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South Sweden is situated in the southern part of its country. It is close to Denmark and it borders with the riksområden of Småland and the islands and West Sweden . The most populous cities are Malmö , Helsingborg , Lund , Karlskrona , Kristianstad , Landskrona and Trelleborg .
During deglaciation in southern Sweden glacier ice was mostly warm-based with some lesser parts being cold-based. [23] At present various lakes in the South Swedish highlands contain planktonic crustacean species that are relics from the time the Weichselian Ice Sheet left the area about 12,000 years ago.
The counties of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges län) are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Sweden. There are twenty-one counties; however, the number of counties has varied over time, due to territorial changes and to divisions and/or mergers of existing existing counties.
A region (Swedish: region) is a self-governing local authority of Sweden. There are 21 regions (one of which is a municipality having the same responsibilities as a region), each corresponding roughly to a county.
南 Nam 國 quốc 山 sơn 河 hà 南 Nam 帝 đế 居 cư, 南 國 山 河 南 帝 居 Nam quốc sơn hà Nam đế cư, The Southern Country's mountains and rivers, the Southern Emperor inhabits. 皇 Hoàng 天 thiên 已 dĩ 定 định 在 tại 天 thiên 書 thư. 皇 天 已 定 在 天 書 Hoàng thiên dĩ định tại thiên thư. The August Heaven hath willed it so in the ...
The name for Sweden is generally agreed to derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *s(w)e, meaning "one's own", referring to one's own tribe from the tribal period. [16] [17] [18] The native Swedish name, Sverige (a compound of the words Svea and rike, first recorded in the cognate Swēorice in Beowulf), [19] translates as "realm of the Swedes", which excluded the Geats in Götaland.
Cabinet of Sweden, Government agencies in Sweden; County administrative boards of Sweden; Local government. Regions of Sweden (regioner) - there are 21 [1] Municipalities of Sweden (kommuner) - there are 290 [2] City districts of Sweden (stadsdelar or stadsdelsnämndsområden) Ecclesiastically Church of Sweden; Dioceses (stift) Kontrakt; Pastorat
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu was born in the southern province of Gia Định, the location of modern Saigon.He was of gentry parentage; his father was a native of Thừa Thiên–Huế, near Huế; but, during his service to the imperial government of Emperor Gia Long, he was posted south to serve under Lê Văn Duyệt, the governor of the south.