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Gothenburg urban aurie

The **Gothenburg urban aurie** (*Göteborgs tätort*) is the seicont lairgest o the 1,940 localities or urban auries in Swaden. As such it haes nae admeenistrative or poleetical significance, but is a geographical an statistical entity. The admeenistration is carriet oot independently bi the respective municipalities in which this multimunicipal locality is situatit.

It is the seat o Gothenburg Municipality, Partille Municipality an Mölndal Municipality.

Gothenburg urban aurie stretches ower fower municipalities in Västra Götaland Coonty. The population (as o 2005) is 510,491.

## References

## See an aw
*Gothenburg
*Greater Gothenburg
The Truin

**The Truin** (Inglis: *Troon*, Scots Gaelic: *An Truthail / An t-Sròn*)
is a toun in Sooth Ayrshire, Scotland. Hit byds on the wast coast, aboot echt mile north o Ayr an thrie mile nor'wast o' Glesga Prestwick Airport The Isle o Arran can be seen frae a' about. Thar is the P&O ferrie service til Larne in Northren Ireland an anither til Campbeltoun on Kintyre. Hit haes a yacht marina anaw. The haven played a mukkil pairt in the growthe o the toun for monie a yeir. Hit wis hame til the Ailsa Shipbiggin Companie, whilk biggit monie ships for warldwide customers but maistlins wee passenger an merchand boats. The fishin fleet frae Ayr flittit til Truin haven an a rebiggin o the forhoud bit o the haven stertit. Houaniver, the shipbiggin industrie at The Truin endit in 2000. 

Sin 1812, The Truin wis the terminus o a horse-drawn railwey lenkin hit til the Duke o Portland's coal mines aboots Kilmarnock. Hit wis anerlie leesenst for wirkers, but this wis joukit bi weein thae wissin tae traivel an chairgin thaim fraucht rates. The-day, the toun is sert bi a railwey station lenkin hit wi Ayr, the aforesayd airport, Kilmarnock, an Glesga.

The Truin is weil-kent for hits Ryal Truin gowf coorse, whilk is waled ti host the Apen Gowf Championship aboot ilka seivin yeir.

Our Lady of the Assumption and St Meddan Catholic Church
was biggit in 1911 by Reginald Fairlie. It is noo a Category A Listed buildin'.

At the tyd o the 2001 Census the toun haed aboot 14,766 indwallers.

## Name
The name *Truin* is lyklie frae a Brythonish or Pechtish name cognate wi Welsh *trwyn* ("neb, cape"). Whan Scots Gaelic becam the main leid, hit is possibil that the Gaelic furm *An t-Sròn* ("the neb") wis broukit for the name Truin. Sin the wirds *sròn* an *trwyn* ar cognate, it cud hae been eithlie adapted frae ane leid ti the ither. Houaniver, hit is no siccar gin *An t-Sròn* wis the Gaelic name, as hits broukin canna be traced back onie faurer than Johnston’s *Place-names of Scotland* (1932). Hit is mair lyklie that a gaelicized respellin, sic as *An Trùn*, wis broukit.

The name *An Truthail* wis broukit bi Gaelic speakers on naurby Arran Island up til the 20t centurie.

## Soorces
Muie

**Muie** () is a remote veelage, situatit in eastren Sutherland, Scots Hielands an is in the Scots Hieland cooncil.

The veelage o Ardachu lees less nor 0.5 mile tae the sooth wi the veelage o Lairg lyin 5 mile wast alang the main A839 road, wi the veelages o Pittentrail an Morvich lyin east alang the A839.
Farr

**Farr** () is a tiny hamlet in the parish o Farr in the coonty o Sutherland in the Scots cooncil aurie o the Hieland.
The veelage o Bettyhill lees less nor 1 mile tae the wast alang the A836 road.

## Parish o Farr
### Veelages an Hamlets
Veelages an hamlets athin the parish o Farr include:

*Achiemore
*Achina
*Aultiphurst
*Altnaharra
*Armadale
*Aultiphurst
*Balnacraig
*Bettyhill
*Farr (the hamlet)
*Lednagullin
*Melvich
*Strathnaver
*Swordly
*Upper Bighouse
Crask

**Crask** is a sma remote hamlet, situatit on Farr Bay, on the shore o northren Sutherland, Scots Hielands an is in the Scots cooncil aurie o Hieland.

The veelage o Bettyhill lies less nor 1 mile tae the wast alang the A836 road. The veelage o Farr is situatit immediately tae the east.
Moscow Oblast

**Moscow Oblast** (, *Moskovskaya Oblast*), or **Podmoskovye** (), is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its aurie, at 45,900 km2 (17,700 sq mi), is relatively sma compared tae ither federal subjects, but it is ane o the maist densely populatit regions in the kintra an, wi the 2010 population o 7,092,941, is the seicont maist muckle federal subject. Thare is nae offeecial admeenistrative centre o Moscow Oblast; its public authorities are locatit in Moscow an athort ither locations in the oblast.

The oblast wis foondit in 1929. It borders Tver Oblast in the northwast, Yaroslavl Oblast in the north, Vladimir Oblast in the northeast an east, Ryazan Oblast in the sootheast, Tula Oblast in the sooth, Kaluga Oblast in the soothwast an Smolensk Oblast in the wast. In the centre staunds the federal ceety o Moscow, which is a separate federal subject in its awn richt. The oblast is heichly industrialized, wi its main industrial branches bein metallurgy, ile refinin, an mechanical ingineerin, fuid, energy, an chemical industries.

## Sister regions
* Bratislava, Slovakie.
* Chuy Province, Kyrgyzstan.
* Île-de-France, Fraunce.
* Jiangsu, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae.
* Ljubljana, Slovenie.
* Palembang, Indonesie.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Offeecial wabsteid o Moscow Oblast
* Wather records for Moscow Oblast
Peterheid

**Peterheid** (, ) is the mukkilest toun in Aiberdeenshire, Scotland. Hit byds on the coast o the German Ocean an is the aestrenmaist toun on mainland Scotland. The aestrenmaist pynt is a hauf-iland cawed Keith Inch, whilk is pairt o Peterheid haven. At the tyd o the 2001 Census hit haed aboot 17,947 indwallers.

Peterheid wis foondit bi fishermen an wis maistlins an ettilt toun. In 1593 the biggin o Peterheid's first haven, Port Henry, forderd the growthe o Peterheid as a wechtie fishin an tredin port. A lifeboat station wis set up in 1865. In the 1970s thar wis a new speal o growthe whan the naurby St Fergus gas terminal wis biggit an the toun becam a mukkil steid for the ayl industrie.

Atwein 1952 an 2005, thar wis a Ryal Air Force base cawed *RAF Buchan* naur the toun. Peterheid umwhyl haed twa railwey hauts, *Peterheid* an *Peterheid Docks*, but baith ar nou shut.

The toun is aften eik-named *The Blue Toon* an hits indwallers as *Blue Tooners*.

## See an aa
*Peterheid prison
Chittagong Diveesion

**Chittagong Division** () is geographically the lairgest o the seiven admeenistrative diveesions o Bangladesh. It covers the maist sootheastren auries o the kintra, wi a total aurie o 33,771.18 km² an a population at the 2011 Census (preliminary result) o 28,079,000.

## Admeenistrative Destricts

The diveesion is subdividit intae eleiven destricts (zilas) an thence intae 99 sub-destricts (upazilas). The first sax destricts leetit belaw comprise the north-wastren portion (37.6%) o the Diveesion, while the remainin five comprise the sootheastren portion (62.4%), the twa portions being separatit bi the lawer (or Bangladeshi) stretch o the Feni River; the upland destricts o Khagrachhari, Rangamati an Bandarban thegither comprise that aurie previously kent as the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

## Literacy

The Literacy rate is 22.08%.

## Sources

Census figurs for 1991, 2001 an 2011 are frae Bangladesh Bureau o Statistics, Population Census Wing. The 2011 Census figures are based on preliminary results.

## See an aw
*Chittagong Hill Tracts
*Chittagong
*Tripura Diveesion
*Sylhet Deevision
Chittagong

**Chittagong** (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম, *Chôţţogram*) is a ceety in sootheastren Bangladesh an the caipital o an eponymous destrict an diveesion.  Built on the banks o the Karnaphuli River, the ceety is hame tae Bangladesh's busiest seaport an haes a population o ower 4.5 million, makkin it the seicont lairgest ceety in the kintra.

A tradin post syne the 9t century, Chittagong haes a multicultural heritage o Islamic, Hindu an Buddhist traditions. Modren Chittagong developed in the early 20t century unner Breetish colonial rule. But the ceety an aw became a focal point for revolutionary activities against the Breetish, notably the airmed uprisin led bi Surya Sen in 1930.  It wis an aw an important military base an supply point for Allied forces durin the Burma Campaign in World War II.  Efter the pairtition o Indie in 1947, Chittagong became a pairt o East Pakistan.  In 1971, as East Pakistanis rebelled against Pakistan’s refusal tae accept results o democratic elections, the declaration o Bangladesh’s unthirldom wis annooncit in Chittagong.  The ceety went ontae witness atrocities an naval blockades durin the liberation war that follaed. 

The day, Chittagong is ane o the fastest growin ceeties in the warld.  A major commercial an industrial centre, the ceety an aw haes a globally competitive special economic zone.  Wi the Port o Chittagong being expandit an developed, regional neighbours o Bangladesh hae eyed Chittagong as a futur regional transit hub.  The port ceety is seen as crucial tae the economic development o landlockt soothren Asie includin Northeast Indie, Bhutan, Nepal an pairts o Soothren Cheenae an Burma. 

## Sister ceeties
*  Kunming, Yunnan, Cheenae
*  Vientiane, Laos

## References

## Fremmit airtins
Chittagong Destrict

**Chittagong Destrict** is a destrict locatit in the sooth-eastren region o Bangladesh. It is a pairt o the Chittagong Diveesion. The port ceety o Chittagong, the seicont lairgest ceety in Bangladesh, is locatit in this destrict.

## History
Acause o the natural harbour, Chittagong had been an important location for trade, drawin Arab traders as early as the 9t century CE. The region fell unner the rule o keengs frae Arakan in the 16t an 17t centuries, but later, the Mughal airmy unner Islam Khan conquered Chittagong. Durin the 17t century, the region an aw faced a lot o attacks bi Portuguese pirates.  The Mughals established Chittagong as a destrict in 1666. The Chittagong Hill Tracts wur separatit frae Chittagong in 1860. Efter the leeberation o Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar wis separatit intae a destrict in 1984. 

## Subdiveesions
There are 14 Upazilas an 12 Thanas (unner Chittagong Municipal aurie) unner Chittagong destrict.
The upazilas are:
#Anwara Upazila
#Banshkhali Upazila 
#Boalkhali Upazila 
#Chandanaish Upazila 
#Fatikchhari Upazila 
#Hathazari Upazila 
#Lohagara Upazila 
#Mirsharai Upazila 
#Patiya Upazila 
#Rangunia Upazila 
#Raozan Upazila 
#Sandwip Upazila 
#Satkania Upazila 
#Sitakunda Upazila

The thanas are:
#Pahartali Thana 
#Panchlaish Thana 
#Chittagong Kotwali Thana 
#Chandgaon Thana 
#Bandar Thana 
#Double Mooring Thana
#Halishohor Thana
#Karnafuly Thana
#Bakoliya Thana
#Baizid Thana
#Patenga Thana
#Bhujpur Thana

## Religion

The destrict o Chittagong consists 13148 mosques, 1025 temples, 535 Buddhist temples an 192 kirks. Fakira Mosque in Hathazari, Musa Khan Mosque, Kura Katni Mosque, 16t century Kala Mosques, Chhuti Khan Mosque, Kadam Mobara Mosque, Andar Killah Mosque, Bakshi Hamid Mosque o Bashkhali are famous mosques in Chittagong. But Badar Awlia Dargah is a tomb in Chittagong.

## Places o interest
Airchaeological heritage an relics in Chittagong Destrict include
*Bronze statues (8t an 9t centuries, in Anwara upazila), 
*Fakira Mosque (Hathazari), 
*Musa Khan Mosque (1658), 
*Kura Katni Mosque (1806), 
*Kala Mosque (16t century), 
*Chhuti Khan Mosque (Mirsharai), 
*Kadam Mobarak Mosque (1719), 
*Andar Killah Mosque, Wali Khan Mosque (1790), 
*Badar Awlia Dargah, 
*Bakshi Hamid Mosque o Banshkhali (1568), 
*Chittagong Court Biggin (1893), 
*Collegiate Schuil, Ethnological Museum (1974).

## See an aw
*Chittagong
*Chittagong Diveesion
*Diveesions o Bangladesh

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial Web Portal o Chittagong Destrict 
*Noakhali Web
Khagrachari Destrict

**Khagrachari** () is a destrict in sooth-eastren Bangladesh. It is a pairt o the Chittagong Diveesion an the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Its local name is "Chengmi". Khagrachari is kent as Phalang Htaung (ဖလံေထာင္) or the Mong Circle (o the rest o the three hill destricts Rangamati is the Chakma Circle (သက္ေထာင္) an Bandarban (ဗိုလ္မင္းေထာင္) is the Bohmong Circle) forby.

Khagrachari toun is the hame toun o the Mong Chief (currently Keeng, or Raja, Saching Prue Chowdhury ဗိုလ္မင္း သာစိန္ျဖဴ) who is the heid o the Arakanese descendants livin in the circle. It is the admeenistrative heidquarters o Khagrachari destrict an aw.

## Geography
Khagrachari is a valley. It haes three river namely Chengi, Kasalong and Maini. Chengi is the langest river in Khagrachari. Maist o the land o Khagrachari are hilly auries.

## Subdiveesions
Upazilas unner this destrict are:
# Dighinala Upazila
# Khagrachhari Upazila
# Lakshmichhari Upazila
# Mahalchhari Upazila
# Manikchhari Upazila
# Matiranga Upazila
# Panchhari Upazila
# Ramgarh Upazila

## Economy
Maist o the fowk lives on Jhum cultivation.

## Places o interest
Alutila, Matai Pukuri, Aronno Kutir, Chengi bridge, Newzeland place,khagrachari research institute, Dighinala Jhulonto brig Richang jharna an so mony..

## Releegious composition (1991)
Muslim - 53.45%, Buddhist - 48.51%, Hindu - 16.69%, Christian - 0.27% an Ithers - 0.08. Releegious institutions 2472 mosques, 937 Buddhist (656 pagodas, 281 temples), 170 temples an 4 kirks. 

## See as weel
* Palashpur
* Destricts o Bangladesh
* Chittagong Diveesion

## References
Bandarban Destrict

**Bandarban** () is a destrict in Sootheastren Bangladesh, an a pairt o the Chittagong Diveesion an Chittagong Hill Tracts. Bandarban (meanin *the dam o monkeys*), or in Marma or Arakanese leid as "Rwa-daw Mro" (ရြာေတာ္ျမိဳ႕) is forby kent as Arvumi or the Bohmong Circle  (ဗိုလ္မင္းေထာင္) (o the rest o the three hill destricts Rangamati is the Chakma Circle (သက္ေထာင္) an Khagrachari is the Mong Circle (ဖလံေထာင္)).

## Bandarban Toun
Bandarban toun is the hame toun o the Bohmong Chief (currently King, or Raja, Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury ဗိုလ္မင္းၾကီး ဦးေအာင္ေရႊျဖဴ) who is the heid o the Marma population. It is the admeenistrative heidquarter o the Bandarban destrict an aw, which haes turned intae ane o the maist exotic tourist attractions in Bangladesh syne the insurgency in Chittagong Hill Tracts haes ceased mair nor a decade back.
Rangpur Diveesion

**Rangpur Diveesion** () became Bangladesh's seivent diveesion on Januar 25, 2010. Afore that, it haed been the northren 8 destricts o the Rajshahi Diveesion. The Rangpur diveesion consists o aicht destricts: Rangpur, Dinajpur, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Nilphamari, Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, an Lalmonirhat. There are 58 Upazillas or subdestricts unner these aicht destricts. Rangpur is the northmaist diveesion o Bangladesh an haes a population o 15,665,000 at the 2011 Census.

The major ceeties o this new diveesion are Rangpur an Dinajpur. Rangpur haes well-kent educational institutions, such as Carmichael College, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science an Technology University, Rangpur Medical College, Rangpur Cadet College, an Begum Rokeya University.

The central ceety - Rangpur - haes a historical importance an indentity. Mansingh, commander o Emperor Akbar, conquered pairt o Rangpur in 1575. Rangpur came completely unner the Mughal empire in 1686. Mughalbasa an Mughalhat o Kurigram district still bear marks o the Mughal rule in the region. Durin the Mughal rule Rangpur wis unner the sarker o Ghoraghat. Rangapur Ghoraghat haes been mentioned in the Riyaz-us-Salatin. Durin the early period o the company rule fakir-sannyasi resistance an peasant rebellion wur held in Rangpur. 

## See an aw
* Diveesions o Bangladesh
* Rangpur Destrict

## References
Vitebsk Region

**Vitsebsk Voblast** or (; *Vitsebskaya Voblast*; ; *Vitebskaya Oblast*) is a province (voblast) o Belaroushie wi its admeenistrative center being Vitebsk (Viciebsk). 
As o a 2009 estimate, the voblast haes a population o 1,230,800. It an aw haes the lawest population density in Belaroushie at 30.6 p/km².

Important ceeties athin the region include: Vitebsk, Orsha, an Navapolatsk.

## Geography

The Vitsebsk Voblast covers an aurie o 40,100&nbsp;km², which is aboot 19.4 % o the naitional total. It is bordered on the north an east bi the Roushie oblasts o Pskov an Smolensk, on the sooth bi Minsk an Mahilyow Regions, on the soothwast bi Minsk an Hrodna Regions, an on the wast an northwast bi Vilnius Coonty an Utena Coonty o Lithuanie an Daugavpils municipality o an Latvie.

In 2000 Belaroushie scientists Alexey Solomonov an Valery Anoshko published a report in which they statit that the geographic centre o Europe wis locatit near lake Sho () in Vitsebsk Voblast. http://belarus-magazine.by/en.php?subaction=showfull&id=1178358210&archive=1183809402&start_from=&ucat=4&do=archives

## Economy
The Vitebsk Voblast haes a number o important transport connections wi Roushie, Ukraine, the Baltic kintras, an Poland. Haein strang economic tees wi the neighborin Baltic kintras an Roushie, the voblast trees tae maintain a free trade aurie aroond its admeenistrative center, Vitsebsk, nou attractin foreign investments.

## Admeenistrative subdiveesions
The Vitsebsk Region is subdividit intae 21 raions, 5 ceeties o oblast subordinance, 19 additional ceeties, 249 selsovets, an 26 urban-type settlements.

* Vitsebsk (; ) - 342,400
* Orsha (; ) - 125,300
* Navapolatsk (; ) - 101,300
* Polatsk (; ) - 82,800
* Pastavy () - 20,500
* Hlybokaye ()- 19,600
* Lepel (; ) - 18,800
* Navalukoml - 14,900
* Haradok (; ) - 14,000
* Baran - 12,300
* Talachyn () - 10,500
* Braslaw (; ) - 10,100
* Chashniki () - 9,800
* Dubroŭna () - 9,100
* Myory () - 9,000
* Syanno ()- 8,400
* Beshankovichy () - 8,200
* Verkhnyadzvinsk ) - 7,300
* Dokshytsy ()- 7,000
* Disna - 2,400

## Demographics

Vitebsk currently haes the lawest birth rate an the seicont heichest daith rate in aw o Belaroushie. As o 2008, the birth rate wis 9.7 per 1000, while the daith rate wis 15.5 per 1000. https://web.archive.org/web/20090918013106/http://belstat.gov.by/homep/ru/news/news85.php

## See an aw
* Subdiveesions o Belaroushie

## References

## Freemit airtins

* / Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee
Gomel Region

**Gomel Region** (; translit.: *Homielskaja vobłaść*; ; translit.: *Gomieĺskaja oblasť*) is a province (voblast) o Belaroushie wi its admeenistrative center being Gomel.

Important ceeties athin the voblasts include: Gomel, Mazyr, Zhlobin, Svetlahorsk, Rechytsia, Kalinkavichy, Rahachow, Dobrush

Homiel Province an Mahilyow Voblast suffered severely efter the Chernobyl nuclear reactor catastrophe.

## Admeenistrative Subdiveesions
The Homiel Voblasts comprises 21 destricts (raions), 278 selsovets, 17 ceeties, an 8 ceety municipalities.

### Ceeties an touns
* Gomel (; ) - 481,200
* Mazyr (; ) - 111,800
* Zhlobin (; ; Łacinka: Žłobin)- 72,800
* Svetlahorsk (; )- 71,700
* Rechytsa (, ) - 66,200
* Kalinkavichy () - 37,900
* Rahachow (; ) - 34,700
* Dobrush - 19,300
* Zhytkavichy() - 16,900
* Khoiniki (; ) - 14,200
* Petrykaw (; ) - 10,800
* Yelsk (; ) - 10,000
* Buda-Kashalyowa (; ) - 9,500
* Narowla (; ) - 8.200
* Vetka (; ) - 7,800
* Chachersk (; ) - 7,700
* Vassilyevichy - 4,500
* Turaw (; ) - 3,200
* Brahin - 3,700

## Geography o Homiel Voblast

## See also
*Subdiveesions o Belaroushie
*Gomel Province (disambiguation)

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Homyel Regional Executive Committee
Mogilev Region

**Mogilev Region** (; *Mahilyowskaya Voblasts*; ; *Mogilyovskaya Oblast*) is a province (voblast) o Belaroushie wi its admmeeistrative center being Mogilyov (Mahilyow). 

The Mogilev an Gomel Regionss suffered severely efter the Chernobyl nuclear radioactive reactor catastrophe in Aprile 1986.

Important ceeties athin the voblast' include: Mogilev, Asipovichy, an Babruysk.

## Geography
The Mahilyow Voblast covers a total aurie o 29,000 km2 (11,000 sq mi), aboot 14% o the naitional total. The voblast's greatest extent frae north tae sooth is 150 km (93 mi), frae east tae wast - 300 km (190 mi). The heichest point is 239 metres (784 ft) abuin sea level an the lawest point is 126 m (413 ft) abuin sea level.

Mony rivers flow through the Mahilyow Voblast. They include the: Dnieper River (Dniapro), Berezina, Sozh, Druts, Pronya an Ptsich rivers. Housomeivver, the voblast' contains little lakes, wi the lairgest being the Zaozerye Lake wi a surface aurie o 0.58 km2 (0.22 sq mi). An aw, the Chihirin Reservoir on the Druts river haes an aurie o 21.1 km2 (8.1 sq mi).

### Climate

The Mahilyow Voblast haes a temperate continental climate. The region haes mild winters an warm simmers. Januar's average temperatur reaches frae −8.2&nbsp;°C (17.2&nbsp;°F) in the northeast tae −6.5&nbsp;°C (20.3&nbsp;°F) in the soothwast. Julie's average temperatur reaches frae 17.8&nbsp;°C (64.0&nbsp;°F) in the northeast tae 18.7&nbsp;°C (65.7&nbsp;°F) in the soothwast. The region's average vegatative period ivery year is aboot 183–194 days. The average precipitation is 575–675 millimetres (22.6–26.6 in) a year. Aboot 70% o the year's precipitation faws durin the warm saison (Aprile–October).

## Demographics
The Mahilyow Voblast haes a population o 1,169,100 (2004 estimate), aboot 12.2% o the naitional total. Athin the voblast', 353,600 fowk live in rural auries, an 855,000 live in the ceeties an touns. An aw, there are 639,300 weemen an 567,300 men in the region. Aboot 288,100 inhabitants are childer unner 18 an 267,300 are elderly fowk.

O the major naitionalities livin in the Mahilyow Voblast, 1,044,000 inhabitants are Belaroushies, 132,000 are Roushies, 3,500 are Jews, 2,800 are Poles, 2,110 are Ukrainians, 1,700 are Tatars, 1,300 are Lithuanians, 1,100 are Armenians, an 1,070 are Gypsies.

## Admeenistrative Sudiveesions
The day it is composed o 21 destricts (raions), 195 selsovets, 13 ceeties, 3 ceety municipalities, an 12 urban-type settlements.

### Raions o Mahilyow Voblast

The twinty-ane raions (destricts) o the Mahilyow Voblast are:

### Ceeties an touns
* Mahilyow (; ; Łacinka: Mahiloŭ) - 365,100
* Babruysk (; ) - 220,800
* Asipovichy (; ; Łacinka: Asipovičy) - 34,700
* Horki () - 34,000
* Krychaw (; Łacinka: Kryčaŭ) - 28,200
* Bykhaw (; ) - 17,300
* Kastyukovitchy () - 16,100
* Klimavichy (; ; Łacinka: Klimavičy) - 16,000
* Shklow (; ; Łacinka: Škłoŭ) - 15,900
* Mstsislaw or Amstsislaw (; ; Łacinka: Amścisłaŭ) - 11,700
* Chavusy (; ; Łacinka: Čavusy) - 10,800
* Cherykaw () - 8,400
* Slawharad (; ) - 8,300

## See an aw
* Subdiveesions o Belaroushie

## Freemit airtins
*/ Mogilev Regional Executive Committee
Brest Region

**Brest Region** (; *Bresckaja vobłaść*; ; *Brestskaya Oblast*) is a province (voblast) o Belaroushie wi its admeenistrative center being Brest. 

Important ceeties athin the voblast' include: Baranovichi, Brest, an Pinsk.

## Geography
It is locatit in the soothwastren pairt o Belaroushie, borderin the Podlasie an Lublin Voivodships o Poland on the wast, the Volyn an Rivne Oblasts o Ukraine on the sooth, the Grodno an Minsk Regions on the north, an the Gomel Region on the east. The voblast' covers at total aurie o 32,300&nbsp;km², aboot 15,7% o the naitional total. 

It is aften dubbed the *Wastren gateway* tae Belaroushie. Geographically, the Brest Voblast belangs tae the aurie kent as Polesie. The aurie o the Voblast wis pairt o the Seicont Pols Republic frae 1921 till 1939 lairgely as the Polesie Voivodeship, when it wis joined tae the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.

## Demographics
The Brest Voblast haes a population o 1,462,900 (2004 estimate), aboot 14,7% o the naitional total. Aboot 47.2% o the voblast's population are men, an the remainin 52.8% are weemen.

O the major naitionalities livin in the Brest Voblast, 1,262,600 are Belaroushies (85%), 128,700 (8.6%) are Roushies, 57,100 (3.8%) are Ukrainians, an 27,100 (1.8%) are Poles.

Brest is the province wi the heichest birth rate in aw o Belaroushie. As o 2008, the birth rate wis 12.0 per 1000 an daith rate wis 13.4 per 1000. https://web.archive.org/web/20090918013106/http://belstat.gov.by/homep/ru/news/news85.php

## Admeenistrative Subdiveesions
The region wis formed in 1939 efter reunification o Wastren Belaroushie an the Byelorussian SSR. The day it comprises 16 destricts (raions), 225 selsovets, 20 ceeties, 5 ceety municipalities, 9 urban-type settlements, an 2178 veelages.

### Raions o Brest Voblast
The saxteen raions (destricts) o the Brest Voblast are:

### [[Leet o ceeeties in Belaroushie#Brest Province|Ceeties an touns]]
* Brest (; ) - 298,300
* Baranavičy (;  ) - 168,600
* Pinsk (; ) - 130,500
* Kobryn (; ) - 50,800
* Biaroza (; ) - 29,700
* Ivacevičy (; ) - 24,100
* Łuńińec (; )  - 23,900
* Pružany (; ) - 19,800
* Ivanava or Janava (; ) - 16,300
* Drahičyn (; ) - 15,000
* Hancavičy (; ) - 14,800
* Mikaševičy (; ) - 13,700 
* Biełaaźorsk (; ) - 13,200
* Žabinka (; ) - 12,800
* Stolin (; ) - 12,500
* Lachavičy (; ) - 11,600
* Małaryta (; ) - 11,500
* Kamiańec (; ) - 8,700
* Davyd-Haradok (; ) - 7,100
* Vysokaje (; ) - 5,300
* Kosava or Mereszowszczyzna (; ) - 2,400

## See an aw
* Subdiveesions o Belaroushie
* Poland’s Polesie Voivodeship (1921-1939)

## Freemit airtins
*/ Brest Regional Executive Committee
Siirt Province

**Siirt Province** () is a province o Turkey, locatit in the sootheast. The province borders Bitlis tae the north, Batman tae the wast, Mardin tae the soothwast, Şırnak tae the sooth, an Van tae the east. It haes an aurie o 5,406 km² an a total population o 300,695 (as o 2010). The provincial caipital is the ceety o Siirt

## Destricts
Siirt province is dividit intae 7 destricts (caipital destrict in **bauld**):
*Aydınlar
*Baykan
*Eruh
*Kurtalan
*Pervari
***[[Siirt]]**
*Şirvan

## Notes



## Freemit airtins
Birán

**Birán** is a sma toun locatit in the municipality o Mayarí in the Holguín Province o Cuba, best kent as the birthplace o Fidel Castro in 1926 an Raúl Castro in 1931. Their faither awned a 23,000 acre (93&nbsp;km²) plantation there. It is locatit 30 kilometers (19&nbsp;mi) soothwast o Mayarí an 9 kilometers (5.6&nbsp;mi) sooth o Cueto, in the fuithills o the Nipe Muntains (*Sierra de Nipe*).
Leet o ceeties an touns in Belaroushie

The follaein is the **leet o ceeties an touns in Belaroushie**. 

At the beginnin o 2010, 112 settlements haed the status o a ceety/toun. Amang them:
* 12 touns o oblast subordinance;
* 99 touns o raion subordinance;
* Minsk — the caipital o the kintra.

## The leet

## References

## See an aw
* Names o Belaroushies places in ither leids

## Fremmit airtins
* Current Status o Unitit Naitions Romanization Seestems for Geographical Names o Belaroushie
* Belarus Maps at World-Gazetteer
Grodno Region

**Grodno Region** (, *Hrodzienskaja vobłasć*;  *Grodnenskaya Oblast*; ) is a  voblast (province) in northwastren Belaroushie.

The caipital - Grodno is the biggest ceety o the province. It lees on the Neman River. 

## Demographics (2002)
The province covers an aurie o 25,000&nbsp;km² an haes a population o 1,146,100 (2004 estimate), givin a population density o 46/km². Aboot 63.5% live in ceeties an touns, while 36.5% live in rural auries. Females accoont for 53% o the region's population an men 47%. There are about 310,000 childer unner 19, an aboot 240,000 fowk aged ower 60.

Belaroushies accoont for 62.3% o the population. The region is hame tae a significant minority population: Poles (24.8%), Roushies (10%), Ukrainians (1.8%), Jews (0.4%), Tatars (0.2%), Lithuanians (0.2%), ither naitionalities (0.4%).

Whereas Belaroushie as a whole is primarily Roushie Orthodox, Grodno Voblast haes twa major releegions, Roman Catholic an Roushie Orthodox. There are 449 releegious communities an 18 denominations, 2 Roushie Orthodox eparchial destricts, 1 Orthodox nun sorority, 2 Catholic monk britherhuids, 1 Catholic nun sorority, 2 Orthodox an 4 Catholic monasteries, 165 Orthodox an 169 Catholic churches. The Catholic minority is made up maistly o Poles, although the identifier "Pole" haes an aw been historically appleed tae Catholic Belaroushies.

There are a number on naitional minority associations: 6 Pols, 6 Lithuanian, 4 Jewish, 1 Ukrainian, 1 Roushie, 1 Tatar, 1 Georgian, 1 Chuvash.

## Admeenistrative subdiveesions

The Grodno Region is subdividit intae 17 destricts (raions), 194 selsovets, 12 ceeties, 6 ceety municipalities, an 21 urban-type settlements.

* Berestovitsa Destrict
* Volkovysk Destrict
* Voronovo Destrict
* Grodno Destrict
* Diatlovo Destrict
* Zelva Destrict
* Ivje Destrict
* Korelichi Destrict
* Lida Destrict
* Mosty Destrict
* Novogrudok Destrict
* Oshmyany Destrict
* Ostrovets Destrict
* Svisloch Destrict
* Slonim Destrict
* Smorgon Destrict
* Schuchin Destrict

### Ceeties an touns
* Grodno - 332,300
* Lida - 98,200
* Svisloch - 7 300
* Słonim - 51,600
* Vaŭkavysk - 46,800
* Smarhoń - 36,700
* Navahrudak - 30,800
* Kareličy - 30,000
* Masty - 17,400
* Ščučyn - 16,000
* Ašmiany - 14,900
* Vialikaja Bierastavica - 12,000
* Skidziel - 10,900
* Iŭje - 8,900
* Dziatłava - 8,300
* Astraviec - 8,300
* Voranava - 7,000

## See an aw
* Subdiveesions o Belaroushie
* Seicont Pols Republic’s Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919-1939)
* Seicont Pols Republic’s Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939)

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Hrodna Regional Executive Committee , in Belarusian, Russian, English and Chinese
Yazd Coonty

**Yazd Coonty** () is a coonty in Yazd Province in Iran. The caipital o the coonty is Yazd.  At the 2006 census, the coonty's population wis 515,044, in 138,108 families.  The coonty is subdividit intae twa destricts: the Central Destrict an Zarach Destrict. The coonty haes fower ceeties: Yazd, Zarach, Shahediyeh, an Hamidiya.

## References

* اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران [Atlas Gitashenasi Ostanhai Iran] (*[http://www.gitashenasi.com/En/Product/Index.cfm?I=9 Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran] *)
Leet o touns an veelages in Sirie

There are 6432 touns an veelages in Sirie. This is an incomplete leet o the touns an veelages in Sirie. See an aw Leet o ceeties in Sirie.

## [[Homs Govrenorate]]
### [[Homs Destrict]]
* Arrakamah
* Fairouzeh
* Sadad
### [[Wadi al-Nasarah Destrict]]
* Al-Hwash
* Ain albardeh
* Marmarita
* Zweitina
* Amar

### [[Palmyra Destrict]]
### [[al-Rastan Destrict]]
### [[Talkalakh Destrict]]
### [[al-Qusayr Destrict]]

## [[Latakia Govrenorate]]
### [[Latakia Destrict]]
* Al-Bahluliyah
* Rabia, Sirie
* Ayn al-Beida, Sirie
* Qastal Maaf
* Kasab
* Hennadi

### [[Jableh Destrict]]
* Ayn al-Shrqiyah
* Al-Qutilabiyah
* Ayn Shuqaq
* Dalia, Sirie
* Bayt Yashut

### [[Al-Haffah Destrict]]
* Slinfah
* Ayn al-Tinah
* Kenasba
* Muzeraa

### [[Qardaha Destrict]]
* Harf al-Mseitra
* Al-Fakhoura
* Joubet Burghal

## [[Rif Dimashq Govrenorate]]
### [[Markaz Rif Dimashq]]
* Kiswe, Sirie
* Bebila
* Jaramanah
* Al-Maliha
* Kafar Batna
* Arbin
* Qudsayyah

### [[Duma Destrict]]
* Harasta
* Al-Sabea Biyar
* Al-Dumair
* Al-Nashabiyah
* Al-Ghuzlaniyah
* Harran al-Awamid

### [[Al-Qutayfah Destrict]]
* Jairoud
* Maaloula
* Al-Ruheibeh
* Al-Sisaniyah
* Ras al-Khashufah

### [[Al-Tall Destrict]]
* Mneen
* Saidnaya
* Rankous

### [[Yabrud Destrict]]
* Assal al-Ward

### [[Al-Nabk Destrict]]
* Deir Atiyah
* Qarah
* Al-Sehl

### [[Zabadani Destrict]]
* Al-Dimas
* Ayn al-Fijeh
* Madaya, Syria
* Sirghaya
* Bloudan
* Maysalun
* Evra
* Herera

### [[Qatana Destrict]]
* Bayt Jinn
* Saasaa
* Artouze
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### [[Darayya Destrict]]
* Sihnaya
* Al-Hajar al-Aswad

## [[Tartus Govrenorate]]
### [[Tartus Destrict]]
* Arwad
* Al-Hamidiyah
* Khirbet al-Maazeh
* Suda Khawabi
* Karimeh
* Sufsafeh

### [[Baniyas Destrict]]
* Al-Rawda
* Al-Ennazeh
* Al-Qadmus
* Hammam Wasel
* Al-Tawaheen
* Taleen

### [[Safita Destrict]]
* Mashta al-Helou
* Al-Bariqiyah
* Sibba, Syria
* Al-Sisaniyah
* Ras al-Khashufah

### [[Duraykish Destrict]]
* Jneinet Ruslan
* Himmeen
* Dweir Ruslan

### [[Ash-Shaykh Badr Destrict]]
* Brummanet al-Mashayekh
* Qamsieh

## [[Quneitra Govrenorate]]
### [[Quneitra Destrict]]
*Khan Arnabeh
*Al-Khishniyah
*Ein Qiniyye
*Majdal Shams
*Buq'ata
*Beer Ajam
*Ghajar 
*Mas'ade

## A
*Arrakamah
*abo faraj
*Ain Albardeh
*ain alkrom
*Amar Al-Hisn
*Amuda
*Ariqah

F
Fairouz

## H
*Homs
*Hawrat Amoreen
*Alhwash

## I
*Imtan
## J
*aljlaimih

## K
*Kafr Buhum
*Kafr Yabous
*Kafroun
*Khabab

## M
*Marmarita
*Mayadin
* Mharde
*almhforrah
* Mishteyah
* Milles

## N
*Nahr al-Bared

## Q
*Qanawat
*Qara

## S
*Shaqqa
*Suran
*Suk Wadi Barada

## T
*Tel Tamer

## Z
*Zweitina

## References
*Central Bureau o Statistics o Sirie
Homs Destrict

**Homs Destrict** ( / ALA-LC: *Minṭaqat Ḥimṣ*)  is a destrict (mantiqah) o the Homs Govrenorate in Sirie. At the 2004 Census it haed a population o 1,035,055. The centre o the destrict is the ceety o Homs.

## Diveesions
The destrict o Homs is dividit intae twal sub-destricts or Nāḥiyas (population accordin tae 2004 offeeial census):
*Homs nahiyah (ناحية حمص): population 750,501.
*Taldou nahiyah (ناحية تلدو): population 71,503.
*Khirbet al-Tin Noor nahiyah (ناحية خربة تين نور): population 52,879.
*Ayn an-Nisr nahiyah (ناحية عين النسر): population 30,267.
*Furqlus nahiyah (ناحية الفرقلس): population 13,506.
*Al-Riqama nahiyah (ناحية رقاما): population 20,602.
*Al-Qaryatayn nahiyah (ناحية القريتين): population 16,795.
*Mahin nahiyah (ناحية مهين): population 13,511.
*Hisyah nahiyah (ناحية حسياء): population 15,195.
*Sadad nahiyah (ناحية صدد): population 4,092.
*Kabu nahiyah (ناحية القبو): population 18,636.
*Shin nahiyah (ناحية شين): population 27,951.

## References
Akkar Destrict

**Akkar** () is a destrict (*[[Qadaa]]*) in the North Govrenorate, Lebanon. It covers an aurie o 788 km2 (304 sq mi) an haes a population of 198,174. The caipital lees at Halba.

The destrict is characterized bi the presence o a relatively muckle coastal plain, wi heich muntains tae the east. Akkar haed been govrened durin the last 400 year bi the Emirs an the beiks o the Merheb faimily. Efter the ceevil war this wis nae langer the case as peasants teuk ower the land wi the aid o Sirie troops durin the ceevil war. The mucklest ceeties in Akkar are Halba, al-Bireh (previously cried "Biret el Hokem" whaur we fynd the Castle o Merheb Family), Kobayat (Quobayet).

Akkar haes mony important Roman an Arabic airchaeological steids. Ane o the maist famous airchaeological steids an the birth place o the Emperor Alexander Severus, is the Tell o Arqa near the toun o Miniara.

## Demographics
The inhabitants o the Akkar region are largely Sunni Muslims then Greek Orthodox Christians. Maronites inhabit the aurie in fairly muckle numbers, mairower, this region haes the mucklest population o Alawites in Lebanon. Melkites or Greek Catholics are an aw present in sma numbers in the region.

## References
Tartus Destrict

**Tartus Destrict** () is a destrict (mantiqah) o the Tartus Govrenorate in Sirie. At the 2004 Census it haed a population o 281,453. The centre o the destrict is the ceety o Tartus.

## Diveesions
The destrict o Tartus is dividit intae seiven sub-destricts or Nāḥiyas (population accordin tae 2004 offeecial census):
*Tartus nahiyah (ناحية طرطوس): population 162,980.
*Arwad nahiyah (ناحية أرواد): population 4,403.
*Al-Hamidiyah nahiyah (ناحية الحميدية): population 20,309.
*Khirbet al-Ma'zah nahiyah (ناحية خربة المعزة): population 22,897.
*Al-Sauda nahiyah (ناحية السودا): population 32,295.
*Al-Karimah nahiyah (ناحية الكريمة): population 17,271.
*Safsafeh nahiyah (ناحية صفصافة): population 23,416.

## References
Holguín Province

**Holguín** is ane o the provinces o Cuba, the third maist populous efter Ciudad de la Habana an Santiago de Cuba.  It lees in the northeast o the kintra. Its major ceeties include Holguín (the caipital), Banes, Antilla, Mayarí, an Moa.

The province haes a population o slichtly ower ane million fowk. Its territory exceeds 9,300 km2 (3,600 sq mi), 25 percent o which are covered bi forest.

## History

Christopher Columbus landit in what is believed tae hae been the day's Holguín province on October 27, 1492. He declared that it wis "the maist bonnie kintra human eyes haed iver seen".

The Holguín province wis established in 1978, when it wis split frae the Oriente region.

## Economy
Lik hintle o Cuba, Holguín's economy is based aroond succarcane, tho ither crops such as corn an coffee, as well as minin, are an aw muckle earners for the province.

A muckle cobalt processin plant wi shippin facilities wis biggit at Moa, uisin foreign investment, hintle o it frae Canadae. Chromium, nickel, iron an steel plants dot the province as well.

Tourism haes anerlie recently begun tae be developed, afferin beach resorts in the ootskirts o the region, wi a nummer o hotels aroond the Guardalavaca aurie, Playa Pesquero, an Cayo Saetia. The Cuchillas del Toa Biosphere Reserve Sierra Cristal Naitional Pairk an Alejandro de Humboldt National Park are pairtly locatit in the province.

## Municipalities
Holguín is dividit intae 14 municipalities:

:*Source: Population frae 2004 Census.* *Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.*

## Demografics
In 2004, the province o Holguin haed a population o 1,029,083. Wi a tot aurie o 9,292.83 km2 (3,587.98 sq mi), the province haed a population density o 110.7 /km2 (287 /sq mi).

## See an aw
*Oriente

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Holguín.cu 
*Holguin Cuba  
*Ciudad de Holguin
Antilla

**Antilla** is a municipality an toun in Holguín Province o Cuba. The toun wis foondit in 1907 as a railwey terminal an port toun.

## Geografie
It is locatit on the north-eastren shore o Cuba, on a peninsulae atween the *Gulf o Nipe* an *Banes Bay*.

The municipality covers 101&nbsp;km² an contains the communities o Bijarú, Canalito, Cortaderas, Deleite, Este Cabecera, Los Novillos, Oeste Cabecera, San Jerónimo an Sao de los Hidalgos.

## Demografics
In 2004, the municipality o Antilla haed a population o 12,542. Wi a total aurie o , it haes a population densitie o .

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Municipality wabpage (Spainyie leid)
Ibn Nusayr

**Abu Shu'ayb Muhammad ibn Nusayr** wis the pupil o the eleivent Twaler Shia () Imam, Hasan al Askari (d. 873). Ibn Nusayr proclaimed hissel the "bab" or door (representative) o al-Askari an later the twalft Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi durin the Minor Occultation, an rejectit the authority o the Fower Deputies durin his lifetime. The follaers o Ibn Nusayr are kent as: Nusairyoon () or Alawi ().

## See an aw
*Alawites

## References
Ben Nevis

**Ben Nevis ** (frae ) is the heichest muntain in Scotland an in Gret Breetain as a hail. It ligs at the wastren end o the Grampian Muntains in the Lochaber aurie o the Hielands, naur the toun o Fort Wulliam.

Lyk monie Scots muntains, it is aften kent baith ti locals an veisitors as sempilie *the Ben*, whilk cums frae the Gaelic *beinn* meinin "muntain". Thar ar an estimatit 100,000 sklims o Ben Nevis ilk yeir, aboot thrie-fowerts o whilk ar made bruikin the weil-biggit Pownie Pad frae Glen Nevis on the sooth syd o the muntain. For sklimmers an muntaineers the main draw is the 700 m (2,300&nbsp;ft) hie clints o the north syd. Thir ar amang the heichest clints in the Unitit Kinrick.

At the summit, 1345 m (4,409&nbsp;ft) abuin sie levil, ligs the huil o an auld observatorie that wis aye staff'd atwein 1883 an 1904. The meteorological data gethert durin this stound is yit wechtie for unnerstaunin Scots muntain wather. C. T. R. Wilson wis inspyr'd ti mak the clud chaumer eftir a speil spent wirkin at the observatorie.

## Historie

The first *recorded* sklim o Ben Nevis wis made on 17 August 1771 bi James Robertson, an Edinburgh botanist, wha wis in the aurie ti gether botanical swatches. Anither aerlie sklim wis in 1774 bi John Williams, wha wrat the first acount o the muntain's geological makup. Inglis makar John Keats sklim'd the muntain in 1818, lykenin the sklim ti "mounting ten St Pauls without the convenience of a staircase". It wis no till 1847 that Ben Nevis wis confirm'd bi the Ordnance Survey as the heichest muntain in Breetain an Ireland, aheid o its rival Ben Macdui.

The summit observatorie wis biggit in the simmer o 1883, an wad stey runnin for 21 yeirs. The first pad til the summit wis biggit at the same tym as the observatorie an wis schamed ti lat pownies cairrie up supplies, wi a maximum gradient o ane in five. The apenin o the pad an the observatorie eikit the popularitie o sklimin the Ben, whilk becam e'en mair popular eftir the Wast Hieland Railwey wun ti Fort Wulliam in 1894. Aboot this tym the first o several owertures wis made for a rack railwey til the summit; nane o whilk cam ti be.

In 2000, the Ben Nevis Estate, inhaudin aw o the sooth syd o the muntain an the summit, wis bocht bi the Scots hainin chairitie the John Muir Trust.

## Ben Nevis Distilerie
The Ben Nevis Distilerie is a singil maut whiskie distilerie at the fuit o the muntain, bydin bi Victoria Brig til the north o Fort Wulliam. Foondit in 1825 bi John McDonald (kent as "Lang John"), it is ane o the auldest leesenst distileries in Scotland, an is a popular veisitor steid in the aurie. The wattir bruikit ti mak the whiskie cums frae the Allt a' Mhuilinn; the burn that flowes frae Ben Nevis's northren corrie.

## Soorces


## Fremmit airtins
* Nevis Partnership (environs an veisitor guidal in the Ben Nevis aurie)
* Computer generated digital panoramas frae Ben Nevis: North South  index
* Ben Nevis Wabcam  at Fort William Online
* The Ben Nevis Race (offeicial wabsteid)
* Navigation on Ben Nevis (advizement for fowk sklimin or walkin up Ben Nevis)
Hassa, Turkey

**Hassa** is a destrict o Hatay Province, Turkey on the eastren side o the Nur (Amanos) Mountains, leukin towards the ceety o Gaziantep. It is on the Antakya-Malatya road.  Hassa wis a destrict in Cebel-i Bereket Province frae 1923 tae 1933 an then a pairt o Gaziantep Province till 1939.

Hassa is an olive-growin destrict. The trees wur first brocht there bi Ottoman govrenor Derviş Pasha in the late 19t century.

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid
Altınözü

**Altınözü** is a destrict in the sooth-east o Hatay Province o Turkey, on the mairch atween Turkey an Syrie. The mayor is Mehmet Cavid Alkan (AKP).

## Etymology
The area wis previously kent as *Kuseyr* a derivation frae *kasr* the Arabic wird for castle. 

## Geography
Altınözü staunds on the Kuseyr plateau an is an area o guid fermland, uised for growin olives (the maistmuckle olive growin area in this pairt o Turkey) an tobacco, grains an ither crops an aa. The destrict is wattered bi the Yarseli reservoir. 

Altınözü itsel is a sma toun o 7,199 fowk, Turks an Armenies bide thare. 

## Freemit airtins
*  local information, follow ''galeri'' for photos
Kumlu

**Kumlu** is a destrict o Hatay Province, Turkey, in the Amik plain, on the road atween Antakya an Reyhanlı.

Kumlu is kent for the mineral baths o "Hamamat".
Kırıkhan

**Kırıkhan** is a toun an destrict in the northeastren pairt o Hatay Province, Turkey. The name *Kırıkhan* means “braken inn” in the Turkis leid, aiblins a reference tae ane o the mony lodgins that ance lined the road. The toun staunds at the intersection o the route atween İskenderun an Aleppo, an the major east-wast road atween Antakya an Kahramanmaraş.

The toun wis ance pairt o the destrict o Belen, but became a destrict in its awn richt in 1923 at the time o the French Mandate. On 23 Juin 1939, Kırıkhan joined Turkey as pairt o Hatay.

It haes 687.73&nbsp;km2 acreage, 32.3&nbsp;°C o average simmer temperatur an 7.31&nbsp;°C o average winter temperature.

## See an aw
* Trapessac
Erzin

**Erzin**, kent as **Yeşilkent** an aw, is a ceety in the province o Hatay, on the Mediterranean coast o Turkey.

## Geography
Erzin is on the wast-facin flanks o the Muntains an runs doun tae the Gulf o İskenderun on the Mediterranean coast. The climate is warm an wet in winter, hot an extremely humid in simmer, when maist fowk retreat further up intae the pine-covered hills, or tae the beach.

Erzin is an attractive destrict well-kent for its heich-quality citrus fruits, the major economic activity o the destrict. Grains an vegetables are an aw grown, especially syne irrigation wirks wur built in the 1960s. The day 65,000 m2 are plantit wi grains an anither 65,000 m2 wi aw kynd o citrus fruits includin navel oranges, grapefruit an tangerines. Ither income is generatit bi holidaymakers on the coast. The main road an the railway line atween the ceeties o Osmaniye an İskenderun run through here, an Iskenderun wi its lairge steel plant haes an effect on the economy o the whole region.

Erzin itsel is a quiet mercat toun o 30.340 fowk providin govrenment services tae the destrict.

## History
The aurie wis settled bi Anatolie beyliks, an wis brocht intae the Ottoman Empire efter the defeat o the Beyliks at the battle o Otlukbeli in 1473.

## Internaitional relations
### Twin ceeties
Erzin is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:
*  Quba, Azerbaijan, syne 2011

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial wabsteid -  an 
* info an photos  

## References
Osmaniye Province

**Osmaniye Province** () is a Turkis province locatit in soothren Turkey. It became a province in 1996. The province wis pairt o Adana Province. It covers an aurie o 3,767&nbsp;km² an haes a population o 479,221 (2010 est).  The province is situatit in Çukurova, a geographical, economical an cultural region.

The caipital o the province is Osmaniye (Population:194.000). The next lairgest touns are Kadirli (Population:81.016) an Düziçi (Population:42.000).

## Destricts
Osmaniye province is dividit intae 7 destricts (caipital destrict in **bauld**):
* Bahçe
* Düziçi
* Hasanbeyli
* Kadirli
* **[[Osmaniye]]**
* Sumbas
* Toprakkale

## Historical steids an ruins
* Karatepe - Aslantaş (Domuztepe-Pınarözü) - Kadirli/Düziçi

## Famous fowk frae Osmaniye
* Yaşar Kemal, ane o the best kent writers in Turkey 
* Devlet Bahçeli
* Samet Aybaba

## Festivals
* Karakucak Wrestling Festival - Kadirli (25-26 Mey)

## Gallery

Image:HierapolisCastabalaBasilika.jpg|Auncient ceety o Hierapolis Castabala in Osmaniye

Image:Osmaniye 01.jpg|A view frae the ceety o Osmaniye


## See an aw
Çukurova
## References

## Freemit airtins

*  Osmaniye govrenor's offeecial wabsteid
*  Osmaniye municipality's offeecial wabsteid
*  Osmaniye Haber 
*  Osmaniye wather forecast information
Belen, Hatay

**Belen** is a toun an destrict o Hatay Province in the Mediterranean region o sooth-central Turkey.

## Geography
The destrict o Belen consists o a sma toun o the same name an the surroondin veelages in the forestit slopes o the Nur Muntains. The Belen Pass is the main route athort the muntains an joins the coastal ceety o İskenderun wi Antakya. The pass is a key route atween Anatolie an the Middle East. The Belen destrict is kent for its ceul clean air (especially when compared wi the heat o the Mediterranean coast belaw) an its muntain spring watter.

The roadside restaurants in the pass hae lang been a stoppin place for travellers, servin the teepical dishes o Hatay, an especially "Belen tava", meats freed in tomatoes, garlic, spices an peppers.

Belen itsel is a sma mercat toun wi a post office an ither basics. The fowk o Belen are conservative; the municipality is currently (2010) controlled bi the Turkis far-richt MHP, wi the ither seats held bi the AKP.

## History
Kent in earlier times as "Maziku Bagras" an "Bab-ı İskenderun" the pass wis brocht intae the Ottoman Empire in 1516 efter the battle o Mercidabık. The Ottomans postit a guard on the pass, the main route frae Sirie tae Anatolie, an gae the aurie the name "Belen". In 1535 follaein a veesit bi Suleyman the Magnificent a wall wis biggit tae secur the pass alang wi a caravanserai, a mosque an a bathhoose, an wi thir facilities Turkis families wur settled on the muntainside, pairtly actin as watchkeepers on the pass, alang wi the military garrison. This early Ottoman airchitectur is still in place.

The toun grew, acquirin the teepical Ottoman mix o Muslim an non-Muslim traders an veelagers. the 16t century traveller Evliya Çelebi notit the hersh climate, the nairae streets an the forest on the steep hillsides. Belen wis key tae the defence o the Ottoman Empire durin the struggle against the breakaway Egyptian airmy in 1827. 13,000 lives war lost durin the Egyptian struggle tae tak the pass, thay eventually succeedit but durin thair retreat frae Anatolie wur harriet bi bandits at Belen again.

Alang wi the rest o Hatay, Belen became pairt o Turkey in 1939.

## Sources