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| Kathmandu  FeatureType : city Elevation : 1301 Lat/Lng : 27.7033 / 85.3181 | Kathmandu (; , Yei, Nepali pronunciation:) is the capital city of Nepal. It is the largest metropolis in Nepal, with a population of 1.5 million in the city proper, and 3 million in its urban agglomeration across the Kathmandu Valley, which includes the towns of Lalitpur, Kirtipur, Madhyapur Thimi, (...) |
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| Mount Everest FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 8794 Lat/Lng : 27.9879 / 86.9248 | Mount Everest, known in Nepali as Sagarmatha and in Tibetan as Chomolungma , is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The international border between Nepal (Province No (...) |
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| Somerville, Massachusetts FeatureType : city Elevation : 2296 Lat/Lng : 42.3903 / 71.1036 | Somerville is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. , the United States Census lists the city with a total population of 75,754 people, making it the most densely populated municipality in New England (...) |
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| Erie, Pennsylvania FeatureType : city Elevation : 201 Lat/Lng : 42.1296 / -80.0852 | Erie is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Named for the lake and the Native American Erie people who lived in the area until the mid-17th century, Erie is the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania, as well as the largest city in (...) |
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| Potala Palace FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 3690 Lat/Lng : 29.6579 / 91.1172 | The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China was the residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. It is now a museum and World Heritage Site (...) |
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| Lhasa FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 3656 Lat/Lng : 29.652 / 91.1395 | Lhasa or Chengguan is a district and administrative capital of Lhasa City in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. The inner urban area of Lhasa City is equivalent to the administrative borders of Chengguan District, which is part of the wider prefectural Lhasa City (...) |
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| Thailand FeatureType : country Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 13.75 / 100.4833 | Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a country at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces. At and over 68 million people, Thailand is the world's 50th largest country by total area and the 21st-most-populous country (...) |
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| New York City FeatureType : null Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 40.7127 / -74.0059 | The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York (NY), is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2017 population of 8,622,698 distributed over a land area of about ,, United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 9, 2017 (...) |
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| British Museum FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 51.5195 / -0.1269 | The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, in the United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture. Its permanent collection numbers some 8 million works, and is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence having been widely sourced (...) |
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| Dallas FeatureType : city Elevation : 138 Lat/Lng : 32.7828 / -96.8039 | Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, which is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States. The city's population ranks ninth in the U.S. and third in Texas after Houston and San Antonio (...) |
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| Gyantse FeatureType : city Elevation : 4042 Lat/Lng : 28.8958 / 89.6258 | Gyantse Town, officially Gyangzê Town (also spelled Gyangtse; ;), is a town located in Gyantse County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It was historically considered the third largest and most prominent town in the Tibet region (after Lhasa, and Shigatse), but there are now at (...) |
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| Boudhanath FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 1340 Lat/Lng : 27.7215 / 85.3618 | Boudhanath (also called the Khāsa Chaitya, Newari Khāsti, Standard Tibetan Jarung Khashor) is a stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.Snellgrove, David. Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and Their Tibetan Successors, 2 vols., p. 365. (1987) Shambhala Publications, Boston. (v. 1); (v. 2) (...) |
| 13 | Chitwan District FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 188 Lat/Lng : 27.5833 / 84.5 | Chitwan District (Listen is one of 77 districts of Nepal, and is located in the southwestern part of Province No. 3 with Bharatpur, the fourth largest city of Nepal, as its district headquarters. It covers an area of , and in 2011 had a population of 579,984 (279,087 male and 300,897 female) people (...) | |
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| Tashi Lhunpo Monastery FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 3862 Lat/Lng : 29.2686 / 88.8698 | Tashi Lhunpo Monastery , founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama,Chö Yang: The Voice of Tibetan Religion and Culture. (1991) Year of Tibet Edition, p.79. Gangchen Kyishong, Dharmasala, H.P., India. is a historic and culturally important monastery in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet (...) |
| 15 | 2013 FeatureType : null Elevation : 200 Lat/Lng : 44.136 / 125.488 | 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa __TOC__ (...) | |
| 16 | Kham FeatureType : country Elevation : 5018 Lat/Lng : 30.6017 / 96.8416 | Kham is a historical region of Tibet covering a land area largely divided between present-day Tibet Autonomous Region and Sichuan, with smaller portions located within Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan provinces of China (...) | |
| 17 | Pulaski County, Kentucky FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 299 Lat/Lng : 37.1 / -84.5833 | Pulaski County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,063. Its county seat is Somerset. The county was founded in December 1798 from land given by Lincoln and Green Counties and named for Polish patriot Count Kazimierz Pułaski (...) | |
| 18 | 1974 FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 27.9606 / -82.7299 | ==Events== ===January=== * January 11 – David, Elizabeth, Emma, Grant, Jason and Nicolette Rosenkowitz are born in Cape Town, the first recorded sextuplets in the world where all six babies survive. * January 17 – Two commercial divers, Pier Skipness and Robert John Smyth, die from rapid (...) | |
| 19 | New York metropolitan area FeatureType : city Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 40.8086 / -74.0204 | The New York metropolitan area, also referred to as the Tri-State Area, is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, at . The metropolitan area includes New York City (the most populous city in the United States), Long Island, and the Mid and Lower Hudson Valley in the state of (...) | |
| 20 | Eton College FeatureType : edu Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 51.492 / -0.608 | Eton College is an English independent boarding school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, near Windsor. It educates more than 1,300 pupils, aged 13 to 18 years. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as 'The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor',Nevill, p.3 ff (...) | |
| 21 | China FeatureType : country Elevation : 3868 Lat/Lng : 32.8 / 103.083 | China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around . Covering approximately , it is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area, depending on the source consulted (...) | |
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| Telescope Peak FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 3344 Lat/Lng : 36.1698 / -117.0892 | Telescope Peak is the highest point within Death Valley National Park, in the U.S. state of California. It is also the highest point of the Panamint Range, and lies in Inyo County. From atop this desert mountain one can see for over one hundred miles in many directions, including west to Mount (...) |
| 23 | Samzhubzê District FeatureType : adm3rd Elevation : 3842 Lat/Lng : 29.2667 / 88.8833 | Samzhubzê District (also spelled Sangzhuzi District, Samdruptse District) is a district in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the China, and the administrative center of the prefecture-level city of Shigatse (Tibetan Pinyin: Xigazê). Prior to 2014 it was known as the county-level city of Shigatse (...) | |
| 24 | Gautama Buddha FeatureType : null Elevation : 89 Lat/Lng : 27.0197 / 83.4636 | Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama in Sanskrit or Siddhāttha Gotama in Pali , Shakyamuni (i.e. "Sage of the Shakyas") Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was a monk (śramaṇa),Dhirasekera, Jotiya. Buddhist monastic discipline (...) | |
| 25 | University of Northern Iowa FeatureType : edu Elevation : 280 Lat/Lng : 42.5134 / -92.4625 | The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is a university located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. UNI offers more than 90 majors across the colleges of Business Administration, Education, Humanities, Arts, and Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences and graduate college (...) | |
| 26 | Alliance Française FeatureType : null Elevation : 51 Lat/Lng : 48.8464 / 2.3286 | L'Alliance Française (French Alliance), or AF, is an international organization that aims to promote French language and culture around the world. Created in Paris on 21 July 1883 under the name Alliance française pour la propagation de la langue nationale dans les colonies et à l'étranger (French (...) | |
| 27 | Smoking ban FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 522 Lat/Lng : 48.1402 / 11.5574 | Smoking bans (or smoke-free laws) are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, that prohibit tobacco smoking in workplaces and other public spaces. Legislation may also define smoking as more generally being the carrying or possessing of any lit (...) | |
| 28 | 1980 FeatureType : null Elevation : 787 Lat/Lng : 40.85 / 15.28 | ==Events== ===January=== * January 1 – Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession make Princess Victoria of Sweden first in line to the throne ("heir apparent") and therefore Crown Princess, ahead of her younger brother. * January 4 – U.S (...) | |
| 29 | Aix-Marseille University FeatureType : null Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 43.2935 / 5.3579 | Aix-Marseille University (AMU; ; formally incorporated as Université d'Aix-Marseille) is a public research university located in Provence, southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II of Anjou, Count of Provence, petitioned the Pisan Antipope Alexander V to establish the University of (...) | |
| 30 | Tawang FeatureType : null Elevation : 2432 Lat/Lng : 27.5742 / 91.9244 | Tawang is a town situated at an elevation of approximately to the east of Bhutan. The area is administered by the Republic of India as a part of the Arunachal Pradesh state, however, it is claimed by People's Republic of China as a part of South Tibet, under Tsona Dzong of Shannan, Tibet (...) | |
| 31 | Shechen Monastery FeatureType : city Elevation : 3807 Lat/Lng : 32.2661 / 98.8861 | Shechen Monastery is one of the six primary or "mother" monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It was originally located in Tibet but was destroyed in the late 1950s during the Cultural Revolution and was rebuilt in Nepal in 1985. (...) | |
| 32 | Dallas Museum of Art FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 144 Lat/Lng : 32.7874 / -96.8008 | The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In 1984, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the Arts District (...) | |
| 33 | Dole FeatureType : null Elevation : 355 Lat/Lng : 12.9193 / 9.8058 | Dole may refer to: * Dole Constituency, a parliamentary constituency in Zanzibar * Dole Food Company, a US agricultural corporation * Unemployment benefits * Welfare ** Cura Annonae, Roman subsidized grain supply * Charity (practice), giving food, clothing or money in England (mostly obsolete); (...) | |
| 34 | Kimbell Art Museum FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 180 Lat/Lng : 32.7484 / -97.3652 | The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, hosts an art collection as well as traveling art exhibitions, educational programs and an extensive research library. Its initial artwork came from the private collection of Kay and Velma Kimbell, who also provided funds for a new building to house it (...) | |
| 35 | Oxfam FeatureType : null Elevation : 71 Lat/Lng : 51.727 / -1.2085 | Oxfam is a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. It is a major nonprofit group with an extensive collection of operations (...) | |
| 36 | Dana FeatureType : null Elevation : 1992 Lat/Lng : 8.6333 / 40.1333 | Dana may refer to: ==People== ===Given name=== * Dana (given name) * Dana Andrews (1909–1992) American film actor * Dana Leslie Fields (born 1956), American digital media figure * Dana International (born 1972), Israeli singer, winner of Eurovision Song Contest 1998 * Dana Rosemary Scallon (born (...) | |
| 37 | August 1962 FeatureType : null Elevation : 2986 Lat/Lng : 42.0333 / 75.75 | The following events occurred in August 1962: (...) | |
| 38 | January 1934 FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 64.8333 / 8.1667 | The following events occurred in January 1934: (...) | |
| 39 | Department of Geography, University of Kentucky FeatureType : edu Elevation : 300 Lat/Lng : 38.0386 / -84.5042 | The Department of Geography in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Kentucky offers undergraduate degrees and graduate degrees and courses in physical and human geography. The department has an international reputation for the study of social theory and critical geography, including (...) | |
| 40 | Bank Street College of Education FeatureType : edu Elevation : 49 Lat/Lng : 40.8054 / -73.9663 | Bank Street College of Education is a private, nonprofit educational institution located in Manhattan, New York City. The College includes a Graduate School, an on-site independent School for Children, professional development and social programs, and partnerships with school districts, colleges, (...) | |
| 41 | Shigatse Dzong FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 3898 Lat/Lng : 29.2773 / 88.8755 | The Shigatse Dzong, also known as Samdruptse Dzong, is located in Shigatse, Tibet, China. It is spelt Rikaze Dzong (official spelling: Xigazê Dzong; other spellings: Shigatse Dzong, Shikatse Dzong, Zhigatsey Dzong) (...) | |
| 42 | Tradruk Temple FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 3581 Lat/Lng : 29.1939 / 91.7719 | Tradruk Temple (referred to as Changzhu Monastery in Chinese) in the Yarlung Valley is the earliest great geomantic temple after the Jokhang and some sources say it predates that temple.Dorje (1999), p. 191. Tradruk Temple is located in Nêdong County of Lhoka in the Tibet Autonomous Region, about (...) | |
| 43 | Vaikuntha Kamalaja FeatureType : null Elevation : 1004 Lat/Lng : 32.0507 / 76.6447 | Vaikuntha-Kamalaja (or Lakshmi-Narayana) is a composite androgynous form of the Hindu god Vishnu and his consort Lakshmi. Though inspired by the much more popular Ardhanarishvara form of the god Shiva, Vaikuntha-Kamalaja is a rare form, mostly restricted to Nepal and the Kashmir region of India (...) | |
| 44 | Children's Art Museum of Nepal FeatureType : edu Elevation : 1312 Lat/Lng : 27.711 / 85.3221 | Children’s Art Museum of Nepal (CAMON), also known as Nepal Children's Art Museum (NCAM), is a creative space designed for children and youth. Its objective is to bring literacy through art to children and empower the youth. It is located in Kathmandu, Nepal. It was established in the year 2014. (...) | |
| 45 | Bryn Athyn College FeatureType : edu Elevation : 90 Lat/Lng : 40.1348 / -75.0599 | Bryn Athyn College is a small, private Christian liberal arts college located northeast of Philadelphia in the borough of Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, a National Historic Landmark District. Bryn Athyn is affiliated with the General Church of the New Jerusalem. (...) | |
| 46 | Fox Club FeatureType : null Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 42.6233 / -71.0223 | The Fox Club is one of the eight originally male-only final clubs at Harvard University. (...) | |
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