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go to Silverton under its own power. It was later determined that the trailing truck was having trouble negotiating the curves in the Animas Canyon. The D&SNG traded 497 to the C&TS for K-36 #482. This trade was mutually beneficial for both railroads as it gave the C&TS a ful... | 6,136,400 |
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run it for those 10 years and then return it to the D&SNGRR. However, plans were cancelled and #493 sat outside the Durango roundhouse with an uncertain future for sometime, until 2018 when she was put in the roundhouse for restoration. It is estimated it could take up to two... | 6,136,401 |
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were first introduced to the Durango Yard in the 1960s with Diesel locomotive #50. Number 50 is now at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. The United States Transportation Corps. also had a six-axle narrow-gauge Diesel locomotive (#3000) for trial use in Durango... | 6,136,402 |
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Arkansas Limestone Railroad. During the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire, the D&SNG voluntarily shut down steam service. To help continue service, Hotshot pulled coaches out along the highline from Rockwood. Currently in service.
- 2. Big Al #7 is an 87-ton center cab engine built... | 6,136,403 |
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in the winter of 1987–1988. It was originally numbered 1001 and was named Tamarron. It could seat 32 people, had its own baggage compartment and restroom, and had a six-cylinder Caterpillar Diesel engine. This unit was intended for use on the Animas River Railway, and when th... | 6,136,404 |
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train is turned on the wye, backs uptown to pick up returning passengers, and makes the trip back to Durango. One way scheduled trains take 3½ hours to run the each way, with a 2¼ hour layover in Silverton.
A train departing Durango generally takes about one hour between the... | 6,136,405 |
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proper condition, and no last-minute repairs are needed. The fireman will ensure proper coal and water is in the tender, and make sure lubricating oil is on supply and that automatic lubrication is working properly; he will also clean the cab and hose off the engine and tende... | 6,136,406 |
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with the engineer.
Scheduled trains on the Durango & Silverton operate on authority by timetable, though on occasion may be annulled for special trains or other circumstances. A train leaving Durango will depart at until the train is off the platform, then advance to until l... | 6,136,407 |
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track speed between 36th St. and Hermosa. Home Ranch is the first siding past Durango. A new wye has recently been built just east of here to turn trains for the Polar Express and other event trains. As the train runs through the valley, it is traveling on the longest tangent... | 6,136,408 |
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yard and siding, as well as the first water tank to fill the engine's tender. Doubleheaded trains will often be put together here, with the helper running light to Hermosa ahead of the train, take on water, and then await the arrival of the train with the road engine spotting... | 6,136,409 |
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a rock shelf where the track follows the edge of a small cliff, and then picks up speed again through the meadow at Shalona. This is the last grade crossing the railroad encounters until Silverton. Slowing again after the crossing, the train winds around another rock face abo... | 6,136,410 |
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As the train enters the narrow rock cut, it becomes the only ground transportation into the Animas Canyon. Passengers immediately notice the slow pace of the train as it winds onto the "highline", a famous section of the railroad where the train crawls along the face of high ... | 6,136,411 |
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grade fluctuates quite a bit between here and Cascade Canyon. Tacoma is the next flagstop and the railroad has another siding here. At MP 474.5 is the Tank Creek water tank, and engines will stop here for water. The fireman will top off the tender, taking about , while the en... | 6,136,412 |
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the winter trains are turned here on the wye due to avalanche chutes further up the railroad. After crossing the Animas a third time, the railroad curves to the east and heads towards Needleton. The grade through here tends to stairstep between short steep 3% grades and longe... | 6,136,413 |
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beyond that to the Needleton water tank. Trains stopping at Needleton flag stop are for backpackers usually hiking up to the Chicago Basin, as well as occasional homesteaders who have cabins in the forest. Locomotives have a hard time starting the trains from a stop here as w... | 6,136,414 |
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around MP 486, but then quickly steepens again, topping off 4% at MP 488. From MP 488 to Elk Park the fireman finally gets a break on the wider, sweeping curves and flatter grade.
Elk Park is the last siding, wye, and flagstop before Silverton. Not as popular as Needleton fo... | 6,136,415 |
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easy the rest of the way to Silverton, and also has longer, sweeping, slightly elevated curves which allow for smooth running. The engineer will blow a warning whistle approaching the sharp curve at Cataract, the narrowest section of the entire canyon, before opening up to th... | 6,136,416 |
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After shoving the train uptown for boarding passengers, the engineer will oil and inspect the engine once again and the crew will perform another brake test for the return trip to Durango.
Trains will almost always use straight air unless conditions or equipment don't allow.... | 6,136,417 |
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which can make the shop crew pretty busy in the summer with four or five locomotives being tended. Servicing includes coaling up the tender, adding wood pellets for fuel for overnight stoking, refilling the sand supply, cleaning or dropping the fire depending on the schedule ... | 6,136,418 |
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switching to allow the steam locomotives to enter the shop areas sooner. The use of wood pellets for overnight fuel, as well as Diesel switchers are a result of constant complaints from local citizens regarding the fly ash from the coal-fired engines. Though the railroad has ... | 6,136,419 |
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by the D&RGW.
- Concession car 64 was originally mail-baggage 64 built in 1889. In 1983 it was purchased from the Black Hills Central Railroad. 64 returned to service in 1984 as a concession car.
- Concession car 126 was originally baggage car 27. It was renumbered 126 in 1... | 6,136,420 |
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212. The numbers of the car were switched and the smaller car was sent to Mexico. In 1964 converted to a coach-snack bar by the D&RGW, then to a 48-passenger coach in 1979. In 1982 it was converted to a snack bar car by the D&SNG. Then, in 1986, it was converted to a full con... | 6,136,421 |
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213 named Bitter Root Mine, it was previously named Home Ranch and was built in 1983 by the D&SNG. It has a hydraulic lift for passengers in wheelchairs.
The D&SNG operates several other coaches:
- 1. 257 Shenandoah, built in 1880
- 2. 270 Pinkerton, built in 1880
- 3. 29... | 6,136,422 |
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built in 1964
### Cinco Animas B-2.
Built in 1883, the Cinco Animas was originally an immigrant sleeper. Immigrant sleepers had very few amenities and had little consideration for passenger comfort. The original Cinco Animas could seat up to thirty passengers. It was turned... | 6,136,423 |
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Presidents William H Taft, Ulysses S Grant and Theodore Roosevelt. While being owned by several parties between 1951–1982 the Fairplay was renamed the Nomad. It was acquired by the D&S in 1982. Today it is the oldest private railroad coach still in service in the United State... | 6,136,424 |
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by the D&RG in 1887, it had clerestory roof and bullnose ends. It was finished in ash and seated forty-six. It was rebuilt in 1937 at the Alamosa shops. Vestuable ends, train-line steam heat, electric lights, and deluxe Heywood-Wakefield reclining coach seats for 24 passenger... | 6,136,425 |
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of the Valuation Survey in 1919. Valuation Survey was inventorying the entire railroad property after it was returned to the D&RGW after World War 1. In 1924 it was converted into a parlor-smoker car. After a rebuild in 1937 it became a parlor-buffet car named Alamosa. The ca... | 6,136,426 |
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630.
Was built in 1984 as a coach and was named Hunt. In 2009 it became a family upscale coach. The Prospector features comfortable table and chair style seating. The ceiling of the Prospector features an enlarged route map, making it easy for passengers to follow the train'... | 6,136,427 |
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gondolas 400–402 were built in 1963, equipped with passenger car trucks, steel roofs, tile floors and tramway seats. Gondolas 403–405 were built for the 1967 season on The Silverton. Between 1982 and 1985 the D&SNG built Open Observation cars 411 and 412. Open Observation car... | 6,136,428 |
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in 1953. Because of its popularity, there has been speculation that the D&RGW destroyed it on purpose to drive revenue down so they could abandon the line from Silverton to Antonito. The recreation of the Silver Vista was built in 2006. It runs daily throughout the summer.
#... | 6,136,429 |
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the winter of 2006–2007 it was again rebuilt into an open air observation car with comfortable and large overstuffed seats for a more expansive view. It runs daily during the summer.
## Cabooses.
Caboose #0505 was built in 1886 and is stocked with provisions to provide shel... | 6,136,430 |
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for charter and can hold up to eight people.
## Rail camp car 3681.
Rail camp car 3681 is an ex-D&RGW boxcar. It was rebuilt by the D&S in 1984 with a kitchen, a bathroom and beds. It is pulled to Cascade Canyon Wye for elegant camping. It can hold a group of up to eight pe... | 6,136,431 |
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narrow-gauge tourist sleeper remaining from a group built in 1886 for the D&RG. In the early 1900s it was assigned to work service and was used on a D&RGW wrecking train as late as 1957. Then it was sold to the Black Hills Central Railroad in South Dakota. Then in 1983 the D&... | 6,136,432 |
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used for the steam engines and the other half is for the museum. The museum features memorabilia from the D&RGW and other railroads. It also features many artifacts from the Durango and Silverton areas. There is an HO train layout in the museum. It depicts a narrow-gauge rail... | 6,136,433 |
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effort. It was originally numbered 420. In November 1916 the engine was sold to the Rio Grande Southern and was used till the RGS was dismantled in 1952. Engine 42 and a caboose running from Grady, located east of Mancos, Colorado, to Durango was the last train movement on th... | 6,136,434 |
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Durango. It has never been restored to operating condition. It is on display in the museum.
### Baggage car no. 127.
Originally flat car 6630, it was rebuilt in 1968 as a baggage car for the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. No. 127 was the third concession car built... | 6,136,435 |
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In the Silverton depot are local artifacts.
# Animas River Railway.
Beginning May 7, 1988 a new Diesel-hydraulic motorcar and trailer railbus began making trips out of Rockwood, Colorado up the Animas canyon. The new company Animas River Railway was incorporated by the D&SN... | 6,136,436 |
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300-horsepower six-cylinder caterpillar engine. It also had a baggage compartment and restroom. The trailer 1002 could seat 48 in longitudinal seats.
- 1988 schedule
The first railbus trip left at 7:30 a.m. on May 7 for Elk Park. There were 12:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. trips to... | 6,136,437 |
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River Railway remained the same. The last excursion of the Animas River Railway was on September 23 from Rockwood to Cascade. Patronage never met expectations and has not operated since.
- 2002 schedule
During the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire, the D&SNG voluntarily shut down ... | 6,136,438 |
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annual Railfest held every August. Below are some pieces of narrow-gauge equipment that visit the D&SNG railroad.
## D&RGW No. 315.
D&RGW No. 315 is a C-18 locomotive, built in 1895 by Baldwin Locomotive Works. It originally was owned by the Florence and Cripple Creek Railr... | 6,136,439 |
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In 1986 it was put on display at Santa Rita Park. Ownership of 315 was changed from the Chamber of Commerce to the City of Durango. It was restored to operating condition in 2007 by the Durango Railroad Historical Society, which operates the locomotive occasionally on both th... | 6,136,440 |
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to the Old Vegas amusement park in Henderson, Nevada, where it became badly damaged by a fire. Finally, it was bought by Dan Markoff and restored to operating condition. Dan privately owns the engine, and on occasion brings it to various railroads to operate, including the D&... | 6,136,441 |
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Silverton Depot and in the winter it is on display at the D&SNG Museum in Durango.
## Galloping Goose No. 5.
Galloping Goose No. 5 went into service on June 8, 1933 and was built by the Rio Grande Southern railroad. It was built with a 1928 Pierce-Arrow limousine body and r... | 6,136,442 |
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Goose Historical Society in Dolores, Colorado. It visits the D&SNG and Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad.
## Southern Pacific No. 18.
SP No. 18 is a narrow-gauge 4-6-0 locomotive built in 1911 by Baldwin Locomotive Works. It arrived to Durango on loan from the Eastern Cali... | 6,136,443 |
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Sterling Hayden
- 1955, "Run for Cover" starring James Cagney. Train scenes shot at the "High Line" above the Animas River Gorge
- 1956, "Around the World in 80 Days". The cast includes Charles Boyer, Cantinflas, John Carradine, Noël Coward, Andy Devine, Marlene Dietrich, J... | 6,136,444 |
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starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross. Famous "cliff jump" scene shot near Baker's Bridge on Amimas River in upper Hermosa Valley.
- 1971, "Support Your Local Gunfighter" starring James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette and Harry Morgan
## D&SNG.
- 1988, "The Tr... | 6,136,445 |
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Scenic Railroad
- White Pass and Yukon Route
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
- Texas State Railroad
# References.
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Royem, Robert T. (2002). "America's Railroad: The Official Guidebook of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad." Publish... | 6,136,446 |
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arrow Gauge Railroad, Second Edition 2007.
- Osterwald, Doris B. (2001). "Cinders & Smoke: A mile by mile guide for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad." Denver, Colorado: Golden Bell Press, Eighth Edition, Thirty-fourth printing, Western Guideways, Ltd., 2001.
- ... | 6,136,447 |
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Kempul
A component of the Javanese gamelan, the kempul is a set of pitched, hanging, knobbed gongs, often made of bronze, wood, and cords. Ranging from seven to ten inches in diameter, the kempul gong has a flat surface with a protruding knob at the center and is played by hitting the knob with the "soft end of... | 6,136,448 |
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in a gamelan orchestra may fall into the following three functional categories:
- 1. Instruments that delineate the structure of the piece;
- 2. Instruments that guide temporal flow of the music;
- 3. Instruments that carry melodies in both simple and elaborate forms"
"Instruments in the first category inclu... | 6,136,449 |
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metallophones. The balungan is puntuated by the larger gongs (gong and kempul) and horizontally-mounted gongs (kenong, kethuk, and kempyang) at the back of the gamelan." "The kempul, a middle voice gong, punctuates half way to the mid-points of the metric cycle, which is played by the kenong (the kettle gongs)."... | 6,136,450 |
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e called slendro and pelog, thus the full gamelan is actually a double set. Usually the slendro set faces the front and the pelog set the side." The two sets are never played simultaneously. "The slendro tuning consists of five notes per octave and the five intervals consist of small and medium steps. The pelog ... | 6,136,451 |
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Moslem Bahadori
Moslem Bahadori () (born 1927 in Mazandaran, Tonekabon, Iran) is a contemporary Iranian medical scientist, distinguished pathologist and a university lecturer. In 1973, Bahadori along with Averill Abraham Liebow, reported the first case of plasma cell granuloma, a benign tumor of the lu... | 6,136,452 |
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professorship. He was also an invited lecturer and Fulbright Visiting Professor at University of California San Diego.
He is also a member of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences and Chairman, Section on Basic Medical Sciences. Prof Bahadori was a member of editorial boards of several scientific journal... | 6,136,453 |
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Iranian Medicine".
Bahadori devoted his life to the development of basic and clinical medical sciences in Iran and also to the development of scientific Persian language. His role in the development of modern medicine in Iran and medical education was significant.
He is a representative of Iran in Wor... | 6,136,454 |
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Mont-Tramelan
Mont-Tramelan is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura ("Jura Bernois"). While the majority of the population speaks German, the German form of the municipality name, "Tramlingen-Ber... | 6,136,455 |
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faith in 1530. At the beginning of the 17th Century, a family from Neuchâtel founded the community which was known as "Montagnes de la paroisse de Tramelan". The earliest record of the community is from 1647 when it was known simply as "la Montagne". In 1685 it was acknowledged by the Bishop. Following th... | 6,136,456 |
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leaving a German-speaking majority in the villages. In 1897, the formerly private Baptist school in the village became a German-speaking public school for the municipality. A new German speaking school was built in 1953. In 1942, German became the official municipal language. This decision created a Germa... | 6,136,457 |
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area of . Of this area, or 60.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 38.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.8% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 29.4% of the... | 6,136,458 |
2568788 | Mont-Tramelan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mont-Tramelan | Mont-Tramelan
former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.
# Coat of arms.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is "Gules on a Bend sinister Argent three Linden Leaves of the first issuant from chief and a Mount of 3 C... | 6,136,459 |
2568788 | Mont-Tramelan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mont-Tramelan | Mont-Tramelan
most common (30 or 25.9%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (3 or 2.6%).
, the population was 46.7% male and 53.3% female. The population was made up of 55 Swiss men (45.8% of the population) and 1 (0.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 64 Swiss women (53.3%) and (0.0%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the ... | 6,136,460 |
2568788 | Mont-Tramelan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mont-Tramelan | Mont-Tramelan
old) make up 20%.
, there were 45 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 65 married individuals, 6 widows or widowers and individuals who are divorced.
, there were 7 households that consist of only one person and 5 households with five or more people. , a total of 41 a... | 6,136,461 |
2568788 | Mont-Tramelan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mont-Tramelan | Mont-Tramelan
Party (EVP) and the Christian Social Party (CSP) (both with 24.1%) and the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP) (13.7%). In the federal election, a total of 63 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 60.6%.
# Economy.
, Mont-Tramelan had an unemployment rate of 0.38%. , there were a total of 56 people... | 6,136,462 |
2568788 | Mont-Tramelan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mont-Tramelan | Mont-Tramelan
commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 7.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 1.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 31.3% used a private car.
# Religion.
From the , 8 or 6.9% were Roman Catholic, while 30 or... | 6,136,463 |
2568788 | Mont-Tramelan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mont-Tramelan | Mont-Tramelan
did not answer the question.
# Education.
In Mont-Tramelan about 42 or (36.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 11 or (9.5%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule"). Of the 11 who completed tertiary schooling, 63.6... | 6,136,464 |
2568788 | Mont-Tramelan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mont-Tramelan | Mont-Tramelan
an apprenticeship.
Even though the municipality is in a French-speaking district, the municipal school is German speaking. During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 23 students attending classes in Mont-Tramelan. There were no kindergarten classes in the municipality. The municipality had one... | 6,136,465 |
2568867 | Dubai Financial Market | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dubai%20Financial%20Market | Dubai Financial Market
Dubai Financial Market
The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) () is a stock exchange located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was founded on March 26, 2000.
# Overview.
, there are 67 companies listed on DFM. Most of them are UAE-based companies and a few others are dual listings for companies bas... | 6,136,466 |
2568867 | Dubai Financial Market | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dubai%20Financial%20Market | Dubai Financial Market
dropped by around 60% on DFM, along with similar decreases in most other Persian Gulf stock markets.
DFM is one of three stock exchanges in the UAE. Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) also lists mostly UAE companies and NASDAQ Dubai was set up to trade international stocks.
DFM and ADX are bot... | 6,136,467 |
2568867 | Dubai Financial Market | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dubai%20Financial%20Market | Dubai Financial Market
called the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), which is equivalent to the Securities and Exchange Commission in the U.S. Unlike DFM and ADX, NASDAQ Dubai, located in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), is an electronic exchange with no trading floor.
DFM was a fully owned by Duba... | 6,136,468 |
2568867 | Dubai Financial Market | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dubai%20Financial%20Market | Dubai Financial Market
1,439.6 million including none operational profits coming from IPO of AED 468 million. In 2008, profits were AED 605 million. The next year, in 2009, the profit dropped even further and reached 346.62. In 2010, another drop took place and profits reached AED 79 million. In 2011, DFM recorded a lo... | 6,136,469 |
2568867 | Dubai Financial Market | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dubai%20Financial%20Market | Dubai Financial Market
AED 285 million from the AED 35 million in the previous year. and the following year the market have occurred profits of AED 759 million with a growth rate of 166.3%. The next three years the market saw a sharp decline in profit to hit AED, 233.5 million in 2017.
# Listed companies.
## Banks.
... | 6,136,470 |
2568867 | Dubai Financial Market | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dubai%20Financial%20Market | Dubai Financial Market
company to run both entities named Emirates National Bank of Dubai (ENBD), this merger resulted in cancelling both shares and issuing a new one listed on the October 16, 2007.
Both AMLAK and TAMWEEL were suspended from trading since the November 23, 2008 as they announced a merger action.
## In... | 6,136,471 |
2568820 | Ivan Gonta | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivan%20Gonta | Ivan Gonta
Ivan Gonta
Ivan Gonta (; died 1768) was one of the leaders of the Koliyivschyna, an armed rebellion of Cossacks against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Born in Rożyszki (modern Rozsishky) near Uman' in Bracław Voivodship, Gonta served as a sotnik (captain) of Cossack household militia of Franciszek Sal... | 6,136,472 |
2568820 | Ivan Gonta | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivan%20Gonta | Ivan Gonta
Jews and Uniates were slaughtered. After that, Gonta was proclaimed colonel and commanded the garrison of Uman.
Fearing that the rebellion would spread into her domain, Catherine the Great, the Empress of Russia, dispatched a regiment of Don Cossacks to help Poland suppress the rebellion. The commander of t... | 6,136,473 |
2568820 | Ivan Gonta | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivan%20Gonta | Ivan Gonta
was handed over to the Poles and was tried for high treason. Sentenced to death by grand Crown Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki, he was then executed in the village of Serby (modern Gontivka) in the Podolian Voivodship. As an added measure, his body was partitioned and nailed to gallows in 14 towns of Podolia.
A... | 6,136,474 |
2568872 | Southern Daily Echo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southern%20Daily%20Echo | Southern Daily Echo
Southern Daily Echo
The Southern Daily Echo, more commonly known as the Daily Echo or simply The Echo, is a regional tabloid newspaper based in Southampton, covering the county of Hampshire in the United Kingdom. The newspaper is owned by Newsquest, one of the largest publishers of local newspapers... | 6,136,475 |
2568872 | Southern Daily Echo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southern%20Daily%20Echo | Southern Daily Echo
It returned to being the "Daily Echo again" on 10 January 1994.
The "Echo" is currently the only paid-for local newspaper covering the city of Southampton.
The editorial position is that of a politically neutral publication.
On Saturdays, the "Daily Echo" produced Sports Pink is also sold. This i... | 6,136,476 |
2568872 | Southern Daily Echo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southern%20Daily%20Echo | Southern Daily Echo
and had an online publication that was owned by the same company however it was not a part of the Daily Echo.
The newspaper moved to its current main offices in the Redbridge area of Southampton in 1997, with district offices in Winchester. The former city centre offices of the "Daily Echo" are now... | 6,136,477 |
2568872 | Southern Daily Echo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southern%20Daily%20Echo | Southern Daily Echo
with district offices in Winchester. The former city centre offices of the "Daily Echo" are now the site of the Above Bar entrance to the WestQuay Shopping Centre, which opened in 2000.
The "Southern Daily Echo" was named Newspaper of the Year 2009 and 2011, and Campaigning Newspaper of the Year 20... | 6,136,478 |
2568785 | La Heutte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Heutte | La Heutte
La Heutte
La Heutte is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura ("Jura Bernois"). On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Péry and La Heutte merged to form the new municipality of Péry-La Heutte.
... | 6,136,479 |
2568785 | La Heutte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Heutte | La Heutte
parish of Péry. So La Heutte adopted the Protestant Reformation in 1530, when Biel converted the entire parish of Péry to the new faith. During the 18th century, Biel attempted to expand its power, which caused frequent conflicts with the neighboring villages, including La Heutte.
The first glass factory, at... | 6,136,480 |
2568785 | La Heutte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Heutte | La Heutte
a train station was built in the village, which encouraged the growth of the watch industry. Two years later, the Ammann watch factory opened in the old Bendit mill. In 1895 the Urania Watch Company replaced Ammann in the mill. It was, in turn, replaced by the Weber wire drawing factory in 1938. During a watc... | 6,136,481 |
2568785 | La Heutte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Heutte | La Heutte
town of Biel/Bienne. It is located in the narrow Suze valley that lies on the old Roman road between "Augusta Raurica" (Augst) und "Petinesca" (Studen).
Before the merger, La Heutte had a total area of . Of this area, or 24.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 64.9% is forested. Of the rest of the ... | 6,136,482 |
2568785 | La Heutte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Heutte | La Heutte
and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.9% is used for growing crops and 9.5% is pastures and 9.0% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
On 31 December 2009 District de Courtelary, the municipality's former district,... | 6,136,483 |
2568785 | La Heutte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Heutte | La Heutte
10 years (2000-2010) the population has changed at a rate of -1.6%. Migration accounted for -5.1%, while births and deaths accounted for 4.1%.
Most of the population () speaks French (367 or 75.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (98 or 20.1%) and Spanish is the third (14 or 2.9%). ... | 6,136,484 |
2568785 | La Heutte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Heutte | La Heutte
born in the same canton, while 74 or 15.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 63 or 12.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 24% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 57.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.2%.
, there w... | 6,136,485 |
2568785 | La Heutte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Heutte | La Heutte
and 11 apartments (4.9%) were empty. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.39%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
# Heritage sites of national significance.
The Le Van, a medieval glass factory, is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
# Politics.
In ... | 6,136,486 |
2568785 | La Heutte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Heutte | La Heutte
Economy.
, La Heutte had an unemployment rate of 1.74%. , there were a total of 72 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 10 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 11 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 busin... | 6,136,487 |
2568785 | La Heutte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Heutte | La Heutte
and 65.1% used a private car.
# Religion.
From the , 127 or 26.0% were Roman Catholic, while 282 or 57.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 28 individuals (or about 5.74% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who wa... | 6,136,488 |
2568785 | La Heutte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Heutte | La Heutte
additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule"). Of the 34 who completed tertiary schooling, 55.9% were Swiss men, 23.5% were Swiss women, 14.7% were non-Swiss men.
The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school... | 6,136,489 |
2568785 | La Heutte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Heutte | La Heutte
ol year, there were a total of 50 students attending classes in La Heutte. There was one kindergarten class with a total of 14 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 14.3% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 21.4% have a different mother language than t... | 6,136,490 |
2568779 | Cortébert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cortébert | Cortébert
Cortébert
Cortébert is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking part of the canton in the Jura mountains.
# History.
Cortébert is first mentioned in 1178 as "Cortaibert".
In 1179 the cathedral chapters of Saint-Im... | 6,136,491 |
2568779 | Cortébert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cortébert | Cortébert
and workshops were built during the 16th through 19th century, many of which still exist in the center of the village. In 1865, the watch manufacturer Raiguel Juillard et Cie opened a factory in the village. It was later renamed Cortébert Watch & Co. The watch factory changed the entire socio-economic structu... | 6,136,492 |
2568779 | Cortébert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cortébert | Cortébert
watches plummeted which devastated the municipal economy. Cortébert Watch struggled to remain in operation until 1962 when it finally closed. In the 1990s, a new industrial and shopping zone was created in the west of the village.
# Geography.
Cortébert has an area of . Of this area, or 49.3% is used for ag... | 6,136,493 |
2568779 | Cortébert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cortébert | Cortébert
Of the agricultural land, 13.3% is used for growing crops and 9.1% is pastures and 26.8% is used for alpine pastures.
It consists of the village of Cortébert and the hamlet of Prés de Cortébert.
On 31 December 2009 District de Courtelary, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following d... | 6,136,494 |
2568779 | Cortébert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cortébert | Cortébert
last 10 years (2000-2010) the population has changed at a rate of -2.9%. Migration accounted for -4.8%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.6%.
Most of the population () speaks French (527 or 73.8%) as their first language, German is the second most common (133 or 18.6%) and Italian is the third (23 or 3... | 6,136,495 |
2568779 | Cortébert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cortébert | Cortébert
who were born in the same canton, while 124 or 17.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 125 or 17.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 22.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.1... | 6,136,496 |
2568779 | Cortébert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cortébert | Cortébert
seasonally occupied and 22 apartments (6.5%) were empty. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 4.14%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
# Sights.
The entire village of Cortébert is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
# Politics.
In the 2011 federal ... | 6,136,497 |
2568779 | Cortébert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cortébert | Cortébert
, there were a total of 186 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 50 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 50 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 8 businesses in this sector. 86 people were employed in the te... | 6,136,498 |
2568779 | Cortébert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cortébert | Cortébert
, 186 or 26.1% were Roman Catholic, while 361 or 50.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.28% of the population), there were 4 individuals (or about 0.56% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church,... | 6,136,499 |
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