour o yellae, blue an reid. The yellae stripe takes up the tap hauf o the banner an the blue an reid tak up a quarter o the space each.

## Seembolism an design

The horizontal stripes (frae tap tae bottom) o yellae, blue an reid tricolour hae a ration o 2:1:1. It - thegither wi that o Ecuador, an aa derived frae the Banner o Gran Colombie - is different frae maist ither tricolour banners, either vertical or horizontal, in haein strips which are no equal in size. (Venezuela, whose banner is an aa derived frae the same soorce, optit for a mair conventional tricolour wi equal strips). 

The offeecial colours hae no yet been established bi law. Housomeivver, it is recommendit tae uise the follaein:

Accordin tae the current interpretation, the colours signify:

*   &nbsp;**[[Yellow (color)|Yellow]]**: represents aw the gowd foond in the Colombian land.
*   &nbsp;**[[Blue (color)|Blue]]**: represents the seas on Colombie's shores.
*   &nbsp;**[[Red (color)|Red]]**: represents the bluid spilled on the battlegrunds bi the heroes who gained Colombie's freedom.

Ither variations on the interpretation o the colours exist, such as, "Yellow, for the sun an land o the fowk. Blue, for the water that haulds up the fowk an finally, Red, for the blood shed bi the fowk who fought for the independence o Colombie."

Awtho thare are nae regulations statin the shape o the banner, it tradeetionally is established at 2:3.
Coat o airms o Colombie

The **Coat o Airms o [[Colombie]]** contains a shield wi numerous seembols.  Perched on tap o the shield is an Andean Condor hauldin an olive croun an the condor seembolisin freedom.  The naitional motto, *Libertad y Orden* (Spainyie for *Liberty an Order*), is on a scroll in atween the bird an the shield in black font ower gaulden backgrund. The condor is depictit facin front wi his wings extendit an leukin tae the richt.

## Description
The naitional banner is draped on each side o the shield.  The shield is broken intae three portions.  In the lawermaist portion is a depiction o ships, pointin tae the maritime history o Colombie, namely tae the Isthmus o Panama, which wis pairt o Colombie till 1903. Nouadays represents the twa oceans that border the kintra (Atlantic an Pacific). The sails mean the Colombian commerce wi the rest o the warld an the risin economy. In the middle section, ower a field o platinum, the Phrygian cap is presentit; this bein a traditional seembol o leeberty an freedom.  The topmost section contains a pomegranate ower a field o azure, as a seembol o the Viceroyalty o New Granada (early colonial name o Colombie back in 19t century), in the middle flanked bi twa *[[cornucopia]]s* or ,,, bi Francisco de Paula Santander, an wis adoptit via Act 3 o Mey 9, 1834, wi later non-essential modifications accordin tae Ordinance 861 o 1924.

## Criticism
Some critics hae argued that the Coat o Airms is ootdatit an anachronistic, bein the Andean Condor a vera threatened species in the kintra, wi barely 100 creatures soarin the landscape. It haes an aa been discussed that the condor is still a vulture an feeds o carrion, makin it an ainimal wi a law profile that niver hunts its awn fuid. In addition, the andean condor is an aa the naitional bird o Ecuador, Bolivie, Chile an Argentinae.  The pomegranate, bein a Mediterranean fruit is no currently cultivatit in Colombie an the phrygian cap is o Greek oreegin.  The Isthmus of Panama, nae langer belongin tae Colombie, haes an aa been suggestit tae be chynged.
Bethlehem

**Bethlehem** (*Beth Leḥem* or Modren Hebrew *Beyt Leḥem*, lit "Hoose o Breid;"  *Bethleém*, , , lit "Hoose o Meat"; ) is a Palestinian ceety in the central Wast Bank, approximately 8&nbsp;km (5&nbsp;mi) sooth o Jerusalem, wi a population o aboot 30,000 fowk.

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Bethlehem is twinned wi:

## References
Mitsubishi Toppo

The **Mitsubishi Toppo** is a licht recreational vehicle (RV) produced bi Mitsubishi Motors frae 1990 till 2001, derived frae thair Minica kei caur. The name is a portmanteau o the Inglis "top" (ruif) an the Japanese "noppo" (lanky).

Oreeginally named the **Mitsubishi Minica Toppo**, a retro-styled variant wis introduced in 1997 cawed the **Mitsubishi Minica Toppo Town Bee**. Later that year a new generation wis launched; it wis then referred tae as the **Mitsubishi Toppo BJ** ("Big Joy"). A lairger derivative, the **Mitsubishi Toppo BJ Wide** wis introduced in 1998. The model wis replaced bi the new eK in 2001, afore bein reintroduced in 2008.

## Gallery

Image:Mitsubishi Minica Toppo 1990.JPG|A 1990 Mitsubishi Minica Toppo.
Image:Mitsubishi Minica Toppo Town Bee.jpg|A Mitsubishi Minica Toppo Town Bee.
Image:Mitsubishi Toppobj 1999.JPG|A 1999 Mitsubishi Toppo BJ.


## References
Daewoo Tacuma

The **Daewoo Tacuma** or **Rezzo** is a Mini MPV produced bi the Korean automaker GM Daewoo syne 2000.  Developed unner the U100 code name, it wis designed bi Pininfarina an is based on the oreeginal Daewoo Nubira J100, a compact caur.

Follaein the phasin oot o Daewoo as a brand in maist export mercats, the caur wis rebadged as **[[Chevrolet]]**, retainin aither model name dependin on the mercat. Additionally, the **Chevrolet Vivant** nameplate wis introduced for the Sooth African an Sooth American markets.

## Ingines
The Tacuma comes wi 1.6 L Family 1 or 2.0 L Family II straight-4 ingines. It is available wi a five-speed manual transmission or a fower-speed automatic. Staundart Tacumas hae a seatin capacity o five, but a seiven-seater version wis an aa introduced for the Korean mercat. Maximum luggage capacity o the Tacuma is 1425&nbsp;L.

In Korea, it is cawed Rezzo. It comes wi 2.0 L Family II straight-4 ingines an 2.0L E-TEC SOHC Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) ingines.  Maist Rezzo's come fittit wi an LPG pouered ingine acause petrol is vera expensive in Korea.

## In popular cultur
On an episode o *[[Top Gear (current format)|Top Gear]]*, presenter Jeremy Clarkson commentit that the Tacuma contradictit its trim name "Xtra Cool" an the ae wey tae drive ane wis tae wear a box on your heid.

## References
Benito Mussolini

**Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini** (; 29 Julie 1883  28 Aprile 1945) wis an Italian politeecian who led the Naitional Fascist Pairty an is creditit wi bein ane o the key figures in the creation o Fascism.

Mussolini became the 40t Prime Meenister o Italy in 1922 an began uisin the title *[[Duce|Il Duce]]* bi 1925. Efter 1936, his offeecial title wis "*His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Heid o Government, Duce o Fascism, an Foonder o the Empire*". Mussolini an aa creatit an held the supreme military rank o First Marshal o the Empire alang wi King Victor Emmanuel III o Italy, which gae him an the King jynt supreme control ower the military o Italy. Mussolini remained in pouer till he wis replaced in 1943; for a short period efter this till his daith, he wis the leader o the Italian Social Republic.

Mussolini wis amang the foonders o Italian Fascism, which includit elements o naitionalism, corporatism, naitional syndicalism, expansionism, social progress an anti-communism in combination wi censorship o subversives an state propaganda. In the years follaein his creation o the Fascist ideology, Mussolini influenced, or achieved admiration frae, a wide variety o poleetical figures.

Amang the domestic achievements o Mussolini frae the years 1924–1939 wur: his public wirks programmes sic as the tamin o the Pontine Mairshes, the improvement o job opportunities, an public transport. Mussolini an aa solved the Roman Question bi concludin the Lateran Treaty atween the Kinrick o Italy an the Holy See. He is an aa creditit wi securin economic success in Italy's colonies an commercial dependencies.

On 10 Juin 1940, Mussolini led Italy intae World War II on the side o the Axis despite initially sidin wi Fraunce against Germany in the early 1930s. Believin the war wad be short-lived, he declared war on Fraunce an Great Breetain in order tae gain territories in the peace treaty that wad suin follae.

Three year later, Mussolini wis deposed at the Grand Cooncil o Fascism, promptit bi the Allied invasion o Italy. Suin efter his incarceration began, Mussolini wis rescued frae prison in the darin Gran Sasso raid bi German special forces. Follaein his rescue, Mussolini heidit the Italian Social Republic in pairts o Italy that wur no occupied bi Allied forces. In late Aprile 1945, wi tot defeat loomin, Mussolini attemptit tae escape tae Swisserland, ae tae be quickly captured an summarily executit near Lake Como bi Italian partisans. His body wis then taken tae Milan whaur it wis hung upside doun at a petrol station for public viewin an tae provide confirmation o his demise.

## References
Donetsk

**Donetsk** ( , translit. *Donets’k*; , translit. *Donetsk*; umwhile names: **Yuzovka**, **Staline**, **Stalino**, see an aa: Ceeties' alternative names), is a muckle ceety in eastren Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Admeenistratively, it is a centre o Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unoffeecial caipital an mucklest ceety o the economic an cultural Donets Basin (*Donbass*) region.

The ceety wis foondit in 1869 bi a Welsh businessman, John Hughes, who constructit a steel plant an several coal mines in the region; the toun wis sicweys named **Yuzovka** (Юзовка) in recognition o his role in its foondin ("Yuz" bein a Roushie or Ukrainian approximation o Hughes). Durin Soviet times, the ceety's steel industry wis expandit.

In 1924 at the plenum Yuzovsky executive committee haed decidit tae rename the toun Yuzovka in Stalin.  In 1924 the ceety became kent as *Stalin* (Сталін). In 1929-1931 the toun wis renamed in *Stalino* (Сталино). In 1932 the ceety became the centre o Donetsk region.  In 1961, durin the De-Stalinisation the ceety wis again renamed tae its modren name Donetsk  efter the Seversky Donets river. In addition, some soorces state that the ceety wis briefly cawed Trotsk—efter Leon Trotsky—for a few months in 1923. The day, the ceety still remains an important industrial centre for coal an steel in Ukraine.

The ceety is currently hame tae twa major professional fitbaa teams in Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk an Metalurh Donetsk, baith o which currently play in the Ukrainian Premier League. Important attractions o the ceety include the Cathedral Transfiguration o Jesus, the Donetsk Naitional University, an ithers.

## Twin touns an sister ceeties
Donetsk participates in internaitional toun twinnin schemes tae foster guid internaitional relations. Pairtners include:

## References
Stoke City F.C.

**Stoke City Football Club** is a association fitbaw club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Ingland. Foondit in 1863, Stoke are the auldest club in the Premier League, an are considered tae be the seicont auldest professional fitbaw club in the warld, efter Notts County. They play in the Premier League efter winnin promotion in 2008, prior tae this Stoke haed no participatit in top flicht fitbaw for twintie ane years. Their first major trophy wis wan in the 1972 League Cup Final, when they beat Chelsea 2–1. The club hae wan the Fitbaa League Trophy on twa occasions, firstly in 1992 an maist recently in 2000. Their heichest league finish in the top diveesion is 4t in which they achieved this in the 1935–36 an 1946–47 seasons. They hae an aa competit in European fitbaw in 1972 an 1974.

Stoke play their hame fixtures at the Britannia Stadium, a 28,384 aw-seater stadium reduced tae 27,598 efter segregation. The stadium wis opened in 1997 they previously played at the Victoria Ground, which haed been their hame grund syne 1878. The club's nickname is *The Potters* efter the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent an their hame kit is a red an white vertically striped shirt wi white shorts an white socks.

## Club honours
#### Leagues

Premier League (1st tier)
*Heichest finish 11t place: 2009–10

Fitbaa League First Diveesion (1st tier)
* Heichest finish 4t place: 1935–36, 1946–47

Fitbaa League Championship (2nt tier)
*Winners : 1992–93
*Runners-up: 2007–08

Fitbaa League Diveesion Twa: **2** (2nt tier)
*Champions: 1932–33, 1962–63
*Runners-up: 1921–22
*Third Place: (Promoted) 1978–79

Fitbaa League Diveesion Twa: **1** (3rd tier)
*Champions: 1992–93
*Play-off Winners: 2001–02

Third Division (North): **1** (3rd tier)
*Champions: 1926–27

Football Alliance: **1**
*Champions: 1890–91

Birmingham & District League: **1**
*Champions: 1910–11

Southern League Division Two: **1**
*Champions: 1914–15
*Runners-up: 1910–11

The Central League (Reserves): **3**
*Champions: 1927–28, 2003–04
*Division Two Champions: 1991–92

United Soccer Association (as Cleveland Stokers)
*Runners-up: 1967 (Eastern Division)

#### Cups

League Cup: **1**
*Winners: 1971–72
*Runners-up: 1963–64

FA Cup
*Semi-Finalists: 1898–99, 1970–71 (3rd place), 1971–72 (4th place)

Autoglass Trophy: **1**
*Winners: 1992

Auto Windscreens Shield: **1**
*Winners: 2000

Watney Cup: **1**
*Winners: 1973

Staffordshire Senior Cup: **13**
*Winners: 1878, 1879, 1904 (Shared), 1914, 1965, 1969 (Shared), 1971, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1993, 1995, 1999
*Runners-up: 1883, 1886, 1895, 1901, 1903, 2003, 2006

Birmingham Senior Cup: **2**
*Winners: 1901, 1914
*Runners-up: 1910, 1915, 1920, 1921

Isle o Man Trophy: **3**
*Winners: 1988, 1992, 1993
*Runners-up: 1985–86

Bass Charity Vase: **1**
*Winners: 1997–98

FA Youth Cup
*Runners-up: 1983–84

## References
Isuzu Panther

The **Isuzu Panther** is a multi-purpose vehicle an pickup truck manufactured in Indonesie for the Asie mercat bi Isuzu Motors. The model is suitit tae carryin lairge loads o passengers or cargo. It wis developed tae meet local conditions in terms o climate, roads an faimily structur as a durable vehicle. The Panther is an aa popular in the Philippines, where it is kent as the **Hi-Lander Crosswind** an Vietnam.

The Panther is an aa manufactured an mercatit in Indie unner the name Chevrolet Tavera.

In the Philippines, the Crosswind replacit the Hi-Lander in 2001, an wis gien a major redesign in early 2005 frae the "Hi-Lander Crosswind" tae juist "Crosswind" as well as "Sportivo". Minor facelifts wur gien in 2007 an 2009 tae the same format. It is nou in its seicont generation an still gainin popularity. It haes a new style which maks it simple yet an aa sporty tae leuk at. It is still pouered bi the 4JA-1 Diesel Ingine, but wis even better wi the option o a 81&nbsp;hp normally aspiratit version or an 85&nbsp;hp law-pressure turbochairged version. This third generation model is an aa equipped wi Isuzu‘s Flex Ride Suspension System which promotes a comfortable ride while maintainin composure, durability, an heich grund clearance.

## References


## Freemit airtins
* Isuzu Panther 
* Isuzu Indonesia
* Isuzu Crosswind 
* Isuzu Hi-Lander
Banner o Malaysie

The **[[banner]] o [[Malaysie]]**, forby kent as the ***Jalur Gemilang*** (Malay for "Stripes o Excellence"), comprises a field o 14 alternatin reid an white stripes alang the flee an a blue canton bearin a crescent an a 14-pynt star kent as the *Bintang Persekutuan* (Federal Star). The 14 stripes, o equal width, represent the equal status in the federation o the 13 member states an the federal govrenment, while the 14 pynts o the star represent the unity atween these entities. The crescent represents Islam, the kintra's offeecial releegion; the blue canton seembolizes the unity o the Malaysian fowk; the yellae o the star an crescent is the ryal colour o the Malay rulers. 

## References
Banner o the Maldives

The **banner o the Republic o [[Maldives]]** is reid wi a lairge green rectangle in the centre bearin a vertical white crescent; the closed side o the crescent is on the hoist side o the banner. It wis adoptit on Julie 25, 1965.

The reid rectangle represents the boldness o the naition's heroes, an thair willinness tae sacrifice thair ivery drop o bluid in defence o thair kintra. The green rectangle in the centre seembolizes peace an prosperity. The white crescent moon seembolizes a state o unified Islamic faith.

## History
The earliest banner o the Maldives consistit o a plain reid field. Later, a black an white striped hoist cawed the *Dhandimathi* (Dhivehi: ދަނޑިމަތި) wis addit tae the banner.

This version o the banner wis uised till early in the 20t century, when Abdul Majeed Didi addit a crescent tae the naitional banner. At the same time, a distinct state banner wis made, which haed the crescent on a green rectangle. Thir chynges wur made some time atween 1926 an 1932, durin Abdul Majeed's term as Prime Meenister.

In 1953, the Maldives became a republic, resultin in anither banner chynge. The naitional banner wis dropped an the crescent on the state banner wis reversed, sae that it faced the hoist. The Sultanate wis restored in 1954, but the banner wis no chynged back. Instead, Muhammad Fareed Didi creatit a new banner specifically for the Sultan, wi a five-pointit starn next tae the crescent. A version o this banner is still uised the day as the Presidential Staundart.

When the Maldives gained unthirldom in 1965, the black an white hoist wis removed, givin the banner its modren form.

## Gallery

File:Earliest Flag of the Maldives.svg|Earliest banner o the Maldives, athoot the striped hoist.
File:Flag of the Maldives until 1903.png|Banner uised till the early 20t century.
File:Old National Flag of the Maldives.svg|Naitional banner introduced atween 1926 an 1932 an uised till 1953
File:Old State Flag of Maldives.svg|State banner introduced atween 1926 an 1932 an uised till 1953
File:Flag of the Maldives 1953.png|Banner uised frae 1953 tae 1965
File:Flag of the Sultan of The Maldives.svg|Sultan's Ensign wi starn, uised frae 1954 tae 1965
File:Flag of the President of Maldives.svg|Sultan's Ensign frae 1965 tae 1968 an Presidential Standard syne 1968.
File:Flag of the United Suvadive Republic.svg|Banner uised bi the breakaway Suvadive Republic o the soothren atolls (1959 tae 1963).
File:Flag of Maldives (construction sheet).svg|Construction sheet o the modren banner.


## References
Banner o Singapore

The **naitional banner o Singapore** wis first adoptit in 1959, the year Singapore became self-governin athin the Breetish Empire. It wis reconfirmed as the naitional banner when the Republic gained unthirldom on 9 August 1965. The design is a horizontal bicolour o reid abuin white, overlaid in the canton (upper-left quadrant) bi a white crescent muin facin a pentagon o five sma white five-pointit stars. The elements o the banner denote a yung naition on the ascendant, universal brotherhood an equality, an naitional ideals.

Vessels at sea dae no uise the naitional banner as an ensign. Merchant vessels an pleasure craft flee a civil ensign o reid chairged in white wi a variant o the crescent an stars emblem in the centre. Non-military govrenment vessels such as coast guard ships flee a state ensign o blue wi the naitional banner in the canton, chairged wi an aicht-pointit reid an white compass rose in the lawer flee. Naval warships flee a naval ensign seemilar tae the state ensign, but in white wi a reid compass rose emblem.

Rules defined bi the Singapore Arms an Banner an Naitional Anthem Act govren the uise an display o the naitional banner. These hae been relaxed tae allou ceetizens tae flee the banner frae vehicles durin naitional holidays an frae hames at ony time o the year.
Jeonju

**Jeonju** is a ceety in the Republic o Korea, an the caipital an mucklest ceety o Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla). It is an important tourist centre famous for Korean fuid, historic biggins, sports activities an innovative festivals.

## History
Locatit in the fertile Honam plain, famous for strawberries an exceptional produce, Jeonju haes been an important regional centre in the province for centuries. Ance, the ceety wis the caipital o Hubaekje Kinrick, which wis foondit bi Gyeon Hwon. The ceety wis regardit as the spiritual caipital o the Joseon Dynasty acause the Yi ryal faimily oreeginatit thare. The Chŏnju Kim in North Korea, o whom Kim Il-sung wis descendit frae, hae thair ancestral seat (pon’gwan) in Jeonju as well.

The toun wis occupied bi the Donghak peasants' movement in 1894. Jeonju wis gien metropolitan status in 1935, an the ceety wis foondit in 1949.

## Cultur
*Jeonju bibimbap 비빔밥 , a traditional local fuid, is well-kent athort the Republic o Korea. Thare are an aa several vera popular vegetarian restaurants servin Jeonju style fuid an pine wine.
*The Naitional Jeonju Museum exhibits auncient relics frae the Baekje days.
*Thare are extensive ryal museums, temples, a castle fortress on a hillside, an a well-kent paper museum, as well as an annual paper fashion shaw hielichtin baith the latest style an traditional Korean clothin made o paper. 
*The Jeonju Hanok Village (Hanok Maeul) is a traditional-style veelage locatit in the hert o Jeonju, hoosin ower 800 traditional "hanok" style biggins. It contains mony traditional tea shops, souvenir shops an restaurants.
*The Jeonju International Film Festival draws aboot 50,000 visitors annually.
*Jeonju is the hametoun o the breakdancin crew Last for One, internaitional Battle o the Year champion.

## Fowk an iveryday life
Eddication is a major industry in the ceety, but it daes no hae the manufacturin or hivy industries foond in ither Korean ceeties. Due tae its rural location, the local muntains an pairks are popular for ootdoor recreation. Thare are an aa various historical sites in the aurie. The ceety an aa haes a zoo, a muckle pairk, an the Samsung Soond an Cultur Hall, a muckle, modren concert complex on the Chonbuk Naitional University campus.

## Admeenistrative destricts
Jeonju is dividit intae 2 wards, Deokjin-gu (덕진구) an Wansan-gu (완산구), which in turn are dividit intae approximately 40 neighbourhuids.

## Sister ceeties
*  San Diego, Californie, USA
*  Ladysmith, Wisconsin, USA
*  Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, Cheenae
*  Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefectur, Japan

## Gallery

Image:Jeonju Gaeksa.jpg|Jeonju Gaeksa
Image:Jeonju Gyeonggi-jeon 2.jpg|Jeonju Gyeonggi-jeon
Image:Jeondong Catholic Cathedral 20230408 005.jpg|Jeondong Catholic Kirk.
Image:Moak Hall of the Sori Arts Center of Jeollabuk-do.jpg|Sori Airt Center o Jeollabuk-do.


## See an aa
*Leet o ceeties in the Republic o Korea
*Joseon Dynasty

## Freemit airtins
*Jeonju ceety govrenment hame page 
* Inglis wabsteid aimed at the expatriate community in Jeonju 
*Jeonju Hiking & Travel Group 

## References
Colorado Springs, Colorado

**Colorado Springs** is a Hame Rule Municipality that is the coonty seat an maist populous ceety o El Paso Coonty, Colorado, Unitit States. Colorado Springs is locatit in the Sooth Central portion o Central Colorado. It is situatit on Fountain Creek an is locatit 61 mile (98&nbsp;km) sooth o the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. At 6,035 feet (1839 m) the ceety sits ower ane mile (1.6&nbsp;km) abuin sea level, though some auries o the ceety are significantly heicher. Colorado Springs is situatit near the base o ane o the maist famous American muntains, Pikes Peak, at the eastren edge o the soothren Rocky Muntains.

Wi an estimatit population of 414,358 in 2009, it is the seicont maist populous ceety in the state o Colorado, ahint Denver, an the 46t maist populous ceety in the Unitit States, while the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area haed an estimatit population o 626,227.  The ceety covers 186.1 square miles (482 km2), makin it Colorado's lairgest ceety in aurie. Colorado Springs wis selectit as the No. 1 Best Big Ceety in "Best Places to Live" bi *[[Money (magazine)|Money]]* magazine in 2006, an placed number ane in *[[Outside (magazine)|Outside]]*'s 2009 leet o Americae's Best Ceeties.

## Sister ceeties

Sister ceeties o Colorado Springs include:
* Fujiyoshida, Japan (1962)
* Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1983)
* Smolensk, Roushie (1993)
* Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (1994)
* Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico (1996)
* Bankstoun, New Sooth Wales, Australie (1999)

## References
Meriden, Connecticut

**Meriden** is a ceety in New Haven Coonty, Connecticut, Unitit States. Accordin tae 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population o the ceety is 59,653.

## History

Meriden wis oreeginally pairt o Wallingford.  It wis grantit a separate meetinghoose in 1727, became a toon in 1806, an incorporatit as a ceety in 1867.  It wis named for the toun o Meriden, Wast Midlands, Ingland.

The auldest hoose in toun still standin, built bi Solomon Goffe in 1711, is nou a museum, the Solomon Goffe House.

In the 1800s, Meriden earned the nickname “Silver Ceety,” due tae the lairge number o cutlery an relatit products which wur manufactured here bi companies such as **International Silver** an **Meriden Cutlery**.

Charles Parker an his younger brither, opened their first manufacturin factory in Meriden in 1832, wi a caipital ootlay o $70.00.  Ower the years they manufactured a wide variety o products‚ frae steam ingines, train wheels an printin presses tae piano stools. Durin the American Ceevil War Parker's Meriden Machine Company wis unner Union contract tae produce 10,000 repeatin rifles an 15,000 Springfield rifles. Parker began producin his awn shotgun, referred to as “The Gun of 1866”.  In 1868, Charles an his sons, Wilbur, Charles an Dexter stairtit the Parker Brothers Gun Company, which continued as an independent company till 1934 when it wis purchased bi the Remington Arms Company.

The Hanging Hills' Hubbard Park wis financed bi Walter Hubbard, local entrepreneur an preses o the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. Hubbard elicitit the assistance o notable landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in drawin up the design.

Edwin Howard Armstrong, a netwirk radio pioneer who inventit FM radio, uised West Peak for the location o ane o the first FM radio broadcasts in 1939. His oreeginal  tall radio mast still staunds on the peak. Currently West Peak is hame tae sax FM broadcast stations, includin WPKT, WWYZ, WKSS, WDRC-FM, WPHH an WHCN.
In 1900, Castle Craig wis dedicatit in Hubbard Park.

The Curtis Memorial Library opened in 1903.

The Franciscan Sisters o the Eucharist hae their mither hoose in Meriden as dae the Franciscan Brithers o the Eucharist.

## References
Maldives

The **Maldives** ( or ), (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ , *Dhivehi Raa'je*), offeecially **Republic o Maldives**, is an island naition in the Indian Ocean formed bi a double chain o twintie-sax atolls stretchin in a north-sooth direction aff Indie's Lakshadweep islands, atween Minicoy Island an Chagos Archipelago. It staunds in the Laccadive Sea, aboot seiven hunder kilometres (435&nbsp;mi) sooth-wast o Sri Lanka an (250&nbsp;mi) sooth-wast o Indie.

This chain o islands is the centrally locatit archipelago amang the Lakshadweep-Maldives-Chagos group o islands, that are actual the taps o a vast unnersea submarine muntain range, in the Indian Ocean an the Arabian Sea. The atolls o the Maldives encompass a territory spread ower roughly 90,000 square kilometres, makin it ane o the maist dispersed kintras in the warld in geographic terms. It features 1,192 islets, o which twa hunder are inhabitit. The Republic o Maldives's caipital an maistmuckle is Malé, wi a population o 103,693 (2006). It is locatit at the soothren edge o North Malé Atoll, in the Kaafu Atoll. It is ane o the Administrative diveesions o the Maldives. Traditionally it wis the King's Island, frae whaur the auncient Maldive Royal dynasties ruled an whaur the palace wis locatit.

The Maldives are the smawest Asian kintra in baith population an land area. Wi an average grund level o 1.5 metres (4&nbsp;ft 11 in) abuin sea level, it is the lawest kintra on the planet. It is the kintra wi the lawest heichest point in the warld an aa, at .3 metres (7&nbsp;ft 7 in).

## References
Meriden

**Meriden** mey refer tae:

## Australie
*Meriden School, an Anglican schuil for girls in Strathfield, New Sooth Wales, Australie

## Unitit Kinrick
*Meriden, Hertfordshire, Ingland
*Meriden, Wast Midlands, Ingland
**The Meriden Gap, namit efter the abuin veelage
*Meriden (UK Parliament constituency), in Wast Midlands

## Unitit States
*Meriden, Connecticut
*Meriden, Illinois
*Meriden, Iowa
*Meriden, Kansas
*Meriden, New Hampshire
*Meriden, New Jersey
*Meriden, Wyoming
*Meriden Tounship, Minnesota

## Fowk
*Meriden (tribe), a subgroup o the Quinnipiac
Emblem o Saudi Arabie

The **[[Saudi Arabie|Saudi Arabian]] naitional emblem** () wis adoptit in 1950. Accordin tae the Saudi Constitution it consists o twa crossed swords wi a palm tree in the open upper space atween the blades. The swords represents the twa auries Hijaz an Nejd unitit unner Ibn Saud in 1926.

## References
Emblem o Yemen

The **naitional emblem o [[Yemen]]** depicts a gowden eagle wi a scroll atween its claws.  On the scroll is written the name o the kintra in Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية or *Al-Jumhuriyyah Al-Yamaniyah* ("The Yemeni Republic").  The chest o the eagle contains a shield that depicts a coffee plant an the Marib Dam, that are belaw fower blue an three wavy stripes.  The flagstaffs on the richt an left o the eagle hauld the Banner o Yemen.

## Historical emblems
Frae 1945 tae 1990, Yemen wis split intae North an Sooth. The North haed an emblem mair seemilar tae the present day ane, an its shield haes similarities wi the shield o the umwhile Mutawakkilite Kinrick o Yemen.  The Sooth haed an emblem wi the pan-Arab "Eagle o Saladin" (seemilar tae the coats o airms o Egyp, Iraq, an Sirie).


File:Coat of Arms of the Federation of South Arabia.svg|Emblem o the Federation o Sooth Arabie afore 1967
File:Coat_of_arms_of_South_Yemen_(1967-1970).svg‎|Sooth Yemen emblem frae 1967-1970 (Fowkrepublic o Sooth Yemen)
File:Coat_of_arms_of_South_Yemen_(1970-1990).svg‎|Sooth Yemen emblem frae 1970-1990 (Fowk Democratic Republic o Yemen)
Banner o the Central African Republic

The **banner o the [[Central African Republic]]** wis adoptit on December 1, 1958. It wis designed bi Barthélemy Boganda, the first preses o the autonomous territory o Oubangui-Chari, who believed that "Fraunce an Africae must mairch thegither." Thus he combined the blue, white an reid o the French tricolour an the Pan-African colors red, green an yellae.

Accordin tae its offeecial description, red seembolizes the bluid o the fowk o the naition, the bluid that wis spilt in order tae bring it unthirldom, an the bluid that thay woud spill tae pertect thair naition.  Blue represents the sky an freedom. White represents peace, an dignity.  Green represents hope, an faith. Yellow represents tolerance.

Frae 1976-1979, durin the existence o the Central African Empire, a separate banner wis designed for emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa's uise. This banner wis licht green in colour, wi a gowd-colored eagle in the center superimposed ower a 20-pyntit gowd starn, inspired bi the eagle on the imperial staundart o Napoleon I. The naition's naitional banner, housomeivver, remained unchynged.



## References


## Freemit airtins
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Banner o Yemen

The naitional **banner o [[Yemen]]** () wis adoptit on Mey 22, 1990, the day that North Yemen an Sooth Yemen wur unified.  The pattern o reid, white an black stripes wis an aa present on the banners o North an Sooth Yemen, seembolisin Pan-Arabism, as are the banners o Egyp, Sirie, Iraq amang ithers.

Accordin tae the offeecial description, the reid staunds for the bloodshed o martyrs an unity; the white for a bricht future; black for the daurk past.

## Historical banners
Afore Yemen wis unitit intae present-day Republic o Yemen, it wis split intae North, an South. The North uised the banner on the left (the banner o the Mutawakkilite Kinrick o Yemen), frae 1927 tae 1962, when it became the Yemen Arab Republic. The Yemen Arab Republic uised a banner seemilar tae the present-day banner o Yemen, except wi a green starn in the centre o the white stripe. The Fowkdemocratic Republic o Yemen in the Sooth uised a banner wi a sky-blue triangle wi a reid starn (the emblem o the Yemeni Socialist Pairty) next tae the hoist.

File:Flag of Yemen 1918.svg|Mutawakkilite Kinrick o Yemen (1918-1923)
File:Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918-1927).svg|Mutawakkilite Kinrick o Yemen (1923-1927)
File:Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen.svg|Mutawakkilite Kinrick o Yemen (1927–1962)
File:Flag of North Yemen (1962).svg|Yemen Arab Republic (1962)
File:Flag of the Yemen Arab Republic.svg|Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990)
File:Flag of South Yemen.svg|Fowkdemocratic Republic o Yemen (1967–1990)
File:Presidential standard of South Yemen 1967-1990.svg|Fowkdemocratic Republic o Yemen (1967–1990), Presidential Stanudart


## Similar banners

The banner o Egyp bears close resemblance. The Egyptian banner haes seemilar reid-white-black stripes wi the coat o airms.

The banner o Iraq an aa haes a strikin resemblance, wi reid-white-black stripes, but displayin instead o allahu Akbar (Arabic: الله أكبر) emblem.

The banner o Sirie resembles a Yemeni banner, wi twa starns in the white.

Coincidentally, the banner uised bi the North German Confederation an the German Empire is identical wi the exception o reid an black haein switched places. This German banner haes no connection tae the Arab banners.

## Freemit airtins
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La Cruz Brae

**La Cruz Brae** (in Spaingie: *Cerro La Cruz*) is a wee brae locatit in Pichilemu, Chile. It is the tawest pynt o the ceety. The brae is named efter a cross locatit at its tap.
Djibouti

**Djibouti** ( *Jībūtī*), offeecially the **Republic o Djibouti**, is a wee kintra in the Horn o Africae. It is bordered bi Eritrea in the north, Ethiopie in the wast an sooth, an Somalie in the sootheast. The remainder o the border is formed bi the Red Sea an the Gulf o Aden. Djibouti, wi 865,000 citizens (2009), is ane o the least populous kintras in Africae. The predominant releegion in Djibouti, wi a 94% majority, is Muslim, wi the remainin sax percent claimin Christianity. In the 1800s, Djibouti, then French Somaliland, wis acquired bi Fraunce through sindry treaties wi Somali sultans. It wis declared an independent naition in 1977, an chynged its name tae the present day Republic o Djibouti. Djibouti joined the Unitit Nations on September 20, 1977. While Djibouti is an independent state, it maintains deep French relations, an through sindry military an economic agreements wi Fraunce, it receives continued security an economic assistance.

## References