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Emmetsburg – Iowa's Irish Capital [9] Fort Dodge – Mineral City [10] Fort Madison – Pen City [11] Grinnell – Jewel of the Prairie [12] Keokuk – Gate City (reported in the 1880s) [13] Knoxville – Sprint Car Capitol of the World; Lake City – Everything But the Lake; Le Mars – Ice Cream Capital of the World [14] [15] Sioux City ...
This is a list of 63 state parks and recreation areas in Iowa. These state parks of the U.S. state of Iowa can be split into two groups based on management. The first group are those state parks managed by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Iowa City (IA) 1841: Capital of the Territory of Iowa (west of Mississippi River 1841–1846). Saint Paul: 1849: Capital of the Territory of Minnesota. 1858: Capital of the State of Minnesota. Mississippi [57] Statehood in 1817: San Agustín: 1565: Capital of the Spanish province of La Florida. [g] Savannah (GA) 1733: Capital of the British ...
It is the capital of the Xanthi regional unit of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Amphitheatrically built on the foot of Rhodope mountain chain, the city is divided by the Kosynthos River, into the west part, where the old and the modern town are located, and the east part that boasts a rich natural environment.
Xanthi was established as a prefecture in 1944 (Greek: Νομός Ξάνθης), when it was split off from the Rhodope Prefecture.As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the prefecture was transformed into a regional unit within the East Macedonia and Thrace region, with no change in its boundaries.
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
The name is intended to reflect both the farms and industries that constitute agribusiness. The Silos & Smokestacks region covers the northeast third of the state of Iowa, including thirty-seven counties. [1] The cities of Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Waterloo, Dubuque, and Iowa City are all located within the region. The National Park ...
Myki (Greek: Μύκη, romanized: Mýki, Bulgarian: Мустафчово, Mustafčovo, Turkish: Mustafçova) is a municipality in the Xanthi regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Sminthi. [3] The majority of the population in the municipality are members of the Muslim minority.