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Zapata Coonty

**Zapata Coonty** is a coonty locatit in the U.S. state o Texas. As o the 2010 census, its population wis 14,018.  Its coonty seat is Zapata. Zapata is namit for Colonel Jose Antonio de Zapata, a rancher in the aurie who rebelled against Mexico.

The Sooth Texas Ile Boom includit wells drilled in Zapata Coonty in the early 1920s throu the wirk o Laredo industrialist Oliver Winfield Killam, a Missouri native who ance servit as an Oklahoma state legislator.

## Geografie
Accordin tae the U.S. Census Bureau, the coonty haes a tot aurie o , o which   is laund an  (5.80%) is watter.

### Major heich-gates
* U.S. Highway 83
* State Highway 16

### Adjacent coonties an municipalities
*Webb Coonty  (north)
*Jim Hogg Coonty  (east)
*Starr Coonty  (sootheast)
*Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Mexico  (wast)

### Naitional protectit aurie
*Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (pairt)

## Govrenment an politics

Zapata Coonty in maist elections owerwhelmingly supports the Democratic. In the November 4, 2008, general election Barack Obama defeatit John McCain, the presidential winner in Texas, bi 1,939 votes (67.7 percent) tae 918 (32 percent).

## Demografics

As o the census o 2000, thare wur 12,182 fowk, 3,921 hoosehauolds, an 3,164 faimilies residin in the coonty. Zapata Coonty is estimatit tae be the eleivent fastest growin coonty (+15.8%) in the state o Texas syne the year 2000 (based on % o population chynge). The population densitie wis 12 fowk per square mile (5/km²).  Thare wur 6,167 hoosin units at an average densitie o 6 per square&nbsp;mile (2/km²).  The racial makup o the coonty wis 84.07% White, 0.41% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.19% Asie, 0.04% Paceefic Islander, 12.64% frae ither races, an 2.33% frae twa or mair races.  84.78% o the population wur Hispanic or Latino o ony race.

Thare wur 3,921 hoosehaulds oot o which 43.20% haed childer unner the age o 18 livin wi thaim, 64.20% wur mairit couples livin thegither, 13.00% haed a female househaulder wi no husband present, an 19.30% wur nan-faimilies. 17.50% o aw hoosehaulds wur made up o individuals an 10.30% haed someane livin alane who wis 65 years o age or aulder.  The average hoosehauld size wis 3.10 an the average faimily size wis 3.52.

In the coonty, the population wis spread oot wi 33.00% unner the age o 18, 10.00% frae 18 tae 24, 24.10% frae 25 tae 44, 18.60% frae 45 tae 64, an 14.30% who wur 65 years o age or aulder.  The median age wis 31 years. For ivery 100 females thare wur 96.80 males.  For ivery 100 females age 18 an ower, thare wur 93.70 males.

The median income for a hoosehauld in the coonty wis $24,635, an the median income for a faimily wis $26,722. Males haed a median income o $26,294 versus $14,579 for females. The per caipita income for the coonty wis $10,486.  Aboot 29.30% o faimilies an 35.80% o the population wur belaw the poverty line, includin 46.10% o those unner age 18 an 21.30% o those age 65 or ower.

## Commonties
Thare are nae incorporatit auries in Zapata Coonty an hence nae municipal govrenments.

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Kolomensky Destrict

**Kolomensky Destrict** () is an admeenistrative an municipal destrict (raion), ane o the thirty-sax in Moscow Oblast, Roushie. It is locatit in the sootheast o the oblast an borders wi Lukhovitsky, Ozyorsky, Stupinsky, Voskresensky, an Yegoryevsky Destricts an the territory o the Ceety o Kolomna. The aurie o the destrict is . Its admeenistrative centre is the ceety o Kolomna (which is no admeenistratively a pairt o the destrict). Population:  40,780 (2002 Census); 

## Geografie
Main rivers flowin throu the destrict are the Oka an the Moskva. They are relatively clean.

## History
The destrict wis established in 1929.

## Admeenistrative an municipal status
The ceety o Kolomna serves as the admeenistrative centre o the destrict, awtho it is no admeenistratively a pairt o it an is incorporatit separately as a ceety unner oblast jurisdiction. Municipally, Kolomna Ceety Unner Oblast Jurisdiction is separate frae the destrict an is incorporatit as Kolomna Urban Okrug.

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Kotelniki

**Kotelniki** () is a toun o Moscow Oblast, Roushie, locatit  sootheast o the centre o Moscow. Population: 

## History
The veelage o Kotelniki wis first mentioned in the 17t century an belangit tae Golitsyns in the 19t century. It wis grantit tuwn status in 2004.

## Admeenistrative an municipal status
Athin the framewirk o administrative diveesions, it is incorporatit as **Kotelniki [[Ceety o federal subject significance|Toun Unner Oblast Jurisdiction]]**—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts. As a municipal diveesion, Kotelniki Toun Unner Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporatit as **Kotelniki Urban Okrug**.

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Volosovo, Volosovsky Destrict, Leningrad Oblast

**Volosovo** () is a toun an the admeenistrative centre o Volosovsky Destrict o Leningrad Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the railwey atween St.&nbsp;Petersburg an Tallinn, Estonie,  soothwast frae St.&nbsp;Petersburg. Population: 

## History
Volosovo wis foondit in 1870. Durin the Soviet period it wis a pouerful industrial toun. In 1999, Volosovo wis grantit toun status. It is said that the name o the toun comes frae the auncient Slavic god Veles or Volos acause o sacrificial places in his name that existit thare. Thare are some kurgans in Volosovsky Destrict an aw.

## Militar
Soothwast o Volosovo wus the Sumsk air base facility, which saw some uise durin the Cauld War.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*The offeecial wabsteid o Volosovo
Navashinsky Destrict

**Navashinsky Destrict** () is an admeenistrative an municipal destrict (raion), ane o the forty-three in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Roushie. It is locatit in the soothwast o the oblast. The aurie o the destrict is . Its admeenistrative centre is the toun o Navashino. Population: 24,296 (2010 Census);  The population o Navashino accoonts for 67.6% o the destrict's total population.

The destrict wis establisht in 1944 an gien its present name in 1960.

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Erlik

**Erlik**, or **Erlig**, is the god o daith an unnerwarld in Turkic an Mongolie meethologie.

Accordin tae Siberie meethologie, Erlik wis the first creation o Tengri or Ulgan, the creator god, but Erlik's pride led tae friction atween the twa, an he wis banisht tae the unnerwarld.

In the meeths o the Turko-Mongol fowks, Erlik wis involvit in the creation o humanity.  He slew the messenger-god, Maidere, an is a teacher o sin.  He is sometimes representit bi a totemic bear.

In Turkic meethologie, Erlik wis the deity o evil, darkness, laird o the lawer warld, an judge o the deid.  He is kent as the first o mankind, creatit bi Ulgen. He wants tae be equal tae Ulgen, but is in a position inferior tae him.  Then he wantit tae mak his awn laund an wis sent tae the preeson at the 9t layer o the yird an became opposed tae the upper warld, the realm o licht.

The evil spirits creatit bi Erlik cause misfortune, sickness, an daith tae mankind. These spirits are imagined as Erlik's assistants.  Besides these, his 9 sons an dochters help their faither in the wey o evil.  Erlik's dochters especially try tae chynge a shaman's mynd while he is attemptin tae reach Ulgen wi their brawnies.  Erlik gives aw kynds o sickness an wants sacrifices frae the fowk.  If they dae no sacrifice tae him, he catches the deid bodies o the fowk that he killed an taks them awa tae this lawer warld an then maks them his slaves.  So, especially in the Altays, whan sickness appears, fowk become scared o Erlik an sacrifice him a lot o animals.

In the prayers of shamans, Erlik is describit as a monster, haein the face an teeth o a pig combined wi a human body. Besides his face, he is an auld man wi a well-built body, black eyes, eyebrous, an mustache.

Todote is the Samoyed god o evil an daith, identifee'd wi the Turkic god Erlik. The dinosaur *[[Erlikosaurus]]* is namit for him.

## See an aw
*Ördög
*Todote
*Satan
Koyash

**Koyash** is the god o sun in Turkic meethologie.

Gök Tanrı creatit the yird wi rays o sun licht, thus, Koyash teuk pairt in the creation o yird. Solar rays are considered tae be "strings" atween the sun an the spirits o plants, animals an humans. 

Turks who worship Koyash turn towards the sunrise when prayin.

*  Koyash ham Alav (Sun is Fire an aw) 
*  Tengri on Mars
Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast

**Krasnogorsk** () is a ceety an the admeenistrative centre o Krasnogorsky Destrict o Moscow Oblast, Roushie, adjacent tae the northwastren boondary o Moscow, on the Moskva River. Population: 

An urban-teep dounset wis establisht here in 1932, tae whilk toun status wis grantit in 1940.

In the 1940s, the Antifascist Central Schuil, in whilk mony foreign Communists studiet an lectured, wis locatit at Krasnogorsk.

Efter the war the German V2 rocket scientists whilk the Soviet Airmy haed captured wur settled here wi thair faimilies.

It is kent for the Moscow Kintra Club at Nakhabino, an the Krasnogorskiy Zavod company, which produced the Zorki, Zenit, an Krasnogorsk cameras thare till the early 1990s. The coat o airms acknawledges this bi featurin a lens an licht rays.

The ceety is hame tae Zorky Bandy Club, umwhile naitional champions for men an current champions for weemen. Thair hame arena haes a capacity o 8000.http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/1/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/1/%26hl%3Den%26tbo%3Dd%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D545&sa=X&ei=2P25ULD2HeXy4QT0kICIDg&ved=0CDMQ7gEwAA

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns an sister ceeties
Krasnogorsk is twinned wi:
* Antibes, Fraunce
* Goirle, Netherlands
* Höchstadt, Germany
* Plungė, Lithuanie
* Slivnitsa, Bulgarie
* Tukums, Latvie
* Wągrowiec, Poland

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Lotoshinsky Destrict

**Lotoshinsky Destrict** () is an administrative and municipal destrict (raion), ane o the thirty-sax in Moscow Oblast, Roushie. It is locatit in the northwast o the oblast an borders wi Tver Oblast in the north an wast, Volokolamsky Destrict in the sootheast, Shakhovskoy Destrict in the soothwast, an wi Klinsky Destrict in the east. The aurie o the destrict is . Its admeenistrative centre is the urban locality (a wirk dounset) o Lotoshino. Population: 17,859 (2010 Census);  The population o Lotoshino accoonts for 31.1% o the destrict's total population.

## Geografie
Aboot 40% o the destrict's territory is covered bi forests. Major rivers flowin throu the destrict include the Lama an the Lob.

## History
The destrict wis creatit in 1929.

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Mozhaysky Destrict, Moscow Oblast

**Mozhaysky Dastrict** () is an admeenistrative an municipal destrict (raion), ane o the thirty-sax in Moscow Oblast, Roushie. It is locatit in the wast o the oblast an borders wi Smolensk Oblast in the wast, Kaluga Oblast in the sooth, Shakhovskoy Destrict in the north, Volokolamsky Destrict in the northeast, Ruzsky Destrict in the east, an wi Naro-Fominsky Destrict in the sootheast. The aurie o the destrict is . Its admeenistrative centre is the toun o Mozhaysk. Population: 72,745 (2010 Census);  The population o Mozhaysk accoonts for 43.1% o the destrict's tot population.

## Geografie
The territory o the destrict is maistly hilly wi the heichest pynt o aboot  abuin sea level. Major rivers include the Moskva, the Protva, the Luzha, an the Vorya. Mozhaysk Reservoir is locatit in the destrict. Aboot 42% o the destrict's territory is covered bo forests.

## History
The destrict wis establisht in 1929.

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Sinyavino

**Sinyavino** () is an urban locality (an urban-teep dounset) in Kirovsky Destrict o Leningrad Oblast, Roushie, locatit several kilometres inland frae the soothren shore o Lake Ladoga,  east o St.&nbsp;Petersburg an  east frae Kirovsk. Municipally it is incorporatit as **Sinyavinskoye Urban Dounset**, ane o the aicht urban dounsets in the destrict. Population: 

## History
The selo o Sinyavino wis creatit in the beginnin o the 18t century, whan Peter the Great gae the launds in the aurie tae his militar officer Naum Senyavin. The selo wis destroyed durin Warld War II an niver restored, but the name wis transferred in the 1920s tae the dounset which wis servin peat production. The dounset o Sinyavino wis at the time locatit in Leningradsky Uyezd o Leningrad Govrenorate.

On 1 August 1927, the uyezds wur abolisht an Mginsky Destrict, wi the admeenistrative centre in Mga, wis establisht. The govrenorates wur abolisht an aw, an the destrict wis a pairt o Leningrad Okrug o Leningrad Oblast. On 20 Aprile 1930 Sinyavino wis grantit urban-teep dounset status. On 23 Julie 1930, the okrugs wur abolisht as well, an the destricts wur directly subordinatit tae the oblast. On 20 September 1930, the admeenistrative centre o the destrict wis transferred tae the selo o Putilovo, an the destrict renamit Putilovsky. On 20 September 1931 the destrict centre wis muivit back tae Mga, an the destrict wis renamit back Mginsky. Durin Warld War II, Sinyavino wis occupee'd bi German troops. In 1942, Sinyavino became the central pynt o the Sinyavino Offensive, a militar operation o the Soviet airmy wi the purpose o relievin the Siege o Leningrad.

On 9 Dizember 1960 Mginsky Destrict wis abolisht an split atween Volkhovsky an Tosnensky Destricts. Sinyavino wis transferred tae Tosnensky Destrict. On 1 Aprile 1977 Kirovsky Destrict wi the admeenistrative centre in Kirovsk, essentially in the leemits o umwhile Mginsky Destrict, wis establisht bi splittin aff Volkhovsky an Tosnensky Destricts.

## Economy
### Industrie
The economy o Sinyavino is based on fuid industrie.
### Transportation
The M18 heich-gate, which connects Saunt Petersburg an Murmansk, runs throu Sinyavino. Thare bus connections wi Saunt Petersburg an Kirovsk.

In the beginnin o the 19t century, a seestem o canals bypassin Lake Ladoga wur biggit, which at the time wur a pairt o Mariinsky Water System, connectin the Neva an the Volga Rivers. In pairticular, the New Ladoga Canal connects the Volkhov an the Neva. It replacit the Auld Ladoga Canal, biggit bi Peter the Great, which sicweys became disuised an decayed. The canals collectively are kent as the Ladoga Canal. Baith canals run alang the soothren shore o Lake Ladoga, north o Sinyavino.

## Cultur an recreation
Sinyavino conteens twa cultural heritage monuments classifee'd as cultural an historical heritage o local significance. Baith monuments commemorate the events o Warld War II.

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Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast

**Primorsk** (; ; ) is a coastal toun in Vyborgsky Destrict o Leningrad Oblast, Roushie, an the lairgest Roushie port on the Easter. It is locatit on the Karelie Isthmus,  wast o St.&nbsp;Petersburg, at the northren coast o the Guwf o Finland, near Birk Islands, protectit as a sea bird sanctuar.  Population: 

## History
Primorsk wis first attestit in Roushie chronicles as **Beryozovskoye** (, lit. *birk veelage*). The oreeginal Finnish name Koivisto, means "A group o birk trees, Birk forest". Swadish name Björkö means "Birk island". In 1268, whan the Hanseatic merchants frae Gotland petitioned the Novgorod Republic tae secur their passage tae the Neva River. Swades annexed the region durin the Third Swadish Crusade. The Roushies reteuk the islands at the close o the Great Northren War in 1721. Syne, the ceety shared the fate o the Karelie Isthmus. In the period throu history aurie wis populatit bi Finns till 1940, whan the oreeginal population wis forcit tae leave an wis substitutit bi new indwellers o fowks o the Soviet Union.

Primorsk evolvit in the 20t century as an outport for the toun o Vyborg. It achievit toun status in 1940. It wis captured bi the Soviets on 18 Juin 1944 an transferred as pairt o the Paris Peace treaty. The Finnish population wis substitutit bi Roushies. The toun wis renamit Primorsk in 1948.

## Economy
It is the steid o the lairgest Easter Seas ile terminal. It wis developit bi the Putin admeenistration as a terminus o the Baltic Pipeline System at a cost o twa billion US dollar. The terminal stairtit tae operate in Dizember 2001, supplantin Ventspils an ither foreign rivals athin ane year.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/05ff71f8-7b60-11db-bf9b-0000779e2340.html . The toun is on the railwey line linkin St Petersburg tae Vyborg an is linkit bi bus tae ither naurhaun localities an aw.

### Primorsk ile port
In 2006, Primorsk wis rankit first in Roushie in crude ile export, wi the export volume o 5,863,000 metric tons.

## Notable fowk
*Eino Kirjonen
*Voitto Soini

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Lyuberetsky Destrict

**Lyuberetsky Destrict** () is an admeenistrative an municipal destrict (raion), ane o the thirty-sax in Moscow Oblast, Roushie. It is locatit in the central pairt o the oblast east o the federal ceety o Moscow. The aurie o the destrict is . Its admeenistrative centre is the ceety o Lyubertsy. Population: 265,113 (2010 Census);  The population o Lyubertsy accoonts for 65.1% the destrict's total population.

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Vsevolozhsk

**Vsevolozhsk** (;  or ) is a toun an the admeenistrative centre o Vsevolozhsky Destrict o Leningrad Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the Karelie Isthmus  east o St.&nbsp;Petersburg. Population: 

The toun's name came frae manufacturer Vsevolozhsky. In 1941–1944, the vital road connectin besieged Leningrad wi the rest o Soviet Union, the Road o Life, passed throu the toun.

## History
In 1892 throu kintra hoose o Berngard, the place thare is nou Vsevolozhsk is situatit, haed passed first in Roushie narrae-gauge line intendit for transportation o peats for Petersburg's heatin (Irinovskaya rail road). Nou the name o Berngard is borne bi ane o the railwey stations in the toun—Berngardovka.

Vsevolozhsk wis the first dounset in Rousie whaur street gas lamps wur set.

Vsevolozhsk got status o a toun in 1963.  Thare wis an intention tae mak a resort in the toun in the Soviet times. For wha a ski jump wis biggit (nou unfunctioned), but later this idea wis abandoned.

Nou it is a growin suburb o Saunt Petersburg wi mony new hooses biggin.

## Economy

Industrial companies in Vsevolozhsk:
*Rexam PLC Beverage Can Europe an Asia, the warld's leadin manufacturer o beverage cans
*Ford automobile assembly plant
*Nokian Tyres tire manufactur
*"MDM-print" printin hoose
*Merloni TermoSanitari S.p.A., factory producin watter-heaters
*Nevsky ceramics factory
*meat-processing factory
*milk factory
*sewin factory
*furnitur an construction materials plants

## Education
The toun haes sax schuils o general eddication, muisic schuil, airt schuil, an twa vocational schuils.

## Transport
Passenger trains pass throu Vsevolozhsk. Thare are three platforms: Berngardovka, Vsevolozhskaya, an Melnichny Ruchey. Soothboond trains arrive tae Finlyandsky Rail Terminal in St.&nbsp;Petersburg.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial wabsteid o Vsevolozhsk 
* Unoffeecial wabsteid o Vsevolozhsk 
* Information aboot Vsevolozhsk
Autlán de Navarro

**Autlán de Navarro** is a city an its surroondin municipality o the same name in the Costa Sur region o the soothwastren pairt o the state o Jalisco in  Mexico. At the Mexican census o 2005, the city haed a population o 53,269 inhabitants. The municipality haes a surface area o 962.9 km² (371.78 sq mi). The mayor is Fernando Morán Guzmán (2010-2012).

The name comes frae the Nahuatl leid, Aotli (*watter wey*, *watter channel* or *water ditch*) an Tlan (*place o* or *near*) an means "next tae the watter ditch."

## Notable natives an residents
* Juan Corona, serial killer
* Carlos Santana, muisicker

## References
*Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005  INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
*Jalisco  Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

## Freemit airtins
*Ayuntamiento Constitucional de Autlán de Navarro Offeecial wabsteid
Pavlovo-Posadsky Destrict

**Pavlovo-Posadsky Destrict** () is an administrative an municipal destrict (raion), ane o the thirty-sax in Moscow Oblast, Roushie. It is locatit in the east o the oblast. The aurie o the destrict is . Its admeenistrative centre is the toun o Pavlovsky Posad. Population: 83,520 (2010 Census);  The population o Pavlovsky Posad accoonts for 76.3% o the destrict's total population.

## Notable fowk
*Holy Vasily, Roushie Orthodox saunt

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Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast

**Ramenskoye** () is a toun an the admeenistrative centre o Ramensky Destrict o Moscow Oblast, Roushie, locatit  sootheast o Moscow. Population:    69,000 (1974); 28,000 (1939).

Airport Ramenskoye serves Gromov Flight Research Institute.

## History
The toun wis namit efter an Auld Slavonic wird "" (*ramenye*), meanin " on (or at) the edge o forest".

Ramenskoye is mentioned in documents as far back as the 18t century, whan it wis a veelage cried Novoe Troytskoe (), which specialisit in tax collection. In 1831 a textile factory wis foondit in Ramenskoye, an bi the seicont hauf o the 19t century, the textile factory haed grown tae be ane o the lairgest enterprises in the Roushie Empire.

On 15 Mairch 1926, Ramenskoye wis grantit toun status.

## See an aw
*FC Saturn Ramenskoye, a local association fitbaa club

## References
Ramensky Destrict

**Ramensky Destrict** () is an admeenistrative an municipal destrict (raion), ane o the thirty-sax in Moscow Oblast, Roushie. It is locatit in the sootheastren central pairt o the oblast. The aurie o the destrict is . Its admeenistrative centre is the toun o Ramenskoye. Population: 256,375 (2010 Census);  The population o Ramenskoye accoonts for 66.2% o the destrict's tot population.

The ceeties o Zhukovsky an Bronnitsy wi localities unner thair jurisdictions, while completely surroondit bi the destrict's territory, are admeenistratively an municipally separate frae the destrict (Zhukovsky syne 1952 an Bronnitsy syne 1992).

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Smyadovo

**Smyadovo** (, pronounced ; transliteratit *Smjadovo* or *Smiadovo*) is a toun in eastren Bulgarie, pairt o Shumen Province. It is the admeenistrative centre o the homonymous Smyadovo Municipality, which lees in the sootheastren pairt o the province. As o Dizember 2009, the toun haes a population o 4,036 inhabitants.

Smyadovo lees in the sootheastren Danubian Plain, at the northren fuit o the eastren Balkan. It wis first mentioned in early Ottoman times (Evliya Çelebi mentions it as *Smedovak*) an wis proclaimit a toun in 1969.

Smyadovo Cove in Rugged Island in the Sooth Shetland Islands, Antarcticae is namit efter Smyadovo.

## Municipality

Smyadovo municipality covers an aurie o 354 square kilometres (o which 180 square kilometres arable) an includes the follaein 10 places:
* Aleksandrovo
* Byal Bryag
* Cherni Vrah
* Kalnovo
* Novo Yankovo
* Rish
* Smyadovo
* Veselinovo
* Yankovo
* Zhelad

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Wab page aboot Smyadovo
Thalia

**Thalia**, **Thalía** or **Thaleia** (; Greek: *Θάλεια* frae *θάλλειν* "tae bloom") mey refer tae:

;Fowk
*In auncient Greek meethologie:
** Thalia (grace) (Θάλεια, "Thaleia"), ane o the three Graces
** Thalia (muse) (Θάλεια, "Thaleia"), the muse o comedy
** Thalia (Nereid) (Θάλεια, "Thaleia"), a Nereid
** Thalia (nymph) (Θάλεια, "Thaleia"), a nymph an seicontar goddess o vegetation
* Thalía, a Mexican sangster an actress
***[[Thalía (1990 album)]]*
***[[Thalía (2002 album)]]*
***[[Thalía (English album)]]*
* Thalia Pellegrini (born 16 August 1978), a Breetish telly presenter
Umay

**Umay** (kent as **Umai** or **Mai** an aw; in Auld Turkic: ) is the goddess o fertility an virginity in Turkic meethologie an Tengriism an is fur that raison relate tae weemen, mithers an childer. Umay resembles yird-mither goddesses foond in various ither warld releegions. Literally in the Mongolie leid, "eje" or "eej" means "mither," an in Auld Turkic, the seemilar wird *eçe* means 'mither'. In Mongolie "Umai" means wame. The yird wis considered a "mither" seembolically.

The Turkic ruit *umāy* oreeginally meant 'placenta, efterbirth', an this wird wis uised as the name for the goddess whase function wis tae tak tent o weemen an childer, possibly acause the placenta wis thocht tae hae cantrip qualities. The name appeared in the 8t-century inscription o Kül Tigin in the phrase *Umay teg ögüm katun kutıŋa* 'unner the auspices o ma mither wha is lik the goddess Umay'.

Umay is a protector o weemen an childer. The auldest evidence is seen in the Orkhon monuments. Frae this, it is unnerstuid that Umay wis accept as a mither an a guide. An aw, Khagans war thocht tae represent Kök Tengri. Khagan wifes, katuns or hatuns, wis considered Umays, an aw. Wi the help o the Umay, Katuns haed babies an these babies wur the guarantee o the empire. Accordin tae *Divanü Lügat’it-Türk*, whan weemen worship Umay, thay hae male babies. Turkic weemen tie strings attached wi sma cradles tae will a baby frae Umay. This belief can be seen wi the Tungusic fowks in Soothren Siberie an the Altay fowk. Umay is ayes depictit thegither wi a bairn. Thare anerlie rare exceptions tae this. It is believit that whan Umay leaves a bairn for a lang time, the bairn gets ill an shamans are involvit tae caw Umay back. The smilin o a sleepin baby shaws Umay is near it an greetin means that Umay haes left.

In the view o the Kyrgyz fowk, Umay no anerlie protects childer, but Turkic commonties aroond the warld an aw. At the same time, Umay helps fowk tae obtain mair fuid an guids an gies thaim luck.

As Umay is associatit wi the sun, she is cried *Sarı Kız* an yellae is her colour an seembol. She is depict as haein saxty gowden tresses that leuk lik the rays o the sun. She is thocht tae hae ance been identical wi Ot o the Mongols. Umay an Eje (Ece) is uised as female names in the Republic o Turkey an aw.

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## See an aw
*Tengriism
Finström

**Finström** is a municipality o Åland, an autonomous territory o Finland.

The municipality haes a population o  () o which  speak Swadish an  Finnish as thair first leid. The municipality covers an aurie o  o which  is watter. The population densitie is . The municipality is unilingually Swadish.

**Godby** is the seicont biggest biggit-up aurie in Åland efter Mariehamn, inhabitit bi 900 fowk, or ane-thirds o the municipality's population. A pharmacy, banks, a post office, a soummin haw an a halth centre are amang the amenities that can be foond in Godby.

## History
Finström wis widely inhabitit in the Viking era. The kirk o St. Michael is ane o the auldest in Åland wi the auldest pairts datin frae the 12t century. Grelsby kungsgård wis the place whaur king Gustavus Vasa stayed wi his entourage o 312 fowk for a few days in the ware o 1556. King Gustaf IV Adolf stayed thare for sax weeks in the simmer o 1808 prior tae the loss o Finland tae Roushie an aw.

## Geografie
Finström is richt in the middle o mainland Åland an is bordered bi a tot o five municipalities: Sund tae the east, Saltvik tae the northeast, Geta tae the north, Hammarland tae the wast an Jomala tae the sooth.

Långsjön, the lairgest lake in Åland, is locatit in the municipality, as is the Almskogen natur reserve. Notable bays include Kasviken an Ödkarbyviken.

## Economy
Godby is bi far the centre o Finström's economy. The biggest employer in the municipality is Optinova wi 130 employees. Tourism is an important line o business an aw.

Agricultural products grown especially in the northren pairts o Finström include apples an various vegetables, an fishin is a soorce o income for some.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Municipality o Finström – Offeecial wabsteid
Jomala

**Jomala** is a municipality o Åland, an autonomous territory o Finland.

The municipality haes a population o  () an covers an aurie o  o which  is watter. The population densitie is .

The municipality is unilingually Swadish.

Mariehamn Airport is locatit in Jomala.

## History
It is no kent whaur the name Jomala comes frae but it haes been suggestit that "jom" comes frae the name o the Viking god Jom an "ala" means "place". Tharefore Jomala wad mean "the place whaur Jom is worshipit".

Housomeivver, "Jomala" is the name o a god common tae mony Finno-Ugric fowks.

Jomala wis inhabitit aroond 2000 B.C  wi Jettböle bein ane o the maist renouned prehistoric steids. Ither auncient steids include Borgberget whaur thare wis a Viking fortress an Kasberget which wis ane o the mony muntains whaur signal fires wur lit whan enemies wur seen approachin.

Afore the ceety o Mariehamn wis established in 1861, the peninsulae whaur the ceety is situatit wis a pairt o Jomala.

## Sichts

**The kirk of Jomala** is dedicated tae the patron saint of Åland, St. Olav. It is the auldest stone kirk in Åland an it is situated in the veelage of Prästgården. The auldest pairts o the kirk date frae the 12t century. The kirk touer is 52 meters taw an thare is an aa a memorial for aw the Ålanders who hae moved away. The "King of Åland" Julius Sundblom is buried here. In the auld times thare wis a great estate on the eastren side o the kirk.

**The Lemström channel** divides Jomala frae its neighboring municipality, Lemland. It wis widened bi Roushie POWs in 1882.

**The Kungsö [[artillery battery|battery]]** wis ane o the ten coastal batteries which the Roushies biggit in Åland during the First World War in 1916. The battery wis situated 32 meters abuin sea level, on the heichest pynt of Dalsberg. Finnish, Swedish an German troops invaded it in 1918. It wis dismantled in 1919 bi Finnish civilian workers.

## Cultur
Syne Jomala belangs tae the Swadish-speakin auries o Finland, Midsimmer is celebratit ivery year bi hoistin up a maypole. It wis a tribute tae the sun in the auncient times. Hairst festivities are held ivery September.

## Geografie
Jomala is bordered bi Lemland in the soothwast, Mariehamn in the sooth, Hammarland in the northwast, Finström in the north an Sund in the northeast.

## Veelages
Andersböle, Björsby, Buskböle, Dalkarby, Djurvik, Gottby, Gölby, Hammarudda, Hinderböle, Ingby, Jomalaby, Karrböle, Kila, Kungsöby, Möckelby, Möckelö, Norrsunda, Rasmansböle, Ringsböle, Sviby, Södersunda, Torp, Ulvsby, Vargsunda, Västansunda, Västerkalmar, Ytterby, Ytternäs, Ödanböle, Önningeby, Österkalmar, Överby.

## Fowk frae Jomala
* Janne Holmén, lang distance runner, European champion in men's marathon
* Maria Jonsson, three-time Miss Swaden winner, 1991-1993
* Simon Holmström, young politeecian, chairman o a poleetical group for young fowk

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Municipality of Jomala  – Offeecial wabsteid
*Map of Jomala municipality
Aprelevka

**Aprelevka** () is a toun in Naro-Fominsky Destrict o Moscow Oblast, Roushie, locatit alang the Moscow—Kaluga railwey,  frae Moscow. Population: 

## Etymologie
The toun wis namit efter the nearbi Aprelevka River. While the name is quite seemilar tae the Roushie wird "" (*Aprile*), it bears nae etymological connection tae it.  Rather, it is derivit frae the wird "", meanin a "damp place" or a "bog".

## History
Aprelevka wis foondit in 1899. It wis grantit urban-teep dounset status in 1935 an the toun status in 1961.

## Economy
Aprelevka's maist notable industrie wis the Soviet Union's lairgest plant producin vinyl discs, which wis foondit in 1910 bi three German businessmen: Gottlieb Moll, his son Johann an August Kybarth. Thare is a chemical plant in the toun an aw.

## References

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## External links
*Offeecial wabsteid o Aprelevka
San Francisco del Mar

**San Francisco del Mar** is a toun an municipality in Oaxaca in sooth-wastren Mexico.    
It is pairt o the Juchitán Destrict in the wast o the Istmo de Tehuantepec region.

The municipality kivers an aurie o 400.61 km² at an elevation o 10 meters abuin sea level on the Paceefic coast.
The climate is wairm sub humid wi simmer rains an strang winds blowin frae sooth tae north.
Flora include trees an shrubs such as Guanacaste, Tepehuaje, pochote, tepescohuite, mango, lemon, tamarind an coconut. 
Wild fauna include coyote, Mazatec, bobcat, opossum, armadillo an pigeon.

As o 2005, the municipality haed 1,517 hoosehaulds wi a total population o 6,874 o whom 926 spoke an indigenous leid.
The municipality is hame tae the Huave fowk, who speak a unique leid unrelatit tae ony ither.
The main economic activity is fishin,
The fowk grow maize an aw, sorghum, sesame, wattermelon, melon, an mango, an raise some livestock.
Tourists are attractit for sport fishin an for the tradeetional festival in Aprile.

## References
Gaby Espino

**María Gabriela "Gaby" Espino Rugero** (born 15 November 1977) is a Venezuelan actress an model. She best kent for her roles in telenovelas.

## Biografie
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Gaby Espino is the dochter o a chemical ingineer an a publicist. Her parents divorcit whan she wis young. She is the auldest o five childer, she haes a sister, Andreina, twa paternal hauf-brithers, Gustavo an Mariano an a maternal hauf-sister, Nelly.

Due tae her fascination o animals, she oreeginally planned tae become a veterinarian. She later decidit tae study odontologie, but chyngit her mynd an began studyin public relations, afore decidin tae become an actress.

## Personal wittins
Gaby Espino marriet Venezuelan actor Cristobal Lander on 14 Juin 2007. On 9 Julie 2008, they walcomit their first bairn, a dochter namit Oriana Lander.

Durin the filmin o *[[Mas Sabe el Diablo]]* in 2009, Espino wis linkit tae her co-starn, Jencarlos Canela. In early 2010, Espino an Lander separated an it wis rumored that it wis acause of Canela an Espino's relationship. Canela an Espino denied this an statit they wur juist friends.

Espino reconciled wi Lander in November 2010, but they later divorcit in Mairch 2011 an once again rumors suggestit that Canela an Espino wur datin.

In September 2011, Canela an Espino did a live chat ower social netwirkin steid Twitter, whaur they confirmit they wur in relationship an annooncit that they wur expectin their first bairn thegither. The godparents are Cristina Saralegui an Pitbull. Gaby gave birth tae their son, Nickolas Canela, on 12 Februar 2012.

## Filmografie

## References


## Freemit airtins
* Account in"IMDB-BG.NET
* Official "Más Sabe el Diablo" website 
* Official "El Rostro de Analía" website 
* Telemundo website
Naro-Fominsk

**Naro-Fominsk** () is a toun an the admeenistrative centre o Naro-Fominsky Destrict o Moscow Oblast, Roushie, locatit  soothwast frae Moscow, on the Nara River. The Moscow–Kiev railwey passes throu the toun. Population: 

## History
The dounset wis first mentioned in chronicles in 1339, while it wis unner the rule o Ivan Kalita. Napoleon's Grande Armée passt throu the toun on its retreat frae Moscow in 1812. The modren toun o Naro-Fominsk wis establisht as an urban-teep dounset as a eftercast o the merger o the veelages o Fominskoye an Malaya Nara in 1925. Toun status wis grantit tae it in 1926. The toun wis severely damagit durin Warld War II, efter Nazi Germany forces connacht 687&nbsp;biggins an a textile factory durin the Battle o Moscow in 1941.

The toun is the hame o the 4t Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Brigade, pairt o the Wastren Militar Destrict.

## Sister ceeties

* Babruysk, Belaroushie
* Daugavpils, Latvie

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial wabsteid o Naro-Fominsk
Shakhovskoy Destrict

**Shakhovskoy Destrict** () is an admeenistrative an municipal destrict (raion), ane o the thirty-sax in Moscow Oblast, Roushie. It is locatit in the wast o the oblast. The aurie o the destrict is . Its admeenistrative centre is the urban locality (a wirk dounset) o Shakhovskaya. Population: 25,372 (2010 Census);  The population o Shakhovskaya accoonts for 42.3% o the destrict's total population.

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Khovrino Destrict

**Khovrino Destrict** () is a destrict in Northren Admeenistrative Okrug o Moscow, Roushie, locatit alang the Likhoborka River. It borders wi Khimki on the wast an Mikhalkovo on the sooth.

The name *Khovrino* comes frae a umwhile veelage, kent syne the 15t century as an estate o a Surozh prince Stefan Vasil'evich Gabras elk-namit "Khovra" (hence, the name). In the late 19t century, Khovrino wis awned bi manufacturers Grachyovs. In 1960, Khovrino wis annexed bi Moscow. 

## See an aw
*Admeenistrative diveesions o Moscow

## References
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Serpukhovsky Destrict

**Serpukhovsky Destrict** () is an admeenistrative an municipal destrict (raion), ane o the thirty-sax in Moscow Oblast, Roushie. It is locatit in the sooth o the oblast. The aurie o the destrict is . Its admeenistrative centre is the ceety o Serpukhov (which is no admeenistratively a pairt o the destrict). Population: 35,173 (2010 Census); 

## Admeenistrative an municipal status
The ceety o Serpukhov serves as the admeenistrative centre o the destrict, awtho it is no admeenistratively a pairt o it an is incorporatit separately as a ceety unner oblast jurisdiction. Municipally, Serpukhov Ceety Unner Oblast Jurisdiction is separate frae the destrict an is incorporatit as Serpukhov Urban Okrug an aw.

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Levoberezhny Destrict, Moscow

**Levoberezhny Destrict**  is an admeenistrative destrict (raion) o Northren Admeenistrative Okrug, an ane o the 125 raions o Moscow, Roushie.

## See an aw
*Admeenistrative diveesions o Moscow

## References
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Tadmur

**Tadmur** (; spelt, **Tadmor** an aw; auncient **[[Palmira]]**) is a ceety in central Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Homs Govrenorate. It is locatit in an oasis in the middle o the Sirie Desert 215&nbsp;km northeast o Damascus and 180&nbsp;km soothwast o the Euphrates. The auncient ruins o Palmira are situatit aboot 500 metres soothwast o Tadmur. Awtho relatively isolatit, the nearest localities include Arak tae the east, al-Sukhnah further tae the northeast, Tiyas tae the wast an al-Qaryatayn tae the soothwast. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), Tadmur haed a population of 51,323 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants wur recordit tae be Sunni Muslims in 1838.

## Economy
Tadmur is the modren dounset o the auncient ceety o Palmira, which developit adjacently tae the north o the auncient ruins. The modren ceety is built alang a grid pattern. Quwatli Street is the main road an runs east-wast, stairtin frae the Saahat al-Ra'is Square on the wastren edge o the toun. The ceety currently serves as a base for tourists visitin the ruins. It haes a museum in the soothwastren pairt o the ceety. Sirie haulds an annual cultural festival in Tadmur celebratin the ceety's auncient heritage. The Palmira Airport is locatit in Tadmur an aw. 

Tadmur serves as a centre for Sirie's phosphate minin an natural gas industries. The first phosphate mine run bi the govrenment wis establisht near Tadmur an stairtit production in 1971. Wirk tae connect Tadmur's phosphate mines tae the port o Tartus began in 1978. In 1986 Soviet surveyors discovered lairge iron ore deposits in the vicinity o Tadmur.

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Al-Sukhnah

**Al-Sukhnah** (, translation: "the Hot [Springs]") is a toun in eastren Sirie unner the admeenistration o the Homs Govrenorate, locatit atween Tadmur an ar-Raqqah. Al-Sukhnah haed a population o 16,173 in 2004. Its indwallers are predominantly Sunni Muslims. Al-Sukhnah haes attractit hunders o residents frae nearbi villages in the past century. an is currently a processin centre for natural gas.

## History
In 634, follaein the captur o Arak bi the Rashidun Airmy o Khalid ibn Walid, al-Sukhnah peacefully receivit the Muslim force upon hearin the generous surrender terms negotiatit for Arak.

In 1225, al-Sukhnah wis describit bi Arab geografer Yaqut al-Hamawi as "a sma toun in the Sirie Desert, lyin atween Tadmur an 'Urd and Arak. Beside its spring are palm trees. It is on the road o ane goin tae Damascus frae ar-Raqqah, an you come tae it afore reachin Arak." In the mid-14t century, Ibn Batuta wrote that al-Sukhnah wis "a pretty toun", wi a maistly Christian population. He notit that the al-Sukhnah receivit its name frae the heat o its watter, an that thare wur bathhooses in the toun.

Throuoot the 17t an 18t centuries, al-Sukhnah servit as an important tred centre in the Sirie Desert amang the indwallers o nearbi veelages an various Bedouin tribes. Bi the mid-19t-century, housomeivver, its role decreased wi the rise o Deir ez-Zor. In the 20t-century till the present day, Sukhnah continues tae function as a tradin centre atween its residents an the tribes in its vicinity, sic as the 'Umur an the Sba'a.

## Economy
The residents o Sukhnah wur linkit tae the different tribes in the region throu various hierarchical economic tees. Thay peyed the levy on the thair grain hairst tae the Sba'a, who in return protectit thair tred. Thay consigned thair sheep flocks tae the 'Umur an the Hadidiyin an aw. Tae aw thir tribes, al-Sukhnah's residents suppleed grain, cloth, clothin, an various hoosehauld items an fuidstuffs, while purchasin frae thaim pastoral products for resale tae Sirie's lairge ceeties. The day, al-Sukhnah haes acome a minor industrial centre for natural gas.

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Seltjarnarnes

**Seltjarnarnes** is an Icelandic tounship locatit athin the Greater Reykjavík aurie.

It teuk on its current poleetical form shortly efter the Seicont Warld War an wis formally creatit as a tounship in 1947. It is the smawest Icelandic tounship bi laund (2&nbsp;km²).

## Owerview

Thare are twa schuils in Seltjarnarnes, Mýrarhúsaskóli an Valhúsaskóli. Seltjarnarnes is famous for Grótta. 

The Unthirldom Pairty haes haed an oweraw control in the toun's cooncil syne proper elections stairtit in 1962. In the last elections
, the pairty receivit 70% o the votes an 5 oot o 7 members o the cooncil. The mayor is Ásgerður Halldórsdóttir.

## Sports
The local fitbaa team Grótta play in Iceland's seicont level.
Grótta´s handbaa team play in the N1 deildin, the premier diveesion in Iceland.
Grótta haes gymnastics an aw.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Map o Seltjarnarnes
Kjósarhreppur

**Kjósarhreppur** is a municipality in Iceland.

Accordin tae the 2011 census, it haed a population o 210 inhabitants. It is the maist northren pairt o the Greater Reykjavík aurie.

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Shahba

**Shahba** ( **'), kent in [[Late Antiquity]] as **Philippopolis*', is a ceety locatit 87&nbsp;km sooth o [[Damascus]] in the [[Jabal el Druze]] in [[As-Suwayda Govrenorate]] o [[Sirie]], but umwhile in the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] province o [[Arabia Petraea]].

==History==
===Roman history===
The [[oasis]] dounset nou namit, Shahba, haed been the native hamlet o [[Philip the Arab]].  Efter Philip became the [[Roman Emperor|emperor]] o Roum in 244 CE, he dedicatit hissel tae rebiggin the little commonty as a *colonia*. The contemporary commonty that wis replacit wi the new construction wis so insignificant that ane author states that the ceety can be considered tae hae been built on virgin soil, makkin it the last o the Roman ceeties foondit in the East.

The ceety wis renamit Philippopolis in dedication tae the emperor.  The emperor is said tae hae wantit tae turn his native ceety intae a replica o Roum hersel.  A hexagonal-style temple and an open-air place o wirship o local style, cried a *kalybe*, a triumphal airch, baths, a stairkly unornamentit theatre facit wi [[basalt]] blocks, a lairge structur that haes been interpretit as a [[basilica]], an the *Philippeion* (*illustration, richt*) surroondit bi a great waw wi ceremonial gates, wur laid oot an built follaein the grid plan o a teepical Roman ceety.

The public structurs formit wha author Arthur Segal haes cried a kynd o "importit facade". The rest o the urban airchitectur wis modest an vernacular.  The ceety wis neiver completit&mdash;biggin stoppit abruptly efter the daith o Philip in 249.

The new ceety follaeed the extremely regular Roman grid-plan, wi the main colonnaded *cardus maximus* intersectin a colonnaded *decumanus maximus* at richt angles near the centre, lesser streets marked aff *insulae*, mony o which niver wur built upon wi the hooses oreeginally planned.

===Ottoman history, an efter===
In 1596 Shahba appeared in the [[Ottoman Sirie|Ottoman]] tax registers as *Sahba* an wis pairt o the *nahiya* o Bani Miglad in the [[Sanjak|Qada]] o [[Hauran]]. It haed an entirely [[Muslim]] population consistin o 8 hoosehaulds an 3 bachelors, who paid taxes on [[wheat]], [[baurley]], simmer crops, goats an/or beehives.

Acause it wis far frae population centres that wad hae required cut stane for biggin an micht hae quarriet it frae those desertit in Philippopolis, Shahba the day contains well-preservit ruins o the auncient Roman ceety.

A museum locatit in the ceety exhibits some bonnie examples o [[Mosaic|Roman mosaics]]. The especially rich iconografie o the figurative mosaic on the theme, *The Glory of the Earth'', discovered in 1952 in the so-cried "Maison Aoua", is conservit the day in the museum o Damascus an haes pruivit a rich resource for iconographers.

The relatively well-preservit Roman brig at Nimreh is locatit in the vicinity.
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Sirie fowk

The **Sirie fowk** ( / ALA-LC: *al-sha‘ab al-Sūrī*) are the inhabitants an citizens o Sirie. While modren-day Siries are commonly describit as Arabs bi virtue o their modren-day leid an bonds tae Arab cultur an history, they are, in fact, lairgely a blend o the various Aramaic, Arab, an Arabic-speakin groups indigenous tae the region. Maist Siries reside primarily in Sirie; however 17 million Siries, maistly Christians live ootside o Sirie an they stay connectit tae their cultural ruits bi listenin tae Sirie muisic, watchin Sirie Televeesion, an preparin Sirie cuisine.

## Leid
Arabic is the mither tongue o some 90% o Siries as well as the offeecial state leid. The Sirie dialect, which belangs tae the same Eastren Mediterranean-Levantine faimily tree o dialects, varies little frae Modren Staundart Arabic; housomeivver it is uniquely different frae the ither Arabic vernaculars in that it is saturatit wi Aramaic, Siriac, Greek, Persie, an Phoenicie wirds. Housomeivver, the staundardisit form o Arabic, uised in formal settins throuoot the Arab warld, contains the same vocabulary an grammar for aw Arab kintras. Kurdish, Turkis, an Circassie are spoken in Sirie bi their respective minority commonties. A direct descendant o the Aramaic o Jesus Christ, is still spoken in auncient Christian veelage o Ma'loula as well as widely unnerstuid athin mony ither Sirie-Christian commonties—aw o whom uise Siriac as a liturgical leid. Inglis, an tae a lesser extent French, is widely unnerstuid an uised in interactions wi tourists an ither foreigners.

## Beliefs
As a Mediterranean fowk, the Sirie fowk are a mosaic o Wast an East. Conservative an leeberally mindit fowk will live richt next tae ilk ither, an hauld debates wi ilk ither. Like the ither kintras in the region, releegion permeates life; the govrenment registers ivery Sirie's releegious affiliation.

## Cuisine
Sirie cuisine is dominatit bi Mediterranean ingredients. Olive ile, garlic, olives, peppermint, an sesame ile are some o the ingredients that are uised in mony tradeetional meals. Traditional Sirie dishes enjoyed bi Siries include, tabouleh, labaneh, shanklish, wara enab, makdous, kebab, sfiha, moutabal, hummus, maneesh, bameh, an fatoush.
Afore the main courses, Siries eat maza, which is basically an appetizer. Sirie Muslim men are mair likely tae drink tea wi their maza; whareas Sirie Christian men prefer tae drink Arak wi their maza.

## References
Lebanese fowk

The **Lebanese fowk** ( / ALA-LC: *al-sha‘ab al-lubnānī*, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: ) are the inhabitants o the kintra o Lebanon an their ancestors. The term mey include those who haed inhabitit Munt Lebanon prior tae the creation o the modren Lebanese state.

The cultural an linguistic heritage o the Lebanese fowk is a rich blend o baith indigenous elements an the foreign culturs that hae come tae rule the laund an its fowk ower the course o thoosans o years.

## References