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Zakarpattia Oblast

The **Zakarpattia Oblast** (, translit. ; see ither leids) is an admeenistrative oblast (province) locatit in soothwastren Ukraine. Its admeenistrative centre is the ceety o Uzhhorod. Ither major ceeties athin the oblast include Mukachevo, Khust, Berehove an Chop which is hame tae railwey transport infrastructur.

Zakarpattia Oblast wis formally established on 22 Januar 1946 efter the annexation o Transcarpathian Hungary tae the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic tae fulfill the petition filed bi Carpatho-Ukraine afore Warld War II. Some scholars say that durin the Ukrainian unthirldom referendum held in 1991, Zakarpattia Oblast voters wur gien a separate option on whether or no thay favored autonomy for the region. Awtho a lairge majority favored autonomy, it wis no grantit. Housomeivver, this referendum wis aboot sel govrenment status, no aboot autonomy (lik in Crimea).

Situatit in the Carpathian Muntains o wastren Ukraine, Zakarpattia Oblast is the anerlie Ukrainian admeenistrative diveesion which borders upon fower kintras: Poland, Slovakie, Hungary, an Romanie. The Carpathian Muntains play a major pairt in the oblast's economy, makkin the region an important tourist an traivel destination hoosin mony ski an spa resorts.

The oblast is ranked 23rd bi aurie an 17t bi population. Accordin tae the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the population o Zakarpattia Oblast wis 1,254,614. This tot includes fowk o mony different naitionalities o which Hungarians, Romanies an Rusyns constitute significant minorities in some o the province's ceeties, while in ithers, thay form the majority o the population (as in the case o Berehove).

The majority o the Carpathian Muntains is forestit, but no for hintle langer as the Ukrainian govrenment is quickly deforestin the extensive forest that covers the muntains.

## References
;Notes

## Freemit airtins

* carpathia.gov.ua  — Offeecial wabsteid o Zakarpattia Oblast Admeenistration /
Gansu

**** () is a province locatit in the northwast o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae.

It lees atween the Tibetan an Huangtu plateaus, an borders Mongolie, Inner Mongolie, an Ningxia tae the north, Xinjiang an Qinghai tae the wast, Sichuan tae the sooth, an Shaanxi tae the east. The Yellow River passes through the soothren pairt o the province.

Gansu haes a population o 26 million (2009) an haes a muckle concentration o Hui Cheenese, an the historical hame, alang wi Shaanxi o the dialect o the Dungans, who are Hui who migratit tae Central Asie. The soothwastren corner o Gansu is hame tae a muckle Tibetan population. The caipital is Lanzhou, locatit in the sootheast pairt o the province. Gansu is abbreviatit as "甘" (Gān) or "陇" (Lǒng), an is anaw kent as Lang Wast or Lang Richt, in reference tae the Lang Muntain east o Gansu.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

There are fowerteen admeenistrative auries in Gansu immediately belaw the province level:

## References

## Fremmit airtins

* Gansu Govrenment Wabsteid 
*
Heilongjiang

**** (; Postal cairt spelling: Heilungkiang) is a province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae locatit in the northeastren pairt o the kintra. "Heilongjiang" literally means Black Dragon River, which is the Cheenese name for the Amur. The ane-character abbreviation is 黑 (pinyin: Hēi). The Manchu name o the region is *Sahaliyan ula*  (literally, "Black River"), frae which the name o Sakhalin is derivit, an the Mongolian name accordingly is *Qaramörin*.

The Amur River marks the mairch atween the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae an Roushie tae the north. Heilongjiang contains Cheenae's northmaist pynt (in Mohe Coonty alang the Amur) an eastmaist pynt (at the junction o the Amur an Ussuri Rivers).

## References

*Economic profile for Heilongjiang at HKTDC

## Freemit airtins

*Heilongjiang Govrenment wabsteid
Gyeonggi Province

**Gyeonggi-do** () is the maist populous province in Sooth Korea. The provincial caipital is locatit at Suwon. Seoul—Sooth Korea's mucklest ceety an naitional caipital—is locatit in the hert o the province, but haes been separately admeenistered at a provincial-level ''special ceety'' syne 1946. Incheon—Sooth Korea's third mucklest ceety—is locatit on the coast o the province, but haes been similarly admeenistered at a provincial-level ''metropolitan ceety'' syne 1981. The three admeenistrations atween thaim cover 11,730&nbsp;km2, wi a combined (census) population in 2005 o 22,766,850—amoontin tae ower hauf o the hale population o the Sooth Korea.

## Administrative aurie
Gyeonggi-do, as, consists o 28 ceeties (special: 7, normal: 20) an fewer coonties. This is acause mony coonties wur elevatit tae ceety status awin tae the influence o Seoul’s new toun development plan. Special ceeties are especially concentratit in the soothren aurie o Gyeonggi-do.

Leetit belaw is each entity's name in Inglis, hangul an hanja.

### Ceety

### Coonties

## Sister provinces
*  Gauteng
*  North Holland 
*  Taipei
*  Moscow
*  State o Mexico
*  Virginie
*  Utah
*  Florida
*  Ha Tay
*  North East Assembly
*  Västmanland Coonty
*  Catalonie
*  Sooth Sulawesi
*  Kanagawa Prefectur
*  Guangdong
*  Shandong
*  Liaoning
*  Kampot
*  Breetish Columbie
*  Alto Parana Depairtment
*  Queensland
*  Islamabad
Gangwon Province (Sooth Korea)

**Gangwon-do** is a province o Republic o Korea, wi its caipital at Chuncheon. Afore the diveesion o Korea in 1945, Gangwon an its North Korean neighbour Kangwŏn formit a single province.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Gangwon-do is dividit intae 7 ceeties (*si*) an 11 coonties (*gun*). The names belaw are gien in Inglis, hangul, an hanja.

### Ceeties

### Coonties

## Cultur
Gangwon-do is kent throughoot Korea for its production o *sundubu*, a variety o saft tofu made wi seawatter.

## See an aw
* Leet o Korea-relatit topics
* Namiseom

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Gangwon-do provincial government English-language home page 
*Seoul City history article on Hanseong and 22 other late 19th-century districts (in Korean)
Sooth Gyeongsang Province

**Sooth Gyeongsang Province**, or ***Gyeongsangnam-do***, is a province in the sootheast o Sooth Korea. The provincial caipital is locatit at Changwon. It contains the major metropolitan centre an port o Busan. Locatit thare is UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple that hooses the *[[Tripitaka Koreana]]* an attracts mony tourists. Automobile an petrochemical factories are lairgely concentratit alang the soothren pairt o the province, extendin frae Ulsan throu Busan, Changwon, an Jinju.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

Gyeongsangnam-do is dividit intae 8 ceeties (*si*) an 10 coonties (*gun*).  The names belaw are gien in Inglis, hangul, an hanja.

### Ceeties

### Coonties

## Sister destrict
Roushie: Primorsky Krai,

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Gyeongsangnam-do English-leid hame page
Sooth Jeolla Province

**Jeollanam-do**, is a province in the soothwast o the Republic o Korea. The province wis formit in 1896 frae the soothren hauf o the umwhile Jeolla province, remained a province o Korea till the kintra's diveesion in 1945, then became pairt o the Republic o Korea. Gwangju wis the caipital o the province, till the provincial office muivit tae the soothren veelage o Namak, Muan County in 2005.

## Geography
The province is pairt o the Honam region, an is bundit on the wast bi the Yellae Sea, on the north bi Jeollabuk-do Province, on the sooth bi Jeju Strait, an on the east bi Gyeongsangnam-do.

There are amaist 2,000 islands alang the coastline, aboot three quairters o which are uninhabitit. The coastline is aboot  lang. Some o the marine products, in pairticular oyster an seaweed cultivation, are leadin in Sooth Korea.

The province is anerlie pairtially muntainous. The plains alang the rivers Seomjin, Yeongsan and Tamjin create a lairge granary. There is abundant rainfaw in the aurie, which helps agricultur. The province is an aw hame tae the wairmest weather on the peninsulae. This helps tae produce lairge amoonts o agricultural produce, mainly rice, wheat, baurley, pulses an potatoes. Vegetables, cotton an fruits are an aw grown in the province.

A small amoont o gowd an coal is mined in the province, but industries hae been developit in the aurie an aw.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

Jeollanam-do is dividit intae 5 ceeties (*si*) an 17 coonties (*gun*). Leetit belaw is the name o each entity in Inglils, hangul, an hanja.

### Ceeties

### Coonties

## Sister ceeties an provinces
* Gyeongsan, Republic o Korea
* Sichuan, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
* Ipswich, Australie
* Oregon, Unitit States

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Jeollanam-do provincial govrenment Inglis-leid hame page
Sooth Athens

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

## Admeenistration

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

*Agios Dimitrios (4)
*Alimos (7)
*Elliniko-Argyroupoli (14)
*Glyfada (12)
*Kallithea (20)
*Moschato-Tavros (24)
*Nea Smyrni (26)
*Palaio Faliro (27)

## See an aw
*Leet o settlements in Attica

## References
Kyustendil Province

**Kyustendil Province** (, transliteratit *Oblast Kyustendil*) is a province in soothwastren Bulgarie, extendin ower an aurie o 3084.3&nbsp;km² (constitutin 2.7% o the tot territory o the Republic o Bulgarie), an haes a population o 163,889. It borders on the provinces o Sofia, Pernik an Blagoevgrad, while tae the wast, its leemits coincide wi the state borders atween Bulgarie an the Republic o Macedonie, an Bulgarie an  Serbie. The admeenistrative centre o the Ceety o Kyustendil.

## Municipalities

The Kyustendil province (област, *oblast*) contains nine municipalities (singular: община, *obshtina* - plural: общини, *obshtini*). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Inglis an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population as o 2009.

## Demographics
Kyustendil province haed a population o 135,664 accordin tae the 2011 census, o which  wur male an  wur female.

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

### Releegion

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:

### Leid

Mither tongues in the province accordin tae 2001 census:

* 153,242 Bulgarie ()
* 7,929 Roma&nbsp;(Gypsy) ()
* 1363 others an unspecified ()

### Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in the province accordin tae 2001 census:
*152,644 Bulgarians ()
*8 294 Roma&nbsp;(Gypsy) ()
*1596 others an unspecified ()

## See an aw
*Kyustendil tourist destination - tourism opportunities in the Kyustendil region
*Kyustendil Province 
*Provinces o Bulgarie
*Municipalities o Bulgarie
*Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
*Leet o veelages in Kyustendil Province

## References
Plovdiv Province

**Plovdiv Province** ( - *Oblast Plovdiv*, umwhile name Plovdiv okrug) is a province in central soothren Bulgarie. It comprises 18 municipalities (общини, *obshtini*, sing. община, *obshtina*) on a territory o 5,972.9&nbsp;km² wi a tot population, as o December 2009, o 701,684 indwallers. The province is namit efter its admeenistrative an industrial centre - the ceety o Plovdiv.

## Geography

It includes pairts o the Upper Thracie Plain, the Rhodopes, Sredna Gora, the Sub-Balkan valleys an Stara Planina, includin its heichest peak Botev (2, 376m). The main rivers in the province are Maritsa, Stryama, Pyasachnik. Thare are numerous dams, the maist important o which is Pyasachnik. Mineral springs are abundant, thare are several major spa resorts- Hisarya, Narechen, Banya an minor spas at Klisura, Asenovgrad, Kuklen, Rosino, Krasnovo, Stoletovo an ithers. Thare are mony naitural laundmerks, especially in the Central Balkan National Park, includin the spectacular watterfaw Raysko Praskalo, the heichest in the Balkans.

## Municipalities

The Plovdiv province (Област, *oblast*) contains 18 municipalities (singular: община, *obshtina* - plural: Общини, *obshtini*). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Inglis an Cyrillic, the main toun or veelage (touns are shawn in bauld), an the population o each as o December 2009.

## Touns

The province's caipital is the ceety o lovdiv, ither touns include Karlovo, Sopot, Klisura, Kalofer, Hisarya, Saedinenie, Rakovski, Brezovo, Stamboliyski, Krichim, Perushtitsa, Sadovo, Parvomay, Asenovgrad, Laki, Katunica, Yiagodovo.

## Demografie

The Plovdiv province haed a population o 715,904 (715,816 an aw gien) accordin tae a 2001 census, o which  wur male an  wur female.
As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 701,684 o which  are indwallers aged ower 60 years.

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

### Releegion

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:

## Economy

The economy o the province is o great importance. The agricultural production is intensive an efficient wi heich levels o irrigation. The major crops are fruit (aiples, ploums, peirs, cherries), grapes, melons an watermelons, vegetables (tomataes, peppers, carrots, cabbitch, potatoes), wheat, rice, baurley an others. The industry is verra well developed: ferrous metallurgy near Plovdiv; thriving electronics industry in Plovdiv, Saedinenie, Voivodinovo, Radinovo an ither villages in the aurie; agricultural machinery (tractors) in Karlovo, wappen an military plants in Sopot, Karlovo, Plovdiv; chemical industry in Plovdiv, Asenovgrad; fuid industry is developed awmaist awplace, maist notably in Plovdiv an Asenovgrad (wines). Tourism is a growin industry wi the rich cultural heritage o the province an the mony mineral springs which are o internaitional importance.

## See an aw
*Provinces o Bulgarie
*Leet o veelages in Plovdiv Province

## References
Arsuz

**Arsuz** (kent as **Uluçınar** an aw) is a coastal toun in Hatay Province, Turkey

## Geography
Arsuz at  is a pairt o İskenderun destrict o Hatay Province. Distance tae İskenderun is  an tae Antakya (admeenistrative centre o Hatay Province) is . The population is 2317  as o 2011.

## History
Arsuz haed mony names throughoot the history lik Rhosus, Rhopolis, Port Panel, Kabev an *Arsous* . The earliest documents aboot Arsuz date back tae Seleucid Empire. Antakya (Antioch o the Antiquity) wis the caipital an Arsuz wis an important port. In 64 BC it wis annexed bi the Roman Empire an in 638 it wis incorporatit intae the Arabic Empire (Rashidun Caliphate). In 969 it wis captured bi Byzantine Empire an in 1084 bi Seljuk Turks. Later the toun wis annexed bi Crusades in 1099, bi Egyptian Mamluks in 1268 an bi Ottoman Turks in 1517.
Atween 1918 an 1938 the toun wis unner French Mandate for Sirie an Lebanon wi the rest o Iskenderun. In 1938 it wis a pairt o the independent Hatay Republic. On Juin 1939 Hatay legislative votit on disestablishin the Hatay State an joinin Turkey.

## References
North Gyeongsang Province

**North Gyeongsang Province** (; *Gyeongsangbuk-do*), kent as **Gyeongbuk** an aw, is a province in eastren Sooth Korea. The province wis formit in 1896 frae the northren hauf o the umwhile Gyeongsang province, remained a province o Korea till the kintra's division in 1945, then became pairt o Sooth Korea.

## Sister provinces
*French province *([[région]])* Alsace, Fraunce
*Ohio, Unitit States
*Primorsky Krai, Roushie 

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Gyeongsangbuk-do is dividit intae 10 ceeties (*si*) an 13 coonties (*gun*).  The names belaw are gien in Inglis, hangul, an hanja.

### Ceeties

### Coonties

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial govrenment in Inglis
* Alsace/Gyeongsangbuk-do 
*
Aguascalientes

**Aguascalientes** () is ane o the 31 states which, wi the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is dividit in 11 municipalities an its caipital ceety is Aguascalientes.

It is locatit in the North-Central Mexico. It is bordered bi the states o Zacatecas tae the north an Jalisco tae the sooth. Its name means "hot watters" in Spaingie an oreeginatit frae the abundance o hot springs in the aurie, the correspondin demonym for the state an its inhabitants is *hidrocálido*.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Aguascalientes state govrenment
*Picturs o Aguascalientes Photo set o the Ceety o Aguascalientes
*Aguascalientes Touristic website 
*Fotos y Mensajes de Aguascalientes
Petra

**Petra** (Greek "πέτρα" (petra), meanin *stane*; Arabic: البتراء, *Al-Batrāʾ*) is a historical an airchaeological ceety in the Jordanian govrenorate o Ma'an that is famous for its rock cut airchitectur an watter conduit seestem. Established sometime aroond the 6t century BC as the caipital ceety o the Nabataeans, it is a seebol o Jordan as well as its maist visitit tourist attraction. It lees on the slope o Munt Hor in a basin amang the muntains that form the eastren flank o Arabah (Wadi Araba), the lairge valley runnin frae the Deid Sea tae the Gulf o Aqaba. Petra haes been a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid syne 1985.

The steid remained unkent tae the Wastren warld till 1812, when it wis introducit bi Swiss splorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. It wis describit as "a rose-red ceety hauf as auld as time" in a Newdigate Prize-winnin poem bi John William Burgon. UNESCO haes describit it as "ane o the maist precious cultural properties o man's cultural heritage". Petra wis chuisen bi the BBC as ane o "the 40 places ye hae tae see afore ye dee".

## Notes

## Freemit airtins
Wadi Musa

**Wadi Musa**, ("وادي موسى" in Arabic, translatit as "Valley o Moses"), is a toun locatit in the Ma'an Govrenorate in soothren Jordan east o Petra at latitude 30.317N an langitude 35.483E.

It is the nearest toun tae the airchaeological steid o Petra an hosts mony hotels an restaurants for tourists visitin this place. Approximately 2 kilometers frae the main toun, there is an important Bedouin settlement.

## Demographics
The census o 2004 shows that the population o Petra Depairtment, which includes Wadi Musa an 18 ither veelages, wi Wadi Musa being its admeenistrative center, haed a total population o 23,840 inhabitants. The male tae female ratio wis 51.56 tae 48.44, Jordanian citizens made up 93.5% o the population o Wadi Musa. The estimated population o Wadi Musa in 2009 is 26,100.

## Oreegin o the Name
The name Wadi Musa means **Valley o Moses** in Arabic, it wis reportit that prophet Moses passed through the valley an struck watter frae the rock for his follaeers at the steid o (**Ain Musa**) **Moses watter Spring** (Moses's Well) . The Nabateans built channels that carriet watter frae this spring tae the ceety o Petra. Wadi Musa wis elk-namit the **Guardian o Petra** an aw. Aaron, the brither o Moses, wis buriet in the nearbi Munt Hor.

## Economy
The toun is aboot 250 Km frae Amman, Jordan's caipital, an 100 Km north o the port ceety o Aqaba.  Wi mair nor 50 hotels an mony tourist restaurants, its economy is amaist entirely teed tae tourism.

The campus o the **College of Archaeology, Tourism & Hotel Management** o Al-Hussein Bin Talal University is locatit in Wadi Musa.

## References

## Gallery

Image:Wadi Musa Valley.jpg|Wadi Musa Valley
Image:Petra Visitors Center.jpg|Petra Visitors Center
Wallonie

**Wallonie** (; ; ,  or ; ) is the predominantly French-speakin soothren region o Belgium. It is govrened as the **Walloon Region**, which maks up 55% o the territory o Belgium but wi anerlie a third o its population. Contrary tae the situation in Flanders, the Walloon Region wis no mergit wi the French Community of Belgium, a political level responsible for matters relatit mainly tae cultur an education. The sma German-speakin minority in the east forms the German-speakin Community o Belgium, which haes its awn govrenment an parliament for cultur-relatit issues.

## References

## Further reading
* 

## Freemit airtins

* Logistics in Wallonie
Chernivtsi Oblast

**Chernivtsi Oblast** (, *Chernivets’ka oblast’* ) is an oblast (province) in wastren Ukraine, borderin on Romanie an Moldovae. It haes a muckle variety o landforms: the Carpathie Muntains an picturesque hills at the fuit o the muntains gradually chynge tae a broad pairtly forestit plain situatit atween the Dniester an Prut rivers. Its caipital is the ceety o Chernivtsi. The region haes a population o 913,275 an spans 8,100&nbsp;km².

## Geografie
Chernivtsi Oblast covers an aurie o 8,097&nbsp;km². It is the smawest oblast in Ukraine, representin 1.3% o Ukrainian territory.

In the oblast thare are 75 rivers langer than 10 kilometers. The mucklest rivers are the Dnister (290&nbsp;km), Prut (128&nbsp;km) an Siret (113&nbsp;km).

The oblast covers three geografic zones: a forest steppe region atween Prut an Dnister rivers, a fuithill region atween the Carpathie Muntains an Prut river, an a muntain region kent as the Bukovinian pairt o the Carpathie Muntains.

Athin the oblast the naitional border o Ukraine wi Romanie extends 226&nbsp;km, an wi Moldovae 198&nbsp;km.

## Attractions
*Khotyn Fortress State historical-airchitectural preserve
*Bukovynian Mytropolyt residency
*Kozmodemyanivska kirk

## Subdiveesions

The Chernivtsi Oblast consists o 11 raions (destricts), as well as twa ceeties directly subordinatit tae the oblast:

*Raions:
**Hertsa Raion (, translit. *Hertsayivs'kyi raion*)
**Hlyboka Raion (, translit. *Hlybots'kyi raion*)
**Kelmentsi Raion (, translit. *Kel'menets'kyi raion*)
**Khotyn Raion (, translit. *Khotyns'kyi raion*)
**Kitsman Raion (, translit. *Kitsmans'kyi raion*)
**Novoselytsia Raion (, translit. *Novoselyts'kyi raion*)
**Putyla Raion (, translit. *Putyl's'kyi raion*)
**Sokyriany Raion (, translit. *Sokyryans'kyi raion*)
**Storozhynets Raion (, translit. *Storozhynets'kyi raion*)
**Vyzhnytsia Raion (, translit. *Vyzhnyts'kyi raion*)
**Zastavna Raion (, translit. *Zastavnivs'kyi raion*)
*Ceeties:
**Chernivtsi (), the admeenistrative centre o the oblast
**Novodnistrovsk (, translit. *Novodnistrovs'k*)

At the locality level, the territory o the oblast is dividit atween 11 ceeties, 8 touns, an 252 communes.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Chernivtsi Oblast Admeenistration  (offeecial wabsteid) 
*Chernivtsi Oblast Cooncil  (offeecial wabsteid) 
*Statistics Committee o Chernivtsi Oblast  

## See an aw
*Leet o Canadian place names o Ukrainian oreegin
Halland Coonty

**Halland Coonty** (*Hallands län*) is a coonty (*[[län]]*) on the wastren coast o Swaden. It corresponds roughly tae the cultural an historical province o Halland. The caipital is Halmstad.

It borders the coonties o Västra Götaland, Jönköping, Kronoberg, Skåne an the sea o the Kattegat.

## Heraldry
The Coonty o Halland inheritit its coat o airms frae the province o Halland. When it is shown wi a ryal croun it represents the Coonty Admeenistrative Buird.

## Province
Counties mainly serve admeenistrative purposes in Swaden. The cultur an history o the aurie is tae be foond in its provincial coonterpairt Halland. The coonty wis designed wi virtually the same bundaries as the province. The major exception is a pairt o Hylte Municipality, which belangs tae the province o Småland.

## Admeenistration
The main aim o the Coonty Admeenistrative Buird is tae fulfil the goals set in naitional politics bi the Parliament an the Govrenment, tae coordinate the interests an promote the development o the coonty, tae establish regional goals an safeguard the due process o law in the handlin o each case. The Coonty Admeenistrative Buird is a Govrenment Agency heidit bi a Governor. See Leet o Halland govrenors.

## Politics
Amang the main responsibilities o the Halland Coonty Cooncil (*[[Landsting]]et Halland*) are public health care issues.

## Municipalities

Swaden's coonties are entities for Swaden's municipalities, responsible for such things as child care, education, street plannin, etc. Municipalities in Halland Coonty are, frae north tae sooth:
*Kungsbacka (69,352 inhabitants)
*Varberg (54,676)
*Falkenberg (39,595)
*Hylte (10,377)
*Halmstad (87,900)
*Laholm (23,039)

(Population as of June 30, 2005)

## Cultur
### Muisic groups
* Arch Enemy
* Gyllene Tider
* Roxette
* Isildurs Bane
* Sonic Syndicate

## Localities in order o size

The five maist muckle localities o Halland Coonty as defined bi Statistics Swaden 2005:

## Futur
There is an investigation committee appointit bi the govrenment, investigatin the best futur diveesion an responsibitites o the coonties o Swaden, cried Ansvarskommittén. They are wirkin lang-term, but their preliminary reports suggest a muckle reduction o the number o coonties in Swaden. Halland Coonty is there proposed tae be dividit in twa halves, baith tae be combined wi neighbourin muckle coonties.

## References an notes

## Freemit airtins
*Halland Coonty Admeenistrative Buird
*Halland Coonty Cooncil 
*Regional Association o Local Authorities in Halland 
*Hotels in Halland
Navoiy Province

**Navoiy Province** ()  is a viloyat (province) o Uzbekistan locatit in the northwast o the kintra. The Kyzyl-Kum Desert takes up a lairge portion o its territory, which is the lairgest o the provinces o Uzbekistan except for the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic.  Navoiy Province borders wi Kazakhstan, Samarkand Province, Bukhara Province an the Karakalpakstan Republic.  It covers an aurie o 110,800&nbsp;km2. The population is estimatit tae be aroond 767,500, wi some 60% livin in rural auries. The province is namit efter Ali-Shir Nava'i.

The climate is a teepically semi-desert continental climate.

Navoiy Province haes significant naitural resoorces, especially natural gas, petroleum, an precious metals, plus raw materials for construction. The province's economy is hivily dependent on lairge minin, metallurgical, an chemical production complexes. The Navoi an Zarafshan mines produce some o the warld's purest gowd.

Leadin agricultural products are cotton an Karakul sheep. Some 90% o the entire aurie is considered potentially rich agricultural land, if a soorce o watter for irrigation can be locatit.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Navoiy Province is dividit intae 8 admeenistrative destricts. The caipital is Navoiy (pop est 128,000). Ither major touns include Qiziltepa, Nurota, Uchquduq, Zarafshon, an Yangirabot.

## External links
* Offeecial Wabsteid
Xorazm Province

**Xorazm Province** () or **Khorezm Province** as it is still mair commonly kent, is a viloyat (province) o Uzbekistan locatit in the northwast o the kintra in the lawer reaches o the Amu-Darya River. It borders wi Turkmenistan, Karakalpakstan, an Buxoro Province. It covers an aurie o 6,300&nbsp;km². The population is estimatit tae be aroond 1,200,000, wi some 80% livin in rural auries.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Khorezm Province is dividit intae 10 admeenistrative destricts. The caipital is Urganch (pop est 135,000). Ither major touns include Khonka, Khiva, Shovot, an Pitnak.

## See an aw
*Khwarezm
*Khwarezmian leid
Atyrau Region

**Atyrau Oblast** () is a province o Kazakhstan. It is situatit in the wast o the kintra aroond the northeast o the Caspian Sea. Its caipital is the ceety o Atyrau, wi a population o 142,500 fowk; the province itsel haes 480,000 fowk. Kazakhs mak up mair nor 80% o population.

## Geography
Wi an aurie o 118,600 square kilometers, it is the seicont-smawest province in Kazakhstan (Sooth Kazakhstan Province is the smawest). It borders the neighborin kintra Roushie tae the west, as well as the fellae Kazakh provinces Aktobe (tae the east), Mangystau (tae the sooth), an the Wast Kazakhstan Province (tae the north).

A lairge pairt o the province is situatit in the ile-rich Caspian Depression; acause o this, mony ile wells hae been drilled in the Tengiz Field an Kashagan Field auries. An pipeline runs frae Atyrau tae Samara, where it joins the Roushie pipeline seestem. A separate ile pipeline runs frae the Tengiz field tae the Roushie Black Sea port o Novorossiisk.

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

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial wabsteid 

### References
* *National Geographic Atlas of the World*, Eighth Edition.
Bukhara Province

**Bukhara Province** () is a viloyat (province) o Uzbekistan locatit in the soothwast o the kintra. The Kyzyl-Kum Desert taks up a lairge portion o its territory.  It borders  Turkmenistan, Navoiy Province, Qashqadaryo Province, a tiny bit o Xorazm Province, an the Karakalpakstan Republic.  It covers an aurie o 40,300&nbsp;km2. The population is estimatit at 1,525,900 (end o 2005 data), wi 71% livin in rural auries.

The climate is a teepically arid continental climate.

The auld ceety o Bukhara is a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid, famous as a "livin museum" an a centre for internaitional tourism. Thare are numerous historical an airchitectural monuments in an aroond the ceety an adjacent districts.

Buxoro Province haes significant naitural resoorces, especially natural gas, petroleum, graphite, bentonite, marble, sulfur, limestone, an raw materials for construction. The maist developit industrial activities are ile refinin, cotton ginnin, textiles (includin Uzbek ikat), an ither licht industry. Traditional Uzbek crafts sic as gowd embroidery, ceramics, an engravin hae been revivit. Bukhara province is the centre o karakul sheep breedin an production o karakul pelts in Uzbekistan.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Buxoro Province is dividit intae 11 admeenistrative destricts. The caipital is Buxoro (pop. est. 241,300 at the end o 2005). Ither major touns include Alat, Karakul, Galaasiya, Gazli, Gijduvan (pop. 40,600 end o 2005), Kagan (pop. 53,500, end o 2005), Romitan, Shafirkan, an Vabkent.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid
Wast Kazakhstan Region

**Wast Kazakhstan Province** () is a province o Kazakhstan. Its caipital is Oral (kent as Uralsk an Ural'sk an aw), a ceety o aboot 200,000 indwallers.

## Geography
The province borders Roushie an is near the Ural Muntains. The Ural River flows frae Roushie tae the Caspian Sea throu the province. Wast Kazakhstan haes the destinction o bein in Eastren Europe. It an aw borders the provinces o Atyrau (tae the sooth) an Aktobe (tae the east).

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

## Demographics
Despite its mairch wi Roushie, Wast Kazakhstan haes a Kazakh majority. 69.8% o the population is ethnic Kazakh, while anerlie 27.4% is ethnic Roushie. The nummer o Ukrainians, Poles an Germans are vera law due tae the geography.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
The province is dividit intae raions:

## Freemit airtins

### References
Mangystau Region

**Mangystau Province** () is a province o Kazakhstan. Its caipital is Aktau (a seaport), which haes a population o 154,500 (2004 census); the entire Mangystau province haes a population o 373,400.

## Geography
The province is locatit in the soothwast o the kintra, an includes Mangyshlak Peninsulae. It haes hintle o Kazakhstan's Caspian Shore. It an aw borders neighborin kintras Turkmenistan an Uzbekistan. Mangystau an aw borders twa i ther Kazakh provinces (coonter-clockwise), Aktobe Province an Atyrau Province. The aurie o the province is 165,600 square kilometers. Ingineers discovered petroleum in the aurie in the days o the Soviet Union, drilling commencit, an hintle o the aurie wis built up aroond the industry.

The territory o Mangystau includes lots o different landscapes an desert lands: Caspian lawland, plateaus (Usturt, Mangyshlak, Kendirli-Kayasan), muntains (Aktau, Karatau), cavities, desert, muntains an muntain ridges. That kynd o landscape forms an oreeginal multigradit labyrinth, paintit wi green, yellae, pink an red sediment o loam. The heichest point is Otpan muntain at . The lawest point is the bottom o Karagie cavity,  belaw sea level.

## Climate
Due tae its vast territory, the province haes a wide variety o climate conditions. The climate o north Mangystau is cauld in winter due tae its settlement in Usturt plateau, the location o the plateau is mainly abuin sea level. On the whole, the climate is continental wi cauld winters an mild simmers. The average temperatur  in Januar an  in Julie. The average annual rainfaw is .

## History
The first written sources on Mangystau province dates back tae the 1890s.

## Demographics

Accordin tae the 1999 Census, Kazakhs (50.9%) ootnumbered ethnic Roushies (32.9%) bi a wide margin.

*Population (2009): 416 500 fowk (2,6 %, 14 place)
*Density: 2,5 fowk / km ² (13 place)
*Naitional structur: Kazakhs — 70,9 %; Roushie — 22,9 %
*Aurie: 165,600 in km ² (6,1 %, 7 place)

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial wabsteid
Akmola Region

**Akmola Province** ( ) is a centrally locatit province o Kazakhstan.  Its caipital is Kokshetau. The caipital o the whole kintra, Astana, is enclosed in the province, but is poleetically separate frae Akmola Province. The province's population is 748,300; Kokshetau's is 124,000. The aurie is 146,200 square kilometers.  It an Karagandy Province are Kazakhstan's anerlie twa provinces which daena touch the kintra's ooter borders. As well as Karagandy Province tae the sooth, the Akmola Province borders the North Kazakhstan Province tae the north, the Pavlodar Province tae the east, an the Kostanay Province tae the wast. Some gowd an coal minin occur in the aurie.

## Etymology
Aqmola or Akmola in Kazakh leid means the white burial.

## Demographics
Ethnic Kazakhs accoont for 43.5% o the population in 2009 census, compared tae 36.5% for Roushies.

## Notable residents
*David Rigert, weichtlifter, Olympic champion, 5x warld champion (licht-hivyweight an hivyweight), 68 warld records


Image:Astana-steppe-7748.jpg|In the steppes north o Astana


## External links

*Offeecial wabsteid 

### References
Poltava Oblast

**Poltava Oblast** (, translit. *Poltavs’ka oblast’*; an aw referred tae as **[[Poltava Oblast#Nomenclatur|Poltavshchyna]]** – **) is an oblast (province) o central Ukraine. The admeenistrative centre o the oblast is the ceety o Poltava.

Ither important ceeties athin the oblast include: Horishni Plavni, Kremenchuk, Lubny an Myrhorod.

## Geography

Poltava Oblast is situatit in the central pairt o Ukraine. It haes an aurie o 28,800&nbsp;km². The oblast’ borders upon Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovs’k, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy an Kiev regions.

## Points o interest
The follaein historic-cultural steids wur nominatit for the Seiven Wanders o Ukraine.
* Gogol preserve-museum
* Kotliarevsky villa
* Mykolaivska Kirk
* Polatava ethnical museum
* Cross-Erectin monastery

## Demographics

At 2005-05-01, its population wis 1,584,446, an population density wis 59 fowk per 1&nbsp;km².

## Economy
### Industry

The oblast’ is a centre o Ukraine's ile an natural gas industry, wi mony wells an pipelines situatit here. Thare is a major ile refinery plant in the ceety o Kremenchuk. Important iron ore processin facilities an aw present. In general thare are 374 lairge industrial organisation an 618 sma industrial organisations.

### Agricultur

In 1999 the gross grain yield wis aboot 1452,9 thoosan tons, succar beets – 1002,900 tons, sunflouer seeds – 166,200 tons, potatoes – 279,900 tons. The oblast an aw producit 120,500 tons o meat, 645,900 tons o milk an 423,200,00 eggs. At the beginnin o 1999 thare wur 1,311 registered ferms in the region.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

The oblast is dividit intae 25 destricts, 15 ceeties includin 5 settlements o ceety estate, 21 urban veelages, an 1862 veelages.

The follaein data incorporates the nummer o each type o admeenistrative diveesions o the Poltava Oblast’:

* Admeenistrative centre – 1 (Poltava)
* Raions — 25;
* Ceety raions — 5;
* Settlements — 1526, includin:
** Veelages — 1,831;
** Ceeties/Touns — 35, includin:
*** Urban-type settlement — 21;
*** Ceeties — 15, includin:
**** Ceeties o oblast' subordinance — 7;
**** Ceeties o raion subordinance — 8;
* Settlement cooncils — 384.

The local admeenistration o the oblast' is controlled bi the Poltava Oblast Rada. The govrenor o the oblast’ is the Poltava Oblast’ Rada speaker, appointit bi the Preses o Ukraine.

## Nomenclatur

Maist o Ukraine's oblasts are namit efter thair caipital ceeties, offeecially referred tae as "oblast centres" (, translit. *oblasnyi tsentr*). The name o each oblast is a relative adjective, formit bi addin a feminine suffix tae the name o respective centre ceety: *Poltava* is the centre o the *Poltavs’ka oblast’* (Poltava Oblast). Maist oblasts are an aw whiles referred tae in a feminine noun form, follaein the convention o traditional regional place names, endin wi the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case wi the Poltava Oblast, *Poltavshchyna*.

## References

## External links
* State Administration of Poltava Region  – offeecial site  
* Information Card of the Region – offeecial site o the Cabinet o Ministers o Ukraine
Sinawe

**Sinawe** () is a Sooth Korean hivy metal baund. They wur the first baund which played metal in the Republic o Korea. During its gowden age in the late 1980s an early 1990s, mony renouned muisickers in the Republic o Korea such as Seo Tai-ji, Kim Jong-seo, an Yim Jae-beom impruivit their muisical ability. Sinawe wis formit bi Shin Dae-cheol, the son o Shin Jung-hyeon. In 1996, five years efter the group's brakup in 1991, Shin Dae-cheol reformit Sinawe wi new members.

## Discografie
### Studio albums
*1986 - Heavy Metal Sinawe
*1987 - Down & Up
*1988 - Freeman
*1990 - Four
*1995 - 매맞는 아이
*1997 - Blue Baby
*1999 - Psychodelos
*2001 - Cheerleading Fan - Sinawe Vol.8 & English Album
*2006 - Reason of Dead Bugs

### Mini albums
*1988 - 두 그림자
*1996 - Circus
*2000 - 미니앨범

## See an aw
*Korean rock
*Boohwal
*Shin Jung-hyeon
*Seo Tai-ji

## References
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

**Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast** (, translit. *Ivano-Frankivs’ka oblast’*; referred tae as *Prykarpattia* an aw) is an oblast (region) in wastren Ukraine. Its admeenistrative centre is the ceety o Ivano-Frankivsk. As is the case wi maist ither oblasts o Ukraine this region haes the same name as its admeenistrative centre – whilk wis renamit bi the Soviets efter the Ukrainian writer, naitionalist an socialist Ivan Franko on 9 November 1962. Ivano-Frankivsk is kent tae Ukrainians bi a deep-ruitit alternative name an aw : *[[Prykarpattia]]*. This oblast, thegither wi Lviv an Ternopil regions, wis the main body o the historic region o eastren Halychyna; whilk in the 13t century wis a pairt o the Kinrick o Rus an the Halych-Volyn Principality. Alang wi the Lviv an Ternopil regions *Prykarpattia* is a component o the Carpathie Euroregion.

In the past the aurie wis kent as Stanisławów Voivodship (1918–1939) an **Stanislav Oblast** (1939–1962). Till the 20t century the major centre o the region wis the ceety o Kolomyia (whilk is a major cultural centre o Pokuttie).

## References
;Notes

## Freemit airtins
* Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast offeecial steid 
* Oblast cooncil offeecial steid  
* "JewishGalicia.net" – Jewish history in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 
* Handbook on history o Communist Pairty an Soviet Union
* History o the region 
* Передати Виноградську  сільраду  Тлумацького району до складу Коломийського району.
* History o admeenistrative territorial diveesion o the region syne 18t century
Aktobe Region

**Aktobe** () is a province o Kazakhstan. The Aktobe provincial caipital is the ceety o Aktobe, wi a population o mair nor 340,000. The province itsel haes a population 678,900. The aurie o the province is 300,600 square kilometers, makkin it the seicont lairgest province o Kazakhstan, efter Karagandy Province. The Ilek River, a tributary o the Ural River, flows through the province. The name "Aktobe" comes frae Kazakh "Ақ" (white) an "төбе" (hill); supposedly, Aktobe's initial settlers wur able tae see white muntains far tae the north.

## Demographics
Accordin tae the naitional census o 2009, the aurie's population wis 779542 fowks, 407217 weemen an 372325 men. Kazakhs — 614961 persons (79 %), unlike in ither auries o the kintra they form an owerwhelmin majority o the population o the aurie. There are a lot o Roushies, Tatars, Ukrainians, Germans, Koreans, Moldavians, Jews, Armenies, Chechens an ithers in the aurie as well.

## See also
*Aral Sea

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial Steid  (in Kazakh an Roushie)
Ternopil Oblast

**Ternopil Oblast**' (, translit. *Ternopil’s’ka oblast’*; an aw referred tae as **[[Ternopil Oblast#Nomenclatur|Ternopilshchyna]]** - **) is an oblast' (province) o Ukraine. Its admeenistrative center is Ternopil, throu which flows the Seret River, a tributary o the Dnister.

## Geography

The aurie o the oblast is 13,800&nbsp;km². The Dnister forms the soothren mairch wi the Chernivtsi Oblast. Some o its tributaries flowin throu the oblast are the Zbruch, the Seret an the Strypa Rivers. The Seret River, no tae be ramfeeselt wi the Siret River nor the smawer Seret in Lviv Oblast, is a left tributary o the Dnister flowin throu the oblast caipital, i.e. Ternopil.

## Subdiveesions

The Ternopil Oblast is admeenistratively subdividit inte 17 raions (destricts), as well as 1 ceety (municipality) which is directly subordinate tae the oblast govrenment: Ternopil, the admeenistrative centre o the oblast.

## See an aw
* Subdiveesions o Ukraine
* Leet o Canadian place names o Ukrainian oreegin

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Ternopil Cooncil wabsteid
Khmelnytskyi Oblast

**Khmelnytskyi Oblast** (, translit. *Khmel’nyts’ka oblast’*; an aw referred tae as **[[Khmelnytskyi Oblast#Nomenclature|Khmelnychchyna]]**—) is an oblast (province) o wastren Ukraine. The admeenistrative center o the oblast is the ceety o Khmelnytskyi.

The current estimatit population is aroond 1,401,140 (as o 2004).

## See an aw
* Subdiveesions o Ukraine
* Volhynie
* Podolia

## References

:**Inline**

* Information Card of the Region  – Offeecial steid o the Cabinet o Meenisters o Ukraine


## Freemit airtins


* adm-km.gov.ua – Offeecial wabsteid o Khmelnytskyi Oblast Admeenistration
Talcahuano

**Talcahuano** is a ceety in Chile.  The population in 2002 is 171,383 the aurie is 92.3 km².

## References


## See forby
* Greater Concepción

## Fremmit Airtins
* Talcahuano.cl  {es}
*  thno.info 
* ASMAR - Astillero de Talcahuano
San Pedro de la Paz

**San Pedro de la Paz** is a Chilean ceety an commune locatit in the Concepción Province, Biobío Region. It haes some 80,447 inhabitants accordin tae the 2002 naitional census. In 2005, the Pedro Aguirre Cerda avenue, the main avenue in the ceety, wis completit. Maist o the inhabitants o this comuna commute daily tae Concepción - either bi caur, bus or train - ower the Biobío River. It is considerated as pairt o Greater Concepción conurbation.

San Pedro wis established durin the Conquest o Chile first as fort *la Candelaria* which wis destroyed follaein the daith o Govrenor Martín García Óñez de Loyola in 1599.  It wis rebuilt as pairt o La Frontera bi Alonso de Ribera as fort *San Pedro de la Paz* in 1603.  A sma settlement grew up aroond it.  Durin the Chilean War o Unthirldom the toun wis burned in 1821, bi the ryalist Juan Manuel Picó on the order o Vicente Benavides durin the Battle o San Pedro.  The fort wis ruined bi the 1835 Concepción earthquake.

## References


## See forby
* Greater Concepción


* ''Diccionario geográfico de la República de Chile'', SEGUNDA EDICIÓN CORREGIDA Y AUMENTADA, NUEVA YORK, D. APPLETON Y COMPAÑÍA. 1899.  pg. 721 San Pedro de Bío-Bío  Francisco Solano Asta Buruaga y Cienfuegos

## Freemit airtins
* Municipality o San Pedro de la Paz
Dakar Region

**Dakar** *[[Regions o Senegal|région]]* is the smawest an maist populatit *région* o Senegal, encompassin the caipital ceety o the kintra, Dakar, an aw its suburbs alang the Cap–Vert Peninsulae, Africae's maist wasterly point.

## Admeenistration
The Dakar *région* is dividit intae fower *départements* (admeenistrative structurs athoot poleetical pouer, unlike the French *départements*):

### Dakar ''département''
The Dakar *département* is a commune (ceety) an aw. This is a situation comparable tae Paris which is baith a *département* an a *commune*. The *département* /commune o Dakar is further dividit intae:
*4 arrondissements, which are admeenistrative structurs athoot hintle pouer. The arrondissements are further dividit intae:
**19 *communes d'arrondissement* (i.e. "communes o arrondissement"). The *communes d'arrondissement* hae a lot o pouer, unlike the arrondissements o Paris, an are mair comparable tae the Lunnon burghs.

### Guédiawaye ''département''
The Guédiawaye *département* a commune (ceety) an aw. This *département* haes anerlie ane arrondissement, so that Guédiawaye is baith a *département* an an arrondissement. The *département* /arrondissement/commune o Guédiawaye is further dividit intae:
*5 *communes d'arrondissement*

### Pikine ''département''
The Pikine *département* is a commune (ceety) an aw. The *département* /commune o Pikine is further dividit into:
*3 arrondissements, which are further dividit intae:
**16 *communes d'arrondissement*

### Rufisque ''département''
The Rufisque *département* is made up o twa arrondissements an three communes directly unner the *département*:
*Rufisque arrondissement, which is also a commune (ceety). The arrondissement/commune of Rufisque is further dividit intae:
**3 *communes d'arrondissement*
*Sangalkam arrondissement, which, admeenistratively speakin, is the anerlie rural pairt o the Dakar *région*. The Sangalkam arrondissement is further dividit intae:
**2 *communautés rurales* (i.e. "rural communities"): Yenne and Sangalkam
*commune o Bargny (this commune is not divided into *communes d'arrondissement*)
*commune o Sébikotane (this commune is no dividit intae *communes d'arrondissement*)
*commune o Diamniadio (this commune is no divided intae *communes d'arrondissement*)

## Table o Admeenistrative Sub-diveesions

## Conclusion
Athin the Dakar *région*, the anerlie poleetically significant units (i.e. those who hae electit offeecials an wield a significant pouer) are: the 7 communes, the 2 *communautés rurales*, an the 43 *communes d'arrondissement*.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Regional Council of Dakar official website 
*''Collectivités locales de Dakar'' from Republic of Senegal Government site, ''l'Agence de l'informatique de l'État (ADIE)''. 
*Décret fixant le ressort territorial et le chef lieu des régions et des départements, décret n°2002-166 du 21 février 2002.
*Code des collectivités locales , Loi n° 96-06 du 22 mars 1996.