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Rocha
Rocha may refer to: * Rocha (surname), a Portuguese surname * Rocha, Moca, Puerto Rico, a barrio in the municipality of Moca, Puerto Rico * Rocha, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Rocha, Uruguay, capital city of the Rocha Department * Rocha Department, a department in the east of Uruguay See also * A Rocha, an international conservation organization with a Christian ethos * Pêra Rocha Pera may refer to: Places * Pera (Beyoğlu), a district in Istanbul formerly called Pera, now called Beyoğlu ** Galata, a neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, often referred to as Pera in the past * Pêra (Caparica), a Portuguese locality in the district o ..., a Portuguese variety of pear * Rocca (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Rocha
A Rocha is an international network of environmental organizations with Christian ethos. A Rocha, which means "the rock" in Portuguese (see entry '' Rocha''), was founded in Portugal in 1983. Organisation The organization network is constituted by A Rocha International (ARI), as a supporting body, and other organizations, which can be National Organizations, Thematic Organisations or Associated Projects. Each organisation is independent. As of 2022, A Rocha is working in over 20 countries: Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Ghana, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Netherlands, New Zealand/Aotearoa, Nigeria, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom, and United States. There are ongoing conversations with other potential groups around the world, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. A Rocha has five core commitments: Christian, Conservation, Community, Collaboration, and Cultural diversity. Work A Rocha aims to protect the environm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocha Department
Rocha () is a department in the east of Uruguay. Its capital is the city of Rocha. It borders Maldonado Department to its west, Lavalleja Department to its northwest, Treinta y Tres Department to its north, while to its northeast Laguna Merín forms part of its border with Brazil and at the south end of the lake it also borders the southernmost end of Brazil, with the city of Chuy "shared" between both countries, the border passing through its main commercial avenue. Rocha has natural beauties like Cabo Polonio, Valizas, Santa Teresa National Park. It is well known for its beach resorts, like Punta del Diablo Punta del Diablo is a village and seaside locality in Uruguay, Rocha Department, east from the capital Montevideo. According to the 2011 census, its permanent population consisted of 823 inhabitants, mostly fishermen and artisans, while during hig ... or La Esmeralda, which swell with visitors during the summer holidays. Inland, the primary economy of Rocha is based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocha (surname)
Rocha () is a Portuguese language surname. It literally means “rock” or “ boulder” in Portuguese; for instance, “rochas sedimentares, metamórficas e magmáticas” means “sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks”. It is also a topographic surname that is found in Portugal as “da Rocha” or simply ''Rocha'', literally, "one who is from/of the rock". It could also be a Jewish-Portuguese Sephardic surname.Jorge Martins (2006), ''Portugal e os Judeus: Volume I – dos primórdios da nacionalidade à legislação pombalina'', Lisboa, Vega. People with the surname *Alicia de Larrocha, pianist * Alvany Rocha, mathematician * Antônio Cavilhas Rocha, Brazilian chess master *Carlos Eduardo Rocha, mixed martial artist * Chuck Rocha, US political strategist *Coco Rocha (born 1988), Canadian supermodel *Dardo Rocha, an Argentine 19th-century politician * Diogo Rocha (tennis), Portuguese tennis player *Elian Rocha (born 2000), Brazilian curler *Evaristo Rocha, President of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocha, Moca, Puerto Rico
Rocha is a barrio in the municipality of Moca, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,004. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ... of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Rocha barrio was 902. Río Culebrinas flooding In late May 2019, barrio Rocha and multiple areas in various municipalities suffered flooding, felled trees, landslides and closed highways when Río Culebrinas flooded. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico References Barrios of Moca, Puerto Rico {{MocaPR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocha, Rio De Janeiro
Rocha is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... Neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro (city) {{RiodeJaneiro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocha, Uruguay
Rocha () is the capital city of the Rocha Department in Uruguay. Location and geography The city is located on the intersection of Route 9 with Route 15, about northeast of San Carlos of Maldonado Department. The stream Arroyo Rocha flows along the west limits of the city. History It was founded in 1793 and had acquired the status of "Villa" (town) before the Independence of Uruguay. On 7 July 1880 it was made capital of the Department of Rocha by the Act of Ley Nº 1.474, while its status was elevated to "Ciudad" (city) on 10 January 1894 by the Act of Ley Nº 2.252. In literature Rocha department features in Carlos Maria Dominguez's 2004 novel Casa de Papel (trs English, 2005, The house of paper). The narrator visits the ruins of a house of books ergo, 'house of paper' which had been built and then destroyed by an obsessive book collector on the sand spit separating Rocha lagoon from the ocean. Population In 2011 Rocha had a population of 25,422. Source: ''Instituto Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pêra Rocha
Pera may refer to: Places * Pera (Beyoğlu), a district in Istanbul formerly called Pera, now called Beyoğlu ** Galata, a neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, often referred to as Pera in the past * Pêra (Caparica), a Portuguese locality in the district of Setúbal * Pera (San Giovanni di Fassa), an Italian hamlet in the municipality of San Giovanni di Fassa, in Trentino * Pêra (Silves), a Portuguese parish in the district of Faro in the Algarve * Pera Orinis, a village in Cyprus Other uses * Pera (surname) * The '' Pera'', a ship of the Dutch East India Company * Peda or Pera, a dessert in Pakistan and India * ''Pera'' (plant), a plant genus in the family Peraceae * Public Employees Retirement Association, the name of several public employee pension plans in the United States * Peripheral ERA, a baseball statistic * Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture (PERA) is a 1990s reference model for enterprise architecture, developed by Theodore J. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
