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Gadara

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Gadara (găd`ərə), ancient city of the Decapolis, the modern Umm Qays (Jordan), SE of the Sea of Galilee. Extensive ruins mark the site. This Gadara must be distinguished from Gadara, the capital of Perea, which was destroyed by Vespasian in 68 B.C. The terms Gadarenes, Gergesenes, and Gerasenes appear variously for the locale of the celebrated miracle of the possessed swine reported in the New Testament. They probably refer to an obscure town on the east shore of the lake.


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Development of Gadara port number one priority of government: PM ISLAMABAD, June 17, 2009 (Balochistan Times) --Prime Minister, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday told the National Assembly that development of Gwadar port is number one priority of his government.
La satira menipea debe su nombre a Menipo de Gadara (primera mitad del siglo III antes de Cristo), quien en una serie de escritos satirizo principalmente a las escuelas filosoficas.
Gadara, or Um Qais, also part of the Decapolis in far northwestern Jordan, where Jesus cast out the unclean spirits that fled into a herd of swine, and then ran in to the Sea of Galilee and drowned.
 
 
 
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