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| 1 | Sharjah ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 25.3575 / 55.3919 | Sharjah (; '; Gulf Arabic: aš-šārja) is the third largest and third most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula (...) | |
| 2 | Emirate of Abu Dhabi ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 24.4591 / 54.3694 | The Emirate of Abu Dhabi (or ;), is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is the largest emirate by area , accounting for approximately 87 percent of the total land area of the federation. Abu Dhabi also has the largest population of the seven emirates (...) | |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates national cricket team ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 25.0467 / 55.2189 | The United Arab Emirates national cricket team is the team that represents the United Arab Emirates in international Cricket. They are governed by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1989 and an associate member the (...) | |
| 4 | 2011 Cricket World Cup ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 22.3217 / 91.8153 | The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Cricket World Cup 2011) was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and (for the first time) Bangladesh. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus (...) | |
| 5 | Kenya national cricket team ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1676 Lat/Lng : -1.2605 / 36.8239 | The Kenya national cricket team represents the Republic of Kenya in international cricket. Kenya is an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) which has Twenty20 International (T20I) status after the ICC granted T20I status to all of their members (...) | |
| 6 | Grenfell Tower fire ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 51.514 / -0.2158 | On 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London just before 1:00amBST; it caused 72 deaths, including those of two victims who later died in hospital. More than 70 others were injured and 223 people escaped (...) | |
| 7 | Ireland cricket team ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 54.9376 / -7.3818 | The Ireland cricket team represents all of Ireland. They participate in Test, ODI and Twenty20 matches at international level. They are the 11th Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), having been awarded Test status, along with Afghanistan, on 22 June 2017 (...) | |
| 8 | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ![]() FeatureType : isle Lat/Lng : 25.116 / 55.158 | Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic: محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم; ; born 15 July 1949), is the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai. Since his accession in 2006, after the death of his brother Sheikh Maktoum, he has undertaken (...) | |
| 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 | 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 (...) | |