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Jura may refer to: Places *Jura, Scotland, island of the Inner Hebrides off Great Britain *Jūra, river in Lithuania Mountain ranges *Jura Mountains, on the French–Swiss–German border *Franconian Jura, south-central Germany *Swabian Jura, south-western Germany *Montes Jura, on the Moon near Mare Imbrium Regions *Jura (department), France *Canton of Jura, Switzerland *Bernese Jura, part of the Swiss canton of Bern *Polish Jura, an upland of southern Poland Villages * Jura, Ontario, Canada *Jura, Transnistria, Moldova *Al-Jura, Mandatory Palestine *Al-Jura, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine Companies and organisations *Jura Books, anarchist bookshop in Sydney, Australia *Jura distillery, Scotch whisky distillery on the island of Jura *Jura Elektroapparate, Swiss developer and distributor of home appliances *Jura Federation, the anarchist, Bakuninist faction of the 19th century First International Ships * ''Jura'' (ship, 1854), steamship on Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and La ...
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Jura, Scotland
Jura ( ; gd, Diùra; sco, Jura) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and northeast of Islay. With an area of , and 196 inhabitants recorded in the 2011 census, Jura is more sparsely populated than Islay, and is one of the least densely populated islands of Scotland: in a list of the islands of Scotland ranked by size, Jura comes eighth, whereas by population it comes 31st. The island is mountainous, bare and largely infertile, covered by extensive areas of blanket bog. The main settlement is the east coast village of Craighouse. The Jura distillery, producing Isle of Jura single malt whisky, is in the village, as is the island's rum distillery which opened in 2021. Craighouse also houses the island's shop, church, primary school, the Jura hotel and bar, a gallery, craft shop, tearoom and the community run petrol pumps. North of Craighouse are a number of other small settlements on or near the east coast: Keils, Knockrome, Ardfernal, Lagg, Tarbert, ...
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Al-Jura, Jerusalem
Al-Jura (el Jurah) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 11, 1948, under Operation Danny. It was located 8.5 km west of Jerusalem. al-Jura was mostly destroyed with the exception of several deserted houses. History Just west of al-Jura there were two Khirbats from the Byzantine era: ''Khirbat Sa'ida'' and ''Ayn al-Jadida''. Crusader presence were at ''Khirbat al-Qusur'', (grid.no 163/128). Ottoman era ''Khirbat al-Qusur'' was mentioned in the Ottoman 1596 tax registers, as a place in the Al Quds region. It had 27 Muslim households, who paid a total of 4,500 akçe in taxes.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 121 In 1838 ''el-Jurah'' was noted as a Muslim village, part of ''Beni Hasan'' area, located west of Jerusalem. In 1863 Victor Guérin noted about Al-Jura: "A small village of a hundred inhabitants, fed by a rather abundant source, the water of which flows into ...
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Jura Wine
Jura may refer to: Places *Jura, Scotland, island of the Inner Hebrides off Great Britain *Jūra, river in Lithuania Mountain ranges * Jura Mountains, on the French–Swiss–German border *Franconian Jura, south-central Germany * Swabian Jura, south-western Germany *Montes Jura, on the Moon near Mare Imbrium Regions *Jura (department), France *Canton of Jura, Switzerland *Bernese Jura, part of the Swiss canton of Bern *Polish Jura, an upland of southern Poland Villages * Jura, Ontario, Canada * Jura, Transnistria, Moldova * Al-Jura, Mandatory Palestine *Al-Jura, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine Companies and organisations *Jura Books, anarchist bookshop in Sydney, Australia *Jura distillery, Scotch whisky distillery on the island of Jura *Jura Elektroapparate, Swiss developer and distributor of home appliances *Jura Federation, the anarchist, Bakuninist faction of the 19th century First International Ships * ''Jura'' (ship, 1854), steamship on Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland, an ...
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Jura (given Name)
Jura may refer to: * Jura Levy (born 1990), Jamaican sprinter * Jura Pađen (born 1955), Croatian singer and guitarist * Jura Soyfer (1912–1939), Austrian political journalist and cabaret writer * Jura Stublić (born 1953), Croatian singer-songwriter See also * Juraj * Jurica Jurica is a Croatian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jurica Buljat (born 1986), Croatian football defender, currently playing for Maccabi Haifa *Jurica Golemac (born 1977), Slovenian professional basketball player *Jurica GrabuŠ... {{given name, Jura Croatian masculine given names ...
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Jurassic
The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic, Mesozoic Era and is named after the Jura Mountains, where limestone strata from the period were first identified. The start of the Jurassic was marked by the major Triassic–Jurassic extinction event, associated with the eruption of the Central Atlantic magmatic province, Central Atlantic Magmatic Province. The beginning of the Toarcian Stage started around 183 million years ago and is marked by an extinction event associated with widespread Anoxic event, oceanic anoxia, ocean acidification, and elevated temperatures likely caused by the eruption of the Karoo-Ferrar, Karoo-Ferrar large igneous provinces. The end of the Jurassic, however, has no clear boundary with the Cretaceous and i ...
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