open-index/open-wikipedia-markdown huggingface dataset:
Deir al-Asad

**Deir al-Asad** () is a veelage in the Galilee region o Israel, 49 kilometres frae Haifa. It is locatit abuin al-Araas muntain. Aw the residents are Muslims. The nummer o the residents in 2003 wis approximately 8,400.

## History
Deir al-Asad's name literally means "the lion's monastery" in Arabic. In the late 19t century, it wis describit as a veelage o 600 Muslims, containin a few ruins. It wis surroondit bi olive-trees an arable land, wi a spring nearby.

The toun is maistly populatit bi the Asadi an Dabbah faimilies. Accordin tae the 1931 Breetish census, Deir al-Asad haed 858 Muslim residents livin in 179 hooses. Bi 1945, Deir el Asad haed 1,100 indwallers, aw classifee'd as Arabs. Thay awned a tot o 8,366 dunams o land, while 7 dunams wur public.

Palestinian naitional poet Mahmoud Darwish wis educatit in the veelage. The veelage providit sanctuary tae Uri Davis for a year while he wis evadin airmy service.

Afore 1962 the veelage o Deir al-Asad wis self-sufficient in fuid. It producit enough meat, fruit, wheat an vegetables for itsel an sauld the surplus in Acre or Nazareth. In 1962 its land in the Majd al-Kurum valley wis confiscated for the Carmiel toun project, an the veelage wis tharebi stripped o its maist fertile acres. Anerlie the hill land tae the north, consistin mainly o olive groves, remained. In ane blow the economy o Deir al-Asad wis ruined. The day anerlie 10% o the labour force can wirk on the land, ower 80% hae tae commute daily tae the factories o Haifa or wirk as labourers on Jewish ferms.

In 2003, the municipality o Deir al-Asad mergit wi Majd al-Krum an Bi'ina tae form the ceety o Shaghur. Housomeivver, it wis reinstatit in 2008 efter Shaghur wis dissolvit.

## References

## Bibliography

* 
* Conder, Claude Reignier an H.H. Kitchener (1881): *[http://www.archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp01conduoft The Survey of Western Palestine: memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology].* Lunnon:Committee o the Palestine Exploration Fund. **vol 1**, cairt III
* 
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* Palmer, E. H. (1881): *[http://www.archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft The survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English name lists collected during the survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and explained by E.H. Palmer.]* 
*  .p.80 -92
Basmat Tab'un

**Basmat Tab'un** (; ) is a Bedouin local cooncil in the North Destrict o Israel. It wis declared as a local cooncil in 1965. Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS) it haed a population o 6,300 in 2006, wi a growth rate o 3.3%. The majority o the citizens o Basmat Tab'un are Bedouin Muslims.

## See an aw

*Leet o Arab localities in Israel
Ka'abiyye-Tabbash-Hajajre

**Ka'abiyye-Tabbash-Hajajre** is an Arab local cooncil in the North Destrict o Israel. It wis declared as a local cooncil in 1996. Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), it haed a population o 4,100 inhabitants in 2006. The rate o growth o the population is 1.8%. The majority o the citizens o the veelage are Muslims.

## See an aw
*Leet o Arab localities in Israel
Irvine Welsh

**Irvine Welsh** (born in Leith, Embra) is a Scots writer o novels, plays an short stories. His beuk Trainspotting wis makkit intae a film. His writin is weel-kent for uisin a strang Embra Scots byleid his hersh acconts o Embra life.

Welsh has publisht 11 novel and fower short story collection. His warks include:

**[[Trainspotting (novel)|Trainspotting]]* (1993)
**Marabou Stork Nightmares* (1995)
**Filth* (1998)
**Glue* (2001)
**Porno* (2002)
**The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs* (2006)
**Crime* (2008)
**Skagboys* (2012)
**The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins* (2014)
**A Decent Ride* (2015)
* *The Blade Artist* (2016)
* *Dead Men's Trousers* (2018)
In 2021, a telly adaptation o' his novel *Crime* wis launched in th' uk as a 6-episode series. This is th' foremaist telly adaptation ever made oot o' a book by Irvine Welsh.

## References

## Relatit airticles
*''Trainspotting'' (film)
Timișoara

**Timișoara** (; , an aw umwhile *Temeschburg* or *Temeschwar*, , , , ) is the caipital ceety o Timiș Coonty, in wastren Romanie. Ane o the lairgest Romanie ceeties, wi a population o 331,927 indwallers (the third maist populous ceety in the kintra, as o 2016), an considered the informal caipital ceety o the historical region o Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic an cultural center in the wastren pairt o Romanie.

## Twin touns — sister ceeties
Timișoara haes 15 twin touns an sister ceeties, as leetit belaw:

## References/Notes

## Freemit airtins
* Ceety o Timișoara Hamepage
Negură Bunget

**Negură Bunget** is a black metal baund frae Timișoara, Romanie.

## Baund members
### Current line-up
*Stefan - vocals (December 2011 -)
*Urzit - guitar (2010 -)
*Fulmineos - guitar, vocals (2010- 2011, 2011 -)
*Gadinet - bass (Julie 2009 -)
*Inia Dinia - keybuirds (Julie 2006 -)
*Negru - drums, percussion (1994 -)

### Umwhile members
*Hupogrammos (Dordeduh) - guitars, vocals, bass, keybuirds, archaic instruments (1994–2009)
*Sol'Faur (Dordeduh)- guitars (an aw bass, keybuirds, backin vocals) (1997–2009)

*Ageru Pământului - percussions, archaic instruments, vocals (Julie 2009 - 2011)
*Corb - vocals, guitars (Julie 2009 - August 2010)
*Spin - guitars (Julie 2009 - Julie 2010)

#### Umwhile live members
*Ermit (Ursu) - bass (1999–2007)
*Nǎval (Vapern) - keybuirds (1996–2006), bass (2007)
*Arioch - bass (2007 - June 2009)
*Ageru Pământului - percution, traditional instr. (2004 - June 2009)
*Daniel Dorobanțu - (Thy Veils) - keybuirds (1997–1998)
*Andrei Popa - guitar (September - December 2005)
*Iedera - keybuirds (2005–2006)
*Necuratul - (Vokodlok) - percussion (2003)
*Aiwazz Vallach - keybuirds (1995)

## Discografie
### Albums

* *[[Zîrnindu-să]]*, 1996
* *[[Măiastru Sfetnic]]*, 2000
* *[['N Crugu Bradului]]*, 2002
* *[[OM (Negură Bunget album)|OM]]*, 2006
* *Măiestrit, 2010 (re-recordin o Măiastru Sfetnic)
* *Vîrstele Pamîntului*, 2010
* *Tău*, 2015
* *Zi*, 2016
* *Zău*, 2021

===EPs===
* *Sala Molksa*, 1998
* *Inarborat Kosmos*, 2005
* *Poarta De Dincolo*, 2011

===Demos===
* *From Transilvanian Forest*, 1995

=== Live ===
**Focul Viu* (2011)

===Box Sets===
* *Negură Bunget Box*, 2004

==Relatit projects/bands==
**Negura Magazine / Negura Music*: central European ideological magazine, o which Negru is the chief editor.
**Makrothumia*: [[progressive metal|progressive]] /  [[doom metal|doom]] [[daith metal]] baund formit in 1994, o which Hupogrammos an Negru wur foondin members.
**Dordeduh* baund formit in Juin 2009 bi Hupogrammos an Sol Faur.
**Din Brad project o Negru.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Negură Bunget offeecial wabsteid 
* Negură Bunget Music
* 
*Code666 Records 
*Prophecy/Lupus Lounge Records
Meldrum

**Meldrum** is a multi-naitional hivy metal baund formit bi ex-Phantom Blue guitarist Michelle Meldrum.

## History
American guitarist Michelle Meldrum stairtit her first baund Wargod wi Strapping Young Lad drummer Gene Hoglan, later goin on tae form Phantom Blue, wi whom she released twa albums an an EP atween 1989 an 1993.

Meldrum wis formit in Stockholm, Swaden in late 1999 wi Hasse Sjölander on the drums, who wis later replacit bi Fredrik Haake. Thay recordit thair debut album *[[Loaded Mental Cannon]]* in 2000, but due tae trouble wi the record company, the album wisna released till 2001. Guest muisickers includit Brian Robertson, Marcel Jacob an John Norum, who wis Meldrum's husband an aw.

In 2005 thay toured for three month wi Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society, appearin in sauld oot venues athort the Unitit States an Europe. In the hairst o 2005 Meldrum jynt Motörhead as special guests on thair 30t anniversary tour throughoot Europe.

Thair seicont album, *[[Blowin' Up the Machine]]* (producit bi Toby Wright), wis released throu Frontiers in Europe on 11 Mey 2007, an in the U.S. on 11 September 2007.  Motörhead's Lemmy, Gene Hoglan, an umwhile Phantom Blue drummer Linda McDonald aw guest on the album.

On 18 Mey 2008, Meldrum wis rushed tae St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, Californie, in creetical condeetion. Three days later, on Wadensday, 21 Mey , she dee'd as a result o a cystic growthe that haed restrictit oxygen an bluid flow tae her brain, renderin her braindeid.

Michelle haed juist completit writin an recordin Meldrum's third album *[[Lifer (Meldrum album)|Lifer]]* wi drummer Gene Hoglan, alang wi the group's latest additions, Michele Madden (vocals) an Laura Christine (bass). The survivin baund members planned the release o the CD later in 2009 in tribute tae thair fawen bandmate.

On 26 Mey 2009, Meldrum, alang wi umwhile vocalist Moa Holmsten, pairticipatit in a memorial concert in Hollywood, Californie, for the benefit o Michelle's faimily.

## Memmers
### Current
*Michele Madden – vocals (2008 - present)
*Laura Christine – guitar (2009 - present), bass guitar (2008 - 2009)
*Frida Ståhl – bass guitar (1999 - 2008, 2009 - present)
*Gene Hoglan – drums (2008 - present)

### Umwhile
*Hasse Sjölander – drums (1999 - 2001)
*Moa Holmsten – vocals (1999 - 2008)
*Fredrik Haake – drums (2001 - 2008)
*Michelle Meldrum – guitar (1999 - 2008)

## Discografie
* *[[Loaded Metal Cannon]]* (2001)
* *[[Blowin' Up the Machine]]* (2007)
* *[[Lifer (Meldrum album)|Lifer]]* (2012)

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial Wabsteid 
* Offeecial MySpace Profile
* Offeecial YouTube Channel
Wishae

**Wishae** (, ) is a toun an umwhile burgh in North Lanrikshire, Scotland. It is on the edge o the River Clyde, 15 mile (24&nbsp;km) sooth-east o Glesga.

The main auries o Wishaw are: Cambusnethan, Coltness, Craigneuk, Gowkthrapple, Dimsdale, Greenhead, Wishawhill, Netherton, Pather an Waterloo. There are twa adjoinin veelages, aften includit as pairt o the toun for administrative purposes: Overtown an Newmains.

Wishaw haes lang livit in the shadae o its bigger an better kent neighbour, Mitherwall, wi which it formit the joint lairge burgh in 1920, the Burgh o Mitherwell an Wishae, till its dissolution when Scottis local authorities wur restructurit in 1975.

## Location grid


## References
Arad

**Arad** mey refer tae:

## Places
### Places in Bahrain
* Arad, Bahrain, a veelage in Al Muharraq Govrenorate
* Arad Fort, locatit on Arad shore, Bahrain

### Places in Israel
* Arad, Israel, a ceety
* Tel Arad, the remains o the auncient ceety o Arad

### Places in Iran
* Arad, Iran, a ceety in Fars Province, Iran
* Arad, Tehran, a veelage in Tehran Province, Iran
* Arad Destrict, an admeenistrative subdiveesion of Fars Province
* Arad General Hospital in Tehran, Iran

### Places in Romanie
* Arad, Romanie, the main ceety of Arad Coonty
** The 13 Martyrs o Arad, 19t century generals who wur executit in Arad, then pairt o Hungary
* Arad Coonty, at the wastren edge o Transylvanie (Crişana-Banat), Romanie
* Arad Coonty (umwhile), a historical county of Austro-Hungarian Empire

## Fowk
**Fowk in Israel**

* Avi Arad, current CEO o Marvel Studios
* Ron Arad, multiple fowk
* Roy Arad, Israeli journalist, poet an airtist
* Yael Arad (born 1967), Israeli judoka an first Israeli tae win an Olympic medal
* Yitzhak Arad, Israeli historian o the Holocaust

## Acronyms
* ARAD, an acronym for Associate o the Royal Academy of Dance, a dance education an training organisation
Cam Ye O'er Frae France

**Cam Ye O'er frae France** is a Scots mockin fowk sang frae the time o the Jacobite Uprisins.

## Leerics

Cam ye o'er frae France? Cam ye down by Lunnon?
Saw ye Geordie Whelps and his bonny woman?
Were ye at the place ca'd the Kittle Housie?
Saw ye Geordie's grace riding on a goosie?

Geordie, he's a man there is little doubt o't;
He's done a' he can, wha can do without it?
Down there came a blade linkin' like my lordie;
He wad drive a trade at the loom o' Geordie.

Though the claith were bad, blythly may we niffer;
Gin we get a wab, it makes little differ.
We hae tint our plaid, bannet, belt and swordie,
Ha's and mailins braid—but we hae a Geordie!

Jocky's gane to France and Montgomery's lady;
There they'll learn to dance: Madam, are ye ready?
They'll be back belyve belted, brisk and lordly;
Brawly may they thrive to dance a jig wi' Geordie!

Hey for Sandy Don! Hey for Cockolorum!
Hey for Bobbing John and his Highland Quorum!
Mony a sword and lance swings at Highland hurdie;
How they'll skip and dance o'er the bum o' Geordie!

(Repeat first verse)

## References

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/prescotj/data/music/camyeoer.html
Daşbaşı, Jabrayil

**Daşbaşı** (an aw, **Dashbashi**, **Dashbashy**, an **K’araglukh**) is a veelage in the Jabrayil Rayon o Azerbaijan.

## References
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Greyfriars Bobby

**Greyfriars Bobby** wis a Skye tarrie or dandie dinmont tarrie dug that became weel-kent in 19t century Edinburgh fur supposedly spendin 14 year gairdin the graff o his awner till he dee'd hissel on 14 Januar 1872.

He belanged tae John Gray, a nichtwatchman that got Bobby tae keep him company durin his shifts.
Daemonologie

***Daemonologie*** (full name *Daemonologie, In Forme of a Dialogie, Diuided into three Bookes. By James Rx*) is a beuk scrieved an publisht in 1597 bi James VI, Keeng o Scots (James I o Ingland). It is the furst kent screivins anent werewolfs in Scots.

## References
Caber toss

The **caber toss** is a traditional Scots sport whaur kempers toss a big powl cried a "caber" (/ˈkeɪbə/), ordinar duin at the Hieland gemmes. The caber is uisually makit frae a larick tree an can be atween  tall an wechts atween . The term "caber" comes frae the Gaelic *cabar*, a widden bauk.

The body tossin the caber is cried a "tosser" or a "thrawer".

It is believed tae hae come aboot frae the need tae thraw logs ootower nairie cleuchs in order tae cross thaim, lummerjacks needin tae muive logs bi thrawin thaim in burns, or bi lummerjacks haudin kemps atween thaimsels.

The record fur the maist nummer o caber tosses in three minties is currently haud bi Canadian Danny Frame. He did 16 caber tosses on 20 Julie 2018 at the Heart of the Valley Festival in Middletoun, Nova Scotia, Canadae.

## Goal an wey
The main goal is tae toss the caber sae it turns end ower end, fawin awa fae the tosser. Ideally it shid faw directly awa frae the tosser in the 12 o'clock position. The range thrawn isnae important.

The tosser balances the caber upricht, tapered end dounwith against their shoulder an neck, the caber bein stellt bi stewarts an fella kempers while bein placed in position. The tosser then crooches, slidin their interlockit haunds doon the caber an unner the roonded base an lifts it wi their cupped haunds.

The tosser maun balance the caber upricht; this isnae easy wi the swaar end at the tap, an unskilly tossers mey be unable tae stap the caber fawin tae ane side efter liftin it. The tosser then taks a few paces forrit tae gain momentum, an flips the tapered end upwith sae the swaar end hits the groond furst, an, if weel tossit, the caber faws directly awa frae the tosser.

## Scorin
The strachtest end-ower-end toss scores heichist. If the caber lands oan its end but faws taewarts the tosser, the score is lawer than fur ony end-ower-end thraw but is based oan the ootmaist upricht squint that the caber gaint.

End-ower-end tosses ur scored accordin tae the hours oan the clock, wi a 12:00 score bein heichist (fawin directly awa fae the tosser), doon tae a 9 or 3 fur cabers that reakit an upricht afore fawin tae the side.

## References
Hieland gemmes

**Hieland gemmes** are events held in ware an simmer in Scotland, Unitit Kinrick, an ither kintras wi a muckle Scots diaspora, as a wey o celebratin Scots an Celtic cultur, espeicially that o the Scots Hielands
Michelle Meldrum

**Michelle Meldrum-Norum** (28 September 1968 &ndash; 21 Mey 2008) wis an American guitarist kent for being a memmer o the baunds Phantom Blue an Meldrum.

## Biografiek
Meldrum wis born in Detroit, Michigan, tae a faimily o muisickers an actors (grandfather Thomas Hubbard an Great Uncle Elbert Hubbard).  The faimily muivit tae Los Angeles, Californie when she wis 13. She stairtit playin guitar at age 14. Ulrich Roth an Michael Schenker wur her main influences efter listenin tae albums such as the Scorpions' 1976 album *[[Virgin Killer]]*. Her first muive wis formin thrash metal baund Wargod wi later Dark Angel, DETHKLOK, Death an Strapping Young Lad drummer Gene Hoglan, then muivin on tae become baith co-foonder an lead guitarist in Phantom Blue, an aw-female hivy metal baund. Phantom Blue released their self-titled debut album on Shrapnel Records in the US (Roadrunner Records in Europe & Japan, an on tae a major label deal wi Geffen Records). The baund toured internationally wi hintle success.

Meldrum marriet Europe guitarist John Norum in 1995 an they muivit tae Swaden whare she went on tae form Meldrum, a multi-national haurd rock baund. In 2005, Meldrum toured for three month wi Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society, appearin in sauld oot venues athort the US an Europe. In the Hairst o 2005, Meldrum joined Motörhead as special guests on their 30t anniversary tour throughoot Europe. Meldrum haes toured wi Sepultura, Danzig an Nashville Pussy, amang ithers an aw. In addition, she performit wi her umwhile Phantom Blue baund mate Linda McDonald an The Iron Maidens on a handful o gigs in late 2006.

## Daith
Michelle fell intae a coma on 18 Mey 2008 an later dee'd on 21 Mey due tae complications o a cystic growth on her brain that haed restrictit the oxygen an blood flow, renderin her brain-deid. She wis 39 year auld. She is survivit bi her parents, her husband John Norum an their son, Jake Thomas. A memorial tribute benefit wis arrangit at Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood CA on 26 Mey 2009.

Meldrum haed juist completit writin an recordin a new album at the time, which the survivin baund members released in 2009 in tribute tae her. The baund, alang wi the survivin memmers o Phantom Blue, pairticipatit in a benefit concert in HollywoodHollywood, California, on May 26, 2009 in memory of Michelle.

## Discografie
### Wargod
* *New Renaissance Records Compilation*
* *Metal Massacre 8*

### Post Mortem
* *Post Mortem* (EP)

### Phantom Blue
* *[[Phantom Blue (album)|Phantom Blue]]* (1989)
* *[[Built to Perform]]* (1993)
* "My Misery" (4-track CD-single)
* *[[Prime Cuts & Glazed Donuts]]* (1995)

### Meldrum
* *[[Loaded Mental Cannon]]* (2002)
* *[[Blowin' Up the Machine]]* (2007)
* *[[Lifer (Meldrum album)|Lifer]]* (2009)

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Meldrum wabsteid  
* Meldrum rocks MySpace 
* Michelle Meldrum MySpace
* Michelle Meldrum - Obituary an Tribute
Daşbaşı

**Daşbaşı** or **Dashbashy** mey refer tae:
*Daşbaşı, Agdam, Azerbaijan
*Daşbaşı, Jabrayil, Azerbaijan
Comin' Thro' the Rye

**Comin' Thro' the Rye**' is a poem written in 1782 bi Robert Burns (1759–96). The wirds are aften pit tae the melody o the Scottish sang "Common' Frae The Town", verra seemilar tae the tune o Auld Lang Syne.
Maserati

**Maserati** () is an Italian luxury caur manufacturer established on 1 December 1914, in Bologna. The company's heidquarters is nou in Modena, an its emblem is a trident. It haes been awned bi the Italian caur giant Fiat S.p.A. syne 1993. Inside the Fiat Group, Maserati wis initially associatit wi Ferrari S.p.A., but mair recently it haes become pairt o the sports caur group includin Alfa Romeo.

## Notes

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial Steid
Maserati GranTurismo

The **Maserati GranTurismo** is a twa-door 2+2 coupé producit bi Maserati.  It shares the platform o the Maserati Quattroporte V.

## Specifications

### Ingines
The ingines are frae Ferrari/Maserati V8 faimily.

### Transmissions

ZF transmission includes Auto Normal Mode, Auto Sport Mode, Auto ICE Mode, Manual Mode. Auto Normal mode shifts gears automatically at law rpm tae achieve the maist comfortable ride an at heicher rpm when drivin style becomes mair sporty. Auto Sport Mode chynges gears 40% faster than in Normal Mode, dounshifts when liftin aff as a corner approaches; then it activates the stability control, stiffenin Skyhook suspension, an openin exhaust valves when ingine is ower 3000 rpm (in GranTurismo S Automatic). Auto ICE mode reduces maximum torque at the wheel, prevents 1st gear stairts, an anerlie allous gear chynges belaw 1000 rpm.

Sequential robotic transmission includes Manual Normal an Manual Sport, Manual Sport wi MC-Shift, Auto Normal, Auto Sport, Auto ICE modes.

### Performance

## References

## Freemit airtins
Province o Reggio Calabria

The **Province o Reggio Calabria** (, ) wis a province in the Calabrie region, Italy. Its caipital is the ceety o Reggio.

It haes an aurie o 3,183&nbsp;km², an a total population o mair 565,000. There are 97 *[[comuni]]* (singular: *[[comune]]*) in the province, see Comuni o the Province o Reggio Calabria.

## Economy
The region is famous for the production o the Bergamot orange. Production maustly is limitit tae the Ionian coastal region o the province o Calabrie in Italy, tae such an extent that it is a seembol o the entire region. Maist o the bergamot comes frae a short stretch o land thare whare the temperatureis favourable.  It is cultivatit in Argentinae, Brazil, Turkey an the US state o Georgie an aw, but the quality o the obtained essence is no comparable wi the essence producit frae the bergamots o Reggio due tae the argillite, limestane an alluvial deposits foond thare. 

## See an aw
*Calabrian wine

## References

## Freemit airtins
*  Offeecial wabsteid 
* Province o Reggio Calabria  (multileid)
* Tourist Wab Offeecial Steid o Reggio Calabria
Province o Imperia

The **Province o Imperia** (It. *Provincia di Imperia*) is a muntainous an hilly province, in the Ligurie region o Italy, seetuait atweesh the Maritime Alps tae the north an the Ligurie Sea, an airm o the Mediterranean Sea tae the sooth. Its caipital is the ceety o Imperia.

## Freemit airtins

* Offeecial wabsteid
IMDb

The **Internet Movie Database** (IMDb) is an online database of information relatit tae films, telly programmes, an video gemmes.

## References
Imperia (disambiguation)

**Imperia** mey refer tae:
* Imperia, an Italian ceety
* Province o Imperia, the Italian province o the abuin ceety o Imperia
* IMPERIA, a vodka producit bi Russian Standard
* Imperia submachine gun
* Imperia (baund), a Gothic metal baund
Imperia

**Imperia** () is a coastal ceety an *[[comune]]* in the region o Ligurie, Italy. It is the caipital o the province o Imperia, an historically it wis caipital o the *Intemelia* destrict o Ligurie.

Imperia is weel kent for the cultivation o flouers an olives, an is a popular destination for visitors in simmer. The local indoor-puil "Piscina Felice Cascione" haes hostit numerous naitional an internaitional aquatics events.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Ceety o Imperia wabsteid
Les Sables-d'Olonne

**Les Sables-d'Olonne** () (French meanin: "the sands o Olonne") is a seaside toun in wastren Fraunce, bi the Atlantic Ocean. It is a commune an a sub-prefectur o the Vendée depairtment.

## Twin touns
Les Sables-d'Olonne is a sister toun o
* Schwabach, Germany syne 1975
* Sliema, Maltae syne 2005
* Trapani, Italy
* Worthing, Unitit Kinrick syne 1998

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Ceety cooncil wabsteid 
* Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendee Globe Race (in Inglis)
* Les Sables-d'Olonne Tourist Board
Hauraki Destrict

The **Hauraki Destrict Cooncil** is a municipality in the Waikato Region o New Zealand. The seat o the cooncil is at Paeroa.

The aurie covered bi the destrict extends frae the soothwast corner o the Firth of Thames sootheast towards Te Aroha, although that toun lees ayont its boondaries. It extends eastwairds tae the Bay of Plenty coast, taking in the soothmaist pairt o the Coromandel Peninsulae. The rest o the peninsulae is pairt o the Thames-Coromandel destrict. 

Featurs o the district include the Karangahake Gorge, Whiritoa, the Hauraki Plains, an the gowd minin toun o Waihi. The toun o Ngatea is in the destrict an aw.

The destrict covers 1144 km², an haes a population o 17,193 (2006 census), o whom 3975 live in Paeroa an 4500 live in Waihi.

The current Mayor is John Tregidga an Deputy Mayor is Bruce Gordon.

## Freemit airtins
*The cooncil's site
**The cooncil's public library's steid
Santa Catarina (state)

**Santa Catarina** ( "Saunt Catherine") is a state in soothren Brazil wi ane o the heichest staundarts o livin in Laitin Americae an in Soothren Hemisphere. Its caipital is Florianópolis, which maistly lees on the Santa Catarina Island.  Neebourin states are Rio Grande do Sul tae the sooth an Paraná tae the north.  It is boondit on the east bi the Atlantic Ocean, an tae the wast it borders the province o Misiones, Argentinae. Maist o its inhabitants are descendants o Portuguese, German, an Italian immigrants.

## Notes

## Freemit airtins
*  Offeecial Wabsteid
Paraná (state)

**Paraná** () is ane o the 26 states o Brazil. It is located in the sooth o the kintra, bordered on the north bi São Paulo state, on the east bi the Atlantic Ocean, on the sooth bi Santa Catarina (state) an the Misiones Province o Argentinae, an on the wast bi Mato Grosso do Sul an the republic o Paraguay, wi the Paraná River as its wastren boondary line.

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Sergipe

**Sergipe** () (offeecially the **State o Sergipe**), is the smawest state o Brazil, locatit on the northeastren Atlantic coast o the kintra.  It borders on twa ither states, Bahia tae the sooth an wast an Alagoas tae the north, an tae the east is the Atlantic Ocean.  Aracaju is the caipital an the lairgest ceety o the state.  

## References

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Goiás

**Goiás** () is a state o Brazil, locatit in the central pairt o the kintra. The name Goiás (umwhile, **Goyaz**) comes frae the name o an indigenous commonty. The oreeginal wird seems tae hae been *guaiá*, a compound of *gua e iá*, meanin "the same person" or "fowk o the same oreegin." Neebourin states are (frae north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, the Federal Destrict, Mato Grosso do Sul an Mato Grosso.

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Mato Grosso

**Mato Grosso** ( – lit. "Thick Bushes") is ane o the states o Brazil, the third lairgest in aurie, locatit in the wastren pairt o the kintra. 

Neebourin states are (frae wast clockwise) Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás an Mato Grosso do Sul. It borders Bolivie tae the soothwast an aw. A state wi a flat landscape, alternatin great *[[chapada]]s* an plain auries, Mato Grosso presents three different ecoseestems: Cerrado, Pantanal an the Amazon Rainforest. The vegetation o the open pasture covers 40% o the state, an the Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, wi its caves, grottos, tracks an waterfaws, is ane o its great tourist attractions. In the north is the Amazonian forest, wi a biodiversity coverin hauf o the state. The Xingu Naitional Pairk an the Araguaia River are in Mato Grosso. Further sooth, the Pantanal, the warld's lairgest wetland, is the habitat for amaist a thoosan species of animals, wi mony aquatic birds.

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Amapá

**Amapá** () is ane o the states o Brazil, locatit in the extreme north, borderin French Guiana an Suriname tae the north. Tae the east is the Atlantic Ocean, an tae the sooth an wast is the Brazilian state o Pará. The estuary o the River Oiapoque, ance considered the northmaist point o Brazil, is at the extreme north o the Brazilian coast. The dominant featur o the region—90 percent o the total aurie—is the Amazon Rainforest. Unsplored forests occupee 70 percent o its territory. The state's caipital an lairgest ceety Macapá can anerlie be reached bi boat or airplane.

## References
Rio Grande do Norte

**Rio Grande do Norte** (lit. "Great Northren River", in reference tae the mooth o the Potenji River, ) is ane o the states o Brazil, locatit in the northeastren region o the kintra, occupyin the northeastmaist tip o the Sooth American continent. 

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Maranhão

**Maranhão** (locally: ) is a northeastren state o Brazil. Tae the north lees the Atlantic Ocean. Maranhão is neeboured bi the (clockwise frae east) states o Piauí, Tocantins an Pará.  The fowk o Maranhão hae a destinctive accent inside the common Northeastren Brazilian dialect. Maranhão is described in beuks such as *The Land o the Palm Trees*, bi Gonçalves Dias, an *Casas de Pensão* bi Aluísio Azevedo.

The dunes o Lençóis are an important aurie o environmental preservation.  An aw o interest is the state caipital o São Luís, designatit a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid. Anither important conservation aurie is the Parnaíba River delta, atween the states o Maranhão an Piauí, wi its lagoons, desert dunes an desertit beaches or islands, such as the Caju island, which shelters rare birds.

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Piauí

**Piauí** ( or ) is ane o the states o Brazil, locatit in the northeastren pairt o the kintra.

Piauí haes the shortest coastline o ony o the nan-landlockit Brazilian states at 66&nbsp;km (41&nbsp;mi), an the caipital, Teresina, is the anerlie state caipital in the north east tae be locatit inland. The raison for this is, unlik the rest o the aurie, Piauí wis first colonised inland an slowly expanded towards the ocean, rather than the ither wey aroond. In the sootheast o the state, the Naitional Pairk o Serra da Capivara is a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid. The pairk haes mair nor 400 airchaeological steids an the lairgest concentration o rock paintins in the warld, in a landscape dominatit bi canyons an caatinga.

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Tocantins

**Tocantins**  () is ane o the states o Brazil. (Frae: **Tukã´**, *Toucan* +  **tï**, *beak*. lit. "Toucan's beak" in Tupi). The state wis formed in 1988 oot o the northren pairt o Goiás, an construction began on the caipital, Palmas, in 1989, in contrast tae maist o the ither ceeties in the state which date back tae the Portuguese colonial period. It is the newest Brazilian state an, acause it is still vera young, it is developin slowly, biggin on its maist important resources: the rivers Araguaia an Tocantins, the lairgest hydro basin entirely inside Brazilian territory. Acause it is in the central zone o the kintra, it haes characteristics o the Amazon, but also has open pastures. The Ilha do Bananal, in the soothwast o the state, is the lairgest fluvial island in the warld. Tocantins is hame tae the Araguaia Naitional Pairk an the Carajás Indian reservations an aw. Anither heichlicht is the Jalapão, aboot 250 kilometers frae the caipital, Palmas. Thare, the rivers create true oases in the dry landscape, attractin mony ecotourists tae the region.

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Ceará

**Ceará** () is ane o the 27 states o Brazil, locatit in the northeastren pairt o the kintra, on the Atlantic coast. It is currently the 8t lairgest Brazilian state bi population an the 17t bi aurie. It is ane o the main touristic destinations in Brazil an aw. The state caipital is the ceety o Fortaleza.

Literally, the name *Ceará* means "sings the jandaia". Accordin tae José de Alencar, ane o the maist important writers o Brazil an an authority in Tupi Guaraní, *Ceará* means turquoise or green watters. Thare are theories that the state name wad derive frae *Siriará* an aw, a reference tae the crabs frae the seashore.

The state is best kent for its extensive coastline, wi  o sand. Thare are muntains an valleys producin tropical fruits an aw. Tae the sooth, on the mairch o Paraíba, Pernambuco an Piauí, is the Naitional Forest o Araripe.

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Pernambuco

**Pernambuco** () is a state o Brazil, locatit in the Northeast region o the kintra. Tae the north are the states o Paraíba an Ceará, tae the wast is Piauí, tae the sooth are Alagoas an Bahia, an tae the east is the Atlantic Ocean. Thare are aboot  o beaches, some o the maist bonnie in the region, such as Porto de Galinhas, Carneiros an Calhetas. In 1982 the ceety o Olinda, the seicont auldest Brazilian ceety, wis declared a Historical an Cultural Patrimony o Humanity bi the UNESCO. Recife, the Caipital o State an Olinda hae ane o the maist traditional Brazilian Carnival. Baith hae Portuguese airchitectur, wi centuries-auld casarões an kirks, an kilometres o beaches an hintle cultur. The state o Pernambuco includes the airchipelago Fernando de Noronha an aw. The proximity o the Equator guarantees an entire year o sun, wi average temperaturs o 26&nbsp;°C (79&nbsp;°F).

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Rondônia

**Rondônia** () is a state in Brazil, locatit in the north-wastren pairt o the kintra. Tae the wast is a short border wi the state o Acre, tae the north is the state o Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso, an in the sooth is Bolivie.  Its caipital is Porto Velho. The state wis namti efter Candido Rondon. A boat ride on the Rio Madeira whare one can appreciate the forest o 100-year auld trees an such fauna as exotic birds is ane o the best attractions o the state. Twa-thirds o its aurie is covered bi the Amazon Rainforest. Ither attractions are the Chapada dos Parecis an the Serra do Pacaás, a national park, and the capital, Porto Velho, which is simple an wi few biggins.

## See also
* Official Website 
* Brazilian Tourism Portal 
* Rondonia Web

## References
Roraima

**Roraima** (Tupi: *Green Plateau*, ) is the northmaist an least populatit state o Brazil, locatit in the Amazon region. It borders the states o Amazonas an Pará, as well as the naitions o Venezuela an Guyana. The population is approximately 450,000 (2010) an the caipital is Boa Vista. Roraima is the Brazilian state wi the fewest municipalities, 15 in total.

## References

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Amazonas (Brazilian state)

**Amazonas** () is a state o Brazil, locatit in the northwastren corner o the kintra. It is the lairgest Brazilian state bi aurie an the 9t lairgest kintra subdiveesion in the warld.

Neebourin states are (frae the north clockwise) Roraima, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, an Acre. It borders Peru, Colombie an Venezuela an aw. This includes the depairtment Amazonas in Colombie, as well as the Amazonas, Venezuela, an the Loreto Region in Peru.

Amazonas is namit efter the Amazon River, an hame tae the heichest muntain in Brazil, Pico da Neblina, a tepui which staunds at   abuin sea level.

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Acre (state)

**Acre** () is ane o the 27 states o Brazil. It is situatit in the soothwast o the Northren Region, borderin Amazonas tae the north, Rondônia tae the east, Bolivia tae the sootheast an the Ucayali Region o Peru tae the sooth an wast. It occupees an aurie o 152,581.4&nbsp;km2, being slichtly smawer than Tunisie.

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Connecticut

**Connecticut** is the soothrenmaist state in the New Ingland region o the northeastren Unitit States. As o the 2010 Census, it haes the heichest per-capita income, Human Development Index (0.962), an median hoosehaud income in the Unitit States. It is mairchit bi Rhode Island tae the east, Massachusetts tae the north, New York tae the wast, an Long Island Soond tae the sooth. Its caipital is Hartford an its maist populous ceety is Bridgeport. It is pairt o New Ingland, awtho portions o it are eften grouped wi New York an New Jersey as the Tri-state area. The state is named for the Connecticut River, a major US river that approximately bisects the state. The wird "Connecticut" is derived frae various anglicised spellins o an Algonquian wird for "lang tidal river".

Connecticut's first settlers war Dutchmen that established a smaw, short-leevit settlement cried Fort Hoop in Hartford at the confluence o the Park an Connecticut Rivers. Hauf o Connecticut wis ineetially pairt o the Dutch colony New Netherland, that includit muckle o the laund atween the Connecticut an Delaware Rivers. The first major settlements war established in the 1630s bi the Inglis. Thomas Hooker led a baund o follaers owerland frae the Massachusetts Bay Colony an foondit the Connecticut Colony; ither settlers frae Massachusetts foondit the Saybrook Colony an the New Haven Colony. The Connecticut an New Haven colonies established documents o Fundamental Orders, conseedert the first constitutions in North Americae. In 1662, the three colonies war merged unner a ryal chairter, makkin Connecticut a croun colony. This wis ane o the Thirteen Colonies that rejectit Breetish rule in the American Revolution.

Connecticut is the third smawest state bi aurie, the 29t maist populous, an the fowert maist densely populatit o the 50 states. It is kent as the "Constitution State", the "Nutmeg State", the "Provisions State", an the "Land of Steady Habits". It wis influential in the development o the federal govrenment o the Unitit States.

The Connecticut River, Thames River, an ports alang Long Island Sound hae gien Connecticut a strang maritime tradeetion that conteenas the day. The state an aw has a lang history o hostin the financial services industrie, includin insurance companies in Hartford an hedge funds in Fairfield Coonty.

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Paraíba

**Paraíba** (Tupi: *pa'ra a'íba*: "bad tae navigation"; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: () is a state o Brazil. It is locatit in the Brazilian Northeast, an is bordered bi Rio Grande do Norte tae the north, Ceará tae the wast, Pernambuco tae the sooth an the Atlantic Ocean tae the east. Paraíba is the third maist densely populatit state o the Northeast; João Pessoa, the sea-bordered state caipital, an Campina Grande, in the interior, rank amang the fifteen-lairgest municipalities in the Northeast o Brazil.

Paraíba is maist populatit alang the Atlantic coast, which extends as far as Ponta do Seixas, the eastmaist point o the Americas. The state is a touristic an industrial hotspot; it is kent for its cultural heritage, amenable climate an geografical featurs, rangin frae the seaside beaches tae the Borborema Plateau. It is namit efter the Paraíba river.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*  Offeecial Wabsteid 
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Sooth Carolina

**Sooth Carolina** () is a state in the sootheastren region o the Unitit States. The state is mairchit tae the north bi North Carolina, tae the sooth an wast bi Georgie, athort the Savannah River, an tae the east bi the Atlantic Ocean.

Sooth Carolina becam the aicht state tae ratifee the U.S. Constitution on Mey 23, 1788. Sooth Carolina becam the first state tae vote in favour o secession frae the Union on December 20, 1860. Efter the American Ceevil War, it wis readmittit intae the Unitit States on 25 Juin 1868.

Sooth Carolina is the 40t maist extensive an 23rd maist populous U.S. state. Its GDP as o 2013 wis $183.6 billion, wi an annual growthe rate o 3.13%. Sooth Carolina is componed o 46 coonties. The caipital is Columbia wi a 2016 population o 134,309; while its lairgest ceety is Charleston wi a 2016 population o 134,385. The Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin metropolitan aurie is the lairgest in the state, wi a 2016 population estimate o 884,975.

Sooth Carolina is named in honour o King Charles I o Ingland, that first formed the Inglis colony, wi *Carolus* bein Latin for "Charles".

Sooth Carolina is kent for its 187 mile o coastline, beautifu lush gairdens, historic steids an Soothren plantations, colonial, African an European culturs, an its growin economic development.

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Alabama

**Alabama** is a state in the sootheastren region o the Unitit States. It is mairchit bi Tennessee tae the north, Georgie tae the east, Florida an the Gulf o Mexico tae the sooth, an Mississippi tae the wast. Alabama is the 30t lairgest bi area an the 24t-maist populous o the U.S. states. Wi a tot o  o inland watterweys, Alabama haes amang the maist o ony state.
Alabama is nicknamed the *[[Northren flicker|Yellowhammer]] State*, efter the state bird. Alabama is cried the "Hert o Dixie" an the "Cotton State" an aa. The state tree is the langleaf pine, an the state flouer is the camellia. Alabama's caipital is Montgomery. The lairgest city bi population is Birmingham, that haes lang been the maist industrialised city; the lairgest city bi laund area is Huntsville. The auldest city is Mobile, foondit bi French colonists in 1702 as the caipital o French Louisiana.

Frae the American Ceevil War till Warld War II, Alabama, lik mony states in the soothren U.S., suffered economic haurdship, in pairt acause o its conteena'd dependence on agricultur. Seemilar tae ither umwhile sclave states, Alabama legislators employed Jim Crow laws tae disenfranchise an itherwise discriminate against African Americans frae the end o the Reconstruction Era up till at least the 1970's. Despite the growthe o major industries an urban centres, white rural interests dominatit the state legislatur frae 1901 tae the 1960s. In this time, urban interests an African Americans war merkedly unner-representit. Follaein Warld War II, Alabama grew as the state's economy changed frae ane primarily based on agricultur tae ane wi diversifee'd interests. The state economy in the 21st century is based on management, automotive, finance, manufacturin, aerospace, meeneral extraction, healcare, eddication, retail, an technology.

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Mato Grosso do Sul

**Mato Grosso do Sul** () is ane o the states o Brazil.

Neebourin Brazilian states are (frae north clockwise) Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo an Paraná. It borders the kintras o Paraguay an Bolivie tae the wast an aw. The economy o the state is lairgely based on agricultur an cattle-raisin. Bisectit in the sooth bi the Tropic o Capricorn, Mato Grosso do Sul generally haes a wairm an humid climate, an is crossed bi numerous affluents o the Parana River.

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Rhode Island

**Rhode Island** is a state in the New Ingland region o the Unitit States. It is the smawest state in aurie, the seivent least populous, an is the seicont maist densely populatit. It haes the langest offeecial name o ony state. Rhode Island is mairchit bi Connecticut tae the west, Massachusetts tae the north an east, an the Atlantic Ocean tae the sooth via Rhode Island Soond an Block Island Soond. It an aw shares a smaw maritime border wi New York. Providence is the state caipital an maist populous ceety in Rhode Island.

On 4 Mey 1776, the Colony o Rhode Island wis the first o the Thirteen Colonies tae renoonce its allegiance tae the Breetish Croun, an it wis the fowert amang the newly independent states tae ratifee the Airticles o Confederation on 9 Februar 1778. The state boycottit the 1787 convention that drew up the Unitit States Constitution an ineetially refuised tae ratifee it; it wis the last o the states tae dae sae on Mey 29, 1790.

Rhode Island's offeecial nickname is "The Ocean State", a reference tae the lairge bays an inlets that amoont tae aboot 14 percent o its tot aurie.

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Sooth Dakota

**Sooth Dakota** (; locally ) is a state locatit in the Midwastren region o the Unitit States. It is namit efter the Lakota an Dakota Sioux Native American tribes.  Sooth Dakota is the 17t maist extensive, but the 5t least populous an the 5t least densely populatit o the 50 Unitit States.  Ance the soothren portion o the Dakota Territory, Sooth Dakota became a state on 2 November 1889, simultaneously wi North Dakota. Pierre is the state caipital an Sioux Falls, wi a population o aboot 165,000, is Sooth Dakota's lairgest ceety.

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New Hampshire

**New Hampshire** is a state in the New Ingland region o the northeastren Unitit States o Americae. It is mairchit bi Massachusetts tae the sooth, Vermont tae the wast, Maine an the Atlantic Ocean tae the east, an the Canadian province o Quebec tae the north. New Hampshire is the 5t smawest bi laund aurie an the 10t least populous o the 50 states.

In Januar 1776, it becam the first o the Breetish North American colonies tae establish a govrenment independent o the Kinrick o Great Breetain's authority, an it wis the first tae establish its awn state constitution. Sax month later, it becam ane o the oreeginal 13 states that foondit the Unitit States o Americae, an in Juin 1788 it wis the nint state tae ratifee the Constitution, bringin that document intae effect.

Concord is the state caipital, while Manchester is the lairgest ceety in the state. It haes na general sales tax, nor is personal income (ither than interest an dividends) taxed at aither the state or local level. The New Hampshire primar is the first primar in the U.S. presidential election cycle. Its nummer plates cairy the state motto, "Live Free or Die". The state's nickname, "The Granite State", refers tae its extensive granite formations an quarrels.

Amang prominent individuals frae New Hampshire are foondin faither Nicholas Gilman, Senator Daniel Webster, Revolutionary War hero John Stark, editor Horace Greeley, foonder o the Christian Science releegion Mary Baker Eddy, poet Robert Frost, astronaut Alan Shepard, rock muisicker Ronnie James Dio, author Dan Brown,  actor Adam Sandler, inventor Dean Kamen, comedians Sarah Silverman an Seth Meyers, restaurateurs Richard an Maurice McDonald, an Preses o the Unitit States Franklin Pierce.

Wi some o the lairgest ski muntains on the East Coast, New Hampshire's major recreational attractions include skiin, snawmobilin, an ither winter sports, hikin an muntaineerin, observin the faw fulyerie, simmer cottages alang mony lochs an the seacoast, motor sports at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, an Motorcycle Week, a popular motorcycle rally held in Weirs Beach near Laconia in Juin. The White Moontain Naitional Forest airts the Vermont an Maine portions o the Appalachian Trail, an haes the Moont Washington Auto Road, whaur veesitors mey drive tae the tap o  Mount Washington.

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Vermont

**Vermont** () is state in the Unitit States o Americae. It is locatit in northeast airts o the kintra, an mairches the states o Massachusetts in the sooth, New Hampshire in the east, an the state o New York in the wast, ti the north is the province o Quebec, Canadae.

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