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Imereti

**Imereti** () is a province in Georgie situatit alang the middle an upper reaches o the Rioni river.

In late antiquity an early Middle Ages the auncient wastren Georgie kinrick o Egrisi existit on the territory o Imereti. Its king declared Christianity as an offeecial releegion o Egrisi in 523 AD. In 975-1466 Imereti wis pairt o the unitit Georgie Kinrick. Syne its disintegration in the 15t century, Imereti wis an independent kinrick.

In the 17t-18t centuries the kinrick of Imereti suffered frequent invasions bi the Turks an recognizit tae patronage o Ottoman Empire till 1810, when it wis annexed bi the Roushie Empire. The last king o Imereti wis Solomon II (1789-1810).

Frae 1918 tae 1921, Imereti wis pairt o the independent Democratic Republic o Georgie. Athin the USSR, the region wis pairt o the Transcaucasian SFSR frae 1922–1936, an pairt o the Georgie SSR frae 1936–1991. Syne Georgie unthirldom in 1991, Imereti haes been a region in the Georgie wi Kutaisi as the regional caipital.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Imereti consists o the follaein Georgie admeenistrative-territorial units:

#Kutaisi (ceety)
#Baghdati region
#Vani region
#Zestafoni region
#Terjola region
#Samtredia region
#Sachkhere region
#Tkibuli region
#Chiatura region
#Tskaltubo region
#Kharagauli region
#Khoni region

The province's main ceety is Kutaisi; ither urban industrial centers include Samtredia, Chiatura (manganese production centre), Tkibuli (coal minin centre),  Zestaponi (kent for metals production), Khoni, an Sachkhere. Traditionally, Imereti is an agricultural region, kent for its mulberries an grapes.

## Leid
The 550,000 Imeretians speak a Georgie dialect; they are ane o the local cultur-groups o the ethnically subdividit Georgie fowk.

## See an aw
*Kinrick o Imereti

## Freemit airtins
*Imereti.com - The Guide to Imereti, Georgia, Sakartvelo
* Offeecial website 
* Civil.GE
Victoria, Lunnon

**Victoria** is a commercial an residential aurie o inner ceety Lunnon, lyin wholly athin the Ceety o Wastmeenster, namit efter Queen Victoria.

The aurie is vaguely defined as the streets aroond Victoria Station, includin Victoria Street, Buckingham Palace Road, Wilton Road, Grosvenor Gardens, an Vauxhall Bridge Road. Victoria consists predominantly o commercial property an private an social hoosin, wi retail uises alang the main streets.

Victoria contains ane o the busiest transport interchynges in Lunnon, includin the leetit railway station an the unnergrund station, as well as Terminus Place, which is a major hub for bus an taxi services. Victoria Coach Station, 800m soothwast o the railway station, provides road-coach services tae lang-distance UK an continental destinations. 

**Victoria Street** runs on an east-wast axis frae Victoria station tae Broad Sanctuary at Wastmeenster Abbey. Cardinal Place, athort the street frae Wastmeenster Cathedral, opened in 2006 an contains a selection o restaurants, banks an shops, includin a Marks and Spencer store. Further alang the street, there is a lairge House of Fraser depairtment store (umwhile the Army & Navy) opposite Wastmeenster Ceety Haw. At the Broad Sanctuary end is the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills biggin, the heidquarters o Transport for London at Windsor House, an New Scotland Yard, heidquarters o the Metropolitan Police Service. 

## Local schuils
Three notable schuils are closest tae the Victoria neebourheid, Westminster City School for Boys an Coat Hospital for Girls, as well the independent Westminster School at Deans Yard near Westminster Abbey.

## See an aw
*Pimlico

## References
Toyota Corolla

The **Toyota Corolla** is a line of subcompact an compact caurs makkit bi the Japanese caurbigger Toyota that haes acome verra popular ootthrou the warld syne the nameplate wis first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla becam the best sellin nameplate in the warld, wi mair as 40 million selt by 2007, sellin mair nor the Volkswagen Beetle. In the bygane 40 year, a Corolla caur haes been selt aboot ilka 40 seiconts on average. The series haes gane throu a wheen major redesigns.

The name *[[Corolla (chaplet)|Corolla]]* is pairt o Toyota's namin tradítion o uisin the name *[[Toyota Crown|Crown]]* for the heid models: the Corona, for ensaumple, gets its name aff the Laitin wird for *croun*; *Corolla* is Laitin for wee *croun*; an *[[Toyota Camry|Camry]]* is an Englifee'd pronunciation o the Japanese for *croun*, *kanmuri*.

Corollas is makkit in Japan and in Brazil (Indaiatuba, São Paulo), Canada (Cambridge, Ontario), Cheenae (Tianjin), India (Bangalore), Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sooth Africa (Durban), Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey an Venezuela. Corollas uised tae be makkit in Australia (Victoria) an the Unitit Kinrick (Derbyshire). Thay wis makkit in Unitit States (Fremont, Californie) up till Mairch 2010.

The Corolla's chassis designation code is "E", as described in Toyota's chassis an ingine code.

Early models wis for ordinar rear-wheel drive, later models is for ordinar front-wheel drive an a twa-three models wis four-wheel drive.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Corolland (all years)
Haurd rock

**Haurd rock** (or **hivy rock**) is a loose definit subgenre o rock muisic that haes its earliest ruits in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock an psychedelic rock. It is typifee'd bi a hivy uise o distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, an aft accompaniet wi pianos an keybuirds.

Haurd rock developed intae a major form o popular muisic in the 1970s, wi baunds such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, AC/DC, an Van Halen, an reached a commercial peak in the mid til late 1980s. The glam metal o baunds siclik Bon Jovi an Def Leppard an the rawer soonds o Guns N' Roses follaeed up wi great success in the later pairt o that decade, afore losin popularity in the face o grunge. Despite this, mony post-grunge baunds adoptit a hard rock soond an in the 2000s there came a renewed interest in establisht baunds, attempts at a revival, an new haurd rock baunds that cam frae the garage rock an post-punk revival scenes.

## References
Keihanshin

is a Japanese metropolitan region encompassin the metropolitan auries o the ceeties o Osaka in Osaka Prefectur, Kobe in Hyōgo Prefectur, an Kyoto in Kyoto Prefectur. The entire region haes a population (as o 2000) o 18,644,000 ower an aurie o 11,170&nbsp;km². It is Japan's seicont maist populatit urban region efter the Greater Tokyo Aurie, containin approximately 15% o Japan's population.

The GDP in this aurie (Osaka an Kobe) is $341 billion, makkin it ane o the warld's maist productive regions, a match wi Paris an Lunnon. Mastercard Worldwide reportit that Osaka is the 19t rankin ceety o the warld's leadin global ceeties an haes an instrumental role in drivin the global economy.

The name *Keihanshin* is constructit bi extractin a representative kanji frae Kyoto (京都), Osaka (大阪), an Kobe (神戸), but uisin the On-yomi (Cheenese readin) insteid o the correspondin Kun-yomi (Japanese readin) for each o the characters taken frae Osaka an Kobe, an the kan-on Cheenese readin o the character for Kyoto insteid o the uisual go-on Cheenese readin.

## References
Kyoto Prefectur

is a prefectur o Japan locatit in the Kansai region o the island o Honshu. The caipital is the ceety o Kyoto.

## Notes

## References
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005).  ''Japan encyclopedia.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5;  OCLC 58053128

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial Kyoto Prefectur wabsteid (in Inglis)
*Kyoto Prefectural International Center 
*Kyoto Prefecture Daily Living Guide 
*Kyoto Tourism Federation 
*Kyoto Visitors Guide
Kanagawa Prefectur

is a prefectur locatit in the soothren Kantō region o Japan. The caipital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is pairt o the Greater Tokyo Aurie.

## Notes

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial Kanagawa Prefectur wabsteid 
*Official Kanagawa Living website 
*Kanagawa Prefectural Tourist Association website  (Inglis)
Iwate Prefectur

is the seicont lairgest prefectur o Japan efter Hokkaido. It is locatit in the Tōhoku region o Honshū island an contains the island's eastmaist point. The caipital is Morioka. Iwate haes the lawest population density o ony prefectur ootside Hokkaido. Famous attractions include the Buddhist temples o Hiraizumi, includin Chūson-ji an Mōtsū-ji wi their treasurs, Fujiwara no Sato, a movie lot an theme pairk in Esashi Ward, Oshu Ceety, Tenshochi, a park in Kitakami Ceety kent for its big, auld cherry trees an Morioka Castle in Morioka Ceety.

## Notes

## Freemit airtins

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Osaka Prefectur

is a prefectur locatit in the Kansai region on Honshu, the main island o Japan. The caipital is the ceety o Osaka. It is the centre o Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto aurie.

## Geography
Osaka Prefectur neighbors the prefecturs o Hyōgo an Kyoto in the north, Nara in the east an Wakayama in the sooth. The wast is open tae Osaka Bay. The Yodo an Yamato Rivers flow throu the prefectur.

Prior tae the construction o Kansai Internaitional Airport, Osaka wis the smawest prefectur in Japan. The airtificial island on which the airport wis biggit addit enough aurie tae mak it slichtly lairger than Kagawa Prefectur.

As o 31 Mairch 2008, 10% o the tot land aurie o the prefectur wis designatit as Natural Pairks, namely Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-Naitional Pairk, Meiji no Mori Minō Quasi-Naitional Pairk, an Hokusetsu Prefectural Natural Pairk. In Julie 2011 a further aurie wis designatit for pertection as the Hannan-Misaki Prefectural Natural Pairk.

### Ceeties

Thirty-three ceeties are locatit in Osaka Prefectur:

### Touns an veelages

Thir are the touns an veelages in each destrict.

### Mergers

## Notes

## External links

* Official Osaka Prefecture homepage 
* Osaka Tourism & Convention Guidance homepage
Vlorë Coonty

The **Coonty o Vlorë** () is ane o the 12 coonties o Albanie. It consists o the destricts Delvinë, Sarandë an Vlorë an its caipital is Vlorë. As o 1 Januar 2010 the population o the Vlore Destrict wis estimatit tae be 211,773.
Vlorë's wastren an soothren edges are the shorelines o the Strait o Otranto, which separates it frae the island o Corfu. The coonty forms the integral pairt o the Albanie Riviera. In the far sootheast it haes a sma border wi Greece. Its population includes a Greek minority. Domestically, it borders the follaein coonties Fier Coonty tae the north an Gjirokastër Coonty tae the east.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Regional Cooncil o Vlore
Fier Coonty

The **Coonty o Fier** () is ane o the 12 coonties o Albanie. It consists o the destricts o Fier, Lushnjë an Mallakastër an its caipital is Fier.

Fier's wastren edge is the shoreline o the Adriatic Sea. On land, it borders the follaein coonties:
*Tirana: north
*Elbasan: northeast
*Berat: east
*Gjirokastër: sootheast
*Vlorë: sooth

### Admeenistrative diveesions

## See an aw
* Kutë

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Regional Cooncil o Fier 
*Official Fier Coonty Travel Guide
Lezhë Coonty

**Lezhë Coonty** () is ane o the 12 coonties o Albanie.  It consists o the destricts Kurbin, Lezhë an Mirditë an its caipital is Lezhë.

Lezhë haes a sma wastren shoreline on the Adriatic Sea.  On land, it borders the follaein coonties:
*Shkodër: north
*Kukës: northeast
*Dibër: sootheast
*Durrës: sooth

## References

## External links
*Regional Council of Lezha 
*  Lezha Travel & Tourism 
*  Shengjini Travel & Tourism
Dibër Coonty

The **Coonty o Dibër** () is ane o the 12 coonties o Albanie.  It consists o the destricts Bulqizë, Dibër, an Mat an its caipital is Peshkopi.

Dibër is kent for its resistance against the Turks. Historical Dibër includit pairts o Albanie an Macedonie. This diveesion is a result o a claim bi the umwhile Yugoslavie on wha is nou the Macedonie hauf o Dibër in a 1913 internaitional conference in Lunnon, an the creation o modren state o Albanie bi wastren pouers.

Dibër haes been the battlefield o Turkis an ither Balkan wars for centuries. Its river, *Drini i Zi* (Albanie: **Black River**), wis colored red wi blood several times, which is a possible etymology for the name.
Dibër haes several interestin places tae visit, such as the seiven lakes o Lura an the Drin valley.  It is the location o the toun o Kastriot, traditionally thocht tae be the birthplace o the Albanie naitional hero Skanderbeg.

Dibër's eastren border is wi the Republic o Macedonie.  Domestically, it borders the follaein coonties:
*Kukës: north
*Elbasan: sooth
*Tirana: soothwast
*Durrës: wast
*Lezhë: northwast

### Admeenistrative diveesions

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Regional Cooncil o Diber
Rapla Coonty

**Rapla Coonty** (), or ***Raplamaa***, is ane o 15 coonties o Estonie. It is situatit in wastren pairt o the kintra an borders Järva Coonty tae the east, Pärnu Coonty tae the sooth, Lääne Coonty tae the wast, an Harju Coonty tae the north. 36,678 fowk live in Rapla Coonty – constitutin 2.7% o the total population in Estonie (as o Januar 2009).

## History
The first written records o Rapla date back tae the 1241 Dens census (*Liber Census Daniae*).

## Coonty govrenment
The Coonty Govrenment (Estonie: *Maavalitsus*) is led bi a Govrenor (Estonie: *maavanem*), who is appointit bi the Govrenment o Estonie for a term o five year. Syne 9 August 2004, the Govrenor position is held bi Tõnis Blank.

## Municipalities

The coonty is subdividit intae municipalities. Thare are 10 landwart municipalities (Estonie: *vallad* – pairishes) in Rapla Coonty:
*Juuru Pairish
*Järvakandi (*burgh*)
*Kaiu Pairish
*Kehtna Pairish
*Kohila Pairish (*includes the burgh o [[Kohila]]*)
*Käru Pairish
*Märjamaa Pairish (*includes the burgh o [[Märjamaa]]*)
*Raikküla Pairish
*Rapla Pairish (*includes the toun o [[Rapla]]*)
*Vigala Pairish

## Geografie
Natural resources foond in Rapla coonty include limestane, dolomite, peat, an clay.

## Miscellaneous topics
The kirk o Rapla wis biggit in 1901. Housomeivver, hintle o the interior dates back tae several hunder years earlier an is o heich virtu an historical value. In the kirk yard there are several crosses remainin frae the 17t century.


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## References

## Freemit airtins
*Coonty Govrenment  Offeecial wabsteid
Vejle Municipality

**Vejle Municipality** is a municipality (Dens, *kommune*) in Region o Soothren Denmark on the Jutland peninsulae in sootheast Denmark.  The municipality covers an aurie o 1,055&nbsp;km², an haes a total population o 106,383 (2010).  Its mayor is Arne Sigtenbjerggaard, a member o the liberal pairty Venstre.

The main toun an the steid o its municipal cooncil is the ceety o Vejle.

On 1 Januar 2007 Vejle Municipality wis, as the result o ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" o 2007), mergit wi Børkop, Egtved, Give an Jelling municipalities tae form an enlairgit Vejle Municipality. 

## Notable elements
*Haraldskær Woman
*The Jelling Monument (UNESCO World Heritage site)

## Freemit airtins
*Municipality's offeecial wabsteid
*Vejle municipal Atlas  (In Danish)
*Vejle Byhistoriske Arkiv & Stadsarkiv (City Historical Archive) (In Dens, some Inglis)

## References
* Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta , delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers an neighbors: Eniro  new municipalities map
Goranboy Rayon

**Goranboy** is a rayon o Azerbaijan. Durin the Soviet era the region wis best kent for the ile-cure sanatorium resort o Naftalan, though admeenistratively Naftalan technically coonts as an independent ceety. Naftalan is nou stairtin tae operate again follaein several years o virtual inaction when the resorts wur filled wi refugees frae the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict. Follaein fechtin durin the 1991–1992 a sma strip in the sooth o the rayon is controlled bi Armenies o Nagorno-Karabakh. The soothren hauf o the rayon is claimit bi the sel-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic as the destrict o Shahumian.

## Freemit airtins
*State Statistical Committee o Azerbaijan Republic. Population o Azerbaijan
Goygol Rayon

**Goygol** () is a rayon (destrict) in northwastren Azerbaijan. Umwhile kent as **Khanlar**, the region wis renamit "Goygol" efter Lake Goygol, the famous blue lake, bi the decision o the Parliament o Azerbaijan on 25 Aprile 2008. The admeenistrative centre o the rayon is the ceety o Goygol.

The ceety o Goygol wis foondit as the German dounset o Helenendorf in 1819 an wis renamit as Khanlar (Xanlar) in 1938.

The rayon wis established in 1930 unner the name o Khanlar, an in 1992 the territory that wis tae acome Samukh Rayon wis separatit frae Khanlar. Goygol rayon nou covers an aurie o 1,030&nbsp;km² an haes a population o 54,000. The ceety o Goygol is the lairgest toun, follaeed bi Hajimelik. Important veelages are: Balchili, Gushgara, Chayli, Mollajalilli, an Topalhasanli.

Access tae the soothren portions o the rayon is restrictit due tae its proximity tae Nagorno-Karabakh an the airmistice line thare.
## References
Agdash Rayon

**Agdash** () is a rayon in central Azerbaijan. Agdash rayon consists o Leki dounset an 72 veelages. This rayon haes a favorable economic an geographic location. Turyan River an Kura River alang Sooth-Wast border extend through the territory o the rayon. Upper Shirvan Channel an aw crosses Agdash region. This aurie is surroondit bi Tugay forests alang Kura river bank, an Turyanchay State Preservation tae the north.

Agdash ceety wis established in 16t century locatit at Eresh on the silk road. The ceety locatit at convenient geographic place haein propitious wather conditions such as mild an dry subtropical climate. The Turianchay river, the Kur river an the Shirvan Canal crosses the territory. Thare are unique tugai forests alang the Kur, which end in Turanchay naitional pairk. An aw thare are bonnie gardens in Agdash. The territory o the region mainly consists o plain, law muntain chain Bozdag, o aboot 700 m. hicht locatit on the north pairt.

## Population
Population Agdash 93.100, Azeris mak the basic population (98 %) aurie Agdash an the basic population o ceety Agdash, ither ethnic groups basicall Lezghins, Kurds, Tats, etc.

The average population density in the ceety equals tae 91 persons per square km. The distance atween Agdash rayon an caipital Baku is 249&nbsp;km.

## Economy
The core economy o the region is agricultur. Cotton-growin haes stairtit tae evolve syne the 19t century. Region haes a potential o producin 20-25 tons o cotton. Anither perspective aurie o the region is vegetable an fruit growin. Mairower, it is a priority tae develop rice-paddy growin in extremely salinity steids. Silk-wirm breedin is considered tae be ane o the auncient an traditional fields at the region.

The industry is relatively developit in the rayon. The main industrial sector o the rayon is processin. Leki Ginning Factory produces seedless raw cotton which provides 75-85% o aw regional industrial production. In addition tae that, the region haes a developed plastic material an textile industry (Khosrov Metalplastmas Plant, Agdash Industrial Plant), feud industry (Agdash Bread-Makkin Plant, Agdash Foodstuffs Plant) an production o construction materials (Kukel Brick Plant). Recently, “Orelay” an “FA com BICA” sweets production enterprises, “Arash” ceulin watter an “Arshin Malchin” textile plants hae been put intae operation in the region.

The region runs eddication, heal, social, recreational an public caterin facilities.

## References
Kukës Coonty

The **Coonty o Kukës** () is ane o the 12 coonties o Albanie.  It consists o the destricts  Has, Kukës an Tropojë an its caipital is Kukës. Tae the east, Kukës borders Kosovo, while in the extreme northwast it borders Montenegro an in the extreme sootheast it borders the Republic o Macedonie.  Domestically, it borders the follaein coonties:
*Dibër: sooth
*Lezhë: soothwast
*Shkodër: wast

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Kukes Region Tourist Guide 
* Regional Cooncil o Kukes
Shkodër Coonty

**Shkodër Coonty** () is ane o the 12 coonties o Albanie. Its makkit up o the destricts Malësi e Madhe, Pukë an Shkodër. The caipital o the coonty o Shkodër is the city o Shkodër.

In its soothwast, Shkodër Coonty haes a sma shoreline on the Adriatic Sea, an its northren mairch is the naitional boondary wi Montenegro. Domestically, it mairches the follaein coonties:
*Kukës: east
*Lezhë: sooth

## References

## See an aw
*Koman an Fierza Reservoirs Ferry

## Freemit airtins

*Shkodra & Albanian Alps Travel Guide 
*Regional Cooncil o Shkoder
Oghuz Rayon

**Oghuz** () is a *[[Admeenistrative diveesions o Azerbaijan|rayon]]* (admeenistrative diveesion, equivalent o Inglis *[[destrict]]*) o Azerbaijan. The population o the region consists o Azerbaijanis. 
The caipital, an aw renamit Oğuz, maintains three auld castles, a lot o auld mosques, some airchaeological monuments an twa attractive auld Caucasus Albanie kirks (ane nou a museum) an twa active synagogues.

## References
Denizli Province

**Denizli Province** () is a province o Turkey in Wastren Anatolie, on heich grund abuin the Aegean coast. Neighbourin provinces are Uşak tae the north, Burdur, Isparta, Afyon tae the east, Aydın, Manisa tae the wast an Muğla tae the sooth. It is locatit atween the coordinates 28° 30’ an 29° 30’ E an 37° 12’ an 38° 12’ N. It covers an aurie o 11,868&nbsp;km², an the population is 931,823. The population wis 750,882 in 1990. The provincial caipital is the ceety o Denizli.

## Destricts
Denizli province is dividit intae 19 destricts (caipital destrict in **bauld**):

*Acıpayam
*Akköy
*Babadağ
*Baklan
*Bekilli
*Beyağaç
*Bozkurt
*Buldan
*Çal
*Çameli

*Çardak
*Çivril
***[[Denizli]]**
*Güney
*Honaz
*Kale
*Sarayköy
*Serinhisar
*Tavas


## The Denizli rooster

Denizli is renouned in Turkey for haein a famous breed o cock, renouned for its appearance an colour, alang wi its prolangit an melodious crows. Great effort is taken bi the state an local fermers tae preserve the breed.  
In appearance the Denizli cock haes black een, dark grey legs, a lang neck, an a reid croun. It wechts 3-3.5&nbsp;kg, an haes a distinctive crow.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Denizli govrenor's offeecial wabsteid  
* Denizli municipality's offeecial wabsteid
Muğla Province

**Muğla Province** () is a province o Turkey, at the kintra's sooth-wastren corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its seat is **[[Muğla]]**, aboot  inland, while some o Turkey's lairgest holiday resorts, such as Bodrum, Ölüdeniz, Marmaris and Fethiye, are on the coast in Muğla. 

## Destricts
Muğla province is dividit intae 12 districts (caipital destrict in **bauld**):
*Bodrum
*Dalaman
*Datça
*Fethiye
*Kavaklıdere
*Köyceğiz
*Marmaris
*Milas
***[[Muğla]]**
*Ortaca
*Ula
*Yatağan

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Muğla govrenor's offeecial wabsteid 
* Muğla municipality's offeecial wabsteid
Aydın Province

**Aydın Province** () is a province o soothwastren Turkey, locatit in the Aegean Region. The provincial caipital is the ceety o **[[Aydın]]** which haes a population o approx. 150,000 (2000). Ither touns in the province include the simmer seaside resorts o Didim an Kuşadası.

## Geography
Neighborin provinces are Manisa tae the northeast, İzmir tae the north, Denizli tae the east, Muğla tae the sooth.

The central an wastren pairts o the province are fertile plains watered bi the lairgest river in the Aegean region the Büyük Menderes River, wi the Aydın Muntains tae the north an the Menteşe Mountains tae the sooth. The wastren end o the province is the Aegean coast wi Lake Bafa a major featur o the Menderes delta aurie. The climate is typical o the Aegean region, vera ho in simmer. The Germencik region contains a number o hot springs.

### Destricts
Aydın province is dividit intae 17 destricts:

***[[Aydin]]** (Caipital o the Province)
*Bozdoğan
*Buharkent
*Çine
*Didim
*Germencik
*Incirliova
*Karacasu
*Karpuzlu

*Koçarlı
*Köşk
*Kuşadası
*Kuyucak
*Nazilli
*Söke
*Sultanhisar
*Yenipazar

## References

## Freemit airtins

*  Aydın govrenor's offeecial wabsteid
*  Aydın municipality's offeecial wabsteid
Bingöl Province

**Bingöl Province** () is a province o Turkey in Eastren Anatolie. The province wis creatit in 1946 oot o pairts o Elazığ an Erzincan. The new province wis kent as **Çapakçur Province** till 1950. Its neighbourin provinces are Tunceli, Erzurum, Muş, Diyarbakır, Erzincan an Elazığ. The province covers an aurie o 8,125&nbsp;km² an haes a population o 255,170. The main spoken leids are Kurdish an Zazaki. The caipital is Bingöl.

## Destricts
Bingöl province is dividit intae 8 destricts (caipital destrict in **bauld**):
*Adaklı
***[[Bingöl]]**
*Genç
*Karlıova
*Kiğı
*Solhan
*Yayladere
*Yedisu

## References

## Freemit airtins

*  Bingöl govrenor's offeecial wabsteid
*  Bingöl municipality's offeecial wabsteid
*  Bingöl weather forecast information 
*  Bingöl and Solhan local news website
Elbasan Coonty

The **Coonty o Elbasan** () is ane o the 12 coonties o Albanie.  It consists o the destricts  Elbasan, Gramsh, Librazhd an Peqin an its caipital is Elbasan.

Much o Elbasan's eastren border is wi the Republic o Macedonie.  Domestically, it borders the follaein coonties:
*Dibër: north
*Korçë: sootheast
*Berat: sooth
*Fier: soothwast
*Tirana: northwast

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Regional Cooncil o Elbasan
Korçë Coonty

The **Coonty o Korçë** () is ane o the 12 coonties o Albanie, locatit in the eastren pairt o the kintra.  It is the lairgest coonty o Albanie an consists o the destricts Devoll, Kolonjë, Korçë an Pogradec an its caipital is Korçë.

Korçë's eastren mairch is an aw Albanie's eastren border, as the coonty borders the Republic o Macedonie tae the northeast an Greece tae the sootheast.  Domestically, it borders on Gjirokastër Coonty (soothwast). Berat Coonty (wast) an Elbasan Coonty (northwast).

Topographically, maist o Korçë Coonty is elevatit, includin the Gramos range, which forms the connection atween the Scardus tae the north an the Pindus range tae the sooth.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Regional Cooncil o Korçë 
*Korçë Coonty Tourist Guide
*Kolonja Destrict Tourist Guide
Gjirokastër Coonty

**Gjirokastër Coonty** () is ane o the 12 coonties o Albanie.  It consists o the destricts Gjirokastër, Përmet, an Tepelenë an its caipital is Gjirokastër. Its population includes a substantial Greek minority.  Tae the sootheast, Gjirokastër shares a border wi Greece. Domestically, it borders the follaein coonties:

*Berat: north
*Korçë: east
*Vlorë: wast
*Fier: northwast

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Gjirokastra Region Travel Guide
Šumadija Destrict

The **Šumadija Destrict** (Шумадијски округ, *Šumadijski okrug*) is locatit in the central pairt o Serbie. It haes a population o 290,900, an the destrict seat is the ceety o Kragujevac. It is namit efter the lairger region o Šumadija.

## Municipalities
Šumadija Destrict is dividit intae 6 municipalities an Ceety o Kragujevac, which is dividit intae 5 municipalities:
Municipalities o the destrict are:
*Aranđelovac
*Topola
*Rača
*Batočina
*Knić
*Lapovo

Ceety o Kragujevac is dividit intae municipalities o:
*Aerodrom
*Pivara
*Stanovo
*Stari Grad
*Stragari

## Ethnic groups (2002 census)

*Serbs: 291,005
*Roma: 1,606

## Cultur an history
In the vicinity o Kragujevac staund several medieval monasteries, includin the Annunciation monastery Divostin frae the thirteent century; the St. Nicholas monastery, believit tae hae existit at the time o the Battle o Kosovo in 1389; an the Drača monastery frae unkent times.

In 1833 the Kragujevac Grammar School, the first Serb-leid grammar schuil sooth o the Sava an Danube rivers, wis foondit in Kragujevac. Ower the last fifty years this ceety o Serbie schuilin haes borne a seembol o grief: in the Memorial Pairk in Šumarice staunds a monument tae the pupils an teachers o this grammar schuil who wur executit in World War II. Seekin tae set a frichtenin ensaumple for aw Serbie, German fascists executit 7,000 ceetizens in Kragujevac ower the course o a single day, 21 October 1941. Amang them wur aboot 300 pupils an 18 teachers, includin 15 boys frae the ages o 8 tae 15.

## Economy
The day Kragujevac is a modren industrial centre o Serbie. The maist famous business is the Zastava caur factory, nou pairt o FIAT, which producit the famous Yugo automobile. An aw prominent are the "21 Oktobar" factory which produces spare caur pairts, an the Zastava Arms fireairms manufacturer.

## See an aw

*Destricts o Serbie
*Šumadija
North Bačka Destrict

**North Bačka Destrict** (Serbie: Севернобачки округ, *Severnobački okrug*; ; ; Bunjevac: *Sivernobački okrug*; ; Rusyn: *Сивернобачки окрух*; ) is a northren destrict o Serbie. It lees in the Bačka region in the autonomous province o Vojvodina. It haes a population o 185,552. The seat o the destrict is Subotica.

## Municipalities
The North Bačka Destrict comprises three municipalities an 45 local communities.

The municipalities are:
*Subotica (Hungarian: *Szabadka*)
*Bačka Topola (Hungarian: *Topolya*)
*Mali Iđoš (Hungarian: *Kishegyes*)

## Releegions an Churches
Subotica is a multi-ethnic an multi-releegious center; in addition tae the major Roman Catholic an Serb Orthodox communities, there are nearly thirty ither sma-size releegious communities in the toun. The maist remarkable releegious biggins are the Cathedral o St Teresa o Avila from 1797, the Franciscan Monastery from 1723, the Orthodox Kirk frae the 18t century, the Synagogue an Orthodox Kirk in Aleksandrovo, baith frae the 17t century.

## Economy
In keepin wi its vera rich resources, the region's fuid processin industry is well developit. The best examples are  "29 novembar" meat industry, "Pionir" Sweets Factory an "Fidelinka" bread an flour products factory. Subotica ranks amang the leadin communities in Serbie when it comes tae crop (maize, wheat an sunflouer) yields.
Haemorrhage

**Haemorrhage** is a five-piece goregrind baund frae Madrid, Spain.

## History
Formit in 1990 as *Devourment*, Haemorrhage began its life as a trio, wi Jose on bass an vocals, Luisma on guitar, an Emilio on drums, tho this anerlie lastit till the simmer o 1991, when Emilio left the baund. The group suin reformit, this time as duo, wi Luisma again playin the role o guitarist an Jose takkin ower as drummer, wi baith performin vocals, an released thair first demo as Haemorrhage, *Grotesque Embryopathology*. Near the end o 1993, Lugubrious an Ramon jynt the baund as vocalist an bassist, respectively. Atween 1994 an 1995, Haemorrhage recordit a seiven sang promo tape, which wis sent tae Morbid Records an resultit in a twa-album contract, walcomit guitarist Ana, an recordit thair first release, *Emetic Cult*. Housomeivver, Jose left in the follaein year due tae personal issues an wis replacit bi Rojas. Efter releasin five studio albums on Morbid Records the baund get signed tae Relapse Records which put oot thair new disc "Hospital Carnage".

Haemorrhage are, lik mony goregrind baunds, hivily influencit bi Carcass, yet still hae an identity aw thair awn. Live shows teepically featur baund members sportin surgeon's ootfits an vocalist Lugubrious covered in bluid, which is common in goregrind an daith metal scenes. Airtwirk is amaist exclusively done bi guitarist Luisma.

## Members

*Luisma&mdash;guitar, vocals
*Ramon&mdash;bass
*Lugubrious&mdash;vocals
*Ana&mdash;guitar
*Jose&mdash;drums

## Discography
### Studio albums
**Emetic Cult* (1995)
**Grume* (1996)
**Anatomical Inferno* (1998)
**Scalpel, Scissors, and Other Forensic Instruments* (2000)
**Loathesongs* (2001)
**Morgue Sweet Home* (2002)
**Apology for Pathology* (2006)
**Haematology-the singles collection*(2008)
**Hospital Carnage* (2011)

### Demos, singles an EPs
**Grotesque Embryopathology* Demo (1992)
**Obnoxious* Split wi Christ Denied (1994)
*Split wi Exhumed (1995)
*Split wi Damnable (1996)
**Grind Over Europe ’96* Split wi Clotted Symmetric Sexual Organ/Dead Infection (1996)
**The Cadaverous Carnival* Split wi Denak (1998)
**Surgery for the Dead* Split wi Groinchurn (1998)
*Split with Ingrowing (1999)
**Rotten to the Gore* Split wi Embolism/Suffocate/Obliterate (2000)
**Do You Still Believe in Hell?* Split wi Gonkulator (2001)
**Dawn in the Rotting Czech* Split wi Mastic Scum (2001)
**Live in the Morgue* Split wi Depression (2001)
*Split with WTN (2002)
**Dementia Rex* split with Impaled (2003)
**Live to Dissect* Split wi Terrorism (2004)
**Feasting on Purulence* Split wi Nunslaughter (2005)
**Furtive Dissection* split wi Embalming Theatre (2006)
**Chainsaw Necrotomy* split wi Dead (2008)
**In Gore we trust* split wi Dead Infection (2009)
**Morgue Metal" split* wi Disgorge (2011)
*''Hospital Thieves" split wi Gruesome Stuff Relish (2011)

## External links
* Offeecial Haemorrhage wabsteid 
* Offeecial Haemorrhage Myspace profile
* Haemorrhage Interview at Diabolical Conquest Webzine
* Morbid Records
Erzincan Province

**Erzincan Province** () is a province in the eastren region o Anatolia, Turkey, an hame tae Erzincan, a ceety which wis destroyed an rebuilt efter an earthquake o magnitude 7.9 on 27 December 1939. The population is 224,949 as o 2010.

## Geography
Erzincan is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.

## Destricts

Erzincan province is dividit intae 9 destricts (caipital destrict in **bauld**):
*Çayırlı
***[[Erzincan]]**
*İliç
*Kemah
*Kemaliye
*Otlukbeli
*Refahiye
*Tercan
*Üzümlü

## See an aw
*1939 Erzincan earthquake

## References

## Freemit airtins

*  Erzincan govrenor's offeecial wabsteid
*  Erzincan municipality's offeecial wabsteid
*  Erzincan weather forecast information
Udmurtie

The **Udmurt Republic** (, *Udmurtskaya Respublika*; ), kent as **Udmurtie** (, *Udmurtiya*) an aw, is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic). Its caipital is the ceety o Izhevsk. Population: 1,521,420 (2010 Census).

## Notes

## Freemit airtins

*  Offeecial wabsteid o the Udmurt Republic 
*  Offeecial wabsteid o the Izhevsk State Medical Academy 
* Offeecial wabsteid o the State Copncil o the Udmurt Republic 
* Offeecial wabsteid o the Izhevsk State Technical University
*Offeecial wabsteid o the Udmurt State University 
*   National Library of Udmurt Republic
Izhevsk

**Izhevsk** (; , *Iž, Ižkar*) is the caipital ceety o the Udmurt Republic, Roushie, situatit on the Izh River in the Wastren Urals. Population: 

Frae 1984 tae 1987 Izhevsk carriet the name **Ustinov** (, in honour o Meenister o Defense o the USSR, Marshal o the Soviet Union, Dmitry Ustinov). The ceety is an important industrial center, an is the economic, industrial an admeenistrative hub o the republic. Izhevsk is especially notit for its military industry, wi Roushie's biggest munitions enterprise, Izhmash, manufacturer o the AK-47, based in the ceety.

## Internaitional relations
*Izhevsk is a pilot ceety o the Cooncil o Europe an the EU **[[Intercultural ceeties]]** programme.

### Twin touns/sister ceeties

Izhevsk is twinned wi the follaein sister ceeties:

## References

## Freemit airtins

*  Offeecial wabsteid o Izhevsk
Mari El

The **Mari El Republic** (, *Respublika Mariy El*; Mari: , *Marii El Respublic*) is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic). Its caipital is the ceety o Yoshkar-Ola. Population: 696,459 (2010 Census).

## References

## Further readin
*Daniel Kalder.  *Lost Cosmonaut: Observations of an Anti-tourist*
Arkhangelsk Oblast

**Arkhangelsk Oblast** (, *Arkhangelskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). It includes the Arctic airchipelagos o Franz Josef Land an Novaya Zemlya, as well as the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea.

Arkhangelsk Oblast an aw haes admeenistrative jurisdiction ower Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Nenetsie). Includin Nenetsie, Arkhangelsk Oblast haes an aurie o 587,400km². Population (includin Nenetsie): 1,227,626 (2010 Census).

The ceety o Arkhangelsk, wi a population o 348,716 as o the 2010 Census, is the admeenistrative center o the oblast. The seicont lairgest ceety is the nearbi  Severodvinsk, hame tae Sevmash, the main shipyard for the Roushie Navy.

Amang the auldest ceeties o the region are Kholmogory, Kargopol, an Solvychegodsk; thare are a nummer o Roushie Orthodox monasteries, includin the Antoniev Siysky Monastery an the Warld Heritage Steid o the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome is ane o three spaceports in Roushie (the ither twa are Kapustin Yar in Astrakhan Oblast an Svobodny in Amur Oblast).

## References
### Notes

### Soorces
* 

## Freemit airtins

* Offeecial wabsteid o Arkhangelsk Oblast 
*
*
Murmansk

**Murmansk** (; ; ; ) is a ceety an the admeenistrative centre o Murmansk Oblast, Roushie. It serves as a seaport an is locatit in the extreme northwast pairt o Roushie, on the Kola Bay,  frae the Barents Sea on the northren shore o the Kola Peninsulae, no far frae Roushie's borders wi Norawa an Finland. Population:  Despite its rapidly declinin population, Murmansk remains the lairgest ceety north o the Airctic Circle.

## Twin touns/sister ceeties
Murmansk is twinned or haes sister ceety relationships wi:

## References
### Notes

## Freemit airtins

*Murmansk: Info, News, Photo 
*Murmansk: on-line map, ceety guide
Murmansk Oblast

**Murmansk Oblast** (, *Murmanskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast), locatit in the northwastren pairt o Roushie. Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Murmansk. Population: 795,409 (2010 Census).

## References

## Sources
*

## Freemit airtins
*
*Info server o Murmansk Oblast
*News Steid o Murmansk Oblast
Perm Krai

**Perm Krai** (, *Permsky kray*) is a federal subject o Roushie (a krai) that came intae existence on December&nbsp;1, 2005 as a result o the 2004 referendum on the merger o Perm Oblast an Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. The ceety o Perm is the admeenistrative center. Population: 2,635,276 (2010 Census).

Komi-Permyak Okrug retained its autonomous status athin Perm Krai durin the transitional period o 2006–2008. It an aw retained a budget separate frae that o the krai, keepin aw federal transfers. Stairtin in 2009, Komi-Permyak Okrug's budget became subject tae the budgetin law o Perm Krai. The transitional period wis implementit in pairt acause Komi-Permyak Okrug relees hivily on federal subsidies, an an abrupt cut wad hae been detrimental tae its economy.

## References

## Sources
*

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial wabsteid o Perm Krai  
*Perm Chamber o Commerce an Industry 
*Perm State University 
*Tourist Resources o Perm Krai
Chechnie

The **Chechen Republic** (; , *Chechenskaya Respublika*; , *Noxçiyn Respublika*), commonly referred tae as **Chechnie** (; , *Chechnya*; , *Noxçiyçö*), an aw spelt *Chechenie*, sometimes referred tae as **Ichkerie** (), is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic). It is locatit in the sootheastren pairt o Europe in the Northren Caucasus muntains. The caipital o the republic is the ceety o Grozny. Population: 1,268,989 (2010 Census).

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Offeecial steid o the Republic o Chechnie 
*
*AlertNet Chechnya an the North Caucasus
Grozny

**Grozny** (; , *Sölƶa-Gala*, or , *Ƶovxar*) is the caipital ceety o the Chechnie, Roushie. The ceety lees on the Sunzha River. Bi the wey o the preliminary ootcome o the 2010 Census, the ceety haed a population o 271,596; up from&nbsp;210,720 recordit in the 2002 Census, up frae 210,720 recordit in the 2002 Census. but still juist aboot twa-thirds o 399,688 recordit in the 1989 Census.

## Internaitional relations
### Twin touns an sister ceeties
Grozny is twinned wi:

## References
### Bibliography
*Olga Oliker, *Russia's Chechen Wars 1994-2000: Lessons from Urban Combat*. (Santa Monica CA: RAND Arroyo Center, 2001)

### Notes
Orenburg Oblast

**Orenburg Oblast** (, *Orenburgskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Orenburg. Frae 1938 tae 1957, it bore the name *Chkalov Oblast* () in honour o Valery Chkalov. Population: 2,033,072 (2010 Census).

## Geography
The maist important river o the oblast is the Ural.

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

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## Demographics
**Population**: 

Accordin tae the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition o the oblast wis as follaes:
*Roushies: 75.9%
*Tatars: 7.6%
*Kazakhs: 6%
*Ukrainians: 2.5%
*Bashkirs: 2.3%
*Mordvinians: 1.9%
*Germans: 0.6%
*Chuvash: 0.6%
*Belaroushies: 0.3%
*Azeris: 0.4%
*ither groups, nane mair nor 0.2% o the population
*30,449 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.

## Releegion

The main releegion is Orthodox Christianity, while a minority is Muslim.

## Economy
Orenburg Oblast is ane o the major agricultural auries o Roushie. Its climate is favorable for fermin: humid spring, dry simmer an a lairge nummer o sunny days mak perfect conditions for cultivatin haurd wheat an rye, sunflowers, potatoes, peases, beans, corn, an gourds.

The range o the oblast's export commodities includes: ile an ile products, gas an gas producit products, rolled ferrous an nan-ferrous metals, nickel, asbestos, chromium compunds, rough copper, electric ingines, radiators, products o machine-biggin industry.

## References
Yakhroma

**Yakhroma** () is a toun in Dmitrovsky Destrict o Moscow Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the Yakhroma River,  north o Moscow. Population: 

Yakhroma wis foondit in 1841 as a dounset servicin a local cloth factory on the Yakroma River. In 1901, Yakhroma railwey station (Moscow (Savyolovsky) - Kimry (Savyolovo) line) wis biggit near the dounset, which later adoptit the same name. It wis grantit toun status in 1940.

## References
Krasnodar Krai

**Krasnodar Krai** (, *Krasnodarsky kray*) is a federal subject o Roushie (a krai), locatit in the Soothren Federal Destrict. Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Krasnodar. Population: 5,226,647 (2010 Census).

## Notes

## References
*
*

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial wabsteid o Krasnodar Krai  
*News an events o Krasnodar Krai 
*Krasnodar Photographs
Buryatie

The **Republic o Buryatie** (; ) is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic). Its caipital is the ceety o Ulan-Ude. Its area is  with a population of 972,021 (2010 Census).

## References

## Soorces
*

## Forder readin
*

## Freemit airtins

*Official website of the Republic of Buryatia 
* Official website of the Republic of Buryatia 
*Official website of the Republic of Buryatia  (in Buryat)
* Buryatia.org, steid anent life in the Republic of Buryatia
Irkutsk Oblast

**Irkutsk Oblast** (, *Irkutskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast), locatit in sootheastren Siberie in the basins o Angara River, Lena, an Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The admeenistrative center is the ceety o Irkutsk. Population: 2,428,750 (2010 Census).

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Kommersant.com . Information aboot Irkutsk Oblast.
Bashkortostan

The **Republic o Bashkortostan** (, *Respublika Bashkortostan*; , *Başqortostan Respublikahı*), kent anaw as **Bashkiria** (, *Bashkiriya*) is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic). It is locatit atween the Volga River an the Ural Muntains. Its caipital is the ceety o Ufa. Population: 4,072,292 (2010 Census).

## Terminology
"Bashkortostan" derives frae the name o the Bashkir ethnic group an the Persie suffix -stan (an endin common tae mony Central Asie kintras).

## References

## Sources
*
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## External links

*Official website of Bashkortostan  
*The President of Republic of Bashkortostan 
*"Bashinform" news agency
*Official website on the 450th anniversary of Bashkortostan's voluntary joining Russia 
*International presentation of Bashkortostan Republic in UNESCO 
*Bashkortostan export portal
Mordovie

The **Republic o Mordovie** (, *Respublika Mordoviya*; Moksha/Erzya: Мордовия Республикась, *Mordoviya Respublikas*), kent as **Mordvinie** anaw, is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic). Its caipital is the ceety o Saransk. Population: 834,755 (2010 Census).

## References
### Notes

### Sources
*

## Freemit airtins

*   International Relations Office of Mordovian State University 
*Offeecial wabsteid o the Republic o Mordovie
Saratov Oblast

**Saratov Oblast** (, *Saratovskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast), locatit in the Volga Federal Destrict. Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Saratov. Population: 2,521,892 (2010 Census).

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial wabsteid o Saratov Oblast .
Astrakhan Oblast

**Astrakhan Oblast** (, *Astrakhanskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Astrakhan. Population: 1,010,073 (2010 Census).

## Geography
Astrakhan is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## Demographics

*Population*: 

;Ethnic groups
Accordin tae the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition wis:
*Roushie 67.6%
*Kazakh 16.3%
*Tatar 6.6%
*Ukrainian 0.9%
*Nogay 0.8%
*Chechen 0.8%
*Azeri 0.9%
*Kalmyk 0.7%
*Armenie 0.6%
*Roma 0.6%
*Avar 0.5%
*Lezgin 0.5%
*Dargin 0.5%
*Belarusians 0.3%
*Others 2.4%
*95,217 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.
*Births (2008): 14,200 (14.2 per 1000)
*Daiths (2008): 13,660 (13.6 per 1000) http://www.oblstat.astranet.ru/astrobl/nasel/nasel-oper.htm 

## History
Astrakhan Govrenorate (*[[guberniya]]*) o the Roushie Empire wis creatit in 22t o the  Nowember 1717 year bi Peter the Great. It wis on the soothwastren frontier o the empire an wis kent as Astrakhan krai.

As o 1917, it bordered Saratov, Samara, an Stavropol Govrenorates, Don Cossack Voisko, Ural Cossack Host, Terek Oblast, an the Caspian Sea. It includit the Kalmyk steppe an Kyrgyz steppe.

Syne 1919 the geography o the guberniya/oblast haes been chyngit mony times. It assumed its present form in 1957.

## See an aw
*Astrakhan Khanate
*Muisic o Astrakhan
*Elections in Astrakhan Oblast

## References

## Sources
*
*"Astrakhan Oblast. A Reference on Administrative-Territorial Subdivision, 1918-1983", Volgograd, 1984, in Roushie. ("Астраханская область. Справочник по административно-территориальному делению, 1918-1983 гг." Волгоград: Ниж.-Волж. кн. изд-во, 1984.&nbsp;– 336 с.)

## External links

* Offeecial wabsteid o Astrakhan Oblast 
* The Book of Memory of Victims of Political Represions of Astrakhan Oblast , a leet o 10,955 names repressed in Astrakhan Oblast in 1918-1986.
Krasnoyarsk Krai

**Krasnoyarsk Krai** () is a federal subject o Roushie (a krai). It is the seicont lairgest federal subject efter the Sakha Republic, Roushie's lairgest krai an the third lairgest subnaitional govrenin body bi aurie in the warld, occupeein an aurie o , whilk is 13% o the kintra's tot territory. The admeenistrative center o the krai is the ceety o Krasnoyarsk. Population: 2,828,187 (2010 Census).

## Notes and references

### Sources
* 

## Freemit airtins

*Putorana Plateau at Natural Heritage Protection Fund
*Пантелеев В. НА ПЕРЕЛОМЕ: Аркадий Вепрев у руля. Победа Валерия Зубова на губернаторских выборах//Красноярский рабочий.- 2011. - №145.- 19 августа.
Qazakh Rayon

**Qazakh** (; kent as **Kazakh** or **Gazakh** anaw) is a rayon o Azerbaijan. It haes twa exclave ben Armenie, Yukhari Askipara an Barkhudarli, baith came unner Armenie control in the Nagorno-Karabakh War. 

## Demographics
Azeris 99.8% (84.399) 

## Footnotes

## Freemit airtins
* Executive Power of Qazakh District (Rayon) -- in Azeri
*
Kyrenia

**Kyrenia** (, ) is a toun on the northren coast o Cyprus, notit for its historic harbour an castle. Internaitionally recognised as pairt o the Republic o Cyprus, Kyrenia haes been unner Turkis control syne the Turkis invasion o Cyprus in 1974. Ance predominantly inhabitit bi Greek Cypriots, Kyrenia's population consists nou lairgely o Turkis Cypriots an settlers frae Turkey.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Kyrenia municipality
*Kyrenia.EU
*Where is Kyrenia