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Oura Beach
Oura or Ōura may refer to: Places * Olba (ancient city) in present Anatolia (Asian Turkey) *Ōra, Gunma in Japan * Ōra District, Gunma in Japan * Ōura, Kagoshima also in Japan *Nagasaki foreign settlement also called Oura foreign settlement in Japan *Oura, New South Wales, a small town near Wagga Wagga, Australia *Oura Archipelago, Finland Other uses *Ōura (surname) Ōura, Oura or Ooura (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese water polo player *, Japanese politician and bureaucrat *, Japanese businesswoman *, Japanese volleyball player and coach *, Japanese condu ..., a Japanese surname * Oura Health, a Finnish health technology company {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olba (ancient City)
Olba or Olbe ( grc, Ὄλβη; tr, Oura) was an ancient city and bishopric in the Roman province of Isauria, in present-day southern Turkey. It is included in the Catholic Church's list of Latin titular sees. History Olba was a city of Cetis in Cilicia Aspera, later forming part of Isauria. It was situated at the foot of the Taurus Mountains, on a tributary of the Calycadnus. According to Greek mythology, Olbe had been built by Ajax, half-brother of Teucer; it contained a temple of Zeus, whose priest once ruled over all Cilicia Aspera. Strabo described it: :"Above this yindaand Soloi n Kilikiais a mountainous country, in which is a city Olbe, with a temple of Zeus, founded by Aias the son of Teukros. The priest of this temple became dynast of Kilikia Trakheia; and then the country was beset by numerous tyrants, and the gangs of pirates were organized. And after the overthrow of these they called this country the domain of Teukros, and called the same also the pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōra, Gunma
is a town located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 26,267 in 10,382 households, and a population density of 840 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Ōra is located in the extreme southern corner Gunma prefecture, bordered by Tochigi Prefecture to the north. Surrounding municipalities Gunma Prefecture * Ōta * Tatebayashi * Ōizumi * Chiyoda * Meiwa Tochigi Prefecture * Ashikaga Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Ōra has remained relatively steady over the past 40 years. History The villages of Nakano, Takashima and Nagae were created within Ōra District, Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration. On March 1, 1955, Nakano and Takashima merged to form the village of Nakajima. Nakae merged with neighboring Tominaga and Eiraku to form the village of Chiyoda. However, on September 30, 1956 the former Nakae village was tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōra District, Gunma
is a Districts of Japan, rural district located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of January 2015, the district had an estimated population of 103,895 and an area of 132.37 km2, with a population density of 785 people per square kilometer. Towns and villages * Chiyoda, Gunma, Chiyoda * Itakura, Gunma, Itakura * Meiwa, Gunma, Meiwa * Ōizumi, Gunma, Ōizumi * Ōra, Gunma, Ōra The entire city of Tatebayashi, Gunma, Tatebayashi was formerly part of the district. History The area of Ōra District was formerly part of Kōzuke Province. Per a census conducted at the end of the Edo period, the area was divided into 39 villages administered as ''tenryō'' directly by the Tokugawa shogunate and one town (Tatebayashi) and 40 villages under the control of Tatebayashi Domain and one village under Maebashi Domain. Eight villages were under the joint control of the Shogunate and Maebashi Domain, and three villages were under the joint control of the Shogunate and Tatebayashi Domain. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōura, Kagoshima
is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is on the western (East China Sea) side of the Satsuma Peninsula. As of May 31, 2011, population data, the city has an estimated population of 39,012 with 18,711 households and a population density of 137.71 persons per km². The total area is 283.30 km². The modern city of Minamisatsuma was established on November 7, 2005, from the merger of the old city of Kaseda, with the town of Kinpō (from Hioki District), and the towns of Bonotsu, Kasasa and Ōura (all from Kawanabe District). Previous mergers (as listed in the Kawanabe District, Kagoshima Wikipedia article included: * July 15, 1954 - The towns of Kaseda and Bansei were merged to create the city of Kaseda. (3 towns, 3 villages) * January 1, 1925 The village of Higashikaseda was elevated to town status and renamed to become the town of Bansei. (4 towns, 4 villages) * January 1, 1924 - The village of Kaseda was elevated to town status to become the town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagasaki Foreign Settlement
The Nagasaki foreign settlement (長崎居留地), sometimes called the Oura foreign settlement (大浦居留地), was an area in Nagasaki, Japan, settled by foreigners as Japan opened its doors to Western trade. The area was established by treaties between the West and Japan in the mid-to-late 1850s, and remained an important center of Western life in Japan until the outbreak of World War II. This settlement saw many firsts for Japan, including the first international telegraph and also the first use of a steam locomotive, the "Iron Duke," on a short track in the Oura district. Nagasaki holds a festival in mid-September that focuses on the foreign settlement. Development A series of encounters between the West and Japan in the 1850s ended Japan's isolationist trade policies. In particular, the treaty with Russia, signed on February 7, 1855 established Nagasaki as an open port and, further, granted extraterritoriality privileges to foreigners living in Japan. These encounters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oura, New South Wales
Oura is a town community in the central east part of the Riverina and situated about 15 kilometres north east from Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga (; informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of more than 56,000 as of June 2018, Wagga Wagga is the state's la ... and 20 kilometres south west from Wantabadgery. At the 2021 census, Oura had a population of 246 people. 200px, left, Oura - with Bush Fire Brigade shed Former residents * Leslie Redgrave (1882–1956) Writer, headmaster and grazier Notes and references {{authority control Towns in the Riverina Towns in New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oura Archipelago
The Oura Archipelago is a group of islands near the city of Pori in Finland. It is a part of the municipality of Merikarvia. The archipelago consists of approximately 300 islands. It is part of the Bothnian Sea National Park, that was established in 2011. The main island ''Ouranluoto'' has several tourist services. It can be reached by the harbour of ''Krookka''. The Oura Archipelago is famous for the ''Oura-opera'' which was written by Finnish author Arvo Salo Arvo Jaakko Henrikki Salo (2 May 1932 – 9 July 2011) was a Finnish writer, journalist and politician. He served as an MP from 1966 to 1970 and from 1979 to 1983 (Social Democratic Party) and was Minister of Education and Culture from 1982 to 19 .... It was performed from 2002 to 2005 in Krookka harbour on Merikarvia municipality. A new opera is still performed yearly at Krookka. Sources Municipality of MerikarviaOura-opera (in Finnish) Archipelagoes of the Baltic Sea Landforms of Satakunta Archipelagoes of Finl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōura (surname)
Ōura, Oura or Ooura (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese water polo player *, Japanese politician and bureaucrat *, Japanese businesswoman *, Japanese volleyball player and coach *, Japanese conductor {{DEFAULTSORT:Oura Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
