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The county of Hants was established June 17, 1781, on territory taken from Kings County and consisted of the townships of Windsor, Falmouth and Newport. [3] The name Hants is a long-standing abbreviation for the English county of Hampshire , from the Old English name Hantescire .
Regional municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada West Hants Regional municipality West Hants Regional Municipality Municipality of the District of West Hants (1879-2020) Region of Windsor and West Hants Municipality (2020) Motto: Windsor/West Hants Together Location of West Hants Regional Municipality Coordinates: 44°58′N 64°06′W / 44.967°N 64.100°W / 44.967; -64.100 Country ...
With its administrative seat in Elmsdale, the district municipality occupies the eastern half of Hants County from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the West Hants Regional Municipality. It was made in 1861 from the former townships of Uniacke, Rawdon, Douglas, Walton, Shubenacadie and Maitland.
List of communities in Hants County, Nova Scotia Communities are ordered by the highway on which they are located, whose routes start after each terminus near the largest community. Trunk routes
Hants may refer to: Hampshire, a county in England, often abbreviated Hants Mid Hants Watercress Railway, in Hampshire; Hants County, Nova Scotia, a Canadian county named for the English one East Hants, Nova Scotia, a municipal district; West Hants, Nova Scotia, a municipal district; Hantsport, Nova Scotia, the town and port
The Hantsport Bruins are a dynasty in the Hants County Hockey League, winning 8 Howard Dill Cups since 1998. Some say that sports in Hantsport are "the glue" that holds the town together. In the 2005-06 track and field season, Kira Pederson set the Hantsport Junior High 100 m dash record with a time of 13.34 s, which still holds to this day.
The current Chairman of the County Councils Network is Cllr Tim Oliver, leader of Surrey County Council. It campaigns on funding inequalities for counties, issues surrounding social care and children's services, and on devolution to rural areas, as well as other local government-related topics.
During the time of prime minister Bir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1885–1901), Nepal was divided into 32 districts and Doti, Palpa and Dhankuta were 3 gaunda (Nepali: गौंडा, "cantonment"). Hilly region had 20 districts and Terai had 12 districts.