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1890—1891 — the present, third church to be built, inaugurated 1892.


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1895—1916 — Heinävesi route is channeled.


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1905—1921 — Heinävesi Vaporvenhe Cooperative operates the Heinävesi route.


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1921—1968 — Heinävesi Steamboat operates the Heinävesi route.


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1940 — Valamo Monastery and its monks move to Papinniemi.


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1945 — Lintula Monastery, which escaped from Kivennava in 1939, moves to Palok near Valamo.


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1959 - The still unsolved double murder of Tulilahti.


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1976 — Kermansavi starts operations in Raaminmäki, Heinävesi.


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Signs of the earliest, stone-age settlement in Heinävesi can be seen from rock paintings.


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A bear-head-shaped hammeraxe has also been found in Heinävesi, which has become well known.


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The mother keeper of Heinävesi is Rantasalmi, whose wilds Heinävesi belonged to for a long time until becoming the Rantasalmi House of Prayer in 1744.


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The first church was built in 1748.


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An independent municipality Heinävesi became in 1869.


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Areas from Leppävirta and Säming were annexed to the municipality as early as 1852, when Heinävesi was formed its own parish.


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In 1917, the villages of Leivola and Pirttimäki were annexed from the municipality to the previously established municipality of Savonranta.


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Administrative Mayor of Heinävesi on 15 December 2016 Maarika Kasonen.


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The municipal council in Heinävesi Municipal Council has 17 councillors during the period 2017—2020.


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The Chairman of the Board of Governors is Mervi Hokka (SDP), First Vice-President Sirpa Mikkonen (KD) and Second Vice-President Anna Vauhkonen (KESK).


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[4] There are 6 representatives of the Centre Party, 2 representatives of the Coalition Party, 5 representatives of the Social Democratic Party, 2 representatives of the PerusFinns, 1 representatives of YHL A and 1 representatives of the Christian Democratic Party.


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[5] Municipal Board The municipal government has seven members.


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At meetings, the chairmen of the local council also have the right to attend and speak.


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The functions of the municipal government include the management and development of the municipality's activities and administration, such as supervising the interests of the municipality, group management, promotion of employment, food supply, general administration and exercising powers under tax law to perform the functions belonging to the municipality.


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The municipal government of Heinävesi Municipality also acts as the corresponding housing authority.


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Economy Business structure: services 54 per cent, processing 28 per cent, agriculture and forestry 16 per cent.


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The largest employers are Heinävesi Municipality and Metalliset Oy.


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In addition to its successful metal industry, Heinävesi has a successful ceramics and chemical industry.


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The Heinävesi magazine is published once a week in Heinävesi, whose editor-in-chief is Päivi Konttinen.


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The magazine is published on Wednesdays and comes to about 7000 households, about 90% of the households in Heinävesi, as well as other parts of Finland, especially neighbourhoods.


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When sea areas are taken into account, Heinävesi has an area of Finland.


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largest municipality.


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In terms of population, Heinävesi is ranked.


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Tourism The tourism side of Heinävesi municipality is strong.


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The immediate tourism income of the municipality (2003) was approximately EUR 7.1 million.


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Total overnight stays in Heinävesi (2010) were 40380.


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Holiday homes in Heinävesi have 1584 units (2005), of which about a hundred are available for rent.


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Public Services Basic Services In Heinävesi Kirkonkylä, or Hasumäki, there are basic municipal services such as the municipal office, fire department, social office, library with a service point of reel and te, Soisalo college, parish house, dental clinic, Siun Sote health station and service center, consultancy, pharmacy, sports field, Alko.


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Education Heinävesi has two schools for grades 1—6 (Otto Kotilainen school and Karvio school) and one school teaching grades 7—9, Kirkonkylä school.


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[6] In addition, Soisalo College and Valamo Civic College are located in Heinävesi.


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Despite the smallness of Heinävesi, it has its own, small high school.


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There are about 30 students in the first and second grades.


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Despite the small size of the high school, Estonian and Italian courses are held there.


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The high school belongs to a network of small secondary schools, so it also offers courses via the Internet.


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Attractions Valamo Monastery Valamo monk monastery is an Orthodox monastery.


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It is also used to name Heinävesi Valamo Monastery as a distinction from Valamo Monastery in Ladoga.


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The monastery is one of the most significant places to visit in Finland; it is visited by over 150000 visitors and pilgrims every year.


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Valamo is located in North Heinävesi, on the shores of Juojärvi.


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Valamo Monastery has three churches (main church, winter church, old church) as well as three tsasouna (St. Herman Alaskan tsasouna, St. Nicholas tsasouna, St. John the Baptist tsasouna).


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The monastery also houses the Museum of Valamo Monastery.


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To Heinävesi, both monasteries relocated after World War II.


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Some of the monks of Valamo Monastery in Ladoga moved to Papinniemi in Heinävesi in March 1940 after a year spent in Kannonkoski.


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That place was renamed New Valamo.


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The monastery lived quietly through the post-war years.


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Old monks died dropping the number of fraternities radically and already in the 1960s most of the monks who came to Heinävesi lay in the Papinniemi cemetery.


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But after a few years of quiet living, the monastery began to improve little by little, new Finnish-speaking vigilantes arrived in the monastery, who were ordained as monks and the number of fraternities increased slightly.


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Today there are about ten fraternities in the monastery.


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There was a need for a new church for the monastery in the 1970s and thus the association Friends of Valamo, founded in November 1973, became active in raising funds for the construction of a new church for the monastery.


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It was consecrated for its use with solemn expenditure on 5 June 1977, assisted by Archbishop Paul's numerous foreign contingent of guests and domestic clergy.


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The church was designed by architect Ivan Kudrjavzev.


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The monastery has a lot of valuable icons transferred from Valamo of Ladoga.


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The most famous of these, as well as the most valuable, is Konevitsa Mother of God.


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It is the most valuable object of the Finnish Orthodox Church.


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Items moved from Valamo in Ladoga, now located in Heinävesi, are from the 19th century, older objects of which do not exist due to fires.


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The Valamo Monastery in Heinävesi continues the traditions of Valamo, Konevitsa and Petsamo monasteries in Ladoga.


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Lintula Monastery Lintula Nun Monastery is located in Paloki village of Paloki, North Heinävesi.


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The Monasteries of Valamo and Lintula are the only Orthodox monasteries in the Nordic countries.


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Both monasteries in Heinävesi are open to all.


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In 1894, the secretive counselor F.


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P. Neronov donated a farm to establish a monastery from the Karelian Isthmus in the village of Lintula in Kivennava.


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The name Lintula Monastery got from the village and the river.


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The sisters lived on Kivennava modestly from the beginning of the century until November 1939, when the Winter War began.


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The sisters had to leave their beloved monastery and never returned to it.


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The monastery was located in Jorois where it ended up in Heinävesi after the sisters acquired a farm in 1946.


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The nuns lived modestly and sparing the post-war years.


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The convent's premises were cramped and unfit and there was no actual church building, so friends of the convent, together with the churchyard leadership, began planning a new dormitory for the sisters, which was completed in 1966.


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The new church was completed in 1973 to accommodate the dormitory.


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The church was named Holy Trinity Church, as was the church located in Kivennava.


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Facilities for reception and guests were completed in 1989.


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The church was designed by Vilho Suonmaa.


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Today, in the monastery, bricks, candles of the Orthodox Church are produced.


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For that, the monastery gets half its living.


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Tourism is also a very important industry.


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The monastery is visited by about 20000—30000 visitors in the summer, or about the same as the wooden church in Kerimäki.


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In 2006, the monastery celebrated its 60-year stay in Palok, Heinävesi, and gathered an extraordinary number of visitors.


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The agricultural monastery ceased in 2003—04, when the animals were sold and the fields rented.


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In connection with the monastery's cemetery there is a tsasouna consecrated to the Mother of God, and the monastery has another tsasouna on the shore of Lake Koskijärvi.


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The current head of the monastery, igumenia, is Mother Marina.


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There are now about ten sisters.


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Heinävesi Church Heinävesi Church is a neo-Gothic wooden church built in 1890—1891.


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It was designed by the Helsinki-based church architect Josef Stenbäck and the building master was E.J.


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Holopal.


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The church can accommodate 2000 people and in length it has 40 metres, width 30 metres and height of about 45 metres.


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In its type, the church is a towered long church with wide cross spindles.


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In its style direction, the church is typically filled with small details in the Neo-Gothic style.


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Especially in the interior of the church, one notices the nickel style, in which the details of brick and stone churches have been skillfully applied to the wood.


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The commissioned church was consecrated on 6 March 1892.


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The church is the third largest wooden church in Finland, after Kerimäki Church and Merikarvia Church.


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The church altarpiece “Jesus in Gethsemane” was painted by J.E.


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Cortman.


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The original organ of the church had 25 soundtracks and were built by J. A. Zachariassen in 1906.


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The new, 33-tone and three-fingered organ was built by the Kangasala Organ Buildings in 1981, using a well-functioning 20-tone and façade from the former organ.


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The church tower has two bells, from 1765 and 1906.


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Heinävesi Church was not provided heating until 1971, when electric heating was built in the church as part of the repair.


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Since the summer of 2006, an art exhibition has been held at the church.


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It is open from mid-June to mid-August, when the church serves as a road church.


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Held on the last weekend of July, the Heinävesi Transfiguration Festival gathers an audience of more than ten thousand heads.


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Many occasions are held over the course of three days.


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The Transfiguration Festival is organised in cooperation by the People's Bible Society and the Heinävesi Congregation.


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Since summer 2007, the church has also served as one of the concert venues of Heinävesi Music Days.


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Kirkonmäki Heinävesi Kirkonmäki is a unique culture-historical complex.


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In addition to the church, there is an old cemetery, the Heinävesi Home Museum with about 2000 items from the keeper's past, The small church museum is located on the second floor of Heinävesi Church.


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Kirkonmäki also has a Pääjäntupa, which has once been among others.


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as a municipal house.


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Kirkonmäki is a steep-sloped hill 90 metres from the surface of Kermajärvi and 180 from sea level.


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The scenery from the church down to the lake is magnificent.


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Kolovesi National Park Kolovesi National Park is the home waters of the Saimaa ringed ringed, natural archipelago nature and southern Finnish forest nature.


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The prehistory is told by rock paintings located in the area.


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Rowing and kayaking can be enjoyed in the restful atmosphere of Kolovesi.


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Characteristic of the giddy landscape shaped by the Kolovesi Ice Age is the steep cliff cliffs rising from the water.


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The national park is an area established in 1990.


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Its 23 square kilometres area borders the municipalities of Enonkoski and Savonranta in addition to the municipality of Heinävesi.


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Varistaipale Canal and Canal Museum Varistaipale Canal is a four-braced canal in Varistaipalee village.


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The canal park hosts a traditional park concert every year.


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Artifacts relating to the construction of the canals and their operation have been collected in the canal museum connected to the canal museum.


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The museum is located in a former canal keeper's house and is visited by about 5000 visitors a year.


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All the other six canals in Heinävesi are well worth seeing.


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Pääskyvuori Resort is the largest ski resort (102 metres) in Etelä-Savo with a height difference.


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Swallow Mountain has five slopes with lengths ranging from 200 to 700 meters.


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The observation tower overlooks Lake Kermajärvi.


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[7] Other attractions in the village of Paloki is located Savottamuseum Kämppä Risk.


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Ronttopuisto in Palok is a blacksmiths' forge work museum and old photographs of the sawmill in the village and the freehold Paloki rapids.


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Title food In the 1980s, each of the then municipalities of Savo had their own title dishes voted in.


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Potattirieska, or potato sareska, was chosen as the keeper food in Heinävesi.


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[8] [9] The Heinävesi route flowing through the municipality has been selected as a national landscape.


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It belongs to the Vuoksi watershed.


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The Heinävesi route is characterized by narrow, winding watercourses, archipelago lakebacks and old canals.


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In 1926, the advertising slogan “Song most beautiful Finland” was introduced.


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Along the Heinävesi route are the Pilpa, Vihovuonte, Kerma, Karvio, Varistaipale and Taivallahti canals, of which Varistaipale Canal is the largest in Finland at the same time.


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The canals are still in good condition thanks to the diligent use of the Heinävesi route.


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The Heinävesi route is one of the most popular water routes in Finland.


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The Karvio Canal, completed in 1896, connects Varisvesi and Kermajärvi, thus creating a shipping link from Heinävesi to Kuopio.


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The Varistaipale and Taivallahti canals (1911—1916) connect Varisvesi to Juojärvi.


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The Kerma, Vihovuonti and Pilpa canals (1903—1906) connect Kermajärvi via Joutenvesi to Haukivede, creating a shipping route from Heinävesi to Savonlinna.


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Tukinuitto The Heinävesi route has a long tradition of both pleasure boating and passenger shipping, but also of support.


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The Heinävesi route was once Finland's most important retaining route, but already in the 1970s the subsidy fell almost to nothing on the expensive route.


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Normally in the 1920s, 350,000 tons of logs were bathing a year, but in the record year of 1938, one million cubes of logs were transported.


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Passenger shipping Passenger shipping has existed since 1906 The interval between Kuopio and Savonlinna on the Heinävesi route was completed with the Vihovuonte Canal.


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Then the route is operated on the Kuopio—Heinävesi to Savonlinna route by Heinävesi Vävavenhe Cooperative, followed by Heinävesi Steamboat (1921—1968) and Saimaa Shipping Journeys until its 1981 bankruptcy, after which the route has become Saimaa Saivamatkat From Kuopio.


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Sen Ms. Puijo still operates the Kuopio-Heinävesi-Savonlinna route in the summer.


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In addition, Ms. Sergei of Valamo Monastery runs from the pier of Valamo Monastery daily during the summer time.


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Channeling the Heinävesi route The Heinävesi route was decided to channel the Heinävesi route, as movement in Heinävesi was difficult even at the end of the 19th century due to the lack of roads and the lack of railways.


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It was decided to channel the water routes between Kuopio and Savonlinna to make them eligible for ship travel.


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The route was designated as the Heinävesi Trail.


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The idea of channelling sprang from the idea that arose at the 1872 municipal assembly to clear the rapids of Pilpa to facilitate the passage of freight and church boats.


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The first, however, was the channelling of the Karvio rapids.


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Already then, there was also talk of connecting Juojärvi to the Heinävesi route.


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The plan from Suvasvedi to Kermajärvi and Joutenveteen was decided in the 1870s in its entirety and became important for the municipality and residents.


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[10] Channeling works begin — Karvio Canal next to Karvionkoski in the village of Karvio had to be built a single-circuit canal to solve transport problems from Heinävesi to Kuopio.


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The canal connects Lake Kermajärvi to Kavionjärvi.


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Construction work on the canal began in 1895 in early July.


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On August 31, 1896, the canal, with its sluice gates, was complete and the canal staff residences ready.


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The construction cost the municipality 120206 marks.


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The length of the canal became a total of 300 metres, with a base width of 9 metres.


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Its bracket became 35.5 metres in length, 2.1 metres in depth and 7.5 metres in width.


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It can accommodate ships 31 metres long, about seven metres wide and traversing at a depth of 1.4 metres.


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There is a bridge 11 metres above the lake's surface over the canal.


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The drop in the canal is 1.8 meters.


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From Kermajärvi to Savonlinna — The Kerma, Vihovuonte and Pilpa canals after the Karvio Canal opened to traffic on 5 November 1896, it was proposed to continue channeling to Savonlinna via Kerma, Vihovuonte, Pilpa and some other rapids.


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Canals connect Kermajärvi to Haukivede.


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In January 1902, 850,000 marks were allocated for the project and work began as early as 1903.


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It was decided to build the barrier canals in Pilppa, Vihovuonti and Kerma, as well as an open channel in Vihäkoski.


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Narrows were dredged in many places.


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The works were completed with the 1906 Vehicle Year.


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The Kerma single-circuit canal was built in Kerma village 200 metres long between Kermajärvi and Koskilahti.


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The closing dimensions were made the same as the Karvio and Saimaa canals.


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The difference in height of the water levels on both sides of the canal is 2.65 meters.


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The canal was built in 1903—1905.


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Work began in 1903 and excavation work and stone barrier were completed in 1905.


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The roller bridge across the canal was completed simultaneously.


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The channel does not have its own occupation, but is automated.


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Two kilometres from Kerma Canal was built across Kaivannonniemi by passing Vihvuonteenkoski from the west side.


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The length of the canal became 190 metres and a drop height of 0.8—1.0 metres.


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In late 1903, construction began and a stone barrier was built in the September and November fold of 1905.


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The single-closed Pilpa Channel has a length of more than 200 metres and a drop of 0.4—0.95 metres.


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The base was excavated in 1903 from January until 1904, and the sluice with its gates was completed in August 1904.


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To traffic, the 200-metre Pilpa Canal opened on Oct.


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The sluice was built on the western side of the Pilpa rapids.


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Connecting the Juojärvi watercourse with the rest of the Heinävesi route The first proposal to channel the Juojärvi watershed and thus connect the Heinävesi route was made as early as 1876.


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In the 1890s, the Kaavians, the Tuusniemi, the Juojärvi, the Liberians and the Kuusjärvi people, that is, all residents of Juojärvi channelization began to demand channelization from Kermajärvi to Juojärvi.


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Financial difficulties prevented channelization at the time.


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It was decided to make a channelization plan from Varisvesi to Varisjärvi via Varistaipale Canal, from it through an intermediate open canal to Varislampe and from it to Juojärvi Taivallahti.


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Prior to the commencement of the multiplexing work, the Committee considered the need for channelization.


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It was concluded that it e.g.


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would help the poor economic situation of the municipalities in the region, gradually repay themselves, and the extensive forest resources of the region would become available to the wider district.


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Thus ended the 35-year debate on channeling.


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1390,000 marks were received for construction work.


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Juojärvi — Varistaipale and Taivallahti canals The first men were hired in May 1911.


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The 1912 construction had up to 300—400 men depending on the season.


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From this, the need diminished, and at the end of 1915 there were only about 20 men in construction.


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There were five serious accidents during construction, but no one was killed.


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Cases requiring medical attention occurred as many as 1528 copies.


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A schooling opportunity had been arranged for children at Paloki National School.


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The hourly wage was between 2.5 and 4 marks depending on the season.


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In the summer of 1916, the channelization work was completed.


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The final cost became 1,389,784 marks.


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Varistaival is the largest channel in Finland in terms of drop height and number of sluices; in a four-closed canal, the drop height is 14.5 metres.


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The length of the canal is 1100 meters.


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The canal was completed in 1913.


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The drop height with four brackets is 14.5 meters.


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Taivallahti is a two-barred channel.


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The canal is located near the Varistaipalee Canal.


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The canal is approximately 800 metres long and is controlled by remote access from the Varistaipalee Canal.


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The drop height with two brackets is 4.95—5.45 metres.


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Hiking and fishing Heinävesi has hiking and canoeing or rowing trails in summer and skiing and snowmobiling trails in winter.


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Between the monasteries of Valamo and Lintula, there is an 18-kilometre long monastery trek.


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The 8-kilometre Pyyl Trail is also a popular hiking trail.


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The rapids of Gooseberry, Cream, Vehicle and Pilpa are all suitable for paddling.


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Snowmobile trails have 160 kilometres of managed variable-terrain route in Heinävesi.


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A 105-kilometer-long ring route runs around the commune.


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The routes also provide access to neighbouring municipalities.


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There are about 60 miles of tracks.


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Heinävesi also has clear fishing rapids of Kerma and Karvio, where water flows even in winter.


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Gooseberry is planted in spring and autumn with catch-sized rainbow trout and trout.


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Kermajärvi and Juojärvi are suitable for trolling.


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Population Heinävesi Population development192389091944864519481014919619582197057851982571919964940199948402001452920024514200344512004448220054446 The following graph is shown the population trend of the municipality every five years since 1980.


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On 1 January 2017, the regional division used is in accordance with the situation.


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Conurbations At the end of 2017, Heinävesi had 3,455 inhabitants, of whom 1,476 lived in agglomerations, 1,944 in sparsely populated areas and the coordinates of the residence of 35 inhabitants were unknown.


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The agglomeration rate is calculated from residents whose coordinates of residence are known; the agglomeration rate of Heinävesi is 43.2%.


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[11] The agglomeration population of Heinävesi belongs to only one agglomeration, namely Heinävesi Church Village, which had 1,476 inhabitants at the end of 2017.


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[12] Parishes According to the 2018 regional division, Heinävesi has the following parishes of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: [13] Heinävesi Parish of the Parishes of the Finnish Orthodox Church in Heinävesi is the Saimaa Orthodox Parish.


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[14] Transport links Highway 23, one of Finland's most important transverse traffic arteries, runs through Heinävesi in northern Heinävesi.


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An east—west line sub-road, 476, runs almost through the middle of the commune.


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It runs from Highway 23 to Liperi and on to Joensu.


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Other major roads in Heinävesi include sub-regional road 542 from Karvio to Tuusniemi, almost at the eastern border of Heinävesi from highway 23 to sub-road 476, sub-regional road 474 from Vihtar to Kerimäki, and sub-road 471 from Sapu to Savonlinna.


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In addition, Heinävesi has many connecting roads and unnumbered minor roads.


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The nearest airport, Varkaus Airport Jorois, accumulates a distance of about 75 kilometres.


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The nearest town, Varkaus, is about 45 kilometres away.


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Heinävesi railway station is located 43 kilometres east of Varkaus on the Pieksämäki—Joensuu section.


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Vihtari Station is located about two kilometres northeast of Vihtari village centre and 20 kilometres from Heinävesi Station.


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Both stations today are unmanned, with traffic control functions handled by remote operation.


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All trains running on the section of line stop at stations.


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Distances from Heinävesi by road to Helsinki Varkaus to Kuopio 374 kilometres 46 kilometres 95 km from Joensu to Savonlinna to Mikkeli 80 kilometres 85 kilometres 134 kilometres to Jyväskylä Lahti to Oulu 170 kilometres 260 kilometres 384 km from Nimö The municipality of Nima was derived from Heinävedenselä, located on the border with the current Heinävesi municipality, through which Rantasalmi's mother goers moved north along the Heinävesi route towards Kermajärvi.


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The lake gave its name to the entire keeper, as well as the route.


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The name of Lake Cream, on the other hand, is older to recant.


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The name derives from the language word of the Lappans who moved in the area even earlier means young deer.


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The name of the cream is also found in the village and the municipalities of the same name, among others.


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The Lappans' Peru are possibly also Pilppa, Petruma, Pölläkkä and Kolovesi.


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A little later period is probably Varistaipale and Juojärvi.


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Heinävesi characters Pekka Alpo, actor and theatre director Tuomas Gerdt, Mannerheim Knight of the Cross Onni Happonen, municipal board supervisor (municipal manager), victim of political terror Sakari Issakainen, writer Albin (Frederik Albinus) Koponen, Finland Founders of the pharmaceutical industry Kuikka-Koponen, real name Abel Koponen, eye translator and folk healer Otto Kotilainen, composer Olli Kymäläinen, folk poet Jukka Leino, Alpine skier and Finnish champion of slalom 2004, 2006, 2009 Olli Lyytikäinen, artist Lasse Naukkarinen, director-screenwriter-cinematographer Alpo Noponen, poet and writer Hilja Valtonen, writer Riku Marttinen, basketball player See also List of public works and monuments in Heinävesi Sources Heinävesi tourist brochure, Heinävesi municipality tourism office Citation error, replace with {{cite book| author = Tapio Hämynen & Heikki Vesajoki| title = History of Heinävesi I, History of Heinävesi to 1865| publisher = Heinävesi kunta| year = 1986| isbn = 951-99789-1-7}} Citation error, replace with {{cite book| author = Heimo Martikainen| title = History of Heinävesi II, History of Heinävesi from municipal reform (1865) to present days| publisher = Heinävesi Municipality | year = 1989| isbn = 952-90062-4-1}} References on the topic elsewhere Category:Key articles of screening


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CONAIE also opposes the “criminalisation of protests” supposedly by the Correa regime, the sacking of some officials and collecting new taxes, and copper mining rights given to China from the Amazon region.


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[14] Hundreds of people started the march and were believed to join people from every village along the way.


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[15] In 2013, Ecuador announced that it would auction more than three million hectares of Amazon rainforest to Chinese oil companies, which angered the indigenous inhabitants.


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According to the Amazon Watch NGO, the region's seven indigenous groups deny they have agreed to oil projects, saying they are destroying their way of life.


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[16] In April 2016, an earthquake killed hundreds and injured thousands along the Pacific coast.


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[3] Politics Administration The President of Ecuador is both head of state and at the head of the government and appoints ministers.


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There is no prime minister.


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The president is elected by direct popular election for a four-year term.


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The current president, Lenín Moreno, was elected to office in 2017.


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[17] The unicameral parliament (Cámara de Representantes) has 137 members, of which 116 are elected directly from constituencies and 15 are elected by proportional representation from countri-wide lists every four years.


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Parliament was last elected in 2017.


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[17] Human Rights and Freedom of Speech According to Human Rights Watch, previous President Correa undermined freedom of the press and judicial independence.


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He has targeted journalists with vindictive trials and public humiliation.


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Judicial system reform has given the administration the power to appoint and fire judges.


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[18] During Correa's term, participants in environmental and other protests were accused of “terrorism and sabotage”, for example due to blockage of roads.


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[18] Julian Assange was granted asylum in Ecuador in August 2012.


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[19] The opposition has found this particularly ironic, as the media enactment law passed in 2013 restricts corporate communications on television and radio.


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[20] President Moreno has stated that he respects freedom of expression and is working towards a more tolerant form of governance.


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However, laws restricting the freedom of the press remain in place, the independence of the judiciary under threat and women's rights in disrepair.


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[21] Geography Ecuador's capital is Quito, [17] but the largest city and main port is Guayaquil.


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[22] Ecuador is divided into three geographical regions: the coastal Costa, the mountain, or Sierra, and the eastern part, or Oriente.


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The Costa extends from the Pacific shore to the foothills of the Andes and includes coastal lowland, river valleys, hills and a mountain periphery.


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The Sierra consists of two Andean mountain ranges and includes 22 peaks over 4200 metres high.


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The eastern queue is higher overall, but the highest peak is Chimborazo (6,267 metres) in the western queue.


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At least 30 of the Sierra peaks are volcanic, and six volcanoes are still active.


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The Oriente begins on the eastern side of the eastern mountain range and descends in stages from 3300 metres to a lowland area at an elevation of 150 to 300 m above sea level.


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[23] The UNESCO World Heritage List lists four sites from Ecuador: cultural sites Quito and the historic center of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca, as well as natural sites Galápagos Islands, and Sangay National Park.


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[24] Ecuadorian rivers originate on the snowy slopes of the Sierra and flow either westward across the Costa to the Pacific Ocean or across the Oriente to the east, where they converge into the Amazon.


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The main rivers in the Costa region are the Guayas descending into the Gulf of Guayaquil, as well as the Esmeraldas, which flows west of the Hoya de Quito and descends into the Pacific Ocean near the town of Esmeraldas.


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Major rivers in the Oriente are the Pastaza, Napo and Putumayo.


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[25] In total, Ecuador has more than two thousand rivers, and basically abundant sources of fresh water per capita.


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However, the water supply is poorly organized: pipes and irrigation canals leak, and many systems are rated for a higher flow rate than those normally run in rivers because flow data are incomplete.


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[26] The coast will be hot and humid throughout the year.


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The rainy season lasts from December to April.


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In the northern part of the region, 2000 mm of rain falls per year, towards the south the climate becomes less rainfall and at the southern border only 200 mm of rain per year is received.


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In the Andes, the climate depends on altitude.


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The snow limit is at an altitude of about five miles.


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The eastern part of the country is hot and humid, and rain is received all year round.


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[27] In May 2012, more than 1 million litres of crude oil spilled into the upper reaches of the Amazon from an oil pipeline fracture in Ecuador, which also spread to Peru and Brazil.


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The case was seen as problematic for Correa, who was seeking a third presidential term, who had asserted the environmental friendliness of his projects.


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[28] Provinces of Ecuador consists of 24 provinces: Azuay, Bolívar, Cañar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galápagos, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Ríos (Ecuador), Manabí, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, Pichincha, Santa Elena, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Sucumbíos , Tungurahua and Zamora-Chinchipe.


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[29] Each province is headed by a prefect who is elected by direct popular election.


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[30] Eleven of the provinces are located in the highlands region, six on the coast, six in the Amazon rainforest region and one is formed by the Galapagos Islands.


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[31] Nature Vegetation Ecuadorian vegetation can be divided into five zones.


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High in the Andes Mountains there are mountain meadows called páramo.


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They grow mainly sparrows and grasses, as well as strange plants of the genus “Espeletia”.


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Dense forests used to grow in the Páramo area, but are now confined to small pockets of forest.


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Further down the slopes grow cloud forest, where orchids and ferns are found.


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The eastern part of the country contains the Amazon rainforest.


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The ocean coast used to have more mangrove vegetation, but has suffered from shrimp plantations.


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In the south-west of the country, especially in Machalilla National Park, there is still a bit of dry tropical forest left.


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The Galápagos Islands form their own special habitat.


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[32] IUCN mapping in 2010 found a total of 17058 species of tube plants, 382 species of mammals, 1655 species of birds, 464 amphibian species, 404 reptile species and 1539 species of fish in the Ecuadorian region.


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[33] There are about 120 species of hummingbirds among bird species.


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[34] Of the mammals, 37 of birds, 109 reptiles and 151 of amphibians are endemic, meaning they are found only in Ecuador.


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[35] About half of Ecuador is covered by forest.


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Ecuador has been among the countries where forest has been decimated at the fastest pace in Latin America.


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In the 1990s, forest was decimated at a rate of 1.5% per year, and over the next five years the pace accelerated to 1.7%.


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In recent years there has been political will to protect forests.


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[33] Animal World The Galápagos Islands are especially known for its endemic, i.e. only plants and animals living on the island.


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For Charles Darwin, studying them laid the foundation for theories about natural selection and evolution.


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Several species of birds nest on the islands, many of which have lived there for millennia.


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Some species of animals are not met anywhere else.


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Among other things, giant turtles live on the islands, according to which the island group derives its name.


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In the Galápagos Islands, animals were allowed to live peacefully for a long time before the arrival of humans.


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[36] Darwinian circles from a group of islands form the best example of adaptation orientation to different ecological compartments found in the avian world.


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[37] Economy Ecuador's economy is based on oil, industrial production for domestic consumption and agriculture.


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Oil typically provides about half of export earnings and just over a quarter of GDP.


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[30] Nonetheless, Ecuador is forced to import refined fuels as the country's refinery capacity is insufficient even to cover domestic consumption.


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Ecuador rejoined OPEC in 2007 (it had split from the organisation in 1992) and is OPEC's smallest oil producer.


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[38] Ecuador derives half of its export revenue and a third of its tax revenue from oil.


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[28] Agriculture is also an essential part of Ecuador's economy.


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Banana, sugarcane, coffee and cocoa are grown for sale in the country.


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In addition, livestock breeding and fishing are practiced in Ecuador.


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[39] The most significant natural resources are oil, fish and wood.


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The most significant export products are oil, shrimp, bananas, cut flowers and other agricultural products.


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Ecuador is among the world's largest banana producers.


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[30] Of Ecuador's energy consumption, oil comprises 75%, hydropower 22%, natural gas 2% and renewable energy sources 1%.


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Periods of drought cause problems in hydroelectric generation from time to time.


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[38] Traffic in Ecuador is 428 aerodromes, three of which have a runway over three kilometers.


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There are 965 km of railways.


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Port cities include Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, Manta and Puerto Bolivar.


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[17] The construction of the railway network was decided in 1861.


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It consisted of three main lines: from Guayaquil via Duranin to Quito, from Sibambe via Azogues to Cuenca, and from Quito via Ibarra to San Lorenzo to the seaside.


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Traffic on the lines waned as the 1990s wore on.


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[40] In 2011 an agreement was awarded for a large-scale renewal of the fleet.


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[41] Buses are popular on domestic trips.


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The journey from Quito to Guayaquil takes about nine hours.


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In the countryside of the Costa region, there are also open models of buses - trucks with wooden benches attached to the platform.


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Milk trucks also occasionally take passengers in sparsely populated areas.


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[42] Population The largest ethnic group in Ecuador are the Mestizos, which comprise more than 65% of the population.


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The second largest group are Indians, there are about 25% of them.


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Spaniards and other Caucasians make up 7% and Blacks 3%.


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[17] Indians live especially in the Sierra region, with 70% of the population in Chimborazo Province, followed by 60% of Cotopaxi, 45% of Imbabura, 40% of Bolivar and 28% in Tungurahua.


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[43] Spanish is the official language.


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Of the indigenous languages, Quechua is the most common.


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[17] The Book of Ethnologue lists, in addition to numerous Quechuan dialects, seven indigenous languages with over 1,000 speakers.


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[44] According to the Catholic Church's own notice, 81% of Ecuadorians are Catholic, but 35% actively practice the Catholic religion.


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[45] In 2007, it was estimated that HIV carriers comprised approximately 0.3% of the adult population, a total of about 26000 people.


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The ARVT medication would have needed about 7600 people, but it was received by less than half of them, about 3200 people.


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[46] The population of Ecuador is young, about 30% is under 15 years of age.


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The biggest health risks are traffic accidents and violence.


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The most common group of diseases requiring hospitalization are diarrhea and other stomach diseases.


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[43] Infant mortality rates are among the highest in Latin America.


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In 2005, 23% of children under the age of five suffered from chronic malnutrition.


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The vaccination programme has worked well, with measles, rubella, polio, diphtheria and yellow fever nearly disappearing from the country over the past few decades.


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Tuberculosis and malaria remain problems, and 60% of the country is a malaria infection zone.


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[43] Culture Literature in Ecuador is diverse and produced not only by journalists and educated people but also by representatives of the common people.


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Well-known Ecuadorian writers include Jorge Icaza, Jorge Queirolo Bravo, Alejandro Carrión Aguirre, and Benjamín Carrión Mora.


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[47] The oldest major Ecuadorian novel is the Cumanda of Juan León Mera, who represented the Romantic stylistic direction, from 1879.


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[48] Juan Montalvo, an Ecuadorian, has been called one of the finest South American prose writers of the 19th century.


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[49] Fine arts and architecture The visual arts of Ecuador combines ancient cultural traditions of the indigenous population and the influences brought by the Spaniards in the 16th century.


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A distinctive school of church arts has developed in the Quito region.


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[50] The depictions of saints, which were carefully carved from local wood, were realistically painted.


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Naturalness was augmented by glass eyes and sometimes even real hair.


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The statues were dressed in garments made of valuable local fabrics.


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[51] Modern artists who combine Native American and Spanish traditions are known abroad for the Cubist works of Oswaldo Guayasam.


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Manuel Rendon is a prominent ecpressionist, while Enrique Tabara was one of the first to use pre-European subjects and figurative language.


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The style of artists Guayasam, Eduardo Kingman, Guerrero and Paredes has been described as indigenous expressionism.


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[50] Ecuador has Inca period ruins, for example Yacuviña in the south, in the province of El Oro, although not as fine as in Peru.


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[52] Quito has been said to be the best preserved colonial capital of Latin America in its architecture.


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Churches in the Baroque style have been preserved in the period of Spanish rule.


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From the early years of the Republic pn, meanwhile, buildings representing Neoclassicism remain.


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[52] Also in Cuenca there are beautiful buildings such as La Inmaculada Cathedral from 1885 and El Sagrario Cathedral from 1557.


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Instead, a fire in Guayaquil, the country's largest city, destroyed the old building stock in 1896 [53], and now houses skyscrapers and tin-roofed slum shacks.


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[52] There are also numerous middle-class enclosed residential communities (ciudadela) in the city, as well as an affluent neighbourhood north of the city, Samborondo.


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[54] Performing arts Ecuadorian music combines influences from different parts of the globe.


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The central instrument of black Ecuadorian music is the marimba.


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Traditional music in the Andes includes fans such as the guaramo horn, and pifano and pinkullo flutes, as well as the pan flute, accompanied by percussion instruments.


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[55] Ecuadorian music is best known abroad by bands that use traditional ingredients in their music.


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Many are from Otavalo or Salasaca.


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In addition, the National Symphony Orchestra and the National Ballet are based in Quito.


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[47] Ecuadorian cinema lived its golden age during silent film.


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[56] At the turn of the millennium, Sebastian Cordero led the rise of a new Ecuadorian film.


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In the 21st century, films have been awarded at international film festivals.


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[56] Media is mainly in the hands of private companies.


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Radio is the widest spread, with hundreds of radio stations in the country.


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Some of them broadcast the program in indigenous languages.


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There are a lot of Latin American soap operas on TV.


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[57] Food and custom culture Ecuadorian staple food is different soups.


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On the coast, fish soup made with coconut broth is eaten, Sierra potato soup and paprika soup in Amazonia.


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In Amazonia and the Sierra, natives make manioc and corn a food dish, a lightly fermented drink called chicha that is enjoyed at all ceremonies but also as a daily source of energy.


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[47] Ecuador combines ancient Andean cultural traditions with Catholic holidays brought by the Spanish.


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The celebration of the summer solstice, Inti Raymi, has been united with John the Baptist's Memorial Day.


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[47] Despite its name, the Panama hat is a traditional Ecuadorian product.


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[58] Sports at the Olympic Games Ecuador first participated in 1924 and regularly since 1968.


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So far, the only medalist is Jefferson Pérez, who has received gold in the 20-mile walk in 1996 and silver in 2008.


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[59] The Ecuador national football team is at its best to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup in 2006.


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In September 2013, Ecuador was ranked 20th on FIFA's ranking list.


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Ecuador's best ranking on FIFA's ranking list is the tenth place it held in April 2013.


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A monastery (, closed) is a place where persons wishing to concentrate on religious life can retreat.


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Male permanent residents of the monastery are usually referred to as monks and female nuns.


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Becoming a monk or nun is a big issue, especially in Christian churches that practice monastic activities, and requires commitment.


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The head of the Orthodox monk monastery is the igumenia and the head of the nuns monastery is igumenia.


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The head of a Catholic monk monastery is an abbot and abbess of a nun monastery.


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A novice is a monk or nun practitioner who is still wondering whether to make a monastic pledge for the rest of his life.


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[1] [2] In addition to Christianity, a monastic institution exists in Buddhism, where monks are the core of Buddhism.


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[3] The attraction of monasteries and the number of their inhabitants has varied at different times.


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In the past, there have been Christian monasteries such as the “Caves of Cappadocia”, where more than 50,000 monks lived, and during its period of splendour, a monastery on Mount Athos in Greece which housed 30000 monks.


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Today, the monasteries have been greatly reduced and the largest of them are Buddhist: 15000 monks lived in Drepung Monastery in Tibet before the Chinese invasion.


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[4] Christian monastic institution The genesis of monasteries in Hellenism emphasized the opposite of good and evil, spiritual and material.


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This led to the idea that the soul is considerably more important than the body.


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By this logic, you get to do anything with a worthless body.


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This ensued, in extreme cases, gluttony, drinking drinks and sexual ramblings.


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According to another idea based on the same logic, the body must be mortalized.


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This idea led to asceticism, sometimes even torturing oneself (harsh fasting, self-flogging).


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As this merged with the Jewish tradition as well as the sexual language passages of the New Testament, a Christian monastic institution began to develop.


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This process intensified after Christianity became a permitted and state-favored religion in the Roman Empire in the 310s.


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Several Christians began to criticize the secularisation of the church.


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This caused the need for religious separation, and many retreated as hermits into solitude, practicing asceticism, surrendering fully to spiritual life.


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The phases of monastic establishment in the 3rd century, especially in Egypt but also in the Syrian regions, depression and social repression caused more and more to retreat into the desert to become hermits.


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Quietly, individual hermits formed worship communities, and larger hermit colonies began to emerge.


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Pakomiosta (d. 346) is considered the father of the actual monastic institution: he organized and founded the ascetic community according to tradition in 325.


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The monks were tasked with farming, worship services, prayer, Bible reading, and contemplation.


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In the early days, monks were usually allowed to keep their possessions and continue living with their wives, sure celibate.


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The first monastic rule was developed by Basileios the Great (d. 379).


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According to the rule of Basileios: The hermit movement came under the authority of the bishop and thus ushered in a healthy state.


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The functions of the monasteries became devotional, mercy and theological study Commits to the monastery to possessions, unmarried and obedience to the head of its monastery In the West, the monastic system had long depended on influences from the eastern parts of the Roman Empire; The monastic rule of Basileios the Great was well known and respected.


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His own version of it was developed by Augustine, among others, while John Cassianus in particular spread the monastic system in line with the Egyptian prequels to the territory of present-day southern France.


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On the same basis the monastic rule of Benedict Nursian (480 — 543), which has since gained the greatest influence in the West.


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The rules ordered monasteries to emphasize practical work (“Pray and do work” — “Ora et labora”).


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The functions of the monasteries were the work of mercy and civilisation.


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Whoever went to a monastery pledged to live in poverty, unmarried and obedient.


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The Benedictine order was extremely hostile to doctrinal civilisation in its early stages, but after a couple of generations began encouraging the brothers to study and spiritual work.


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The monasteries acted as significant depositors of old civilisation, although they were unable to produce new knowledge.


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In 1098, a new Cistercian Rule Board was established, focused on clearing large wilderness areas in Central and Western Europe.


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The Cistercian monks were skilled builders, engineers and metallurgists, and they built many notable cathedrals and made numerous inventions.


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The Brotherhood Templar, which participated in the Crusades, served as the sister organisation and military wing of this Brotherhood.


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Other notable military fraternities of the Crusader period included the Johanniites, or Hospitalites, active in the Middle East, and the Calp Brethren active in the Baltics and their successor the Teutonic Order.


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Urbanization in the Middle Ages led to the emergence of new types of beggar brotherhoods (especially Franciscans and Dominicans).


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At the same time, they formed a backlash against the wealth of older fraternities.


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Particularly firmly, their vows of poverty were taken by the Franciscans, who had long quarreled with the pope and avoided the verdict of heresy only by skillful policy.


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The organisation, committed to extreme poverty for women, was named Clariscans after its founder, St. Clara.


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The beggar friars did not isolate themselves from humans to remote areas, but lived and operated in conventions set up specifically in cities.


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The Franciscans made their living by working and took as their reward only what was necessary, without touching money.


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Many brothers toured cities and countryside preaching and making a living by begging.


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However, the Dominicans in particular, the Black Brethren, also dabbled in various fields of doctrinal civilization and emerged from their circle the most prominent Western philosopher of the Middle Ages, (Saint) Thomas Aquinas.


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The Dominicans were also the driving force of the Inquisition.


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The last major new rule of the Middle Ages emerged as the Birgittal organisation founded by St. Birgita, whose monasteries had (carefully isolated) male and female sections at the head of the abbedissa.


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The monastic institution, which had been able to distance itself from its original purpose, was heavily influenced by the Reformation.


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The monasteries had gained considerable economic assets and exercised significant secular power in many places.


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Especially in Italy, the lifestyles of monks and nuns were often promiscuous.


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Martti Luther was himself an Augustinian monk, but due to his own experiences denounced celibacy as anti-nature and called for the abolition of monkdom.


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He himself and the young priests who became his students married.


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The Reformation itself did not strictly require the abolition of the monastic institution, but the operation of the monasteries became economically impossible when, in the countries that carried out the Reformation, the large immovable and movable possessions of the monasteries were taken to the state.


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Thus, among others, England, the Nordic countries and much of Germany, the monasteries disappeared.


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The Counter-Reformation, which began in the lands that remained within the Catholic Church, turned its attention to the grievances raised by the Reformation and monastic discipline was tightened.


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A new phenomenon was the Jesuit brotherhood, which became the greatest tool of the Catholic Church.


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The Jesuits resigned themselves to military discipline, underwent more than a decade of high-level doctrinal training, and extensively knew the languages of their sphere of activity.


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At the same time, however, they were fanatically loyal to the Pope.


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Due to their high civility and good manners, the Jesuits were popular confessional fathers among the overlords and exercised significant behind-the-scenes power.


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This exposed them to the ridicule and hostility of the philosophers of the Enlightenment period.


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The Jesuit Brotherhood was banned in several countries when liberal governments came into power.


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Today, the Jesuits are the largest rule in the Catholic Church and represent the internal, liberal opposition of the Church.


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For a long time, two significant factors formed the recruitment base of the monastic institution.


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It provided a good “shelter job” for younger sons of noble families who did not inherit the land.


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These were brought to an honorable assignment where they were not allowed to have legitimate children.


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That's how legacy issues got easier.


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In the same way, nunneries provided a means of getting rid of “excess” women.


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On the other hand, for the lower folk classes, the monastic institution provided a significant pathway to social uplift.


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The son of a peasant may have risen very high in the church by virtue of his own abilities, although the highest positions were usually held by men of noble background.


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Both of the mechanisms described above have in modern society lost their relevance.


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Today, the monastic establishment constitutes an alternative culture rather than an actual culture component in the Western world.


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This has been a particular problem for the Catholic Church, whose priests must observe celibacy.


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Buddhist monastic institution Buddhist monasteries arose as early as the Buddha period.


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Parks were donated to monks by lay supporters, and settlements were built in them.


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The Buddhist canon, or Tripitaka (three baskets), is divided into three parts, one of which (Vinaya Pitaka) deals mainly with the instructions of monastic life.


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In Buddhist monasteries, monks spend a significant portion of their time meditating, some schools have up to 14 hours of guided meditation a day.


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Monasteries in Finland Catholic monasteries Helsinki Birgittalais Convention of the Mother of God Carmelite Convent in Espoo Turku Birgittalais Convent Medieval Monasteries Kökar Franciscan Convent Naantal Birgittal Rauma Franciscan Convention Turku Dominican Convention Vyborg Dominican Convention of Vyborg Franciscan Orthodox Monasteries Lintula Holy Trinity Monastery in Heinävesi (founded in Lintula, Kivennava in Karelian Isthmus) Valamo Monastery of Christ Transfiguration in Heinävesi (founded in Kivennava) Valamo archipelago on Ladoga, where under its original name the Valamo Convent of the Transfiguration of the Savior under the Russian Orthodox Church has continued to operate since 1989) Helsinki Vuosaari Monastery Cultural Centre in Sofia (no official monastic status) Community of Pokrova In Kirkkonummi (no official monastic status) as Finnish monasteries practically united with Valamo Monastery in Heinävesi, but officially their own units Konevitsa Monastery (Konevitsa Island in Ladoga has continued to operate under the original name of the Russian Orthodox Church Convent of the Birth of the Birth of Konevitsa since 1990) Petsamo Monastery (at the site of the establishment of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Petsamo has continued to function as Trifon Petsamo Monastery, subordinate to the Russian Orthodox Church since 1997) Lutheran monasteries Ecumenical Carmelite monastery community in Helsinki Enonkoski Monastery Mariandaughters' sister community in Naantali Sources Literature Citation error, replace with {{cite book| author = Heinonen, Meri (ed.