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Boma (other)
Boma or BOMA may refer to: People * Boma Iyaye (born 1969), Nigerian accountant and politician Places * Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a port city ** Boma Airport near Boma, Congo * Boma, Guinea, in Nzérékoré Prefecture * Boma Plateau, a region of eastern South Sudan * Boma State, a state of South Sudan * Boma Upande, a settlement in Kenya's Coast Province * Boma (Ponda), a village in the Ponda sub-district of Goa Other uses * Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA International), a trade organization founded in 1907 for commercial real estate professionals * Boma language, a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Boma clan, living in Nigeria * Boma (enclosure), a rural fortress or livestock pen in Africa, from this also meaning a district government office or district center in countries which were British colonies in Africa * Boma (administrative division), the smallest unit of local government in South Sudan * Boma, an African style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boma Iyaye
Boma Iyaye (born 24 September 1969) is a Rivers State accountant, politician and a former Commissioner of Sports. Education He was educated at State School II Port Harcourt between 1974 and 1980. He attended Baptist High School for his secondary education from 1981 to 1986. A year later, he enrolled at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology and studied Accountancy. He thereafter completed the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps program. Career Iyaye began his career in the private sector as an accountant. He worked with several multinational companies between 1992 and 2003. Later he entered into politics and successfully ran for a seat in the Rivers State House of Assembly, where he served until 2007 representing Ogu–Bolo. He was the Chairman of the House Committee on Sports as well as member of other sub-committees at the Assembly. In December 2015, he was inducted into the Wike Executive Council as the Commissioner of Sports. Iyaye had previously s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Building Owners And Managers Association
The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA International) is a Trade association, trade organization founded in 1907 for Commercial property, commercial real estate professionals. Its mission is to advance the performance of commercial real estate through advocacy, promoting professional competency, standards and research. Standards BOMA first published the ''Standard Method of Floor Measurement for Office Buildings'' in 1915 which became the ''BOMA Method for the Measurement of Buildings''. Since then, it has become an international standard for determining the dimensions of buildings. The American National Standards Institute recognizes this standard as ANSI Z65. The US Government recognizes this standard in and to define "the area where a tenant normally houses personnel, and/or furniture, for which a measurement is to be computed." This standard is critical as it is used by architects to determine Common area#Loss factor, a commercial building's efficiency, specifica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost In The Shell Characters
This is a list of fictional characters in the ''Ghost in the Shell'' media franchise created by Masamune Shirow. Public Security Section 9 members Section Chief Directors Chief Daisuke Aramaki :Voiced by: Tamio Oki (Japanese, films), Osamu Saka (Japanese, ''Stand Alone Complex''), Ikkyu Juku (Japanese; '' ARISE''); William Frederick Knight (English; films, ''Stand Alone Complex'' TV series, Bandai Visual dub; 1997 game, 2004 game, 2005 game), Russell Roberts (English; ''Stand Alone Complex'' OVAs, Ocean dub), Rik Thomas (English; ''Stand Alone Complex'', Animax Asia dub), John Swasey (English; ''ARISE'', Funimation dub) :Portrayed by: "Beat" Takeshi Kitano ( 2017 film) is the ''Chief Executive Director'' of Public Security Section 9. In ''Stand Alone Complex'', Lt. Col. Aramaki is a strict chief, and is informally referred to by Section 9 agents as the "old ape" (most likely because in the original manga he was drawn with a face that appeared to be half monkey, hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flavors Of Africa
Flavour or flavor is either the sensory perception of taste or smell, or a flavoring in food that produces such perception. Flavour or flavor may also refer to: Science *Flavors (programming language), an early object-oriented extension to Lisp *Flavour (particle physics), a quantum number of elementary particles related to their weak interactions *Flavor of Linux, another term for any particular Linux distribution; by extension, "flavor" can be applied to any program or other computer code that exists in more than one current variant at the same time Film and TV * ''Flavors'' (film), romantic comedy concerning Asian-Indian immigrants in America *Flavour Network, is a Canadian TV channel with shows about food. Music Artists and bands *Flavor Flav (born 1959), former rap/hip-hop promoter and current reality television actor *Flavour N'abania (born 1983), Nigerian singer-songwriter Albums * ''Flavours'' (album), 1975 album by The Guess Who * ''Flavors'' (album), by American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boma (administrative Division)
A boma is a lowest-level administrative division, below payams, in South Sudan. Equivalent fifth-level divisions elsewhere are described as village, block or ward. As of 2009, South Sudan's 514 payams have an average of 4.2 bomas each. Bomas vary in size and typically contain many individual villages. The term boma originated from the town of Boma in Jonglei, the first place captured by the Sudan People's Liberation Army The South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF), formerly the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), is the military force of South Sudan. The SPLA was founded as a guerrilla movement against the government of Sudan in 1983 and was a key parti ... at the start of its 1983 insurgency. References External links {{South Sudan topics Subdivisions of South Sudan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boma (enclosure)
A boma is a livestock enclosure, community enclosure, stockade, corral, small fort or a district government office, commonly used in many parts of the African Great Lakes region, as well as Central Africa, Central and Southern Africa. It is particularly associated with community decision making. The word originally may be from Bantu languages, Bantu or Persian language, Persian, and it has been incorporated into many African languages, as well as race for Africa, colonial varieties of English language, English, French language, French and German language, German. As a livestock enclosure, a ''boma'' is the equivalent of ''kraal''. The former term is used in areas influenced by the Swahili language, and the latter is employed in areas influenced by Afrikaans language, Afrikaans. In the form of fortified villages or camps, ''bomas'' were commonplace in Central Africa in the 18th and 19th century. They were commonplace throughout Africa, including in areas affected by the His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boma Clan
The Boma tribe (Bumo) of the Ijaw people live in Bayelsa State, Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, .... The thirteen Bumo settlements are: Diebu, Ekowe, Emette, Eniwari, Fonibiri, Igbematoru, Ikianbiri, Kainyanbiri, Ozezebiri, Peremabiri, Polobugo and Seibiri (''also known as Opuama''). Their Boma identity derives from their tradition of common origin and a common dialect of Ijo. Brief history of Boma tribe (Bumo) Source: Boma individuals came from Obiama. Obiama itself was established by Obi of obscure beginning. The town involved a few wards and compounds which chased a wan(duiker) for a yearly custom gala. Individuals were given a portion of the meat particularly of the soup (wan fulo) which was thought to give richness. One ward deceitfully drank all the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boma Language
Boma is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t .... Maho (2009) considers Boma, B.821 Mpe (Kempee), and B.822 Nunu to be closely related languages. Mpe and Nunu do not have ISO codes. (Distinguish the Nunu dialect of Ngiri.) References See also * Eborna language Boma-Dzing languages Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boma (Ponda)
Boma is a village in the Ponda taluka (sub-district) of Goa. It is located in the northern part of Ponda taluka. It is on the road connecting state capital Panjim (or Panaji) with the taluka headquarters of Ponda town. Location in Ponda taluka It is situated along the highway, and lies close to Cundaim (or Kundaim), and before Mardol, known for its scenic and prominent temples. In its vicinity, to its east, lie Querim (or Keri), Savoi-Verem and Volvoi. Area, population According to the official 2011 Census, the village has an area of 394.60 hectares, a total of 653 households, and a population of 2,807 (comprising 1,467 males and 1,340 females) with an under-six population of 284 (comprising 149 boys and 135 girls). Its location code number in the Census (2011) is 626848. Local jurisdiction Boma comes under the Bhoma Adcolna ''village panchayat'' or local council body. Political constituencies Boma comes under the Priol assembly constituency of the Goa Legislative Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boma, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Boma is a port town on the Congo River, some upstream from the Atlantic Ocean, in the Kongo Central, Kongo Central Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), adjacent to the Angola–Democratic Republic of the Congo border, border with Angola. It had an estimated population of 162,521 in 2012. Boma was the capital city of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo (the modern Democratic Republic of the Congo) from 1 May 1886 to 1923, when the capital was moved to Léopoldville (since renamed Kinshasa). The port handles exports of tropical timber, bananas, Cocoa bean, cocoa, and Arecaceae, palm products. History Boma was founded by European merchants in the 16th century as an entrepôt, including for the History of slavery, slave trade. Trade was chiefly in the hands of Dutch merchants, but British, French and Portuguese firms also had factories there. No European power exercised sovereignty, though claims were from time to time put forward by Portugal. British exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boma Upande
The Coast Province () was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. It was inhabited by the Mijikenda and Swahili peoples, among others. The province covered an area of 79,686.1 km2. Tourist attraction Some of the province's important towns included Kilifi, Malindi, Watamu and Lamu in the north, and Mwandimu and Magunda in the south. Some of the coastal population was located in resort and beach settlements such as Kiongwe and Kipini. Diani Beach was one of the province's major tourist centres, with palm trees and white sandy beaches like Mombasa. Malindi is where Vasco da Gama picked up his pilot to navigate with the monsoon winds to India; Mambrui appears to be the site where contact occurred with the Chinese during the era of the Yongle Emperor and the expeditions of Zheng He. Watamu is a small fishing community and contains East Africa's first marine national park, the Wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boma State
Boma State was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020. It was located in the Greater Upper Nile region and was formerly part of the state of Jonglei. The state bordered Akobo State, Imatong State, Jonglei State, Kapoeta State, Bieh State, Terekeka State and the country of Ethiopia to the east. History Before Boma State was created on 2 October 2015, the area existed as a special administrative unit under called Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) which is headed by a Chief Administrator whose status is like that of state Governor. This came in an attempt to end the conflict that devastated Jonglei State for three years. The fighter demanded autonomy from Jonglei State government which marginalized the minorities such Murle, Anyuak, Jie and Kachipo. On 2 October 2015, President Salva Kiir issued a decree establishing 28 states in place of the 10 constitutionally established states. The decree established the new states largely along e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
