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Águeda ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈaɣɨðɐ] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. According to the Portuguese 2011 census, the municipality of Águeda had 47,729 inhabitants, [1] in an area of 335.27 km 2 (129.45 sq mi). [2] The city proper had a population of 14,504 (2001 data), [3] while the remainder is distributed in 11 ...
Palestine [i] is a geographical region in West Asia. It is usually considered to include modern-day Israel and the State of Palestine, though some definitions also include parts of northwestern Jordan. Other historical names for the region include Canaan, the Promised Land, the Land of Israel, or the Holy Land .
The election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not directly for those offices, but instead for members of the Electoral College. [note 1] These electors then ...
Connecticut is the fifth of the original thirteen states. The western boundaries of Connecticut have changed over time. According to a 1650 agreement with the Dutch, the western boundary of Connecticut ran north from the west side of Greenwich Bay "provided the said line come not within 10 miles [16 km] of Hudson River ."
Ice cap. In glaciology, an ice cap is a mass of ice that covers less than 50,000 km 2 (19,000 sq mi) of land area (usually covering a highland area). Larger ice masses covering more than 50,000 km 2 (19,000 sq mi) are termed ice sheets. [1] [2] [3]
Telemark ( pronounced [ˈtêːləmɑrk] ⓘ) is a county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. [4] In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. [5] [6] On 1 January 2024, the county of Telemark was re ...
The concept of "Central Europe" appeared in the 19th century. It was understood as a contact zone between the Southern and Northern areas, and later the Eastern and Western areas, of Europe. Thinkers portrayed "Central Europe" either as a separate region, or a buffer zone between these regions. In the early nineteenth century, the terms "Middle ...
