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Wages are growing in cities by 13% — 19% a year.


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[123] Industry and construction account for about 46.8% of GDP.


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The country is a popular destination for global production outsourcing.


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[48] Services accounted for 40.3% of GDP in 2010.


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[91] China's agricultural sector feeds 20% of the world's population with only 8% of the world's cultivable area.


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The Communist Party is slowly bending to the privatisation demanded by the rural population, whereby those working in the fields would own the capital and the possibility of corruption for local politicians diminished.


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[124] China is one of the main producers of tea immediately after India.


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China's fish catch is by far the world's largest, and the country also consumes more fish than any other nation.


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[125] In the past, the Communist Party promised everyone a safe job chosen by officials, namely the 'iron rice bowl'.


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As a result, the labor market was unproductive.


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The iron rice bowl has been abandoned, and a large proportion of people today find jobs themselves and change jobs.


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[126] Corruption is still prevalent at all levels and affects many things.


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Enforcing environmental regulations, for example, has proved very difficult.


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Economists scolded the administration for huge environmental problems.


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According to the EU Chamber of Commerce, European firms complain in China about product copying, favoritism by locals and demands for co-operation with Chinese firms.


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[127] Corruption and lack of a judicial system are considered one of the biggest economic problems.


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China's more than 100 ministries and armed forces still run state-owned companies.


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China still has price controls in some areas, and petrol prices, for example, are subsidized.


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[128] The state-owned sector is responsible for about 40% of GDP.


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[48] Science and Technology China's manned spaceflight Shenzhou 5 was launched on October 15, 2003, which made China in order the fourth country to send people into space.


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[129] China plans to build a space station in the near future and land on the moon in the next decade.


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[130] The Chinese government continues to make significant contributions to research and development.


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It will encourage ingenuity and reform the fiscal and tax system to support growth in the sectors of the future.


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For example, promising genetic technology has emerged in the country in recent years.


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China is developing its software, microcircuit and energy operations, including renewable energy sources such as hydro, wind and solar power.


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[131] In order to reduce its polluting coal-fired power plants, China has pioneered the development of new types of nuclear power plants that operate cooler and safer, and enable a hydrogen economy.


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[132] Education Chinese school lasts for 12 years and is divided into a five- or six-year primary school, a three-year middle school, and a three-year high school or vocational school.


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The first nine years are mandatory.


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98.6% of the age class attended primary school in 2002.


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[133] China has a varied array of different educational institutions offering higher education.


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The education system is seen to have many problems, but it is developing rapidly and China already has highly competitive units internationally.


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Many foreign universities have started collaborative projects or set up units in China in recent years.


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Many parents want to invest much of their livelihood on their children's education and private education is popular.


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For example, private language schools, music schools and various hobbies are popular among the middle class who can afford them.


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Studying abroad is prestigious.


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Hong Kong's primary schools and colleges were ranked top in the world in the PISA comparison.


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[134] According to Johan Björksten, a Swedish student who has lived in China since 1986 and studied mathematics and chemistry at Peking University, studying in China is expensive today, making it difficult for the needy to study.


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China invests in per capita study little.


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Experiments are mainly multiple-choice questions, mostly testing data rather than the ability to consider concepts.


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Competition is fierce and there is rarely teamwork.


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According to many Chinese debaters, the current education system is poorly suited to the modern information society.


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[85] According to Alison Bailey (2007), China spends less than 3% of its GDP on education, half that of developed countries, and therefore education is expensive.


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According to Alison, since 2006 rural children save school fees of 400 yuan (40 euros), but still pay for school books.


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Rural parents have moved from land to the city to pay school fees.


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There are not enough schools in the cities for the children of those who have moved to the cities.


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[88] Culture Confucian thought includes a strong structure of class society, with civilization at the top, farmers and artisans below them, and soldiers and merchants below them.


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Class rotation has been possible, the family has been able to save their money to send the eldest son to study.


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Communists seek to shape the world of values and promote equality and an appreciation of hard work.


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[135] The most notable feast day in the Chinese calendar is the Chinese New Year, which coincides with the beginning of the year in the Gregorian calendar.


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Fine Arts Fine art is an important part of China's cultural heritage and has shaped the art of the rest of East Asia as well.


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The most prominent and well-known forms of Chinese visual art include landscape painting, calligraphy, porcelain pottery, and jade sculptures.


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In Chinese art, the importance of tradition, symbolism and brush technique is especially important.


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[136] Literature Chinese literature, due to the early nature of the Chinese writing system, has already evolved in ancient times.


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The development of actual narrative literature did not get off the ground until the 14th century.


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The earlier surviving literature is predominantly non-fiction, philosophical or religious works, as well as poetry.


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Of these, an educated person should be familiar with “five classics and four books”.


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Calligraphy is, for the Chinese, the highest metric of civilization.


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The four main works of narrative literature are Xiyouji (The Story of the West Journey), Honglou meng (


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[137] Music and Performance Chinese music, especially traditional music, differs markedly from the Western, both in terms of instruments and pitch.


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Cui Jian was one of the first to rise to the popularity of Chinese rock music in the mid-1980s.


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Chinese stage art often contains more acrobatics than Western.


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A particularly notable aspect of performing arts is Chinese opera.


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Architecture Chinese architecture has remained consistent in its founding elements throughout China's traditional culture.


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Among the most famous and distinctive features of Chinese architecture are curved ceilings, pagodas, courtyard houses, gardens and the 6,000-mile-long Great Wall of China.


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[138] Games, exercise and sports Board games such as chess, Chinese chess (xiangqi) and siege chess (wéiqí) are commonly played.


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Among them, competitions and tournaments are held.


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Wéiqí is a game of civility.


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Xiangqi and majiang, on the other hand, are favored by the common people.


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Maintenance of physical well-being is considered important.


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Morning exercises are common.


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Children are already taught self-massage and qigong exercises in school, with which many lessons are started.


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The habit continues in college and later in the working world.


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You see old people in parks doing their daily qigong exercises.


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China's sporting culture is one of the oldest in the world.


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Many historians believe football originated in China.


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[139] Traditional fitness and martial arts such as qigong and tai ijiquan remain popular.


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[140] China has participated in the Olympic Games from 1932 to 1952 and again starting in 1980.


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At the 2008 home Games it had a team of 600 athletes, other Summer Games teams have been teams of over 200 members.


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[141] The Chinese national football team has received silver at the Asian Championships in 1984 and 2004.


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In October 2010, it was ranked 89th in FIFA's rankings.


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There are 2221 football clubs in the country with over 700,000 registered players.


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There are estimated to be more than 25 million unregistered players.


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[142] Other popular sports include table tennis, badminton, basketball and nowadays golf.


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[143] Population The 2010 census result, 1.34 billion, was lower than the UN forecast.


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The rate of population growth was lower than at any time in 50 years.


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The fertility rate had fallen to 1.4 children per woman.


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There are 118 chicks born per 100 girl children.


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The ageing and urbanisation of the population is fast, and the proportion of educated people is on the rise.


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The unbalanced age structure has increased calls for the one-child policy to be dropped.


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[144] Guangdong Province has proposed allowing a second child to families where neither parent has siblings.


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[145] Ethnic groups The vast majority (91.5%) of Chinese citizens are Han Chinese [91].


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The remaining 8.5%, or more than 90 million people, represent about 55 ethnic minorities.


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Ethnic minorities enjoy certain benefits, for example, the one-child policy is not binding on all minority nations.


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[145] Some minorities, such as the Manchus, have assimilated into mainstream Chinese culture almost completely.


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Although they have retained their language and religion, by identity they are primarily Chinese and the ethnic group is a secondary identity.


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For other groups, such as the Mongols and Kazaks, Tibetans and the people of Hainan Island, ethnic identity is primary.


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Especially for Tibetans and Uighurs, the question of independence has been important.


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[135] Religions The Chinese government accepts five religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism.


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Atheism and anti-superstition have been actively taught throughout the school establishment for decades.


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Still, according to a 2010 study commissioned by Purdue University, 85% had some form of religious belief, and there were more Buddhists (18%) than those with atheist beliefs (15%).


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[146] According to official data, there are about 100 million religiously active people in the country, with some estimates of 300 million.


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Of these, about 200 million would be Buddhist, Taoist or worship legendary figures like the dragon king or god of good fortune.


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Among the trends in Buddhism, Theravada and Tibetan Buddhism are advocated by ethnic minorities.


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Traditionally Muslim peoples, Hui, Kazakhs and Uighurs number around 20 million in China.


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There are possibly as many as 40 million Christians, according to official figures of 16 million.


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[147] According to another study, there would be 40 million Protestants and 14 million Catholics in the country.


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Catholics are divided between a so-called patriotic church loyal to the communist regime, as well as an underground church loyal to the Vatican.


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[148] In 1949, when foreign missionaries were expelled from the country, there were 700,000 Christians there.


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[149] In the late 1990s, there were at least 70 million practitioners of the Falun Gong method in China.


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[150] [151] The practitioners of the method were subjected to a campaign of violent persecution when their numbers exceeded the total membership of the Communist Party, but e.g.


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US government sources say tens of millions of Chinese may still practice Falun Gong privately.


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[152] [153] Languages The de facto official language of China is Mandarin Chinese.


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According to the People's Daily newspaper [154], in 2004 it was spoken as a native tongue by 53% of the Chinese population.


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Mandarin Chinese is the language of instruction in all educational institutions in China, so almost all educated Chinese know it at least as a foreign language.


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Attempts have been made to make it the only language of instruction even in minority areas like Tibet.


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[155] Until the mid-2000s, it was also the only language of television programs.


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[156] Classical and modern Chinese are two different languages.


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There are dozens of languages in China.


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The characters may be the same, although otherwise the dialects may differ like Swedish and German.


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Most people understand Mandarin Chinese, which is exclusively used on radio and TV.


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Not everyone speaks it.


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Only in Guăngzhōu are allowed programs in the local language.


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Chinese colloquial is comparatively easy.


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It does not include word inflection, tenses, singular and plural, strong verbs and accusative, dative, etc. Word order conveys meaning.


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Character writing fits this language.


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There are four vocal fields (toons, pitches): ā, á, ă, and à. The most extensive Chinese language dictionary from 1718 contains 47035 characters.


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The official literacy rate in China is 2000 characters.


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They correspond to 97— 98% of normal text, where reading literature and journals are still difficult.


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4000 characters already equals 99.8% of the text and is smooth.


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5000 characters corresponds to a fully fluent language.


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[85] Han Chinese speak Sinitic languages, but other ethnic groups in China normally have their own languages.


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Officially there are 55 ethnic minorities in China; however, there are around 100 to 120 languages even if different Chinese are counted as dialects, see Sinitic languages.


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According to the book Ethnologue, 292 languages are spoken in China.


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[157] Other languages of more than one million speakers in China include (NB.


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Some of these are usually counted as dialects of Chinese): Wu-Chinese (77 million) Sinitic Yue Chinese, or Cantonese Chinese (52 million) Sinitic Jin Chinese (45 million) Sinitic Xiang Chinese (36 million) Sinitic Hakka Chinese (26 million) Sinitic Minnan Chinese (26 million) Sinitic Gan Chinese (21 million), Sinitic Minbei (10 million) Sinitic Northern Zhuang (10 million) Tai Kadai Uyghur (7 million) Turkic Southern Zhuang (4 million) Tai Kadai Chinese Sign Language (3 million) Sign Language (Mongol) Sign Language (Mongol) 3 million) Mongolian Taikieli (2 million) tai-kadai Korea (2 million) isolate Sichuanin-yi (2 million) Lolo Southern dong (1.5 million) tai-kadai Hhong njua (1 million) Hmong-language Kazakh (1 million) Turkic Khams (1 million) Tibetan Tibet (1 million) j.) Tibetan Major Cities As of April 2015, there were a total of 657 cities in the People's Republic of China: 4 province-status metropolitan cities (autonomous municipalities: Chongqing, Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin) 2 Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau), 289 prefecture-level cities (including 15 provincial cities), and 362 district-level towns (including 11 district-subordinate towns and 8 Bingtuan towns).


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Bingtuan cities are special towns operated by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Command, a state-run militia subordinate to the People's Army, established in 1954 in Sinkiang.


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The order of China's largest cities depends on what type of urban definition is used when drawing up the listing.


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If you list administrative areas of varying levels with city status, a different result is obtained from looking at urban areas built in China.


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The largest cities in China are, according to the 2010 census, when you include administrative urban areas of prefecture-level or above status: [158] Chongqing, a county-level city, 28.846 million. Shanghai, county-level city, 23.019 million. Beijing, county-level city, 19.612 million Chengdu, a provincial city, 14.048 million. Tianjin, county-level city, 12,939 million. Canton, provincial city, 12,701 million. Baoding, prefecture-level city, 11,194 million. Harbin, a city under the province, 10,636 million. Suzhou, prefecture-level city, 10,460 million. Shenzhen, a city subordinate to the province, 10.358 million. Nanyang, prefecture-level city, 10,264 million. Shijiazhuang, a prefecture-level city, $10.164 million. Linyi, prefecture-level city, 10,039 million Holidays See also Human rights in China Chinese philosophy Sources Citation error, replace with {{cite book| author = Jung Chang & Jon Halliday| title = Mao| others = Translated by Jaana Iso-Markku| publisher = Otava| year= 2005| id= ISBN 978-9511131687}} Citation error, replace with {{cite book| author = Repo & Markkula| title = Olympian China| publisher = Olympia Long Distance Agency| year = 2007| version=3rd edition| id = ISBN 9789519823034}} Citation error, replace with {{cite book| author = David Leffman, Simon Lewis, Jeremy Atiyah| Rough title guide = Thu China| publisher = Rough Guides| year = 2003| id = ISBN 9781843530190}} Citation error, replace with {{cite book| author = Pletcher, Kenneth (ed.


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According to the agreement, the country will be named North Macedonia (Северна Македонија, Severna Makedonija) or officially the Republic of North Macedonia (Република Северна Македонија, Republika Severna Makedonija).


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[2] [3] [4] Both Macedonia and Greece have agreed to the January 2019 agreement on the change of name.


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[5] The name change will take effect after various formalities by an estimated date of February 8, 2019.


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[6] The geography of Macedonia is located inland in the Balkans.


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It is part of the wider Macedonian geographical region, the rest of which is divided between Greece, Bulgaria and Albania.


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The Republic of Macedonia is 25713 square kilometres [7] wide and covers a good third of the territory of historic Macedonia.


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About half of the territory (34411 square kilometers) is Greek territory and a tenth is Bulgarian.


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[8] Macedonia lies between the Šar and Rhodope Mountains in the valley of the Vardar River.


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On the southern border of Macedonia lie three large lakes cut in half by the border: Ohrid, Prespa and Dojran.


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The region of the country is seismically active and there have been several devastating earthquakes, the most recent in 1963 when the capital Skopje was badly damaged.


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[9] The highest mountain in Macedonia is Korab, which rises 2764 meters above sea level.


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[7] The climate of Macedonia includes cold winters and warm summers.


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In the highlands there is snow for a long time in winter.


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Statistics from Skopje represent the typical climate of the country quite well.


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[10] There is a July and August average daytime maximum temperature of around 30 degrees, and an average lowest temperature from December to February on the frost side.


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[11] The Ohrid region is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List due to both its natural and cultural values.


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[12] 330 species of birds have been found in Macedonia, of which a third are migratory birds.


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Eight species of animals are protected, they include bear, gold jackal and lynx.


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Wolves, on the other hand, are considered nuisance animals, with about 350 killed each year.


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Bear hunting has been banned in 1996 and deer hunting has been regulated by hunting licences, but their populations are still estimated to be shrinking.


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[13] History Early stages In the past, the region of Macedonia has belonged to several different kingdoms.


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In the 200th century BCE.


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Macedonia was a center of Greek culture and later a Roman province.


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[14] Between the 500—6th centuries, the Macedonian region fell into the possession of the Byzantine Empire, and the Slavic peoples living in the area today migrated there.


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Macedonia was overrun by the Ottoman people in the 15th century, and it belonged to the Ottoman Empire for centuries.


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After the Balkan Wars (1912—1913) and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the wider territory of Macedonia was divided between Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia.


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[15] The territory of the present republic was known as “Southern Serbia”.


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[16] After World War I, it was annexed to the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.


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[15] In 1929, the Kingdom was officially renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and divided into provinces called Banovina.


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Southern Serbia, which included the entire present-day Republic of Macedonia, became part of the Vardar Banovina.


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[17] As part of Yugoslavia In 1941, the Axis powers occupied Yugoslavia and the Vardar Banovina was divided between its neighbors, Bulgaria and Italian-occupied Albania.


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The harsh regime of the occupiers encouraged many Macedonians to support Josip Broz Tito's communist resistance partisans.


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After the end of World War II, when Tito became President of Yugoslavia, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was established and Macedonia became one of its republics, the southernmost part.


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The country's current borders were slightly drawn after World War II, when Yugoslavia established the Socialist Republic of Macedonia and recognized Macedonians as their own people among the other peoples of Yugoslavia.


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Macedonia peacefully seceded from Yugoslavia in 1991.


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[15] Independence The first multi-party election was held in November—December 1990.


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The Nationalist Party (VMRO) rose to the majority, and Kiro Gligorov of the Communists, who served as president for two terms, was elected president.


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[18] In Macedonia, it is officially celebrated as Independence Day, September 8, because on that day in 1991, Macedonians decided in a referendum on independence — officially, however, the country did not declare independence until 17.


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[19] [20] Neighbouring Bulgaria was the first to recognize Macedonia's independence.


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However, Bulgaria did not recognize Macedonia as a nation, nor the Macedonian language, considering it part of the Bulgarian language.


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Slovenia, Croatia, Turkey and the Philippines were also among the first to recognise.


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Greece did not recognize Macedonia's independence due to the name dispute.


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Russia recognized the country's independence in 1992 and the United States in 1994.


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By the time of 1995, China and several EU countries had recognized Macedonia's independence.


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[21] The country remained peaceful during the Yugoslav wars of dissolution in the early 1990s, but the situation became unstable with the Kosovo War in 1999 when some 360,000 Kosovo Albanians were forced to flee to Macedonia.


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[22] A brief conflict between March and June 2001 between Albanian fighters and the Macedonian government in the north and west of the country ended with the intervention of NATO peacekeepers.


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[23] Macedonia, meanwhile, promised to give the Albanian minority greater political and cultural rights.


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[24] Macedonia became a member of the World Trade Organization in 2003 and in 2005 the country was officially accepted as a candidate for membership of the European Union.


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President Boris Trajkovski died in a plane crash in 2004 as the plane approached Mostar airport.


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An investigation report revealed crew errors as the cause.


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In the April 2004 presidential election, Branko Crvenkovski was elected president.


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[24] In 2007, former Minister of the Interior Ljube Boskovsky was charged at the International Court of Justice in The Hague with war crimes during the 2001 Albanian revolt.


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In 2009, the presidential election was won in the second round by G'orge Ivanov of the Conservatives.


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The 2011 parliamentary election was narrowly won by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's party VMRO-DPMNE.


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[24] On 31 May 2017, Zoran Zaev rose to become Prime Minister.


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Politics of the Republic of Macedonia is a parliamentary democracy.


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The president does not have very much power overall, but the president is commander-in-chief of the armed forces and chairman of the State Security Council.


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He is elected for five years at a time for a maximum of two terms.


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Since 2009, the president has been G'orge Ivanov.


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[15] 120 members are elected to the unicameral parliament for four-year terms from party lists from six constituencies.


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Since the 2011 elections, the largest grouping groups are the “Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation — Democratic Party for Unity”, or the coalition led by the VMRO-DPMNE party with a majority, or 63 seats, and the coalition led by the Social Democrats (SDSM) with 27 seats.


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Parliament votes on the prime minister, who is usually chosen as the chairman of the largest coalition or party.


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Since 2006 the prime minister has been Nikola Gruevski.


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[7] The country's major political dividing lines are between different ethnic groups, the Macedonian majority and the Albanian minority.


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After a brief war in 2001, an agreement was reached to share power, and the Macedonian parliament agreed in August 2004 to give more autonomous status to areas inhabited by Albanians and to change the boundaries of local government.


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[25] Macedonia is a member of several international organizations such as the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Council of Europe, the WTO and so on.


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[7] In December 2005, the EU formally accepted Macedonia as its candidate for membership but did not yet enter into negotiations for membership.


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Since 2009, Macedonians can travel without a visa to the Schengen area.


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The NATO leadership invited Macedonia, along with Albania, to join in 2008, but Greece blocked accession because of a name dispute.


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[25] Name dispute After its independence, Macedonia was mired in a dispute with Greece over the name of “Macedonia” as well as the country's flag and constitution.


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According to Greece, Macedonians are not entitled to Hellenistic symbols of the Ancient Macedonian Empire.


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[26] However, more than 40 countries have recognized the state under its constitutional name.


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These include countries such as the United States, Russia, China and neighbouring countries Bulgaria, Serbia and Turkey.


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[27] As a temporary compromise, the United Nations accepted the country as its member in 1993 under the name “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (, FYROM or FYR Macedonia).


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Many other international organizations such as the EU, NATO, the European Broadcasting Union and the International Olympic Committee followed the pattern.


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For Greece, this was not enough and it declared an embargo in February 1994.


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The Macedonian flag and constitution were amended in 1995, but the name issue remained.


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Greece ended its embargo in September 1995, recognising the country's independence.


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[24] In Greece, the name “Republic of Skopje” is commonly used from the state of Macedonia after the capital, and the government designates its northern neighbour by the acronym FYROM.


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Despite the dispute, Greece is the main investor in Macedonia, and the countries have engaged in security and military cooperation as well as cultural exchanges.


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Relations with Greece have improved in recent years, according to a European Commission report published in November 2005.


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After Macedonia sought membership of the military alliance at the 2008 NATO summit in Bucharest, Greece vetoed accession due to a name dispute, after which the Macedonian delegation left the meeting.


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[28] In October 2008, the United Nations proposed the official name of the state as the “Republic of Northern Macedonia”.


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[29] In 2009, Macedonia took the name dispute to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which opened proceedings in March 2011.


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[24] Greece and the Republic of Macedonia announced that they had reached an agreement on the name on 12 June 2018.


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Under the agreement, the new name of the country will become “North Macedonia” or officially “Republic of North Macedonia”.


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Citizens of the country may still be referred to as “Macedonians” and the language of the country as “Macedonian language”.


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[2] The agreement was approved by the Macedonian Parliament on 11 January 2019 [30] and in the Greek Parliament on 25 January 2019.


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[31] At the same time, the barrier to accession to NATO and the European Union will be removed.


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[5] Application for membership in the European Union Macedonia applied for full EU membership in 2004.


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The EU granted Macedonia candidate status in 2005.


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[32] The proposed deadline was 2012.


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The Commission has recommended that membership negotiations be opened, corrupio has been curbed, police forces reformed and the human rights situation improved.


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The violence and boycotts associated with the 2008 elections brought the country's reputation into disrepute.


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A major obstacle is also a name dispute with Greece.


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[33] Regional division In 2004, a new law entered into force that divided Macedonia into 84 municipalities (opštini).


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Previously there were 123 municipalities, so the number has decreased.


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[34] The municipalities are Aerodrom (Skopje), Aracinovo, Berovo, Bitola, Bogdanci, Bogovinje, Bosilovo, Brvenica, Butel (Skopje), Cair (Skopje), Caska, Centar (Skopje), Centar Zupa, Cesinovo, Cucer Sandevo, Debar, Debarca, Delcevje (Gjorce Petrov), Demir Kapija, Dojran, Dolneni, Dorce Petrov (Gjorce Petrov, Skopje), Drugovo, Gazi Baba (Skopje), Gevgelija, Gostivar, Gradsko, Ilinden, Jegunovce, Karbinci, Karpos (Skopje), Kavadarci, Kicevo, Kisela Voda (Skopje), Kocani, Konce, Kratovo, Kriva Palanka, Krusevo, Kumanovo, Lipkovo, Lozovo, Makedonska Kamenica, Makedonski Brod, Mavrovo i Rostusa , Mogila, Negotino, Novaci, Novo Selo, Ohrid, Oslomej, Pehcevo, Petrovec, Plasnica, Prilep, Probistip, Radovis, Rankovce, Resen, Rosoman, Saraj (Skopje), Sopiste, Staro Nagoricane, Štip, Struga, Strumica, Studenicani, Suto Orizari (Skopje), Sveti Nikole, Tearce, Tetovo, Valandovo, Vasilevo, Veles, Vevcani, Vinica, Vranestica, Vrapciste, Zajas, Zelenikovo, Zelino and Zrnovci.


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Those whose name reads (Skopje) form the Greater Skopje Metropolitan Area.


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[7] For statistical purposes, the municipalities are grouped into eight regions, namely: Eastern Region, Northeast Region, Pelagonia Region, Polog Region, Skopje Region, Southeast Region, Southwest Region and Vardar Region [35] Economy Macedonia's national economy is small but heavily oriented towards international to the store.


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The service sector has grown strongly, overtaking the industrial sector, which dominated the economy immediately after the country gained independence.


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Agriculture is steadily declining in importance.


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The macroeconomic foundation is solid, but there are problems and risks in economic development.


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Building infrastructure and getting foreign investment is slow.


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The main economic problems are low living standards, high unemployment and moderate economic growth.


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[15] In 2010, the official unemployment rate was 31.7%, but this does not show the employment impact of the black economy.


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The share of the black economy has been estimated at 20 per cent of gross domestic product.


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Gross domestic product growth had turned positive since the global recession, [7] but still less than half the equivalent figure in Serbia, for example.


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[36] The country's largest foreign investor is Greece, followed by Cyprus and Bulgaria.


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The country's most lucrative state enterprises were already sold off during privatisation, and now a number of unproductive enterprises and their restructuring remain.


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Macedonia has tried in recent years to lure investors with an ambitious programme including low taxation on businesses.


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[15] [37] The country's main export products are food, beverages (wine) and tobacco, as well as textiles, iron and steel.


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In 2010, the main export countries are Germany (20.2 percent), Italy (7.9 percent), Bulgaria and Greece, with the most commodities imported from Germany (11.5 percent), Russia (11.1 percent), Greece, Bulgaria, Britain, Turkey and Italy.


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[7] The most significant natural resources include chromium, lead, zinc, manganese, tungsten, asbestos, nickel, gold and silver.


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[7] Transport in Macedonia is 14 airports, 699 kilometers of railway and 13736 kilometers of road.


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[7] International flights land at Skopje Petovic Airport or at the much smaller Ohrid Airport.


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[38] The train journey from Skopje via Prilep to Bitola takes four hours.


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In domestic transport, buses are a popular, safe and quite comfortable option.


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[39] The population in Macedonia is estimated at around 2077000 people according to a July 2011 estimate.


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59% of the population lives in cities.


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[7] By far the largest city in Macedonia is the capital, Skopje, with around 480,000 inhabitants according to a 2010 estimate.


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The next largest cities are Kumanovo (116000), Bitola (85000), Tetovo (76000) and Prilep (74000 inhabitants).


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[40] Macedonia is an ethnically diverse state.


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The largest population group in the country is Macedonians, which comprise about 64% of the total population (about 1300000 people).


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The country is home to about 500,000 Albanians, or 25% of the population, for the most part in the western and northwestern parts of the country.


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Smaller minorities include Turks (78000 or 3.9%), Roma (54000 or 2.7%) and Serbs (36000 or 1.8%).


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[7] The remaining 2.5% of the population includes many small minorities such as Aromanians, Bosniaks, Croats, Egyptians, Greeks and Bulgarians.


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[41] [42] Macedonia faces difficulties in achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals.


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In 2009, it was estimated that only targets related to infant mortality and maternal health will be met.


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The prevalence of AIDS in the country is already very low.


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[43] Schooling will be compulsory for eight years and compulsory education is being extended to nine years.


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In practice, 92% of the age class attend primary school, 63% continue their studies after primary school, and 3% continue until higher education.


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Preschool is attended by only 11% of the age category.


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Schooling activity is tied to family wealth and ethnicity, especially outside of school there are Roma children.


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Based on tests taken in 2003 and 2006, many students complete school without missing out on their class but still don't learn very much; Macedonians scored the worst of the 13 Eastern European countries that took part in the tests.


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[44] According to the 2002 census, about 64.7% of the population are Orthodox, 33.3% Muslims, 0.34% other Christians and 1.63% unspecified.


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[7] Official Minority Languages Macedonia has six official minority languages along with Macedonian: Albanian, Turkish, Balkan Romani, Serbian, Bosnian and Aromanian.


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They have official language status in areas where speakers comprise more than 20% of the population.


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[45] Of the population of the Republic of Macedonia, 64.2% speak Macedonian, which belongs to the South Slavic languages, as their native language.


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Albanian is the second largest language and is spoken by 25% of the population, Turkish is spoken by 3.5%, Romani language by 1.9%, Serbian by 1.2%, and other languages by 1.8%.


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[7] > Culture Macedonia has a rich cultural heritage in the fields of art, architecture, poetry and music.


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The country has several old Roman ruins and religious monuments from the Byzantine period.


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There are well-preserved Byzantine frescoes in the country, especially from the 10th—16th centuries.


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The frescoes have been preserved several thousand square metres and most of them are still in good condition.


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Most of the old monasteries in the country, especially from the 10th and 16th to 17th centuries, have survived to this day.


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[46] Macedonian music has also been greatly influenced by Byzantium.


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[47] Macedonian folk music is often complex in rhythm like other Eastern European folk music, with the main instrument traditionally being the gaida (bagpipe).


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[48] Local dances are called oro and another common dance is the teškoto that has become the village of Galičnik.


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[49] Macedonia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1998, placing in the best of twelfth.


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[50] Toše Proeski and Karolina Gočeva have each represented their country several times.


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[51] One of the most important cultural sites in the country is the Ohrid region with several churches and monasteries.


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Ohrid's collection of icons is the third most important in the Orthodox world and one of the most valuable in the world.


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[52] Major cultural events in Macedonia include the Ohrid Festival of Classical Music and Drama, the Struga Poetry Evenings, which gather poets from more than 50 countries, the Skopje Opera Festival and the Bitola International Camera Festival.


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[53] Sports Football is the most popular sport in Macedonia.


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In October 2011, the Macedonia national football team was ranked 91 in the FIFA rankings.


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Never during its independence, the national team has progressed to the final tournament of European Championship or World Cup competitions.


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Other popular sports in Macedonia include basketball, volleyball, handball, karate and wrestling.


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The handball team has twice advanced to the final tournament of both the World Championship and European Championships.


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[54] [55] The Macedonian national basketball team has progressed to the semi-finals at the European Championships at best.


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[56] Macedonia has participated in the Olympic Games since 1996.


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It has had a team of 7—11 athletes at the Summer Games and 2—3 in the Winter Games.


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The country's only Olympic medal has been won in 2000 by wrestler Mogamed Ibragimov.


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Vilnius (liett.


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and in several other languages Vilnius,,,,, Vilne) is the capital of Lithuania and the largest city in the country by population.


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About 523050 people live in the city (2012), [1] of whom 64% are Lithuanians, 16% Poles, 12% Russians and 3% Belarusians (2011).


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[2] Geography and climate Vilnius is located in southeastern Lithuania at the confluence of the Vilnius and Neris rivers, and the city is more than 300 kilometres away from the Baltic Sea and Lithuania's main port, Klaipėda.


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Twenty-six kilometres north of Vilnius lies the geographical centre of Europe, which has been named Europos Centra.


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[3] The city of Vilnius covers an area of 401sq km, but Vilnius County covers 9650 square kilometers and also includes the municipal districts of Šalčininkai, Širvintos, Švenčionys, Trakai, and Ukmergė and Elektrėnai Municipality.


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The city has a humid continental climate.


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The warmest months are June, July and August, when the average maximum temperature is 21—22 °C.


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The coldest month is January, when the average lowest temperature is −8.7 °C.


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There are also typically frosts in December and February.


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Rains are distributed quite evenly for different months, in summer it rains more than in winter.


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[4] History Archaeological remains from various parts of the city indicate that the area has been inhabited since the early Middle Ages.


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The written historical period of Vilnius begins in the sources in 1323, as the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.


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In 1387, Vladislav II Jagello, Grand Duke of Lithuania, granted Vilnius Magdeburg city rights.


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From 1569, Vilnius was part of Polish-Lithuania and under growing Polish influence until the last partition of Poland until 1795.


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Thanks to its university founded in 1597, it became the leading cultural centre of the kingdom.


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Since 1795, the city belonged to the Russian Empire until the First World War.


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It was one of the largest cities in the Russian Empire and a major multicultural trade and cultural center.


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The population of Vilnius was 53538 (1840) [5] and 165532 (1897) [6].


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From September 1915 to January 1919 was the town occupied by German troops.


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[7] With the independence of Lithuania in 1918, the status of Vilnius remained in dispute.


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Finally, in 1922, the town remained on the Polish side until World War II.


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In the early stages of the war, in September 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union in a short time occupied Poland and divided it between themselves.


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In this case, Vilnius fell to the Soviet Union.


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Already in October of the same year, the city was ceded to Lithuania while Soviet garrisons were established in the country.


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[8] The following year, the Soviet Union annexed all of Lithuania, including Vilnius.


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From 1941 to 1945 the area was occupied by Germany.


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After the war, it became the capital of Lithuania in the Soviet Republic of Lithuania, which was part of the Soviet Union, from 1945 to 1991.


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Since 1991, Vilnius has been the capital of the independent Republic of Lithuania.


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Until World War II, Vilnius was largely a Polish-Jewish city.


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According to a census conducted by Germans in 1916, of the inhabitants of Vilnius, Poles comprised 54.7%, Jews 41.5%, Lithuanians 2.1%, Russians 1.6%, Belarusians 0.4% and Germans 0.6%.


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According to the 1931 census of Poles, Poles comprised 65.9%, Jews 28%, Russians 3.8%, Belarusians 0.9%, Lithuanians 0.8%, Germans 0.3% and Ukrainians 0.1%.


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Vilnius was the centre of Yiddish-speaking culture in Eastern Europe, where Jewish intellectuals had gathered over the centuries.


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It is said that upon stopping in 1812 in Vilnius, Napoleon called it the “Jerusalem of the North”.


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Before World War II, one third of Vilnius's inhabitants were Jewish, about 60,000, and had 105 synagogues and prayer rooms and two Jewish daily newspapers.


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There, the Yivo Institute was founded, whose task became to compile information on Jewish culture and collect an archive.


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[9] The relocation of Jews and the destruction of culture was initiated by the Soviets, who, after taking Poland, had annexed the city to Lithuania.


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[10] When the Germans took Vilnius in June 1941, they began a work of destruction in which they destroyed practically the entire Jewish community.


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Some were killed at the scene, some were taken to concentration camps.


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Jewish libraries and archives were looted, some of them taken to Germany, most burned or taken to a nearby paper mill for raw material.


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The Germans withdrew from the city in July 1944.


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[11] Vilnius served as the European Capital of Culture in 2009.


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[12] Population Evolution of inhabitants Year1811 [13] 1840 [5] 1863 [13] 1897 [6] 1914 [13] 1959 [14] 1970 [15] 1979 [16] 1989 [17] 2001 [18] 2011 [2] 2012 [1] Population56,30053,53869,500165,532203,800236,078372,100480,998582,621542,287524,406523,050 Ethnic distribution The nationality distribution of the population of the city differs significantly from the urban average in Lithuania.


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The city has a relatively large number of Poles and Belarusians, and more abundant than usual Russians and Ukrainians, as well as Jews and Tatars.


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According to Census (2011), the ethnic distribution of the town was as follows: [2] Ethnic groupShare of residents 2011 (%) Share of residents 2011 (persons) Lithuanians63,6333,301Poles16,485,816Russian11,962,304Belarusians 3,418,027Ukrainians1,05,212Other nationals1,36,581Did not declare their ethnic background2,513,165total100,0524,406 Transport Internal transport of the city public transport is handled buses and trolleybuses.


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There are more than 60 bus lines, 19 trolleybus lines.


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[19] A subway is being planned.


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[20] Air and train services Vilnius Airport is located on a plateau south of the city.


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[21] The airport is connected by rail from Vilnius railway station of the Lithuanian Railway network.


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In the eastern parts of the city there is additionally Naujoji Vilnia railway station, which can also be reached by train to nearby towns.


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[22] [23] The main highways A1 motorway from Vilnius to the Western Bullet, Vilnius-Kaunas—Klaipėda (part of the European road) connects the three largest cities in the country.


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The A2 motorway (part) running southeast from Via Baltica in Panevėžys brings a smooth highway connection from Finland to Vilnius.


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The Europepath (), in turn, creates a highway link to the nearest city of million, 190 km away to Belarusian Minsk in the southeast; west of Vilnius, the same highway route continues through the Kaliningrad region to Gdańsk in Poland and on to Berlin in Germany.


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[24] [25] See also Užupis district Sources Anders Rydell, Book thieves, Finland. Pekka Marjamäki, p. 298-311 Gummerus 2017 ISBN 978-951-24-0362-2 References elsewhere Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace.


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Terence Vance “Terry” Gilliam (born 22 November 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota [1]) is a British film director and the only non-British member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.


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After being born in the US, Gilliam gained British citizenship in 1968.


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In 2006, he renounced his United States citizenship.


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He was awarded a Special BAFTA in 1970 and an Honorary Fellowship of the BAFTA in 2009.


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[2] Gilliam studied political history at Occidental College in Los Angeles.


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In the early 1960s, he was editor of a magazine called Help and as a freelance illustrator in New York City until moving to Britain.


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[3] He began his career as an animator and comic book maker.


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His first directorial work entirely of his own was Jappervok (1977), which was still remarkably reminiscent of Python humour.


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With the success of the film Brazil — this moment (1985), Gilliam was given the opportunity to make a bigger-budget film The Adventures of Baron von Münchhausen (1988), which nevertheless became a financial flop despite a good reception from critics [4].


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Gilliam's next work was again Fisher King (1991), made on a low budget, in which she maintained her distinctive style and opened the doors for herself to Hollywood.


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Gilliam was given permission to direct the film 12 Monkeys (1995), for which he received a big budget and good actors.


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Gilliam's distinctive style made the film a success, and his directorial gifts were no longer in doubt.


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In 1998, Gilliam directed the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, converting the Gonzo Style of Hunter S. Thompson, who was of cult fame, into an original film.


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Terry Gilliam has visited Finland in 1998 at the Sodankylä Film Festival.


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[5] Filmography Terry Gilliam has directed the following films: [6] The Mad World of Monty Python (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, with Terry Jones, 1975) Jappervoy (Jabberwocky, 1977) Robbers, Robbers (Time Bandits, 1981) Brazil — Beyond the Moment (1985) The Adventures of Baron von Münchhausen (The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen, 1988) Fisher King (1991) 12 Monkeys (Twelve Monkeys) (1995) — inspiration for the film came from Chris Marker's short film La Jetée.


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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1998) Brothers Grimm (The Brothers Grimm, 2005) Tideland (2005) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) The Zero Theorem (2013) In addition, Gilliam has directed the film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, with filming was suspended in 2010.


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Filming for the film has been completed in 2017.


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Wolf

The wolf or grey wolf [1] (Canis lupus) is a canine mammal of the same species as the domesticated dog by biological definition.


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The wolf is today divided into 32—37 subspecies depending on the source, some of which have already disappeared.


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The wolf is spread across much of the Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic regions up to the latitudes of Mexico and India.


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In addition, the dingo, which is now usually read as a subspecies of the wolf, occurs in Australia.


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The wolf was once the most widely distributed mammal species in the world.


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The initial range was reduced as wolves were persecuted for the protection of livestock and for fear of attacks on humans.


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Today, the species is globally vibrant, but wolf populations in certain areas are endangered.


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In the 21st century, the Finnish wolf population has fluctuated between 100 and 250 individuals.


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Arctic wolves are whitish in colour, the more southern subspecies grey and brown.


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Wolves live in pairs or family packs normally consisting of three to eleven members, sometimes more than twenty.


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There is one breeding pair in the herd, and the other members are their offspring of varying ages.


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The herds collectively prey on large herbivores such as elk and deer, but the wolf can also eat smaller animals and scavengers.


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The territory of one herd is less than a hundred to several thousand square miles wide.


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The wolf moves mainly in obscurity and at night.


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Young wolves migrate, thanks to which the wolf quickly spreads to new habitation areas.


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Man has hunted wolves for centuries because the wolf kills and eats domestic animals, and because it has been feared to attack a human.


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Size, appearance and coloration The wolf is the most large-sized species of canine species currently living.


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[1] Males are typically bulkier than females.


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The length of the wolf is 100—140 centimeters and usually weighs 20—50 kilograms.


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[2] The largest wolves live in Canada and Alaska, and a few specimens weighing over 77kilograms have been found there.


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The largest wolf to weigh was a grey wolf, which weighed 80kg, killed in Alaska in 1939.


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[3] The length of the wolf's tail without the apex hairs is 35—50 centimeters and 10-12 centimeters more with the apex hairs.


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The length of the ears is 10.5—12 centimeters.


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The height of the shoulder or withers is 66—81 centimeters.


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[1] The wolf much resembles a dog in appearance, but its legs are longer, its paws larger, the breast narrower, and the tail straighter.


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[4] Wolves in Arctic regions are often almost white.


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Fennoscandian wolves are pale yellowish to grey in colouration, with usually darker hairs on the back.


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Winter hair is lighter than summer hair.


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Wolves in more southerly temperate regions are slightly reddish to brownish-grey in colour, and whitish hairs may be present on the inner surfaces of the limbs, abdomen and snout.


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Southern wolves are also smaller than northern wolves, with larger ears, shorter body hair and less pronounced fur underwels.


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[5] Distribution and habitat Sutta occurs in North America, Eurasia, North Africa and Australia.


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[6] The largest wolf populations are in Canada, where wolves number more than 50,000 individuals [7] and Russia, where there are about 30000 individuals.


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[8] According to statistics from 2010 to 2013, Europe had around 13000 wolves outside Russia, of which around 2000 in Romania, just under 2000 in Spain, around 1000 in Bulgaria and around 950 in Poland.


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[9] The wolf population in Finland has varied from 100 to 250 individuals since 2000 according to the Finnish Natural Resources Centre.


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[10] There were 165—190 wolves in Finland at the beginning of March 2018.


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There were 20 wolf packs in Finland and an additional five packs on both sides of the border between Finland and Russia.


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The focus of the wolf population has shifted from eastern Finland to western Finland, where Finland's wolves account for about 70% of the wolves in Finland.


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[11] The wolf was once the most widely distributed mammal species in the world.


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Wolves have lived throughout continental Europe and additionally in Asia from the Taimyr Peninsula, from the south to India and in the southwest as far as the Arabian Peninsula.


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[6] The initial range was reduced as wolves were persecuted for the protection of livestock and for fear of attacks on humans.


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Beginning roughly in the 1970s, the reduction of the wolf's living range has stalled, with wolves even returning to areas from which they previously disappeared.


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At the same time, however, competition for food and persecution has continued and habitats fragmented so that the sustainable regeneration of stocks is at risk.


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[6] Small strains suffer from inbreeding, especially because not all wolf specimens breed.


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For example, the Scandinavian wolf population originates from only three individuals.


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The inbreeding of Finnish wolves has also increased in the 2000s, and the stock collapsed in 2006.


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The wolf population in Karelia has decreased, so the Finnish population no longer receives gene supplement from there.


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[12] The wolf has adapted to living in very diverse environments such as steppe, tundra and forests.


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[4] Wolves are even found near cities, where they consume anthropogenic waste.


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[13] Family tree The genus Canis in the same genus as the Wolf includes the golden jackal, streak cabbage, mantle cabbage, Ethiopian wolf and coyote, and the dingo, which is now generally classified as a subspecies of the wolf.


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The wolf separated from the coyote about two million years ago probably in Eurasia.


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Since then, the wolf has spread several times back to North America and evolved in isolation there into various subspecies.


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During the Ice Age, wolves pushed further south, and fossils of Arctic wolves have been found as far away as California.


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Prior to the Pleistocene period extinction wave about 11000 years ago, the wolf was only one of many similarly sized predator species, but today it is the top predator in the Holarctic.


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[14] The wolf can interbreed and produce reproductive offspring with all specimens of the genus “Canis”.


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In Europe, wolves breed with dogs and in North America also with coyotes.


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However, dog wolves reinterbreed with wolves only rarely.


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[15] Subspecies Many of the wolf populations differ in appearance.


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Wolves have been classified in several subspecies on the basis of their coat colouring, morphological characteristics such as skull length, and today also differences in lineage.


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Classification has experienced turmoil over time.


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[16] 32 [1] —37 [17] different subspecies have been described from the wolf depending on the source.


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Distribution in Eurasia wolf subspecies has been segregated by just over ten.


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The most widely distributed wolf subspecies is Canis lupus lupus, which is found in the Nordic countries, Western Europe, Russia and Central Asia.


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Italiansusia (italicus) live in Italy and iberiansusia (signatus) in the Pyrenees peninsula.


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[16] In North America, six subspecies have been classified, the most widely distributed being “C. lupus nubilus”, or buffalo wolf.


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[16] Wolves in Arctic regions are pale and large in size.


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In Eurasia, they belong to the subspecies of albus and in North America arctos.


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[16] Wolves in the coniferous forest zone include the communis of the Urals and occidentalis of the northwestern parts of North America, the most large of wolves.


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[16] Himalayan wolves live in the Himalayas, which have been suggested to be entirely their own species.


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[16] Two wolf subspecies have lived in Japan, but these became extinct in the fold of the 19th and 20th centuries.


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[16] Wolves living in drier and hotter areas of the South are smaller in size than northern wolves.


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The Indianswolf (pallipes) occur in a zone stretching from Israel through Arabia to India.


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The Cubanensis subspecies occurs in the area between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.


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The diminutive Mexican wolf (bailey) lives in sparse numbers in the mountain highlands of Mexico and Arizona.


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[16] Previously defined as a subspecies of the gold jackal living in North Africa, Canis aureus lumper descended from DNA analyses published in 2011 from a South Asian greysuit.


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[18] [19] The North American red wolf (rufus) has also been the subject of scholarly debate, as it is suspected, for example, of being a cross between coyote and greyhood.


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[16] It is now counted as a subspecies of the wolf, although it has previously been considered its own species.


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[17] Formerly considered a separate species of dingo (Canis lupus dingo) is found in Australia and parts of Southeast Asia [20] [1].


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In addition to wild populations, wolf subspecies also include the domesticated dog (Canis lupus familiaris).


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[17] The second parent of the wolf and dog cross, the dog breed, is most commonly the German Shepherd, Siberian Husky or Malamute.


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You can distinguish a wormwood from a real wolf by the color of its claws, tail position and eye shape.


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[21] List of subspecies Canis lupus lupus — wolf [1] Canis lupus albus — tundra wolf [22] Canis lupus alces† Canis lupus arabs — arabic wolf [1] Canis lupus arctos Canis lupus baileyi — mexican wolf Canis lupus beothucus† Canis lupus bernardi† Canis lupus campes† Canis lupus campes† tris — arosusi [1] Canis lupus chanco Canis lupus columbianus† Canis lupus crassodon Canis lupus dingo — dingo Canis lupus familiaris — dog Canis lupus floridanus† Canis lupus fuscus† Canis lupus gregoryi Canis lupus griseoalbus Canis lupus hattai† Canis lupus fuscus† Canis lupus hodophilyi † Canis lupus hudsonicus Canis lupus irremotus Canis lupus labradorius Canis lupus ligoni Canis lupus lycaon — forest wolf [1] Canis lupus mackenzii Canis lupus manningi Canis lupus mogollonensis† Canis lupus monstrabilis† Canis lupus nubilus — buffalo wolf [1] Lupus occidentalis Canis lupus orion Canis lupus pallipes — indian wolf [1] Canis lupus pambasileus Canis lupus rufus — red wolf Canis lupus tundrarum Canis lupus youngi† [17] Lifestyles and behavior Herd Wolves live in pairs or families in packs with usually from three to eleven members.


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The herd has one breeding pair and its offspring of different ages if they have already been born to the pair.


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If the nutritional conditions are particularly good, there are sometimes twenty members of the herd.


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[23] The largest reported herd was observed in 1960s Alaska, with 36 individuals.


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[24] The composition of the herd changes almost every year.


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Offspring usually leave their natal herd no later than the age of three.


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When a leading wolf dies, one of its offspring or a wolf from outside the pack is accepted to replace the lost.


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In addition to the leading pair, there may be other already sexually mature individuals in the herd.


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However, they will only breed if they inherit the leader's place or leave the herd to start their own family and, consequently, a new herd.


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[25] A pack of wolves maintain their order of precedence with appeasement as well as quarrel.


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Each individual has a tendency to behave based on their own innate temperament in each situation.


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Most commonly, the order of precedence is seen over small prey: the first to dine on the breeding pair and puppies less than a year old, the last young wolves left to babysit.


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If prey animals are few, young individuals may leave the herd earlier than usual.


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[26] If one of the reproducing members dies, the herd sometimes disintegrates.


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Large herds hold up better than small ones.


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If either of the pack leaders die, the herd will almost certainly disintegrate.


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The survival of young puppies depends a lot on how many adult wolves and nannies remain in the pack.


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[27] The territory The wolf pack or pair of wolves has its own territory, which it defends and from whom it seeks its sustenance.


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In Arctic regions, where there is less food, turf can be as wide as several thousand square miles.


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In Finland and Scandinavia, turf averages 1,000 square kilometres.


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In the south, the turf is smaller than in the north, from less than a hundred to a few hundred square miles.


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The territory of wolves is relatively permanent.


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Sometimes the turf overlaps, and sometimes there's no man's land between them.


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Wolves mark their living range with odor marks and announce their presence by howling.


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[28] Movement The wolf moves at all times of the day, mainly in obscurity and at night.


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[24] The wolf moves to prey and guard its territory, usually simultaneously.


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The wolf's locomotion activity varies with age, sex, and season.


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During the breeding season in spring, the mother thrives with her chicks near the nest.


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Young non-sexually mature females of the herd also spend time by the nest.


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In late summer, the wolves' range of movement once again expands as cubs begin to move with others.


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In September—October, wolves leave the nest and meeting place and completely switch to a wandering lifestyle.


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Outside the breeding time, the wolf moves an average of 10—30 kilometres per day, and may move 70 kilometres during the day.


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After capturing the deer, the wolf can stay close to the prey for two days.


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[29] When the herd travels through the same afterthought, the afterstring often appears to be left only by one wolf.


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[30] When a young wolf has left the herd at the most common age of 11—24 months usually in spring or autumn, it leaves to migrate.


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The direction of hiking is random.


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Some wolves head to new neighborhoods and others to where there is a higher wolf density.


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Some wolves remain in the vicinity of their parent revir or nearby areas to search for a mate.


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Others travel hundreds of miles in one direction until they find a turf for themselves, where they remain to find a mate.


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The longest measured hiking distances have been more than 1,000 miles.


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Thanks to the migrations of young wolves, the species colonizes new areas and at the same time the lineages of populations remain diverse.


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[31] Predation and Foraging The wolf's diet varies depending on the region it lives.


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The wolf's staple food is large-sized ungulates such as elk, but wolves also eat small animals, livestock, scavengers and waste.


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[6] The wolf eats an average of 2.5 to 6 kilograms of food per day.


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[4] Wolves prey in Finland and Scandinavia at night, as human activities may interfere with food and predation during the day.


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Human influences wolf predation also indirectly by regulating game stocks.


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[32] When preying, wolves usually act as a pack.


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Even a lone wolf is able to take down quite large prey animals such as elk, but it is rare.


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[33] A pair of wolves usually prey together.


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Wolves belonging to the family pack often split into smaller groups when they set out to prey.


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[34] Of wolf predatory attempts, less than half are usually successful.


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Looking threatening in place, a moose or trembling male is likely to survive, but the one who goes on the run will get the wolves on their hobbies.


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[35] Large deer can cause serious injury to predatory wolves, and the wolf preys most diligently when prey animals are at their weakest and conditions such as thick snow gloves make them difficult to move.


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[36] At its fastest, the wolf is able to run at a speed of about 60 kilometres per hour for several minutes.


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However, the trump of the wolf, which preys on deer faster than itself, is its endurance.


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[37] Wolves tire their prey by pursuing it from behind for distances of up to five kilometres.


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Often wolves target their attacks on the back end of a large-sized prey animal but on the head, shoulders, flanks, or rear end of a small animal.


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[4] Once the moose or vapiti have been brought to a halt, the male wolf bites its mouth and neck with its powerful jaws.


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It crushes the victim's larynx and severs the big blood vessels in the neck area, causing the victim to suffocate.


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At the same time, other wolves bite the back and legs of prey.


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[38] The most valuable specimens in terms of reproduction, namely the mother and paternal wolf, receive a greater share of the prey than other members of the herd.


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The wolf quickly picks up the food and cleans the bones with its front teeth as clean as possible.


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Internal organs and bones are important sources of nutrients for the wolf that mere flesh lacks.


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The hairs and the contents of the rumen the wolf leaves uneaten.


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The wolf takes a quarter to just over an hour to eat, after which it rests for a few hours before returning to meal.


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The wolf can carry loose pieces for the expectant mother and puppies in the nest, or vomit the contents of its stomach to the puppies.


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It can stash surplus food in a hole it digs in the ground or snow and visit to eat it later.


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The wolf might survive without sustenance for several weeks, as long as water is available.


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[39] The wolf actively seeks to kill smaller predators such as foxes and raccoon dogs that live on its territory in order to reduce competition for food.


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[40] A wolf may be waiting for a fox at the mouth of its nest hole or along the path, and a small beast that happens to have little chance of escaping from the wolf.


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[40] For example, in Central Finland, the formation of new wolf pennants has been observed to lead to the decline of foxes and raccoon dogs and, as a consequence, the abundance of grouse.


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[40] Such behavior, on the other hand, predisposes wolves to diseases transmitted from small beasts, especially the cape.


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[40] Reproduction The wolf becomes sexually mature at 22—46 months of age.


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In a wolf pack, usually only the leading pair is allowed to mate.


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The estrus period is in the spring (between February and May), and the carrying period is nine weeks.


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[4] The wolf usually makes its nest in the central part of the territory, where it is calmest.