Pas-de-Calais is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders.
Lot is a department in the Occitanie region of France. Named after the Lot River, it lies in the southwestern part of the country and had a population of 173,758 in 2013.
Haute-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city and capital is Toulouse.
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States that is subordinate to a county. The term town is used in New England, New York, and Wisconsin to refer to the equivalent of the civil township in these states. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both, the boundaries often coincide and may completely geographically subdivide a county. The U.S. Census Bureau classifies civil townships as minor civil divisions. Currently, there are 20 states with civil townships.
Montigny-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
The administrative divisions of New York are the various units of government that provide local government services in the state of New York.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College making it the oldest higher education institute in South Africa. It is jointly the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa alongside Stellenbosch University which received full university status on the same day in 1918.
Auxi-le-Château is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
The provinces of Burkina Faso are divided into 351 departments, whose urbanized areas are grouped into the same commune (municipality) with the same name as the department. The 351 communes created in those departments have three kinds of status :
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
Hirson is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
A town panchayat or panchayat is a small town of approximately 20,000 to 25,000 inhabitants. It is formed under the panchayati raj administrative system. In census data, the abbreviation T.P. is used to indicate a "town panchayat". Tamil Nadu was the first state to introduce the panchayat town as an intermediate step between rural villages and urban local bodies (ULB).
Meurchin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Cœuvres-et-Valsery is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The town is in the Arrondissement of Soissons.
Diamon is a village in the Moussodougou Department of Comoé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 881.
William Spencer Anderson was an American-born Liberian politician and explorer. Originally a barber, Anderson emigrated to Liberia at the age of 20 and within five years had inherited a sugar plantation. He expanded the business and became the largest producer of sugar and coffee in Liberia. Entering politics with the True Whig Party Anderson was selected to be Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1869 to 1871. He undertook an expedition to drive a road from Monrovia to Moussodougou in what is now Burkina Faso but he was forced to abandon the attempt. Returning to Monrovia, Anderson successfully negotiated a $500,000 loan for the government from British financiers. However he received criticism for the terms of the loan and was arrested. He was assassinated on 27 September 1872.
