This led the Ottoman government to agree to an arrangement whereby the different nahiyes ( districts ) of the Chouf would be granted in iltizam (" fiscal concession ") to one of the region's amirs, or leading chiefs, leaving the maintenance of law and order and the collection of its taxes in the area in the hands of the appointed amir.

Later developments in this corridor were the Ford airport ( later converted to the Dearborn Proving Grounds ), other Ford administrative and development facilities, The Henry Ford ( the region's leading tourist attraction containing a reconstructed historic village and museum ), the Henry Ford Centennial Library, the super-regional shopping mall Fairlane Town Center, and the Dearborn Civic Center.

William " Parson " Brownlow, the radical publisher of the Knoxville Whig, was one of the region's leading anti-secessionists ( although he defended the practice of slavery ).

From March to October 1915, a plague of locusts stripped areas in and around Palestine of almost all vegetation and the Turkish authorities, worried about feeding their troops, turned to world-famous botanist and the region's leading agronomist, Aaron Aaronsohn.

The region's leading teams were hopelessly beaten, such as Santa Cruz ( 4 – 0 ), ABC ( 6 – 0 ), Ceará ( 5 – 2 ), Fortaleza ( 4 – 1 and 4 – 0 ), Sampaio Corrêa ( 5 – 1 ) and Paysandu ( 4 – 1 ).

Opened in 1972, the Mercury Theatre is one the region's leading repertory theatres.

The growth of North Shields was at one time restricted due to fear that it would take trade from neighbouring Newcastle upon Tyne, which was the region's leading port at the time.

Most of the region's population growth in the region has occurred in the Northern counties, leading to speculation that the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area will soon merge with Greater Dayton.

He became nationally known for his work as The Courier-Journal emerged as the region's leading paper.

The growth of North Shields was at one time restricted due to fear that it would take trade from neighbouring Newcastle upon Tyne, which was the region's leading port at the time.

Edwin Carrington, the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, stated that Odlum " served his country, St Lucia, with distinction " and was " charismatic, eloquent and a consummate master of communication, both in speaking and writing ... one of the region's leading and most persistent exponents on the debilitating effects of the erosion of trade preferences for the region's banana industry on the livelihood of the people ".

As a result, the sediment on which the delta complex depends is shunted out to sea -- the leading driver of the region's significance land loss rates.

More recently, the Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures co-produced the regional and university premiere production of August: Osage County in the fall of 2010, with the region's professional theatre, The Human Race Theatre Company.

This growth and the region's needs, led the IPC to a remarkable level of achievements that granted it, in 1979, to be promoted, by the Portuguese Ministry of Education, to a higher institutional level, university institute.

Bamyan is home to the region's only university, Bamiyan University.

In addition, the university owns and operates WCMU-TV, the region's PBS station, and WCMU-FM, the NPR affiliate.

The same survey also found the university was within the region's top five universities for the number of students who found graduate-level jobs or carried on with their education six months after graduation.

The university is also part of the national government's initiative to replace the region's heavy manufacturing industry with a modern high-tech manufacturing economy.

When the Peruvian government decided to reopen an old Catholic seminary in Ayacucho and make it into a modern university dedicated to improving the condition of the region's impoverished native population, Morote joined the new institution as professor of anthropology and vice-rector.

The university features the region's only programs in engineering, social sciences and agriculture.

It is one of the region's most important settlements, boasting a regional hospital, university Bachelor's Degree in Education college, distance-learning facilities, local government facilities, social security offices, and courts.

The Serein river runs through the town of Chablis, with many of the region's most prestigious vineyards planted on hillsides along the river.

The region's well-developed transportation network consists of 530 km of railways, including the Trans-Siberian Railway ; 600 km of waterways along the Amur and Tunguska rivers ; and 1900 km of roads, including 1600 km of paved roads.

Wales became an important whaling center due to its location along whale migratory routes, and it was the region's largest and most prosperous village, with more than 500 residents.

He, and his brothers Harry and Louis, created Channel Master, and built one of the region's major manufacturing plants just north of the Ellenville border, along with an aluminum plant to fabricate necessary components.

Two separate locations – one along Nine Mile Creek near present day Quarry Park at South Belvoir and Monticello Boulevards, and the other along what is today part of the Euclid Creek reservation – were consolidated by Forest City Stone Company in the 1870s, creating one of the region's largest producers of the stone.

Some of the changes were in the NTSC region's Player's Choice re-release, along with more changes not in other releases.

As the colonial population increased, the New Englanders expanded their settlements along the region's coastal plain and up the Connecticut River valley.

There are many National Parks along the rugged eastern fringes of the highlands including Cathedral Rock National Park, which has the region's highest peak, and Nymboida National Park.

Development and the concentration of industrial activity along highways 20, 40 and 15 over the last twenty years has made securing the region's remaining tracts of open land a priority for many West Island residents.

Boston, Massachusetts, and the larger Greater Boston region, is notorious for traffic congestion due to the region's high population density, outmoded highway system, and the high concentration of corporations with large offices located along major expressways and urban loops ( including Route 128, MassPike, I-93, I-495 ).

While traveling to Minas Gerais along this route, Emperor Pedro I found the region's climate pleasant, while staying at the farm of Correia, a Catholic priest.

The Uinta Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, and the Paradox Basin were also created by movement along structural weaknesses in the region's oldest rock.

CC & F was both the pioneer and premier developer of office parks along 128 and was integrally involved in both the creation of suburban commercial zoning, the region's sprawling railroad maps, and even the route of Boston ’ s Route 128 corridor.

The region's flat areas are known for their loud insects, called chicharras, which chirp in the fields and along the roads during the dry season.

The construction of the pedestrian mall along Main Street downtown coincided with the decentralization of the region's population and retail market.

The Senegal River runs along the region's border with Senegal.

A significant number of Finnish immigrants also settled in northern Minnesota, especially in the Arrowhead Region, along with portions of Aitkin, Crow Wing, and Carlton counties, often working in the region's iron mines.

However, during the region's rainy winters, it still suffers from algal bloom and other water pollution-related maladies, forcing the closure of most of the famous beaches along its shore.

In response to escalating congestion on the region's roads, York Region's transit plan included a provision for a bus rapid transit ( BRT ) system along the Yonge Street and Highway 7 arterial corridors.

Seafood is popular amongst Southern Marylanders, given the region's location along the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

In modern times Guangdong ( known in English as Canton ) has become known for Guangdong music ( later Guangdong folk tunes ), a synthesis of a number of local folk music styles ( like kunqu opera ), intended as an accompaniment for the region's folk operas when it arose along the Pearl River Delta in the 1920s.

In modern times, the Chinese province of Guangdong has become known for Guangdong music ( later Guangdong folk tunes ), a synthesis of a number of local folk music styles ( like kunqu opera ), intended as an accompaniment for the region's folk operas when it arose along the Pearl River Delta in the 1920s.

Traditional Inuit hunting activities still dominate the region's life, along with expensive adventure tourism.