WebA raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states.The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city.The word is from the French rayon (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is commonly translated as "district" in English.. A raion is a standardized administrative entity across most of the former …

WebThis overview lists flags used by first-level and second-level country subdivisions. The status of these flags varies from one country or sovereign state to the next: most of them are official flags, whereas others are only used de facto, sometimes to indicate a desire for more autonomy or independence.

WebIntentional homicide is defined by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its Global Study on Homicide report thus: . Within the broad range of violent deaths, the core element of intentional homicide is the complete liability of the direct perpetrator, which thus excludes killings directly related to war or conflicts, self-inflicted death (suicide), …

WebMethodology. The article lists the GDP of Japanese prefectures in main fiscal years, where all figures are obtained from the Statistics Bureau of Japan (日本統計局).Calculating GDP of Japanese prefectures is based on Japanese yen (JP¥), for easy comparison, all the GDP figures are converted into United States dollar (US$) or Renminbi (CN¥) according to …

WebKonstanz (US: / ˈ k ɔː n s t ɑː n t s /, German: [ˈkɔnstants] (), locally: [ˈkɔnʃtants] (); also written as Constance in English) is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany.The city houses the University of Konstanz and was the residence of the Roman Catholic Diocese of …

WebCisleithania, officially The Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council, (German: Die im Reichsrat vertretenen Königreiche und Länder) was the northern and western part of Austria-Hungary, the Dual Monarchy created in the Compromise of 1867—as distinguished from Transleithania (i.e., the Hungarian Lands of the Crown of …

WebItalian regions by GDP per capita (in euros, at current market prices) Rank Region 2017 % of nationwide average 1 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol 39,750 137.54 2 Lombardy 38,500 133.22 3

WebJohn of Austria (Spanish: Juan, German: Johann; 24 February 1547 – 1 October 1578) was an illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He became a military leader in the service of his half-brother, King Philip II of Spain , and is best known for his role as the admiral of the Holy Alliance fleet at the Battle of Lepanto .

WebEtymology. Fauna comes from the name Fauna, a Roman goddess of earth and fertility, the Roman god Faunus, and the related forest spirits called Fauns.All three words are cognates of the name of the Greek god Pan, and panis is the Greek equivalent of fauna. Fauna is also the word for a book that catalogues the animals in such a manner. The term was first …

WebAustria-Hungary (often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire) did not have a common flag (a "national flag" could not exist since the Dual Monarchy consisted of two sovereign states).However, the black-gold flag of the ruling Habsburg Dynasty was sometimes used as a de facto national flag and a common civil ensign was introduced in 1869 for civilian …