Lesko County Powiat leski
—  County  —
Location within the voivodeship
Coordinates (Lesko): 49°28′28″N 22°19′44″E / 49.47444°N 22.32889°E / 49.47444; 22.32889Coordinates: 49°28′28″N 22°19′44″E / 49.47444°N 22.32889°E / 49.47444; 22.32889
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
Seat	Lesko
Gminas	Total 5 Gmina Baligród Gmina Cisna Gmina Lesko Gmina Olszanica Gmina Solina
Area
• Total	834.86 km2 (322.34 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	26,613
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
• Urban	5,864
• Rural	20,749
Car plates	RLS
Website	http://www.powiat-leski.pl/

Lesko County (Polish: powiat leski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It was created in 2002 out of five gminas which previously made up the western part of Bieszczady County. Its administrative seat and only town is Lesko, which lies 67 kilometres (42 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów.

The county covers an area of 834.86 square kilometres (322.3 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 26,613, out of which the population of Lesko is 5,864 and the rural population is 20,749.

Neighbouring counties[link]

Lesko County is bordered by Sanok County to the west, Przemyśl County to the north and Bieszczady County to the east. It also borders Slovakia to the south.

Administrative division[link]

The county is subdivided into five gminas (one urban-rural and four rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References[link]

• Polish official population figures 2006

Rural landscape picture[link]

v t e Counties of Podkarpackie Voivodeship City counties Rzeszów (capital) Krosno Przemyśl Tarnobrzeg Land counties Bieszczady Brzozów Dębica Jarosław Jasło Kolbuszowa Krosno Łańcut Lesko Leżajsk Lubaczów Mielec Nisko Przemyśl Przeworsk Ropczyce-Sędziszów Rzeszów Sanok Stalowa Wola Strzyżów Tarnobrzeg

Portuguese American
Luso-americanos

Ben Nighthorse Campbell Jim Costa Dennis Cardoza Joe Raposo John Philip Sousa Joe Raposo Nuno Bettencourt Joe Perry Katy Perry Dev Joe DeRita Mary Astor Joe DeRita Tom Hanks James Franco Lyndsy Fonseca Meredith Vieira = Portuguese ancestry 1,477,335 0.5% of the US population [1] Lusitanics in the United States
Regions with significant populations
California, Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, among others.
Languages
American English · Portuguese Portuguese Creole
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Portuguese (Portuguese Canadian) · Galician and other Spaniards (Spanish American) · Italians (Italian American) · Brazilian American (Portuguese Brazilian & White Brazilian)

Portuguese Americans are citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates in the southwest European nation of Portugal, including the offshore island groups of the Azores and Madeira.

Colloquially, the term is also incorrectly applied to people whose ancestry stems from Portuguese-speaking countries. Such use of the term "Portuguese American" is employed as a synonym to Luso American. Accurately, a Portuguese American denotes any person born in the United States whose family came to the USA from Portugal. Americans and others who are not native Europeans from Portugal but originate from countries that were former colonies of Portugal are not Portuguese American, rather, they are codified as Lusitanic, or simply referred to by their present-day nationalities (Cape Verdean, Brazilian, etc.) although many citizens of former Portuguese colonies are also ethnically Portuguese. Famous Portuguese Americans include Tom Hanks, Katy Perry, Meredith Viera, James Franco and Joe Perry.

History[link]

Portuguese people have had a very long history in the United States (from 1634), which may even be pre-Columbian, although there is lack of solid historical evidence. Navigators, like the Miguel Corte-Real family, may have visited the North American shores in first time at the beginning of the 16th century.^[2] There is a monumental landmark, the Dighton Rock, in southeastern Massachusetts, that testifies their presence in the area. And João Rodrigues Cabrilho who explored the California coast for the first time.

During the Colonial period, there was limited Portuguese emigration to the present day U.S., especially on the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

In the late 19th century, many Portuguese, mainly Azorean and Madeiran, emigrated to the eastern U.S., establishing communities in various New England coastal cities, primarily but not limited to:

Providence, Bristol and Pawtucket in Rhode Island, and New Bedford, Taunton and Fall River in Southeastern Massachusetts. On the West Coast in California there are Portuguese communities in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Santa Cruz, and San Diego, in connection to Portuguese fishermen and settlers coming in from Mexico. There are also connections with Portuguese communities in the Pacific Northwest in Astoria, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, and British Columbia, Canada as well.^{[citation needed]}

Many Portuguese relocated to the Kingdom of Hawaii, prior to its overthrow by the United States in the late 19th century.

In the mid-late 20th century, there was another surge of Portuguese immigration in America, mainly in the Northeast (New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts). There are various Portuguese Clubs, principally in the larger cities of these states, which operate with the intention of promoting sociocultural preservation as venues for community events, athletics, etc. Many Portuguese Americans may include descendants of Portuguese settlers born in Africa (like Angola, Cape Verde, and Mozambique) and Asia (mostly Macau), as well Oceania (Timor-Leste). There were around 1 million Portuguese Americans in the United States by the year 2000.

Some Portuguese surnames have been changed to align with more American sounding names, for example Rodrigues to Rogers, Oliveira to Oliver, Martins to Martin, Silva to Silver, and Pereira to Perry.

A general contribution the Portuguese people have made to American music is the ukulele, which originated in Madeira and was initially popularized in the Kingdom of Hawaii.^[3] John Phillip Sousa was a famous Portuguese American composer most known for his patriotic compositions.

A large amount of mingling took place between Chinese and Portuguese in Hawaii.^[4] There were very few marriages between European and Chinese people with the majority being between Portuguese and Chinese people.^[5][6][7] These unions between Chinese men and Portuguese women resulted in children of mixed Chinese Portuguese parentage, called Chinese-Portuguese. For two years to June 30, 1933, 38 of these children were born, they were classified as pure Chinese because their fathers were Chinese.^[8]

Demography[link]

Portuguese ancestry in yellow and red. The darker the shade, the larger the population.

Portuguese-Americans are the fourth largest ethnic group in the State of Hawaii, fifth largest group in Rhode Island and the eighth largest group in Massachusetts.^[9]

Biggest communities[link]

The three largest Portuguese-American communities in the US (2000 Census):

1. Metro Boston area: 192,017 (3.3% of Metro population)^[10]
2. Greater New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area: 129,865 (0.6% of total Metro population)^[10]
3. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area: 121,757 (1.7% of total Metro population)^[10]

Other large areas of Portuguese are Santa Cruz, California; San Jose, California; Fresno, California; Bakersfield, California; New Orleans, Louisiana and Newark, New Jersey.

Oakland, California - Large Portuguese immigration established a community, the Portuguese were one of the city's largest ethnicities in the mid 20th century.^{[citation needed]}

See also Portuguese American neighborhoods.

By state[link]

The states with the largest Portuguese populations:

• California: 330,974
• Massachusetts: 279,722
• Rhode Island: 99,445
• New Jersey: 78,196
• Florida: 48,974
• Hawaii: 48,527

The states with the highest percentages of Portuguese population:

• Rhode Island: 9.7%
• Massachusetts: 4.4%
• Hawaii: 4%
• Connecticut: 1.3%
• New Hampshire: 1.2%
• California: 1.1%
• New Jersey: 1.1%
• Nevada: 0.6%
• Florida: 0.3%

Cities and towns[link]

Northeast[link]

• East Providence, Rhode Island
• Hudson, Massachusetts
• Naugatuck, Connecticut
• Somerville, Massachusetts
• Woburn, Massachusetts
• Providence, Rhode Island
• Pawtucket, Rhode Island
• Bristol, Rhode Island
• Central Falls, Rhode Island
• Portsmouth, Rhode Island
• Middletown, Rhode Island
• Fairhaven, Massachusetts
• Tiverton, Rhode Island
• New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Taunton, Massachusetts
• Fall River, Massachusetts
• East Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Provincetown, Massachusetts
• Yonkers, New York
• New Rochelle, New York
• Mount Vernon, New York
• Stoughton, Massachusetts
• Gloucester, Massachusetts
• Somerset, Massachusetts
• Westport, Massachusetts
• Cumberland, Rhode Island
• Attleboro, Massachusetts
• Swansea, Massachusetts
• Warren, Rhode Island
• Acushnet, Massachusetts
• Newark, New Jersey
• Kearny, New Jersey
• Harrison, New Jersey
• Perth Amboy, New Jersey
• South Amboy, New Jersey
• New Haven, Connecticut
• New York City
• Danbury, Connecticut
• Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Hartford, Connecticut
• New London, Connecticut
• Block Island, Rhode Island
• Nassau County, New York
• Suffolk County, New York
• Ocean County, New Jersey
• Chester, Pennsylvania
• Wilmington, Delaware
• Baltimore, Maryland
• Waterbury, Connecticut
• Ludlow, Massachusetts
• Peabody, Massachusetts
• Milford, Massachusetts
• Lowell, Massachusetts
• Framingham, Massachusetts

Southeast[link]

• Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Wilmington, North Carolina
• Charleston, South Carolina
• Jacksonville, Florida
• Central Florida
• South Florida
• Palm Beach, Florida
• Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Miami-Dade County, Florida
• Naples, Florida
• Tampa Bay area
• Mobile, Alabama
• Opelousas, Louisiana
• Galveston, Texas
• Houston, Texas

Midwest[link]

• East Chicago, Indiana (near Chicago, Illinois, which itself has a Portuguese community)
• Jacksonville, Illinois

West[link]

• Astoria, Oregon along the Oregon coast
• Seattle, Washington
• Hawaii has over 100,000 people of Portuguese ancestry

California[link]

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• Alameda
• Antioch
• Arvin
• Artesia
• Benicia
• Carpinteria
• Cerritos
• Cupertino
• Dana Point
• Del Mar
• Emeryville
• Fremont, California includes nearby Newark and Union City.
• Gilroy
• Hanford and nearby Lemoore in Kings County, California
• Hollister
• Inglewood
• Long Beach
• Los Angeles County such as San Pedro, Los Angeles; Lomita and Artesia.
• Los Banos
• Madera
• Merced
• Modesto
• Monterey
• Morgan Hill
• Morro Bay
• Newport Beach
• Norco
• Ontario
• Oxnard
• Pismo Beach
• Redondo Beach
• Sacramento
• Salinas
• San Bernardino
• San Diego
  • Point Loma, Ocean Beach and Mission Beach neighborhoods
• San Leandro
• San Rafael
• Santa Barbara
• Santa Clara
• Santa Cruz County, California
• Santa Maria
• Santa Monica
• Shafter
• Stockton
• Sunnyvale
• Taft
• Tehachapi
• Tiburon
• Torrance
• Tulare
• Vallejo
• Ventura
• Victorville
• Visalia
• Wasco

See also[link]

	United States portal
	Portugal portal

• Portuguese Australian
• Portuguese-Canadian
• List of Portuguese Americans
• Luso-American

References[link]

External links[link]

• Portuguese-American Historical & Research Foundation
• Distinguished Americans & Canadians of Portuguese Descent
• Lusa Web - The meeting place for Portuguese-Americans
• Portuguese Americans. - Culture, History & People
• Congress of Portuguese American Educators
• UMass-Dartmouth Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
• PALCUS - Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States
• Portuguese-American Federation
• Portuguese-American Police Association
• PAPS - Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society
• NOPA - National Organization for Portuguese Americans
• Portuguese Social Where Portuguese American organizations and people go to collaborate on projects that foster Portuguese Culture in the Americas.
• Portuguese American Gateway Portuguese-American Gateway
• Portuguese American Jornal Portuguese American Journal
• Portuguese-American Review A page about scholarship focusing on the Portuguese-American experience
• Portuguese Americans retain interest in their heritage – Interview “Luso-descendants are well-integrated into America, but they retain an active interest in their ethnicity and ancestral roots,” said Dr. Dulce Soares Scott in an interview for the Portuguese American Journal.

v t e Portuguese diaspora Africa Angola Mozambique South Africa Americas Argentina Brazil Canada Guyana Jamaica United States Mexico Venezuela Asia India Indonesia (Mardijker) Macau Malaysia Sri Lanka (Mestiços) Europe Luxembourg Netherlands United Kingdom Oceania Australia New Zealand

Anna Lesko
Born	(1979-01-10) January 10, 1979 (age 33) Chişinău, Moldavian SSR
Occupation	Singer

Anna Lesko (born January 10, 1979, in Chişinău, Moldavian SSR as Anna Lesko, is a popular Romanian singer. Lesko is of Ukrainian origin and she lived in the Moldavian SSR until she was 17 years old, when she came to Romania, where she has lived ever since. One of her passions is painting and her creations can be seen on her official website. She started her career in 2002 with the single "Ard in flacari (Burn in flames)" which was in included on the album "Flacari (Flames)". In 2003 she released a new album entitled "Inseparabili (Inseparable)", for which she was rewarded with the gold disc in Romania. The third studio album by the artist "Pentru tine (For you)" was released in 2004 with three singles sites, the most successful being "Nu mai am timp (I do not have time)". In 2006 Anna Lesko release the single "Anycka Maya", which quickly becomes a success in Romania.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• 2002 - Flăcări
• 2003 - Inseparabili
• 2004 - Pentru Tine
• 2006 - Ispita
• 2007 - 24
• 2010 - Jocul Seducţiei

Singles[link]

• "Ard în Flăcări" (2002)
• "Inseparabili" (2003)
• "Inocenta"
• "Pentru Tine" (2004)
• "Nu Mai Am Timp" (2004)
• "Anicyka Maya" (2005)
• "24"
• "1001 Dorinţe" (2007)
• "Balalaika" (2009)
• "Wake Up" (2011)
• "Go Crazy" (Featuring Gilberto) (2012)

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Anna Lesko

• (Romanian) Official site