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Maringa may refer to: * Maringa people, a sub-group of the Burarra Aboriginal Australian people * Maringá, a city in the state of Paraná in southern Brazil * Maringa River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Landscape, an ecologically sensitive area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Nova Maringá, a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil * Grêmio de Esportes Maringá, a Brazilian soccer club from the city of Maringá * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá, an archdiocese located in the city of Maringá * Maringá Regional Airport, the airport serving Maringá, Brazil * Palm-wine music Palm-wine music (known as maringa in Sierra Leone) is a West African musical genre. It evolved among the Kru people of Liberia and Sierra Leone, who used Portuguese guitars brought by sailors, combining local melodies and rhythms with Trinida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burarra People
The Burarra people, also referred to as the Gidjingali, are an Aboriginal Australian people in and around Maningrida, in the heart of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Opinions have differed as to whether the two names represent different tribal realities, with the Gidjingali treated as the same as, or as a subgroup of the Burarra, or as an independent tribal grouping. For the purposes of this encyclopedia, the two are registered differently, though the ethnographic materials on both may overlap with each other. According to Norman Tindale, there are five sub-groups of Burarra people: Anbara (or Anbarra), Marawuraba, Madia, Maringa and Gunadba. The Burraras' closest neighbours are the Dangbon/Dalabon, Nakara and Yolngu peoples. Name The ethnonym ''Burarra'' means 'those people'. Norman Tindale classified the Gidjingali as being eastern Burarra, speaking a dialect only slightly different from Burarra. Les Hiatt argued in 1965 that they were a distinct 'tribe'. Others take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maringá
Maringá () is a municipality in southern Brazil founded on 10 May 1947 as a planned urban area. It is the third largest city in the state of Paraná, with 385,753 inhabitants in the city proper, and 764,906 in the metropolitan area (IBGE 2013). Located in northwestern Paraná, and crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn, it is a regional centre for commerce, services, agro-industries, and universities, including the State University of Maringá. History Toponymy Maringá takes its name from a song by Joubert de Carvalho in honour of his great love, Maria do Ingá, later shortened to Maringá. As a result, the city is nicknamed "Song City". At the time the settlement was established, the song was very popular in the media. Settlement In 1925, the Northern Paraná Land Company was established in London, England and was responsible for the management of more than in the northern part of the State, which today contains some of the largest cities in Paraná. The region's fertile land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maringa River
The Maringa river is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Maringa, and the Lopori River to the north, join near Basankusu to form the Lulonga River, a tributary of the Congo River. The Maringa / Lopori basin contains the Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Landscape, an area of great ecological importance. The Ngando people live in the Maringa River area north of Ikela Ikela is a market town in Tshuapa, Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Tshuapa River east of Boende. Founded by Belgium in the early twentieth century as a trading post, it became an important local centre. It is the headquarters of the .... References Rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo drainage basin {{DRCongo-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Republic Of The Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered to the northwest by the Republic of the Congo, to the north by the Central African Republic, to the northeast by South Sudan, to the east by Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi, and by Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), to the south and southeast by Zambia, to the southwest by Angola, and to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean and the Cabinda exclave of Angola. By area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 108 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the nation's economic center. Centered on the Cong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Landscape
The Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Landscape (MLW) is an ecologically sensitive landscape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo within the Maringa / Lopori basin. Since 1973 a Japanese team has been researching the bonobo population near the village of Wamba, and the Luo Scientific Reserve was established in 1990. However, research was discontinued after political disorder started in 1991 followed by civil war in 1997, resuming only in the mid-2000s. Location The Maringa-Lopori-Wamba (MLW) forest Landscape covers in north-central Democratic Republic of the Congo. The human population as of 2007 was estimated to be 586,732 inhabitants with a density of 8 inhabitants/km2. There were 2-4 inhabitants/km2 in the proposed or existing protected areas and 31.8 inhabitants/km2 in the proposed Sylvo-Agro-Pastoral zone. History The local populace in the MLW were yam and cassava farmers who engaged in trade with river fishermen and pygmy hunters. In 1885 a force of the Manyema people, foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Maringá
Nova Maringá is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil. Nova Maringá is the municipality where the highest temperature ever measured in Brazil was recorded: 44.8 °C on the 4th and 5th of November 2020. See also *List of municipalities in Mato Grosso This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Mato Grosso (MT), located in the Central-West Region of Brazil. Mato Grosso is divided into 141 municipalities, which are grouped into 22 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions. ... References Municipalities in Mato Grosso {{MatoGrosso-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grêmio De Esportes Maringá
Grêmio de Esportes Maringá is a Brazilian soccer club from the city of Maringá, in Paraná state. History Grêmio Maringá is a traditional club from the city of Maringá. The club has won three times state champion (1963, 1964 and 1977) and they were four times runner-up (1965, 1967, 1981 and 2002). The club has played four times the 1st division of the Brazilian Championship and several times the 1st division of Paraná. They were deactivated in 2004 after being relegated to Campeonato Paranaense Second Level and returned to its activities in 2010. They are currently in the 2nd Division of the Campeonato Paranaense and have their games in Willie Davids Stadium, which currently has capacity for 21,600 fans. The start In 1961, Maringá sportsmen gathered at the initiative of founding a football team. Thus, on July 7 was born the ''Grêmio de Esportes Maringá. The club would use the black and white on their uniform. His debut in the state occurs in the following year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Maringá
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá ( la, Archidioecesis Maringaënsis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Maringá in Brazil. History * February 1, 1956: Established as Diocese of Maringá from the Diocese of Jacarezinho * October 16, 1979: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maringá Leadership Ordinaries ;Bishops *Jaime Luiz Coelho (3 December 1956 – 16 October 1979 ''see below'') ;Archbishops *Jaime Luiz Coelho (''see above'' 16 October 1979 – 7 May 1997) * Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.J. (7 May 1997 – 20 February 2002), appointed, Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina * João Braz de Aviz (17 July 2002 – 18 January 2004), appointed, Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal; future Cardinal * Anuar Battisti (29 September 2004 – 20 November 2019) * Severino Clasen, O.F.M. (1 July 2020 – ) Other priests of this diocese who became bishops * Edmar Perón, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 2009 * Bruno Elizeu Versari, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maringá Regional Airport
Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport , is the airport serving Maringá, Brazil. It is named after Sílvio Name Júnior (1967-2000), a local businessman and politician who died in a plane crash. It is operated by Terminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG, a semi-independent Transportation Authority of Maringá, indirectly related to the Municipality of Maringá, and under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná (SEIL). History The airport serves an area composed of the city of Maringá and neighboring communities, with a total number of 2 million inhabitants. The new terminal was built between October, 1994 and September 16, 2000. It began operating on April 25, 2001. The airport is very modern and the runway of the airport is capable to handle major regional and domestic flights. Its terminal is designed to handle more than 430,000 passengers per year. The airport has service with over 120 parking places. Airlines and destinations Access The airport is located from downtown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
