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  2. Miangas - Wikipedia

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    Miangas, which lies to the north of the Nanusa Islands, forms a separate district within the Talaud Islands Regency. [26] [31] The island is mainly lowland, about 1.5 metres above sea level. The highest point, called Gunung Batu, is 111 metres high, located in the northeast part of the island. This area is covered with coconut palm. In the ...

  3. Miangas Airport - Wikipedia

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    Miangas Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Miangas) (IATA: IAX, ICAO: WAMS) is located on the island of Miangas, North Sulawesi. It is one of the most remote airport in Indonesia . The airport was built in 2012 with a construction investment of Rp 275 billion [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and opened on 12 March 2017.

  4. Talaud language - Wikipedia

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    Talaud is an Austronesian language spoken on the Talaud Islands north of Sulawesi, Indonesia.There are 2 dialects, namely Lami dialect which is spoken on Miangas, Nanusa Islands, and Esang in the northern part of Karakelang Island; Tirawata dialect is used in Lirung, Kabaruan, and the southern part of Karakelang Island.

  5. Vĩnh Long - Wikipedia

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    Across the Cổ Chiên river from Vĩnh Long are the An Binh and Bình Hòa Phước islands, some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) across, with the Mekong River on the other side. A number of canals run through Vĩnh Long, with tall vehicular bridges crossing them.

  6. Island of Palmas Case - Wikipedia

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    The Island of Palmas Case (Scott, Hague Court Reports 2d 83 (1932), (Perm. Ct. Arb. 1928), 2 U.N. Rep. Intl. Arb. Awards 829) was a territorial dispute over the Island of Palmas (or Miangas) between the Netherlands and the United States which was heard by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

  7. Vietnamese encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    Following the increasing of Internet usage in Vietnam, many online encyclopedias were published. The two largest online Vietnamese-language encyclopedias are Từ điển bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam, a state encyclopedia, and Vietnamese Wikipedia, a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.

  8. Vinh - Wikipedia

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    Vinh (Vietnamese: ⓘ) is the capital of Nghệ An province and an economic and cultural center of North-Central Vietnam. [1] A key point in the East–West economic corridor linking Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, the city is situated in the Southeast of the province, alongside the Lam River and is located on the main North–South transportation route of Vietnam, making it accessible by ...

  9. Commune (Vietnam) - Wikipedia

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    Since 2019, Vietnam has undertaken a comprehensive rearrangement of administrative units in order to streamline the apparatus of local authorities. [2] The re-organisation, conducted in two periods, between 2020 and 2023 and between 2023 and 2030, comprises forced mergers of several districts and commune-level administrative units and localities.