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1 | ![]() | Port Harcourt ![]() FeatureType : city Lat/Lng : 4.75 / 7.0 | Port Harcourt (; Pidgin: Po-ta-kot) is the capital of Rivers State, Nigeria. It lies along the Bonny River and is located in the Niger Delta. According to the 2006 census, the Port Harcourt urban area has a population of 1,382,592 (...) |
2 | Rivers State ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 4.75 / 6.8333 | Rivers State, also known simply as Rivers, is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. According to census data released in 2006, the state has a population of 5,185,400, making it the sixth-most populous state in the country (...) | |
3 | ![]() | Breda ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 51.5833 / 4.7833 | Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa ('wide Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance (...) |
4 | ![]() | Vicenza ![]() FeatureType : adm3rd Elevation : 33 Lat/Lng : 45.55 / 11.55 | Vicenza listen is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the Monte Berico, where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan (...) |
5 | ![]() | New Britain ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 360 Lat/Lng : -5.7333 / 150.7333 | New Britain, or Niu Briten, is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago (named after Otto von Bismarck) of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from the island of New Guinea by the Dampier and Vitiaz Straits and from New Ireland by St. George's Channel (...) |
6 | Bight of Bonny ![]() FeatureType : waterbody Lat/Lng : 2.8333 / 8.0 | The Bight of Bonny (also known as the Bight of Biafra) is a bight off the West African coast, in the easternmost part (beyond the Bight of Benin to the West) of the Gulf of Guinea. It extends from the River Delta of the Niger in the north until it reaches Cape Lopez in Gabon. Encyclopædia Britannica (...) | |
7 | Niger Delta ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 5.3261 / 6.4708 | The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River at the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria.C. Michael Hogan, , Washington, DC: National Council for Science and Environment, 2013. It is a very densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a major producer of (...) | |
8 | ![]() | Geography of Saudi Arabia ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 790 Lat/Lng : 25.0 / 45.0 | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country situated in Southwest Asia, the largest country of Arabia, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen. Its extensive coastlines on the Persian Gulf and Red Sea provide great leverage on shipping (especially crude oil) through the Persian Gulf (...) |
9 | Xinjiang ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 911 Lat/Lng : 40.714 / 85.6494 | Xinjiang , officially the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,Xinjang Uyĝur Aptonom Rayoni in SASM/GNC romanization is an autonomous region of China in the northwest of the country. It is the largest Chinese administrative division, the 8th largest country subdivision in the world, spanning over 1 (...) | |
10 | Calabar ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 4.96 / 8.33 | Calabar (also referred to as "Canaan City") is a city in Cross River State, south southern Nigeria. The original name for Calabar was Akwa Akpa, from the Efik language. The city is adjacent to the Calabar and Great Kwa Rivers and creeks of the Cross River (from its inland delta) (...) | |
11 | Lori Province ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 2185 Lat/Lng : 40.9167 / 44.5 | Lori , is a province (marz) of Armenia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Georgia. Vanadzor is the capital and largest city of the province. Other important towns include Stepanavan, Alaverdi and Spitak (...) | |
12 | Edo (state) ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 159 Lat/Lng : 6.5 / 6.0 | Edo is an inland state in western Nigeria. Its capital is Benin City. It is bounded in the north and east by Kogi State, in the south by Delta State and in the west by Ondo State. (...) | |
13 | Benué (state) ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 164 Lat/Lng : 7.3333 / 8.75 | Benué is a state in the mid-belt region of Nigeria with a population of about 4,253,641 in 2006 census. It is inhabited predominantly by the Tiv and Idoma peoples, who speak the Tiv language and Idoma, respectively. There are other ethnic groups, including the Igede, Etulo and Abakwa (...) | |
14 | Kingdom of Bonny ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 4.4333 / 7.1667 | The Kingdom of Bonny is a traditional state based on the town of Bonny in Rivers State, Nigeria. Founded in the 13th century AD, it became an important slave trading port, later trading palm oil products. During the 19th century the British became increasingly involved in the internal affairs of the (...) | |
15 | Calabar River ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 4.961 / 8.3077 | The Calabar River in Cross River State, Nigeria flows from the north past the city of Calabar, joining the larger Cross River about to the south. The river at Calabar forms a natural harbor deep enough for vessels with a draft of (...) | |
16 | Nembe Kingdom ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 4.5333 / 6.4167 | The Nembe Kingdom is a traditional state in Niger Delta. It includes the Nembe and Brass Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The traditional rulers take the title "Amanyanabo". Today, leadership is split between the Amanyanabos of Ogbolomabiri, Bassambiri and Twon Brass. (...) | |
17 | Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 436 Lat/Lng : 0.5 / 15.0 | Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà, then known as Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza (26 January 1852 – 14 September 1905), was an Italian explorer and freemason,Initiated at "Alsace-Lorraine" lodge of Paris, on 1888 june 26th (Dictionnaire de la Franc-maçonnerie, page 163, Daniel Ligou, (...) | |
18 | Bimbia ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 106 Lat/Lng : 3.9539 / 9.245 | Bimbia was an independent state of Isubu people of Cameroon, in 1884 annexed by the Germans and incorporated in the colony of Kamerun. It lies in Southwest Region, to the south of Mount Cameroon and to the west of the Wouri estuary. Is situated at the East coast of the Limbe Sub Division (...) | |