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2 unusual facts about Barra


Barra, Gambia

Although Mandinka-speaking Africans always referred to the state along the north bank of the Gambia River's estuary as Niumi, not everyone did.

Ílhavo Municipality

Within the municipality, there are two villages that are popular in the summertime: Praia ("beach") da Barra, where the tallest lighthouses in Portugal (Farol de Aveiro ou da Barra) is situated and Praia da Costa Nova (Costa Nova do Prado), with its typical houses called Palheiros (they are characterized for fronts in wood or concrete, listed with lively and cheerful colors alternated with the white color) and fish market.


2003 in birding and ornithology

A female Redhead (duck) on Barra, Outer Hebrides from September through until April 2004 was Britain's third (but the first female).

Barra da Lagoa

Jacqueline Silva, a current World Surfing Champion lives in Barra da Lagoa.

Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro

Barra also has replicas of many international architectural icons like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Tower Bridge of London, and the Eiffel Tower of Paris (all found in the Barra World Shopping Center).

Barra de Carrasco

Barra de Carrasco is a residential neighbourhood and resort of Ciudad de la Costa in Canelones, Uruguay.

Barra do Garças Futebol Clube

Barra do Garças Futebol Clube, commonly known as Barra do Garças, is a Brazilian football club based in Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso state.

Barra Hall Park

The Barra Hall building was officially opened as town hall on 23 February 1924 and its grounds became a municipal park with playground, tennis courts and a paddling pool opened by music hall star Jessie Matthews.

Barra Head

In 2008 the Barra RNLI Life Boat, Edna Windsor was featured on a series of Royal Mail stamps.

In the early 1970s a research project sponsored by BP into a prototype safety boat for Barra Head also assisted the RNLI in developing the Atlantic 21 class lifeboat.

Barra Mansa Futebol Clube

Barra Mansa Futebol Clube, commonly known as Barra Mansa, is a Brazilian football club based in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro state.

Basque Prehistory

Overall the vast majority of important Neolithic sites are placed in the southern part of the country (Ebro valley): Fuente Hoz, Peña Larga, Berniollo and La Renke in Araba; Zatoia, Abauntz, Peña, Padre Areso and Urbasa 11 in Navarre; Herriko Barra in Gipuzkoa.

Beyond Ipanema

Produced by filmmakers Guto Barra and Béco Dranoff, it features interviews and performances by David Byrne, Devendra Banhart, M.I.A., Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Seu Jorge, Thievery Corporation, Bebel Gilberto, CSS, Creed Taylor and many others.

Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta

The marsh's large lagoon is connected to the Caribbean Sea via a narrow strait (the La Barra channel) located between the town of Pueblo Viejo and the city of Ciénaga.

Daniel Herrendorf

La constitución reformada, obra colectiva (Vanossi, Barra, Raúl Alfonsín, Sagüés, Bidart Campos, Herrendorf, otros), Primer Seminario sobre la Reforma Constitucional de 1994, Ministerio del Interior de la República Argentina – Centro de Estudios Constitucionales de Madrid, Buenos Aires 1996.

Dorados Fuerza UACH

The team has a loyal base of fans, which is usually students, among them is the Barra, "La Impuntal" a group of faithful followers of the golden team, composed of about 50 members and have been supporting the team since its first home game and have emerged as major force encouraging Dorados UACH.

Frank Velasquez

Francisco Velásquez (born February 12, 1990 in La Barra de Santiago, Ahuachapán), better known as Frank, is a Salvadoran beach soccer player.

Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia

The community came to prominence during the 1880s after the Intercolonial Railway built its line from the Strait of Canso to Sydney, crossing the Barra Strait between Iona and Grand Narrows with the Grand Narrows Bridge, still in use, which is the longest railway bridge in Nova Scotia.

Grupo Opaia SA

Foz do Kwanza (Kwanza Estuary) is going to be a resort of Opaia Tourism located in Barra do Kwanza at the estuary of the Kwanza river south of the capital Luanda, at the coast on the southeast side of the river in an area of seven hectares.

Habib Koité

Two tracks from Muso Ko, I Ka Barra and Din Din Wo, were included with Microsoft Windows Vista, exposing his music to millions of listeners.

Jim B. Tucker

Tucker’s investigation took him firstly to Glasgow to interview the six-year-old and his mother Norma about Cameron’s reported recollections of life on the isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, around 200 miles from the family’s home in Glasgow.

Jose Arizabalo

As lieutenant colonel of infantry and artillery commander of Fort San Carlos de la Barra in Lake Maracaibo, participates in the capitulation of Francisco Tomás Morales.

La Barra Brava

Tony Kornheiser has also used La Barra Brava as his stereotypical example of what he thinks typical DC United fans are like.

La barra del Rojo

In 2004 in Quito, Ecuador, the barra brava fought the Ecuadorian police during a Copa Libertadores match between El Nacional and Independente in the Atahualpa stadium.

Manicaria

To learn about the current state of the population and local use of Manicaria saccifera in more detail, an applied Anthropological study of this palm was conducted at the southernmost tip of the Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge in Costa Rica by a Laurentian University Anthropology field course, in conjunction with Caño Palma Biological Station.

Marco Alvan

At the Gracie Barra school he trained under Master Carlos Gracie, Jr. and trained alongside Ryan and Renzo Gracie.

Margaret Leigh

She subsequently settled there, living variously at the Isle of Barra, Fernaig in Ross-shire, Smirisary in Moidart and Inverness.

Mauricio Motta Gomes

Other Gracie Barra World Champions who subsequently came over included Carlos Lemos, Victor Estima and Lucio Rodrigues.

MV Princess Victoria

An RAF Hastings aircraft had been assisting rescues off Lewis and Barra and as a result did not reach the location of the doomed ferry until 1531hrs, dropping supplies and guiding HMS Contest to the scene.

N.E.M Ida Hilda Casella Vidori

The Center serves children from 4 to 15 years old, coming from rural communities as: Pinhalzinho, Santa Catarina, Barra Grande, Caititu, Baixa Diamantina, Progresso, Caravagio e Floresta among others, and especially three districts: Progress, Nossa Senhora do Rosario and Aurora.

Piriápolis

It includes the following zones: Piriápolis, Playa Grande, Playa Hermosa, Playa Verde, Punta Colorada, San Francisco, Punta Negra, Sauce de Portezuelo, Ocean Park, Barra de Portezuelo, La Capuera, Puntas de la Sierra, La Falda, Miramar, Colonia V. Suárez, Sierras del Tirol.

Rodrigo Barra

Rodrigo Alejandro Barra Carrasco (born 24 September 1975 in Traiguén, Malleco Province) is a Chilean professional footballer who currently plays for Santiago Wanderers.

Ryan Allen Carrillo

In 2011 Carrillo appeared on Season 4 of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles when he purchased Mexico y Barra Restaurant in West Hollywood with transgender actress Candis Cayne.

Sergio Berti

In the Copa Libertadores 2000, when América came to visit his former club Boca Juniors for the first leg match of the semifinals, just minutes before the start of the game Sergio Berti withdraw from playing, arguing being scared for the safety of his family and himself based on the chants of the Barra of Boca Juniors.

The Earth Compels

In early 1937 MacNeice began an affair with Nancy Coldstream (later Nancy Spender), and Nancy provided the inspiration for 'Leaving Barra' (as well as for two sections of MacNeice's next volume of poetry, Autumn Journal).

The Harris Tweed Authority

When this trade mark, the Orb, was eventually granted, the Board insisted that it should be granted to all the islands of the Outer Hebrides i.e. to Lewis, North and South Uist, Benbecula and Barra, as well as to Harris, the rationale for this decision being that the tweed was made in exactly the same way in all those islands.


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