The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea came into existence as a discrete province of the Anglican Communion when the Anglican Province of Papua New Guinea was separated from the Anglican ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane, Australia, in 1975 immediately prior to PNG's independence. Its first Archbishop and Primate was David Hand, the Bishop of Port Moresby. In accordance with early concordats among European missionaries by which they agreed not to engage in undue competition with each other, Anglican missionary activity was largely ...

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Antalya, formerly known as Adalia or Attalia (Greek: Αττάλεια), is a city on a bay of the south Mediterranean coast of Turkey in the Antalya Province, (36°54′45″N, 30°41′23″E). The population of the city is 603,190 (2000 census). It apparently dates from at least the Hellenistic period and the ruins of s ...

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Aydın is the capital city of Aydın Province in Turkey. It was known in the Roman and Byzantine Empires as Tralles. The population of the city is 143,267 (2000 census). Aydin was named after the successful Ottoman general Aydin Pasha who placed large swathes of the Byzantine sea coast of Asia Minor under his rule. By 1918, the majority of the population of Aydın and its surrounding districts consisted of Greeks. The retreating Ottoman armies massacred or deported the Greek population, after which time it was occupied b

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Balıkesir is the capital city of Balıkesir Province in Turkey and has a population of 215,436. Its main exports are olive-based products. It is a popular tourist destination for Turkish holidaymakers, who use it as a base to explore the nearly countryside which is renowned for its beauty, especially the nearby mountain of Kazdagi.  This Turkish location article is a stub

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The Huang He listen ▶ (help·info) (Chinese: 黃河; Hanyu Pinyin: Huáng Hé; Wade-Giles: Hwang-ho; literally Yellow River) is, at 5,463 km, the second longest river in China, after the Yangtze or Chang Jiang. The headwaters of the Huang He lie in the Kunlun Mountains in north-western Qinghai province, where the river originates at an elevatio ...

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• Huang He - Cradle of Chinese civilization
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• Huang He - Hydroelectric power dams
• Huang He - Provinces and cities on the Yellow River
• Huang He - Yellow River in art and literature
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Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (May 23, 1946 – March 22, 2005) was proclaimed Pope Gregory XVII by supporters of the Palmarian Catholic Church Catholic breakway movement in 1978. He was viewed by mainstream Roman Catholicism as an antipope. Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, who was born in Seville, Spain, became closely associated with the Palmar de Troya movement, which had its origins in an alleged apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary on March 30, 1968 in the village of El Palmar de Troya in the Province of ...

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• Clemente Domínguez y Gómez - Claim to the Papacy
• Clemente Domínguez y Gómez - Other claimants to the name 'Pope Gregory XVII'
• Clemente Domínguez y Gómez - Palmarian heresy
• Clemente Domínguez y Gómez - Notes

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The union dissolved in civil war between 1838 and 1840. Its disintegration began when Honduras separated from the federation on November 5, 1838. The union effectively dissolved in 1840, by which time four of its five states had declared independence. The union was only officially ended upon El Salvador's self-proclamation of the establishment of an independent republic in February 1841. Various attempts were made to reunite Central America in the 19th century, but none succeeded for any length of time. The first attempt was in 1842 by forme ...

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United Provinces of Central America, United Provinces of Central America - Politics, United Provinces of Central America - Presidents, United Provinces of Central America - Dissolution of the Union

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Ağrı is the capital of Ağrı Province in Turkey.  This Turkish location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Other related archivesAğrı, Province, Turkey, Turkish, help, stub

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In law, a circuit is an appellate judicial district commonly seen in the court systems of many nations. The term (as traditionally used among English-speaking lawyers) comes from an era in which judges would ride around the countryside each year on preset paths to hear cases. Circuit subnational entity - History. For much of the history of Western civilization, most people were illiterate and competent lawyers and judges were always in short supply relative to the demands for their services. ...

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• Circuit subnational entity - History
• Circuit subnational entity - United States
• Circuit subnational entity - Circuits in East Asia
• Circuit subnational entity - China
• Circuit subnational entity - Japan
• Circuit subnational entity - Korea

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Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. He commanded the Northern Expedition to unify China against the warlords and emerged victorious in 1928 as the overall leader of the Republic of China (ROC). Chiang led China in the Second Sino-Japanese War, during which Chiang's stature within China weakened but his international prominence grew. During the Chinese Civil War (1926–1949), Chiang at ...

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• Chiang Kai-shek - Rise to power
• Chiang Kai-shek - Tutelage over China
• Chiang Kai-shek - Wartime leader of China
• Chiang Kai-shek - Losing China
• Chiang Kai-shek - Presidency in Taiwan
• Chiang Kai-shek - Death and legacy
• Chiang Kai-shek - Names
• Chiang Kai-shek - Notes

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Zhuge Liang (181 - 234) was one of the greatest strategists of post-Han China, as well as a statesman, engineer, scholar, and legendary inventor of baozi. Zhuge is an uncommon two-character compound family name. Zhuge Liang - Various names in different forms. Zhuge Liang - Family name and given name. Traditional Chinese characters: 諸葛亮 Simplified Chinese characters: :诸葛亮 Pinyin: Zhūge Liàng Wade-Giles:Chuko Liang ...

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• Zhuge Liang - Early life
• Zhuge Liang - Rise to prominence
• Zhuge Liang - The Southern Expedition
• Zhuge Liang - The Northern Expeditions
• Zhuge Liang - Legacy
• Zhuge Liang - Zhuge Liang's Wife Huang Yueying

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Traces of human presence at Mount Tai date back to the Paleolithic period. Human settlement of the area can be proven from the neolithic period onwards. During this time, two cultures had emerged near the mountain, the Dawenkou to the north and Longshan to the south. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the mountain lay on the boundary between the competing States of Qi (north of the mountain) and Lu (south). In the ensuing Warring States Period, the State of Qi erected a 500 km-long wall to protect itself against an invasion. Ruins of this ...

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Mount Tai, Mount Tai - Location, Mount Tai - History, Mount Tai - Natural significance, Mount Tai - Cultural significance, Mount Tai - Infrastructure

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Lightfoot was born November 17, 1938 to Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Sr. and Jessica Lightfoot in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. As a youth, he sang in the choir of St. Paul's United Church under the direction of choir-master Ray Williams. Lightfoot remarked in 2005 that it was Williams who "taught him how to sing with emotion and how to have confidence in his voice".^{See also:}

Gordon Lightfoot, Gordon Lightfoot - Life, Gordon Lightfoot - Honours, Gordon Lightfoot - Trivia, Gordon Lightfoot - Best-selling songs, Gordon Lightfoot - Tribute and covers, Gordon Lightfoot - Discography, Gordon Lightfoot - Original Albums, Gordon Lightfoot - Compilations, Gordon Lightfoot - Other

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Nakhi culture is largely a mixture of Tibetan and Han Chinese influences, with some indigenous elements. Nakhi - Music. Nakhi music is 500 years old, and with its mixture of literary lyrics, poetic topics, and musical styles from the Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties, as well as some Tibetan influences, it has developed its own unique style and traits. There are three main styles: Baisha, Dongjing, and Huangjing, all using ...

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Nakhi, Nakhi - Culture, Nakhi - Music, Nakhi - Art and architecture, Nakhi - Festivals, Nakhi - Customs, Nakhi - Dress, Nakhi - Script, Nakhi - Dongba, Nakhi - Geba, Nakhi - History, Nakhi - Religion, Nakhi - Dongba, Nakhi - Lamaism

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Location: Eastern Asia, on the south coast of China, facing the South China Sea Geographic coordinates: 22°15′N 114°10′E Area: total: 1,092 km² land: 1,042 km² water: 50 km² Land boundaries: total: 30 km border city: Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Guangdong Province Coastline: 733 km Maritime claims: territorial sea: 3 nm Tota ...

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Geography of Hong Kong, Geography of Hong Kong - Geographical information

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Hà Tây Province is located in the Red River Delta surrounded by Hanoi municipality and Hưng Yên, Hà Nam, Hòa Bình, and Phú Thọ provinces. The Kinh account for 99% of the province's population; the remaining population is from the Muong and Dao ethnic groups. The tropical monsoon climate is divided into three microclimates according to landscape: the plain zone, with a hot and humid climate affected by marine winds; the hilly zone, with a continental climate affected by western winds; and the Ba Vi mountainous zone, with a cool ...

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Ha Tay Province, Ha Tay Province - Geography, Ha Tay Province - Festivals, Ha Tay Province - Culture history and religion, Ha Tay Province - Handicrafts, Ha Tay Province - Natural Ecosystem, Ha Tay Province - External link

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The Huang He is notable for the amount of silt it carries, 1.6 billion tons where it emerges from the Loess Plateau. If the river is running to the sea with sufficient volume, 1.4 billion tons are carried to the sea. In modern times, since 1972 when it first went dry, the river has gone dry in its lower reaches, from Jinan to the sea, in most years, in 1997 for 226 days. The low volume of the river is due to increased demands on the river for use in irrigation which has increased by a factor of five since 1950. Water diverted from the river ...

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Huang He, Huang He - Characteristics of the river, Huang He - Cradle of Chinese civilization, Huang He - Tributaries, Huang He - Hydroelectric power dams, Huang He - Provinces and cities on the Yellow River, Huang He - External link

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The new right-wing government of Mike Harris implemented a neoconservative program of cuts to social spending and taxes (the "Common Sense Revolution") that balanced the budget and significantly lowered taxes for most Ontarians (both lower and middle class). It was blamed for widespread failure in the quality of health care and education, and for transferring the costs of many programs from the province to the municipalities ("downloading"). In reality however, cutbacks in federal healthcare funding by the Chretien Liberal government were la ...

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Politics of Ontario, Politics of Ontario - The Big Blue Machine 1943-1985, Politics of Ontario - A decade of political upheaval 1985-1995, Politics of Ontario - The Social Contract, Politics of Ontario - The Common Sense Revolution 1995-2003, Politics of Ontario - The Liberals return to power, Politics of Ontario - Overview of Ontario federal politics

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Since the first times, Guaratinguetá was known for the Indians of the region for the abundance of garças, they live on the edges of the Rio Paraíba lived. The first white settlers arrived at the end of the 16th century, with Portuguese flags hidden beyond behind wealth Serra da Mantiqueira, in the lands known as today as Minas Gerais. In 1628, initiated the povoamento of the region, with the donation of lands by Jacques Felix and its children, being raised in June 13, 1630 with the construction of a chapel, in fact, registered in fir ...

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Guaratinguetá, Guaratinguetá - History, Guaratinguetá - Data, Guaratinguetá - Infobox

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In 1717, Russian Prince Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky landed and established a secret fortified settlement on this location, where the dry bed of a former mouth of the Amu-Darya River once emptied into the Caspian Sea. His intent was to march an army up this dry riverbed and conquer the Khanate of Khiva. The expedition failed, and the Russians abandoned the settlement for over 150 years. In 1869, the Russians made a second and later attempt. They named their fort Krasnovodsk (Красноводск), which the was Russian version of t ...

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Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan, Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan - History, Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan - Economy, Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan - Sights, Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan - Transportation

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The most important sacred place of the town was the Temple of Athens. The oldest ruin preserved until today dates back to 725-700 BC The period in which the city had reached its peak was between 650-545 BC. This period lasted hundred-years and was considered to be the most powerful period of the whole Ionian civilization. Under the leadership of Miletus, colonies were established in Egypt, Syria, west coasts of Lebanon, Marmara region, Black Sea and eastern Greece competed and replaced the place of Greece proper in various fields and subjects. In this period, it is apparent that Smyrna not only dealed with agri ...

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İzmir, İzmir - Name, İzmir - History, İzmir - Homer, İzmir - From the eighth century BC, İzmir - Modern İzmir, İzmir - Climate, İzmir - İzmir International Fair, İzmir - Birds Paradise, İzmir - Cuisine of İzmir, İzmir - Festivals, İzmir - Sports, İzmir - Education, İzmir - Districts, İzmir - Reference, İzmir - Media mentioning Izmir

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In 1843 Macdonald exhibited his first interest in politics. He was elected as alderman of the City of Kingston, Ontario. The next year he accepted the Conservative party's nomination for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of what was then called the Province of Canada but has since been split into the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Winning the seat easily, Macdonald was now a player in the political scene. He gained the recognition of his peers and in 1847 was appointed Receiver General by William Henry Draper's administration. Howe ...

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John A. Macdonald, John A. Macdonald - Political Rise, John A. Macdonald - Father of Confederation, John A. Macdonald - Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald - Supreme Court Appointments, John A. Macdonald - Trivia

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