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  2. Bistrița - Wikipedia

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    Bistrița ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbistrit͡sa] ⓘ; German: Bistritz, archaic Nösen, [3] Transylvanian Saxon: Bästerts, Hungarian: Beszterce) is the capital city of Bistrița-Năsăud County, in northern Transylvania, Romania. It is situated on the Bistrița River. The city has a population of 78,877 inhabitants as of 2021 [4] and ...

  3. Bistrița (Olt) - Wikipedia

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    Olt → Danube → Black Sea. Bistrița ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbistrit͡sa] ⓘ; also known as Bistrița Vâlceană) is a right tributary of the river Olt in Romania. [1] [2] It discharges into the Olt near Băbeni. [3] It starts in the Căpățânii Mountains, forming one of the narrowest gorges in Romania in addition to some beautiful ...

  4. Toño Bicicleta - Wikipedia

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    Toño Bicicleta. Francisco Antonio García López (July 19, 1943 – November 29, 1995), also known as Toño Bicicleta (literally, "Tony Bicycle" in English ), was a Puerto Rican criminal who gained notoriety for escaping from prison several times. García López managed to become part of Puerto Rican folklore and the object of constant ...

  5. Pegas (bicycle company) - Wikipedia

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    Production started in 1972 in Mechanical Plant Tohan ( Uzina Mecanică Tohan, originally an armaments factory), the first model for adults coming to market that year. In 1975 Pegas introduced a bicycle for children and a stationary bicycle for indoor exercise. In the 1980s series Pegas diversified to multi-speed bicycles, including the five ...

  6. Bicycle - Wikipedia

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    A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A bicycle rider is called a cyclist, or bicyclist. Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century in Europe.

  7. Brazil floods leave 150,000 homeless, scores dead or missing

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    On the outskirts of Eldorado do Sul, 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) from the state capital of Porto Alegre, many people were sleeping on the roadside and told Reuters they were going hungry.

  8. Porto - Wikipedia

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    1996 (20th Session) Porto ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu] ⓘ ), also known as Oporto, [a] is the second largest city in Portugal after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula 's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan ...

  9. Bicycle-sharing system - Wikipedia

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    Bicycle-sharing system. A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, [1] public bicycle scheme, [2] or public bike share ( PBS) scheme, [3] is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost.