Villages Villages Above Rocks is a village in the Jamaican parish of Saint Catherine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Above Rocks"
Aeolus Valley is a village in the Jamaican parish of Saint Thomas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aeolus Valley"
An aoul (derived from Tatar language awıl) is a type of fortified village found throughout the Caucasus mountains, especially in Dagestan. They are generally built out of stone on faces of ridges or against cliffs to guard against surprise attacks. Houses are usually two stories high, and they were staggered to make it virtually impossible for enemies to get anywhere on the roads. The houses usually have a southern aspect to take advantage of the sun in the winter and to be sheltered from the northern winds. Often, they are not located near good farmland or water sources, so it is necessary to bring water into the settlement. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aoul"
Battir is a village located five miles from Bethlehem but with road closures and checkpoints the journey is doubled. It lies on the latitude 35,8 and the longitude 31,44. It has a population of almost 5,000 inhabitants. Known as home of the author Mohammed Kaleel, Battir used to be very popular to tourists to the Holy Land, when the train stopped for passengers and water on the journey to Jerusalem. Battir was then part of a unified Palestine, not just a West Bank village. ...more on Wikipedia about "Battir"
Crnce ( Serbian Црнце,Crnce, Albanian Cerrcë) is a village in Kosovo near Istok. Dr. Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo ( December 2, 1944 - January 21, 2006) was born there. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crnce"
Daiquirí is a small village, 14 miles east of Santiago de Cuba. It became a focal point of the United States invasion of Cuba. Spanish General Arsenio Linares y Pombo ordered the area from Daiquirí to Siboney fortified in anticipation of U.S. disembarckments there. On June 20, 1898, Admiral William T. Sampson, General William Rufus Shafter and General Calixto García planned an invasion whereby the naval would shell Daiquirí, García's Cuban troops would attack the Spaniards, and, in the meantime, U.S. ships would transport some Cuban troops to Cabañas to cut off communications and supply. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daiquirí"
Dongzhou is a coastal village in southern Guangdong province, China, under the jurisdiction of the city of Shanwei. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dongzhou, Guangdong"
El Mozote is a village in Morazán department in El Salvador. It was a site of the El Mozote massacre in December 1981 when about 900 civilians were slaughtered by army forces. ...more on Wikipedia about "El Mozote"
(Elsani) Elšani (pronounced Elshani) is a village in the Republic of Macedonia, located approximately 10 km south of the City of Ohrid. It is spread across the western slopes of Galičica National Park, and 0.1 - 2 km from the shore of Lake Ohrid.The main part of the village is located at 850 - 950 meters above sea level, while the new satellite settlement of Elešec (Eleshets) rises directly from the shores of Lake Ohrid, at 700 meters. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elsani"
Escrick is a small village situated between the historical city of York and Selby. The Church of St Helene is situated here along with the parsonage which is now a Hotel ...more on Wikipedia about "Escrick"
Kandoucho, meaning "All Saints", was one of 28 villages of the Neutral Indian Tribe in Southern Ontario. The location of the village is unknown. It could have either been near the location of modern-day Brantford or Burlington. The village's existence is recorded in the journals of Catholic missionaries who visited the region in the early 17th century. Reverend Father Joseph de la Roche Daillon spent the winter of 1625- 1626 with the people. Fathers Jean de Brebeuf and Pierre Jean Marie Chaumonot came to the village preaching Christianity in summer 1640. They and their servants gave the inhabitants smallpox. The village was destroyed by invading Iroquois sometime in the late 1650s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kandoucho"
(Kotley) Dhamawa is a small village located within the area known as Kasguma. It is seen as being one of the major villages within the area of Kasguma. It contains a population of approxiamtely 150 people. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kotley"
Model villages were a classification of social/industrial developments created in the UK during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They tended to be built by philanthropist industrialists such as Titus Salt and George Cadbury to house their workers as well as provide social amenities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Model village"
Plan de Sánchez is a village in the municipality of Rabinal, Baja Verapaz department, Guatemala. On July 18 1982, while General Efraín Ríos Montt was President of Guatemala, a massacre was committed there by government forces in which over 200 people were slaughtered. The massacre was a part of what is known as the scorched earth policy where the Guatemalan army eliminated up to 200,000 Mayan and indigenous peoples in a 36 year civil war up till 1996. In 2000 President Alfonso Portillo admitted that the government was responsible for the massacre in the village. ...more on Wikipedia about "Plan de Sánchez"
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A postal village is generally a community, settlement, or hamlet (place) that has a post office and is designated as such by the postal service. ...more on Wikipedia about "Postal village"
(Rautio) A small village near Kalajoki in Finland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rautio"
Ruonala is a village in southern Finland near Kotka, founded by German sailor or pirate brothers in the 18th century. Also a family-name in Finland, found mainly near the cities of Kotka and Oulu. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ruonala"
Shengyou is a village south of the Dingzhou City in Hebei Province, China. Here occurred an incident when over two hundred allegedly hired thugs descended on a village in northern China and clashed with local residents over a land dispute. Seven people were killed and 48 others injured and hospitalized, eight of whom in critical condition. The chaos was captured on video by one of the farmers and later released by Washington Post. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shengyou"
Singesar (population 2400) is a village near Kandahar, Afghanistan. It is a birthplace of Taleban leader Amirul Momineen (commander of the faithful) Mullah Omar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Singesar"
Udangudi is a small village in Tamil Nadu, India situated near Tiruchendur. The village was once known for Vetrilai (betal leave) and Karupatti. ...more on Wikipedia about "Udangudi"
A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. It is usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town or city. Villages have been the normal unit of community living in most areas of the world throughout its history, up until the Industrial revolution and the ongoing process of urbanization. In many U.S. states, a village is a type of municipal government (see below). ...more on Wikipedia about "Village"
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A village green is a common open area which is a part of a settlement. Traditionally, such an area was often common grass land at the centre of a small agricultural settlement, used for grazing and sometimes for community events. Some may also have a pond, originally for watering stock. ...more on Wikipedia about "Village green"
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