Halvan Eyvind Stokke
Halvan, Helwan, Holwan, or Haluan (Persian: ) may refer to: * Haluan (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Padang, Indonesia * Halvan, Kurdistan, Iran * Halvan, South Khorasan, Iran * Hulwan, an ancient town in Iran * Helwan, a city in Egypt * Helwan, a licensed copy of the Beretta M1951 The Beretta M1951 is a 9×19mm semi-automatic pistol developed during the late 1940s and early 1950s by Pietro Beretta S.p.A. of Italy. The pistol was produced strictly for military use and was introduced into service with the Italian Armed Forc ...

Haluan (newspaper)
''Haluan'' (''Guide'' or ''The Guide'', full nameplate ''Harian Umum Haluan'' 'The Guide General Daily'' is a daily newspaper in Indonesia published in Padang, West Sumatra. Published since 1948, the paper is one of the oldest continuously published newspapers in Indonesia. ''Haluan'' is owned by Haluan Media Group, a group comprising another local newspapers '' Haluan Riau'' and '' Haluan Kepri'' and several online news portals (including separated portal ''Haluan.co''), as well as creative houses. The group is part of the larger Basko Group, led by conglomerate Basrizal Koto. History ''Haluan'' first published in 1948 in the midst of Indonesian National Revolution, however the exact date is unclear. According to a ''Haluan.co'' article, one version said it was first published on October 1, other versions said in either April or May, but October 1 is considered the accepted date. The paper was founded by H. Kasoema, a former journalist for ''Demokrasi'' in Padang Panjang. Th ...
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Halvan, Kurdistan
Halvans ( fa, حلوان, also Romanized as Ḩalvāns, Halvāns, and Helwān; also known as Havānleh and Hilwān) is a village in Zhavarud-e Sharqi Rural District, in the Central District of Sanandaj County Sanandaj County ( fa, شهرستان سنندج) is located in Kurdistan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Tur ..., Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 429, in 106 families. The village is populated by Kurds. References Towns and villages in Sanandaj County Kurdish settlements in Kurdistan province {{Sanandaj-geo-stub ...
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Halvan, South Khorasan
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Hulwan
Hulwan ( fa, حلوان) was an ancient town on the Zagros Mountains in western Iran, located on the entrance of the Paytak Pass, nowadays identified with the town of Sarpol-e Zahab. History Later Arab tradition, as recorded by al-Tabari, considered the town a Sasanian foundation dating to Kavadh I (reigned 488–496, 498–531), but it is far more ancient: it was known since Assyrian times as Khalmanu, when it lay on the border between Babylonia and Media. To the Seleucids, it was known as Chala ( el, Χάλα) and was the capital of the district of Chalonitis (Χαλωνῖτις). According to Diodorus Siculus, the name derives from the settlement of Greek captives from Boeotia by Xerxes, who founded the town of Celonae or Kelonai (Κέλωναι). Under the Sasanian Empire, the district of Hulwan was called husrawShad Peroz ("the joy of Khusraw the victorious"), and the city itself probably Peroz Kavad ("victorious Kavad"). After the Muslim conquest of Persia, the words we ...
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Helwan
Helwan ( ar, حلوان ', , cop, ϩⲁⲗⲟⲩⲁⲛ, Halouan) is a city in Egypt and part of Greater Cairo, on the bank of the Nile, opposite the ruins of Memphis. Originally a southern suburb of Cairo, it served as the capital of the now defunct Helwan Governorate from April 2008 to April 2011, after which it was re-incorporated into the Cairo Governorate. The ''kism'' of Helwan had a population of 643,327 in the 2006 census.Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, Population and Housing Census 2006, Population distribution by sex, gov: Cairo
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History

The Helwan and Isnian cultures of the late