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Marsa Alam

**Marsa Alam** () is a toun in sooth-eastren Egyp, locatit on the wastren shore o the Reid Sea. It is currently seein fast increasin popularity as a tourist destination an development follaein the openin o Marsa Alam Internaitional Airport in 2001.

Marsa Alam is situatit near the Tropic o Cancer whaur the Arabian Desert meets the Reid Sea, an it haes the appearance o a tropical paradise wi its palm trees, mangroves an sea coasts fringed wi barrier coral reefs. It haes awready gained a strang reputation amangst scuba divers due tae its numerous an unspoilt divin steids baith alang the coast an affshore. Sichtins o spinner dowphins, dugongs an hammerheid shairks are a frequent occurrence for thae wha anter intae its watters.

Marsa Alam an aa haes some inland attractions, sic as the Emerald Mines an the Temple o Seti I at Khanais.

## Climate
Average temperaturs durin the winter months (October tae Mairch) reenge frae 18 tae 35 degrees Celsius an durin the simmer months (Aprile tae September) frae 20 tae 45 degrees Celsius. The temperatur o the Reid Sea at this location durin the year reenges frae 22 tae 29 degrees Celsius.

## Gallery o wildlife

File:Dugong - profile.jpg|Dugong aff Abu Dabab strand
File:Dugong - underside.jpg|Dugong "rollin" on sea fluir


## References

## Freemit airtins

*On the Red Sea, as Hotels Go Up, Divers Head Down *The New York Times* on divin in Marsa Alam (8 Aprile 2007) 
*Red Sea Spinner Dolphins
*The Dugong o Marsa Abu Dabbab
*Marsa Alam Tourism Guide for UK Travellers 
*Marsa Alam touristic an residential resorts 
*Marsa Alam Dugon
Shimonoseki

is a ceety locatit in Yamaguchi Prefectur, Japan. It is at the soothwastren tip o Honshū, facin the Tsushima Strait an an' a' Kitakyushu athort the Kanmon Straits. 

## Twin ceeties

Shimonoseki haes ane domestic an 5 internaitional sister ceeties:

### Ootside Japan
*  Santos, São Paulo, Brazil, syne 1971
*  Istanbul, Turkey, syne 1972
*  Busan, Republic o Korea, syne 1976
*  Qingdao, Cheenae, syne 1979
*  Pittsburg, Californie, U.S., since 1998

### Athin Japan
* Kikugawa (Shizuoka Prefectur)
Leet o sister an pairtner ceeties o Paris

Paris haes ane sister ceety an numerous pairtner ceeties.

### Sister ceety
*  Roum, Italy, syne 1956
: *Seule Paris est digne de Rome; seule Rome est digne de Paris.*
: *Solo Parigi è degna di Roma; solo Roma è degna di Parigi.*
:"Anerlie Paris is wirthy o Rome; anerlie Roum is wirthy o Paris."

### Pairtner ceeties

## Ither ceeties cawin thairsels Paris

Paris o the Middle East - Beirut
 

Paris o the Orient - Shanghai
 

Paris o the Orient - Manilla

Paris o Sooth Americae - Buenos Aires

## See an aw

Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Fraunce

## References
Santa Elena Province

**Santa Elena Province** is a province o Ecuador in the coastal region. Creatit in 2007 frae territory that belanged tae the Guayas Province, it is ane o the twa newest provinces o Ecuador, alang wi Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas. Its caipital ceety is Santa Elena, frae which the province derives its name.

## Poleetical diveesion
The province is dividit intae three cantons. The follaein table leets each wi its population as o the 2001 census, its aurie in square kilometres (km²), an the name o the canton seat or caipital.

## See an aa
* Provinces o Ecuador
* Cantons o Ecuador

## References
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

**Mecklenburg-Vorpommern** is ane o the saxteen States o Germany. The caipital ceety is Schwerin.

It is bundit bi Poland tae the east, Brandenburg tae the sooth, Schleswig-Holstein an Lawer Saxony tae the wast, an the Easter Seas tae the north. 1,694,600 fowk bide in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

## References
Vantaa

**Vantaa** (; ) is a ceety an municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, an Kauniainen mak up the Greater Helsinki aurie.

Vantaa, wi its population o 200,410 (31 Januar 2011), is the fowert maist muckle ceety o Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is locatit thare. It an aa hosts a science centre, Heureka.

The ceety is bilingual, wi a majority (88.6 %) bein Finnish an minority (3%) Swadish speakers. Vantaa's residents that speak a native leid ither than Finnish or Swadish staund at 8.4% o the population.

## History
The name *Vantaa* wis taken intae uise in 1972 whan the municipality gained mercat toun richts. The first record o the aurie is as *Helsinge* in 1351 whan keeng Magnus II o Swaden grantit salmon fishin richts on the river Vantaa tae the Estonian Padise monastery. The municipality wis ance kent as *Helsingin maalaiskunta* "Rural municipality o Helsinki". The rapids o river Vantaa wur kent as *Helsingfors*, frae which the current Swadish name o Helsinki derives. In 1972, the municipality wis renamed *Vantaa/Vanda* an promotit tae a mercat toun (i.e. *Vantaan kauppala/Vanda köping*), an in 1974, feenally renamed *Vantaan kaupunki/Vanda stad* "Ceety o Vantaa".

## Geography

### Location
Vantaa encompasses 240.34 square kilometres (92.80 sq mi), o which 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi) is watter. Population density is 840.75 /km2 (2,177.5 /sq mi). It borders Helsinki, the Finnish caipital, which is tae the sooth an soothwast. Ither neighbourin municipalities are Espoo tae the wast, Nurmijärvi, Kerava an Tuusula tae the north an Sipoo tae the east.

### Subdiveesion

Vantaa is dividit intae seiven destricts (, ): Myyrmäki *(Myrbacka)*, Tikkurila *(Dickursby)*, Hakunila *(Håkansböle)*, Korso, Koivukylä *(Björkby)* an Aviapolis.

## Climate

## Demographics

## Economy
Companies that hae thair heidquarters in Vantaa (at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport) include Finnair, Finavia, Air Finland an Blue1.

## Internaitional relations
### Twin touns an sister ceeties

Vantaa is twinned wi:

## Mayors
* Lauri Lairala 1974–1989
* Pirjo Ala-Kapee 1989–1997
* Erkki Rantala 1997–2003
* Juhani Paajanen 2003-

## Cultur
### Muisic
Vantaa Chamber Choir comes frae Vantaa. Its albums includes fowk sangs an poems frae Kalevala. Ankkarock is a rock muisic festival held ivery simmer in Korso syne 1989.

### Museums
Tikkurila is hame o the major science centre in Finland, Heureka. In addition thare is the ceety museum next tae the railway station in Tikkurila. The museum is hoosed in the auldest station biggin in Finland, designed bi Carl Albert Edelfelt an completit in 1861. Thare are exhibitions wi various themes on local history.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*City of Vantaa – Offeecial wabsteid
*Map o Vantaa
*The Finnish Science Center
*Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport
*Vantaa Ceety Museum 
*Helsinki.fi – Helsinki region in a nutshell
Wast Midlands

**Wast Midlands** mey refer tae:

* Wast Midlands (region), a region in Ingland
* Wast Midlands (coonty), the metropolitan coonty in the Wast Midlands region
* Wast Midlands conurbation, the lairge conurbation in the Wast Midlands region
* Wast Midlands (European Parliament constituency), the constituency o the European Parliament correspondin tae the Wast Midlands region
* West Midlands Police
* West Midlands Regiment, the Breetish Territorial Airmy regiment
* BBC West Midlands, a local BBC region
* West Midlands (Regional) League, association fitbaa league
* Wast Midlands Inglis
Tripoli (disambiguation)

**[[Tripoli]]** is the caipital o Libie.

**Tripoli** (meanin three ceeties in Greek)  or **Tripolis** mey forby refer tae:

## Ither ceeties
*Tripoli, Lebanon, the seicont lairgest ceety in Lebanon
*Tripoli, Greece, the caipital o Arcadia Prefecture, Greece
*Tripoli, Iowa, a ceety in Bremer Coonty, Iowa, Unitit States

## Ither geography
*Tripura or Tripuri, Indian equivalent o Tripoli

## Siclike pages
*Tripolitanie, a historic region o Libie
Pirkanmaa

**Pirkanmaa** (), or the **Tampere Region** (offeecial Inglis name), is a region o Finland. It borders on the regions o Satakunta, Tavastie Proper, Päijänne Tavastie, Soothren Ostrobothnie an Central Finland.

As the name implies, the ceety o Tampere is the regional centre.

## Historical provinces

## Municipalities
*Main airticle: [[Municipalities o Pirkanmaa]]*

Pirkanmaa includes 22 municipalities o which 11 hae ceety status. The ceeties are marked in bauld in the follaein leet.

Alphabetical leet o municipalities in Pirkanmaa:

***[[Akaa]]**
*Hämeenkyrö
***[[Ikaalinen]]**
*Juupajoki
*Kangasala
*Kihniö
*Lempäälä
***[[Mänttä-Vilppula]]**
***[[Nokia, Finland|Nokia]]**
***[[Orivesi]]**
*Pirkkala


***[[Parkano]]**
*Punkalaidun
*Pälkäne
*Ruovesi
***[[Sastamala]]**
***[[Tampere]]**
*Urjala
***[[Valkeakoski]]**
*Vesilahti
***[[Virrat]]**
***[[Ylöjärvi]]**


## Freemit airtins

* Pirkanmaa
Soothren Ostrobothnie

**Soothren Ostrobothnie** (; ) is ane o the 20 regions o Finland.

Seinäjoki is the regional centre an bi far the lairgest ceety in the aurie.

## Historical provinces
*For History, Geography an Culture see: [[Ostrobothnie (historical province)|Ostrobothnie]]*

## Regional cooncil
* epliitto.fi 

## Municipalities

There are 19 municipalities in Soothren Ostrobothnie.

*Alajärvi
*Alavus
*Evijärvi
*Ilmajoki
*Isojoki
*Jalasjärvi
*Karijoki


*Kauhajoki
*Kauhava
*Kuortane
*Kurikka
*Lappajärvi
*Lapua
*Seinäjoki


*Soini
*Teuva
*Töysä
*Vimpeli
*Ähtäri


## Cultur
Mony fowk hae made this region better kent tae the warld. For example, The Dudesons an the traditional Finnish sweater Jussishirt are something fowk wad remember when asked aboot Soothren Ostrobothnie.

Ane o the biggest Rock festivals in Finland, Provinssirock an warld's auldest tango festival Tangomarkkinat are baith held in Seinäjoki.

## Freemit airtins

*Southern Ostrobothnia - Offeecial steid
Central Ostrobothnie

**Central Ostrobothnie** (; ) is a region in Finland. It borders tae the regions Ostrobothnie, Northren Ostrobothnie, Central Finland, Soothren Ostrobothnie.

## Historical provinces
*For History, Geography an Cultur see: [[Ostrobothnie (region)|Ostrobothnie]]*

## Regional cooncil
*Main airticle: [[Central Ostrobothnia Regional Council]]*

## Municipalities
*Main airticle: [[Municipalities o Central Ostrobothnie]]*

There are aicht municipalities in Central Ostrobothnie. Ceeties an touns are marked in bauld.

## Heraldry

## Freemit airtins

* Central Ostrobothnia Regional Cooncil
Tavastie Proper

**Tavastie Proper** (; ) is a region (**' / **') o Finland. It borders tae the regions Finland Proper, Pirkanmaa, Päijänne Tavastie, an Uusimaa.

Hämeenlinna is the lairgest urban aurie in the region. There are twa ither municipalities that hae tounship status: Riihimäki an Forssa.

## Historical provinces
*For history, geography an cultur see: [[Tavastie (historical province)]]*

## Municipalities
*Main airticle: [[Municipalities o Tavastie Proper]]*

There are 11 municipalities in Tavastie Proper. Touns an ceeties are marked in bauld.

* **[[Forssa]]**
* Hattula
* Hausjärvi
* Humppila
* **[[Hämeenlinna]]**
* Janakkala
* Jokioinen
* Loppi
* **[[Riihimäki]]**
* Tammela
* Ypäjä

## Heraldry
Tavastie Proper uises the airms o the auld historical province Tavastie.

## Freemit airtins

* Tavastia Proper  – Offeecial steid
Northren Ostrobothnie

**Northren Ostrobothnie** (; ) is a region o Finland. It borders tae the regions Lapland, Kainuu, Northren Savonie, Central Finland an Central Ostrobothnie.

## Historical provinces
*For history, geography an cultur see: [[Ostrobothnie]]*

## Municipalities
*Main airticle: [[Municipalities o Northren Ostrobothnie]]*

There are 34 municipalities in Northren Ostrobothnie.

*Alavieska
*Haapajärvi
*Haapavesi
*Hailuoto
*Ii
*Kalajoki
*Kempele
*Kuusamo
*Kärsämäki
*Liminka

*Lumijoki
*Merijärvi
*Muhos
*Nivala
*Oulainen
*Oulu
*Pudasjärvi
*Pyhäjoki
*Pyhäjärvi
*Pyhäntä
*Raahe

*Reisjärvi
*Sievi
*Siikajoki
*Siikalatva
*Taivalkoski
*Tyrnävä
*Utajärvi
*Ylivieska


## Freemit airtins

*Northern Ostrobothnia – Offeecial steid
Ostrobothnie (region)

**Ostrobothnie** (; ) is a region o Finland. It is locatit in Wastren Finland. It borders the regions Central Ostrobothnie, Soothren Ostrobothnie, an Satakunta an is ane o the fower regions makin up the historical province o Ostrobothnie.

Ostrobothnia is ane o the twa Finnish regions wi a Swadish speakin majority, the ither bein Åland. The Swadish-speakers mak up 51.2%. Despite this, the region is linguistically heterogeneous, encompassin baith exclusively Finnish an Swadish-speakin municipalities in addition tae bilingual anes.

The regional tree is the Black Alder (*Alnus glutinosa*), the regional mammal is the Common Elk (*Alces alces alces*), the regional stane is the Vaasa granite an the regional sang is "The mairch o Vaasa" (, ).

## Municipalities

Thare are 16 municipalities in Ostrobothnie region. Ceeties an touns are merked in bauld.

## Heraldry
The bundle is a seembol o the Ryal Hoose o Vasa; a Vasa king established the ceety o Vaasa, the caipital o the region. The running weasels are a seembol o Pohjanmaa.

## See an aa
*Swadish dialects in Ostrobothnie
*''Katrina'' (novel) (aboot an Ostrobothnian wumman)

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Regional Cooncil o Ostrobothnie
Satakunta

**Satakunta** (, ) is a region (*maakunta* / *landskap*) o Finland, pairt o the umwhile Wastren Finland Province. It borders the regions o Finland Proper, Tavastia Proper, Pirkanmaa, Soothren Ostrobothnie an Ostrobothnia. The main ceety o the region is Pori. The name o the region literally means Hunder. The historical province o the same name wis a lairger aurie athin Finland, coverin modren Satakunta as well as hintle o Pirkanmaa.

## Municipalities

The region o Satakunta is made up o 19 municipalities.

*Eura
*Eurajoki
*Harjavalta
*Honkajoki
*Huittinen
*Jämijärvi
*Kankaanpää

*Karvia
*Kokemäki
*Köyliö
*Luvia
*Merikarvia
*Nakkila
*Pomarkku

*Pori
*Rauma
*Siikainen
*Säkylä
*Ulvila

## Heraldry
The airms are crouned bi a ducal coronet, tho in Finnish tradeetion this resembles a Swadish coont's coronet. Blazon: "Per fess Azure an Or, a bear rampant Sable, airmed an langued Gules, crouned Or, hauldin in baith paws a sword Argent, sword handle Or; surmuntit bi twa mullets o seiven Argent".

## Freemit airtins

* Regional Cooncil o Satakunta
Ostrobothnie

**Ostrobothnie** refers tae various auries in Finland:
* Ostrobothnie (historical province), province o the kinrick o Swaden afore 1809
* Ostrobothnie (region), in modren Finland
* Ither regions in modren Finland:
** Soothren Ostrobothnie
** Central Ostrobothnie
** Northren Ostrobothnie

## See an aa
* Bothnie (disambiguation)‎
Finland Proper

**Finland Proper** or **Soothwast Finland** (, ), is a region in sooth-wastren Finland. It borders the regions o Satakunta, Tavastie Proper an Uusimaa.

## Historical Provinces

## Regional Cooncil

## Municipalities

The region o Finland Proper is made up o 28 municipalities, o which 11 are touns.

### Touns

### Ither municipalities

## Heraldry
The region uises the coat o airms o the historical province o Finland Proper.

## Notes

## Freemit airtins

*Regional Council of Southwest Finland&nbsp;– Official site
Päijänne Tavastie

**Päijänne Tavastia** (; ) is a region in Southern Finland south of the lake Päijänne. It borders the regions Uusimaa, Tavastia Proper, Pirkanmaa, Central Finland, Southern Savonia, and Kymenlaakso.

## Municipalities
There are 11 municipalities in Päijänne Tavastie. Ceeties an touns are marked in bauld.


**Lahti Sub-region:** 
* Asikkala
* Hartola
* **Heinola**
* Hollola
* Hämeenkoski
* Kärkölä
* **Lahti**
* Nastola
* **Orimattila**
* Padasjoki
* Sysmä



## Heraldry
Blazon: Azure, a mermaid an in dexter chief a cuckoo close Or.

In laymen's terms: The coat o airms sports a depiction o the auncient water goddess Vellamo as a marmaid, wi a cuckoo tae represent the influence o the numerous post-WW2 Karelian refugees in Lahti an the surroondin regions.

## Freemit airtins

*The Regional Cooncil o Päijät-Häme
Kainuu

**Kainuu** () is a region (*maakunta* / *landskap*) of Finland. It borders the regions o Northren Ostrobothnie, North Karelie an Northren Savonie. In the east it an aa borders Roushie. Kainuu is kent in the auncient Norse sagas as Kvenland.

The administrative caipital is Kajaani. Kainuu haes aroond 85,000 inhabitants (2006) an the population is in decline. The natur o Kainuu features forestit hills, lakes an vast expanses o uninhabitit woods at its maist typical &mdash; 95% o the land aurie is forest. The climate is continental.

Oreeginal inhabitants o Kainuu wur Sami hunter-fisherers. In the 17t century, the Govrenor General o Finland Per Brahe fostered the population growth o Kainuu bi givin a ten year tax exemption tae settlers. It wis necessary tae populate Kainuu wi Finnish fermers acause the aurie wis threatened frae the east bi the Roushies. The immigrants tae Kainuu wur mainly frae Savo an acause o that the Kainuu dialect is vera close tae the Savo dialect.  

Currently the population is in decline mainly acause the traditional livelihuid is agricultur which is no vera profitable ony mair in that region. 

The economy o Kainuu is an aa driven bi the lumber industry, which employs 8% o the wirkforce in the region. In addition, Kainuu Brigade, a base o the Finnish Defence Forces, is locatit near Kajaani.

## Historical province
*For history, geography an cultur see: [[Ostrobothnie]]*

*For oreegin o the name Kainuu see: [[Oreegin o the name Kainuu]]*

## Municipalities

Kainuu haes nine municipalities. A new, democratically electit organ, the regional cooncil (*maakuntavaltuusto*), is being testit in Kainuu. The municipalities are independent, but this independence haes been questioned as health care, amang ither responsibilities o the municipalities, is difficult tae govren on such a sma scale. The municipalities in Kainuu are testin a model, whaur health care an some ither services are produced on the regional level.

## See an aw
*Nälkämaan laulu
*Vuolijoki

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Kainuu - Offeecial steid (in Inglis)
*http://www.kainuu.fi/ - Portal
Regions o Finland

The **Regions o Finland** are the first level admeenistrative an poleetical subdiveesions o Finland.

Sax **regional state admeenistrative agencies** (Etelä-Suomi, Itä-Suomi, Lounais-Suomi, Länsi- ja Sisä-Suomi, Pohjois-Suomi, Lappi) wur creatit for Finland in 2010, ilk o thaim responsible for ane o the regions cried  in Finnish an  in Swadish; in addition, Åland wis designatit a seivent region.

Thir lairger regions comprise ane or mair o 19 smawer regions cried  in Finnish an  in Swadish. The regions is govrened bi regional cooncils, whilk ser as forums o cooperation for the municipalities o a region. The main tasks o the regions is regional plannin an development o enterprise an eddication. In addition, the public heal service is uisually organized on the basis o regions. Currently, the ae region whaur a popular election is held for the cooncil is Kainuu. Ither regional cooncils is elect bi municipal cooncils, ilka municipality sendin representatives in proportion tae its population.

In addition tae inter-municipal cooperation, whilk is the responsibility o regional cooncils, ilka region haes a state Employment an Economic Development Centre, that is responsible for the local admeenistration o labour, agricultur, fisheries, forestry an entrepreneurial affairs. The Finnish Defence Forces regional offices are responsible for the regional defence preparations an for the admeenistration o conscription athin the region.

Regions represent dialectal, cultural an economic variations better nor the umwhile provinces, whilk wur purely admeenistrative diveesions o the central govrenment. Historically, regions are diveesions o historical provinces o Finland, auries that represent dialects an cultur mair accurately.

## Regions

The region o Eastren Uusimaa wis consolidatit wi Uusimaa on Januar 1, 2011.

## See an aa
*Regions o Eastren Finland
*Regions o Oulu
*Regions o Soothren Finland
*Regions o Wastren Finland
*Coonty Cooncils o Swaden
*Hoosehauld pennants o Finland

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Regional Cooncils o Finland  Offeecial steid
*Regional State Admeenistrative Agencies
Central Finland

**Central Finland** (; ) is a region ( / ) in Finland. It borders tae the regions Päijänne Tavastie, Pirkanmaa, Soothren Ostrobothnie, Central Ostrobothnie, Northren Ostrobothnie, Northren Savonie an Soothren Savonie.

Jyväskylä is the regional centre an bi far the lairgest ceety in the aurie.

## Historical provinces
*For history, geography an cultur see: [[Tavastie (historical province)|Tavastia]], [[Savonie (historical province)|Savonie]], [[Ostrobothnie (historical province)|Ostrobothnie]]*

## Municipalities
*Main airticle: [[Municipalities o Central Finland]]*

Thare are 23 municipalities in Central Finland. Ceeties an touns are merked in bauld.


* Hankasalmi
* Joutsa
* **[[Jyväskylä]]**
* **[[Jämsä]]**
* Kannonkoski
* Karstula
* **[[Keuruu]]**
* Kinnula
* Kivijärvi
* Konnevesi
* Kuhmoinen



* Kyyjärvi
* Laukaa
* Luhanka
* Multia
* Muurame
* Petäjävesi
* Pihtipudas
* **[[Saarijärvi]]**
* Toivakka
* Uurainen
* **[[Viitasaari]]**
* **[[Äänekoski]]**



## Freemit airtins

*Central Finland Regional Cooncil 
*Central Finland Human Technology Region
Northren Savonie

**Northren Savonie** (; ) is a region in eastren Finland. Kuopio is the lairgest ceety in the region.

## Historical provinces
*For history, geography an cultur see: [[Savonie (historical province)|Savonie]]*

## Municipalities

Northren Savonie includes 18 municipalities.
Five o them are ceeties.

## Tertiary education
* University o Eastren Finland, Kuopio Campus (enrollment ca. 6,000, in Kuopio)
* Savonie University o Applee'd Sciences (enrollment ca. 6,000, in Kuopio (aboot 4,500), Varkaus an Iisalmi)
* Kuopio depairtment o Sibelius Academy (ca. 150 studyin for Maister o Muisic in Kirk muisic or Maister o Airts in Arts Management)
* Kuopio depairtment o Humak University o Applee'd Sciences (ca. 100  studyin tae be Sign leid Interpreters)

## Freemit airtins

* North Savo – Offeecial steid
Lapland

**Lapland** micht can refer tae:

### Places
* Lapland (region), a cultural region in Finland an Swaden

* Lapland (Swaden), Inglis name o the Province
* Lapland (Finland) (*Lappi*/*Lappland*), Inglis name o the Region or umwhile Province o 

* Lapland (electoral destrict)
* Lapland, Indiana, toun in the Unitit States
* Lapland, Nova Scotia, community in Lunenburg destrict, Nova Scotia

* Sápmi (aurie), the entire cultural region inhabitit bi the Sami fowk minority in northren Europe, an aa referred tae as Lapland

### Ither uisses
* "Norse Lapland", a sporadic mercatin term for Northren Norawa an especially the coonty o Finnmark
* "Dens Lapland", an historical term sometimes uised aboot the coonty o Finnmark an Troms durin the Denmark–Norawa union
* "Roushie Lapland", a sporadic mercatin term for the Murmansk Oblast
* Lapland Biosphere Reserve, a natural reserve in Murmansk Oblast
* ''Lapland'' (album)
* Sang bi New York Ceety electronic muisic duo Ratatat
* SS ''Lapland'', a lairge ocean liner o the Red Star Line that served frae 1908–1934
* Lapland (film), a 1957 Disney film directit bi Ben Sharpsteen

### See an aa
* Laponie (historical province) in present-day Swaden an Finland
* Lappmarken, an auld Swadish name for the northren pairt o the auld Kinrick o Swaden
Sooth Karelie

**Sooth Karelie** (; ) is a region o Finland. It borders tae the regions o Kymenlaakso, Soothren Savonie, North Karelie an tae Roushie. The term "Sooth Karelie" micht an aa be uised tae refer tae the soothren pairts o the entire Karelie — the *Region o Sooth Karelie* is termed "Sooth" acause it is the soothmaist pairt o Karelie on Finnish territory.

## Historical province
*For History, Geography an Cultur see: [[Finnish Karelie|Karelie]]*

## Regional Cooncil
*Main airticle: [[Sooth Karelie Regional Cooncil]]*

## Municipalities
*Main airticle: [[Municipalities o Sooth Karelie]]*

Sooth Karelie is dividit intae ten municipalities. Twa o these are ceeties.

***[[Imatra]]**
***[[Lappeenranta]]**
*Lemi
*Luumäki


*Parikkala
*Rautjärvi
*Ruokolahti
*Taipalsaari


## Heraldry
*Main airticle: [[Heraldry o Karelie]]*

The coat o airms o Sooth Karelie is composed o the airms o Karelie.

## Gallery

File:Imatrankoski kuohuu.jpg|Imatrankoski Rapids, lairgest in Europe
File:Uukuniemen kirkko ulkoa.JPG|Uukuniemi Kirk
File:Harbour autumn.jpg|Lappeenranta harbour
File:Rural landscape in Finland.jpg|Kintraside o Lappeenranta
|Saimaa Canal
File:Lutheran-church-luumaki.jpg|Luumäki Kintra
File:Salpalinja bunker Lappeenranta.JPG|The Salpa-Line in Lappeenranta
File:Pulsa railwaystation.JPG|Pulsa train station, Lappeenranta
File:Vaaranmäki view.JPG|Vaaranmäki, Saari
File:Bell tower of Ruokolahti church.jpg|Ruokolahti Bell Touer
File:Lake Simpele 7.JPG|Lake Simpelejärvi
File:Parikkala Kagöne.jpg|Restaurant Kägöne in style o a Border-Karelian hoose, Parikkala
File:Kirkja i suomenniemi.jpg|Suomenniemi Kirk
File:View from Haukkavuori in Rautjarvi.jpg|Haukkavuori in Rautjärvi
File:Church of Saari in Finland.JPG|Saari Kirk
File:Imatra Valtionhotelli 1989.jpg|Imatra State Hotel
File:Kärnäkoski portti.jpg|Kärnäkoski Fortress in Savitaipale
File:Parikkala church.JPG|Parikkala Kirk
File:Courtyard of Lappeenranta Fortification.jpg|Fortification, Lappeenranta
File:Kolmen ristin kirkko alttari.JPG|Church of the Three Crosses by A. Aalto in Imatra


## Freemit airtins

*Sooth Karelie Region
*Travel information aroond the aurie
Kymenlaakso

**Kymenlaakso** () is a region in Finland. It borders tae the regions Uusimaa, Päijänne Tavastie, Soothren Savonie, an Sooth Karelie. 

## Municipalities
*Main airticle: [[Municipalities o Kymenlaakso]]*

There are seiven municipalities in Kymenlaakso (Kymmenedalen). Ceeties an touns are marked in bauld.

**Kouvola Sub-region:**
* Iitti (Itis)
* **Kouvola**


**Kotka-Hamina Sub-region:  **
* **Hamina** (Fredrikshamn)
* **[[Kotka]]**
* Miehikkälä
* Pyhtää (Pyttis)
* Virolahti (Vederlax)


## Freemit airtins

*Kymenlaakso Regional Cooncil
Kerava

**Kerava** (; ) is a toun an municipality in Finland.

It is locatit in the province o Soothren Finland an is pairt o the Uusimaa region. The toun haes a population o  () an covers an aurie o  o which  is watter. The population densitie is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

## Notable fowk frae Kerava
* Stone Finnish hivy metal baund
* Hanna-Maria Seppälä (b. 1984), Finnish freestyle swimmer
* Eero Hämeenniemi  (b. 1951), Finnish composer
* Marco Hietala wis born in Tervo, Finland, but currently lives in Kerava.
* Emppu Vuorinen wis born in Kitee, Finland, but currently resides in Kerava.
* Pekka Ansio Heino, sangster o Leverage an Brother Firetribe
* Tero Kinnunen currently resides in Kerava.
* Samuel Haanpää
* Joona Puhakka
* Preses Juho Kusti Paasikivi
* Olympic medal winner Volmari Iso-Hollo
* Teddy and The Tigers, Finnish rockabilly baund
* Sasha Mäkilä, Finnish orchestra conductor
* Renny Harlin, film director.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Toun o Kerava  – Official wabsteid
*Satellite photo o Kerava
Vihti

**Vihti** (; ) is a sma municipality locatit in the Uusimaa region o province o Soothren Finland, approximately  northwast o the caipital ceety Helsinki. Its seat is **Nummela**. The municipality haes a population o 28,357 (31 Januar 2011) an covers an aurie o 567.08 square kilometres (218.95 sq mi) o which 45.02 km2 (17.38 sq mi) is watter. The population density is 54.32 indwallers per square kilometre (140.7 /sq mi).

## History
The auldest literal merk o Vihti is frae the 15t century.

## Economy
The electronics contract manufacturer DICRO Oy is ane o its main employers, alang wi the local forestry companies an fermers.
## Veelages
Haimoo, Härkälä, Jokikunta, Oinasjoki, Ojakkala, Palajärvi, Siippoo, Tervalampi, Haapkylä, Huhmari, Hulttila, Hynnölä, Härtsilä, Irjala, Jokikunta, Jättölä, Kaharla, Kaukola, Kauppila, Kirkonkylä, Kirvelä, Koikkala, Korkaniemi, Korppila, Kourla, Köykkälä, Lahnus, Lahti, Lankila, Leppärlä, Lusila, Maikkala, Merramäki, Niemenkylä, Niemi, Niuhala, Nummela, Olkkala, Ollila, Otalampi, Oravala, Pakasela, Pietilä, Pääkslahti, Ruskela, Salmi, Selki, Suksela, Suontaka, Taipale, Tarttila, Torhola, Tuohilampi, Vanhala, Vanjoki, Vanjärvi, Vesikansa, Vihtijärvi, Vähäkylä
## Friendship ceeties
* Fukui Prefectur, Japan (syne 1980)

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Municipality of Vihti  – Offeecial wabsteid
*http://vihti.urli.net  Vihti constructive debate Vihdin Keskustelualueet
Toni Hallio

**Toni Hallio** (born 11 Aprile 1980 in Helsinki) is the umwhile drummer for an a co-foonder o the melodic daith metal baund Norther. He left the baund in October 2005 tae pursue ither interests. Housomeivver, he still recordit the drums for Norther's *Till Death Unites Us* insteid o the baund's current drummer Heikki Saari.

## Equipment
**Tama Starclassic Performer (transparent black):**
*8"
*10"
*12"
*14"
*16"
*BD 22"
*SN 14"

*Heids:*
*Evans genera2 clear.
*Bass Drum: evans emad athoot dampenin.
*Snare: pouercenter reverse dot.

*Cymbals:*
*Zildjian medium crash16
*Zildjian custom projection crash18
*K china19, z custom ride20
*Avedis new beat hi-hats13
*Paiste signature splash8
*Istambul alchemy12 splash

*Hardware:*
*Tama Drum Chair
*Gibraltar power rack
*DW 5002 TD3 Turbo (center) chain drive
*Tama sticks

## Discography
### Studio Albums
**[[Dreams of Endless War]]* (2002)
**[[Mirror of Madness]]* (2003)
**[[Death unlimited]]* (2004)
**[[Till Death Unites Us]]* (2006)

### Demos an EPs
**[[Warlord (demo)]]* (2000)
**[[Solution 7]]* (2005)

### Singles
**[[Released (single)|Released]]* (2002)
**[[Unleash Hell (single)|Unleash Hell]]* (2003)
**[[Spreading Death]]* (2004)
**[[Spreading Death]]* (DVD) (2004)
**[[Scream (Norther sang)|Scream]]* (2006)

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial Norther wabsteid 

## References
Soothren Savonie

**Southern Savonia** (; ) is a region in the sooth-east o Finland. It borders tae the regions Northren Savonie, North Karelia, Sooth Karelie, Kymenlaakso, Päijänne Tavastia, an Central Finland. The total aurie o Soothren Savonie is 18,768.33&nbsp;km2 (7,246.5 sq mi), wi a population 158,500 (2009).

Soothren Savonie is locatit in the hert o the Finnish lake destrict, an is aiblins best kent for Lake Saimaa. The twa major touns in the region are Mikkeli an Savonlinna.

## Historical provinces
*For history, geography an cultur see: [[Savonie (historical province)|Savonia]]*

## Municipalities
*Main airticle: [[Municipalities o Soothren Savonie]]*

Soothren Savonie includes 12 municipalities leetit belaw (touns marked in bauld).


*Enonkoski
*Hirvensalmi
*Juva
*Kangasniemi
***[[Mikkeli]]**
*Mäntyharju

*Pertunmaa
***[[Pieksämäki]]**
*Puumala
*Rantasalmi
***[[Savonlinna]]**
*Sulkava


## Freemit airtins

*Southern Savonia – Offeecial steid
North Karelie

**North Karelie** (; ) is a region in eastren Finland. It borders tae the regions o Kainuu, Northren Savonie, Soothren Savonie, Sooth Karelie an tae Roushie.

The ceety o Joensuu is the centre o the North Karelie region.

## Historical province
*For history, geography an cultur see: [[Finnish Karelie|Karelie]]*

## Municipalities
*Main airticle: [[Municipalities o North Karelie]]*

North Karelie is dividit intae 14 municipalities.

*Ilomantsi
*Joensuu
*Juuka
*Kitee
*Kontiolahti
*Lieksa
*Liperi
*Nurmes
*Outokumpu
*Polvijärvi
*Rääkkylä
*Tohmajärvi
*Valtimo

## Heraldry

The coat o airms o North Karelia is composed o the airms o Karelie.

## Gallery

File:Ilomantsin ortodoksinen kirkko 3.jpg|Ilomantsi Orthodox Kirk
File:Joensuu cityhall1.jpg|Joensuu Toun Haw
File:Kolin finland.jpg|Lake Pielinen as seen frae Koli
File:Patvinsuo Suomunjärvi 1.jpg|Patvinsuo National Park, Lieksa
File:Bomban talo 4.jpg|The Border-Karelian Bomba House, Nurmes
File:Paateri4.jpg|Paateri Kirk, Lieksa
File:Liperi1.jpg|Liperi harbour
File:Koitajoki1.jpg|River Koitajoki, Ilomantsi
File:Joensuu market place.jpg|Joensuu Mercat Place
File:Pielisjoen linna.jpg|River Pielisjoki an Major Pielisjoki, Joensuu
File:Juuankirkko.jpg|Juuka Kirk
File:Noljakan ranta3.jpg|Lake Pyhäselkä, Joensuu
File:Museotie2.jpg|A road in Lieksa
File:Joensuun evankelis-luterilainen kirkko.JPG|Joensuu Evangelic Lutheran Kirk


## Freemit airtins

*North Karelie
* Video aboot travellin in North Karelie
* Pielis.ru – travel information aboot North Karelie region an Ceety o Joensuu
Port Louis

**Port Louis** () is the caipital o Mauritius. It is the lairgest ceety o the kintra an main port, that borders the Indian Ocean. It is locatit in the Port Louis Destrict. The population is 147,688 (2003 census).

## History
Port Louis wis awready in uiss as a harbour in 1638. In 1735, unner French govrenment, it becam the admeenistrative centre o Mauritius an a major reproveesionin halt for French ships traivellin aroond the Cape o Guid Howp. The Port is named in honour o King Louis XV. The first Govrenor wis Coont Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais.

## Sister ceeties

## References


* Malcolm de Chazal, Petrusmok, The Standard Printing Est., 1951, La Table Ovale, 1979
* Marie-Thérèse Humbert, *La montagne des signaux*, Paris: Stock, 1994
* Khal Torabully, *Kot sa parol la - Rôde parole, poésie en créole et français*, Mauritius: éditions Le Printemps, 1996


## Fremmit airtins
* Port Louis Travel Guide 
* Municipal wabsteid
Orléans

**Orléans** () is a ceety in north central Fraunce, aboot 130&nbsp;km soothwast o Paris. It is the caipital o the Loiret depairtment an o the region o Centre-Val de Loire.

Orléans is locatit on the Loire River whaur the river curves sooth towards the Massif Central.

The ceety o New Orleans (still cried in French *La Nouvelle-Orléans*), in the Unitit States is named efter the commune o Orléans.

## Cultur
### Museums
* Charles Peguy Centre
* Joan o Arc's Hoose
* Fine Airts Museum
* Ceety's Historical an Aircheological Museum
* Natural Sciences Museum

### Pairks
* Parc Floral de la Source
* Motte Sanguin gairden
* Charpenterie gairden
* Plants gairden
* Anjorrant parc
* Charbonnière parc
* Moins Roux parc
* Pasteur parc

### Media
* 1 TV netwirk Orleans TV 
* 1 News paper La République du Centre  *(the Centre Republic)*

## Internaitional relations

Orléans is twinned wi:
*  Dundee, Unitit Kinrick
*  Treviso, Italy
*  Münster, Germany
*  Kristiansand, Norawa
*  Wichita, Unitit States
*  Tarragona, Spain
*  Saint-Flour, France
*  Utsunomiya, Japan
*  Lugoj, Romanie
*  Parakou, Benin
*  Tyre, Lebanon
*  Perm, Roushie

It haes a pairtnership wi:
*  Kraków in Poland

## Education
The Varsity campus is in the *La Source* aurie in soothren pairt o the commune.

## See an aa
* Cooncil o Orléans
* Hoose o Orléans
* Orléanist
* Roman Catholic Diocese o Orléans Bishopric o Orléans

## References

## External links

* Orléans commune offeecial wab steid
*France on WorldStatesmen
* Tourism Office 
* offeecial wab steid o Orleans
Lapinjärvi

**Lapinjärvi** (; ) is a municipality o Finland. It is locatit in the Uusimaa region. The municipality haes a population o 2,873 (31 Januar 2011) an covers an aurie o 339.34 square kilometres (131.02 sq mi) o which 9.44 km2 (3.64 sq mi) is watter. The population density is 8.71 indwallers per square kilometre (22.6 /sq mi).

The municipality is bilingual, wi majority bein Finnish an minority Swadish speakers.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Municipality o Lapinjärvi – Offeecial wabsteid
Ropczyce

**Ropczyce**  () is a toun in Podkarpackie Voivodeship in sooth-eastren Poland, situatit in the Glen the Wielopolka River (a tributar o the Wisłoka River) an is inhabitit bi 15,098 fowk. It is the seat o Ropczyce-Sędziszów Coonty.

## Geografie
Situatit in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship (syne 1999).  It is the caipital o Ropczyce-Sędziszów Coonty.

Ropczyce is locatit east o Kraków an wast o Rzeszów. The coordinates for Ropczyce: Latitude 50°0500' an Langitude 21°6167. In DMS or Degree, Minutes, & Seconds; Latitude 50°2'60N an Langitude is 21°37'0E. Elevation is 790 feet or 240 metres abuin sea level. The time zone for Poland is UTC+1.

## Population
Ropczyce haes a total population o 26,055 accordin tae the Pols Offeecial Census 2008 o which 15,098 live in Ropczyce urban aurie an 10,957 live in the surroondin rural auries (7&nbsp;km radius).

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Ropczyce is twinned wi:

## Nearbi municipalities
* Dębica
* Sędziszów Małopolski

## Recreational Walking Trails

Twa tourist trails:  an  run through the maist picturesque an interestin pairts o the terrain.

*   Przełęcz Bardo - Brzeziny - Ropczyce
*   Ropczyce - Ocieka - Niwiska
Nideggen

**Nideggen** is a toun in the destrict o Düren in the state o North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany. It is locatit on the river Rur, in the Eifel hills, approx. 15&nbsp;km sooth o Düren.

Nideggen is kent for its ruined, but pairtly restored castle (Burg Nideggen) an the saundstane rocks alang the Rur. It is twinned wi Thatcham in Berkshire, Ingland. The first mention in history wis in 1184.

The toun wis creatit in 1972 bi amalgamation o aicht till then independent communities: Abenden (853 indwallers), Berg-Thuir (721), Brück (308), Embken (814), Muldenau (197), Nideggen (3.271), Rath (902), Schmidt (3.093), Wollersheim (707). It is situatit atween 250 an 450 metres abuin sea level.

## Geographical position
Nideggen lies on the river Rur an at the banks o the Rurtalsperre, the seicont lairgest dam in Germany. The region is famous for its precipitous Early Triassic rocks o Buntsandstein in the valley o Rur an is situatit atween 250 an 450 metres ower sea level.

## References
Eindhoven

**Eindhoven** () is a municipality an a ceety locatit in the province o North Brabant in the sooth o the Netherlands, oreeginally at the confluence o the Dommel and Gender streams. The Gender wis dammed aff short o the ceety centre in the 1950s, but the Dommel still runs through the ceety. The ceety coonts 213,809 inhabitants (1 Januar 2010), which makes it the fift-lairgest ceety o the Netherlands an the biggest o North-Brabant.

Neighbourin ceeties an touns include Son en Breugel, Nuenen, Geldrop-Mierlo, Heeze-Leende, Waalre, Veldhoven, Eersel, Oirschot an Best. The agglomeration haes some 440,000 inhabitants. The metropolitan aurie (which includes Helmond) haes nearly 750,000 inhabitants. An aa, Eindhoven is pairt o Brabant Stad, a combined metropolitan aurie wi mair nor 2 million inhabitants.

## Internaitional relations
### Twin touns – sister ceeties
Eindhoven is twinned wi:

## References
Nottingham

**Nottingham** () is a ceety an unitary authority aurie in the East Midlands region o the Unitit Kinrick. It is locatit in the ceremonial coonty o Nottinghamshire, an is ane o aicht memmers o the English Core Cities Group. 

While the City of Nottingham haes a historically tichtly drawn bundary whilk accoonts fur its relatively sma population o 288,700, the wider Nottingham Urban Aurie haes a population o 667,000 an is the seivent-lairgest urban aurie in the Unitit Kinrick, rankin atween thaim o Liverpool an Sheffield. Eurostat's Larger Urban Zone leetit the auries population at 825,600 as o 2004. Nottingham is famed fur its links wi the Robin Hood legend an, in the Industrial Revolution, obteent warldwide recognition fur its lace-makin an bicycle industries. It wis grantit its ceety chairter as pairt o the Diamond Jubilee celebrations o Queen Victoria in 1897 an haes syne been offeecially titlet the City of Nottingham.
Thy Serpent

**Thy Serpent** is a blackened doom metal/symphonic black metal baund frae Espoo, Finland. It stairtit oot as a solo project bi Sami Tenetz. 

## History
Efter twa demos, the baund signed a record deal wi Spinefarm Records. Azhemin, Agathon an Luopio joined atween 1995 an 1996 when they released their debut, *[[Forests of Witchery]]*.  "Only Dust Moves" wis featured on the Nightwish single "The Carpenter". Efter their debut album's success, their internaitional debut, *Christcrusher*, follaed.

Although Thy Serpent statit that wad niver play live, they did aicht gigs in Finland in the simmer o 1999. In 2000, Thy Serpent chyngit its line-up, addin a seicont guitarist an a new drummer. Durin that year, they went tae the studio tae record *[[Death (EP)|Death]]*, which remains the last record bi the baund. They are nou signed tae Candlelight Records.

## Band members
### Current members
* Azhemin - Vocals / Bass / Synth
* Sami Tenetz - Guitar
* Teemu Laitinen - Drums
* Tomi Ullgren - Lead Guitar
### Umwhile members
* Pekka - Drums (1995)
* Börje - Guitar (1995)
* Teemu Raimoranta - Guitar (1995-1996)
* Alexi Laiho - Guitar (1997)
* Agathon - Drums/ Vocals (1996-1999)
* Luopio - Bass/ Vocals (1996 - 1998)

## Discography
* *Frozen Memory Demo* (1994)
* *Into Everlasting Fire Demo* (1995)
* *[[Forests of Witchery]]* (1996)
* *[[Lords of Twilight]]* (MCD) (1997)
* *[[Christcrusher]]* (1998)
* *[[Death (Thy Serpent)|Death]]* (2000)

## References
*[ Thy Serpent] at Allmusic

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial wabsteid 
* 
* 
* 
* Thy Serpent at Encyclopaedia Metallum
Elche

**Elche** () or **Elx** () is a ceety locatit in the comarca o Baix Vinalopó, in the province o Alicante which, in turn, is a pairt o the Valencie Commonty, Spain. Accordin tae the 2008 census, Elche haes a population o some 228,300 inhabitants (cried *il·licitans* in Valencie an *ilicitanos* in Spaingie), rankin as the third maist populatit ceety in the Valencie (efter Valencia an Alicante) an the 20t lairgest Spaingie ceety.

Pairt o the municipality is coastal but the main ceety is some 11&nbsp;km (6.8 mile) frae the Mediterranean Sea. A sma creek cried Vinalopó flows through the ceety splittin it in twa pairts.
Al Marj Destrict

**Al Marj** ( **, ) is an admeenistrative division (''shabiyah'' or destrict) o northeastren Libie, lyin on the Mediterranean Sea coast.  Its admeenistrative seat is the city o Al Marj, whilk wis umwhile kent as Barca.  Al Marj is situatit on the Cyrenaica Plateau at the wastren edge o the Jebel Akhdar. In the 2007 admeenistrative reorganisation, pairt o the umwhile territory in Al Hizam al Akhdar Destrict wis transfert tae Al Marj.

In the north, Al Marj haes a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea.  

## Adjacent destricts

On land, it mairches the follaein destricts:
* Al Jabal al Akhdar - east
* Al Wahat - sooth
* Benghazi - wast

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Photographs o Al Marj kintraside
Magica

**Magica** mey refer tae:

* ''Magica'' (album) (2000), bi hivy metal baund Dio
* Magica (baund), a Romanian pouer metal baund
* Magica De Spell, fictional character in the Scrooge McDuck universe
* Magicka, an action-adventure video gemme bi Paradox Interactive
* Magicka, the name for magic points in The Elder Scrolls video gemme series
Tyre

**Tyre** mey refer tae:

## Wheel fittins
* Tyre (wheel), the ooter pairt o a wheel

## Locations
* Tyre, Lebanon, the Phoenician ceety
** Tyre Destrict, in the Sooth Govrenorate o Lebanon
* Tyre, New York, a toun in the Unitit States
* Tyre, Michigan, a hamlet in the Unitit States

## Historical events
* Siege o Tyre, battle in 332 BC
* Synod o Tyre, various meetins o kirkmen, atween the 4t an 6t centuries

## Fiction
* Apollonius o Tyre, medieval novella
* Pericles, Prince o Tyre, a play bi William Shakespeare

## Airchbeeshops o Tyre
* Airchbishop o Tyre, an influential post held throughoot the Middle Ages. Pairticularly notable occupants includit:
** Frederick, Airchbishop o Tyre (d. 1174)
** William, Airchbishop o Tyre (1130–1185), Airchbishop an historian
** Joscius, Airchbishop o Tyre (d. 1202)

## Nobles
* Leet o keengs o Tyre
** Pygmalion o Tyre, Keeng o Tyre frae 820 tae 744 BC
* Philip o Montfort, Laird o Tyre (d. 1270)
* Amalric, Prince o Tyre (1272–1310), the Crusader nobleman

## Ither
* Marinos o Tyre, 1st–2nt century Greek geographer who mey hae oreeginatit the idea o the meridian
* Maximus o Tyre, Greek philosopher, 2nt century AD
* Dorotheus o Tyre, 3rd century saint
* Templar o Tyre, the Cyprus-based historian frae the late 13t an early 14t century

## See an aa
* Tyr (disambiguation)
* Tire (disambiguation)
Kingston upon Hull

**Kingston upon Hull**, uisually referred tae as **Hull** (alirnitv speelin **Ull**), is a ceety an unitary authority aurie in the ceremonial coonty o the East Riding o Yorkshire, Ingland. It staunds on the River Hull at its junction wi the Humber estuary, 25&nbsp;miles (40&nbsp;km) inland frae the North Sea. Hull haes a resident population o 258,700 (2008 est.). The Lairger Urban Zone (LUZ) population staunds at 573,300. It as creem telaphon boxes.

## Twinned ceeties

Hull haes formal twinnin arrangements wi several places:

Hull, Massachusetts, in the USA is named efter this ceety, as is Hull, Quebec, which is pairt o the Canadian naitional caipital region.

## Freemit airtins
* Hull Ceety Cooncil
Guatemala Depairtment

**Guatemala** is ane o the 22 departments o Guatemala.  The caipital is Guatemala Ceety, whilk sers as the naitional caipital an aa.

The department kivers a surface aurie o 2,126 km², an haed a population o 2,541,581 at the 2002 census.  

## Municipalities

# Amatitlán
# Chinautla
# Chuarrancho
# Fraijanes
# Guatemala Ceety
# Mixco
# Palencia
# San Miguel Petapa
# San José del Golfo
# San José Pinula
# San Juan Sacatepéquez
# San Pedro Ayampuc
# San Pedro Sacatepéquez
# San Raimundo
# Santa Catarina Pinula
# Villa Canales
# Villa Nueva

## Freemit airtins
* Interactive department map

## References
Tripoli, Iowa

**Tripoli** ( ) is a ceety in Bremer Coonty, Iowa, Unitit States. The population wis 1313 at the 2010 census. It is pairt o the Waterloo&ndash;Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Aurie.

## Geografie
Tripoli is locatit at .

Accordin tae the Unitit States Census Bureau, the ceety haes a total aurie o 1.4&nbsp;square miles (3.6&nbsp;km²), aw o it land.

## Demographics
As o the US census o 2000, there wur 1,310 fowk, 537 hoosehaulds, an 361 families residin in the ceety. The population density wis 934.7 fowk per square mile (361.3/km²). There wur 561 hoosin units at an average density o 400.3 per square mile (154.7/km²). The racial makeup o the ceety wis 98.78% White, 0.15% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.08% frae ither races, an 0.84% frae twa or mair races. Hispanic or Latino o ony race wur 0.23% o the population.

There wur 537 hoosehaulds oot o which 31.5% haed childer unner the age o 18 livin wi them, 53.6% wur married couples livin thegither, 8.6% haed a female hoosehaulder wi nae husband present, an 32.6% wur non-families. 30.5% o aw hoosehaulds wur made up o individuals an 17.1% haed someane livin alane who wis 65 years o age or aulder. The average hoosehauld size wis 2.38 an the average family size wis 2.96.

In the ceety the population wis spread oot wi 27.1% unner the age o 18, 6.5% frae 18 tae 24, 25.6% frae 25 tae 44, 20.5% frae 45 tae 64, an 20.3% who wur 65 years o age or aulder. The median age wis 39 years. For ivery 100 females there wur 90.7 males. For ivery 100 females age 18 an ower, there wur 84.0 males.

The median income for a hoosehauld in the ceety wis $34,444, an the median income for a family wis $42,647. Males haed a median income o $30,764 versus $22,353 for females. The per capita income for the ceety wis $16,882. Aboot 7.3% o families an 9.6% o the population wur belaw the poverty line, includin 13.6% o those unner age 18 an 13.2% o those age 65 or ower.

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