open-index/open-wikipedia-markdown huggingface dataset:
Palmerston, Northren Territory

**Palmerston** is a planned satellite ceety o Darwin, the caipital an lairgest ceety in Australie’s Northren Territory. Palmerston is situatit near Darwin Harbour an haes an urban population o 23,614 on the 2006 Census nicht an makin it the seicont lairgest ceety in the territory. Palmerston is currently the fastest growin ceety in the Northren Territory an haes briefly in the past held the title o the fastest growin ceety in Australie.

There are 18 suburbs aw thegither in Palmerston, 10 o which are close tae the Palmerston ceety centre. Palmerston is maistly residential wi twa licht industrial auries in the north o the ceety.

Like the rest o the Top End, Palmerston haes a tropical climate, wi a wet saison an a dry saison. It receives hivy rainfaw durin the Wet, an is well-kent for its spectacular lichtnin.

## References
Sanctuary Cove, Queensland

**Sanctuary Cove** is a gatit community, in the suburb o Hope Island in the Gold Coast aurie o Queensland, Australie. It wis the first o such developments in Australie an is notable for its impact in plannin legislation in Queensland which haed tae be altered tae allou it tae proceed, due tae the privatisation o such lairge auries o urban land.

It covers an aurie o 474 hectares.

Sanctuary Cove provides a completely sel-contained residential environment wi its awn shoppin centre an entertainment facilities, wi the addition o mony o the facilities o a holiday resort, such as boatin marinas an gowf courses. 

Sanctuary Cove continues tae grow as remainin land is developed. The latest parcel released in early 2007 is kent as "Tristania".

## References

* Sanctuary Cove wabsteid
* Sanctuary Cove suburb profile frae Domain
Miami, Queensland

:*For ither uises o the term see [[Miami (disambiguation)]]*

**Miami** is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australie. At the 2006 Census, Miami haed a population o 6,167.

Miami is locatit alang the Gold Coast Highway, 7&nbsp;km sooth o Surfers Paradise an 17&nbsp;km north o the Queensland / New Souoth Wales border at Coolangatta/Tweed Heads. Its Local Govrenment Aurie is the Gold Coast City.

## History

The history o Miami can be datit back tae the early 1920s when prospective investors wur leukin ower plans for a new real estate development cried ‘Miami Shore’ at North Burleigh. The investors biggit thair widden or fibro bungalows on estates sic as this, or rentit thair cottages tae holiday makers. Thay coud an aa stay in the Hotel Miami which opened in 1925 bi E. H. Berry. Efter the Great Depression, the community developed wi construction o tennis courts an the Pizzey Pairk Sporting Complex. The Miami State High School opened in 1963.

## Demographics

Miami is a predominantly residential suburb wi a population profile aulder than the state average. Its commercial activity is mainly confined tae the Gold Coast Highway an thare is some licht industry aroond Christine Avenue. It haes a population o 6,140 fowk, average salary o A$32,700 an 7.2% unemployment. (2003 ABS statistics).

## Transport

The Gold Coast Highway runs north tae sooth throu Miami, wi Christine Avenue an Pacific Avenue connectin tae the wast. The nearest train station is locatit at Robina, approximately 6&nbsp;km wast o Miami.

The Gold Coast Airport is approximately 13&nbsp;km sooth o Miami.

Miami haes frequent local bus services tae the north an sooth via the local bus network, Surfside Buslines. This includes the aw nicht route 700 that runs atween Tweed Heads an Southport. The Gold Coast Tourist Shuttle an aa operates in Miami.

## References

*Heritage Tour - Miami 

## Freemit airtins
* University o Queensland: Queensland Places: Miami
*Very GC - Miami 
*Map of Miami
Hope Island, Queensland

**Hope Island** is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Hope Island haed a population o 5,396. Hope Island is popular due tae its close proximity tae baith the Gold Coast beaches an Brisbane ceety.

The aurie wis named efter colonial aristocrat Captain Louis Hope, who wis grantit approximately 1,800 acres (7.3 km2) o land at the mooth o the Coomera River in recognition o his contreibution in developin the succar industry in Queensland.

Efter arrivin in Moreton Bay in 1848, Hope spent the next 20 years biggin succar plantations on the edge o Moreton Bay. The development o a succar plantation cried ‘Rockholm’ on the Island wis lairgely unnertaken bi the Grimes Faimily. Bi the twintiet century, the succar an arrowroot plantation haed passed intae the haunds o the Sheehan an Davidson families. Hope hissel niver actually lived in the suburb o Hope Island, preferrin tae live in Ormiston on the edge o Moreton Bay.

Hope Island is currently unnergoin major strategic plannin bi developers, thegither wi the Gold Coast Ceety Cooncil.  Some development components / maister plannin considers complements o mixed uise, commercial an residential developments.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Hope Island
* Gold Coast Property Guide
Zhengzhou

**Zhengzhou** is the caipital o Henan province.

## Internaitional relations

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

#### Internaitional

* Jinju, Sooth Korea
* Saitama, Japan
* Richmond, Virginie, Unitit States
* Samara, Roushie
* Schwerin, Germany
* Shumen, Bulgarie
* Cluj-Napoca, Romanie
* Irbid, Jordan
* Joinville, Brazil
* Mariental, Namibie

#### Domestic
*Guangzhou, Guangdong
*Yichun, Heilongjiang
*Haikou, Hainan
*Jinan, Shandong
*Wenzhou, Zhejiang
*Qingdao, Shandong
*Lianyungang, Jiangsu
*Ningbo, Zhejiang
*Wuxi, Jiangsu
Aghin

**Aghin** (, an aw Romanized as **Agin**) is a veelage an rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province o Armenie.  

The community o Aghin consists o the veelages o Aghin an Aghin Kayaran. The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit that the community's population wis 598 in 2010, up frae 547 at the 2001 census. The veelage o Aghin's population wis 474 at the 2001 census.

## References
Arapi, Armenie

**Arapi** (, Romanisit as **Arrap’i** an **Arrapi** an aw; umwhile, **Odzhakhkuli**) is a veelage an rural commonty (municipality) in the Shirak Province o Armenie.  The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit its population wis 2,053 in 2010, up frae 1,980 at the 2001 census.

## References
Yerazgavors

**Yerazgavors** (, an aa Romanized as **Erazgavors**; umwhile, **Aralykh**) is a toun in the Shirak Province o Armenie. In 892, King Smbat I wis crouned at Yerazgavors. The new toun wis relocatit a few km further east frae its oreeginal location.

## Etymology
See  for etymology.

## References
*
*World Gazeteer: Armenia &ndash; World-Gazetteer.com
*
Hankavan

**Hankavan** (, an aa Romanized as **Hank’avan**, **Ankavan** an **Hanqavan**; umwhile, **Mikhaylovka** an **Miskhana**) is a toun in the Kotayk Province o Armenie alang in the Marmarik River belaw the Pambak Muntain Range.  It is notit for its mineral springs, which wur uised as pairt o a sanitarium industry durin the Soviet period.

## Demografics
Hankavan is ane o the last Greek commonties in Armenie.
Afore you are in the veelage itsel, you can see a kirk an graveyard belaw you tae the left.  The kirk wis biggit bi Greeks who escaped the 1827 genocide.  Graves date back tae that early time. Aw aroond you can see Greek hames an gardens.  Oreeginally 7 families immigratit tae this veelage, a number that grew tae a thrivin veelage o 250 families. Wha remains are aboot 50 families who trace their ancestry tae the Greek mainland.

## Industry
A gowd mine locatit in the veelage wis recently sauld for aroond $30 million.

## References
*
*

## Notes

## Freemit airtins
* Guide tae Jirvez an Hankavan
Jrarat, Kotayk

**Jrarat** (, an aa Romanized as **Jrarrat**, **Dzhrarat**, **Djararat**, an **Dzhararat**; umwhile, **R'andamal**, **Randomal**, **Randamal**, **Randa**, **Rndamal**, an **Rantamah**) is a toun in the Kotayk Province o Armenie.  The ceety wis incorporatit in 1982 an is the centre o the dairy industrie.

## References

*
*
Jrarat

**Jrarrat** or **Jrarat** or **Djrarat** or **Dzhrarat** mey refer tae:
*Jrarat, Armavir, Armenie
*Jrarat, Kotayk, Armenie
*Jrarat, Shirak, Armenie
Marmarik

**Marmarik** (; umwhile, **Pashkend** an **Pashakend**) is a toun in the Kotayk Province o Armenie. The toun haed 871 residents in 2008, an increase frae 786 residents in 2001.

## References
*
*
Kaghsi

**Kaghsi** (, Romanisit as **K’aghsi**, **Qaghsi**, an **Kakhsi** an aw) is a toun in the Kotayk Province o Armenie. 

## References
*
*World Gazeteer: Armenia &ndash; World-Gazetteer.com
*
Meghradzor

**Meghradzor** (, also Romanized as **Megradzor**; formerly, **Taycharukh**) is a toun in the Kotayk Province o Armenie.
Meghradzor is a veelage wi a population o 3,000. It is locatit an elelvation o 1800&nbsp;m on the sooth side o the Tsakhkuniats muntain. It is weel kent for its exceptional honey an apitherapy products frae the faimily business o Beecity.

## References
*
*World Gazeteer: Armenia &ndash; World-Gazetteer.com
*
Serbie leid

**Serbie** (, Serbie Laitin: *srpski*, ) is a form o Serbo-Croatie, a Sooth Slavic leid, spoken bi Serbs in Serbie, Bosnie an Herzegovinae, Montenegro, Croatie an neighbourin kintras.

The main dialect o Serbie, on which the literary an staundart leid is based, is Shtokavie - which is an aa the basis o Staundart Croatie, Bosnie, an Montenegrin. The ither principal dialect, Torlakian, is disputit as tae whether it's a Serbie dialect, or a transitional dialect atween Bulgarie an Serbie.

Serbie is staundartized aroond Šumadija-Vojvodina an Eastren Herzegovinie subdialects o Shtokavie. Apairt frae Shtokavian, the Torlak dialect, transitional tae Macedonie an Bulgarie, is spoken in sootheast Serbie. Housomeivver, it does no hae a literary tradition an is considered a law-prestige dialect.

Serbie is the anerlie European leid wi active digraphia, uisin baith Cyrillic an Laitin alphabets. The Serbie Cyrillic alphabet wis devised in 1814 bi Serbie linguist Vuk Karadžić, who creatit the alphabet on phonemic principles. The Laitin alphabet wis designed bi Croatie linguist Ljudevit Gaj in 1830 an is uised bi the ither staundart forms o Serbo-Croatie.

## Notes

## References
Tuzla

**Tuzla** is a ceety an municipality in Bosnie an Herzegovinae. At the time o the 1991 census, it haed  83,770 indwallers, while the municipality 131,318. Takin the influx o refugees intae accoont, the ceety is currently estimatit tae hae 174,558 indwallers. Efter Sarajevo, an Banja Luka, Tuzla is the third lairgest ceety in Bosnie an Herzegovinae, an the seat o the Tuzla Canton an Tuzla Municipality. The name "Tuzla" is the Turkis wird for salt mine, an refers tae the extensive salt deposits foond unnerneath the ceety.

The ceety o Tuzla haes Europe's anerlie salt lake as pairt o its central pairk an an' a' haes aroond 100,000 fowk visitin its shores ivery year. The history o the toun Tuzla goes back tae 1510 when Tuzla wis a Turkis garrison toun.  Durin the 19t century it passed unner the rule o the Austro-Hungarie Empire, an wis incorporatit intae Yugoslavie in 1918.

## Geography
Tuzla is locatit in the northeastren pairt o Bosnie, settled juist unnerneath the Majevica moontain range, on the Jala river. The central zone lies in an east-wast orientit plain, wi residential auries in the north an sooth o the ceety locatit on the Ilinčica, Kicelj an Gradina hills. The climate is moderate continental. Thare are abundant coal deposits in the region aroond Tuzla. 6 coal mines continue tae operate aroond the ceety. Hintle o the coal mined in the aurie is uised tae pouer the Tuzla Pouer Plant, which is the lairgest pouer plant in Bosnie an Herzegovinae.

## Climate

## Twin ceeties
*  **[[Sombor]]**, Serbie
*  **[[Bologna]]**, Italy
*  **[[Osijek]]**, Croatie
*  **[[Pécs]]**, Hungary
*  **[[Al Hoceima]]**, Morocco
*  **[[L'Hospitalet de Llobregat]]**, Spain
*  **[[Saint-Denis]]**, Fraunce
*  **[[Dallas]]**, Texas
*  **[[Delft]]**, Netherlands

## References

* Interactive Wab presentation o Tuzla  

## Freemit airtins
Zenica-Doboj Canton

The **Zenica-Doboj Canton** is ane o the cantons o the Federation o Bosnie an Herzegovinae.

## Geography

This canton is situatit in the central pairt o Bosnie an Herzegovinae. The cantonal caipital is Zenica an the ither toun mentioned in the name is Doboj, which is in Republika Srpska, but pairt o the umwhile Doboj municipality is in the Zenica-Doboj Canton. The canton haes an aurie o 3904km².

## Municipalities

The canton is split intae the municipalities o Breza, Doboj Jug, Kakanj, Maglaj, Olovo, Tešanj, Vareš, Visoko, Zavidovići, Zenica, Žepče, Usora.

## Population

It haes a population o 400,000 (est.) residents, primarily Bosniaks. There are an aa some Croats who maistly live in the municipalities o Zenica, Žepče, Usora an Vareš. The Serb minority lives maistly in Zenica wi smawer populations being an aa present in Tešanj.

In 2003, population o Zenica-Doboj Canton numbered 399,492 fowk, includin:
* Bosniaks: 334,031 (83.6%)
* Croats: 52,130 (13.0%)
* Serbs: 10,180 (2.5%)
* ithers: 3,151 (0.8%)

## Relatit pages
* Poleetical divisions o Bosnie an Herzegovinae
Žepče

**Žepče** is a toun an municipality in central Bosnie an Herzegovinae, locatit atween Doboj an Zenica. It is admeenistratively pairt o the Zenica-Doboj Canton o the Federation o Bosnie an Herzegovinae.

## Aboot Žepče

The toun Žepče is locatit in the central Bosnie, towards the heichgate M-17. The river Bosna flows through this toun. Near bi the toun an athin the toun, there are 14 springs o mineral water. Žepče is in the valley an surroondit bi muntains.

## History
The toun wis first mentioned in 1458 in a chairter issued bi the Bosnie King Stjepan Tomašević.

"*... Pissanna Žepču va ljetu 1458. oktombrija 14. dan.*" (Written in Žepče in the year 1458. 14.day o October)

## Demografics
### Municipality Population

Nae census haes been carriet oot syne 1991. It is estimatit that in 2005, population o municipality includes 61% Croats an 38% Bosniaks. Housomeivver, the municipality borders hae been chyngit in 2001.

### Toun Population

## Sport

The toun is hame tae the fitbaa club NK Žepče,
and :
Basketbaw club "ORLOVIK", 
Judo club "MAHNJAČA", 
Karate club, 
Female volleybaw club, 
Handbaw club, 
Kayak club, 
Tennis club,

## Famous fowk
*Ivo Lozančić - politeecian

## Gallery

File:Zepce 004.jpg
File:Zepce 005.jpg
File:Zepce 006.jpg
File:Zepce 007.jpg
File:Zepce 008.jpg

File:Zepce 002.jpg



## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial municipality steid 
*Žepče Info - žepački internet portal
Aygebats

**Aygebats** (; umwhile, **Ilkhiabi**) is a veelage an rural commonty (municipality) in the Shirak Province o Armenie.  The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit its population wis 766 in 2010, up frae 757 at the 2001 census.

## References
Rimini

**Rimini** is a medium-sized ceety o 142,579 inhabitants in the Emilia-Romagna region o Italy, an caipital ceety o the Province o Rimini. It is locatit on the Adriatic Sea, on the coast atween the rivers Marecchia (the auncient Ariminus) an Ausa (auncient Aprusa). It is ane o the maist famous seaside resorts in Europe, thanks tae its 15&nbsp;km-lang sandy beach, ower 1,000 hotels an thoosans o bars, restaurants an discos. The first bathin establishment opened in 1843.
An airt ceety wi auncient Roman an Renaissance monuments, Rimini is the hametoun o the famous film director Federico Fellini as well. 

## Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Rimini is twinned wi:
* Seraing, Belgium
* Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Fraunce
* Sochi, Roushie
* Ziguinchor, Senegal
* Fort Lauderdale, Unitit States
* Yangzhou, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
* Djibouti Ceety, Djibouti
* Linköping, Swaden
* Latakia, Sirie
* Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Gharibjanyan

**Gharibjanyan** (, Romanisit as **Gharibjanian**, **Karibdzhanyan**, **Garibjanyan**, an **Garibdzhanyan** an aw; umwhile, **Gharakilisa**, then till 1935, **Alexandrovka** an **Aleksandrovka**) is a toun in the Shirak Province o Armenie. The toun wis renamed in 1935 in honor o Bolshevik leader Bagrat Gharibjanian, killed in 1920.

## References

*
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Amasia

**Amasia** mey refer tae:

*Amasya, a toun in Northren Turkey
*Amasia (raion), umwhile admeenistrative destrict o Soviet Armenie
*Amasia, Shirak, a toun in Armenie
*Amasia, Armavir, a toun in Armenie
*A Laitin name for the Ems (river), a river in Germany an the Netherlands
Punk rock

**Punk Rock** is a teep o rock muisic that developit atween 1974 an 1976 in the Unitit States, the Unitit Kinrick an Australie.  It wis for ordinar sangs that war poleetical an anti-estaiblishment an the muisic wis aft fest, randie muisic that wadna lest gey lang. It shapit a punk subcultur, teepifee'd bi young fowk in distinctive cleidin an wi anti-estaiblishment ideologies. Weel-kent punk rock baunds includes Sex Pistols, The Clash and Ramones amang ithers.
Münster

**Münster** (; Law German: *Mönster*; Laitin: *Monasterium*, frae the Greek μοναστήριον *monastērion*, "monastery") is an independent ceety (*Kreisfreie Stadt*) in North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany.

## References
Fioletovo

**Fioletovo** (till 1936, **Nikitino**) is a veelage in the Lori Province o Armenie.  The settlement wis renamed in 1936 tae honor Ivan Fioletov, a socialist activist shot alang wi the Baku Commissars.

This bonnie veelage haes a majority o Molokans, a Christian sect who evolved frae *Spiritual Christian* Roushie peasants that refused tae obey the Roushie Orthodox Kirk, in the beginnin o the 17t century. Few memebrs o the sect settled in Armenie durin the 19t century.

The veelage haes an extremely cauld winter wi a ceul an mild simmer. It lies unner a thick layer o snaw durin the lang winter saison, whaur anerlie the roofs o hooses coud be seen frae the top wi their smokin chimneys. The population o the veelage is diminishin year bi year as the immigration is growin amang its residents, who are tryin tae leuk for better economical conditions, either in Armenie or abroad.

## Gallery

File:Fioletovo2 (6 sept 2008).jpg|Fioletovo
File:Fioletovo5 (6 sept 2008).jpg|A Molokan veelager in Fioletovo


## References

* 
* World Gazeteer: Armenia &ndash; World-Gazetteer.com
*
Thiès

**Thiès** (pronooncit “chess"; Wolof: **Cès**) is the third lairgest ceety in Senegal wi a population offeecially estimatit at 320,000 in 2005. It lies 60&nbsp;km east o Dakar on the N2 road an at the junction o railway lines tae Dakar, Bamako an St-Louis. It is the caipital o Thiès Region an is a major industrial ceety.

## History
Afore colonization, the Thiès Plateau wis a woodit frontier atween the kinricks o Cayor an Baol inhabitit bi the None, an ethnic sub-group o the Sereer. The Sereer None still inhabit the Thiès-None neighborhuid o the sooth-wast ceety the day.

The plateau acquired strategic importance when the French embarked upon an expansionist colonial policy. A military post wis creatit in 1864 an the military hae marked the ceety’s development iver syne; it is hame tae a major military base.

## Transport

At first a simple rail stop, or "escale", on the Dakar-Saint Louis line (completit in 1885) Thiès became a rail junction wi the Dakar-Niger line (built 1906-1923). The naitional netwirk o pavit roads creatit efter WWII likewise converged on Thiès, which thus commands nearly aw access tae the Cap-Vert Peninsula (Dakar an Rufisque).

The railways brocht commercial development an migrant laborers, includin Bambara frae eastren regions o Senegal an frae Mali. The rail wirkers o Thiès played a key role in the immergence o Senegal’s labor muivement.  Their strikes in 1937 an again in 1947-48 an aa marked the development o the unthirldom muivement athort French Wast Africae.

## Economy

Thiès is best kent for its tapestry-makin industry, an exclusive factory haein been set up in 1966, producin wirk designed bi Senegal’s top airtists. The famous Birds o Paradise tapestry wis manufactured in Thiès. The ceety an aa contains a polytechnic schuil.

As the transportation hub o a productive agricultural hinterland: rice, peanuts, manioc, millet, an fruit, the ceety is a leadin fermstockin-tradin an meat-packin center. It haes rail yards an repair shops, an alumina phosphate deposits are wirked at nearbi Palo an Taïba.

The day, Thiès is developin increasingly as an extension o the congestit Cap-Vert Peninsula. It is attractin industrial investments (electrical an mechanical ingineerin) an there are plans tae link it tae Dakar bi heich-gate an commuter train.

Ither attractions in Thiès include a museum, an airtisanal an crafts veelage an a few remains o auld fortifications.

## Twin touns
Thiès is twinned wi:
* Caen, Fraunce
* Sousse, Tunisie
* Solingen, Germany

## See an aw
* Railway stations in Senegal
* Students without Borders: Afrique 2007

## References

* Much of this article was translated from French Wikipedia's :fr:Thiès.

## Freemit airtins
* Thiès public services 
*  Steid o the Mayor o Thiès 
*  Thiesinfo, Local newspaper wabportal
*  ''Situation économique et sociale'' (For year 2004)  (Local government, Service régional de Thiès, September 2005)
Tyr, Roushie

**Tyr** (; ) is a settlement in Ulchsky Destrict o Khabarovsk Krai, Roushie, locatit on the richt bank o the Amur River, near the mooth o the Amgun River, aboot 100 kilometers (60 mi) upstream frae Nikolayevsk-on-Amur.

Tyr haes been kent as a historically Nivkh ("Gilyak") veelage, syne nae later than the mid-19t century.

Tyr's main claim tae fame is that its location haed been visitit bi baith Yuan an Ming Dynasty expeditions, which sailed doun the Sungari an Amur Rivers tae establish a fuithauld in this region. Baith times the visitors built temples an monuments on the spectacular Tyr Cliff sooth o the day's settlement.

The remains o the Yuan era temple unearthed at the steid bi modren airchaeologists date tae the 1260s,  while the twa Ming temples,  built durin the Amur expeditions bi the admiral eunuch Yishiha, wur constructit in 1413 an 1433–1434, respectively.

The Ming Dynasty stelae an a column, put at the Tyr cliff bi Yishiha, coud still be seen *in situ* bi the members o Roushie Amur expeditions in the 1850s, but in the late the stelae wur muivit tae the Vladivostok Museum; a number o airchaeological excavations hae been conductit at the steid syne. 

## References
Slavyanka, Primorsky Krai

**Slavyanka** () is an urban-teep dounset an the admeenistrative centre o Khasansky Destrict o Primorsky Krai, Roushie. The dounset is connectit wi Vladivostok bi road, bi railwey, an bi sea. It is locatit on the opposite side o the Amursky Bay as seen frae Vladivostok.  Population: 15045 (2002).

**Telephone aurie code*: 423-31.
**Roushie Postal code / Index #*: 692701
**Destrict / Raion*: Khasansky Destrict / Hosanski Raion
**Distance* tae Vladivostok bi sea: 50&nbsp;km.
**Distance* tae Vladivostok bi road: 180&nbsp;km.

## References
Posyet

**Posyet** (Roushie: Посьет, an aa *Possiette* an *Possiet*) is an ice-free port an urban-teep dounset (syne 1943) on the Possiet Bay, in Khasansky Destrict, Primorsky Krai, Roushie. It is namit efter the Roushie navigator Konstantin Posyet (1819—1899). Population: 3,000 (2002 Census). It is ane o the soothrenmaist settlements in Roushie.

Established on 11 Aprile 1860 as **Novgorodskiy-Posyet**. The first name Novgorodskiy wis gien efter the bay named bi Muravyov-Amursky expedeetion, the latter name Posyet wis named efter Roushie explorer Konstantin Posyet. It's the auldest dounset in Primorsky Krai.

Lairgest enterprise JSC *Commercial port o Posyet* is awned bi Mechel. It's in possession o three moorin lines o 'gravitational' teep 450m in lenth.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Posyet  in the Unoffeecial steid o the veelage Posyet. 
* Posyet  in the Big Soviet Encyclopedia
Popov Island

**Popov Island** (Roushie: *Остров Попова*, ) is a ane o islands in Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago in Peter the Great Gulf in 20 km tae the sooth o Zolotoy Rog atween Reyneke an Russky Islands. It is named efter admiral Andrey Alexandrovich Popov. Aurie is 12,4 sq.km. Population: 1316 (2005) in twa settlements (*Stark* an *Popova*). Admeenistratively the island is unner Vladivostok's jurisdiction.

## Gallery

File:19 Ostrov Popova.jpg
File:Moorage on Isle of Popov.jpg
File:Isle of Popov, Viewing from Reyneke Island.jpg


## Notes
Primorsky, Primorsky Krai

**Primorsky** () is an urban-teep dounset in Khasansky Destrict o Primorsky Krai, Roushie, locatit on the Kedrovaya River 22 kilometers (14&nbsp;mi) wast o Vladivostok an 30 kilometers (19&nbsp;mi) sooth-wast o the destrict's admeenistrative centre o Slavyanka.  Population: 1,447 (2006 est.); 

It wis foondit in 1938 an grantit urban-teep dounset status in 1950.

Thare is a railwey station (o the Ussuriysk-Khasan railwey) in Primorsky.

## References
Primorsky Krai

**Primorsky Krai** (), informally kent as **Primorye** (), is a federal subject o Roushie (a krai). *Primorsky* means "maritime" in Roushie, hence the region is whiles referred tae as **Maritime Province** or **Maritime Territory**. Its admeenistrative center is in the ceety o Vladivostok.

The day Primorsky Krai is the lairgest economy in the Roushie Far East an is hame tae amaist 2.1 million fowk, 89.89% Roushie, 4.54% Ukrainian, an 0.86% Korean.

## References
Ba'athism

**Ba'athism** is an Arab naitionalist ideology that promotes the development an creation o an Arab naition through the leadership o a vanguard pairty ower a progressive revolutionary state. The ideology is offeecially based on the theories o Zaki al-Arsuzi, Michel Aflaq an Salah al-Din al-Bitar. A Ba'athist society seeks enlichtenment, renaissance an rebirth o Arab cultur, values an society. It supports the creation o single-pairty states, an rejects poleetical pluralism in an unspecifeed length o time&nbsp;– the Ba'ath party theoretically uises an unspecified amoont o time tae develop an enlichtened Arabic society. The twa Ba'athist states which hae been in existence (Iraq an Sirie), through a policy o authoritarianism, forbid opposition an creeticism o their ideology. Through the policy o democratic centralism, the Ba'ath pairty is the supreme poleetical institution o a Ba'athist state.

Ba'athism is based on principles o Arab nationalism, pan-Arabism, Arab socialism, as well as social progress. It is a secular ideology. A Ba'athist state supports socialist economics to a varying degree. It supports public awnership ower pairts o the economy but opposes the confiscation o private property. Socialism in Ba'athist ideology does no mean state socialism or economic equality, but modrenisation; the anerlie wey tae develop an Arab society which is truly free an unitit is bi creatin a socialist society first.

## References
Salah ad-Din al-Bitar

**Salah ad-Din al-Bitar** () (born Damascus 1912, dee'd Paris 21 Julie 1980), wis a Sirie politeecian who, wi Michel Aflaq, foondit the Arab Baa'th Pairty in the early 1940s.  Durin thair student days in Paris in the early 1930s, the twa wirked thegither tae formulate a doctrine that combined aspects o naitionalism an socialism. Al-Bitar later served as prime meenister in several early Ba'thist govrenments in Sirie, but became alienatit frae the pairty as it grew mair radical, an in 1966 fled the kintra. He lived maist o the rest o his life in Europe, an remained politically active till he wis assassinatit bi unkent fowk in 1980.
Golestan Province

**Golestan Province** (, *Ostān-e Golestān* ) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran, locatit in the north-east o the kintra, sooth o the Caspian Sea. Its caipital is Gorgan.

Golestān wis split aff frae the Mazandaran Province in 1997. It haes a population o 1.6 million (2006) an an aurie o 20,380&nbsp;km². The major tounships o the province are: Gorgan, Gonbad Kavoos, Bandar Torkaman, Bandar Gaz, Aliabad-e katul, Kord Kooy, Fenderesk an Minoo Dasht. Present-day Gorgan wis cried Esteraba or Astarabad till 1937.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## Colleges an universities
# Gorgan University o Agricultural Sciences an Natural Resoorces (website )
# Golestan University o Medical Sciences 
# Islamic Azad University o Azadshahr
# Islamic Azad University o Gorgan
# Islamic Azad University o Ali Abad katool 

## References

## Freemit airtins
*The Provincial Cultural Heritage Organization
North Khorasan Province

**North Khorasan Province** (, *Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Shomālī* ) is a province locatit in northeastren Iran. Bojnord is the centre o the province. 

Ither coonties are Shirvan, Esfarayen, Maneh-o-Samalqan, Jajarm, Faroj an Germeh.

North Khorasan is ane the three provinces that wur creatit efter the diveesion o Khorasan in 2004.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## See an aa
* Khorasan
* Greater Khorasan
* Razavi Khorasan
* Sooth Khorasan
* History o Iran

## References

## Freemit airtins
* The text o the law for diveesion o Khorasan intae three provinces (in Persie) 
* Cultural Heritage Foondation o Khorasan
Alborz Province

**Alborz Province** (, *Ostan-e Alborz* ) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran, centered in Karaj.

Alborz Province wis formed bi diveesion o Tehran Province intae twa provinces, efter the Parliamentary appruival on Juin 23, 2010, an wis introduced as 31st province o Iran.

Situatin in northwast o Tehran, it haes 4 coonties, Karaj, Savojbolagh, Taleghan an Nazarabad. Karaj as it's seat, is situatit 20&nbsp;km wast o Tehran, at the fuithills o the Alborz muntains, bein the fowert-lairgest ceety in Iran efter Tehran, Mashhad, an Isfahan.

Alborz Province is the smawest province o Iran
## Municipalities
* Hashtgerd
* Kamalshahr
* Karaj
* Mahdasht
* Meshkindasht
* Mohammadshahr
* Nazarbad
## References
Khuzestan Province

**Khuzestan Province** (, *Ostān-e Khūzestān* ) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran. It is in the soothwast o the kintra, borderin Iraq's Basra Province an the Persie Gulf. Its caipital is Ahwaz an covers an aurie o 63,238&nbsp;km². Ither major ceeties include Behbahan, Abadan, Andimeshk, Khorramshahr, Bandar Imam, Dezful, Shushtar, Omidiyeh, Izeh, Baq-e-Malek, Mah Shahr, Dasht-i Mishan/Dasht-e-Azadegan, Ramhormoz, Shadegan, Susa, Masjed Soleiman, Minoo Island an Hoveizeh.

## Freemit airtins

* *Haft Tappeh*, Photos frae Iran, ''Livius'' .
* Haft Tappe archeological steid in Khuzestan 
* Choqa Zanbil Ziggurat Offeecial wabsteid 
* Offeecial wabsteid o Khuzestan Govrenorship 
* Khuzestan Business Directory 
* Khuzestan Travel Guide 
* Khuzestan Province Depairtment o Eddication  (in Persie)
* Images o Khuzestan 
* Khuzestan branch o the Iranian Students' News Agency  (ISNA)
* Khuzestan: The First Front in the War on Iran?  bi Zoltan Grossman
* Khuzestan Heritage Conservation Group (Taryana) 
* Hamid-Reza Hosseini, *Shush at the fit o [[Louvre]]* (*Shush dar dāman-e Louvre*), in Persie, Jadid Online, 10 Mairch 2009, http://www.jadidonline.com/story/10032009/frnk/susa_shush.Audio slideshow: http://www.jadidonline.com/images/stories/flash_multimedia/Susa_shush_test/susa_high.html (6 min 31 sec).
Ilam Province

**Ilam Province** (, *Ostān-e Īlām* ) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran. It is in the soothwast o the kintra, borderin Iraq. Its provincial center is the ceety o Ilam. Coverin an aurie o 19,086 square kilometers, the ceeties o the province are Ilam, Mehran, Dehloran, Dareh Shahr, Sarable, Eyvan, Abdanan an Arkwaz. It neighbors Khuzestan Province in the sooth, Lurestan Province in the east, Kermanshah province in the north an Iraq in the wast wi 425 kilometers o common border. The population o the province is approximately 540,000 fowk (2005 estimate).
Khasan, Primorsky Krai

**Khasan** () is an urban-teep dounset in Khasansky Destrict o Primorsky Krai, Roushie. Population: 795 (2002 Census); 1,187 (1989 Census).

Khasan is the anerlie Roushie dounset on the border wi North Korea. It lees near Lake Khasan an the Tumen River. The border atween Roushie an North Korea is formed bi the course o the river, but the Tuman's riverbed sometimes chynges durin floods, effectively diminishin the territory o Roushie an threatenin tae flood the dounset o Khasan an the Peschanaya border station. Syne 2003, warks hae been in progress tae reinforce the aurie wi rocky soil for protection against the pressur o the water. Roushie touns that neebour Khasan include Kraskino, Posyet, Zarubino an Slavyanka.

## Transportation
### Road

The reconstructit Khasan-Razdolnoye Road connectin Khasan, the port touns o Zarubino an Posyet an veelage o Razdolnoye, Nadezhdinsky Destrict wis completit in November 2007.

## See an aa
* Battle o Lake Khasan

## References
Nadezhdinsky Destrict

**Nadezhdinsky Destrict** () is an admeenistrative an municipal destrict (raion) o Primorsky Krai, Roushie; ane o the twinty-twa in the krai. It is locatit on the soothren coast o the krai. The aurie o the destrict is 1,595.7 square kilometers (616.1 sq mi). Its admeenistrative center is the rural locality (a *[[veelage#Roushie|selo]]*) o Volno-Nadezhdinskoye. Destrict's population: 39,317 (2010 est.)

The Razdolnaya River crosses the territory o the Destrict.

The favorable climatic conditions an closeness tae Vladivostok (the admeenistrative centre o the krai) predetermined the destrict's specialization. Thare are seiven agricultural enterprises which provide Vladivostok wi meat, milk, eggs, vegetables, an potatoes.  Mink, tods, polecats, an deer are bred in the destrict.

For mair nor a hunder years, the brown coal deposits hae been exploitit in the territory o the destrict (Tavrichanskoye Deposit), an construction sand in the Razdolnaya River Valley haes been the raw material for silicate brick production. The *Razdolnensky Construction Materials Plant*, which is ane o the destrict's lairgest enterprises, is involved in the production o bricks. Thare are deposits o porous basalt, which is the raw material uised bi *Terekhovsky Concrete Production Plant*. No far frae Kiparisovo railway station are beds o saundstane which is the quartz-containin raw materials uised bi the gless industry. The lairgest glasswirks in Primorsky Krai is locatit here.

Despite the heich density o the population, close location tae the lairge ceety, an the developed road netwirk, Nadezhdinsky Destrict boasts the unique natur attractions sic as the yew (*Taxus cuspidata*) grove wi an aurie o 400,000 square meters (4,300,000 sq ft), an Korean pine forests.

A federal fundit road connects the dounset o Razdolny wi Khasan, locatit on the Roushie-North Korean border.

## References
### Notes

### Sources
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Chaharmahal an Bakhtiari Province

**Chaharmahal an Bakhtiari Province** (, *Ostān-e Chahār-Mahāl-o Bakhtiyārī* ) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran. It lies in the soothwastren pairt o the kintra. Its caipital is Shahrekord.

It haes an aurie o 16,332 square kilometers an a population o 842,000 (2005 estimate).

## Admeenistrative diveesions
### Counties (Shahrestans)

### Ceeties an touns
* Shahrekord
* Shahrekian
*  Hafshejan
* Borujen
* Lordegan
* Farsan
* Ardal
* Farrokhshahr
* Naafch
* Saman
* Juneghan
* Ben
* Gandoman
* Boldaji
* Faradonbeh

## Economy

The province is mainly active in the agricultur sector. Maist o the industrial sector is clustered aroond the centre o the province.
 
The province haes the potential tae acome a vibrant tourist attraction acause o its naitural resoorces.http://www.payvand.com/news/06/jul/1033.html 

### Colleges an universities
*Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch, (wabsteid )
* Shahrekord University
* Islamic Azad University o Borujen
* Shahrekord University o Medical Sciences

## Provincial government links
* Offeecial wabsteid o Chahar Mahaal an Bakhtiari Govrenorship 
## Ither links
* Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiyari Attractions 

## References
Kermanshah Province

**Kermanshah Province** (, *Ostān-e Kermānshāh* ) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran. The province wis kent frae 1969 tae 1986 as *Kermanshahan* an frae 1986 tae 1995 as *Bakhtaran*.

## Coonties
Kemanshah consists o 14 shahrestans (coonties): Dalaho Coonty; Gilan-e-gharb Coonty; Harsin Coonty; Islamabad-e-gharb Coonty; Javanrud Coonty; Kangavar Coonty; Kermanshah County; Paveh County; Qasr-e-Shirin Coonty; Ravansar Coonty; Sahneh Coonty; Sarpol-e-Zahab Coonty; Solas-e-Babajani Coonty; Sonqor Coonty.
Major ceeties an touns in Kermanshah Province:
Kermanshah; Eslamabad-e Gharb; Paveh; Harsin; Kangavar; Sonqor; Javanrood; Salas-e-babajani; Ravansar; Dalahoo; Gilan-Gharb; Sahneh; Qasr-e Shirin; Sarpol-e-Zahab.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Kirmashan wabsteid, Kurdish Cultur
Kurdistan Province

The **Kurdistan Province**(, *Ostān-e Kordestān*, Kurdish:  پارێزگای کوردستان, *Parêzgeha Kurdistanê*) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran, no tae be confused wi the greater geographical aurie o Iranian Kurdistan. The province o Kurdistan is 28,817 km² in aurie which encompasses juist ane-fowert o the Kurdish inhabitit auries o Iran or Iranian Kurdistan http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2267/is_1_70/ai_102140955/pg_2 . It is locatit in the wast o Iran an bundit bi Iraq on the wast, the province o Wast Azerbaijan tae its north, Zanjan tae the northeast an Kermanshah tae the sooth. The caipital o Kurdistan Province is the ceety o Sanandaj (). Ither coonties wi their major ceeties are Piranshahr, Marivan, Baneh, Saqqez, Qorveh, Bijar, Kamyaran, Dehgolan, Diwandarreh an Sarvabad.

## Freemit airtins

*Sharafnama: History o the Kurdish Naition 
*Kordestan Provincve Cultural Heritage Organization 
*Kavan's Photography aboot Kurdistan
*''Pālangān unner snaw'' - some photographs
Kohgiluyeh an Boyer-Ahmad Province

The **Kohgiluyeh an Boyer-Ahmad Province**  (, *Ostān-e Kohgīrūye-o Būyer-Ahmad* ) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran. It is in the sooth-wast o the kintra, an its caipital is Yasuj. The province covers an aurie o 15,563 square kilometer, an in 2006 haed a population o 634,000. The fowk mainly speak in Lurish leid.

## Geography
The province is maistly muntainous in terrain, pairt o the Zagros range. The heichest point is the Dena summit wi a heicht o 4,409 meters.
 
The muntain range o Dena, wi mair nor 20 elevations an ower 4000 meter heich abuin the sea level, is, in fact, the great Himalayas in miniatur.
The muntain range, whilk is locatit in Kohgiluyeh va Buyer Ahmad province, is covered wi aik wid.
Naitural walls, the singin o the birds, an fresh air fascinate aw luivers o natur. 
 
## Admeenistrative diveesions

## Colleges an universities
* University o Yasuj 
* Islamic Azad University o Gachsaran  
* Yasuj University o Medical Sciences 

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial wabsteid o Kohgiluyeh an Buyer Ahmad Govrenorship 
* A Boyer-Ahmad-i fowk-sang sung bi Shusha Guppy in the 1970s: ''Girl from Boyer-Ahmad-i Tribe''.
Qazvin Province

The **Qazvin Province** (, *Ostān-e Qazvīn* ) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran. It is in the north-wast o the kintra, an its center is the ceety o Qazvin. The province wis creatit in 1993 oot o pairt o Tehran Province an includes 20 ceeties: Qazvin, Takestan, Abyek, Buin-Zahra, Eqhbalieh, Mohammadieh, Alvand, Esfarvarin, Mahmood Abad Nemooneh, Khoram Dasht, Ziä Abad, Avaj, Shäl, Danesfahan, Abgarm, Ardägh, Moallem Keläyeh, Razmian Kouhin an Bidestan in the form o fower tounships (chief ceeties) contains 18 sections, 44 rural destricts, an 1543 veelages. 

The province haed a population o 1.14 million fowk bi the 2006 census, o which 68.05% lived in ceeties an 31.95% in veelages. The ratio o men tae weemen is 50.7 tae 49.3%. 99.61% o the province population wur Muslims an 0.39% o the rest came frae ither releegions. The literacy rate is ower 82%, rankin 7t in Iran.
Zanjan Province

**Zanjan Province** (, *Ostān-e Zanjān*) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran. Locatit in the North Wast o Iran, its caipital is Zanjan ceety. Zanjan province wi an aurie o 36,400&nbsp;km² haes a maistly rural, population o 964,601 (2006).  The province lies 330&nbsp;km northwast o Tehran, connectit tae it via a freeway. 

Zanjan an aa haes an incredible cave cried *[[katale khor]]*. It is near the Sultaniyeh.

## References
Hamadan Province

**Hamedan Province** (, *Ostān-e Hamadān* ) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran. Its center is Hamedan ceety. The province o Hamedan covers an aurie o 19,546&nbsp;km². In the year 1996, Hamedan province haed a population o approximately 1.7 million fowk.

Ither major ceeties o Hamedan province are: Toyserkan, Nahavand, Malayer, Asad Abad, Bahar, Razan, Kabudrahang.

## Geography
The province lies in an elevatit region, wi the 'Alvand' muntains, runnin frae the north wast tae the sooth wast. These are pairt o the Zagros muntain range o Iran.

Hamedan enjoys temperate warm simmers an relatively cauld winters.

## References
Lorestan Province

**Lorestan Province** (, *Ostān-e Lorestān* ) is a historic territory an province o wastren Iran, amidst the Zagros Muntains. The population o Lorestan wis estimatit at 1,716,527 fowk in 2006.

Lorestan covers an aurie o 28,392&nbsp;km². The major ceeties in this province are:   Khorramabad, Borujerd, Aligoodarz, Dorood, Koohdasht, Azna, Alashtar, Noor Abad, an Pol-e-Dokhtar.

## Notes

## References
*
Hormozgan Province

**Hormozgan Province** (, *Ostān-e Hormozgān* ) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran. It is in the sooth o the kintra, facin Oman. Its aurie is 70,697 km2 (27,296 sq mi) an its provincial caipital is Bandar Abbas. The province haes 14 islands locatit in the Persie Gulf, an 1,000&nbsp;km (620&nbsp;mi) o coastline.

The province haes eleiven major ceeties, namely: Bandar Abbas, Bandar Lengeh, HajiAbbad, Minab, Qeshm, Jask, Bastak, Bandar Khamir, Parsian, Rudan, an Abumusa. The province an aa haes 21 coonties (or destricts), 69 municipalities, an 2046 veelages. In 2007, the population o the province wis at amaist 1.5 million.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial wabsteid o Hormozgan Govrenorship 
* Hormozgan Cultural Heritage Organization 
* Hara UNESCO Biosphere Reserve 
* Geno UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Kerman Province

**Kerman Province** (, *Ostān-e Kermān* ) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran. Kerman is locatit in the sooth-east o Iran wi its admeenistrative center in the ceety o Kerman. Mentioned in auncient times as the Achamenid satrapy o Carmania , it is the seicont lairgest province o Iran wi an area o 180,726&nbsp;km². http://www.sci.org.ir/content/userfiles/_sci_en/sci_en/sel/year85/f1/CS_01_4.HTM. The population o the province is aboot 2.65 million. The main tounships o Kerman province are: Baft, Bardsir, Bam, Jiroft, Rafsanjan, Zarand, Sirjan, Shahr-e-Babak, Kerman, Mahan, Rayen , Kahnuj, Ghale-Ganj, Manujan, Roodbar-e-Jonob, Anbar Abad, an Ravar.

In the year 1996, 52.9% o Kerman's population lived in urban areas, an 46% in the rural vicinities, the remainin 1.1% accoontit as non residents. The ceety o Kerman (population: 400,000) embraces aboot 80% o the urban population, being the maist developed an lairgest ceety o the province.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Photos frae Kerman
*Kerman Cultural Heritage Organization 
*Kerman Specially Designatit Economic Zone 
*A Review o Muisic in Kerman 
*http://www.kerman.ir
Huntly

**Huntly** (Scots Gaelic: *Hunndaidh*, Auld Gaelic: *Srath Bhalgaidh*, Auld Scots: *Strabogie*, *Strathbolgi* or *Strabolgi*) is a toun in Aiberdeenshire in Scotland, aince  **Miltoun o Strathbogie**. It haes a population o aboot 4000 an is the steid o Huntly Castle.

Huntly wis the cauf kintra  o the writer George MacDonald. The local fitbaa team is Huntly F.C.

Baith Huntly, an the surroundin Gordon District is named for a toun an familie, that oreeginatit inouth it's Mairch.

## Articles outwith

* Huntly; Undiscovered Scotland: The Ultimate Online Guide

## References
Lanrikshire

**Lanrikshire**, offeecially the **Coonty o Lanrik** (; ) is a Lieutenancy area, registration coonty an umwhile local govrenment coonty in the central Lawlands o Scotland. Glesga, the neighbouring major ceety, wis umwhile includit as pairt o Lanrikshire for admeenistrative purposes an remains pairt o the registration coonty.

Historically, Lanrikshire wis the maist populous coonty in Scotland an, in earlier times, haed considerably greater bundaries, includin neighbourin Renfrewshire till 1402. In modren times, it wis bundit tae the north bi Stirlinshire an a detached portion o Dunbartonshire, to the northeast bi Stirlinshire, Wast Lowden, tae the east bi Peeblesshire, tae the sootheast an sooth bi Dumfriesshire, tae the soothwast bi Dumfriesshire and Ayrshire an tae the wast bi Ayrshire, Renfrewshire an Dunbartonshire.

Lanrikshire wis historically dividit atween twa admeenistrative areas then, in the mid-18t century, wis dividit again intae three wards: the upper, middle an lawer wards wi their admeenistrative centres at Lanrik, Hamiltoun an Glesga respectively an remained this way till the Local Govrenment (Scotland) Act 1889. Ither significant settlements include East Kilbride, Mitherwall, Airdrie, Coatbrig, Blantyre, Cambuslang, Ruglen an Wishae.

## Local govrenment
In 1975, the coonty cooncil wis abolished an the area absorbed intae the lairger Strathclyde region, which itsel wis dividit intae new ''Cooncil areas'' in 1996. The auld area o Lanrikshire is nou mainly occupee'd bi the cooncil areas o North Lanrikshire an Sooth Lanrikshire.

North Lanrikshire an South Lanrikshire hae a joint board for valuation an electoral registration. There is an aa a joint health board, which does no cover Ruglen an the surroondin area in Sooth Lanrikshire. Athout the northren portion o North Lanrikshire, this is an aa a Lieutenancy area.

## Geography

## Events
Lanrikshire hostit the International Children's Games in August 2011 .    
A total o 1,300 competitors an coaches, alang wi admeenistrators an delegates, representin 77 ceeties frae 33 kintras warldwide attendit.

## Rivers
*North Medwin River
*Sooth Medwin River
*River Clyde
*River Avon
*Sooth Calder Watter

## References
Stirlin (cooncil area)

**Stirlin** (, ) is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland. It ligs in the middil o Scotland an kivers maist o the umwhyl coontie o Stirlinshire (athoot Fawkirk) an the sooth-wastren bit o the umwhyl coontie o Perthshire. The cooncil area's heidsteid is the toun o Stirlin.

The cooncil area haes mairches wi Clackmannanshire (til the eist), Fawkirk (til the sooth-eist), Perth an Kinross (til the north an nor'eist), Argyll an Bute (til the north an nor'wast), an baith East an Wast Dunbartonshire til the soothwast.

Maist o the population byds in the area's sootheist nuik, in the toun o Stirlin an in the surroondin Lawland touns. The ither 30% o the population is skailt athort the laundwart, maistlins Hieland kintra til the north.

## Touns an veilages
* Aiberfyle
* Ardchyle
* Ardeonaig
* Arnprior
* Auchtubh
* Bawmaha
* Bannockburn
* Blair Drummond
* Boquhan
* Boreland
* Brig Allan
* Brig o Turk
* Buchanan Smithy
* Buchlyvie
* Callander
* Cammusbarron
* Cammuskenneth
* Campsie
* Cowie
* Craigdownins
* Craigruie
* Crianlarich
* Craftamie
* Doune
* Dronnin
* Dunblane
* Fallin
* Fintry
* Gargunnock
* Gartmair
* Gartness
* Inversnaid
* Killearn
* Killin
* Kinbuck
* Kinlochard
* Kippen
* Lecropt
* Lochearnheid
* Mid Lecropt
* Milton
* Milton o Buchanan
* Mugdock
* Port o Menteith
* Plean
* Raploch
* Rowardennan
* St Ninians
* Stirlin
* Strathblane
* Strathyre
* Stronachlachar
* Thornhill
* Throsk
* Torbrex
* Tyndrum

## Steids o interest
*Carse o Lecropt
*Culcreuch Castil
*Inchmahome Priory (the wrack o an Augustinian priory on an iland in the Loch o Menteith, uis'd as a beild in 1547 bi Mary, Queen o Scots)
*Breadalbane Fowklair Centur
*Camskenneth Abbey (the umwhyl seat o the Scottish Parliament)
*Doune Castil
*Faws o Dochart
*Faws o Lochay
*Glen Dochart
*Glenfinlas
*Laich o Menteith
*Lecropt Kirk
*Loch Achray
*Loch Aird
*Loch Earn
*Loch Lomond an the Trossachs Naitional Pairk
*Loch Katrine (the source o maist o the drinkin wattir for the ceitie o Glesga)
*Loch Rusky
*Loch Venachar
*Moirlannich Langhouss
*Queen Elizabeth Forest Pairk
*Stirlin Castil
*The Trossachs
*Wallace Monument
*Wast Hieland Wey