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Mount Lebanon Govrenorate

**Mount Lebanon** (; transliterated: Jabal Libnan) is ane o the Govrenorates o Lebanon. Its caipital is Baabda. The owerwhelming majority o its population is Maronites, Greek Orthodox, an Melkite Greek Catholic Christians. Housomeivver, there are an aa mony Muslims in the aurie, an there is the Druze community.

## Destricts
The govrenorate is dividit intae 6 destricts (Aqdya, singular – qadaa or Caza) which are:

*Baabda    (Baabda) **قضاء بعبدا**
*Aley        (Aley) **قضاء عاليه**
*Matn        (Jdeideh) **قضاء المتن**
*Keserwan (Jounieh) **قضاء كسروان**
*Chouf      (Beiteddine) **قضاء الشوف**
*Jbeil      (Byblos) **قضاء جبيل**

## Releegion in Mpunt Lebanon Govrenorate
Christians makes the majority wi 67.32%; Druze makes the seicont maist wi 18.47%; Sunnis makes the third wi 7.33%;
Shia are the last wi 6.88%.

## See an aa
* Mpunt Lebanon
Beirut Govrenorate

**The Govrenorate o Beirut** (Arabic: , ) is the anerlie Lebanese govrenorate that consists o ane destrict 
an ane ceety, Beirut, which is an aa its caipital, an the caipital o Lebanon.

The aurie o this govrenorate is 19.8&nbsp;km² (athoot suburbs); despite its sma size, it is considered the maist important region in Lebanon acause of its economical, poleetical, cultural, an social activity. The govrenor o Beirut is Maronite Christian accordin tae tradition, while the mayor is Sunni Muslim, an the kaymakam is Greek Orthodox Christian. 

## Ceeties
* Beirut
North Govrenorate

**North Govrenorate** (; transliterated: *ash-[[Shamal]]*) is ane o the govrenorates o Lebanon. Its caipital is Tripoli.

## Destricts

The North Govrenorate is dividit intae destricts, or *[[qadaa|aqdya]]*.  The destricts are leetit belaw (caipitals in parentheses):

*Akkar (Halba)
*Batroun (Batroun)
*Bsharri (Bsharri)
*Koura (Amioun)
*Miniyeh-Danniyeh Destrict (Miniyeh)
*Tripoli (Tripoli)
*Zgharta (Zgharta / Ehden)

## Releegion in the North Govrenorate
Sunni makes the majority wi 53.04%; Christians makes the seicont maist wi 44.68%; Shia makes the third wi 2.27%; 
Druze are the last wi 0.01%.

## References
Lusaka

**Lusaka** is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Zambie. It is locatit in the soothren pairt o the central plateau, at an elevation o 1279&nbsp;m. It haes a population o 3,100,000 (2007 estimate). It is a commercial centre as well as the centre o govrenment, an the fower main hieways o Zambie heids north, sooth, east an wast frae it. The twa main leids spoken in Lusaka are Inglis an Nyanja.

## History

Lusaka wis the site o a veelage named efter its heidman Lusakasa, which, accordin tae history, wis locatit at Manda Hill, near whaur the Zambie's Naitional Assembly biggin nou staunds. In the Nyanja leid, *Manda* means graveyard. The aurie wis expandit bi European (mainly Breetish) settlers in 1905 wi the biggin o the railwey.

In 1935, due tae its fairly central location, its situation on the railwey an at the crossroads o the Great North Road an Great East Road, it wis chosen tae replace Livingstone as the caipital o the Breetish colony o Northren Rhodesie.

Efter the federation o Northren an Soothren Rhodesie in 1953, it wis a centre o the unthirldom movement amangst some o the educatit elite that led tae the creation o the Republic o Zambie. In 1964, Lusaka became the caipital o the newly independent Zambie.

In recent years, Lusaka haes acome a popular urban dounset for Zambians an tourists alike. Its central naitur an fast growin infrastructure sector haes increased donor confidence an as sic Zambians are seein signs o development in the form o job creation, hoosin, etc. Consequently, it is thocht that wi proper an effective economic reforms, Lusaka as well as Zambie as a whole will develop considerably. Lusaka is hame tae a diverse community o foreigners, mony o whom wirk in the aid industry as well as diplomats, representatives o releegious organisations an some business fowk.

## Sister ceeties
*  Dushanbe, Tajikistan, syne 1966
*  Los Angeles, Unitit States, syne 1968
*  Cork Ceety, Republic o Ireland, syne 1971
*  Izhevsk, Roushie.

## References
Port Moresby

**Port Moresby** (), or **Pot Mosbi** in Tok Pisin, is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Papua New Guinea (PNG). It is locatit on the shores o the Gulf o Papua, on the sootheastren coast o the island o New Guinea. In 2000 it haed a population o 254,158. As o 2009 it haes a population o 307,643, giein it a annual growth rate o 2.1% ower a nine-year period.

The steid whaur the ceety wis foondit haes been inhabitit bi the Motu-Koitabu fowk for centuries.  The first European tae see it wis Caiptain John Moresby in 1873. It wis named in honour o his faither Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby.

Awthou Port Moresby is surroondit bi Central Province, o whilk it is an aa the caipital, it isna pairt o that province, but forms the **Naitional Caipital Destrict**.

## Twin touns
* Jinan, Shandong, Cheenae syne 28 September 1988
* Palm Desert, Californie, Unitit States
* Townsville, Queensland, Australie syne 1983

;Associatit toun
*  Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesie
La Rinconada, Peru

**La Rinconada** is a ceety in the Peruvian Andes locatit near a gowd mine. It is considered the heichest ceety in the warld.

## Geography
The ceety is locatit in the Ananea Destrict, San Antonio de Putina Province. It lies at a heicht o 5,100m (16,732.28 feet) abuin sea level.  Near La Rinconada there is the Laguna La Rinconada

## Population
The population haes grown frae the year 2001 tae 2009 by 235% tae 30,000 inhabitants.

## Economy an Infrastructure
The economy is mainly based on the production o gowd in the nearbi mine.

Mony miners wirk at the gowd mine awned bi Corporación Ananea. Unner the *cachorreo* seestem they wirk for 30&nbsp;days athoot payment. On the 31st&nbsp;day they are alloued tae take wi them as muckle ore as they can carry on their shoulders. Whether the ore contains ony gowd or no is a matter o luck.

## Environmental Problems
The ceety haes nae plumbin an nae sanitation seestem.  Besides haein nae sewage seestem there is significant contamination wi mercury due tae the minin practices. Local miners will refine the ore bi grindin an treatin it wi mercury an pressin the mass through a cloth tae filter it. The resultin amalgam is heatit tae remove the mercury.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Documentary film  shown on www.alternativchannel.tv
La Rinconada

**La Rinconada** is a ceety locatit in the province o Seville, Spain. Accordin tae the 2006 census (INE), the ceety haes a population o 33370 inhabitants.
Robby Gordon

**Robert W. "Robby" Gordon** (born Januar 2, 1969) is an American racecaur driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as an awner-driver, drivin the #7 Speed Energy Dodge Charger for Robby Gordon Motorsports, an an' a' competes pairt-time in the Nationwide Series. He haes an aa raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the IRL, Trans-Am, IMSA, IROC an Dakar Rally. Gordon is regardit as ane o the best road course drivers in NASCAR.  Alang wi Tony Stewart, Joe Nemechek an Michael Waltrip, Gordon participates in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as an awner/driver. He is no relatit tae fellae Sprint Cup driver, Jeff Gordon. Robby an his Robby Gordon Motorsports team are currently the starns o a reality TV series follaein the daily operations o his organization cried SpeedFactory.tv
Matruh Govrenorate

**Matruh Govrenorate** () is ane o the govrenorates o Egyp. It is locatit in the north wast o the kintra, borderin Libie. Its caipital is Mersa Matruh.

It contains mony historical sites relatit tae Warld War II, such as the El Alamein, which comprises cemeteries o fallen sodgers frae Axis an Allied forces.

## Freemit airtins
*Matruh Governorate  Official website
Northren Govrenorate

The **Northern Govrenorate** () is ane o the five govrenorates o Bahrain. It includes pairts o the umwhile municipalities o Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Al Mintaqah al Wusta, Al Mintaqah al Shamaliyah, Jidd Haffs an Madinat Hamad.

## Settlements in the Northren Govrenorate

## References
* Northern Governorate website
Reid Sea Govrenorate

**Reid Sea Govrenorate** (, Muḥāfaẓat al Baḥr al Aḥmar) is ane o the govrenorates o Egyp. It is locatit atween the Nile an the Red Sea in the sootheast o the kintra. Its soothren mairch forms pairt o Egyp's mairch wi Sudan. Its caipital is the ceety o Hurghada.

## Geografie

The Reid Sea Govrenorate is bordered on the north bi the Suez Govrenorate, tae the east bi the Reid Sea, an tae the wast bi the govrenorates o Aswan, Qena, Sohag, Asyut, al-Minya an Beni Suef. In the sooth it is bordered bi Sudan an the Red Sea State. It contains the disputit territory o the Hala'ib triangle, includin the Siyal Islands.

## Population
In addition tae the admeenistrative centre o Hurghada, aboot 60,000 indwallers live in the ceeties o Ras Gharib, Port Safaga, Al-Qusair, Marsa Alam, an Bir Shalatein. The population in 2006 wis 288,233 indwallers, o which mair nor 275,000 lived in a few touns alang the coast. In general, the economic structur o the province's ceeties an tourist auries is concentratit alang the coast. Historically, the population syne 1937 wis:

*1937: 9,914
*1947: 15,929
*1966: 38,000
*1976: 56,191
*1986: 90,491
*1996: 155,695
*2006: 288,233
*2010: 306,722

## Economy

The coast is, as awready mentioned, a tourist element. Syne the early 80s, Hurghada haes been a popular destination for beach lovers an scuba divers. Tourism is an aa growin in the soothren ceeties o Al-Qusair, Safaga an Marsa Alam. In addition tae the numerous hotels an tourist establishments in the centers are locatit in Al-Bahr al-Ahmar 2 offeecial naitur reserves are tae be developed for tourism. The Wadi al-Gamal Naitional Pairk (Valley o the camels) near the toun o Marsa Alam an the Gebel Elba Naitional Pairk in Hala'ib-delta near the ceety Hala'ib. Besides a strang tourism industry, thare is an' a' a lairge affshore fishin industry. The aurie, which extends ower the province, is rich in minerals, sic as in phosphates. The Ras Gharib region contains 70% o Egyp's ile production.
Ismailia

**Ismaïlia** () is a ceety in north-east Egyp, on the wast bank o the Suez Canal, an is the caipital o the Ismailia Govrenorate. It haes a population o 366,669. It is locatit  approximately hauf wey atween Port Said tae the north an Suez tae the sooth. The Canal widens at that pynt tae include Lake Timsah, ane o the Bitter Lakes linked bi the Canal.

Ismailia wis foondit in 1863, durin the construction o the Suez Canal, bi Khedive Ismail the Magnificent, efter whom the ceety is named. The heid office o the Suez Canal Authority is locatit in Ismaïlia at the shore o Lake Timsah. It still haes a lairge nummer o biggins datin frae Breetish an French involvement wi the Canal.  Maist o thir biggins are still uised bi Canal employees an offeecials.

## Education
### Schools
Ismailia haes several public an private schuils. Thay face educational problems schuils aw aroond Egyp face. Private tutorin is widely accessible an is amaist an unoffeecial requirement for aw students. Twa internaitional schuils, Manar Language School an Educational Language Complex School (E.L.C) affer American Diploma an I.G.C.S. teachin seestems.

### Universities
Ismailia is the hame o Suez Canal Varsity, established in 1976 tae serve the region o Suez Canal an Sinai. Suez Canal Varsity nou is ane o the fast growin educational institutes in Egyp wi mony students studyin abroad.

## Tourism
Ismaïlia daes get tourists frae athin Egyp, but is no a major tourism destination for internaitional tourists.  The ceety is approximately a ninety minute automobile drive frae Cairo.  Frae Ismaïlia it is approximately a fower our drive tae Sharm el-Sheikh in Sooth Sinai.  Drivin tae the Taba Border Crossin at Taba an the Rafah Border Crossin at Rafah are baith approximately fower oor drives.

## References
Seattle

**Seattle** ( ) is the northrenmaist major ceety in the contiguous Unitit States, an the lairgest ceety in the Paceefic Northwast an in the state o Washington. A seaport situatit  on a narrae isthmus atween Puget Sound (an airm o the Paceefic Ocean) an Lake Washington, aboot 100 mile (160&nbsp;km) sooth o the Canadae – Unitit States border, it is named efter Chief Sealth "Seattle", o the Duwamish an Suquamish native tribes. Seattle is the centre o the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan statistical aurie, the 15t lairgest in the Unitit States, an the lairgest in the northwastren Unitit States. Seattle is the coonty seat o Keeng Coonty an is the major economic, cultural an educational centre in the region. The 2010 census foond that Seattle is hame tae 630,320 residents athin a metropolitan aurie o some 3.4 million indwallers. The Port o Seattle an Seattle–Tacoma Internaitional Airport are major gateways tae Asie, Alaska, an the rest o the warld.

Seattle is the wastren terminus o I-90 an resides on the I-5 corridor, aboot 170 mile (270&nbsp;km) north o Portland, Oregon/Vancouver, Washington an 140 mile (230&nbsp;km) sooth o Vancouver in Breetish Columbie, Canada. The ceety o Victoria, Breetish Columbie's caipital, is aboot 110 mile (180&nbsp;km) tae the northwast (aboot 90 mile (140&nbsp;km) bi passenger ferry) while the eastren Washington hub ceety o Spokane lies 280 mile (450&nbsp;km) tae the east.

## References
Accra

**Accra** is the caipital an lairgest ceety in Ghana wi the population o the ceety proper estimatit at 1,963,264 as o 2009. Accra an aa doubles as the caipital o the Greater Accra Region an o the Accra Metropolitan Destrict wi which it is coterminous.  Accra is an aa the anchor o a substantially lairger metropolitan aurie cried the Greater Accra Metropolitan Aurie an includes aicht destricts - Accra Metropolitan, Tema Metropolitan, Ga East Municipal, Ga Wast Municipal, Ga Sooth Municipal, Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal, Ashaiman Municipal an Adenta Municipal. It is hame tae aboot 4 million fowk, makin it the lairgest metropolitan conglomeration in the kintra bi population.  As a primate ceety, Accra is the admeenistrative, communications, an economic centre o the kintra.

## Sister ceeties
Accra haes twa offeecial sister ceeties as recognized bi Sister Cities International

## References
Coat o airms o Nagorno-Karabakh

The **emblem o the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Republic]]** consists o an eagle wearin an ornamentit croun. On the chest o the eagle is a shield wi a panorama o a muntain range unner a vertically set banner o Nagorno-Karabakh. Ower this are the twa stane heids o "Granny an Gramps" (Տատիկ և Պապիկ, *Tatik yev Papik*) frae the We Are Oor Muntains monument in Stepanakert, the caipital o Nagorno-Karabakh. The eagle's feet clutch various agricultural products includin wheat an grapes. The ooter rim is made up o a gowden circular ribbon bearin inscription "Lernayin Gharabaghi Artsakh Hanrapetoutioun" (or "Artsakh Republic o Muntainous Karabakh") in Eastren Armenian.

## See an aa
*Coat o airms o Armenie
*Banner o Nagorno-Karabakh

## Freemit airtins
*
Banner o Nagorno-Karabakh

The **banner o the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Republic]]**, a *[[de facto]]* independent republic locatit in the Nagorno-Karabakh region (or **Artsakh** region) o the Republic o Azerbaijan locatitd in Sooth Caucasus, is derived frae the banner o Armenie, wi anerlie a white pattern addit. The banner wis adoptit on Juin 2, 1992. This seembolises the Armenian heritage, cultur an population o the aurie an represents Nagorno-Karabakh as being a separatit region o Armenie bi the triangular shape an the zigzag cuttin through the banner. The pattern is an aa similar tae the designs uised on rugs.

The banner is o clear reference tae show Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is o Armenian land an govrened bi Armenians bi the Armenian banner (եռագույն) being the prominent focus, rather than the white zigzag.

## References
Rinkeby

**Rinkeby** is a destrict () in Rinkeby-Kista borough, Stockholm, Swaden. Rinkeby haed 15,051 inhabitants as o 31 December 2007.

Rinkeby is notit for its heich concentration o immigrants an fowk wi immigrant strynd (see definition o Swade). 89.1% o the population o Rinkeby haes a first- or seicont-generation immigrant backgrund as o 31 December 2007. 

A sociolect cried Rinkeby Swedish haes been cried efter Rinkeby.

The destrict wis a pairt o the Rinkeby borough till 1 Januar 2007, whan it wis merged wi Kista borough tae form the Rinkeby-Kista borough. The neeburheid wis pairt o the sae-cried *[[Million Programme]]*.

The Stockholm Metro station Rinkeby wis appent in 1975.


Image:Rinkeby_skyline.jpg|The Rinkeby Skyline
Image:Stockholm Rinkeby central square.jpg|Central square o Rinkeby
Image:Stockholm_Rinkeby_textile_market.jpg|Fowk shoppin for textiles


## Twinnings
* Giza, Egyp

## References
Kazanlak

**Kazanlak**, umwhile **Kazanlik** (, alternative transliterations include *Kazanlǎk*, *Kazanlâk*, *Kazanluk*) is a Bulgarian toun in Stara Zagora Province, locatit in the middle o the plain o the same name, at the fuit o the Balkan moontain range, at the eastren end o the Rose Valley. It is the admeenistrative centre o the homonymous Kazanlak Municipality.

The toun is amang the 30 biggest industrial centres in Bulgarie, wi a population o 49,506 fowk as o December 2009.

It is the centre o rose oil extraction in Bulgarie an the oil-producin rose o Kazanlak is ane o the maist widely recognizable naitional seembols.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns&nbsp;— Sister ceeties
Kazanlak is twinned wi:

## References
Destricts o Cyprus

Cyprus is dividit intae sax destricts (), whose caipitals share the same name:

The destricts are faur dividit up intae municipalities.

## See an aa
* Leet o ceeties, touns an veelages in Cyprus
* ISO 3166-2:CY

## Freemit airtins
* CityMayors article
* Cyprus on geo.webnabor.com
Famagusta Destrict

**Famagusta District** is ane o the sax destricts o Cyprus. Its main toun is the island's maist important port, Famagusta. The ceety o Famagusta is currently controlled bi the Turkish Republic o Northren Cyprus . 

A destrict admeenistration in "exile" exists on the Republic o Cyprus controlled pairt o the island. This pairt o the destrict haes a population o 37,738 inhabitants (2001).

Maist o the destrict haes been unner Turkish control syne the 1974 invasion. Stne then, the northeastren section, includin the Karpasia Peninsula, haes been admeenistered separately as the ''İskele'' Destrict, a diveesion no recognized bi the Republic o Cyprus.

Cape Greco, forby kent as Cavo Greco (Italian; Greek: Κάβο Γκρέκο "Greek cape"), is a heidland in the sootheastren pairt o the destrict. It is at the soothren end o Famagusta Bay. It is frequently visitit bi mony tourists for its natural beauty. It is a protectit costal nature pairk. Frae the heich points on the cliff that rests at the cape ane can view amazin sichts oot tae sea. Accordin tae local legend it is the hame o the 'Ayia Napa sea monster' an aa.
## References


## Freemit airtins
*
*Famagusta Gazette Newspaper
Kyrenia Destrict

**Kyrenia Destrict** is ane o the sax destricts o Cyprus. Its main toun is Kyrenia (, ). It is the smawest o Cyprus' destricts, an is the anerlie ane fully controlled bi the Turkish Republic o Northren Cyprus, recognised anerlie bi Turkey. A destrict admeenistration in "exile" exists on the Republic o Cyprus controlled pairt o the island, near Ledra Palace, while the TRNC destrict haes a *kaymakam*, which is Savaş Orakçıoğlu at the moment.
Nicosia Destrict

**Nicosia Destrict** is ane o the sax destricts o Cyprus. Its main toun is the island kintra's caipital ceety, Nicosia. The TRNC-controlled northren pairt o the destrict is the Necosia District o the unrecognized Turkish Republic o Northren Cyprus. 

TRNC-controlled auries o the Larnaca Destrict o the Republic o Cyprus are admeenistered as pairt o Nicosia Destrict, while wastren pairts o the Nicosia Destrict unner TRNC control are admeenistered as pairt o the new Morphou Destrict.
Paphos Destrict

**Paphos District** is ane o the sax destricts o Cyprus an it is situatit in the wastren pairt o Cyprus. Its main toun an caipital is Paphos. The entire destrict is controlled bi the internaitionally recognized govrenment o Cyprus. There are fower municipalities in Paphos Destrict: Paphos, Yeroskipou, Peyia, an Polis Chrysochous.

The aurie o the destrict is 1,393&nbsp;km.², which constitutes the 15.1% o the total aurie o the island, an the population in 2007 wis 76,100. Its coastal aurie is characterized bi gulfs an coves, capes an points, beaches an tiny isles. The destrict can be dividit intae three morphological regions: the coastal plain, lyin mainly belaw 200 metres, the hilly aurie extendin frae plain up tae the igneous rocks o Paphos forest an the muntainous region, lyin mainly on the igneous rocks o the Paphos forest. Northwast o the Destrict is the Akamas peninsula.
Limassol Destrict

**Limassol Destrict** is ane o the sax destricts o Cyprus. Its main toun is Limassol. Pairt o the Breetish owerseas territory o Akrotiri an Dhekelia forms an enclave on the Akrotiri peninsula, unner the sovereignty o the Unitit Kinrick.
Leipzig

**Leipzig**, cried **Leipsic** in Inglis an aw, haes a population o close tae 601,000, makkin it the maistmuckle city in the federal state o Saxony, Germany an in the new states o Germany. In the 17t yeirhunner, Leipzig wis ane o the muckle European city-centres o lairnin an cultur in fields sic as muisic, astronomy an optics. Efter Warld War II, Leipzig became a muckle urban centre athin the Communist German Democratic Republic.

Leipzig later pleyed a significant role in the faw o communism in Eastren Germany, throu events taken place in an aroond St. Nikolai Kirk. Syne the Reunification o Germany, Leipzig haed mony chynges, sic as the restoration o historical biggins an the development o a modren transport infrastructure. In 2006, Leipzig hostit gemmes in the Warld Cup.

## Internaitional relations
Leipzig is twinned wi:
* Addis Ababa, Ethiopie, syne 2004
* Birmingham, UK, syne 1992
* Bologna, Italy, syne 1962, renewed in 1997
* Brno, Czech Republic, syne 1973, renewed in 1999
* Frankfurt, Germany, syne 1990
* Hanover, Germany, syne 1987
* Houston, Unitit States, since 1993
* Kiev, Ukraine, syne 1961, renewed in 1992
* Lyon, Fraunce, syne 1981</
* Nanjing, Cheenae, syne 1988
* Plovdiv, Bulgarie, syne 1975, renewed in 2007
* Thessaloniki, Greece, syne 1984
* Travnik, Bosnie an Herzegovinae, syne 2003
* Herzliya, Israel, syne 2010

### Pairtnerships
*  Kraków, Poland, syne 1973, renewed in 1995

## References
Chuncheon

**Chuncheon** () is the caipital o Gangwon Province, Sooth Korea. The ceety lees in the northeast o the kintra, locatit in a basin formed bi the Soyang River an Han River. There are some muckle lakes aroond the ceety, maist notably Lake Soyang an Lake Uiam. The aurie is renouned for its sma river islands, such as Sangjungdo, Ha-Jungdo, Bungeo Island, an Wido.

It is nou a popular destination amang East Asiae tourists as it wis featured in the popular Korean drama Winter Sonata.  It is whaur the resort island o Namiseom is locatit.

## Sister ceeties

*  Higashichikuma Destrict, Nagano (1984. 06. 08.)
*  Hōfu, Yamaguchi (1991. 10. 29.) 
*  Anaheim, Californie (1998. 04. 24.) 
*  Kakamigahara, Gifu (2003. 10. 31.)
*  Addis Ababa (2004. 05. 02.)

## References
Corfu (ceety)

**Corfu** ( - *Kérkyra*) is a ceety an a umwhile municipality on the island o Corfu, Ionie Islands, Greece. Syne the 2011 local govrenment reform, it is pairt o the municipality Corfu, o which it is a municipal unit. It is the caipital o the island an o the Corfu regional unit. The ceety serves as a caipital for the region o the Ionian Islands an aw. The ceety (pop. 28,185 in 2001) is a major tourist attraction, an haes played an important role syne the 8t century. The ceety haes become kent as a *Kastropolis* (Castle Ceety) acause o its twa castles. In 2007, the auld town o the ceety wis inscribed on the UNESCO Warld Heritage Leet. The **Municipality o Corfu (Kérkyra)** generally stretches in a northwasterly direction frae the ceety on the central east coast o the island, an haes a land aurie o 41.905 km2 (16.180 sq mi) an a total population o 39,487 inhabitants. Besides the ceety o Corfu/Kérkyra, its lairgest ither touns are Kanáli (pop. 3,556), Potamós (2,365), Kontokáli (1,616), Alepoú (1,606), an Gouviá (952).

## Cultur
The ceety o Corfu haes a lang tradition in the fine airts. The Philharmonic Society of Corfu is pairt o that tradition.

## International relations
### Twin touns — Sister ceties

Corfu is twinned  wi:
*  Kruševac, Serbie, syne 19 October 1985)
*  Paphos, Cyprus, syne 5 Julie 1992
*  Famagusta, Cyprus, syne 13 August 1994
*  Meissen, Germany, syne 26 September 1996
*  Troisdorf, Germany, syne 4 October 1996
*  Asha, Cyprus, syne 3 May 1998
*  Brindisi, Italy, syne 21 Mey 1998
*  Vathi, Samos Greece, syn 29 Julie 1998
*  Carovigno, Italy, syne 7 May 2000
*  Verona, Italy, syne August 2000
*  Koper/Capodistria, Slovenie, syne 7 December 2000)
*  Sarandë, Albanie,  syne 12 Julie 2001)
*  Tremetousia, Cyprus, syne 9 December 2001
*  Ioannina, Greece, syne 21 December 2002
*  Belgrade, Serbie, syne 25 February 2010

## References
Larnaca Destrict

**Larnaca Destrict** is ane o the sax destricts o Cyprus. Its main toun is Larnaca. A sma pairt o the destrict wis occupied bi the Turkis airmy in 1974.

The authorities in Turkish Republic o Northren Cyprus admeenister the Turkish-occupied pairts o Larnaca Destrict as pairt o Nicosia Destrict.

Larnaca hosts baith a port an the island's maist important airport, Larnaca Internaitional Airport.  The toun an aa hosts the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque which is sometimes referred tae as the third holiest site in Islam bi some orientalists. Housomeivver, this is no pairt o orthodox Muslim belief.
Coventry

**Coventry** (, ) is a ceety an metropolitan borough in the coonty o Wast Midlands in Ingland. Coventry is the 9t lairgest ceety in Ingland an the 11t lairgest in the Unitit Kinrick. It is an aa the seicont lairgest ceety in the Inglis Midlands, efter Birmingham, wi a population o 300,848, awtho baith Leicester an Nottingham hae lairger urban auries. The population o Coventry haes risen tae 309,800 as o 2008.

Coventry is situatit 95 mile (153&nbsp;km) northwast o Lunnon an 19 mile (31&nbsp;km) east o Birmingham, an is further frae the coast than ony ither ceety in Breetain. Awtho harbourin a population o amaist a third o a million indwallers, Coventry is no amangst the Inglis Core Ceeties Group due tae its proximity tae Birmingham.

Coventry wis the warld's first 'twin ceety' whan it formed a twinnin relationship wi the Roushie ceety o Stalingrad (nou Volgograd) during Warld War II. The relationship developed throu ordinary fowk in Coventry who wantit tae shaw thair support for the Soviet Red Airmy durin the Battle o Stalingrad. The ceety is nou an aa twinned wi Dresden, Lidice an wi 26 ither ceeties aroond the warld.

Coventry Cathedral is ane o the newer cathedrals in the warld, haein been biggit follaein the Warld War II bombin o the auncient cathedral bi the Luftwaffe. Coventry motor companies hae contributit significantly taeo the Breetish motor industry, an it haes twa varsities, the ceety centre-based Coventry University an the University o Warwick on the soothern ootskirts.

## Twin ceeties
Coventry first twinned wi (Volgograd, Roushie). Efter Warld War II Coventry twinned wi Dresden as an act o peace an reconciliation, baith ceeties haein been vera hivily bombed durin the war. Each twin ceety kintra is representit in a specific ward o the ceety an in each ward haes a peace gairden dedicatit tae that twin ceety.

Coventry is nou twinned wi 26 places athort the warld:

## References
Atvena's Wake

**Atvena's Wake** wis a hivy metal baund frae Perth, Wastren Australie. The baund wis active atween 2006 an 2010.

## History
Atvena's Wake wis oreeginally formed back in late 2006 an quickly creatit a lyal audience. They play a ticht style solid, stroang, contemporary metal muisic. They incorporate mony influences frae various genres such as symphonic black metal, daith metal, hardcore an even some thrash metal at times. There are mony terms that dominate the hivy soond o the baund. The soond is mixed in wi melodic pairts aw aggressive daith metal.  The vocals an aa follae the same path as the hivy muisic. Hardcore mixes are haurd tae melodic death metal soonds an a bit o  thrash metal an symphonic black metal.

In 2008, the baund finished recordin their first EP cried "Hermetica", refers tae the auncient Greek texts (300 - 600 BC) cried Hermetica. The album wis offeecially released in 2009.

In 2010, the baund annoonced that they wad be brak up. Their final shows teuk place on Februar 5 an 6 in that year.

## Members
### Final
* TJ Sinclair - Lead vocals
* Shaun Mcilroy - Guitar
* Julian Tedesco - Guitar
* Scotty Doig - Bass, backin vocals
* Adam Clifton - Keybuird
* Alex Reid - Drums

### Umwhile
* Bolland Taylor - Vocals
* Daniel Mooney - Drums

## Discography

### Demo  (2007)

### Hermetica (2009)

* The Misconception Undefined - 4:45
* Blood Countess - 5:04 
* Make it Look Like Hell - 3:04
* Sands Through the Hourglass - 4:14
* A Hero's Holocaust - 4:48
* What Was a Morning Sky - 4:56
Stoke-on-Trent

**Stoke-on-Trent** (; aften abbreviatit tae **Stoke**) is a ceety in Staffordshire, Ingland, which forms a linear conurbation amaist 12&nbsp;mile (19&nbsp;km) lang, wi an aurie o 36 square mile (93 km2). Thegither wi the Borough o Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Aurie. This, thegither wi the rural Staffordshire Moorlands aurie, forms North Staffordshire, which in 2001, haed a population o 457,165.

The conurbation continues tae be polycentric, haein been formed bi the federation o sax oreeginally separate touns an numerous veelages in the early-20t century. The dounset frae which the federatit toun (no a ceety till 1925) teuk its name wis Stoke-upon-Trent, acause this wis whaur the admeenistration (an chief mainline railway station) wis locatit. Efter the union, Hanley emerged as the primary commercial centre in the ceety, despite the efforts o its rival, Burslem. The three ither component touns are Tunstall, Longton, an Fenton.

Stoke-on-Trent is considered tae be the hame o the pottery industry in Ingland an is commonly kent as The Potteries. Umwhile a primarily industrial conurbation, it is nou a centre for service industries an distribution centres.

## References
Banja Luka

**Banja Luka** or whiles **Banjaluka** (Serbian Cyrillic: Бања Лука, *or* Бањалука) is the seicont lairgest ceety in Bosnie an Herzegovinae an the admeenistrative caipital o the Republika Srpska entity. Tradeetionally it haes been the centre o the Bosanska Krajina region, locatit in the north-wastren pairt o the kintra. It is hame o the University o Banja Luka, as well as numerous state an entity institutions o Bosnie an Herzegovinae. The ceety lies on the Vrbas river an is well-kent in the kintras o the umwhile Yugoslavie for bein full o tree-lined avenues, boulevards, gardens, an pairks.

## References
Rasht

**Rasht** (, ), eften spelt *Recht* in French an aulder German manuscripts, is the caipital o Gilan Province in northwastren Iran an the lairgest ceety alang the Caspian Sea coast. It is a major tred centre atween the Caucasus, Roushie an Iran uisin the port o Bandar-e Anzali. Rasht is an aa a major tourist centre wi the resort o Masouleh in the adjacent muntains an the beaches o Caspian as some o the major attractions.

## Climate

## Sister ceeties

Rasht haes signed the treaty o ceety twinnin wi the follaein ceeties:
* Moscow, Roushie
* Astrakhan, Roushie
* Trabzon, Turkey
* Kutaisi, Georgie
* Multan, Pakistan

## References
Kraków

**Kraków** (), awso **Cracow**, *or* **Krakow**, is the seicond lairgest and ane o the auldest ceeties in Poland. Situatit on the Vistula River () in the Lesser Poland region, the ceety dates back tae the 7t century. Kraków haes traditionally been ane o the leadin centres o Pols academic, cultural an airtistic life an is one o Poland's maist important economic centres. It wis the caipital o Poland frae 1038 tae 1596; the caipital o the Grand Duchy o Kraków frae 1846 tae 1918; an the caipital o Kraków Voivodeship frae the 14t century tae 1999. It is nou the caipital o the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Kraków is twinned, or maintains close relations, wi mair nor 30 ceeties aroond the warld:

## References
Cusco

**Cusco** ( in Inglis, aften spelled **Cuzco**; in Quechua written **Qusqu** an pronoonced ) is a ceety in sootheastren Peru, near the Urubamba Valley o the Andes mountain range. It is the caipital o the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco Province. In 2007, the ceety haed a population o 358,935 which is triple the figure o 20 years ago. Locatit on the eastren end o the Knot o Cusco, its altitude is aroond 3,400 m (11,200&nbsp;ft).

Cusco wis the site o the historic caipital o the Inca Empire an wis declared a Warld Heritage Site in 1983 bi UNESCO. It is a major tourist destination an receives amaist 1.5 million visitors a year. It is designatit as the Historical Caipital o Peru bi the Constitution o Peru.

## Internaitional relations

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

### Pairtnerships
*  Kraków in Poland

## References
Naryan-Mar

**Naryan-Mar** (; Nenets: Няръяна мар", *Nyar'yana mar"*, lit. "red toun" ) is a toun an the admeenistrative centre o Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Roushie. It is a sea port an a river port on the richt bank o the Pechora River, 110&nbsp;km away frae the Barents Sea. Naryan-Mar lies north o the Airctic Circle, sooth o Andeg an east o Oksino. The 2002 Census reportit a population o 18,611, doun frae 20,182 recordit in the 1989 Census. In 1973, the population wis at 17,000. The toun is servit bi Naryan-Mar Airport.

As laid oot in the First Five-Year Plan o the USSR development in the aurie wis stairtit as suin as the early 1930s. This wis in connection wi the development o the Pechora coalfield an the construction o industrial plants. The toun proper wis foondit in 1935.

The toun's lang haed laierge lummer plants but muckle o this business is nou defunct. LUKoil is nou the biggest business in Naryan-Mar.

The toun's tourist attractions include the local museum, a Warld War II memorial, an Orthodox kirk an an auld toun, pairtly reconstructed juist up the river. Fishin is an aa possible in the aurie. The toun's main attractions are still its services which include relaxin saunas for the weary traveler. It is an aa the anerlie open commercial port athin hunders o miles.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns—Sister ceeties
The ceety is twinned wi the follaein sister ceeties: http://www.e-gorod.ru/documents/mag/towns/gorod53_narian.htm 
*  Arkhangelsk (Roushie).
*  Mariupol (Ukraine).
*  Moscow (Roushie).
*  Ukhta (Roushie).
*  Trondheim (Norawa).

## Views


File:Lenin's St, Zapolarnaya Stolica, N-Mar.JPG|Hotel «Zapolarnaya Stolica»
File:Lenin's St, center, N-Mar.JPG|Lenin's Street, 2010
File:Mport, N-Mar.JPG|City's port
File:Oever petsjora rivier achtergrond Narjan-Mar.jpg|View o Naryan-Mar bi the Pechora River (early 2000's)


## See an aa
* Pustozyorsk, nou defunct toun nearby.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Google Maps
Kolomna

**Kolomna** () is an auncient ceety in Moscow Oblast, Roushie, situatit at the confluence o the Moskva an Oka Rivers, which is locatit 114 kilometers (71&nbsp;mi) (bi rail) sootheast o Moscow. The aurie o the ceety is aboot 6,510 acres (26.3 km2). The ceety wis foondit in 1177.  It is currently the admeenistrative centre o Kolomensky Destrict o Moscow Oblast.  Population: 

Lik some ither auncient Roushie touns, Kolomna haes a kremlin, which is a citadel seemilar tae the mair famous ane in Moscow (it is an aa biggit frae reid brick).  Kolomna citadel wis a pairt o the Great Abatis Border. Several touers an twa pairts o walls hae been preserved an are held in guid shape; a museum is locatit inside.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Kolomna is twinned wi:
*  Molodechno, Belaroushie
*  Bauska, Latvie
*  Raleigh, North Carolina, Unitit States
*  Moscow, Roushie

## References
Limoges

**Limoges** (*Lemòtges / Limòtges* in the Limousin dialect o Occitan) is a ceety an commune, the caipital o the Haute-Vienne depairtment an the admeenistrative caipital o the Limousin région in wast-central Fraunce.

Limoges is kent for its medieval enamels (Limoges enamels) on capper, for its 19t century porcelain (Limoges porcelain) an for its aik baurels (Limousin aik), whilk is uised for Cognac production.

## Twin touns
*  Charlotte, Unitit States
*  Fürth, Germany
*  Grodno, Belaroushie
*  Seto, Japan
*  Plzeň, Czech Republic
Valenciennes

**Valenciennes** (; Old Dutch: *Valencijn*, Latin: *Valentianae*) is a commune in the Nord depairtment in northren Fraunce.

It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the ceety and region haed seen a steady decline atween 1975 an 1990, it haes syne rebundit. The 1999 census recordit that the population o the commune o Valenciennes wis 41,278, an that o the metropolitan aurie wis 399,677.

## Twin touns
*   Agrigento, Italy
*  Düren, Germany
*  Gliwice, Poland
*  Medway,  Unitit Kinrick
*   Moscow, Roushie
*   Nacka, Swaden
*   Óbuda, Hungary
*   Salgótarján, Hungary
*  Yichang, Cheenae
Jelgava

**Jelgava** () is a toun in central Latvie aboot 41&nbsp;km soothwast o Riga wi 61,623 indwallers (2016). It is the lairgest toun in Semigallia.  Jelgava is kent as the umwhile caipital o the Duchy o Courland, an wis the caipital o the Courland Govrenorate till 1919.

Jelgava is situatit on a fertile plain risin anerlie 3.5 metres (11.48&nbsp;ft) abuin sea level on the richt bank o the river Lielupe.  At heich watter the plain an whiles the toun as well can be inundatit. Jelgava is surroondit bi a canal kent as Jacob's Channel (initiatit bi Jacob Kettler) occupyin the site o umwhile fortifications.  It is a railwey centre an an important mercat for grain an timmer.  It is an aa host tae Jelgava air base.  Its importance as a railwey centre can be proven bi the fact that it lies at the junction o ower 6 railwey lines connectin Riga tae Lithuanie, eastren an wastren Latvie, an Lithuanie tae the Baltic sea.

## Etymology

The name Jelgava is believed tae be derived frae the Livonian wird *jelgab*, meanin "toun on the river." The oreegin o the German name *Mitau* is unclear, awtho it is suggestit that it came frae the Latvian wirds *mīt* or *mainīt*, meanin "tae exchynge" or "tae trade," sicweys makin it "the place whaur tradin takes place."  An alternate explanation is that *Mitau* came frae *Mitte in der Aue*, German for "the middle o the Aa", referrin tae the Lielupe River, umwhile kent as the Courland Aa (*Kurländische Aa* in German).

## Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Jelgava is twinned wi:
*  Pärnu, Estonie, syne 1957
*  Šiauliai, Lithuanie, syne 1960
*  Vejle, Denmark, syne 1992
*  Xinying, Taiwan, syne 2000
*  Alcamo, Italy, syne 2002
*  Baranovichi, Belaroushie, syne 2003
*  Berlin, Germany, syne 2003
*  Hällefors, Swaden, syne 2004
*  Moscow Soothren Admeenistrative Zone, Roushie, syne 2003
*  Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
*  Nacka, Swaden, syne 2004
*  Rueil-Malmaison, Fraunce, syne 2006
*  Magadan, Roushie
*  Białystok, Poland

## References
Ingolstadt

**Ingolstadt** (; locally ) is a ceety in the Free State o Bavarie, in the Federal Republic o Germany. It is locatit alang the banks o the Danube River, in the centre o Bavarie. As o 31 December 2005, Ingolstadt haed 121,801 residents. It is pairt o the Munich Metropolitan Aurie. which haes a tot population o mair nor 5 million.

The *[[Illuminati]]*, a Bavarian secret society, wis foondit in Ingolstadt in the late 18t century.

Ingolstadt is the settin in the novel *[[Frankenstein]]* bi Mary Shelley, for the monster creatit bi the scientist Victor Frankenstein.

It is the site o the heidquarters o the German automobile manufacturer Audi, as well as o the electronic stores Media Markt an Saturn.
Ingolstadt Central Station haes been connectit tae Nuremberg bi a heich-speed rail link syne Mey 2006. Ingolstadt an aa haes a seicont passenger station at Ingolstadt Nord.

## Internaitional relations

Several ither ceeties are sister ceeties tae Ingolstadt:

*  Győr, Hungary
*  Kirkcaldy, Fife, UK
*  Grasse, Fraunce
*  Carrara, Italy
*  Kragujevac, Serbie
*  Manisa, Turkey
*  Opole, Poland 
*  Central Destrict, Moscow, Roushie
*  Murska Sobota, Slovenie

## References
Cochabamba

**Cochabamba** is a ceety in central Bolivie, locatit in a valley bearin the same name in the Andes muntain range.  It is the caipital o the Cochabamba Depairtment an is the fowert lairgest ceety in Bolivie wi an urban population o 608,276 (2008) an a metropolitan population o mair nor 1,000,000 fowk.  The name derives frae a compund o the Quechua words *qucha*, meanin "lake", an *[[pampa]]*, "open plain". Residents o the ceety an surroondin auries are commonly referred tae as *Cochabambinos*. Cochabamba is kent as the "Ceety o Eternal Spring" an "The Garden Ceety" due tae its spring-like temperatures year roond.  It is forby kent as "La Llajta", "toun" in Quechua.

The ceety is forby host tae the first World People's Conference on Climate Change an the Richts o Mither Earth.

## Sister ceeties
* Córdoba, Argentinae
*  Kunming, Yunnan, China
*  Bergamo, Italy
*  Cabuyao, Philippines
*  San Francisco, USA
*  Miami, USA

## References
Saskatoon

**Saskatoon** is a ceety in central Saskatchewan, Canadae, on the Sooth Saskatchewan River. Residents o the ceety o Saskatoon are cried *Saskatonians*. The ceety is surroondit bi the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344.

Saskatoon is the maist populous ceety in the province o Saskatchewan, an haes been syne the mid-1980s when it surpassed the provincial caipital o Regina. The ceety haed a population o 202,340 in the Canadae 2006 Census, wi a civic estimate o 224,300 in 2010. The ceety's census metropolitan aurie haed a population o 233,923 in the 2006 Census. Statistics Canada estimatit Saskatoon's CMA population as 265,259 as o Julie 1, 2010.

## Etymology
The name *Saskatoon* [in Cree:  *sâskwatôn*, "Saskatoon" or the locatives: *misâskwatôminihk*, lit: "at the saskatoon berry", *misâskwatôminiskâhk*, "at the place o mony saskatoon berries", *mînisihk* "at the berry"] comes frae the Cree inanimate noun *misâskwatômina* "saskatoon berries", which refers tae the sweet, violet-coloured berry that grows in the aurie. It is an aa popularly described as the "Brig Ceety," for its seiven river crossins.

## History

In 1882, the Toronto-based Temperance Colonization Society wis grantit 21 sections o land straddlin the Sooth Saskatchewan River, atween wha is nou Warman an Dundurn.  The aim o the group wis tae escape the liquor trade in that ceety an set up a "dry" community in the Prairie region.  The follaein year settlers, led bi John Lake, arrived on the site o wha is nou Saskatoon an established the first permanent settlement.  The settlers travelled bi railway frae Ontario tae Moose Jaw an then completit the final leg via horse-drawn caurt as the railway haed yet tae be completit tae Saskatoon.

In 1885 the Northwast Rebellion affectit the tiny community in a variety o ways. Chief Whitecap an Charles Trottier passed through the present day Varsity campus on their way tae join Louis Riel's airmed forces at Batoche, Saskatchewan. Follaein the fechtin at the Battle o Fish Creek, an the Battle o Batoche, woundit Canadian sodgers convalesced at the Marr Residence which is the day a historic site. A few dee'd in care an wur buried in the Pioneer Cemetery near the Exhibition Grunds.

A toun chairter for the wast side o the river wis obtained in 1903 (Nutana became a veelage in that year). In 1906 Saskatoon became a ceety wi a population o 4,500, which includit the communities o Saskatoon, Riversdale, an Nutana. In 1955 Montgomery Place an in 1956 the neighbourin toun o Sutherland wur annexed bi the fast growin Ceety o Saskatoon.

## Sister ceeties
*  Umeå (Västerbotten, Swaden)
*  Shijiazhuang (Hebei, Cheenae)
*  Tampere (Pirkanmaa, Finland)
*  Chernivtsi, (Ukraine)
*  Kitahiroshima (Japan)
*  Darwin (Australia)
*  Ulsan (Sooth Korea)
*  Oxford (Ingland)
*  Kabul (Afghanistan)

## References
Abuja

**Abuja** is the caipital ceety o Nigerie. It is locatit in the centre o Nigerie, athin the Federal Caipital Territory (FCT). Abuja is a planned ceety, an wis biggit mainly in the 1980s. It offeecially became Nigerie's caipital on 12 December 1991, replacin Lagos. At the 2006 census, the ceety o Abuja haed a population o 776,298.

## History
In licht o the ethnic an releegious diveesions o Nigerie, plans haed been devised syne Nigerie's unthirldom tae hae its caipital in a location deemed neutral tae aw pairties. The location wis eventually designated in the centre o the kintra in the early 1970s as it signified neutrality an naitional unity. Anither impetus for Abuja came acause o Lagos' population buim that made that ceety owercroudit an conditions squalid. The logic uised wis seemilar tae hou Brazil planned its caipital, Brasília. Construction broke grund an wis dedicatit in the late 1970s but, due tae economic an poleetical instability, the initial stages o the ceety wur no complete till the late 1980s.
The maister plan for Abuja an the Federal Caipital Territory (FCT) wis developed bi Internaitional Planning Associates (IPA), a consortium o three American firms: Planning Research Corporation; Wallace, McHarg, Roberts an Todd; an Archisystems, a diveesion o the Hughes Organization. The maister plan for Abuja defined the general structur an major design elements o the ceety that are visible in the ceety's current form. Mair detailed design o the central aurie o the caipital, parteecularly its monumental core, wis accomplished bi Kenzo Tange, a renouned Japanese airchitect, wi his team o ceety planners at Kenzo Tange an Urtec company.
Maist kintra relocatit thair embassies tae Abuja, an mony maintain thair umwhile embassies as consulates in Lagos, still the commercial caipital o Nigeria. Abuja is the heidquarters o the Economic Community o Wast African States (ECOWAS) an the regional heidquarters o OPEC. Abuja an the FCT hae experienced huge population growthe; it haes been reportit that some auries aroond Abuja hae been growin at 20% tae 30% per year. Squatter settlements an towns hae spread rapidly in an ootside the ceety leemits. Tens o thoosans o fowk hae been evictit syne umwhile FCT meenister Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai stairtit a demolition campaign in 2003.

## Sister ceeties
*  Brasília, Brazil
*  Detroit, Unitit States
*  Kanpur, Indie

## References
Boston

**Boston** (pronooncit ) is the caipital o an maistmuckle city in Massachusetts, an is ane o the auldest cities in the Unitit States. The maistmuckle city in New Ingland, Boston is regardit as the unoffeecial "Caipital o New Ingland" for its economic an cultural impact on the hale o the New Ingland airt. The city proper haed a 2009 estimatit population o 645,169 fowk, makin it the twintiet maistmuckle city in the kintra. Boston is the anchor o a substantially bigger metropolitan area cried Greater Boston as weel, hame tae 4.5 million fowk an the tent-maistmuckle metropolitan area in the kintra. Greater Boston as a commutin region includes sax Massachusetts coonties: Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Plymouth, Worcester, northren Bristol Coonty, aw o Rhode Island an pairts o New Hampshire; it is hame tae 7.6 million fowk, makkin it the fift-maistmuckle Combined Statistical Area in the Unitit States.

## Sister cities

Boston haes aicht offeecial sister ceeties as recognised bi Sister Cities International. The date column indicates the year in which the relationship wis established. Kyoto wis Boston's first sister ceety.

Boston an aa haes less formal friendship or pairtnership relationships wi a additional three ceeties.

## References
Alex Binnie

**Alex Binnie** wis a Scots fitbawer.

Binnie played fur Kilsyth Rangers an' Partick Thistle afair joinin' Port Vale oan trial in September 1926. He kept a clean sheit in his debut in a draw at Hull City oan 25 September 1926  an' insteid moved tae Hamilton Academicals.

Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p.&nbsp;30. ISBN 0952915200.

## References