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In 1849 Bulgăruș was practically besieged by an army of 20,000 soldiers and 84 cannons, as well as the battleground between the revolutionaries and the imperial armies. Heavy fighting took place on 8 August 1849 between Bulgăruș and Cetad (present-day Lenauheim), resulting in numerous deaths and injuries among the villagers.
They noted Mandarin Guanhua was solemn and used by the educated Fujianese literati and officials while it was the rural villagers and women who only spoke the local Min patois (xiangtan) since they didn't speak Mandarin. [75]
While the cat population is mostly made up of crossbreeds and mixed-breed cats, one distinct breed commonly seen on the island is the Japanese Bobtail. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] In Japanese culture, cats are considered to bring good luck , said to bring money and good fortune to all who cross their path. [ 9 ]
The area where Lake Marcapomacocha is located is important for the breeding of the andean goose, the crested duck and the giant coot. [4] Bogs in the area are home to the rare diademed sandpiper-plover. [4]
The Yorkshire Museum of Farming is located in Murton Park near York in England. It is housed on a grass field site of approximately 14 acres (5.7 ha), and is the only museum in the district specifically dedicated to the subject of farming.
Mānana Island is an uninhabited islet located 0.75 mi (0.65 nmi; 1.21 km) off Kaupō Beach, near Makapuʻu at the eastern end of the island of Oʻahu in the Hawaiian Islands.
Belpberg is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.The municipality of Belpberg merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Belp.
As of the census [9] of 2010, there were 638 people, 285 households, and 186 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,357.4 inhabitants per square mile (524.1/km 2).