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Sakhalin Oblast

**Sakhalin Oblast** (, *Sakhalinskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast) comprisin the island o Sakhalin an the Kuril Islands. The oblast haes an aurie o . Its administrative center an the lairgest ceety is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population: 497,973 (2010 Census).

Besides fowk frae ither pairts o the umwhile Soviet Union, the oblast is hame tae Nivkhs an Ainu, wi the latter haein lost thair leid in Sakhalin recently.

Some territories o Sakhalin Oblast (fower islands, the soothren anes o the Kuril airchipelago) are claimit bi Japan.

## Sister relations
* Hokkaido, Japan

## References

## Freemit airtins
*
* Offeecial wabsteid o Sakhalin Oblast
*Steam an the Railways o Sakhalin
* Demoskop Weekly
Penza Oblast

**Penza Oblast** (, *Penzenskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative centre is the ceety o Penza. Population: 1,386,186 (2010 Census).

## Geography
### Main rivers

Penza Oblast haes ower 3000 rivers, an the oweraw lenth is 15,458&nbsp;km. The langest rivers are:
*Sura
*Moksha
*Khopyor
*Penza River gied its name tae the ceety o Penza.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## Demographics
**Population**: 

Ethnic composition (2010):
*Roushies - 86.8%
*Tatars - 6.4%
*Mordvins - 4.1%
*Ukrainians - 0.7%
*Chuvash fowk - 0.4%
*Armenies - 0.3%
*ithers - 1.3%
*43,283 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare a ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.
*Births: 7,962 (Januar-Julie 2008)
*Daiths: 13,608 (Januar-Julie 2008 )

## Climate

## Tourism
*Troitse-Scanov Convent
*State Lermontov Museum an Reserve o Tarkhany

## References

## Freemit airtins
*
*Regional catalogue o Penza Ceety an Penza Oblast enterprises  
*"PenzaNews" news agency
Adygea

The **Republic o Adygea** (; ; , *Adıge Respublik*) is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic) enclavit athin Krasnodar Krai. Its aurie is  wi a population o 439,996 (2010 Census). Its caipital is the ceety o Maykop.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Адыгэ Республикэм и Лъэпкъ театр  (in Adyghe)
*The Voice of Circassians (Adyghe leid)
* Offeecial wabsteid o the Republic o Adygea 
*Owerview o the Republic o Adygea  (*[[Kommersant]]* newspaper)
Kalmykie

The **Republic o Kalmykie** (, *Respublika Kalmykiya*; , *Hal'mg Tanghch*) is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic). Population: 289,481 (2010 Census).

It is the anerlie Buddhist region in Europe. It haes an aw become weel kent as an internaitional chess mecca acause its umwhile Preses, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, is the heid o the Internaitional Chess Federation (FIDE).

## Geography
**Aurie*: 
**Borders*:
***internal*: Volgograd Oblast (NW/N), Astrakhan Oblast (N/NE/E), Dagestan (S), Stavropol Krai (SW), Rostov Oblast (W)
***watter*: Caspian Sea (SE)

**Maximum north-sooth distance*: 
**Maximum east-wast distance*: 

Kalmykia is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.

## References

## Sources
*

## Freemit airtins

*News o Kalmykie  (also in Roushie/Inglis )
*Offeecial wabsteid o the Republic o Kalmykie  (an aw in  Roushie )
*Official website of the Kalmyk diplomatic representation at the President of the Russian Federation
Kabardino-Balkarie

The **Kabardino-Balkar Republic** (, *Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika*; Kabardian: Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ; Karachay-Balkar: Къабарты-Малкъар Республика), commonly kent as **Kabardino-Balkaria** (, *Kabardino-Balkariya*), is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic) locatit in the North Caucasus. Population: 859,939 (2010 Census).

## References

## Sources
*

## External links

* Official website of the President of the Republic 
* KavkazWeb.net - Daily news from Kabardino-Balkaria
* Adyga.org - Most popular website of Kabardian people 
* Kabardino-Balkaria information and photo gallery 
* Images of Kabardino-Balkaria
* http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/4338292.stm
* Kabardino-Balkaria News Portal
North Ossetie-Alanie

The **Republic o North Ossetie–Alanie** (; , *Respublikæ Tsægat Iryston-Alani* ) is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic). Its caipital is the ceety o Vladikavkaz. Its population accordin tae the 2010 Census wis 712,980.

## Name
In the last years o the Soviet Union, as naitionalist muivements swept throughoot the Caucasus, mony intellectuals in the North Ossetian ASSR cried for the revival o the name o Alanie, a medieval kinrick o the Alans, ancestors o the modren-day Osseties. The term o "Alanie" quickly became popular in Ossetie daily life throu the names o various enterprises, a TV channel, poleetical an civic organisations, publishin hoose, soccer team, etc. In November 1994, the name o "Alanie" wis offeecially addit tae the republican title (Republic o North Ossetie–Alanie).

## Notes

## References
*

## External links

### General
* Offeecial wabsteid o the Republic o North Ossetie–Alanie 
* Offeecial wabsteid o the Parliament o the Republic o North Ossetie–Alanie 
*Roushie News Agency ''Ria Novosty'' 
* Ossetie—History, cultur, politics, news 
* Picturs o North Ossetie–Alanie
*   Walcome tae North Ossetie (by Toma Kulayeva)
*   Ossetie history an cultur

### Education
* North Ossetie State University 
* North Ossetie State Medical Academy 
* Heicher Institute o Management 
*Institute o Ceevilization

### Mass media
* Electronic version of the ''North Ossetia'' (''Severnaya Osetiya'') republican newspaper 
* North Ossetian information portal ''15th Region'' (''15y Region'')
Beslan

**Beslan** (; ; ) is a toun an the admeenistrative center o Pravoberezhny Destrict o the North Ossetie-Alanie, Roushie. In terms o population, Beslan is the third lairgest toun in the republic ahint Vladikavkaz an Mozdok. Population: 

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial wabsteid o Beslan
Vladikavkaz

**Vladikavkaz** (, lit. *ruler o the [[Caucasus]]*; , *Dzæwdžyqæw*, lit. *Dzaug's settlement*) is the caipital ceety o the Republic o North Ossetie-Alanie in soothren Roushie. It is locatit in the sootheast o the republic at the fuithills o the Caucasus Mountains, situatit the Terek River. Population:  Vladikavkaz is ane o the maist populous ceeties in the North Caucasus.

The ceety is an industrial an transportation centre. Manufacturs include processed zinc an leid, machinery, chemicals, cleidin, an fuid products.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns/sister ceeties
Vladikavkaz is twinned wi:
* Asheville, Unitit States
* Kardzhali, Bulgarie
* Makhachkala, Roushie
* Nalchik, Roushie
* Ardahan, Turkey

## See an aw
*North Ossetie-Alanie
*North Caucasus

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Ceety o Vladikavkaz
Vysokovsk

**Vysokovsk** () is a toun in Klinsky Destrict o Moscow Oblast, Roushie, locatit  northwast o Moscow. 

Vysokovsk wis foondit in 1879 due tae the construction o a textile factory bi the Vysokovskaya Manufactory Company (). Twa minor settlements servicin the factory—**Vysokoye** () an **Novy Bazar** ()—grew intae a sma toun, which wad be renamit **Vysokovsky** () in 1928. It wis grantit toun status in 1940 an renamit Vysokovsk.

## References
Ruza

**Ruza** () is a toun an the admeenistrative center o Ruzsky Destrict o Moscow Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the Ruza River (a tributar o the Moskva River)  wast o Moscow.  Population: 

Ruza wis first mentioned in 1339 as a pairt o the Principality o Zvenigorod. It became a pairt o Muscovy in the early 16t century. The toun wis a fortress, which protectit Moscow frae the wast.

In the veelage o Kamenskoye, tae the sooth o Ruza, a fortifeed kirk is preservit frae the early 14t century. It is the auldest extant biggin in Moscow Oblast.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Unoffeecial wabsteid o Ruza an Ruzsky Destrict 
*Forum o Ruza Ceety an Ruza's Destrict
Karachay-Cherkessie

The **Karachay–Cherkess Republic** (or *Karachay–Circassian Republic*) (, *Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika*; Karachay-Balkar: Къарачай-Черкес Республика; Kabardian: Къэрэшей-Шэрджэс Республикэ), or **Karachay–Cherkessie** (or *Karachay–Circassia*) (, *Karachayevo-Cherkessiya*) is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic). Population: 477,859 (2010 Census).

## References
### Notes

### Sources
*

## Freemit airtins

* Offeecial wabsteid o the Karachay-Cherkess Republic , kchr.info
*  Collection o images o Karachay-Cherkessie, trombicula.narod.ru
*Images o Karachay-Cherkessie, travel-images.com
Ossetie

**Ossetie** ( or ;
Ossetic: Ир, Ирыстон *Ir*, *Iryston*; Roushie: Осетия, *Osetiya*; Georgie: ოსეთი, *Oset'i*) is an ethnolinguistic region locatit on baith sides o the Greater Caucasus Muntains, lairgely inhabitit bi the Osseties. The Ossetian leid is pairt o the Eastren Iranian branch o the Indo-European leids family. The Ossetie-speakin aurie sooth tae the main Caucasus ridge is recognizit bi maist kintras athin the borders o Georgie, but unner the control o the Roushie-backed *[[de facto]]* govrenment o the *[[Sooth Ossetie|Republic o Sooth Ossetie]]*. The northren portion o the region consists o the republic o North Ossetie–Alanie athin the Roushie Federation.

## See an aw

* History o North Ossetie–Alanie
* Alania
* Jászság

## References

## External links
* Ossetian Dance, Rustavi Dance Company, 2008, YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/wfp5tYp5caI&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1 (6 min 19 sec).
* Ossetian Dance, 2008, YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/97-VruWVUO8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1 (6 min 50 sec).
* Ossetian Folk Dance, 2007, YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/v6okuggq6yg&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1 (3 min).
* Ossetian Republic News Portal
Amur Oblast

**Amur Oblast** (, *Amurskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast), situatit on the banks o the Amur an Zeya Rivers. It shares its mairch wi the Sakha Republic in the north, Khabarovsk Krai an the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the east, Cheenae in the sooth, an Zabaykalsky Krai in the wast. Population: 830,103 (2010 Census).

**Amur Krai** () or **Priamurye** () wur unoffeecial names for the Roushie territories bi the Amur River uised in the late Roushie Empire that approximately correspond tae modren Amur Oblast.

The admeenistrative center o the oblast, the ceety o Blagoveshchensk, is ane o the auldest settlements in the Roushie Far East, foondit in 1856. It is a traditional centre o tred an gowd minin. The territory is accessed bi twa railroads, the Trans-Siberian railway an the Baikal Amur Mainline.

## Sister province
* Chungnam, Republic o Korea

## References
### Notes

## Freemit airtins
Magadan Oblast

**Magadan Oblast** (, *Magadanskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast) in the Far Eastren Federal Destrict. Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Magadan. Population: 156,996 (2010 Census).

The oblast borders in the north wi Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the east wi Kamchatka Krai, in the sooth wi Khabarovsk Krai, an in the wast wi the Sakha Republic.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Offeecial wabsteid o Magadan Oblast
*Overview of Magadan Oblast  (*[[Kommersant]]* newspaper)
*Magadan Oblast natur views

## Sources
*
Ardon

**Ardon** mey refer tae:

## Places
;Populatit places
*Ardon, Roushie, several inhabitit localities in Roushie
*Ardon, Swisserland, a veelage in the Canton o Valais, Swisserland
*Ardon, Loiret, a commune o the Loiret département, Fraunce
*Ardon, Jura, a commune o the Jura département, Fraunce
*Ardón, a veelage in the province o Castilla y León, Spain

;Ither geografical featurs
*Ardon River, a river in the Republic o North Ossetie-Alanie, flows intae the Terek River

## See an aw
*Ardonsky (disambiguation)
Ardon, North Ossetie-Alanie

**Ardon** (; ) is a toun an the admeenistrative center o Ardonsky Destrict o the Republic o North Ossetie-Alanie, Roushie, locatit in the central pairt o the republic on the wast bank o the Ardon River,  northwest o the republic's caipital Vladikavkaz. Population: 

It wis foondit in 1824 an wis grantit toun status in 1964.

The toun is an important road an rail junction at the heid o a branch line tae the soothren toun o Alagir. Till 1964, it wis anerlie a veelage, afore it wis transformit intae an industrial-agricultural hub wi a cannery, hemp processin factory, an ither facilities for fuid an agricultural processin.

## References
### Notes
Finnmark

or **Finnmárku** (Northern Sami) is a coonty in the extreme northeast o Norawa. Bi land it borders Troms coonty tae the wast, Finland (Lapland) te the sooth an Roushie (Murmansk Oblast) tae the east, an bi water, the Norse Sea (Atlantic Ocean) tae the northwest, an the Barents Sea (Airctic Ocean) tae the north an northeast.

The coonty wis umwhile kent as *Finmarkens amt* or *Vardøhus amt*, an syne 2002, haes haed twa offeecial names: Finnmark (Norse) an Finnmárku (Sami). It is pairt o the Sápmi region, which spans fower kintras, as well as the Barents Region, an is the lairgest an least populatit coonty o Norawa.

Situatit at the northmaist pairt o continental Europe, whaur Norawa swings eastward, Finnmark haes aaways been an aurie whaur east meets wast, in cultur as well as in natur an geography. Vardø, the eastmaist municipality in the kintra, is locatit farther east than Saunt Petersburg an Istanbul.

## Admeenistration an economy
### Municipalities
Currently, there are 19 municipalities in Finnmark.

## References
### Footnotes

## Freemit airtins

* Stane age in Finnmark 
* Finnmark coonty admeenistration 
* Visitnorthcape.com - offeecial travel guide tae Finnmark 
* Finnmark at the offeecial travel guide to Norway
Quaiker

The **Religious Society of Friends** (or **Quaikers**)  bes a releegious muivment foondit in the 1640s bi an Inglesman cawed George Fox. Wereldwide, the Society has near a million memmers, maist notablie in the Unitit Kinrick, the Unitit States an Bolivia. The releegion is baist aroond the thocht that the revelaitioun o God can come tae anyan wha beleefs an waits in the spirit o God in stillness. In Britain, maist Quaikers warstle wi keepin tae thems "testimonies", whit be:

* Suith
* Peace
* Sempleness
* Eventie
* Communitie
* Jonick

## Fordor readin
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Dún Laoghaire

**Dún Laoghaire** is a toun an sea-port in Coonty Dublin to the sootheast o Dublin.

## Etymology
The name comes frae Lóegaire mac Néill, a High King o Ireland who usetit as a military base. The name in Erse means *Fort o Lóegaire*.

## References
Chelyabinsk Oblast

**Chelyabinsk Oblast** (, *Chelyabinskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast), locatit on the mairch north o Kazakhstan. Its admeenistrative centre is the city o Chelyabinsk. Population: 3,476,217 (2010 Census).

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## Demographics
**Population**: 

The oblast is heichlie urbanised.

The 2010 Census coontit the follaein recognizit ethnic groups in Chelyabinsk Oblast:
* 2,829,899 Roushies (83.8%);
* 180,913 Tatars (5.4%);
* 162,513 Bashkirs (4.8%);
* 50,081 Ukrainians (1.5%);
* 35,297 Kazakhs (1.00%);
* 18,687 Germans (0.5%);
* 13,035 Belaroushies (0.4%);
* 12,147 Mordvins (0.2%);
* 9,311 Armenies (0.3%);
* 65,190 ithers (1.6);
* 99,144 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.
* Births (2008): 45,091 (12.8 per 1000)
* Daiths (2008): 52,795 (15.0 per 1000)
*Source*:

## Economy
Chelyabinsk Oblast haes considerable subsurface gowd reserves, which are concentratit in ore an placer deposits. The gowd deposits are associatit wi baith basement rock an fluvial deposits. Probable reserves are estimatit at 500 tons o ore gowd an 40 tons o placer gowd. The maist important nonmetallic minerals in the region in terms o reserves are deposits o graphite, talc, kaolin, an vermiculite (rock raw materials); barite, phosphorite, an glauconite (chemical raw materials); magnesite, quartzite, fluxin limestane, an furnace dolomite (metallurgical raw materials).

The discovery o mineral deposits at various times haes resultit in the construction o a lairge nummer o processin facilities. Mair nor 150 companies in the region are involvit in wirkin mineral deposits an processin the raw materials. The best kent o thir are the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK an Chelyabinsk Iron an Steel Wirks (Mechel).

## Cultur
Chelyabinsk Oblast haes fifteen theaters an three concert organisations. Nine o thir theaters (five state an fower municipal theaters), an airt gallery, a philharmonic an organ haw, a circus, several museums, nineteen movie theaters, a municipal jazz centre, an a contemporary airt centre are locatit in the caipital.

Tours bi Roushie an foreign airtistic companies add variety tae the region's cultural life. The Kamerata chamber theater festival an an internaitional organ muisic festival are held annually in Chelyabinsk.

The region haes an extensive seestem o airt an cultural schuils, includin three heicher educational institutions: the Chelyabinsk State Institute o Airt an Cultur, the Chelyabinsk Heicher Muisic Schuil, an the Magnitogorsk State Conservatory. Thare are mair nor 20 artistic unions, associations, an groups, maist o which hae formit in the last few years.

## Vital statistics for 2008

*Source*:

## References

## Sources
* 

## Freemit airtins

* Reddatabook o Chelyabinsk Oblast
Digora

**Digora** (; , *Digoræ*) is a toun an the admeenistrative center o Digorsky Destrict o the Republic o North Ossetie-Alanie, Roushie,  locatit  northwast o Vladikavkaz on the Ursdon River (left tributary o the Terek). Population: 

Foondit in 1852 as the *[[aul]]* o **Volno-Khristianovsky** (), an later renamit the *[[veelage#Roushie|selo]]* o **Novokhristianovskoye** () an **Khristianovskoye** (), it wis feenally gien its present name in 1934. It wis grantit toun status in 1964.

## References
Wast Athens

**Wast Athens** () is ane o the regional units o Greece. It is pairt o the region o Attica. The regional unit covers the wast-central pairt o the agglomeration o Athens. 

## Admeenistration

As a pairt o the 2011 Kallikratis govrenment reform, the regional unit Wast Athens wis creatit oot o pairt o the umwhile Athens Prefectur. It is subdividit intae 7 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):

*Agia Varvara (2)
*Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero (5)
*Aigaleo (6)
*Chaidari (34)
*Ilio (18)
*Peristeri (30)
*Petroupoli (31)

## See an aw
*Leet o settlements in Attica

## References
Fergana Province

**Fergana Province** (, ) is a viloyat (province) o Uzbekistan, locatit in the soothren pairt o the Fergana Valley in the far east o the kintra. It borders the Namangan an Andijan Provinces o Uzbekistan, as well as Kyrgyzstan an Tajikistan. It covers an aurie o 6,800&nbsp;km2. The population is estimatit tae be aroond 2,597,000, wi ower 71% o the population livin in rural auries.

Fergana Province is dividit intae 15 admeenistrative destricts. The caipital is the ceety o Fergana, wi an estimatit 214,000 indwallers. Ither major ceeties include Besharik, Khamza, Kokand, Kuva, Kuvasay, Margilan an Rishdan.

Fergana Province haes a teepically continental climate wi extreme differences atween winter an simmer temperaturs.

Agriculture is the main economy activity o Fergana Province, primarily irrigatit cotton, sericultur, horticultur, an wine. Ainimal husbandry concentrates on meat an milk production.

Naitural resoorces include deposits o petroleum, ceramic clays, an construction materials.

Industry is primarily based on ile refinin, fertiliser an chemical production, textile an silk weavin, licht industry, cleidin an ceramics. The aurie is a centre for the production o traditional Uzbek handicrafts, especially pottery an aw.

## Sister ceeties
* Yongin, Republic o Korea (2008)
Andijan Province

**Andijan Province** (Uzbek: **Andijon viloyati** / Андижон вилояти) is a viloyat (province) o Uzbekistan, locatit in the eastren pairt o the Fergana Valley in far eastren Uzbekistan. It borders wi Kyrgyzstan, Fergana Province an Namangan Province. It covers an aurie o 4,200&nbsp;km2. The population is estimatit tae be aroond 1,899,000 sicweys makkin Andijan Province the maist densely populatit province o Uzbekistan.

The name Andijan haes oreeginatit frae o the Persie wird o *اندکان Andakan*.

Andijan Province is dividit intae 14 admeenistrative destricts. The caipital is the ceety o Andijan (pop est 350,000 indwallers). Ither major ceeties include Asaka (Leninsk), Xonobod, Shahrixon (Moscovskiy), an Qorasuv.

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

Naitural resoorces include deposits o petroleum, natural gas, ozokerite an limestane. As wi ither regions o Uzbekistan, it is famous for its vera sweet melons an watermelons, but cultivation o crops can be accomplished exclusively on irrigatit lands. Main agricultur includes cotton, cereal, viticultur, cattle raisin an vegetable gardenin.

Industry includes metal processin, chemical industry, licht industry, fuid processin. The first automobile assembly plant in Central Asie wis opened in Asaka in Andijan Province bi the Uzbek-Korean jynt ventur, UzDaewoo, which produces Nexia an Tico caurs an the Damas minibus.

## References
Pichincha Province

**Pichincha** is a province o Ecuador locatit in the northren sierra region; its caipital an lairgest ceety is Quito. It is bordered bi Imbabura & Esmeraldas tae the north, Cotopaxi & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas tae the sooth, Napo & Sucumbíos tae the east, an Esmeraldas & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas tae the wast.

Prior tae 2008, the canton Santo Domingo de los Colorados wis pairt o the Pichincha Province. It haes syne become its awn province, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
The province is dividit intae aicht cantons.

## See an aw
* Provinces o Ecuador
* Cantons o Ecuador

## References

* Gobierno de la Provincia Pichincha  Web site of the Pichincha prefecture
* Data of Pichincha  Geographical Data of the Provice. Web site of the Pichincha Prefecture

## Freemit airtins
* Provincial Prefectur's offeecial page
Guayaquil Canton

The **Guayaquil Canton**, offeecial the **Municipality o Guayaquil**, is a canton in the centre o the Guayas Province in wastren Ecuador. The canton wis namit efter its seat, the ceety o Guayaquil, the maist populous ceety in Ecuador.

## Poleetical diveesions
The canton is dividit intae 14 urban parishes an 5 rural parishes. The urban parishes mak up the ceety o Guayaquil.

**Urban parishes**
*Ayauchco
*Bolivar (Sagario) 
*Carbo (Concepcion)
*Febres Cordero
*Garcia Moreno
*Letamendi
*Nueva de Octubre
*Olmedo (San Alejo)
*Roca
*Rocafuerte
*Sucre
*Tarqui
*Urdaneta
*Ximena
**Rural parishes**
*Juan Gomez Rendon (Progreso) 
*Morro
*Posorja
*Puna
*Tenguel
Surxondaryo Province

**Surxondaryo Province** (, , UniPers: "sorxāndaryā"), auld spellin **Surkhandarya Province** is a viloyat (province) o Uzbekistan, locatit in the extreme sooth-east o the kintra. It wis stablished on 6 Mairch 1941. It covers an aurie o 20,100&nbsp;km². The population is estimatit at 1,925,100 (end o 2005 data), wi 80% livin in rural auries. Accordin tae offeecial data, 83% o the population are Uzbeks an 1% Tajiks. The heichest pynt o Province an anaw o Uzbekistan is Khazrati Sulton peak reachin 4,643 m/15,233&nbsp;ft in Gissar Range.

The provincial caipital is Termez wi a population o 122,900 an the seicont lairgest ceety is Denov (Denau) wi 69,500 indwallers (data for 2005). Ither major touns include Boysun, Jarqo‘rg‘on, Qumqo‘rg‘on, Shargun, Sherobod, Sho‘rchi, an Sariosiyo.

The climate is teepical continental wi mild wet winters an het dry simmers. The soothren pairt o the province is in the Badkhiz-Karabil semi-desert ecoregion (PA0808), characterizit bi a savanna o pistachio an desert sedge. The northren portion is characterized bi open woodlands (Gissaro-Alai open woodlands ecoregion, PA1306), wi characteristic plants bein pistachio, awmond, walnut, aiple, an juniper. Sagebrush is common at lawer elevations [the cited link daes nae lead tae this information: need a direct link]

Naitural resoorces include petroleum, natural gas, an coal. Licht industry, mainly cotton ginnin an fuid processin, is anaw an important pairt o the provincial economy, pairticularly in the production o consumer goods. Agricultur is based primarily on cotton an cereals, supplementit wi horticultur an viticultur. Surxondaryo is the kintra's lairgest supplier o lang-feebre cotton. Livestock accoonts for 40% o regional agricultural product. The climatic conditions o this region an aw mak it possible tae cultivate subtropical crops sic as succarcane.

The province haes a well-developit transport infrastructur, wi 300&nbsp;km o railways an 2,700&nbsp;km o surfacit roads. Central Asie's anerlie river port is locatit at Termez on the Amudarya River.

## History
Bitter debates accompaniet the Soviet allocation o Surkhandarya Province tae the Uzbek SSR rather than the Tajik SSR in 1929, as that province, as well as the auries o Bukhara an Samarkand, haed sizeable, if no dominant, Tajik populations.

## Destricts
The provinces is dividit intae 14 destricts (tumans):

## Agricultur (2005 data)
Agricultur accoonts for 42% o tot employment in Surxondaryo Province an produces 8% o Uzbekistan’s agricultural ootput. Agricultural production is 56% crops an 44% livestock (lik the kintra’s average). Milk yields are less nor 1,700&nbsp;kg per cow per year, on a par wi the naitional average.

**Main characteristics o agricultur in Surxondaryo Province**

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Surxondaryo Province offeecial wab steid  
* Map o Surxondaryo Province
Jizzax Province

**Jizzax Province** (Uzbek: **Jizzax viloyati** / Жиззах вилояти) is a viloyat (province) o Uzbekistan locatit in the centre o the kintra. It borders wi Tajikstan tae the sooth an sooth-east, Samarqand Province tae the wast, Navoiy Province tae the north-wast, Kazakhstan tae the north, an Sirdaryo Province tae the east. It covers an aurie o 20,500&nbsp;km². The population is estimatit tae be aroond 910,500, wi some 80% livin in rural auries.

The provincial caipital is Jizzakh (pop est 127,500 indwallers). Ither major touns include Dustlik, Gagarin, Gallyaaral (Gallaorol), Pakhtakor, an Mardjanbulak. Jizzax Province wis umwhile a pairt o Sirdaryo Province but wis gien separate status in 1973.

The climate is a teepically continental climate, wi mild winters an het, dry simmers.

The economy o Jizzax Province is primarily based on agricultur. Cotton an wheat are the main craps, an extensive irrigation is uised. Naitural resoorces include leid, zinc, airn, an limestane.

The province haes a well-developit transportation infrastructur, wi ower 2500&nbsp;km o surfacit roads.

The bonnie Zaamin Naitional Pairk, umwhile Guralash Preserve, on the wastren slopes o the Turkestan Range an kent for its unique fauna an flora, is athin the province an aw.

Wildlife is extremely rich here; in spring an in simmer alpine meadaes are gray wi multitude o colors, bricht-reid tulips an snaw-white acacias. In hairst the hills thay are magnificently decoratit wi the gowden domes o the hazelnut trees, columns o birch-trees, touerin plane trees, an green rones. Heich in the muntains, in the upper pairt o the Garalashsay gorge, is a nestin-place o black storks. Thir rare birds are the pride an joy o Uzbekistan. Thay are written doun in the "Redbooks" in mony kintras as an endangered species. Early in the ware whan the Amasay Depression is fluidit, flocks o deuks, wild geese, pelicans an grey herons come here. This territory sers as a nestin place for rose-coloured starlins, shrikes, an sandpipers.

## Destricts

The province is dividit intae 12 destricts (tumans):

## References
* Jizzakh Province offeecial wab steid  (browse throu aw accessible sections).
North Holland

**North Holland** ( , Wast Frisie: *Noard-Holland*) is a province situatit on the North Sea in the northwast pairt o the Netherlands. The provincial caipital is Haarlem an its lairgest ceety is Amsterdam.

## Geography
North Holland is a broad peninsulae for the maist pairt, locatit atween the North Sea, Markermeer an the IJsselmeer. Mair nor hauf o the province consists o reclaimit polder land situatit belaw sea level.

North Holland haes five municipalities wi aroond 100,000 or mair inhabitants. They are, in order o size, Amsterdam (in terms o population this is an aw the lairgest municipality in the Netherlands), Haarlem, Zaanstad, Haarlemmermeer, an Alkmaar. Anither seiven municipalities hae a population atween 50,000 an 100,000 inhabitants (them being, in order o size Hilversum, Amstelveen, Purmerend, Hoorn, Velsen, Alkmaar, an Heerhugowaard.) The island o Texel is an aw pairt o North Holland. North Holland haes an aw invited Bonaire, Saba an Sint Eustatius, umwhile pairt o the Netherlands Antilles, tae become pairt o their state. Nae decision haes been reached as o yet.

North Holland maks up a single region o the International Organization for Standardization warld region code seestem, haein the code ISO 3166-2:NL-NH.

## Municipalities

As o Januar 2016, North Holland is dividit intae 48 municipalities (local govrenment). Efter the dissolution o the Netherlands Antilles, three islands in the Caribbean, Bonaire, Saba, an Sint Eustatius, wur affered tae join the province, though the affer haes been neither acceptit nor rejectit.

**A**
* Aalsmeer
* Alkmaar
* Amstelveen
* Amsterdam
**B**
* Beemster
* Bergen
* Beverwijk
* Blaricum
* Bloemendaal
**C**
* Castricum
**D**
* Den Helder
* Diemen
* Drechterland

**E**
* Edam-Volendam
* Enkhuizen
**G**
* Gooise Meren
**H**
* Haarlem
* Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
* Haarlemmermeer
* Heemskerk
* Heemstede
* Heerhugowaard
* Heiloo
* Hilversum
* Hollands Kroon
* Hoorn
* Huizen
**K**
* Koggenland

**L**
* Landsmeer
* Langedijk
* Laren
**M**
* Medemblik
**O**
* Oostzaan
* Opmeer
* Ouder-Amstel
**P**
* Purmerend
**S**
* Schagen
* Stede Broec

**T**
* Texel
**U**
* Uitgeest
* Uithoorn
**V**
* Velsen
**W**
* Waterland
* Weesp
* Wijdemeren
* Wormerland
**Z**
* Zaanstad
* Zandvoort

## Notes

## See an aw
* Sooth Holland
* Leet o ceeties, touns an veelages in North Holland

## Freemit airtins
* Wabsteid o the Province 
* Map of Province in Google Maps
* Provincial Tourist Board
* Picturs frae North Holland 
* Haarlem Shuffle
North Brabant

**North Brabant** (, ), maistly cried **Brabant**, is a province o the Netherlands, locatit in the sooth o the kintra, bordered bi Belgium in the sooth, the Meuse River (*Maas*) in the north, Limburg in the east an Zeeland in the wast.

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial Wabsteid
Overijssel

**Overijssel** () (Dutch Law Saxon: *Oaveriessel*) is a province o the Netherlands in the central eastren pairt o the Kintra. The region haes a NUTS classification o NL21. The province's name means "Lands athort river IJssel". The caipital ceety o Overijssel is Zwolle an the lairgest ceety is Enschede. The province haes a population o 1,113,529 inhabitants.

## External links
*Overijssel Website (in English)
Friesland

**Friesland** (; , ), historically kent as **Frisie**, is a province in the north o the Netherlands an pairt o the auncient, mair muckle airt o Frisie.

Till the end o 1996, the province bore *Friesland* as its offeecial name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its offeecial status tae the Frisie *Fryslân*. Housomeiver, *Friesland* remains in common uisage, bein the Dutch name for the province.

Friesland haes 646,000 indwallers (2010) an its caipital is Leeuwarden (Wast Frisie: *Ljouwert*), wi 91,817 indwallers, in the centre o the province.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Wabsteid o visitFryslân.nl 
*Wabsteid o the province
Kristina Orbakaitė

**Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite** (, , born 25 Mey 1971, Moscow, Roushie) is a Roushie sangster an actress. Her parents are Roushie pop starn Alla Pugacheva an Lithuanie circus performer Mykolas Orbakas.

## Biografie
Kristina wis born in Moscow an spent hintle o her childhuid in the Lithuanie toun o Šventoji. At the age o 7 she debuted in the Soviet childer TV program "Veseliye Notki" *(Happy Music)* wi the sang "Solnishko Smeetsa". In 1982 she sang the sang "Pust' Govoryat" in the popular TV program  "Utrenyaya Pochta". Housomeivver, she did no acome popular till 1983, when she filmit the movie "Chuchelo" (*Scarecrow*) whaur she played a girl who wis different frae iveryane else.

## Muisical career
She made her singin debut in 1992 wi the sang "Pogovorim" *(Let's Talk)*. Efter twa years, she released her first album "Vernost'".
Kristina wis awairdit a "World Music Award" in 2002 for the "Best Sellin Roushie Airtist", an "MuzTV Music Award" in 2005 an 2006 for the "Best Female sangster" in Roushie.

## Personal
She is currently marriet tae a Roushie businessman namit Mikhail Zemtsov an haes twa sons: Nikita born in 1991, an Deni born in 1998. On 19 November 2011 she offeecially confirmit that she is pregnant. Kristina gae birth tae a dochter on 30 Mairch 2012 an namit her Claudia.

## Albums
*1994 - Верность "Loyalty"
*1996 - Ноль Часов, Ноль Минут "Zero Hours, Zero Minutes"
*1998 - Ты "You"
*1999 - Той Женщине, Которая... "To that woman, Who.."
*2000 - Май "May"
*2001 - The Best
*2001 - Remixes
*2002 - Верь В Чудеса "Believe in miracles"
*2002 - Океан Любви "Ocean Of Love"
*2003 - Перелётная Птица "Fly away bird"
*2005 - My Life
*2008 - Слышишь.. это я "Can you hear...it's me"
*2009 - The Best Pairt 1 an Pairt 2
*2011 - Поцелуй на бис "Encore Kiss"

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial Wabsteid o Kristina Orbakaite
Zeeland

**Zeeland** (), cried **Zealand** in Scots an aw, is the wastmaist province o the Netherlands. The province, locatit in the sooth-wast o the kintra, consists o a number o islands (hence its name, meanin "sea-land") an a strip borderin Belgium. Its caipital is Middelburg. Wi a population o aboot 380,000, its aurie is aboot 2930&nbsp;km², o which amaist 1140&nbsp;km² is watter. Lairge pairts o Zeeland are belaw sea level. The last great floodin o the aurie wis in 1953. Tourism is an important economic activity. Its beaches mak it a popular holiday destination in the simmer. Maist tourists are Germans. In some auries, the population can be twa tae fower times heicher durin heich simmer saison. The coat o airms o Zeeland shows a lion hauf-emergit frae watter, an the text "luctor et emergo" (Laitin for "A struggle an A emerge"). The Pacific naition o New Zealand is namit efter Zeeland.

## Constituent pairts
Frae north tae sooth, it consists o
* Schouwen-Duiveland
* Tholen
* Noord-Beveland
* Walcheren, Zuid-Beveland
* Zeeuws-Vlaanderen (Zealands Flanders)

### Municipalities

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Deltaworks Online – Flood Protection o Zeeland an Deltaregion 
* Provincial Govrenment 
* Zeeland at a glance 
* Zeeland Tourist Board 
* Zeeland Zakelijk Links
* Zeelandforum – Discussion Forum Zeeland
Utrecht (province)

**Utrecht** (), offeecially the **Province o Utrecht** (, ), is the smawest province o the Netherlands in terms o aurie, an is locatit in the centre o the kintra. It is bordered bi the Eemmeer in the north, Gelderland in the east, the river Rhine in the sooth, Sooth Holland in the wast, an North Holland in the northwast. Utrecht maks up ane region o the International Organization for Standardization warld region code seestem, haein the code ISO 3166-2:NL-UT. Important ceeties in the province are its caipital (cried anaw Utrecht), Amersfoort, Veenendaal, Houten, Nieuwegein an Zeist.

## Municipalities
The Province o Utrecht consists o 26 municipalities.
:''For a complete leet, includin umwhile municipalities, see Leet o municipalities in Utrecht

*Amersfoort
*Baarn
*Bunnik
*Bunschoten
*De Bilt
*De Ronde Venen
*Eemnes
*Houten
*IJsselstein

*Leusden
*Lopik
*Montfoort
*Nieuwegein
*Oudewater
*Renswoude
*Rhenen
*Soest
*Stichtse Vecht

*Utrecht
*Utrechtse Heuvelrug
*Veenendaal
*Vianen
*Wijk bij Duurstede
*Woerden
*Woudenberg
*Zeist

## See an aw
*Guild of St. Bernulphus

## Freemit airtins

*Wabsteid o the Province

## References
Groningen (province)

**Groningen** (, locally ; Gronings: Grönnen; ) is the northeastmaist province o the Netherlands.  In the east it borders the German state o Niedersachsen (destricts o Leer an Emsland), in the sooth Drenthe, in the wast Friesland an in the north the Wadden Sea.  The caipital o the province is the ceety o Groningen.

## Municipalities (20)

*Appingedam
*Bedum
*De Marne
*Delfzijl
*Eemsmond
*Groningen
*Grootegast
*Haren
*Leek
*Loppersum
*Marum
*Midden-Groningen
*Oldambt
*Pekela
*Stadskanaal
*Ten Boer
*Veendam
*Westerwolde
*Winsum
*Zuidhorn
Alla Pugacheva

**Alla Borisovna Pugacheva** () or **Pugachova** (mair accurately reflecting  an the letter ё), born 15 Aprile 1949), is а Soviet an Roushie musical performer. Her career stairtit in 1965 an continues tae this day. For her "clear mezzosoprano an a fou display o sincere emotions", she enjoys an iconic status athort the umwhile Soviet Union as the maist successful Soviet performer in terms o record sales an popularity. She became a Meritorious Airtist o the Roushie SFSR in 1980, Fowk Airtist o the Roushie SFSR in 1985 an Fowk Airtist o the USSR in 1991. She is the mither o Kristina Orbakaitė wha is a popular pop sangster an aw.

## Notes an references


## Freemit airtins

*Alla Pugacheva fan club  
*Russian Music on the net: Info on Alla Pugacheva with lyrics translated to English
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*Videos of Alla Pugacheva's Concert in Kremlin
*Alla Pugacheva on YouTube
Province o Seville

**Seville** () is a province o soothren Spain, in the wastren pairt o the autonomous commonty o Andalusie. It haes mairches wi the provinces o Málaga, Cádiz, Huelva, Badajoz, an Córdoba.

Its area is 14,042 km². Its population is 1,914,958 (2010), o that 40% bide in the caipital, Seville, an its population density is 125.25/km² It contains 105 municipalities.

The province shares the Parque Nacional de Doñana wi Huelva province.

Seville haes a wairm oceanic climate wi an annual average temperatur o 18.5 °C . Winters are generally mild an summers gey wairm. The maximum temperaturs in simmer aften surpass 40°C. The locality o Écija is popularly kent as the “Fryin pan o Andalusie” for its torrid simmers. 

Seville is the 4t maist populatit province in Spain an the 1st in Andalusie wi 1.868.343 inhabitants in 2008 (INE). The province o Seville generates 1.92% o the Spainish hotel muivement. 

In terms o tourism the city o Seville is ane o the leadin cities in Andalusie, situatit ahint Barcelona an Madrid on a naitional level.

## Freemit airtins

*Doñana Natural Park
*Sierra Norte de Sevilla Natural Park
Sooth Holland

**Sooth Holland** (  is a province situatit on the North Sea in the wastren pairt o the Netherlands. The provincial caipital is The Hague an its lairgest ceety is Rotterdam.

Sooth Holland is ane o the maist densely populatit an industrialised auries in the warld. Wi a population o 3,502,595 (30 November 2009) an an aurie o 3,403 km², the province haes the heichest population density in the Netherlands. 

## Municipalities

Sooth Holland is dividit intae 60 municipalities. In the Netherlands a municipality (*gemeente*) mey consist o a single ceety or toun or it mey consist o a number o smawer touns an veelages.

### Municipalities (wi links tae maps)

## Notes
Sandomierz

**Sandomierz** is a ceety locatit in Poland, on the Vistula river, wi a population o 24.457 (2014). It is the caipital o a poviat athin Voivodship Saint Cross.
Groningen (disambiguation)

**[[Groningen]]** is a ceety in the Netherlands.

**Groningen** mey an aw refer tae:

*Groningen (province), a Netherlands province o which Groningen is the caipital
*Lairdship o Groningen, the name unner which the province wis ruled bi the Habsburg atween 1536 and 1594. 
*Grøningen, a Norse lake
*Groningen, Suriname
*Groningen, Minnesota
*Groningen, Michigan
*Gröningen, a toun in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
*Groeningen, North Brabant, the Netherlands, veelage
Gröningen

**Gröningen** is a toun in the Börde destrict in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lees approx. 40&nbsp;km sooth-wast o Magdeburg, an 10&nbsp;km east o Halberstadt. It haes 4,180 inhabitants (December 2004). Gröningen is pairt o the *[[Verbandsgemeinde]]* Westliche Börde.

## References
Province o Cádiz

**Cádiz** is a province o soothren Spain, in the soothwastren pairt o the autonomous commonty o Andalusie, the soothnmaist pairt o continental Wastren Europe.

It is bordered bi the Spaingie provinces o Huelva, Seville, an Málaga, as well as the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait o Gibraltar an the Breetish owerseas territory o Gibraltar. Its aurie is 7,442 square kilometers.

Its caipital is the ceety o Cádiz, which haes a population o mair nor 128,000.  The lairgest ceety is Jerez de la Frontera wi 208,896 inhabitants (as o 2010), an anither important ceety is Algeciras wi juist ower 114,000 inhabitants. The entire province haed a population o 1,194,062 (as o 2006), o whom aboot 600,000 live in the Bay o Cádiz aurie. Its population density is 160.45 per square kilometer.
Harju Coonty

**Harju Coonty** (), or ***Harjumaa*** (, ), ane o 15 coonties o Estonie. It is situatit in northren Estonie, on the sooth coast o the Gulf o Finland, an borders Lääne-Viru Coonty tae the east, Järva Coonty tae the sooth-east, Rapla Coonty tae the sooth, an Lääne Coonty tae the sooth-wast.

## Municipalities
The coonty is subdividit intae municipalities. Thare are 6 urban municipalities ( – touns) an 17 landwart municipalities ( – parishes) in Harju Coonty.

**Urban municipalities:**
*Keila
*Loksa
*Maardu
*Paldiski
*Saue
*Tallinn

**Landwart municipalities:**
*Aegviidu (*burgh*)
*Anija Pairish (*includes the toun o [[Kehra]]*)
*Harku Pairish
*Jõelähtme Pairish
*Keila Pairish
*Kernu Pairish
*Kiili Pairish (*includes the burgh o [[Kiili]]*)
*Kose Pairish
*Kuusalu Pairish
*Nissi Pairish
*Padise Pairish
*Raasiku Pairish
*Rae Pairish
*Saku Pairish
*Saue Pairish
*Vasalemma Pairish
*Viimsi Pairish


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## References

## Freemit airtins
* Harju Coonty Govrenment  – Offeecial wabsteid (in Estonie)
Berat Coonty

The **Coonty o Berat** () is ane o the 12 coonties o Albanie. It is makkit up o the destricts Berat, Kuçovë, an Skrapar; its caipital is Berat.
The main cities are Berat city proper, Kucove, Polican, Ura Vajgurore, Corovode an Bogove. Berat is a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid (inscribit in 2005 unner criteria iii an iv)
coverin an area o  an a buffer zone o . It lies 123&nbsp;km sooth o Tirana, the caipital o Albanie.

## See an aw
*Coonties o Albanie

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Berat Coonty Travel Guide 
*Offeecial Wabsteid o Berat Coonty
Badakhshan Province

**Badakhshan** (Persie: بدخشان - *Badakhshān*) is ane o the 34 provinces o Afghanistan, consistin o 28 destricts. It is locatit in the northeast o the kintra, atween the Hindu Kush an the Amu Darya. It is pairt o the Badakhshan region.

## References

## External links

* Recent activities and developments in Badakhshan
Central Athens

**Central Athens** () is ane o the regional units o Greece. It is pairt o the region o Attica. The regional unit covers the central pairt o the agglomeration o Athens. 

## Admeenistration

As a pairt o the 2011 Kallikratis govrenment reform, the regional unit Central Athens wis creatit oot o pairt o the umwhile Athens Prefectur. It is subdividit intae 8 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):

*Athens (*Athina*, 1)
*Dafni-Ymittos (13)
*Filadelfeia-Chalkidona (32)
*Galatsi (11)
*Ilioupoli (16)
*Kaisariani (19)
*Vyronas (10)
*Zografou (15)

## See an aw
*Leet o settlements in Attica

## References
Azad Kashmir

**Azad Jammu an Kashmir** (, *Azaad Jammu o- Kashmir*, literally *Free Jammu an Kashmir* ; **AJK**) or **Azad Kashmir** (literally *Free Kashmir*) for short, is the soothmaist poleetical entity athin the Pakistani-admeenistered pairt o the umwhile princely state o Jammu an Kashmir. It borders the present-day Indie-controlled state o Jammu an Kashmir tae the east (separatit frae it bi the Line o Control), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tae the wast, Gilgit-Baltistan tae the north, an the Punjab province tae the sooth. Wi its caipital at Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir covers an aurie o  an haes an estimatit population o aboot foer million. Azad Kashmir an Gilgit-Baltistan thegether constitute the distputit region, referred tae as Pakistan-admeenistered Kashmir bi the Unitit Naitions an ither internaitional organisations, an as *Pakistan-occupeed Kashmir* in Indie in contrast tae the name *Indie-occupeed Kashmir* which is gien tae the Indie admeenistered Jammu an Kashmir bi Pakistan. The territories hae been unner control o the twa kintras syne the first Kashmir war efter which Azad Kashmir wis successfully captured frae the princely state bi the rebellin militias wi the help o Pakistan Airmy.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Govrenment o Azad Jammu an Kashmir
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Gilgit-Baltistan

**Gilgit-Baltistan** (Urdu: , Balti: , umwhile kent as the **Northren Auries** (, **)), is the northmaist poleetical entity athin Pakistan. It borders Pakistan's Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province tae the wast, Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor tae the north, Cheenae tae the east an northeast, Azad Kashmir tae the soothwast, an Indie-admeenistered Jammu an Kashmir tae the sootheast. Gilgit-Baltistan covers an aurie o 72,971&nbsp;km² (28,174&nbsp;mi²) an is heichlie muntainous. It haes an estimatit population approachin 1,000,000. Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Gilgit (population 216,760).

## References

## Further readin
**Pakistan Trekking Guide*, by Isobel and Ben Shaw, 1993.
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## External links

* Offeecial Wabsteid o the Govrenment o Gilgit Baltistan 
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Islamabad Caipital Territory

The **Islamabad Caipital Territory** (ICT) (Urdu:وفاقی دارالحکومت) is ane o the twa federal territories o Pakistan. It includes Islamabad, the caipital ceety o Pakistan, an covers an aurie o 1,165.5&nbsp;km² (450&nbsp;mi²) o which 906&nbsp;km² (349.8&nbsp;mi²) is Islamabad proper. It is represented in the National Assembly bi twa constituencies, namely NA-48 an NA-49.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Govrenment o the Islamabad Caipital Territory 
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*Capital Development Authority
Zacatecas

**Zacatecas** () offeecially *Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas* () is ane o the 31 states that, wi the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is dividit in 58 municipalities an its caipital ceety is Zacatecas.

It is locatit in North-Central Mexico. It mairches the states o Durango norwastlins, Coahuila norlins, Nayarit wastlins, San Luis Potosí an Nuevo León eastlins, an Jalisco, Guanajuato an Aguascalientes soothlins.

The state o Zacatecas is best kent for its rich deposits o siller an ither minerals, its colonial airchitectur an its importance in the Mexican Revolution. Its main economic activities is minin, agricultur an tourism.

## Etymology
"Zacatecas" is the Nahuatl-derivit name for ane o the indigenous fowks wha inhabitit the region afore the income o the Spaingie.  The name ultimately haes its springheid in the Nahuatl wird for a kin o grass common in the region, *zacatl*.  The region whaur this grass grew wis oreeginally cried *Zacatlan*, an its inhabitants, *Zacateca*, pluralizit in Mexican Spaingie tae *Zacatecas*.

Asides the Zacatecas, the Caxcan, Guachichil, an Tepehuan wur forbye reportit bi the Spaingie tae be wonin the region that comprises the modren state o Zacatecas.

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## References
* C. Michael Hogan (2009) ''Elephant Tree: Bursera microphylla'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
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## External links

* Portal wi News an Information about Zacatecas 
* Zacatecas state govrenment wabsteid 
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