Junta may refer to:
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Junta (governing body)
Junta ( or ) is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian () term for a civil deliberative or administrative council. In English, the term, even when used alone, generally refers to a "military junta", the government of an authoritarian state run by high ...
(from Spanish), the name of various historical and current governments and governing institutions, including civil ones
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Military junta
A military junta () is a government led by a committee of military leaders. The term ''junta'' means "meeting" or "committee" and originated in the national and local junta organized by the Spanish resistance to Napoleon's invasion of Spain in ...
, one form of junta, government led by a committee of military officers
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Junta (Habsburg)
Under Habsburg rule, a junta (or jointe) was an administrative body ruled in personal union with the Spanish Habsburgs. Juntas existed in Spain, Italy, and other European countries; in the Low Countries, the French name ''jointe'' was also offi ...
, an administrative body that ruled in personal union with the Spanish Habsburgs
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Junta (Peninsular War) In the Napoleonic era, junta () was the name chosen by several local administrations formed in Spain during the Peninsular War as a patriotic alternative to the official administration toppled by the French invaders. The juntas were usually formed b ...
, resistance governments in Spain during the Peninsular War
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Junta (Spanish American Independence)
Junta () during Spanish American independence was the type of self government as patriotic alternative to the central government of Spain during the first phase of Spanish American wars of independence. The formation of juntas was usually an urban ...
, resistance governments during the Spanish American wars of independence
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Cuban National Party
The Cuban National Party ( es, Partido Nacional Cubano) was a political party in Cuba. At the very beginning of the 20th century, it was one of the three main political parties on the island. The party favoured independence for Cuba.Bianchi Ross
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Whig Junto
The Whig Junto is the name given to a group of leading Whigs who were seen to direct the management of the Whig Party and often the government, during the reigns of William III and Anne. The Whig Junto proper consisted of John Somers, later B ...
, early 18th century political faction
Arts and entertainment
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''Junta'' (album), a 1989 album by Phish
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''Junta'' (game), a board game from West End Games
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Junta (comics)
''The Crew'' is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring teams of primarily dark-skinned superheroes banding together in New York City to fight injustice.
The first series was published in 2003 and ran for seven issues. The se ...
, a fictional Marvel Comics character
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The Junta of the Philippines
''The Junta of the Philippines'', or ''Sessions of the Junta of the Royal Company of the Philippines'' (Spanish: ''Junta de la Compañía de Filipinas'') is an oil-on-canvas painting, c. 1815, by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya.
The work is t ...
'', an 1815 painting by Francisco Goya
People
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Junta Terashima
is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and singer. He debuted as a voice actor in 2009. Notable roles played by him include Hyōga Yukimura from ''Inazuma Eleven Go'', Shin Ichijo from the '' King of Prism'' series, Takeru Taiga from ''The Idolma ...
, Japanese voice actor
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Thomas Junta
Thomas Junta was an American Soccer mom#Hockey mom, hockey dad from Reading, Massachusetts who was convicted of Manslaughter#Involuntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter in 2002 after his attack on Michael Costin led to Costin's death. Costin ...
, American hockey dad attacked and killed the referee in his son's pickup hockey game
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La Junta Indians La Junta Indians is a collective name for the various Indians living in the area known as ''La Junta de los Rios'' ("the confluence of the rivers": the Rio Grande and the Conchos River) on the borders of present-day West Texas and Mexico. In 1535 ...
, Indians living in ''La Junta de los Rios'' on the West Texas and Mexico border
Places
United States
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La Junta, Colorado
La Junta is a home rule municipality in , the county seat of, and the most populous municipality of Otero County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,322 at the 2020 United States Census. La Junta is located on the Arkansas Ri ...
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La Junta Gardens, Colorado
La Junta Gardens is a Census-designated place (CDP) in and governed by Otero County, Colorado, United States. The population of the La Junta Gardens CDP was 123 at the United States Census 2020. The La Junta post office serves the area.
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North La Junta, Colorado
North La Junta is a census-designated place (CDP) in and governed by Otero County, Colorado, United States. The population of the North La Junta CDP was 482 at the United States Census 2020. The La Junta post office serves the area.
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La Junta Municipal Airport
La Junta Municipal Airport is three miles north of La Junta, Colorado, La Junta, in Otero County, Colorado, United States. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 FAA airport categories, categorized it as a ''general aviat ...
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Junta, West Virginia
Junta is a former settlement in Summers County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify W ...
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Pueblo de las Juntas, California Pueblo de las Juntas (also La Juntas and Fresno) is a former settlement in Fresno County, California situated at the confluence of the San Joaquin River and Fresno Slough, north of Mendota.
Pueblo de las Juntas was one of the first places settled ...
Other places
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Junta de Traslaloma
Junta de Traslaloma is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE
INE, Ine or ine may refer to:
Institutions
* Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research cen ...
, Spain
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Junta de Villalba de Losa
Junta de Villalba de Losa is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 115 inhabitants.
The Junta de Villalba de Losa is made up of four t ...
, Spain
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Parque la Junta
Parque la Junta (La Junta Park) is a baseball field built in 1947 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.Primera Junta (Buenos Aires Underground)
Primera Junta is a station on Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground.Junta (trade unionism)
New Model Trade Unions (NMTU) were a variety of Trade Unions prominent in the 1850s and 1860s in the UK. The term was coined by Sidney and Beatrice Webb in their '' History of Trade Unionism'' (1894), although later historians have questioned h ...
, a group of New Model Unionists
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Giunti (printers), Florentine family of printers, also spelled Junta
See also
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Junto (disambiguation)
Junto may refer to:
* Whig Junto (c. 1700), English political leaders' group, that began to dominate the ministry from 1693 and held onto power intermittently until 1717 when members of the group fell out
* Junto (club)
The Junto, also known as ...
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