What is "urbana"

Urbana can refer to:

In geography:

• Urbana, Illinois
  • Urbana (conference), a Christian conference formerly held in Urbana, Illinois
• Urbana, Indiana
• Urbana, Iowa
• Urbana, Kansas
• Urbana, Maryland
• Urbana, Missouri
• Urbana, New York
• Urbana, Ohio
  • Urbana University
• Urbanna, Virginia

• Urbana, Italy

Urbana may also refer to:

• Urbana (payment card), used for public transportation in Ljubljana, Slovenia
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Urbana is a major Christian student missions conference sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. The event is designed to inform Christian students about global issues and issues around the world that missionaries face. The conference also encourages students to explore the biblical mandate for cross-cultural missions and encourages them to participate in missions.

Each Urbana lasts for 5 days at the end of December and ends with a final communion on New Year's Eve. In addition to the main speakers, participants are offered a choice of dozens of seminars offered throughout the week, relating to specific topics within the general theme of the university and international missions. Worship is also a major highlight of the conference; special attention is paid to incorporating diverse worship styles, even including songs in foreign languages.

The first Urbana was held in 1946 in Toronto, and since then, it has generally been held every three years. From 1948–2003, Urbana took place at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, with the primary venue after 1963 being the Assembly Hall (now State Farm Center), the school's basketball arena. Because of insufficient space at the University of Illinois campus, Urbana 06 was moved to St. Louis, Missouri, at The Americas Center and the Edward Jones Dome. Urbana continues to be held in the same location. The most recent Urbana Conference was held December 2015.

Urbana is a stored-value card used on public transport services in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is a credit-card sized plastic card on which the customer electronically loads fares. It was introduced to enhance the technology of the public transportation system and eliminate the burden of carrying and collecting tokens or cash.