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Kardzhali Province

**Kardzhali Province** (, transliteratit *Oblast Kardjali*) is a province o soothren Bulgarie, neebourin Greece wi the Greek regional units o Xanthi, Rhodope an Evros tae the sooth an east. Kardzhali Province aurie is 3209.1&nbsp;km². Its main ceety is Kardzhali.

## History
The territory o Kardzhali province wis acquired bi Bulgarie durin the First Balkan War in 1912. In 1913 the region wis organizit as the destrict (окръг, *okrag* in Bulgarie) o Mestanli. This destrict wis pairt o Stara Zagora province frae 1934 till 1949, then it wis transferred tae the newly formit Haskovo destrict. In 1959 Kardzhali became the centre o a new destrict wi seemilar borders tae the current province. Atween 1987 an 1999, the region wis pairt o Haskovo Province, efter which it wis restored, nou as a province an wi slichtly chyngit borders.

## Municipalities

The Kardzhali province (област, *oblast*) contains seiven municipalities (singular: община, *obshtina* - plural: общини, *obshtini*). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population as o 2009.

## Touns an veelages
The population data an figurs are o December 15, 2004
*Abramovo (pop: 94)
*Ahrisko (pop: 127, elev: 680 m, postal code: 6761)

## Demographics
The Kardzhali province haed a population o 149,661 accordin tae the 2011 census, o which  wur male an  wur female.

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

### Releegion
In the 2001 census, 149,839 fowk frae Kardzhali province identifee'd ane o the follaein as thair releegion (wi percentage o tot population): 
35,265 Orthodox Christian (), 114,217 Muslim (), 197 Roman Catholic (), 
89 Protestant (), 
an 71 ither ().

### Leid
In the 2001 census, 160,167 fowk frae Kardzhali province identifee'd ane o the follaein as thair mither tongue (wi percentage o tot population): 
101,548 Turkis (), 
57,046 Bulgarie (), 
1,171 Roma&nbsp;(Gypsy) (), 
an 402 ither ().

### Ethnic groups
In the 2001 census, 158,704 fowk frae Kardzhali province identifee'd thairsels as belangin tae ane o the follaein ethnic groups (wi percentage o tot population):

## References


## See an aw
*Provinces o Bulgarie
*Municipalities o Bulgarie
*Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
*Leet o veelages in Kardzhali Province
Al-Qabu, Sirie

**Al-Qabu** (, an aw spelt **Kabu**) is a toun in central Sirie, admeenistratively part o the Homs Govrenorate, northwast o Homs. Nearbi localities include Taldou an Kafr Laha tae the northeast an Fahel tae the wast. Accordin tae the Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), al-Qabu haed a population o 4,870 in the 2004 census. The inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.

## References
Harf al-Musaytirah

**Harf al-Musaytirah** () is a toun in locatit in the Qardaha Destrict, Latakia Govrenorate in northwast Sirie.
Hanadi

**Hanadi** () is a toun in northwastren Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Latakia Govrenorate, locatit sooth o Latakia. Nearbi localities include Baksa an Sqoubin tae the north, al-Bassah tae the wast an Fideo tae the east. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, Hanadi haed a population o 3,076 in the 2004 census.

## References
Rostov (disambiguation)

**Rostov** mey refer tae:
*Rostov, kent as *Rostov Veliky* an aw, a toun in Yaroslavl Oblast, Roushie
*Rostov-on-Don, a ceety in Rostov Oblast, Roushie
*Rostov Oblast, a federal subject o Roushie
*FC Rostov, a Roushie association fitbaa club frae Rostov-on-Don
* a sunflower variety

## See an aw
* Rostovsky
Rabia, Sirie

**Rabia** () is a toun in northwastren Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Latakia Govrenorate, locatit north o Latakia. Nearbi localities include Kesab tae the north, Mashqita an Ayn al-Bayda tae the soothwast an Qastal Ma'af tae the wast. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, Rabia haed a population o 1,986 in the 2004 census.

## References
Fakhura

**Fakhura** () is a toun in locatit in the Qardaha Destrict, Latakia Govrenorate in northwast Sirie. In the 2004 census bi the Central Bureau o Statistics, the toun haed 17,722 fowk. 

## References
Jawbat Burghal

**Jawbat Burghal** () is a toun in northwastren Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Latakia Govrenorate, locatit east o Latakia in an-Nusayriyah muntains. Nearbi localities include Qardaha, al-Fakhurah, Istamo an Shatha. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, Jawbat Burghal haed a population o 959 in the 2004 census.

The veelage wis the birthplace an base o the controversial Sirie releegious leader, Sulayman al-Murshid. Al-Murshid wis encouragit bi the French mandate authorities tae establish a new sect, an made Jawbat Burghal his base where he became a proponent o Alawite unthirldom. He acquired livestock frae his follaeers an biggit a wastren villa in the toun. Efter Sirie's unthirldom, housomeivver, the central Sirie govrenment in Damascus crackit doun on separatist muivements includin Murshid's. He surrendered tae the authorities efter a short confrontation wi Sirie Airmy units at his heidquairters. Sulayman al-Murshid wis executit in a public square in Damascus for traison in November 1946.

## References
Istamo

**Istamo** (Arabic: ) is a toun in locatit in the Qardaha Destrict, Latakia Govrenorate in northwast Sirie.
Mushayrafet al-Samouk

**Mushayrafet al-Samouk** () is a toun in northwastren Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Latakia Govrenorate, locatit north o Latakia. Nearbi localities include Kirsana an Burj al-Qasab tae the wast, al-Shamiyah tae the northwast, al-Qanjarah an Baksa tae the soothwast. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, Sitmarkho haed a population o 4,000 in the 2004 census.

## References
Ali Shariati

**Ali Shariati** (23 November 1933 in Kahak - 19 Juin 1977 in Southampton, Ingland) wis an Iranian revolutionary an sociologist, who focused on the sociologie o releegion. He is held as ane o the maist influential Iranian intellectuals o the 20t century an haes been cried the 'ideologue o the Iranian Revolution'.

## References
Kahak, Razavi Khorasan

**Kahak** (, an aw Romanizit as **Kāhak**; kent as **Kahe**, **Kāheh**, an **Khak** an aw) is a veelage in Mazinan Landwart Destrict, Davarzan Destrict, Sabzevar Coonty, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population wis 375, in 124 faimilies.  

## Famous natives
*Ali Shariati, Iran revolutionar

## References
Kahak

**Kahak** () mey refer tae:
*Kahak-e Esfij, a veelage in Kerman Province
*Kahak-e Fathabad, a veelage in Kerman Province
*Kahak-e Zardasht, a veelage in Kerman Province
*Kahak, Delijan, a veelage in Markazi Province
*Kahak, Mahallat, a veelage close tae Mahallat, in Markazi Province 
*Kahak, Qazvin, a veelage in Qazvin Province
*Kahak, Qom, a ceety in Qom Province (birthplace o Aga Khan I)
*Kahak, Razavi Khorasan, a veelage in Sabzevar Coonty, Razavi Khorasan Province (birthplace o Ali Shariati)
*Kahak, Saveh, a veelage in Markazi Province
*Kahak, Semnan, a veelage in Semnan Province
*Kahak, Sooth Khorasan, a veelage in Sooth Khorasan Province
*Kahak Destrict, an admeenistrative subdiveesion o Qom Province
*Kahak Landwart Destrict, an admeenistrative subdiveesion o Qom Province

## See an aw
* Kohak
Kahak, Qom

**Kahak** (; also, **Kahak-e Qom**) is a ceety in an caipital o Kahak Destrict o Qom Coonty, Qom Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population wis 2,766, in 797 faimilies. The ceety wis the birthplace o Aga Khan I.

## References
Khachik, Armenie

**Khachik** (, an aw Romanizit as **Khach’ik**) is a toun in the Vayots Dzor Province o Armenie.

**Wey tae Khachik**:
 
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## References
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Tulancingo

**Tulancingo** (offeecially **Tulancingo de Bravo**) is the seicont-lairgest ceety in the Mexican state o Hidalgo. It is locatit in the sootheastren pairt o the state an forms ane o the 84 municipalities o Hidalgo an aw, as weel as the Airchdiocese o Tulancingo. Locatit 93&nbsp;km frae Mexico Ceety, this aurie is the maist important oo textile producer in the kintra an wis hame tae El Santo, Mexico’s maist famous lucha libre warstler. It is hame tae the Huapalcalco aircheological steid an aw, whilk wis the forerunner tae the Teotihuacan ceevilization. The name derives frae the Nahuatl wirds “tule” an “tzintle” whilk mean “in or ahint the reeds.” This is confirmit bi its Aztec glyph.

## Sister ceeties
Pleasanton, Californie

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Municipio Tulancingo  Offeecial wabsteid
*State o Hidalgo  Offeecial wabsteid
Calnali

** Calnali** is a toun an ane o the 84 municipalities o Hidalgo, in central-eastren Mexico.  The municipality covers an aurie o 190.2&nbsp;km².  Calnali is a Nahuatl name meanin *hoose on the ither side o the river*. As o 2005, the municipality haed a tot population o 15,815.

## References
Actopan, Hidalgo

**Actopan** is a ceety an ane o the 84 municipalities o Hidalgo, in central-eastren Mexico. The municipality covers an aurie o 280.1&nbsp;km². It is crossed bi the federal road that runs frae Mexico Ceety tae Nuevo Laredo an it is locatit 30&nbsp;km northwast o Pachuca, the caipital ceety o the state o Hidalgo.

Actopan is kent as the ceety o the convent an the land o the barbecue.  Its name derives frae the wird “Atoctli” meanin “firm, fertile, an humid land” an the wird “pan” meanin “on” or “ower” in Otomi.  Thus, the name Actopan comes taemean “on the firm, humid, an fertile land”.

Actopan’s oreeginal name in Otomi wis “Mañutzi” which translates tae “my little pathwey”.

## References
Actopan

**Actopan** is the name o several geografical objects in Mexico:

* Actopan, Hidalgo, a ceety an municipality in Hidalgo, central-eastren Mexico
* Actopan, Veracruz, a ceety an municipality in Veracruz, soothren Mexico
* Actopan River
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

**Jean-Jacques Rousseau** (; 28 Juin 17122 Julie 1778) wis a Genevan philosophy, writer, an composer o 18t-century Romanticism o French expression. His poleetical philosophy haed ae influence on the French Revolution as weel as the oweraw development o modren poleetical, sociological an educational thocht.

His novel *[[Émile: or, On Education]]* is a treatise on the education o the hale body for citizenship. His sentimental novel *[[Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse]]* wis o importance tae the development o pre-romanticism an romanticism in fiction. Rousseau's autobiographical writins—his *[[Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)|Confessions]]*, that initiatit the modren biography, an his *[[Reveries of a Solitary Walker]]*—exemplifee'd the late 18t-century muivement kent as the *Age o Sensibility*, featurin an increasin focus on subjectivity an introspection that haes characterizit the modren age. His *[[Discourse on the Origin of Inequality]]* an his *[[On the Social Contract]]* are cornerstanes in modren poleetical an social thocht.

Rousseau wis a successfu composer o muisic. He wrote seiven operas as weel as muisic in ither forms, an he made contreibutions tae muisic as a theorist.

## Notes
Landvetter

**Landvetter** is a locality situatit in Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 7,152 inhabitants in 2010.

It is the seicont lairgest toun in the municipality an haes gien its name tae the internaitional airport Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, locatit 5&nbsp;km east o Landvetter.

The name Landvetter is a combination of "land" (land) an "vittir", an auld Swadish name for a certain type o fire.

City Airline haed its heid office in the Air Cargo Biggin on the grunds o Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport in Landvetter. When Transwede Airways existit, its heid office wis on the airport property.

## Sports
The follaein sports clubs are locatit in Landvetter:

* Landvetter IS

## References
States an union territories o Indie

Indie is a federal union o states comprisin **twinty-aicht** states an **seiven** union territories. The states an territories are further subdividit intae destricts an sae on.

## Leet o states an territories
The Census 2011 codes gien in the table hae been assigned bi Census India frae North-Wast tae Sooth-East.

## References
Gibraltar

**Gibraltar** (;) is a wee Breetish owerseas territory locatit on the soothren end o the Iberie Peninsulae at the entrance o the Mediterranean. It haes an aurie o  an a northren border wi Andalusie, Spain. The Rock o Gibraltar is the major laundmerk o the region. At its fuit is the densely populatit ceety aurie, hame tae amaist 30,000 Gibraltarians an ither naitionalities.

An Anglo-Dutch force captured Gibraltar frae Spain in 1704 durin the War o the Spaingie Succession. The territory wis subsequently cedit tae Breetain "in perpetuity" unner the Treaty o Utrecht in 1713.  It wis an important base for the Ryal Navy; the day its economy is based lairgely on tourism, financial services, an shippin.

The sovereignty o Gibraltar is a major pynt o contention in Anglo-Spaingie relations as Spain asserts a claim tae the territory.  Gibraltarians rejectit proposals for Spainyie sovereignty in a 1967 referendum an again in 2002. Unner the Gibraltar constitution o 2006, Gibraltar govrens its awn affairs, tho some pouers, such as defence an foreign relations, remain the responsibility o the UK Govrenment.

## Etymologie
The name *Gibraltar* is the Spaingie derivation o the Arabic name *Jabal-ı Tārık* (جبل طارق), meanin "muntain o Tariq." It refers tae the geological formation, the Rock o Gibraltar, which in turn wis namit efter the Berber Umayyad general Tariq ibn-Ziyad who led the initial incursion intae Iberie in advance o the main Moorish force in 711 unner the command o Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I. Earlier, it wis kent as *[[Mons Calpe]]*, ane o the Pillars of Hercules. 
The day, Gibraltar is colloquially referred tae as *Gib* or *the Rock*.

## Toun twinnins
;Current
*Ballymena, Northren Ireland, Unitit Kinrick (2006).
*Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (2009)

## See an aw
*Gibraltarian fowk

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Interactive Map o Gibraltar 
*Gibraltar.com – Complete information portal for Gibraltar
*Govrenment o Gibraltar
Phu Quoc

**Phu Quoc**, which is approximately the size o Singapore in 1965, is Vietnam’s lairgest island, in Kien Giang Province. The island is connectit tae mainland Vietnam bi ferry an air route. It is situatit aff the wast coast o Vietnam in the Gulf o Thailand. Phu Quoc umwhile derived its wealth frae tin an rubber, an enjoyed a rich an colorful history. The region nou derives muckle o its income frae tourism.
Kien Giang Province

**Quang Binh** is a province in Vietnam, 1970&nbsp;km sooth Hanoi, 241&nbsp;km north Ho Chi Minh Ceety. It haes Phu Quoc, Vietnam's lairgest island, Rach Gia Airport an Phu Quoc International Airport. The caipital is Rach Gia. It haes 1,683,149  indwallers (2009), 6,299 km2. It haes rivers Tac Cau.
Cam Ranh Airport

**Cam Ranh Airport** is an airport in Cam Ranh, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam, 30&nbsp;km sooth Nha Trang, 458&nbsp;km north Ho Chi Minh Ceety. It haes runway 3,048 m x 45 m.
Emir Kusturica

**Emir Kusturica** (Serbie: *Емир Кустурица*, born the 24t o November 1954 in Sarajevo) is a Serbie film director, actor.

## Film

* *Gernika*, 1978.
* *Jedan dio istine*, 1978. 
* *Jesen*, 1978. 
* *Nevjeste dolaze*, 1979.  
* *Bife Titanik*, 1980. 
* *Sjećaš li se Dolly Bell?*, 1981. 
* *Otac na službenom putu*, 1985. 
* *Dom za vešanje*, 1988.  
* *Arizona Dream*, 1993. 
* *Underground*, 1995.  
* *Crna mačka, beli mačor*, 1998.
* *Super 8 Stories*, 2001.
* *Život je čudo*, 2004.
* *Zavet*, 2007.  
* *Maradona by Kusturica*, 2008. 
* *Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman with Six Fingers*, 2011.

## References
White Teeger (Cheenese astronomie)

The **White Teeger** is ane o the Fower Seembols o the Cheenese constellations. It is whiles cried the **White Tiger o the Wast** (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ), an is kent as **Baihu** in Cheenese, **Byakko** in Japanese, **Baekho** in Korean an **Bạch Hổ** in Vietnamese. It represents the wast an the hairst saison.

## The Seiven Mansions o the White Tiger
As the ither three Seembols, thare are seiven "mansions", or poseetions, o the muin athin White Tiger. The names an determinative starns are:

## Oreegin
Durin the Han Dynasty, fowk believit the tiger tae be the keeng o aw beasts. Accordin tae legend the tiger's tail wad turn intae white whan it reached the age o 500 years. In this wey, the white tiger became a kynd o meethological creatur. It wis said that the white tiger wad anerlie appear whan the emperor ruled wi absolute virtue, or if thare wis peace throughout the warld. Acause the colour white o the Cheenese five elements  represents the wast an aw, the white tiger sicweys became a meethological guardian o the wast.

In the novel Shuo Tang Yanyi (Tales o Tang Dynasty), the reincarnation o **White Tiger**s Star is said tae be Li Shimin's general Luo Cheng (羅成) an the reincarnation o **Azure Dragon**s Starn is said tae be the rebellious general Shan Xiongxin (單雄信). Thay twa are sworn brithers o Qin Shubao (秦叔寶), Cheng Zhijie (程知節) an Yuchi Jingde (尉遲敬德). Thair souls efter daith are said tae possess the body o the new heroes o Tang Dynasty an Liao Dynasty, Xue Rengui (薛仁貴) an He Suwen (郃苏文).

In some legends o the Tang Dynasty's general Xue Rengui, he is said tae be the reincarnation o the White Tiger's Starn, an his airchenemy, the Liao Dynasty's prince He Suwen is the reincarnation o the Azure Dragon's Starn.

## See an aw
*Fower Sauntly Beasts (Vietnam)
*Teeger

## References

## Freemit airtins
* "Star Chairts an Muin Stations" 
* The White Tiger o the Wast
Marbán Province

**Marbán** is a province in the Beni Depairtment, Bolivie. The caipital is Loreto.

## Places o interest
* Isiboro Sécure Naitional Pairk an Indigenous Territory

## References
Yacuma Province

**Yacuma** is a province in the Beni Depairtment in Bolivie. Its seat is Santa Ana del Yacuma.

## Subdiveesion
Yacuma Province is dividit intae twa municipalities which are pairtly further subdividit intae cantons.

## Places o interest
* Beni Biological Station Biosphere Reserve

## References
Cobija

**Cobija** is ceety in Bolivie locatit aboot 600&nbsp;km (373&nbsp;mi.) north o La Paz in the Amazon Basin on the border o Brazil an Peru.  Cobija lees on banks o the Rio Acre athort frae the Brazilian ceety Brasiléia. Cobija lies at an elevation o ca. 280&nbsp;m (920&nbsp;ft.) abuin sea level an haes a tropical an rainy climate.

Cobija haes approximately 25,000 inhabitants, is the seat o a university an caipital o the Pando Depairtment. Cobija haes twa airports an is connectit bi ane road tae El Choro in Beni, which is no aaways passable durin the rainy saison. When the rain allous it, Cobija is connectit tae the rest o Bolivie via road an aw.
Cobija is connectit tae Brazil bi twa brige, an access tae the Paceefic is currently unner construction.
Luribay

**Luribay** is a location in the La Paz Depairtment in Bolivie. It is the seat o the Luribay Municipality, the first municipal section o the Loayza Province, an o the province. 

## References
Zaki al-Arsuzi

**Zakī al-Arsūzī** (in Arabic: زكي الأرسوزي; Latakia, Juin 1899 &ndash; Damascus, 2 Julie 1968) wis a Sirie philosopher, filologist, sociologist, historian, an Arab naitionalist. His ideas played a significant role in the development o Ba'athism an its poleetical muivement. He published several beuks durin his lifetime, the maist notable bein *[[The Genius of Arabic in its Tongue]]* (1943).

### Citations
Michel Kilo

**Michel Kilo** (, born 1940; deed 19 Aprile 2021) wis a Sirie Christian writer an human richts activist, who haes been cried "ane o Sirie's leadin opposition thinkers."

## Career
Kilo wis born in the Sirie Mediterranean coastal ceety o Latakia in 1940.

He studiet journalism in Egyp an Germany. He haes translatit mony poleetical an economics beuks frae German tae Inglis. As a columnist he wrote opinion pieces for twa Arabic papers, the Lebanese daily *[[Annahar]]* an the Lunnon-based *[[Al-Quds Al-Arabi]]*. Recently he wrote several airticles aboot the Sirie uprisin for the *[[As-Safir]]* Lebanese daily newspaper.

## Troubles wi the govrenment
Kilo wis first reestit bi the govrenment in the early 1980s, follaeing this reest he muivit tae Fraunce but came back tae Sirie in 1991. Follaein the Damascus Spring muivement, Kilo wis a central figur in the Damascus Declaration o 2005 an cried for "peaceful, gradual," reform "foondit on accord, an based on dialogue an recognition o the ither."

On 12 Mey 2006, the Beirut-Damascus Declaration, cawin for normalisin Lebanese-Sirie relations efter decades o domination bi Sirie o its smawer neebour Lebanon, wis published wi Kilo as ane o its signatories. He wis reestit yet again an a year later wis sentencit tae three years in preeson on chyrges o "o weakenin naitional sentiment an encouragin sectarian strife."  On 19 Mey 2009, he wis released efter completin aw o his sentence.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Amnesty International
*No verbal zigzagging for this Syrian gadfly
*Michel Kilo Profile  The Alliance for Essential Liberties in the Middle East's profile o Michel Kilo
Cercado Province, Beni

**Cercado** is a province locatit in northwastren Bolivie in Beni Depairtment. It haes an aurie o 12,276&nbsp;km ² wi a population estimatit bi the Naitional Institute o Statistics o Bolivie for 2006 o 94,221 an a densitie o 7.67 fowk / km ².  Its caipital is the ceety o Trinidad..

## Subdiveesion
Cercado Province is dividit intae twa municipalities which are pairtly further subdividit intae cantons.

## References
José Ballivián Province

**José Ballivián** is a province o the Beni Depairtment in northren Bolivie. It is namit for José Ballivián, a general an umwhile preses o Bolivie who livit frae 1805 till 1852. The province haes a north-sooth extent. Tae the wast the province is bundit bi the Beni River (wi the La Paz Depairtment on the wast (left) bank), tae the east it borders on the Yacuma Province.

The caipital o the José Ballivián is Reyes (Reyes, Bolivie). Ither touns in the province are San Borja, Rurrenabaque an Santa Rosa.

The province is spairsely populatit. Accordin tae Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia the population in 2001 was , o this  in urban aurie an  in rural aurie.

## Places o interest
* Beni Biological Station Biosphere Reserve
* Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve an Communal Lands

## References
San Pablo de Tiquina

**San Pablo de Tiquina** is a sma toun in the La Paz Depairtment in Bolivie. It is the seat o the San Pablo de Tiquina Canton, ane o the five cantons o the San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality, the seicont municipal section o the Manco Kapac Province.

## References

* http://www.ine.gob.bo

## See an aw
* Strait o Tiquina
## Freemit airtins
* Population data and map of San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality
Achacachi Municipality

**Achacachi  Municipality** is ane o sax municipalities o the Omasuyos Province in the La Paz Depairtment in Bolivie. Its seat is Achacachi.

The municipality is situatit in the northren Altiplano o the Bolivie Andes region on the eastren shore o Lake Titicaca bordered tae the north bi the Larecaja Province, tae the east bi the Los Andes Province, tae the sooth-east bi the Huarina Municipality, tae the wast bi the Santiago de Huata Municipality, tae the sooth bi Huatajata Municipality an Chúa Cocani Municipality (these fower municipalities wur cantons o the Achacachi Municipality till 2005, 2009, an 2010, respectively), tae the sooth-wast bi Loch Wiñaymarka an the northren pairt o Lake Titicaca, an tae the north-wast bi the Ancoraimes Municipality.

## Population
The fowk are predominantly indigenous citizens o Aymara descent (95.04 %).

## References

* www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Achacachi  Municipality
## Freemit airtins
* Achacachi Municipality: population data an map  (still showin Huarina, Santiago de Huata, Huatajata, an Chúa Cocani as cantons)
Stara Zagora Province

**Stara Zagora** ( *oblast Stara Zagora*, umwhile name Stara Zagora okrug) is a province o sooth central Bulgarie. It is namit efter its admeenistrative an industrial centre&mdash;the ceety o Stara Zagora&mdash;the saxt-biggest toun in the kintra. The province embraces a territory o 5,151.1&nbsp;km² that is dividit intae 11 municipalities wi a tot population, as o December 2009, o 350,925 indwallers.

In the sootheastren pairt o the province on the edge o Radnevo Municipality thare is a coal production facility. Atween 1934 an 1949, the province includit pairts o the present Kardzhali Province.

## Municipalities

The Stara Zagora province (област, *oblast*) contains 11 municipalities (). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun or veelage (touns are shawn in bauld), an the population o each as o December 2009.

## Demografie

The Stara Zagora province haed a population o 370,665 (370,615 gien an aw) accordin tae a 2001 census, o which  wur male an  wur female.
As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 350,925 o which  are indwallers agit ower 60 years.

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

### Releegion

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:

## See an aw
*Provinces o Bulgarie
*Leet o veelages in Stara Zagora Province

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Stara Zagora Province — the best quality o life in Europe
Sliven Province

**Sliven Province** (, umwhile name Sliven okrug) is a province in sootheastren Bulgarie, namit efter its admeenistrative an industrial centre - the ceety o Sliven. It embraces a territory o 3,544.1&nbsp;km² that is dividit intae 4 municipalities, wi a total population, as o December 2009, o 204,887 inhabitants.

## References


## Freemit airtins
*Photos o Sliven 
*Photo Reportages frae Sliven
Varna Province

**Varna Province** ( is a province in northeastren Bulgarie, ane o the 28 Bulgarie provinces. It comprises 12 municipalities (общини, *obshtini*, sing. община, *obshtina*) wi a tot population, as o December 2009, o 465,465 indwallers. The province is namit efter its admeenistrative centre - the ceety o Varna.

## Municipalities

  
The Varna province (област, *oblast*) contains 12 municipalities (). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population o each as o December 2009.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Destrict Admeenistration Varna  (Offeecial steid)
* Kamchia - photo gallery 
* Bulgaria Travel Guide 
* Picturs frae Varna region
Vratsa Province

**Vratsa Province** ( (Oblast Vratsa), umwhile name Vratsa okrug) is a Bulgarie province locatit in the northwastren pairt o the kintra, atween Danube river in the north an Stara Planina muntain in the sooth. It is namit efter its main toun - Vratsa. As o December 2009, the province haes a population o 196,829 inhabitants, on territory of 3,619.7&nbsp;km².

## Municipalities

The Vratsa Province contains ten municipalities (singular: община, *obshtina* - plural: общини, *obshtini*). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population o each as o December 2009.

## Demografie
The Vratsa province haed a population o 243,036 accordin tae a 2001 census, o which  wur male an  wur female.
As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 196,829 o which  are inhabitants agit ower 60 years.

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:

## References


## Freemit airtins

* Picturs frae the cave Ledenika near Vratsa
* Ceeties an veelages in Vratsa Province
* Picturs frae Vratsa an veelages
Lovech Province

**Lovech Province** (, transliteratit *Oblast Lovech*, umwhile name Lovech okrug) is ane o the 28 provinces o Bulgaria, lyin at the northren centre o the kintra. It is namit efter its main ceety - Lovech. As o December 2009, the population o the aurie is 151,153.

## Municipalities
The Lovech province (област, *oblast*) contains aicht municipalities (singular: община, *obshtina* - plural: общини, *obshtini*). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun or veelage (in bauld), an the population as o December 2009.

## Demografics
The Lovech province haed a population o 169,951 accordin tae a 2001 census, o which  wur male an  wur female.
As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 151,153 o which  are inhabitants agit ower 60 years.

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

### Releegion

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:

### Leid

In the 2001 census, 168,307 fowk identified ane o the follaein as their mither tongue (wi percentage o total population): 
154,157 Bulgarie (), 
6,994 Turkis (), 
6,033 Roma&nbsp;(Gypsy) (), 
an 1,123 ither ().

### Ethnic groups
In the 2001 census, 167,877 fowk frae Lovech province identifee'd thairsels as belangin tae ane o the follaein ethnic groups (wi percentage o total population):

## References


## See an aw
*Provinces o Bulgarie
*Municipalities o Bulgarie
*Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
*Leet o veelages in Lovech Province
Pleven Province

**Pleven Province** ( or **Plevenska Oblast** , umwhile name Pleven okrug) is a province locatit in central northren Bulgarie, borderin the Danube river, Romania an the Bulgarie provinces o Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo an Lovech. It is dividit intae 11 subdiveesions, cried municipalities, that embrace a territory o 4,333.54&nbsp;km² wi a population, as o Februar 2011, o 269 752 indwallers. The province's caipital is the ceety o Pleven.

## Namin
The follaein Bulgarie terms mey be uised:
* Плевенска област (*Plevenska oblast*)
* Област Плевен (*Oblast Pleven*)
* Плевенски окръг (*Plevenski okrag*), obsolete
* Окръг Плевен (*Okrag Pleven*), obsolete

## Geografie
The province is pairt o the central Danubian Plain. It is crossed frae sooth tae north bi the rivers Iskar, Vit an Osam (in wast-east order); the river valleys are separatit bi limestane plateaus.

## Municipalities

The Pleven province (област, *oblast*) contains 11 municipalities (). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population o each as o December 2009.

## Demografie
Accordin tae the 2001 census, the population o the province wis 311,985 (312,018 an aa gien) o which Bulgaries constitute an overwhelming majority o 280,475. 16,931 signed as Turks (tho this nummer vera likely includes mony Roma) an 9,777 as Roma an aw. 283,626 fowk specifee'd Bulgarie as thair mither tongue, 14,947 declared tae speak Turkis at hame, while the native speakers o Roma are 8,861.

As o Februar 2011, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 266 144  o which  are indwallers agit ower 60 years.

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

### Releegion

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:

## See an aw
*Provinces o Bulgarie
*Leet o veelages in Pleven Province

## References


## Freemit airtins
* Pleven Province
Veliko Tarnovo Province

**Veliko Tarnovo** () is a province in the middle o the northren pairt o Bulgarie. Its caipital ceety, Veliko Tarnovo, is o historical significance as it is kent as the caipital o Medieval Bulgarie. The province is dividit intae 10 municipalities wi a tot population, as o December 2009, o 275,395 indwallers.

Ither touns in the province include Gorna Oryahovitsa, which is athin 10 kilometres o Veliko Tarnovo, Svishtov, set on Danube River an famous for its Tsenov Academy o Economics, an Suhindol, the hametoun o *Lovico* — an internaitionally recognisit label for fine wines an spirits. Anither notable place is the veelage o Arbanasi, set atween Veliko Tarnovo an Gorna Oryahovitsa. The combination o auld style an modren airchitectur, as well as its kirks an monasteries, present the spirit o Bulgarie. Real estate is amang the maist expensive in the kintra.

## Municipalities

The Veliko Tarnovo province (Област, *oblast*) conteens 10 municipalities (singular: община, *obshtina* - plural: Общини, *obshtini*). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population o each as o December 2009.

## Demografie

The Veliko Tarnovo province haed a population o 293,294 (293,172 gien an aw) accordin tae a 2001 census, o which  wur male an  wur female.
As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 275,395 o which  are indwallers aged ower 60 years.

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

### Releegion

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:

## See an aw
*Provinces o Bulgarie
*Municipalities o Bulgarie
*Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
*Leet o veelages in Veliko Tarnovo Province

## References


## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial Tourism Steid o the Province o Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria) 
*Offeecial wabsteid
*Veliko Tarnovo
Razgrad Province

**Razgrad Province** ( (*Oblast Razgrad*), umwhile name Razgrad okrug) is a province in northeastren Bulgarie, geografically pairt o the Ludogorie region. It is namit efter its admeenistrative an industrial centre - the toun o Razgrad. As o December 2009, the province haes a total population o 132,740 inhabitants on a territory o 2,639.7&nbsp;km² that is dividit intae 7 municipalities. 

## References


## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial steid
Shumen Province

**Shumen Province** (, transliterated *Oblast Shumen*, umwhile name Shumen okrug) is a province in northeastren Bulgarie namit efter its main ceety Shumen. It is dividit intae 10 municipalities wi a total population, as o December 2009, o 194,090 inhabitants.

## References


## Freemit airtins
Ruse Province

**Ruse Province** ( or **Rusenska Oblast** , umwhile name Ruse okrug) is a province in northren Bulgarie, namit efter its main ceety - Ruse, neebourin Romanie via the Danube. It is dividit intae 8 municipalities wi a tot population, as o December 2009, o 249,144 indwallers.

The Danube Brig, the anerlie brig ower the Danube in Bulgarie, is locatit in the province. Ane o the versions o a fowk sang, inspired bi the Ruse blood weddin, can be heard in the province.

## Municipalities

The Ruse province (област, *oblast*) contains aicht municipalities (). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population o each as o December 2009.

## Demografie

The Ruse province haed a population o 266,213 (266,157 gien an aw) accordin tae a 2001 census, o which  wur male an  wur female.
As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 249,144 o which  are indwallers agit ower 60 years.

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

### Releegion

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:

## See an aw
*Provinces o Bulgarie
*Leet o veelages in Rousse Province

## References


## Freemit airtins
* Ruse Province 
* Ruse municipality
* Guide Bulgarie - Rousse Destrict
* Information aboot the Ruse region
Dobrich Province

**Dobrich Province** (, umwhile name Dobrich okrug) is a province in northeastren Bulgarie, pairt o Soothren Dobruja geographical region. It is dividit intae 8 municipalities wi a tot population, as o December 2009, o 199,705 indwallers.

## Municipalities

The Dobrich province (област, *oblast*) contains aicht municipalities (). The follaein table shows the names o ilka municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population o ilka ane as o December 2009.

## References


## Freemit airtins
* Dobrich province 
* Dobrich municipality
* Dobrichka municipality
Novomoskovsky Admeenistrative Okrug

**Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug** (), is ane o the twal admeenistrative okrugs o Moscow. The okrug wis foondit on 1 Julie 2012. At the time o formation it includit the follaein settlements, which previously belangit tae Leninsky, Naro-Fominsky, an Podolsky Destricts o Moscow Oblast,
* The toun o Moskovsky;
* The toun o Shcherbinka;
* The urban-type settlement o Kokoshkino;
* Desyonovskoye Settlement;
* Filimonkovskoye Settlement;
* Marushkinskoye Settlement;
* Mosrentgen Settlement;
* Ryazanovskoye Settlement;
* Sosenskoye Settlement;
* Vnukovskoye Settlement;
* Voskresenskoye Settlement.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*
Troitsky Admeenistrative Okrug

**Troitsky Admeenistrative Okrug** (), is ane o the twal admenistrative okrugs o Moscow. The okrug wis foondit on 1 Julie 2012. At the time o formation it includit the follaein settlements, which previously belangit tae Naro-Fominsky an Podolsky Destricts, as well as Troitsk Toun o Oblast Significance, aw o Moscow Oblast,
* The toun o Troitsk;
* The urban-teep dounset o Kiyevsky;
* Klenovskoye Dounset;
* Krasnopakhorskoye Dounset;
* Mikhaylovo-Yartsevskoye Dounset;
* Novofyodorovskoye Dounset;
* Pervomayskoye Dounset;
* Rogovskoye Dounset;
* Shchapovskoye Dounset;
* Voronovskoye Dounset.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*
Yordanka Fandakova

**Yordanka Asenova Fandakova** () is a Bulgarie politeecian an Mayor o Sofia. She is the first wumman tae hauld this poseetion. She wis electit on 15 November 2009, efter defeatin the Socialist's Pairty contender Georgi Kadiev.

Fandakova wis born on 12 Aprile 1962 in Samokov. She graduatit the 35t Roushie Leid Schuil in Sofia an the University o Sofia, majorin in Roushie Studies. She is marriet an haes a dochter.

Fandakova wis a teacher (frae 1985) an Director (syne 1998) at the 73rd seicontary schuil for foreign leids "Vladislav Gramatik" in Sofia. She became Deputy Mayor o Sofia Municipality o cultur, education, sports an prevention o abuis in 2007.

Fandakova wis electit Member o Parliament for the Citizens for European Development o Bulgarie in the National Assembly in the Bulgarie parliamentary election, 2009 an wis made Meenister o Education, Youth an Science.

In October Fandakova teuk a leave acause o campaign-trail  for mayor elections in Sofia an wis substitutit bi Sergei Ignatov, Deputy Meenister o Education an Science  who efter she wan election wis appointit as the new Meenister o Education an Science.

On 15 November 2009, she wis electit as mayor o Sofia. Fandakova received 66.23% o the votes on the elections held on 15 November 2009. The Socialist's Pairty contender Georgi Kadiev receivit 27.71% o the votes, an the global turnoot wis 23.17%.

## References


## Freemit airtins

* Biografie
Samokov

**Samokov** () is a toun in Sofia Province in the soothwast o Bulgarie. It is situatit in a kettle atween the muntains Rila an Vitosha, 55 kilometres frae the caipital Sofia. Due tae the suitable winter sports conditions, Samokov, thegither wi the nearbi resort Borovets, is a major tourist centre.

In the past, Samokov wis a centre o handicrafts an airt, wi notable figurs like Zahari Zograf, Hristo Dimitrov an Nikola Obrazopisov. The toun's name is a compoond wird o "samo" an "kov", respectively meanin "self" an the ruit o the verb "forge, hammer", an comes frae the *samokov*, a mechanical forge pouered bi watter, syne the toun o Samokov wis a major iron producin centre durin the Middle Ages.

## History
It is thocht that Samokov wis foondit in the 14t century as a minin settlement wi the assistance o "Saxon" miners. It was first mentioned in 1455 an in Ottoman registers o 1477 as *Vlaychov Samokov*. In the 16t an 17t centuries, it grew intae the greatest iron extraction centre in the region, wi wastren travellers describin it as 'a fairly lairge ceety'. In 1565-1566, Samokov had to produce and deliver tae Belgrade 20,000 horseshoes an 30,000 nails. Samokov producit anchors an ither materials for the shipyards o the Bulgarie Black Sea Coast an aw, particularly Pomorie. As the loggin industrie wis well developit an aw, in 1573 the fowk o Samokov haed tae deliver 300 beams as far as Mecca.

## Sports
Bulgarie's anerlie ski jumpin hill is locatit in Samokov. It's a fairly sma hill, K-40 metres whare you can jump doun tae 45 metres. The hill is vera auld an needs tae be renovatit. A lairge modren sports arena wis opened on 8 Mairch 2008. Basketbaw, volleybaw, boxin, warstlin an judo. It cost 16 million lev. There is a skiin centre in Samokov for Cross Kintra skiin an aw, a sma alpine hill an a snawbuird pairk.

## Climate
Samokov haes a humid continental climate - cauld, lang winters, an no too hot simmers. The ceety is locatit at 1029 metres altitude. The average annual temperatur is 7.5 C.

## Honour
Samokov Knoll on Livingston Island in the Sooth Shetland Islands, Antarcticae is namit efter Samokov.

## Gallery

File:Samokov-Uspenie-Bogorodichno.jpg|Church of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God
File:Samokov-St-Nicolas-Church.jpg|Church of St Nicholas from 1861
File:Samokov-mosque-front-1.jpg|Bayrakli Mosque
File:Samokov-school-Konstantin-Fotinov-1.jpg|Konstantin Fotinov School
File:Samokov-Cheshmata.jpg|The Moorish-style Grand Fountain from 1660


## References

## Freemit airtins

*Samokov.bg Offeecial municipality wabsteid 
*Samokov rticle at Picturs o Bulgarie 
*Guide tae restaurants in Samokov 
*Guide tae ceeties an veelages in Samokov municipality
Salvador, Bahia

**Salvador** (, *Saviour*; historic name: **São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos**, in Scots: "Ceety o the Holy Saviour o the Bay o aw Saunts") is the lairgest ceety on the northeast coast o Brazil an the caipital o the Northeastern  Brazilian state o Bahia. Salvador is ent as *Brazil's caipital o happiness* due tae its easygoin population an coontless popular ootdoor pairties an aw, includin its street carnival.

The first colonial caipital o Brazil, the ceety is ane o the auldest in the Americas. For a lang time, it wis simply kent as **Bahia**, an appears unner that name (or as *Salvador da Bahia*, *Salvador o Bahia* sae as tae differentiate it frae ither Brazilian ceeties o the same name) on mony maps an beuks frae afore the mid-20t century. Salvador is the third maist populous Brazilian ceety, efter São Paulo an Rio de Janeiro. The metropolitan aurie o the ceety, wi 3.5 million o fowk, housomeibver, is the seivent maist populous Brazilian urban agglomeration, efter the urban auries o Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Recife an Fortaleza, an the third in Brazilian Northeast Region.

## Sister ceeties
Salvador's sister ceeties are:

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Pelourinho of Salvador, Bahia Digital Media Archive  (creative commons-licensed photos, laser scans, panoramas), data frae a Federal University of Bahia/University of Ferrara/Leica Geosystems/CyArk research partnership
*  Ceety wabsteid 
* Salvador Bahia
Abu Snan

**Abu Snan** (; ) is an Arab local cooncil in the Galilee region o northren Israel, wi an aurie o 4,750 dunams (4.75&nbsp;km²). It achievit recognition as an unthirlt local cooncil in 1964.

## History

Unner the name *Tusyan*, probably a corruption o *Busenan*, Abu Snan wis mentioned as pairt o the domain o the Crusaders durin the hudna atween the Crusaders based in Acre an the Mamluk sultan al-Mansur (Qalawun) declared in 1283.

In 1596, Abu Snan appeared in Ottoman tax registers as bein in the *[[Nahiya]]* o Akka o the *[[Liwa (Arabic)|Liwa]]* o Safad.  It haed a population o 102 Muslim hoosehaulds an 3 bachelors.

## Demographics
Abu Snan haed a population o 11,900 bi Juin 2008, o which 54.7% are Muslim, 26.4% are Druze, an 18.9% are Christian.

## Income

Accordin tae Israel's Central Bureau o Statistics, the toun haed a law rankin (3 oot o 10) on the Kintra's socioeconomic index (December 2001). Anerlie 63.6% o students are entitled tae a matriculation certificate efter Grade 12 (2000). The average salary that year wis NIS 3,629 per month, whareas the naitional average wis NIS 6,835.

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

## References

## Bibliography

*  p. 40
Majd al-Krum

**Majd al-Krum** (,  *Majd al-Kurum*) is an Arab toun locatit in the Upper Galilee in Israel's North Destrict aboot 16 kilometer (10 mile) east o Acre. The name o the veelage translates tae "Vineyard o Glory," reflectin the toun's fame for the quality o its grape vines. The toun is entirely inhabitit bi Muslims. In 2009 it haed a population o roughly 13,500.

## History
Majd al-Krum's name probably comes frae the "watch-hoose o the vineyard" in Arabic. Majd al-Kurum receives it name for its history o growin grapes. Auncient ruins (locatit on the ootskirts o the toun), consistin o pits biggit intae the rocks whare the residents uised thair feet tae press thair grape crop tae mak wine.

In 1596 Majd al-Krum appeared in Ottoman tax registers as bein in the *[[Nahiya]]* o Akka o the *[[Liwa (Arabic)|Liwa]]* o Safad. It haed a population o 90 Muslim hoosehaulds includin five bachelors an paid taxes on wheat, barley, olives or fruit trees, cotton, an goats or beehives. In the late 19t century, it wis describit as a veelage biggit o stane an surroondit bi olive trees an arable land. It wis inhabitit bi 600–800 Muslims.

At the time o the 1931 census, Majd al-Krum haed 226 occupee'd hooses an a population o 1,006 Muslims. Bi 1945, Majd al-Kurum haed 1,400 indwallers, aw classifee'd as Arabs. Thay awned a tot o 17,828 dunams o land, while 2214 dunams wur public property.

Majd al-Krum wis captured bi Israeli forces in October 1948. In the 1960s Israel confiscatit a lairge percentage o land frae Majd al-Krum tae form the ceety o Karmiel. The toun wis made a local cooncil in 1964. On the ootskirts o toun ane can see auncient ruins consistin o pits biggit intae the rocks whare the auncient residents uised thair feet tae press thair grape crop tae mak wine.

In 2003 Majd al-Krum alang wi the nearbi local cooncils o Deir al-Asad an Bi'ina mergit tae form the ceety o Shaghur. Durin the 2006 Lebanon War, ower 40 Katyusha rockets landit in the vicinity o Shaghur, wi the nearbi ceety o Karmiel bein the apparent target. Twa men frae Majd al-Krum, Baha' Karim an Muhammad Subhi Mana', wur killed when a rocket struck near them. Shaghur wis later dissolvit in 2009.

## References

## Bibliography

*Conder, Claude Reignier an  H.H. Kitchener  (1881): *[http://www.archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp01conduoft The Survey of Western Palestine: memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology].* Lunnon:Committee o the Palestine Exploration Fund. **vol 1**, cairt III
*   pp. 167- 169
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