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Daşoguz Province

**Daşoguz Province** () (umwhile **Daşhowuz / Дашховуз**) is ane o the welayat (provinces) o Turkmenistan.  It is in the north o the kintra, borderin Uzbekistan. The aurie o the province is 73,430 square kilometers, an the total population is 1,370,400 (2005 est.).  The caipital is Daşoguz (Дашогуз). 

The province is maistly desert, an is experiencin severe environmental degradation as a result o the Aral Sea ecological catastrophe. Increased soil salinity haes ruined thoosans o square kilometers o fermland.

The province contains the UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid o Köneürgenç.  

Baith Turkmen citizens an foreigners require special permission tae visit the province, as the govrenment regards it as a "closed" border zone.

## Destricts
Daşoguz Province is admeenistratively dividit intae 8 destricts (*etraplar*; singular *etrap*) an 2 ceeties (*il*). Name changes since 1995 are shown in parentheses:

*Daşoguz Ceety (umwhile Daşhowuz)
*Köneürgenç Ceety (umwhile Kunya Urgench) – grantit *etrap* status on 3 Februar 2008
*Akdepe Destrict
*Boldumsaz Destrict
*Görogly Destrict (umwhile Tagta)
*Gubadag Destrict
*Gurbansoltan Eje Destrict (umwhile Ýylanly)
*Köneürgenç Destrict
*Saparmyrat Nyýazow Destrict (umwhile Daşoguz/Daşhowuz etrap)
*Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy Destrict

## References
Abja-Paluoja

**Abja-Paluoja** (first mention 1504)  is a toun (syne 1993) in Viljandi Coonty, Estonie. Joined 1998 wi Abja Vald.

Abja Rural Municipality is situatit in the Mulgi Parish, the soothren pairt o Viljandi Coonty. The Halliste River an Kariste Lake are locatit near the northren border o the rural municipality. The municipality shares its soothren border wi the Republic o Latvie. The relief o the rural municipality mey be classifee'd as twa: the northren pairt is covered wi hummocks, mature valleys an walleys wi a notch-like bottom, an the soothren pairt is plains. The Pärnu - Valga asphalt road passes through the rural municipality an the Abja-Paluoja - Sultsi an Mõisaküla roads stairt frae this road. The rest o the roads are covered wi gravel, their total length is 77&nbsp;km.

At present, the rural municipality awns 29.019ha o land. It is dividit intae cultivatit land 9.630ha, natural grassland 1.652ha, forest an 12.913ha, yard land 179ha, ither land 3.587ha.

Fowk hae haed the possibility tae get education in Abja frae the year 1812. Till 1919, there wur rural municipality an parish schuils in Abja, efter that elementary schuils wur established. Syne the year 1940, ane haes been able tae get upper seicontary education in Abja (Abja Gümnaasium). 
There are 2 kindergartens in the rural municipality: in Abja-Paluoja (foondit in 1912) an in Kamara (foondit in 1962).

## Veelages in Abja Vald
Abja-Vanamõisa, Abjaku, Atika, Kamara, Laatre, Lasari, Penuja, Põlde, Raamatu, Räägu, Saate, Sarja, Umbsoo, Veelikse, Veskimäe.

## Twinnins

* Nummi-Pusula, Finland

## Freemit airtins
*Abja Vald - Abja Vald wabsteid
*Abja Vald  - Auld Abja Vald wabsteid
*Abja Gümnaasium - Abja Gymnasium wabsteid
Dhaka Diveesion

The **Dhaka Diveesion** (, *Ḑhaka Bibhag*) is an admeenistrative diveesion athin Bangladesh. The caipital an lairgest ceety is Dhaka. The diveesion covers an aurie o 31,119.97&nbsp;km², an haes a population of 46 million (2010). 

Dhaka Diveesion bunds the Indian state o Meghalaya tae the north, Barisal an Chittagong Diveesions on the sooth, Sylhet Diveesion tae the east, Rajshahi an Khulna Diveesions tae the wast.

## Admeenistrative Destricts

Dhaka Diveesion, umwhile **Dacca Diveesion** o *[[East Pakistan]] province*, consists o ane ceety corporation, 17 destricts, 58 municipalities, 123 upazilas, 1,239 union parishads, 12,765 mouzas, 549 wards, 1,623 mahallas an 25,244 veelages.
Tamanrasset Province

**Tamanrasset** or **Tamanghasset** (, Berber: **Tamenγest** ) is the lairgest province (*[[wilaya]]*) in Algerie. It wis named efter its province seat: Tamanrasset. The Province haes twa naitional pairks, mair nor ony ither in Algerie. They are: Tassili n'Ajjer Naitional Pairk an Ahaggar Naitional Pairk.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
The province is dividit intae 7 destricts (*[[daïra]]s*), which are further dividit intae 10 ''communes'' or municipalities.

### Destricts

# Abalessa
# In Ghar
# In Guezzam
# In Salah
# Tamanrasset
# Tazrouk
# Tin Zaouatine

### Communes

# Abalessa
# Foggaret Ezzaouia
# Idlès
# In Amguel
# In Ghar
# In Guezzam
# In Salah
# Tamanrasset
# Tazrouk
# Tin Zaouatine

## References
Qardaha Destrict

**Qardaha Destrict** ( / ALA-LC: *Minṭaqat al-Qardāḥah*) is a destrict (mantiqah) o the Latakia Govrenorate in Sirie. At the 2004 Census it haed a population o 74,644. The centre o the destrict is the ceety o Qardaha.

## Diveesions
The destrict o Qardaha is dividit intae fower sub-destricts or Nāḥiyas (population accordin tae 2004 offeecial census):
*Qardaha nahiyah (ناحية القرداحة): population 44,510.
*Harf al-Musaytirah nahiyah (ناحية حرف المسيترة): population 6,669.
*Fakhura nahiyah (ناحية الفاخورة): population 18,357.
*Jawbat Burghal nahiyah (ناحية جوبة برغال): population 5,743.

## References
Al Asimah Govrenorate (Kuwait)

**Al Asimah** (), cried **Al Kuwayt** an aw, is ane o the sax govrenorates o Kuwait, an consists o the follaein destricts :

*Abdullah Al-Salem **عبدالله السالم**
*Adiliya **العديلية**
*Bneid Al-Qar **بنيد القار**
*Al Da'iya **الدعية**
*Al Dasma **الدسمه**
*Doha**الدوحة**
*Al Faiha **الفيحا**
*Faylakah (consistin o the islands o Failaka, Miskan, an Auhah)
*Granada
*Kaifan **كيفان**
*Khaldiya
****[[Kuwait Ceety]] (Kuwait's caipital)***
*Al Mansouriah **المنصورية**
*Murgab
*Al-Nuzha **النزهه**
*Al Qadisiya **القادسية**
*Qurtoba **قرطبة**
*Rawdah
*Al Shamiya **الشامية**
*Al Shuwaikh **الشويخ**
*Sulaibikhat
*Al Surra **السره**
*Al Yarmouk **اليرموك**

Al Asimah means "the caipital" in Arabic. Al Asimah hooses maist o Kuwait's financial an business centres such as the Kuwait Stock Exchynge.

## References
Hawalli Govrenorate

**Hawally** () is ane o the sax govrenorates o Kuwait, consistin o the follaein destricts :

*As Surrah
*Bayan
*Hawalli
*Mishref
*Jabriya
*Rumaithiya
*Salmiya
*Salwa
*Shaar

The current govrenor o the Hawally govrenorate is Abdallah Abdulrahman Al Fares.

A 2005 estimate reports the population o Hawally tae be 393,861 (source:).

As o 31 December 2007 Hawally population is estimatit tae be 714,876 (source PACI:).

## Notable fowk frae Hawally
*Ibrahim Khraibut

## References
Latakia Destrict

**Latakia Destrict** ( / ALA-LC: *Minṭaqat al-Lādhiqīyah*) is a destrict (mantiqah) o the Latakia Govrenorate in Sirie. At the 2004 Census it haed a population o 526,888. The centre o the destrict is the ceety o Latakia.

Latakia an the surroondin destricts became a separate autonomous state unner a Mandate gien tae Fraunce bi the League o Naitions an remained sae for twa year till its incorporation intae the lairger, State o Sirie in 1923. It wis kent intermittently as the "Alawite State" efter its majority o indwallers, who happen tae be Alawites.

Agricultur haes remained the maist important economic sector in the province, wi citrus fruits, aiples, an olives bein the main cash crops. Tourism maistly frae the Persie Guwf States is a major soorce o income for the indwallers durin the simmer saison an aw.

## Diveesions
The destrict o Latakia is dividit intae seiven sub-destricts or Nāḥiyas (population accordin tae 2004 offeecial census):
*Latakia nahiyah (ناحية اللاذقية): population 424,392.
*Al-Bahluliyah nahiyah (ناحية البهلولية): population 17,532.
*Rabia nahiyah (ناحية ربيعة): population 8,214.
*Ayn al-Bayda nahiyah (ناحية  عين البيضة): population 30,959.
*Qastal Ma'af nahiyah (ناحية قسطل معاف): population 16,784.
*Kesab nahiyah (ناحية كسب): population 1,927.
*Hanadi nahiyah (ناحية هنادي): population 27,080.

## References
Adrar Province

**Adrar** (, ) is a Wilaya (Province) in southwestern Algeria, named efter its caipital Adrar. It is the seicont-lairgest province, wi an aurie o 427,368&nbsp;km². It haed 402,197 inhabitants at the 2008 population census. 

It is bordered tae the north bi the Wilaya (Province) o Bechar, El Bayadh an Ghardaïa; tae the wast bi the Wilaya o Tindouf; tae the east bi the Wilaya o Tamanrasset; tae the sooth bi Mauritanie an Mali.

Adrar is composed o three natural an cultural Regions: Touat (Adrar, Zaouiet Kounta), Gourara (Aougrout, Timimoune), an Tidikelt (Aoulef) an 299 *ksour*.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
The province comprises 11 districts (*daïras*) an 28 communes or municipalities (*baladiyahs*)

### Destricts

# Adrar
# Aougrout
# Aoulef
# Bordj Badji Mokhtar
# Charouine
# Fenoughil
# Reggane
# T'Sabit
# Timimoun
# Tinerkouk
# Zaouiet Kounta

### Communes

## References
Tamanrasset

**Tamanrasset** (Arabic: ** تمنراست **, forby kent as Tamenɣest or Tamenghest,  Tuareg: ) is an oasis ceety an caipital o Tamanrasset Province in soothren Algerie, in the Ahaggar Muntains. It is the chief ceety o the Algerian Tuareg. It is locatit at  at an altitude o 1320 meters (4333&nbsp;feet) an haes a population o 76,000 (estimate 2006) up frae unner 2,500 (in 1964).

Tamanrasset wis oreeginally established as a military ootpost tae guard the trans-Saharan trade routes. Surroondit bi the barren Sahara Desert, some o the warld’s heichest kent temperatures hae been recordit here. Tamanrasset is locatit at an oasis whaur, despite the difficult climate, citrus fruits, apricots, dates, almonds, cereals, corn, an figs are grown. The Tuareg fowk are the toun’s main inhabitants. Their red hooses an the aurie’s magnificent, ruggit scenery mak Tamanrasset a popular tourist attraction durin the ceuler months. Visitors are forby drawn tae the Museum o the Hoggar, which affers mony exhibits depictin Tuareg life an cultur.

When Algerie wis unner French rule, the ceety wis cried Fort Laperrine an aa.

The ceety is served bi Tamanrasset Airport an the Trans-Sahara Heich-gate.

The oasis toun is nou the steid o the Joint Military Staff Committee heidquarters for combatin Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb. The fower-kintra Committee (Algerie, Mali, Niger, Mauritanie) intends tae uise Tamanrasset tae coordinate their military activity in the Pan-Sahel.

## Climate

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Saharan Forts
Ouargla Province

**Ouargla** () is a province (*[[wilaya]]*) in eastren Algerie. Its caipital is Ouargla. Ither localities include Temacine, Touggourt, an Hassi Messaoud. It contains the Issaouane Erg desert.

## History
In the past Ouargla wis the centre o tradin o gowd an slaves, as well as bein an important centre o the Kharijite sect Ibadi. Housomeivver, the Ibadis are thir days gane tae the M'zab valley.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
The province is dividit intae 10 destricts (*[[daïra]]s*), which are further dividit intae 21 ''communes'' or municipalities.

### Destricts

# El Borma
# El Hadjira
# Hassi Messaoud
# Mégarine
# N'Goussa
# **[[Ouargla Destrict|Ouargla]]**
# Sidi Khouiled
# Taïbet
# Témacine
# Touggourt

### Communes

# Ain Beida
# Balidat Ameur
# Benaceur
# El Allia
# El Borma
# El Hadjira
# Hassi Ben Abdellah
# Hassi Messaoud
# Mégarine
# M'Naguer
# Nezla
# N'Goussa
# **[[Ouargla]]**
# Rouissat
# Sidi Khouiled
# Sidi Slimane
# Taïbet
# Témacine
# Tebesbest
# Touggourt
# Zaouia El Abidia

## References
Bilda Province

**Blida** () is a province (*[[wilaya]]*) in Algerie. Its caipital is Blida. The Chréa Naitional Pairk is situatit here.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
It is made up o 10 destricts an 25 municipalities.

The destricts are:

# **[[Blida Destrict|Blida]]**
# Boufarik
# Bougara
# Bouïnian
# El Affroun
# Larbaâ
# Meftah
# Mouzaïa
# Oued El Alleug
# Ouled Yaïch

The municipalities are:

# Aïn Romana
# Ben Khéllil
# **[[Blida]]**
# Bouarfa
# Boufarik
# Bougara
# Bouïnian
# Béni Mered
# Béni Tamou
# Chiffa
# Chréa
# Chébli
# Djebabra (Djebara)
# El Affroun
# Guerrouaou
# Hammam Melouane
# Larbaâ
# Meftah
# Mouzaïa
# Oued Djer
# Oued El Alleug
# Ouled Selama
# Ouled Yaïch
# Souhane
# Soumaâ

## Natural features
This province haes ane o the few habitat auries in Algerie that supports a sub-population o the Barbary Macaque, *[[Macaca sylvanus]]*.

## References


## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial wabsteid
Abalessa

**Abalessa** is a municipality in Tamanrasset Province, in soothren Algerie, coextensive wi the destrict o the same name. It haes 6,500 indwallers (1998). Abalessa is locatit alang the auncient Trans-Saharan trade route, 80&nbsp;km wast o the ceety o Tamanrasset, the caipital o the wilaya. The postcode o the toun is 11,120.

The umwhile caipital o the Ahaggar, Abalessa is famous for the Tomb o Tin Hinan, the queen an meethical ancestor o the Tuareg fowk. Tin Hinan supposedly arrived in the Ahaggar Muntains aurie an lived thare in the fowert or fift century AD. On 18 October 1927 Byron Khun de Prorok, discovered a vault near Abalessa containin a skelet, belangin tae a wumman, an her furnitur. In his beuk *Mysterious Sahara: The Land of Gold, of saund, and of Ruin* Khun de Prorok attributit the skelet tae Tin Hinan. The day, the skelet is on display at the Bardo Museum in Algiers, while the monument whaur it wis discovered continues tae be a popular tourist attraction in Abalessa amang visitors tae the Tamanrasset.
In Amguel

**In Amguel** (Arabic: عين امقل, lit. *Amguel [[Spring (hydrosphere)|spring]]*) is a municipality in Tamanrasset Province, Algeria. It is pairt o Tamanrasset Destrict an haes a population o 3,030, which gives it 7 seats in the FMA. Its postal code is 11100 an its municipal code is 1109.
Médéa Province

**Médéa** () is a province (*[[wilaya]]*) o Algerie. The caipital is Médéa. 

## Admeenistrative diveesions
The province is dividit intae 19 destricts (*[[daïra]]s*), which are further dividit intae 64 ''communes'' or municipalities.

### Destricts

# Aïn Boucif
# Aziz
# Béni Slimane
# Berrouaghia
# Chahbounia
# Chellalat El Adhaoura
# El Azizia
# El Omaria
# Guelb El Kébir
# Ksar El Boukhari
# **[[Médéa Destrict|Médéa]]**
# Ouamri
# Ouled Antar
# Ouzera
# Seghouane
# Si Mahdjoub
# Sidi Naâmane
# Souaghi
# Tablat

### Communes

# Aïn Boucif
# Aïn Ou Ksir
# Aissaouia
# Aziz
# Baata
# Benchicao
# Beni Slimane
# Berrouaghia
# Bir Ben Laabed
# Boghar
# Bou Aiche
# Bouaichoune
# Bouchrahil
# Boughezoui
# Bouskene
# Chahbounia
# Chellalat El Adhaoura
# Cheniguel
# Damiat
# Derrag
# Deux Bassins
# Djouab
# Draa Essamar
# El Azizia
# El Guelbelkebir
# El Hamdania
# El Omaria
# El Ouinet
# Hannacha
# Kef Lakhdar
# Khams Djouamaa
# Ksar Boukhari
# Meghraoua
# **[[Médéa]]**
# Medjebar
# Meftaha
# Mezerana
# Mihoub
# Ouamri
# Oued Harbil
# Ouled
# Ouled Antar
# Ouled Brahim
# Ouled Deide
# Ouled Hellal
# Ouled Maaref
# Oum El Djalil
# Ouzera
# Rebaia
# Saneg
# Sedraia
# Seghouane
# Sidi Mahdjoub
# Sidi Damed
# Sidi Errabia
# Sidi Naamane
# Sidi Zahar
# Sidi Ziane
# Souagui
# Tablat
# Tafraout
# Tamesguida
# Tlatet Eddouair
# Zoubiria

## References
Illizi

**Illizi** () is a toun situatit in the sooth-eastren pairt o Algerie, caipital o Illizi Province. It is ane o the gates tae the Tassili N'Ajjer Naitional Pairk wi caves situatit unner the sands containin prehistoric drawins datin frae 6000 years BC. Thare is a hottle an twa campin steids, as well as mony local tourist agencies.

## Transport
The toun is served bu Illizi Airport.

## See an aa
* Illizi Province

## Freemit airtins

* www.fjexpeditions.com
Djelfa Province

**Djelfa** () is a province (*[[wilaya]]*) o Algerie.  Its caipital is Djelfa.

It wis first established bi the admeenistrative reorganization o 1974, an is hame tae ower 1.2 million inhabitants. Localities in this province include Tadmit, El Khemis, an Selmana.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
The province is made up o 12 destricts, which are further dividit intae 36 ''communes'' or municipalities.

### Destricts
# Aïn El Ibil
# Aïn Oussera
# Birine
# Charef
# Dar Chioukh
# **[[Djelfa]]**
# El Idrissia
# Faidh El Botma
# Had Sahary
# Hassi Bahbah
# Messaâd
# Sidi Ladjel

### Communes

## References


## Freemit airtins
* Official website 
* Djelfa Forums
* Nfaes network Portal & Forums 
* Djelfa - la capitale de la Steppe
Sooth Sudan

**Sooth Sudan**, offeecially the **Republic o Sooth Sudan**, is a kintra in East Africae. Its caipital an lairgest ceety is Juba. The landlocked kintra is bordered bi Ethiopie tae the east; Kenyae, Uganda, an the Democratic Republic o the Congo tae the sooth; the Central African Republic tae the wast; an Sudan tae the north. Sooth Sudan includes the vast swamp region o the Sudd formed bi the White Nile, locally cried the *[[Bahr al Jabal]]*.

## Notes

## References
Al Ahmadi Govrenorate

**Al Ahmadi** () is ane o the sax govrenorates o Kuwait. It is locatit in the soothren pairt o the kintra an is famous in Kuwait for its greenery an Breetish airchitectur. Al Ahmadi forms an important pairt o Kuwaiti economy as several o Kuwait's ile refineries are locatit here. Main residential auries include Abu Halifa, Riqqah an Mangaf. Al Ahmadi is the hame o several sportin clubs an complexes in Kuwait. The heidquarters o Kuwait National Petroleum Company is locatit in Al Ahmadi.

Ahmadi, as it is popularly kent wis the hame o the then KOC (Kuwait Oil Company).

It wis an aa hame tae several thoosan maistly Breetish Ex-pats an thair families frae 1947 throu tae 1970, an possibly ayont. The oreeginal toun layoot wis frae an American pattern. Streets laid oot at richt angles tae ilk ither -  1st Street, 2nt Street an sae on. At richt angles wur the avenues. The toun wis biggit on a slope facin the sea, which wis aboot 7 mile (11&nbsp;km) away. The street that ran athort the tap o the hill wis cried "main street". It hoosed the upper eschelons o the KOC. It ran doun the hill in order o KOC rank. Athin the toun wis the Hubara Club - a complex o biggins wi a soummin puil, meetin rooms, restaurants, squash courts, tennis courts, etc. Employees o the KOC wad uise this club ivery day tae meet an chat. Thair childer spent maist o thair time here. Towards the bottom o the 'hill' wis the 'souk' or shoppin aurie; banks a cinema, which is nou been closed doun an a few shops.

Al Ahmadi consists o the follaein destricts :

*Abu Hleifa
*Al Ahmadi Destrict
*Daher
*Fahaheel
*Fintas
*Hadyia
*Jaber Al Ali
*Mahboula
*Mangaf
*Reqqa
*Subahiya

## References
Al Farwaniyah Govrenorate

**Al Farwaniyah** () is the maist muckle o the sax governorates o Kuwait, in terms o tot nummer o residents. It is Kuwait's main residential area an forms an important pairt o Kuwait's commercial activities anaa.

## Destricts
Al Farwaniyah consists o the follaeing destricts :

*Abraq Khaitan
*Abdullah Al Mubarak area
*Ardiyah
*Ash Shadadiyah
*Farwaniyah
*Firdous
*Granada, Kuwait
*Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh
*Kuwait Internaitional Airport area
*'Omariyah (contains Kuwait zoo)
*Qalib ash Shuyukh
*Rabiah
*Riggae
*Rahab
*South Khaitan
*Suhayed Al Awazim

## Economy
Jazeera Airways, Kuwait Airways, an Wataniya Airways hae thair heid offices on the grunds o Kuwait Internaitional Airport. The Kuwait Airways biggin wis constructit frae 1992 til 1996.

## References
Al Jahra Govrenorate

**Al Jahra** is ane o the sax govrenorates o Kuwait.  It is locatit tae the northwast o the ither govrenorates an hooses the ceety o Jahra amang ithers.  It includes Bubiyan Island an is bi far the lairgest govrenorate in Kuwait.  It an aa contains maist o Kuwait's arable land.  Al Jahra an aa haes some historic relevance tae Kuwait's history.  The Red Palace or Al Qasr Al Ahmar is the maist important historical landmark there.  In an aroond it the famous battle atween Kuwait an the Dweesh airmy teuk place.  When Jahra wis a veelage it wis an oasis an maist Jahrans wur fermers.  Nou Jahra is a lairge ceety an fermin haes been reduced tae a few sma ferms. 

## Destricts
### Doha
Doha is a toun locatit in the Al Jahra govrenorate. The toun wis the steid o a major US military base that closed in 2005 an wis returned tae the Kuwaiti govrenment.

### Mutla
Mutla is a spairsely populaitit destrict locatit in the Al Jahra govrenorate. The Mutla Ridge is locatit there.

### Jahra
See Jahra.

## See an aa
*History o Kuwait
Battle o Stirlin Brig

The **Battle o Stirlin Brig** wis ane o the major fechts o the First Scots Weir o Unthirldom. The battle wis fochten on the 11t o September 1297 alang the River Forth in Stirlin naur the Stirlin castle atween the airmies o Scotland an Ingland an the battle wis a veectory for the Scots airmy that wis led bi Sir Weelum Wallace an Andra Moray. The Scots airmy wis made up o aboot 2,000 fitmen an 300 horse, the Inglis airmy wis made up o aboot 10,000 fitmen and 2,000 horse. The Scots waitit on the north side o the river till aboot hauf the Inglis haed cam athwart the brig an thay syne chairged. In the battle, the Scots airmy killt 5,000 Inglis infantry sodgers an 100 muntit knichts, the Scots losses wis licht but airmy heidsman Andra Moray deed frae his wounds a puckle days efter the battle.

## References
Mubarak Al-Kabeer Govrenorate

**Mubarak Al-Kabeer**   ()   is ane o the govrenorates o Kuwait which mainly hooses residential auries. It wis formed in 2000 when the Hawalli govrenorate wis split in twa. It haes aboot 180,000 residents.

## Destricts

*Abu Ftaira
*Al-Adan
*Al-Qusour
*Al-Qurayn
*Fineitees
*Messila
*Mubarak Al-Kabeer
*Sabah Al-Salem
*Sabhan
*Wista Aurie
*Wista Sooth Aurie
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## References
Roamin' in the gloamin

The "Gloamin" is the tid o day whan it is nae fell daurk thareoot, but the sun is nae up. This stairts whan The Yird fare frae day tae nicht. The sky leuks the lit oranger while in Gloamin.

## Harry Lauder

"Roamin' in the Gloamin'" wis a sang made famous bi Sir Harry Lauder, ane o the maist famous early 20t century entertainers and this wis ane o his signature tunes. Sir Harry wis actually born Henry Lauder on August 4, 1870 in Portobello, Edinburgh. He wis Britain's best kent entertainer and he eventually performed in mony countries. Oreeginally issued circa mid-late 1911 as a Zonophone recording, the words and muisic war bi Harry Lauder. The sang wis later issued and sauld as a 78rpm record bi Victor on its purpie label (PL) 70061 "Roamin' in the Gloamin'" (Lauder) Harry Lauder wi orchestra.

"Roamin' in the Gloamin'" wis ane o Sir Harry's maist famous and best loved sentimental sangs. It wis an aa issued in the 1930's as a 12" recording on HMV no.C.4091.

A reid label scroll Victor wi the sang electrically recorded haes an oval "VE" pressed intae the shellac an the label indicates the pressing wis bi the "Victor Talking Machine Company". This dates the pressing (and recording) sometime atween early 1926 when the scroll logo wis first uised and mid-1929 when RCA bought the Victor Talking Machine Company﻿.

## In popular cultur
"Roamin' in the Gloamin'" wis sung in the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation film *[[Harry and Tonto]]*. Paul Mazursky's Oscar-winnin film aboot auld age, faimily and luve stars Airt Carney as Harry who sings﻿ this sang tae Tonto (his pet cat) as he lay dying in a very sentimental and touching scene. Airt Carney won the 1974 Academy Awaird for Best Actor beatin oot Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino, for thair performances in *Lenny*, *Chinatown* and *The Godfather Part II* respectively. Carney an aa won the Golden Globe for Best Actor Muisical/Comedy.
Metz

**Metz** (; ) is a ceety in the northeast o Fraunce locatit at the confluence o the Moselle an the Seille rivers. 

Metz is the caipital o the Lorraine region an prefectur o the Moselle depairtment. Locatit near the tripoint alang the junction o Fraunce, Germany, an Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place o the European Greater Region an o the SaarLorLux Euroregion. So, Metz is a fellae member o the *QuattroPole* union o ceeties, alang wi Luxembourg Ceety an German Saarbrücken an Trier.

Celtic oppidum, an important Gallo-Roman ceety, Merovingian caipital o the Austrasie kinrick, birthplace o the Carolingian dynasty, cradle o the Gregorian chant, an ane o the auldest republics o the common era in Europe, Metz haes a rich 3,000 year history. The ceety haes been steeped in Romance cultur, but haes been strangly influenced bi Germanic cultur due tae its location an history. A basin o urban ecology, pioneered unner the leadership o fowk like Jean-Marie Pelt, Metz gained its nickname, *The Green Ceety*, boastin ower 37 m2 (398 sq ft)  o open grund per inhabitant an the ceety's historic dountoun an aa displays ane o the lairgest commercial, pedestrian auries in Fraunce. 

Metz possesses ane o the lairgest *urban-conservation aurie* in Fraunce coverin 162.9 ha (402.53 acres) an aroond 100 biggins o the ceety are classifee'd on the monument historique leet. Acause its tremendous historical an cultural backgrund, Metz benefits frae its designation as a *[[French Touns an Lands o Airt an History|toun o airt an history]]*. The ceety is hame tae some warld-class venues such as the Arsenal concert haw, the  Centre Pompidou-Metz museum, an the Naitional Opera o Lorraine (alang wi Nancy Opera). 

A historical Garrison toun, Metz is the economic hert o the Lorraine region, being specialized in information technology an automotive industries. Metz is an' a' a centre for applee'd research an development in the materials sector notably in metallurgy an metallography, the heritage o the Lorraine region's past in the iron an steel industry.

## Internaitional relations
Metz is a fellae member o the QuattroPole union o ceeties, alang wi Luxembourg, Saarbrücken, an Trier (neighbourin kintras: Luxembourg, Fraunce, an Germany). Metz an aa forms a central place o the Greater Region an o the economic SaarLorLux Euroregion.

### Twin touns – Sister ceeties

Metz is twinned wi:

## Notes
London Borough of Camden

The **London Borough of Camden** is a burgh o Lunnon, Ingland, whilk forms pairt o Inner Lunnon. The soothren reaks o Camden forms a pairt o Central Lunnon. The local authority is Camden London Borough Council.

## History
The burgh wis creatit in 1965 frae the umwhile aurie o the metropolitan burghs o Hampstead, Holborn, an St Pancras, whilk haed formed pairt o the Coonty o Lunnon. The borough wis named efter Camden Town, whilk haed gained its name frae Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden in 1795.

## Destricts an environs
:*For a full leet o destricts an neebourheids o Camden, see [[Leet o destricts in Camden]]*
The aurie is in the northren pairt o the ceety, reakin frae Holborn an Bloomsbury in the sooth tae Hampstead Heath in the north. Neighbourin auries is the Ceety o Wastmeenster an the Ceety o Lunnon soothle, Brent wastle, Barnet an Haringey northle an Islington eastle. It kivers aw or pairt o the N1, N6, N7, N19, NW1, NW2, NW3, NW5, NW6, NW8, EC1, EC2, EC4, WC1, WC2, W1 an W9 postcode auries. It conteens pairts o central Lunnon.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* The wabsteid o Camden Cooncil 
* Camden TV
* Things to do in Camden 
* Camden Guide  (Online spin-off of *The Lock* magazine)
* WHO's Commission 2008 finding on the Social Determinants of Health finding re 'two Camdens' syndrome (3rd para) 

### Video clips
* Camden Council YouTube channel
Altamira, Pará

**Altamira** is a ceety in the state o Pará, in northren Brazil. It is the lairgest municipality in the Americas bi aurie, an ane o the lairgest in the warld. It the hame o the Territorial Prelatur o Xingu.

If Altamira wur a kintra, it wad be the 91st lairgest, bigger than Greece an Nepal an amaist the size o Tunisie an Uruguay.

Altamira is servit bi Altamira Airport.
Chalandry

**Chalandry** is a commune. It is foond in the region Picardie in the Aisne depairtment in the north o Fraunce.
Fitbawer

A **fitbawer** is a body that plays fitbaw.  There's mony different sports that's cawed fitbaw.  In North Americae, fitbaw players id for ordinar cawed **soccer players**.
Castelli, Abruzzo

**Castelli** is a *[[comune]]* in the  province o Teramo, Abruzzo,  Italy, includit in the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga Naitional Pairk. 

## References
1945

**1945** wis a year stairtin on a Monanday.

## Events
* Aprile 30 &ndash; Daith o Adolf Hitler: Adolf Hitler an his wife o ane day, Eva Braun, commit suicide as the Reid Airmy approaches the Führerbunker in Berlin. Karl Dönitz succeeds Hitler as Preses o Germany (*Reichspräsident*) an Joseph Goebbels succeeds as Chancellor o Germany (*Reichskanzler*), in accordance wi Hitler's poleetical testament o the previous day.
* Mey 8 &ndash; WWII: Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day) observed bi the wastren European pouers as Nazi Germany surrenders, merkin the end o WWII in Europe.
* Juin 26 &ndash; The Unitit Naitions Chairter is signed.
* August 6 &ndash; WWII: Atomic bombin o Hiroshima: A Unitit States B-29 Superfortress, the Enola Gay, drops an atomic bomb, codenamed "Little Boy", on Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:15&nbsp;a.m. (local time). The atomic bombins are believed tae hae resultit in atween 129,000 an 246,000 daiths.
* August 9 &ndash; WWII: Atomic bombin o Nagasaki: A Unitit States B-29 Bomber, *[[Bockscar]]*, drops an atomic bomb, codenamed "Fat Man", on  Nagasaki, Japan, at 11:02&nbsp;a.m. (local time).
* September 2 &ndash; WWII ends: the final offeecial Japanese Instrument o Surrender is acceptit bi the Supreme Allied Commander, General Douglas MacArthur, an Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz for the Unitit States, an delegates frae the Unitit Kinrick, Australie, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Cheenae, an ithers frae a Japanese delegation led bi Mamoru Shigemitsu, on buird the American battleship USS *[[USS Missouri (BB-63)|Missouri]]* in Tokyo Bay.

## See awso

*:Category:1945 births
*:Category:1945 daiths
Jableh Destrict

**Jableh Destrict** ( / ALA-LC: *Minṭaqat Jablah*) is a destrict (mantiqah) o the Latakia Govrenorate in Sirie. At the 2004 Census it haed a population o 196,171. The centre o the destrict is the ceety o Jableh.

Latakia an the surroondin destricts became a separate autonomous state unner a Mandate gien tae Fraunce bi the League o Naitions an remained sae for twa year till its incorporation intae the lairger, French Mandate o Sirie in 1923. It wis kent intermittently as the "Alawite State" efter its majority o indwallers, who happen tae be Alawites.

Agricultur haes remained the maist important economic sector in the province, wi citrus fruits, aiples, an olives bein the main cash crops. Tourism maistly frae the Persie Guwf States is a major soorce o income for the indwallers durin the simmer saison an aw.

## Diveesions
The destrict o Jableh is dividit intae sax sub-destricts or Nāḥiyas (population accordin tae 2004 offeecial census):
*Jableh nahiyah (ناحية جبلة): population 107,064.
*Ayn al-Sharqiyah nahiyah (ناحية عين الشرقية): population 16,800.
*Al-Qutailibiyah nahiyah (ناحية القطيلبية): population 32,582.
*Ayn Shiqaq nahiyah (ناحية  عين شقاق): population 16,031.
*Daliyah nahiyah (ناحية دالية): population 13,608.
*Beit Yashout nahiyah (ناحية بيت ياشوط): population 10,086.

## References
Nabatieh Destrict

The **Nabatieh Destrict** is a destrict in the Nabatieh Govrenorate o Lebanon. The caipital o the destrict is Nabatieh, an it contains the follaein veelages: 

* Kfarfila
*Jbaa
*Ain Qana
*Ain Boswar
*Arab Saleem
*Jarjoo
*Houmeen
*Kfar Tebneet
*Zibdeen
*Chouqin
*Aedsheet
*Marwania
*Harouf
*Aldawair
*Mayfadoun
*Schhour
*Kafra
*Jibcheet
*Kfar Remen
*Habboush
*Kfarsseer
*Zifta
*Kaoutariyet Al Siyad
*Toul
*Doueir
*Nabatiye AlFawqa
*Sharqia
*Kfour
*Kfarjouz

## Freemit airtins
Destination Lebanon - Regional Promenade Brochure for the South: Al-Nabatieh
Al-Haffah Destrict

**Al-Haffah Destrict** ( / ALA-LC: *Minṭaqat al-Ḥaffah*) is a Sirie destrict (mantiqah) admeenistratively belangin tae Latakia Govrenorate. The centre o the destrict is the ceety o Al-Haffah. At the 2004 Census it haed a population o 81,213.

Al-Haffah destrict is locatit in the aurie o An-Nusayriyah muntains east o Lattakia. It is an important tradin centre whare local fermers sell thair aiple fruits an ither products. It haes a significant historical importance as it wis ane o the main strategic pynts o the invadin Crusaders. It is hame tae the Salah Ed-Din Castle; a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid.

Wi its Mediterranean fir forests an mild temperatur in simmer, the destrict is ane o the popular tourist destinations in Sirie an aw. Mony muntainous resorts are locatit in the destrict, mainly in the toun o Slinfah.

## Diveesions
The destrict is dividit intae five sub-destricts or nahiyahs (population accordin tae 2004 offeecial census):
*Al-Haffah nahiyah (ناحية الحفة): population 23,347.    
*Slinfah nahiyah (ناحية صلنفة): population 19,518.  
*Ayn al-Tina nahiyah (ناحية عين التينة): population 6,825.  
*Kansabba nahiyah (ناحية كنسبّا): population 17,615.  
*Muzeir'a nahiyah (ناحية مزيرعة): population 13,908.

## References
Jbeil Destrict

**Jbeil** (Qadaa' Jbail) () is a destrict (*[[qadaa]]*) in the Munt Lebanon Govrenorate (Arabic **محافظة جبل لبنان**), Lebanon, tae the northeast o the Lebanon's caipital Beirut. The caipital is Byblos, cried Jbeil an aa.

The rivers o Al-Madfoun an Nahr Ibrahim form the destrict's natural northren an soothren borders respectively, wi the Mediterranean Sea borderin it frae the wast an the Lebanon muntains frae the east, separatin it frae the adjacent destrict o Baalbek in the Beqaa valley.

## Demographics

The destrict's population is predominantly Maronite follaed bi a minority Shiite community, pairticularly in the veelages o Aalmat, Ras Osta, Hjoula, Bichtlida, Lassa, an Mazraat Es Siyad. A Greek Orthodox minority forms pairt o the population an is spread amang several veelages kent locally as "qornet el roum" (the corner o Orthodoxy). These are: Mounsef, Jeddayel, Helwe, Berbara, Gharzouz, an Chikhane.

Jbeil has 3 seats allocated to it in the Lebanese Parliament. Two of these seats are allocated to Maronite Catholics, while the other seat is allocated to the Shi'a Muslims.

## Attractions

The Jbeil destrict hosts a number o significant steids. The caipital Byblos is an important historical an airchaeological steid boastin Phoenician, Roman, an Crusader ruins. The muntain veelage o Aannaya hosts the Saunt Maroun-Aannaya monastery an the holy shrine o Saunt Charbel (1828-1898), the first Lebanese saunt (offeecially canonized bi Pape Paul VI in 1977), baith significant releegious Maronite Christian holy steids. The veelage o Laqlouq—wi an altitude o 1750m tae 2000m—is a ski resort. The village of Afqa boasts the Afqa grotto which is the saucrit source of the Adonis river (modren Nahr Ibrahim). The veelage o Bentael (Bintaael) contains the first protectit aurie in Lebanon, established in 1981. Feenally, the veelage o Jaj is host tae survivin cedar trees frae the auncient cedar forests which wur uised tae export cedar wood tae Egyp an later tae Jerusalem.

## Touns an veelages o Jbeil destrict
Baabda

**Baabda** (, ) is the caipital ceety o Baabda Destrict as well as the caipital o Munt Lebanon Govrenorate, wastren Lebanon. Baabda wis the caipital ceety o the autonomous Ottoman Munt Lebanon.

Baabda Palace, heidquarters o the Preses o Lebanon, is an aa locatit in Baabda.

## References
Battle o Bannockburn

The **Battle o Bannockburn** wis ane o the major strameshes o the First Scots Weir o Unthirldom an wis a deceesive veectory for the Kinrick o Scotland. The battle wis fochten on the 23t an 24t o Juin 1314 alang an athwart the fields bi the Bannock Burn, near Stirlin. The Scots airmy wis led bi Rabert the Bruce an wis made up o 6,000 fitmen an 500 horse, the Inglis airmy wis led bi Edward II an wis made up o 17,000 fitmen an 3,000 horse. Ower the twa days o fechtin the Scots airmy killt 11,000 Inglis infantry an 700 cavalry, an lost a licht amoont o thair ain sodgers. Altho the First Weir o Unthirldom wisna ower till 1329, it wis the Scots veectory at the Bannockburn in 1314 that siccart Scotland's unthirldom.
Bint Jbeil Destrict

The **Bint Jbeil Destrict** is a destrict in the Nabatieh Govrenorate o Lebanon. The caipital o the destrict is Bint Jbeil. The hintle o the indwallers are Shiites, wi a sma amoont o Maronites an Greek Catholics wi 87, 10 an 3 percent o the population respectively.
Bouches-du-Rhône

**Bouches-du-Rhône** (Occitan: *Bocas de Ròse*, lit. "Mooths o the Rhône") is a depairtment in the sooth o Fraunce named efter the mooth o the Rhône River.

## History
### History o the department

Bouches-du-Rhône is ane o the oreeginal 83 depairtments creatit durin the French Revolution on 4 Mairch 1790. It wis creatit frae the wastren pairt o the umwhile province o Provence an the principalities o Orange, Martigues, an Lambesc. It lost pairt o its territory in 1793, includin Orange an Apt, when the Vaucluse depairtment wis creatit.

Follaein its creation, the depairtment wis immediately strangly an actively supportive o the French Revolution, containin 90 "Jacobin Clubs" by 1794. It wis an aa noteworthy that mair nor 50% o the priests in the depairtment acceptit the Ceevil Constitution o the Clergy which in effect subordinatit the kirk tae the govrenment. Durin the ascendancy o the Communist Pairty in the twintiet century election results indicatit that support for left-wing politics remained relatively strang in the depairtment, an especially in the northren suburbs o Marseille.

### History o the aurie

The history o the aurie is closely linked tae that o Provence. Marseille haes been an important harbor syne afore Julius Caesar's conquest o Gaul. The Roman presence haes left numerous monuments athort the depairtment.

## Geografie
The depairtment is pairt o the current region o Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is surroondit bi the depairtments o Gard on the wast, Vaucluse on the north, an Var on the east, an bi the Mediterranean Sea on the sooth.

Marseille contains an important harbor.

Ither ceeties include:
* Salon de Provence
* Aix-en-Provence
* Aubagne
* Arles
* Cassis
* Fos-sur-Mer
* Istres
* La Ciotat
* Martigues

Rivers include:
* Rhône, which forms the border wi the Gard depairtment
* Rhône delta (the Camargue), in the soothwastren pairt o the depairtment
* Durance
* Arc
* Huveaune

Lakes include:
* Étang de Berre
* Étang de Vaccarès, in Camargue

Muntains include:
* Alpilles muntain range
* Calanques atween Marseille an La Ciotat
* Corniche des Crêtes
* Garlaban
* Mont Puget
* Montagnette hills
* Sainte-Victoire muntain
* Sainte-Baume massif

## Cultur
The depairtment is well representit in French airt. Paul Cézanne paintit numerous representations o the Mont Sainte-Victoire. Vincent van Gogh spent hintle o his life in Arles, paintin mony scenes in the aurie.

## See an aa
* Cantons o the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment
* Communes o the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment
* Arrondissements o the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment

## Freemit airtins

* Prefecture wabsteid 
* General Cooncil wabsteid 
* Wabsteid frae the Camargue 

## Sources
Kandahar Province

**Kandahar** or **Qandahar** () () is ane o the lairgest o the thirty-fower provinces o Afghanistan. It is locatit in soothren Afghanistan, atween Helmand, Oruzgan an Zabul provinces. Its caipital is the ceety o Kandahar, which is locatit on the Arghandab River. The province haes a population o nearly 913,000, wi ower 800,000 livin in its caipital ceety. The main inhabitants o Kandahar province are the Pashtuns.

## Name
There is speculation aboot the oreegin o the name *"Kandahar"*. It is believed that *Kandahar* bears Alexander's name, an derives frae the Pashto renderin o *Iskandariya* or Alexandria. A temple tae the deifee'd Alexander as well as an inscription in Greek an Aramaic bi the emperor Ashoka, who lived a few decades later, hae been discovered in the auld citadel. Alternatively, it is believed that *"Kandahar"* mey derive its name frae Gandhara, an auncient kinrick alang the modren Kashmir an Afghanistan border, and former satrapy of the Persian Empire. It is suggestit that fowk o Gandhara migratit sooth tae Arachosia an transferred the name wi them.

## Destricts
The follaein is a leet o the destricts o Kandahar Province:

## Notes

## Freemit airtins
* The Taliban's Campaign for Kandahar
Khemisset

**Khémisset** (; ) is a ceety in Morocco, population 111,971 (2008 census). It is situatit on the A2 motorwa atween Rabat (81&nbsp;km) an Meknès (57&nbsp;km), an is the caipital o the province Zemmour.

The French biggit in 1912 - 1914 a 600&nbsp;mm nairae gauge railwey frae Rabat via Souk el Abra
des Sehoul, Tiflet, Dar Caid Bou Driss tae Khemissit. It wis abandoned in 1935 an 
liftit afore 1942. Atween Tiflet, an Khemessit the auld track bed o nairae gauge line 
wis later biggit tae Rabat Khemissed main road.  The 18 o November Stadium haes a capacity o 10,000 an hosts the hame gemmes o Ittihad Khémisset.  A synthetic gress pitch wis be instawed in 2011.

## Twin touns
*  Le Havre, Fraunce
* Montauban, Fraunce
* Dreux, Fraunce
* Toulon, Fraunce
* Marseille, Fraunce
* Buenos Aires, Argentinae, syne 2008
* Stockholm, Swaden
Ōkuma, Fukushima

is a toun locatit near Futaba Destrict, Fukushima, Japan.

In 2010, the toun haed an estimatit population o 11,511 an a density o 146.26 bodies per km². The total area is 78.70&nbsp;km². In Mairch 2011 the toun wis evacuatit bi govrenment order acause o the Fukushima I nuclear accident. As o 2020, the toun haed an estimatit population o 847. 

## Sister ceety
*  Bathurst, New Sooth Wales in Austrailie

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Okuma official website in Japanese (some English content)
Mbabane

**Mbabane** () wi an estimatit population o 95,000 (2007), is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Swaziland. It is locatit on the Mbabane River an its tributary the Polinjane River in the Mdimba Muntains. It is locatit in the destrict o Hhohho, o which it is an aa the caipital. The average elevation o the ceety is 3,800&nbsp;ft. The population (estimatit) in 1987 wis 30,000.

The toun grew efter the naition's admeenistrative centre muivit frae Bremersdorp (nou cried Manzini) in 1902. It derives its name frae a Chief, Mbabane Kunene, who lived in the aurie when Breetish settlers arrived.  It is an aw a commercial hub for the surroondin region, while tin an iron wur mined nearbi.

Mbabane's closest border crossin tae Sooth Africae is Ngwenya-Oshoek, an though siSwati is the primary leid, Inglis is widespread. Mbabane, an Swaziland itsel, depend on tourism an succar exports. The ceety haes twa steids for licht industries.

Mbabane is the hame o the Waterford-KaMhlaba United World College o Soothren Africae, as well as ane o the three campuses o the University o Swaziland. An aa in Mbabane is the Breetish Heich Commission which is responsible for relations atween the govrenments o Swaziland an the Unitit Kinrick.

## Sister ceeties
*  Fort Worth
*  Taipei

## Climate
Due tae its altitude, Mbabane features a milder, mair moderate form o a humid subtropical climate. The ceety haes a mild climate an snaw is a rare event, which haes occurred anerlie 3 times syne 1900. The ceety averages anerlie fower days o frost a year. The average annual temperature is 15&nbsp;°C in Julie an 22&nbsp;°C in Januar.

## References
Jaramana

**Jaramana** () is a ceety in the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate in soothren Sirie.
Its location, 10 kilometres sootheast o the Sirie caipital, maks it a bustlin toun in the greater Damascus metropolitan aurie, wi a Christian an Druze majority. Syne 2003 an the beginnin o the Iraq War, lairge numbers o Iraqi hae immigratit tae Jaramana, swellin the population frae aroond 100,000 tae ower 250,000. Although the offeecial population wis leetit as 25,445. 70% of the city is residential.

There is an aw a Palestinian refugee camp near the toun bearin its same name. Jaramana is a favorite destination for Iraqi Assiries fleein their unstable kintra.

In October 2006, the Assirie community in Jaramana feenally receivit a priest frae Mosul, Iraq. The priest, Arkan Hana Hakim, claims there are nou 2000 Assirie Iraqis in Jaramana alane. 

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Jaramana News
*Pictures taken in Jaramana Refugee Camp
São Paulo FC

**São Paulo FC** is a fitbaw team frae the ceety o São Paulo, Brazil. Thay war foondit in 1930. Thay pley thair gemmes at Cícero Pompeu de Toledo Stadion.

## Fremmit airtins
* Offeecial club wabsteid
Albertville

**Albertville** is a French commune in the Savoie depairtment. Its population is aboot 17,300 (1999 census). The commune hostit the Winter Olympic Games in 1992.
Albias

**Albias** is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne depairtment in the Midi-Pyrénées region in soothren Fraunce. The indwallers are cried *Albiassains*. The toun is 10&nbsp;km north-east o Montauban. As o 1999, about 2,338 fowk lived in Albias.

## Ither pages
*Communes o the Tarn-et-Garonne depairtment
Althen-des-Paluds

**Althen-des-Paluds** is a commune of 1988 fowk (1999). It is locatit in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Vaucluse department in the sooth of France.
Banner o Sierra Leone

The **[[banner terminology|naitional banner]] o [[Sierra Leone]]** wis offeecially hoistit on Aprile 27, 1961. Accordin tae the naitional constitution, the banner is a tricolour o green, white an blue an measures sax units bi nine units. The green staunds for the agricultur, muntains an naitural resoorces. The blue staunds for the hope that the naitural harbour in Freetown will mak a contreibution tae peace in the warld. The white staunds for unity an juistice.

## References
Coat o airms o Sierra Leone

The **coat o airms o [[Sierra Leone]]** (alang wi the banner), wur developit bi the College of Arms an grantit in 1960. The shield on the airms depicts a lion beneath a zigzag border, representin the Lion Muntains, efter which the kintra wis named. It an aa shows three torches which are meant tae seembolise peace an dignity. At the base are wavy bars depictin the sea. The supporters o the shield are lions, seemilar tae thae on the colonial badge. The three main colours frae the shield - green, white an blue - wur uised tae form the banner. The green represents agricultural an naitural resoorces, the blue represents the Harbour o Freetown an the white represents unity an juistice. At the bottom o the shield, the naitional motto can be seen.
Bakıxanov

**Bakıxanov** (an aa, **Bakikhanov** an **Bakihanov**) is a settlement an municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan.  It wis named efter Abbasgulu Bakikhanov an haes a population o 70,923. 

It contains a mosque an a public pairk. On the eastren side o the toun is Bulbul Lake. Sabunçu lies in close proximity tae the northwast o Bakıxanov.

## References

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Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer

**Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer** (, Amazigh: **Rbat-Sla-Zmmur-Zâir**) is ane o the saxteen regions o Morocco. It is situatit in north-wastren Morocco. It covers an aurie o 9,580&nbsp;km², an haes a population o 2,366,494 (2004 census). The caipital is Rabat.

The region is made up intae the follaein provinces an prefectures:

* Prefectur o Rabat
* Prefectur o Salé
* Prefectur o Skhirat-Témara
* Khemisset Province

## History
Maist o the population o this region haes historically been concentratit in coastal auries.  The first recordit history is centred at Chellah, an early Phoenician settlement at the edge o Rabat alang the soothren bank o the Oued Bou Regreg. Later the Romans teuk control an enlairged Chellah, whose ruins are the day a prominent airchaeological pynt o interest.  Chellah wis a significant auncient port ceety toun wi remains includin the Decumanus Maximus, a forum, a monumental funtain, a triumphal airch, an ither ruins.

In the seiventeent century the first regional govrenmental entity wis formed, unifyin Rabat an Salé.  This regime wis the heidquarters o Barbary pirates an held sway ower a turbulent time.

## Reference notes
Scots-Inglis Border

The **Scots-Inglis border** () is the offeecial laundmairch atwein Scotland an Ingland. It runs fur 154&nbsp;km (96 mile) atween the River Tweid oan the aest coest an the Solway Firth in the wast. It is Scotland's anely laundmairch. Ingland haes a langer laundmairch wi Wales.