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| 1 | Qazvin ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1305 Lat/Lng : 36.2744 / 50.005 | Qazvin (; , , also Romanized as Qazvīn, Caspin, Qazwin, or Ghazvin) is the largest city and capital of the Province of Qazvin in Iran. Qazvin was a medieval capital of the Safavid dynasty for over forty years (1555-1598) and nowadays is known as the calligraphy capital of Iran (...) | |
| 2 | Kazan ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 81 Lat/Lng : 55.7964 / 49.1089 | Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,243,500, it is the sixth most populous city in Russia. Kazan is one of the largest religious, economic, political, scientific, educational, cultural and sports centers in Russia (...) | |
| 3 | İzmir ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 38.42 / 27.14 | İzmir is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia and the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is the second most populous city on the Aegean Sea after Athens, Greece (...) | |
| 4 | Ulaanbaatar ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1299 Lat/Lng : 47.9167 / 106.9167 | Ulaanbaatar, formerly anglicised as Ulan Bator (Ulaγanbaγatur, literally "Red Hero"), is the capital and largest city of Mongolia. The city is not part of any aimag (province), and its population was over 1.3 million, almost half of the country's total population (...) | |
| 5 | Ankara ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 868 Lat/Lng : 39.9272 / 32.8644 | Ankara , historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of the Republic of Turkey. With a population of 4,587,558 in the urban center (2014) and 5,150,072 in its province (2015), it is Turkey's second largest city after Istanbul (the former imperial capital), having outranked İzmir in the (...) | |
| 6 | May 5 ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 37.6 / 21.0 | This day marks the approximate midpoint of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere (starting the season at the March equinox). (...) | |
| 7 | Silk Road ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 391 Lat/Lng : 34.3044 / 108.8572 | The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected the East and West. It was central to cultural interaction between the regions for many centuries. The Silk Road refers to both the terrestrial and the maritime routes connecting East Asia and Southeast Asia with East Africa, West (...) | |
| 8 | International E-road network ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 71.1667 / 25.8 | The international E-road network is a numbering system for roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The network is numbered from E 1 up and its roads cross national borders (...) | |
| 9 | Enclave and exclave ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 45.0134 / -73.1933 | An enclave is a territory, or a part of a territory, that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state. Territorial waters have the same sovereign attributes as land, and enclaves may therefore exist within territorial waters (...) | |
| 10 | Transit Center at Manas ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 638 Lat/Lng : 43.0613 / 74.4776 | Transit Center at Manas (formerly Manas Air Base and unofficially Ganci Air Base) is a former U.S. military installation at Manas International Airport, near Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. It was primarily operated by the U.S. Air Force (...) | |
| 11 | Santa Claus ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 90.0 / 0.0 | Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved ("good" or "nice") children on Christmas Eve (24 December) and the early morning hours of (...) | |
| 12 | Narxoz University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 893 Lat/Lng : 43.2146 / 76.8711 | Narxoz University is a private higher education institution in Almaty, Kazakhstan, established in 1963. It focuses on teaching economics and offers over 20 specialties in the fields of economics, finance, management, marketing, law, international affairs, tourism, catering and hotel management, (...) | |