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Kemah (other)
Kemah may refer to: * Kemah, Erzincan, a town and district of Erzincan Province, Turkey * Kemah, Texas, a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States * USS ''Kemah'', a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919 {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemah, Erzincan
Kemah ( ku, Kemax), known historically as Ani-Kamakh ( hy, Անի-Կամախ), Gamakh, Kamacha or Kamachon ( el, Κάμαχα, Κάμαχον) is a town and district of Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. History Ancient and medieval Kemah is a town with a present population of 2141 (2010 est.). The town is located almost in the centre of Erzincan Province. In ancient times, the town was known as Ani-Kamakh, and was the cult center of the Armenian goddess Anahit (Ani). It may be what the Hittites referred to as Kummaha (if that was not just a variant of Kummuh). The necropolis of Armenia's Arsacid Dynasty was located in Kemah, including the tomb of Tiridates III who was instrumental in the conversion of the Armenian people to Christianity. During the early Middle Ages, Kemah was a strategically important border fortress in the border wars between the Byzantines and the Umayyads and Abbasids. It first fell to the Muslims in 679 and changed hands freque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemah, Texas
Kemah ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, southeast of Houston along west Galveston Bay. The city's population was 1,773 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, down from 2,330 at the 2000 census. Located in Galveston County, Texas, Galveston County, Kemah's main industry is shipping. Originally a small fishing town, the city has become a tourist destination for the area's restaurants and attractions, which are contained within the Kemah Entertainment District. In 2012 Kemah was ranked the top tourism spot in the Greater Houston area. Geography Kemah is located in the northeast corner of Galveston County at (29.5425, –95.0203) and is part of the Clear Lake (region), Clear Lake Area. It is bordered to the west and south by League City, Texas, League City, to the northwest by Clear Lake Shores, Texas, Clear Lake Shores, to the southeast by unincorporated Bacliff, Texas, Bacliff, and at its northern end by Seabrook, Texas, Seabrook across the Clear Creek Channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
