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Amador may refer to: People *Amador (name) Places *Amador County, California *Amador City, California *Amador, Panama *Lake Amador, a reservoir *Amador Valley, Alameda County, California *Dougherty, Alameda County, California, formerly called Amador's *Dublin, California, formerly called Amador *Amador Township, Minnesota *Fort Amador, a former U.S. Army post in Panama Other * ''Amador'' (film), a 2010 Spanish film * Amador, a fictional city in the ''Wheel of Time'' fantasy novel series * Amador (football club) Desportivo Amador da Empresa Agostinho is a football club that plays in the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and PrÃncipe. It is based in the village of Agostinho Neto west of the national capital São Tomé. The team plays in the São Tomà ..., São Tomé and PrÃncipe * USS ''Amador'' (AK-158), U.S. Navy cargo ship See also * Amador Central Railroad, a defunct California railroad {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador (name)
Amador, from Latin language, Latin meaning "lover", is both a surname and a male given name. As a given name it usually refers to Saint Amator. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Adael Amador (born 2003), Dominican professional baseball player * Agustà Roc Amador (born 1971), Catalan ski-mountaineer and long-distance runner * Andrey Amador (born 1986), Costa Rican road-bicycle racer * Carlos Fonseca Amador (1936–1976) professor, politician, and Nicaraguan * Guillermo Amador (born 1974), American musician * Jose Maria Amador (1777–1883), rancher, miner, and businessman, for whom Amador City and Amador County, California are named * Juan ValentÃn Amador (1793–1848), Mexican army general * Manuel Amador Guerrero (1833–1909), first President of Panama * Pinky Amador (born 1966), Filipina actress * Ryan Amador, American singer-songwriter and LGBT rights advocate Given name: * Rei Amador, King Amador (died 1596), insurgent on São Tomé * Rafael Amador (born 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador County, California
Amador County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,474. The county seat is Jackson. Amador County, located within California's Gold Country, is known as "The Heart of the Mother Lode." There is a substantial viticulture industry in the county. History Amador County was created by the California Legislature on May 11, 1854, from parts of Calaveras and El Dorado counties. (historical marker placed by Board of Supervisors and Amador County Historical Society, 1954) It was organized on July 3, 1854. In 1864, part of the county's territory was given to Alpine County. The county is named for José MarÃa Amador, a soldier, rancher, and miner, born in San Francisco in 1794, the son of Sergeant Pedro Amador (a Spanish soldier who settled in California in 1771) and younger brother to Sinforosa Amador. In 1848, Jose Maria Amador, with several Native Americans, established a successful g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador City, California
Amador City (formerly Amadore's Creek or South Amador) is a city in Amador County, California, United States. The population was 200 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 185 in 2010, making it the List of municipalities in California, least populous city in California. Amador City is also noted for being the smallest city in California by area making up just .3 square miles in total. The current mayor is Sandra Staples. Geography Only from Sutter Creek, California, Sutter Creek on Old Highway 49, Amador City is the state's smallest incorporated city by area. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of which is land, making it the smallest city in California by size. History Amador City was originally settled in 1849 at what is now Turner Road and Amador Creek (an old wagon road between Drytown and Sutter Creek) by several groups of gold panners who were drawn to the area. One of the groups was the Sunol Group. The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador, Panama
Amador is a corregimiento in La Chorrera District, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ... with a population of 2,996 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 1,925; its population as of 2000 was 2,675. References Corregimientos of Panamá Oeste Province {{PanamáOeste-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Amador
Lake Amador is a reservoir located in Amador County, California. It lies at an elevation of 325 feet. The lake's water is impounded by the Jackson Creek Dam, a tall earth-and-rock dam, built in 1965 across Jackson Creek. The dam is long and wide and contains of material. Its crest is about sea level, and it belongs to the Jackson Valley Irrigation District. The reservoir's capacity is . Lake Amador was the site of the Gold Rush rock music festival on October 4, 1969. Performers included Ike & Tina Turner, Santana, Bo Diddley, Albert Collins, and Taj Mahal. See also * List of lakes in California * List of reservoirs and dams in California Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California. Dams in service :''Please add to this list from the below sources.'' Former ... References Amador, Lake Amador Dams completed in 1965 1965 establishments in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador Valley
Amador Valley is a valley in eastern Alameda County, California and is the location of the cities of Dublin and Pleasanton. Part of Tri-Valley, the valley is bounded by the foothills of the Diablo Range on the north and south, Pleasanton Ridge to the west, and Livermore Valley to the east. Watercourses draining into the Amador Valley include South San Ramon Creek, Tassajara Creek, Arroyo Mocho, Arroyo Valle, and Arroyo Las Positas, as well as runoff from Pleasanton Ridge. These waters drain south through Arroyo de la Laguna to Alameda Creek, ultimately ending up in San Francisco Bay. History Amador Valley was once marshland characterized by tules and willow trees, with Tulare Lake Tulare Lake () or Tache Lake ( Yokuts: ''Pah-áh-su'', ''Pah-áh-sē'') is a freshwater lake in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, United States. Historically, Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi R ... at its center. Euro-American developmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dougherty, Alameda County, California
Dougherty (also, Amador's, Amador Valley, and Dougherty Station) was an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California. It was associated with two separate areas near Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ..., the first at an elevation of . James Witt Dougherty purchased the land in and around what is now Dublin, CA, in 1852. The land included a two-story adobe building that formerly belonged to Jose Maria Amador. A community grew up around the adobe and associated ranch, and was first called Amador's and Amador Valley after Jose Maria Amador the original owner of Rancho San Ramon (Amador). Dougherty built a hotel near the adobe and at the crossroads of two important local roads. One road went north–south and connected communities from Martinez south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin, California
Dublin is a suburban city of the East Bay in California, United States. It is located within the Amador Valley of Alameda County, California, Alameda County's Tri-Valley region. It is located along the north side of Interstate 580 (California), Interstate 580 at the intersection with Interstate 680 (California), Interstate 680, roughly east of downtown San Francisco, east of downtown Oakland, California, Oakland, and north of downtown San Jose, California, San Jose. It was referred to as "Dublin" in reference to the city of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, because of the large number of Irish people, Irish who lived there. The post office formally adopted the name in the 1890s. The population was 72,589 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, which had grown from 46,063 in 2010 United States Census, 2010. In 2013, Dublin was the second fastest-growing city in the state of California, behind only Santa Clarita, California, Santa Clarita. In 2019, census data sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador Township, Minnesota
Amador Township is a township in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 885 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Almelund is located within the township. History Amador Township was organized in 1858. Amador is a name derived from Spanish meaning "lover". Geography Amador Township is located in eastern Chisago County along the St. Croix River, which forms the Wisconsin–Minnesota border. State Highway 95 ( MN 95) crosses the southwest part of the township, passing through Almelund and leading southeast to Taylors Falls and west to North Branch. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.17%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 744 people, 264 households, and 199 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 282 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.79% White, 0.27% Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Amador
Fort Amador () and Fort Grant were former United States Army bases built to protect the Pacific (southern) end of the Panama Canal at Panama Bay. Amador was the primary on-land site, lying below the Bridge of the Americas. Grant consisted of a series of islands lying just offshore, some connected to Amador via a causeway. Fort Sherman was the corresponding base on the Atlantic (northern) side. All of the forts were turned over to the Republic of Panama in 1999, and the area is now a major tourist attraction. History The offshore islands had always been considered excellent defensive grounds and were long visited by English pirates. Sir Francis Drake, Captain Cook, and Henry Morgan all used Taboga and Perico as refuges, after raiding Spanish galleons. It was here that then-Captain Ulysses S. Grant ended his cross-Panama march in 1852. During the construction of the Panama Canal, notably the Culebra Cut, waste material was dumped in a mangrove bush then known as the "Balboa dum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amador (film)
''Amador'' is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed and written by Fernando León de Aranoa and starring Magaly Solier and Celso Bugallo. The two actors were nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, at the 2011 CEC Awards. Plot Marcela, a Bolivian immigrant woman struggling to survive in Madrid with her companion Nelson. They revive discarded flowers and Nelson has teams sell them on the streets. When their refrigerator breaks down, they are desperate. She takes a job as the daytime caregiver of Amador, an old man who is largely bedridden. Day by day, Marcela earns money that she desperately needs while Amador enjoys her company. His daughter and her family hardly see him. Through this, Amador and Marcela develop a special connection, while he feels his time is short. It is cut when Amador dies. Marcela, desperate to keep her job, confronts a difficult moral dilemma. Cast Production ''Amador'' is a Reposado and Mediapro production. Shooting loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wheel Of Time
''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author Robert Jordan, with American author Brandon Sanderson as co-writer of the final three installments. Originally planned as a trilogy, ''The Wheel of Time'' came to span 14 volumes, in addition to a New Spring, prequel novel and #Companion books, three companion books. Jordan died in 2007 while working on what was planned to be the twelfth and final volume in the series. He prepared extensive notes, enabling Sanderson to complete the final book, which grew into three volumes: ''The Gathering Storm (novel), The Gathering Storm'' (2009), ''Towers of Midnight'' (2010), and ''A Memory of Light'' (2013). The series draws on numerous elements of both European mythology, European and Asian mythology, Asian mythologies, most notably the Wheel of time, cyclical nature of time found in Buddhism and Hinduism; the metaphysical concepts of Balance (metaphysics), balance, Dualistic cosmology, duality and a respect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
