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2 unusual facts about Velez


Los Toscanos

Los Toscanos, a flattened hill on the right bank, near the mouth of the Vélez river, near Vélez-Málaga in southern Spain, was the location of an early Phoenician settlement.

Oicatá

By Act of June 15, 1857, Boyacá gained its inception as a sovereign state consisting of the provinces of Tunja, Tundama, Casanare, the cantons of Chiquinquirá and Velez; as Act of October 31 of that year created four departments, 42 districts Tunja, Tundama 46, Casanare and East 21 6.


1951 Yugoslav Second League

The four clubs promoted directly to the second level were Dinamo Pančevo, Radnički Belgrade, Velež and NK Zagreb, while Bokelj, Proleter Zrenjanin, Rabotnički, Rudar Trbovlje and Tekstilac achieved this through qualifications.

1952–53 Yugoslav First League

Teams promoted to the 1952–53 Yugoslav First League were Velež and Spartak.

2013 Supercopa Argentina

Vélez Sarsfield qualified to take part by winning the 2012–13 Argentine Primera División season Superfinal while Arsenal qualified by winning the 2012–13 Copa Argentina title.

Abigail Levine

Levine has performed recently with Marina Abramović in her retrospective at the New York MoMA, with performance artist Carolee Schneemann, and with choreographers including: Jennifer Monson, koosil-ja hwang, Alan Good, Marianela Boán, Pat Catterson, Larissa Velez, Despina Stamos, Pele Bauch, Wendy Osserman and the Denishawn Repertory Dancers.

Ada Vélez

On June 21, 2002, Melissa Del Valle decisioned Vélez in Waco, Texas in the featured bout on an all-women's card featuring world champions Anne Wolfe, Sumya Anani, Delia Gonzalez and Kelsey Jeffries.

Adis Obad

Obad was born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia and began his football career with local side Velež Mostar.

Antonio Vélez Alvarado

It wasn't long before Vélez Alvarado was able to establish his own printing facility in the seventh floor of the New York World Building.

Clemente Soto Vélez

In 1995 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan (also known as Loisaida), author Edgardo Vega Yunqué and actor-director Nelson Landrieu founded the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (also known as the "CSV") to continue Clemente's legacy.

Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield

Vélez Sarsfield was born in Amboy, a small town in the Calamuchita Valley, in the province of Córdoba.

Damir Čerkić

Čerkić was product of Velež Mostar youth system and after spending two and a half seasons in first team of Velež, in spring of 1991 he joined Hajduk Split.

David Montoya

David Fernando Montoya Vélez (born February 14, 1978 in Medellín) is a Colombian footballer.

Estadio José Amalfitani

Vélez striker Juan José Ferraro scored the first goal in the stadium's history (the others were scored by Ángel Fernández for Vélez and Adolfo Pedernera twice for River).

Esteban Saveljich

His official début in the first division was during Racing's 1-2 defeat by Velez Sarsfield, in the nineteenth Clausura tournament.

Eugenio Vélez

In 2008, Vélez made the Giants out of spring training, but he was sent down to the Grizzlies in May for Travis Denker.

Flag of the Department of Santander

The Argent Stars represent the eight Provincial Nuclei that form part of the Department: Soto Norte, Vélez, García Rovira, Guanentá, Comuneros, Mares, Metropolis and Carare Opon.

Franjo Džidić

After that followed a train of Mostar Lokomotiva and Borac Čapljina and then for six years was an assistant coach in Velez.

Glen Velez

Among the many instruments Velez favors in his work are the Irish bodhrán, the Brazilian pandeiro, the Arabic riq, the North African bendir, and the Azerbaijani ghaval.

Héctor Ballesteros

Héctor Fabio Ballesteros Vélez (born October 18, 1981 in Cali, Valle del Cauca) is a retired male weightlifter from Colombia.

Henri-François des Herbiers, Marquis de l'Estenduère

He distinguished himself for the first time during the War of the Spanish Succession near Vélez-Málaga and then at the Battle of Marbella, before engaging battle as a Privateer.

Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, 7th Count of Oñate

Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, seventh Count of Oñate and Count of Villamediana (1566 – October 31, 1644 in Madrid) was a Spanish political figure.

Ivelisse Vélez

Velez made an appearance at Family Wrestling Entertainment's pay-per-view Back 2 Brooklyn, as a special guest along with former WWE Diva Maryse.

Jon Schofield

Schofield has also been involved in production for the Red Eye label producing the debut EP for The Mexican Spitfires, Lupe Velez.

José Luis Rodríguez Vélez

José Luis Rodríguez Vélez (Santiago de Veraguas, 12 March 1915 - Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá, 21 December 1984) was a Panamanian composer, musical director, saxophonist, clarinetist and guitarist.

Lilian Velez

In 1995, the murder of Lilian Velez was the subject of a high-profile film directed by Carlo J. Caparas.

Marco Vélez

Vélez began playing soccer at an early age in Puerto Rico with Colegio San Jose, but moved to Nick Bollettieri's IMG Soccer Academy when in high school.

Norte de Almería

The area covered by this geographical indication comprises the following municipalities: Chirivel, María, Vélez-Blanco and Vélez-Rubio, in the north of the province of Almería (Andalusia, Spain).

Puerto Rican general election, 2008

Also, in the primaries for Mayor of Ponce, incumbent Francisco Zayas Seijo narrowly beat Carlos Jirau Vélez, for less than 50 votes.

Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen

It is best known for the lead track "Let the Beat Hit 'Em" which hit #1 on the Billboard R&B and Dance charts. The only other single released was the ballad "Where Were You When I Needed You". It is named for the Manhattan neighborhood in which lead vocalist Lisa Velez grew up and lived until the mid-2000s. The first half of the album was produced by C+C Music Factory's David Cole and Robert Clivillés, and the second half was produced, as always, by Full Force.

The Standby Program

It attracted interest from other artists, including Dara Birnbaum, Nam June Paik, Mary Lucier, Gary Hill, Gretchen Bender, Edin Velez, and Jem Cohen, among others.

Tito Speranza

As of late 2011 Tito has debuted as an actor in the theater comedy, Despedida de Solteros (alongside Nazarena Vélez, Paula Chaves and Pedro Peter Alfonso).

Vélez Sársfield

Estadio José Amalfitani, the club's stadium, sometimes called "Vélez Sársfield stadium"


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