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Troitsk, also spelled Troick, city, Chelyabinsk oblast (region), western Russia. Troitsk lies along the Uy River at the inflow of the Uvelka River. Founded in 1743 as a fortress, it was chartered in 1784. An agricultural centre for the adjacent steppes, Troitsk also has transport and industrial functions, and ... |
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Trombetas River, Portuguese Rio Trombetas, river in northwestern Pará state, northern Brazil. Formed by the Poana, Anamu, and other headstreams flowing from the southern slope of the Serra Acaraí on the Guyana border, the Trombetas meanders generally southward for 470 mi (760 km). It forms several lake... |
2f1fc0dfd317004fec92b9bc7db901b3 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tronto | Tronto | Tronto
The principal rivers (the Tronto, Pescara, Sangro, and Trigno) drain to the Adriatic, providing irrigation in their lower courses. The course of these streams is irregular, and, because of massive deforestation on the upper slopes, floods and landslides occur frequently during the spring and fall rains.
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Troodos Mountains, mountain range in southern Cyprus, beginning immediately inland from Cape Arnauti. It rises to its highest point at Mount Olympus, or Khionistra (6,401 feet [1,951 metres]), about 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Nicosia, and gradually descends to narrow coastal strips on the south an... |
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Tropic of Capricorn, latitude approximately 23°27′ S of the terrestrial Equator. This latitude corresponds to the southernmost declination of the Sun’s ecliptic to the celestial equator. At the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, around December 21, the Sun is directly over the Tropic of Ca... |
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…these Pacific Coast Ranges the Troughs of the Coastal Margin contain the only extensive lowland plains of the Pacific margin—California’s Central Valley, Oregon’s Willamette River valley, and the half-drowned basin of Puget Sound in Washington. Parts of an inland trench that extends for g... |
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Trowbridge, town (parish), administrative and historic county of Wiltshire, southwestern England. Trowbridge is located on the River Biss in western Wiltshire, approximately 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Bath. Its substantial growth in the 18th and 19th centuries and strong transportation links made it the ... |
691b6f777c45af97396897a5e69da1d2 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Troy-Alabama | Troy | Troy
Troy, city, seat (1839) of Pike county, southeastern Alabama, U.S., about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Montgomery. Originally known as Deer Stand Hill (an Indian hunting ground) and first settled about 1824, it was later known as Zebulon and then Centreville before being renamed Troy (1838), either for Troy, New... |
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Troy, Greek Troia, also called Ilios or Ilion, Latin Troia, Troja, or Ilium, ancient city in northwestern Anatolia that holds an enduring place in both literature and archaeology. It occupied a key position on trade routes between Europe and Asia. The legend of the Trojan War, fought between the Greeks and the pe... |
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Troy, city, seat (1793) of Rensselaer county, eastern New York, U.S. It lies on the east bank of the Hudson River, opposite Watervliet and the junction of the Hudson with the Mohawk River and the New York State Canal System. With Albany and Schenectady, it forms an urban-industrial complex. Its site was originall... |
2d1ab7012c2396f5c0b8564efa64cc17 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tryambakeshvar | Tryambakeshvar | Tryambakeshvar
Tryambakeshvar, a village 14 miles (22 km) from Nashik, is the site of a Shaivite Jyotirlinga temple, the most important of the pilgrim sites.
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facaef9de68c1747831dc64519e97f8f | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tsavo-National-Park | Tsavo National Park | Tsavo National Park
Tsavo National Park, national park, southeastern Kenya, east of Mount Kilimanjaro. The largest (8,036 square miles [20,812 square km]) of Kenya’s national parks, it was established in 1948. Later that year, for administrative purposes, the park was divided into two smaller units: Tsavo East and Tsa... |
9f7a6836fd71cd0002f5e25c92492af8 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tshikapa | Tshikapa | Tshikapa
Tshikapa, village, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Kasai River, about 30 miles (50 km) north of the Angolan border. A noted diamond mining locale (arising after the first diamond was discovered in the area in 1907), exploitation fell off in the 1970s, but gravel quarrying remained important. The vill... |
1ccd9faee500a4d6513c3bac2891adf1 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tsimlyansk-Reservoir | Tsimlyansk Reservoir | Tsimlyansk Reservoir
Tsimlyansk Reservoir, Russian Tsimlyanskoye Vodokhranilishche, reservoir created by a giant barrage (dam) at the great bend of the Don River, near the town of Tsimlyansk in Rostov oblast (province), southern Russia. The reservoir, about 160 miles (257 kilometres) long, was constructed in 1950–51 i... |
f69fe8183d21acd5e780cb37062c2f27 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tsuruoka | Tsuruoka | Tsuruoka
Tsuruoka, city, Yamagata ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, in the Shōnai Plain. Tsuruoka developed as a castle town during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867), and most of its buildings are of that period. Traditional industries produce candles, silk textiles, and sake (rice wine). After the Meiji period (1868–191... |
70c8ea765bddfe759b665f6652e53372 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tsuyama | Tsuyama | Tsuyama
Tsuyama, city, northeastern Okayama ken (prefecture), western Honshu, Japan. It lies along the upper Yoshii River, in the centre of the Tsuyama basin. A castle was built there in 1442. An important post town during the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867), Tsuyama is still a centre of traditional home industries,... |
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…from the left and the Tuba River from the right. Fed chiefly by rainwater and melting snow, they begin their spring high water in late April and are swollen by summer rain floods. The Angara, on the other hand, is highly regulated by its source—the huge Lake Baikal—and rarely experiences…
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The village of Tubou, the main settlement of the Lau Group, is on Lakeba. Because of the Lau Group’s proximity and historical connections to Tonga, the people and their culture combine Polynesian and Melanesian characteristics to a greater extent than is found in Fiji’s more westerly groups.
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Tuckasegee River, river, Jackson county, North Carolina, U.S. It rises in the Blue Ridge, in Pisgah National Forest west of Brevard. The Tuckasegee flows some 50 miles (80 km) northwest past Cullowhee, Whittier, and Bryson City, near which it empties into Fontana Lake in the Little Tennessee River. Th... |
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Tucson, city, seat (1864) of Pima county, southeastern Arizona, U.S. Tucson lies along the Santa Cruz River on a hilly plain of the Sonoran Desert that is rimmed by the Santa Catalina and other mountains. The city lies at an elevation of 2,410 feet (735 metres) and is situated about 115 miles (185 km) southeast... |
1f5e2984a9aaa62056cda10939dcf886 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tucurui-Dam | Tucuruí Dam | Tucuruí Dam
…are met by the giant Tucuruí hydroelectric plant on the Tocantins River, one of the largest hydroelectric power stations in the world. A more modest hydroelectric facility on a small river north of Manaus supplies that city with power. A growing sensitivity to the harmful consequences for both human beings... |
b792c46f209d1f3662ffd6ecdbbc3201 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tuktoyaktuk | Tuktoyaktuk | Tuktoyaktuk
Tuktoyaktuk, formerly (until 1950) Port Brabant, hamlet, Inuvik region, northwestern Northwest Territories, Canada, lying on the Beaufort Sea. It is situated 20 miles (32 km) east of the Mackenzie River delta and 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Inuvik town. Tuktoyaktuk (an Inuit word for “reindeer that loo... |
39040cfb098ef5639fe8740f33ea0144 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tulagi | Tulagi | Tulagi
Tulagi, also spelled Tulaghi, town and island in the Solomon Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean, north of Guadalcanal. The island has a circumference of 3 miles (5 km). The town of Tulagi was the administrative seat (from 1893) of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate until it was destroyed by the Japanese ... |
1afddf24a22185d297eb54dee2d17b1c | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tulancingo | Tulancingo | Tulancingo
Tulancingo, city, southeastern Hidalgo estado (state), north-central Mexico. Tulancingo lies in the Sierra Madre Oriental along the Río Grande de Tulancingo, at 7,290 feet (2,222 metres) above sea level. It was taken from the Toltec Indians by the Spaniards in the 1520s. The city, which contains several col... |
09d9d9cc0ac0f10c59a363124495ba5a | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tulcan | Tulcán | Tulcán
Tulcán, city, extreme northern Ecuador. Tulcán lies in the highlands of the Andes Mountains, just south of the Carchi River and near the border with Colombia. Spanish colonists established the European settlement in the mid-18th century. When Ecuador seceded from Gran Colombia in 1830, the boundary between Ecua... |
119b305c020d3455519e53a17c4db642 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tulle-France | Tulle | Tulle
Tulle, town, capital of Corrèze département, Nouvelle-Aquitaine région, central France. It is situated on the western edge of the upland block known as the Massif Central. The town is spread out along the deep, narrow Corrèze valley, and its streets climb steep hill slopes. Only the 12th-century nave and the bel... |
67ffd3a16cc4ca8daedaae2ebc22c929 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tulsa | Tulsa | Tulsa
Tulsa, city, Osage and Tulsa counties, seat (1907) of Tulsa county, northeastern Oklahoma, U.S., situated on the Arkansas River. It originated in 1836 as a settlement of Creek Indians who named it for their former town in Alabama. White settlement began after the arrival in 1882 of the St. Louis-San Francisco Ra... |
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Tumkuru, also spelled Tumkur, city, southeastern Karnataka state, southern India. It lies in an upland region at the foot of Devarayadurga Hill, which has a picturesque health resort at an elevation about 3,900 feet (1,190 metres).
The city, a road and rail centre, has a cluster of small-scale industries, whic... |
67bdc693aaf91b0fc6f8a498d5e1e2dd | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tumut-River | Tumut River | Tumut River
Tumut River, river, south New South Wales, Australia. It rises on the northwestern slopes of the Snowy Mountains and flows 90 miles (145 km) to join the Murrumbidgee River, east of the town of Gundagai.
The Tumut River is a major part of the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Project. Its upper reaches are impo... |
2450ed5aa39be2171dd0ecff477d86d7 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tunbridge-Wells-England | Tunbridge Wells | Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells, town and borough (district), administrative and historic county of Kent, southeastern England. It lies about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of London.
The borough encompasses a largely rural area in the southwestern part of Kent. The town of Royal Tunbridge Wells, now included in the borou... |
82e54512c385733d5c9be9841d9f8b11 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tunisia/Daily-life-and-social-customs | Daily life and social customs | Daily life and social customs
In general, though Tunisians consider themselves to be more liberal and tolerant than their neighbours—most urban women, for example, dress in Western clothes and do not veil themselves, and (though it is considered inappropriate by some Tunisian Muslims) locally made wines and spirits are... |
1351c7f7722b095e81c92541f915ef15 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tunisia/History | History | History
The following discussion offers a brief summary of Tunisia’s early history but mainly focuses on Tunisia since about 1800. For a more detailed treatment of earlier periods and of the country in its regional context, see North Africa.
Tunisia was called Ifrīqiyyah in the early centuries of the Islamic period. Th... |
18e7046b7c992cc5699e2bac97edad4b | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tunisia/The-Jasmine-Revolution | The Jasmine Revolution | The Jasmine Revolution
In January 2011 Ben Ali was forced out of power by a popular uprising that came to be known as the Jasmine Revolution. The demonstrations, and Ben Ali’s ouster, inspired a series of uprisings known as the Arab Spring, especially in Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and Syria. Tunisia’s revolution is widely co... |
932e8e0feb0799be182ac8876342c53b | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tunxi | Tunxi | Tunxi
In 1987 the cities of Tunxi and Huangshan were combined to form a single prefecture-level municipality; though the name Huangshan was retained, Tunxi district became the seat of the municipality. The area under the municipality corresponds approximately to the original Huizhou prefecture. Huizhou is famous in Chi... |
0d2b2b86aba252609f4fc869f9d8581e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tupelo-Mississippi | Tupelo | Tupelo
Tupelo, city, seat (1867) of Lee county, northeastern Mississippi, U.S., located 62 miles (100 km) northeast of Columbus. It is the headquarters and focal point of the Natchez Trace Parkway. In 1859 the original settlement of Harrisburg was moved 2 miles (3 km) east to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad line. The new... |
4f5f3287b280f6f14f9902752814b7fe | https://www.britannica.com/place/Turkestan | Turkestan | Turkestan
Turkestan, Kazakh Türkistan, city, southern Kazakhstan. It lies in the Syr Darya (ancient Jaxartes River) plain.
Turkestan was an ancient centre of the caravan trade; it was known as Shavgar and later as Yasī. It became a religious centre called Khazret (Hazrat) because of the 12th-century Sufi (Muslim mysti... |
764433d71eea735ef40793df47d0249e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Turkey/Declaration-of-the-Turkish-republic | Declaration of the Turkish republic | Declaration of the Turkish republic
On October 29, 1923, the assembly declared Turkey to be a republic and elected Mustafa Kemal as its first president. The caliphate was abolished on March 3, 1924, and all members of the Ottoman dynasty were expelled from Turkey. A full republican constitution was adopted on April 20,... |
c9bb3ca7b02fb83d79cea1faf078fb1b | https://www.britannica.com/place/Turkey/Kemalist-policies | Kemalist policies | Kemalist policies
The bases of Mustafa Kemal’s policies were enshrined in the CHP program of 1931, which was written into the Turkish constitution in 1937. Mustafa Kemal’s six fundamental principles were republicanism (i.e., the creation of the republic), nationalism, populism, statism, secularism, and revolution. Revo... |
221b2028e006e8f516151df3fbfa6646 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Turkish-Gate | Turkish Gate | Turkish Gate
The Rumi Darwaza, or Turkish Gate, was modeled (1784) on the Sublime Porte (Bab-i Hümayun) in Istanbul. The best-preserved monument is the Residency (1800), the scene of the defense by British troops during the Indian Mutiny. A memorial commemorating the Indians who died during the uprising was erected in…... |
fb09d6bfbb9c7893fa6d36a866866f22 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Turlock | Turlock | Turlock
Turlock, city, Stanislaus county, central California, U.S. It lies in the San Joaquin Valley, 40 miles (65 km) southeast of Stockton. It was founded in 1871 by John Mitchell, a grain farmer. After the Central Pacific Railroad was extended through the valley in the 1870s, Turlock (from the Irish turlough, meani... |
19e226addaf5dbd6078951a7a98da76f | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tuscaloosa-Alabama | Tuscaloosa | Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa, city, seat (1819) of Tuscaloosa county, western Alabama, U.S., on the Black Warrior River about 55 miles (90 km) southwest of Birmingham. Founded in 1816 by Thomas York on land opened to settlement after the Creek War, it was named for the Choctaw chief Tuscaloosa (“Black Warrior”), who fought t... |
04d9743c2c58584ec760781bbe86742c | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tuscania | Tuscania | Tuscania
Tuscania, formerly (until 1911) Toscanella, Latin Tuscania, or Tuscana, town, Lazio (Latium) regione, central Italy, west of Viterbo. The ancient city was a prosperous Etruscan centre in the 3rd century bc, and Etruscan tombs have been found nearby. Until a disastrous earthquake in 1971, the town contained ma... |
1efe81acd92423301db239dde76f1bb2 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tuscumbia | Tuscumbia | Tuscumbia
Tuscumbia, city, seat (1870) of Colbert county, northwestern Alabama, U.S. It is situated in the Muscle Shoals area on the Tennessee River, about 65 miles (105 km) west of Huntsville, and forms with Florence, Sheffield, and the city of Muscle Shoals a four-city metropolitan area. Founded in 1817 as Ococoposa... |
bbdbab37e0e5f5be9c142ccc55f99245 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tuskegee-Alabama | Tuskegee | Tuskegee
Tuskegee, city, seat of Macon county, east-central Alabama, U.S., adjacent to Tuskegee National Forest, about 40 miles (65 km) east of Montgomery. It was founded in 1833, and its name was a variation of Taskigi, a nearby Creek Indian village. Fort Decatur (built 1814), near the city on the Tallapoosa River, w... |
c23a001e47533f403652c9169e226281 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tutuila-Island | Tutuila Island | Tutuila Island
Tutuila Island, largest island in American Samoa, in the south-central Pacific Ocean, about 1,600 miles (2,600 km) northeast of New Zealand. Some 18 miles (30 km) long and 6 miles (10 km) across at its widest point, the island has a densely wooded, broken, mountainous backbone culminating at a height of... |
42f23b7f540cc9997d17eedbbcd73e3e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tuy-Hoa | Tuy Hoa | Tuy Hoa
Tuy Hoa, city, southeastern Vietnam. An agricultural centre and fishing port on the South China Sea coast near the mouth of the Da Rang River, it is the focus of a fertile, densely populated agricultural lowland devoted to sugarcane, cotton, and rice. Many of the Vietnamese farmers of the Tuy Hoa region were r... |
740058c212410b98d6b02ad1e11e9a18 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tver-historical-principality-Russia | Tver | Tver
Tver, in full Principality Of Tver, Russian Tver, or Tverskoye Knyazhestvo, medieval principality located in the region northwest of Moscow and centring on the city of Tver and including the towns of Kashin, Mikulin, Kholm, Dorogobuzh, and Staritsa. Descendants of Prince Yaroslav Yaroslavich (brother of Alexander... |
2e923dae286237ec846cce6d4eef6deb | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tver-Russia | Tver | Tver
Tver, formerly (1931–90) Kalinin, city and administrative centre of Tver oblast (region), western Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the upper Volga and Tvertsa rivers.
The first mention of Tver dates from 1134–35, when it was subject to Novgorod. It became part of the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal in 1... |
ca2652b76754a72fb937ad1e043daac0 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Twickenham | Twickenham | Twickenham
…rebuild his house, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex, he proposed to reflect faithfully in its architecture his tastes for topography, history, and heraldry. He formed a “committee on taste” to advise him on the design. Among the members were the amateur archaeologists Richard Bentley and John Chute, b... |
46148fefb9eabc104522b97c99809118 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Twin-Falls-Idaho | Twin Falls | Twin Falls
Twin Falls, city, seat (1907) of Twin Falls county, south-central Idaho, U.S. Located near Twin Falls (65 feet [20 metres] high), Shoshone Falls (212 feet [65 metres]), and Auger Falls (140 feet [43 metres]) of the Snake River, the city is adjacent to a spectacular canyon that bisects the broad, arid river ... |
0e184268ad819575525d3ec1e6a8cb24 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tyler | Tyler | Tyler
Tyler, city, seat (1846) of Smith county, northeastern Texas, U.S. It is located 100 miles (160 km) east-southeast of Dallas. Laid out in 1846 and named for President John Tyler, it was a farming centre until 1930, when the East Texas oil field was discovered. A transportation focus, Tyler became the administrat... |
b37850cc8b0693f49503a6ab1db62b68 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tynedale | Tynedale | Tynedale
Tynedale, former district, administrative and historic county of Northumberland, northern England, in the western part of the county, bordered on the northwest by Scotland. Tynedale is an area of hills, both rounded and craggy, and bleak moorlands separated by the narrow, fertile valleys of the Rivers North T... |
a6f420b5f030524930f53b27ce1eb1e1 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tyrone-former-county-Northern-Ireland | Tyrone | Tyrone
Tyrone, former (until 1973) county, Northern Ireland. It was bounded by the former counties of Londonderry (north) and Fermanagh and Monaghan (south), and by former County Armagh and Lough (lake) Neagh (east). It had an area of 1,260 square miles (3,263 square km). In the north, the Sperrin Mountains rise to 2... |
13b976b2ba60bd454c395712f800eab4 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Tyva | Tyva | Tyva
Tyva, also spelled Tuva, also called Tannu-Tuva, republic in south-central Siberia, Russia. Tyva borders northwestern Mongolia and occupies the basin of the upper Yenisey River. Its relief consists of two broad basins, the Tyva and Todzha, drained by two main tributaries of the Yenisey River. High mountain range... |
0eaccda4fae65919aef13e754cb08e29 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ubange-Uele-plateau | Ubange-Uele plateau | Ubange-Uele plateau
In the north the Ubangi-Uele plateaus form the divide between the Nile and Congo river basins. Rising to between 3,000 and 4,000 feet (915 and 1,220 metres), these plateaus also separate the central basin from the vast plains of the Lake Chad system. In the south the plateaus begin…
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…of the princely state of Udaipur (Mewar) in 1568 by Maharaja Udai Singh after the sack of Chittaurgarh. A walled city, it stands on a ridge crowned by the maharaja’s City Palace, which was begun in 1570. To the west lies Lake Pichola with its two small islands and marble…
When, after protracted fighting in Mew... |
42a89c299707334e9e548e92083b034f | https://www.britannica.com/place/Udhampur | Udhampur | Udhampur
Udhampur, town, southwestern Jammu and Kashmir state, northern India, in the Kashmir region of the Indian subcontinent. It is situated at an elevation of 2,500 feet (760 metres) in a valley of the Siwalik Range, about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Jammu, the state’s winter capital.
The town is named for Udham... |
57cc33e08f687f1784f7d0e85aab62cd | https://www.britannica.com/place/Udmurtiya | Udmurtiya | Udmurtiya
Udmurtiya, also spelled Udmurtia, republic in west-central Russia. It lies partly in the basin of the middle Kama River, which flows along part of its southeastern boundary. The larger part of Udmurtiya lies in the drainage area of the Cheptsa and Kilmez rivers, which are tributaries of the Vyatka River. Its... |
e71f86774b1a1a1a1358b6ca7dfe695b | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ueno | Ueno | Ueno
Ueno, city, Mie ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies in an intermontane basin at the head of the Kii Peninsula. The city developed around a castle built in 1611 and still retains some of its early character. Hakuho Park is on the site of the old castle, which was rebuilt in 1953. The Aizen Temple in Ueno is d... |
ffd0e88de34fe8947b659600cc3db0bd | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ueno-Zoological-Gardens | Ueno Zoological Gardens | Ueno Zoological Gardens
Ueno Zoological Gardens, Japanese Ueno Dōbutsuen, oldest and most famous zoological garden in Japan. It was founded in 1882, and its administration was transferred to the Tokyo city government in 1924. Occupying a 32-acre (13-hectare) site in the Ueno district of Tokyo, it is landscaped in trad... |
eff3986907db1d2490c547c46bbc466a | https://www.britannica.com/place/Uganda-Museum | Uganda Museum | Uganda Museum
…were founded in 1901, the Uganda Museum originated in 1908 from collections assembled by the British District Commissioners, and the National Museum of Kenya (now part of the National Museums of Kenya) in Nairobi was commenced by the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society in 1909. Mozambique’s fi... |
f976209abbac5094ff2ab3dfe22d9dea | https://www.britannica.com/place/Uhuru-Peak | Uhuru Peak | Uhuru Peak
…19,340 feet (5,895 metres) at Uhuru peak on the Kibo cone. The generally smooth outlines of the cratered dome of Kibo are in marked contrast to the jagged form of Mawensi, or Mawenzi (17,564 feet); the two summits are connected by a saddle that lies at about 14,500 feet. Mount…
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bd9e436cbe480d4195e882be808d16d3 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Uijongbu | Ŭijŏngbu | Ŭijŏngbu
Ŭijŏngbu, also spelled Uijeongbu, city, Kyŏnggi (Gyeonggi) do (province), northwestern South Korea. Ŭijŏngbu lies approximately 12 miles (20 km) north of Seoul. Its name, meaning “State Council” in Old Korean, derives from its being the temporary site of the cabinet office during the Chosŏn (Yi) dynasty (1392... |
10ce486be7fc9c84cc13d5aadbb0d3c7 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Uji-Japan | Uji | Uji
Uji, city, Kyōto fu (urban prefecture), west-central Honshu, Japan. It lies along the Uji River in the southeastern corner of the Kyōto Basin. It developed in about the 7th century as a river crossing. During the Tokugawa era (1603–1867) it was the main post town on the road between Nara and Ōtsu.
Uji is best know... |
b97b6f0156323a85267dea26962ad68b | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ujjayini | Ujjayini | Ujjayini
Ujjayini, one of the seven holy cities of the Hindus, renowned for its beauty and wealth, became a centre of early Buddhism and of Jainism.
…theatre in the city of Ujjayinī, one of the capitals of the Gupta Empire, in the 5th century, for a number of authors can be placed there during this reign; among these w... |
a0d199f7acf1f4f17846a3d3c25c8b88 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ujung-Kulon-National-Park | Ujung Kulon National Park | Ujung Kulon National Park
Ujung Kulon National Park, English Point Kulon National Park, national park on the island of Java, in the province of Banten, Indonesia. It is best known as the last refuge of the one-horned Javan rhinoceros. A remote area of low hills and plateaus, with small lagoons and coastal dunes, it oc... |
ce2f3afa5e27981ba80c1cf61d103454 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukiah | Ukiah | Ukiah
Ukiah, city, seat (1859) of Mendocino county, northwestern California, U.S. It lies on the Russian River, 60 miles (100 km) north-northwest of Santa Rosa and 100 miles (160 km) north of San Francisco. Settled in 1856, the city derived its name from the Pomo Indian word yokaya (probably “deep valley,” or “south v... |
6b464e01c728db609a168e46191bf245 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukraine | Ukraine | Ukraine
Ukraine, country located in eastern Europe, the second largest on the continent after Russia. The capital is Kyiv (Kiev), located on the Dnieper River in north-central Ukraine.
A fully independent Ukraine emerged only late in the 20th century, after long periods of successive domination by Poland-Lithuania, Ru... |
045c91da45dfe803bfe27816dddc40bb | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukraine/Cultural-life | Cultural life | Cultural life
Ukraine possesses a wealth of cultural talent and a considerable cultural legacy. Numerous writers have contributed to the country’s rich literary history. Impressive monuments of architecture and museums displaying works by generations of Ukrainian artists can be found throughout the country, and art gal... |
c8587a90eaa97e182a849eac35833044 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukraine/People | People | People
When Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union, a policy of Russian in-migration and Ukrainian out-migration was in effect, and ethnic Ukrainians’ share of the population in Ukraine declined from 77 percent in 1959 to 73 percent in 1991. But that trend reversed after the country gained independence, and, by the tur... |
c2d971d2fb17fe7b90dd28e824648a1d | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukrainian-National-Republic | Ukrainian National Republic | Ukrainian National Republic
…proclaimed the creation of the Ukrainian National Republic, though still in federation with the new democratic Russia that was expected to emerge from the impending Constituent Assembly. The Bolsheviks, in turn, at the first All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets, held in Kharkiv in December, de... |
d39df55262aad12b10fbad8e0960a2ea | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukrainian-Shield | Ukrainian Shield | Ukrainian Shield
…Pryazovska Vysochyna, hilly region, southeastern Ukraine. Part of the Ukrainian Crystalline Shield, the Azov Upland is an area of denuded mountains, extending from the Dnieper River for 100 miles (160 km) to the Donets Ridge and sloping gently down southeastward to the Sea of Azov. The highest point ... |
db7ddb5916fbd97dff04594505c8403e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukrainian-Steppe-Reserve | Ukrainian Steppe Reserve | Ukrainian Steppe Reserve
The separate sections of the Ukrainian Steppe Reserve also preserve various types of steppe. The Black Sea Nature Reserve shelters many species of waterfowl and is the only Ukrainian breeding ground of the Mediterranean gull (Larus melanocephalus). Also located on the Black Sea, the Danube Wate... |
64c65fb73efefd0ab390952c55e26624 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ulm | Ulm | Ulm
Ulm, city, Baden-Württemberg Land (state), southwestern Germany. It lies on the left bank of the Danube River at its junction with the Iller and the Blau, opposite the Bavarian town of Neu Ulm.
Ulm was first mentioned as a royal domain in 854 and was chartered in the 12th century by the Hohenstaufen emperors. It p... |
063f112a5d6d54e47f3754e92faa96f1 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ulsan | Ulsan | Ulsan
Ulsan, metropolitan city, southeastern South Korea. Ulsan has the status of a metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government, with administrative status equal to that of a province. At the eastern end of the T’aebaek Mountains, facing the East Sea (Sea of Japan), on Ulsan Bay, it lies about... |
183209851b71d5cccc1cb6d5cabb7f7a | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ulster-historic-province-Ireland | Ulster | Ulster
Ulster, ancient Ulaid, one of the ancient provinces of Ireland and subsequently the northernmost of Ireland’s four traditional provinces (the others being Leinster, Munster, and Connaught [Connacht]). Because of the Ulster cycle of Irish literature, which recounts the exploits of Cú Chulainn and many other Ulst... |
d2681d3082761c9433a0c8bd2323f00e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Umfolozi-Game-Reserve | Umfolozi Game Reserve | Umfolozi Game Reserve
Umfolozi Game Reserve, wild animal sanctuary in northern KwaZulu/Natal province, South Africa. The reserve lies southwest of the Hluhluwe Game Reserve, about 35 miles (56 km) inland from the Indian Ocean. It was established in 1897 and has an area of 185 square miles (478 square km). A wooded sa... |
58d87790286c7c16d692e464f9db53c4 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Umniati-River | Umniati River | Umniati River
Umniati River, river, tributary of the Zambezi River in north-central Zimbabwe. It has its source in the Daramumbe Range on the main watershed north of Chivhu. Flowing northwest for 325 miles (520 km), the Umniati joins the Zambezi River near the Kariba Dam. Its tributaries include the Sebakwe, Umsweswe... |
710b99cfec1c5072a54e6807ec649236 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Umuahia | Umuahia | Umuahia
Umuahia, town, capital of Abia state, southern Nigeria. It lies along the railroad from Port Harcourt to Enugu. It is an agricultural market centre and (since 1916) a collecting point on the railway for the crops of the surrounding region: yams, cassava (manioc), corn (maize), taro, citrus fruits, and palm oil... |
f03ba0ff0f8e4e2baf3a9d6b2c64e948 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Una-India | Una | Una
Una, town, southwestern Himachal Pradesh state, northern India. It lies along the Soan River at an elevation of 1,815 feet (550 metres), about 60 miles (95 km) northwest of Shimla, the state capital.
Una was formerly an important commercial centre, but it declined after all-weather roads were constructed that bypa... |
c819e5085168748d50ccf82ad0c9252e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Underflow-Tunnel-and-Reservoir-Plan | Underflow Tunnel and Reservoir Plan | Underflow Tunnel and Reservoir Plan
…an ambitious project popularly called Deep Tunnel. It consists primarily of a vast system of large tunnels bored in the bedrock deep beneath the region that collects and stores storm water until it can be processed at treatment facilities.
…an imaginative concept is Chicago’s Underf... |
88fabe0a99136f34ee9a07725e3b8183 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ungava | Ungava | Ungava
Ungava, peninsular section of northern Quebec province, Canada, bounded by the Hudson Strait (north), Ungava Bay and Labrador (east), the Eastmain River (south), and the Hudson Bay (west). Physically, Ungava is a part of the Canadian Shield, a rocky, glacial-scoured plateau characterized by innumerable lakes a... |
ef7f658b23f80e793bc2a783eab3e41b | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ungava-Bay | Ungava Bay | Ungava Bay
Ungava Bay, French Baie D’ungava, inlet off the Hudson Strait, on the northeast coast of Nord-du-Québec region, northern Quebec province, Canada. The bay is approximately 200 miles (320 km) long, 160 miles (260 km) wide at the mouth, and has a maximum depth of 978 feet (298 m). It is fed by several large ri... |
09a591b439f460de377332fedafdec28 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ungava-Lake | Ungava Lake | Ungava Lake
…known in craters, however, including Ungava Lake in Quebec. In many other cases it has not been possible to definitely confirm that basins that have the appearance of meteorite craters have indeed been produced by meteorite impact. Controversial ones include the bay lakes of southeast North America.
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c030847d1b0a5d60cc08b6de791b0a0e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Ungava-Quebec-Crater | Ungava-Quebec Crater | Ungava-Quebec Crater
Ungava-Quebec Crater, also called New Quebec Crater, formerly Chubb Crater, geologically young crater of meteoritic origin located in the northwestern part of the Ungava Peninsula, northern Quebec province, Canada. First recognized as an impact structure in 1950, the crater is 3.4 km (2.1 miles) i... |
1fd33d202f9acd050b9d9d0d077dc669 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Unimak | Unimak | Unimak
The largest islands are Unimak, Unalaska, and Umnak. On the occasionally clear summer days, active volcanoes and such glacier-covered peaks as symmetrical Shishaldin Volcano (9,372 feet [2,857 metres]) on Unimak can be seen. Usually, however, the weather is wet and stormy, the winds horizontal and cutting, and t... |
60189f8b63fc2f9be8b129d9ad4ec9ea | https://www.britannica.com/place/Union-county-New-Jersey | Union | Union
Union, county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., bounded by the Passaic River to the west, Newark Bay and Arthur Kill to the east, the Rahway River to the southeast, and Green Brook to the southwest. The land rises from coastal lowlands in the east to a piedmont region in the west and is drained by the Elizabeth Ri... |
faf041c376b88a10b8ec0c0abb81f209 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Union-New-Jersey | Union | Union
Union, township (town), Union county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., on the Elizabeth River, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Settled in 1749 as Connecticut Farms, Union was originally a part of Elizabeth but was incorporated as a separate community in 1808. It once included what is... |
c8e1e11793374b709fa102f6c3d4228d | https://www.britannica.com/place/Unitarian-Church | Unitarian Church | Unitarian Church
…works outside Boston is the Unitarian Church at Quincy, called the Stone Temple (1828), a severe and impressive building that shelters the burial vaults of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
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73a210f1e001f2658697751ef2725b9e | https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Arab-Emirates-University | United Arab Emirates University | United Arab Emirates University
…within the emirate, among them United Arab Emirates University (1976) and Abu Dhabi University (2003), as well as a branch of the Sorbonne (2006), which offers French-language courses designed to conform to the academic standards of the Sorbonne in Paris. Area 28,210 square miles (73,06... |
8d6989812515cf3f40f407f37b48d036 | https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Arab-Emirates/Daily-life-and-social-customs | Daily life and social customs | Daily life and social customs
In several ways, change is apparent in the federation’s cultural life. Changes in attitudes toward marriage and the employment of women lead the region. The government takes an active role in the empowerment of women, and the constitution includes a number of guarantees and protections for... |
3151c82d60c4cbaad4d24657557d3106 | https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Arab-Emirates/History | History | History
This discussion focuses on the United Arab Emirates since the 19th century. For a treatment of earlier periods and of the country in its regional context, see Arabia, history of.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the dominant tribal faction was the Qasimi family (Āl Qawāsim; singular Qāsimī), whose shi... |
d8bc4138915c33c53b81984edb266812 | https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Arab-Emirates/Languages-and-religion | Languages and religion | Languages and religion
The official language of the United Arab Emirates is Arabic. Modern Standard Arabic is taught in schools, and most native Emiratis speak a dialect of Gulf Arabic that is generally similar to that spoken in surrounding countries. A number of languages are spoken among the expatriate community, inc... |
84732dac47b424458b558aa8ca359f18 | https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom | United Kingdom | United Kingdom
United Kingdom, island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. The United Kingdom comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. The name Britain is sometimes used to ref... |
8b04596323162f3da4603728bd3542ad | https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom/18th-century-Britain-1714-1815 | 18th-century Britain, 1714–1815 | 18th-century Britain, 1714–1815
When Georg Ludwig, elector of Hanover, became king of Great Britain on August 1, 1714, the country was in some respects bitterly divided. Fundamentally, however, it was prosperous, cohesive, and already a leading European and imperial power. Abroad, Britain’s involvement in the War of th... |
d32ddd85cfb092b8edb10d70c94db270 | https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom/Anglo-Saxon-England | Anglo-Saxon England | Anglo-Saxon England
Although Germanic foederati, allies of Roman and post-Roman authorities, had settled in England in the 4th century ce, tribal migrations into Britain began about the middle of the 5th century. The first arrivals, according to the 6th-century British writer Gildas, were invited by a British king to d... |
c68ea94aa128e40789d96213026c02ce | https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom/Commonwealth-and-Protectorate | Commonwealth and Protectorate | Commonwealth and Protectorate
The execution of the king aroused hostility not only in England but also throughout Europe. Regicide was considered the worst of all crimes, and not even the brilliance of John Milton in The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649) could persuade either Catholic or Protestant powers that the... |
0cdb2c1fad1c9c09dddd06bc1e2b765b | https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom/Conservative-Liberal-Democrat-coalition-rule-2010-15 | Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition rule (2010–15) | Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition rule (2010–15)
Nevertheless, Brown’s popularity and that of his party continued to wane as a general election, called for May 6, 2010, approached. The campaign brought a novelty to the British general election campaign—televised debates between the leaders of the three main parti... |
296d6614451ca5c30be3fa0b9519f1c7 | https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom/Edward-III-1327-77 | Edward III (1327–77) | Edward III (1327–77)
Edward III achieved personal power when he overthrew his mother’s and Mortimer’s dominance in 1330 at the age of 17. Their regime had been just as corrupt as that of the Despensers but less constructive. The young king had been sadly disappointed by an unsuccessful campaign against the Scots in 132... |
ac4cbf90c6e92ebebf34a0dec2a7fcc3 | https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom/Edward-VI-1547-53 | Edward VI (1547–53) | Edward VI (1547–53)
Henry was succeeded by his nine-year-old son, Edward VI, but real power passed to his brother-in-law, Edward Seymour, earl of Hertford, who became duke of Somerset and lord protector shortly after the new reign began. Somerset ruled in loco parentis; the divinity of the crown resided in the boy king... |
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