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The Ojos Negros Greenway (la Vía Verde de Ojos Negros, in Spanish, also known as la Vía Minera), is a 160-kilometre greenway in Spain running between the village of Santa Eulalia del Campo in the province of Teruel in Aragón and the village of Algimia d'Alfara, in the province of Valencia in the Valencian Community.
The Vía verde de la Sierra de la Demanda is a greenway in the province of Burgos, Spain. It takes its name from a mountain sub-range, the Sierra de la Demanda . The route extends over most of the path of a short-lived mining railway of the early 20th century.
Valverde (Spanish pronunciation: [balˈβeɾðe]) is a Spanish surname, and may refer to: Alejandro Valverde (born 1980), Spanish cyclist; Amelia Valverde, (born 1987), Costa Rican football manager; Ana Valverde (1798–1864), Dominican activist; Cristina López Valverde (born 1959), Argentine politician
Verde is a surname. In Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian means "Green". Notable people with this surname include: Alessandro Verde, Roman Catholic Cardinal; Cristina Verde (born 1950), Mexican engineer; Cuerno Verde, Comanche leader; Dino Verde, Italian author, lyricist, playwright and screenwriter; Gelsomina Verde, Neapolitan victim of ...
Via Verde (literally "Green Lane") is an electronic toll collection system used in Portugal since April 1991. It is available at all toll roads and bridges in the country since 1995. Toll roads and bridges are operated by multiple operators, the main being Brisa - Auto-estradas de Portugal .
Spanish Haiti, a former name: Self-descriptive, translated from the Spanish name República del Haití Español chosen upon independence in 1821. The "Spanish" distinguished it from the adjacent French-speaking Haiti. For further etymology of "Haiti", see below.
Kandahar (1747–1774): There are many theories about the origin of the name Kandahar: From the Pashto Iskanderiya (Alexandria). [6] From the name of the historical city of Gandahar. [7] From the word قند, kand or qand in the local languages (Persian and Pashto), meaning "sweet" and هر, har may be short for شهر, shahar (city or town).
The Vía Verde de la Sierra is a rail trail for tourist use (hiking, cycling and horse riding) comprising 38 km (24 mi) of mountainous landscape between Puerto Serrano and Olvera villages, provinces of Cádiz and Sevilla. It is part of Vías Verdes of Spain (Spanish national rail trail system). [1]