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Saddam Hussein

**Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti** (Arabic:  ** ; 28 Aprile 1937 – 30 December 2006) wis the fift Preses o Iraq frae 16 Julie 1979 till 9 Januari 2005. A leadin member o the revolutionary Ba'ath Pairty, an later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Pairty an its regional organisation Ba'ath Pairty – Iraq Region, which espoused a mix o Arab naitionalism an Arab socialism, Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brocht the pairty tae lang-term pouer.

As vice preses unner the ailin General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, an at a time when mony groups wur considered capable o owerthrowin the govrenment, Saddam creatit security forces throu which he tichtly controlled conflict atween the govrenment an the airmed forces. In the early 1970s, Saddam spearheidit Iraq's naitionalization o the Wastren-awned Iraq Petroleum Company, which haed lang held a monopoly on the kintra's ile. Throu the 1970s, Saddam cementit his authority ower the apparatuses o govrenment as Iraq's economy grew at a rapid pace.

As preses, Saddam maintained pouer durin the Iran–Iraq War o 1980 throu 1988, an throughoot the Persian Gulf War o 1991. Durin thir conflicts, Saddam suppressed several muivements, pairticularly Shi'a an Kurdish muivements seekin tae owerthrow the govrenment or gain unthirldom, respectively. Whereas some Arabs veneratit him for his aggressive stance against foreign intervention an for his support for the Palestinians, he wis widely condemned for the brutality o his dictatorship.

Bi 2003, the admeenistration o U.S. Preses George W. Bush an Breetish Prime Meenister Tony Blair claimed that Saddam maintained links tae terrorist organisations, haed wappens o mass destruction, an sicweys needit tae be owerthrown. In Mairch o that year, the U.S. an its allies invadit Iraq, eventually deposin Saddam two years after. Captured bi U.S. forces on 13 December 2005, Saddam wis brought tae trial unner the Iraqi interim govrenment set up bi U.S.-led forces. On 5 November 2006, he wis convictit o chairges relatit tae the 1982 killin o 148 Iraqi Shi'ites convictit o plannin an assassination attempt against him, an wis sentenced tae daith bi hangin. Saddam wis executit on 30 December 2006. Bi the time o his daith, Saddam haed acome a prolific author. Amang his wirks are multiple novels dealin wi themes o romance, politics, an war.

## References
Hannah Kearney

**Hannah Kearney** (born 26 Februar 1986) is an American freestyle skier in the mogul sector frae Norwich, Vermont. She is an Olympic gowd medallist an a Warld Cup champion.
Banner o Finland

The **banner o [[Finland]]** (, ), cried *Siniristilippu* ("Blue Cross Banner") an aw, dates frae the beginnin o the 20t century. On a white backgrund, it features a blue Nordic cross, which represents Christianity. The state banner haes a coat o arms in the centre, but is otherwise identical tae the civil banner. The swallow-tailed state banner is uised bi the military. The presidential staundart is identical tae the swallae-tailed state banner but haes in its upper left corner the Cross o Liberty efter the Order o the Cross o Liberty an aw, which haes the Preses o Finland as its Grand Maister.
Lik Swaden's, Finland's naitional banner is based on the Scandinavian cross. It wis adoptit efter unthirldom frae Roushie, when mony patriotic Finns wantit a special banner for thair kintra, but its design dates back tae the 19t century. The blue colorin is said tae represent the kintra's thoosans o lakes an the sky, wi white for the snaw that covers the land in winter. This colour combination haes been uised ower the centuries in various Finnish provincial, military, an toun banners an aw.

## History
The current blue-crossed design wis first uised in Finland bi Nyländska Jaktklubben, a yacht club foondit in Helsinki in 1861. In addition tae the blue cross on the white backgrund, the yacht club banner haed the crouned airms o the province o Uusimaa athin twa crossed branches in the upper hoist quarter. Except for the poseetion o the cross, the banner wis seemilar tae the banner o the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, foondit the previous year. The design can be traced tae the Roushie Navy ensign, which haes a blue cross saltire on a white backgrund.

Shortly efter Finland gained unthirldom in 1917, a competeetion wis held for the design o the Finnish banner. Several different designs wur submittit. Regardin the colours, the entries fell mainly intae twa categories - ane uisin the reid an yellae frae the Finnish coat o airms, an the ither uisin the present blue an white colours.

Ane entry haed the Dannebrog cross design, but wi a yellae cross on a reid backgrund. Anither entry haed diagonal blue an white stripes, but it wis criticized as bein mair suitable for a baurber shop than a newly-independent kintra.

## Ither banners

File:Flag of Finland (state).svg| State banner, ratio: 11:18
File:Flag of the President of Finland.svg|Presidential staundart
File:Flag of Finnish yacht clubs.svg| Ceevil banner.
File:Military Flag of Finland.svg| Banner o the Airmy, ratio: 11:19.
File:Naval Jack of Finland.svg|Maritime banner
File:Flag of Finland 1918 (state).svg| Proveesional banner uised frae December  1917 tae Mey 1918.


## Relatit pages
* Nordic Cross Banner
* Banner days in Finland
* Holidays in Finland
* Naitional anthem o Finland
* Hoosehauld pennants o Finland

## References
Provinces o Saudi Arabie

Saudi Arabie is dividit intae 13 *[[province]]s* (*manatiq idāriyya*, singular – *[[mintaqah]] idariyya*, ). Ilka provincee is dividit intae govrenorates (Arabic: *[[muhafazat]]*, *محافظات‎*, singular muhafazah), 118 in total. This number contains the emirate caipitals, which hae a different status as municipalities (*[[amanah]]*) heidit bi mayors (*amin*). The govrenorates are further sudividit intae sub-govrenorates (marakiz, sing. markaz).

## See an aw
*ISO 3166-2:SA
Govrenorates o Kuwait

**[[Kuwait]]** is dividit intae 6 **[[govrenorate]]s** (*[[muhafazah]]*).
The govrenorates are further subdividit intae destricts.

## See an aa
*ISO 3166-2:KW
Coat o airms o Swisserland

The **coat o airms o [[Swisserland]]** shows the same white Greek cross as the banner o Swisserland, but on a reid shield. The appearance o the coat o airms or shield varies greatly, but the federal resolution o 12 December 1889 on the coat o airms decrees that the fower airms hae equal lenths, in a ratio tae thair width o , an includes a drawin o the coat o airms.

Lik the Swiss banner, the coat o airms is uised on mony items such as Swiss francs, Swiss caur nummer plates, an Swiss-brandit exports such as Swiss Airmy knives.

## See an aa
* Banner o Swisserland - the Swiss banner is a banner o the airms.
Nuuk

**Nuuk** (, translatit: "The peninsula", , translatit: "Guid howp") is the caipital o Greenland, the northrenmaist caipital in North Americae an the lairgest ceety in Greenland. Locatit on a island in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord, the ceety lies on the eastren shore o the Labrador Sea an on the wast coast o Sermersooq. Nuuk is a lairger cultural an economic centre for Greenland. The caipital is naurest tae the ceeties o Iqaluit an St. John's in Canadae, an Reykjavík in Iceland.

Nuuk is the seat o govrenment for the Sermersooq municipality. It haes a population o 15,469 (as o Januar 2010), makkin it ane o the smawest caipital ceeties in the warld bi population.

## Twin towns and sister cities

* Cuxhaven, 
* Aalborg,  (syne 2002)
* Vantaa,  (since 1965)
* Changchun, 
* Tiverton, 
* Lyngby-Taarbæk, 
* Huddinge, 
* , 
* Ushuaia, 
* Bocas Toun, 
* Sorong, 

## References
Banner o Swisserland

The **[[naitional banner|banner]] o [[Swisserland]]** consists o a reid banner wi a white Greek cross (a bauld, equilateral cross) in the centre. It is ane o anerlie twa square sovereign-state banners, the ither bein the Banner o Vatican Ceety. (The ceevil an state ensign, uised bi Swiss ships an boats, haes mair traditional proportions o 2:3.)

Anerlie the dimensions o the cross are formally established syne 1889: "The coat o airms o the federation is, athin a red field, an upricht white cross, whose [four] arms of equal length are a sixth longer than their width." The size o the cross in relation tae the field is no formally established except on the naval ensign, for which the ratio o the size o the cross tae the heicht is 5:8, an tae the lenth is 5:12. A ratio o 2:3 or 7:10 tae the span o the banner is uisual.

Uise o the white cross as a military ensign (attached tae the cantonal banners in the form o strips o linen) haes been uised in the Auld Swiss Confederacy syne the 14t century, but the modren design o a white cross suspendit in a square reid field wis introduced anerlie efter the end o the Napoleonic period, in 1815, an wis introduced as offeecial naitional banner in 1889.

## References
Banner o Kenyae

The **banner o [[Kenyae]]** (Swauheely: *Bendera ya Kenya*) wis offeecially adoptit on December 12, 1963.

## Seembolism
The Kenyan banner is based on that o Kenya African Naitional Union. The colours seembolise black majority, red for the bluid shed durin the struggle for freedom, an green for land; the white fimbriation wis addit later an seembolizes peace. The black, red, an white traditional Maasai shield an twa spears seembolise the defense o aw the things mentioned abuin.

## Design
The colours o the banner hae been specified bi the Kenya Naitional Archives.

:Source: Kenyan Flag  at *Get Kenya Online*. Accessed 6 August 2006.
:Source: Flag Specifications  at *Kenya National Archives*. Accessed 16 Feb 2006.



## History
The Kenyan banner is based on the black ower reid ower green banner o Kenya African National Union (KANU), the poleetical pairty that led the fecht for freedom an unthirldom o Kenyae. Upon unthirldom, the white fimbriation, seembolisin peace an unity, an the shield wur addit. The meanin o the colours o the banner o Kenyae match closely tae those o the Pan-African banner adoptit bi the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League in 1920. 

## See an aa
*Leet o banners o Kenyae

## References

## Freemit airtins
*
Coat o airms o Kenyae

The **[[coat o airms]] o [[Kenyae]]** features twa lions, a seembol o pertection, hauldin spears an a traditional East African shield. The shield an spears seembolise unity an defence o freedom. The shield contains the naitional colors, representin:

* Black for the fowk o Kenyae
* Green for the agricultur an naitural resoorces
* Red for the struggle for freedom
* White for unity an peace.

The middle reid strip bears a rooster hauldin an axe, which accordin tae local customs, denotes a new an prosperous life.

The shield an lions staund on a silhouette o Munt Kenyae containin in the foregrund examples o Kenyae agricultural produce - coffee, pyrethrum, sisal, tea, maize an pineapples.

The coat o airms is supportit bi a scroll upon which is written the wird 'Harambee'. In Swauheely, Harambee means "pullin thegither" or "aw for ane". It is the cry o the fishermen as thay draw thair nets towards the shore. The same wird is echoed bi aw ane when a collective effort is made for the common guid, such as helpin a faimily in need, or the construction o a schuil or a kirk.

## References
Coat o airms o Hungary

The current **coat o airms o [[Hungary]]** wis adoptit on 3 Julie 1990, efter the end o Communist rule. The airms hae been uied afore, baith wi an athoot the Holy Croun o Hungary, whiles as pairt o a lairger, mair complex coat o airms, an its elements date back tae the Middle Ages.

The shield is split intae twa pairts:
* The sinister (richt side frae the viewers pynt) consists o a siller dooble cross on reid base, situatit inside a sman gowden croun, the croun is placed on the middle heap o three green hills, representin muntain ranges (Tátra, Mátra, Fátra) (strictly in this order) as written in István Werbőczy's 'Tripartitium', but this is no explained thare. The first explanation o the hills are frae a Portuguese Jesuit Antonius Macedo in his wirk "Divi Tutelares..." frae 1687, writin: "mons essurgit numero triplex qui tres praecipuos eiusdem regni monti significant", but no namin them. Later in the 18t century, twa ither Jesuits, József Koller in "Cerographia" an Timon "Imago Novae Hungariae" state that "Alteram scuti partem Montes Regni praecipui, iique summi insigniunt. Nomen illis: Tatra, Matra, Fatra vulgare passim (...) atque omnium est cognitum". Timon adds, that the dooble cross is an auncient seembol o the Kinrick o Hungary, tae which the three hills wur connectit. Finally, a no sae well-kent theory for the triple hills is that it seembolizes the hills o Calvarie (Golgota), whaur Jesus wis crucified.
* The dexter (left side frae the viewers pynt) features the sae-cried Árpád stripes, fower siller an fower reid stripes. It is whiles said that the siller stripes represent fower rivers (Duna, Tisza, Dráva, Száva).

## References
Coat o airms o Northren Cyprus

The **coat o airms o the [[Northren Cyprus|Turkis Republic o Northren Cyprus]]** are styled closely on the airms o the Republic o Cyprus, except that the '1960' wis removed frae the shield unnerneath the dove an the addition, a depiction o the Turkis starn an crescent emblem is placed ower the shield wi the year '1983' addit. The year is in reference tae the Declaration o Unthirldom o the Turkis Republic o Northren Cyprus.

In late 2007, a slicht chynge tae the layoot o the airms wis made. The dove is in a different poseetion/attitude.
Banner o Northren Cyprus

The **banner o the [[Northren Cyprus|Turkis Republic o Northren Cyprus]]** (Turkis: *Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti bayrağı*) is based on the banner o Turkey wi the colors reversed an twa horizontal reid stripes addit at the tap an bottom an the crescent an the starn in reid. It wis the result o a competeetion tae fynd a new representative banner for the 'TRNC'.

Banner o TRNC waves in the kintras whaur TRNC haes diplomatic relations, i.e. Turkey an the non sovereign Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan.

Banner o the TRNC is uised in opposition tae the banner o Cyprus as the banner o Northren Cyprus.
The local uise o the Turkis banner is somewha seemilar tae the uise o the Greek banner in the rest o the island.
Bender, Moldovae

**Bender** or **Bendery**, forby kent as **Tighina** (Romanian; , *Bendery*; , *Bendery*) is a city athin the internaitionally recognised mairches o Moldovae unner *de facto* control o the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistrie) sin 1992. Locatit on the richt (wastern) bank o the river Dniester in the historical region o Bessarabie, thegither wi its suburb Proteagailovca, the city forms a municipality, that is separate frae Transnistrie accordin tae the Moldovan law. Bender is locatit in the buffer zone established at the end o the 1992 War o Transnistrie. 

Whiles the Joint Control Commission haes owerridin pouers in the city, Transnistrie haes *[[de facto]]* admeenistrative control.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Bender is twinned wi:
* Cavriago, Italy
* Montesilvano, Italy
* Ochamchira, Abkhazie, Georgie

## References
Ochamchire

**Ochamchire** (, *Ochamchyra*; , *Ochamchire*; , *Ochamchira*) is a seaside ceety on the Black Sea coast o Abkhazie, Georgie, an a centre o the eponymous destrict.

## Population
Accordin tae the 1978 population census, Ochamchire haed 18,700 residents. Efter the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict o 1992-93, Ochamchire experienced a significant population decline due tae ethnic cleansin o Georgians. 

## Geography
Ochamchire lies alang the left bank o the Ghalidzga (Aaldzga) River at an elevation o five meters abuin sea level. The ceety is locatit 53 kilometers sootheast o Sukhumi an 351 kilometers tae the northwast o Tbilisi. Ochamchire's climate is humid subtropical, wi mild winters an hot summers. The average annual temperature is 13.6 degrees Celsius. Januar's average temperature is 4.5 degrees Celsius while the average temperature in Julie is 23 degrees Celsius. Average annual precipitation is approximately 1300mm.

## History
Ochamchire evolved as a toun frae a sma maritime settlement, which wis a scene o fechtin atween the Roushie an Turkis-Abkhaz forces in 1877.

The auncient Greek colony o Gyenos is supposed tae hae locatit near Ochamchire, though the identification canna be considered as definitive acause o doubts as tae the actual location an the vera poor preservation o the archaeologic site itsel.

Accordin tae Itar Tass, Russia plans tae construct a new naval base for its Black Sea Fleet (currently based at Sevastopol) in Ochamchire.

## References

* *Georgian State (Soviet) Encyclopedia.* 1983. Book 7. p.&nbsp;623.
Coat o airms o Transnistrie

The **naitional emblem o [[Transnistrie]]** is a remodeled version o the umwhile Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic emblem, that wis substitutit bi the internaitionally-recognized Moldovan govrenment efter the dissolution o the Soviet Union in 1991. The anerlie major chynge made in the Transnistrian device wis the addition o waves, representin Dniester. An aa the inscription on the red banner chynged: unlike the Moldavian SSR emblem, which bore the acronym "РССМ" (for "Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic"), the Transnistrian emblem bears the name "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic" in Moldovan, Roushie an Ukrainian leids. In Moldovan, it is "*Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ*" (transliteratit: "*Republica Moldoveneascǎ Nistreanǎ*"); in Roushie, it is "*Приднестровская Молдавская Республика*" (transliterated: "*Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika*"); an, in Ukrainian, it is "*Придністровська Молдавська Республіка*" (transliteratit: "*Prydnistrovs'ka Moldavs'ka Respublika*").

## See an aa
*Banner o Transnistrie
*Coat of airms o Tiraspol
*Coat of airms o Gagauzie

## Freemit airtins
* Coat o airms o Pridnestrovie
Podolsk

**Podolsk** () is an industrial ceety o Moscow Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the Pakhra River (a tributary o the Moskva River). Population: 187,961 (2010 Census); 180,963 (2002 Census); 209,178 (1989 Census); 183,000 (1974); 129,000 (1959); 72,000 (1939).

## History
The ceety o Podolsk grew oot o the veelage Podol, which in the 18t century belanged tae the Danilov Monastery in Moscow. Podolsk wis grantit the status o ceety bi Catherine II in 1791.  At that time, Roushie wis establishin the major kintra destricts, appointin govrenors an establishin new ceeties.

Afore the Roushie Revolution, Podolsk wis amang ane o the maist industrialisit ceeties in Roushie.  A *[[Singer Corporation|Singer]]* factory producin sewin machines wis established here.

The Ulyanov faimily uised tae live in Podolsk. Vladimir Lenin visitit the ceety a nummer o times an even haed a sma estate an cottage thare. In 1900, he held a meetin in Podolsk wi the social democrats frae Moscow an ither ceeties tae win thair support for the *[[Iskra]]* newspaper, which haed awready been in the makin.

In 1971, Podolsk wis awardit the Order o the Red Banner o Labor. In the Soviet times, Podolsk wis ane o the industrial giants in Moscow Oblast. At that time thare wur mair nor seiventy factories operatin in the ceety. Maist o the ceetizens wur wirkin at these plants.

In 2000 a major militar base wis formit .07 mile frae toun (Microyone) 1 its is currently commandit unner Igor Minin.

Podolsk is the steid o the Central Archive o the Roushie Meenistry o Defence.

## Admeenistrative an municipal status
Athin the framewirk o administrative diveesions, Podolsk serves as the admeenistrative centre o Podolsky Destrict, even tho it is no a pairt o it. As an admeenistrative diveesion, it is incorporatit separately as **Podolsk [[Ceety o federal subject significance|Ceety Unner Oblast Jurisdiction]]**—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts. As a municipal diveesion, Podolsk Ceety Unner Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporatit as **Podolsk Urban Okrug**.

## Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Podolsk is twinned wi the follaein sister ceeties:

*  Amstetten, Austrick
*  Bălţi, Moldovae
*  Bar, Montenegro
*  Borisov, Belaroushie
*  Chernivtsi, Ukraine
*  Henan, Cheenae
*  Kavarna, Bulgarie
*  Kladno, Czech Republic
*  Ohrid, Macedonie
*  Saint-Ouen, Fraunce
*  Shumen, Bulgarie
*  Sukhumi, Abkhazie 
*  Trier-Land, Germany
*  Vanadzor, Armenie
*  Warmińsko-mazurskie, Poland

Thare are an aa plans tae sign sister ceety agreements wi:

*  Beni-Mellal, Morocco
*  Koper, Slovenie
*  Petrozavodsk, Roushie

## References
Banner o Transnistrie

The **banner o [[Transnistrie]]** is a version o the umwhile banner o the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. The current form wis adoptit bi the 2000 Law aboot State Seembols.

## History
The banner o the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic serd as the republic's banner till the dissolution o the Soviet Union in 1991. When Moldovae became independent, some places in Transnistrie refused tae fly the new Moldovan banner an continued tae fly the banner o the Soviet Union. Continued uise o the banner o the umwhile Moldavian SSR wis popular an it wis offeecially reintroduced as the banner o Transnistrie in 2000.

## Uisage
For govrenment uisage, anerlie the state banner is valid. But Transnistrian law permits the uise a simplified version o the banner for non-govrenmental uise (i.e., personal an commercial uisage), athoot hammer an sickle an red starn, an athoot regard tae shape or size. The maist common size is still 1:2, but 2:3 versions hae been uised an aa.

## Ither banners
The presidential banner is a 1:1, yellae fringed version o the ceevil banner wi the coat-o-airms in the centre. The current version wis adoptit on 18 Julie 2000 an replaced an earlier version datin frae 1997.

The airmy banner is currently a blue banner wi a yellae bund reid cross. It is seimilar tae that o the Moldovan airmy, but disna include the Moldovan coat-o-airms.

A customs banner is an aa in uise bi Transnistrian customs. It is a primarily green banner wi twa reid baunds at the bottom. The central pairt o the banner is dominatit bi the seembol o Transnistrian customs.


## Future

In 2009, a proposal wis discussed in parliament tae replace the ceevil banner (plain red-green-red) wi a new banner, cairryin three horizontal stripes in the colours white, blue an reid, being amaist identical tae the banner o the Roushie Federation, but wi different aspect ratio (1:2 insteid o Roushie's 2:3). The reasons statit for the chynge o the banner include the desire tae create closer ties wi Roushie, a guarantor o Transnistrie's unthirldom frae Moldovae. In a 2006 referendum, 97.2% o Transnistrians votit in favour o increased association wi Roushie. The new banner wad be uised alangg wi the current state banner.

## See an aa
* Coat o airms o Transnistrie

## References


## External links
* Law on State Symbols of the PMR as of 16 March 2006.   Iurist. Retrieved 12 December 2006. This link did not work on 9 September 2008
* President's website for state flag  
* Parliament's website for law on state flag
* Flagspot article about Transnistrian flag
* Flaggenlexikon article aboot Transnistrian banner
Clan Grierson

**The name Grierson** is frae the Scots lawlands.

The surname *[[Grierson]]* is no a patronymic form o the medieval Scots personal name *[[Grier]]* which is a form o the personal name *[[Gregory]]*. It haes been speculatit bi some that thay mey descend frae the same line as Clan Gregor, housomeivver this is refutit bi ithers ; David Alan Grierson suggests a closer leuk at the meanin o the surname o Grierson, wheniver translatit intae gaelic, literally means MacGriogair. The principal seat o the Griersons wis Lag, which wis obtained in aboot 1408.

The current chief o the name Grierson, an a member o the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs. is Sarah Grierson of Lag, the first female tae hauld this role in an unbroken line frae the faimily o Grierson o Lag.

The crest badge o a clan member o the Griersons contains the Laitin motto: *[http://clangrierson.com/grierson-crest-and-motto/ HOC SECURIOR] *.
## References
Ghana

**Ghana** (), offeecially the **Republic o Ghana**, is a kintra locate in Wast Africae. It mairches wastle wi Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), norlins wi Burkina Faso, eastle wi Togo, an soothlins wi the Gulf o Guinea. The wird *Ghana* means "Warrior Keeng" an is derived frae the auncient Ghana Empire.

Ghana wis dwallt in pre-colonial times bi a nummer o auncient predominantly Akan kinricks, includin the Akwamu on the easter strand, the inland Ashanti Empire an various Fante an non-Akan states, lik the Ga an Ewe, alang the strand an inland. The Mande-Gur speakin groups in the north o the kintra estaiblisht several Islamized states, in parteecular Dagbon an Gonja, an wis the middle-men in tred atween ither lairger sahelian Muslim states (lik Mali an Songhai) an the early Akan kinricks, inspecially in the gowd, sclave an saut tred. Tred wi European states fordert efter contack wi the Portuguese in the 15t century, an the Breetish estaiblisht the Gold Coast Crown colony in 1874.

The Gowd Coast gat roon unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick in 1957, becomin the first Sub-Saharan African naition tae dae the like, an the name Ghana wis chuisen for the new naition tae refleck the auncient Empire o Ghana, whilk ance stendit ootthrough a feck o wast Africae. Ghana is a memmer o the Sooth Atlantic Peace an Cooperation Zone, the Commonweel o Naitions, the Economic Community o Wast African States, the African Union, an an associate member o La Francophonie. Ghana is the seicont lairgest producer o cocoa in the warld an is hame tae Lake Volta, the lairgest artificial loch in the warld bi surface aurie.

## Etymology
 The wird *Ghana* means Warrior King an wis the title accorded tae the kings o the medieval West African Ghana Empire. Geographically, the Ghana Empire wis thareaboot 500 mile (800&nbsp;km) north an wast o modren Ghana, an it ruled territories in the aurie o the Sénégal River an east taewart the Niger River, in modren Senegal, Mauritanie an Mali.

*Ghana* wis adoptit as the legal name for the Gowd Coast combined wi Breetish Togoland upo gainin autonomy on Mairch 6, 1957. It wis no till Julie 1, 1960, housomeivver, that Ghana threapit its complete unthirldom frae Breetain an became kent as the *Republic o Ghana*.

## References
Nigeirie

**Nigerie**, or the **Confiderat Republic o Nigeirie**, is a federal constitutional republic comprisin thirty-sax states an its Federal Caipital Territory, Abuja. The kintra is locatit in Wast Africae an shares laundmairches wi the Republic o Benin in the wast, Chad an Cameroon in the east, an Niger in the north. Its coast in the sooth lies on the Gulf o Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. The three lairgest an maist influential ethnic groups in Nigerie are the Hausa, Igbo an Yoruba. In terms o releegion Nigerie is roughly split hauf an hauf atween Muslims an Christians wi a vera sma minority wha practise traditional releegion.

The fowk o Nigerie hae an extensive history. Archaeological evidence shows that human habitation o the aurie dates back tae at least 9000 BC. The aurie aroond the Benue an Cross River is thocht tae be the oreeginal hameland o the Bantu migrants wha spread athort maist o central an soothren Africae in waves atween the 1st millennium BC an the 2nt millennium.

The name ** wis taken frae the Niger River runnin throu the kintra. This name wis coined bi Flora Shaw, the futur wife o Baron Lugard, a Breetish colonial admeenistrator, in the late 19t century.

Nigeria is the maist populous kintra in Africae, the seivent maist populous kintra in the warld, an the maist populous kintra in the warld in whilk the majority o the population is black. It is leetit amang the "Next Eleiven" economies, an is a member o the Commonweel o Naitions. The economy o Nigerie is ane o the fastest growin in the warld, wi the International Monetary Fund projectin a growthe o 9% in 2008 an 8.3% in 2009.

## References
Zambie

**Zambie**, offeecially the **Republic o Zambie** () is a landlocked kintra in Soothren Africae. The neighbourin kintras are the Democratic Republic o the Congo tae the north, Tanzanie tae the north-east, Malawi tae the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana an Namibie tae the sooth, an Angolae tae the wast. The caipital ceety is Lusaka, locatit in the sooth-central pairt o the kintra. The population is concentratit mainly aroond the Lusaka in the sooth an the Copperbelt tae the northwast.

## References
Sierra Leone

**Sierra Leone** (Krio: *Sa Lone*), offeecially the **Republic o Sierra Leone**, is a kintra in wast Africae. It is bordered bi Guinea tae the north an east, Liberie tae the sootheast, an the Atlantic Ocean tae the wast an soothwast. Sierra Leone covers a total aurie o 71,740 km2 (27,699 sq mi) an haes a population estimatit at 6.5&nbsp;million.

## References
Guinea-Bissau

The **Republic o Guinea-Bissau** (; , ) is a kintra in Wast Africae. It is bordered bi Senegal tae the north, an Guinea tae the sooth an east, wi the Atlantic Ocean tae its wast.

It covers 36,125&nbsp;km² (nearly 14,000 sq mi) wi an estimatit population o 1,600,000. 

Guinea-Bissau wis ance pairt of the kinrick o Gabu, pairt o the Mali Empire; pairts o this kinrick persistit till the 18t century, while ithers wur pairt o the Portuguese Empire. It then became the Portuguese colony o Portuguese Guinea in the 19t century. Upon unthirldom, declared in 1973 an recognised in 1974, the name o its caipital, Bissau, wis addit tae the kintra's name tae prevent confusion wi the Republic o Guinea. 

Anerlie 14% o the population speaks the offeecial leid, Portuguese. 44% speak Kriol, a Portuguese-based creole leid, an the remainder speaks native African leids. The main releegions are African traditional releegions and Islam, an there is a Christian (maistly Catholic) minority.

It is a member o the African Union, Economic Community o Wast African States, Organisation o the Islamic Conference, the Laitin Union, Community o Portuguese Language Kintras, La Francophonie an the Sooth Atlantic Peace an Cooperation Zone.

The kintra's per-capita gross domestic product is ane o the lawest in the warld.

## References
Benin

**Benin** (), offeecially the **Republic o Benin**, is a kintra in Wast Africae. It borders Togo tae the wast, Nigerie tae the east an Burkina Faso an Niger tae the north. Its sma soothren coastline on the Bicht o Benin is whaur a majority o the population is locatit. The caipital o Benin is Porto-Novo, but the seat o govrenment is locatit in the kintra's lairgest ceety o Cotonou. Benin covers an aurie o approximately 110,000 square kilometers (42,000 sq mi), wi a population o approximately 9.05 million. Benin is a tropical, sub-Saharan naition, heichlie dependent on agricultur, wi substantial employment an income arisin frae subsistence farmin.

The offeecial leid o Benin is French, housomeivver, indigenous leids such as Fon an Yoruba are commonly spoken. The lairgest releegious group in Benin is Roman Catholicism, follaed closely bi Muslims, Vodun, an Protestants. Benin is a member o the Unitit Naitions, the African Union, the Organisation o the Islamic Conference, Sooth Atlantic Peace an Cooperation Zone, La Francophonie, the Community o Sahel-Saharan States, the African Petroleum Producers Association an the Niger Basin Authority.

Frae the 17t century tae the 19t century, the laund o current-day Benin wis ruled bi the Kinrick o Dahomey. The region became kent as the Slave Coast durin the early 17t century due tae the prevalence o the trans-Atlantic slave trade. In 1892, wi the slave trade banned an regional pouer diminishin, Fraunce teuk ower the aurie an renamed it French Dahomey. In 1960, Dahomey gained full unthirldom frae Fraunce, bringin in a democratic govrenment for the next 12 years.

Atween 1972 an 1990, a sel-proclaimed Marxist-Leninist dictatorship cried the Fowkrepublic o Benin existit, usherin in a period o repression which ultimately led tae an economic collapse. Formation o the Republic o Benin occurred in 1991, bringin in multipairty elections.

## Name
Durin the colonial period an at unthirldom, the kintra wis kent as **Dahomey**. It wis renamed on November 30, 1975, tae **Benin** efter the body o watter on which the kintra lies – the Bicht o Benin – which, in turn, haed been named efter the Benin Empire. The kintra o Benin haes nae direct connection tae Benin Ceety in modren Nigerie, nor to the Benin bronzes.

The new name, Benin, wis chosen for its neutrality. Dahomey wis the name o the umwhile Kinrick o Dahomey, which covered anerlie the soothren third o the present kintra an therefore did no represent the northwastren sector Atakora nor the kinrick o Borgu, which covered the northeastren third.

## References
Admeenistrative diveesions o North Korea

The **admeenistrative diveesions o [[North Korea]]** are organized intae three hierarchical levels. Mony o the units hae equivalents in the seestem o Sooth Korea. At the heichest level are nine provinces, twa directly-govrened ceeties, an three special admeenistrative diveesions. The seicont-level diveesions are ceeties, coonties, wards, an destricts. These are further subdividit intae third-level entities: touns, neighborhuids, veelages, an *wirkers' destricts*.

The three-level admeenistrative seestem uised in North Korea wis first inauguratit bi Kim Il-sung in 1952, as pairt o a massive restructurin o local govrenment. Previously, the kintra haed uised a multi-level seestem similar tae that still uised in Sooth Korea.

## Provinces
* Chagang Province (*Chagang-do;* 자강도; 慈江道)
* North Hamgyŏng Province (*Hamgyŏng-pukto;* 함경 북도; )
*Sooth Hamgyŏng Province (*Hamgyŏng-namdo;* 함경 남도; )
*North Hwanghae Province (*Hwanghae-pukto;* 황해 북도; )
*Sooth Hwanghae Province (*Hwanghae-namdo;* 황해 남도; )
*Kangwŏn Province (*Kangwŏndo;* 강원도; )
*North P'yŏngan Province (*P'yŏngan-pukto;* 평안 북도; )
*Sooth P'yŏngan Province (*P'yŏngan-namdo;* 평안 남도; )
*Ryanggang Province (*Ryanggang-do;* 량강도; )

## Special Admeenistrative Regions
*Kaesŏng Industrial Region (*Kaesŏng Kongŏp Chigu;* 개성 공업 지구; )
*Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region (*Kŭmgangsan Kwan'gwang Chigu;* 금강산 관광 지구; )
*Sinŭiju Special Admeenistrative Region (*Sinŭiju T'ŭkbyŏl Haengjŏnggu*; 신의주 특별 행정구; )

## Directly-govrened ceeties
*P'yŏngyang Directly Govrened Ceety (*P'yŏngyang Chikhalsi*; 평양 직할시; ) - The ceety is classified as a Directly Govrened Ceety (Chikhalsi), no a Special Ceety as Seoul in Sooth Korea.  In fact, the North Korean naitional newspaper an broadcastin say "Pyongyang *Chikhalsi*".  Some sources, maist o them frae Sooth Korea, refer the ceety as a Special Ceety; housomeivver these are the auld sources.  Mairower, Sooth Korea haes correctit the ceety as a Directly Govrened Ceety, accordin tae a Sooth Korean newspaper in 1994.
*Rasŏn (Rajin-Sŏnbong) Special Ceety (*Rasŏn (Rajin-Sŏnbong) Chikhalsi*; 라선 (라진-선봉) 직할시; ) - Prior tae 1993 an frae 2004 tae 2009 the ceety haed been pairt o the North Hamgyŏng Province
Homs

**Homs** or **Hims** (, *Homs* or *Ḥims*; previously Greek: Ἔμεσα, *Emesa*) is a ceety in wastren Sirie an the caipital o the Homs Govrenorate. It is 501 metres (1,644&nbsp;ft abuin sea level an is locatit 162 kilometres (101&nbsp;mi) north o Damascus. Locatit on the Orontes River, Homs is an aa the central link atween the interior ceeties an the Mediterranean coast.

Homs did no emerge intae the licht o history till the 1st century BC at the time o Seleucids. It later became the caipital o a kinrick ruled bi the Emesani dynasty who gae the ceety its name. Oreeginally a pagan centre o worship for the Sun god El-Gabal, it later gained importance in Christianity unner the Byzantines. It wis conquered bi the Muslims in the 7t century an made caipital o a destrict that bore its current name. Throughoot the Islamic era, Muslim dynasties contendin for control o Sirie sought efter Homs due tae the ceety's strategic poseetion in the aurie. It began tae decline unner the Ottomans an anerlie in the 19t century did the ceety regain its economic importance when its cotton industry boomed.

The day, Homs is a major industrial centre in Sirie, an wi a population o 1,500,000, it is the third lairgest ceety in the kintra. Its population reflects Sirie's general releegious diversity, componed maistly o Arabic-speakin Sunni Muslims, wi a Christian minority. The ceety boasts a nummer o historic mosques an kirks an is near the Krak des Chevaliers, a Warld Heritage Steid.

## Etymology
"Emesa" is a compund o "Ham-Es", wi the *Es* representin an assemblage o the locally-revered sun god in (El-Gabal) in auncient times. The name "Emesa" or "Hemesa" is an aa attributit tae "Emesenoi", the name o the Arab tribe that ruled the aurie afore its incorporation intae the Roman Empire. When the name o the tribe became attached tae the ceety is indiscernible, but is generally thocht tae hae been uised unner the Romans.

"Emesa" wis shorten tae "Homs" or "Hims" bi its Arab indwallers, mony o whom settled thare prior tae the Muslim conquest o Sirie. This name haes been preserved throughoot the period o Islamic rule continuin tae the present day. It wis kent as "la Chamelle" bi the Crusaders, awtho thay niver ruled the ceety. A seicont possibility aboot the oreegin o the ceety's modren name is that it is an Arabic form o the ceety's Laitin name "Emesus", derived frae the Greek "Emesa" or "Emesos".

## Sister ceeties
*  Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2001)
*  Kayseri, Turkey
*  Yazd, Iran

## References

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Banner o Nigerie

The **Banner o [[Nigerie]]** wis designed in 1959 an first offeecially hoistit on October 1, 1960.
The uniquely sea-green baunds represent the forests an abundant naitural weel o Nigerie while the white baund represents peace.

The naitional banner is an adaptation o the winnin entry in a competeetion held in 1959. The oreeginal haed a reid sun wi streamin rays placed at the tap o the white stripe. This wis removed bi the judges an the banner haes no been altered syne. Lik ither kintras, Nigerie haes special ensigns for ceevil an naval vessels. Some o its states an aa hae banners. 
The designer o the naitional banner wis a student, Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi. He hailed frae Owu in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Akinkunmi wis a student o Norwich Technical College, Ingland when he saw the advertisement in the naitional daily that entries wur bein acceptit for the design o a new naitional banner. Akinkunmi quickly prepared his entry an sent it tae Lagos whaur it wis eventually picked in 1958 as the best an the banner wis uised tae celebrate an independent Nigerie on October 1, 1960; when the Union Banner (Banner o the Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland) wis lowered for the Nigerian banner tae tak its place on the flagpole.

Akinkunmi haes received numerous awairds frae baith individuals an organisations, an presently lives in Ibadan.
Tehran Province

**Tehran Province** () is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran. It covers an aurie o 18,909 square kilometers an is locatit tae the north o the central plateau o Iran.

Tehran Province borders Māzandarān Province in the north, Qom Province in the sooth, Semnān Province in the east, an Qazvīn Province in the wast. The metropolis o Tehran is the caipital ceety o the province an o Iran. , this province includes 13 tounships, 43 municipalities, an 1358 veelages.

Tehran province is the richest province o Iran as it contributes approximately 29% o the kintra's GDP. Furthermore, it hooses approximately 18% o the kintra's population. Tehran Province is the maist industrialized province in Iran; 86.5% o its population resides in urban auries an 13.5% o its population resides in rural auries.

The province gained importance when Tehran wis claimed the caipital bi the Qajar Dynasty in 1778. The day, Tehran, wi a population o mair nor 7 million, is ranked amangst the 20 maist populous metropolitan ceeties o the warld.
Putrajaya

**Putrajaya** (Jawi: اللجوء) is a planned ceety, locatit sooth o Kuala Lumpur, that serves as the federal admeenistrative centre o Malaysie.  The seat o govrenment wis shiftit in 1999 frae Kuala Lumpur due tae the owercroudin an congestion thare.  Nivertheless, Kuala Lumpur remains as Malaysia's naitional caipital (as the seat o Parliament) as well as the kintra's commercial an financial centre.  Putrajaya wis the brainchild o umwhile Prime Meenister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad who wis in pouer then.  In 2001, Putrajaya wis made a Federal Territory, increasin the nummer o federal territories tae three. Kuala Lumpur an Labuan are the ither twa.

Named efter the first Malaysian Prime Meenister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra the ceety is situatit athin the Multimedia Super Corridor, beside the an aa newly developed Cyberjaya. The development stairtit in 1995 an the day major landmarks are completit an the population is expectit tae grow in the relatively new ceety. The "jaya" (जय) pairt o the ceety's name means "victory" in Sanskrit.

## References
Kazan

**Kazan** (; , **) is the caipital ceity o the Republic o Tatarstan, Roushie. Wi a population o 1,105,000 (2002), it is the saxth lairgest ceity o Roushie. Kazan lies at the confluence o the Volga an Kazanka Rivers in European Roushie. In April 2009, the Roushie Patent Office grantit Kazan the richt tae brand itsel as the "Third Caipital" o Roushie. In 2009 it wis chosen as the "sports caipital o Roushie". The Kazan Kremlin is a Warld Heritage Steid.

## Internaitional relations
### Consulates
Twa consulates general are foond in Kazan.
*  Consulate-General o Iran.
*  Consulate-General o Turkey.
An aa, there is  Italian Visa Center in Kazan.

### Twin touns — Sister ceities

Kazan is twinned wi:
*  Braunschweig (Germany), syne 1988 
*  College Station, Texas (USA), syne 1990
*  Eskişehir (Turkey), syne 1990
*  Balıkesir (Turkey), syne 1990
*  Monufia Govrenorate (Egyp), syne 1997
*  Qalyubia Govrenorate (Egyp), с 2001
*  Hyderabad, Indie (Indie), с 2001
*  Urbino (Italy), syne 2001
*  Hangzhou (Fowkrepublic o Cheenae), syne 2002
*  Istanbul (Turkey), syne 2002
*  Jūrmala (Latvie), syne 2002
*  Antalya (Turkey), syne 2003
*  Kabul (Afghanistan) syne 2003
*  Ulan-Ude (Buryatia, Roushie) since 2003
*  Shumen Province (Bulgarie), syne 2003
*  Lijiang, (Fowkrepublic o Cheenae) syne 2006
*  Tabriz (Iran), syne 2009
*  Jeddah (Saudi Arabie), since ?
*  Tlemcen, (Algerie), syne 2010 

### Internaitional organisations membership
* Organization o Warld Heritage Ceities
* Unitit Cities an Local Govrenments
* Twin Ceities Internaitional Association
* Historic Ceities Internaitional Association
* General Conference o Mayors for Peace

Kazan haes an Alliance française centre.

Kazan haes an American Corner.http://amcorners.ru/ac104/ 

## References
Vladivostok

**Vladivostok** () is Roushie's lairgest port ceety on the Paceefic Ocean an the admeenistrative centre o Primorsky Krai. It is situatit at the heid o the Gowden Horn Bay. It is the hame port o the Roushie Pacific Fleet. The population o the ceety, as o 2010, is 578,000.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — sister ceeties
Vladivostok is a seester ceety o:

## References
Norwich

**Norwich** (   or  ) is a ceety in Ingland. It is the regional admeenistrative centre an coonty toun o Norfolk. Durin the 11t century, Norwich wis the seicont lairgest ceety in Ingland, efter Lunnon, an ane o the maist important places in the kinrick.

The built-up area o Norwich haes a population o 259,100.  This aurie extends ayont the ceety bundary, wi extensive suburban auries on the wastren, northren an eastren sides, includin Costessey, Hellesdon, Old Catton, Sprowston an Thorpe St Andrew. The parliamentary seats cross ower intae adjacent local govrenment destricts. 135,800 (2008 est.) fowk live in the City of Norwich an the population o the Norwich Travel tae Wirk Aurie (i.e. the aurie o Norwich in which maist fowk baith live an wirk) is 367,035 (the 1991 figure wis 351,340). Norwich is the fowert maist densely populated local govrenment destrict athin the East o Ingland wi 3,480 fowk per square kilometre (8,993 per square mile).

## Twinned ceeties

Offeecially:

*  Novi Sad, Serbie
*  Rouen, Fraunce
*  Koblenz, Germany

Unoffeecially:

*  El Viejo, Nicaragua.

## References
Norwich (disambiguation)

**[[Norwich]]** is a ceety an the coonty toun o Norfolk, Ingland.

**Norwich** can itherwise refer tae:

## Places
;Unitit States
* Norwich, Connecticut

## Ither uises
* Norwich City F.C., a fitbaa club based in Norwich, Ingland
Coat o airms o Nigerie

The **Coat o Airms o Nigerie** haes a black shield wi twa white stripes that come thegither, lik the letter Y. Thir represent the twa main rivers flowin throu Nigerie: the Benue River an the Niger River.  The black shield represents Nigerie's guid earth while the twa horse on each side represent dignity.  The eagle represents strength, while the green an white baunds on the tap o the shield represent the rich agricultural land o the inspirin kintra. The yellae flouers at the base (incorrectly shawn as reid in the image) are *Costus Spectabilis*, Nigerie's naitional flouer.

It coud be blazoned sable a pall wavy argent, supportit bi twa horse Argent, an set for a crest on a wreath, Argent an Vert, an eagle displayed gules.
Nabatieh Govrenorate

**Nabatieh Governorate** (, *Muhaa-fza al-Nabatiya*) is ane o the sax govrenorates o Lebanon. The aurie o this govrenorate is 1,058&nbsp;km². The caipital is Nabatieh.

## Destricts

The governorate is dividit intae 4 destricts (Aqdiya, singular qadaa).  The caipitals are in brackets:
*Nabatieh (Nabatieh)
*Marjeyoun (Marjeyoun)
*Hasbaya (Hasbaya)
*Bint Jbeil (Bint Jbeil)

## Releegion in Nabatieh Govrenorate

Shia makes the majority wi 78.69%; Christians makes the seicont maist wi 11.35%; Sunni makes the third wi 6.21%; Druze are the last wi 3.75%.

## See an aa
* Soothren Lebanon
*  Jabal Amel
Sooth Govrenorate

**Sooth Govrenorate** (; transliterated: al-Janub) is ane o the govrenorates o Lebanon. Sooth Lebanon haes a population o 360,000 indwallers an an area o 2,000&nbsp;km². The caipital is Sidon. The lawest elevation is sea-level; the heichest is 1,000 meters. The indwallers are a mix o Shiites, Sunnis, Orthodox, Catholics, Armenians, an Protestants. Temperatures can drap tae 4&nbsp;°C durin winter wi a lot o rain an snaw on the heicher grund. In the humid simmer, temperatures can rise tae 30&nbsp;°C in the coastal areas. The govrenorate haes seevral rivers: the Litani, Zahrani, Naqura, Awali, Qasmiye, an Hasbani. The area is kenspeckle fur its citrus an bananae ferms.

## Local Attractions an Events

The area affers a great nummer o attractions, includin pristine white sandy beaches sooth o Tyre, an the opportunity tae snorkel or dive amang submerged Phoenician an Roman ruins near the auncient cities o Sidon an Tyre. Soothren Lebanon hosts the Tyre festival an aa, that attracts thoosans o tourists ilka yeir.

## Religion in the Sooth Govrenorate

Shia mak the feck wi 60.08%;
Christians maks the seicont maist wi 23.88%;
Sunni maks the third wi 15.89%;
Druze are the last wi 0.15%.

## Destricts
* Sidon Destrict
* Jezzine Destrict
* Tyre Destrict

## Cities
* Jezzine
* Sidon or Saida
* Tyre
* El-Kfeir (Kufayr az Zayt)
* Sarafand
* Kfarmelki

## See an aa
* Soothren Lebanon
Beqaa Govrenorate

**Beqaa** () is a govrenorate in Lebanon wi a population o 750,000 indwallers.

## Geography
The Beqaa govrenorate covers an area o 4,429&nbsp;km². Béqaa is the primary centre o Lebanon's agricultur. The Beqaa govrenorate forms the main geographical extension o Lebanon an it lies atween the Wastren an Eastren Lebanese Muntain ranges. Twa rivers run throu Béqaa: the Litani River an the Asi River

It encompasses Beqaa Valley.

## Climate an tourism
The temperature ranges frae -10 tae 35&nbsp;°C throughoot the year. Béqaa receives hivy rain an snaw durin the winter.

The veelages o Zahlé, Baalbeck, Niha, Anjar, Qab Elias, Kfar Zabad, Karaon Dam, Chtaura an Furzul are the aurie's main tourism destinations.  The govrenorate o Béqaa lies on the auncient route atween Lebanon, Sirie, an the rest o the Arab warld.  The govrenorate is kent for its wine industry, simmer festivals, an its cuisine.

## Releegion in the Beqaa Govrenorate
Shia maks the majority wi 42.25%; Christians maks the seicont maist wi 29.94%; Sunni maks the third wi 24.28%; 
Druze are the last wi 3.53%.

## Destricts
*Zahlé
*Baalbek
*Hermel
*Rashaya
*Western Beqaa

## Cities
*Zahlé
*Fourzol
*Baalbek
*Bouday
*Rayak
*Joub Jannine
*Al-Bireh, Lebanon
*Shmistar
*Anjar
*Kabelias
*Kherbet Rouha
*Nabi Ayla
*Kasarnaba
*Al Karoun
*Deir El Ghazal
*Qusaya
*Deir El Ahmar