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  Kefalonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kefalonia, also known as Cephallenia, Cephallania, Cephallonia, Kefallinia, or Kefallonia (Ancient Greek: Κεφαλληνία; Modern Greek: Κεφαλλονιά or Κεφαλονιά), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece.
Location: 20°30' E, and between 38°12' and 38°18' N. The island is named after the mythological figure Cephalus, although some believe its name literally means "an island with a head", referring to the island's shape, because the name "Cephalus" is derived from the Greek word for "head".
Province of Ithaca, the province ceased to exist when the commune of Kalamos became a part of the prefecture of Lefkada.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kefalonia   (2122 words)

  
 Kefallinia : search word
Kefallinia, also known as Kefalonia or Cefalonia (Ancient Greek: Κεφαλλήνια Modern Greek: Κεφαλλονιά), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece.
Almost every community in Kephallonia has an ending with -ata like Lourdata, Favata, Delaportata, etc. Off the North East coast is Ithaca, a island well known worldwide thanks to the Odyssey, an epic poem written by Homer.
In 1861, Kefallinia and the southern half of the Ionian Islands become a full part of the Kingdom of Greece, which later became a republic.
www.searchword.org /ke/kefallinia.html   (1599 words)

  
 1. LEGAL BASIS
Neighbouring municipalities or communities can be amalgamated in one unit after relevant decision of their boards which is held with a 3/5 majority of their members or according to petition of the half at least inhabitants of every single unit about to get united.
A commune neighbouring with a municipality can be united to it after request of the half of its elector residents and ratification of this decision from the communal board.
A community failing to fulfil the necessary conditions to be appointed as an indepentent local authority unit, can be abrogated and united with a neighbouring municipality or commune.
www.eetaa.gr /eetaa_en/localgov.html   (2721 words)

  
 April 4-5, 2001 | Prévesa to Sámi (Kefallinía), Greece | Träumerei
It was a very large community and has three basilicas of the first Christian churches.
We are in a small village of Fiskardo, at the north end of Kefallinia.
We are in Eufimia on the island of Kefallinia.
www.cherba.com /traumerei/20010404_body.htm   (2832 words)

  
 History and Myth, ithaca greece, odysseas, homer, ulysses
In retaliation, there was bombing by the Germans in some of the villages, which had the communities retreating to the hills to escape persecution.
Unlike communities, which sheltered from a common enemy in one large fort, the people of Paliohora built their small forts at reasonable distances from one another to ward off enemies from without and from within.
Stavros is a town of churches - Sotiris (The Savior), Agia Varvara (St. Barbara) and Zoodochos Pighi, tradition and community.
www.ithacagreece.com /History%20and%20Myth/history.html   (3210 words)

  
 Biologia-contents
DANILOV, R. A., Periphyton communities on natural substrata in eu-, meso- and oligotrophic lakes at higher altitude.
JAROLÍMEK, I., KLIMENT, J. & VALACHOVIČ, M., The syntaxonomical revision of the riparian plant communities dominated by Petasites hybridus in Slovakia.
KLIMENT, J. & JAROLÍMEK, I., Syntaxonomical revision of the Petasites kablikianus communities (Petasition officinalis) in West Carpathians.
ibot.sav.sk /contents.htm   (2948 words)

  
 Biologia - Section Botany
HRIVNÁK, R., The plant communities of Phragmitetalia in the catchment area of the Ipeľ river (Slovakia and Hungary) 2.
HRIVNÁK, R., The plant communities of Phragmitetalia in the catchment area of the Ipeľ river (Slovakia and Hungary) 1.
MADĚRA, P., Response of the floodplain forest communities herb layer to changes in the water regime.
ibot.sav.sk /Biologia   (5137 words)

  
 Communities of Kefallonia - TheBestLinks.com - Communities of Kefallinia, Greece, Kefallinia, Neochori, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Communities of Kefallonia - TheBestLinks.com - Communities of Kefallinia, Greece, Kefallinia, Neochori,...
Communities of Kefallinia, Communities of Kefallonia, Greece, Kefallinia...
Here are list of communities of the prefecture of Kefallinia or Kefallonia in Greece:
www.thebestlinks.com /Communities_of_Kefallinia.html   (71 words)

  
 Greece   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
During years of Nazi occupation, thousands of Greeks died in direct combat, in concentration camps or of starvation.
The occupiers murdered the greater part of the Jewish community despite efforts by the Greek Orthodox Church and many Christian Greeks to shelter Jews.
About 65% have come from Albania, and large-scale Albanian migration to Greece since the fall of Communism in Albania has become a source of conflict in Greece because the Greek-Albanian borders opened without any preparations from the Greek government in terms of immigrant facilities.
greece.ask.dyndns.dk   (3202 words)

  
 Embassy of Greece in Warsaw - About Greece
On the peninsula of Chalkidiki, located in southeastern Macedonia, is the famous Mount Athos, where a number of monasteries of the Greek Orthodox Church form, as they have for centuries, an autonomous monastic community.
The present constitution was enacted in June 1975 and partly revised in 1985.
Greece being a member of the European Union, european Community law has pervasive effects upon the Greek legal order and the regulations have direct applicability and effect in Greece.
www.greece.pl /greekeng/greecedn.htm   (2051 words)

  
 Map 4 Kids - Greece Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In 1994, the Ministry of Press and Information was accomplished to deal with media and communication issues.
Greece became a full member of the European Community (now the European Union, or EU) in 1981.
On January 1, 1981, Greece became the 10th member of the European Community (now the European Union).
www.map4kids.com /world/europe/greece/index.php   (3595 words)

  
 Greece   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
At that time, however, the Turkish nationalists led by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, overthrew the Ottoman government, organised a military assault on the Greek troops, defeated them and virtually destroyed the Greek community, thousands of whom died and millions of whom fled to mainland Greece (see genocide).
Millions of Greeks died in direct combat, in concentration camps or of starvation during the Nazi occupation.
The Albanians occasionally suffer from discrimination and exploitation in Greece, and have a reputation (in the popular perception) as trouble-makers and criminals.
greece.kiwiki.homeip.net   (2494 words)

  
 Map Zones : Greece Map
Although official licensing has been delayed for many years, Greece now has about 140 television stations and 1,000 radio stations supplementing the 4,500 print publications throughout the country.
In 1994, the Ministry of Press and Information was established to deal with media and communication issues.
State broadcaster ERT is nominally part of the Ministry and operates three national television channels and five national radio stations.
kids.mapzones.com /world/greece   (3577 words)

  
 Organic Europe - Greece
It aims for a more even distribution of organic farms all over the country, concentrating around ecologically important areas as well as in certain regions in order to create "organic farming communities".
Each of the 56 districts had to declare regions and products to be subsidized.
A four-year study programme started in 1999 in Argostoli on the island of Kefallinia, finishing with an agronomist's diploma specifying organic agriculture.
www.organic-europe.net /country_reports/greece   (3905 words)

  
 Greece
The 51 nomoi subdivide into 147 eparchies (singular eparchia), which contain 1,033 municipalities: 900 urban municipalities (demoi) and 133 rural communities (koinotetes).
A large number of immigrants live in Greece today, estimated at over one million.
About 65% have come from Albania, and large-scale Albanian migration to Greece since the fall of Communism in Albania has become a source of controversy in Greece, exacerbated by the lack of a coherent government policy on immigration.
www.creekin.net /n73-greece.html   (3385 words)

  
 Flora of Crete: Supplement II, Additions 1997-2004
Naturalized; weed communities at roadsides, damp meadows; 300-350 m; fl.
We gratefully acknowledge Rutger Barendse (Balen, Belgium) for communicating this record.
We gratefully acknowledge Dr Arno Wörz (Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany) for communicating this record.
www.marengowalks.com /fcs.html   (6683 words)

  
 cat-class   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Born in the north of Italy and given a classical education in Ravenna, he travelled as a young man to seek patronage in the courts of Merovingian Gaul, writing both formal and informal poetry for three of the royal brothers, Sigibert, Charibert and Chilperic, and for many influential figures in ecclesiastical and secular life.
He settled eventually in Poitiers, as the close friend of the ex-queen Radegund, of Agnes, abbess of the community Radegund had founded, and of the major historian of the period, Gregory of Tours.
The book sheds new light on such questions as friendship and democracy, the importance of friends in government and in phil osophic communities, women's friendships, and the transformation of friendship under the influence of Christian ideas of brotherhood.
www.thorntonsbooks.co.uk /cat-class.html   (14346 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Greece Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
A large number of immigrants live in Greece today.
About 65% have come from Albania, and large-scale Albanian migration to Greece since the fall of Communism in Albania has become a source of conflict in Greece.
The Albanians suffer from discrimination and exploitation in Greece, and are widely described as trouble-makers and criminals, despite their enormous contribution to the Greek economy.
www.ipedia.com /greece.html   (1505 words)

  
 The Ultimate Greece Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Beyond these one autonomous region exists: Mount Athos (Ayion Oros - Holy Mountain), a monastic state under Greek sovereignty.
The Albanians also occasionally suffer from discrimination and exploitation in Greece.
Ask for Greece A volunteer community for QandAs about Greece
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Greece   (2646 words)

  
 Selected Lives of   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Realizing that the Christians were harmless, he did not persecute them; however, to avoid trouble, he did not allow them to live inside the walls of the cities.
Therefore, Christian communities of Egypt were located outside of the walls of the cities.
By the time she had reached the age of fifteen, she was so well educated that she was envied and admired by all.
www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/saints_different_e.htm   (23158 words)

  
 Embassy of Greece
This will boost India’s foreign trade and will relieve Greek businessmen, who will be able to enter Indian market without facing any barriers.
The effort to explore and penetrate Indian market is via high profile business delegations that  bring in contact the elite of the two business communities aiming  at the conclusion of contracts both in terms of trade and establishment of joint ventures.
KEFALLINIA and ITHAKI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and INDUSTRY
www.greeceinindia.com /economic.htm   (641 words)

  
 Field Listing - Administrative divisions :: CountrySeek.com - World Information Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
note: as a result of the 1993 constitutional revision that furthered devolution into a federal state, there are now three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities
14 prefectures (prefectures, singular - prefecture), 2 economic prefectures* (prefectures economiques, singular - prefecture economique), and 1 commune**; Bamingui-Bangoran, Bangui**, Basse-Kotto, Haute-Kotto, Haut-Mbomou, Kemo, Lobaye, Mambere-Kadei, Mbomou, Nana-Grebizi*, Nana-Mambere, Ombella-Mpoko, Ouaka, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Sangha-Mbaere*, Vakaga
none (overseas department of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 4 arrondissements, 24 communes, and 47 cantons
www.countryseek.com /fields/2051.html   (5889 words)

  
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 CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions
14 prefectures (prefectures, singular - prefecture), 2 economic prefectures* (prefectures economiques, singular - prefecture economique), and 1 commune**; Bamingui-Bangoran, Bangui**, Basse-Kotto, Gribingui*, Haute-Kotto, Haute-Sangha, Haut-Mbomou, Kemo-Gribingui, Lobaye, Mbomou, Nana-Mambere, Ombella-Mpoko, Ouaka, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Sangha*, Vakaga
9 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1 commune*; Bouenza, Brazzaville*, Cuvette, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pool, Sangha
11 communes (Gemeinden, singular - Gemeinde); Balzers, Eschen, Gamprin, Mauren, Planken, Ruggell, Schaan, Schellenberg, Triesen, Triesenberg, Vaduz
www.faqs.org /docs/factbook/fields/2051.html   (5048 words)

  
 CIA -- The World Factbook 2000 -- Administrative divisions
none (overseas department of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are four arrondissements, 24 communes, and 47 cantons
17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma); Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Baleares (Balearic Islands), Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Cataluna, Communidad Valencian, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco (Basque Country)
note: there are five places of sovereignty on and off the coast of Morocco: Ceuta and Melilla are administered as autonomous communities; Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera are under direct Spanish administration
permanent.access.gpo.gov /lps35389/2000/administrative_divisions.html   (5329 words)

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