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Transnistrie

**Transnistrie**, forby kent as **Trans-Dniestr** or **Transdniestrie** is a breakaway territory locatit maistly on a strip o land atween the Dniester River an the eastren Moldovan border tae Ukraine. Since its declaration o unthirldom in 1990, an especially efter the War o Transnistrie in 1992, it is governed *[[de facto]]* as the **Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic** (PMR, cried "Pridnestrovie" an aa), an unrecognized state which claims the territory tae the east o the river Dniester as well as the ceety o Bender an its surroondin localities locatit on the wast bank. The modren Republic o Moldovae does no recognize the secession an considers territories controlled bi the PMR tae be pairt o Moldovae's autonomous region o **Stînga Nistrului** (*"Left Bank o the Dniester"*). Transnistrie's sovereignty is unrecognized bi ony Unitit Naitions member state an it haes nae diplomatic relations wi them.

Efter the dissolution of the Soviet Union, tensions atween the Moldovan government an the breakaway unrecognized state's authorities in Tiraspol escalatit intae a military conflict that stairtit in Mairch 1992 an wis concludit bi a ceasefire in Julie 1992. As pairt o that agreement, a three-pairty (Roushie, Moldovae, Transnistrie) Joint Control Commission supervises the security arrangements in the demilitarized zone, comprisin 20 localities on baith sides o the river. Although the ceasefire haes held, the territory's poleetical status remains unresolved: commonly considered *[[De jure]]* pairt o Moldovae, Transnistrie is a *[[de facto]]* independent state. It is organized as a presidential republic, wi its awn government, parliament, military, polis, postal seestem, an currency. Its authorities hae adoptit a constitution, banner, naitional anthem, an a coat o airms. Housomeivver, follaein a 2005 agreement atween Moldovae an Ukraine, aw Transnistrian companies seekin tae export guids through the Ukrainian border must be registered wi the Moldovan authorities. This agreement wis implementit efter EUBAM stairtit its activity in 2006. Maist Transnistrians are Moldovan citizens, but there are forby mony Transnistrians wi Roushie an Ukrainian citizenship.

Transnistria is sometimes compared wi ither post-Soviet frozen conflict zones such as Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazie, an Sooth Ossetie. The latter twae hae recognised Transnistrie as an independent state an hae established diplomatic relations in return for Transnistrie's recognition o them (see Community for Democracy an Richts o Naitions).

## References
Garoowe

**Garowe** (, ) is the caipital ceety o the Puntland admeenistrative region o Somalie. It is locatit in the Nugaal region, an is the seat o the regional pairlament, the presidential palace an govrenment ministries.

## Owerview

Wi a population o 33,686 indwallers, Garowe is the third lairgest ceety in Puntland efter Bosaso an Gaalkacyo. It is locatit in the geographical centre o the region.

Garowe is transversed bi the north-sooth Somali hieway, which connects major ceeties in the northren pairt o the kintra wi ceeties in the sooth. The presence o the hieway haes alloued for an economic boom tae tak place, which haes haed a rejuvenatin effect on Garowe's population, in the process transformin it frae a sma rural toun tae a sma tae medium-sized ceety.

Garowe hosts several schools, includin the Garowe Teachers Eddication College (GTEC), as well as ane major hospital. Numerous news agencies an radio stations are an aa based here, includin Garowe Online an Radio Garowe. In addition, Garowe is hame tae Puntland State University.

## Districts
Garowe consists o the follaein districts:

*Waaberi
*Wadajir
*Hantiwadaag
*Inji

## Climate

## References


## See an aa
*Garowe Online
*Radio Garowe

## Freemit airtins
*Garowe Online, a news and information site
*FSAU data on Somali livestock population
*Spectacular Garowe, a video on YouTube
*Al Carab
Coat o airms o Namibie

The **Coat o airms o [[Namibie]]** consists o a bend sinister shield wi the Banner o Namibie depictit on it. On tap o the shield is an African Fish Eagle, *Haliaeetus vocifer*.  Flankin the shield are twa antelope, *[[Oryx]]* sp., representin courage, elegance an pride.  Belaw the shield is an example o local desert flora, ''Welwitschia mirabilis'', seembolic o survival an naitional fortitude.  Belaw that is the naitional motto: *Unity, Liberty, Juistice*.

## Historical coats o airms

File:Namibia SWA Arms.jpg|Coat o airms o Sooth Wast Africae (1961-1990)


## Freemit airtins
*The Naitional Seembols o Namibie
Hun Sen

**Hun Sen** Nickname(អ៊ំ)(Om)(; born 5 August 1952) is a Cambodie politeecian wha haes servit as the Prime Meenister o Cambodie syne 1985. He is currently the warld's langest-servin prime meeenister, the langest-servin heid o govrenment o Cambodie, an ane o the langest-servin leaders in the warld. He is the preses o the Cambodie Fowkpairty (CPP) an aw an a member o the Naitional Assembly for Kandal. His full honorar title is **Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen** (; meanin "Laird Prime Meenister, Supreme Militar Commander Hun Sen"). Born **Hun Bunal**, he chyngit his name tae Hun Sen in 1972 twa years efter jynin the Khmer Rouge. Frae 1979 tae 1986 an again frae 1987 tae 1990, he servit as Cambodie's foreign meenister.

Syne 1997, Hun Sen haes led the CPP tae consecutive victories an is currently servin in his fift prime meenisterial term. In Juin 2015, follaein the daith o Chea Sim, Hun Sen wis electit preses o the CPP. In 2018, he wis electit tae a saxt term in a lairgely unopposed poll, wi the CPP winnin ivery seat in the Naitional Assembly.

Hun Sen wis 32 year auld when he became Prime Meenister, makkin him at that time the warld's youngest heid o govrenment. He haes been describit as a "wily operator wha destroys his poleetical opponents" bi *[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]* an as a dictator wha haes assumit authoritarian pouer in Cambodie uisin violence, intimidation an corruption tae mainteen his pouer base.  Unner his govrenment, thoosans o opposition activists, politeecians, environmentalists an human richts warkers hae been murthert, whaur a majority o the cases wur niver investigatit due tae the poleetical tees wi the incumbent admeenistration. Hun Sen haes accumulatit heichly centralisit pouer athin Cambodie, includin a personal gaird said tae hae capabilities rivallin thae o the kintra's regular airmy, makkin coup attempts virtually impossible.

## References
Perth, Ontario

**Perth** is a toun in the eastren portion o Soothren Ontario, Canadae (pop. 6,003 in 2001). It is locatit on the Tay River, 83&nbsp;km soothwast o Ottawa, an is the seat o Lanark Coonty.

Its centre is locatit at 44 degrees, 53 minutes, 59.97 seiconts N, 76 degrees, 14 minutes, 59.99 seiconts W; or in Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 18 at GR 401300 E, 4972600 N, or mair simply VQ 013726.

## Sister ceeties
* Perth, Scotland, Unitit Kingdom
* Perth, Wastren Australie, Australie
* Perth, Tasmanie, Australie
* Perth, North Dakota, Unitit States
* Asago, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Bangladesh

**Bangladesh** ( or ; ), offeecially the **Fowkrepublic o Bangladesh** (Bangla: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ **) is a kintra in Sooth Asie. It is bordered bi Indie on aw sides except for a sma border wi Burma (Myanmar) tae the far sootheast an bi the Bay o Bengal tae the sooth. Thegither wi the Indian state o Wast Bengal, it makes up the ethno-linguistic region o Bengal. The name *Bangladesh* means "Kintra o Bengal" in the offeecial Bengali leid.

## References
Annobón Province

**Annobón** (or **Annabon** or **Anabon**; frae *Ano bom* Portuguese for *Good Year*), kent as **Pagalu** or **Pigalu** an aw, is an island o Equatorial Guinea. It is locatit in the South Atlantic Ocean at , aboot 220&nbsp;miles (350&nbsp;km) wast o Gabon an 110 mile (180&nbsp;km) sooth wast o São Tomé Island. It measures aboot 4 mile (6.4&nbsp;km) lang bi 2 mile (3.2&nbsp;km) wide (6.4 by 3.2&nbsp;km), wi an aurie o aboot 6¾ square miles (17.5&nbsp;km²). It haes a population o aroond 5,000. The island's main industries are fishin an timmer.

## Geography
Annobón is an extinct volcano o which juist the 598&nbsp;m (1961&nbsp;ft) peak (cawed Quioveo) rises abuin sea level. It is characterised bi a succession o lush valleys an steep muntains, covered wi rich woods an luxuriant vegetation. It haes a central crater lake named Lago A Pot. A number o tiny rocky islets lie aff the main island, includin Santarém tae the sooth.

The island constitutes the small **Annobón Province**, ane o the provinces o Equatorial Guinea. Its caipital is the northren village o San Antonio de Palé, an the island's ither main settlement is the similarly-named San Antonio. The roadstead is relatively safe, an some passin vessels take advantage o it in order tae obtain water an fresh provisions, o which Annobon affers an abundant supply. Housomeivver, there is nae regular shippin service tae the rest o Equatorial Guinea, an ships caw as infrequently as ivery few months.

Annobón is aften described as being "in the Gulf o Guinea" like the neighbourin islands o São Tomé an Príncipe, but the Internaitional Hydrographic Organization (IHO) boondary line for the Gulf o Guinea actually runs north o it.

## References
Ossetic leid

**Ossetian** (Ирон ӕвзаг, *Iron ævzag* or Иронау, *Ironau*), an aa sometimes cawed **Ossete**, is an East Iranian leid spoken in Ossetie, a region on the slopes o the Caucasus Muntains.

The aurie in Roushie is kent as North Ossetie-Alanie, while the aurie sooth o the border is referred tae as Sooth Ossetie, recognized bi Roushie, Nicaragua, Venezuela an Nauru as an independent state but bi the rest o the international community as pairt o Georgie. Ossetian speakers nummer aboot 525,000, sixty percent o whom live in North Ossetie-Alanie, an ten percent in Sooth Ossetie.

## A nummer o wirds
*A
**Âbuzen** tae swall
*Æ
**Ævgænen** tae poor
*B
**Bâbez** deuk
*D
**Dâdâ** granda
*DZ
**Dzâburtæ** butts, shuin
*DZH
**Dzhelbet** deegnity, perfection, virtue
*E
**Erdo** chimley

## References
Emblem o Bangladesh

The **Naitional Emblem o [[Bangladesh]]** wis adoptit shortly efter unthirldom in 1971. 

On the emblem, thare a watter lily, that is bund on twa sides bi rice sheafs. Abuin the watter lilly is fower starns an a three connectit jute leafs. The watter lily is the kintra's naitional flouer, an is representative o the mony rivers that rin throu Bangladesh. Rice represents its presence as the staple fuid o Bangladesh, an for the agricultur o that naition. The fower starns represent the fower foondin principles that wis oreeginally enshrined in the first constitution o Bangladesh in 1972: naitionalism, secularism, socialism, an democracy.

The details o the emblem is laid oot in Airticle 4(3) o the Constitution o Bangladesh.
Ceety o Lunnon

The **Ceety o Lunnon** () is a sma aurie athin Greater Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick. It is the historic core o Lunnon aroond whilk the modren conurbation grew an haes held ceety status syne time immemorial. The Ceety’s boondaries haes remeened amaist wanchynged syne the Middle Ages, an it is nou anerlie a tiny pairt o the metropolis o Lunnon, tho remeens a notable pairt o Central Lunnon. It is aften referred tae as **the Ceety** (aften written on maps as "Ceety") or the **Square Mile**, as it is juist ower ane square mile (1.12 sq mi/2.90 km2) in aurie. Thir terms are an' a' aften uised as metonyms for the Unitit Kinrick's financial services industry, which haes historically been based here.

In the medieval period, the Ceety wis the fou stent o Lunnon. The term *Lunnon* nou refers tae a muckle lairger conurbation thareaboot correspondin tae Greater Lunnon, a local govrenment aurie whilk includes 32 Lunnon boroughs as weel as the Ceety o Lunnon. The local authority for the Ceety, the City of London Corporation, is unique in the Unitit Kinrick, an haes some unuisual responsibilities for a local authority in Breetain, lik bein the polis authority for the Ceety. It haes forby responsibilities an awnerships ayont the Ceety's boondaries. The Corporation is heidit bi the Lord Mayor o the Ceety o Lunnon, an office separate frae (an muckle aulder nor) the Mayor o Lunnon.

## References
Togo

**Togo** (), kent offeecially as the **Togolese Republic**, , is a kintra in wast Africae maircht wastlins bi Ghana, eastlins bi Benin an norlins bi Burkina Faso. It stends sooth tae the Gulf o Guinea, on whilk the caipital Lomé is locatit. Togo kivers an aurie o thareaboot 57000 km2 (22,000 sq mi) wi a population o thareaboot 6.7 million. Togo is a tropical, sub-Saharan naition, heichlie dependent on agricultur, wi a climate that provides guid growin saisons. While the offeecial leid is French, there mony ither leids spoken in Togo, parteicular Gbe family leids. The lairgest releegious group in Togo is thaim wi indigenous beliefs, but there significant Christian an Muslim minorities. Togo is a memmer o the Unitit Naitions, African Union, Organisation o the Islamic Conference, Sooth Atlantic Peace an Cooperation Zone, La Francophonie an Economic Community o Wast African States.

Frae the 11t tae the 16t century, various tribes entert the region frae aw directions. Frae the 16t century tae the 18t century, the coastal region wis a major tradin centre for Europeans in sairch o slaves, earnin Togo an the surroondin region the name "The Slave Coast". In 1884, Germany declared Togoland a protectorate. Efter Warld War I, rule ower Togo wis transfer tae Fraunce. Togo gained its independence frae Fraunce in 1960. In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a sonsie military coup, efter whilk he became "preses". At the time o his daith in 2005, Eyadéma wis the langest-servin leader in modren African history, efter haein been "preses" for 38 year.  In 2005, his son Faure Gnassingbé wis electit preses.

## References
Burkina Faso

**Burkina Faso** (  ; ) –  an aa kent bi its short-form name **Burkina** – is a landlocked kintra in Wast Africae. It is surroondit bi sax kintras: Mali tae the north, Niger tae the east, Benin tae the sootheast, Togo an Ghana tae the sooth, an Côte d'Ivoire tae the soothwast.

Its size is 274,200 square kilometres (105,900 sq mi) wi an estimatit population o mair nor 15,757,000. Umwhile cawed the **Republic o Upper Volta**, it wis renamed on August 4, 1984, bi Preses Thomas Sankara tae mean "the land o upricht fowk" in Mòoré an Dioula, the major native leids o the kintra. Figuratively, "Burkina" mey be translatit, "men o integrity," frae the Mòoré leid, an "Faso" means "faither's hoose" in Dioula. The inhabitants o Burkina Faso are kent as *Burkinabè* ( ).

Burkina Faso wis populatit early, atween 14,000 an 5000 BC, bi hunter-gatherers in the northwastren pairt o the kintra. Settlements wi farmers appeared atween 3600 an 2600 BC. The central pairt o Burkina Faso includit a number o Mossi kinricks, which became a French protectorate in 1896. Efter gainin independence frae Fraunce in 1960, the kintra unnerwent mony governmental chynges till arrivin at its current form, a semi-presidential republic. The current preses is Blaise Compaoré.

Burkina Faso's caipital is Ouagadougou. It is a member o the African Union, Community o Sahel-Saharan States, 
La Francophonie, Organization o the Islamic Conference an Economic Community o Wast African States.

## References
Chongjin

**Ch'ŏngjin** (청진시, *Ch'ŏngjin-si*; ) is the caipital o North Korea's North Hamgyŏng Province an the kintra's third lairgest ceety.  Frae 1960 tae 1967 an again frae 1977 tae 1985, Ch'ŏngjin wis administered separately frae North Hamgyŏng as a Directly Governed Ceety (*Chikhalsi*). Prior tae 1960, frae 1967 tae 1977, an since 1985, the ceety haes been pairt o the North Hamgyŏng Province.
Anju, Sooth Pyongan

**Anju-si** is a ceety in the province o Pyongannam-do in North Korea. Its current population is unkent, but judgin frae satellite imagery, at least 100,000 fowk reside thare. The Ch'ongch'on River passes through Anju.

## References
Novosibirsk

**Novosibirsk** (, ) is Roushie's third-lairgest ceety, efter Moscow an Saunt Petersburg, an the lairgest ceety o Siberie wi a population o 1.4 million (2010). It is the administrative centre o Novosibirsk Oblast as well as o the Siberian Federal District. The ceety is locatit in the sooth-wastren portion o the federal destrict an occupies an aurie o 477.2 square kilometres (184.2 sq mi).

## Twin touns/Sister ceeties
Novosibirsk is twinned wi:
*  Minneapolis-St. Paul, Unitit States, syne 1989
*  Sapporo, Japan, syne 1990
*  Changchun, Cheenae, syne 1994
*  Larnaca, Cyprus, syne 1993
*  Minsk, Belaroushie
*  Daejeon, Sooth Korea, syne 2001
*  Varna, Bulgarie, syne 28 Juin 2008

## References
Ford Fiesta

The **Ford Fiesta** is a front wheel drive subcompact/supermini caur manufactured an mercatit bi the Ford Motor Company an biggit in Europe, Brazil, Argentinae, Mexico, Venezuela, Cheenae, Indie an Sooth Africae. The model is mercatit warldwide, includin Japan, Australasie an the Americas.

Bi 2010, the saxt-generation (Mark VI) Fiesta haed been introduced warldwide, includin in the Unitit States an Canadae &mdash; makin it the first Fiesta model tae be sauld in North Americae syne 1980.

The Fiesta haes sauld ower saxteen million units syne 1976.

## History
In the early 1970s, European demand frae consumers for sma caurs wis risin. Even Ford's smawest model, the Escort, wis a conventional front-ingined, rear wheel drive caur; yet competitors wur launchin smawer, front wheel drive caurs, lik the Fiat 127 an the Peugeot 104. The effects o the 1973 energy crisis wur an aa increasin demand for smawer caurs. BMC (which haed syne merged intae British Leyland) haed entered the mini-caur mercat wi its Mini in 1959, while the Rootes Group haed launcht the ultimately less successfu Hillman Imp in 1963, but times haed moved on an fowk leukin for sma caurs nou wantit practical hatchbacks instead o conventional sedans. GM haed entered the modren supermini mercat wi its conventional Opel Kadett City/Vauxhall Chevette three-door hatchback twins early in 1975.

The oreeginal plans for the "Bobcat" wis actually signed aff bi Henry Ford on 15 September 1972, mair nor a year afore the Arab-Israeli War an the oil price surge that it triggered, sae the project is best seen as a response tae competitors than as a direct response tae the oil crisis.  The plans specified a desire that the new caur cost US$100 less tae produce than the Ford Escort. In addition, the caur wis tae hae a wheelbase langer than that o the Fiat 127, but wi oweraw lenth shorter than that o Ford's Escort. The final proposal wis put thegither bi Tom Tjaarda at Ghia.

Bobcat wis approved in the Hairst o 1973, wi Ford's ingineerin centres in Cologne an Dunton (Essex) collaboratin. Customer clinics wur held athort Europe, targetin female buyers in parteecular.

Ford estimatit that 500,000 Fiestas a year wad be produced, an biggit an aw-new  factory near Valencia, Spain; a transaxle factory near Bordeaux, Fraunce; factory extensions for the assembly plants in Dagenham, Essex, an Saarlouis, Germany. Final assembly an aa teuk place in Valencie.

## References
Birkirkara

**Birkirkara** or **B'Kara**  () is a ceety o 25,775 inhabitants (as o November 2010) in central Maltae. It is the lairgest an maist populous ceety on the island an consists o fower autonomous parishes: St Helen, St Joseph, Oor Lady o the Carmel an St Mary.  It an aa hooses ane o the maist famous colleges in Maltae, St Aloysius' College. Birkirkara is the hame toun o Ex-Preses Edward Fenech Adami an umwhile Opposition Leader Alfred Sant an an' a' the first preses o Maltae Anthony Mamo.

The ceety's motto is "*[[In hoc signo vinces]]*", an its coat o airms is a plain red cross, surmuntit bi a croun.

## Description
There are mony places o interest in Birkirkara, amangst them the Auld Railway Station which is today locatit athin a public garden.

Trains wur uised as means o transportation athort the island till the Railway's closure in 1931.  Ither toun features include the aqueducts built bi Grandmaster Wignacourt in the 17t Century an St Helen's basilica, ane o the maist bonnie kirks on the Maltese islands, hoosin Maltae's lairgest bell. Birkirkara is ane o Maltae's auldest touns an received mention in the 1436 Ecclesiastical Report establishin parishes in Maltae an Gozo, frae which Birkirkara emerged as the lairgest parish. Various parishes an suburbs developed oot o Birkirkara ower the years, includin Sliema, St. Julian's, Msida, Hamrun in the 19t century an Santa Venera in the early 20t century. In mair recent years, San Gwann (1965) an the hamlet of Ta' l-Ibraġ hived aff Birkirkara tae form pairt o the new parish an locality o Swieqi in 1993.

Birkirkara's main releegious feast is that o St Helen which is celebratit on 18 August if it falls on a Sunday, or on the first Sunday efter that date. The main event o the celebration is a procession wi a lairge widden statue carved bi the Maltese maister-sculptor Salvu Psaila.  Notably, this is the ae procession on the island carried oot in the mornin. The procession leaves the basilica at exactly 8:00 a.m. an returns tae it at 10:45 a.m. The statue is liftit tae shoulder-heicht bi a group o tounsmen an is carried through the main streets o the ceety.

Birkirkara haes grown intae an important commercial centre as well as a densely populatit residential aurie.

## Sport
Birkirkara is kent for its fitbaa club, Birkirkara F.C.."
Mdina

**Mdina**, **Città Vecchia**, or **Città Notabile**, (, or ) is the auld caipital o Maltae. Mdina is a medieval walled toun situatit on a hill in the centre o the island. Punic remains uncovered ayont the ceety’s walls suggest the importance o the general region tae Maltae’s Phoenician settlers. Mdina is commonly cawed the "Silent Ceety" bi natives an visitors. The toun is still confined athin its walls, an haes a population o less nor three hunder, but it is contiguous wi the village o Rabat, which takes its name frae the Arabic wird for suburb, an haes a population o ower 11,000.

## References
Bulawayo

**Bulawayo** is the seicont maist muckle ceity in Zimbabwe, efter the caipital Harare, wi a population in 2009 o 1,500,000. It is locatit in Matabeleland, 439&nbsp;km sooth-wast o Harare, an is nou treatit as a separate provincial area frae Matabeleland. The caipital o Matabeleland North is nou Lupane, as Bulawayo is a stand-alane province.

## General information

Bulawayo is forby kent as the 'Ceity o Kings', 'Skies', 'Bluez', 'Bulliesberg' or 'KoNtuthu ziyathunqa' – a SiNdebele wird for 'a place of smoky fires'. It is a multicultural ceity wi maist residents able tae tawk at least three leids (includin Inglis, Ndebele, Kalanga, Sotho, Nambya, Tonga an Venda). The majority o the population o Bulawayo belang tae the Ndebele ethnic an leid group, that ar strynd frae a 19t yeirhunner Zulu migration an are a minority in Zimbabwe.

Bulawayo haes lang been and is still regardit as the seicont business caipital o Zimbabwe efter Harare an is hame tae the Naitional Railways o Zimbabwe acause o its strategic position near Botswana an Sooth Africae. It is the nearest muckle ceity tae Hwange National Park, Matopo National Park an Victoria Falls.

## Etymology
The name *Bulawayo* comes frae the Sindebele wird *KoBulawayo* meanin 'a place whaur they are killed.' It is thocht that at the time o the formation o the ceity, there wis a ceevil war an a group o Ndebeles no aligned tae Prince Lobengula wur fechtin him as they felt he wis no the heir tae the throne, hence he gied his caipital the name 'whaur he (the prince) is being killed'. Some historians differ on this matter, descrievin Bulawayo as 'at the place o He who Kills' or 'place o slaughter'.

The name Bulawayo is imported frae Nguniland whilk is a place ance occupied bi the Khumalo fowk. The place still exists an it is next tae Richards Bay.

## References
Beirut

**Beirut** (, *Bayrūt*) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Lebanon wi a population rangin frae some 1 million tae ower 2 million as o 2007. Locatit on a peninsulae at the midpoint o Lebanon's coastline wi the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the kintra's lairgest an main seaport, an an' a' forms the Beirut Metropolitan Aurie, which consists o the ceety an its suburbs. The first mention o this metropolis is foond in the ancient Egyptian Tell el Amarna letters, datin tae the 15t century BC, an the ceety haes been continuously inhabitit syne.

Beirut haulds Lebanon's seat o govrenment, an plays a central role in the Lebanese economy wi its ceety centre, Hamra, Verdun, an Ashrafieh-based corporate firms an banks. The ceety is the focal point o the kintra's cultural life, renouned for its press, theatres, cultural activities, an nichtlife. Efter the destructive Lebanese ceevil war, Beirut unnerwent major reconstruction, an the redesigned historic ceety centre, marina, pubs an nichtlife destricts hae ance again rendered it a tourist attraction.
Beirut wis named the top place tae visit in 2009 bi *[[The New York Times]]*. It wis an aa leetit as ane o the ten liveliest ceeties in the warld bi Lonely Planet in 2009.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns&nbsp;– Sister ceeties
Beirut is twinned wi:

*  Amman, Jordan
*  Athens, Greece
*  Baghdad, Iraq
*   Bogotá, Colombie  
*  Brest, Fraunce
*  Cairo, Egyp 
*  Damascus, Sirie
*  Tripoli, Libie 

*  Dubai, Unitit Arab Emirates
*  Isfahan, Iran.
*  Istanbul, Turkey
*  Kuwait Ceety, Kuwait
*  Los Angeles, Unitit States
*  Lyon, Fraunce
*   Marseille,  Fraunce

*  Mexico Ceety, Mexico
*  Moscow, Roushie
*  Nicosia, Cyprus 
*  Quebec Ceety, Canadae
*  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*  Split, Croatie 
*  Strasbourg, Fraunce
*  Yerevan, Armenie

## References
Ulsan

**Ulsan** (), offeecially the **Ulsan Metropolitan Ceety**, is the Republic o Korea's seivent lairgest metropolis wi a population o ower 1.1 million. It is locatit in the sooth-east o the kintra, neighborin Busan tae the sooth an facing Gyeongju tae the north an the Sea o Japan (East Sea) tae the east.

Ulsan is the industrial pouerhoose o the Republic o Korea, formin the hert o the *Ulsan Industrial District*, which is hame tae the warld's lairgest automobile assembly plant operatit bi Hyundai Motors, the warld's lairgest shipyard operatit bi Hyundai Heavy Industries and the world's lairgest oil refinery owned by SK Energy. In 2008, Ulsan haed a GDP per caipita o $63,817, the heichest bi far in the Republic o Korea.

## References
Camarillo

**Camarillo**, ( "Kamma-Ree-Oh"), is a ceety o Californie wi a population o 57,084 as o 2000, an 65,201 in 2010.

## References
Khalil Sultan

**Khalil Sultan**  ()  wis the Timurid ruler o Transoxiana frae 1405 tae 1409. He wis a son o Miran Shah an a grandson o Timur.

## Biography

Durin Timur's lifetime, Khalil Sultan gained the conqueror's parteecular favor. He distinguisht hissel durin the campaign in Indie an in 1402 wis gien rule o Ferghana. Upon Timur's daith in 1405 Khalil viewed himsel as his successor. Timur's appointit successor Pir Muhammad wis quickly cast aside, an Khalil gained control o Samarkand. Khalil gained Timur's treasury an bestoued the puppet title o Chagatai Khan (which afore haed ayeweys been grantit bi Timur tae a descendant o Genghis Khan tae legitimize his rule) tae a Timurid prince. Khalil an aa gained an ally, Sultan Husain, who haed previously an aa made claims tae the throne as a grandson o Timur.

Meanwhile, Shah Rukh, who wis ruling in Herat, an aa decidit tae press his claims. He advanced tae the Oxus River against Khalil but turned back when Khalil's faither Miran Shah, as well as his brither Aba Bakr, maricht frae Azerbaijan in support. Nivertheless, Khalil's poseetion began tae weaken. He wis unpopular in Samarkand, whaur the nobility despised his wife Shad Mulk. The latter haed considerable influence ower Khalil, convincin him tae appynt fowk o law birth tae heich poseetions at the expense o the nobility. A faimin caused him tae be even mair despised. He decidit tae return tae Ferghana wi his umwhile mentor, Khudaidid Husain, who went tae Moghulistan (the realm o the eastren Chagatai Khans) in an attempt tae win thair support.

Khalil's rule in Samarkand finally endit when Shah Rukh entered the ceety unopposed on Mey 13, 1409. Transoxiana wis then gien tae Shah Rukh's son Ulugh Beg. Khalil decidit tae surrender tae Shah Rukh, who haed captured Shad Mulk. He received his wife back, an wis appointit governor o Ray. He dee'd thare in 1411. His wife committit suicide shortly efter his daith.
He is an aa the ancestor o Babur, the foonder o the Mughal Empire.

## Notes

## References
* Roemer, H. R. "The Successors of Timur." *The Cambridge History of Iran Volume 6: The Timurid and Safavid Periods.* Edited bi Peter Jackson. New York: Cambridge Varsity Press, 1986. ISBN 0521200946
Timurid Empire

The **Timurids** (), self-designatit *Gurkānī* (), wur a Persianate Central Asian Sunni Muslim dynasty o oreeginally Turko-Mongol strynd whose empire includit the whole o Central Asie, Iran, modren Afghanistan, as well as lairge pairts o Pakistan, Indie, Mesopotamie, Anatolie an the Caucasus. It wis foondit bi the militant conqueror Timur (*Tamerlane*) in the 14t century.

In the 16t century, Timurid prince Babur, the ruler o Ferghana, invadit Indie an foondit the Mughal Empire, which ruled maist o the Indian subcontinent till its decline efter Aurangzeb in the early 18t century, an wis formally dissolved bi the British Raj efter the Indian rebellion o 1857.

## References
Ramallah

Ramallah(literally "Height o God") is a Palestinian ceety in the central Wast Bank locatit 10  kilometers (6 mile) north o Jerusalem, adjacent tae al-Bireh. It currently serves as the admeenistrative caipital o Palestine. Wi a population o nearly 25,500, Ramallah wis historically a Christian toun, but today Muslims form the majority o the population, wi a strang Christian minority.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Ramallah is twinned wi:
*  Trondheim, Norawa *(since 2004)*
*  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

## References
Nouakchott

**Nouakchott** (Arabic:  *or*  (believed translation frae Berber "The place o the winds", Nawākšūṭ)) is the caipital an bi far the lairgest ceety o Mauritanie.  It is ane o the lairgest ceeties in the Sahara. The ceety is the administrative an economic centre o Mauritanie.

## History
A tiny fishin toun till 1958, Nouakchott wis mentioned little durin pre-colonial an colonial history.  It is possible that the Berber Muslim Almoravids wur oreeginally frae the aurie.  Despite its name, based on a Berber expression meanin "place o the winds", the ceety wis selectit as the caipital ceety for its moderate climate an central location athin the kintra. It did, however, sit on ane o the maist valuable trade routes tae West Africa.

Mauritania wis pairt o the lairger French colony o French Wast Africae, an as such haed nae caipital durin the colonial period: Saint-Louis, in Senegal, held that position. In 1957, this small port toun wis chosen tae be the caipital o the new kintra, an an ambitious biggin program wis begun tae increase its population tae 15,000, stairtin a year later. In 1958, Mauritania wis formed as an autonomous republic in the French Community, an in 1960 it became an independent kintra, wi Nouakchott as its caipital.

### Since independence
The ceety wis attacked in 1976 bi the Polisario Front, as pairt o the Wastren Sahara unthirldom movement. Atween 1988 an 1989, racial tensions atween Arabs an blacks escalatit. Thare wis discrimination an retaliation bi Arabs an blacks. The wur an aa three days o "bread riots" stairtin Januar 21, 1995.

The ceety haes haed rapid growth, driven bi the north African drocht syne the beginnin o the 1970s: mony hae moved tae the ceety in search o a better life.  The population is estimatit tae hae been juist unner 1,000,000 in 2000, an tae hae grown tae abuin 2,000,000 as o 2008.

Thare is currently a lairge amount o Cheenese investment in Mauritanie, focused on the ceety.

## Climate
Nouakchott featurs a het desert climate (Köppen: BWh) wit lang het simmers an short wairm winters. Acause o its location, temperaturs are het for maist o the year. However, Nouakchott possesses a mild temperature range compared tae ither ceeties in this climate. While average heich temperatures are relatively constant at aroond , average law temperaturs can range frae  durin the simmer months tae  durin the "winter" months. Average law temperatures can be as law as  durin winter months in Nouakchott. Average rainfaw in the ceety is  a year. The bulk o the precipitation typically faws within August, the ane month that fairms the ceety’s very brief wet saison.

## Internaitional relations
### Twin touns - Sister ceeties
Nouakchott is twinned wi:
*  Madrid, Spain
*  Tucson, Arizona, USA
*  Lanzhou Municipality, Cheenae.
*  Amman, Jordan. (1999)

## References
Stepanakert

**Stepanakert** (Armenian: Ստեփանակերտ, romanised: Step'anakert, Eastren pronunciation: [stɛpʰɑnɑˈkɛɾt]) or **Khankendi** (Azerbaijani: Xankəndi, pronunced [xɑnkænˈdi]) is a city in the Nagorno-Karabakh airt o Azerbaijan. The city wis unner the haudin an the caipital city o the brakaff Republic o Artsakh afore the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in the airt. The city is locate in a valley on the eastren slopes o the Karabakh muntain reeng, on the left baunk o the Qarqarçay (Karkar) river.

## History

### Foondin an Soviet era

Accordin tae medieval Armenian soorces, the dounset wis first mentioned as Vararakn (Վարարակն, meanin "rapid spring" in Armenian) which it remained till it wis renamed Khankendi in 1847. Azerbaijani soorces generally say that the dounset wis foondit in the late aichteent century bi a Karabakh khan, an wis thus cawed Khankendi (Turkic for "the khan's veelage").

In 1923 Khankendi wis renamed Stepanakert bi the Soviet govrenment tae honor Stepan Shahumyan, leader o the 26 Baku Commissars, an, efter the Shusha pogrom haed resultit in major destruction at Shusha, the umwhile regional caipital, Stepanakert wis made the caipital o the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. In time, Stepanakert grew tae acome the region's maist important ceety (a status it received in 1940). Its population rose frae 10,459 in 1939 tae 33,000 in 1978.

In 1926, Soviet authorities adoptit a new ceety layoot designed bi the prominent Armenian airchitect, Alexander Tamanian; twa addeetional designs for expansion wur approved later on in the 1930s an 1960s, baith o which retained Tamanian's initial plan. Several schools an twa "polyclinics" wur established, an an Armenian Dramatic Theatre wis foondit in 1932 an named efter Maxim Gorky. Stepanakert served as Nagorno-Karabakh's main economic hub, an bi the mid-1980s thare wur nineteen production facilities in the ceety.

## References
Nicosia

**Nicosia** (, ), kent locally as **Lefkosia** (, ), is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Cyprus. Locatit on the River Pedieos an situatit amaist in the centre o the island, it is the seat o govrenment as well as the main business centre. Nicosia is the caipital o the Nicosia Destrict. Nicosia is designatit a Beta Warld Ceety - bi the Globalization an Warld Ceeties Study Group an Netwirk.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns an Sister ceeties

#### Twinnins

#### Collaborations

## References

## Freemit airtins

* English-language website for Municipality of Nicosia (Λευκωσια)
* "Nicosia in Dark and White" A photo project about the city's old abandoned buildings
* Organisational structure of Islamic religion in Cyprus
* Echoes Across the Divide  (2008) is a documentary film about an attempt to bridge the Green Line wi a bicommunal muisic project performed frae the rooftops o Auld Nicosia
Beautiful Sin

**Beautiful Sin** is a European pouer metal baund. They are hivily influenced bi the popular pouer metal baund Helloween.

Beautiful Sin began when Uli Kusch met a Belgian sangster cawed Magali Luyten, an wantit tae record an album wi her baund. He agreed tae produce a demo-CD for the baund, but the recordins wur niver released.

A few years later, Uli wis considerin creatin a new project next tae Masterplan in which he woud write aw the muisic hissel. In autumn o 2004 he began talkin tae Magali ance again – this time aboot formin a baund thegither.

Roondin oot the rest o the line-up woud be Pagan's Mind's Jørn Viggo Lofstad an Steinar Krokmo (comin frae Uli's adoptit hame, Norrowey), an an' a' Kusch's Masterplan-mate, Axel Mackenrott.

Efter the release o *[[The Unexpected (album)|The Unexpected]]*, Carl Johan Grimmark wis addit as a seicont guitarist.

## Line-up
*Magali Luyten - Vocals
*Jørn Viggo Lofstad - Guitars
*Carl Johan Grimmark - Guitars
*Steinar Krokmo - Bass
*Axel Mackenrott - Keyboards
*Uli Kusch - Drums

## Discography
**[[The Unexpected (album)|The Unexpected]]* (2006)

## Freemit airtins
*Beautiful Sin's MySpace Site
*Beautiful Sin at Metal Archives
Shan leid

The **Shan leid** (,  or , ; , ; ) is the native leid o Shan fowk an spoken maistly in Shan State, Myanmar. It is an aa uised in pockets o Kachin State in Myanmar, in northren Thailand, an in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Cheenae. Shan is a member o the Tai-Kadai leid family, an is relatit tae Thai. It haes five tones, which dae no correspond exactly tae Thai tones, plus a "saxt tone" uised for emphasis. It is cawed *Tai-Yai*, or *Tai Long* in the Tai leids. The term "Shan" is an exonym believed tae be a Burmese derivative o "Siam".

The number o Shan speakers is no kent in pairt acause that o the Shan population is unkent. Estimates o Shan fowk range frae four million to 30 million, though the true number is somewhaur aroond sax million, wi aboot hauf speakin the Shan leid; 3.3 million is the number generally estimatit. Many Shan speak local dialects as well as the leid o their tradin pairtners. Due tae the civil war in Myanmar, few Shan today can read or write in Shan script, which wis derived frae the Burmese script.

## References
Tai Lü leid

**Tai Lü** (or **Tai Lue**, Tai Le ; Xishuangbanna Dai; Cheenese: 傣仂语 Dǎilèyǔ; Thai: ภาษาไทลื้อ (phaasǎa thailéu); Vietnamese: Lự or Lữ) is a leid spoken bi aboot 670,000 fowk in Sootheast Asie. This includes 250,000 fowk in Cheenae, 200,000 in Burma, 134,000 in Thailand, an 5,000 in Vietnam. The leid is similar tae ither Tai leids.

In Vietnam, Tai Lü speakers are offeecially recognised as the Lự ethnic minority, although in Cheenae they are classified as pairt o the Dai fowk, alang wi speakers o the ither Tai leids (except Zhuang).

## Phonology
Tai Lü haes 21 seellable-initial consonants, 91 seellable finals an sax tones (three different tones in checked seellables, sax in ither seellables).

### Initials

The initials - an s- are palatalised afore i, e an  an become - an -, respectively.

### Finals

### Tones

There are sax tones for unchecked seellables, although ae three are alloued in checked seellables (those endin wi -p, -t or -k).

## Grammar

Wird order is uisually Subject - Verb - Object; Modifiers (e.g. adjectives) follae nouns.

## Vocabulary

Tai Lü haes mony loanwirds frae Pali, as well as frae the local Cheenese dialect an modren Staundart Cheenese.

### Numbers

## Writin seestems

Tai Lü is written in twa different alphabets. The auld writin seestem wis reformed in the 1950s, but is still in uise an haes recently regained government support. The new alphabet is a simplified version o the auld script.

### Old Tai Lü
Readable bi the maist fowk an uised in Burma, Laos, Thailand an Vietnam.

### New Tai Lü

New Tai Lü is a modrenisation o the Lanna alphabet, similar tae the Thai alphabet, an consists o 42 initial consonant signs (21 hie-tone class, 21 law-tone class), seiven final consonant signs, 16 vowel signs, twa tone letters an ane vouel shortenin letter (or seellable-final glottal stop). Vouels signs can be placed afore or efter the seellable initial consonant.

Similar tae the Thai alphabet, the pronunciation o the tone o a seellable depends on the class the initial consonant belangs ta, seellable structure an vouel length, an the tone mark.

Unicode range ("New Tai Lue"): U+1980 – U+19DF

## See an aa

* Tai Nüa leid
* Tai Pong leid
* Tai Dam leid

## References

* Dāo Shìxūn 刀世勋: **Dǎi-Hàn cídiǎn** 傣汉词典 (*Dai-Chinese Dictionary*; Kūnmíng 昆明, Yúnnán mínzú chūbǎnshè 云南民族出版社 2002). This is a dictionary of Tai Lü in unreformed spelling.
* Yu Cuirong 喻翠荣, Luo Meizhen 罗美珍: **Daile-Han cidian** 傣仂汉词典 (*Tai Lü - Chinese Dictionary*; Beijing, Minzu chubanshe 2004).

## Freemit airtins
* Lü, a leid o Cheenae 
* SeaSite: Tai Lue, unner construction 
* SIL Dai Banna Fonts
* Omniglot - Tai Lue script
Tajik leid

**Tajik**, **Tajik Persian**, or **Tajiki**, (sometimes written *Tadjik* or *Tadzhik*; , ,  ) is a modren variety o Persian spoken in Central Asie. Historically Tajiks cawed their leid  *zaboni forsī* (Persian leid); the term *zaboni tojikī* (Tajik leid) wis introduced in the 20t century bi the Soviets. Maist speakers o Tajik live in Tajikistan an Uzbekistan an is the offeecial leid o Tajikistan.

The dialect haes diverged frae Persian as spoken in Afghanistan an Iran, as a result o poleetical borders, geographical isolation, the staundartisation process, an the influence o Roushie an neighbourin Turkic leids. The staundart leid is based on the north-wastren dialects o Tajik (region o auld major ceety o Samarkand), which hae been somewha influenced bi the neighbourin Uzbek leid as a result o geographical proximity. Tajik an aa retains numerous archaic elements in its vocabulary, pronunciation, an grammar that hae been lost elsewhaur in the Persophone warld, in pairt due tae its relative isolation in the muntains o Central Asie.

## References
Seongnam

**Seongnam** is the seicond lairgest ceety in Sooth Korea's Gyeonggi-do efter Suwon an the 9t lairgest ceety in the kintra, wi a population o nearly 1 million. The lairgely residential ceety is locatit immediately sooth o Seoul an belangs tae the Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie.

Seongnam, the first planned ceety in Korea's history, wis conceived durin the era o preses Park Chung-hee for the purpose o industrializin the naition bi concentratin electronic, textile, an petrochemical facilities thare durin the 70's an 80's. The ceety featurt a netwirk o roads, tae Seoul an ither major ceeties, frae the early 70's on. The day, Seongnam haes merged wi the metropolitan netwirk o Seoul. Bundang, ane o destricts in Seongnam, wis developed in the 1990's.

## Sister ceeties
* Piracicaba, Brazil (1986)
* Aurora, Colorado, Unitit States (1992)
* Shenyang, Cheenae (1998)
* Cairns, Australie
* Ohrid, Macedonie

## References
Suwon

**Suwon** (*Suwon-si*; ) is the provincial caipital o Gyeonggi-do, Sooth Korea. A major ceety o ower a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately 30 kilometres (20 mile) sooth o Seoul. It is tradeetionally kent as "The Ceety o Filial Piety".

Suwon haes existit in various fuirms throuoot Korea's history, growin frae a smaw dounset in tribal times tae a major industrial an cultural ceety the day. Suwon is the ae remainin completely wawed ceety in Sooth Korea. As such, the ceety walls are ane o the mair popular tourist destinations in Gyeonggi Province. As an industrial centre, Suwon hooses a muckle Samsung Electronics factory. Suwon is servit bi twa motorweys, the naitional railwey netwirk an the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, facilitatin transport o commuters, tourists an guids alike.

Suwon is a major educational centre, bein hame tae 14 varsity campuses. This, alang wi widespread transport links, draws inhabitants frae athort the kintra an foreign population o 1.85%.

Suwon is kent domestically as a fitbawin ceety. Suwon Samsung Bluewings Football Club haes wan the K League on fower occasions.

## Sister ceeties
*  Curitiba, Brazil (2006)
*  Nizhny Novgorod, Roushie (2005)
*  Asahikawa, Japan (1989)
*  Fukui Ceety, Fukui, Japan (2001)
*  Jinan, Cheenae (1993)
*  Townsville, Australie (1997)
*  Bandung, Indonesie (1997)
*  Cluj-Napoca, Romanie (1999)
*  Toluca, Mexico (1999)
*  Yalova, Turkey (1999)
*  Fes, Morocco (2003)
*  Hải Dương Province, Vietnam (2004)
*  Siem Reap Province, Cambodie (2004)
*  Hyderabad, Indie (2005)

## References
Daejeon

**Daejeon** () is Sooth Korea's fift lairgest metropolis an the provincial caipital o Chungcheongnam-do. Daejeon haed a population o ower 1.5 million in 2010.

It is at the crossroads o Gyeongbu railwey, Honam railwey, Gyeongbu Expresswey, an Honam Expressway.  Athin the ceety limits lees Daedeok Science Town, an aurie wi mair nor 200 research institutions.

## Sister ceeties
*  Oda, Japan, syne  1987
*  Seattle, Unitit States, syne 1989
*  Budapest, Hungary, syne 1994
*  Nanjing, Cheenae, syne 1994
*  Calgary, Canadae, syne 1996
*  Guadalajara, Mexico, syne 1997
*  Uppsala, Swaden, syne 1999
*  Novosibirsk, Roushie, since 2001
*  Brisbane, Australie, syne 2002
*  Binh Duong, Vietnam, syne 2005
*  Sapporo, Japan, syne 2010

## References
Georgie leid

**Georgian** (, ) is the native leid o the Georgians an the offeecial leid o Georgie, a kintra in the Caucasus.

Georgian is the primary leid o aboot 3.9 million fowk in Georgie itsel, an o anither 500,000 abroad (chiefly in Turkey, Iran, Roushie, the USA an the rest o Europe). It is the literary leid for aw regional subgroups o the Georgian ethnos, includin those who speak ither Sooth Caucasian or Kartvelian leids: Svans, Mingrelians, an the Laz. Judaeo-Georgian, sometimes considered a separate Jewish leid, is spoken bi an additional 20,000 in Georgie an 65,000 elsewhere (primarily 60,000 in Israel).

## Classification
Georgian is the maist pervasive o the Sooth Caucasian leids, a faimily that an aa includes Svan an Megrelian (chiefly spoken in Northwast Georgie) an Laz (chiefly spoken alang the Black Sea coast o Turkey, frae Melyat, Rize tae the Georgian frontier).

## Dialects

Dialects o Georgie include Imeretian, Racha-Lechkhumian, Gurian, Adjaran, Imerkhevian (in Turkey), Kartlian, Kakhetian, Ingilo (in Azerbaijan), Tush, Khevsur, Mokhevian, Pshavian, Fereydan dialect in Iran in Fereydunshahr an Fereydan, Mtiuletian, Meskhetian.
Babruysk

**Babruysk** or **Bobruisk**  (; ) is a ceety in the Mahilyow Voblast o Belaroushie on the Berezina River. It is a lairge ceety in Belaroushie wi a population o approximately 227,000 fowk (2000). The name Babruysk (as well as that o the Babruyka River) probably oreeginates frae the Belaroushie wird *babyor* (бобёр) (beaver), mony o which uised tae inhabit the Berezina.  Housomeivver, beavers in the aurie hae been amaist eliminatit bi the end o the 19t century due tae huntin an pollution. 
The seicont pairt o the wird is very close tae Gàidhlig uisge (watter) - compare tae Loch Corruisk (Isle o skye, Scotland)
 
Babruysk occupies an aurie o 66 square km, an comprises ower 450 streets whose combined lenth stretches for ower 430&nbsp;km.

Babruysk is locatit at the intersection o railweys tae Asipovichy, Zhlobin, Kastrychnitski an roads tae Minsk, Gomel, Mogilev, Kalinkavichy, Slutsk, an Rahachow.  It haes the biggest timmer mill in Belaroushie, an is an aa kent for its chemical, machine biggin an metal-wirkin industries.

In 2003, thare wur 34 public schools in Babruysk, wi ower 34,000 students.  Thare are an aa three schools specializing in muisic, dance an veesual airts.  Additionally, thare is a medical schuil an numerous professional technical schools.
Altay Ceety

**Altay** or **Aletai** () is a coonty-level ceety in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefectur, o Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It is the admeenistrative centre o Altay Prefectur, an haes 142,000 inhabitants.

## Geography
### Climate

Altay haes a cauld semi-arid climate (Koppen *BSk*), wi dry conditions year-roond an an annual precipitation total o ae . Winters are lang an cauld, but dry, wi a Januar average o . Ware an Hairst are short but mild. Simmers are vera warm, but dry, wi a Julie hie o ; housomeivver, despite the aridity, nichttime temperatures are generally no sharply lawer than daytime heichs.

## Transport
*Cheenae Naitional Hieway 216
*Cheenae Naitional Hieway 217
*Altay Airport

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Government wabsteid o Altay, Xinjiang (in Simplified Chinese)