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Cercado Province, Oruro

**Cercado** is a province in the northeastren pairts o the Bolivie depairtment o Oruro.

## Location
*Cercado* province is ane o saxteen provinces in the Oruro Depairtment. It is locatit atween 17° 22' an 18° 35' Sooth an atween 66° 21' an 67° 20' Wast.

It borders Tomas Barrón Province an La Paz Depairtment in the northwast, Nor Carangas Province an Saucarí Province in the wast, Poopó Province an Pantaléon Dalence Province in the sootheast, an Cochabamba Depairtment in the east an north.

The province extends ower 135&nbsp;km frae north tae sooth, an 105&nbsp;km frae east tae wast.

## Population
Main idiom o the province is Spaingie, spoken bi 96.7%, while 43.3% o the population speak Quechua an 25.5% Aymara.

The population increased frae 213,755 inhabitants (1992 census) tae 241,230 (2001 census), an increase o 12.9%. - 39.4% o the population is younger than 15 year auld.

18.6% o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 67.5% hae nae sanitary facilities.

16.3% o the population are employed in agricultur, 1.8% in minin, 11.9% in industrie, 70.0% in general services (2001).

83.0% o the population are Catholics, 13.5% are Protestants (1992).

## Diveesion
The province comprises fower municipalities which are further subdividit intae cantons.

## Freemit airtins
*General map o province 
*Detailed map o province touns an rivers 
*Population data (Spaingie)
Santa Catalina la Tinta

**Santa Catalina la Tinta** is a municipality in the Guatemalan depairtment o Alta Verapaz.  It is locatit in the het Polochic River glen.  It wis oreeginally pairt o the municipality o Panzós, but wis gien separate municipal status in 1999.  La Tinta is the commercial centre o the lawer Polochic glen, an merchants an shoppers clog the toun's streets especially on the offeecial mercat days o Tuesdays an Thursdays. The toun o Santa Catalina la Tinta is locatit at 110&nbsp;km frae Cobán an 278&nbsp;km frae Guatemala Ceety.

## References
Verona Pooth

**Verona Pooth**,  née **Feldbusch**, (born 30 Aprile 1968 in La Paz, Bolivie) is a German televeesion personality, brawnie pageant winner, an an occasional actress. In 1993, she wis Miss Germany an Miss Intercontinental an representit Germany at the Miss Universe contest. She receivit the German "Bambi" media prize in 2004 an 2006.

In 2004 she marriet Franjo Pooth, a German entrepreneur. They hae twa sons, San Diego an Rocco Ernesto.

## References
Tolata Municipality

**Tolata Municipality** is the third municipal section of the Germán Jordán Province in the Cochabamba Depairtment, Bolivie. Its seat is Tolata.

## References

*  Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia  (INE)
Auld Toun, Edinburgh

The **Auld Toun** o Edinburgh (), the caipital o Scotland, is the auldest pairt o the ceety. Thegither wi the 18t-century New Toun, it is a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid. It haes preservit its medieval plan an mony Reformation-era biggin.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid Inscription
*Edinburgh Old Town Association
Shaki

**Shaki** mey refer tae: 

*Shaki, Armenie, or Shaki'i, a toun
*Shaki, Azerbaijan, a ceety
*Shaki, Nigerie, a ceety
*Shakira, a Colombie pop sangster-sangwriter
Shaki, Armenie

**Shaki** (, Romanizit as **Shak’i** an aw) is a veelage an rural commonty (municipality) in the Syunik Province o Armenie.  The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit its population wis 1,611 in 2010, doun frae 1,390 at the 2001 census.

## References
Betty Veizaga

**Natividad Betty Veizaga Siles** (Vacas, Cochabamba, 1957) is a Bolivie fowk muisic muisicker.

She can play the charango an the ronroco an sings mainly in Quechua.

She stairtit in Vacas local radio station an she is a memmer o Grupo Pukaj Wayra wi her siblings, an duets Takiytinku wi her husband Rufo Zurita, an dochter Quilla Zurita.

## Discografie
### Betty Veizaga in Grupo Pukaj Wayra
* *Ama Sua, Ama Qhella, Ama Llulla*, Lyrichord disc - USA, 1981.
* *A Mi Tierra*, Origo 1004 - (Europe), 1984
* *Vi bygger en skola*, 1987.
* *Vaqueñita*, Lauro - Bolivia, 1993.
* *Tinkuy*, Lauro - Bolivia, 1994
* *Así es mi tierra*, Lauro - Bolivia, 1997; Sol de los Andes - Ecuador, 1998.
* *Con sentimiento a mi tierra*, Lauro - Bolivia, 1999.
* *Canta conmigo ...*, Lauro - Bolivia, 2000.
* *El valluno cholero*, Bolivia.

### Betty - Quilla an Grupo Pukaj Wayra
* *Nuestra ilusión*, Lauro - Bolivia, 2003.
* *A mi Bolivia*, Bolivia, 2009.

### Betty - Quilla
* *Con lo mejor y algo más*, Bolivia.

### Takiytinku (Rufo Zurita - Betty Veizaga)
* *Un encuentro de canto tradicional*, Bolivia.
* *El valluno cholero*, Bolivia.
* *Lo Nuevo, lo Mejor de Pukay Wayra*, Bolivia.
* *Soledad*, Bolivia, 2010.

### Betty Veizaga an Rolando Quinteros
* *Carnavaleando con...*, Bolivia.

## Freemit airtins
*Betty Veizaga, Pukaj Wayra
Tolata, Cochabamba

**Tolata** () is a locality in the Cochabamba Depairtment in central Bolivie. It is the seat o the Tolata Municipality, the third municipal section o the Germán Jordán Province. At the time o census 2001 it haed a population o 2,207.

## References

*  Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE) 

## Freemit airtins
* Map o Germán Jordán Province
Dongducheon

**Dongducheon** is a ceety in Gyeonggi-do, Sooth Korea.

The ceety locatit in the north o Seoul is strategically important for the defence o the Korean caipital. The main camps o the US Second Infantry Diveesion are locatit in the ceety wi the diveesion command at Uijeongbu Ceety.

## History
Durin Goguryeo, dynasty wis goin doun intae Korean peninsulae an Dongducheon came tae pairts o Goguryeo as a pairt o *naeulmae hyun* (kynds o auncient veelage). Later Dongducheon promotit intae Sacheon veelage o Unifee'd Silla in North Sooth States Period. It wis the pairt o Yangju in Goryeo.

### Modren history
In 1963, the status wis raised intae Tongducheon toun (eup). In 1981, Dongducheon ceety wis established includin Yangju coonty.

## Statistics

## Festival
Syne 1999, Dongducheon haes annually hostit the Dongducheon Rock Festival, ane o the biggest rock festivals in Sooth Korea. In 2007, the festival wis held at Camp Nimble, a previous US Airmy installation turned back ower tae Sooth Korea.

An aw, maple festival taks place aroond several streets an pairts o the ceety.

## Education
Thare are 10 heich schuils, 15 middle schuils an 38 elementary schuils. An aw ane university, that is Hanbuk University.

## U.S. Militar Bases
*Camp Casey
*Camp Castle
*Camp Hovey
*Camp Mobile
*Camp Nimble

## See an aw
* Leet o ceeties in Sooth Korea

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial ceety wabsteid 
*Offeecial Dongducheon Phrawgh's Tavern wabsteid
LOR

**LOR** mey refer tae:

* Lord of the Rings, beuk series bi J.R.R. Tolkien

In addeetion, **Lor** mey refer tae:
* Lor, Armenie, a toun o Syunik province
* Lor, Aisne, a commune o the Aisne département, in northren Fraunce
Gimpo

**Gimpo** is a ceety in Gyeonggi-do, Sooth Korea. It borders on Incheon, wi which it shares the Sooth Korean side o the Han River estuary,  as well as Seoul an the lesser ceeties o Paju an Goyang. North Korea is athort the Han River. The ceety's population o mair nor 220,000 is made up o mair nor 71,000 hoosehaulds.

Gimpo Airport (umwhile Kimpo Internaitional Airport) uised tae be locatit inside the ceety, but is nou pairt o Seoul. Tertiary educational institutions locatit in the ceety include Kimpo College an Joong-ang Seungga University. Thare are 24 elementary schuils, 11 middle schuils, an 6 heich schuils, includin Gimpo Foreign Language High School.

## Modren history
In 1914, Yangcheon coonty an Gimpo coonty wur mergit. Yangcheon coonty wis separatit intae 2 touns (Yangdong an Yangseo). In 1958, Yeouido internaitional airport wis relocatit tae Gimpo. In 1963, Yangdong an Yangseo touns wur incorporatit intae Yeongdeungpo-gu; it includes Gimpo airport. In 1973, Gyeyang an Ojeong touns o Bucheon wur transferred tae Gimpo. In 1989, pairts o Gyeyang toun wur cedit tae Incheon, givin Incheon a border wi soothwastren Seoul.

## Statistics

## Sister ceeties
* Xinmin, Cheenae
* Hampyeong Coonty, Sooth Korea

## See an aw
* Leet o ceeties in Sooth Korea
* Geografie o Sooth Korea
* Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie
* Gimpo Internaitional Airport

## Freemit airtins
*Ceety govrenment wabsteid
Paju

**Paju** is a ceety in Gyeonggi-do, Sooth Korea.  Paju wis made a ceety in 1997; it haed previously been a coonty (*gun*).

The ceety is locatit juist sooth o Panmunjeom on the 38t parallel. Tae defend the Korean caipital, Seoul, mony US an Korean airmy bases are set up in the ceety. In 2002, the northmaist Sooth Korean railway station, Dorasan, wis opened. North Korean territory an Kaesong Ceety can be seen frae Munt Dora in the ceety.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Paju is dividit as follaes:
* Beobwon-eup (법원읍)
* Paju-eup (파주읍)
* Munsan-eup (문산읍)
* Jori-eup (조리읍)
* Wollong-myeon (월롱면)
* Papyeong-myeon (파평면)
* Jeokseong-myeon (적성면)
* Gwangtan-myeon (광탄면)
* Tanhyeon-myeon (탄현면)
* Gunnae-myeon (군내면)
** Jangdan-myeon (장단면)
** Jinseo-myeon (진서면)
** Jindong-myeon (진동면)
* Gyoha-dong (교하동)
* Geumchon1(il)-dong (금촌1동)
** Maekgeum-dong (맥금동)
** Yadong-dong (야동동)
** Geomsan-dong (검산동)
** Adong-dong (아동동)
** Geumchon-dong (금촌동 - 1)
* Geumchon2(ii)-dong (금촌2동)
** Geumneung-dong (금릉동)
** Geumchon-dong (금촌동 - 2)

## US militar bases
*Camp Bonifas & Camp Liberty-Bell (hame tae US/ROKA Joint Security Area)
*Multi-Purpose Live Fire Complex (MLFC), cridd Rodriguez Range or Rodriguez Live Fire Complex an aw
*Camp Edwards -closed
*Camp Garry Owen -closed
*Camp Giant -closed
*Camp Greaves -closed
*Camp Howze -closed
*Camp Semper Fidelis (hame o 1st Provisional DMZ Police Co., 1st Marine Div. 1953-1956)
*Camp Stanton -closed

## Attractions
* Korean Demilitarisit Zone
* the Jayuro Road o Freedom
* Tongilro Road o Unification or National Road No. 1
* Gloucester Valley Battle Monument ("Gloster Hill") - war memorial
* Heyri Airt Veelage - wi 350 airtists in fine airts, muisic, theatre, photografie, sculptur, crafts an leeteratur. It aims toae promote cultural interchynge, education, an exhibit an sell haund-craftit wirks o airt.

## In media
* It is the location o film *[[Paju (film)|Paju]]*, starrin bi Lee Sun Gyun an Seo Woo.

## Sister ceeties
Paju is twinned wi the follaein places:

*Coquitlam, Canadae
*Cuenca, Spain
*Hadano, Japan
*Mudanjiang, Cheenae
*Pasadena, Californie
*Stellenbosch, Sooth Africae
*Toowoomba, Australie

## See an aw
*Leet o ceeties in Sooth Korea

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Ceety govrenment wabsteid
Ishkhanasar

**Ishkhanasar** (, Romanisit as **Ishkanasar** an aw; umwhile, **Ghzljugh** &ndash; , Romanisit as **Ghjljugh** an **Ghzyljugh** an aw; earlier, **Kyzyldzhuk**, **Kyzyldzhug**, **Kizildzhuk**, an **Kizildzhug**) is a veelage an rural commonty (municipality) in the Syunik Province o Armenie. The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenia (ARMSTAT) reportit its population as 271 in 2010, up frae 147 at the 2001 census.

The place is namit in honor o Nikoghayos Poghos Mikaelian (*nom de guerre*: Ishkhan), a resistance leader durin the Armenie Genocide.

## References
Dastakert

**Dastakert** () is a toun in the Syunik Province (*marz*) o Armenie. It is locatit on a distance o 236&nbsp;km sooth tae the caipital Yerevan an 127&nbsp;km north-wast tae the ceety o Kapan. Dastakert wis kent as a toun syne 1951. The toun is situatit on the fuit o the muntain Airy, at the ruit o the river Dastakert, on a hicht o 2050 metres abuin sea level. Dastakert wis first mentioned as a veelage in the history bi Stepanos Orbelian in 12-13t centuries.  Dastakert forms an urban community (municipality).  The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit its population wis 303 in 2010, up frae 287 at the 2001 census.

In 1951 Dastakert haes gaind the status o toun, an in 1952 the copper-molybdenum plant wis biggit thare.  In 1968, durin the Soviet heyday, thare wur 4000 residents in Dastakerd. Efter the copper-molybdenum plant shut its doors in 1975, the population haes hairskly declined, an aw that remained frae the toun's buim period wis anerlie its status as an urban commonty. Nouadays, anerlie 303 residents live in Dastakert. Maist residents are refugees frae Azerbaijan. 2-3 childer are born in Dastakerd on a yearly basis.

Currently, 1 seicontary schuil, 1 cultural centre, a muisical schuil an a leebrar are regularly operatin in the toun.
There is a lithographic inscription 2&nbsp;km north o the dounset on a rock cried Vardapet-Stone.

## Economy
In 1995, the govrenment o unthirlt Armenie, reaffirmit the status of Dastakert as a toun athin the Syunik province.
Anerlie 8% o the toun's residents hae jobs, maistly in the post office, the municipality an the schuil. A branch o Zangezour copper-molybdenum plant wi its ore-dressin mill wis biggit on the base o the auld copper-molybdenum plant of Dastakert.

## References
Mutsk

**Mutsk** (, Romanisit as **Muts’k’** an **Mutsq** an aw; umwhile, **Mazra**, **Bartsravan**, an **Bardzravan**) is a veelage an rural commonty (municipality) in the Syunik Province o Armenie.  The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit its population wis 375 in 2010, doun frae 376 at the 2001 census.

## References
Nzhdeh

**Nzhdeh** (; umwhile, **Soflu** (); Romanisit as **Sotlu**; an, **Pusak** an aw) is a veelage an landwart commonty (municipality) in the Syunik Province o Armenie.

The commonty o Njdeh includes the veelages o Njdeh an Tsghuni.  The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit the commonty's population as 188 in 2010, up frae 185 at the 2001 census. The veelage's population wis 114 at the 2001 census.

## References
Darbas

:*For the toun in Lori Province, see [[Darpas]].*

**Darbas** (; an aw, **Darabas**, **Darapas**, an **Darabaz**) is a veelage an rural commonty (municipality) in the Syunik Province o Armenie.  

The commonty o Darbas includes the veelages o Darbas an Shamb.  The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit the commonty's population as 1,234 in 2010, up frae 1,141 at the 2001 census. ARMSTAT reportit the veelage's population as 698 at the 2001 census.

## References
Getatagh

**Getatagh** (, Romanisit as **Getat’agh**, **Getatakh**, an **Getatag** an aw) is a veelage an rural commonty (municipality) in the Syunik Province o Armenie.  The toun's kirk, Saunt Astvatsatsin, dates frae 1702.  The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit its population as 220 in 2010, up frae 194 at the 2001 census.

## References
New Town

**New Town** mey refer tae:

*New toun, a generic name for a planned ceety development or expansion
*In the Unitit Kinrick, ony o a specific set o touns creatit unner various Acts o Parliament for population muivit oot o owercroudit conurbations

## Places
;Australie
*New Town, Tasmanie, a suburb o Hobart

;Czech Republic
*New Town, Prague (*Nové Město*), a destrict o Prague

;England
*New Town, Birmingham, an inner-ceety destrict o Birmingham
*New Town, Luton, a destrict o Luton
*New Town, Southampton, a destrict o the ceety o Southampton
*New Town, Walsall, a destrict o Walsall

;Ghana
*New Town, Ghana, Western Region
;India
*Rajarhat, cried New Town, Kolkata

;Pakistan
*New Town, Karachi, cried Binori Town

;Poland
*Warsaw New Toun, an auld destrict o Warsaw

;Scotland
*New Toun, Edinburgh, the centre o Edinburgh

;Slovakie
*Nové Mesto, Bratislava (*New Toun* in Scots), a burgh in Bratislava

;Unitit States
*New Town, Californie, the umwhile name o Nubieber, Californie
*New Town, Californie, the umwhile name o Newtown, El Dorado Coonty, Californie
*New Town (Key West), a neebourheid athin the City of Key West, Florida
*New Town, Georgie
*New Town, Louisiana, the umwhile Breetish name o New Iberia, Louisiana
*New Town, Missouri, a commonty athin the ceety o St. Charles
*New Town, North Dakota
*New Town, Sooth Carolina, the umwhile name o Myrtle Beach
*Newe Towne, the umwhile name o Cambridge, Massachusetts

;Zimbabwe
*New Town, Kwekwe, a suburb o Kwekwe

## See an aw
*Newton
*Newtown
*Newtonville
*Planned commonty
Iturbide

**Iturbide** mey refer tae:
*Iturbide (surname)
*Hoose o Iturbide, ryal hoose o Mexico
**Agustín de Iturbide
*Iturbide, Nuevo León
*Iturbide Bridge, a locale o the Tampico Affair
*Villa de Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí
Iturbide, Nuevo León

**Iturbide** is a municipality o Mexico, locatit in Nuevo León. It haes an aurie o 719.2 square kilometres. It is namit in honor o Agustin de Iturbide. It is bordered bi the municipality o Galeana on the north an wast. Aramberri borders it tae the sooth, an baith Linares an Tamaulipas border it tae the east. Its main economic activity is agricultur an tourism. The nearbi municipal govrenment center is San Pedro de Iturbide. 

## Freemit airtins
* Municipal wabsteid 
* Galería fotográfica
Ar Riwaq

**Ar Riwaq** is a toun in the Amman Govrenorate o north-wastren Jordan.

## References


## Freemit airtins
*Satellite map at Maplandia.com
*Search for Ar Riwaq in the MSN Encarta atlas
Karlsborg

**Karlsborg** is a locality an the seat o Karlsborg Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 3,551 inhabitants in 2010. This garrison toun lees at the shore o lake Vättern in Västergötland.

## History
The town o Karlsborg wis established an grew due tae the construction o Karlsborg Fortress, durin the 19t century. Accordin tae the principles o a central defence, the fortress wis designatit as the reserve caipital o Swaden in the event o war.

## References
Forsvik

**Forsvik** is a locality situatit in Karlsborg Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 342 inhabitants in 2010.

## References
Katharine Blake

**Katharine Blake** (born 1970) is a Breetish sangster, sangwriter an muisicker oreeginally frae Lunnon. She wis the lead sangster o Miranda Sex Garden, an is the foondin memmer, sangster an muisical director o the muisical group the Mediæval Bæbes.

Katharine's first bairn, Ava Sophia, wis born in Februar, 2007.

## Freemit airtins
* Mediaeval Baebes
* Miranda Sex Garden
Aiken, Sooth Carolina

**Aiken** () is a ceety in an the county seat of Aiken Coonty, Sooth Carolina, Unitit States.  With Augusta, Georgie, it is ane o the twa lairgest ceeties o the Central Savannah River Area. It is pairt o the Augusta-Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area. Aiken is hame tae the University of South Carolina at Aiken. The population wis 29,494 at the 2010 census. Aiken wis recognisit wi the All-America City Award in 1997 bi the National Civic League.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*
Shawinigan

**Shawinigan** is a ceety locatit on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie aurie in Quebec, Canadae. It haed a population o 50,060 as o the Canada 2011 Census.

Shawinigan is an aw a territory equivalent tae a regional coonty municipality (TE) an census diveesion (CD) o Quebec, coextensive wi the ceety o Shawinigan. Its geographical code is 36. Shawinigan is the seat o the judicial destrict o Saint-Maurice.

The name Shawinigan haes haed numerous spellins ower time: Chaouinigane, Oshaouinigane, Assaouinigane, Achawénégan, Chawinigame, Shawenigane, Chaouénigane. It mey mean "sooth portage", "portage o beeches", "angular portage", or "summit" or "crest". Afore 1958, the ceety wis kent as Shawinigan Faws.

## Famous fowk
The ceety is hame til:

*Jean Chrétien, Prime Meenister o Canadae frae 1993 tae 2003 
*Carole Laure, actress 
*Jacques Plante, NHL goaltender

## Sister ceeties
* Hamilton, Ontario
* Monterrey, Mexico

## Footnotes

## Freemit airtins

*  Shawinigan offeecial steid
*Tourisme Mauricie Regional tourist office
Uiwang

**Uiwang** is a ceety in Gyeonggi-do, Sooth Korea.  It is ane o mony satellite ceeties that ring Seoul, makkin up the Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie.  Its lairgest immediate urban neebour is Anyang.  The law peaks o the Gwangju Muntains shape the local landscape.

Rail transportation is an important pairt o Uiwang, which is hame tae the Korean Railroad Museum an Korea Naitional Railroad College.  Seoul Subway Line 1 passes throu the ceety, as daes the Gyeongbu Line railwey.  In addition, a terminal o the Hanjin container shippin concern is locatit here.

## Admeenistrative destricts
Currently thare are sax admeenistrative destricts in Uiwang:

## Sister ceeties
Uiwang is twinned wi:

*  North Little Rock, Arkansas, Unitit States (2000)
*  Kimitsu, Japan (2002)

## See an aw
* Leet o ceeties in Sooth Korea
* Geografie o Sooth Korea

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Ceety govrenment wabsteid 
*
Yangju

**Yangju** is a ceety in Gyeonggi-do, Sooth Korea.  Yangju is locatit sooth o Dongducheon an north o Uijeongbu no far frae Seoul.

## Attractions
Yangju is hame tae the Jangheun Art Gallery which featurin sax exhibition haws an includes subsidiary facilities such as ootdoor performances an ootdoor sculptures.  Yangju haes an astronomical observatory an planetarium that is open tae the public an aw. The ceety uised tae hae a walkin pairk featurin the film locations an constructit sets for the MBC Korean drama *[[Daejanggeum]]*, but this wis closed permanently in late 2011 due tae persistent vandalism.

## Transportation
There are 3 subway stations covered bi Seoul Metropolitan Mass Transit System, it taks aboot 70 minutes frae the centre o Seoul
to the first station located in Yangju.
An aw, thare are numerous public bus services runnin atween Seoul, Uijeongbu, an up tae Yeoncheon, whaur the border on North Korea
is crossed bi Demilitarisit Militar Zone.

## Statistics

## See an aw
*Leet o ceeties in Sooth Korea

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Ceety govrenment wabsteid
Mediæval Bæbes

The **Mediæval Bæbes** are a Breetish ensemble o female muisickers foondit in the 1990s bi Katharine Blake an includit some o her colleagues frae the baund Miranda Sex Garden, as well as ither friends that share her luve o mediaeval muisic. The lineup aften rotates frae album tae album, an ranges frae sax tae 12 memmers.

## Discografie
### Studio
*1997 *[[Salva Nos (album)|Salva Nos]]*
*1998 *[[Worldes Blysse]]*
*2000 *[[Undrentide]]*
*2002 *[[The Rose (Mediæval Bæbes album)|The Rose]]*
*2005 *[[Mirabilis (album)|Mirabilis]]*
*2008 *Illumination*
*2012 *The Huntress*
### Live
*2006 *Live* (includes twa new studio tracks; sauld anerlie on the offeecial wabsteid an at concerts)
*2010 *Temptation*
### Compilations an soondtracks
*1999 *The Best Of The Mediæval Bæbes* (this teetle is absent frae the Mediæval Bæbes' wabsteid, an they comment that *Mistletoe and Wine* is 'the anerlie compilation endorsed bi the Mediæval Bæbes')
*2003 *[[Mistletoe and Wine (album)|Mistletoe And Wine]]* (a collection o Christmas-relatit muisic frae previous albums, plus 2 new sangs an 2 re-recordit sangs)
*2006 *The Virgin Queen - Music From The Original Television Series* (soondtrack album bi Martin Phipps, featurin Mediæval Bæbes)
*2012 *Devotion* (a collection o devotional tracks frae previous albums remixed an remastered, plus ae new sang; sauld anerlie on the offeecial wabsteid an at concerts)

### Video
*2000 *Live At The Rehearsal Hall* (VHS)
*2006 *Mediæval Bæbes* (DVD)
*2009 *Live At Gloucester Cathedral* (DVD)

## References
 

## Freemit airtins
* Mediæval Bæbes offeecial steid
* MySpace
* Offeecial Facebook page
* Mediæval Bæbes interview
Sayaxché

**Sayaxché** is a municipality in the El Petén depairtment o Guatemala, on the Río La Pasión river. In 2000, it haed 47,693 inhabitants.

The ceety wis foondit in 1874 tae provide accommodation for forest wirkers o Jamet Sastré loggin company. It obtain a municipal status in 1929.

El Rosario Naitional Pairk is locatit juist east o the toun. The airchaeological steids o Ceibal an Dos Pilas are locatit athin the municipal boondaries.

## References
* Municipal wabsteid
Namsan

**Namsan** or **Nam-san**, literally "Sooth Muntain" is a common name for Korean muntains an hills. Muntains kent bi this name include:

* Namsan (Chagang) in Chagang Province, North Korea
* Namsan (Haeju) in Haeju-si, Sooth Hwanghae Province, North Korea
* Namsan (Eunyul-gun) in Eunyul-gun, Sooth Hwanghae Province, North Korea
* Namsan (Seoul) in the Jung-gu destrict o Seoul, Sooth Korea
* Namsan (Chungju) in Chungju Ceety, North Chungcheong Province, Sooth Korea
* Namsan (Sangju) in Sangju Ceety, North Gyeongsang Province, Sooth Korea
* Namsan (Gyeongju) in the hert o Gyeongju Naitional Pairk, in Gyeongju Ceety, North Gyeongsang Province, Sooth Korea.
Namsan (Seoul)

**Namsan** (lit. "Sooth Muntain") is a  peak in the Jung-gu destrict o sooth central Seoul, Sooth Korea.  Although kent as Munt Mongmyeok, or 목멱산, in the past, it is nou commonly referred tae as Namsan.  It affers some hikin, recreation an views o dountoun Seoul's skyline.  The N Seoul Tower is locatit on top o Namsan.

The muntain an surroondin aurie is the Namsan Pairk, a public pairk maintained bi the ceety govrenment.  It is a popular spot for a panoramic view o Seoul. It is the location o a smoke signal station cried *Mongmyeoksan Bongsudae*' (Mongmyeoksan Beacon Tower, Hangul: 목멱산 봉수대) an aw, which wis pairt o an emergency communication seestem durin early times till 1985. Frae 1925 tae 1945 the Shinto shrine kent as Chōsen Jingū wis situatit on Namsan.

In 2011 in a survey conductit, bi Seoul Development Institute, which includit 800 residents an 103 urban planners an airchitects. It rankit Namsan as the maist scenic location in Seoul wi 62.8 percent bi residents an 70.9 percent bi experts. 

The pairk an the foontain wis uised as the filmin location for Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS)'s drama *[[Lovers in Paris]]*. 

## See an aw
*Namsan cable caur
*Leet o Korea-relatit topics
*Leet o muntains in Korea
*Leet o pairks in Seoul

## References

## Freemit airtin
*Life In Korea profile 
*Offeecial English-leid steid o Namsan Pairk
Pyeongtaek

**Pyeongtaek** is a ceety in Gyeonggi-do, Sooth Korea. Locatit in the soothwastren pairt o the province, Pyeongtaek wis foondit as a union o twa destricts in 940,  durin the Goryeo dynasty.  It wis elevatit tae ceety status in 1986, an is hame tae a Sooth Korean naval base an a muckle concentration o Unitit States truips.  The Korean govrenment plans tae transform Pyeongtaek ceety tae an internaitional economic hub tae coincide wi the muive o the United States Forces Korea (USFK) to Pyeongtaek. Durin the Korean War it wis the steid o an early battle atween US an North Korean forces, the Battle o Pyongtaek.

## See an aw
* Camp Humphreys
* Songtan
* USFK
* Leet o ceeties in Sooth Korea
* Geografie o Sooth Korea

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial Pyeongtaek Wabsteid
*Anjeong-ri, a Pyeongtaek commonty ootside Camp Humphreys 
*Pyeongtaek in a Nutshell
San Francisco, El Petén

**San Francisco** is a municipality in the El Petén depairtment o Guatemala. The municipality haes a population o 8,066 fowk.

The San Francisco municipal govrenment is led bi alcalde Simon Vinicio Penados Gomez, o the Naitional Unity o Howp (UNE). The poleetical pairty UNE haulds aw but twa offices in the govrenment; those twa are held bi Grand Naitional Alliance (GANA) memmers.

The municipality includes 11 commonties:
* San Francisco (pop. 2713)
* San Juan de Dios (pop. 1118)
* Santa Cruz (pop. 246)
* Eben Ezer (pop. 229)
* San José Pinares (pop. 203)
* Nuevo San Francisco (pop. 144)
* San Valentín las Flores (pop. 1007)
* Santa Teresa (pop. 101)
* San Martín (pop. 347)
* Laguna El Zapotal (pop. 183)
* Nueva Guatemala (pop. 515)

## References

## Freemit airtins
San Francisco, El Petén Offeecial Steid (Spainyie)
Jung Destrict, Incheon

**Jung-gu**, ) is a waird, a destrict in the ceety o Incheon, Sooth Korea. This is ane o the aicht destricts intae which Incheon is admeenistratively dividit.

Jung-gu is the historic pairt o Incheon an aw. It wis foondit in 1883, when the Jemulpo Port wis open. The waird contains multiple historical an cultural heritage monuments, such as the Dap-dong Cathedral , the Hongyemun Gate, The First Anglican Kirk, an the Jayu Pairk, which wis the first modren-style pairk built in Korea.

Incheon is the gateway tae the caipital, Seoul. In modren times Incheon port became a tradin port, haes at its centre, Jung-gu. Incheon port is truly an internaitional gatewey an Korea‘s seicont lairgest trade port. Jung-gu haes the warld’s finest internaitional airport - Incheon Internaitional Airport.

## Admeenistrative diveesions o Incheon Jung-gu
*Sinpo-dong (dividit in turn intae Jungang-dong 1 tae 4 Ga, Haean-dong 1 tae 4 Ga, Gwandong 1 tae 3 Ga, Songhak-dong 1 tae 3 Ga, Sadong, Sinsaeng-dong, Dapdong, Sinpo-dong, Hangdong 1 tae 6 Ga an some portion o Hangdong 7-ga)
*Yeonan-dong (dividit in turn intae some portions o Hangdong 7-ga and Bukseong-dong 1-ga)
*Bukseong-dong (dividit in turn intae Bukseong-dong 2 an 3 Ga, some portion of Bukseong-dong 1-ga and Seollin-dong)
*Sinheung-dong (dividit in turn intae Sinheung-dong 1 tae 3 Ga an Seonhwa-dong)
*Yulmok-dong (dividit in turn intae Yulmok-dong an Yudong)
*Dong Incheon-dong (dividit in turn intae Naedong, Gyeongdong, Yongdong, Inhyeon-dong, an Jeondong)
*Yeongjong-dong, Yeongjong Island (dividit in turn intae Jungsan-dong, Unnam-dong an Unbuk-dong)
*Unseo-dong, Yeongjong Island
*Yongyu-dong, Yongyu Island (dividit in turn intae Eurwang-dong, Nambuk-dong, Deokgyo-dong an Muui-dong)
*Songwol-dong 1 tae 3 Ga
*Dowon-dong

## References
Jung-gu, Seoul

**Jung-gu** (), literally meanin Central Destrict, is ane o the 25 *[[Admeenistrative diveesions o Sooth Korea|gu]]* which mak up the ceety o Seoul, Sooth Korea. It is locatit on the north side o the Han River, an as its name implees, is the historical centre o the ceety.

Locatit in the hert o Seoul, Jung-gu is an aurie wi a variety o auld an new. It is a centre o modrenity, whaur facilities sic as heich rise office biggins, depairtment stores an shoppin maws are clustered thegither, an a centre o tradeetion an aw, whaur valuable historic steids sic as Deoksugung an Namdaemun can be foond. Locatit here is the Gwangtonggwan, the auldest continuously-operatin bank biggin in Korea. It wis registered as ane o ceety's protectit monuments on 5 Mairch 2001.

In addition, thegither wi cultural steids as Myeongdong Cathedral an the Bank o Korea Museum, thare are famous laundmerks o Seoul sic as N Seoul Tower on Namsan moontain in Jung-gu. Myeongdong is ane o the maist famous shoppin auries in Sooth Korea, an is ane o favorite tourist destinations.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## Economy
Jung-gu is ane o the maist significant business cores o Seoul. Notable companies based in Jung-gu include Hanhwa, Shinsegae, Hanjin, Doosan Corporation, SK Telecom, LG U+, Daewoo International, Daehan Logistics, Ssangyong Cement, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Lotte Shopping an mony mair. An aw, mony bankin an ither financial companies hae heidquarters in Jung-gu, sic as KB Financial Group, Woori Financial Group, Shinhan Financial Group, Hana Financial Group, Korea Life Insurance, Samsung Life Insurance, Industrial Bank of Korea, Korean Exchange Bank, an Samsung Card. Major newspapers sic as The Chosun Ilbo an JoongAng Ilbo are based in Jung-gu an aw.

The heidquairter o Sooth Korean fuid company CJ Cheil Jedang is locatit in the CJ Cheiljedang Building in Ssangnim-dong, near the Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station.

### Foreign operations
Air France operates a ticketin office on the 11t floor o the Korean Air Building in Jung-gu. Air China haes an office on the 1st an 2nt floors o the Hansuang Building in Seosomun-dong in Jung-gu. All Nippon Airways operates the Seoul Office in Room 1501 on the 15t floor o the Center Building in Sogong-dong, Jung-dae. Hainan Airlines operates its Sooth Korea office in Suite 1501 o the Samyoung Building in Sogong-dong. MIAT Mongolian Airlines haes its Seoul Branch Office in the Soonhwa Building in Sunhwa-dong.

### Umwhile operations
In the 1980s Korean Air haed its heidquairters in Jung-gu.

## Govrenment an infrastructur
The Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal haes its heidquairters in the S1 Building in Sunhwa-dong, Jung-gu.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Jung-gu Offeecial steid in Inglis 
* Resident offices an maps o Jung-gu
Jung-gu, Daegu

**Jung-gu** is a ''gu'', or destrict, coverin the dountoun aurie o Daegu, Sooth Korea.  It borders maist o the ither destricts o Daegu, includin Nam-gu tae the soouh, Seo-gu tae the wast, Buk-gu tae the north, an Dong-gu an Suseong-gu tae the east.  The northren border is formit bi the Gyeongbu Line railwey, an the eastren border bi the Sincheon stream.

Jung-gu is at the nexus of Daegu Subway Line 1 and Daegu Subway Line 2.  Daegu Subway Line 3 passes throu the destrict an aw.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Jung-gu offeecial wabsteid
Jung-gu, Busan

**Jung-gu** (literally *central gu*) is a *[[Subdiveesions o Sooth Korea|gu]]* in soothren central Busan, Sooth Korea. It haes an aurie o 2.8&nbsp;km², an a population o aboot 48,000.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Jung-gu is dividit intae 8 legal *dong*, which awthegither comprise 9 admeenistrative *dong*, as follaes:

*Jungang-dong
*Donggwang-dong
*Daecheong-dong
*Bosu-dong
*Bupyong-dong
*Gwangbok-dong
*Nampo-dong
*Yeongju-dong (2 administrative *dong*)

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Jung-gu wabsteid  
* Jung-gu-Ceety o Busan 

## See an aw

* Leet o Korea-relatit topics
* Geografie o Sooth Korea
Kolpino

**Kolpino** (; , **', or **') is a municipal ceety in Kolpinsky Destrict o the federal ceety o St.&nbsp;Petersburg, Roushie, locatit on the Izhora River (Neva's tributary)  sootheast of St.&nbsp;Petersburg proper. Population:   81,000 (1972); 8,076 (1897).

Kolpino wis foondit in 1722 an wis grantit toun status in 1912. It uised tae be ane o the chief ironwirks o the croun in Roushie. Kolpino wis hame tae an iron foondry o the Roushie Admiralty an aw. A saucrit image o St.&nbsp;Nicholas in the Trinity Kirk is visitit bi numerous pilgrims on the 22nt o Mey ivery year.

Many fowk o Kolpino wirk at Izhorsky Zavod.

## Sister ceeties
* Druskininkai, Lithuanie
* Rauma, Finland
* Huai'an, Cheenae

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Wabsteid o Kolpino
Jung-gu, Daejeon

**Jung-gu** Korean:중구, 中區) is a gu in soothren central Daejeon, Sooth Korea. It haes an aurie o  an a population o aboot 265,467.
Jung-gu, Ulsan

**Jung-gu** is the central destrict o Ulsan, Sooth Korea. Its name literally means "Central Waird".  Maist o the population live atween the soothren border o the River Taehwa an Ring Road. The current heid o the destrict is Jo Yong-su (Hangul: 조용수) (2007).

## Demografics
234,875 fowk live in Ulsan Jung-gu. 120,077 o these are Korean males, 114,349 are Korean females, 153 are foreign males an 296 are foreign females (30 Aprile 2003).  In anerlie ane "dong" (smawer diveesion), namely Okgyo-dong, dae weemen ootnumber men.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
The "Dong" o Jung-gu an their demografics are as follae:
*Bangu 1-dong (Hangul: 반구1동) 10,292 KM; 9,357 KF; 11 FM; 24 FF
*Bangu 2-dong (Hangul: 반구2동) 5,493 KM; 5,165 KF; 6 FM; 6 FF
*Boksan 1-dong (Hangul: 복산1동) 6,712 KM; 6,319 KF; 9 FM; 14 FF
*Boksan 2-dong (Hangul: 복산2동) 6,708 KM; 6,383 KF; 8 FM; 12 FF
*Bukjeong-dong (Hangul: 북정동) 6,194 KM; 6,030 KF; 9 FM; 16 FF
*Byeongyeong 1-dong (Hangul: 병영1동) 10,733 KM; 10,264 KF; 5 FM; 21 FF
*Byeongyeong 2-dong (Hangul: 병영2동) 11,113 KM; 10,246 KF: 12 FM; 21 FF
*Daun-dong (Hangul: 다운동) 16,616 KM; 15,986 KF; 15 FM; 17 FF
*Hakseong-dong (Hangul: 학성동) 7,314 KM; 6,796 KF; 8 FM; 13 FF
*Okgyo-dong (Hangul: 옥교동) 4,318 KM; 4,341 KF; 10 FM; 29 FF
*Seongnam-dong (Hangul: 성남동) 4,013 KM; 3,937 KF; 11 FM; 45 FF
*Taehwa-dong (Hangul: 태화동) 13,634 KM; 13,274 KF; 9 FM; 30 FF
*Ujeong-dong (Hangul: 우정동) 13,201 KM; 12,861 KF; 36 FM; 44 FF
*Yaksa-dong (Hangul: 약사동) 3,736 KM; 3,390 KF; 4 FM; 4 FF

### Key
*KM: Resident Korean Males
*KF: Resident Korean Females
*FM: Resident Foreign Males
*FF: Resident Foreign Females

## Local attractions
Ulsan Ceety centre is generally regardit as Seongnam-dong, in central Jung-gu.  Here lees Dongheon (Hangul: 동헌), an auld complex uised bi the Japanese as a base o govrenment durin the occupation o Korea.  An aw in Jung-gu are Hyanggyo (Hangul: 향교), the auld Confucian Academy, Byeongyeongseong (Hangul: 병영성), an auld hill fortress o which vera little remains the day, an an auncient stupa atop the hill kent as Hakseong Park (Hangul: 학성공원).  This stupa is the anerlie ane in Sooth Korea tae hae the Oriental Zodiac figurs carvit aroond its base.

## Footnotes

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial steid 
*Offeecial steid
Sơn Tây

**Sơn Tây** is an urban destrict an ceety in Hanoi, the caipital o Vietnam. It wis the caipital o Son Tay province afore mergin wi Ha Dong province in 1965. Son Tay lies 35&nbsp;km wast o the caipital Hanoi an is aften referred tae as “sodger toun” due tae the proliferation o airmy barracks an militar institutions that surroonds the toun, includin the Vietnamese Fowkairmy Infantry Academy.

A U.S. militar preesoner-o-war rescue attempt occurred here in the early fore-nuin oors of 21 November 1970. A special task force o Green Berets, supportit bi Air Force an Navy assets, raidit a POW camp locatit in the province. The raid failed when it wis discovered thare wur nae preesoners thare, but managit tae depairt wi minimal loss in equipment an nae loss o life for the raidin force.

Son Tay’s futur is seen as being vera hintle that o a satellite ceety o Hanoi an as a result thare are plans tae relocate universities an ither public facilities tae Son Tay whaur laund is cheaper an mair plentiful. The govrenment hae commencit this ambitious program bi duplicatin the main Hanoi—Sơn Tây carriagewa which wis expectit tae be completit in 2009.

Pham Van Dong, a general wis frae Son Tay.

## History
Son Tay is famous for its thoosan year auld veelages, such as Duong Lam which retains a collection o vernacular airchitectur wi biggins an temples built uisin laterite bricks.

## See an aw
*Son Tay Campaign

## References
;Notes

## Freemit airtins
* Cổng thông tin Người Sơn Tây 
* Diễn đàn Người Sơn Tây
Songpa-gu

**Songpa-gu** is a *[[Admeenistrative diveesions o Sooth Korea#Gu (Destrict)|destrict]]* o Seoul, Sooth Korea. Songpa is locatit at the sootheastren pairt o Seoul, the caipital o Korea, Songpa is the destrict wi the lairgest population. It wis selectit as a caipital o a kinrick 2,000 year ago, an is nou hame tae 647,000 residents. Songpa is generally referred tae as a pairt o Greater Gangnam Aurie alang wi Gangnam-gu an Seocho-gu.

Songpa wis at the centre o 1988 Simmer Olympics, an maist o the sportin facilities associatit wi that event are locatit athin the destrict.

In 2009, Songpa-gu wan the Livcom Awards o UNEP for the maist liveable ceety

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## Transportation

### Railroad

## See an aw

*Gangnam-gu
*Leet o Korea-relatit topics
*Geografie o Sooth Korea

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial hamepage
Laval, Quebec

**Laval** () is a Canadian ceety locatit in soothwastren Quebec, north o Montreal. It is the lairgest suburb o Montreal, the third lairgest municipality in the province o Quebec, an the thirteent lairgest ceety in Canadae wi a population o 401,553 in 2011.

Laval is geographically separatit frae the mainland tae the north bi the Rivière des Mille Îles, an frae the Island o Montreal tae the sooth bi the Rivière des Prairies. Laval occupees aw o Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval.

Laval constitutes region 13 o the 17 admeenistrative regions o Quebec as well as a territory equivalent tae a regional coonty municipality (TE) an census diveesion (CD) wi geographical code 65. It constitutes the judicial destrict o Laval an aw.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*City of Laval wabsteid
*Interactive map of Laval from the official website  Shows baith the borders an names o the 14 umwhile municipalities (purple) an the borders anerlie o the current 6 sectors (maroon), tick aff baith boxes beside "Limite administrative".
Xicheng

**Xicheng Destrict** (, lit. "Wast Ceety Destrict"), commonly kent as **Xicheng**, is a destrict in Beijing, Cheenae. Xicheng Destrict spans 32 square kilometres, makkin it the lairgest portion o the auld ceety (inside the 2nt Ring Road), an haes 706,691 indwallers (2000 Census). Its postal code is 100032. Xicheng is subdividit intae 15 subdistricts o the ceety proper o Beijing. The umwhile Xuanwu Destrict wis mergit intae Xicheng on Julie 2010.

The Xidan commercial destrict, Finance Street (Jinrongjie), Beihai Pairk, Jingshan Pairk, Shichahai an Zhongnanhai are athin its jurisdiction. The popular Houhai bar aurie is in Xicheng an aw. Afore the communist takower, maist ryalties an aristocrats residit in the precinct. The auldest Catholic kirk in Beijing, the Cathedral o the Immaculate Conception is locatit in Xicheng.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Thare are 15 subdistricts in the destrict:

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial wabsteid o Xicheng Destrict Govrenment  
*Photo Gallery o Houhai aurie  Includes 20 heich quality photographs
*Photo Gallery o Qianhai aurie  Includes 20 heich quality photographs
Jongno-gu

**Jongno-gu** is a ''gu'', or destrict, in central Seoul, Sooth Korea. It taks its name frae a major local street, Jongno, whilk means "Bell Street".

## Characteristic

Jongno-gu haes been the centre o the ceety for 600 year, syne it is whaur the Joseon dynasty established its caipital ceety. Jongno-gu is commonly referred tae as the face an hert o Korea acause o its important roles in the politics, economics, cultur, an history as the caipital ceety. Jongno-gu is hame tae pailaces in whilk the kings uised tae bide an work, lik Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Changgyeonggung an Unhyeongung. The Sooth Korean preses' current residence, the Blue Hoose, is locatit in Jongno-gu an aw.

Wi the historical value an cultural properties, Jongno-gu attracts visitors' attention. Thae include the restored Cheonggyecheon stream, the traditional neebourheid o Insa-dong, an the Jongmyo shrine. Art Center Nabi an Gahoe Museum, a relics museum is locatit in the destrict. A feck o colleges an varsities is locatit here; thae include the main campuses o Sungkyunkwan University an Baehwa Women's College.

Jongno-gu is hame tae Jogyesa an aw, the chief temple o the Jogye Order o Korean Buddhism.

## Economy
As the tradeetional hert o Seoul, Jongno is still an important business center. Notable companies based in Jongno include Kumho Asiana Group, Kyobo Life. Lotte Group, SK Group, Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Daewoo E&C, Daelim Group, East Asia Daily an mony mair.

The heidquairter o Sooth Korean skincare retailer The Face Shop is locatit in the LG Gwanghwamun Building on sinmunno 2-ga.

## Subdiveesions
Admeenistrative dong (행정동)

## Attractions

### Palaces
*Gyeongbokgung
*Changgyeonggung
*Changdeokgung
*Gyeonghuigung

### Mercat
* Dongdaemun Mercat

### Museums
*National Fowk Museum o Korea
*Naitional Palace Museum o Korea
*Seoul Education Museum
*SeMa GyeongHuiGung
*Seoul Museum o History
*Artsonje Center
*Airt Centre Nabi
*Bukchon Airt Museum
*Gahoe Museum
*Ilmin Museum o Airt
*Tteok& Kitchen Utensil Museum

## Destrict Cooncil
The current mayor o Jong-no destrict is Kim Yeong-jong. The destrict cooncil serves admeenistrative functions sic as Foreign Seal Registration, Internaitional Marriage, Adoption, Acknowledgement reports an Alien Registration Certificates for foreigners residin in Jongno-gu.

## Sister ceeties
* Dongcheng Destrict, Beijing, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae

## See an aw

*Geografie o Sooth Korea
*Subdiveesions o Sooth Korea

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Destrict govrenment wabsteid, in Inglis
Bixie

A ***Bixie*** (, Japanese: 辟邪, へきじゃ, *Hekija*), is a teep o lion-like meethological Cheenese creatur, or chimera. It is considered as an exorcisin animal (辟邪 leeterally means "Avoid Evil") an is uisually hornless.

The *Bixie* can hae a pair o wings, which maks it rather similar tae the *[[Pixiu|Tianlu]]* (Chinese:天禄, Japanese: 天禄, てんろく, Tenroku) in follaein early Cheenese sculptural tradeetions o winged celestial beasts.

The *Bixie* mey hae been an adoption frae Mesopotamie airt, through Persie an Bactrie, as a consequence o extensive trade relations initiatit bi Emperor Han Wudi durin the Han period.

Some wastren scholars o Cheenese airt uise the wird "chimera" generically tae refer tae the  *bixie*, *[[qilin]]*, an *[[Pixiu|tianlu]]*.

## See an aw
* Qilin

## Notes
Placetas

**Placetas** is a ceety in the Villa Clara Province in the centre o Cuba; afore the chynge in the kintra's govrenment in 1959 the province wis cried Las Villas. Close touns include Zulueta (tae the north), San Juan de los Remedios (tae the northeast), Cabaiguán an Fomento (tae the east), an Santa Clara an Camajuani (tae the wast). The toun is kent as *La Villa de los Laureles* acause o its wild laurel trees an aw. Placetas is a *[[municipio]]* an aw, ane o 13 subdiveesions o the Villa Clara Province.  Cuba's geographical center, Guaracabuya, is locatit in this municipality.

## History
Placetas wis foondit on 9 September 1861 mainly due tae the succar production industrie. Nouadays, the main produce o the aurie is tobacco. The main contribution tae its foondation came frae Jose Martinez-Fortun y Erles, a Spainyie Marques an umwhile colonel in the Spainyie Airmy. The toun is locatit on the Carretera Central road, which cuts through the toun.  The toun's position on this road haes alloued it tae serve as a stop for mony travellers. Placetas haes grown considerably ower the years, being declared a toun in 1881 an a ceety in 1925. In 1879 it wis established as its awn municipality. Placetas is kent bi the great carnavals which tak place in Julie an Christmas an New Year's Eve.

Placetas wis the birthplace o Emilio Mola, general an instigator o the Spainyie Ceevil War.

## Demographics
In 2004, the municipality o Placetas haed a population o 71,837. Wi a total aurie o , it haes a population densitie o . The ceety proper haes a population o 42,000.

Placetas is cried, "Villa de los Laureles" due tae the characteristic trees that are plantit in strategic places aroond the toun an aw.  The ceety is registered as the place whaur the river Zaza is born, the river runs frae the ootskirts o the toun intae the sea.  The river Zaza is currently an environmental preservation aurie.  The aurie is primarily a succar producin region, wi three "centrales" succar producin factories.  Placetas haes mayor railwey industries that operate frae its aurie an aw.
The municipality is dividit intae the barrios o Cabecera, Guaracabulla, Hernando, Nazareno, San Andrés, Sitio Potrero an Tibisial.

## Admeenistration
In common wi ither Cuban touns, the ceety o Placetas wis oreeginally dividit in barrios. These wur: Cabecera, Guaracabulla, Hernando, Nazareno, San Andres Sitio Potrero an Tibisial. Annual celebrations displayin the local pride o each barrio uised tae tak place till the 1990s, when the govrenment stoppit them.

The main Catholic kirk in the toun is cried San Atanasio de Placetas, efter the toun's patron saunt. As o 1996, it haed ane library, a main post office, three middle-heich schuils (13 de Marzo, Rodolfo Leon Perlacia an Julio Antonio Mella), ane polis station an mony recreational auries. Maist o the toun's structurs wur built afore the communist govrenment o Fidel Castro, an little o the toun haes been renovatit syne 1959.

## See an aw
*Municipalities o Cuba
*Leet o ceeties in Cuba

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Encyclopædia Britannica. Placetas
Cabaiguán

**Cabaiguán** is a municipality in the province o Sancti Spíritus, Cuba. The caipital ceety, namit Cabaiguán an aw, is locatit athin the destrict o Cabaiguán.

It wi foondit in 1894, an established as a municipality in 1926. The municipality is dividit intae the barrios o Cabaiguán, Neiva, Pedro Barba, Guayos an Santa Lucía.

## Demographics
In 2004, the municipality o Cabaiguán haed a population o 67,224. Wi a total aurie o , it haes a population densitie o .

Cabaiguán is better kent for its cigars; a well-kent buist is Bausá.
An aw, the tobacco producit here is vera guid.

## See an aw

*Municipalities o Cuba
*Leet o ceeties in Cuba

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Cabaiguán at Encyclopædia Britannica.