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The most famous mosque in Amman is the King Abduallah I Mosque which can house nearly 3,000 people.

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Luxembourg is noted for ancient Gallic encampments, Roman outposts, and for the medieval fortress built on Bock promontory.

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Much of the Luxembourgish population joined the Belgian revolution in 1830 against Dutch rule.

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Measures to quell Luxembourgish opposition to this annexation were met with passive resistance at first, such as the Spйngelskrich (lit.

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The game's governing body is the Luxembourg Cricket Federation, whose primarily purpose is to promote the game to the non-British population.

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The names of some wines made in Luxembourg: Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois, Rivaner, Elbling, Gewьrztraminer, and Crйmant de Luxembourg.

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The attempts to quell unrest peaked with the Maulkuerfgesetz, the "muzzle" Law, which was an attempt to outlaw the Communist Party of Luxembourg.

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Luxembourgers had an average life expectancy at birth of 79.03 years (75.76 years for males and 82.52 years for females) in 2007.

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In 1831, the Great Powers (France, Britain, Prussia, Russia, and Austria) stepped in and decided that Luxembourg belonged to William I and formed part of the German Confederation.

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Luxembourg's small but productive agricultural sector employs about one percent to three percent of the work force.

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Post-secondary institutions in Luxembourg include the Central University of Luxembourg (founded in 1969), Superior Institute of Technology, and teacher training schools.

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Cricket is a minority sport, played predominantly within the British expatriate community located in and around Luxembourg City; very few native Luxembourgers play the sport.

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During World War II, the Luxembourgish government and monarchy was swept away into exile by the German invasion of May 10, 1940.

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Luxembourg's education system is trilingual: the first years of primary school are in Luxembourgish, before changing to German, while secondary school, the language of instruction changes to French.

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School attendance in Luxembourg is compulsory between the ages of six and 15.

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Banking is the largest sector in the Luxembourg economy.

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In 1795, six years after the beginning of the French Revolution, Revolutionary France conquered and annexed Luxembourg, making it part of the dйpartement of the Forкts in 1795.

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In 1995, Luxembourg provided the President of the European Commission, former Prime Minister Jacques Santer who later had to resign over corruption accusations against other commission members.

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Luxembourg was a major centre for Christianity during the Middle Ages, Roman Catholicism was sustained through the Reformation by the hierarchy, buildings, and traditions established in the preceding centuries.

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Famous Luxembourgian cyclists include Nicolas Frantz, Charly Gaul, and Franзois Faber, all of whom won the Tour de France (Frantz having done so twice).

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Luxembourg's most famous past players include Louis Pilot and Guy Hellers, both of whom also coached the national team after ending their playing careers.

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The country's flat terrain lends itself to the sport, with the Tour de Luxembourg being run around the country on an annual basis as a prelude to the Tour de France.

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Except for the fortress and its immediate vicinity, Belgium considered Luxembourg as a province of the new Belgian state from 1830 to 1839, while William still claimed the duchy as his own.

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The national music federation is called LGDA, and another important institution is the Luxembourg Conservatory of Music.

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Luxembourg's periodicals, literary reviews, and magazines aimed at intellectuals are mostly written in French.

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The world's only sovereign Grand Duchy, Luxembourg is a parliamentary representative democracy with a constitutional monarchy, ruled by a Grand Duke.

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The Red Lands, in the far south and southwest, are Luxembourg's industrial heartland and home to many of Luxembourg's largest towns.

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Sport in Spain is dominated by Fъtbol (soccer), with La Liga, the country's professional league, drawing large attendances; Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are the most successful teams.

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In 1993, it was reported that Luxembourg had the highest worldwide per capita consumption of alcohol; an average of three beers a day for every man, woman, and child.

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Nevertheless, Luxembourg remained an underdeveloped agrarian country for most of the century.

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Some white and sparkling wines are even produced in Luxembourg, alongside the north bank of the Moselle, which has a winemaking history dating back to the Romans.

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Altogether, Luxembourgian cyclists have won the Tour de France four times, ranking Luxembourg seventh overall.

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Luxembourg has a fair number of breweries, given its tiny size.

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Luxembourg's contribution to its defense and to NATO consists of a small army.

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Until 1598, the history of the grand duchy of Luxembourg, Belgium (except the Bishopric of Liиge), and the Netherlands is identical to the history of the Low Countries.

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Luxembourg remained an independent fief of the Holy Roman Empire until 1354, when the emperor Charles IV elevated it to the status of a duchy.

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The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party took 14 seats.

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Luxembourg is a secular state, but the state recognizes certain religions.

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William treated Luxembourg as a conquered country and taxed it heavily.

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Alcohol regulation did not begin in Missouri until 1934.

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Luxembourg is a founding member of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations, Benelux, and the Western European Union, reflecting the political consensus in favor of economic, political, and military integration.

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Luxembourg accepts compulsory International Court of Justice jurisdiction.

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Modern Luxembourg is home to an array of performers, folk, classical and pop, as well as rock, hip hop and other genres.

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Holy Roman emperor Henry VII (c. 1275–1313) was from the House of Luxembourg dynasty, as was Charles IV (1316–1378), and Sigismund (1368–1437).

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Altogether, 5,259 of a pre-war population of 293,000 Luxembourgers lost their lives during the hostilities.

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Luxembourg is divided into three districts, which are further divided into 12 cantons and then 116 communes.

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Luxembourg was among the first countries in the world to be introduced to football, with the National Division being established in 1913 and the national team playing its first match in 1911.

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The national radio station, Radio Luxembourg, is listened to throughout Europe.

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To the east, Luxembourg borders the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, and, to the south, it borders the French rйgion of Lorraine.

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At the end of the 1100s, Latvia was often visited by traders from western Europe who set out on trading journeys along Latvia's longest river, the Daugava, to Russia.

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Little Switzerland, in the east of Luxembourg, has craggy terrain and thick forests.

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The people of Luxembourg enjoy a high standard of living.

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English is taught in the compulsory schooling, mostly from the age of 13 to 14 years, and much of the population of Luxembourg can speak some simple English, at any rate in Luxembourg City.

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Luxembourg still maintains three Boeing 707 model TCAs for cargo and training purposes based in NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen.

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The border between Luxembourg and Germany is formed by three rivers: the Moselle, the Sauer, and the Our.

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The country is a tax haven and attracts capital from other countries as the costs of investing through Luxembourg are low.

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A total 2848 Luxembourgers died fighting in the German army.

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The Grand Duchy borders the Belgian Walloon Region, in particular the latter's provinces of Luxembourg and Liиge to the west and to the north respectively.

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Luxembourg lies on the cultural divide between Romance Europe and Germanic Europe, borrowing customs from each of the distinct traditions.

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At Versailles the Belgian claim to Luxembourg was rejected and its independence reaffirmed.

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The government-backed Luxembourg satellite company "Sociйtй europйenne des satellites" (SES) was created in 1986 to install and operate a satellite telecommunications system for transmission of television programs throughout Europe.

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Annually, over 10,000 new immigrants arrive in Luxembourg, mostly from EU states, as well as Eastern Europe.

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Look for the National Mark, which identifies authentic Luxembourg wine.

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In 1437, the House of Luxembourg suffered a succession crisis, precipitated by the lack of a male heir to assume the throne.

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The introduction of compulsory military service in France in 1798 provoked a rebellion (the Klлppelkrieg) in Luxembourg that was brutally suppressed.

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Luxembourg's flora is characterized by the country's location at the border between the Atlantic-European and Central-European climate zones.

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The predominantly French speaking part of the duchy was ceded to Belgium as the province de Luxembourg, while William I was allowed to retain the Luxembourgian-speaking part.

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The game is most popular in the south of the country, having developed earliest in the industrial Red Lands and Luxembourg City.

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During the First World War, Luxembourg was occupied by Germany, but the government and Grandduchess Marie-Adйlaпde were allowed to remain in office throughout the occupation (until 1918), bringing accusations of collaboration from France.

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Luxembourg lacks a distinctive literary tradition because of the limitations of Luxembourgish.

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Radio-Television-Luxembourg is Europe's premier private radio and television broadcaster.

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Luxembourg is part of the West European Continental climatic region, and enjoys a temperate climate without extremes.

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In 1866 the German Confederation was dissolved, and Luxembourg became a sovereign nation, though the Prussian garrison remained.

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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Groussherzogtum Lлtzebuerg, French: Grand-Duchй de Luxembourg, German: GroЯherzogtum Luxemburg), archaically spelled Luxemburg, is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany.

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Luxembourgish is the language that Luxembourgers generally speak to each other, but is not frequently written.

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The then civilian administrator of Luxembourg, Gauleiter Gustav Simon had declared conscription necessary to support the German war effort.

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Luxembourg made its first appearance in the Summer Olympics in 1900, and the Grand Duchy has been represented as a total 21 Games, including every one since 1936.

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The war did not end for Luxembourg until the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.

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Native Luxembourgers address each other in Luxembourgish but speak French, German, or English with foreigners.

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Luxembourg took no part in the revolt of the Low Countries against Philip II of Spain, and remained with what became Belgium as part of the Spanish Netherlands.

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About 1060, Conrad, one of Siegfried's descendants, took the title of count of Luxembourg.

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In 1957, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the European Economic Community (later the European Union).

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Government policies promote the development of Luxembourg as an audiovisual and communications center.

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Luxembourg has been one of the strongest advocates of the European Union.

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In 1999, Luxembourg joined the euro currency area.

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In 1443 Elizabeth of Gцrlitz, duchess of Luxembourg and niece of the Holy Roman emperor Sigismund, was forced to cede the duchy to Philip III (the Good) (1419–1467), duke of Burgundy.

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The Luxembourg plateau, in south-central Luxembourg, is a large, flat, sandstone formation, and the site of the city of Luxembourg.

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Throughout the war, Grand Duchess Charlotte broadcast via on BBC to Luxembourg to give hope to the people.

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Luxembourg operates a stable, high-income economy that features moderate growth, low inflation, and low unemployment.

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The city of Luxembourg, the capital and largest city, is the seat of several agencies of the European Union.

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Spanish, French, and Austrians, who occupied Luxembourg in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, left elaborate fortifications on the promontory, and Luxembourg became known as the "Gibraltar of the North."

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Luxembourgers were declared to be German citizens and 13,000 were called up for military service.

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Twelve of the communes have city status, of which the city of Luxembourg is the largest.

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Luxembourg peasants rejected the French government's anticlerical measures.

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Luxembourg was invaded by Louis XIV of France (husband of Maria Theresa, daughter of Philip IV) in 1679, and the conquest was completed in 1684 with the capture of Luxembourg city.

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Luxembourg's population in 2007 was 480,222, in an area of approximately 998 square miles (2585 square kilometers).

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The first known reference to the territory in modern Luxembourg was by Julius Caesar in his Commentaries on the Gallic War.

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Luxembourg has especially close trade and financial ties to Belgium and the Netherlands (see Benelux), and as a member of the EU it enjoys the advantages of the open European market.