Areas of the south east such as Harran and the Hakkari mountains continued to be inhabited by remnants of the Assyrians, but these regions remained under Parthian and then Sassanid Persian rule.

The areas of Lochnagar and Ballochbuie were designated in 1998 by the Secretary of State for Scotland as Special Protection Areas ( SPA ) under the European Union ( EU ) Birds Directive.

By 2010 under one of the National Key Economic Areas ( NKEA ) and under the Government Transformation Programme ( GTP ), the federal government have announced to improve the public transport system by building a Mass Rapid Transit ‘”( MRT )”’ system in the Klang Valley / Greater KL.

Areas under the protection and management of the National Park Service include:

Areas in the Jazira have been brought under cultivation with the waters of the Khabur River ( Nahr al Khabur ).

In November 2001, before the capture of Kunduz by United Front troops under the command of Mohammad Daud Daud, thousands of top commanders and regular fighters of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agents and military personnel, and other volunteers and sympathizers in the Kunduz airlift, dubbed the Airlift of Evil by US military forces around Kunduz and subsequently used as a term in media reports, were evacuated and airlifted out of Kunduz by Pakistan Army cargo aircraft to Pakistan Air Force air bases in Chitral and Gilgit in Pakistan's Northern Areas.

Currently, India and Pakistan are the main producers of cluster bean, accounting for 80 % production of the world's total, while Thar, Punjab Dry Areas in Pakistan and Rajasthan occupies the largest area ( 82. 1 %) under guar cultivation in India.

Special Areas of Conservation, under the European Union Habitats Directive, in County Kilkenny includes Hugginstown Fen south-west of Ballyhale, The Loughans near Urlingford, Cullahill Mountain on the Castlecomer Plateau near Johnstown, Spahill and Clomantagh Hill which form part of an escarpment which links the Slieveardagh Hills with the Castlecomer Plateau, Galmoy Fen north of Johnstown, Lower River Suir south of Thurles, the freshwater stretches of the Barrow / River Nore and Thomastown Quarry, near Thomastown.

Areas in red were under Republican control.

This, in turn, is part of the Emerald network of Areas of Special Conservation Interest ( ASCIs ) under the Berne Convention.

The protection given to scheduled monuments is given under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which is a different law from that used for listed buildings ( which fall within the town and country planning system ).

Wider areas can be protected by designating their locations as Areas of Archaeological Importance ( AAI ) under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.

Furthermore, the Natura 2000 network is the EU contribution to the " Emerald network " of Areas of Special Conservation Interest ( ASCIs ) set up under the Bern Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats.

Areas often retain the designations they held under pre-reform legislation, though these titles no longer indicate a legal status.

* Top Ten Metropolitan Areas for Economic Growth with a population under 200, 000: Third Place.

It is also an Area of Archaeological Importance under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.

Areas under English rule expanded and retreated over time.

Areas designated common heritage of humanity under international law include the Moon, Outer Space, deep sea bed, Antarctica, the world cultural and natural heritage ( see World Heritage Convention ) and the human genome.

The island was defended by the two corps of Italian 6th Army under General Alfredo Guzzoni, although specially designated Fortress Areas around the main ports ( Piazze Militari Marittime ), marked as Port Defensive Areas on the map below, were commanded by admirals subordinate to Naval Headquarters and independent of 6th Army.

Nearly half of the island territory-667 km² ( 42, 7 % of island ), is under protection from the Red Canaria de Espacios Naturales Protegidos ( Canary Islands Network for Naturally Protected Areas ).

The bookseller and publisher Zedler published this book in Leipzig under the name " Great Complete Encyclopaedia of All Sciences and Arts Which So Far Have Been Invented and Improved by Human Mind and Wit: Including the Geographical and Political Description of the Whole World According to All Monarchies, Empires, Kingdoms, Principalities, Republics, Free Sovereignties, Countries, Towns, Sea Harbors, Fortresses, Castles, Areas, Authorities, Monasteries, Mountains, Passes, Woods, Seas, Lakes ... and also a Detailed Historical and Genealogical Description of the World's Brightest and Most Famous Family Lines, the Life and Deeds of the Emperors, Kings, Electors and Princes, Great Heroes, Ministers of State, War Leaders ... ; Equally about All Policies of State, War and Law and Budgetary Business of the Nobility and the Bourgeois, Merchants, Traders, Arts.

( Special Areas of Conservation are strictly protected sites designated under the European Community Habitats Directive, which requires the establishment of a European network of important high-quality conservation sites in order to make a significant contribution to conserving the 189 habitat types and 788 species identified in Annexes to this Directive.

Areas under this ward are Fort, parts of Dock Area, Ballard Estate, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, D ' Mello Road, Netaji Subhash Marg ( Marine Drive Sea ), AP Marg, Lokmanya Tilak Marg and Colaba.

Areas under this ward are parts of D ' Mello road, IR Road, Abdul Rehman Street, RB Marg, MA Road, JMR Marg and Lokmanya Tilak Marg.

Areas under this ward are Chandanwadi, parts of IR Road, Abdul Rehman Street,

Areas under this ward are Byculla, parts of Reay Road, West Sane Guruji Marg, Jahangir Boman Behram Marg, Sukhalaji Street, Dattaram Lad Marg, South Ramchandra Bhatt Marg, Wadi Bunder and Maulana Shaukataii Road.

Areas under this ward are Matunga, parts of Thane Creek and Mankikar Marg.

Areas under this ward are Santacruz, parts of CST Road, Vile Parle, Mahim and Dharavi.

Areas under this ward are Bandra, parts of Khar and Santacruz.

Areas under this ward are Andheri ( West ) and Oshiwara.

Areas under this ward are Goregaon, parts of Malad and Oshiwara.

Areas under this ward are Kurla, area between Ghatkopar and Vikhroli and parts of Powai.

* The smallest level, Census Output Areas were originally given an additional 4 digits within a ward, so that the first output area in Petersfield Ward was coded.

Areas covered by the ward include the Edenbridge Road Estate, Gospel Estate, Pemberley Road Flats, Stockfield Estate, part of the Tyseley Estate and the Yarnfield Estate.

Areas covered by the ward are Lyndon Green Wells Green, Sheldon and part of Garretts Green.

Areas within the ward include:

* Map of Omori Area and Sanno, Magome and Ikegami Areas from Ota-ku's ward official website.

Areas are seldom stated to sufficient accuracy for the different definitions to be detectable.

Areas of open water left from ice melt are good areas for phytoplankton blooms.

Areas similar to that of the council area are covered by the Angus Westminster constituency for the UK Parliament and the area is also represented at the Scottish Parliament by both the Angus and North Tayside Holyrood constituencies.

Areas where shifting cultivation or slash and burn agriculture are practiced are generally only fertile for 2 – 3 years before they are abandoned.

Within each of these maturity levels are Key Process Areas which characterise that level, and for each such area there are five factors: goals, commitment, ability, measurement, and verification.

Areas of distribution of families vary largely-while some are restricted to tropics, others exist mainly in Arctic or temperate regions.

Areas that were shired by 1607 and continued in existence down to the local government reforms of 1836, 1898 and 2001 are sometimes referred to as " traditional " or " historic " counties.

Areas surrounding these new townships are easily accessible via the SILK Expressway.

The Gilgit – Baltistan, formerly called Northern Areas, are a group of territories in the extreme north, bordered by the Karakoram, the western Himalayas, the Pamir, and the Hindu Kush ranges.

There are three Episcopal Areas of the United Methodist Church in the Philippines namely: Baguio Episcopal Area, Davao Episcopal Area and Manila Episcopal Area.

Areas south of the Great Basin are located within the Mojave Desert, while Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains lie on the western edge.

The Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir lie mainly in Central Asia along the edge of the Indian plate and hence are prone to violent earthquakes where the two tectonic plates collide.

There are representatives from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and from Islamabad Capital Territory.

Seats are allocated to each of the four provinces, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, and Islamabad Capital Territory on the basis of population.

All telecom companies are working to broaden their networks in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Northern Areas, which were largely ignored until recently.

Areas coloured red are lower in energy than areas coloured yellow

Areas of East African mangroves on the coast are also important habitats.

Virginia has 11 Metropolitan Statistical Areas ; Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and Richmond-Petersburg are the three most populous.

Areas around the southern part of Lake Maracaibo are swampy, and, despite the rich agricultural land and significant petroleum deposits, the area was still thinly populated in 1990.

Areas inhabited nonseasonally by wolverines are thus restricted to zones with late-spring snowmelts.

Areas worldwide where tornadoes are most likely, indicated by orange shading

Areas that are to be light in the final print are protected by varnishing between acid baths.