WebThe Sahrawi refugee camps (also romanized with Saharawi) in Tindouf, Algeria, are a collection of refugee camps set up in the Tindouf Province, Algeria in 1975–76 for Sahrawi refugees fleeing from Moroccan forces, who advanced through Western Sahara during the Western Sahara War.With most of the original refugees still living in the camps, the …

WebFreetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone.It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and political centre, as it is the seat of the Government of Sierra Leone.The population of Freetown was 1,055,964 at the 2015 …

WebThe Crown and the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The Kingdom of New Spain was established on 18 August 1521, following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, as a New World kingdom ruled by the Crown of Castile.The initial funds for exploration came from Queen Isabella. Although New Spain was a dependency of Castile, it was a kingdom and not a …

WebThe province was originally named El Asnam until 1980 when it became known at Ech Chéliff, later known as Chlef. In 1984, ... The province of Chlef is located at the Western Tell 200 km west of Algiers. Administrative divisions. The province is divided into 13 districts , which are further divided into 35 communes or municipalities. ...

WebParis (French pronunciation: ()) is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, …

WebMohamed Boudiaf (23 June 1919 – 29 June 1992, Arabic: محمد بوضياف ‎; ALA-LC: Muḥammad Bū-Ḍiyāf), also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian political leader and one of the founders of the revolutionary National Liberation Front (FLN) that led the Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962). Boudiaf was exiled soon after Algerian independence, and …

WebThe British expedition to Tibet, also known as the Younghusband expedition, began in December 1903 and lasted until September 1904. The expedition was effectively a temporary invasion by British Indian Armed Forces under the auspices of the Tibet Frontier Commission, whose purported mission was to establish diplomatic relations and resolve …

WebHarare (/ h ə ˈ r ɑːr eɪ /; formerly Salisbury / ˈ s ɔː l z b ər i /) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe.The city proper has an area of 940 km 2 (371 mi 2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan area in 2019. Situated in north-eastern Zimbabwe in the country's Mashonaland region, Harare is a …

WebFezzan (UK: / f ɛ ˈ z ɑː n / fez-AHN, US: / f ɛ ˈ z æ n, f ə ˈ z æ n / fez-AN, fə-ZAN; Berber languages: ⴼⵣⵣⴰⵏ, romanized: Fezzan; Arabic: فزان, romanized: Fizzān; Latin: Phazania) is the southwestern region of modern Libya.It is largely desert, but broken by mountains, uplands, and dry river valleys in the north, where oases enable ancient towns and …