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Rano Raraku Quarry
Rano is a Local Government Area and headquarters of Rano Emirate council in Kano State, Nigeria. Rano is a local government area in Kano State with administrative headquarters in the town of Rano. Rano local government area is a Hausa-Fulani community in the southern senatorial district of Kano State otherwise known as Kano South Senatorial District alongside Albasu, Bebeji, Bunkure, Doguwa, Gaya, Kiru, Takai, Ajingi, Rogo, Kibiya, Tudun Wada, Garko, Wudil and Sumaila local government areas. Rano local government area also forms a federal constituency alongside Bunkure and Kibiya local government areas. It has an area of 520 km2 and a population of 145,439 at the 2006 census. The local government area is bounded to the north by Garun Mallam and Bunkure local government areas, to the east by Kibiya local government area, to the south by Tudun Wada local government area, and to the west by Bebeji local government area. The Rano local government council is in charge of public ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Hayaki
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. The issue of his succession caused a major rift between Muslims and divided them into Shia and Sunni groups. Ali was assassinated in the Grand Mosque of Kufa in 661 by the forces of Mu'awiya, who went on to found the Umayyad Caliphate. The Imam Ali Shrine and the city of Najaf were built around Ali's tomb and it is visited yearly by millions of devotees. Ali was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, raised by him from the age of 5, and accepted his claim of divine revelation by age 11, being among the first to do so. Ali played a pivotal role in the early years of Islam while Muhammad was in Mecca and under severe persecution. After Muhammad's relocation to Medina in 622, Ali married his daughter Fatima and, among others, fathered Hasan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasko
''Kasko'' is a 2009 Telugu romantic drama film directed by G. Nageswara Reddy. The film stars Vaibhav Reddy and Shweta Basu Prasad in the lead roles. Cast * Vaibhav Reddy as Vamsi / Pawan Kalyan * Shweta Basu Prasad as RJ Krishnaveni * Pradeep Rawat as Basavanna * Brahmanandam as Mahesh Babu * Salim Panda as Alauddin * Gowri Pandit as Deepika * Jayaprakash Reddy as J.P. (a goon) * Chalapathi Rao as Vamsi's father * Satyam Rajesh as Salim, Vamsi's friend * Vajja Venkata Giridhar as Vamsi's friend * Srinivasa Reddy as Vamsi's friend * M. S. Narayana * Raghu Babu *Tarjan *Azad Production A. Kodandarami Reddy, who produced Vaibhav Reddy's previous Telugu venture ''Godava'', is also producing this film. Shweta Basu Prasad was signed as the heroine while Brahmanandam was signed as a comedian. Tamil music director Premji Amaren, who was Vaibhav Reddy's childhood friend and acted with him in '' Saroja'', signed this film, which marks his debut in Telugu cinema. In January 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamna Kogi
Zamna ( sr, Замна) is a river in eastern Serbia, the right tributary to the Danube. Its valley is known for the caves, arches and a canyon. Local population also calls it Zemna. Course and geography Zamna originates on the eastern slopes of the Deli Jovan mountain, below the Crni Vrh, at an altitude of . It originally flows in an easterly direction. At the village of Plavna, it receives the river Medveđa (also known as Medvedica) from the left. At the mouth, the river formed ''prerast'', or natural arch. Obscured by the thick forest, it is called ''Rajski prerast'' ("Paradise Arch") and is away from the center of the village. Cave arches are formed when the porous, limestone ceiling of the cave collapses. Zamna's "Paradise Arch" is the tallest rocky arch in Europe. Austrian traveler Felix Philipp Kanitz visited the area in the second half of the 19th century. He described the Deli Jovan mountain as rising above the river in four terraces, and the local tree flora whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamna Kogo
Zamna ( sr, Замна) is a river in eastern Serbia, the right tributary to the Danube. Its valley is known for the caves, arches and a canyon. Local population also calls it Zemna. Course and geography Zamna originates on the eastern slopes of the Deli Jovan mountain, below the Crni Vrh, at an altitude of . It originally flows in an easterly direction. At the village of Plavna (Negotin), Plavna, it receives the river Medveđa (also known as Medvedica) from the left. At the mouth, the river formed ''prerast'', or natural arch. Obscured by the thick forest, it is called ''Rajski prerast'' ("Paradise Arch") and is away from the center of the village. Cave arches are formed when the porous, limestone ceiling of the cave collapses. Zamna's "Paradise Arch" is the tallest rocky arch in Europe. Austrian traveler Felix Philipp Kanitz visited the area in the second half of the 19th century. He described the Deli Jovan mountain as rising above the river in four terraces, and the loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States Of Nigeria
Nigeria is a federation of 36 states and 1 federal capital territory. Each of the 36 states is a semi-autonomous political unit that shares powers with the federal government as enumerated under the Constitution of Nigeria, Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is the capital territory of Nigeria, and it is in this territory that the capital city of Abuja is located. The FCT is not a state but is administered by elected officials who are supervised by the federal government. Each state is subdivided into Local government areas of Nigeria, local government areas (LGAs). There are 774 local governments in Nigeria. Under the constitution, the 36 states are co-equal but not supreme because sovereignty resides with the federal government. The constitution can be amended by the National Assembly (Nigeria), National Assembly, but each amendment must be ratified by two-thirds of the 36 states of the feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultanate Of Kano
The Sultanate of Kano was a Hausa kingdom in the north of what is now Nigeria that dates back to 1349, when the contemporary king of Kano, Ali Yaji (1349–1385), dissolved the cult of Tsumbubra and proclaimed Kano a sultanate. Before 1000 AD, Kano had been ruled as an Animist Hausa Kingdom. The sultanate lasted until the Fulani jihad in 1805 and the assassination of the last sultan of Kano in 1807. The sultanate was then replaced by the Kano Emirate, subject to the Sokoto Caliphate. The capital is now the modern city of Kano in Kano State. Location Kano lies to the north of the Jos Plateau, located in the Sudanian Savanna region that stretches across the south of the Sahel. The city lies near where the Kano and Challawa rivers flowing from the southwest converge to form the Hadejia River, which eventually flows into Lake Chad to the east. The climate is hot all year round. Rainfall is variable, ranging from 350mm to 1,300mm annually with the mean around 950mm, almost all falli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
