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Suzhou

**Suzhou** (; Suzhou dialect: ), previously transliteratit as **Su-chou**, **Suchow**, an **Soochow**, is a major ceety locatit in the sootheast o Jiangsu Province in Eastren Cheenae, locatit adjacent tae Shanghai Municipality. The ceety is situatit on the lawer reaches o the Yangtze River an on the shores o Taihu Lake an is a pairt o the Yangtze River Delta region. Admeenistratively, Suzhou is a prefectur-level ceety wi an urban population o ower 4 million expandin tae ower 10 million in the admeenistrative aurie.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Due tae the historical influence an contemporary position o Suzhou as no anerlie an industrial but cultural hub, Suzhou (includin 7 destricts an 5 coonty-level ceeties unner Suzhou's jurisdiction) haes mair nor 50 sister ceeties, twin touns an provinces. This is a position that is unprecedentit bi ony ither Cheenese ceety includin Beijing an Shanghai which hae 46 an 35 respectively.

: Venice, Italy
: Victoria, Breetish Columbie, Canadae
: Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
: Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
: Portland, Oregon, Unitit States
: Tulcea Coonty, Romanie
: Jeonju, Sooth Korea
: Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan
: Riga, Latvie
: Ismailia, Egyp
: Grenoble, Fraunce
: Nijmegen, Netherlands
: Esbjerg, Denmark
: Konstanz, Germany
: Taupo, New Zealand
: Nabari, Mie, Japan
: Blumenau, Brazil
: Jacksonville, Florida, Unitit States
: Riihimäki, Finland
: Taebaek, Sooth Korea
: Nowy Sącz, Poland
: Kiev, Ukraine
: Zaporizhia, Ukraine
: Logan, Queensland, Australie
: Antananarivo, Madagascar
: Santiago del Estero Province, Argentinae
: Viña del Mar, Chile
: Yeongju, Sooth Korea
: Daisen, Tottori, Japan
: Riesa, Germany
: Rotorua, New Zealand
: Santa Luċija, Malta
: Hirokawa, Fukuoka, Japan
: Portland, Victoria, Australie
: Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
: Marugame, Kagawa, Japan
: Ayabe, Kyoto, Japan
: Sendai, Kagoshima, Japan
: Townsville, Queensland, Australie
: Ipatinga, Brazil
: Whittier, Californie, Unitit States
: Brest, France
: South El Monte, Californie, Unitit States
: Grootfontein, Namibie
: Tahara, Aichi, Japan
: Tottori, Tottori, Japan
: Rosolina Italy
: Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan
: Bourgoin-Jallieu, Fraunce
: Chiba, Chiba, Japan
: Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, Sooth Korea
: Nago, Okinawa, Japan
: León, Guanajuato, Mexico

## References

## Freemit airtins
Providence, Rhode Island

**Providence** is the caipital an maist muckle ceety of the state o Rhode Island an wis ane o the first ceeties established in the Unitit States. Locatit in Providence Coonty, it is the third lairgest ceety in the New Ingland region. The ceety proper population o 178,042 anchors the 37t lairgest metropolitan population in the kintra, wi an estimatit MSA population o 1,600,856, exceedin that o Rhode Island bi aboot 60% due tae its reachin intae soothren Massachusetts. This MSA in turn is pairt o the lairger Greater Boston commutin aurie, which contains 7.6 million fowk. Situatit at the mooth of the Providence River, at the heid o Narragansett Bay, the ceety's smaw fuitprint is crisscrossed bi seemingly erratic streets an contains a rapidly chyngin demographic.

## Sister ceeties
Providence haes fower sister ceeties designatit bi Sister Cities International:
*  Phnom Penh
*  Florence
*  Riga
*  Santo Domingo
*  Guatemala Ceety

## References
Slough

**Slough**  is a burgh an unitary authority athin the ceremonial coonty o Ryal Berkshire, Ingland. The toun straddles the A4 Bath Road (it becomes the Great West Road closer tae Lunnon) an the Great Western Main Line,  wast o central Lunnon. At the 2001 census, the population o Slough wis 119,070 (est.&nbsp;122,000 in 2006) an the burgh aurie wis the maist ethnically diverse local authority aurie ootside Lunnon in the Unitit Kinrick. Slough has the highest proportion of religious adherents in England.

## Notes
Rennes

**Rennes** ( , Gallo: *Resnn*, , ) is a ceety in the east o Breetany in northwastren Fraunce. Rennes is the caipital o the region o Breetany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine depairtment.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin towns – sister cities

Rennes is twinned wi:

*(These twinned touns are inscribit on the brig ower the central canal o Rennes)*

**Athin Fraunce**

**Pacts o cooperation**

**Sponsorship**

## See an aw
*Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

## References
*INSEE

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial steid 
* Rennes Airport 
* Ceety council website 
* Parlement of Brittany 
*
Industrial metal

**Industrial metal** is a muisic genre that draws frae industrial dance muisic, thrash metal an hardcore punk, uisin repeating metal an punk guitar riffs, samplin, synthesizer or sequencer lines, an distortit vocals. Foondin industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, an KMFDM.

Industrial metal's popularity led tae some creeticism frae ither airtists associatit wi the industrial scene. Subsequently, it is maist weel kent in various European permutations. Industrial metal groups hae producit mony acclaimit muisic videos.

## References

## Freemit airtins
Parabellum (baund)

**Parabellum** wur a Colombie extreme metal baund frae Medellín active in the 1980s. The baund wis describit bi *[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]* magazine as ane o the warld's first black metal baunds, as well as the first extreme metal baund frae Colombie an ane o the vera first frae aw o Sooth Americae. Accordin tae writer Emilio Cuesta, Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth—a muisicker associatit wi the early Norse black metal scene—haes said Parabellum an Medellín's Reencarnación wur baith influential tae his awn baund Mayhem.

Parabellum wur formit in Medellín, Antioquia, in early 1983 bi drummer Cipriano Álvarez an guitarist Carlos Mario Pérez. It teuk the baund till 1987 tae release their debut single, the twa track *Sacrilegio*, limitit tae 500 copies. This wis follaeed up wi a seicont EP, *Mutacion Por Radiacion*, in 1988, limitit tae 600 copies. *Sacrilegio* wis reissued in 1992, again limitit tae 500 copies, an a buitleggit version surfacit wi an addit third track ("Guerro, Monopolio, Sexo"). Adam Ganderson o *[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]* describes their muisic as "somewhere between hardcore and bizarrely backwards speed metal riffing ... one of those inimitable sounds that can only be generated by accident. Seriously, this is some of the weirdest, most intense music ever to blast from the gutters." The baund maks a brief appearance in Victor Gaviria's film *[[Rodrigo D: No Future]]* an aw.

Blasefemia Records released the *Tempus Mortis* compilation in 2005, which consists o the baund's twa EPs, sax previously unreleased rehearsal tracks frae 1984-1985, an a video track frae the 1985 La Batalla de la Bandas festival. Accordin tae *[[Zero Tolerance (magazine)|Zero Tolerance]]* magazine, "the sound that Parabellum created was one of unprecedented nihilism, evil and extremity. [...] They were pioneers and sonic adventurers operating in a world of violence,  and geographical isolation."

## Members
* Cipriano Álvarez (drums)
* John Jairo Gutiérrez (guitar)
* Ramón Reinaldo Restrepo (vocals)
* Carlos Mario Pérez ("La Bruja") (guitar)

## Discography

* *Sacrilegio* (EP, Discos Fuentes, 1987)
* *Mutación por radiación* (EP, Sonolux, 1988)
* *Tempus Mortis* (compilation, Blasfemia, 2005)

## References
SPV GmbH

**SPV GmbH** (kent as **Schallplatten Produktion und Vertrieb GmbH** an aw) is an independent German record label.

Foondit on 1 Januar 1984, it haes slowly grown tae be ane o the lairgest independent distributors an record labels warldwide.

It haes several sublabels that it produces an distributes an aw, including the hivy metal labels Steamhammer, Synthetic Symphony, Oblivion, SPV Recordings/SPV America an Audiopharm.

## Airtists

SPV's maist successful airtists include Sepultura, Kreator, Klaus Schulze, Rhapsody of Fire, Sodom, Evildead, Angra, Eric Burdon, Blackmore's Night, Whitesnake, Motörhead, Doro, Helloween, Kamelot, Iced Earth, Moonspell, Saxon, Monster Magnet, Type O Negative, Skinny Puppy an Judas Priest.

## Insolvency
The managin pairtner, Manfred Schütz, decidit tae submit an application tae commence insolvency proceedins on 25 Mey 2009 – roughly equivalent tae Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the USA. In response tae this, on 27 Mey 2009, the Destrict Court o Hannover appointit the attorney Manuel Sack as the proveesional insolvency admeenistrator. Accordin tae Schütz, thegither wi Sack, the management o SPV GmbH will no anerlie carry on business operations, but continue wiorking in the auries o production an distribution in the uisual wey an aw.
Efter a substantial resizin o its business an a pairtnership ventur greement wi Sony Music Entertainment, which obtained the richts for some o the German label's main airtists an for a pairt o the catalog, SPV went back intae production wi a new staff at the end o 2009.

## See an aw
*Leet o record labels

## References
Doro (muisicker)

**Dorothee Pesch** (born 3 Juin 1964, Düsseldorf, Germany), popularly kent as **Doro Pesch** or **Doro**, is a female rock vocalist, umwhile o the German hivy metal baund Warlock .

Efter Warlock went through mony line-up chynges, Pesch wis left the anerlie remainin oreeginal member o the baund. Acause o legal issues wi their umwhile management aboot the awnership an trademark on the Warlock name, she wis compelled tae release unner the name Doro wha wad hae been the fift album o the baund.

Pesch nou pursues a solo career an lives in New York Ceety. 

## Band members
**Current line-up**
*Doro Pesch - Vocals
*Nick Douglas (1990–present) - Bass
*Bas Maas (2008–present) - Guitars
*Johnny Dee (1991–present) - Drums
*Luca Princiotta (2009–present) - Guitar, Keybuirds

**Umwhile members**
*Jon Levin (1988–1989) - Guitars
*Tommy Henriksen (1988–1989) - Bass
*Bobby Rondinelli (1988–1989) - Drums
*Michael Shawn (1990) - Guitars
*Jeff Bruno (1990) - Keybuirds
*Tony Mac (1990) - Drums
*EJ Curse (1990) -  Bass
*Paul Morris (1991–1992) - Keybuirds
*Micheal Tyrell (1991–1992) - Guitars
*Jimmy DiLella (1992 - ???) - Guitar, Keybuirds
*Mario Parillo (2000–2001) - Guitar, Keybuirds
*Joe Taylor (1990–2009) - Guitars
*Oliver Palotai (2001–2009) - Guitar, Keybuirds
*Robert Katrikh (2010) - Guitars
*Harrison Young (2010) - Guitar, Keybuirds

## Discography
See Doro discography

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial Doro Pesch wabsteid
*Doro on MySpace
Jörg Fischer

**Jörg Fischer** is a German guitar player, primarily kent for his wirk wi Accept.  He joined the baund towards the end o the recordin o their self titled debut album an plays on the albums I'm a Rebel an Breaker till leavin afore the recordin o the fowert album Restless and Wild. Efter the recordin o Balls to the Wall wis completed he wis asked tae rejoin the baund. Fischer appears on the albums Metal Heart an Russian Roulette. Bi this time his role haed diminished mainly tae rhythm guitarist, although featured on lead guitar on the sangs "Living for Tonite", "Wrong is Right', 'Aiming High', "Another Second to be" an 'Lay Down the Law" (performit bi Accept on UDO's 'Animal House' album). Fischer left the baund again aroond 1988 tae form his awn project. He haes  released an album wi Billionaire Boys' Club an aw, cried *[[Something Wicked Comes]]*.

Beside Fischer, Billionaire Boys' Club's line-up was Anders Johansson (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen; currently with Hammerfall) on drums, Magnus Rosén (ex-Hammerfall) on bass and Mark Boals (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen) on vocals.

This line-up wis seen in Ed Dalsland, Swaden.

Fischer can be heard wi the baund Doom Squad on the album Legends Of Metal:Tribute To Judas Priest on the sang "Burning Up" an aw.

## References
Stream of Passion

**Stream of Passion** is a Dutch hivy metal baund foondit bi Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Acause the muisickers in the baund livit thoosans o miles apairt, Lucassen composed the group's debut album, *[[Embrace the Storm]]*, ower the Internet. It wis released on 24 October 2005 through InsideOut Music. A live album, *[[Live in the Real World]]*, wis released the follaein year.

Wi the exception o vocalist Marcela Bovio, who haed appeared on Ayreon's album *[[The Human Equation]]*, Lucassen selectit little-kent muisickers tae form this baund. He feenally left the baund in 2007, tae mak them continue their awn career as he haed planned syne the creation.

In August 2008, it wis annooncit that Stream of Passion haed signed tae Napalm Records, wi Lucassen nae langer a pairt o the baund. Through Napalm they released their seicont studio album *[[The Flame Within]]* in 2009. The baund released their third studio album, *[[Darker Days (Stream of Passion album)|Darker Days]]*, in Juin 2011.

## Line-up
### Current memmers
*Marcela Bovio - Lead Vocals; Violin
*Eric Hazebroek - Lead/Rhythm Guitars
*Stephan Schultz - Lead/Rhythm Guitars
*Johan van Stratum - Bass Guitars
*Jeffrey Revet - Keybuirds; Piano
*Martijn Peters - Drums

### Umwhile memmers
*Arjen Lucassen - Lead/Rhythm Guitars; Backin Vocals
*Lori Linstruth - Lead/Rhythm Guitars
*Alejandro Millán - Keybuirds; Piano; Backin Vocals
*Davy Mickers - Drums

### Live memmers
*Diana Bovio - Backin Vocals

## Discografie
### Albums
**[[Embrace the Storm]]* (2005)
**[[The Flame Within]]* (2009)
*''Darker Days'' (2011)

### Singles
**[[Out in the Real World]]* (2006) &ndash; #49* NL Singles Top 100

### Live Albums
**[[Live in the Real World]]* (2006) (CD and DVD)

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial baund wabsteid  - Wi samples frae the album
* Interview with Arjen on Lebmetal.com October 2009
Arven

**Arven** is a German hivy metal baund frae Frankfurt, Hesse, which haes released a studio album tae date. The group describes their style as melodic metal.

## History
Foondit in 2006 bi guitarist an sangwriter Anastasia Schmidt. Female muisikers joined the guitarist an pianist Ines Thomé an Lena Yatsula joined the baund on guitar an piano respectively. Classically trained sangster Carina Hanselmann came tae the baund an aw. In Mey 2009, Lisa Marie Geiß replaces Eve Kreuzer on bass. As the anerlie man o the sextet is the drummer o the baund Till Felden.

In 2011, Arven signed a record deal wi Massacre Records. The release o their debut album, *Music of Light* wis set for 23 September 2011.  The album wis mastered bi Sascha Paeth an Michael Rodenberg. The album cover wis designed bi Jan Yrlund.  Efter the release wis postponed for a week, the album wis released on 30 September 2011.

## Discography
* 2008: *Demo* (Demo)
* 2011: *Music of Light* (Album)
* 2013: *Black is the colour (Album)*

## Notes


## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial Wabsteid (German)
* Fan-Steid ''arvenmusic.de''  (German, Inglis)
Huntress (baund)

**Huntress** is an American hivy metal baund. It wis foondit in the Los Angeles neebourheid  o Highland Park. when lead vocalist Jill Janus muivit tae Los Angeles where she met an unnergrund metal baund cried "Professor" in 2009. Huntress wis signed bi Napalm Records in November of 2011. On December 27, 2011, they released their first single, "Eight of Swords", tae promote their debut album, *Spell Eater*.

## Discography
;Singles
**Eight Of Swords* (2011)
;Studio albums
**Spell Eater* (2012)
;Compilation albums
**[[Napalm Records All Stars (Amazon Exclusive)]]* 2012

## References
Bodrum

**Bodrum** () is a port ceety in Muğla Province, in the soothwastren Aegean Region o Turkey. It is locatit on the soothren coast o Bodrum Peninsulae, at a point that checks the entry intae the Gulf o Gökova. The ceety wis cried Halicarnassus o Caria in auncient times an wis famous for hoosin the Mausoleum o Mausolus, ane o the Seiven Wanders o the Auncient Warld. Bodrum Castle, built bi the Crusaders in the 15t century, owerleuks the harbour an the marina. The castle grunds include a Museum o Unnerwatter Aircheology an hosts several cultural festivals throughoot the year.

## Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Bodrum is twinned wi:

*  Aalborg, Denmark
*  Pleven, Bulgarie
*  Haskovo, Bulgarie
*  Guidan Roumji, Niger
*  Trindade, São Tomé an Príncipe

## Bibliografie

*Bodream*, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Anagramme Ed., 2010.ISBN 978 2 35035 279 4

## References
Büdelsdorf

**Büdelsdorf** () is a toun in the destrict o Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situatit on the river Eider an the Kiel Canal, approx. 2&nbsp;km north o Rendsburg, an 30&nbsp;km wast o Kiel, juist 5 mile aff the motorway.

## History
The earliest inhabitants o the aurie which later became Büdelsdorf, wur Stane-Age fowk who livit there aroond 3000 BC.  Modren Büdelsdorf oreeginates frae a sma settlement attached tae Rendsburg aroond 1300 AD.
 
In 1777, wirk on a canal linkin the Baltic Sea tae the North Sea began. In 1779, the bundaries o the veelage wur defined. In 1827, Hartwig Marcus Holler opened the Carlshütte, the first industrial-age iron- an steelwirks in the duchy. Holler built a shipyard an creatit jobs for the factory wirkers' wives an aw. In 1841, he employed mair nor 250 wirkers. In 1895, the Kiel Canal wis finished an Büdelsdorf an the Carlshütte flourished. In 1909, the Carlshütte employed 1,100 wirkers.

Development slowed doun wi the Warld War I. Housomeivver, Büdelsdorf grew tae be a burgh wi aboot 10,000 inhabitants throughoot the 20t century. In 1984, Büdelsdorf's new toun center wis opened, consistin o a new toun haw, a community centre an several blocks o flats an shops. In 1988, Büdelsdorf acquired vast auries o land an managit tae attract several companies. As a result, Büdelsdorf is a thrivin community wi aboot 11,000 inhabitants an 5,000 jobs.

In 2000, Büdelsdorf wis grantit the title o toun, openin new opportunities for its futur development. Herbert Schütt, lang-term mayor o Büdelsdorf, wis the first mayor o the toun o Büdelsdorf.

## References
Pushkin, Saunt Petersburg

**Pushkin** () is a municipal toun in Pushkinsky Destrict o the federal ceety o St.&nbsp;Petersburg, Roushie, locatit  sooth frae the centre o St.&nbsp;Petersburg proper, an its train station, Detskoye Selo, is directly connectit bi railwey tae the Vitebsky Rail Terminal o the ceety. Population: 

Pushkin wis foondit in 1710 as an imperial residence namit Tsarskoye Selo an receivit status o a toun in 1808. The first public railways in Roushie, Tsarskoye Selo Railways, wur opened here in 1837 an connectit the toun tae the caipital St. Petersburg. Efter the Roushie Revolution, the toun wis renamit tae Detskoye Selo (meanin Childer's Veelage). Its name wis further chyngit in 1937 tae Pushkin tae commemorate the 100t anniversary o the daith o the Roushie poet Alexander Pushkin. The toun contains an ensemble o the 18t century "Tsarskoye Selo". This museum complex includes the Catherine Palace, Alexander Pailace an ither biggins an associatit pairks; it is a major tourist attraction o the aurie an is includit in the leet o monuments protectit bi the UNESCO.

## Sister cities
Pushkin is twinned wi the follaein sister ceeties:

* Athens, Greece
* Annapolis, Unitit States
* Bitola, Macedonie, syne 2005
* Brunswick, Germany
* Valance, Fraunce, syne 2010
* Valdai, Roushie, syne 2000
* Weimar, Germany
* Versailles, Fraunce
* Worcester, Unitit States, syne 1987
* Glasgow, Unitit Kinrick
* Grunwald, Germany
* Dzyaotszo, Cheenae
* Zielona Gora, Poland
* Ivrea, Italy
* Imatra, Finland
* Heraklion, Greece
* Kalamazoo, Unitit States, syne 1992
* Cambrai, Fraunce, syne 2003
* Cumbria, Unitit Kinrick
* Castel Goffredo, Italy
* Kerava, Finland
* Corfu, Greece
* Lappeenranta, Finland
* Lahti, Finland
* Loukhsky Destrict, Republic o Karelie, Roushie, syne 1999
* Mantua, Italy, syne 1993
* Nassau Coonty, United States, syne 1996
* Novopolotsk, Belaroushie, syne 2003
* Neukölln, Germany, syne 1991
* Nürtingen, Germany
* Ogano, Japan, syne 1999
* Olyokminsk, Roushie, syne 1997
* Aalborg, Denmark, syne 1976
* Rethymnon, Greece, syne 1996
* Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, syne 1995
* Stratford-upon-Avon, Unitit Kinrick
* Tarragona, Spain, syne 1997
* Tulcea, Romanie
* Heinola, Finland, syne 1997
* Zerbst, Germany, syne 1994
* Szczecin, Poland

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Official website of Pushkin's business of commerce 
*Portal of Pushkin
Doro

**Doro** mey refer tae:
* Doro (muisicker), rock sangster, umwhile vocalist o the German hivy metal baund Warlock
** ''Doro'' (album), a 1990 album by Doro
*
* Doro AB, a Swadish telecommunications company
* Doro, Sooth Sudan
Duisburg

**Duisburg** () is a German ceety in the wastren pairt o the Ruhr (*Ruhrgebiet*) in North Rhine-Westphalie. It is a unthirlt metropolitan burgh athin Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf. Wi the warld's biggest inland harbour an its proximity tae Düsseldorf Internaitional Airport, Duisburg haes become an important venue for commerce an steel production.

The day's ceety is a result o numerous incorporations o surroondin touns an smawer ceeties. It is the fifteent-mucklest ceety in Germany an the fift-mucklest ceety in North Rhine-Westphalie wi 495,668 residents as o 31 December 2007. The ceety is renouned for its steel industry. The last remainin coal mine closed doun in the simmer o 2009, but Duisburg haes niver been a coal-minin centre tae the same extent as ither places in the Ruhr region (German= Ruhrgebiet). Aw blast furnaces in the Ruhr are nou locatit in Duisburg. 49% o aw hot metal an 34.4% o aw pig-iron in Germany is producit here (as o 2000). It haes a muckle brewery an aw, the König Brauerei, locatit in Duisburg-Beeck, which maks the König Pilsener brand. The University o Duisburg-Essen, wi 37,000 students, ranks amang the 10 mucklest German varsities.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns – Sister ceeties
Duisburg is twinned wi:

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial wabsteid
Brännö

**Brännö** is an island in the Soothren Gothenburg Airchipelago an a locality situatit in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 708 indwallers in 2010. It belangs tae the parish o Styrsö athin Gothenburg Municipality.

## History
Due tae its geographical location, Brännö haes throughoot the centuries been a strategic location for seafarers an chieftains, frae baith Swaden an the adjacent Norawa an Denmark.

It is believit that its indwallers are the same as the Brondings who are referred tae in the Anglo-Saxon poems *[[Beowulf]]* an *[[Widsith]]*. *Beowulf*, Ingland's naitional epic, relates that Breca the Bronding wis the bairnheid friend o the hero Beowulf an *Widsith* tells that Breca later wis the laird o the Brondings.[1]

Brännö is mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas as the location o several important thing assemblies in the Viking Age an later.[2]  The *[[Laxdaela saga]]* relates that the bonnie Erse princess Melkorka wis selt as a thrall tae the Icelandic chieftain Höskuld Dalakollson, durin a fair on Brännö, in the 10t century.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Note 1: The Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, the posthumous dictionary bi Joseph Bosworth (1898), see bróc - brot 
*Note 2:  Brännö History  Local fan steid dedicatit tae Brännö (in Swadish)
Gundal och Högås

**Gundal och Högås** is a trimunicipal locality situatit in Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland Coonty, an Gothenburg Municipality an Mölndal Municipality in Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 384 inhabitants in 2010.

## References
Donsö

**Donsö** is a sma island in the Soothren Gothenburg Airchipelago an a locality situatit in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 1,407 inhabitants in 2010.

## Sports
The follaein sports clubs are locatit in Donsö:

* Donsö IS

## References
Björlanda

**Björlanda** is a locality situatit in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 608 indwallers in 2010.

The Björlanda Kirk wis biggit in the 14t century.

## References
Hjuvik

**Hjuvik** is a locality situatit in Göteborg Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 3,928 inhabitants in 2010.

## References
Myggenäs

**Myggenäs** is a locality situatit in Tjörn Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden wi 1,230 inhabitants in 2010.

## References
Olofstorp

**Olofstorp** is a locality situatit in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 3,378 inhabitants in 2010. There is an annual event held at the local fermyard, this event is cried *Bergumsdagen* ("The day o Bergum"). There are currently twa schuils in Olofstorp; Bergumsskolan an Björsaredsskolan. There are twa sma shops, twa kiosks an ane gas station.

## References
Säffle

**Säffle** () is a locality an the seat o Säffle Municipality, Värmland Coonty, Swaden wi 8,991 indwallers in 2010.

Säffle is kent for bein the last place in Swaden formally gettin the title o a Ceety in 1951. This status wis abolished in 1971. It is nou the seat o the hintle lairger Säffle Municipality.

## History
Säffle stairtit tae grow richt efter a canal wis biggit in 1837, allouin boats tae safely bypass a section o turbulent watter an rapids in the Byälven river.

In 1879 the railwey came tae the ceety. In 1882 Säffle haed a population o 700 indwallers. The day, Säffle municipality haes 16,077 indwallers (1 Januar 2005).

Accordin tae legend, the Viking Olof Trätälja settled doun an livit in Säffle. Streets, kirks, an a lot o ither places are namit efter him.

## Cultural references
Maist pairts o the Kanal 5 reality series Lite sällskap, hostit bi Swadish comedians Filip Hammar an Fredrik Wikingsson wur recordit in Säffle. http://www.nwt.se/saffle/article718656.ece 

## Tourism
### Sports associations
* Säffle Hockey Club - Ice hockey
* SK Sifhälla - fitbaa
* Säffle FF  - fitbaa

### Art & museum
* Viking Trail Society
* The Viking center o Värmland - The Viking museum ootside Säffle

## References
Säffle Municipality

**Säffle Municipality** (*Säffle kommun*) is a municipality in Värmland Coonty in wast central Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the ceety o Säffle.

Säffle wis the last local govrenment unit in Swaden tae get the title o a ceety, in 1951. In 1952 the seestem wi different types o municipalities wis made obsolete, but it formally existit till 1971. The present municipality wis creatit in that year, when the ceety wis amalgamatit wi the surroondin rural municipalities.

The municipality covers a peninsulae in Lake Vänern (Värmlandsnäs), an haes a lairge fresh watter airchipelago.

## Värmlandsnäs
Värmlandsnäs, cried Näset an aw, is a big an important pairt o the municipality. The aurie which reaches oot intae the middle o Lake Vänern as a big peninsulae is vera significant tae the economy bi the produce o pork. The aurie supplees mair nor 200,000 fowk wi pork.

Näset haes a wanderful airchipelago on the east side an aw. The boat fowk talk vera well o Millesvik Airchipelago (*Millesviks skärgård*), which haes a lot o auld runestanes an ither auncient monuments an aw.

Frae Ekenäs harbor you can tak the tourist boat tae Lurö, a sma island in Lake Vänern. At Lurö you can dine an stay ower nicht.

Mony fowk who veesit Värmlandsnäs in the simmer wants tae tak a soum in Lake Vänern. The opportunities are plenty an guid. At Ekenäs you will find a vera nice bathin place. Frae this place you can amaist walk aw the wey oot tae Lurö. Ither popular bathin places are Ekôrn an the bathin place at Örud near Örö harbor (*Örö hamn*).

### Some interestin stories frae Värmlandsnäs
When Swaden wis a poor kintra an the gowd rush stairtit in Americae a lot o Swades emigratit tae Americae, it even stairtit a lang time afore that era. A genealogist haes foond oot that ane o the maist famous actors in Americae, Julia Roberts, haes her roots in Värmlandsnäs.

The next story is a modren fairy tale an the person is still alive an aw o it is true:

An emigratit brither visitit his brither in Gaperhult, Värmlandsnäs, an felt bad for his auld brither who haed tae drive on a bad road ivery time he haed tae buy something. He decidit tae dae something for his brither an when he got back hame tae Americae he donatit $1,000,000 tae big a new road for his brither an the fowk who live in Värmlandsnäs. The next year he visitit his brither an thay coud tak a trip on the new road "Dollarvägen" (Dollar Road).

## Localities
*Säffle, pop. 9,500 (seat)
*Värmlandsbro, 630
*Svanskog, ca 600
*Nysäter, ca 200

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Säffle Municipality is twinned wi:

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Säffle Municipality - Offeecial steid
Amal

**Amal** mey refer tae:
* Åmål, a sma toun in Swaden
* Åmål Municipality, a municipality in Swaden namit efter the toun abuin
* Amal Muivement, a Lebanese poleetical pairty an militia organisation
* Amal leid, a leid o Papua New Guinea

## See an aw
* Amar (disambiguation)
Åmål Municipality

**Åmål Municipality** (*Åmåls kommun*) is a municipality in Västra Götaland Coonty in wastren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the ceety o Åmål.

The present municipality wis creatit in 1971 through the amalgamation o the umwhile *Ceety o Åmål* an the umwhile rural municipality o Tössbo (the latter creatit in 1952).

## Geography an natural resources
The ceety o Åmål is locatit in a scenic bay o Lake Vänern, the lairgest lake in Swaden. The municipality haes a sma archipelago wi some 30 islands, cried *Tösse skärgård*, tae the sooth o the ceety. The islands are protectit as a nature preserve; mony o the islands are wooded, but a few are uised for fermin. They provide habitat for a number o bird species, includin heron, osprey, mallard, goldeneye, goosander, the black-throated diver an hobby in the bays; on the cobs are colonies o herring gull, seagull an the common tern; while on the fir-covered islands are capercaillie, woodpeckers an ither birds.

Fishin wis ance a major industry, as indicatit bi the fish appearin on the bottom o the coat o airms. Loggin wis o importance an aw. In recent years tourism, especially activities connectit tae the uise o the lake, hae increased. 

## Sister ceeties
Åmål haes seiven twin touns:

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Åmål Municipality - Offeecial steid 
* Article ''Åmål'' - Frae Nordisk Familjebok
Färgelanda Municipality

**Färgelanda Municipality** (*Färgelanda kommun*) is a  municipality in Västra Götaland Coonty in wastren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the toun o Färgelanda.

The present municipality wis formit in 1974 when "auld" Färgelanda Municipality (which in 1967 haed absorbit Ödeborg) wis amalgamatit wi Högsäter.

Its coat o airms are based on a medieval seal depictin a harrow. It seembolizes agricultur.

## Localities
*Färgelanda 2,000 (seat)
*Högsäter 750
*Ödeborg 700
*Stigen 350

## Tourism
The scarsely populatit municipalities in the historical province o Dalsland, wi a tot o 50,000 indwallers, hae a unifeed tourism information. Färgelanda wi its law population is preferrin tae boast its natur. Thare are several opportunities for fishin, an Ellenösjön is a popular lake for pikeperch fishin. The natur revserve in Kroppefjäll affers walkin lines an a muntainous natur. Thare are guid possibilities for canoein an soummin in the mony lakes an streams an aw.

Färgelanda haes an auld an well preservit auncient history an aw. Rock carvins in Ödeborg are locatit bi Brötegården Museum; furthermair thare are some 140 grave fields frae the Iron Age scattered in the municipality. Something in atween a museum an a fowk museum is Ödeborg's Fornsal, wi mair nor 6,000 objects gathered frae Dalsland in the last millenias.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Färgelanda Municipality - Offeecial steid
*Dalsland  - Offeecial page for Dalsland municipalities
*Ödeborg's fornsal  - In Swadish, Inglis an German
Säve

**Säve** is a locality situatit in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 743 inhabitants in 2010.

The oreegin o the name *Säve* is the Auld Swadish wird "sjöe" (Modren Swadish "sjö"), meanin "lake".

## See an aw
* F 9 Säve military airbase
** Gothenburg City Airport
* Säve Kirk
* Gullringevägen
* Säve Plantskola www.saveplantskola.se

## References
Styrsö

**Styrsö** is a sma island an a locality situatit in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 1,304 inhabitants in 2010.

It lees in the Soothren Gothenburg Airchipelago o Swaden wi aboot 1,400 inhabitants. Regular ferries connect the island tae Gothenburg an a brig links Styrsö wi Donsö. The main communication vehicle on the island is a three-wheeled moped, cried a *flakmoped* in Swadish. (The locals caw it *lastmoppe*).

## References
Fredrikstad

(previously *Frederiksstad*) (literally *Fredrik's Toun*) is a ceety an municipality in Østfold coonty, Norawa.  The admeenistrative centre o the municipality is the ceety o Fredrikstad.

The ceety o Fredrikstad wis foondit in 1567 bi Keeng Frederick II, an established as a municipality on 1 Januar 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality o Glemmen wis mergit wi Fredrikstad on 1 Januar 1964.  The rural municipalities o Borge, Onsøy, Kråkerøy, an Rolvsøy wur mergit wi Fredrikstad on 1 Januar 1994.

The ceety straddles the river Glomma whaur it meets the Skagerrak. Alang wi neighborin Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad forms the fift lairgest ceety in Norawa: Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg. As o 1 Januar 2008, accordin tae Statistics Norway, these twa municipalities hae a total population o 123,029 wi 71,976 in Fredrikstad an 51,053 in Sarpsborg. 

## Internaitional relations
### Twin touns — sister ceeties
The follaein ceeties are twinned wi Fredrikstad:



## References
Värmlandsbro

**Värmlandsbro** is a locality situatit in Säffle Municipality, Värmland Coonty, Swaden wi 501 inhabitants in 2010.

## References
Hefei

**Hefei** (, p *Héféi*, w *Ho-fei*) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Anhui Province in Eastren Cheenae. A prefectur-level ceety, it is the poleetical, economic, an cultural centre o Anhui. Locatit in the central portion o the province, it borders Huainan tae the north, Chuzhou tae the northeast, Chaohu tae the sootheast an Lu'an tae the wast.

Hefei haes an aurie o 7,048&nbsp;km² an, as o 2010 Census, a population o 5,702,466 inhabitants. Its built-up aurie ("metro") is hame tae 3,352,076 inhabitants encompassin aw urban destricts.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — sister ceeties
Hefei is twinned wi:
* Kurume, Japan (20 Mey 1980)
* Freetown, Sierra Leone (20 Mairch 1984)
* Bujumbura, Burundi (7 Julie 1986)
* Columbus, Ohio, Unitit States (17 November 1988)
* Aalborg, Denmark (22 Aprile 1989)
* Lleida, Spain (4 Aprile 1998)
* Wonju, Sooth Korea (20 Juin 2002)
* Darebin, Australie (29 October 2003)
* Belfast, Northren Ireland, Unitit Kinrick (26 December 2003)

## References


## Freemit airtins

* - Hefei Online Govrenment 
* Map of Hefei
Höviksnäs

**Höviksnäs** is a locality situatit in Tjörn Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden wi 1,309 inhabitants in 2010.

## References
Bleket

**Bleket** is a locality situate in Tjörn Municipality, Bohuslän, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden wi 240 indwallers in 2010.

## References
Sláinte

**Sláinte** is the Erse wird for halth, aften an equeevalent o *cheers* amang the drouthy, for ordinar in the form *slàinte mhath* (guid halth).
Valencia, Carabobo

**Valencia** (whiles uses the name *Nueva Valencia del Rey*) is the caipital ceety o Carabobo, an the third lairgest ceety o Venezuela.

The ceety is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's tap industries an manufacturing companies. The population o Valencia an nearby metropolitan aurie reached 2,227,165 in the year 2010, an it is expected tae grow dramatically in the years tae come. Caracas lees some 180&nbsp;km awey tae the East.

## Twinning
Valencia is twinned wi:

## Freemit airtins

* Valencia at Venezuelatuya.com 
* Turistic Guide of Valencia 
* The Tramways o Valencia 
* Carabobo's News Agency
Province o Alicante

**Alicante** () or **Alacant** () is a province o eastren Spain, in the soothren pairt o the Valencie Commonty. It is bordered bi the provinces o Murcie on the soothwast, Albacete on the wast, Valencia on the north, an the Mediterranean Sea on the east. The province is namit efter its caipital, the ceety o Alicante.

## Freemit airtins
* Excma. Diputación Provincial de Alicante
Province o Castellón

**Castellón** () or **Castelló** () is a province in the northren pairt o the Valencie Commonty, Spain. It is bordered bi the provinces o Valencia tae the sooth, Teruel tae the wast, Tarragona tae the north, an bi the Mediterranean Sea tae the east. The wastren side o the province is in the muntainous Sistema Ibérico aurie.

Its caipital is Castelló de la Plana (). The province haed a population o 501,237 in 2002, o whom 30% wur residin in the caipital, 60% in its metropolitan area, an 85% alang the coastline.

It is a bilingual territory, wi mony inhabitants speakin baith Spaingie an the local, co-offeecial leid o Valencie.

Ither major cities o the province include Vila-real, Borriana, La Vall d'Uixó an Vinaròs. There are 135 municipalities in Castellón; see Leet o municipalities in Castellón.

## Comarques
The province is historically subdividit intae the follaein comarques:

* L'Alcalatén
* L'Alt Maestrat
* L'Alt Millars / Alto Mijares
* L'Alt Palància
* El Baix Maestrat
* La Plana Alta
* La Plana Baixa
* Els Ports
Barinas

**Barinas** mey refer tae:

## Places

;Venezuela:
* Barinas, Venezuela, ane o the 23 states which mak up the kintra
* Barinas, Barinas, a ceety in the state o Barinas
* Barinas Municipality, a *municipio* in the state o Barinas
* Barinas Province, a umwhile province

## Other uses
* Barinas (harvestman), a genus o harvestman (Agoristenidae).
Barinas (state)

**Barinas** (, ) is ane o the 23 states ''(estados)'' intae which Venezuela is dividit. The state caipital is Barinas.Preses Hugo Chávez wis born in this state. His brither Argenis Chávez is the govrenor.

Barinas State covers a total surface aurie o 35,200&nbsp;km² an, in 2007, haed an estimatit population o 756,600.

## Municipalities an municipal seats
# Alberto Arvelo Torrealba (Sabaneta)
# Andrés Eloy Blanco (El Cantón)
# Antonio José de Sucre (Socopó)
# Arismendi (Arismendi)
# Barinas (Barinas)
# Bolívar (Barinitas)
# Cruz Paredes (Barrancas)
# Ezequiel Zamora (Santa Bárbara)
# Obispos (Obispos)
# Pedraza (Ciudad Bolivia)
# Rojas (Libertad)
# Sosa (Ciudad de Nutrias)

## See an aw

* States o Venezuela
Carabobo

**Carabobo State** (, ) is ane o the 23 states o Venezuela, locatit in the north o the kintra, aboot twa oors bi caur frae Caracas. The caipital ceety o this state is Valencia, which is the kintra's main industrial centre an aw. The state's aurie is 4,650&nbsp;km² an haed an estimatit population o 2,227,000 in 2007.

Carabobo wis the steid o the Battle o Carabobo on 24 Juin 1821.  This wis a decisive win in the war o unthirldom frae Spain, an wis led bi Simón Bolívar.

## Geography
### Admeenistrative regions
Carabobo haes 14 municipalities:

## See an aw

*Venezuela
*States o Venezuela

## References
Šestanovac

**Šestanovac** is a municipality in Croatie in the Split-Dalmatie Coonty. It haes a population o 2,685 (2001 census), 99% o which are Croats.

Šestanovac municipality divided intae three veelages: Žeževica, Katuni-Kreševo an Grabovac.
Province o Valencia

**Valencia** () or **València** () is a province o Spain, in the central pairt o the Valencie Commonty.

It is bordered b the provinces o Alicante, Albacete, Cuenca, Teruel, Castellón, an the Mediterranean Sea. The northwastren side o the province is in the muntainous Sistema Ibérico aurie.

Pairt o its territory, the Rincón de Ademuz, is an exclave sandwiched atween the provinces o Cuenca an Teruel.

O the province's 2,587,503 fowk, ane-third live in the caipital, Valencia, which is the caipital o the autonomous commonty an aw. Thare are 265 municipalities in the province. See Leet o municipalities in Valencia.

The province is historically subdividit intae *[[Comarques o the Valencie Commonty|comarques]]*:

*El Camp de Túria
*El Camp de Morvedre
*La Canal de Navarrés
*La Costera
*La Foia de Bunyol
*L'Horta de València
:* Horta Nord
:* Horta Oest
:* Horta Sud
:* Valencia
*La Plana de Utiel
*El Rincón de Ademuz
*La Ribera Alta
* La Ribera Baixa
* La Safor
*Els Serrans
* La Vall d'Albaida
*La Vall de Cofrents
Cairns

**Cairns** (, locally ) is a  ceety in Far North Queensland, Australie, foondit 1876. The ceety wis namit efter William Cairns, then-current Govrenor o Queensland. It wis formit tae serve miners heidin for the Hodgkinson River gowdfield, but experiencit a decline when an easier route wis discovered frae Port Douglas. It later developit intae a railheid an major port for exportin succar cane, gowd an ither metals, minerals an agricultural products frae surroondin coastal auries an the Atherton Tableland region. As o 2010, the population is approximately 150,920.

## Sister ceeties

* Lae, Papua New Guinea (Morobe Province) syne 1984
* Minami, Japan (Tokushima Prefectur) syne 1969
* Oyama, Japan (Tochigi Prefectur) syne 15 Juin 2006
* Riga, Latvie syne 1990
* Scottsdale, Arizona (USA) syne 1987
* Sidney, British Columbia (Canadae) syne 1984
* Zhanjiang, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (Guangdong) syne 2005

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Cairns City Council Website
* University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Cairns
*
Amazonas (Venezuelan state)

**Amazonas** (, ) is ane o the 23 states ''(estados)'' intae which Venezuela is dividit.

The state caipital is Puerto Ayacucho. The caipital till the early 1900s wis San Fernando de Atabapo. Although namit efter the Amazon River, maist o the state is drained bi the Orinoco. Amazonas State covers a total surface aurie o 176,899&nbsp;km² an, in 2007, haed a population o 142,200. Its density is o 0.8 inhabitants per km².

Amazonas haes Venezuela's heichest proportion o indigenous fowks o Venezuela; these mak up anerlie aroond 1.5% o the population naitionwide, but the proportion is nearly 50% in Amazonas.

## Municipalities an Municipal Seats

## See an aw
*Amazonas Depairtment (Colombie)
*Amazonas (Brazilian state)
*States o Venezuela

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Govrenor's page
Anzoátegui

**Anzoátegui State** (, ), is ane o the 23 component states o Venezuela, locatit in the northeastren region o the kintra. Anzoátegui is weel kent for its bonnie beaches that attract mony visitors. Its coast consists o a single beach approximately 100&nbsp;km lang. Its caipital is the ceety o Barcelona, an significant ceeties include Puerto la Cruz an El Tigre.

## Municipalities an municipal seats
Anzoátegui comprises 21 municiplities (*municipios*), leetit belaw:

# Anaco (Anaco)
# Aragua (Aragua de Barcelona)
# Diego Bautista Urbaneja (Lechería)
# Fernando de Peñalver (Puerto Píritu)
# Francisco de Carmen Carvajal (Valle de Guanape)
# Francisco de Miranda (Pariaguán)
# Guanipa (San José de Guanipa)
# Guanta (Guanta)
# Independencia (Soledad)
# José Gregorio Monagas (Mapire)
# Juan Antonio Sotillo (Puerto la Cruz)
# Juan Manuel Cajigal (Onoto)
# Libertad (San Mateo)
# Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual (Clarines)
# Pedro María Freites (Cantaura)
# Píritu (Píritu)
# San Juan de Capistrano (Boca de Uchire)
# Santa Ana (Santa Ana)
# Simón Bolívar (Barcelona)
# Simón Rodríguez (El Tigre)
# Sir Arthur McGregor (El Chaparro)

## See an aw
* States o Venezuela

## Freemit airtins
* General information aboot Anzoátegui
* Census data of Anzoátegui
Gavrilov Posad

**Gavrilov Posad** () is a toun in Ivanovo Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the Voymiga River at its confluence wi the Irmes River,  soothwast o Ivanovo. Population: 

## History
Gavrilov Posad wis first mentioned in a legal document in 1434 as the dounset o **Gavrilovskoye**. It is believit that it wis foondit some time in the 13t century bi Vsevolod the Big Nest an namit efter his son Svyatoslav, whose seicont Christian name wis Gavriil. In 1609, the dounset wis turned intae **Gavrilova [[sloboda]]**. In 1789, it wis renamit **Gavrilovsky [[Posad]]** an grantit toun status. It wis gien its present name in the 20t century.

## Admeenistrative an municipal status
Gavrilov Posad serves as the admeenistrative center o Gavrilovo-Posadsky Destrict, awtho it is no admeenistratively a pairt o it an is incorporatit separately. Municipally, Gavrilov Posad is incorporatit athin Gavrilovo-Posadsky Municipal Destrict as **Gavrilovo-Posadskoye Urban Settlement**.

## References
### Notes

### Sources
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Apure

**Apure State** (, ) is ane o the 23 states ''(estados)'' intae which Venezuela is dividit.  Its territory formit pairt o the provinces o Mérida, Maracaibo, an Barinas, in accordance wi successive territorial ordinations pronooncit bi the colonial authorities.  In 1824 the Depairtment o Apure wis creatit, unner jurisdiction o Barinas, which laid the foondations for the current entity.  In 1856 it separatit frae Barinas an for the first time Apure appeared as an independent province, which in 1864 acquired the status o state.  In 1881, housomeivver, a new territorial diveesion combined Apure an Guayana tae form a single state namit *Bolívar.*  In 1899 it reestablished its autonomy an feenally, bi means o the Constitution o 1909, gained its current borders.  

## Municipalities an municipal seats

* Achaguas (Achaguas)
* Biruaca (Biruaca)
* Muñoz (Bruzual)
* Páez (Guasdualito)
* Pedro Camejo (San Juan de Payara)
* Rómulo Gallegos (Elorza)
* San Fernando (San Fernando de Apure)

## See an aw

* States o Venezuela
Merida

**Mérida** or **Merida** mey mean:

## Places
;Mexico
*Mérida, Yucatán, the caipital ceety o the state o Yucatán

;Spain
*Mérida, Spain, the caipital ceety o the autonomous commonty o Extremadura

;Venezuela
*Mérida (state), ane o the 23 states which mak up the kintra
*Mérida, Mérida, the caipital ceety o the state o Mérida
Mérida (state)

**Mérida** (, ) is ane o the 23 states o Venezuela. The state caipital is Mérida.

Mérida State covers a total surface aurie o 11,300&nbsp;km² an, in 2007, haed an estimatit population o 843,800.

## Municipalities an municipal seats

# Alberto Adriani (El Vigía)
# Andrés Bello (La Azulita)
# Antonio Pinto Salinas (Santa Cruz de Mora)
# Aricagua (Aricagua)
# Arzobispo Chacón (Canagua)
# Campo Elías (Ejido)
# Caracciolo Parra Olmedo (Tucaní)
# Cardenal Quintero (Santo Domingo)
# Guaraque (Guaraque)
# Julio César Salas (Arapuey)
# Justo Briceño (Torondoy)
# Libertador (Mérida)
# Miranda (Timotes)
# Obispo Ramos de Lora (Santa Elena de Arenales)
# Padre Noguera (Santa María de Caparo)
# Pueblo Llano (Pueblo Llano)
# Rangel (Mucuchíes)
# Rivas Dávila (Bailadores)
# Santos Marquina (Tabay)
# Sucre (Lagunillas)
# Tovar (Tovar)
# Tulio Febres Cordero (Nueva Bolivia)
# Zea (Zea)

## See an aw

* States o Venezuela
* Nevado
* Merida glaciation
* Sierra Nevada de Merida
* Los Aleros theme park

## Freemit airtins

* Govrenment o Mérida State (in Spaingie)
Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua

**Aldama** is a ane o the 67 municipalities o Chihuahua, in northren Mexico. The municipal seat lees at Juan Aldama.

As o 2005, the municipality haed a total population o 19,879. 
It covers an aurie o 9835.9 km².

## Geography
### Touns an veelages

## References
Retalhuleu Depairtment

**Retalhuleu** is a depairtment locatit in the sooth-wast o Guatemala, extendin frae the muntains tae the Paceefic Ocean coast. It haes an aurie o 1856 km². In 2002 the population o the Depairtment o Retalhuleu wis 241,411. The caipital is the ceety o Retalhuleu.

The lairgest Native American group in the state is the K'iche' (Quiché) Maya fowk. The depairtment contains a number o Pre-Columbie ruins, includin Takalik Abaj an San Juan Noj.

## Municipalities

The Depairtment is dividit intae nine municipalities:

# Champerico
# El Asintal
# Nuevo San Carlos
# Retalhuleu
# San Andrés Villa Seca
# San Felipe
# San Martín Zapotitlán
# San Sebastián
# Santa Cruz Muluá

## Freemit airtins
* www.retalhuleu.com  Offeecial Steid
* Interactive depairtment map
Escuintla Depairtment

**Escuintla** is ane o the 22 depairtments o Guatemala. Its caipital is the ceety o Escuintla. The depairtment o Escuintla covers an aurie o 4,384&nbsp;km² an is situatit in the coastal lawland region tae the Sooth o Guatemala Ceety, bordered bi the Paceefic Ocean. Escuintla produces about 43 percent of gross domestic product o Guatemala. It is statistically the depairtment, province or region in Mesoamerica wi the lawest unemployment an extreme poverty. 

## Municipalities

# Escuintla
# Guanagazapa
# Iztapa
# La Democracia
# La Gomera
# Masagua
# Nueva Concepción
# Palín
# San José
# San Vicente Pacaya
# Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
# Siquinalá
# Tiquisate

## Museums
Museo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia

## Notes

## Freemit airtins
*Interactive department map