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Amador may refer to: People *Amador (name) Places *Amador County, California * Amador City, California * Amador, Panama * Lake Amador, a reservoir * Amador Valley, Alameda County, California *Dougherty, Alameda County, California, formerly called Amador's *Dublin, California, formerly called Amador *Amador Township, Minnesota *Fort Amador, a former U.S. Army post in Panama Other * ''Amador'' (film), a 2010 Spanish film * Amador, a fictional city in the Wheel of Time fantasy novel series * Amador (football club), São Tomé and Príncipe * USS ''Amador'' (AK-158), U.S. Navy cargo ship See also * Amador Central Railroad The Amador Central Railroad was a standard gauge railroad that operated between a connection with the Southern Pacific Company (SP) at Ione and Martell near the town of Jackson, California. The carrier served the Sierra Nevada Foothills gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador (name)
Amador, from Latin meaning "lover", is both a surname and a male given name. As a given name it usually refers to Saint Amator. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Agustí Roc Amador (born 1971), Catalan ski-mountaineer and long-distance runner * Andrey Amador (born 1986), Costa Rican road-bicycle racer * Carlos Fonseca Amador (1936–1976) professor, politician, and Nicaraguan * Guillermo Amador (born 1974), American musician * Jose Maria Amador (1777–1883), rancher, miner, and businessman, for whom Amador City and Amador County, California are named * Juan Valentín Amador (1793–1848), Mexican army general * Manuel Amador Guerrero (1833–1909), first President of Panama * Ryan Amador, American singer-songwriter and LGBT rights advocate Given name: * King Amador (died 1596), insurgent on São Tomé * Rafael Amador (born 1967), Mexican football defender * Santos Amador (born 1982), Bolivian footballer * Amador Álvarez (born 1945), Spanish politician * Amador ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador County, California
Amador County () is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 40,474. The county seat is Jackson, California, Jackson. Amador County, located within California's Gold Country, is known as "The Heart of the Mother Lode". There is a substantial Viticulture, viticultural industry in the county. History Amador County was created by the California Legislature on May 11, 1854, from parts of Calaveras County, California, Calaveras and El Dorado County, California, El Dorado counties. (historical marker placed by Board of Supervisors and Amador County Historical Society, 1954) It was organized on July 3, 1854. In 1864, part of the county's territory was given to Alpine County, California, Alpine County. The county is named for José María Amador, a soldier, rancher, and miner, born in San Francisco in 1794, the son of Sergeant Pedro Amador (soldier), Pedro A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador City, California
Amador City (formerly Amadore's Creek or South Amador) is a city in Amador County, California, United States. The population was 185 as of the 2010 Census, down from 196 in 2000, making it the least populous incorporated city in California. Amador City is also noted for being the smallest city in California by area. Geography Amador City is located at . Only two miles (3.2 km) from Sutter Creek on Old Highway 49, Amador City is the state's smallest incorporated city by area. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of which is land, making it the smallest city in California by size. History Amador City was originally settled in 1849 at what is now Turner Road and Amador Creek (an old wagon road between Drytown and Sutter Creek) by several groups of gold panners who were drawn to the area. One of the groups was the Sunol Group. The Sunol group included José María Amador. José María Amador panned the creek, but his primary s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador, Panama
Amador is a corregimiento in La Chorrera District, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama with a population of 2,996 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 1,925; its population as of 2000 was 2,675. The Biomuseo Biomuseo is a museum focused on the natural history of Panama, whose isthmus was formed very recently in geologic time, with major impact on the ecology of the Western Hemisphere. Located on the Amador Causeway in Panama City, Panama, it was desig ... is located in Amador. References Corregimientos of Panamá Oeste Province {{PanamáOeste-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Amador
Lake Amador is a reservoir located in Amador County, California. It lies at an elevation of 325 feet. The lake's water is impounded by the Jackson Creek Dam, a tall earth-and-rock dam, built in 1965 across Jackson Creek. The dam is long and wide and contains of material. Its crest is about sea level, and it belongs to the Jackson Valley Irrigation District. The reservoir's capacity is . See also * List of lakes in California * List of reservoirs and dams in California Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California. Dams in service :''Please add to this list from the below sources.'' Former ... References Amador, Lake Amador Dams completed in 1965 1965 establishments in California {{AmadorCountyCA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador Valley
Amador Valley is a valley in eastern Alameda County, California and is the location of the cities of Dublin and Pleasanton. Part of Tri-Valley, the valley is bounded by the foothills of the Diablo Range on the north and south, Pleasanton Ridge to the west, and Livermore Valley to the east. Watercourses draining into the Amador Valley include South San Ramon Creek, Tassajara Creek, Arroyo Mocho, Arroyo Valle, and Arroyo Las Positas, as well as runoff from Pleasanton Ridge. These waters drain south through Arroyo de la Laguna to Alameda Creek, ultimately ending up in San Francisco Bay. History Amador Valley was once marshland characterized by tules and willow trees, with Tulare Lake at its center. Euro-American development in the 19th century reduced the marsh to Arroyo de la Laguna. The valley was named after José María Amador José María Amador (1794 – 1883) was a Californio ranchero, gold miner, and soldier. Amador County and Amador City are both named after A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dougherty, Alameda County, California
Dougherty (also, Amador's, Amador Valley, and Dougherty Station) was an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California. It was associated with two separate areas near Dublin, the first at an elevation of . James Witt Dougherty purchased the land in and around what is now Dublin, CA, in 1852. The land included a two-story adobe building that formerly belonged to Jose Maria Amador. A community grew up around the adobe and associated ranch, and was first called Amador's and Amador Valley after Jose Maria Amador the original owner of Rancho San Ramon (Amador) Rancho San Ramon (St. Raymond Ranch in Spanish) was a Mexican land grant in the southern San Ramon Valley of present-day Contra Costa County, California. Rancho San Ramon (Pacheco-Castro) was adjacent in the northern San Ramon Valley. It was giv .... Dougherty built a hotel near the adobe and at the crossroads of two important local roads. One road went north–south and connected communities from Martinez south to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin, California
Dublin (formerly, Dougherty, Alameda County, California, Amador and Dougherty's Station) is a suburban city of the East Bay in California. It is located within the Amador Valley of Alameda County, California, Alameda County's Tri-Valley region. It is located along the north side of Interstate 580 (California), Interstate 580 at the intersection with Interstate 680 (California), Interstate 680, roughly east of downtown San Francisco, east of downtown Oakland, California, Oakland, and north of downtown San Jose, California, San Jose. It was referred to as "Dublin" in reference to the city of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, because of the large number of Irish people, Irish who lived there. The post office formally adopted the name in the 1890s. The population was 72,589 as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, which had grown from 46,063 in 2010 United States Census, 2010. In 2013, Dublin was the second fastest-growing city in the state of California, behind only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador Township, Minnesota
Amador Township is a township in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 885 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Almelund is located within the township. History Amador Township was organized in 1858. Amador is a name derived from Spanish meaning "lover". Geography Amador Township is located in eastern Chisago County along the St. Croix River, which forms the Wisconsin–Minnesota border. State Highway 95 ( MN 95) crosses the southwest part of the township, passing through Almelund and leading southeast to Taylors Falls and west to North Branch. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.17%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 744 people, 264 households, and 199 families residing in the township. The population density was 24.9 people per square mile (9.6/km2). There were 282 housing units at an average density of 9.4/sq mi (3.6/km2). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Amador
Fort Amador ( es, Fuerte Amador) and Fort Grant were former United States Army bases built to protect the Pacific (southern) end of the Panama Canal at Panama Bay. Amador was the primary on-land site, lying below the Bridge of the Americas. Grant consisted of a series of islands lying just offshore, some connected to Amador via a causeway. Fort Sherman was the corresponding base on the Atlantic (northern) side. All of the forts were turned over to the Republic of Panama in 1999, and the area is now a major tourist attraction. History The offshore islands had always been considered excellent defensive grounds and were long visited by English pirates. Sir Francis Drake, Captain Cook, and Henry Morgan all used Taboga and Perico as refuges, after raiding Spanish galleons. It was here that then-Captain Ulysses S. Grant ended his cross-Panama march in 1852. During the construction of the Panama Canal, notably the Culebra Cut, waste material was dumped in a mangrove bush then known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador (film)
''Amador'' is a 2010 drama film directed and written by Fernando León de Aranoa starring Magaly Solier and Celso Bugallo. Plot Marcela, an immigrant woman with grave economic problems, finds a job as the caretaker of Amador, an old man who can not move from his bed. Day by day, Marcela earns money that she desperately needs while Amador enjoys company that his own family has denied him. Through this, they develop a special connection with each other. However, this connection is prematurely cut when Amador dies. Marcela, desperate to keep her job, finds herself in a difficult moral dilemma. Cast Production ''Amador'' is a Reposado and Mediapro production. Shooting locations included Madrid and Barcelona. Release Distributed by Alta Films, it was theatrically released in Spain on 8 October 2010. Reception Mirito Torreiro of ''Fotogramas'' rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, drawing out Solier's performance as the best thing about the film. Reviewing for ''Cinemanía' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheel Of Time
The wheel of time or wheel of history (also known as ''Kalachakra'') is a concept found in several religious traditions and philosophies, notably religions of Indian origin such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism, which regard time as cyclical and consisting of repeating ages. Many other cultures contain belief in a similar concept: notably, the Q'ero Natives of Peru, as well as the Hopi Natives of Arizona. Hinduism In Hindu cosmology, ''kala'' (time) is eternal, repeating general events in four types of cycles. The smallest cycle is a '' maha-yuga'' (great age), containing four ''yugas'' (''dharmic'' ages): ''Satya Yuga'', ''Treta Yuga'', ''Dvapara Yuga'' and ''Kali Yuga''. A ''manvantara'' (age of Manu) contains 71 ''maha-yugas''. A ''kalpa'' (day of Brahma) contains 14 ''manvantaras'' and 15 ''sandhyas'' (connecting periods), which lasts for 1,000 ''maha-yugas'' and is followed by a ''pralaya'' (night of partial dissolution) of equal length, where a day and night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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