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Central Greece (region)

**Central Greece** (, an aw translatit as "Continental Greece") is ane o the thirteen admeenistrative regions o Greece. The region occupies the eastren hauf o the traditional region o Central Greece, tae the north o Attica an the Peloponnese, tae the east o Wast Greece an tae the sooth o Thessaly an Epirus.

## Admeenistration
The Central Greece region wis established in the 1987 admeenistrative reform. Wi the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its pouers an authority wur redefinit an extendit. Alang wi Thessaly, it is supervisit bi the Decentralized Admeenistration o Thessaly an Continental Greece based at Larissa. The region is based at Lamia an is dividit intae five regional units (pre-Kallikratis prefecturs), Boeotie, Euboea, Evrytania, Phocis an Phthiotis, which are further subdividit intae 25 municipalities.

The region's govrenor is, syne 1 Januar 2011, Klearchos Pergantas, who wis electit in the November 2010 local admeenistration elections for the New Democracy pairty.

## Touns
Biggest touns in each prefectur, accordin tae the census o 2001 (anerlie touns wi population mair nor 1,000 recordit):

## References
Peloponnese (region)

The **Peloponnese region** (), is a region in soothern Greece. It borders the Wast Greece region tae the north an Attica tae the north-east. The region haes an aurie o aboot 15,490 km². It covers maist o the Peloponnese peninsulae, except for the northwastren subregions o Achaea an Elis which belang tae Wast Greece.

## Admeenistration
The Peloponnese region wis established in the 1987 admeenistrative reform. Wi the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its pouers an authority wur redefinit an extendit. Alang wi the Wast Greece an the Ionian Islands regions, it is supervisit bi the Decentralized Admeenistration o the Peloponnese, Wastren Greece an the Ionian Islands based at Patras. The region is based at Tripoli an is dividit intae five regional units (pre-Kallikratis prefectures), Arcadie, Argolis, Corinthia, Laconia an Messenia, which are further subdividit intae 26 municipalities. The lairgest ceety o the region is Kalamata.

The region's govrenor is, syne 1 Januar 2011, Petros Tatoulis, who wis electit in the November 2010 local admeenistration elections for the Panhellenic Socialist Muivement.

## Major communities
*Árgos (Άργος)
*Kalamáta (Καλαμάτα)
*Kórinthos (Κόρινθος) (Corinth in Inglis)
*Sparti (Σπάρτη)
*Trípoli (Τρίπολη)
Veneto

**Veneto** (; ; , ) is ane o the 20 regions o Italy.  Its population is aboot 5 million, rankin 5t in Italy.

Veneto haed been for mair nor a millennium an independent state, the Republic o Venice, till it wis eventually annexed bi Italy in 1866 efter brief Austrian an French rule.  Its capital was, and still is, Venice, which ruled for centuries ane o the lairgest an richest maritime republics an trade empires in the warld. Due tae this rich cultural legacy, a significant number o Venetians consider thairsels tae hae a unique identity which they refuse tae subsume athin the notion o "Italian", an the regional govrenment haes gane so far as tae offeecially define its inhabitants as "a fowk". This opened the wey tae a notable naitionalist muivement an tae the election o a "Venetian naitionalist", Luca Zaia (Liga Veneta–Lega Nord), as preses o the Region in 2010.

Ance the hertland o the Venetian Republic, Veneto is the day amang the walthiest, maist developit an industrialised regions o Italy. Haein ane o the kintra's richest historical, natural, airtistic, cultural, muisical an culinary heritages, it is an aw ane o the maist visitit regions o Italy, wi aboot 60 million tourists ivery year (2007). Besides Italian, maist inhabitants an aw speak Venetian. Haein been for a lang period in history a land o mass emigration, Veneto is the day ane o the greatest immigrant-receivin regions in the kintra, wi 454,453 foreigners (9.30% o the regional population).

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Veneto is dividit intae 7 provinces an 581 municipalities.

### Provinces

### Lairgest municipalities

## References

## Freemit airtins
Friuli-Venezia Giulia

**Friuli–Venezia Giulia** is ane o the 20 regions o Italy, an ane o five autonomous regions wi special statute. The caipital is Trieste. It haes an aurie o 7,858&nbsp;km² an aboot 1.2 million indwallers. A naitural openin tae the sea for mony Central European kintras, the region is traversed bi the major transport routes atween the east an wast o soothren Europe. It encompasses the historical-geographical region o Friuli an the geographical region o Venezia Giulia (kent in Scots an aw as Julian Mairch), each wi its awn destinct history, tradeetions an identity.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Friuli–Venezia Giulia is dividit intae fower provinces:

## References
Srebrenica

**Srebrenica** (Cyrillic: Сребреница, ) is a toun an municipality in the east o Bosnie an Herzegovinae, in the Bosnie Serb entity o Republika Srpska. Srebrenica is a sma muntain toun, its main industry being salt minin an a nearby spa. Durin the Bosnie War, the toun wis the steid o the Julie 1995 massacre, determined tae hae been a creeme o genocide. On 24 Mairch 2007, Srebrenica's municipal assembly adoptit a resolution demandin unthirldom frae the Republika Srpska entity (though no frae Bosnie's sovereignty); the Serb members o the assembly did no vote on the resolution.

## Local communities
The municipality (општина or *opština*) is further subdividit intae the follaein local communities (мјесне заједнице or *mjesne zajednice*):

*Brežani
*Crvica
*Gostilj
*Kostolomci
*Krnići
*Luka
*Orahovica
*Osatica
*Podravanje
*Potočari

*Radoševići
*Ratkovići
*Sase
*Skelani
*Skenderovići
*Srebrenica
*Sućeska
*Toplica
*Vijogor

## See an aw
* Srebrenica massacre

## References
;Notes

## Freemit airtins

* Opština Srebrenica - Srebrenica Municipality  
* Official site of a Bosnian NGO Citizens Associations "Women of Srebrenica"  
* The Advocacy Project partners with Bosnian Family (BOSFAM)
* Balkan Travel: Srebrenica
* Fiction stories about Srebrenica women: "Integration Under the Midnight Sun" by Adnan Mahmutovic http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Summer07/Integration.html
Edirne Province

**Edirne Province** () is the wastmaist province o Turkey, locatit in Eastren Thrace alang the Greek an Bulgarie border. The ceety's walth, population an importance increased efter it wis declared as the caipital ceety o the Ottoman Empire. Edirne still maintains its importance unner the Turkis govrenment.

It is namit for its caipital, Edirne.

## Destricts
Edirne province is dividit intae 9 destricts (caipital destrict in **bauld**):
***[[Edirne]]**
*Enez
*Havsa
*İpsala
*Keşan
*Lalapaşa
*Meriç
*Süloğlu
*Uzunköprü

## References

## Freemit airtins

*  Edirne govrenor's offeecial wabsteid
*  Edirne municipality's offeecial wabsteid
*  Picturs o the caipital o this province wi its mony great mosques
*  Edirne Weather Forecast Information
Kırklareli Province

**Kırklareli Province** () is a province in northwastren Turkey on the wast coast o the Black Sea. The province neighbours Bulgarie tae the north alang a 180 kilometers lang border. It borders the province o Edirne tae the wast an the province o Tekirdağ tae the sooth an province o Istanbul tae the sootheast. Kırklareli is the caipital ceety o the province. The province's an its central ceety's name means *"the land o the fowerties"* in Turkis an it mey refer aither tae the fowerty Ottoman ghazis sent bi the sultan Murad I tae conquer the ceety for the Ottoman Empire in the 15t century or tae the fowerty kirks reportit tae be situatit in the region afore the Ottoman conquest. Thare is a memorial on a hilltop in Kırklareli ceety, cried "Kırklar Anıtı" (*the Memorial o the Forties* in Turkis) tae honour the Ottoman conquerors (*For mair on the name's oreegins, see [[Kırklareli]]*).

The province is bisectit bi the Yıldız (Istranca) muntain range. The north an northeastren pairts o the province are amang the least populatit an developit pairts o Turkey. The destricts tae the sooth an wast are mair populatit acause the land is better suitit for agriculture an industrial development. The north an eastren pairts o the province are dominatit bi forests. Therefore forestry is an important means o livin in thir auries. Fishin is done alang the Black Sea coast.

## Local attractions
**Dupnisa Cave** is a famous naitural attraction an a unique geological formation athin the borders o the province in the north. The 60&nbsp;km lang coast alang the Black Sea harbors ane o the maist pristine an undevelopit beaches in aw o Turkey. Thare are twa Nature Reserve Areas alang the coast namely Saka Gölü (Saka Lake) Nature Reserve Area tae the north an Kasatura Körfezi (Kasatura Bay) Nature Reserve Area tae the sooth. Thir steids are unique wi thair undisturbit ecoseestems harborin several endangered an endemic plant an ainimal species.

## Destricts
Kırklareli province is dividit intae 8 destricts (caipital destrict in **bauld**):

*Babaeski
*Demirköy
***[[Kırklareli]]**
*Kofçaz
*Lüleburgaz
*Pehlivanköy
*Pınarhisar
*Vize

## Sister ceeties

Kırklareli is twinned wi:

*  Walldorf, Germany
*  Dobrich, Bulgarie
*  Izmail, Ukraine

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Kırklareli Weather Forecast Information 
* Forum of Kırklareli University 
* Kırklareli News
* Kırklareli Photos
Umbrie

**Umbrie** is a region o modren central Italy. It is ane o the smawest Italian regions an the anerlie peninsular region that is landlockit. Its caipital is Perugia. Assisi an Norcia are historical touns associatit wi St. Francis o Assisi, an St. Benedict.

## Admeenistrative diveesions
Umbria is dividit intae twae provinces:

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## References

## Bibliography
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## Freemit airtins

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Northren (state)

**Northern** ( **) is ane o the 17 wilayat or states o Sudan. It haes an aurie o 348,765&nbsp;km² an an estimatit population o 833,743 (2006). Dongola is the caipital o the state.  The toun o Wadi Halfa, a heidquarters o the Breetish in the late nineteent century, is locatit in the north o the province. The ither touns (localities) are Merowe, Karima, Al-Dabbah an Dongola. Northren Sudan wis in auncient times Nubie. Jebel Uweinat is a muntain range in the aurie o the Egyptian-Libie-Sudanese border
Khartoum (state)

**Khartoum** ( **') is ane o the 17 states o [[Sudan]]. It haes an aurie o 22,122&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> an an estimatit population o approximately 7,152,102 (2008). [[Khartoum]], the naitional [[Caipital ceety|caipital]] o Sudan, is the caipital o the Khartoum State.
The state o Khartoum is dividit intae seven localities:
***al-Kharṭoum Locality** (محلية الخرطوم)
***al-Kharṭoum Baḥrī Locality** (محلية الخرطوم بحري)
***Umdurmān Locality** (محلية أمدرمان)
***Jabal Awliyā' Locality** (محلية جبل أولياء)
***Sharq an-Nīl Locality** (محلية شرق النيل)
***Ombadda Locality** (محلية أمبدة)
***Kararī Locality''' (محلية كرري)

## See an aw
*2007 Sudan floods
River Nile (state)

**River Nile** ( **) is ane o the 17 wilayat or states o Sudan. It haes an aurie o 122,123&nbsp;km² (47,152&nbsp;mi²) an an estimatit population of 1,027,534 (2006). It consists o 6 localities (accordin tae the latest poleetical mappin) Ad-Damir is the caipital ceety o the state. Slichtly north o Ad-Damir is the important rail junction toun o Atbarah; the ither touns (localities) are Shendi, Al-Matamma, Berber an Abu Hamed. It an aw embraces the lairgest electricity generatin project in the kintra, Alex Tanfield which is situatit north o Abu Hamed. 
## Freemit airtins
* en.nahralnileinvest.gov.sd , Meenistry o Investment, Industry, Tourism & Mining River Nile State
Reid Sea (state)

**Reid Sea** ( **) is ane o the 17 wilayat or states o Sudan. It haes an aurie o 212,800&nbsp;km² an an estimatit population of 1,396,000 (2010). Port Sudan is the capital of the state. Sudan claims, but does no control the Hala'ib Triangle, a region disputit atween Sudan an Egyp. The oreeginal inhabitants o the State are the Beja Tribes, who constitute abuin 65% o the current population wi lawer walth an pouer in the region. 

Geographically, in the east, borderin the state, is the Reid Sea. Inland, muntains run frae north tae sooth, which are interruptit bi arid plains. Tae the northwast is the Nubie Desert. The Siyal Islands are locatit in the disputit aurie atween Egyp an Sudan in the northeast. 

The Sudanese state is dividit intae the aicht admeenistrative auries:   Bur Sudan (Port Sudan), Gebiet Elma'din, Halayib, Haya, Sawakin, Sinkat ,Gunob Awlieb , Derodieb, Tokar and Ageeg.

## References
;Notes
Maekel Region

The **Maekel Region** (alternate spelling **Maakel**), kent as the **Regione Centrale** in italian, is ane o the sax regions o Eritrea.

## Owerview
It is the smawest region in aurie, an contains the major ceety an naitional caipital, Asmara. Maekel is situatit inland, an borders Anseba tae the north-wast, the Northren Reid Sea region tae the north-east, the Soothren (Debub) region tae the sooth, an Gash-Barka tae the wast.

Hintle o the airchitectur in the region reflects Italian colonial influences.

## Destricts
The region an aw includes the follaein destricts:

* Berikh
* Ghala Nefhi
* North Eastren
* Serejaka
* Sooth Eastren
* Sooth Wastren

## References
* GeoHive
Northren Reid Sea Region

The **Northren Reid Sea Region** o Eritrea is ane o the kintra's sax regions. It lees alang the northren three quairters o the Reid Sea, an includes the Dahlak Airchipelago an the coastal ceety o Massawa.

## Location
The Northren Reid Sea Region borders the Anseba, Central (Maekel) an Soothren (Debub) regions tae the wast, an the Soothren Reid Sea Region tae the east. It haes an aurie o aroond 27,800 km&sup2;. The lawest point in Eritrea, Lake Kulul, is in this region.

## Destricts
The region an aw includes the follaein destricts:
* Afabet Destrict
* Dahlak Destrict
* Ghelalo Destrict
* Foro Destrict
* Ghinda Destrict
* Karura Destrict
* Massawa Destrict
* Nakfa Destrict
* She'eb Destrict

## References
* GeoHive
Gash-Barka Region

**Gash-Barka** () is ane o the sax regions o Eritrea. It is situatit in the sooth-wast o the kintra, borderin the Anseba Region tae the north, an the Central an Soothren regions tae the east; the kintra o Sudan lees tae the wast an Ethiopie tae the sooth.

The caipital o Gash-barka is Barentu. Ither touns include Agordat (the umwhile caipital), Molki, Sebderat an Teseney.

Wi an aurie o 37,000 square kilometers an a population of 567,000, the Gash Barka region makes up roughly ane-third o Eritrea. Mony caw this region the "breadbasket" as the region is rich in agricultur. Mony believe there are ower 3.5 million fermstockin in this region, an mony camels. The region is an aw rich in marble, an ither important minerals, includin gowd. In Augaro, there are some auld mineshafts an machinery frae the days when the Italians mined gowd here.

Maist o the fowk in the aurie tend tae be healthy an well-fed, a rarity in this aurie o Africae.

The region an aw includes the follaeing destricts:

* Agordat Ceety
* Barentu Ceety
* Dghe
* Forto
* Gogne
* Haykota
* Logo Anseba
* Mensura
* Mogolo
* Molki
* Omhajer (Guluj)
* Shambuko
* Tesseney
* Upper Gash

## References

## Sources
* Edward Denison and Edward Paice. 2007. *Eritrea*, fourth edition, Published by Bradt Travel Guides, 224 pages  ISBN 1841621714, 9781841621715
* C. Michael Hogan. 2009. ''Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg 
* ''GeoHive global statistics''
Debub Region

**Debub Region**, kent as the **Southern Region** an aw, is a region o Eritrea. It lees alang a portion o the naitional border wi Ethiopie.

## Owerview
It shares its wastren border wi the region o Gash-Barka, its northren flank wi Maekel (central), an its eastren boundary wi the Northren Reid Sea Region. It is the lairgest region in the kintra bi population.

This region haes an aurie o aroond 8,000 square kilometers, an its caipital is Mendefera (Adi Ugri). Ither touns in Debub include Adi Keyh, Adi Quala, Dekemhare, Debarwa an Senafe. The aircheological steids o Metera an Qohaito are an aw locatit in Debub. The heichest point in this region, an in Eritrea, is Munt Soira (3018 meters), east o Senafe.

## Destricts
The region an aw includes the follaein destricts:
* Adi Keyh Destrict
* Adi Quala Destrict
* Areza Destrict
* Debarwa Destrict
* Dekemhare Destrict
* Hadidia Destrict
* Kudo Be'ur Destrict
* Mai-Mne Destrict
* Mendefera Destrict
* Segeneiti Destrict
* Senafe Destrict
* Tera-Emni Destrict
* Tsorona Destrict

## References
* GeoHive
Soothren Reid Sea Region

The **Soothren Reid Sea Region** o Eritrea is ane o the sax main regions o Eritrea. It lies alang the soothren hauf o the Reid Sea, an contains the coastal ceety o Asseb. It borders the Northren Reid Sea Region, an haes an aurie o around 27,600km².

## Location an climate
The Soothren Reid Sea Region extends ower 500km alang Reid Sea coast but is anerlie aroond 50km wide. Formin the major pairt o the Danakil Desert, its major touns include Asseb, Beilul, Rahaita an T'i'o. The heichest point in this region is Munt Ramlu (2248 meters).

It is generally considered ane o the maist inhospitable auries on the Yird, except alang the coast.

## Destricts
The region an aw includes the follaeing destricts:
* Are'eta Destrict
* Central Denkalya Destrict
* Southern Denkalya Destrict

## Habitat
Wildlife such as Hamadryas, Baboons, Soemmerring's gazelle, Dorcas gazelle, Warthog, Black-backed Jackal, Ruppells Sandfox, dikdik, Golden Jackal, hyena, Abyssinian Hare, Wild Ass an Ostriches are foond in this region. African Wild Dog wis an aw foond in this region, but their present condition is unkent. There hae been reports o Cheetah occurrin in this region, but there haes been nae evidence o their presence. It is extremely likely that baith Cheetah an Wild Dog are extinct in Eritrea.

## References
*  GeoHive .
Anseba Region

**Anseba** () is an inland region o Eritrea, in the wast o the kintra. 

## Owerview
Its caipital is Keren an it haes an aurie o aboot 23,000 km². It is namit efter the Anseba River around which the region is situatit. The river begins in the central Eritrean heichland plateau, in the suburbs northwast o the caipital Asmara. It then descends northwards intae the northwastren lawlands, traversin the muntains o Rora Habab an Sahel afore joinin the Barka River near the border wi Sudan. Ither touns in this region include Halhal. The region borders Gash-Barka tae the sooth, the Central (Maekel) region tae the sooth-east, the Northren Reid Sea Region tae the east an north, an the nation o Sudan tae the wast.

## Destricts
The region includes the follaein destricts:
* Adi Tekelezan Destrict
* Asmat Destrict
* Elabered Destrict
* Geleb Destrict
* Hagaz Destrict
* Halhal Destrict
* Habero Destrict
* Keren Destrict
* Kerkebet Destrict
* Sela Destrict

## Notes

## References

*Edward Denison and Edward Paice. 2007. *Eritrea*, fourth edition, Published by Bradt Travel Guides, 224 pages  ISBN 1841621714, 9781841621715
*C. Michael Hogan. 2009. ''Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg 
*''GeoHive global statistics''
Sharjah (emirate)

**Sharjah** (,  **) is ane o the emirates o the Unitit Arab Emirates (UAE). The emirate covers 2,600&nbsp;km² (1,003&nbsp;mi²) an haes a population o ower 800,000 (2008). The emirate o Sharjah comprises the ceety o Sharjah (the seat o the emirate), an ither minor touns an enclaves such as Kalba, Dibba Al-Hisn an Khor Fakkan.

## History
Historically, Sharjah wis ane o the walthiest touns in this region wi a dounset in existence for ower 5000 years.
In the early 18t century Al Qasimi clan established itsel in Sharjah, c. 1727 declarin Sharjah unthirldom.
On 8 Januar 1820, Sheikh Sultan I signed the General Maritime Treaty wi Breetain, acceptin a protectorate tae keep the Ottoman Turks oot. Like fower o its neighbours, Ajman, Dubai, Ras al-Khaimah, an Umm al-Qaiwain, its position on the route tae Indie made it important enough tae be recognizit as a salute state.
On 2 December 1971, Sheikh Khalid III jyned the Unitit Arab Emirates.

## Emirates
The historically kent rulers wur:

* c. 1727 - 1777 Sheikh Rashid bin Matar bin Rahma Al Qasimi
* 1777 - 1803 Sheikh Saqr I bin Rashid Al Qasimi
* 1803 - 1840 Sheikh Sultan I bin Saqr Al Qasimi (first time)
* 1840 Sheikh Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi
* 1840 - 1866 Sheikh Sultan I bin Saqr Al Qasimi (second time) (died 1866)
* 1866 - 14 April 1868  Sheikh Khalid I bin Sultan Al Qasimi (died 1868)
* 14 April 1868 - March 1883 Sheikh Salim bin Sultan Al Qasimi  (died 1919) - since 1869 jointly with the following:
* 1869 - 1871 Sheikh Ibrahim bin Sultan Al Qasimi
* March 1883 - 1914 Sheikh Saqr II bin Khalid Al Qasimi (died 1914)
* 13 April 1914 - 21 November 1924  Sheikh Khalid II bin Ahmad Al Qasimi
* 21 November 1924 - 1951 Sheikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi  (died 1951)
* 1951 - May 1951 Sheikh Muhammad bin Saqr Al Qasimi
* May 1951 - 24 June 1965    Sheikh Saqr III bin Sultan Al Qasimi  (1925–1993)
* 24 June 1965 - 24 January 1972  Sheikh Khalid III bin Muhammad Al Qasimi (1931–1972)
* 25 January 1972 - 1972 Sheikh Saqr bin Muhammad Al Qasimi  (acting)
* 1972 - 17 June 1987  Sheikh Dr. Sultan III bin Muhammad Al Qasimi (first time) (born 1939)
* 17 June 1987 - 23 June 1987  Sheikh `Abd al-`Aziz bin Muhammad Al Qasimi    (1937–2004)
* 23 June 1987 -   Sheikh Dr. Sultan III bin Muhammad Al Qasimi (seicont time)

## References

## Freemit airtins

* 
*  Sharjah Municipality official website
*  Sharjah Municipality  official website
*Sharjah Aquarium
*New Sharjah emblem
East Macedonie an Thrace

**East Macedonie an Thrace** (, formally ) is ane o the thirteen regions o Greece. It consists of the northeastren pairts o the kintra, comprisin the eastren pairt o the region o Macedonie alang wi the region o Thrace, an the islands o Thasos an Samothrace.

## Admeenistration
East Macedonie an Thrace wis established in the 1987 admeenistrative reform. Wi the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its pouers an authority wur redefinit an extendit. Alang wi Central Macedonie, it is supervisit bi the Decentralizit Admeenistration o Macedonie an Thrace based at Thessaloniki. The region is based at Komotini. It is dividit intae the Macedonie regional units o Drama, Kavala an Thasos an the Thracian regional units o Xanthi, Rhodope an Evros. Afore the Kallikratis reform, the regional units (except Thasos, which wis pairt o Kavala) wur admeenistered as separate prefecturs. Syne 1994, they wur grouped into the Drama-Kavala-Xanthi an Rhodope-Evros super-prefecturs.

The region's govrenor is, syne 1 Januar 2011, Aristeidis Giannakidis, who wis electit in the November 2010 local admeenistration elections for the Panhellenic Socialist Muivement.

## Major commonties
*Alexandroúpoli (Αλεξανδρούπολη)
*Dráma (Δράμα)
*Kavála (Καβάλα)
*Komotiní (Κομοτηνή)
*Xánthi (Ξάνθη)

## Freemit airtins
*East Macedonie an Thrace region
Ionie Islands

**Ionie Islands** () is ane o the thirteen regions o Greece. It comprises the historical region o the Ionian Islands, except for the island o Kythera which belangs tae Attica.

## Admeenistration
The region wis established in the 1987 admeenistrative reform, comprisin the prefecturs o Corfu, Kefalonia an Ithaca, Lefkada an Zakynthos.

Wi the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its pouers an authority wur redefined an extendit. Alang wi Wast Greece an Peloponnese regions, it is supervisit bi the Decentralizit Admeenistration o the Peloponnese, Wast Greece an the Ionian Islands based at Patras. The region is based at Corfu an is dividit intae 5 regional units:

*Corfu (*Kerkyra*)
*Ithaca (*Ithaki*)
*Kefalonia 
*Lefkada
*Zakynthos 

The region's govrenor is, syne 1 Januar 2011, Spyros Spyrou, who wis electit in the November 2010 local admeenistration elections for the New Democracy pairty.

## Historical population

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Region o the Ionian Islands 
* Eurostat population by NUTS 2
Wast Greece

**West Greece** () is ane o the thirteen regions o Greece. It comprises the wastren pairt o continental Greece an the northwastren pairt o the Peloponnese peninsulae. 

## Admeenistration
The Wast Greece region wis established in the 1987 admeenistrative reform. Wi the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its pouers an authority wur redefinit an extendit. Alang wi Peloponnese an the Ionian Islands regions, it is supervisit bi the Decentralizit Admeenistration o the Peloponnese, Wastren Greece an the Ionian Islands based at Patras. The region is based at Patras an is dividit intae three regional units (pre-Kallikratis prefecturs), Aetolia-Acarnania in Central Greece an Achaea an Elis in the Peloponnese, which are further subdividit intae 19 municipalities.

The region's govrenor is, syne 1 Januar 2011, Apostolos Katsifaras, who wis electit in the November 2010 local admeenistration elections for the Panhellenic Socialist Muivement.

## Climate
Its climate haes hot simmers an mild winters. Sunny days dominate durin the simmer months in auries athin the beaches an pairtially cloudy an rainy in the muntains. Snaw is vera common durin the winter in the muntains o Erymanthus, Panachaicus an Aroania. Winter heich temperaturs are aroond the 10 °C mark throughoot the law lyin auries.

## Major communities
*Mesolóngi (Μεσολόγγι)
*Agrínio (Αγρίνιο)
*Aígio (Αίγιο)
*Amaliáda (Αμαλιάδα)
*Pátra (Πάτρα)
*Pýrgos (Πύργος)

## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid (in Greek)
Picardy

**Picardy** (, ) is ane o the 27 regions o Fraunce. It is locatit in the northren pairt o Fraunce.

## Admeenistration

The preses of the regional cooncil is Claude Gewerc, a Socialist in office syne 2004.  That year he defeatit langtime UDF incumbent Gilles de Robien. 

Syne 2008, the mayor o the ceety o Amiens, the regional caipital, haes been Socialist Gilles Demailly.  He defeatit langtime mayor Gilles de Robien o the New Centre pairty.

## Major communities

*Abbeville
*Amiens
*Beauvais
*Compiègne
*Creil
*Laon
*Saint-Quentin
*Soissons

## Freemit airtins
*  Offeecial regional cooncil wabsteid 
*  Picardy, brief guide tae the region an attractions
*  Picturs o Picardy 
*  photos frae Soothren Picardy
Languedoc-Roussillon

**Languedoc-Roussillon** (; ; ) is ane o the umwhile 27 regions o Fraunce. It comprises five depairtments, an borders the ither French regions o Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, an Spain, Andorrae an the Mediterranean Sea on the ither side.

## Major communities
*Alès
*Béziers
*Carcassonne
*Montpellier
*Narbonne
*Nîmes
*Perpignan
*Sète

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Languedoc-Roussillon Tourist Board  Official Tourism Committee Website for the Region (in English)
*  Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon 
*  Regordane Info - The independent portal for The Regordane Way or St Gilles Trail The Regordane Trail runs north-south through Languedoc-Roussillon. (in English and French)
Var

The **Var** () is a French depairtment in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in Provence, in sootheast Fraunce. It taks its name frae the river Var, whilk uised tae rin alang its eastren bundary, but the bundary wis muivit in 1860. The Var is bordered eastlins bi the depairtment o Alpes-Maritimes; wastlins bi Bouches-du-Rhône northlins o the Verdon River bi the depairtment o Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, an soothlins bi the Mediterranean Sea.

Toulon is the lairgest ceety an admeenistrative caipital o the Var. Ither important touns in the Var include Fréjus, Saint-Raphael, Draguignan, Brignoles an Hyères.

The Var is kent for the harbour o Toulon, the main port o the French Navy; for its seaside resorts, the maist famous o whilk is Saint-Tropez; for some fine insaumples o Romanesque an medieval airchitectur, lik the Le Thoronet Abbey an Fréjus Cathedral; a for its wines, pairteecularly the wines o Bandol.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*
* Website of the General Council  – The department's governing body
* toulon.org  – Many photographs cities and Var tourism guide
* www.toulonnais.com  – The monuments, the past, the plans o the ceety o Toulon. Mony photaes inside
* Life In Toulon
Sofia Province

**Sofia Province** (, *Sofiyska oblast*) is a province (*[[oblast]]*) o Bulgarie. The province daes no include Sofia in its territories, but Sofia remains its admeenistrative center. The province borders on the provinces o Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Lovech, Vratsa, Montana an "Sofia-Capital" (which is in a separate *oblast*, see Sofia Admeenistration), tae the northwast thare is mairch wi Serbie.

The province haes a territory o 7 059&nbsp;km² an haes 254,996 indwallers. The land is predominantly muntainous. Tae the north are the soothren slopes o the Balkan Muntains an tae the sooth rises Rila wi the heichest pynt in the peninsular Musala. Thare are an aw several smawer muntains an spacious valleys. Ane o the maist important ski resorts in Bulgarie, Borovets, is locatit here close tae Samokov.

Industry is well developit. Minin an ferrous metallurgy are the backbone o the economy wi the lairgest copper refinery in Sooth Eastren Europe in Pirdop an important copper mines at Chelopech an Etropole. Machinery is well developit in Botevgrad (buses, caur components, electronics), Pravets (computers), Etropole, Samokov, Elin Pelin, Ihtiman, Slivnitsa, Godech. The centre o fuid an succar industry is Svoge.  This is an aw the birthplace o bass/baritone opera sangster an muisicker Boris Damianov.

## Municipalities

The Sofia province (Област, *oblast*) contains 22 municipalities (singular: община, *obshtina* - plural: Общини, *obshtini*). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Inglis, Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population o each as o 2009.

## Demografie

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

The province haed a population o 273 252 (an aw gien as 273,240) accordin tae a 2001 census, o which  wur male an  wur female.

### Releegion

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:

### Ethnic groups
Ethnic groups in the province accordin tae 2001 census:
253 536 Bulgaries (),
16 748 Roma&nbsp;(Gypsy) ()
an 2956 ithers an unspecifeed ().

## References


## See an aw
*Provinces o Bulgarie
*Municipalities o Bulgarie
*Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
*Leet o veelages in Sofia Province
Pernik Province

**Pernik Province** is a province in wastren Bulgarie, neighbourin Serbie. Its main ceety is Pernik, an ither municipalities are Breznik, Kovachevtsi, Radomir, Tran, an Zemen.

## Demographics
Pernik province haed a population o 133,750 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

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:

### Ethnic groups
Ethnic groups in the province accordin tae 2001 census:
145 642 Bulgaries (),
3 035 Roma&nbsp;(Gypsy) ()
an 1155 ithers an unspecifeed ().

## Economy

Industry is o vital importance for the economy o the province. Pernik is the major manufacturin centre, ane o the lairgest in the kintra wi the "Stomana" steel complex; hivy machinery (minin an industrial equipment); biggin materials an textiles being the maist important. There is an enormous plant for hivy machinery in Radomir which produces excavators an industrial equipment, but is currently no wirkin at full capacity.

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

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Ceety hamepage 
*Pernik ceety information portal  
*Information steid for Pernik
Provinces o Bulgarie

Syne 1999, Bulgarie haes been dividit intae 28 provinces (, *oblasti;* singular област, *oblast*; owerset as "region" an aa) whilk thareby correspond tae the 28 destricts (okrugs) that existit afore 1987. In 1987, durin the Communist regime o Todor Zhivkov, the destricts wur consolidatit intae nine muckler provinces (oblasts), whilk survivit till 1999.

Ilka province is namit efter its caipital. In the case o Sofia Province an Sofia Caipital, Sofia is the caipital o baith, but its territory is anerlie includit in Sofia Caipital.

The provinces are further subdividit intae 264 municipalities (община, *obshtina*).

## History

In 1987, the then-existin twinty-aicht destricts wur transformit intae nine muckle provinces. In 1999, the auld destricts wur restored, but the designation "province" ("oblast") wis kept. The nine muckle provinces are leetit below, alang wi the pre-1987 destricts (post-1999 provinces) comprisin them.

## See an aw
*Bulgaria
*Etymological leet o provinces o Bulgarie
*Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
*Leet o veelages in Bulgarie
*Municipalities o Bulgarie
*ISO 3166-2:BG
* Liste des gouverneurs des provinces bulgares

## References
Tyrol (state)

**Tyrol** () is a state or *Bundesland*, locatit in the wast o Austrick. It comprises the Austrian pairt o the historical region o Tyrol.

The state is split intae twa pairts–cried North Tyrol an East Tyrol–bi a  -wide strip o land whaur the state o Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province o Sooth Tyrol.

North Tyrol borders Bavarie (Germany) in the north, the state o Vorarlberg in the wast, Italy an Swisserland in the sooth an Salzburg in the east. East Tyrol an aw borders Carinthie in the east.

The heichest muntain in the state is the Großglockner in the Hohe Tauern, wi an elevation o 3,797&nbsp;m (12,457.35&nbsp;ft.), which is an aw the heichest muntain in Austrick.

## Ceeties an touns
The caipital is Innsbruck. The ceety is kent for its university, especially in medicine. Tyrol is popular for its famous ski resorts, which include Kitzbühel, Ischgl an St.&nbsp;Anton, but haes nae ceeties besides Innsbruck. Tae wit, the 15 lairgest towns in Tyrol are

## Admeenistrative diveesions

The state is dividit intae aicht destricts (*[[Bezirk]]e*), an ane statutory ceety, Innsbruck. The destricts an their admeenistrative centres, frae wast tae east an north tae sooth, are:
; North Tyrol:
* Statutory ceety:
** 1 Innsbruck (Stadt *ceety*)
* Destricts:
** 6 Landeck Destrict, (Landeck)
** 8 Reutte Destrict, (Reutte)
** 3 Imst Destrict, (Imst)
** 2 Innsbruck-Land, (Innsbruck)
** 9 Schwaz Destrict, (Schwaz)
** 5 Kufstein Destrict, (Kufstein)
** 4 Kitzbühel Destrict, (Kitzbühel)

; Destrict in East Tyrol:
** 7 Lienz Destrict, (Lienz)

## History

Historically, the region wis pairt o the Coonty o Tyrol, which formit pairt o the Holy Roman Empire, later the Austrian Empire an feenally wis a *Kronland* (ryal territory) o Austrick-Hungary. The Coonty o Tyrol extendit ayont the bundaries o the day's state. Historically Tyrol (afore World War&nbsp;I) includit in addition tae the day's Tyrol (North Tyrol an East Tyrol) the Italian provinces o Sooth Tyrol an Trentino an three municipalities, which the day are pairt o the province o Belluno. Efter Warld War&nbsp;I, these became pairt o Italy accordin tae the proveesions o the Treaty o Saint Germain.

## See an aw
*Ootline o Austrick
*Euroregion Tyrol-Sooth Tyrol-Trentino

## Freemit airtins

*Tyrol Travel Guide
*Offeecial Website o Provincial Govrenment
*Sichtseein, History an Touns o Tyrol
Tyrol

**Tyrol** (; ; ) is a historical region o Europe. "Tyrol" or "Tirol" can refer tae:
*Tyrol (state) in Austrick
*Sooth Tyrol, a province northren Italy
Volga Federal Destrict

**Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal Destrict** (, *Privolzhsky federalny okrug*) is ane o the aicht federal destricts o Roushie. It forms the sootheastren pairt o European Roushie. Its population wis 29,900,400 (70.8% urban) accordin tae the 2010 Census, livin on an aurie o . Grigory Rapota wis appointit the federal destrict's Presidential Envoy on Mey&nbsp;12, 2008.

## Demographics
### Federal subject

## Presidential plenipotentiary envoys
#Sergey Kiriyenko (Mey&nbsp;18, 2000&nbsp;– November&nbsp;14, 2005)
#Alexander Konovalov (November&nbsp;14, 2005&nbsp;– Mey&nbsp;12, 2008)
#Grigory Rapota (Mey&nbsp;12, 2008&nbsp;– December&nbsp;15, 2011)
#Mikhail Babich (Decemver&nbsp;15, 2011&nbsp;– present)

## References
Ryazan Oblast

**Ryazan Oblast** (, *Ryazanskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative centre is the ceety o Ryazan, which is the oblast's lairgest ceety. Population: 1,154,114 (2010 Census).

## Geography
Ryazan Oblast borders Vladimir Oblast (N), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (NE), the Republic o Mordovie (E), Penza Oblast (SE), Tambov Oblast (S), Lipetsk Oblast (SW), Tula Oblast (W), an Moscow Oblast (NW).

## Demographics
Population: 

For the first hauf o 2007, the birth rate wis 8.9 per 1000 http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2007/0301/barom04.php

Ethnic composition (2010):
*Roushies - 95.1%
*Ukrainians - 0.8%
*Armenies - 0.5%
*Mordvins - 0.5%
*Tatars - 0.5%
*Azeris - 0.4%
*Uzbeks - 0.3%
*Ithers - 1.9%
*74,419 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.

## References

*
Viktor Shershunov

**Viktor Shershunov** () (16 October 1950 &ndash; 20 September 2007) wis the govrenor o Kostroma Oblast, Roushie frae 1997 tae 2007. He previously wirkit at the Prosecutor's Office o Kostroma Oblast.

Born in Lenger (Kazakhstan), Shershunov wis electit govrenor in 1996 an re-electit in 2000 wi a lairge majority. In 2005, he wis reappointit bi Vladimir Putin efter direct elections for govrenors wis replacit wi presidential appointment.

He wis a member o the Communist Pairty o the Roushie Federation. He wis an aw a member o the Federation Soviet till the time o his daith. He dee'd on 20 September 2007, agit 56, in a caur crash in Moscow Oblast.

## References
* Viktor Shershunov profile on Russia Profile 
* Putin nominates Viktor Shershunov as head of the administration of Kostroma oblast
Soothren Federal Destrict

**Soothren Federal Destrict** (, *Yuzhny federalny okrug*) is ane o the aicht federal destricts o Roushie. Its territory lies maistly on the Pontic-Caspian steppe. Its population wis 13,856,700 (62.4% urban) accordin tae the 2010 Census, livin on an aurie o . On Januar 19, 2010, the federal destrict wis split in twa, wi its umwhile soothren territories formin new North Caucasian Federal Destrict.

Soothren Federal Destrict wis cried **North Caucasian Federal Destrict** when it wis foondit in Mey 2000, but wis renamit suin efter for poleetical reasons.

The current Envoy is Vladimir Ustinov, umwhile Juistice Meenister o Roushie.

## Demographics
### Federal subjects

## Presidential plenipotentiary envoys
# Viktor Kazantsev (Mey 18, 2000&nbsp;– Mairch 9, 2004)
# Vladimir Yakovlev (Mairch 9, 2004&nbsp;– September 13, 2004)
# Dmitry Kozak (September 13, 2004&nbsp;– September 24, 2007)
# Grigory Rapota (September 24, 2007&nbsp;– Mey 12, 2008)
# Vladimir Ustinov (Mey 12, 2008&nbsp;– Present)

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial steid: Federal Cadaster Center o Roushie&nbsp;— Administrative maps of Russia (legends in Russian) 
* https://web.archive.org/web/20040404184031/http://baikaland.tripod.com/russia/yufo.html
* Southern Federal District 
* News and events of Russian South
Tyumen Oblast

**Tyumen Oblast** (, *Tyumenskaya oblast*) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Tyumen. The oblast haes admeenistrative jurisdiction ower twa autonomous okrugs—Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug an Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Tyumen is the lairgest ceety, wi ower hauf a million indwallers. It is bi far the richest federal subject o Roushie, wi an average GDP per caipita several times the naitional average. Population: 3,395,755 (2010 Census).

## Geografie
Thare are a variety o fauna an flora in this region. In the northren pairt can be foond ptarmigan, walrus an Airctic fox. Polar bears an aa occur in the extreme north; the genetic mak-up o this Polar bear sub-population is genetically distinct frae ither circumpolar regions.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## Demographics
**Population**: 

;Ethnic groups
Thare wur thirty-sax recognised ethnic groups o mair nor twa thoosan persons each in Tyumen Oblast, makkin this ane o the maist multicultural oblasts in Roushie. The naitional composition at the time o the 2010 Census wis:
*Roushies:(73.3%)
*Tatars:(7.5%)
*Ukrainians:(4.9%)
*Bashkirs:(1.4%)
*Azeris:(1.4%)
*Nenets:(1%)
*Chuvash:(0.93%)
*Khants:(0.9%)
*Belaroushies:(0.8%)
*Germans:(0.6%)
*Kazakhs:(0.6%)
*Moldovans:(0.5%)
*Armenies:(0.5%)
*Mansi:(0.4%)
*5.3% ithers
*187,803 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.

**Vital Statistics for 2007**: Source

*Birth Rate: 14.20 per 1000
*Daith Rate:  9.00 per 1000
*Net Immigration: +2.9 per 1000
*NGR: +0.52% per year
*PGR: +0.81% per year

## Honors
A minor planet 2120 Tyumenia discovered in 1967 bi Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova is namit efter Tyumen Oblast.

## See an aw
*2007 Siberie orange snaw

## References
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

**Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug** (, *Khanty-Mansiysky avtonomny okrug&nbsp;– Yugra*), kent as **Yugra** an aw, is a federal subject o Roushie (an autonomous okrug o Tyumen Oblast). Population: 1,532,243 (2010 Census).

The people native tae the region are the Khanty an the Mansi, kent collectively as Ob Ugric fowk. The local leids, Khanty leid an Mansi leid, which are relatit tae Hungarian, enjoy special status in the autonomous okrug, while Roushie remains the anerlie offeecial leid.

The majority o the ile producit in Roushie comes frae Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, givin the region great economic importance.

## Geography
Principal rivers are the Ob an its tributary the Irtysh.

Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## Demographics
**Population**: 

Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug haes an aurie o 523,100&nbsp;km², but the aurie is spairsely populatit. The admeenistrative centre is Khanty-Mansiysk, but the lairgest ceeties are Surgut, Nizhnevartovsk, an Nefteyugansk.

### Ethnic groups
The indigenous population (Khanty, Mansi, an Nenets) is anly 2% o the tot population. The exploitation o naitural gas in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug haes attracted immigrants frae aw ower the umwhile Soviet Union. The 2010 Census counted twinty-five ethnic groups o mair nor twa thoosand persons each. The ethnic composition is as follows:

Historical population figures are shawn belaw:

### Vital statistics
:Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service

## Releegion
A majority o the population is Orthodox Christian, while a significant minority (aboot 17%) o the population follaes Islam.

## Transport
In the Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra, primary transport o guids accoontit for watter an railwey transport, 29% is transportit bi road, an 2% aviation. The tot lenth o railwey tracks 1106&nbsp;km. The lenth o roads, mair nor 18000.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Official website of Khanty–Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra 
*The official website of the public authorities Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra     
*Official site Duma Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

**Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug** (, *Yamalo-Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug*; ), is a federal subject o Roushie (an autonomous okrug o Tyumen Oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the toun o Salekhard. Population: 522,904 (2010 Census).

## Geography an natural history
The Nenets fowk are an indigenous tribe that hae lang survivit in this region. Thair prehistoric life involvit subsistence huntin an gatherin, includin the takkin o polar bears; the practice o huntin polar bears (*Ursus maritimus*) continues up tae the present time.

Yamalo-Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.

## History
On December 10, 1930, **Yamal (Nenets) Naitional [[Okrug]]** () wis formit based on Ural Oblast.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

## Demographics
**Population**: 

### Vital statistics
:Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service

#### Regional demographics for 2008 (Jan-Oct)[http://www.oblstat.tmn.ru/statinfo\act\dwiz.htm]

### Ethnic groups
The Nenets mak up 5.9% o the population, preceded bi ethnic Roushies (61.7%), Ukrainians (9.7%), an Tatars (5.6%). Ither prominent ethnic groups include Belaroushies (1.3%), Khants (1.9%), Azerbaijanis (1.8%), Bashkirs (1.7%), Komi (1%), an Moldovans (0.9%) (aw figurs are frae the 2010 Census).

## Economy
Yamalo-Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug is Roushie's maist important soorce o natural gas, wi mair nor 90% o Roushie's natural gas bein producit thare. The region an aw accoonts for 12% o Roushie's ile production. The region is o utmaist importance tae Roushie's lairgest company Gazprom, whose main production fields are locatit thare. Novatek&nbsp;– the kintra's seicont lairgest gas producer&nbsp;– is an aw active in the region, wi its heidquarteres locatit in Tarko-Sale.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Nadym Community  
*muji.ru 
*Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Tourism
Republika Srpska

**Republika Srpska**  (Serbie Cyrillic: , ) is ane o twa main poleetical entities o Bosnie an Herzegovinae, the ither being the Federation o Bosnie an Herzegovinae. The Constitution o Republika Srpska defines it as a territorially unifeed, indivisible an inalienable constitutional an legal entity that independently performs its constitutional, legislative, executive an judicial functions. The National Assembly an the Govrenment o Republika Srpska are based in Banja Luka, although Istočno Sarajevo remains the offeecial caipital.

## Geography
### Boundary
The Inter-Entity Boundary Line (IEBL) atween Bosnie an Herzegovinae's twa entities essentially follaes the front lines at the end o the Bosnie War wi adjustments (maist importantly in the wastren pairt o the kintra an aroond Sarajevo) defined bi the Dayton Agreement. The total length o the IEBL is approximately &nbsp;km. The IEBL is an admeenistrative demarcation uncontrolled bi military or polis an there is free muivement athort it.

### Municipalities

Unner the Law on Territorial Organization an Local Sel-Govrenment, adoptit in 1994, Republika Srpska wis dividit intae 80 municipalities. Efter the Dayton Peace Agreement the law wis amendit tae reflect chynges tae borders: it nou comprises 63 municipalities.

### Population
There haes been nae census syne the end o the war. The next census is expectit tae occur in 2011 but haes no yet been confirmit: these figurs are estimates.

## Notes



## References

## Freemit airtins

*Govrenment o Republika Srpska
*Preses o Republika Srpska 
*Naitional Assembly o Republika Srpska
*RS Institute o Statistics
*Republika Srpska ~ Moja Republika
Silent Stream of Godless Elegy

**Silent Stream of Godless Elegy** is a Moravie fowk metal baund frae the Czech Republic that wis formit in 1995.

Thay wan the Andel Award in 2000 frae the Czech Academy of Popular Music for thair album *[[Themes (Silent Stream of Godless Elegy album)|Themes]]* in the "Hard & Heavy" category.

## Discography
### Albums
* 1996 - *[[Iron (Silent Stream of Godless Elegy album)|Iron]]*
* 1998 - *[[Behind the Shadows]]*
* 2000 - *[[Themes (Silent Stream of Godless Elegy album)|Themes]]*
* 2005 - *[[Relic Dances]]*
* 2006 - *Osamělí* (EP)
* 2011 - *[[Návaz]]*

### Ither releases
* 1995 - *Apotheosis* (demotape)
* 1996 - *...Amber Sea* (demotape)
* 1997 - *Breath Of Doom* (compilation)
* 2000 - *A Tribute to Master's Hammer* (compilation)
* 2000 - *A Tribute to White Zombie* (compilation)
* 2000 - *A Tribute to Led Zeppelin* (compilation)
* 2003 - *Magic Playing...* (compilation)

## Line-up
### Current members
* Pavel Hrnčíř - Vocal (ex-Nemo Ante Mortem Beatus)
* Hanka Nogolová - Vocal (ex-Forgotten Silence, ex-Endless, ex-Love History)
* Michal Sýkora - Violoncello
* Petra Nováčková - Violin (ex-Ashore Of Decadence)
* Radek Hajda - Guitar
* Mirek Petřek - Guitar
* Dušan Fojtášek - Bass
* David Najbrt - Drums

### Umwhile members
* Filip Chudý - Bass (1995–1999)
* Hynek Stančík - Guitar (2001–2003)
* Jarek Adámek - Guitar (2004–2005)
* Kiril Chlebnikov - Violin/Bass (1999–2001) (nou Liveevil)
* Michal Hajda - Drums (1995–2003)
* Michal Herák - Vocal (2001–2004)
* Michal Rak - Drums (2003–2007)
* Pavla Lukášová - Violin (2000–2001)
* Petr Staněk - Guitar/Vocal (1995–2001)
* Zuzana Zamazalová - Violin/Vocal (1995–2001) (nou Liveevil)

## References