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Demographic features of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Demographic characteristics
Population
Vital statistics
Source: Agency for Statistics of Bosn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina |
The Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, whereby executive power is exercised by the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Legislative power is vested in both the Council of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina |
The economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a transitional, upper middle income economy. Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from socialist Yugoslavia on 1 March 1992. The main trading partners are Germany, Italy, Austria, Turkey and other neighboring Balkan countries.
Overview
Bosnia and Herzegovina is an upper... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina |
Bosnia and Herzegovina has facilities for road, rail and air transport. There are five international road routes and 20 state highways, with bus connections to many countries. Railways total just over 1,000 km with links to Croatia and Serbia. There are 25 airports, seven of them with paved runways. The Sava River is n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina |
The Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina () is the official military force of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The BiH armed forces were officially unified in 2005 and are composed of two founding armies: the Bosniak-Croat Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (VFBiH) and the Bosnian Serbs' Army of Republika Srpska... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed%20Forces%20of%20Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina |
The implementation of the Dayton Accords of 1995 has focused the efforts of policymakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the international community, on regional stabilization in the countries-successors of the former Yugoslavia. Relations with its neighbors of Croatia and Serbia have been fairly stable since the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20relations%20of%20Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina |
The Batswana, a term also used to denote all citizens of Botswana, refers to the country's major ethnic group (called the Tswana in Southern Africa). Prior to European contact, the Batswana lived as herders and farmers under tribal rule.
Before European contact
The Tsodilo Hills site in north-west Botswana has been a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Botswana |
Botswana is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa, north of South Africa. Botswana occupies an area of , of which are land. Botswana has land boundaries of combined length , of which the constituent boundaries are shared with Namibia, for ; South Africa ; Zimbabwe, and Zambia, . Much of the population of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Botswana |
Demographic features of the population of Botswana include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.
Botswana, like many nations in southern Africa, suffers from a high HIV infection rate, estimated among adults ages 15 to 49 to b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20Botswana |
Botswana is a parliamentary republic in which the President of Botswana is both head of state and head of government. The nation's politics are based heavily on British parliamentary politics and on traditional Batswana chiefdom. The legislature is made up of the unicameral National Assembly and the advisory body of tr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20Botswana |
The economy of Botswana is currently one of the world's fastest growing economies, averaging about 5% per annum over the past decade. Growth in private sector employment averaged about 10% per annum during the first 30 years of the country's independence. After a period of stagnation at the turn of the 21st century, Bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Botswana |
Telecommunications in Botswana include newspapers, radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
In addition to the government-owned newspaper and national radio network, there is an active, independent press (six weekly newspapers). Foreign publications are sold without restriction in Botswana. Tw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications%20in%20Botswana |
Transportation in Botswana is provided by an extensive network of railways, highways, ferry services and air routes that criss-cross the country. The transport sector in Botswana played an important role in economic growth following its independence in 1966. The country discovered natural resources which allowed it to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Botswana |
Botswana has put a premium on economic and political integration in southern Africa. It has sought to make the Southern African Development Community (SADC) a working vehicle for economic development, and it has promoted efforts to make the region self-policing in terms of preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution, and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20relations%20of%20Botswana |
The country of Brazil occupies roughly half of South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil covers a total area of which includes of land and of water. The highest point in Brazil is Pico da Neblina at . Brazil is bordered by the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uru... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Brazil |
The politics of Brazil take place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. The political and administrative organization of Brazil comprises the federal government, the 26 states and a fe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20Brazil |
The economy of Brazil is historically the largest in Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere in nominal terms. The Brazilian economy is the second largest in the Americas. The economy is a middle income developing mixed economy. In 2023, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF), Brazil has the 9th largest gross... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Brazil |
Brazil has both modern technologies in the center-south portion, counting with LTE, 3G HSPA, DSL ISDB based Digital TV. Other areas of the country, particularly the North and Northeast regions, lack even basic analog PSTN telephone lines. This is a problem that the government is trying to solve by linking the liberatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications%20in%20Brazil |
Transport infrastructure in Brazil is characterized by strong regional differences and lack of development of the national rail network. Brazil's fast-growing economy, and especially the growth in exports, will place increasing demands on the transport networks. However, sizeable new investments that are expected to ad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Brazil |
The Brazilian Armed Forces (, ) are the unified military forces of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Consisting of three service branches, it comprises the Brazilian Army (including the Brazilian Army Aviation), the Brazilian Navy (including the Brazilian Marine Corps and Brazilian Naval Aviation) and the Brazilian Ai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian%20Armed%20Forces |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for managing the foreign relations of Brazil. Brazil is a significant political and economic power in Latin America and a key player on the world stage. Brazil's foreign policy reflects its role as a regional power and a potential world power and is designed to help protec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20relations%20of%20Brazil |
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) are one of three political divisions of the Virgin Islands archipelago located in the Lesser Antilles, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. The BVI are the easternmost part of the island chain. The land area totals () (about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC) and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20the%20British%20Virgin%20Islands |
This is a demography of the population of the British Virgin Islands including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and various other aspects.
Population
A July 2009 estimate placed the population of the British Virgin Islands at 24,491. In 200... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20the%20British%20Virgin%20Islands |
The economy of the British Virgin Islands is one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean. Although tiny in absolute terms, because of the very small population of the British Virgin Islands, in 2010 the Territory had the 19th highest GDP per capita in the world according to the CIA World factbook. In global terms the s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20the%20British%20Virgin%20Islands |
Country Code: +1284
International Call Prefix: 011 (outside NANP)
Calls from the British Virgin Islands to the US, Canada, and other NANP Caribbean nations, are dialled as 1 + NANP area code + 7-digit number. Calls from the British Virgin Islands to non-NANP countries are dialled as 011 + country code + phone number w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications%20in%20the%20British%20Virgin%20Islands |
The systems of transport in the British Virgin Islands include 113 kilometres of highway and a harbour at Road Town.
Roads
total: 200 km
paved: 200 km
unpaved: 0 km (2007)
Despite using left-hand traffic, most vehicles are left-hand-drive, being imported from the United States.
Ports and terminals
Road Town
Ai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20the%20British%20Virgin%20Islands |
Brunei is a country in Southeast Asia, bordering the South China Sea and East Malaysia. Its geographical coordinates are . The country is small with a total size of . It is larger in size than Trinidad and Tobago. It is close to vital sea lanes through the South China Sea linking the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The coun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Brunei |
The economy of Brunei, a small and wealthy country, is a mixture of foreign and domestic entrepreneurship, government regulation and welfare measures, and village traditions. It is almost entirely supported by exports of crude oil and natural gas, with revenues from the petroleum sector accounting for over half of GDP.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Brunei |
Telecommunications
Telephone
Telephone service throughout the country is excellent; international service is good to Southeast Asia, Middle East, Western Europe, and the US
Main lines in use: 82,588 (2020)
Mobile phones: 565,949 (2020)
Landing points for the SEA-ME-WE-3, SJC, AAG, Lubuan-Brunei Submarine Cable v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications%20in%20Brunei |
Brunei joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, one week after resuming full independence, and gives its ASEAN membership the highest priority in its foreign relations. Brunei joined the United Nations in September 1984. It is also a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20relations%20of%20Brunei |
Bulgaria is a country situated in Southeast Europe that occupies the eastern quarter of the Balkan peninsula, being the largest country within its geographic boundaries. It borders Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The northern b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Bulgaria |
The politics of Bulgaria take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the prime minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly. The J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20Bulgaria |
The economy of Bulgaria functions on the principles of the free market, having a large private sector and a smaller public one. Bulgaria is an industrialised high-income country according to the World Bank, and is a member of the European Union (EU), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organization for Security and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Bulgaria |
Telecommunications in Bulgaria include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
Radio and television
Radio broadcast stations: AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2001).
Radio broadcast hours: 525,511 (2003).
Television broadcast stations: 39 (2001).
Television broadcast hours: 498,091 (2003).
Te... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications%20in%20Bulgaria |
Transport in Bulgaria is dominated by road transport, despite nearly half of all paved roads belonging to the lowest category of roads. As of December 2015, the country had 829 kilometers of highways.
Buses play a significant role in long-distance public transport, coaches are operated by private companies. Sofia has ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Bulgaria |
The Bulgarian Army () is the military of Bulgaria. The commander-in-chief is the president of Bulgaria. The Ministry of Defense is responsible for political leadership, while overall military command is in the hands of the Defense Staff, headed by the Chief of the Defense. There are three main branches of the Bulgarian... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian%20Armed%20Forces |
Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) is a landlocked Sahel country that shares borders with six nations. It lies between the Sahara desert and the Gulf of Guinea, south of the loop of the Niger River, mostly between latitudes 9° and 15°N (a small area is north of 15°), and longitudes 6°W and 3°E. The land is green in th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Burkina%20Faso |
Burkina Faso's million people belong to two major West African cultural groups: the Gur (Voltaic) and the Mandé. The Voltaic are far more numerous and include the Mossi, who make up about one-half of the population. The Mossi claim descent from warriors who migrated to present-day Burkina Faso and established an empir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20Burkina%20Faso |
The Politics of Burkina Faso takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. The President of Burkina Faso is the head of state. Executive power is exercised by both the President and the Government. Legislati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20Burkina%20Faso |
The economy of Burkina Faso is based primarily on subsistence farming and livestock raising. Burkina Faso has an average income purchasing-power-parity per capita of $1,900 and nominal per capita of $790 in 2014. More than 80% of the population relies on subsistence agriculture, with only a small fraction directly invo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Burkina%20Faso |
Telecommunications in Burkina Faso include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
The telephony market in Burkina Faso is still relatively underdeveloped.
Although mobile penetration is just over 100%, it is still below the African average. Fixed-line telephony and internet connections are v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications%20in%20Burkina%20Faso |
Transport in Burkina Faso consists primarily of road, air and rail transportation. The World Bank classified country's transportation as underdeveloped but noted that Burkina Faso is a natural geographic transportation hub for West Africa.
Highways
In 2002, there were a total of of highway in Burkina Faso, of which... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Burkina%20Faso |
The Burkina Faso Armed Forces () is the term used for the national military of Burkina Faso. The service branches of the armed forces include its Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie and People's Militia. Being a landlocked country, Burkina Faso has no navy.
History
In 1966 a military coup deposed the first president... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina%20Faso%20Armed%20Forces |
Burkina Faso has good relations with the European Union, African and certain Asian countries. France, the former colonial power, in particular, continues to provide significant aid and supports Compaoré's developing role as a regional powerbroker.
According to the U.S. State Department, "U.S. relations with Burkina Fa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20relations%20of%20Burkina%20Faso |
Burundi is located in East Africa, to the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the coordinates .
Physical geography
Burundi occupies an area equal to in size, of which is land. The country has of land border: of which is shared with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with Rwanda and with Tanzani... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Burundi |
Demographic features of the population of Burundi include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.
At 206.1 persons per km², Burundi has the second-largest population density in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most people live on farms near ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20Burundi |
The Politics of Burundi takes place in a framework of a transitional presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Burundi is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the govern... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20Burundi |
The economy of Burundi is $3.436 billion by gross domestic product as of 2018, being heavily dependent on agriculture, which accounts for 32.9% of gross domestic product as of 2008. Burundi itself is a landlocked country lacking resources, and with almost nonexistent industrialization. Agriculture supports more than 70... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Burundi |
Communications in Burundi include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, the Internet, and the postal service in Burundi.
Radio and television
Radio is the main source of information for many Burundians.
Radio stations:
La Radiodiffusion et Television Nationale de Burundi (RTNB), the state-controlled broa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications%20in%20Burundi |
There are a number of systems of transport in Burundi, including road and water-based infrastructure, the latter of which makes use of Lake Tanganyika. Furthermore, there are also some airports in Burundi.
Burundi has limited ferry services on Lake Tanganyika, few road connections to neighboring countries, no rail co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Burundi |
The Burundi National Defence Force (French: Force de Défense Nationale Burundaise, or FDNB) is the state military organisation responsible for the defence of Burundi.
A general staff (État-Major Général) commands the armed forces, consisting of a joint staff (État-Major inter-armes); a training staff (État-Major de la... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Defence%20Force%20%28Burundi%29 |
Burundi's relations with its neighbours have often been affected by security concerns. Hundreds of thousands of Burundian refugees have at various times crossed to neighboring Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hundreds of thousands of Burundians are in neighboring countries as a result of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20relations%20of%20Burundi |
The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait ( ; , ; , colloquially ) is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern Turkey that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It forms part of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe, and divides Turkey by separating Anat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosporus |
Brussels ( or ; ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (; ), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels |
BE or be may refer to:
Linguistics
To be, the English copular verb
Be (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet
be (interjection), in several languages
Be languages or Ong Be, a pair of languages of northern Hainan province, China
Black English, or African-American Vernacular English, an English dialect
be –... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be |
A bell is a percussion instrument, usually cup-shaped.
Bell may also refer to:
Sound and music
Bell (wind instrument), a part of a wind instrument
Bell cymbal, a type of cymbal, tending to be thick and uniformly so, and small
Bell effect, a musical technique
Cymbal bell, the most central part of a cymbal
Signal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Nokia Bell Labs, originally named Bell Telephone Laboratories (1925–1984),
then AT&T Bell Laboratories (1984–1996)
and Bell Labs Innovations (1996–2007),
is an American industrial research and scientific development company owned by Finnish company Nokia. It is headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey, and operates a g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%20Labs |
Bjarne Stroustrup (; ; born 30 December 1950) is a computer scientist, most notable for the invention and development of the C++ programming language. Stroustrup served as a visiting professor of computer science at Columbia University in the City of New York beginning in 2014, where he has been a full professor since ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarne%20Stroustrup |
The brain (or encephalon) is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. The brain is the largest cluster of neurons in the body and is typically located in the head, usually near organs for special senses such as vision, hearing and olfaction. It is the mos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain |
Byzantium () or Byzantion () was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul today. The Greek name Byzantion and its Latinization Byzantium continued to be used as a name of Constantinople sporadically and to varying degrees during the thousand year ex... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantium |
Biotics describe living or once living components of a community; for example organisms, such as animals and plants.
Biotic may refer to:
Life, the condition of living organisms
Biology, the study of life
Biotic material, which is derived from living organisms
Biotic components in ecology
Biotic potential, an organism... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotic |
The Berlin Wall (, ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; West Germany) from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany). Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the government of the GDR on 13... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%20Wall |
Bass ( ) (also called bottom end) describes tones of low (also called "deep") frequency, pitch and range from 16 to 250 Hz (C0 to middle C4) and bass instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range C2-C4. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles. Since produci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass%20%28sound%29 |
UK bass, also called bass music, is club music that emerged in the United Kingdom during the mid-2000s under the influence of diverse genres such as house, grime, dubstep, UK garage, R&B, and UK funky. The term "UK bass" came into use as artists began ambiguously blending the sounds of these defined genres while mainta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%20bass |
A burning glass or burning lens is a large convex lens that can concentrate the sun's rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in ignition of the exposed surface. Burning mirrors achieve a similar effect by using reflecting surfaces to focus the light. They were used in 18th-century chemical studi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning%20glass |
The Battle of Adrianople (378 CE), in which Gothic rebels defeated the Eastern Roman Empire, was the main battle of the Gothic War (376–382).
Battle of Adrianople may also refer to:
Battle of Adrianople (324), a battle in which Constantine the Great defeated Licinius in a Roman civil war
Siege of Adrianople (378), an ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Adrianople%20%28disambiguation%29 |
A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. A common example is the lighthouse, which draws attention to a fixed point that can be used to navigate around obstacles or into port. More modern examples include a variety of radio beacons that can be read on radio d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon |
Bhangra () is a type of non-traditional music of Punjab originating in Britain, specifically Southall. It is a type of upbeat popular music associated with the Punjabi diaspora in Britain. The style has its origins in the folk music of Punjab as well as western pop music of the 1970s and 1980s. Prior to this musical ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhangra%20%28music%29 |
Beastie Boys were an American hip hop/rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1981. The group was composed of Michael "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass), and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar, programming). Beastie Boys were formed out of members of experimental hardcore punk b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie%20Boys |
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands. They have a total a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Isles |
Basque (; ) is a language spoken by Basques and others of the Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. Linguistically, Basque is a language isolate (unrelated to any other existing languages). The Basques are indigenous to, and primar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque%20language |
Björn Kristian Ulvæus (; born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA. He is also the co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! He co-produced the films Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again with fellow... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn%20Ulvaeus |
Göran Bror Benny Andersson (; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer and producer best known as a member of the pop group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! For the 2008 film version of Mamma Mia! and its 2018 sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, he worked... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny%20Andersson |
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs). In the most widely used mode, transmission power is limited to 2.5 milliwatts, giving it a very short range of up to . It employs UHF... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth |
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (Bluetooth SIG) is the standards organization that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and the licensing of the Bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers. The SIG is a not-for-profit, non-stock corporation founded in September 1998. The SIG is headquartered... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth%20Special%20Interest%20Group |
Boney M. were a German vocal group that specializes in disco and funk, created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary songwriter. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group's official line-up were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica, Maizie Williams fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney%20M. |
Britain most often refers to:
The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprising the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands
Great Britain, the largest island in: the United Kingdom; the British Isles archipelago; and Europe.
Britain may also refer t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain |
Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The film is set in a dystopian future ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade%20Runner |
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software giant Microsoft, along with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO),... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Gates |
Bourbon may refer to:
Food and drink
Bourbon whiskey, an American whiskey made using a corn-based mash
Bourbon barrel aged beer, a type of beer aged in bourbon barrels
Bourbon biscuit, a chocolate sandwich biscuit
A beer produced by Brasseries de Bourbon
Bourbon chicken, a dish made with bourbon whiskey
Bourbon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon |
The Belgian Blue (, , both literally meaning "Belgian White-Blue") is a breed of beef cattle from Belgium. It may also be known as the , or (literally "fat buttocks" in Dutch). Alternative names for this breed include Belgian Blue-White; Belgian White and Blue Pied; Belgian White Blue; Blue; and Blue Belgian. The Be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian%20Blue |
Boron is a chemical element with the symbol B and atomic number 5. In its crystalline form it is a brittle, dark, lustrous metalloid; in its amorphous form it is a brown powder. As the lightest element of the boron group it has three valence electrons for forming covalent bonds, resulting in many compounds such as bori... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron |
Bromine is a chemical element with the symbol Br and atomic number 35. It is a volatile red-brown liquid at room temperature that evaporates readily to form a similarly coloured vapour. Its properties are intermediate between those of chlorine and iodine. Isolated independently by two chemists, Carl Jacob Löwig (in 182... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromine |
Barium is a chemical element with the symbol Ba and atomic number 56. It is the fifth element in group 2 and is a soft, silvery alkaline earth metal. Because of its high chemical reactivity, barium is never found in nature as a free element.
The most common minerals of barium are baryte (barium sulfate, BaSO4) and wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barium |
Berkelium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the symbol Bk and atomic number 97. It is a member of the actinide and transuranium element series. It is named after the city of Berkeley, California, the location of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (then the University of California Radiation Labo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkelium |
Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. It is the world's main source of aluminium and gallium. Bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (Al(OH)3), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) and diaspore (α-AlO(OH)), mixed with the two iron oxides goethite (FeO(OH)) and haematite (Fe2O3), th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauxite |
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria ( ; ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With over 13 million inhabitants, it is the second largest German state in terms of popul... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria |
Brandenburg (; ; Polabian: Branibor ), officially the State of Brandenburg (German: Land Brandenburg; Low German: Land Brannenborg; ), is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg |
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people, comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Bundestag was established by Title III of the Basic Law... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundestag |
Bundesrat is a German word that means federal council and may refer to:
Federal Council (Austria)
Bundesrat of Germany
Federal Council (Switzerland)
Bundesrat (German Empire) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesrat |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, abbreviated as BMW (), is a German multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The company was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from 1917 to 1918 and again from 1933 to 1945.
Automobiles ar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW |
Bisexuality better known as bisexual, in human sexuality, describes a person that is sexually attracted to persons of both the same sex and persons of the opposite sex.
Bisexual may also refer to:
Bisexual characteristics, having an ambiguous sexual identity (e.g. epicenity or androgyny)
A bisexual flower (monoicy), i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisexual%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland.
Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by Denmark, but also by Sweden and by Lübeck. The ruin of Hammershus, at the no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bornholm |
A bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides.
Bay, Bays or baying may also refer to:
Places
China
Bay County or Baicheng County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
France
Bay, Haute-Saône, a commune
Philippines
Bay, Laguna, a municipality
Bay River
Somalia
Bay, Somalia
Unite... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay%20%28disambiguation%29 |
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. It can also be a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound tog... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book |
The B-52 is an American strategic bomber aircraft.
B-52 or B52 may also refer to:
The B-52's, an American new wave band
The B-52's (album)
B52 (New York City bus), a bus line in Brooklyn, New York
B52 (chess opening), a chess opening based on the Sicilian Defence
B-52 (cocktail)
B-52 (hairstyle) or beehive, a ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B52%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Bal Keshav Thackeray (; 23 January 1926 – 17 November 2012) also known as Balasaheb Thackeray, was an Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena, a right-wing pro-Marathi and Hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of Maharashtra.
Thackeray began his professional career as a cartoonist with the English-lan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal%20Thackeray |
BSE may refer to:
Medicine
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, a neurodegenerative disease of cattle
Breast self-examination
Stock exchanges
Bahrain Stock Exchange, Bahrain
Baku Stock Exchange, Azerbaijan
Barbados Stock Exchange
Beijing Stock Exchange, China
Bombay Stock Exchange, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSE |
Bille August (born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. In a career spanning over four decades, he has been the recipient of numerous accolades, making him one of the most acclaimed contemporary Danish filmmakers.
August's 1987 film Pelle the Conqueror won t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bille%20August |
Body may refer to:
In science
Physical body, an object in physics that represents a large amount, has mass or takes up space
Body (biology), the physical material of an organism
Body plan, the physical features shared by a group of animals
Human body, the entire structure of a human organism
Dead body, cadaver, o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body |
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