(March 2013) A base unit (also referred to as a fundamental unit) is a unit adopted for measurement of a base quantity. A base quantity is one of a conventionally chosen subset of physical quantities, where no subset quantity can be expressed in terms of the others.
Latin America and the Caribbean. Ouro Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ËoÉ¾u ËpÉ¾etu], Black Gold) is a city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a former colonial mining town located in the Serra do EspinhaÃ§o mountains and designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its outstanding Baroque architecture.
Hermosillo (Spanish pronunciation: [eÉ¾moËsiÊo]), formerly called Pitic (as SantÃ­sima Trinidad del Pitic and Presidio del Pitic) is a city located centrally in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the capital and largest city as well as the main economic center for the state and region.