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Matala (Simo)
Matala may refer to: * Matala, Angola * Matala, Central African Republic * Matala, Crete * Matala, Finland * Matala, Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ... {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matala, Angola
Matala is a town and a Municipalities of Angola, municipality in the province of Huíla Province, Huíla, Angola. The municipality had a population of 262,763 in 2014. Matala is situated along the Kunene River at an elevation of approximately 1300 metres above sea level; the Matala Weir is positioned at this point along the river.C.Michael Hogan. 2012''Kunene River''. eds. P.Saundry & C.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC./ref> Transport It lies on the Moçâmedes Railway, southern line of Transport in Angola, Angolan Railways. See also * Railway stations in Angola References Populated places in Huíla Province Municipalities of Angola {{Angola-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matala, Central African Republic
Matala is a village situated in Vakaga Prefecture, Central African Republic. History A clash between Matala's self-defense group and two Misseriya militias occurred in the village on 16 October 2022, killing one Misseria and injuring the rest. The injured Misseria was transferred to the local gendarme in Birao. Some of the villagers fled to the bush on 19 October after hearing the rumor of an armed group attack. Demographics Kaba Kaba may refer to: Places * Kaaba, the holiest place in the Islamic World, a large cube-shaped building inside the al-Masjid al-Haram mosque in Mecca * Kaba, Hungary, a town in Hajdú-Bihar County, Hungary, which had a rare carbonaceous chondri ... is spoken in the village. Education Matala has one school. References {{Vakaga Populated places in Vakaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matala, Crete
Matala (Greek language, Greek: Μάταλα) is a village located 75 km south-west of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Matala is part of the community of Pitsidia within the municipal unit of Tympaki, Faistos municipality, Heraklion (regional unit), Heraklion regional unit. History The Dugout (shelter), artificial caves in the cliff of the Matala bay were created in the Neolithic Age. Matala was the port of Phaistos during the Minoan civilization, Minoan period. In the year 220 BC, Matala was occupied by the Gortynians, and during the Roman period, Matala became the port of Gortys. It has been suggested that the caves were once used as tombs, but it is more likely that they were used as living spaces, given their volume (corpses do not need that much room to walk around). One of the caves is called "Brutospeliana" because according to the legend it was frequented by the Rome, Roman general Brutus. Matala was then a fishing village. In the 1960s, the caves were occupied by h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matala (Simo)
Matala may refer to: * Matala, Angola * Matala, Central African Republic * Matala, Crete * Matala, Finland * Matala, Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ... {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
