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Wasa (other)
Wasa may refer to any of the following: *Wasa, British Columbia, a settlement in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia * Wasa Lake, a place in British Columbia, Canada *Wasabröd, a brandname used by the Swedish company AB Wasabröd * IK Wasa, a Swedish sports club * Wasa Research Station, a Swedish research facility in Antarctica, established in 1988/1989 * ''Vasa'' (ship), 17th-century Swedish warship, formerly spelled ''Wasa'' *SS ''Wasa'' (1907) a Swedish cargo ship launched in 1907, sold to Norway in 1925 and renamed SS ''Henry'' *Vaasa or Vasa, a town in Finland with a large Swedish-speaking minority, formerly spelled ''Wasa'' *Wasa Line, a former Finnish shipping company *Legion Wasa, a Swedish political party *Wasa 30, a Swedish sailboat *Wasa Amenfi West District, a district in the Western Region of Ghana * Wasa people, a people of Ghana *Wasa language, a variety of the Akan languages of Ghana and eastern Ivory Coast * Wasa (Tanzanian ward), a Tanzanian ward in Irin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasa, British Columbia
Wasa is an unincorporated community in the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. This place, on the east shore of the Kootenay River north of the mouth of Lewis Creek, surrounds Wasa Lake. The locality, on the merged section of highways 93 and 95, is by road about north of Cranbrook and southeast of Golden. Name origin Nils Hanson, who reached the district in 1885, purchased land from the Kootenay Valley Lands Co (see Canal Flats) and made pre-emptions, amassing . To honour his homeland, he chose the name Wasa after either a: * Swedish king of the House of Vasa * Swedish battleship Vasa * Scandinavian place such as Vaasa or Väsa. The body of water was called Hanson's Lake, which became Hanson (or sometimes Hansen) Lake. Hanson Lake, officially adopted in 1954, changed to Wasa Lake in 1964. Hanson Creek is the outlet to the river. Earlier community Hanson undertook ranching and lumber activities. In 1887, he established the first sawmill and by 1901, he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasa Language
Wasa, also known as Wassa and Wasaw, is the common language of the Wasa people and a dialect of the Akan dialect continuum. It is spoken by 273,000 in southwestern Ghana, mainly in the Wasa Amenfi West and Wasa Amenfi East districts. There are also some Wasa speakers in Ivory Coast. Wasa is mutually intelligible with Fante, Akuapem, Asante, and Abron, the three which are collectively known as Twi Twi () is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana by several million people, mainly of the Akan people, the largest of the seventeen major ethnic groups in Ghana. Twi has about 17-18 million speakers in total, includ .... Its dialects include Amenfi and Fianse. References {{kwa-lang-stub Languages of Ghana Kwa languages Niger–Congo languages Akan language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Broughton Band
The Edgar Broughton Band, founded in Warwick in 1968, were an English rock band. Career The band started their career as a blues group under the name of The Edgar Broughton Blues Band, playing to a small following in the region around their hometown of Warwick. However, when the band began to lean towards the emerging psychedelic movement, dropping the 'Blues' from their name as well as their music, Victor Unitt left. In 1968, the Edgar Broughton Band moved to Notting Hill Gate, London, seeking a recording contract and a wider audience, and were picked up by Blackhill Enterprises. Blackhill landed them their first record deal, on EMI's progressive rock label Harvest Records, in December 1968. Their first single was "Evil"/"Death of an Electric Citizen", released in June 1969, which was also the first single released by Harvest. The first single was followed by the Edgar Broughton Band's first album, '' Wasa Wasa''. ''Wasa Wasa'' retained a heavily blues influenced so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WASA-LD
WASA-LD, virtual channel 24 (VHF digital channel 13), is a low-power Estrella TV- owned-and-operated television station licensed to Port Jervis, New York, United States and serving the New York City media market. The station is owned by Estrella Media, and its transmitter is located at 4 Times Square in Manhattan. WASA briefly used virtual channel 64 to match its former analog channel number, then later changed its virtual channel to 24. It does not use its actual digital TV channel assignment on the air, because WNYE-TV calls itself Channel 25, its long-time analog channel number. WNYE-TV's digital channel is actually 24. In April 2009, Venture Technologies, owner of WASA-LD, said it would sell the station to Burbank, California-based Liberman Broadcasting (which was renamed Estrella Media in February 2020, following a corporate reorganization of the company under private equity firm HPS Investment Partners, LLC) for $6 million, making New York the sixth market served by Liber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia Softball Association
History Softball in Western Australia first gathered interest in 1947 after an exhibition match with ex-US servicemen led to a competition being created, which expanded in 1948. WASA was formally established the following year in 1949 as WAWSA (Western Australian Women's Softball Association). At 17, Val Johnston was the first president of the Association. The six foundation clubs were the WA Women's Flying Club, American Club, Liberal League, Victoria Park, Wembley and the National Catholic Girls Movement. The Caris Brothers A Grade Perpetual Trophy was competed for in the first 2 initial seasons, however in 1949, the competition was expanded to A and B grade. By 1950, C grade was included and the following season saw A Reserve and D grade introduced as well. Western Australia sent their first team to compete in the Gilley's Shield in 1951. The first games were played at Wellington Square East Perth, moving to Langley park in the early 1950s. By the mid 70's, the competition h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Action Shooting Association
Cowboy action shooting (CAS, also known as western action shooting, single action shooting, Cowboy 3 Gun, Western 3-gun) is a competitive shooting sport that originated in Southern California in the early 1980s, at the Coto de Caza Shooting Range in Orange County, California. Cowboy action shooting is now practiced in many places with several sanctioning organizations including the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS), Western Action Shootists Association (WASA), and National Congress of Old West Shooters (NCOWS), Single Action Shooting Australia (SASA), Western 3-Gun as well as others in the U.S. and other countries. CAS is a type of multigun match utilizing a combination of handgun(s), rifle(s), and/or shotgun(s) in a variety of "Old West-themed" courses of fire for time and accuracy. Participants must dress in appropriate theme or era "costume" as well as use gear and accessories as mandated by the respective sanctioning group rules. Firearms CAS requires competitors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water And Sewerage Authority
The Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (WASA) is the sole water and sewerage provider in Trinidad and Tobago. It was formed in 1965 by an Act of Parliament to manage the Hollis, Caroni–Arena and Navet dams in Trinidad. In Tobago, WASA maintains the Hillsborough Reservoir along with other freshwater wells to provide municipal drinking water for the country. The purview of the authority extends to the country's sewage treatment plants. History The Water and Sewerage Authority was formed by Act 16 of 1965 and enacted on September 1, 1965. This Act brought together several agencies that were formerly charged with the responsibility of providing water and sewerage facilities to the nation: * The Central Water Distribution Authority * The Port of Spain City Council * The San Fernando Borough Council * The Arima Borough Council * The County Councils * The Water Division of the Ministry of Public Utilities * The Sanitation Division of the Ministry of Public Utilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Of Columbia Water And Sewer Authority
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) provides drinking water, sewage collection and sewage treatment for the District of Columbia, in the United States. The utility also provides wholesale wastewater treatment services to several adjoining municipalities in Maryland and Virginia, and maintains more than 9,000 public fire hydrants in the District of Columbia. DC Water was created in 1996 when the District Government and the U.S. federal government established it as an independent authority of the District government. Service area DC Water provides more than 600,000 residents, 16.6 million annual visitors, and 700,000 people employed in the District of Columbia with water, sewage collection, and treatment. The agency also provides wholesale wastewater treatment for 1.6 million people in Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. History Drinking water In 1852, Congress commissioned the const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Supply And Sewerage Authority
Water Supply and Sewerage Authority or WASA is the main body administering Water supply, Drainage and Sanitation system in Bangladesh. It was established in the year 1963 as an independent organization, under the East Pakistan ordinance XIX. At present WASA operates according to the WASA act 1996. WASAs in Bangladesh * Chattogram WASA * Dhaka WASA * Khulna WASA * Rajshahi WASA * Sylhet WASA Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ... References Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh Government agencies of Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka Water management authorities in Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasa, Cameroon
Wasa is a town and commune in Cameroon. See also *Communes of Cameroon The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions). As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban commu ... References Site de la primature - Élections municipales 2002 Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camerounaises Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV * Charles Nanga, La réforme de l’administration territoriale au Cameroun à la lumière de la loi constitutionnelle n° 96/06 du 18 janvier 1996', Mémoire ENA. Populated places in Far North Region (Cameroon) Communes of Cameroon {{Cameroon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasa (Tanzanian Ward)
Wasa is an administrative ward in the Iringa Rural district of the Iringa Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands .... In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 11,086 people in the ward, from 10,595 in 2012. Villages / vitongoji The ward has 7 villages and 28 vitongoji. * Wasa ** Itawi ** Kastamu ** Nyakigongo ** Nyamagola ** Uhepwa ** Utiga * Ikungwe ** Ikungwe ** Makanyagio ** Mkuta ** Mkuzi ** Tambalang’ombe * Ufyambe Lwamanga ** Ikonongo ** Lunguya * Usengelindete ** Igula ** Itimbo ** Kigasa ** Umwaga * Ihomasa ** Ihomasa ** Lupande ** Mkondowa ** Muungano ** Vikula * Ulata ** Mwefu ** Ngonamwasi ** Ulata * Mahanzi ** Kibulilo ** Kitamba ** Mahanzi References Wards of Iringa Region {{Iringa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasa People
The Wasa are Akan people who live predominantly in Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog .... Territory Wasa territory covers , almost the same as Central Region (); Western Region as a whole now covers . The prominent towns in Wasa are: Samreaboi, Asankrangwa, Manso-Amenfi, Wasa Akropong, Bawdie, Bogoso, Prestea, Tarkwa, Daboase, Nsuta and Mpohor. Wasa is the largest tribe in Western Region in terms of land and population. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wassa Akan Ethnic groups in Ivory Coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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