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Sancti Spiritus: colonial charm not enough to keep people: this is the 10th in a series of monthly articles on Cuba's 14 provinces by geographer Armando H. Portela, who has a Ph.D. in geography from the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Portela currently resides in Miami.(Geographic overview)
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Located in central Cuba, Sancti Spiritus province has existed since 1976, when the old province of Las Villas was split into three new jurisdictions: Sancti Spiritus, Villa Clara and Cienfuegos.
Covering 6,737 sq kms (2,602 sq miles), Sancti Spiriitus ranks as Cuba's seventh-largest province, accounting for 6.1% of the island's land area.
Roughly 81% of the territory consists of plains and valleys, with crops and grazing lands where most people live. The remaining 19% consists of sparsely populated mountains and hills, typically covered with dense forests ...
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Shelton Provides Drilling Update on West Birjuchja No.1 Well in the Sea of Azov.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News
; ...Birjuchja No.1 well, located in the Sea of Azov, Ukraine. The offshore West Birjuchja...investments) is the development of Azov Sea offshore area jointly with a Canadian...beginning of active development of the Azov-Black Sea region by Ukrainian and...
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Shelton Provides Drilling Update on West Birjuchja No.1 Well in the Sea of Azov
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire
; ...Birjuchja No.1 well, located in the Sea of Azov, Ukraine. The offshore West Birjuchja...investments) is the development of Azov Sea offshore area jointly with a Canadian...beginning of active development of the Azov-Black Sea region by Ukrainian and...
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Rosprirodnadzor probes fish die-off in Sea of Azov - Mitvol.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire
; ...Rosprirodnadzor probes fish die-off in Sea of Azov - Mitvol MOSCOW. June 21 (Interfax) - A fish die-off in the Sea of Azov is a cause of concern for deputy head...second mass die-off in the Sea of Azov this month, Rosprirodnadzor said...
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Russian dike construction project brings tense standoff with Ukraine to tiny island between Sea of Azov and Black Sea
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Kerch Strait, connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, the 4-mile-long ( 6.4-kilometer...potentially rich oil fields on the Azov sea bed, and the sea is also home...access to the fish-rich Sea of Azov and the shipping lanes _ but it also...
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UKRAINE: UKRAINE, RUSSIA CONTINUE TALKS ON SEA OF AZOV.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...bilateral negotiations on the status of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and also on the delimitation of the Black Sea began in Kerch on 12 July, ITAR...continue to disagree over the Sea of Azov, with Ukraine calling for its delimitation...
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RUSSIA AND THE UKRAINE HAVE DIVIDED THE SEA OF AZOV
News Wire article from: A&G Information Services
; ...2004 RUSSIA AND THE UKRAINE HAVE DIVIDED THE SEA OF AZOV ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, JAN 12, 2004 (A...Kuchma met in Kerch. They announced that theSea of Azov would be considered as a closed sea (theships of the third countries, including...
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No threat of more oil spills in Sea of Azov - Rosprirodnadzor.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire
; No threat of more oil spills in Sea of Azov - Rosprirodnadzor MOSCOW. Nov 12 (Interfax-AVN...been tugged to an anchorage in the Ukrainian part of the Sea of Azov, commission Chairman and Rosprirodnadzor deputy head...
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Shelton Canada Corp. Spuds West Birjuchja No.1 well in the Sea of Azov.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News
; ...Shelton") (TSX VENTURE:STO) is pleased to announce that the West Birjuchja No.1 test well, located in the Sea of Azov, Ukraine, was spudded on May 9, 2006. The well is currently drilling ahead at 105 meters. Located approximately...
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Shelton Canada Corp. Spuds West Birjuchja No.1 well in the Sea of Azov
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire
; ...Shelton") (TSX VENTURE:STO) is pleased to announce that the West Birjuchja No.1 test well, located in the Sea of Azov, Ukraine, was spudded on May 9, 2006. The well is currently drilling ahead at 105 meters. Located approximately...
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Shelton Canada Corp. Announces Drilling of First Test Well in the Sea of Azov.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News
; ...the operator), it will spud its first appraisal well, West Birjuchja No.1, in the north western portion of the Sea of Azov during the week of May 8, 2006. Located approximately 50 kms offshore the east coast of Crimea, the Birjuchja well...
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