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Choma may refer to: Places * Choma, Zambia, town and capital of Southern Province * Choma District, district of Zambia * Choma (Lycia), settlement of ancient Lycia * Choma (fortress), Byzantine fortress in central Anatolia People *John Choma (professor) (died 2014), American professor of electrical engineering *John Choma (American football) (born 1955), American football player *Ivan Choma (1923–2006), Ukrainian Greek-Catholic bishop in Italy * Russ Choma, American investigative journalist Other uses * ''Choma (Burn) ''Choma (Burn)'' is an album by American saxophonist Harold Land recorded in 1971 for the Mainstream label. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choma, Zambia
Choma is a town that serves as the capital of the Southern Province of Zambia. It is also the capital of Choma District, one of the 15 administrative districts in the province. Location Choma lies on the Lusaka–Livingstone Road, approximately south-west of Lusaka, the national capital and largest city in Zambia. This is approximately , by road, northeast of Livingstone, the largest city in Zambia's Southern Province. The geographical coordinates of Choma are:16°46'16.0"S, 26°59'32.0"E (Latitude:-16.771111; Longitude:26.992222). Choma sits at an average elevation of above mean sea level. Population In 1990, the population of Choma was 30,143. In 2000, there were 40,405 people. The 2010 population census and household survey enumerated the population of the town at 51,842 inhabitants. The table below illustrates the same data. Overview Choma Town is home to a museum dedicated to the cultural heritage of the Tonga people of southern Zambia. The ''Nkanga River Conservati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choma District
Choma District is a district of Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ..., located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Choma. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 74,890 people. Choma is now the provincial capital of the Southern Province of Zambia and has since been split into two districts giving birth to Pemba district on the Northern border of the district. References Districts of Southern Province, Zambia {{Zambia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choma (Lycia)
Choma ( grc, Χῶμα) was a place in the interior of ancient Lycia, according to Pliny on a river ''Aedesa''. Ptolemy places Choma as one of the four cities of the Milyas, and places it near Candyba. The town can be identified with a site near today's village of Hacımusalar in the district of Elmalı. Several buildings of the ancient city have been excavated and are visible today. Bishopric Since it was in the Roman province of Lycia, the bishopric of Choma was a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Myra, the province's capital. The diocese is documented in the Notitiae Episcopatuum of the patriarchate of Constantinople until the 12th century. The names of three of its bishops are preserved in extant records. Pionius was at the First Council of Constantinople in 381. Eudoxius was at both the Council of Ephesus in 431 during which he played a role of some importance, when he was part of a delegation sent to order John of Antioch to appear before the council assembly an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choma (fortress)
Choma ( el, Χῶμα, translit=Chōma) was a Byzantine fortress in central Anatolia, which played an important role in the fight against the Seljuk Turks in the late 11th and 12th centuries. It was located at the ruins now called Akkale, on the rocky summit of Akdağ 4 km north of Homa (now called Gümüşsu). It should not be confused with the Choma in Lycia. Choma was located in the upper valley of the Maeander River in Phrygia. After the Battle of Manzikert, it became an isolated Byzantine outpost surrounded by Turkish-controlled territory. Its troops, the so-called ''Chomatenoi'' (Χωματηνοί), figure frequently in the campaigns of Nikephoros III Botaneiates () and Alexios I Komnenos (). Due to its strategic location on one of the roads leading to the interior of Anatolia, it became a major base of operations for the Komnenian emperors' campaigns to push back the Turks. In the 12th century, it formed its own district, that of "Choma and Cappadocia", under a ''topa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Choma (professor)
John Choma was Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering-Electrophysics at the University of Southern California. Choma held B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit .... His graduate theses were: * "Design of a Transistor Phasemeter," M.S. Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 1965. * "Stability Analysis of Class C Transistor Amplifiers," Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 1969. Choma joined the USC faculty in 1980. He taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Network analysis (electrical circuits), electrical circuit theory, Electronic filter, filters, and Integrated circuit design#Analog design, analog integrated electronics, and advised industry in subjects relating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Choma (American Football)
John Gregory Choma (born February 9, 1955) is a former American football Lineman (American football), offensive linemen who played three seasons with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the fifth round of the 1978 NFL Draft but later released. He played college football at the Virginia Cavaliers football, University of Virginia and attended Normandy High School (Ohio), Normandy High School in Parma, Ohio. He was a member of the San Francisco 49ers team that won Super Bowl XVI. References External linksJust Sports Stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Choma, John Living people 1955 births Players of American football from Cleveland American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Choma
Ivan Choma or Khoma ( uk, Іван Хома; 27 November 1923 – 3 February 2006) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch and ecclesiastical historian in Italy. He was the titular bishop of Patara, Lycia, Patara and from 22 February 1996 until his death on 3 February 2006 and the Procurator (canon law), Procurator of the Major Archeparchy of Kiev–Galicia (Kyiv-Halych), Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church to the Holy See. Biography He was born in Khyriv (present day – in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) to the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic family of Osyp, a railway worker, and Kateryna Choma in 1923. After graduation from the male gymnasia in Sambir and Przemyśl, he joined the theological seminary in Przemyśl, but was forced to interrupt his studies because the Second World War and subsequently continued in the theological seminary in Prešov (present day Slovakia). In 1946, he emigrated to Italy and graduated from Pontifical Urbaniana University. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Choma
Russ Choma is a reporter working for ''Mother Jones''. He was previously an investigative journalist for OpenSecrets. His work has covered climate and energy issues, transportation, and stimulus spending. Education After graduating from the Wooster School, Choma attended Muhlenberg College, a private liberal arts school in Allentown, Pennsylvania. While still a freshman, Choma started an independent online publication, ''The Muhlenberg Advocate''. The ''Advocate'', no longer in production, was an online alternative student news publication. He graduated in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in political science. Choma attended American University for a master's degree in print journalism and public relations. While in attendance, he was awarded a fellowship at the Bureau of National Affairs, where he worked as a staff writer. In 2009, he was the winner of the Neiman Foundation for Journalism's I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence, a student essay contest. Writings Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |