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Zam
Zam or ZAM or similar may refer to: Places *Zam, Burkina Faso, a town **Zam Department *Zam Rural District of Iran *Zam, Hunedoara, a commune in Romania *Zam (river), Hunedoara County, Romania People *ZAM-1, Australian artist and designer *Chef Zam (born 1970), Malaysian chef *Okna Tsahan Zam (born 1958), Kalmyk folk singer *Ruhollah Zam (1978–2020), Iranian activist *Sherab Zam (1983), Bhutanese archer *Zam Fredrick (born 1959), American basketball player *Zam Wesell, a character in the film ''Star Wars Episode II'' Other uses *Zam, a Zoroastrian concept *Zam (irrigation), a system of irrigation used in Pakistan *ZaM, a Serbian record label *ZAM, the IATA code for the Zamboanga International Airport in the Philippines *ZAM, the List of IOC country codes, International Olympic Committee country code for Zambia *zam, the ISO 639 code for the Miahuatlán Zapotec language of Mexico See also * Zamzam (other) * Zamrock, a rock music genre * Zams * Zim and Zam * Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The nation's population of around 19.5 million is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country. Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following the arrival of European exploration of Africa, European explorers in the eighteenth century, the British colonised the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamboanga International Airport
Zamboanga International Airport (Chavacano: ''Aeropuerto Internacional de Zamboanga''; fil, Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Zamboanga; ) is the main airport serving Zamboanga City in the Philippines. Located on a site in Barangay Canelar, Zamboanga City, the airport is Mindanao's third-busiest airport after Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City and Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental. Despite being billed as an international airport, the airport is officially classified as a Class 1 principal domestic airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. History The airport started off as Moret Field, an American airfield that was constructed from a rather poor Japanese airfield just north of Zamboanga. Construction was started by Philippine Commonwealth troops just after American forces landed at the present location on March 15, 1945. It was improved by a U.S. Army airfield construction unit using considerable Filipino labor. When compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamrock
Zamrock is a musical genre that emerged and gained popularity in Zambia during the early 1970s.It has been described as a fusion of traditional African music and psychedelic rock, garage rock, hard rock, blues and funk, taking influence from popular bands like Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, the Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, and Cream. Rock musician Rikki Ililonga and his band Musi-O-Tunya are widely regarded as the inventors of this style of music. Other notable artists include, but are not limited to, WITCH,WITCH on Dusted Magazine (15 April 2010) , , Chrissy "Zebby" Tembo, and |
Ruhollah Zam
Ruhollah Zam ( fa, روحالله زم, also Romanized as "Rouhollah Zam"; 27 July 197812 December 2020) was an Iranian activist and journalist. Best known for operating a Telegram channel named 'Amadnews', which he founded in 2015, Zam played a high-profile role in the 2017–2018 Iranian protests, to which he devoted special coverage at the time. In June 2020, an Iran court found him guilty of " corruption on earth" for running a popular anti-government forum, which officials said had incited the 2017–2018 Iranian protests. He was sentenced to death by an Iranian court and was executed on 12 December 2020. Biography Ruhollah Zam was born into a clerical family in Tehran in 1978. His father, Mohammad-Ali Zam, is a reformist who served in senior government positions in the 1980s and 1990s. Mohammad-Ali Zam chose the name "Rouhollah" for his son as he was a supporter of Rouhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic in Iran, however, Rouhollah later asked his friends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zams
Zams is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Geography The Inn River runs through Zams, which is situated in the river's basin together with its neighbour town Landeck. The geographical location is . Here, the old roads coming from Vinschgau, Engadin, Bavaria, and Lake Constance cross. At the bridge over the Inn, tolls were demanded from trade wagons as early as the Middle Ages. The municipality comprises two villages, Zams and the much smaller Zammerberg. Local places Zams: Lötz, Rease, Oberdorf, Engere, Oberreit, Unterreit, Siedlung, Riefe Zammerberg: Falterschein, Grist, Kronburg, Lahnbach, Rifenal, Schwaighof, Tatschhof, Anreit Ausserfern: Madau Neighbour municipalities Bach, Fließ, Flirsch, Gramais, Grins, Imst, Kaisers, Landeck, Schönwies, Stanz bei Landeck, Strengen, Wenns History Zams has been populated since pre-Christian times, though the first known use of the name (as "Zamis") is from 1150. While Zams has often enjoyed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zam, Hunedoara
Zam ( hu, Zám; german: Sameschdorf) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of thirteen villages: Almaș-Săliște (''Almásszelistye''), Almășel (''Almasel''), Brășeu (''Brassó''), Cerbia (''Cserbia''), Deleni, Godinești (''Godinesd''), Micănești (''Mikanesd''), Pogănești (''Poganesd''), Pojoga (''Pozsga''), Sălciva (''Szolcsva''), Tămășești (''Tamasesd''), Valea, and Zam. The commune is located in the northwestern part of the county, on the border with Arad County. It lies on the banks of the Mureș River, with the villages of Pojoga and Sălciva on the left bank and the other component villages on the right bank. The river Almaș flows into the Mureș in Cerbia, while its right tributary, Valea Mare, flows into the Almaș in Pogănești; the river Zam flows into the Mureș in the village of Zam. Zam is crossed by national road DN7 (part of European route E68), which runs from Bucharest to the border with Hungary, at Nădlac; the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okna Tsahan Zam
Vladimir Okonovich Karuev (born 2 April 1957), better known by his Kalmyk name Okna Tsahan Zam, is a Kalmyk folk singer, known for his throat singing and as a performer of the Kalmyk national epic ''Jangar''. Biography Okna Tsahan Zam does not have a traditional music education. According to an interview he gave to Tim Cope, an adventure filmmaker and author, he was educated in Moscow as a nuclear engineer and worked at a nuclear power plant. He turned to Kalmyk culture in his twenties and became a performer of the national epic ''Jangar''. He toured extensively in Mongolia, as well as in Europe. Okna Tsahan Zam performs in the Khoomei style, a type of Tuvan throat singing, common in Mongolia, Tuva and Siberia. In 2005, he collaborated with Tanya Tagaq, a Canadian Inuit throat singer, and Wimme, a Sami yoiker from Finland, to release the recording ''Shaman Voices''. According to ''The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music'', he "intersperses traditional Mongolian string ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamzam (other) , a cannon outside Lahore Museum, immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in his novel ''Kim''
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The Zamzam Well is a well in the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Zamzam or Zam Zam may also refer to: * Zamzam (given name) * Zamzam (soft drink), a soft drink produced in Iran * Zamzam (party), a Jordanian political party * , an Egyptian ship sunk by a German auxiliary cruiser in April 1941 * ''Zam Zam'' (film), a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language film * Zichron Menachem (ZAMZAM), an Israeli association for the support of children with cancer and their families * Zamzam, Libya, a settlement in Sirte See also * Zamzama The Zamzama Gun ( ur, , meaning "thunder" or "roar", sometimes written "Zam-Zammah" or "Zam-Zammeh") also known as ''Kim’s Gun'' or ''Bhangianwali Toap'' is a large-bore cannon. It was cast in about 1757 in Lahore (present-day Pakistan) du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zam (river)
The Zam ( hu, Zám-patak) is a right tributary of the river Mureș in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It discharges into the Mureș in the village Zam Zam or ZAM or similar may refer to: Places *Zam, Burkina Faso, a town **Zam Department *Zam Rural District of Iran *Zam, Hunedoara, a commune in Romania *Zam (river), Hunedoara County, Romania People *ZAM-1, Australian artist and designer *Che .... e-calauza.ro Its length is and its basin size is . References Rivers of Romania Rivers of Hunedoara County {{Hunedoara-river-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chef Zam
Dato’ Zamzani Abdul Wahab , (born 19 April 1970) popularly known as Chef Zam is a Malaysian celebrity chef. Background and education Chef Zam was born and raised in Kuala Terengganu where he practised cooking in the kitchen with his mother since the age of 7 years old. He has a Diploma in Chef Training from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) in 1993. After that, he worked as a chef in several hotels before pursuing an Associate of Science in Hotel-Restaurant Management and a Bachelor's Degree in Hotel-Restaurant/Institutional Management both from Johnson and Wales University, USA. Chef Zam worked in New York for three years upon graduation. Then he returned to Malaysia and worked at KDU College since 1998. In 2003, he won a scholarship to study for a master's degree in Hospitality Management from Thames Valley University, London. After two years there, Chef Zam returned to Malaysia and returned to teaching at KDU College. Career He served as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer before b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zam Department
Zam is a department or commune of Ganzourgou Province in central-eastern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Zam. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 39,259. Towns and villages * (1 574 inhabitants) (capital) * (483 inhabitants) * (911 inhabitants) *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zam Fredrick
Zambolist "Zam" Fredrick Sr. (born August 17, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player. He spent his professional career playing in Italy, from 1981 to 1987, after graduating college from the University of South Carolina, in 1981. Although Fredrick played in Europe, he is best known in the United States for leading NCAA Division I in scoring, as a senior, in 1980–81, with a 28.9 points per game average. College career Fredrick grew up in South Carolina. He played college basketball at South Carolina (UofSC), under head coaches Frank McGuire and Bill Foster, between 1977 and 1981. The 781 total points he scored during his senior season is second all-time in school history, to Grady Wallace's 906, who, coincidentally, also led the nation in scoring in 1956–57. Professional playing career Despite being selected by the Los Angeles Lakers, in the 1981 NBA Draft (third round, 51st overall), Fredrick never played in the NBA. he was the Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
