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Tongo (other)
Tongo may refer to: Places * Tongo, Ghana, town in Bolgatanga region of northeast Ghana *Tongo, Sierra Leone, or Tongoma, town in Kenema District of eastern Sierra Leone ** Tongo Field, home ground of its football club the Gem Stars * Tongo, Ethiopia, town in Benishangul-Gumuz Zone of Ethiopia *Tongo Island, an island of Albania in the Ionian Sea In fiction * Tongo (Star Trek), fictional card game *Tongo, TV apeman, visitor to ''Gilligan's Island'' Other uses * Tongo (entertainer) (1957–2023), a Peruvian Cumbia singer * Tongo, common name for the red mangrove ''Rhizophora mangle'' in Tonga * Pak-Tong language, also known as Tongo, an Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea See also * Sranan Tongo, also known as Suriname Creole * Togo (other) * Tonga (other) *Tonho (name) * Tonio (name) *Tonko Tonko is a South Slavic masculine given name. In Croatian, it is a hypocorism of the name Antun and other cognates of Antonius. It is found in Slovene as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongo, Ghana
Tongo is a small town near the Upper East region capital of Bolgatanga, and Tongo is the capital of Talensi District, a district in the Upper East Region of Northern part of Ghana. Tongo is known for the, Tengzug shrine, and for its sowing and harvest festivals.Talensi-Nabdam District Another visitor's sight in the town is the Tongo Whistling Rocks. Located 10 kilometers (6 mi.) from Bolgatanga, these granite rocks jut dramatically from the terrain. The rocks also make a strange whistling sound during November and December, when the harmattan
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Tongo, Sierra Leone
Tongo, also known as Tongoma, is a diamond mining town and the second largest city in Kenema District, (after the city of Kenema) located in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Tongo is about twenty seven miles to Kenema. The population of the 60-sq.-mile city is 44,376. The town is the seat of the Tongo Diamond Field, one of the largest diamond-producing areas in Sierra Leone. Demography The city of Tongoma is ethnically and religiously diverse. The city is home to a significant number of most of the country's ethnic groups and attract people from all parts of Sierra Leone, due to the rich diamond mining in the area. Sport As in all parts of Sierra Leone, football (soccer) is by far the most popular sport in Tongo. Children are seen playing street football all over the city. The city even have a professional football club in the Sierra Leone National Premier League called the Gem Stars of Tongo. Tongo Diamond mining Field The Government of Sierra Leone headed by the Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongo Field
Tongo Field is a football field located in Kenema, Kenema District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. The field is the home ground of Sierra Leone National Premier League Sierra Leone National Premier League is a professional football league in Sierra Leone. It was founded in 1967. The league is sponsored by the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, one of the major Sierra Leonean banks. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpoo ... Club the Gem Stars. {{coord missing, Sierra Leone Football venues in Sierra Leone Kenema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benishangul-Gumuz
Benishangul-Gumuz ( am, ቤንሻንጉል ጉሙዝ, Benšangul Gumuz) is a regional state in northwestern Ethiopia to the border of Sudan. It was previously known as Region 6. The region's capital is Assosa. Following the adoption of the 1995 constitution, the region was created from the westernmost portion of the Gojjam province (the part north of the Abay River), and the northwestern portion of the Welega Province (the part south of the Abay). The name of the region comes from two peoples – Berta (also called Benishangul) and Gumuz. The region has faced major challenges to economic development, due to lack of transportation and communications infrastructure. The Abay River (Blue Nile) divides Benishangul-Gumuz, and there was no bridge crossing it until 2012. The major road that connects the Metekel Zone and the Assosa Zone was built by the China Construction Company in 2012. The road has a 365-meter bridge that crosses the Abay. Nowadays it is simple to travel between t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongo Island
Tongo Island ( sq, Ishulli i Tongos) is an island in the Ionian Sea in southern Albania. It is a rocky island, and its waters are rich in aquatic life. The island is situated about off the Greek coast. It has an area of . See also *Tourism in Albania *Albanian Riviera *Geography of Albania Albania is a small country in Southern, Southeastern Europe and Western Balkans strategically positioned on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea inside the Mediterranean Sea, with a coastline of about . It is bounded by Montenegro to the northwest, Koso ... References Uninhabited islands of Albania Ionian Islands Islands of Albania Geography of Vlorë County {{Ionian-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongo (Star Trek)
The fictional ''Star Trek'' universe includes a variety of sports, games and other pastimes. Some of these fictional recreational activities are closely associated with one List of Star Trek races, race, although they may have gained adherents from other backgrounds. Others thrive on the interaction of different species. Some of the games below were central to the plot of a single episode. Others were recurring plot elements, spanning multiple television series of the ''Star Trek'' franchise. Holodeck games The holodeck is a facility that simulates reality; it can replicate a wide variety of environments. It is found on starships and starbases in all the series that are set in the 24th century, i.e. ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and ''Star Trek: Voyager''. The holodeck is sometimes used for research or training, but is frequently shown in use for various forms of entertainment. Some programs depicted in the various ''Star Trek'' shows include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Gilligan's Island Episodes
'' Gilligan's Island'' is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz and originally produced by United Artists Television. The series aired for three seasons on the CBS network from September 26, 1964, to April 17, 1967. Series overview Episodes Pilot (1992) Season 1 (1964–65) The first season aired Saturdays at 8:30-9:00 p.m. (EST). This is the only season to be filmed in black and white. Season 2 (1965–66) The second season aired Thursdays at 8:00-8:30 p.m. (EST). Season 3 (1966–67) The third season aired Mondays at 7:30-8:00 p.m. (EST). Television films (1978–2001) There were three sequel films. The first (1978) had them rescued and proved so successful that it spawned a second (1979) and third (1981). By the third film, ratings were down, and no more were made. In 2001, Dawn Wells co-produced a television film bio-pic, where she, Bob Denver, and Russell Johnson appear as themselves as hosts and remember what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongo (entertainer)
José Abelardo Gutiérrez Alanya (born 24 September 1957), known by his stage name Tongo, is a Peruvian singer and entertainer. He began his music career in 1980 as a singer of Peruvian cumbia, a type of popular music. Tongo was largely unknown outside of his musical niche (traditionally of the lower class) until his song "La pituca", whose theme focuses on social status and inequality, attained national notability at the start of the twenty-first century. In 2010, Peruvian newspaper '' El Comercio'' listed Tongo as one of the most popular artists in Peruvian show business. Background An important part of Tongo's success has been his amiable relationship with the Peruvian mainstream media and willingness to use his popularity towards commercial advertisements and political campaigns. His tumultuous friendship with Emmy Award-winning writer and journalist Jaime Bayly proved particularly crucial for Tongo's rise to fame, as he became a regular guest in Bayly's television program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhizophora Mangle
''Rhizophora mangle'', the red mangrove, is distributed in Estuary, estuarine ecosystems throughout the tropics. Its Vivipary, viviparous "seeds", in actuality called propagules, become fully mature plants before dropping off the parent tree. These are dispersed by water until eventually embedding in the shallows. ''Rhizophora mangle'' grows on Aerial root#Aerial roots as supports, aerial prop roots, which arch above the water level, giving stands of this tree the characteristic "mangrove" appearance. It is a valuable plant in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas coastal ecosystems. In its native habitat it is threatened by invasive species such as the Brazilian pepper tree ''(Schinus terebinthifolius)''. The red mangrove itself is considered an invasive species in some locations, such as Hawaii, where it forms dense, monoculture, monospecific thickets. ''R. mangle'' thickets, however, provide nesting and hunting habitat for a diverse array of organisms, including fish, birds, and cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pak-Tong Language
Pak-Tong (or Tong-Pak) is an Oceanic language of the Pak and Tong islands of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. References External links Audio recordingsanwritten materialsfor Pak are archived with Kaipuleohone Kaipuleohone is a digital ethnographic archive that houses audio and visual files, photographs, as well as hundreds of textual material such as notes, dictionaries, and transcriptions relating to small and endangered languages. The archive is stored ... Manus languages Languages of Manus Province {{admiralty-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sranan Tongo
Sranan Tongo (also Sranantongo "Surinamese tongue," Sranan, Surinaams, Surinamese, Surinamese Creole) is an English-based creole language that is spoken as a ''lingua franca'' by approximately 550,000 people in Suriname. Developed originally among slaves from West Africa and English colonists, its use as a ''lingua franca'' expanded after the Dutch took over the colony in 1667, and 85% of the vocabulary comes from English and Dutch. It also became the common language among the indigenous peoples and the indentured laborers imported by the Dutch; these groups included speakers of Javanese language, Javanese, Caribbean Hindustani#Sarnami Hindustani, Sarnami Hindustani, Saramaccan language, Saramaccan, and varieties of Chinese. Origins The Sranan Tongo words for "to know" and "small children" are and (respectively derived from Portuguese and ). The Portuguese were the first European explorers of the West African coast. A trading pidgin language developed between them and Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
