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Municipality of Central Highlands

The Municipality of Central Highlands is a local government area of Tasmania. It covers most of the mountainous centre of the state. Map of Tasmanian LGAs feat Central Highlands File links The following pages link to this file: Central Highlands Categories: GFDL images ... Map of Tasmanian LGAs feat Central Highlands File links The following pages link to this file: Central Highlands Categories: GFDL images ... Local Government Areas of Tasmania, Australia This article also includes lists of towns, suburbs and localities of Tasmania. ... Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Nickname: ? Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ...


The population of the area is small and quite decentralised, resulting in a large number of small towns - Bothwell, Bronte Park, Derwent Bridge, Ouse, Liawenee, Miena and Tarraleah. Some of these towns were founded as support sites for workers on the hydro-electric dams scattered along the upper Derwent River. Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ... The Derwent is a river in Tasmania, Australia. ...


The municipal area has a population of 2,488 (2001 census). A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...


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In Central America

Running through the middle of Central America is a string of mountains and volcanoes, known as the Central Highlands. Central America is part of a circle of volcanos that extends up to Japan, through the Pacific Ocean, down to New Zealand, then through the Americas. Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ... Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ...


The climate in the Central Highlands of Central America is generally cooler and receives much less rain the other regions. Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ...


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Central Highlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (173 words)
Running through the middle of Central America is a string of mountains and volcanoes, known as the Central Highlands.
Central America is part of a circle of volcanos that extends up to Japan, through the Pacific Ocean, down to New Zealand, then through the Americas.
The climate in the Central Highlands of Central America is generally cooler and receives much less rain the other regions.
Degar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (871 words)
Montagnard is the term, typically shortened to "Yard", used by U.S. military personnel in the Central Highlands during the Vietnam War.
Before the Vietnam War, the population of the Central Highlands, estimated at between 3 and 3.5 million, was almost exclusively Degar.
In 1950, the French government established the Central Highlands as the Pays Montagnard du Sud (PMS) under the authority of Vietnamese Emperor Bao Dai, whom the French had installed as nominal chief of state in 1949 as an alternative to Ho Chi Minh's Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
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