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The city was first called Drépanon (from the Greek word for sickle).
Carthage captured the city in 260 BC, and made it an important naval base.
The city was then captured by the Roman Republic after the Battle of the Aegates.
The area would later be captured by the Vandals, Ostrogoths, Byzantine Empire, Arabs and the Normans.
Trapani is known for its Easter-related traditions.
These traditions date back to at least 1612.
The city also features the longest religious festival in Sicily and in Italy.
Museum Agostino Pepoli
Salt route
Willemstad is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
In 2008, 140,000 people lived there.
Pali Wikipedia is a wikipedian edition of the language of Pali.
It is an old language present in the Indian subcontinent.
This language is the language used by Gautam Buddha to write his writings that is the Buddhist texts.
About 2524 articles were written in Pali Wikipedia.
It presently stands in the 212th place of list of wikipedias by article count.
Aleksey Vladimirovich Goman (born 12 September 1983 in Murmansk, Russian SFSR, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian musician and poet.
He is best known for winning Narodniy Artist-1 (a TV show based on the British Pop Idol).
In 2005, he was the prize winner of the Festival of Patriotic songs.
Russkiy paren''' (Русский парень, the Russian guy) – 2004
Luch solnitsa zolotogo (Луч солнца золотого, the ray of the golden sun) – 2006
May'' (Май, may) – 2008
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II
Official website, goman.ru
Afghanistan is a multi-ethnic country.
Ethnic groups in Afghanistan include the Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Aimaq, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashayi, Nuristani, Gujjar, Arab, Brahui, Qizilbash, Pamiri, Moghol and a few others.
Agra district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and the historical city of Agra is the district headquarters.
Agra district is bounded by Mathura District on the north, Dholpur District of Rajasthan state on the south, Firozabad District on the east and Bharatpur District of Rajasthan State on the west.
Area of the district is 4027 km².
Agra district comprises 6 tehsils.
The tehsils are Etmadpur, Agra, Kiraoli, Kheragarh, Fatehabad and Bah.
The headquarters of the district is Agra city.
The district consists of 15 blocks, namely Etmadpur, Khandauli, Shamshabad, Fatehabad, Jagner, Kheragarh, Saiyan, Achhnera, Akola, Bichpuri, Fatehpur Sikri, Barauli Ahir, Bah, Pinahat and Jaitpur Kalan.
The division comprises 3 Lok Sabha constituencies namely Jalesar, Firozabad and Agra.
There are 9 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the district.
They are Bah, Fatehabad, Etmadpur, Dayal Bagh, Agra Cantonment, Agra East, Agra West, Kheragarh and Fatehpur Sikri.
According to the 2011 census Agra district has a population of 4,380,793, roughly equal to the nation of Moldova or the US state of Kentucky.
This gives it a ranking of 41st in India (out of a total of 640).
The district has a population density of   Hindus are 88.77% and Muslims are 9.30% in Agra district.
Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21%.
Agra has a sex ratio of 859 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 69.44%.
'Fatehpur Sikri' or the city of victory is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India.
The city was founded in 1569 by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585.Akbar founded FATEHPUR SIKRI to commemorate his victory over Mewar After his military victories over Chittor and Ranthambore, Akbar decided to shift his capital from Agra to a new location 23 miles (37 km) west south-west, to honour the Sufi saint Salim Chishti.
Here, he commenced the construction of a planned walled city, which took the next fifteen years in planning and construction, with a series of royal palaces, harem, courts, a mosque, private quarters and other utility buildings.
He named the city Fatehabad, with Fateh, a word of Arabic origin in Persian, meaning "victorious."
It was later called Fatehpur Sikri.
It is at Fatehpur Sikri that the legends of Akbar and his famed courtiers, the nine jewels or Navaratnas, were born.
Fatehpur Sikri is one of the best preserved examples of Mughal architecture in India.
Buland Darwaza
Tomb of Salim Chishti
Diwan-i-Aam
Ibadat Khana
Mariam-uz-Zamani's Palace
Naubat Khana
Hiran Minar
Birbal's House
Fatehpur Sikri has a population of 28,757.
Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%.
Fatehpur Sikri has an average literacy rate of 46%, lower than the national average of 74%; male literacy is 57%, and female literacy is 34%.
In Fatehpur Sikri, 59% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Fatehpur Sikri, Detailed study  Arch Net Digital Library
Fatehpur Sikri  at Archaeological Survey of India
An interactive map of Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri History
360 degree walkthrough of Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri Visit the city of Taj Mahal Experience its glory
Murmansk Oblast (Russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, Murmanskaya oblast' ) is a federal subject in northwestern Russia.
The administrative centre is Murmansk, where most of the population lives.
The oblast has a population of 741,511.
Records show people first began to populate the area sometime between 8000 BC and 7000 BC.
The first permanent towns began to appear in the 15th century.
These towns were mainly on the Tersky Coast.
In the late 15th century, the area became part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
At the time, most of the economy was based on fishing.
Oblast divisions
Closed cities
These cities are controlled by the federal government.
A "closed city" is a term for a city where residents need special permission to live there.
Cities and towns under the oblast's control
Most of the oblast is in the arctic circle, meaning in summer the sun is in the sky all day, while at night the sun never rises.
The entire oblast also has a subarctic climate, with very cold winters, and short, warm summers.
The area isn't as cold as other locations of the same longitude because of the effects of the North Atlantic Current.
The current's influence also means that the northern coast is generally "warmer" than the southern central region.
Approximately 42% of the population adhere to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Another 4.5% follow another form of Christianity.
1% of the population is Muslim, 12% are atheists and 28% are "spiritual but not religious."
Official website of Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast news
Area wise listing of districts
Aligarh division is one of the administrative divisions of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Aligarh division consists of:-
Aligarh District
Etah District
Hathras District
Kasganj District
List of districts of Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad District, also called Prayagraj District, is one of the major & largest districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Allahabad city is the district headquarters.
Allahabad district is a part of Allahabad Division.
Allahabad District is divided into blocks within tehsils.
As of 2011, there are 20 blocks in eight tehsils.
The Allahabad division includes the districts of Fatehpur, Kaushambi and Allahabad, with the western Allahabad District becoming part of the new Kaushambi district.
The administrative divisions are Phulpur, Koraon, Meja, Sadar, Soraon, Handia, Bara and Karchana.
The three rivers of India - Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical river of Sarasvati - meet at a point in the Allahabad District, known as Sangam, considered holy by Hindus.
Allahabad is one of the largest educational hub having many major educational institutes such as the Indian Institute Of Information Technology, Moti Lal Nehru National Institute Of Technology, University Of Allahabad, CMP Degree College, Ewing Christian College and Gautam Buddh Technical University affiliated number of Engineering Colleges, MotiLal Nehru Medical College, JK Institute - these provides higher education.
According to the 2011 census Allahabad District has a population of 5,959,798, roughly equal to the nation of Eritrea or the US state of Missouri.
This gives it a ranking of 13th in India (out of a total of 640).
As of 2011 it is the most populous district of Uttar Pradesh (out of 71).
The district has a population density of .
Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was  20.74%.
Allahabad District has a sex ratio of 902 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 74.41% which is close to the all-India average of 74%.
This rate is the highest in the region.
Phulpur is a town and a nagar near Singra Mau panchayat in Allahabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
It is the Lok Sabha seat from which Jawaharlal Nehru got elected to the Indian Parliament.
Phulpur has given birth to religious idol 'Rameshwaranand Pandey of Singra Mau (Now his idol placed in -Shree Ganesh Mandir)' also gave the first Prime Minister to India.
One of the India's agriculture industry called IFFCO is in Phulpur and upcoming Yuva Neta 'Vidyadhar Pandey from Singra Mau'.
India census, Phulpur's population was 21,066.
Males are 54% of the population and females 46%.
Phulpur has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 49%.
In Phulpur, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Moradabad () is a city, commissionary, and a municipal corporation in Moradabad district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
It was established in 1625A.D. by Rustam Khan and is named after prince Murad Baksh, the son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.
Moradabad is situated on the banks of the Ramganga river, at a distance of  from the national capital, New Delhi and 344 km north-west of the state capital Lucknow.
The city is known as Pital Nagri, ("Brass City") for its famous brass handicrafts industry.
It is also the divisional headquarters of Northern Railway (NR).
According to the 2011 census Moradabad city has a population of 887,871.
The population of Moradabad district was 4,772,006, roughly equal to the nation of Singapore or the US state of Alabama.
It is the 2nd Most Populated District in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Kanth is a Nagar Palika Parishad in Moradabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
It is home to small-scale bandage manufacturing industries.
These are sold in Uttar Pradesh and in the rest of India under various licenses.
Recently manufacturing of ready-made garments has also developed, contributing to the economy of the town.
India census, Kanth had a population of 26,381.
Male population  is 13,757 and  female population  is 12,624.
Kanth has an average literacy rate of  73.67%, higher than the state average of 67.68%.
Male literacy is 80.60%, and female literacy is 66.08%.
Varanasi cantonment is a census town in Varanasi tehsil of Varanasi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The census town does not have a gram panchayat.
Varanasi Cantonment Census town is about 2 kilometers West of Varanasi railway station, 324 kilometers  South-East of Lucknow and 12 kilometers North of Banaras Hindu University.
Varanasi cantonment has 2,760 families with a total population of 14,119.
Sex ratio of the census town is 824 and child sex ratio is 827.
Uttar Pradesh state average for both ratios is 912 and 902 respectively  .
Varanasi cantonment is connected by air (Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport), by train  (Varanasi railway station) and by road.
Nearest operational airports is Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport and nearest  operational railway station is Varanasi  railway station (22 and 2 kilometers respectively from Varanasi  Cantonment).
Braj (ब्रज) also known as Brij (बृज) is a region mainly in Uttar Pradesh of India, around Mathura-Vrindavan.
Brij, though never a clearly defined political region in India, is very well demarcated culturally.
The area stretches from Mathura, Jalesar, Agra, Hathras and Aligarh right up to Etah, Mainpuri and Farrukhabad districts.
It is considered to be the land of Krishna and is derived from the Sanskrit word vraja.
The main cities in the region are Mathura, Jalesar, Bharatpur, Agra, Hathras, Dholpur, Aligarh, Etawah, Mainpuri, Etah, Kasganj and Firozabad.
Ta'if Regional Airport  is an airport in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia.
Despite its name, it also offers many international flights as well.
The airport is located 30 km to the east of Taif and 70 km from Mecca.
The Sound has three water entrances.
The marine entrance is from the English Channel to the south.
There is also the River Tamar and the River Plym.
Ariyalur அரியலூர்
Karur கருர்
Nagappattinam நாகப்பட்டினம்
Perambalur பெரம்பலூர்
Pudukkottai புதுக்கோட்டை
Thanjavur தஞ்சாவூர்
Tiruchirappalli திருச்சி
Tiruvarur திருவாருர்
Dharmapuri தர்மபுரி
Coimbatore கோவை
Erode ஈரோடு
Krishnagiri கிருஷ்ணகிரி
Namakkal நாமக்கல்
The Nilgiris நீலகிரி
Salem சேலம்
Tiruppur திருப்பூர்
Dindigul திண்டுக்கல்
Kanyakumari கன்னியாகுமரி
Madurai மதுரை
Ramanathapuram இராமநாதபுரம்
Sivagangai சிவகங்கை
Theni தேனி
Thoothukudi தூத்துக்குடி
Tirunelveli திருநெல்வேலி
Virudhunagar விருதுநகர்
Tenkasi தென்காசி
Chennai சென்னை
Cuddalore கடலூர்
Kanchipuram காஞ்சிபுரம்
Chengalpattuசெங்கல்பட்டு
Tiruvallur திருவள்ளூர்
Tiruvannamalai திருவண்ணாமலை
Vellore வேலூர்
Viluppuram விழுப்புரம்
Kallakurichi கள்ளக்குறிச்சி
Ranipet ராணிபேட்டை
Thirupattur திருப்பத்தூர்
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Andhra Pradesh is one of the 29 states of India.
The state has a total of 13 districts,
the Anantapur district is the largest and Srikakulam district is the smallest district.
The districts are divided into two regions of the state, i.e., Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema
Coastal Andhra comprises the 9 districts: East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, and Visakhapatnam.
Rayalaseema comprises the 4 districts: Kurnool, Chittoor, Kadapa and Anantapur.
Andhra Pradesh State Portal
Anantapur district (officially:Anantapuram district) is a district in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, India.
The district headquarters is located at Anantapur city.
Census, the district had a population of 4,083,315, of which 28.09% is urban.
It has a literacy rate of 64.28%.
It is the largest district in terms of area in Andhra Pradesh and the eighth largest district in India respectively.
It is bounded on the north by Kurnool District, on the east by Kadapa District, on the southeast by Chittoor District, and on the southwest and west by Karnataka state.
Its northern and central portions are a high plateau, generally undulating, with large granite rocks or low hill ranges rising occasionally above its surface.
In the southern portion of the district the surface is more hilly, the plateau there rising to .
above the sea.
Six rivers flow within the district: Penna, Chithravathi, Vedavathi, Papagni, Swarnamukhi, and Thadakaleru.
The district receives an average annual rainfall of 381 millimetres.
Anantapur city is 354 km from Hyderabad, 200 km from the neighbouring state capital of Bangalore.
Anantapur connects Hyderabad and Bangalore through National Highway 7.
There is an airport in the district located in Puttaparthi, known as Sri Sathya Sai Airport; however this airport currently has no scheduled service.
Chittoor district (), is a district in Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
The district headquarters is located at Chittoor.
It has a population of 4,170,468 according to 2011 census of India.
Chittoor district has many major temples including Tirupati and Kanipakam and temples.
It lies in the Poini river valley of southernmost Andhra Pradesh along the Chennai – Bangalore section Chennai-Mumbai highway.
It is a major market centre for mangoes, grains, sugarcane, and peanuts.
According to the 2011 census Chittoor district has a population of 4,170,468.
This gives it a ranking of 47th in India (out of a total of 640)and 6th in its state.
Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 11.33%.
Chittoor has a sex ratio of 1002 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 72.36%.
In 2007–2008 the International Institute for Population Sciences interviewed 1010 households in 38 villages across the district.
They found that 92.7% had access to electricity, 99.6% had drinking water, 33.3% toilet facilities, and 53.8% lived in a pucca (permanent) home.
29.3% of girls wed before the legal age of 18 and 88.2% of interviewees carried a BPL card.
It has a population of 4,053,463 of which 28.35% were urban as of 2011.
It occupies 10th and 2nd place in terms of area in Largest Districts of India and Andhra Pradesh respectively, accounting for   and 53rd place in terms of Population in India.
According to the 2011 census Kurnool district has a population of 4,046,601, roughly equal to the nation of Liberia or the US state of Oregon.
This gives it a ranking of 54th in India (out of a total of 640).
Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.65%.
Kurnool has a sex ratio of 984 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 61.13%.
Kurnool Website
The Indian state of Kerala borders with the states of Tamil Nadu on the south and east, Karnataka on the north and the Lakshadweep Sea coastline on the west.
The Western Ghats, bordering the eastern boundary of the State, form an almost continuous mountain wall, except near Palakkad where there is a natural mountain pass known as the Palakkad Gap.
When the independent India amalgamated small states together Travancore and Cochin states were integrated to form Travancore-Cochin state on 1 July 1949.
However, Malabar remained under the Madras province.
The States Reorganisation Act of 1 November 1956 elevated Kerala to statehood.
The state of Kerala is divided into 14 revenue districts.
On the basis of geography the state's districts are generally grouped into three parts :- The North Kerala districts of Kasaragod, Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikode ; the Central Kerala districts of Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Idukki, Malappuram, Kottayam and the South Kerala districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta.
Such a regional division occurred being part of historical Kingdoms of Kochi, Travancore and British Province of Malabar.
The Travancore region is again divided into three zones as Northern Travancore (Hill Range) (Idukki and parts of Ernakulam), Central Travancore (Central Range) (Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Kottayam) and Southern Travancore (South Range) (Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam).
Almost all of the districts in Kerala have the same name as the important town or city in the district, the exception being Idukki district, Wayanad district& Ernakulam district.
The 14 districts are further divided into 75 taluks, and 941 Gram panchayats.
Some of the districts and their towns were renamed in 1990 like Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum), Kollam (Quilon or Venad), Alappuzha (Alleppey),As per GO(P) No.133/90/RD dated 7.2.90, Government of Kerala Thrissur (Trichur or Thirushivaperur), Palakkad (Palghat), Kozhikode (Calicut) and Kannur (Cannanore).
Official website of Government of Kerala
The Indian State of Maharashtra came into existence on 1 May, 1960.
It is also known as Maharashtra Day, It has 36 Districts,as of now.
Initially with 26 districts.
10 new districts have been created since then, and currently the number of districts in the state is 36.
These districts are grouped into six administrative divisions(Prashaskiy Vibhag) shown below.
Regions and Divisions
Vidarbha - (Nagpur and Amravati divisions) - (Old Berar Region)
Marathwada - (Aurangabad Division)
Khandesh and Northern Maharashtra Region - (Nashik Division)
Konkan - (Konkan Division)
Paschim Maharashtra Region - (Pune Division)
The table below lists important geographic and demographic parameters for all 36 districts.
Population data are extracted from the 2001 Census of India.
Census of India
The Indian State of Karnataka is divided into 30 districts and 4 administrative divisions.
The state is geographically consisted of 4 principal regions: the coastal region of Karavali, the hilly Malenadu region comprising the Western Ghats, Are Malnadu region of Kolar, Bengaluru and Tumakuru and the Bayaluseeme region comprising the plains of the Deccan plateau.
Alphabetical listing of districts
The state of Telangana, in southern India is divided into 31 districts.
A 'district' in the state of Telangana is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a District collector, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service.
In terms of area, Bhadradri Kothagudem is the largest district with an area of  and Hyderabad is the smallest with .
Hyderabad district is the most populated district with a population of 3943323 and Kumarambheem Asifabad district is the least populated with 515,805.
District statistics
Puducherry is a union territory of India.
It has four administrative divisions: four districts, viz.
Pondicherry, Mahé, Yanam and Karaikal.
Pondicherry district has the largest area and population.
Mahé district has the smallest area and population.
All the four districts retained borders of the French India, and were organised as a union territory of Puducherry after the de facto transfer of French India territories to India in 1954.
The Indian state  Goa is divided into 2 districts: North Goa and South Goa.
Administrative structure
South Goa is further divided into five subdivisions – Ponda, Mormugao (Vasco da Gama), Margao, Quepem, and Dharbandora; and seven taluks – Ponda, Mormugao, Salcete (Margao), Quepem, and Canacona (Chaudi), Sanguem, and Dharbandora. (
Ponda Taluka shifted from North Goa to South Goa in January 2015).
At the time of separation from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh originally had 16 districts.
Two new districts: Bijapur and Narayanpur were carved out on May 11, 2007 and nine new districts on Jan 1, 2012.
The new districts have been created by carving out the existing districts to facilitate more targeted, focused and closer administration.
These districts have been named Sukma, Kondagaon, Balod, Bemetara, Baloda Bazar, Gariaband, Mungeli, Surajpur and Balrampur.
A new District Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi came into existence on 10 February 2020 as the 28th district
Districts of Chhattisgarh
Balrampur-Ramanujganj
Surajpur
Mungeli
Kabirdham (Kawardha)
Bemetara
Durg
Balod
Baloda Bazar
Gariaband
Kanker (Uttar Bastar)
Kondagaon
Jagdalpur (Madhya Bastar)
Dantewada (Dakshin Bastar)
Bijapur
Sukma
Odisha, a state on the eastern coast of India, is divided into 30 administrative geographical units called districts.
A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a District Collector (DC) or Deputy Commissioner in some states (DC).
As a District Magistrate he or she is responsible for maintaining law and order in that district and as a District Collector responsible for collection the revenue.
Generally, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) becomes the DC but occasionally officers belonging to the Odisha Civil Service too get appointed.
The DC is assisted by a number of district-level officials belonging to different state government department for administering services to the state.
A Superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues.
A vampire tap is a connection to a coaxial cable in which a hole is drilled through the outer shield of the cable so that a clamp can be connected to the inner conductor of the cable.
A vampire tap is used to connect each device to Thick net coaxial cable in the bus topology of an Ethernet 10BASE-T local area network.
Doudeauville, Seine-Maritime
Doudeauville-en-Vexin in the Eure department
Drocourt, Yvelines
Longueville, Calvados, in the Calvados department
Longueville, Lot-et-Garonne, in the Lot-et-Garonne department
Longueville, Manche, in the Manche department
Longueville, Pas-de-Calais, in the Pas-de-Calais department
Longueville, Seine-et-Marne, in the Seine-et-Marne department
Longueville-sur-Aube, in the Aube department
Longueville-sur-Scie, in the Seine-Maritime department
Orton Longueville, an area in Peterborough, England
Longvilliers, Yvelines
Boncourt, Aisne, in the Aisne department
Boncourt, Eure, in the Eure department
Boncourt, Eure-et-Loir, in the Eure-et-Loir department
Boncourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
Boncourt-le-Bois, in the Côte-d'Or department
Boncourt-sur-Meuse, in the Meuse department
Boncourt, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Jura, Switzerland
Jettingen is a French commune.
It is in the Haut-Rhin department in eastern France.
In 2014, 506 people lived there.
Jungholtz is a commune.
Sir Brian Leon Barder, KCMG (20 June 1934 – 19 September 2017) was a British diplomat, author, blogger and civil liberties advocate.
He was born in Bristol, England.
He was awarded the  in 1992.
Brian Barder's website
Brian Barder's blog
Elizabeth D. "Betty" Phillips (née Capaldi; c. 1945 – September 23, 2017) was an American educator and administrator.
She was the Director of University of Florida Online.
She resigned abruptly after serving only three months in that position, without explanation.
She previously served as provost and executive vice president of Arizona State University (2006-2013) and provost of the University of Florida (1996-1999), among other administrative positions.
Valery Grigorievich Asapov (; 1 January 1966 – 23 September 2017) was a Russian lieutenant general in the Russian military.
Asapov has been described as one of the senior Russian military advisers in Syria.
Asapov, then commander of an army motorised rifle brigade, was awarded the 4th Class of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" by President Vladimir Putin on 23 February 2013.
Asapov was killed by mortar fire from ISIL militants near the city of Deir ez-Zor during the Syrian Civil War, according to the Russian Defence Ministry.
Washington Benavides (March 3, 1930 – September 24, 2017) was a Uruguayan poet and musician.
He was born in Tacuarembó, Uruguay.
During the 1950s he collaborated on the review Asir.
In 1955 he published his first book, Tata Vizcacha.
enavides taught literature at the secondary level.
He later joined the Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Letters of the University of the Republic, Uruguay.
Songs and milongas by Washington Benavides
El frasco azul y otros frascos.
Ediciones Abrelabios
Joseph Michael "Joe" McDade (September 29, 1931 – September 24, 2017) was a an American politician.
He was a member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 1963 through 1999 as a Republican.
Photo of Congressman Joseph McDade
Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty (9 September 1980 – 25 September 2017) was an Egyptian woman who was thought to be the heaviest living woman in the world and the second heaviest woman in history (after Carol Yager).
Her initial weight was claimed to be around 500 kg (1100lb).
She was born in Alexandria, Egypt.
Her family has stated that she weighed 5kg (11 pounds) at birth.
Suffering from a thyroid problem, she had to stop school.
In May 2017, she was hospitalized and taken to India for health problems due to her weight.
She was later transferred to the United Arab Emirates for further treatment.
She lost around 715 pounds during her hospital stay.
Abd El Aty died on September 25, 2017 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from septic shock caused by kidney failure.
She was 37 years old.
Anatoly Andreyevich Gromyko (, 15 April 1932 – 25 September 2017) was a Soviet and Russian scientist and diplomat.
He was born in Barysaw, Soviet Union.
He specialized in American and African studies as well as international relations.
He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Union of Russian Artists.
Between 1961 and 1965 worked at the Soviet Embassy to the United Kingdom.
After that he took leading positions at the Institute for African Studies and Institute for US and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
He then returned to diplomacy and acted as the Soviet deputy ambassador in the United States (1973–74) and East Germany (1974–75).
Robert Andrew Wass, known professionally as Bobby Knutt (25 November 1945 – 25 September 2017), was a British television actor and comedian, He started in entertainment as a stand-up comedian.
He was best known for playing Albert Dingle in Emmerdale.
Knutt also appeared in Last of the Summer Wine, Heartbeat, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, All Creatures Great & Small, Our Friends in the North, and Coronation Street as garage boss Ron Sykes.
Jan Triska or Jan Tříska (; 4 November 1936 – 25 September 2017) was a Czech actor.
He was most notable for portraying Captain Henry Wirz in the American television movie Andersonville and as Milos in The Karate Kid Part III.
Tříska also played the assassin in Miloš Forman's The People vs. Larry Flynt, and appeared in Highlander: The Series (season 5, episode 10), Highlander: The Raven, Blizzard, The Osterman Weekend, Ronin, Apt Pupil (as Isaac Weiskopf), and Peter Hyams' 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
Tříska fell off the Charles Bridge in Prague on 23 September 2017 for unknown reasons.
He was taken to the hospital and later died on 25 September at the age of 80.
Robert "Bo" Goldman (born September 10, 1932) is an American writer, Broadway playwright and screenwriter.
He has received two Academy Awards out of three nominations.
He is known for writing the screenplay of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
For his work on the movie Goldman also received the Writers Guild Award and the Golden Globe Award.
Bhopal division
Vidisha district
Chambal division
Morena district
Sheopur district
Bhind district
Gwalior division
Ashoknagar district (split from Guna in 2003)
Shivpuri district
Datia district
Guna district
Chachaura district (approved by cabinet on 18 March 2020)
Indore division
Alirajpur district (split from Jhabua district on 17 May 2008)
Barwani district
Indore district
Jhabua district
Khandwa district (East Nimar)
Khargone district (West Nimar)
Burhanpur district
Jabalpur division
Balaghat district
Chhindwara district
Jabalpur district
Katni district
Mandla district
Narsinghpur district
Seoni district
Narmadapuram division (created on 27 Aug 2008 from districts of Bhopal division)
Betul district
Harda district
Hoshangabad district
Rewa division
Satna district
Sidhi district
Singrauli district (split from Sidhi district on 24 May 2008
Maihar district (approved by cabinet on 18 March 2020)     )
Sagar division
Chhatarpur district
Panna district
Sagar district
Tikamgarh district
Shahdol division
Anuppur district
Umaria district
Dindori district
Ujjain division
Agar Malwa district(split from Shajapur district on 16 Aug 2013)
Dewas district
Mandsaur district
Neemuch district
Ratlam district
Nagda district (approved by cabinet on 18 March 2020)
There are 253 Talukas (subdivisions of districts) in Gujarat.
List of districts by division
Districts of Gujarat : At a Glance
: Govt Of India site shows Districts of Gujarat
: Govt of Gujarat site shows profile of each districts
The Indian state of Rajasthan is divided into 33 districts for administrative purposes.
The responsibilities of district management are carried out by All-India officials and state-appointed officials.
The All-India officials in each district are a Deputy Commissioner or district Magistrate (from the Indian Administrative Service), a Superintendent of Police (from the Indian Police Service) and a Deputy Conservator of Forests (from the Indian Forest Service), each of which is assisted by officers of various Rajasthan state services.
The state-appointed officials are responsible for matters such as health, education, and agriculture in each district.
The 33 districts are grouped into seven divisions:
Haryana, with 22 districts, is  a state in the northern region of India and is the nation's seventeenth most populous.
The state borders with Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north and Rajasthan to the west and south.
The river Yamuna defines its eastern border with Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Haryana also surrounds Delhi on three sides, forming the northern, western and southern borders of Delhi.
Consequently, a large area of Haryana is included in the National Capital Region.
A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a district magistrate or a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service.
The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state.
3 to 5 districts comprise to form a division(प्रमंडल).
Each district is divided into  Sub-division(अनुमंडल), which are further sub-divided into C.D. Block(प्रखण्ड)
http://districts.nic.in/disdetails.aspx?str_state=Ymg=
Bihar Districts Information Portal  bihar
http://www.biharspider.com/resources/2437-Districts-Bihar-Names.aspx
At the time of formation, Jharkhand state had 18 districts.
The 23rd and 24th districts, Khunti and Ramgarh came into existence on September 12, 2007.
Administrative Divisions and District
Districts as per Divisions
Presently, 24 districts of Jharkhand are grouped in to 5 divisions.
These divisions are:
Palamu division - 3 Districts: Palamu, Garhwa, Latehar - Headquarters: Medininagar
North Chotanagpur division - 7 Districts: Chatra, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Giridih, Ramgarh, Bokaro, Dhanbad - Headquarters: Hazaribagh
South Chotanagpur division - 5 Districts: Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, Ranchi, Khunti - Headquarters: Ranchi
Kolhan division - 3 Districts: West Singhbhum, Saraikela Kharsawan, East Singhbhum - Headquarters: Chaibasa
Santhal Pargana division - 6 Districts: Jamtara, Deoghar, Dumka, Pakur, Godda, Sahebganj - Headquarters: Dumka
Total Districts
Latehar.
Dhanbad district
Gumla
Saraikela Kharsawan
Dumka
Pakur
Godda
Sahebganj
Travel guide to Jharkhand's districts
Jharkhand State Government Official website
The Himalayas lies in the north of the state and the Bay of Bengal is at the south.
In between them, the river Ganga flows eastwards and its main distributary, the Hooghly River, flows south to reach the Bay of Bengal.
The Siliguri Corridor, which connects North-East India with rest of the India, lies in the North Bengal region of the state.
Geographically, West Bengal is divided into a variety of regions—Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, Terai and Dooars region, North Bengal plains, Rarh region, Western plateau and high lands, coastal plains, Sunderbans and the Ganga Delta.
In 1947, when India gained independence, the state of West Bengal was formed with 14 districts, as per partition plan of the then Bengal province of British India.
The former princely state Koch Bihar joined as a district in 1950, and the former French enclave Chandannagore joined as part of the Hooghly district in 1954.
The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 led to addition of Purulia district to the state and to enlargement of West Dinajpur district.
Later, larger districts such as West Dinajpur, 24 Parganas and Midnapore were bifurcated.
Till 24 June 2014 West Bengal was divided into 19 districts.
West Bengal is now divided into 23 districts which includes the newly formed Jhargram district, Alipurduar district and the Kalimpong district, Paschim Bardhaman district under five  divisions  and divisions are administered by Divisional Commissioners.
Kolkata, the capital of the state, constitutes the Kolkata district.
Other districts are further divided into administrative units such as subdivisions and blocks, administered by SDO and BDO, respectively.
The Panchayati Raj has a three-tier structure in the state.
The atomic unit is called a Gram Panchayat, which is the Panchayat organisation for a collection of villages.
The block-level organisations are called Panchayat Samiti, and the district-level organisations are named Zilla Parishad.
A district is governed by a District Collector, who is better known as a District Magistrate (DM) in the state of West Bengal.
A DM is an officer from either Indian Administrative Service (IAS) or West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS), and is appointed by the State Government of West Bengal.
Each district is divided into subdivisions, except the Kolkata district, which contains urban area only, administered by Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
A subdivision is governed by a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), better known as a Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO).
Other than urban units such as town municipalities, a subdivision contains 'community development blocks' (also known as CD blocks or blocks).
A block consists of urban units such as census towns and rural units called gram panchayats.
A block is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), who is appointed by the Government of West Bengal.
A gram panchayat, which consists of a group of villages, is administered by a village council headed by a Pradhan.
As per the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, each Block has a Panchayat Samiti, whose members include the Pradhans of the constituent gram panchayats, and the MLAs from the block.
A Panchayat Samiti is headed by a Sabhadhipati.
The third tier of the Panchayati Raj is Zilla Parishad, a district level organisation with the Sabhapatis of the constituent Panchayat Samitis and the MLAs from the district as its members.
A Zilla Parishad is headed by a Sabhadhipati.
For the Darjeeling district, the Zilla Parishad has ceased to exist, but a similar organisation for the Siliguri subdivision exists, which is designated as a Mahakuma Parishad.
The Gorkha Hill Council, formed in 1988, administers three (out of four) subdivisions of the Darjeeling district: Darjeeling Sadar, Kalimpong and Kurseong.
Gorkha Hill Council manages the departments of Public Health, Education, Public Works, Transport, Tourism, Market, Small scale industries, Agriculture, Agricultural waterways, Forest (except reserved forests), Water, Livestock, Vocational Training and Sports and Youth services.
District administration of Darjeeling, which is still responsible for election, panchayat, law and order, revenue etc.,
also acts as an interface between the Council and the State Government.
A District Superintendent of Police, better known as a Superintendent of Police, heads the District Police organisation of West Bengal Police.
This is as per the Police Act of 1861, which is applicable to the whole of India.
For every subdivision, there is a Subdivision Police, headed by a Police officer of the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police or Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Under subdivisions, there are Police Circles, each headed by an Inspector of Police.
A Police Circle consists of Police Stations, each headed by an Inspector of Police, or in case of rural areas, by a Sub-Inspector of Police.
The Calcutta High Court has the jurisdiction of the state of West Bengal.
Though most of the districts have more courts other than a District Court, not every subdivision of the state has a Court.
West Bengal is now divided in twenty three districts, grouped under five divisions:
Alphabetical listing of West Bengal
Official website of Government of West Bengal
A district of the Punjab state of India is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a deputy commissioner or district magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service.
The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Punjab Civil Service and other state services.
As of May 18, 2021, there are 23 districts in Punjab, when the 23rd district of Malerkotla was formed.
A senior superintendent of police, an officer who belongs to the Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district.
He is assisted by the officers of the Punjab Police Service and other Punjab Police officials.
A division forest officer, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service is responsible for managing the forests, environment, and other wildlife-related issues in the district.
He is assisted by the officers of the Punjab Forest Service and other Punjab forestry officials and Punjab wildlife officials.
Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as Irrigation, PWD, Agriculture, Health, Education, Animal husbandry, etc.
These officers belong to various State Services.
A district of Uttarakhand state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a Deputy Commissioner (earlier called District Collector) or District Magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service.
The deputy commissioner and the district magistrate are assisted by a number of officers (such as deputy collector, assistant collector, assistant district magistrate, tehsildar, deputy (naib) tehsildar) belonging to Uttarakhand Civil Service and other Uttarakhand state services.
A Superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service, heads the police in the district and is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues.
He is assisted by the officers of the Uttarakhand Police Service.
A Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service is responsible for managing the Forests, environment and wild-life related issues of the district.
He is assisted by the officers of the Uttarakhand Forest Service and other Uttarakhand Forest officials and Uttarakhand Wild-Life officials.
Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as PWD, Health, Education, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, etc.
These officers belong to the various State Services.
Proposed Districts
Didihat, from Pithoragarh district
Kashipur, from Udham Singh Nagar district
Kotdwar, from Pauri Garhwal district
Ramnagar, from Nainital district
Ranikhet, from Almora district
Rishikesh, from Dehradun district, Tehri Garhwal district, and Pauri Garhwal district
Roorkee, from Haridwar district
Yamunotri, from Uttarkashi district
Government should make a joint city with kashipur and ramnagar with single municipal cooperation and bigger combined budget for two citys*
More about Uttarakhand at state
A district of Himachal Pradesh is an administrative geographical unit, the Revenue department of which is headed by a Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service.
The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Himachal Administrative Service and other Himachal state services.
Courts subordinate to him include those of the Civil Judges, Senior Civil Judges, and Judicial Magistrates.
A Superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district.
He is assisted by the officers of the Himachal Police Service and other Himachal Police officials.
He is assisted by the officers of the Himachal Forest Service and other Himachal Forest officials and Himachal Wild-Life officials.
There are 4 districts in Sikkim, an Indian state, each overseen by a Central Government appointee, the district collector, who is in charge of the administration of the civilian areas of the districts.
The Indian army has control of a large territory, as the state is a sensitive border area.
Many areas are restricted and permits are needed to visit them.
There are a total of eight towns and nine subdivisions in Sikkim.
On 1 August 1974 Nicobar district was separated from Andaman district.
On 18 August 2006, Andaman district was bifurcated into two districts: North and Middle Andaman district and South Andaman district.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands website
Daman district
Diu district () is one of the two districts of the union territory of Daman and Diu of India.
It is the ninth least populous district in the country (out of 640).
It consists of Diu Island and a part on the mainland (the Ghoghla peninsula).
20 km East of Diu Island, is the village of Simbor.
Diu Island
Diu Island is the place where the town of Diu is located.
Diu Fort is also located on Diu Island.
The area on the mainland borders Gir Somnath district of Gujarat.
It contains the village of Ghoghla.
According to the 2011 census Diu district has a population of 52,056, roughly equal to the nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
This gives it a ranking of 631st in India (out of a total of 640).
Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was  17.73%.
Diu has a sex ratio of 1030 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 83.36%.
Delhi is divided into eleven revenue districts.
Each district is headed by a District Magistrate and has three subdivisions.
A Subdivision Magistrate heads each subdivision.
The initial nine districts came into existence from January 1997.
Prior to that, there used to be only one district for whole of Delhi with district headquarters at Tis-Hazari.
In September 2012, two new districts, viz.
South East and Shahdara were added to the city's map, taking the total count to 11.
The District Administration of Delhi is the enforcement department for all kinds of Government of Delhi and Central Government policies and exercises supervisory over numerous other functionaries of the Government.
Below is the list of the districts and subdivisions of Delhi:
New List of Districts in National Capital Territory of Delhi
Old List of Districts in National Capital Territory of Delhi
Kameng district
upper Subansiri district and lower Subansiri district
Siang district
Lohit district
Tirap district
Kameng Division (Bomdila): Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng
Subansiri Division (Ziro): Papum Pare, Kurung Kumey, Kra Daadi, Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri
Siang Division (Pasighat): West Siang, East Siang, Central Siang, Upper Siang
Lohit-Dibang Division (Tezu): Upper Dibang Valley, Lower Dibang Valley, Anjaw, Lohit, Namsai
Tirap Division (Khonsa): Changlang, Tirap,  Longding
As of 2016, Arunachal Pradesh comprises 20 districts.
New Proposals
Rima district, from Changlang district.
Sub-divisions: Diyun, Bordumsa, Kharsang, Jairampur, Nampong, Rima-Putak (Tikhak), Miao, and Vijoynagar
Lower Siang district with headquarter in Likabali, from West Siang district and East Siang district
Itanagar district, from Papum Pare district.
Sub-divisions: Tarasso, Balijan, Sangdupota, Banderdava, Itanagar, and Naharlagun.
Sagalee district, from Papum Pare district.
Sub-divisions: Sagalee, Leporiang, Parang, and Mengio.
North Subansiri district, from Kurung Kumey (Sub-divisions of Sarli, Damin), Kra Daadi (Sub-division of Pipsorang/Longding Koling) and Upper Subansiri (Sub-divisions of Taksing, Limeking, Nacho, Siyum) districts.
Leparada district with headquarter in Basar
Hayuliang district, from Anjaw district (Sub-divisions of Hayuliang, Metengliang, Chaglagam, Goiliang) and northeastern parts of Tezu circle in Lohit district.
Divisions and Districts
Inner Manipur Division: (Imphal) - Districts of Bishnupur, Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, and Kakching
North Manipur Division: (Ukhrul) - Districts of Tamenglong, Kangpokpi, Senapati, Ukhrul, and Kamjong
South Manipur Division: (Churachandpur) - Districts of Jiribam, Noney, Pherzawl, Churachandpur, Chandel, and Tengnoupal
Assam, a northeastern state of India, is divided into 33 administrative geographical units called districts.
A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by the Deputy Commissioner (DC), which combines the offices of the District Magistrate ultimately responsible for maintaining law and order and District Collector responsible for collection of the revenue.
Generally, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service becomes the DC but occasionally officers belonging to the Assam Civil Service too get appointed.
The DC is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state.
The districts of Assam are grouped together in five regional divisions, headed by a Commissioner.
The police administration in Guwahati City is headed by the Commissioner of Police, which started functioning from 1 January 2015.
# - Districts under Bodoland Territorial Council
West Jaintia Hills (Jowai)
East Jaintia Hills (Khliehriat)
East Khasi Hills (Shillong)
West Khasi Hills (Nongstoin)
South West Khasi Hills (Mawkyrwat)
Ri-Bhoi (Nongpoh)
North Garo Hills (Resubelpara)
East Garo Hills (Williamnagar)
South Garo Hills (Baghmara)
West Garo Hills (Tura)
South West Garo Hills (Ampati)
Meghalaya state government website