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Wase may refer to: * Wase language (or Wãpha), a Jukunoid language of Nigeria *Wase, Nigeria, a town and Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria ** Wase River ** Wase Rock, a massive rocky inselberg * Wase Wind, a Flemish energy cooperative *Christopher Wase Christopher Wase (1627–29 August 1690) was an English scholar, author, translator, and educator, who was the Architypographus of Oxford University Press for several years. Life The son of John Wase of London, he was born in Hackney. He was e ... (1625?–1690), English scholar, author, translator, and educator * WASE, an integrated learning course conducted by Wipro Ltd. *WASE (Women against social evil), anti-drug organization led by mothers only based in Pasighat township of Arunachal Pradesh, India {{disambiguation ...
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Wase Language
Wase may refer to: * Wase language (or Wãpha), a Jukunoid language of Nigeria * Wase, Nigeria, a town and Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria **Wase River **Wase Rock, a massive rocky inselberg * Wase Wind, a Flemish energy cooperative *Christopher Wase (1625?–1690), English scholar, author, translator, and educator *WASE Wase may refer to: * Wase language (or Wãpha), a Jukunoid language of Nigeria *Wase, Nigeria, a town and Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria ** Wase River ** Wase Rock, a massive rocky inselberg * Wase Wind, a Flemish energy cooperative ...
, an integrated learning course conducted by Wipro Ltd. *WASE (Women against social evil), anti-drug organization led by mothers only based in Pasighat township of Arunachal Pradesh, India {{disambiguation ...
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Wase, Nigeria
Wase (pronounced: Wasay) is a town and Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State, Nigeria, situated some 216 km south east of Jos, the Plateau State capital. It shares its name with the nearby Wase River. The population of the LGA was 159,861 people as of 2006, with an urban area of 1750 km². History The region of Wase was first inhabited by the Jukuns, centered around the traditional walled town of the same name. At first, Bashar was at it present location. She contained a chiefdom ruled by the Jukun in Mavo and lastly by Tarok in Kadarko this comes after the second crises between Tarok and Fulani. The Local Government Area was predominantly inhabited by Hausa Fulani, Burmawa and Jukun tribes. The minor tribes are the Tarok, and Basherawa. Later on Wase became part of the British Royal Niger Company protectorate (later Northern Nigeria) following the arrival of British troops in 1898. Wase was a part of Plateau Province when it was established in 1926, and th ...
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Wase River
The Wase River is a river in Wase LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria. It is linked with River Benue in Dampar of Ibi Local Government, Maize, yams , Mango and other farm vegetable Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, ...s are grown on its banks. References *Vischer, HansJourneys in Northern Nigeria*Murphy, JohnDistrust of U.S. foils effort to stop crippling disease Plateau State {{PlateauNG-geo-stub ...
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Wase Rock
Wase Rock (Hausa: Gwauron Dutse) is a massive dome shaped rocky inselberg found near Wase town in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State in central Nigeria. Standing alone in the Wase plain, it achieves a remarkable height of about above the surface of the neighbouring surroundings and above sea level. History Wase Rock is a trachyte neck rising from the floor of the Benue Rift, 160 km SE of Jos. It is all that remains of a once giant volcano. The rock, with its vertical sides, has its summit split into two by a narrow chasm and the base is surrounded by talus slopes (scree)Blackwelder, C. (1942). '' The Geologic of Africa '', p. 232. Appearance It has been described as a volcanic plug by geographers. It is visible for a radius of due to its height. It is one of the only five breeding places for the Rossy white pelican birds in Africa. The government now protects about of land around the rock as a bird sanctuary and for wildlife Wildlife refers to d ...
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Wase Wind
Wase Wind is a Flemish energy cooperative, active in the production of renewable energy and the supply of electricity from wind turbines. Its headquarters is in the community of Sint-Gillis-Waas, Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th .... Business As a cooperative company, it unites the contributions of its shareholders and invests in projects for the realization of renewable energy production, via wind turbines in the region of Waasland. History The company was created in 2001, on the initiative of Kris Aper, Chris Derde, Geert De Roover, and Raf Vermeulen. The cooperative has invested in 4 wind parks in the Waasland, which together produce clean energy for around 2900 members (shareholders / cooperants). References {{Reflist Electric power companies of B ...
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Christopher Wase
Christopher Wase (1627–29 August 1690) was an English scholar, author, translator, and educator, who was the Architypographus of Oxford University Press for several years. Life The son of John Wase of London, he was born in Hackney. He was educated at Eton College, and in 1645 was admitted scholar of King's College, Cambridge. Wase became Fellow of King's, and graduated B.A. in 1648. In 1649 he published a translation of Sophocles's ‘Electra,’ dedicated to Princess Elizabeth, with an appendix designed to show his devotion to the Stuart house. John Walker says that Wase also delivered a feigned letter from the king to Benjamin Whichcote, the Provost of King's. He was deprived of his fellowship and left England. Captured at sea, Wase was imprisoned at Gravesend, but escaped, and served in the Spanish army against the French. He was taken prisoner, but was released, and returned to England and became tutor to William, the eldest son of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembrok ...
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