Jonestown
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page d’homonymie répertorie les différentes localités partageant un même nom.
- Jonestown est le nom porté par une grande quantité de villes américaines : en Georgie, dans l'Indiana, au Kentucky, au Maryland, dans le Mississippi, en Pennsylvanie, en Caroline du Sud, au Tennessee, au Texas et en Virginie.
- Jonestown, qui se situait à une dizaine de kilomètres de Port Kaituma (7°44′N 59°53′W / 7.733, -59.883), au Guyana, est le nom d'une communauté agraire et sectaire créée par le révérend Jim Jones en 1974. Le 18 novembre 1978, Jones et 914 de ses adeptes se suicident en ingérant du cyanure. Voir le chapitre Le Massacre de Jonestown sur la page consacrée à Jim Jones.
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Jonestown — Jonestown … Deutsch Wikipedia
Jonestown — Jonestown, PA U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 34 Housing Units (2000): 47 Land area (2000): 0.311127 sq. miles (0.805814 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.311127… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Jonestown, PA — U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 34 Housing Units (2000): 47 Land area (2000): 0.311127 sq. miles (0.805814 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.311127 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Jonestown, MS — U.S. town in Mississippi Population (2000): 1701 Housing Units (2000): 514 Land area (2000): 0.394200 sq. miles (1.020974 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.394200 sq. miles (1.020974 sq. km) FIPS … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Jonestown, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 1681 Housing Units (2000): 770 Land area (2000): 4.694904 sq. miles (12.159744 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.596040 sq. miles (1.543737 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.290944 sq. miles (13.703481 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Jonestown — For other uses, see Jonestown (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Jonestown — Este artículo o sección necesita referencias que aparezcan en una publicación acreditada, como revistas especializadas, monografías, prensa diaria o páginas de Internet fidedignas. Puedes añadirlas así o avisar … Wikipedia Español
Jonestown — 1 Original name in latin Jonestown Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Chicago longitude 34.31955 latitude 90.45565 altitude 51 Population 1298 Date 2011 05 14 2 Original name in latin Jonestown Name in other language… … Cities with a population over 1000 database
Jonestown — /johnz town /, n. a former settlement in N Guyana, NW of Georgetown: site of agricultural commune of an American religious cult called the People s Temple; mass suicide and murder 1978. * * * Jonestown [Jonestown] an agricultural community in… … Useful english dictionary
Jonestown — Jones|town a place in Guyana where people who followed the religious leader Jim Jones lived. In 1974, they all killed themselves with poison as part of a ceremony, which became known as the Jonestown Massacre … Dictionary of contemporary English
