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27,395 | # Transport in Spain
## Rail transport and AVE transport {#rail_transport_and_ave_transport}
### High-speed rail {#high_speed_rail}
Alta Velocidad Española (AVE) is a high-speed rail service in Spain operated by Renfe, the Spanish national railway company, at speeds of up to 330 km/h (205 mph). The name is literally ... | 548 | Transport in Spain | 1 |
27,395 | # Transport in Spain
## Waterways
There are 1,045 km of waterways, but they have minor economic importance.
## Pipelines
- Gas: 7,962 km
- Oil: 622 km;
- Refined products: 3,447 km (2006)
## Ports and harbors {#ports_and_harbors}
The most important ports and harbours are Algeciras, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilb... | 340 | Transport in Spain | 2 |
27,401 | # Spratly Islands
The **Spratly Islands** (*Kapuluan ng Kalayaan*; `{{lang-zh|s=南沙群岛|t=南沙群島|p=Nánshā Qúndǎo}}`{=mediawiki}; *Kepulauan Spratly*; *Quần đảo Trường Sa*) are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. Composed of islands, islets, cays, and more than 100 reefs, sometimes grouped in submerged old atolls... | 835 | Spratly Islands | 0 |
27,401 | # Spratly Islands
## Geology
The Spratly Islands consist of islands, reefs, banks and shoals made up of biogenic carbonate. These accumulations of biogenic carbonate lie upon the higher crests of major submarine ridges that are uplifted fault blocks known by geologists as horsts. These horsts are part of a series of ... | 397 | Spratly Islands | 1 |
27,401 | # Spratly Islands
## Ecology
In some cays in the Spratly Islands, the sand and pebble sediments form the beaches and spits around the island. Under the influence of the dominant wind direction, which changes seasonally, these sediments move around the island to change the shape and size of the island. For example, Sp... | 536 | Spratly Islands | 2 |
27,401 | # Spratly Islands
## Ecology
### Ecological hazards {#ecological_hazards}
Political instability, tourism, and the increasing industrialisation of neighbouring countries has led to serious disruption of native flora and fauna, over-exploitation of natural resources, and environmental pollution. Disruption of nesting a... | 601 | Spratly Islands | 3 |
27,401 | # Spratly Islands
## History
Evidence of human presence in the region extends back nearly 50,000 years at Tabon Caves on Palawan in the Philippines. By 2,000 BC, the maritime jade road, an advanced and extensive sea-based trade network, was established by the animist indigenous Austronesian peoples of the Philippines... | 1,104 | Spratly Islands | 4 |
27,401 | # Spratly Islands
## History
### Military conflicts and diplomatic dialogues {#military_conflicts_and_diplomatic_dialogues}
The following are political divisions for the Spratly Islands claimed by various area nations (in alphabetical order):
- Brunei: Part of Brunei\'s Exclusive Economic Zone
- China: Part of S... | 615 | Spratly Islands | 5 |
27,401 | # Spratly Islands
## History
### Military conflicts and diplomatic dialogues {#military_conflicts_and_diplomatic_dialogues}
#### Conflicts in the 20th century after World War II {#conflicts_in_the_20th_century_after_world_war_ii}
In November 1946, the ROC sent naval ships to take control of the islands after the surr... | 917 | Spratly Islands | 6 |
27,401 | # Spratly Islands
## History
### Military conflicts and diplomatic dialogues {#military_conflicts_and_diplomatic_dialogues}
#### Conflicts in the 21st century {#conflicts_in_the_21st_century}
Taiwan and mainland China are largely strategically aligned on the Spratly islands issue, since they both claim exactly the sa... | 1,539 | Spratly Islands | 7 |
27,401 | # Spratly Islands
## History
### 2016 arbitration
In January 2013, the Philippines initiated arbitration proceedings against China under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) across a range of issues, including the latter\'s historic rights claims over parts or all of the Spratly Islands inside... | 435 | Spratly Islands | 8 |
27,401 | # Spratly Islands
## Transportation and communication {#transportation_and_communication}
### Airports
### Telecommunications
In 2005, a cellular phone base station was erected by the Philippines\' Smart Communications on Pag-asa Island.
Vietnam Military Telecommunications Corp., known commonly as Viettel, establi... | 161 | Spratly Islands | 9 |
27,412 | # Geography of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, formerly called *Ceylon*, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, southeast of the Indian subcontinent, in a strategic location near major sea lanes. The nation has a total area of 65,610 sqkm, with 64,630 sqkm of land and 980 sqkm of water. Its coastline is 1340 km long. The main ... | 558 | Geography of Sri Lanka | 0 |
27,412 | # Geography of Sri Lanka
## Topography
Extensive faulting and erosion over time have produced a wide range of topographic features. Three zones are distinguishable by elevation: the Central Highlands, the plains, and the coastal belt.
The south-central part of Sri Lanka---the rugged Central Highlands---is the heart ... | 664 | Geography of Sri Lanka | 1 |
27,412 | # Geography of Sri Lanka
## Climate
Sri Lanka\'s climate can be described as tropical, and quite hot. Its position between 5 and 10 north latitude endows the country with year-round warm weather, moderated by ocean winds and considerable moisture. The average temperature ranges from a low of 16 °C in Nuwara Eliya in ... | 419 | Geography of Sri Lanka | 2 |
27,412 | # Geography of Sri Lanka
## Ecological zones {#ecological_zones}
The pattern of life in Sri Lanka depends directly on the availability of rainwater. The mountains and the southwestern part of the country, known as the \"wet zone,\" receive ample rainfall (an annual average of 2500 millimeters). Most of the southeast,... | 489 | Geography of Sri Lanka | 3 |
27,412 | # Geography of Sri Lanka
## Land use and settlement patterns {#land_use_and_settlement_patterns}
The dominant pattern of human settlement during the last 2,500 years has consisted of village farming communities. Even in the 1980s, the majority of people lived in small villages and worked at agricultural pursuits. Tra... | 698 | Geography of Sri Lanka | 4 |
27,414 | # Politics of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a unitary multi-party semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Sri Lanka is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Ministers. Legislative p... | 431 | Politics of Sri Lanka | 0 |
27,414 | # Politics of Sri Lanka
## Political parties and elections {#political_parties_and_elections}
In August 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that presidential elections would be held in November 2005, resolving a long-running dispute on the length of President Kumaratunga\'s term. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was nomina... | 693 | Politics of Sri Lanka | 1 |
27,414 | # Politics of Sri Lanka
## Foreign relations of Sri Lanka {#foreign_relations_of_sri_lanka}
Sri Lanka generally follows a non-aligned foreign policy but has been seeking closer relations with the United States since 1977. It participates in multilateral diplomacy, particularly at the United Nations, where it seeks to... | 311 | Politics of Sri Lanka | 2 |
27,416 | # Telecommunications in Sri Lanka
**Telecommunications in Sri Lanka** commenced in 1858 after the first telegraphic circuit between Colombo and Galle was commenced. The sector continues to grow in the modern times.
## Telephone
Landlines in use:`{{increase}}`{=mediawiki} 3,838,291 (December, 2021)
Mobile Phones in... | 694 | Telecommunications in Sri Lanka | 0 |
27,416 | # Telecommunications in Sri Lanka
## Product
Sri Lanka initiated to produce telecommunication, specially smartphones with the collaboration of foreign companies that already in the leading market | 27 | Telecommunications in Sri Lanka | 1 |
27,417 | # Transport in Sri Lanka
**Transport in Sri Lanka** is based on its road network, which is centred on the country\'s commercial capital Colombo. A rail network handles a portion of Sri Lanka\'s transport needs. There are navigable waterways, harbours and three international airports: in Katunayake, 22 mi north of Colo... | 801 | Transport in Sri Lanka | 0 |
27,417 | # Transport in Sri Lanka
## Rail
Sri Lanka Railways consists of an intercity network connecting major population centres and commuter rail serving Colombo commuters. Sri Lanka Railways operates the country\'s railway network, which includes about 1450 km of track. Colombo is its hub. Trains connect the main cities of... | 355 | Transport in Sri Lanka | 1 |
27,417 | # Transport in Sri Lanka
## `{{anchor|Aviation}}`{=mediawiki}Air
### SriLankan Airlines {#srilankan_airlines}
SriLankan Airlines is Sri Lanka\'s national airline. Founded in 1979 as Air Lanka, the airline changed its name when it received partial foreign ownership in 1998. It operates to Asia and Europe from its bas... | 774 | Transport in Sri Lanka | 2 |
27,422 | # History of Sudan
The **history of Sudan** refers to the territory that today makes up Republic of the Sudan and the state of South Sudan, which became independent in 2011. The territory of Sudan is geographically part of a larger African region, also known as \"Sudan\". The term is derived from *بلاد السودان* *bilād... | 454 | History of Sudan | 0 |
27,422 | # History of Sudan
## Prehistory
### Nile Valley {#nile_valley}
Affad 23 is an archaeological site located in the Affad region of southern Dongola Reach in northern Sudan, which hosts \"the well-preserved remains of prehistoric camps (relics of the oldest open-air hut in the world) and diverse hunting and gathering ... | 357 | History of Sudan | 1 |
27,422 | # History of Sudan
## Antiquity
### Kingdom of Kush {#kingdom_of_kush}
Northern Sudan\'s earliest historical record comes from ancient Egyptian sources, which described the land upstream as *Kush*. For more than two thousand years after the Old Kingdom (c. 2700--2180 BC), Egypt had a dominating and significant infl... | 785 | History of Sudan | 2 |
27,422 | # History of Sudan
## Antiquity
### Meroë
Egypt\'s succeeding dynasty failed to reassert full control over Kush. Around 590 BC, however, an Egyptian army sacked Napata, compelling the Kushite court to move to a more secure location further south at Meroë near the Sixth Cataract. For several centuries thereafter, the ... | 509 | History of Sudan | 3 |
27,422 | # History of Sudan
## Medieval Nubia (c. 350--1500) {#medieval_nubia_c._3501500}
thumb\|upright=0.9\|The three Christian Nubian kingdoms. The northern border of Alodia is unclear, but it also might have been located further north, between the fourth and fifth Nile cataract.
On the turn of the fifth century, the Blem... | 671 | History of Sudan | 4 |
27,422 | # History of Sudan
## Islamic kingdoms (c. 1500--1821) {#islamic_kingdoms_c._15001821}
In 1504 the Funj are recorded to have founded the kingdom of Sennar, in which Abdallah Jamma\'s realm was incorporated. By 1523, when Jewish traveller David Reubeni visited Sudan, the Funj state already extended as far north as Don... | 532 | History of Sudan | 5 |
27,422 | # History of Sudan
## 19th century {#th_century}
### Egyptian conquest {#egyptian_conquest}
From 1805, Egypt underwent a period of rapid modernisation under Muhammad Ali Pasha, who declared himself Khedive in defiance of his nominal suzerain, the Ottoman Sultan. Within a matter of decades, Muhammad Ali transformed E... | 447 | History of Sudan | 6 |
27,422 | # History of Sudan
## 19th century {#th_century}
### British control (1896--1955) {#british_control_18961955}
In 1896, a Belgian expedition claimed portions of southern Sudan that became known as the Lado Enclave. The Lado Enclave was officially part of the Belgian Congo. An 1896 agreement between the United Kingdom ... | 594 | History of Sudan | 7 |
27,422 | # History of Sudan
## Independent Sudan (1956 to present) {#independent_sudan_1956_to_present}
### Independence and the First Civil War {#independence_and_the_first_civil_war}
*Main article: Republic of the Sudan (1956--1969), First Sudanese Civil War, Ansar--Khatmiyya rivalry*
On 12 February 1953, the United Kingd... | 908 | History of Sudan | 8 |
27,422 | # History of Sudan
## Independent Sudan (1956 to present) {#independent_sudan_1956_to_present}
### Second Civil War {#second_civil_war}
In 1983, the civil war in the south was reignited following the government\'s Islamification policy which would have instituted Islamic law, among other things. After several years o... | 1,252 | History of Sudan | 9 |
27,422 | # History of Sudan
## Recent history {#recent_history}
On 31 August 2006, the United Nations Security Council approved Resolution 1706 to send a new peacekeeping force of 17,300 to Darfur. In the following months, however, UNMIS was not able to deploy to Darfur due to the Government of the Sudan\'s steadfast oppositi... | 1,269 | History of Sudan | 10 |
27,424 | # Demographics of Sudan
The **demographics of Sudan** include the Sudanese people (*سودانيون*) and their characteristics, Sudan, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. In Sudan\'s 1993 census, the population was ca... | 335 | Demographics of Sudan | 0 |
27,424 | # Demographics of Sudan
## Population size and structure {#population_size_and_structure}
Achieving good counts of the population is difficult in Sudan, because conducting a census has been difficult due to various conflicts and wars in the southern, eastern and western regions of Sudan over the past few decades. The... | 620 | Demographics of Sudan | 1 |
27,424 | # Demographics of Sudan
## Vital statistics {#vital_statistics}
The vital statistics below do not include South Sudan.
Year ... | 1,269 | Demographics of Sudan | 2 |
27,424 | # Demographics of Sudan
## Ethnic groups {#ethnic_groups}
`{{Main category|Ethnic groups in Sudan}}`{=mediawiki} Sudan is a country characterized by its cultural and ethnic diversity. Various ethnic groups contribute to the rich tapestry of Sudanese society. The major ethnic groups in Sudan include Sudanese Arabs, Nu... | 446 | Demographics of Sudan | 3 |
27,424 | # Demographics of Sudan
## Religion
In Sudan, 97% of the population adheres to Islam, with the overwhelming majority being adherents of the Sunni branch and the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence. The remainder of the population follows either animist and indigenous beliefs or Christianity, especially in Khartoum... | 277 | Demographics of Sudan | 4 |
27,425 | # Politics of Sudan
Currently, the **politics of Sudan** takes place in the framework of a federal provisional government. Previously, a *president* was head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces in a *de jure* multi-party system. Legislative power was officially vested in b... | 1,235 | Politics of Sudan | 0 |
27,428 | # Transport in Sudan
**Transport in Sudan** during the early 1990s included an extensive railroad system that served the more important populated areas except in the far south, a meager road network (very little of which consisted of all-weather roads), a natural inland waterway---the Nile River and its tributaries---... | 352 | Transport in Sudan | 0 |
27,428 | # Transport in Sudan
## Highways
*Total*: 31,000 km
*Paved*: 8,000 km
*Unpaved*: 23,000 km
*Urban*: 1,000 km (2019)
Sudan remains heavily dependent on railroads, but the road network has played an increasingly important role. Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Sudan: the Cairo-Cape Town Highway from... | 772 | Transport in Sudan | 1 |
27,428 | # Transport in Sudan
## Inland waterways {#inland_waterways}
The Nile River, traversing Sudan from south to north, provides an important inland transportation route. Its overall usefulness, however, has been limited by natural features, including a number of cataracts in the main Nile between Khartoum and the Egyptia... | 618 | Transport in Sudan | 2 |
27,428 | # Transport in Sudan
## Aviation
In mid-1991, scheduled domestic air service was provided by Sudan Airways, a government-owned enterprise operated by the Sudan Airways Company. The company began its operations in 1947 as a government department. It has operated commercially since the late 1960s, in effect holding a m... | 580 | Transport in Sudan | 3 |
27,428 | # Transport in Sudan
## Ports and shipping {#ports_and_shipping}
In 1990, Sudan had only one operational deep-water harbor, Port Sudan, situated on an inlet of the Red Sea. The port had been built from scratch, beginning in 1905, to complement the railroad line from Khartoum to the Red Sea by serving as the entry and... | 720 | Transport in Sudan | 4 |
27,428 | # Transport in Sudan
## Pipelines
*Gas:* 156 km\
*Oil:* 4,070 km\
*Refined products:* 1,613 km (2013)
By the early 1970s, operational problems on the Port Sudan-Khartoum section of Sudan Railways had resulted in inadequate supplies of petroleum products reaching Khartoum and other parts of the country. In 1975 const... | 206 | Transport in Sudan | 5 |
27,431 | # Human rights in Sudan
Sudan\'s human rights record has been widely condemned. Some human rights organizations have documented a variety of abuses and atrocities carried out by the Sudanese government over the past several years under the rule of Omar al-Bashir. The 2009 Human Rights Report by the United States Depar... | 473 | Human rights in Sudan | 0 |
27,431 | # Human rights in Sudan
## Slavery
Some organizations, in particular Christian Solidarity Worldwide and related organizations, argue that enslavement exists in Sudan and is encouraged by the Sudanese government. As an example of such allegations, in *The Wall Street Journal* on 12 December 2001, Michael Rubin said:
... | 301 | Human rights in Sudan | 1 |
27,431 | # Human rights in Sudan
## Women\'s rights {#womens_rights}
Sudan is a developing nation that faces many challenges in regard to gender inequality. Freedom House gave Sudan the lowest possible ranking among repressive regimes during 2012. South Sudan received a slightly higher rating but it was also rated as \"not fr... | 796 | Human rights in Sudan | 2 |
27,431 | # Human rights in Sudan
## Persecution of human rights advocates {#persecution_of_human_rights_advocates}
In the period from 2003 to 2011, Mudawi Ibrahim Adam was repeatedly arrested for charges which were related to his human rights work with the group Sudan Social Development Organization. These arrests were protes... | 369 | Human rights in Sudan | 3 |
27,431 | # Human rights in Sudan
## Historical situation {#historical_situation}
The following chart shows Sudan\'s ratings since 1972 in the Freedom in the World reports, published annually by Freedom House. A rating of 1 is \"free\"; 7, \"not free\".`{{ref|a|1}}`{=mediawiki}
+-----------------------------------------------... | 670 | Human rights in Sudan | 4 |
27,433 | # Geography of Suriname
Suriname is located in the northern part of South America and is part of Caribbean South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana. It is mostly covered by tropical rainforest, containing a great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, are incre... | 465 | Geography of Suriname | 0 |
27,434 | # Demographics of Suriname
This is a demography of the population of Suriname, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.
Most Surinamese people live in the narrow, northern coastal plain. The populati... | 288 | Demographics of Suriname | 0 |
27,434 | # Demographics of Suriname
## Total and Percent Distribution of Population by Age (Censuses 2004 & 2012) {#total_and_percent_distribution_of_population_by_age_censuses_2004_2012}
Age group 2004
----------- --------- --------
Number Percent Number
0-14 146.389 29,81
15-59 299.54... | 834 | Demographics of Suriname | 1 |
27,434 | # Demographics of Suriname
## Vital statistics {#vital_statistics}
### UN estimates {#un_estimates}
The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates for Suriname.
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<th><p>Period</p></th>
<th><p>Live births<br />
per year</p></th>
<th><p>Deaths<br /... | 738 | Demographics of Suriname | 2 |
27,434 | # Demographics of Suriname
## Ethnic groups {#ethnic_groups}
+-------------+-------------+--------+-------------+--------+-------------+--------+-------------+
| Ethnic\ | Census 1921 | | Census 1950 | | Census 1964 | | Census 1972 |
| group | | | | ... | 496 | Demographics of Suriname | 3 |
27,434 | # Demographics of Suriname
## Ethnic groups {#ethnic_groups}
### Fertility rate by ethnic group {#fertility_rate_by_ethnic_group}
The total fertility rate for Suriname as a whole was 2.53 children per woman aged 15 to 49 in 2012. Maroons had the highest fertility rate, with 4.47 children per woman. On the other hand,... | 361 | Demographics of Suriname | 4 |
27,435 | # Politics of Suriname
**Politics of Suriname** take place in a framework of a representative democratic parliamentary republic with an executive president, whereby the president of Suriname is the head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the governme... | 497 | Politics of Suriname | 0 |
27,437 | # Telecommunications in Suriname
**Telecommunications in Suriname** includes radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
## Radio
- Broadcast stations: 1 state-owned radio station; multiple private radio stations (2007).
- Radios: 300,000 sets (1997).`{{update after|2014|1|4}}`{=mediawiki}
... | 518 | Telecommunications in Suriname | 0 |
27,438 | # Transport in Suriname
The Republic of Suriname (*Republiek Suriname*) has a number of forms of transport. Transportation emissions are an increasing part of Suriname\'s contributions to climate change, as part of the Nationally Determined Contributions for the Paris Agreement, Suriname has committed to emissions con... | 300 | Transport in Suriname | 0 |
27,443 | # Geography of Svalbard
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean roughly centered on 78° north latitude and 20° east longitude. It constitutes the northernmost territory of the Kingdom of Norway. The three main islands in the group consist of Spitsbergen (the largest island), Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya. There ar... | 778 | Geography of Svalbard | 0 |
27,453 | # Geography of Eswatini
**Eswatini** (formerly Swaziland), is a country in Southern Africa lying between Mozambique and South Africa. The country is located at the geographic coordinates 26 30 S 31 30 E type:country. Eswatini has an area of 17,363 square kilometres, of which 160 are water. The major regions of the cou... | 380 | Geography of Eswatini | 0 |
27,455 | # Politics of Eswatini
Eswatini is an absolute monarchy with constitutional provisions and Swazi law and Custom. The head of state is the king or *Ngwenyama* (lit. *Lion*), currently King Mswati III, who ascended to the throne in 1986 after the death of his father King Sobhuza II in 1982 and a period of regency. Accor... | 309 | Politics of Eswatini | 0 |
27,455 | # Politics of Eswatini
## Monarchy
As stated by the Swazi law and custom, the monarch holds supreme executive, legislative, and judicial powers. The **Ngwenyama** (lion) is a hereditary leader, rules the country, with the assistance of a council of ministers and a national legislature. The **Ndlovukati** (mother of t... | 781 | Politics of Eswatini | 1 |
27,455 | # Politics of Eswatini
## Political parties and participation {#political_parties_and_participation}
Political parties were banned by the constitution promulgated on 13 October 1978. The new constitution does not take into consideration party activity whereas freedom of association is protected | 38 | Politics of Eswatini | 2 |
27,457 | # Telecommunications in Eswatini
**Telecommunications in Eswatini** includes radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
## Ownership and regulation {#ownership_and_regulation}
Eswatini is one of the last countries in the world to abolish an almost complete monopoly in all sectors of its teleco... | 397 | Telecommunications in Eswatini | 0 |
27,457 | # Telecommunications in Eswatini
## Internet
- Top-level domain: .sz
- Internet users:
- 288,225 users, 141st in the world; 20.8% of the population, 143rd in the world (2012);
- 90,100 users, 162nd in the world (2009).
- Fixed broadband: 3,717 subscriptions, 165th in the world; 0.3% of the populat... | 466 | Telecommunications in Eswatini | 1 |
27,458 | # Transport in Eswatini
Public transport is the main means of transportation in Eswatini. Car ownership is low, at 89 cars per 1,000 people (2014), with a total of 297,000 vehicles on the local roads. The National Road Network has 1500 km of main roads and 2270 km of district roads.
## Roads
*total:* 3,594 km\
*pave... | 235 | Transport in Eswatini | 0 |
27,459 | # Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force
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27,462 | # Geography of Switzerland
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27,466 | # Telecommunications in Switzerland
Extensive telecommunications facilities exist in Switzerland. They include the telephone system, internet, and broadcast media.
## Telephones
In 2022, Swisscom had 6,173,000 mobile telephony customers in Switzerland, with a marginal decrease of 0.1%. Sunrise experienced notable gr... | 466 | Telecommunications in Switzerland | 0 |
27,473 | # Geography of Syria
Syria is located in West Asia, north of the Arabian Peninsula, at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Lebanon and Israel to the west and southwest, Iraq to the east, and Jordan to the south. It consists of mountain ranges in the west and a steep area in... | 398 | Geography of Syria | 0 |
27,473 | # Geography of Syria
## Geographical regions {#geographical_regions}
The area includes about 185,180 square kilometers of deserts, plains, and mountains. It is divided into a coastal zone---with a narrow, double mountain belt enclosing a depression in the west---and a much larger eastern plateau. The climate is predo... | 655 | Geography of Syria | 1 |
27,473 | # Geography of Syria
## Water
The country\'s waterways are of vital importance to its agricultural development. The longest and most important river is the Euphrates, which represents more than 80 percent of Syria\'s water resources. Its main left-bank tributaries, the Balikh and the Khabur, are small perennial river... | 329 | Geography of Syria | 2 |
27,473 | # Geography of Syria
## Climate
The most striking feature of the climate is the contrast. Between the humid Mediterranean coast and the arid desert regions lies a semiarid steppe zone extending across three-quarters of the country and bordered on the west by the Anti-Lebanon Mountains and the Jabal an Nusayriyah, on ... | 439 | Geography of Syria | 3 |
27,475 | # Politics of Ba'athist Syria
During the final decade of Ba\'ath party rule, the politics of Syria took place in the framework of a presidential republic with nominal multi-party representation in People\'s Council under the Ba\'athist-dominated National Progressive Front. In practice, Ba\'athist Syria remained a one-... | 486 | Politics of Ba'athist Syria | 0 |
27,475 | # Politics of Ba'athist Syria
## Neo-Ba\'athism {#neo_baathism}
The Ba\'ath platform is proclaimed succinctly in the party\'s slogan: \"Unity, freedom, and socialism.\" The party is both socialist, advocating state ownership of the means of industrial production and the redistribution of agricultural land (in practic... | 422 | Politics of Ba'athist Syria | 1 |
27,475 | # Politics of Ba'athist Syria
## Government administration {#government_administration}
The previous Syrian constitution of 1973 vested the Ba\'ath Party (formally the Arab Ba\'ath Socialist Party) with leadership functions in the state and society and provided broad powers to the president. The president, approved b... | 517 | Politics of Ba'athist Syria | 2 |
27,477 | # Telecommunications in Syria
The Syrian Ministry of Communications retains governmental authority over the internet in Syria. Prior to the Syrian civil war, **telecommunications in Syria** were slowly moving towards liberalization, with a number of licenses awarded and services launched in the Internet service provis... | 335 | Telecommunications in Syria | 0 |
27,477 | # Telecommunications in Syria
## Internet
**Country code**: The top level domain for Syria is .sy.
There were 8,500,000 Internet users in Syria as of March 2021 for a 46.5% Internet penetration rate. Syria ranks 13th out of 14 countries in the Middle East region, just behind Iraq (59.6%) and ahead of Yemen (25.9%). ... | 771 | Telecommunications in Syria | 1 |
27,478 | # Transport in Syria
**Transport in Syria** is possible by rail, road, air or rivers, both public and private. Syria is an Asian country with a well-developed rail network (2,052 km) and a highway system (782 km).
Main international airport is the Damascus International Airport in the capital, Damascus.
## Railways
... | 282 | Transport in Syria | 0 |
27,478 | # Transport in Syria
## Road transport {#road_transport}
An overland trans-desert bus service between Beirut, Haifa, Damascus and Baghdad was established by the *Nairn Transport Company* of Damascus in 1923.
### Roads
*total:* 68,157 km\
*paved:* 61,514 km (including 1,103 km of expressways)\
*unpaved:* 6,643 km (2... | 481 | Transport in Syria | 1 |
27,481 | # Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
In 1998, the U.S. Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. **Section 508** was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to mak... | 533 | Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 | 0 |
27,481 | # Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
## The law {#the_law}
### Qualifications
- Federal agencies can be in legal compliance and still not meet the technical standards. Section 508 §1194.3 General exceptions describe exceptions for national security (e.g., most of the primary systems used by th... | 424 | Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 | 1 |
27,481 | # Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
## Summary of Section 508 technical standards {#summary_of_section_508_technical_standards}
- **Software Applications and Operating Systems:** includes accessibility to software, e.g. keyboard navigation & focus is supplied by a web browser.
- **Web-based ... | 431 | Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 | 2 |
27,485 | # Slartibartfast
**Slartibartfast** is a character in *The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy*, a comedy/science fiction series created by Douglas Adams. The character appears in the first and third novels, the first and third radio series (and the LP adaptation of the first radio series), the 1981 television series, a... | 510 | Slartibartfast | 0 |
27,487 | # Split screen (video production)
In film and video production, **split screen** is the visible division of the screen, traditionally in half, but also in several simultaneous images, rupturing the illusion that the screen\'s frame is a seamless view of reality, similar to that of the human eye. There may or may not b... | 779 | Split screen (video production) | 0 |
27,487 | # Split screen (video production)
## Usage
### In films {#in_films}
thumb\|thumbtime=5:07\|start=5:00\|end=5:38\|*Suspense* (1913), a short thriller in which split screen is used to show a phone conversation during a home intrusion Early use of split screen can be seen in Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley's *Suspense*... | 799 | Split screen (video production) | 1 |
27,487 | # Split screen (video production)
## Usage
### In music video {#in_music_video}
A number of music videos have made creative use of split screen presentations. In Michael Jackson\'s \"Billie Jean\" video a number of freeze frames are shown in split screen. Video and film director Michel Gondry has made extensive use o... | 493 | Split screen (video production) | 2 |
27,487 | # Split screen (video production)
## Notable uses of split screen {#notable_uses_of_split_screen}
Title Year Director Notes
------------------------------------ ---------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------... | 669 | Split screen (video production) | 3 |
27,548 | # Supermarine
**Supermarine** was a British aircraft manufacturer. It is most famous for producing the Spitfire fighter plane during World War II. The company built a range of seaplanes and flying boats, winning the Schneider Trophy for seaplanes with three consecutive victories (in 1927, 1929 and 1931). After the war... | 474 | Supermarine | 0 |
27,548 | # Supermarine
## History
### Founding
In 1909 Noel Pemberton-Billing purchased a number of engineering workshops on 3000 acres of land at South in Sussex which he intended to develop as an airfield. At the same time, he built a number of unsuccessful aircraft of his own design. To promote the venture, he founded his... | 838 | Supermarine | 1 |
27,548 | # Supermarine
## History
### Supermarine Aviation Works {#supermarine_aviation_works}
In March 1916 Billing was elected as an Member of Parliament. Once in parliament he was very vocal in his support of air power, constantly accusing the government of neglecting the issue. As he intended to run a campaign against the... | 365 | Supermarine | 2 |
27,548 | # Supermarine
## History
### Post World War I {#post_world_war_i}
The signing of the armistice agreement, with little prospect of any military contracts for some time, led to the company diversifying by employing its woodworkers in constructing everything from toilet seats to wooden framed bodies for Ford Model T car... | 697 | Supermarine | 3 |
27,548 | # Supermarine
## History
### Bird takes over {#bird_takes_over}
In the early 1920s the company developed a series of similar one-off amphibians. The most notable of these was the Seal II, which was a three-seater fleet spotter paid for by the Air Ministry. After it performed well during its evaluation by the RAF, two... | 396 | Supermarine | 4 |
27,548 | # Supermarine
## History
### The Southampton {#the_southampton}
Looking to expand away from the market for small amphibians and flying boats which was becoming more competitive as Blackburn and Short Brothers entered the market, the company designed large multi-engine flying boats to Air Ministry specifications. As a... | 632 | Supermarine | 5 |
27,548 | # Supermarine
## History
### Purchase by Vickers {#purchase_by_vickers}
In the late 1920s Vickers Ltd began a series of divestments and mergers as it attempted to improve the strength and profitability of the group. The most notable was their merger in January 1928 with long term rival Armstrong Whitworth to form Vic... | 938 | Supermarine | 6 |
27,548 | # Supermarine
## History
### Schneider Trophy 1929 and 1931 {#schneider_trophy_1929_and_1931}
For the next contest Mitchell created the all-metal S.6 which featured the smallest possible airframe that he could design around a Rolls-Royce engine instead of the Napier engines used in the S.4 and S.5. This design won th... | 365 | Supermarine | 7 |
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