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El'ad

**El'ad**, an aa spelled **Elad** (), is a ceety in the Center Destrict o Israel. Locatit aboot 25 kilometres (16&nbsp;mi) east o Tel Aviv on Route 444 atween Rosh HaAyin an Shoham, it an aa lies juist wast o the Green Line. In 2007 the ceety haed a tot population o 31,300. Its current population is estimatit at ower 32,000. The biggin o El'ad stairtit in the late 90's, but due tae the heich demand an massive construction, it haed awready achieved local cooncil status bi 1998. It is the anerlie ceety in Israel offeecially designatit a releegious municipality.

## History
The toun wis biggit frae scratch as a planned community accordin tae urban plannin paradigms no unlik Modi'in an nearbi Shoham. While those touns wur designed tae suit a mixed population o non-releegious an releegious, El'ad wis oreeginally planned tae suit a mixed population o Modren Orthodox/Releegious Zionist Jews an Haredi Jews, but the majority are nou Haredi. It wis biggit as a pairt o the solution tae the acute shortage o alternate an affordable hoosin for Haredi families who, tradeetionally, wur concentratit primarily in baith Jerusalem an Bnei Brak. Accordingly, El'ad wis planned in a way that wad suit the releegious lifestyle wi a lairger selection o hoosin options wi some projects afferin lairger than average apairtments tae accommodate releegious families who tend tae hae mair childer than the average naitional population. Anither unique characteristic wis easy access an short walkin distances tae local eddication institutions tae avoid the need for schuil transportation costs.

The Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi is Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Grossman an the Chief Sefardi Rabbi is Rabbi Mordechai Malka. Thare are at least 18 synagogues o different Jewish ethnic persuasions. A central charitable organization is Kupat Hatzedoko Matan Beseter.

On 5 Februar 2008, El'ad's offeecial status wis chyngit tae a ceety.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Report about court ruling regarding special loans for Haredim in El'ad  (bi an anti-religious lobby organization)
* An article about Haredi education, mentioning El'ad  (uses the spelling Elad) (Yated Neeman)
* A paper about new cities development in Israel, citing El'ad as an example
* A summary of population of Israeli cities by Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
Kafr Qasim

**Kafr Qasim** (, cried **Kafr Qassem**, **Kufur Kassem**, **Kfar Kassem** an **Kafar Kassem** an aa), is a hill-top Israeli Arab ceety locatit aboot twinty kilometers east o Tel Aviv, near the Green Line separatin Israel an the Wast Bank, on the soothren portion o the "Little Triangle" o Arab-Israeli touns an veelages. The toun became notorious for the Kafr Qasim massacre, in which the Israel Border Polis killed 48 ceevilians on October 29, 1956. On Februar 12, 2008, the Israeli Meenister o the Interior declared Kafr Qasim a ceety in a ceremony held at the toun.

## History
The toun's aurie wis populatit in auncient times, wi airchaeological ruins datin back tae Roman times. The modren toun wis foondit in the 17t century bi indwallers o the nearbi veelage Mes'ha. In 1917, durin Warld War I, Kafr Qasim (thegither wi the rest o the aurie) wis captured frae the rulin Ottoman Empire bi the Breetish Airmy an wis later placed unner the Breetish Mandate o Palestine. Kafr Qasim is kent as the veelage whaur the Israeli military advances came tae a halt in the central pairt o Palestine durin the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In 1949, Israel annexed the toun in accordance wi the airmistice agreements, which endit the war.

Kafr Qasim became kent acause o the massacre that wis committit bi the Israel border polis (MAGAV) on October 29, 1956, durin which 49 ceevilians wur shot deid. This massacre remains an open wound atween the veelagers an rest o the Israeli society. In 1959, the toun wis grantit local cooncil status bi the Israeli Interior Meenistry

In recent years, the toun became kent as the place whaur Sheikh Abdullah Nimar Darwish stairtit the Islamic Movement. Israeli parliamentarian Sheikh Ibrahim Sarsur, a native o Kafr Qasim, served for a decade on the toun cooncil an heids the soothren faction o the Islamic Muivement o Israel syne 1999. In 2008, it wis annoonced that Kafr Qasim coud suin acome a ceety.

## Demographics
At the time o the 1931 census, Kafr Qasim haed 241 occupee'd hooses an a population o 989 Muslims.

Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics, the toun haed 18,100 maistly Muslim indwallers at the end o 2007. Thare are 936 females for ivery 1,000 males. The population increases at an annual rate o 2.7%.

The social-economic rank o the toun is relatively law (3 oot o 10). Anerlie 50.2% o 12t graders wur eligible for graduation (*Bagrut*) certificates in 2000. The average monthly wage in 2000 wis 3,633 NIS, as opposed tae the naitional average o 6,835 NIS at that time.

## Fowk frae Kafr Qasim
*Abdullah Nimar Darwish
*Ibrahim Sarsur
*Walid Badir

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

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Kufur-Kassem hame page
* Kufur-Kassem offeecial hame page 
* the village location 
* Material in English 
* Material in Hebrew כפר קאסם בעברית
Bahjí

The **Mansion o Bahjí** (Arabic: *delight*), common kent as **Bahjí** is a simmer hoose in Acre, Israel, whaur Bahá'u'lláh, founder o the Bahá'í Faith dee'd in 1892. His shrine is locate neist this hoose. The hale area wis cried *Al-Bahjá* (*Place o Delicht*).

The area wis a garden tae stert wi, plantit bi Suleiman Pasha, wha wis the ruler o Acre, for his dochter Fatimih, an he named it Bahji. Syne, the area wis further bonnifee'd bi `Abdu'llah Pasha, an in 1831 when Ibrahim Pasha besieged Acre he uised the property as his heidquarters. The property wis weel kent for its bonnie gardens an pond fed bi an aqueduct.  The property then fell intae the possession o a Christian family, the Jamals.

In 1870 `Udi Khammar, a walthy merchant frae Acre who an aa oreeginally awned the Hoose o `Abbúd, bought some o the land frae the Jamals close tae the mansion o `Abdu'llah Pasha an built the Mansion o Bahji, ower a hintle earlier an smawer biggin. `Udi Khammar haed built the hoose for his family, an when he dee'd wis buried in a tomb in the sooth-east corner o the waw directly aroond the biggin. In 1879 an epidemic caused the inhabitants tae flee an the biggin became vacant.

`Abdu'l-Bahá first rentit, an then purchased, the mansion for Bahá'u'lláh an the Bahá'í holy family tae live in, an Bahá'u'lláh muivit frae Mazra'ih tae Bahji an residit in the biggin till his daith. In 1890 the Cambridge orientalist Edward Granville Browne met Bahá'u'lláh in this hoose; efter this meetin he wrote his famous pen-portrait o Bahá'u'lláh.

When Bahá'u'lláh dee'd in 1892 he wis interred in ane o the surroondin biggins, an that biggin became the shrine o Bahá'u'lláh,. The steid haes syne been bonnifee'd wi paradise gardens, which are termed *Haram-i-Aqdas* (the Maist Holy Precincts or Sanctuary) an are intersectit bi a circular path which serves tae circumambulate the shrine o Bahá'u'lláh. The Mansion, shrine, an surroondin gardens are amang the maist sacred spots on earth for Bahá'ís an are Bahá'í pilgrimage steids.

## See an aa
*Shrine o Bahá'u'lláh
*Terraces (Bahá'í)

## Notes

## References
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## Freemit airtins

*Bahá'í Pilgrimage - Mansion of Bahjí 
*
Torpoint

**Torpoint** () is a ceevil parish an toun on the Rame Peninsula in sootheast Cornwall, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick. It is situatit opposite the ceety o Plymouth athort the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary o the River Tamar.

Torpoint haes a population o 8,457 (2001 census). In the Cornish leid Torpoint is cried Penntorr (local folk baund Pentorr hae taken their name frae this).

Torpoint is linked tae Plymouth (an Devonport) bi the Torpoint Ferry. The three vessels that operate the service are chain ferries &ndash; that is, they are propelled athort the river bi pullin thairsels on fixed chains which lie athort the bed o the river. The journey takes aboot seiven minutes.

## Oreegin o name
It is said that Torpoint's name is derived frae Tar Point, a name gien acause o the initial industry on the wast bank o the Hamoaze. Housomeivver this is actually a nickname gien bi wirkers, Torpoint meanin "rocky heidland".

## History
Torpoint is an aichteent century planned toun. The grid-based design for the toun wis commissioned bi Reginald Pole Carew in the Parish o Antony in 1774. His family continued te hae a strang influence in the aurie, haein become the Carew Poles, an still reside at their family seat, Antony House.

Due tae the presence o Devonport Dockyard, the toun grew as Dockyard wirkers settled there. The establishment o the Ryal Navy's main trainin facility, HMS ''Raleigh'' an aa increased the population o Torpoint.

### Notable fowk frae Torpoint
*See [[:Category:Fowk frae Torpoint]]*

John Langdon Down wis born in Torpoint in 1828, he later described the condition which is nou referred tae as Down syndrome. He wis cried back on a number o occasions tae help his faither in his local business till his faither's daith in 1853.

## Education
Educational institutions in Torpoint include:

*Torpoint Infant Schuil &mdash; a medium-lairge infant schuil.
***Carbeile Junior School** &mdash; a lairge primary schuil.
*Torpoint Community College, The Humanities College for Sooth East Cornwall &mdash; the anerlie humanities college in sooth east Cornwall.

## Twinning
* Benoded (Breetany)

## References

## Freemit airtins
*  Torpoint wabsteid 
* [Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Torpoint](http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=((text)='torpoint'))
Lod

**Lod** (; , *al-Ludd*; Greco-Latin *Lydda*) is a ceety locatit on the Sharon Plain  sootheast o Tel Aviv in the Center Destrict o Israel. In  it haed a population o .

Israel's main internaitional airport, Ben Gurion International Airport (previously cried Lydda Airport, RAF Lydda, an Lod Airport) is locatit in the ceety.

## Etymology
The Ebreu name Lod appears in the bible as a toun o Benjamin, foondit bi Shamed or Shamer (1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; 11:35). In the New Testament it appears as its Greek form, Lydda. The ceety an aa fynds reference in an Islamic Hadith, as the location o the battlefield whaur 'Dajjal' (the Anti-Christ) will be slayed afore the Day o Judgment.

## Airchaeology
A well-preserved mosaic floor datin tae the Roman period wis excavatit in 1996 as pairt o a salvage dig conductit on behauf o the Israel Antiquities Authority an the Municipality o Lod, prior tae widenin HeHalutz Street. The mosaic wis covered ower wi soil at the conclusion o the excavation for lack o funds tae conserve an develop the steid. The mosaic is now part of the Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center.

## Sports
The ceety's major soccer club, Hapoel Bnei Lod,  plays in Liga Leumit (the seicont diveesion). Its hame base is  Lod Municipal Stadium. The club wis formed bi a merger o Bnei Lod an Rakevet Lod in the 1980s. Twa ither clubs in the ceety play in the regional leagues: Hapoel MS Ortodoxim Lod in Liga Bet an Maccabi Lod in Liga Gimel.

Hapoel Lod played in the top diveesion durin the 1960s an 1980s, an wan the State Cup in 1984. The club fauldit in 2002. A new club, Hapoel Maxim Lod (named efter umwhile mayor Maxim Levy) wis established suin efter, but fauldit in 2007.

## Notable residents

*DAM, a hip-hop group
*Saunt George, Roman sodger an martyr
*George Habash (1926–2008), foonder o the Popular Front for the Liberation o Palestine
*Tamer Nafar, rapper
*Salim Tuama, fitbawer

## Internaitional Relations
### Twin towns - sister cities

Lod is twinned wi:
*  Piatra Neamţ, Romanie

## References
;Notes

## Freemit airtins

*Ceety cooncil  
*al-Lydd  Palestine Remembered
*Lydda (Lod) , Jewish Agency for Israel
Sderot

**Sderot** (, *sderót*; , *sadīrūt*) is a wastren ceety in the Negev desert in the Soothren Destrict o Israel. Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), at the end o 2009 the ceety haed a tot population o 20,700. The ceety haes been an ongangin target o Qassam rocket attacks frae the Gaza Strip. In Mairch 2008, the mayor said the population haed declined bi 10%-15% as faimilies left the ceety in desperation (aid organisations say the figure is closer tae 25%). Mony o the faimilies that remain cannae afford tae muive oot or are unable tae sell thair homes.

## History
Sderot wis foondit in 1951 as a transit camp for Kurdish an Persian Jewish immigrants who lived in tents an shacks afore permanent hoosin wis complete in 1954. It wis biggit on the lands o the Arab veelage o Najd accordin tae Walid Khalidi, an is locatit a few miles sooth o its ruins. On Mey 13 1948, Najd wis occupied bi the Negev Brigade as pairt o Operation Barak, an the veelagers  fled tae Gaza. In 1956, Sderot wis recognised as a local cooncil.

Sderot received a symbolic name, efter the numerous avenues an standalane rows o trees planted in the Negev, especially atween Beersheba an Gaza, tae combine desertification an beautify the arid landscape. Lik mony ither localities in the Negev, Sderot's name haes a green motif that symbolizes the motto "makin the desert bloom", a central pairt o Zionist ideology.

In the 1961 census, the percentage o North African immigrants, maistly frae Morocco, wis 87% in the toun, whilst anither 11% o the residents wur immigrants frae Kurdistan. In the 1950s, the ceety continued tae absorb a lairge nummer o immigrants frae Morocco an Romanie, an wis declared a local cooncil in 1958.

Sderot again absorbed a lairge immigrant population durin the Aliyah frae the Soviet Union in the 1990s, an its population doubled in this decade. In 1996 it wis declared a ceety.

## Eddication
Accordin tae CBS, thare are 14 schuils an 3,578 students in the ceety. Thay are spread oot as eleven elementary schuils an 2,099 elementary schuil students, an sax heich schuils an 1,479 heich schuil students. 56.5% o 12t grade students wur entitled tae a matriculation certificate in 2001. Razzaque Ansari. Sapir Academic College an the Hesder Yeshiva of Sderot are locatit in Sderot.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns – sister ceeties
Sderot is twinned wi:
*  Antony, Fraunce

## Notable residents
*Amir Peretz, umwhile defence meenister
*Kobi Oz, lead sangster o Teapacks
*Miri Bohadana, model
*Shlomo Bar
*Laura Bialis
*Smadar Levi
*Erez Biton
*Shimon Adaf
*Haïm Ulliel

## References
;Notes

;References
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## Freemit airtins

* Sderot Media Center 
* The Other Voice
* Humanitarian aid organization in Sderot 
*  Sderot; The Movie, http://sderotmovie.com/ 
* sderot portal-hebrew 
* Sderot Information Center for the Western Negev
* The committee for a secure Sderot 
* Sderot in The Washington Post
* SDEROT JOURNAL An Israeli Playground, Fortified Against Rockets
Giv'at Shmuel

**Giv'at Shmuel** (, Scots: **Samuel Brae**) is a ceety in the Center Destrict o Israel. It is locatit in the eastren pairt o the Gush Dan metropolitan aurie an is surroondit bi the lairger ceeties Ramat Gan an Bnei Brak tae the Wast, Kiryat Ono tae the Sooth an Petah Tikva tae the East an North. Giv'at Shmuel haes a population o aboot 28,400 fowk (end o 2009).

The ceety is named efter the Romanian Zionist leader Samuel Pineles, the foonder an preses o the Zionist Congress in Focsani an the Vice-Preses o the First Zionist Congress in Basel. It haes recently unnergane a major expansion an doubled its population frae 1998 tae 2005. On November 5, 2007, the Israeli Meenister o Interior acceptit a committee recommendation tae chynge the municipal status o Giv'at Shmuel tae 'ceety'.

## Social Life

A leisure an sports centre is bein established on an aurie o aboot 32 dunams in northeastren Givat Shmuel (toun plan 3107), which incorporates tennis courts, fitness ruims, soummin puils, a roller skatin rink, a cafeteria an ither services, alang wi watter pairk, coverin an aurie o aboot 5 dunams.

## Education
Giv'at Shmuel is considered a heichlie educatit toun, wi 74.3% o heich schuil graduates bein eligible for a matriculation certificate. Adjacent tae the Sooth-Wastren edge o Giv'at Shmuel is the campus o Bar Ilan University. While technically in Ramat Gan, the campus haes been expandin in recent years tae the effect that it nou separates the soothren Ramat Ilan neighbourhuid o Giv'at Shmuel frae the rest o the ceety.

## Sports
Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel, the toun's basketbaw team, currently play in Ligat HaAl, the tap diveesion o Israeli basketbaw. Thay reached the State Cup feenal in 2003, but lost tae Maccabi Tel Aviv. Despite representin Giv'at Shmuel, thay play in nearbi Or Yehuda.

Commencin Aprile 30, 2010 a local runnin race haes been inauguratit which is intendit tae tak place annually. Durin the first race, 350 runners frae aw ower the kintra pairticipatit in a 10&nbsp;km heat an ower 750 youngsters in a 2&nbsp;km non-competitive heat.
The 10&nbsp;km competitive heat wis led bi the kintra's tap lang distance runners.

## Twin touns
* Gołdap, Poland
* Stade, Germany
* Dubna, Roushie

## References

## Freemit airtins
* "Municipality of Givat Shmuel" - The Offeecial Steid 
* "The First Givat Shmuel Runnin Race" 
* "ROSH HAGIVA" - Torah Essays frae Givat Shmuel
*  eTV Channel o activities in Givat Shmuel
*  Film aboot "Day of Joy" in Givat Shmuel 
* http://www.nbn.org.il/social/community/community_givat_shmuel.htm
Be'er Ya'akov

**Be'er Ya'akov** (, *lit.* Jacob's Well) is a toun wi local cooncil status in the central Israel, near Ness Ziona an Rishon LeZion.

Be'er Ya'akov haes an aurie o 8,580 dunams (~8.6&nbsp;km²). In December 2006, it haed a population o  in . Be'er Ya'akov wis foondit in 1907 bi Jewish immigrants frae Dagestan. In 1947, it haed a population o 400. It achieved local cooncil status in 1949.

Be'er Ya'akov wis named efter Ya'akov Yitzhaki, a rabbi an Jewish pioneer.

Durin the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, an till the Israeli capture o Ramla in Julie o 1948, Be'er Ya'akov wis in the frontline.  The population at that time wis evacuatit an a new dounset, Be'er Shalom, wis established nearbi bi members o Kibbutz Buchenwald, the first pioneer trainin group formed in post-Warld War II Germany.

Twa hospitals are locatit in Be'er Ya'akov: Asaf HaRofe Hospital (near Tzrifin), an Shmuel HaRofe Geriatric Hospital.

## Sports
* Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov is the local fitbaa club.
* Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov B.C., the local basketbaw club, plays in Liga Leumit, the seicont tier.

## Transportion
Be'er Ya'akov is served bi the Be'er Ya'akov Railway Station, for trains on the Binyamina-Ashkelon line.

## References
Banner o the Republic o Korea

The **[[Banner]] o the [[Republic o Korea]]**, or **Taegeukgi** (an aa spelled *Taegukgi* in convention) is derived frae the Cheenese design o the yin an yang seembol an haes three pairts: a white background; a reid an blue taegeuk in the centre; an fower black trigrams, ane in each corner o the banner.

The general design o the banner an aa derives frae traditional uise o the tricolour seembol (red, blue an yellae) bi Koreans stairtin frae the early era o Korean history. The white background symbolises "cleanliness o the people." The Taegeuk represents the origin o aw things in the universe; holding the twa principles o "Yin", the negative aspect rendered in blue, an "Yang", the positive aspect rendered in reid, in perfect balance. Thegither, thay represent a continuous movement athin infinity, the twa mergin as ane.
The fower trigrams are

Tradeetionally, the fower trigrams are relatit tae the Five Elements o fire, watter, earth, wood, an metal. An analogy could an aa be drawn wi the fower wastren classical elements.
Coat o airms o the Republic o Korea

The **Naitional Emblem o the Republic o Korea** (Korean: *대한민국의 국장*) consists in the *taeguk* seembol present on the naitional banner surroondit bi five stylized petals an a ribbon bearin the inscription "The Republic o Korea" (*Daehan Minguk*), the offeecial name o the kintra, in Hangul characters. The Yin an yang represents peace an harmony. The five petals aw hae meanin an are relatit tae Korea's naitional flouer (the Hibiscus syriacus, or Rose o Sharon). It wis adoptit in 1963.

## See an aa
* Banner o Korea

## Freemit Airtins
* Office of the President
* Office of the Prime Minister 
* Korea.net
Kua Fu

**Kua Fu** () is a giant in Cheenese meethologie who wished tae captur the sun.

Ane day oot o the blue, Kua Fu wis perplexed bi the Sun's whauraboots at nicht an decidit tae chase an catch the Sun. Wi each stride he gets closer tae the Sun, housomeivver, he coud niver catch up tae it.

He follaed the Sun frae the East tae the Wast, drainin aw rivers an lakes crossin his path as sources o water tae quench his burnin thirst as he closed in on the starn.  Housomeivver, he wisna able tae finish his quest acause he dee'd o the extreme heat an exhaustion.

The widden club he wis carryin grew intae a vast forest. In modren day Cheenese uisage, the story o Kua Fu chasin the sun () is uised tae describe a person who fails tae obtain his goal acause he greatly owerestimates hissel.

## References
Mersa Matruh

**Mersa Matruh** ( ) is a Mediterranean seaport an the caipital o the Matruh Govrenorate in Egyp. It is 240&nbsp;km (149 mile) wast o Alexandria an 222&nbsp;km frae Sallum, on the main heich-gate frae the Nile Delta tae the Libian border. Anither heich-gate leads sooth frae the toun, toward the Wastern Desert an the oases o Siwa an Bahariya.  Durin Auncient Egyptian times an durin the reign o Alexander The Great, the ceety wis kent as Amunia. In Ptolemaic an Byzantine times it wis kent as Paraitonion (Παραιτόνιον), an in Roman times, as Paraetonium.

Marsa Matruh is a main Egyptian tourist ceety, an serves as a getaway resort for Europeans an Cairenes eager tae flee the caipital in the swelterin simmer months. It is served bi Marsa Matrouh Airport. The ceety is kent for its white saft sands an calm transparent waters; the bay is protectit frae the heich seas bi a series o rocks formin a naitural breakwater, wi a sma openin tae allou licht vessels in.

## History
It stairtit as a sma fishin toun durin Auncient Egyptian times an Alexander The Great an wis named *Amunia*, an thare are ruins o a temple o Rameses II (1200 B.C.). Then, Marsa Matrouh became kent as Paraitonion in Ptolemaic era. Yet, when Roman occupation came tae Egyp the toun became an important harbor for tred an sendin guids an crops tae Roum. It wis named Paraetonium at that time.
Durin Warld War II, the Breetish Airmy's Baggush Box wis locatit tae the east. During this period, Marsa Matrouh wis the terminus for a single-track railwey which passed throu El Alamein.

## Climate
Marsa Matrouh haes a teepical dry Mediterranean climate, wi cuil winters an warm, dry simmers. As the ceety an the region as a whole experience pleasant wather durin simmer, the ceety becomes a destination for millions o Egyptians an foreign tourists. Rainfaw occurs mainly durin winter, but mey an aa appear durin the hairst or the ware. Sleet an hail can an aa occur.

## Monuments an Tourist Steids
* Ruins o the Temple o the Keeng, Pharaoh Rameses II (1200 B.C)
* Droun ceety o Caesar.
* Droun Palace o Cleopatra.
* Egyptian Fleet Anchorage which wis biggit bi the Ptolemies, the remains o the naval installations still staund wast o the port.
* Coptic Chapel: biggit in the early Coptic age, an contains several caves bearin inscriptions.
* Rommel's Hideoot: A cave, hewn in the rock, whaur Rommel drew up plans o his military operations. It haes nou been turned intae a military museum.
* The Breetish Cemetery: Thoosans upon thoosans o rock-hewn tombstanes staund straucht rows amidst a fenced gairden.
* The German Cemetery: It is a fortress lik memorial that wis biggit on a heich owerleukin the sea.
* The Italian Cemetery: It is a heich touer fort staundin on a heich hill. The waws o the biggin are covered wi marble.

## Main Beaches
* Ageebah Beach: Aboot 28&nbsp;km. wast o Marsa Matrouh dountoun, it is distinguished bi its numerous naitural caves an enchantin scenery.
* Al-Obayed Beach: Aboot 20&nbsp;km. wast o Marsa Matrouh dountoun, beauty surpasses that o Marsa Matrouh beach.
* Romel Bay.

## See an aa
* Northren coast o Egyp

## References
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Tzoran-Kadima

**Tzoran-Kadima** (), cried **Kadima-Tzoran** an aa, is a local cooncil in the Center Destrict o Israel. It is the result o the 2003 union o the **Tzoran** an **Kadima** cooncils.

Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics, Tzoran-Kadima's population as o December 2006 wis 16,600, up frae 15,700 at the end o 2004. Maist o these are Jews. In 2005, the male/female ratio is 1,013 weemen tae ivery 1,000 men. The average income o wirkin residents in 2003 wis ₪8,544, heicher than the naitional average o ₪6,008. Durin the 2003/2004 schuil year, 67.6% o twalt graders received a Bagrut (matriculation) certificate.

## History
### Kadima
**Kadima** wis foondit on Julie 5, 1933 as an agricultural dounset at the initiative o Yehoshua Hankin. Maist o the settlers wur German immigrants. Kadima wis declared a local cooncil in 1950, an merged wi Tzoran in 2003.

Kadima means "forward" in Hebrew, an comes frae a Biblical verse (Habakkuk 1:9).

### Tzoran
**Tzoran**, meanin silicon, wis foondit in 1992 an wis planned bi airchitect Rachel Walden. The dounset wis named efter a Hasmonean ceety that haed existit in the aurie. It wis first populatit in 1994, an declared a local cooncil in 1997, till it merged wi Kadima in 2003.

## References
Zemer

**Zemer** (; ) is an Arab local cooncil in the Center Destrict o Israel. It is locatit in the Arab Triangle aurie, atween Baqa-Jatt an Bat Hefer on Road 574. Zemer is the result o a merger o fower veelages - Yama, Bir as-Sika, Ibtan an Marja - in 1988

Yama an Ibtan appeared in Ottoman tax registers compiled in 1596, in the *[[Nahiya]]s* o Qaqun an Jabal Sami, respectively, o the Nablus *[[Liwa (Arabic)|Liwa]]*. Yama haed a population o 18 Muslim hoosehaulds an 5 bachelors, while Ibtan wis indicatit as empty even tho it paid taxes.

Prior tae 1948, aw fower veelages wur admeenistratively relatit tae modren-day Palestinian toun o Deir al-Ghusun.

Zemer's population at the end o 2006 wis 5,200, an its jurisdiction is 8,203 dunams.

## References
Gan Yavne

**Gan Yavne** () is a (local cooncil) in the Center Destrict o Israel, locatit adjacent tae the ceety o Ashdod. It wis foondit in 1931 an declared a local cooncil in 1950.

Gan Yavne lies east o the Tel-Aviv–Ashkelon heich-gate (Heich-gate No. 4). It is bordered tae the wast bi Ashdod, tae the north bi Gederot Regional Cooncil, an tae the east an sooth bi Be'er Tuvia Regional Cooncil.

## Emblem
Gan Yavne’s emblem represents "*Torah an wirk*", depictin the tablets o the Ten Commandments envelopin an orange an a lemon. These seembolise the foonders o Gan Yavne, who wur wirkin fowk wi a creative spirit, planters o vineyards an orchards, an hoose builders, upliftit bi the Zionist dream an love o Israel.

## History
Gan Yavne wis established in 1931 bi the “Achuza Aleph” Company foondit bi several Jewish families frae Roushie an Poland, who haed settled temporarily in the Unitit States. The inspiration for its name “Gan Yavne”, comes frae its proximity tae the historical Yavne. In the late 70's it wis kent as "Tachshit Hashfela", or the "Law-Land Jewel".

In the 1950’s, Gan-Yavne absorbed Yemenite immigrants frae the “Magic Carpet” operation, an in the 1960’s – immigrants frae North Africae an Kurdistan. Ower the years thay wur joined bi thoosans o residents frae aw ower the kintra, amang them new immigrants frae Tunisie an the umwhile Soviet Union.

## Gan Yavne the day
The day, Gan Yavne is experiencin a biggin an development boom. Hunders o hoosin units an pretty suburbs are bein constructit. Alangside its rapid development, Gan Yavne preserves its unique veelage character. The day Gan-Yavne is the anerlie tounship alang Israel’s coastline that is based on private hooses. Gan-Yavne’s uniqueness, guid location, municipal services tae young an auld alike, as well as makin eddication, cultur an environmental cultivation its tap priority, are what mak Gan-Yavne sae attractive tae hunders o young families, choosin tae big thair hames here.

In the 1990s an 2000s Gan Yavne mair nor doubled its population, an became a popular "sleepin toun" for commuters. The development o heich-gate 4 ("the coastal road"), which is a freeway atween Tel Aviv an Gan Yavne junction, an an' a' the introduction o frequent rail service tae the nearbi Ashdod station, allous commuters tae traivel tae Tel Aviv in 30–45 minutes.

### Educational facilities
*23 kindergartens
*3 state elementary schuils – “Ben Gurion”, “Maccabim”, "Ilan Ramon" an "Ehud Manor"
*State releegious elementary schuil – “Sinai”
*2 junior heichs/heich schuils  – “Ort Itzhak Rabin” an "Naomi Shemer"
*Technological Seicontary Yeshiva – “Achuzat Yaakov” (Closed)
*“Beit Apel” Childer’s Veelage

### Community an youth facilities
*Community Cultur Center an Library
*3 Pais Community Center extensions
*Pais Community Center for the elderly
*"Beney Akiva" & "Ha'Noar Ha'Oved Ve Ha'Lomed" Youth movements

## Twin touns
*  Puteaux, Fraunce (1973)
Ganei Tikva

**Ganei Tikva** (, lit. *Gardens of Hope*) is a local cooncil in Israel, borderin Kiryat Ono tae the wast, Petah Tikva tae the north, Gat Rimon tae the east an Savyon tae the sooth. It is kent for its heich staundart o livin an quality eddication. It is desirably locatit in close proximity tae Tel Aviv an the Gush Dan conurbation, an is characterised bi a diverse ethnic Jewish mix. The urban pattern includes smaw detached hooses, tounhooses an apairtment biggins, complementitd bi mature trees an law traffeck levels.

## History an neeburheids
Ganei Tikva wis formit in 1949 wi the biggin o the Shikun Yovel neeburheid. Yismach Moshe, a releegious neeburheid, wis biggit in 1962. (Durin the Shabat, Yismach Moshe is closed tae traffeck). Givat Savyon wis biggit in 1972, an is considered a heich-end apartment biggin neeburheid. In a successfu attempt tae duplicate Givat Savyon's success, Givat Savyon HaHadasha neeburheid wis formit on the eastren side, borderin Gat Rimon. The latest addition tae Ganei Tikva is the new apairtment biggin neeburheid, Ganim.  Ganim is currently in sindry stages o construction.

## Traffic
Ganei Tikva haes three access roads. On the wast, the main entry tae Ganei Tikva throu Kiryat Ono. This is the prefert entry tae Tel Aviv. On the east, throu Gat Rimon which allous fast entry tae Petah Tikva an Heich-gate 6 throu Route 471. On the sooth, throu Savyon. Awtho this is a slow route an no aaways available. Durin rush oors, the access roads are teepically congestit.  Ganei Tikva is maistly a residential toun an as sic, traffeck durin non-commute oors is teepically law.

## Education
Thare are five elementary schuils (includin special eddication) an ane junior heich schuil in Ganei Tikva. Ganei Tikva haes wan the Naitional Eddication Awaird for 2007.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Local Cooncil Ganey Tikva 
* Israel Central Bureau o Statistics
Shoham

**Shoham** (, *lit.* onyx) is a toun (local cooncil) in the Center Destrict o Israel.

Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), Shoham's population in the end o 2007 wis 19,400. Its jurisdiction is 5,889 dunams (~5.9&nbsp;km²).

Shoham's current Heid o Cooncil is Gil Livneh.
Shoham is ane o Israel's maist developed municipalities, wi a heich staundart o livin. Shoham haes various elementary schuils, an a central heich schuil. Mony pairks an auries o recreation enhance the oweraw leuk o the municipality.

The Shoham schuil seestem is ratit vera heichlie. In the 2009-2010 schuil year, Shoham wis tap in the kintra in percentage o heich schuil students passin thair matriculation exams.http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/1176089.html 
## References

## Freemit airtins
*  Offeecial municipality wabsteid 
*  Shoham in Inglis
Tel Mond

**Tel Mond** () is a toun in the Israeli Sharon region, locatit east o Netanya an north o Kfar Sava.

## History
Tel Mond wis foondit in 1929 bi Sir Alfred Moritz Mond, later kent as Laird Melchett, a umwhile Breetish meenister an preses o the Breetish Zionist Federation. The Israel Plantations Company heidit bi Mond purchased land in the region an plantit citrus orchards tae provide employment for Jewish laborers. In 1933, a group o fermers purchased land frae the company an established Moshav Tel Mond.  In 1936, anither group established Moshav Kfar Ziv. In 1943, new immigrants frae Yemen established Shechunat Ya'akov. In the 1950s, Neve Oved an Hadar Hayim wur biggit tae accommodate the lairge wave o immigration efter the foondin o the state. In 1954, aw these communities wur merged tae form the Local Cooncil o Tel Mond. The surroondin moshavim, Kfar Hess, Herut an Ein Vered, wur an aa foondit bi the pioneers o Tel Mond.

Ower the past decade, the community haes grown frae a sma toun tae a sel-sufficient mini-ceety that provides services for ither regional communities.

## Landmarks
The hame o Laird Melchett haes been turned intae *Hoose o the Laird* museum, documentin the history o Tel Mond. Ootside the museum is a statue o Laird Melchett designed bi Batya Lishansky.

## Sister ceeties
* Sarasota, Florida (1994)

## References
Beit Dagan

**Beit Dagan** () is a toun (local cooncil) in the Center Destrict o Israel, borderin Rishon LeZion. It wis foondit in 1948 at the steid o the Arab veelage Bayt Dajan bi Yemenite an North African immigrants. It wis declared a local cooncil in 1958.

Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), its end o 2007 population wis 6,000.

## Geography
Beit Dagan's central neighborhuid is Neve Hadarim. Ither neighborhuids are Neve Ganim, Bnei Bitkha an Nekudat Hen.

### Climate
Beit Dagan is an aa the hame o Israel Meteorological Center, an uises as a central focus o wather data

Beit Dagan haes a Mediterranean Climate wi het an rainless simmers, an wi cauld an rainy winters. Springs an autumns are cuil tae warm. Humidity is heich during winter an law durin simmer, which maks summers rainless an het, atween average heich o 30.8&nbsp;°C (87.4&nbsp;°F) an average law o 20.4&nbsp;°C (68.7&nbsp;°F). Winters are rainy an cauld, atween average heich o 18.5&nbsp;°C (65.3&nbsp;°F) an average law o 7.6&nbsp;°C (45.7&nbsp;°F). Beit Dagan receives 550.5 millimetres (21.7&nbsp;inches) o precipitation per year an thare are anerlie 7 month wi serious rain.

## Transportation
Beit Dagan's main transportation hub is the Beit Dagan Junction (actually locatit in Rishon LeZion), atween heich-gate 44 an road 412, servin as a bus terminal for lines tae Rishon LeZion, Tzrifin, Ashkelon, Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Rehovot, etc.

Shapirim Interchange is locatit on the eastren side o toun.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid
Brenner Regional Cooncil

**Brenner Regional Cooncil** (, *Mo'atza Azorit Brenner*), is a regional cooncil in the Center Destrict o Israel. It is locatit in the coastal plain, in the vicinity o Rehovot an Yavne. The copncil is named efter writer Yosef Haim Brenner, killed in the Jaffa riots o 1921.

The Cooncil wis established in 1950, wi a jurisdiction o 36,000 dunams. As o 2007, the sax communities in the cooncil (twa kibbutzim an fower moshavim) are hame tae approximately 6,000 indwallers.

## Settlements

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid
Drom HaSharon Regional Cooncil

The **Drom HaSharon Regional Cooncil** (, *Mo'atza Azorit Drom HaSharon*, *lit.* Soothren Sharon Regional Council) is a regional cooncil in the Sharon region in central Israel. Its offices are locatit on Heich-gate 40 near Neve Yarak.

## Leet o settlements, [[moshav]]im, [[kibbutz]]im an veelages

*Adanim
*Einat
*Elishema
*Eyal
*Gan Haim
*Ganei Am
*Gat Rimon
*Givat Hen
*Givat HaShlosha
*Hagor

*Horshim
*Kfar Ma'as
*Kfar Malal
*Kfar Sirkin
*Magshimim
*Matan
*Nachshonim
*Neve Yamin
*Neve Yerek
*Nir Eliyahu

*Nirit
*Ramat HaKovesh
*Ramot HaShavim
*Sdei Hemed
*Sde Warburg
*Tzofit
*Tzur Natan
*Yarhiv
*Yarkona

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabste
Sabratha

**Sabratha**, an aa spelled **Sabratah** or **Siburata** (), is a ceety in the Az Zawiyah Destrict in the northwastren corner o modren Libie. It wis the wastrenmaist o the "three ceeties" of Tripolis. Frae 2001 tae 2007 it wis the caipital o the umwhile Sabratha Wa Surman Destrict. It lies on the Mediterranean coast aboot 65&nbsp;km (40 mile) wast o Tripoli (auncient Oea). The extant airchaeological steid wis inscribed as a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid in 1982.

## Auncient Sabratha
Sabratha's port wis established, aiblins aboot 500 BC, as a Phoenician tradin-post that served as a coastal ootlet for the products o the African hinterland. The Phoenicians gave it the Lybico-Berber name 'Sbrt'n', which suggests that there mey hae been a native toun built there prior tae the Phoenicians' arrival. Sabratha became pairt o the short-lived Numidian Kinrick o Massinissa afore being Romanized an rebuilt in the 2nt an 3rd centuries AD. The Emperor Septimus Severus wis born nearbi in Leptis Magna, an Sabratha reached its monumental peak durin the rule o the Severans. The ceety wis badly damaged bi earthquakes durin the 4t century, pairticularly the quake o AD 365. It wis rebuilt on a mair modest scale bi Byzantine govrenors. Athin a hunder years o the Arab conquest o the maghreb, trade haed shiftit tae ither ports an Sabratha dwindled tae a veelage.

## The airchaeological steid

Besides its magnificent late 3rd century theatre that retains its three-storey airchitectural backdrop, Sabratha haes temples dedicatit tae Liber Pater, Serapis an Isis. There is a Christian basilica o the time o Justinian an an' a' remnants o some o the mosaic floors that enriched elite dwellins o Roman North Africae (for example, at the Villa Sileen, near Al Khums). Housomeivver, these are maist clearly preserved in the coloured patterns o the seaward (or Forum) baths, directly owerleukin the shore, an in the black an white floors o the Theatre baths.

There is an adjacent museum containin some treasures frae Sabratha, but ithers can be seen in the naitional museum in Tripoli.

## Modren Sabratha
Al Wefaq Sabratah is the fitbaa club, playin at Sabratah Stadium.

## References


## Further reading
* Matthews, Kenneth D. (1957) *Cities in the Sand, Leptis Magna and Sabratha in Roman Africa* University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, OCLC 414295
* Ward, Philip (1970) *Sabratha: A Guide for Visitors* Oleander Press, Cambridge, UK, ISBN 0-902675-05-2

## Freemit airtins

* UNESCO archaeological steid o Sabratha
*Complete photo coverage o the aircheological steid
* "Sabratah, Libya" Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
* Sabratha, image frae the BSR Library an Archive digital collections. Ward-Perkins photographic collection
Oran Province

**Oran** () is a province (*[[Wilayas o Algerie|wilaya]]*) in Algerie whose seat is the ceety o the same name.

## Geografie
It is locatit in the northwastren pairt o the kintra. Its population is 1,584,607 an it covers a total aurie o 2,114&nbsp;km². The province is bordered tae the east bi the provinces o Mostaganem, tae the sooth east bi Mascara, tae the sooth wast bi Sidi Bel Abbes, an tae the wast bi Aïn Témouchent. 

## History
The province wis formed frae the umwhile French depairtment o Oran, which wis maintained efter unthirldom an wis transformed intae a *wilaya* (province) bi the ordnance o 1968. It inheritit its current structur efter the re-organization o 1974, when it lost its wastren an soothren pairts in favor o the creation o Sidi Bel Abbès Province.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
As o 1984, the province is dividit intae 9 destricts (*[[daïra]]s*), which are further dividit intae 26 ''communes'' or municipalities.

### Destricts

# Aïn El Turk
# Arzew
# Bethioua
# Bir El Djir
# Boutlélis
# Es Sénia
# Gdyel
# **[[Oran Destrict|Oran]]**
# Oued Tlélat

### Communes

# Arzew
# Aïn Bya
# Aïn El Kerma
# Aïn El Turk
# Ben Freha
# Bethioua
# Bir El Djir
# Boufatis
# Bousfer
# Boutlélis
# El Ançor
# El Braya
# El Kerma
# Es Sénia
# Gdyel
# Hassi Ben Okba
# Hassi Bounif
# Hassi Mefsoukh
# Mers El Hadjadj
# Mers El Kébir
# Misserghin
# **[[Oran]]**
# Oued Tlélat
# Sidi Ben Yebka
# Sidi Chami
# Tafraoui

## References
Az Zawiyah

**Az Zawiyah** (kent as **Ez** or **Al** **Zawiyah** or **Zawiya** or **Zawia** or **Zavia** or **Zauia** an aw), (, transliteration: **Az Zāwiyah**), (variants: *Az Zawiyah Al Gharbiyah*, , *Ḩārat az Zāwiyah*, *Al Ḩārah*, *El-Hára* and *Haraf Az Zāwīyah*), is a ceity in northwastren Libie, situatit on the shores o the Libian coastline o the Mediterranean Sea aboot 50&nbsp;km wast o Tripoli, in the historic region o Tripolitanie. Az Zawiyah is the caipital o the Az Zawiyah Destrict.

In the Libian censuses o 1973 an 1984, the ceity coontit aboot 100,000 inhabitants; it wis then - an possibly continues tae be the day - the fowert lairgest ceity in Libie bi population (efter Tripoli, Benghazi an Misrata). In 2006, the Az Zawiyah Destrict wis estimatit tae hae a population o aboot 291,000 fowk, maist o whom wur concentratit in the ceity. Az Zawiyah haes a university named the Seivent o Aprile University which wis foondit in 1988. There is forby an ile field near the ceity an Az Zawiyah haes ane o the twa maist important ile refineries in Libie.

## Sport
The multi-purpose stadium, Zaawia Stadium, which is mainly uised for fitbaa is locatit in the ceity.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Az-Zawiyah page on Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
* Map of Az Zawiyah on the dynamic atlas of ''Encarta Online'' (encarta.msn.com). 
* Az Zawiyah dynamic map from Google Maps.
Algiers Province

The **Algiers Province** () is a province (wilaya) o Algerie, namit efter its caipital ceety, Algiers, which is an aa the naitional caipital. It is adoptit frae the auld French département o Algiers an haes a population o aboot 3 million.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Algiers province is dividit intae 13 destricts an 57 ''communes'' or municipalities.

### Destricts
The deestricts, leetit accordin tae offeecial numberin (frae wast tae east), are:
Zeralda est une commune de la wilaya d'Alger située à 29&nbsp;km à l'ouest d'Alger-Centre. C'est une commune à vocation agricole et touristique puisqu'elle possède 5&nbsp;km de plage. 

### Communes
The communes, leetit alphabetically, are:

# Alger Centre
# Aïn Bénian
# Aïn Taya (Ain-Taya)
# Bab El Oued
# Bab Ezzouar
# Baba Hassen
# Bachdjerrah (Bach Djerrah)
# Baraki
# Ben Aknoun
# Bir Mourad Raïs
# Birkhadem (Bir Khadem)
# Birtouta
# Bologhine (Bouloghine)
# Bordj El Bahri
# Bordj El Kiffan (Bordj El Kifan)
# Bourouba
# Bouzaréah
# Béni Messous
# Casbah
# Chéraga
# Dar El Beïda
# Douéra
# Draria
# Dély Ibrahim (Dely Brahim)
# El Achour
# El Biar
# El Harrach
# El Madania
# El Magharia
# El Marsa
# El Mouradia
# Gué de Constantine
# H'raoua
# Hammamet
# Hussein Dey
# Hydra
# Khraïcia
# Kouba
# Les Eucalyptus
# Mahelma
# Mohamed Belouizdad
# Mohammedia
# Oued Koriche
# Oued Smar
# Ouled Chebel
# Ouled Fayet
# Rahmania
# Raïs Hamidou
# Reghaïa
# Rouïba
# Saoula
# Sidi M'Hamed (Sidi Mhamed)
# Sidi Moussa
# Souidania
# Staouéli
# Tessala El Merdja
# Zéralda

## References
Banaadir

**Banaadir** (, ) is a region (*gobolka*) in soothren Somalie. Its caipital is Mogadishu, tho the region itsel is coextensive wi the city an is hintle smawer than the historical region o Benadir. It is bordered bi the Somali regions o Middle Shabele an Lawer Shabele, as well as the Indian Ocean.

The Somali term *Banaadir* derives frae the oreeginal Persian wird *bandar*, meanin "port" or "harbour". It refers tae the northren historical ports o Barawa an Mogadishu.
Shabeellaha Hoose

**Lawer Shabele** () is an admeenistrative region (*[[Regions o Somalie|gobolka]]*) in soothern Somalie. Till 1984, when the regions wur reshaped, it wis pairt o the lairger Benadir region an its caipital wis Mogadishu, but is nou Marka.

Shabeellaha Hoose is bordered bi the Somali regions o Banaadir, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Hiiraan, Bay an Middle Juba an the Indian Ocean. Efter Mogadishu, this is thocht tae be the region wi the maist population in Somalie.

Lawer Shabele is named efter the Shebelle River, which passes through it.

## Leids
Linguistically, the region is host tae a considerable number o dialects o the Somali leid. The majority o the population speak the Digil version o the Af Maay dialect as spoken in the Dhoobey aurie. An aa spoken in the region are Af Jido, Af Garre, Af Tuni, Af Reer Marka an Af Reer Barawe as well as Staundart Somali an the Af Maay dialect o the Mirifle.

## Destricts
Shabeellaha Hoose consists o the follaein destricts:

*Afgoi Destrict
*Baraawe Destrict
*Kurtunwarey Destrict
*Qoriyoley Destrict
*Merca Destrict
*Sablaale Destrict
*Walaweyn Destrict

## Major touns
*Afgooye
*Barawa
*Merca
*Sablale

## Notes
Woqooyi Galbeed

**Woqooyi Galbeed** ( or **Maroodi Jeex**) is a region in Somaliland, a *de facto* independent republic which is recognized as an autonomous pairt o Somalie. Its caipital is Hargeisa; ither ceeties include Berbera. Woqooyi Galbeed is bordered bi Ethiopie tae the sooth, the Somali regions o Awdal, Sanaag, Togdheer an Gaaroodi, an the Gulf o Aden. The heichest point in this region is Munt Buuraha Wagar (2004 metres), which rises sootheast o Berbera.

Woqooyi Galbeed is separatit intae fower admeenistrative regions: Woqooyi Galbeed itsel an Gabiley, Gaaroodi, Hawd an Saaxil.

The regions' major touns are:

* Hargeisa
* Gabiley
* Baligubadle
* Toon
* Wajaale
* Allaybaday
* Kalabaydh
* Caadda
* Sallaxley
* Qool-cadey
* Sharmaarke
* Ina-guuxaa
* Faraweyne
* Dhinbiilriyale
* Qool-buulale
* Libaax-qowdhama

The region wis renamed *Maroodi Jeex*, which wis later dividit bi the Somaliland regional admeenistration tae create three ither regions: Gabiley, Gaaroodi an Hawd.
Mafraq

**Mafraq** (Arabic **المفرق** *Al-Mafraq*, local dialects *Mafrag* or *Mafra' *, "retail") is the caipital ceety o the Mafraq Govrenorate, Jordan, locatit 80 Km tae the north frae the Jordanian caipital Amman in crossroad tae Sirie tae the north an Iraq tae the east. It haes 58,954 inhabitants (2000). Mafraq wis an aa the location o a Transjordanian preesoner o war camp durin the Arab-Israeli War, uised tae hoose sodgers taken frae a Transjordanian victory at the Jewish quarter o East Jerusalem in 1948.

## Transport

Mafraq is served bi a station on the  naitional railway seestem.

## Education
Al al-Bayt University is the ae university in the ceety. The university wis established in 1992 an is locatit in the eastren ootskirts o Mafraq Govrenorate, (sooth o Mafraq ceety).

## See an aw

* Railway stations in Jordan

## References
Regions o Togo

Togo is dividit intae five regions (*régions*, singular *région*) (caipitals in parentheses):

The regions are dividit intae 30 prefectures an 1 commune.

## See an aa
*Prefectures o Togo
*ISO 3166-2:TG
Bozrah

**Bozrah**, spelt **Botsra** an **Botzrah** forbye, (,) is an auld biblical ceety in soothren modren-day Jordan, 20&nbsp;km tae the sooth o Tafilah, atween Tafilah (Tophel) an Shoubak.

## History

Bozrah wis the caipital ceety o Edom. Accordin tae the Auld Testament, the ceety wis the hameland o Jacob's twin brither, Esau. Bozrah means "sheepfold" an wis a pastoral ceety in Edom sootheast o the Dead Sea.

:"And these wur the keengs who reigned in the land o Edom before the reignin o a keeng ower the sons o Israel...An Bela dee'd, an Jobab the son o Zerah, from **Bozrah**, reigned in his place". (Gen 36:31-33)

The prophets Amos an Isaiah predictit Bozrah's destruction.

:"But A will send a fire against Teman, an it shall devour the pailaces o Bozrah". (Amos 1:12)

Accordin tae Isaiah 63:1-6, the Laird will come frae Edom (modren-day Jordan) an Bozrah on the day o vengeance an the year o redemption (cf. Revelation 19:13).

Accordin tae ae Christian interpretation o Micah 2:12-13, Bozrah, (or a place the Bible cryptically refers tae as Bozrah), will be the scene o a magnificent "brak-oot" o the fowk o God's covenant. Accordin tae this interpretation the deliverance will come at an Edomite controlled place o exile an incarceration in the End times. This epic event referred tae in Micah 2:12-13 haes been referred tae bi Dr. G. Finley as "the Bozrah deliverance". *Bozrah* is in the Ebreu, but maist translators render it as "fauld" - sheep in the *fauld*. This "brak-oot" coud be tee'd tae Zechariah 14:1-5, when *Yahweh* fechts against the naitions, staunds on the Munt o Olives (north o Israel), an splits the Munt in twa as a valley, sae that the remnant o Israel trapped in Jerusalem can escape those who wad kill them. Gin that's sae, Micah 2:12-13 wadna relate tae the locale o Bozrah.