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Medjugorje [note 1] (Serbo-Croatian: Međugorje, pronounced [mêdʑuɡoːrje] ⓘ) is a village in the municipality of Čitluk in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Our Lady of Medjugorje (Croatian: Međugorska Gospa), also called Queen of Peace (Croatian: Kraljica mira) and Mother of the Redeemer (Croatian: Majka Otkupitelja), is the title given to the visions of Mary, the mother of Jesus, said to have begun in 1981 to six Herzegovinian Croat children in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina (at the time in SFR Yugoslavia).
Brazil on the globe. Relief map. Topographical map. Map showing political boundaries. Satellite image This page was last edited on 6 January 2021, at 10:28 (UTC) ...
Updated news is now available, published 19 Sept 2024 by a senior correspondent Elise Allen working with Crux. Details including reference to a new 20 page Vatican document can be followed up in the footnote. [22] The online document published on 20 Sept 2024 by the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is now readily available. [23]
Cape São Roque is the "point" on the bend of the Brazilian mainland coast that is closest to the continent of Africa. [ 1 ] The cape was first officially visited by European navigators in 1501, in the 1501–1502 Portuguese mapping expedition led by André Gonçalves and Amerigo Vespucci , who named the spot after the saint of the day, Saint ...
Political map of Brazil, showing the division by states and regions This page was last edited on 1 November 2023, at 07:52 (UTC). Text is ...
In 1761, a fort was built on the location, and the settlement became the town of São Gabriel da Cachoeira. Between 1952 and 1966, it was officially called Uaupés, after the nearby Vaupés River. In 2003, Nheengatu became an official language, [3] with Baníwa, Yepá-masã, and Portuguese in São Gabriel da Cachoeira. [citation needed]
Brazil borders all South American countries except Chile and Ecuador. It ranks 5th among the countries of the world in terms of area. The territory of Brazil is located on the ancient South American platform. Therefore, the relief consists of lowlands and flat mountains. In the north, a large area is occupied by the Amazonian lowland.