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| 1 | Manchester ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 53.4808 / -2.235 | Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 545,500 as of 2017. It lies within the United Kingdom's third-most populous metropolitan area, with a population of 3.2 million (...) | |
| 2 | Pakistan ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 173 Lat/Lng : 30.6667 / 73.1667 | Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan , is a country in South Asia. It is the sixth-most populous country with a population exceeding 212,742,631 people. In area, it is the 33rd-largest country, spanning (...) | |
| 3 | Córdoba, Spain ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 114 Lat/Lng : 37.8792 / -4.7797 | Córdoba ,Former name: , DIN: Qurṭubah. also called Cordova Encyclopædia Britannica, in English, is a city in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. It was a Roman settlement, then colonized by Muslim armies in the eighth century (...) | |
| 4 | Peshawar ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 325 Lat/Lng : 34.0167 / 71.5833 | Peshawar (Pēkhawar pronunciation; ;) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Situated in the broad Valley of Peshawar near the eastern end of the historic Khyber Pass, close to the border with Afghanistan, Peshawar's recorded history dates back to at least 539 BCE, making it (...) | |
| 5 | Lahore ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 224 Lat/Lng : 31.5497 / 74.3436 | Lahore is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Punjab, and is the country’s second-most populous city after Karachi. The city is located in the north-eastern end of Pakistan's Punjab province. Lahore is one of Pakistan's wealthiest cities with an estimated GDP of $127 billion (PPP) as of (...) | |
| 6 | National Stadium, Karachi ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 24.8961 / 67.0814 | The National Stadium cricket stadium in Karachi, Pakistan. It is the home ground of Karachi Kings, and is home to many other Karachi's domestic cricket teams. The stadium is able to hold 34,228 spectators. After renovations to Gaddafi Stadium reduced its capacity to 27,000, National Stadium became (...) | |
| 7 | Punjab, Pakistan ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 205 Lat/Lng : 31.33 / 74.21 | Punjab (Urdu, Punjabi: , panj-āb, "five waters": listen) is Pakistan's second largest province by area, after Balochistan, and its most populous province, with an estimated population of 110,012,442 as of 2017. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, it is bordered by (...) | |
| 8 | Punjab ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 204 Lat/Lng : 31.2316 / 74.5503 | The Punjab , also spelled Panjab (land of "five rivers"; Punjabi: (Shahmukhi); (Gurumukhi); , Pentapotamia), is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of eastern Pakistan and northern India (...) | |
| 9 | 2008 Mumbai attacks ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 18.9221 / 72.8326 | --> The 2008 Mumbai attacks (also referred to as 26/11) were a group of terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic terrorist organisation based in Pakistan, carried out a series of 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four (...) | |
| 10 | 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 (...) | |
| 11 | Clock Tower, Faisalabad ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 191 Lat/Lng : 31.4187 / 73.0791 | The Faisalabad Clock Tower is a clock tower in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, and is one of the oldest monuments still standing in its original state from the period of the British Raj. It was built by the British, when they ruled much of the South Asia during the nineteenth century (...) | |
| 12 | Darul Uloom Deoband ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 267 Lat/Lng : 29.6922 / 77.6775 | The Darul Uloom Deoband is the Darul uloom Islamic school in India where the Deobandi Islamic movement began. It is located at Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The school was founded in 1866 by the ulema (Islamic scholars) Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi, Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi and 'Abid (...) | |
| 13 | Nuclear power in Pakistan ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 189 Lat/Lng : 32.0202 / 72.2075 | As of 2017, nuclear power in Pakistan is provided by 5 commercial nuclear power plants. Pakistan is the first Muslim country in the world to construct and operate civil nuclear power plants.Nuclear power in Pakistan, Dr. Zia H. Siddiqui and Dr. I.H. Qureshi, pp.31–33 (...) | |
| 14 | Tourism in Pakistan ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 51 Lat/Lng : 27.3292 / 68.1389 | Tourism in Pakistan is a growing industry. In 2010, Lonely Planet termed Pakistan as being "...tourism's ‘next big thing’ for more years than we care to remember. world media headlines send things off the rails" (...) | |
| 15 | Kotli Loharan East ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 233 Lat/Lng : 32.34 / 74.31 | Kotli Loharan East is a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The name of this town is derived from word Kotli Aunchi (high), the old town in K L East, which later become Kotli Loharan. Many people from this town have migrated to Commonwealth countries, the Middle East and the UK (...) | |