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Cleveland, former county, England

(Encyclopedia)Cleveland, former county, NE England, created under the Local Government Act of 1972 (effective 1974). It was composed of the county boroughs of Hartlepool and Teesside and parts of the former countie...

Selkirk, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Selkirk, former county, Scotland: see Selkirkshire. ...

Peebles, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Peebles, former county, Scotland: see Peeblesshire. ...

Renfrew, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Renfrew, former county, Scotland: see Renfrewshire. ...

Banff, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Banff, former county, Scotland: see Banffshire. ...

Perth, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Perth, former county, Scotland: see Perthshire. ...

Avon, former county, England

(Encyclopedia)Avon, former county, SW England, bordering the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel. Created in 1974 from S Gloucestershire, Bristol, and N Somerset. it was dissolved in 1996 into four unitary autho...

Ayr, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Ayr, former county, Scotland: see Ayrshire. ...

Ireland, National University of

(Encyclopedia)Ireland, National University of, founded 1908 to provide higher education for Irish Roman Catholics. It consists of three colleges: University College, Galway; University College, Cork; and University...

Congo, Republic of the

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Congo, Republic of the, republic (2015 est. pop. 4,996,000), 132,046 sq mi (342,000 sq km), W central Africa; also known as the Congo Republic. Congo is bordered on the west by Gabon; on the no...