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Smith's Wood

**Smith's Wood** is a residential aurie in the north o the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the Wast Midlands o Ingland. It is a ceevil parish wi a population o 10,943, accordin tae the 2001 census.

The A452 an M6 form its north an east boundary, Kingshurst an Fordbridge its sooth, an Castle Bromwich its wast.

Smith's Wood an aa haes several pairks that are being redeveloped. The Smith's Wood estate is the steid o the auncient 'Smith's Wood'- a historical woodland which wis ance pairt o the forest o Arden. It wis offeecially designatit a Local Nature Reserve in 2004 an is going tae be enhanced as pairt o the regeneration project alang wi ither green spaces.

Smith's Wood is hame tae Smith's Wood Boys Football Club , a lairge boys' fitbaa club established in 1970. Derby County forrit Jamie Ward is frae Smiths Wood an attendit Smiths Wood Sports College.

Mony flats an houses are being demolished an rebuilt in Smith's Wood as pairt o the regeneration o North Solihull. New features will include a heich street, a community hub, an a new private hoosin estate on Burton's Farm Park. The Woodlands campus o Solihull College wis completit in 2006.

## Education
There are five primary schuils; an aw a special an a seicontary schuil (Smith's Wood Sports College)  on adjacent steids.

## Ethnicity

At the 2001 Census, Smith’s Wood haed the 6t heichest proportion o non-white residents (Black, Asian, Mixed Race an Cheenese) in Solihull (6%), although aw wards in the Borough are belaw the Wast Midlands average o 11%.  Smith’s Wood haes the Borough’s heichest proportion o mixed race (3%) an black residents (3%).  Syne the 2001 Census, the proportion o non-white residents in Solihull haes risen significantly. Experimental statistics frae mid-2007, estimate that the proportion o non-white residents in Solihull rose tae 9%. Ward level figures are no available, but it is likely that Smith’s Wood will hae seen a proportional rise in non-white residents as well.

## Freemit airtins

* Smith's Wood Boys Football Club 
*  North Solihull Regeneration Wabsteid
*  Smiths Wood Sports College Wabsteid 
*  Smiths Wood Community Primary Schuil Wabsteid
Sottunga

**Sottunga** is an island municipality o the Åland Islands, an autonomous territory o Finland. The municipality is the smawest when it comes tae population in Åland an in Finland, wi a population o anerlie 110 (31 Januar 2011) an covers an aurie o 342.46 square kilometres (132.22 sq mi) o which 314.41 km2 (121.39 sq mi) is watter. The population density is 3.92 indwallers per square kilometre (10.2 /sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Swadish, wi 88.7% o the indwallers speakin Swadish as thair native leid. Sottunga comprises mony islands, o which anerlie three, Husö, Finnö an Storsottunga, are inhabitit. Storsottunga is uisually cried Sottunga. Thare are five veelages in the municipality: Finnö, Husö, Hästö, Mosshaga an Sottunga. The heichest pynt o Sottunga is Kasberget (25 m).

Sottunga can be reached bi ferry frae Långnäs in Lumparland an Galtby in Korpo an mony ferries pass the island athoot makkin a stap.

## History
Lik the rest o Eastren Åland, Sottunga got its first permanent indwallers sometime in the 11t century, awtho thare is evidence that the island haes haed indwallers lang afore that. The name *Sottunga* itsel is thocht tae predate the 11t century. In the 17t century thare wur some ten hoosehaulds on the island an aboot 70 indwallers.

Sottunga haes suffered durin mony wars, first durin the Great Northern War in 1714–22 when aw o Åland fled tae Swaden an again durin the Finnish War o 1808-09 when aw the biggins on the island wur set on fire in order tae prevent them frae fawin intae enemy haunds. In 1800, afore the Finnish War, the island haed been visitit bi Keeng Gustaf Adolf. Later durin the Winter War o 1939–40 the island wis bombed bi the Soviet Union. The bombs wur responsible for the sinkin o the cargo ship s/s Notung in 1940 juist northeast o Sottunga.

The population o Sottunga reached its peak in the 1920s wi aboot 400 indwallers frae which it haes gradually declined durin the 20t century.

## Sichts
**The kirk o Sottunga** wis oreeginally biggit in 1661. The modren kirk on the steid wis biggit in 1728 efter a fire haed destroyed the oreeginal ane. It is the smawest widden kirk in Finland. Its clock touer wis biggit in 1770 an the biggin wis renovatit in 1802. The pentin at the altar wis made bi P. Berggren in Stockholm, Swaden, in 1845.

Afore the kirk wis biggit Sottunga haed a chapel which wis biggit in 1544 an which wis approximately ane kilometer away frae the contemporary kirk.

On the island o **Södö** thare are auld mines datin back tae the 19t century. Anerlie 1,700 tons o iron ore wur iver mined atween the years 1839 an 1847 when the mines wur operatin. The day the island is uninhabitit but open tae visitors.

## Economy
Sottunga daes no hae mony indwallers an sae the island haes anerlie ane bank, ane post office, ane primary schuil an ane healcare center. Anerlie 1.54 km2 (0.59 sq mi) is cultivatit an commercial fishin is no practiced onymair. The industry o the island is dominatit bi dairy products an the cultivation o sugar beet.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Offeecial wabsteid o Sottunga 
* Map o Sottunga municipality
Kökar

**Kökar** is an island municipality tae the sooth-east o the Åland airchipelago, Finland.

It is an aw ane o the municipalities o Åland. It is reachable bi boat frae Långnäs on Åland or frae Galtby wi access tae mainland Finland.

The municipality haes a population o 260 (31 Januar 2011) an covers an area o 2,165.01 square kilometres (835.92 sq mi) o which 2,101.46 km2 (811.38 sq mi) is watter. The population density is 4.09 indwallers per square kilometre (10.6 /sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Swadish. The naitural reserve o Östra Långskär is locatit thare. Ither notable islands include Kyrkogårdsö.

## History
Kökar wis first inhabitit ower 3,000 years ago bi seal hunters. A Franciscan monastery wis foondit in Hamnö in the 15t century. The day the monastery is in ruins. The kirk dedicatit tae Saunt Anne wis biggit in 1784 in the place o the auld monastery kirk.

## Sichts

**The kirk o St. Anne** wis biggit in the steid o the auld monastery kirk durin the reign o keeng Gustav III an is locatit on the island o Hamnö. It is next tae the ruins o the monastery. The clocktouer wis biggit in the 19t century. The clocktouer haed tae be restored efter an Autumn storm damaged it in 1978. A model o a sailin ship hangs in the kirk. It wis gien bi a local sailor who haed been captured bi Turkis pirates but who later managed tae escape. The model haes 64 cannons.

**The local museum** wis opened in 1988 an its purpose is tae show hou the fowk o Kökar lived in the 19t century an onwards tae the 1940s. The nou museum biggin, biggit in 1913, uised tae be an auld schuil.

Thare is an aw **a [[Bronze Age]] steid** datin back tae 1150–1050 BC. It wis foondit in 1918.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Municipality o Kökar – Offeecial wabsteid 
*The museum o Kökar's wab steid
Åland

**Åland** (, ), is an autonomous region an a airchipelago in the Easter Seas. They are situatit at the entrance tae the Guwf o Bothnie an form an autonomous, demilitarised, monolingually Swadish-speakin region o Finland. The islands collectively constitute the smawest region o Finland, wi anerlie 0.49% o its land aurie, an 0.50% o its population.

Åland comprises *Fasta Åland* (the "Main Island," wi 90% o the population), thegither wi an airchipelago tae the east that comprises ower 6,500 skerries an islands. *Fasta Åland* is separatit frae the coast o Swaden bi 38 kilometres (24 mi) o open water tae the wast. In the east, the Åland airchipelago is contiguous wi the Finnish Airchipelago Sea. Åland's anerlie land border is locatit on the uninhabitit skerry o Märket, which it shares wi Swaden.

Acause o the autonomous status o the Åland Islands, the pouers exercised at the provincial level bi representatives o the central state admeenistration in the rest o Finland are lairgely exercised bi the Govrenment o Åland in Åland.

## Municipalities

## References
Tuija Brax

**Tuija Kaarina Brax** (née Karvonen, born 6 Januar 1965 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politeecian an umwhile Meenister o Juistice. She is a Member o Finnish Parliament, representin the Green League. She wis first electit tae the Parliament in 1995. She haes been the Meenister o Juistice in Matti Vanhanen's seicont cabinet an Mari Kiviniemi's cabinet.

She haes an aw been a member o the Helsinki Ceety Cooncil frae 1993 an she is active in various professional sport organisations.

Brax haes a Maister's degree in law frae the University o Helsinki. Brax haes an aw served as the Chair o the Legal Affairs Committee in the Finnish Parliament. She is marriet tae Antti Brax. They hae twa childer, Aarni (born 1993) an Arttu (born 1997).

## External links

* Offeecial Wabsteid o Tuija Brax
Claes Andersson

**Claes-Johan Rudolf Andersson** (born May 30, 1937 in Helsinki; deed Julie 24, 2019) wis a Finland-Swadish psychiatrist, author, muisicker, politeecian an umwhile member o the Finnish Parliament, representin the Left Alliance an the Finnish Fowkdemocratic League. He wis a member o Finnish Parliament in 1987-1999 an 2007-2008.

## Freemit airtins

*Parliament o Finland: Claes Andersson
In Flames discografie

The discografie o In Flames, a Swadish melodic daith metal baund formed in the early 1990s, consists o ten studio albums, ae live album, three extendit plays, seiven singles, ae video album, an twinty muisic videos.

## Albums
### Studio albums

### Live albums

### Video albums

## Extendit plays

## Singles

## Muisic videos

## Collaborations

## References
;General

*In Flames > Discography
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;Specific

## Freemit airtins

*
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*The Complete In Flames Discography
Groove metal

**Groove metal** is a subgenre o hivy metal. It wis aften uised tae describe Pantera an Exhorder. 

## Characteristics an oreegins
Pantera's *[[Cowboys from Hell]]* album frae 1990 wis describit as "grundbreakin" an "blueprint-definin" for the groove metal genre. Tommy Victor o Prong claims that the attitude o groove metal came frae Bad Brains.

Ither groove metal baunds hae incorporatit thrash metal, hardcore punk an industrial muisic. Ian Christe credits Sepultura's *[[Chaos A.D.]]* an Pantera for creatin the daith metal-derived muisic o groove metal an influencin later groups in the genre durin the 1990s.

## Groups
The style haes been associatit wi baunds such as DevilDriver, Chimaira, Spiritual Beggars, Soulfly, Gojira, Throwdown, Fear Factory, Lamb of God,  Machine Head an Byzantine.

## Notes

## References
*Christe, Ian (2003). *Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal*. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-380-81127-8
Exhorder

**Exhorder** is an American thrash/groove metal baund frae New Orleans, Louisiana. They are creditit as the purveyors o the groove-orientit thrash soond later made famous bi baunds such as Pantera, White Zombie, an Machine Head. Initially active frae 1985 tae 1992, they hae syne reformed in 2008.

## Members
;Current
*Kyle Thomas - vocals (1985–1992, 1998–2003, 2008–present)
*Vinnie LaBella - guitar (1985–1992, 1998–2003, 2008–present)
*Jay Ceravolo - guitar (1988–1992, 1998–2003, 2008–present)
*Seth Davis - drums (2010–present)
*Jorge Caicedo- {Bassist}

;Umwhile
*David Main - guitar (1985–1988)
*Andy Villafarra - bass (1985–1990, 2009–2010)
*Chris Nail - drums (1985–1992, 1998–2003, 2008–2010)
*Frankie Sparcello - bass (1991–1992, 2010–2011)

## Discography
### Studio albums
**[[Slaughter in the Vatican]]* (1990, Roadrunner Records)
**[[The Law (album)|The Law]]* (1992, Roadrunner Records)

### Live albums
**Live Death* (1994, Roadrunner Records)

### Demos
**[[Get Rude]]* (1986, self-released)
* Slaughter in the Vatican (1988, self-released)

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Exhorder at MySpace
* New Orleans Metal Underground
* Black With Sin: A Tribute To Kyle Thomas
Mercenary

**Mercenary** is the Inglis term for *[[mercenar]]*, a sodger who fechts for hire.

**Mercenary** or **mercenaries** mey an aw refer tae:

## Music
* Mercenary (baund), a hivy metal baund frae Denmark
* ''Mercenary'' (album), an album bi the baund Bolt Thrower
* "Mercenary", a sang bi Brave Saint Saturn an the first single frae their 2008 album, ''Anti-Meridian'' (album)
* "The Mercenary", a sang bi Iron Maiden frae their 2000 album, ''Brave New World'' (Iron Maiden album)
* "Mercenary", a sang bi The Go-Go's frae their 1984 album, ''Talk Show'' (The Go-Go's album)
* "Mercenaries", a sang bi John Cale frae his 1979 album, *[[Sabotage/Live]]*
Throwdown

**Throwdown** is an American straight edge groove metal baund frae Orange Coonty, Californie, formed in 1997. They hae toured as pairt o Ozzfest, Sounds of the Underground an Warped Tour, as well as wi baunds like In Flames, Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Engage, Korn an Cavalera Conspiracy. The sangs "Forever" an "Burn" hae been staples on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball an Revolver Magazine cried them pairt o "The Future of Metal" efter hearin the album *[[Vendetta (Throwdown album)|Vendetta]]*. Initially brandit a hardcore baund, their maist recent albums *[[Venom and Tears]]* an *[[Deathless]]* hae taken a sharp direction towards metal, wi creetics likenin the baund's soond tae that o Pantera, Sepultura, an Crowbar.

## Members

;Current
*Dave Peters &ndash; guitars (2000&ndash;2002), lead vocals (2002&ndash;present)
*Mark Choiniere &ndash; guitars (2005&ndash;present)
*Mark Mitchell &ndash; bass (2007&ndash;present)

;Tourin
*Lance Garvin - drums (2009–present)

;Umwhile
*Javier Van Huss &ndash; bass (1997&ndash;1998)
*Brandan Schieppati &ndash; guitars (1998&ndash;2000)
*Marc Jackson &ndash; drums, percussion (1997&ndash;2002), guitar (2004)
*Keith Barney &ndash; lead vocals (1997&ndash;2002), guitars (2002&ndash;2004)
*Tommy Love &ndash; guitars (1997&ndash;2004)
*Dom Macaluso &ndash; guitars (1997&ndash;1998), bass (1998&ndash;2005)
*Matt Mentley &ndash; guitars (2004&ndash;2005), bass (2005&ndash;2007)
*Ben Dussault &ndash; drums, percussion (2004&ndash;2008)
;Session
*Ken Floyd &ndash; drums, percussion (2002) (An aw toured wi the baund)
*Jarrod Alexander &ndash; drums, percussion (2003, 2008&ndash;present)

## Discography
### Studio albums
* *[[Beyond Repair]]* (1999)
* *[[You Don't Have to Be Blood to Be Family]]* (2001)
* *[[Haymaker (album)|Haymaker]]* (2003)
* *[[Vendetta (Throwdown album)|Vendetta]]* (2005)
* *[[Venom & Tears]]* (2007)
* *[[Deathless]]* (2009)

### Extendit plays
* *Throwdown* (1997)	
* *[[Drive Me Dead]]* (2000)
* *Throwdown / Good Clean Fun* (2000)
* *[[Face the Mirror]]* (2002)
* *Americana / Planets Collide* (2007)
* *Covered in Venom and Tears* (2007)

### Videos
* *Together. Forever. United.* (2004)

### Muisic videos
* "Forever" (2004), directit bi Chris Sims
* "Burn" (2005), directit bi Chris Sims
* "Holy Roller" (2007), directit bi Andy Reale
* "The Scythe" (2010), directit bi Cale Glendening
* "This Continuum" (2010), directit bi Cale Glendening
* "The Tomb" (2010), directit bi Cale Glendening
* "The Blinding Light" (2010), directit bi Cale Glendening

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid
Sólstafir

**Sólstafir** is an Icelandic metal baund, formed in 1995. The baund's name is the Icelandic wird for crepuscular rays.

## History
The baund wis formed bi 3 friends, Aðalbjörn Tryggvason, Halldór Einarsson an Guðmundur Óli Pálmason in Januar 1995. Later that year, the baund recordit its first demo tape, “Í Norðri”, an at the end o the year the baund went tae the studio again tae record what wis tae acome thair seicont demo, “Til Valhallar”. “Til Valhallar” wis niver released as a demo tho an fower o the sax sangs wur released as a MCD bi View Beyond Records. It wis later re-released in 2002 wi aw the sax sangs.

In 1999 Sólstafir entered the studio tae record thair debut full-lenth album. Bi that time Halldór haed left the baund an in 1997 an 1998, respectively, Sólstafir haed released twa promos as a twa piece. For the recordin o the debut full-lenth album, Sólstafir haed recruitit Svavar Austmann as Halldór’s replacement. Awtho the recordin sessions o “Í Blóði og Anda” haed stairtit in 1999, the album wasn’t released until 2002, due tae delays an mishaps. In the meantime Sólstafir stairtit playin live shows in Iceland, an for that haed added a seicont guitar player, ane Sæþór Maríus Sæþórsson.

For the first time as a fower piece, Sólstafir recorded a new demo in 2002, eventually releasing three sangs as the EP entitled Black Daith.

In 2004 the baund began wirkin on the follae-up tae “Í Blóði og Anda” on thair awn wi the help o a guid friend. Awtho Sólstafir wur establishin themselves in the European metal unnergrund, the baund foond thairsels athoot a record label. Sicweys the baund decidit tae release three o the sangs frae the album as a leemitit edition promo tae send aroond tae labels. This an a gig in Denmark (the baund’s first ootside o Iceland) ensured the baund a deal wi Spinefarm Records. Sólstafir released “Masterpiece of Bitterness” throu Spinefarm in 2005.

In December 2007 the baund traveled tae Gothenburg, Swaden tae record thair third full-lenth studio album. This third studio album, “Köld”, wis released in early 2009.

In 2010, thay played at Wacken Open Air in Germany.

## Baund members
### Current members
* Svavar "Svabbi" Austmann – bass
* Guðmundur Óli Pálmason – drums
* Sæþór Maríus "Pjúddi" Sæþórsson – guitar
* Aðalbjörn "Addi" Tryggvason – guitar, vocals

### Umwhile members
* Halldór Einarsson – bass
* Sindre W. Aarsbog – guest vocals
* Kola Krauze - guest vocals

## Discography
### Albums
* *Í Norðri* (demo), 1995
* *Til Valhallar* (EP), 1996
* *[[Í Blóði og Anda]]*, 2002
* *Black Death* (demo), 2002
* *Black Death* (EP), 2002
* *Promo 2004* (demo), 2004
* *[[Masterpiece of Bitterness]]*, 2005 (Spinefarm Records)
* *[[Köld]]*, 2009 (Spikefarm Records)
* *Svartir Sandar*, 2011 (Season of Mist)
* *Ótta*, 2014
* *Berdreyminn*, 2017
* *Endless Twilight of Codependent Love*, 2020
* *Hin Helga Kvöl*, 2024

## References

## Freemit airtins
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Greater Reykjavík

**Greater Reykjavík** ( or *Höfuðborgarsvæðið*, "the caipital region") is a name uised collectively for Reykjavík an seiven municipalities aroond it.. The area is the lairgest urban area in Iceland. Each municipality haes its independent electit cooncil. Wi a population o 200,852, the Greater Reykjavík Area comprises ower 60% o the population o Iceland in an area that is anerlie juist ower 1% o the total size o the kintra. Municipal govrenments cooperate extensively in various fields; for example wi waste policy, shared public transport, a joint fire brigade an polis force. Unification o aw or some municipalities in the region are discussed in politics.

## Size an population

O the aicht municipalities in the Greater Reykjavík Area, Reykjavík is bi far the maist populatit wi 118,427 inhabitants and Kjósarhreppur is the least populatit wi 195 inhabitants. Kjósarhreppur is however the lairgest o the aicht wi 287.73 km2 (111.09 sq mi) o land an Seltjarnarnes is the smawest wi 2.31 km2 (0.89 sq mi).

## References
Sipoo

**Sipoo** (, ) is a municipality o Finland. Its seat is in *[[Nikkilä]]/[[Nickby]]*.
It is the eastren neighbour o Helsinki an is locatit in the Uusimaa region. The municipality haes a population o 18,279 (31 Januar 2011) an covers an aurie o 698.59 square kilometres (269.73 sq mi) o which 358.97 km2 (138.60 sq mi) is watter. The population density is 53.82 inhabitants per square kilometre (139.4 sq mi).

The ance amaist completely Swadish-speakin municipality is syne 1953 bilingual, a majority being Finnish speakers syne 2003, due tae migration frae ither pairts o Finland. The day the Finnish-speakin majority staunds for ca 60% an the Swadish-speakin minority for aboot 39% o the population.

On 16 Juin 2006, the Sipoo toun cooncil decidit on a strategy tae triple the municipality's population ower the next 25 years. The decision wis made efter Helsinki annoonced plans tae annex a pairt o the municipality in order tae continue tae build heich-end urbanizations in the coastline (an thus heich-tax revenue producin). The Finnish Cooncil o State votit in favour o the annexation on 18 Juin 2007, wi votes 8 tae 4. Sipoo disputit this an appealed the Supreme Admeenistrative Court but the court upheld the decision o the Cooncil o State an the annexation teuk place on 1 Januar 2009.
As Helsinki did no directly border Sipoo at ony point, the ceety o Vantaa cedit the aurie lain atween Helsinki an Sipoo tae Helsinki in the process.

## Twin touns
* Aurskog-Høland, Norawa
* Frederikssund, Denmark
* Kumla, Swaden
* Kuusalu, Estonie

## See an aw
* Sibbesborg

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Municipality o Sipoo  – Offeecial wabsteid
*Picturs 
*Map o Sipoo
Nurmijärvi

**Nurmijärvi** () is the maist populatit landwar municipality o Finland, locatit 37 kilometres (23&nbsp;mi) north o the caipital Helsinki.

The close proximity tae Helsinki haes led tae a considerable growthe o the major veelages sic as Klaukkala an Rajamäki, which nouadays are considered dormitory touns o Helsinki. Klaukkala is the biggest biggit-up aurie o Nurmijärvi.

Nurmijärvi literally means "lawn lake" awtho the lake that gae the municipality its name wis drained in the early 20t century an is nou nothing mair nor some flat fields near the veelage centre.

Nurmijärvi is best kent as the birthplace o Finland's naitional author, Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872). His play *Nummisuutarit (The Cobblers o the Heath)* – wi colourful scenes o rural life in the 19t century Nurmijärvi pairish – are performed in simmer at an ootdoor theatre in Palojoki, the veelage whaur Kivi wis born.

Matti Vanhanen, the previous Prime Meenister o Finland, lifes in Lepsämä in Nurmijärvi.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Municipality o Nurmijärvi  – Offeecial steid
*Nurmijärvi Guide
Ķīšezers, Riga

**Ķīšezers** is a lake in Riga, Latvie, wi primary inflow o the Jugla River. The lake is 1,730 ha (4,300 acres) lairge, it haes 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) o average depth an reaches 4.2 metres (14 ft) at the deepest point.

## References
Kirkkonummi

**Kirkkonummi** () is a municipality o 36,965 inhabitants  (31 Januar 2011). in soothren Finland. The literal meanin o the wirds "Kirkkonummi" an "Kyrkslätt" in Scots is "kirk moor".

The municipality is locatit juist ootside the Greater Helsinki aurie, borderin the ceety o Espoo in the east. Ither neighbourin municipalities are Vihti an Siuntio. The distance frae the municipal centre tae central Helsinki is some 30 kilometres (20&nbsp;mi). Kirkkonummi an aw haes excellent train an bus connections tae ither pairts o the Greater Helsinki aurie, an mony o its inhabitants commute daily tae Helsinki.

The municipality covers an aurie o 1,016.01 square kilometres (392.28 sq mi) o which 649.91 km2 (250.93 sq mi) is watter. The population density is 100.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (261.5 /sq mi). Ower the recent years, Kirkkonummi haes faced the heichest population growth rate in the kintra, ower 3% per annum.

Major population centres in Kirkkonummi include the municipal centre, Masala, Veikkola, Kantvik an the Upinniemi naval garrison aurie. In addition tae these, there are dozens o smawer veelages. Geographically, Kirkkonummi haes twa famous peninsulas, namely Porkkala an Upinniemi, the latter ane o which hooses a major Finnish naval base. Porkkala is an aw on ane o the main bird migration routes in the Baltic Sea region. Additionally, Kirkkonummi haes a lairge central plains aurie, through which a railwa goes frae Helsinki tae Turku as well as extensive lake auries, hintle o which are quite untouched wilderness.

Kirkkonummi haes been populatit frae the Stane Age tae the present day as evidenced bi the vera first Stane Age rock paintins foond in Finland that are locatit bi lake Vitträsk in the central lake region o Kirkkonummi. Incidentally, these paintins wur foond bi the famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius hissel. The soothren hauf o the municipality wis leased tae the Soviet Union atween 1945 an 1956 for uise as a naval base as pairt o the peace settlement that endit the hostilities atween the Soviet Union an Finland durin Warld War II. Signs o this time include concrete bunkers, ither fortifications an the remains o an airbase.

Ither places o interest locatit in Kirkkonummi include the medieval stane kirk in the municipal centre, the widden kirk in the veelage o Haapajärvi as well as the Hvitträsk manor designed bi three o the maist famous Finnish airchitects iver – Eliel Saarinen, Herman Gesellius an Armas Lindgren.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*  Municipality o Kirkkonummi – offeecial wabsteid
Hanoi Caipital Region

**Hanoi Caipital Region** or **Hanoi Metropolitan Aurie** () is a metropolitan aurie currently plannit bi the govrenment o Vietnam. This metropolitan aurie wis creatit on 5 Mey 2008 bi the decision o the Prime Meenister o Vietnam. Hanoi is the core ceety o this metropolitan aurie. Ither component pairts include provinces: Vinh Phuc, Hung Yen, Bac Ninh, Hai Duong, Ha Nam an Hoa Bình wi an aurie o 13,436&nbsp;km², hauf o the size o Greater Ho Chi Minh Ceety, the same for population size plannin.

Hà Tây, wis mergit intae Hanoi bi a resolution o the Naitional Assembly o Vietnam in Juin 2008, this metropolitan aurie includes Hanoi an sax surroondin provinces.

As o 2006, this metropolitan aurie haes a population o 12.462 million, o which, 3.26 million live in urban auries, bi 2020, the number will be 14.5-15 an 8.1-9.2 million respectively.

## Component localities
This metropolitan aurie straddles in follaein provinces:  
* Hanoi
* Vĩnh Phúc Province
* Hải Dương Province
* Hưng Yên Province
* Bắc Ninh Province
* Hòa Bình Province
* Hà Nam Province

## Major ceeties
Current ceeties an touns (as o 2008)
*Hanoi, core ceety
*Hải Dương
*Bắc Ninh
*Vĩnh Yên
*Phủ Lý
*Hưng Yên
*Hòa Bình
*Sơn Tây toun

Major adjacent ceeties:
*Hai Phong, major port ceety
*Hạ Long, major port ceety
*Nam Định
*Việt Trì
*Thái Nguyên

## See an aw
*Ho Chi Minh Ceety Metropolitan Aurie

## Reference
Kauniainen

**Kauniainen** () is a sma toun an a municipality o 8,649 indwallers (31 Januar 2011) indwallers. in the Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie, Finland. It is surroondit bi the ceety o Espoo, in Greater Helsinki. Kauniainen wis foondit bi a corporation in 1906, AB Grankulla, that parcelled land an creatit a suburb for villas; Kauniainen received the status o a mercat toun in 1920, the Finnish name in 1949, an the title o *kaupunki* ("ceety, toun") in 1972.

The local taxation rate in Kauniainen is the lawest in Finland (16.5%), which maks the ceety attractive tae the heichest earners. This in turn maks the average income generally heich, makkin it possible tae keep the taxation rate law athoot compromisin the service tae the indwallers.

Approximately 58% o the population hae Finnish as thair mither tongue while 38%are Swadish speakers. The dominant pairty in the ceety cooncil haes tradeetionally been the Swadish Fowkpairty.

## Transport
### Roads
Kauniainen haes guid road connections in maist directions. The east-tae-wast Helsinki–Turku motorwa (naitional road 1) passes Kauniainen tae the sooth an the auld Helsinki–Turku main road passes the northren pairts o the toun. The construction o the motorwa in the 1960s played a big role when new indwallers muivit tae Kauniainen, when thay coud drive quickly alang the motorwa intae Helsinki's ceety centre. The north-tae-sooth Kehä II (Ring Road 2) passes the eastren corner o Kauniainen.

### Public transportation
The maist important form o public transportation in Kauniainen is the Rantarata railway, opened in 1903. The railway haes been important for the development o Kauniainen as a suburb o Helsinki. Trains leave ivery 15 minutes an the ride tae Helsinki Central railway station takes less nor 20 minutes.

Thare are twa regional bus lines which connect tae Helsinki. Thare are an aw local bus lines which connect tae various districts o Espoo.

## Services
Kauniainen affers a vera lairge range o services tae its indwallers, considerin the size o the toun. Thare are sax schuils in Kauniainen, spread oot on three levels an twa leids – Finnish an Swadish. Kauniainen haes:

*soummin baths
*indoor ice rink
*slalom slope (Anerlie *ane* slope, the auldest in Finland opened in 1934)
*sma athletics stadium
*indoor sports arena (handbaw, tennis, etc.)
*muisic schuil (for childer)
*airt schuil (for childer)
*public leebrar
*adult education schuil
*health station

## Destricts
Thare are three destricts in Kauniainen cried I, II an III. Nae destricts are named acause o the sma size o the toun. The anerlie aurie that is viewed as a named destrict is Kasavuori () in the wastren pairt o the toun.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Ceety o Kauniainen  – Offeecial wabsteid
Moscow metropolitan aurie

**Moscow metropolitan area** or **Moscow caipital region** (Roushie: Московский столичный регион) is the lairgest metropolitan area in Roushie an Europe, wi population o aboot 15 million fowk.

## Structur o Moscow metropolitan area

Moscow metropolitan area includes the ceety o Moscow, a ring o ceeties annexed tae it an admeenistered athin (Balashikha, Korolyov, Krasnogorsk, Khimki, Mytishchi an Zelenograd), forby lairge nearby touns wi population o ower 100,000 citizens (Reutov, Zheleznodorozhny, Podolsk an Lyubertsy, tae name a few) that faw unner regional admeenistration.

Admeenistratively, aw thae touns are a pairt o the Moscow Oblast. The metropolitan area haesna coordinatit admeenistration structurs.

## References
Inari, Finland

**Inari** (, , , ) is Finland's lairgest, spairsely populatit municipality wi fower offeecial leids, mair nor ony ither in the kintra. Its major soorces o income are lummer industry an natur maintenance. Wi the museum Siida in the veelage o Inari, it is a centre o Sami cultur. The airport in Ivalo an the kintra's key north-sooth European Route E75 (Finland's Naitional Road 4) bring simmer an winter vacationers who leuk for resorts wi access tae well-preserved, uncroudit ootdoors.

## Demographics
### Population
The municipality o Inari haes a population o 6,779 (31 Januar 2011). The population density is 0.45 indwallers per square kilometre (1.2 /sq mi).

Its twa lairgest veelages are Ivalo an Inari. Ither veelages are Törmänen, Keväjärvi, Koppelo, Sevettijärvi–Näätämö, Saariselkä, Nellim, Angeli, Kaamanen, Kuttura, Lisma, Partakko, an Riutula.

### Languages
The municipality haes fower offeecial leids: Finnish, Inari Sami (ca. 400 estimatit speakers), Skolt Sami (ca. 400 speakers), an Northren Sami (ca. 700 speakers). The estimates o hou mony fowk hae some command o each o the Sami leids differ frae the nummer o fowk who leet them as thair mither tongues. O the tot population o 6,863 in 2010, 6,366 fowk registered Finnish as thair mither tongue an 400 ane o the Sami leids. 97 indwallers wur native speakers o ither leids.

### Citizenship
Anerlie aboot 1%, 78 persons, wur ceetizens o kintras ither than Finland in 2010.

## Geography
Inari is the lairgest municipality in Finland. Locatit in Lapland, it covers an aurie o 17,333.77 square kilometres (6,692.61 sq mi), o which 2,281.41 km2 (880.86 sq mi) is watter. Wi an aurie o 1,043 km2 (403 sq mi), Lake Inari is the third lairgest lake in Finland, 40 km2 (15 sq mi) smawer than the kintra's seicont lairgest Lake Päijänne.

Finland's lairgest Naitional Pairk Lemmenjoki is pairtly locatit in Inari, as is the Urho Kekkonen Naitional Pairk. Vast pairts o the municipality are designatit wilderness auries: Hammastunturi, Muotkatunturi, Paistunturi, Kaldoaivi, Vätsäri, an Tsarmitunturi.

The veelage o Inari is Finland's northmaist holiday resort. The airport is locatit in the nearbi veelage o Ivalo.

## History
The municipality wis established in 1876.

## In popular cultur
The trilogy *[[His Dark Materials]]* bi the Inglis writer Philip Pullman, which takes place in an alternative warld somewha seemilar tae oor awn, featurs a prominent character, Serafina Pekkala, who is a witch queen frae a tribe near Lake Inari. A character in *[[The Snow Queen (2008 novel)|The Snow Queen]]*, a fantasy novel bi the American author Mercedes Lackey, enters the Underworld an comes athort a group o veelagers frae Inari. A thriller written bi Gavin T. Lyall (1965, "The Most Dangerous Game" ) acts in an aroond Inari.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Municipality o Inari  – Offeecial wabsteid
Bălți

**Bălți** is a ceety in north Moldovae, it is locatit 138 km NW o the caipital Chişinău. Bălți is an aa its second lairgest industrial an commercial centre an Moldovae, on the river Răut. The population o the ceety is 144,000 (2011) which grows tae 148,900 in the entire metropolitan aurie .

## References
Darayya

**Darayya** () is a Sirie ceety admeenistratively belangin tae the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate. Darayya haes an altitude o 689 meters. It haes a population o 75,134 as o 2007, makkin it the 19t lairgest ceety per geographical entity in Sirie. Patriairch Gregory III Laham, the spiritual leader o the Melkite Greek Catholic Kirk wis born here in 15 December 1933 as Lutfy Laham.
Douma

**Douma ** ( **) is a Sirie ceety admeenistratively belangin tae the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate an the Douma Destrict. Douma haes an altitude o 428 metres. It haes a population o 117,679 as o 2007, makkin it the nint lairgest ceety per geografical entity in Sirie. Douma is a vera conservative Muslim ceety.

## References
Al-Qutayfah

**Al-Qutayfah** () is a Sirie ceety admeenistratively belangin tae the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate in the al-Qutayfah Destrict, an is locatit 40 kilometers (25 mi) east o Damascus. It haes a population o 16,360.
Al-Tall, Sirie

**Al-Tall** () is the Sirie caipital ceety o the Al-Tall Destrict, which admeenistratively belangs tae the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate. Al-Tall haes an altitude o 913 meters. It haes a population o 59,869 as o 2007, makkin it the 27t lairgest ceety per geographical entity in Sirie. It is locatit in the middle o the Anti-Lebanon muntains.

## Freemit airtins
* Al-Tal.Com
Markaz Rif Dimashq

**Markaz Rif Dimashq** ( **) is a Sirie destrict (mantiqah) admeenistratively belangin tae Rif Dimashq Govrenorate. It is a group o municipalities aroond the Ceety o Damascus (a separate govrenorate). At the 2004 Census it haed a population o 837,804. It surroonds (but does no include) the Ceety o Damascus. Markaz Rif Dimashq haes nae offeecial admeenistrative centre. Wi a population o 136,427 inhabitants, the toun o Sayyidah Zaynab is the lairgest ceety o the destrict.

## Diveesions
The destrict o Markaz Rif Dimashq is dividit intae sax sub-destricts or Nāḥiyas (population accordin tae 2004 offeecial census):
*Al-Kiswah nahiyah (ناحية الكسوة): population 112,095.
*Babbila nahiyah (ناحية ببيلا): population 341,625.
*Jaramana nahiyah (ناحية جرمانا): population 141,363.
*Al-Malihah nahiyah (ناحية المليحة): population 56,652.
*Kafr Batna nahiyah (ناحية كفر بطنا): population 123,474.
*Arbin nahiyah (ناحية عربين): population 89,595.

## References
Harasta

**Harasta** ( **), cried *Harasta al-Basal* an aa, is a Sirie ceety admeenistratively belangin tae the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate. Harasta haes an altitude o 702 meters. It haes a population o 38,184 as o 2007, makkin it the 43rd lairgest ceety per geographical entity in Sirie.
Zabadani

**Zabadani** () is a ceety in soothwastren Sirie in the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate, close tae the mairch wi Lebanon. It is locatit in the centre o a green valley surroondit bi heich muntains at an elevation o aroond 1,100 m.

Compared tae Damascus, the wather in Zabadani tends tae be milder in the simmer — aboot 5–8 degrees less, but frae December tae the end o Februar it is caulder wi a lot o snaw, an the temperatur drops tae -10 degrees. The mild wather alang wi the scenic views, made the toun a popular resort baith for tourists an for visitors frae ither Sirie ceeties, especially frae nearbi Damascus an for tens o thoosans o visitors frae the Arabie peninsulae. A mair elevatit region than Zabadani is its neighbour, Bloudan, an aw a resort for thoosans o tourists. Bloudan is aboot 1,500&nbsp;metres abuin sealevel.

Zabadani is predominantly Sunni wi a substantial percentage o Christians. Christians hae thair awn kirk an monastery. Zabadani is rapidly growin an is well connectit tae Damascus.

The Scouts o Sirie hae a naitional trainin centre at Zabadani, whaur the first Arab Jamboree wis held in 1954.

## Toun twinnin
* Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany

## Links
* More information From MiddleEast Information Network
* بوابة المجتمع المحلي في الزبداني  

## References
Abyar, Libie

**Abyar** (**al-Abyā**) ( **) is a toun in the Al Marj Destrict, Libit, roughly 50 km tae the east o the ceety o Benghazi an 42 km soothwast o the ceety o Al Marj. As o 2010, its estimatit population wis 32,563.

## History
Prior tae 2007 it wis the caipital o the destrict o Hizam al Akhdar.

## Notes


## See an aa
* Leet o cities in Libie

## Freemit airtins
* Pictures of Abyar, in Arabic
*"Abyar, Libya", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
*Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Yabrud

**Yabrud** () is a ceety in Sirie, locatit in the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate aboot 80&nbsp;km north o the caipital Damascus. The ceety is kent for its auncient caves, maist notably the Iskafta cave (whaur, in 1930,  a thirty-year auld German traveller an wad-be aircheologist Alfred Rust made mony important pre-historical findins), an the Yabrud temple, which wis ance *Jupiter Yabroudis* 's temple but later became "*Konstantin an Helena Cathedral*". The name *Yabrud* is said tae hae oreeginatit frae an Aramaic wird meanin "cauld" : the ceety rests upon the Qalamoun muntains slopes (Anti-Lebanon) at a heicht o 1,550m.

The parents o umwhile Preses o Argentinae Carlos Menem wur baith born in Yabrud; they emigratit tae Argentinae afore the end o Warld War I.

Accordin tae "www.syriagate.com' , "*this smaw bonnie toun set amid a limestane amphitheater is shadit bi mony apricot, poplar an weepin willow trees*"...
The Natufie aircheological steid Yabrud III is named for the toun o Yabrud.

## Freemit airtins
*Syriagate.com information aboot Yabroud 
*Yabroud Online Official website of Yabrud.
* http://yabroud4dev.sy/  بوابة المجتمع المحلي لمدينة يبرود - سوري
Al Marj

**Marj** (,  **, ), an aa spelt *El Merj*, umwhile Barca or *Barce*, is a ceety in northeastren Libie an the admeenistrative seat o the Al Marj Destrict. It lees in an upland valley separatit frae the Mediterranean Sea bi a range o hills, pairt o the Jebel Akhdar Muntains.

It haes an estimatit population o 85,315 (2004). Thare are a couple o banks on the main street an the main post office is in the centre o toun, nae far frae the Abu Bakr Assiddiq mosque.

## History
Marj wis the steid o the 7t-century BCE Greek colony o Barca.  It wis captured bi the Persies in 512 BCE, an wis annexed bi the Ptolemies follaein Alexander the Great's daith in 323 BCE. It wis taken bi the Arabs unner 'Amr ibn al-'As in 641 CE.

In the 1800s, the toun grew aroond a Turkis fort biggit in 1842 an nou restored. The Italians developed the toun (1913–41) as an admeenistrative an mercat centre an hill resort.

Marj wis the caipital o Breetish-occupeed Cyrenaica frae 1942−1943.

Hintle o the ceety wis destroyed bi a 5.6 yirdquauk on 21 Februar 1963, which killed some 300 fowk an injured 500 mair. The major rebiggin wis commenced aboot 5&nbsp;km (3.1&nbsp;mi) frae the auld steid, an wis completit aboot 1970.

## Notes


## Further readin
* Hamilton, James (1856) *Wanderings in North Africa* J. Murray, Lunnon, OCLC 5659586, available at Google Books

## See an aw
* Leet o ceeties in Libie

## Freemit airtins
*"Marj, Libya", Fawin Rain Genomics, Inc.
Loviisa

**Loviisa** (; ) is a municipality an toun o 15,597 inhabitants (31 Januar 2011) on the soothren coast o Finland. Aboot 43 per cent o the population is Swadish-speakin.

The municipality covers an aurie o 1,751.49 square kilometres (676.25 sq mi) o which 931.92 km2 (359.82 sq mi) is watter. The population densitie is 19.03 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.3 /sq mi).

The neighboring municipalities o Liljendal, Pernå an Ruotsinpyhtää wur consolidatit wi Loviisa on 1 Januar 2010.

Loviisa wis foondit in 1745, as a border fortress against Roushie. Maist o the fortifications hae been preserved. It is named efter Lovisa Ulrika, the Swadish Queen consort o Adolf Frederick o Swaden.

Loviisa is the steid o ane o Finland's twa nuclear pouer stations, the ither being at Olkiluoto. The Lovisa nuclear pouer plant consists o twa VVER units, each o 488 MWe.


Image:Loviisa church.jpg|The Kirk o Loviisa
Image:Loviisa Gavril Sergejev 1808.jpg|The harbor o Loviisa in 1808 bi Gavril Sergeyev


## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Loviisa is twinned wi:
* Haapsalu, Estonie 
* Hillerød, Denmark 
* Horten, Norawa
* Karlskrona, Swaden 
* Ólafsfjörður, Iceland
* Paks, Hungary
* Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Toun o Loviisa – Offeecial wabsteid
*Loviisa Peace-Forum
Valencia

**Valencia** an **Valencie** are the name o mony places, fowk an organisations:

## In Spain
* Valencia (*València*), Spain, caipital o the Valencie Autonomous Commonty
* Valencie Commonty, an autonomous commonty o Spain
**Valencie fowk, an ethnic group or naitionality whase hameland is the Valencie Commonty
**Valencie leid , the "awn leid" (*llengua pròpia*) o the Valencie Commonty  
* *Comunitat Valenciana* cyclin team (2004-2006), umwhile Kelme (cyclin team)
* Province o Valencie, in the Valencie Autonomous Commonty
* Valencie (Spaingie Congress Electoral Destrict) the pairlamentar destrict coverin the province
* Taifa o Valencie, a taifa that existit sporadically frae c. 1010 tae c. 1238 
* The Kinrick o Valencie, which existit frae 1237 tae 1707
* Roman Catholic Airchdiocese o Valencia, the Metropolitan Airchdiocese o Valencia
* Valencia (DO), *Denominación de Origen* wine-producin region athin the province
* Varsity o Valencie, a Spaingie Varsity
* Valencia CF, Spaingie fitbaa club frae the ceety o Valencia, Spain

## In ither kintras
* Valencia, Córdoba, Colombie
* Valencia de Jesús Christ, Colombie
* Valencia, Lahore, Pakistan
* Valencia, Bohol, Philippines
* Valencia, Bukidnon, Philippines
* Valencia, Negros Oriental, Philippines
* Nueva Valencia, Guimaras, Philippines
* Valencia, Trinidad an Tobago
* Valencia, Santa Clarita, Californie (LA Coonty), U.S. 
* Valencia, New Mexico, U.S.
* Valencia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
* Valencia (Ridgeway, Sooth Carolina), leetit on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, South Carolina
* Valencia West, Arizona, U.S.
* Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
** Roman Catholic Airchdiocese o Valencia en Venezuela
* Valencia, Los Ríos Province, Ecuador
* Valencia, Peru
* Valencia, Mangalore, Karnataka, Indie

## In sports
* Valencia CF, a Valencie fitbaw club
Vulpes (baund)

**Vulpes** wis the first Spaingie aw-female punk rock baund which wis formit in Barakaldo (Greater Bilbao, Basque Kintra) in the simmer o 1982. They became famous when the in 1983 appeared in a TV program, cried *Caja de Ritmos*, performin the sang  «Me gusta ser una zorra» (*A like tae be a bitch*).

They dissolvit the same year efter editin a single.

## Members

* Loles Vázquez «Anarkoma Zorrita» - guitar
* Mamen «Evelyn Zorrita» - voice
* Begoña «Ruth Zorrita» - bass
* Lupe Vázquez «Pigüy Zorrita» - drums

## Discography
* «Me gusta ser una zorra» / «Inkisición» (dos Rombos, 1983). Single
* *[[Me Gusta Ser]]* (Oihuka, 2006).

## References
### Sources
*Álvaro Heras Gröh “Lluvia, Hierro y Rock&Roll”. Historia de las bandas de rock de Bilbao (Ediciones Sirimiri - Vudumedia) ISBN 13: 978-84-612-5979-3

## Freemit airtins
* Video of the song that made them famous
Yayladağı

**Yayladağı** () is a toun an destrict o Hatay Province in soothren Turkey, on the border atween Turkey an Sirie, 51&nbsp;km (32&nbsp;mi) sooth o the ceety o Antakya. It wis umwhile kent as **Ordu-Muradiye**.

## History
The destrict haes a lang history datin back tae the Hittites. Islam wis brocht here bi the Abbassid Arabs, an frae 1075 onwards the Seljuk Turks. Throuch the Crusades, the muntains wid pairt o the principality o Antioch, then they returned tae Turkis control, an in 1268 wis brocht intae the Ottoman Empire bi Sultan Selim I in his campaign intae Egypt.

## Geography
Thir days, Yayladağı itsel is a sma toun o 5,717 fowk as o 2000 census, providin the destrict wi a heal centre, heich schuils an ither basics.

This is a muntainous deestrict wi a teepical Mediterranean climate o het, dry simmers an warm, wet winters, but bein inlaund an heich up, Yayladağı is ceuler than maist o Hatay, even seein snaw on the muntain peaks in winter. The main soorce o income is agricultur, 96 km2 (37 sq mi) o the land (sma glens an plateaus in the muntains) is cultivatit wi olives, tobacco, vegetables, grains an ither craps, the remainder is wid an muntain. The muntainsides is covert wi pine, sandalwood an rochle aik, or else busses includin bay, thyme an oleander. Ainimals, inspecially gaits, is grazed on the hillsides.

Yayladağı haes a mairch crossin intae Sirie, an the veelage o Topraktutan, Turkey's soothmaist pynt. The state road  (European route ) connects the mairch checkpynt wi Antakya.

## Places o interest
*Kasım Bey Cami - Yayladağı's auldest mosque, built bi the Avar laird that captured the aurie frae the Byzantines. Ither historical biggins include the 500 year-auld mosque Hacı Hüseyin Camii, an a Roman brig. There auncient kirks includin the Kirk o Barlahan on the Kel Dağı muntain, ithers in the veelages o Çabala an Olgunlar, an the monastery namit Kızlar Sarayı. There a number o caves an places said tae possess healin pouers an aw.

## Freemit airtins
*Destrict govrenorate's offeecial wabsteid
Arbil Province

**Arbil Province** ( , ,  , Turkmen: ) is ane o the provinces o Iraq, locatit in the autonomous Kurdistan Region. It derives its name frae the ceety o Arbil, which is an aa its caipital.

The province o Arbil covers an aurie o 15,074 square kilometres (5,820 sq mi) in the north o Iraq, wi an estimatit population (in 2003) o 1,314,000 fowk. It is lairgely populatit bi Kurds but haes minority populations o Assyrians, Iraqi Arabs, an Iraqi Turkmen.

## Provincial Govrenment
* Govrenor: Nawjad Hadi Mawlood 
* Deputy Govrenor: Tahir Abdullah

## Destricts (No)
* Makhmour (81)
* Arbil (71)
* Koi Sanjaq (80)
* Shaqlawa (89), ceeties are Salahaddin an Hareer
* Soran (94), ceeties are Toun o Soran, Rawanduz an Diana
* Mergasur (83)
* Choman (66)

## Ceeties an Touns
* Bahirkāh (), population 6758
* Banī Šilāwah Gawrah (), population 37322
* Darband (), population 10086
* Erbīl (), population 1091636
* Kalkān (), population 6846
* Kūnagurk (), population 30283
* Kūsanjaq (), population 15123
* Maẖmūr (), population 18128
* Rawāndūz (), population 95089
* Şalāh̨addīn (), population 18205
* Šāwīš (), population 7387
* Tāiman (), population 6143
* Yāramjah ()

## Academic establishments
* Salahaddin University: Foondit in 1968 in Sulaymaniya an transferred tae Arbil in 1981 
* Hawler Medical University (HMU): Foondit in 2005 .
* Ishik University: Private university that belangs tae Fezalar Educational Institutions in Arbil, Iraq.
* Kurdistan University: Public University 
* Cihan University: Private University, foondit in 2007 
* SABIS University: Private University 

## Banking
There are mony naitional an internaitional banks operatin in Arbil afferin citizens an visitors services, includin but no limited tae:
* Kurdistan Central Bank
* Kurdistan International Bank for Investment and Development
* Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) 
* Byblos Bank 
* Bank of Beirut and Arab Countries (BBAC) 
* Intercontinental Bank of Lebanon (IBL) 

## Relatit pages
* Iraqi Kurdistan

## References

## Freemit airtins
*largest cities and towns and statistics of their population in Arbil
*Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps and Assessments of Iraq's Governorates from the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit