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  2. Havilah - Wikipedia

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    Map of Havilah. In 1844, Charles Forster argued that a trace of the ancient name Havilah could still be found in the use of Aval for what is now known as Bahrain Island. [18] W. W. Müller, in the 1992 Anchor Bible Dictionary, believes that biblical Havilah refers to two different locations on western Arabia. Genesis 2 is region in southwest ...

  3. Havilah, California - Wikipedia

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    Havilah was the county seat between 1866, when Kern County was organized, and 1872, when the government was moved to Bakersfield. Havilah was an active mining center for more than 20 years, and there are still some operating mines in this vicinity. [18] A state plaque is located at 10 Miller St. in Bodfish, California.

  4. Pishon - Wikipedia

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    David Rohl identified Pishon with the Uizhun, [citation needed] placing Havilah to the northeast of Mesopotamia. The Uizhun is known locally as the Golden River. Rising near the stratovolcano Sahand, it meanders between ancient gold mines and lodes of lapis lazuli before feeding the Caspian Sea. Such natural resources correspond to the ones ...

  5. 38,000-acre Borel fire destroys historic Kern County mining ...

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    Havilah was founded in the 1860s and is registered as a California historical landmark.Around the time of its founding, it was an active mining center home to saloons, dance halls, hotels, shops ...

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  7. Kern County, California - Wikipedia

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    The department headquarters is located at 1350 Norris Road in Bakersfield. There are 15 additional substations located throughout the county. The metro patrol area is divided into four regions: north, south, east, and west. In 2009, the district attorney claimed "the highest per capita prison commitment rate of any major California county."

  8. Zeila - Wikipedia

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    Zeila is situated in the Awdal region in Somaliland.Located on the Gulf of Aden coast near the Djibouti border, the town sits on a sandy spit surrounded by the sea. It is known for its coral reef, mangroves and offshore islands, which include the Sa'ad ad-Din archipelago named after the Somali Sultan Sa'ad ad-Din II of the Sultanate of Ifat. [11]

  9. Generations of Noah - Wikipedia

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    The world as known to the Hebrews according to the Mosaic account (1854 map), from the Historical Textbook and Atlas of Biblical Geography by Lyman Coleman. The Generations of Noah , also called the Table of Nations or Origines Gentium , [ 1 ] is a genealogy of the sons of Noah , according to the Hebrew Bible ( Genesis 10:9 ), and their ...