Mission

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A mission can be any of the following:

Contents 1 Religion 2 Politics and government 3 Other 4 Geography 5 Other uses

[change] Religion

• Mission (Christian), a Christian missionary movement or post
  • Mission (station), a base of missionary practice

[change] Politics and government

• Diplomatic mission, a diplomatic outpost in a foreign territory
• Space mission, the launch of craft into outer space.
  • List of human spaceflights, a list of manned space missions.
• Combat mission, a military action.

[change] Other

• Mission statement, a brief statement of the purpose of an organization

[change] Geography

In the United States:

• Mission, Kansas
• Mission, Oregon
• Mission, South Dakota
• Mission, Texas
• Mission Ridge Ski Area, Washington

In Canada:

• Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality in British Columbia
• Mission, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta
• Okanagan Mission, a neighbourhood of Kelowna BC, is locally known as "the Mission"

Non-English-language equivalents:

In Argentina:

• Misiones Province

In Brazil:

• Missões, Brazil, a region of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil roughly occupying the same area previously dominated by the colonial missions founded by Padre Roque Gonzales.
  • São Miguel das Missões, one of the best preserved of the old colonial missions.
  • Guarani das Missões
  • São Paulo das Missões
  • Campina das Missões

In Paraguay:

• Misiones Department

[change] Other uses

• Mission (grape), a variety of grape.