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| Brasília  FeatureType : city Elevation : 1091 Lat/Lng : -15.7939 / -47.8828 | Brasília is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located atop the Brazilian highlands in the country's center-western region. It was founded on April 21, 1960, to serve as the new national capital (...) |
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| Mauritius FeatureType : country Elevation : 177 Lat/Lng : -20.2 / 57.5 | Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) off the southeast coast of the African continent. The country includes the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, 560 kilometres (350 mi) east of Mauritius, and the outer islands (...) |
| 3 | 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup FeatureType : null Elevation : 43 Lat/Lng : 19.0333 / 73.0333 | The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 17th FIFA U-17 World Cup, a biennial international football tournament contested by men's under-17 national teams. Organized by FIFA, the tournament took place in India between 6 and 28 October 2017, after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 5 December (...) | |
| 4 | Commonwealth Games FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 51.5072 / -0.1275 | The Commonwealth Games are an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and has taken place every four years since then. The Commonwealth Games were known as the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire (...) | |
| 5 | UNESCO FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 48.8501 / 2.3062 | The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO;) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris. Its declared purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through educational, scientific, and cultural reforms (...) | |
| 6 | Lufthansa FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 50 Lat/Lng : 50.9415 / 6.9809 | Deutsche Lufthansa AG (or JSC) , commonly known as Lufthansa (sometimes also as Lufthansa German Airlines), is the largest German airline and, when combined with its subsidiaries, also the largest airline in Europe both in terms of fleet size, largest airlines in Europe (...) | |
| 7 | University of East Anglia FeatureType : edu Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 52.6217 / 1.2417 | The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution for 2016–17 was £273.7 million of which £35 (...) | |
| 8 | August 16 FeatureType : null Elevation : 2571 Lat/Lng : 0.31 / -78.18 | ==Events== *1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who had died the previous day, had no heirs. * 963 – Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire (...) | |
| 9 | Iron Age FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 60.7164 / -46.0331 | The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age system, preceded by the Stone Age (Neolithic) and the Bronze Age. It is an archaeological era in the prehistory and protohistory of Europe and the Ancient Near East, and by analogy also used of other parts of the Old World (...) | |
| 10 | World Bank FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 45 Lat/Lng : 38.8989 / -77.0425 | The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to countries of the world for capital projects. It comprises two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and the International Development Association (IDA) (...) | |
| 11 | Indira Gandhi National Open University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 261 Lat/Lng : 28.4945 / 77.2045 | Indira Gandhi National Open University known as IGNOU, is a Central University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20 million, after the Parliament of India passed the Indira (...) | |
| 12 | JPMorgan Chase FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 73 Lat/Lng : 40.7558 / -73.9754 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in New York City. JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the United States, and the sixth largest bank in the world by total assets, with the amount of $2.534 trillion (...) | |
| 13 | 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 (...) | |
| 14 | Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited FeatureType : null Elevation : 155 Lat/Lng : 11.0488 / 77.9977 | The Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL) was established by the Government of Tamil Nadu to produce newsprint and writing paper using bagasse, a sugarcane residue. The Government of Tamil Nadu listed the paper mill in April 1979 as one of the most environmentally compliant paper mills in (...) | |
| 15 | 1967 FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 51.6523 / -0.082 | ==Events== ===January=== * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 2 – Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is inaugurated the (...) | |
| 16 | Ali Mazrui FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : -4.0618 / 39.6789 | Ali Al'amin Mazrui (24 February 1933 – 12 October 2014), was an academic professor, and political writer on African and Islamic studies and North-South relations. He was born in Mombasa, Kenya. His positions included Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University in (...) | |
| 17 | Nihonjin gakkō FeatureType : null Elevation : 216 Lat/Lng : 42.1214 / -87.9814 | , also called Japanese school, is a full-day school outside Japan for native speakers of Japanese. It is an expatriate school designed for children whose parents are working on diplomatic, business, or education missions overseas and have plans to repatriate to Japan (...) | |
| 18 | Sahiwal Division FeatureType : adm3rd Elevation : 174 Lat/Lng : 30.6644 / 73.1083 | Sahiwal Division (Punjabi) is one of the nine Divisions of Punjab province, Pakistan. In 1998, the population of Sahiwal was 6,271,247. The population rate of growth was 1.92 percent per annum. Government of Pakistan Archived 2 November 2011 (...) | |
| 19 | Madras Christian College FeatureType : edu Elevation : 40 Lat/Lng : 12.9213 / 80.122 | The Madras Christian College (MCC) is an arts and sciences college based in Madras (Chennai), India. Consistently ranked among the top ten colleges in India, it is considered to be one of the most prestigious colleges in India. Founded in 1837, MCC is one of Asia's oldest extant colleges (...) | |
| 20 | Mount St Bernard Abbey FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 192 Lat/Lng : 52.7414 / -1.3231 | Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Trappist monastery near Coalville, Leicestershire, England, founded in 1835 in the parish of Whitwick, and now in that of Charley. The abbey was the first permanent monastery to be founded in England since the Reformation and is the only Trappist house in England (...) | |
| 21 | Institut Français FeatureType : null Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 48.8544 / 2.2937 | The Institut Français (French capitalization, Institut français; "French institute") is a French public industrial and commercial organization (EPIC). Started in 1907 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for promoting French, francophone as well as local cultures around the world, in 2011 it replaced (...) | |
| 22 | Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics FeatureType : null Elevation : 49 Lat/Lng : 48.8495 / 2.2499 | Nine cities submitting bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics were recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Committee shortlisted five of them—London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, and Paris—from which London eventually prevailed; thus becoming the (...) | |
| 23 | International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 41.8863 / 12.4765 | The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage worldwide through training, information, research, cooperation and advocacy programmes (...) | |
| 24 | Dry port FeatureType : null Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 59.79 / 30.409 | A dry port (sometimes inland port) is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport and operating as a centre for the transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations. In addition to their role in cargo transshipment, dry ports may also include facilities for storage (...) | |
| 25 | Kili FeatureType : null Elevation : 555 Lat/Lng : 5.45 / 23.1667 | Kili may refer to the following: ; People * Aissa Kili N'guirmamaramama, female ruler of the Bornu Empire, Nigeria 1573-80 * Justin Kili (-2015), Papua New Guinean media personality, journalist, activist, and pioneer * Kíli, a Dwarf from J. R. R (...) | |
| 26 | RTI International FeatureType : null Elevation : 103 Lat/Lng : 35.9028 / -78.8662 | RTI International (formerly Research Triangle Institute) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina that provides research and technical services. It was founded in 1958 with $500,000 in funding by local businesses and the three North Carolina (...) | |
| 27 | Central Institute of Fisheries Nautical and Engineering Training FeatureType : edu Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 9.965 / 76.2824 | The Central Institute of Fisheries Nautical and Engineering Training (or CIFNET) formerly known as the Central Institute of Fisheries Operatives (CIFO), is a marine studies centre located at Kochi, India. Maintained by the Department of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry of the Government of India, the (...) | |
| 28 | Institute of Cost Accountants of India FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 22.5581 / 88.3537 | The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI), previously known as The Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (ICWAI), is a premier statutory professional accountancy body in India with the objects of promoting, regulating and developing the profession of Cost & Management Accountancy (...) | |
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