Naha
Naha , city (1990 pop. 304,836), on Okinawa island, in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. A port on the southwest coast, it is also the chief manufacturing center of the island. In 1853, Commodore Perry chose Naha as his first base for the penetration of Japan. The city was virtually destroyed during World War II. In 1945 it became the headquarters of the U.S. military governor of the Ryukyus, and when the island was returned to Japan in 1972, it became the capital of Okinawa prefecture. The name is also spelled Nafa and Nawa.
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IRAN - Bandar Abbas Refinery
Newspaper article from: APS Review Downstream Trends; 5/26/1997; 700+ words
; ...recent years, the 232,000 b/d Bandar Abbas refinery is set to go on stream...foreign currency. Originally, Bandar Abbas was conceived as an export refinery...the northern Gulf; a jetty at Bandar Abbas, serving the Al Mahdi aluminium...
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Iran port bustles in shadow of war; Bandar Abbas seen as likely target if U.S. attacks.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/14/2007; 700+ words
; Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES BANDAR ABBAS, Iran - Evening crowds stroll...Iranian Revolution, in central Bandar Abbas. Though the city experienced what...Though it lacks any nuclear sites, Bandar Abbas is one of two centers of activity...
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Refinery at Bandar Abbas nears completion ; start-up set for March 1997 - 4 years late.(Special Report: Iran)
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 5/30/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...taking shape at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. The 232,000 b/d plant, which...construction at Bandar Asaluyeh with the Bandar Abbas plant. The relocated condensate...condensate from the Kangan field. Bandar Abbas itself will run 220,000 b/d...
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BANDAR ABBAS REFINERY TURNS TO PARTIAL USE OF LIGHT CRUDE
Newspaper article from: Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 6/29/2004; 337 words
; ...world, part of crude entering Bandar Abbas refinery is light crude from Lavan. Director of Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Company announced...He said fuel oil produced at Bandar Abbas refinery was blended with fuel...
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BANDAR ABBAS; Stacks of Bodies on Display
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/7/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...up the aircraft as it flew from Bandar Abbas to Dubai on a scheduled flight...reporters. "Take this down," Bandar Abbas airport manager Hossein Peyrousi...by a control tower radar at the Bandar Abbas airport. The Pentagon had said...
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IRAN'S BANDAR ABBAS BANDAR EXPORTS 1.516 MLN TONS.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 4/23/2002; 448 words
; ...April 23 Asia Pulse - Head of Bandar Abbas Shahid Bahonar customs office...was imported into the country via Bandar Abbas over the same period." Referring...visitors either left or arrived at Bandar Abbas, concluded Akhgar. IRNA
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Iran: Bandar Abbas refinery to boost production capacity.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 7/14/2008; 700+ words
; Byline: manish03 Bandar Abbas refinery s production capacity...previous figure 232,000 barrels, Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Company s managing...to the gasoline rationing plan, Bandar Abbas port s gasoline import volume has...
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IRAN - Bandar Abbas Refinery.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Downstream Trends; 4/2/2001; 583 words
; ...island export terminal. A jetty at Bandar Abbas, serving the Al Mahdi aluminium...5,000 b/d of asphalt. The Bandar Abbas project had been pending since...a Shell technology, and IFP. Bandar Abbas Condensate Plant: A long-delayed...
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IRAN'S BANDAR ABBAS EXPORTS 295,640 TONS OF GOODS IN Q1.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 7/2/2002; 625 words
; ...Shahid Bahonar customs department at Bandar Abbas, Gholam-Hossein Akhgar said...billion have been exported through Bandar Abbas port in southern Iran over the...were imported into Iran through Bandar Abbas over the same period." He said...
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IRAN: BANDAR ABBAS REFINERY TURNS TO PARTIAL USE OF LIGHT CRUDE.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 6/29/2004; 535 words
; ...world, part of crude entering Bandar Abbas refinery is light crude from Lavan. Director of Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Company announced...He said fuel oil produced at Bandar Abbas refinery was blended with fuel...
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Bandar Abbas
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bandar Abbas , city (1991 pop. 249,504), S Iran...In 1622, Shah Abbas renamed the town Bandar Abbas (port of Abbas) and developed it into a major port. Bandar Abbas began to lose importance in the late...
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Abbas I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Abbas I (Abbas the Great) äbäs´, ăbäs...1622) Hormoz from the Portuguese and founded what is now the port of Bandar Abbas . He broke the power of the tribal chiefs and established the Shahsavan...
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Hormoz
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...captured by them in 1514. Its recapture in 1622 by Shah Abbas I with the aid of an English fleet marked the end of the...the shah abandoned Hormoz for the new mainland port of Bandar Abbas . The town's proximity to the Persian Gulf has lent...
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Gulf Air Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...scheduled network grew. Abu Dhabi, Al-Ain, Kuwait, Muscat, and Sharjah were connected in the 1950s. In the 1960s, Bandar Abbas, Bombay, Dubai, Karachi, Salalah, and Shiraz were added, while Fokker F27 turboprops replaced older model aircraft...
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Kaempfer, Engelbert
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...instead of returning with the embassy, he joined the Dutch East India Company and was stationed as a physician at a Bandar Abbas, from which he explored the surrounding area. In 1688 and 1689, he served as ship physician traveling between Indian...
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