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Kont (other)
Kont may refer to: Places * Ontario International Airport (ICAO airport code KONT), San Bernardino County, California, USA * Kont Rural District, Hiduj District, Sib and Suran County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran * Kont, Iran; a village in Kont Rural District Other uses * Kont (Caribbean), a form of oral tradition in the Caribbean * Kont Bank, a bank in Dushanbe, Tajikistan * Nicholas Kont Nicholas Kont of Orahovica (, ; *? - † before 16 April 1367) was a Croato- Hungarian nobleman, very powerful and influential in the royal court of king Louis the Angevin, serving as Count palatine. He was the forefather and founder of the Ilo ... (died 1637), Croato-Hungarian nobleman and courtier See also * * Cont (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario International Airport
Ontario International Airport is an international airport east of downtown Ontario, California, Ontario, in San Bernardino County, California, United States, about east of downtown Los Angeles and west of downtown San Bernardino. It is owned and operated under a joint-powers agreement with the city of Ontario and San Bernardino County. The airport covers and has two parallel runways. It is the West Coast air and truck hub for United Parcel Service, UPS Airlines and is a major distribution point for FedEx Express. , ONT has more than 64 daily departures and arrivals. Since Ontario's longest runway (runway 8L/26R) is longer than three of the four runways at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), it is an alternate landing site for large aircraft destined for LAX. History Origins In 1923, a landing field was established east of Central Avenue ( west of the current airport) on land leased from the Union Pacific Railroad. The airfield was named Latimer Field after an orange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kont Rural District
Kont Rural District () is in Hiduj District of Sib and Suran County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... Its capital is the village of Kont. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of Saravan County) was 9,224 in 1,871 households. There were 11,042 inhabitants in 2,449 households at the following census of 2011, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Sib and Suran County. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 11,763 in 3,113 households. The most populous of its 44 villages was Kont, with 3,199 people. See also References Rural Districts of Sistan and Baluchestan prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kont, Iran
Kont () is a village in, and the capital of, Kont Rural District of Hiduj District, Sib and Suran County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,723 in 633 households, when it was in Saravan County. The following census in 2011 counted 2,880 people in 547 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Sib and Suran County. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,199 people in 845 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district. See also References Populated places in Sib and Suran County {{SistanBaluchestan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kont (Caribbean)
Kont are forms of oral tradition in the Caribbean. Saint Lucia Kont is a kind of Saint Lucian folk song, performed as part of the funereal ceremony by mourners outside the deceased's house. These mourners sing kont, a responsorial Creole song, accompanied by drumming. The lyrics may refer to the last words or other aspects of the deceased's death. Mourners also dance to both the débòt and bélé, accompanied zo or tibwa and ka. Dominica Kont is a form of traditional storytelling of Dominica, mostly performed at night-time festivals, wakes, festivals and other celebrations. Kont storytellers use elements of local history and legend, and often provide moral or ethical messages. A simple theme song, one line in length, frequently based on a duet between two characters, is an important recurrent element of kont storytelling. See also * Music of Saint Lucia * Music of Dominica The music of Dominica includes a variety of genres including all the popular genres of the world. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kont Bank
Kont Investment Bank was a Tajiki investment bank operating in Dushanbe, under license from National Bank of Tajikistan. The bank's chairman was Fayzullo Salikhov. On March 30, 2017, the bank was renamed Bank Asia (Bonki Osiyo). History The Kont Investment Bank was founded in 2011 by Iranian entrepreneur Babak Zanjani, who held investments in several Tajik businesses, including a bank, an airline, a taxi service, and a bus terminal that Tajik President Imomali Rahmon himself helped inaugurate in March 2013. The bank came under scrutiny by the US Treasury Service, as a possible money laundering Money laundering is the process of illegally concealing the origin of money obtained from illicit activities (often known as dirty money) such as drug trafficking, sex work, terrorism, corruption, and embezzlement, and converting the funds i ... entity which was suspected of moving large sums of oil-related money on behalf the Iranian government. Zanjani reportedly sold the bank i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Kont
Nicholas Kont of Orahovica (, ; *? - † before 16 April 1367) was a Croato- Hungarian nobleman, very powerful and influential in the royal court of king Louis the Angevin, serving as Count palatine. He was the forefather and founder of the Iločki noble family (). Life and career Nicholas was a descendant of a noble family originating from the area of Dubica district in medieval '' Lower Slavonia''. His father was Lawrence (Lőrinc) the ''Tót'', who served as Master of the Treasury and Ban of Slavonia.Fedeles, Tamás (in Hungarian): Egy középkori főúri család vallásossága: Az Újlakiak példája. ''Századok'', CXLV. 2011/2. pp. 377–418. He had two brothers, Bartholomew (Bertalan) and Leukus (Lökös), both of them functioned as Master of Cup-bearers. Having served in the king Louis' army during military campaigns on the present-day Italian soil, he got the nickname ''Kont'' (from Italian: ''conte'' = count). The adjective ''Orahovički'' was attributed to his name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
