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7 unusual facts about Artà


Ali Khalif Galaydh

Starting in September 1999, Galaydh participated in the Somalia National Peace Conference (SNPC) in Arta, Djibouti.

Chalkiades

Chalkiades, Arta, a village in the Arta regional unit, part of the municipal unit Filothei

Inchoatia inchoata

Range: The type locality is "Louros-Durchbruch nahe Ay. Yeoryios bei Arta", Louros gorge (of the Louros river) near Ay.

Lagkadia

Lagkadia, Arta, a village in the Arta regional unit, part of the municipal unit Athamania

Lambros Vangelis

Born in Neochori, Arta, Vangelis first played for Rakoun before moving to Italian Side AC Siena.

Mire Hagi Farah Mohamed

He was among the delegates that participated in the Somali peace conference in Arta, Djibouti, and became a member of the newly formed Somalian cabinet.

Ola Brunkert

As reported in The Times of 18 March 2008, he bought a property in the Betlem housing complex in Artà, Majorca, Spain in the 1980s and lived there for the remainder of his life.


Accent reduction

In the United States, they are promoted by various organizations including the American Speech–Language–Hearing Association (ASHA), Voice & Speech Trainers Association (VASTA), and Accent Reduction Training Association (ARTA).

Arta Industrial Group

Sparked by continued growth, Arta diversified into tufting carpet in 1990, establishing a factory known today as Arta Tuft in a new plant near the city called Takestan, Qazvin, Iran.

Auckland Regional Transport Authority

The former Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) was established in 2004 to be the central co-ordinating agency for transport (especially but not only public transport) in the Auckland Region of New Zealand.

Donald Nicol

For his contributions to the history of medieval Epirus, the city of Arta made him an honorary citizen in 1990, and he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Ioannina in 1997.

Maurice Spata

Sgouros did not retain the town, instead his nephew Maurice Spata took over Arta and Sgouros took over Angelokastron.

Pyli

Situated 18 km west of Trikala, right at the bottom of two mountains Itamos, and Koziakas, which mark the beginning of the Pindos mountainline, Pyli marks the entrance to a great gorge and the natural path that leads to the city of Arta.

Sgouros Bova Spata

Sgouros did not retain the town, instead his nephew Maurice Spata took over Arta and Sgouros took over Angelokastron.


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