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  2. Subdivisions of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    In Indonesian, as in English, a village (desa) has rural connotations. In the context of administrative divisions, a desa can be defined as a body which has authority over the local people in accordance with acknowledged local traditions of the area. A desa is headed by a "head of village" (Indonesian: kepala desa), who is elected by popular vote.

  3. Village head - Wikipedia

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    In Edo period Japan, the village head was called nanushi (名主) and was in charge of tax collection, general village administration, management of public natural resources (such as mountain, field, river and ocean) of the village, as well as negotiating with the territorial lord as the representative of the villagers.

  4. Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The village administration level is the most influential on a citizen's daily life and handles village or neighbourhood matters through an elected village head (lurah or kepala desa). [ 143 ] Nine provinces—Aceh, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Papua , Central Papua , Highland Papua , South Papua , Southwest Papua , and West Papua —are granted a ...

  5. Ministry of Rural and Regional Development - Wikipedia

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    The Ministry of Rural and Regional Development (Malay: Kementerian Kemajuan Desa dan Wilayah) is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for rural development, regional development, community development, Bumiputera, Orang Asli, rubber industry smallholders, land consolidation, land rehabilitation.

  6. Ananda Krishnan - Wikipedia

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    Ananda Krishnan was born on 1 April 1938 in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur and has his roots in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.He studied at Vivekananda Tamil School in Brickfields and furthered his studies at Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur.

  7. Claudia Sheinbaum - Wikipedia

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    Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo [a] (born 24 June 1962) is a Mexican politician, scientist, and academic who has served as the 66th president of Mexico since 2024, the first woman to hold the office.

  8. Musk family - Wikipedia

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    Errol Graham Musk [8] is a retired South African engineer, politician, and businessman born in South Africa. [3] His mother, Cora Amelia Musk (née Robinson), was British and his father Walter Henry James Musk was a South African army sergeant, [3] [9] who served as a cryptographer in a military intelligence unit in Egypt during World War II. [10]

  9. Noosa Heads, Queensland - Wikipedia

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    Beach of Noosa Heads. Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gubbi Gubbi country. The Gubbi Gubbi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough and south to ...