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Bondo Town, Siaya County, Kenya
Bondo may refer to: *Bondo people, in Orissa, India * Bondo language, the Austroasiatic language spoken by them *Bondo (putty), two-part putty used in automotive, household, and marine applications, created by Bondo Corporation *Jeremy Bonderman (born 1982), American baseball pitcher *Sande society (also: ''Bondo'', ''Bundo'' or ''Bundu''), a women's association found in parts of West Africa, especially Sierra Leone Places *Bondo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a town on the Uele River in the north *Bondo District in Kenya * Bondo, Ivory Coast *Bondo, Kenya, a town in Bondo District *Bondo Constituency, one of two constituencies in Bondo District * Bondo, Mali *Bondo, Switzerland, a municipality in the Swiss canton of Grisons/Graubunden/Grigioni *Bondo, Trentino, a ''frazione'' in Trentino, Italy *Bondo, Uganda Bondo is a town in Uganda. Location Bondo is located in Arua District, West Nile sub-region, in Northern Uganda. It lies approximately , by road, southeast of Arua, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bondo People
The Bonda (also known as the Bondo, Bondo Poraja, Bhonda, or Remo) are a Munda ethnic group approximately 12,000 (2011 census) who live in the isolated hill regions of the Malkangiri district of southwestern Odisha, India, near the junction of the three states of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh. Bonda culture The Bonda people are a tribal people who currently live in the hills of Odisha’s Malkangiri district in India. There are two different Bonda tribes: the Upper Bondas with a population of 6,700 who are the most isolated from mainstream Indian society, and the Lower Bonda with a population of 17,000. Upper Bondas have almost no connection to the outside world. Dambaru Sisa, Dambaru Sisha took the oath of office to become the first Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), MLA to the Bonda tribe, to which he traces his ancestry. Sisha attempts to protect the traditions and culture of the people while providing them with educational opportunities. Only 6% of Bond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bondo Language
The Bonda language, also known as Bondo or Remo, is a south Munda language of the Austroasiatic language family spoken in Odisha, formerly known as Southern Odisha, in India. It had 2,568 speakers, all in Odisha, according to the 1951 Census of India,N. Gopalakrishnan, Linguistic Survey of India', p. 271 increasing to approximately 9,000 speakers in 2002 according to SIL. Classification The Bonda language is an indigenous language belonging to the Southern subgroup of the Munda branch of the Austroasiatic language family. Bonda is a spoken language with no traditional written system recorded. Bonda is a part of the Gutob-Remo branch, due to the similarities Bonda shares with another Southern Munda Language named Gutob History The Bonda language derives its name from the tribe of the Bonda people, an indigenous group located in Odisha known as the Bonda Highlanders. In their native language, the Bonda people regard themselves as "Remo', which translates to human, and derive th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bondo (putty)
Bondo is a polyester putty product originally marketed as an automotive body filler. Nowadays the brand name is used by 3M for a line of American-made products for automotive, marine and household repairs. The term Bondo is trademarked by 3M, but is commonly used to refer to Generic trademark, any brand of automotive repair putty due to its popularity. It is also used by Sculpture, sculptors. History Before the 1950s, body solder was often used to repair large imperfections prior to painting in both new cars and vehicle repair shops. Solder repairs were conducted using a flame and wooden paddles covered in tallow or motor oil, which prevented the half-molten lead from sticking. After World War II, automotive panels became thinner and larger, with a greater susceptibility to warping, making hot solder unsuitable. The earliest 'plastic solder' can be traced to around 1940, a Do it yourself, do-it-yourself solution to panel beating. This gave the consumer the ability to attempt re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Bonderman
Jeremy Allen Bonderman (born October 28, 1982) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Bonderman batted and threw right-handed. High school Bonderman attended Pasco High School in Pasco, Washington. In his last year of high school baseball, he went 5–2 and recorded a 3.60 earned run average (ERA). He is the only high school junior ever to be drafted with a first round pick in baseball history. He had passed his GED tests and successfully petitioned Major League Baseball (MLB) to become draft-eligible. Professional career Draft Bonderman was drafted by the Oakland Athletics out of high school with the 26th pick in the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft, a selection that, according to Michael Lewis's '' Moneyball'', caused Athletics general manager Billy Beane to throw a chair through a wall in fury. Traded from Oakland to Detroit On July 6, 2002, Bonderman was involved in a three-team deal. The Athletics had sent Carlos Peña, a player to be named later (who lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sande Society
Sande, also known as zadεgi, bundu, bundo and bondo, is a women's initiation society in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. The Sande society initiates girls into adulthood by rituals including female genital mutilation. It is said by its supporters to confer fertility, to instill notions of morality and proper sexual comportment, and to maintain an interest in the well-being of its members throughout their lives. In addition, Sande champions women's social and political interests and promotes their solidarity vis-a-vis the Poro, a complementary institution for men. The Sande society masquerade is a rare and perhaps unique African example of a wooden face mask controlled exclusively by women – a feature that highlights the extraordinary social position of women in this geographical region. Geographic extent The Sande society is found throughout the Central West Atlantic Region, an ethnically plural and linguistically diverse region that lies within the littora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bondo, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Bondo (formerly Djabir) is a town in north-central Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Bas-Uele Province, about 200 km north-west of Buta. Bondo lies mainly on the north bank of the Uele River. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 19,601. Transport A branch line of the now-defunct Vicicongo narrow gauge railway built by the ''Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo'' terminates on the south bank. The railway branch line from Komba via Likati and Libogo Libongo or Libogo is a village in the Bas-Uélé province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was a stop on the defunct Vicicongo line, a railway. Location Libongo is in the Aketi Territory of Bas-Uélé. It is at an elevation of about . ... was made by the Belgian state in 1927–1928. The town has a 1300m airstrip, but is relatively inaccessible by other means as it is served only by earth tracks impassable after heavy rain. River crossings on Uele is made by canoes. Navigation on the Uele i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bondo District
Bondo District was an administrative district in the former Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Bondo. The Bondo District had a population of 238,78 The district was relatively new; it was created in 1998 from southern parts of the Siaya District. Bondo district has since been further split off from Rarieda District to its east. The district had only two constituencies: Bondo Constituency and Rarieda Constituency. Local industries are fishing and family farming. The district bordered the shore of Lake Victoria. In 2010, the district was eliminated and the area is now part of Siaya County Siaya County is one of the Counties of Kenya, counties in the former Nyanza Province in the Western part of Kenya. It is bordered by Busia County to the north, Kakamega County and Vihiga County's to the northeast and Kisumu County to the southe .... District subdivisions External links Research findings - Bondo District [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bondo, Ivory Coast
Bondo is a town in north-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Bondoukou Department in Gontougo Region, Zanzan District. Bondo was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ... until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished. ''news.abidjan.net'', 7 March 2012. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Bondo was 19,932. V ...
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Bondo, Kenya
Bondo is a town in Siaya County of Kenya. It has traditionally been a fishing town and its entire economy rotates around the fish from Lake Victoria. It the largest and most populous town of the county. Located 64 kilometers West of Kisumu, Bondo was established in the early 1920s as a market centre. In the 1990s, it became the headquarters of Bondo district which was carved out of the larger Siaya District. The town has developed and expanded over the years and is currently a busy and vibrant economic and educational hub with not only a university, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, but other tertiary institutions such as Kenya Medical Training College, Bondo Teachers Training College and Bondo Technical Training Institute. It has a population of 22,712 (2019 census). Financial institutions which have offices and branches in the town include Cooperative Bank, Kenya Commercial Bank, Equity Holdings and Post Bank. They are all located along the town's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bondo Constituency
Bondo Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Siaya County Siaya County is one of the counties in the former Nyanza Province in the Western part of Kenya. It is bordered by Busia County to the north, Kakamega County and Vihiga County's to the northeast and Kisumu County to the southeast. It shares a wa .... Lake Victoria border it on the west and south west, Rarieda Constituency border it on the South West to the Eastern side and River Yala on the North. Its major and biggest town is Bondo town. Usenge, Nyamonye, Nyang'oma and K'Oppolo are other town centers. Members of Parliament Wards References {{coord missing, Kenya Constituencies in Siaya County Constituencies in Nyanza Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bondo, Mali
Bondo is a village and commune and seat of the Cercle of Koro in the Mopti Region of Mali. In 1998 the commune had a population of 15,872 In 2009, population was almost 20,000. ''french'' Some typical cultivated plants are millet, sorghum, corn, peanut and sesame Sesame ( or ; ''Sesamum indicum'') is a flowering plant in the genus ''Sesamum'', also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cu .... References Communes of Mopti Region {{Mopti-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bondo, Switzerland
Bondo ( rm, ) is a village and a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Maloja (district), Maloja in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Grisons. It is now part of the municipality of Bregaglia. Geography The municipality is located near the Swiss–Italian border south of the river Mera (river, Switzerland), Mera in the Val Bregaglia (known as ''Bergell'' in German). It is located in the Bergell sub-district of the Maloja district. The valley floor is so deep that parts of the village do not receive any sunlight in winter. The Val Bondasca leads up from Bondo to Piz Badile and Piz Cengalo, two peaks of the Bregaglia Range. The municipality of Bondo also includes the smaller village of Promontogno and, above that on a rocky outcrop, the ruins of the fort Castelmur Castle (Bondo), Castelmur. Additionally there are several abandoned settlements. Bondo has an area, , of . Of this area, 2.5% is used for agricultural purposes, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
