| 396 records found in wikipedia | |||
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| Beijing  FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 65 Lat/Lng : 39.9035 / 116.3876 | (1st)—very high blank5_name_sec1 = License plate prefixes blank5_info_sec1 = (taxis) (outside urban area) (police and authorities) blank6_name_sec1 = Abbreviation blank6_info_sec1 = BJ / (jīng) blank2_name_sec2 = City flowers blank2_info_sec2 =China rose (Rosa chinensis) blank3_name_sec2 = (...) |
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| New Delhi FeatureType : null Elevation : 216 Lat/Lng : 28.62 / 77.2172 | New Delhi is an urban district of Delhi which serves as the capital of India and seat of all three branches of the Government of India. The foundation stone of the city was laid by George V, Emperor of India during the Delhi Durbar of 1911 (...) |
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| Old Summer Palace FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 43 Lat/Lng : 40.008 / 116.3031 | The Old Summer Palace, known in Chinese as Yuanming Yuan , and originally called the Imperial Gardens , was a complex of palaces and gardens in present-day Haidian District, Beijing, China. It is located northwest of the walls of the former Imperial City section of Beijing (...) |
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| Chandigarh FeatureType : city Elevation : 350 Lat/Lng : 30.7353 / 76.7911 | Chandigarh is a city and a union territory in India that serves as the capital of the two neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab. The city is unique as it is not a part of either of the two states but is governed directly by the Union Government, which administers all such territories in the (...) |
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| Guangzhou FeatureType : city Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 23.1288 / 113.259 | Guangzhou (; or ;), also known as Canton," ". Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed September 12, 2010. is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong in southern China. On the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kong and north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 (...) |
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| Hampi FeatureType : null Elevation : 430 Lat/Lng : 15.3333 / 76.4667 | Hampi, also referred to as the Group of Monuments at Hampi, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in east-central Karnataka, India. It became the centre of the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire capital in the 14th century (...) |
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| Chongqing FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 238 Lat/Lng : 29.55 / 106.5069 | Chongqing , formerly romanized as Chungking, is a major city in southwest China. Administratively, it is one of China's four municipalities under the direct administration of central government (the other three are Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin), and the only such municipality in China located far (...) |
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| Haneda Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : -2 Lat/Lng : 35.5526 / 139.7797 | , commonly known as , Tokyo Haneda Airport, and Haneda International Airport , is one of the two primary airports that serve the Greater Tokyo Area, and is the primary base of Japan's two major domestic airlines, Japan Airlines (Terminal 1) and All Nippon Airways (Terminal 2), as well as Air Do, (...) |
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| Chengdu FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 507 Lat/Lng : 30.657 / 104.066 | Chengdu , formerly romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. It is one of the three most populous cities in Western China, the other two being Chongqing and Xi'an (...) |
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| Kashgar FeatureType : city Elevation : 1289 Lat/Lng : 39.4667 / 76.05 | Kashgar, officially known as KashiThe official spelling according to ' (Beijing, SinoMaps Press 1997); (; Uyghur:), is an oasis city in Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, near the border with Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan (...) |
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| Jinan FeatureType : city Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 36.6667 / 116.9833 | Jinan, formerly romanized as Tsinan, is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilization and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and (...) |
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| Zhongnanhai FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 45 Lat/Lng : 39.9113 / 116.3805 | Zhongnanhai is a former imperial garden in the Imperial City, Beijing, adjacent to the Forbidden City; it serves as the central headquarters for the Communist Party of China and the State Council (Central government) of China (...) |
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| Xi'an FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 415 Lat/Lng : 34.265 / 108.954 | Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province, China. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain in northwestern China, it is one of the oldest cities in China, and the oldest of the Four Great Ancient Capitals, having held the position under several of the most important dynasties in Chinese history, (...) |
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| Kunming FeatureType : null Elevation : 1901 Lat/Lng : 25.0433 / 102.7061 | Kunming is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province in southwest China. Known as Yunnan-Fu until the 1920s, today it is a prefecture-level city and the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government (...) |
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| Wuhan FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 43 Lat/Lng : 30.5667 / 114.2667 | Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It's the most populous city in Central China, and one of the nine National Central Cities of China. It lies in the eastern Jianghan Plain on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River's intersection with the Han river (...) |
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| Dunhuang FeatureType : city Elevation : 1144 Lat/Lng : 40.1421 / 94.6619 | Dunhuang (listen) is a county-level city in northwestern Gansu Province, Western China. The 2000 Chinese census reported a population of 187,578 in this city. Dunhuang was a major stop on the ancient Silk Road and is best known for the nearby Mogao Caves (...) |
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| Turpan FeatureType : city Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 42.9333 / 89.1667 | Turpan, also known as Turfan or Tulufan, is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and a population of 632,000 (2015). (...) |
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| Shenzhen FeatureType : city Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 22.55 / 114.1 | Shenzhen is a major city in Guangdong Province, China; it forms part of the Pearl River Delta megalopolis north of Hong Kong. It holds sub-provincial administrative status, with powers slightly less than a province (...) |
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| Keelung FeatureType : city Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 25.1333 / 121.7333 | Keelung (Standard Mandarin Pīnyīn: Jīlóng; Hokkien POJ: Ke-lâng), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. It borders New Taipei with which it forms the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with Taipei itself (...) |
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| Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg FeatureType : edu Elevation : 97 Lat/Lng : 51.4864 / 11.9689 | The Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg , also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. MLU offers German and international (English) courses leading to academic degrees such as BA, BSc, MA, MSc, doctoral (...) |
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| Hong Kong International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 22.3089 / 113.9144 | Hong Kong International Airport is the commercial airport serving Hong Kong, built on reclaimed land on the island of Chek Lap Kok. The airport is also colloquially known as Chek Lap Kok Airport . The airport has been in commercial operation since 1998, replacing Kai Tak Airport (...) |
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| Paracel Islands FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 16.6667 / 112.3333 | The Paracel Islands, also known as Xisha in Chinese and Hoàng Sa in Vietnamese, is a group of islands, reefs, banks and other maritime features in the South China Sea. It is controlled (and occupied) by the People's Republic of China, and also claimed by Taiwan (Republic of China) and Vietnam (...) |
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| 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 (...) |
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| Dhaka FeatureType : null Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 23.7 / 90.375 | Dhaka (or ;), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the world's largest cities, with a population of 18.89 million people in the Greater Dhaka Area. It is also the most densely populated city in the world (...) |
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| Bertelsmann FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 88 Lat/Lng : 51.9081 / 8.4192 | Bertelsmann is a German multinational corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the world's largest mass media companies and also active in the service sector and education. Bertelsmann was founded as a publishing house by Carl Bertelsmann in 1835 (...) |
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| Athlone FeatureType : null Elevation : 40 Lat/Lng : 53.4239 / -7.9422 | Athlone is a town on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree in Ireland. It is the second most populous town in the Midlands Region with a population of 21,349 in the 2016 census. Most of the town lies on the east bank of the river; however, by the terms of the Local Government Act of (...) |
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| Leuven FeatureType : null Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 50.8792 / 4.7019 | Leuven or Louvain is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic city and the former neighbouring municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, a part of Korbeek-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal (...) |
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| Stadium Australia FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : -33.8471 / 151.0634 | Stadium Australia, commercially known as ANZ Stadium and formerly as Telstra Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park, in Sydney, Australia. The stadium, which in Australia is sometimes referred to as Sydney Olympic Stadium, Homebush Stadium or simply the Olympic (...) |
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| Tajikistan FeatureType : country Elevation : 3602 Lat/Lng : 38.7667 / 71.2833 | Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan (Jumhuriyi Tojikiston), is a mountainous, landlocked country in Central Asia with an area of and an estimated population of million people as of . It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China (...) |
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| Jinnah International Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 24.9067 / 67.1608 | Jinnah International Airport is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 6,860,095 passengers in 2016-2017. Located in Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan and capital of the province of Sindh, it is named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan (...) |
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| Macau FeatureType : city Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 22.1986 / 113.5447 | Macau or Macao , officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory on the western side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia. Along with Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and several other major cities in Guangdong, the territory (...) |
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| Geography of China FeatureType : country Elevation : 1982 Lat/Lng : 35.0 / 105.0 | China has great physical diversity. The eastern plains and southern coasts of the country consist of fertile lowlands and foothills and is the location of most of China's agricultural output and human population (...) |
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| Maldives FeatureType : country Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 4.1743 / 73.51 | The Maldives (; Dhivehi Raa'jey), officially the Republic of Maldives, is a South Asian country, located in the Indian Ocean, situated in the Arabian Sea. It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India. The chain of 26 atolls stretches from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to the Addu City in the south (...) |
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| Doha FeatureType : city Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 25.2819 / 51.5175 | Doha (' or ad-Dōḥa) is the capital and most populous city of the State of Qatar. Doha has a population of 1,351,000 in the city proper with the population close to 1.5 million. The city is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf in the east of the country (...) |
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| Mongolia FeatureType : country Elevation : 1299 Lat/Lng : 47.9167 / 106.9167 | Mongolia (; Monggol Ulus in Mongolian; in Mongolian Cyrillic) is a landlocked country in East Asia. Its area is roughly equivalent with the historical territory of Outer Mongolia, and that term is sometimes used to refer to the current state (...) |
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| Heathrow Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 51.4784 / -0.4613 | Heathrow Airport (also known as London Heathrow) is a major international airport in London, United Kingdom. Heathrow is the second busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic, as well as the busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic, and the seventh busiest airport in the (...) |
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| Sandakan FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 5.837 / 118.1148 | Sandakan (Jawi:) formerly known at various times as Elopura, is the capital of the Sandakan District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second largest town in Sabah after Kota Kinabalu. It is located on the east coast of the state in the administrative centre of Sandakan Division and was the former (...) |
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| Singapore FeatureType : city Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 1.35 / 103.85 | Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore (Malay: ; Chinese: ; Tamil:), is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. It lies one degree north of the equator, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, with Indonesia's Riau Islands to the south and Peninsular Malaysia to (...) |
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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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| 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 (...) |
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| Anguilla FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 43 Lat/Lng : 18.2272 / -63.049 | Anguilla is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin (...) |
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| Islamabad FeatureType : null Elevation : 533 Lat/Lng : 33.6939 / 73.065 | Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan, and is federally administered as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s to replace Karachi as Pakistan's capital, Islamabad is noted for its high standards of living, safety, and abundant greenery (...) |
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| Canberra FeatureType : city Elevation : 602 Lat/Lng : -35.3075 / 149.1244 | Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of 403,468, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne (...) |
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| South Africa FeatureType : country Elevation : 1155 Lat/Lng : -28.6167 / 24.3333 | South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and (...) |
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| Dali City FeatureType : city Elevation : 2022 Lat/Lng : 25.7003 / 100.1564 | Dali City, formerly known as Tali, is the county-level seat of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Yunnan. Dali City is administered through 12 township-level districts, two of which are also commonly referred to as Dali (...) |
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| Emory University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 283 Lat/Lng : 33.7911 / -84.3233 | Emory University is a private research university in the Druid Hills neighborhood of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia, by the Methodist Episcopal Church and was named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory (...) |
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| Kenya FeatureType : country Elevation : 1709 Lat/Lng : -1.2667 / 36.8 | Kenya , officially the Republic of Kenya , is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi. Kenya's territory lies on the equator and overlies the East African Rift, covering a diverse and expansive terrain that extends roughly from Lake Victoria to Lake Turkana (formerly called (...) |
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| London School of Economics FeatureType : edu Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 51.514 / -0.1167 | The London School of Economics (officially The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as the LSE) is a public research university located in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London (...) |
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| Turkmenistan FeatureType : country Elevation : 126 Lat/Lng : 39.0667 / 60.2667 | Turkmenistan (or ;), formerly known as Turkmenia,; New York Times – 28 October 1991. Retrieved on 16 November 2016. officially the Republic of Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north and east, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to (...) |
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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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| Taiwan FeatureType : country Elevation : 120 Lat/Lng : 25.0333 / 121.6333 | Taiwan , officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia. Its neighbors include the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the west, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. It is the most populous state and largest economy that is not a member of the United Nations (...) |
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| Yale University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 41.3111 / -72.9267 | Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution (...) |
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| Columbia University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 54 Lat/Lng : 40.8088 / -73.9623 | Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Established in 1754, Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest institution of higher (...) |
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| Cornell University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 268 Lat/Lng : 42.4485 / -76.4786 | Cornell University is a private and statutory Ivy League research university in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge—from the classics to the sciences, and from the (...) |
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| Jakarta FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : -6.2 / 106.8167 | Jakarta , officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta , is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. It is located on the northwest coast of the world's most populous island, Java. it is the centre of economics, culture and politics of Indonesia. It hosted a population of 10,075,310 (...) |
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| North Korea FeatureType : country Elevation : 141 Lat/Lng : 39.5462 / 126.0632 | North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, with Pyongyang the capital and the largest city in the country (...) |
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| Trinidad and Tobago FeatureType : country Elevation : 222 Lat/Lng : 10.6918 / -61.2225 | Trinidad and Tobago , officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island country that is the southernmost nation of the West Indies in the Caribbean. It is situated south of Grenada off the northern edge of the South American mainland, off the coast of northeastern Venezuela (...) |
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| Cambodia FeatureType : city Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 11.55 / 104.9167 | Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; ;), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia , is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest (...) |
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| Walsall FeatureType : null Elevation : 127 Lat/Lng : 52.585 / -1.9825 | Walsall (or) is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England and also a part of Birmingham. It is located 8 miles north-west of Birmingham and 6 miles east of Wolverhampton. Historically part of Staffordshire in Offlow Hundred, Walsall is now a component area of the West Midlands conurbation (...) |
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| Brisbane FeatureType : city Elevation : 47 Lat/Lng : -27.4678 / 153.0278 | Brisbane is the capital and most populous city of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia. Its estimated population is 2.5 million as of 2018, while the South East Queensland region, which is centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.5 million (...) |
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| Friends FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 40.7325 / -74.0055 | Friends is an American television sitcom, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, the show (...) |
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| Toronto FeatureType : city Elevation : 121 Lat/Lng : 43.6614 / -79.3831 | Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016. Current to 2016, the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA), of which the majority is within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), held a population of 5,928,040, making (...) |
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| Jersey City, New Jersey FeatureType : city Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 40.7114 / -74.0648 | Jersey City is the second-most-populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark. , United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 7, 2011. It is the seat of Hudson County as well as the county's largest city., New Jersey Department of State. Accessed July 10, 2017 (...) |
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| Kuala Lumpur FeatureType : null Elevation : 42 Lat/Lng : 3.1473 / 101.6984 | Kuala Lumpur , officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur , or commonly known as KL, is the national capital of Malaysia as well as its largest city. The only global city in Malaysia, it covers an area of and has an estimated population of 1.73 million (...) |
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| San Jose, California FeatureType : null Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 37.3042 / -121.8728 | San Jose (; Spanish for 'Saint Joseph';),In isolation, San is pronounced . officially the City of San José, is an economic, cultural and political center of Silicon Valley, and the largest city in Northern California (both in population and area) (...) |
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| Tuvalu FeatureType : country Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : -8.5208 / 179.1986 | Tuvalu (or), formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island country located in the Pacific Ocean, situated in Oceania, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (belonging to the Solomons), southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of (...) |
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| Bermuda FeatureType : country Lat/Lng : 32.3333 / -64.75 | Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; south of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia; and north of Cuba. The capital city is Hamilton (...) |
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| Copenhagen FeatureType : city Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 55.6757 / 12.5787 | Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of Denmark. As of July 2018, the city has a population of 777,218 (616,098 in Copenhagen Municipality, 103,914 in Frederiksberg Municipality, 43,005 in Tårnby Municipality, and 14,201 in Dragør Municipality) (...) |
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| Madame Tussauds FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 51.5228 / -0.1553 | Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London with smaller museums in a number of other major cities. It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. It used to be known as "Madame Tussaud's"; the apostrophe is no longer used.: "Madame Tussaud (who gave the attraction its now-jettisoned apostrophe) .. (...) |
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| Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FeatureType : country Elevation : 1256 Lat/Lng : 42.7833 / 19.4667 | The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia or SFRY) was a country located in Central and Southeastern Europe that existed from its foundation in the aftermath of World War II until its dissolution in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars (...) |
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| University of California, Berkeley FeatureType : edu Elevation : 101 Lat/Lng : 37.8717 / -122.2589 | The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a top-ranked public research university in the United States. Located in the city of Berkeley, it was founded in 1868, and serves as the flagship institution of the ten research universities affiliated with the (...) |
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| Frankfurt FeatureType : null Elevation : 109 Lat/Lng : 50.117 / 8.683 | Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; "Frank ford at the Main"), is a metropolis and the largest city of the German federal state of Hesse, and its 736,414 (2016) inhabitants make it the fifth-largest city of Germany after Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Cologne (...) |
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| Salt Lake City FeatureType : null Elevation : 1294 Lat/Lng : 40.7547 / -111.8925 | Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah. With an estimated population of 190,884 in 2014, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,153,340 (2014 (...) |
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| Florida State University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 30.442 / -84.298 | Florida State University (Florida State or FSU) is a public space-grant and sea-grant research university with its primary campus on a campus in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida (...) |
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| École Centrale Paris FeatureType : edu Elevation : 79 Lat/Lng : 48.7658 / 2.2884 | École Centrale Paris (ECP, often referred to as École Centrale or Centrale) was a French postgraduate-level institute of research and higher education in engineering and science. It was also known by its official name École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures (...) |
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| Korla FeatureType : city Elevation : 950 Lat/Lng : 41.7697 / 86.1572 | KorlaThe official spelling according to ' (Beijing, SinoMaps Press 1997); (somtimes as Kurla, or Kuerle) is the second largest city in Xinjiang, and is, administratively, a county-level city and the seat of the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, which is larger than Great Britain and is the (...) |
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| Lantau Island FeatureType : city Elevation : 272 Lat/Lng : 22.2665 / 113.9418 | Lantau Island (also Lantao Island;) is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the Islands District of Hong Kong. A small northeastern portion of the island is located in the Tsuen Wan District (...) |
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| Institute for Advanced Study FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 40.3314 / -74.6675 | The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States, is an independent, postdoctoral research center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry founded in 1930 by American educator Abraham Flexner, together with philanthropists Louis Bamberger and Caroline (...) |
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| Graaff-Reinet FeatureType : null Elevation : 747 Lat/Lng : -32.2522 / 24.5406 | Graaff-Reinet is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the fourth-oldest town in South Africa, after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, and Swellendam. The town was the center of a short-lived republic in the late 18th century (...) |
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| Royal Ontario Museum FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 125 Lat/Lng : 43.6677 / -79.3948 | The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year, making the ROM the most-visited in Canada (...) |
| 81 | Beijing Zoo FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 56 Lat/Lng : 39.9386 / 116.3332 | The Beijing Zoo is a zoological park in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, in Xicheng District. Founded in 1906 during the late Qing dynasty, it is one of the oldest zoos in China. The zoo is also a center of zoological research that studies and breeds rare animals from various (...) | |
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| 2006 North Korean nuclear test FeatureType : event Elevation : 1498 Lat/Lng : 41.294 / 129.134 | The 2006 North Korean nuclear test was the detonation of a nuclear device conducted by North Korea on October 9, 2006. On October 3, 2006, North Korea announced its intention to conduct a nuclear test.Medalia, Jonathan. Congressional Research Service. November 23, 2009. p. 9. (...) |
| 83 | L'Étrat FeatureType : null Elevation : 467 Lat/Lng : 45.4864 / 4.38 | L'Étrat is a commune in the Loire department in central France. (...) | |
| 84 | 
| Nuclear program of Iran FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 28.829 / 50.887 | The nuclear program of Iran has included several research sites, two uranium mines, a research reactor, and uranium processing facilities that include three known uranium enrichment plants. In 1970, Iran ratified the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), making its nuclear program subject to the IAEA's (...) |
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| Schule Schloss Salem FeatureType : edu Elevation : 448 Lat/Lng : 47.7762 / 9.2789 | Schule Schloss Salem (Anglicisation: School of Salem Castle, Salem Castle School) is a boarding school with campuses in Salem and Überlingen in Baden-Württemberg, Southern Germany. It is considered one of the most elite schools in Europe (...) |
| 86 | 1989 Tiananmen Square protests FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 49 Lat/Lng : 39.9033 / 116.3917 | The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, commonly known in mainland China as the June Fourth Incident (Chinese: , liùsì shìjiàn), were student-led demonstrations in Beijing (the capital of the People's Republic of China) in 1989 (...) | |
| 87 | 
| The Bund FeatureType : city Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 31.2389 / 121.4872 | The Bund or Waitan (Shanghainese: nga3thae1) is a waterfront area in central Shanghai. The area centers on a section of Zhongshan Road (East No.1 Zhongshan Road) within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River in the eastern part of Huangpu (...) |
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| Morrisville, North Carolina FeatureType : city Elevation : 98 Lat/Lng : 35.8275 / -78.8289 | Morrisville is a town located primarily in Wake County, North Carolina (a small portion extends into neighboring Durham County). The population was 18,576 at the 2010 census. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the town's population to be 21,932 as of July 1, 2013 (...) |
| 89 | Xinhua News Agency FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 64 Lat/Lng : 39.8988 / 116.3652 | Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English) or New China News Agency is the official state-run press agency of the People's Republic of China (...) | |
| 90 | Hyundai Motor Company FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 33 Lat/Lng : 37.4641 / 127.0423 | The Hyundai Motor Company (help=no; , ,Pronunciations in English vary. Among the variants are: * * * * The closest English pronunciation to the original Korean would be , but the final vowel is checked and cannot occur word-final in English (...) | |
| 91 | Patna FeatureType : null Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 25.6125 / 85.1283 | Patna is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. Patna is the second-largest city in eastern India after Kolkata.It had an estimated city population of 1.68 million in 2011, making it the 19th largest city in India (...) | |
| 92 | Qinghai–Tibet railway FeatureType : null Elevation : 5068 Lat/Lng : 33.0051 / 91.6494 | The Qinghai–Tibet railway or Qingzang railway , is a high-elevation railway that connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The length of the railway is . Construction of the section between Xining and Golmud was completed by 1984 (...) | |
| 93 | Great Wall of China FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 796 Lat/Lng : 40.3436 / 116.0016 | The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various (...) | |
| 94 | Gerkan, Marg and Partners FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 34 Lat/Lng : 53.5457 / 9.9139 | Gerkan, Marg & Partners (gmp) is an international architectural company based in Hamburg, Germany. The company was founded in 1965 by Meinhard von Gerkan and Volkwin Marg, and now has more than 300 employees in 13 offices.http://www.britannica (...) | |
| 95 | 
| University of Chicago FeatureType : edu Elevation : 193 Lat/Lng : 41.7897 / -87.5997 | The University of Chicago (UChicago, U of C, or Chicago) is a private, non-profit research university in Chicago, Illinois. The university is composed of an undergraduate college, various graduate programs and interdisciplinary committees organized into five academic research divisions and seven (...) |
| 96 | Tibet FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 5226 Lat/Lng : 32.27 / 87.09 | Tibet is a historical region covering much of the Tibetan Plateau in Inner Asia. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Tamang, Qiang, sherpa, and Lhoba peoples and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han Chinese and Hui (...) | |
| 97 | Gujarat FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 72 Lat/Lng : 23.22 / 72.68 | Gujarat (') is a state in Western IndiaOther sources: * * * and Northwest IndiaOther sources: * * *, a coastline of – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population in excess of 60 million. It is the sixth largest Indian state by area and the ninth largest state by population (...) | |
| 98 | Ahmad Shah Durrani FeatureType : null Elevation : 1013 Lat/Lng : 31.6194 / 65.7069 | Ahmad Shāh Durrānī (c. 1722 – 16 October 1772) (Pashto: احمد شاه دراني), also known as Ahmad Khān Abdālī , was the founder of the Durrani Empire and is regarded as the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan (...) | |
| 99 | Liuzhou FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 92 Lat/Lng : 24.327 / 109.428 | Liuzhou (; , IPA Pronunciation:) is a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The prefecture's population was 3,758,700 in 2010, including 1,436,599 in the built-up area made of 4 urban districts. Its total area is and for built up area. (...) | |
| 100 | 
| Tian Tan Buddha FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 475 Lat/Lng : 22.254 / 113.9051 | The Big Buddha, is a large bronze statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. The statue is sited near Po Lin Monastery and symbolises the harmonious relationship between man and nature, people and faith (...) |
| 101 | University of Bath FeatureType : edu Elevation : 191 Lat/Lng : 51.3796 / -2.328 | The University of Bath is a public university located in Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1966, along with a number of other institutions following the Robbins Report. Like the University of Bristol and University of the West of England, Bath can trace its roots to (...) | |
| 102 | Qing dynasty FeatureType : country Elevation : 52 Lat/Lng : 39.9 / 116.3833 | The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing , was the last imperial dynasty of China. It was established in 1636, and ruled China proper from 1644 to 1912. It was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China (...) | |
| 103 | 2008 Sichuan earthquake FeatureType : null Elevation : 2338 Lat/Lng : 31.015 / 103.365 | The 2008 Sichuan earthquakeSome early Western reports used the term Chengdu quake; e.g., , , etc. This term never picked up widely in media reports, but was reportedly used by BBC America in a follow-up report on preparations for winter and housing rebuilding efforts aired November 12, 2008, in (...) | |
| 104 | Shannan, Tibet FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 5039 Lat/Lng : 28.5561 / 92.5567 | ShannanThe official spelling according to ' (Beijing, SinoMaps Press 1997); , also transliterated from Tibetan as Lhoka , is a prefecture-level city in the southeastern Tibet Autonomous Region, China.Booz, Elisabeth B. (1986). Tibet, pp. 127-135. Passport Books, Chicago. (...) | |
| 105 | Zheng He FeatureType : null Elevation : 50 Lat/Lng : 31.9103 / 118.7286 | Zheng He (; 1371–1433 or 1435) was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty. He was originally born as Ma He in a Muslim family, later adopted the conferred surname Zheng from Emperor Yongle.Dreyer 2007, 22–23 (...) | |
| 106 | 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 (...) | |
| 107 | Ma Ying-jeou FeatureType : null Elevation : 46 Lat/Lng : 27.4336 / 112.9399 | Ma Ying-jeou (born 13 July 1950), also spelled as Ma Yingjiu,https://books.google.ca/books?id=SOeNDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=ma+yingjiu&source=bl&ots=4DGGz8DI8U&sig=avzwJMtbIQCQ3g8qkNIgzMixWbA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwis4N-F1IvaAhVJ04MKHRSYBGY4FBDoAQgoMAA is a Taiwanese politician who served as (...) | |
| 108 | Sun Yat-sen FeatureType : null Elevation : 726 Lat/Lng : 20.6918 / -156.3785 | Sun Yat-sen (; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925)Singtao daily. Saturday edition. 23 October 2010. section A18. Sun Yat-sen Xinhai revolution 100th anniversary edition . was the founding father of the Republic of China (...) | |
| 109 | Nestlé FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 389 Lat/Lng : 46.4669 / 6.835 | Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss transnational food and drink company headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world, measured by revenues and other metrics, since 2014., CNN Money, 1 April 2011, The Economist, 29 October 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2012 It ranked No (...) | |
| 110 | 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 (...) | |
| 111 | Tibet Autonomous Region FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 4566 Lat/Lng : 31.7056 / 86.9403 | The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) or Xizang Autonomous Region, called Tibet or Xizang for short , is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, officially part of the region of southwest China (...) | |
| 112 | Expo 2010 FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 31.1941 / 121.4864 | Expo 2010, officially the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, from 1 May to 31 October 2010. It was a major World Expo registered by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), in the tradition of international fairs and expositions, the (...) | |
| 113 | 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 (...) | |
| 114 | Ibn Battuta FeatureType : null Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 22.3308 / 36.4903 | Ibn Battuta (; ; fully ; Arabic:) (February 25, 13041368 or 1369) was a Berber Muslim Moroccan scholar and explorer who widely travelled the medieval world. After outlining the extensive route of Ibn Battuta's Journey, Nehru notes: "This is a record of travel which is rare enough today with our many (...) | |
| 115 | World Economic Forum FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 483 Lat/Lng : 46.2253 / 6.1917 | The World Economic Forum (WEF), based in Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland, was founded in 1971 as a not-for-profit organization. It gained formal status in January 2015 under the Swiss Host-State Act, confirming the role of the Forum as an International Institution for Public-Private Cooperation (...) | |
| 116 | 2014 Winter Olympics FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 43.5853 / 39.7203 | The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Sochi 2014, was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, with opening rounds in certain events held on the eve of the opening (...) | |
| 117 | Quanzhou FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 24.907 / 118.587 | Quanzhou, formerly known as Chinchew, is a prefecture-level city beside the Taiwan Strait in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. It is Fujian's largest metropolitan region, with an area of and, as of the 2010 census, a population of 8,128,530. Compilation by Lianxin website (...) | |
| 118 | Xinjiang FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 911 Lat/Lng : 40.714 / 85.6494 | Xinjiang (Uyghur: ; SASM/GNC: Xinjang; ; formerly romanised as Sinkiang), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is a provincial-level autonomous region of China in the northwest of the country (...) | |
| 119 | Embraer FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -21.7601 / 48.4034 | Embraer S.A. (can alternatively be spelt as Embrær) is a Brazilian aerospace conglomerate that produces commercial, military, executive and agricultural aircraft and provides aeronautical services. It is headquartered in São José dos Campos, São Paulo (...) | |
| 120 | Midnapore FeatureType : null Elevation : 49 Lat/Lng : 22.424 / 87.319 | Midnapore city (Pron: med̪iːniːpur) is the district headquarters of Paschim Medinipur district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the banks of the Kangsabati River (variously known as Kasai and Cossye). (...) | |
| 121 | Yangtze FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2440 Lat/Lng : 28.2672 / 99.2878 | The Yangtze (or), which is long, is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world. The river is the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It drains one-fifth of the land area of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its river basin is home to nearly one-third of (...) | |
| 122 | Ferris wheel FeatureType : null Elevation : 641 Lat/Lng : 36.1174 / -115.1681 | A Ferris wheel (sometimes called in the case of the very tallest examples, giant wheel) is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components (commonly referred to as passenger cars, cabins, tubs, capsules, gondolas, or pods) attached to the rim in (...) | |
| 123 | National Autonomous University of Mexico FeatureType : city Elevation : 2294 Lat/Lng : 19.3289 / -99.1872 | The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It ranks highly in world rankings based on the university's extensive research and innovation.http://gruporeforma-blogs (...) | |
| 124 | Coffs Harbour FeatureType : city Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : -30.3023 / 153.1189 | Coffs Harbour is a city on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane. It is one of the largest urban centres on the North Coast, with an estimated population of 70,000 in 2017. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2016 (...) | |
| 125 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 25 Lat/Lng : 47.6236 / -122.3456 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), previously branded as the 'William H. Gates Foundation', is a private foundation founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It was launched in 2000, and is said to be the largest private foundation in the United States, holding US$50.7 billion in assets (...) | |
| 126 | Fergana Valley FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 658 Lat/Lng : 40.74 / 72.63 | The Fergana Valley (alternatively Farghana or Ferghana; , Фарғона водийси, فەرغانە ۉادىيسى; , Ferğana öröönü, فەرعانا ۅرۅۅنۉ ; , Vodiyi Farğona / Vodiji Farƣona; , Ferganskaja dolina; , Vâdiye Ferqâna; , Xiao'erjing: فِ عَر قًا نَ پٌ دِ) is a valley in Central Asia spread across eastern Uzbekistan, (...) | |
| 127 | Bhiwani district FeatureType : null Elevation : 217 Lat/Lng : 28.7833 / 76.1333 | Bhiwani district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Created on 22December 1972, the district was largest district of state by area before the creation of Charkhi Dadri as a separate district as it occupied an area of and administered 442 villages with a population of (...) | |
| 128 | Marco Polo FeatureType : null Elevation : -3 Lat/Lng : 45.2613 / 12.2043 | Marco Polo (; 1254January 8–9, 1324) was an Italian merchant, explorer, and writer, born in the Republic of Venice. His travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde (Book of the Marvels of the World, also known as The Travels of Marco Polo, c (...) | |
| 129 | Luzhou FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 237 Lat/Lng : 28.8712 / 105.4409 | Luzhou (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Nu2zou1; Luzhou dialect:), formerly transliterated as Lu-chou or Luchow, is a prefecture-level city located in the southeast of Sichuan Province, China. The city, named Jiangyang until the Southern and Northern Dynasties, is known as the "wine city" (...) | |
| 130 | International Civil Aviation Organization FeatureType : null Elevation : 68 Lat/Lng : 45.5003 / -73.5642 | The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO;), is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth (...) | |
| 131 | World Wide Fund for Nature FeatureType : null Elevation : 407 Lat/Lng : 46.417 / 6.2711 | The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of the wilderness preservation, and the reduction of human impact on the environment. It was formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in Canada (...) | |
| 132 | Vijayanagara FeatureType : null Elevation : 431 Lat/Lng : 15.325 / 76.465 | Vijayanagara (Sanskrit: "City of Victory") was the capital city of the historic Vijayanagara Empire. Located on the banks of the Tungabhadra River, it spread over a large area and included the modern era Group of Monuments at Hampi site in Ballari district and others in and around that district in (...) | |
| 133 | Amazon (company) FeatureType : null Elevation : 519 Lat/Lng : 48.1333 / 11.5833 | Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon , is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle, Washington, that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994. The tech giant is the largest Internet retailer in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization, and (...) | |
| 134 | Central Asia FeatureType : country Elevation : 98 Lat/Lng : 45.3 / 63.9 | Central Asia stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north. The region consists of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.https://www.britannica (...) | |
| 135 | Shandong FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 382 Lat/Lng : 36.315 / 117.839 | Shandong (; formerly romanised as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a (...) | |
| 136 | May Fourth Movement FeatureType : event Elevation : 47 Lat/Lng : 39.9137 / 116.4313 | The May Fourth Movement was an anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement growing out of student participants in Beijing on 4 May 1919, protesting against the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles, especially allowing Japan to receive territories in Shandong which (...) | |
| 137 | Yunnan FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 1042 Lat/Lng : 24.5 / 101.5 | Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country. It spans approximately and has a population of 45.7 million (as of 2009). The capital of the province is Kunming, formerly also known as Yunnan (...) | |
| 138 | Sky News FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 51.487 / -0.33 | Sky News is a British pay television news-based channel owned by Sky, a division of Comcast. John Ryley is the Head of Sky News, a role he has held since June 2006. Sky News is currently Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year, the eleventh time it has held the award (...) | |
| 139 | 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 (...) | |
| 140 | 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 (...) | |
| 141 | IKEA FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 52.1671 / 4.4824 | IKEA is a Swedish-founded multinational group that designs and sells , kitchen appliances and home accessories, among other useful goods and occasionally home services. It has been the world's largest furniture retailer since at least 2008 (...) | |
| 142 | Aung San Suu Kyi FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 16.8256 / 96.1503 | Aung San Suu Kyi (; ; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1991). She is the leader of the National League for Democracy and the first and incumbent State Counsellor, a position akin to a prime minister (...) | |
| 143 | Empire of Japan FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 35.6833 / 139.7667 | The was the historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan. Japan's rapid industrialization and militarization under the slogan led to its emergence as a world power and the establishment of a colonial (...) | |
| 144 | University of Saskatchewan FeatureType : edu Elevation : 504 Lat/Lng : 52.1298 / -106.6328 | The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) is a Canadian public research university, founded on March 19, 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed (...) | |
| 145 | Sichuan FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 1199 Lat/Lng : 30.714 / 103.403 | Sichuan (; formerly romanised as Szechuan or Szechwan), is a province in southwest China occupying most of the Sichuan Basin and the easternmost part of the Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north, and the Yungui Plateau to the south (...) | |
| 146 | 2010 Asian Games FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 23.1289 / 113.2589 | The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asian Games , was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from 12 to 27 November 2010, although several events had commenced from 7 November 2010 (...) | |
| 147 | École française d'Extrême-Orient FeatureType : null Elevation : 59 Lat/Lng : 48.8644 / 2.2922 | The École française d'Extrême-Orient (French School of the Far East), abbreviated EFEO, is an associated college of PSL University dedicated to the study of Asian societies. It was founded in 1900 with headquarters in Hanoi in what was then French Indochina (...) | |
| 148 | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 46 Lat/Lng : 40.0069 / 116.3834 | The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank that aims to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region. The bank currently has 87 member states from around the world (...) | |
| 149 | Canal FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 51.1384 / -2.7358 | Canals, or navigations, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles. In most cases, the engineered works will have a series of dams and locks that create reservoirs of low speed current flow (...) | |
| 150 | Gazprom FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 195 Lat/Lng : 55.6586 / 37.5564 | Public Joint Stock Company Gazprom (Publichnoe Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo Gazprom, abbreviated PAO Gazprom) is a large Russian company founded in 1989, which carries on the business of extraction, production, transport, and sale of natural gas (...) | |
| 151 | Intel FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 37.3879 / -121.9635 | Intel Corporation (commonly known as Intel and stylized as intel) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley. It is the world's second largest and second highest valued semiconductor chip maker based on revenue (...) | |
| 152 | Facebook FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 37.4848 / -122.1484 | Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and (...) | |
| 153 | Xiaomi FeatureType : null Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 39.9255 / 116.4416 | Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics. Xiaomi released its first smartphone in August 2011 and rapidly gained market share in China to become the country's largest (...) | |
| 154 | Chang'an FeatureType : null Elevation : 407 Lat/Lng : 34.2667 / 108.9 | Chang'an was an ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history, today known as Xi'an. Chang'an means "Perpetual Peace" in Classical Chinese since it was a capital that was repeatedly used by new Chinese rulers (...) | |
| 155 | Manila FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 14.5833 / 120.9667 | Manila (; , or), officially the City of Manila , is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the most densely populated cities proper in the world. It was the first chartered city by virtue of the Philippine Commission Act 183 on July 31, 1901 and gained autonomy with the passage of Republic Act (...) | |
| 156 | University of Texas at Austin FeatureType : edu Elevation : 202 Lat/Lng : 30.2861 / -97.7394 | The University of Texas at Austin (also known as UT Austin, or UT) is a public research university and flagship institution of the University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located in Austin, Texas, United States, approximately from the Texas State Capitol (...) | |
| 157 | Nelson Mandela FeatureType : null Elevation : 834 Lat/Lng : -31.8061 / 28.6146 | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully (...) | |
| 158 | Libyan Civil War (2011) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 31.1956 / 16.5214 | The First Libyan Civil War, also referred to as the Libyan Revolution or 17 February Revolution, was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government (...) | |
| 159 | Audi FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 377 Lat/Lng : 48.7833 / 11.418 | Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer that designs, engineers, produces, markets and distributes luxury vehicles. Audi is a member of the Volkswagen Group and has its roots at Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Audi-branded vehicles are produced in nine production facilities worldwide (...) | |
| 160 | Antipodes FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -21.4167 / -140.1833 | In geography, the antipode of any spot on Earth is the point on Earth's surface diametrically opposite to it; the antipodes of a region similarly represent the area opposite it. A pair of points antipodal to each other are situated such that a straight line connecting the two would pass through (...) | |
| 161 | City FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 31.3222 / 45.6361 | A city is a large human settlement.Goodall, B. (1987) The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) The Social Science Encyclopedia. 2nd edition. London: Routledge (...) | |
| 162 | Sino-Indian War FeatureType : null Elevation : 4357 Lat/Lng : 27.9924 / 91.9566 | The Sino-Indian War , also known as the Sino-Indian Border Conflict , was a war between China and India that occurred in 1962. A disputed Himalayan border was the main pretext for war, but other issues played a role (...) | |
| 163 | Research and Analysis Wing FeatureType : null Elevation : 214 Lat/Lng : 28.5886 / 77.2379 | The Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW or RAW) (IAST: Anusaṃdhān Aur Viśleṣaṇ Viṃg) is the foreign intelligence agency of India. It was established in 1968 following the intelligence failures of the Sino-Indian war, which persuaded the Government of India to create a specialised, independent agency (...) | |
| 164 | Josip Broz Tito FeatureType : null Elevation : 168 Lat/Lng : 44.7867 / 20.4517 | Josip Broz (Cyrillic: Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (;. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Cyrillic: Тито), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and political leader, serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980 (...) | |
| 165 | AH1 FeatureType : null Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 41.7181 / 26.3521 | Asian Highway 1 (AH1) is the longest route of the Asian Highway Network, running from Tokyo, Japan via Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul where it joins end-on with European route E80. (...) | |
| 166 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 63 Lat/Lng : 45.42 / -75.66 | The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; , "Royal Gendarmerie of Canada"; colloquially known as The "Mounties", and internally as "the Force") is the federal and national police force of Canada. The RCMP provides law enforcement at the federal level (...) | |
| 167 | 2017 China–India border standoff FeatureType : null Elevation : 4147 Lat/Lng : 27.2706 / 88.93 | The 2017 China India border standoff or Doklam standoff refers to the military border standoff between the Indian Armed Forces and the People's Liberation Army of China over Chinese construction of a road in Doklam near a trijunction border area, known as Donglang, or Donglang Caochang (meaning (...) | |
| 168 | Tram FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 530 Lat/Lng : 48.1484 / 11.4616 | A tram (in North America streetcar or trolley) is a rail vehicle which runs on tramway tracks along public urban streets; some include segments of segregated right-of-way. The lines or networks operated by tramcars are called tramways (...) | |
| 169 | Wenzhou train collision FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 27.9776 / 120.5878 | On 23 July 2011, two high-speed trains travelling on the Yongtaiwen railway line collided on a viaduct in the suburbs of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. The two trains derailed each other, and four cars fell off the viaduct (...) | |
| 170 | Providence University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 89 Lat/Lng : 24.2269 / 120.58 | Providence University (PU;) is a Catholic co-educational institution in Shalu District, Taichung City, Taiwan. Providence University is one of U12 Consortium member school, and is the only University in Taiwan participating in ISEP program.https://search.isepstudyabroad (...) | |
| 171 | Siege of the International Legations FeatureType : null Elevation : 52 Lat/Lng : 39.9031 / 116.4017 | The Siege of the International Legations occurred in the summer of 1900 in Peking (today Beijing), the capital of the Qing Empire, during the Boxer Rebellion. Menaced by the Boxers, an anti-Christian, anti-foreign peasant movement, 900 soldiers, marines, and civilians, largely from Europe, Japan, (...) | |
| 172 | Mahabodhi Temple FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 128 Lat/Lng : 24.696 / 84.9914 | The Mahabodhi Temple (literally: "Great Awakening Temple"), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but much rebuilt and restored, Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment (...) | |
| 173 | University of the Punjab FeatureType : null Elevation : 214 Lat/Lng : 31.497 / 74.314 | The University of the Punjab , also referred to as Punjab University, is a public research university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. With multiple campuses in Gujranwala, Jhelum, and Khanspur, the university was formally (...) | |
| 174 | Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 FeatureType : waterbody Lat/Lng : 24.21 / 144.1067 | A total solar eclipse occurred on July 22, 2009. It was the longest total solar eclipse during the 21st century. It lasted a maximum of 6 minutes and 39 seconds off the coast of Southeast Asia, causing tourist interest in eastern China, Pakistan, Japan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. (...) | |
| 175 | Kachin State FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 275 Lat/Lng : 26.0 / 97.5 | Kachin State (Kachin: Jingphaw Mungdaw;) is the northernmost state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet and Yunnan, specifically and respectively); Shan State to the south; and Sagaing Region and India to the west (...) | |
| 176 | Kathmandu Valley FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 1312 Lat/Lng : 27.7039 / 85.3083 | The Kathmandu Valley (Nepal Bhasa: स्वनिगः, नेपाः गाः), historically known as Nepal Valley or Nepa Valley, lies at the crossroads of ancient civilizations of the Indian subcontinent and the broader Asian continent, and has at least 130 important monuments, including several pilgrimage sites for (...) | |
| 177 | ZF Friedrichshafen FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 405 Lat/Lng : 47.6675 / 9.4932 | ZF Friedrichshafen AG, also known as ZF Group, originally Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen, and commonly abbreviated to ZF (ZF = "Zahnradfabrik" = "Gear Factory"), is a German car parts maker headquartered in Friedrichshafen, in the south-west German region of Baden-Württemberg (...) | |
| 178 | Harrow School FeatureType : edu Elevation : 91 Lat/Lng : 51.5731 / -0.3338 | Harrow School is an independent boarding school for boys in Harrow, London, England. The School was founded in 1572 by John Lyon under a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I, and is one of the original seven public schools that were regulated by the Public Schools Act 1868 (...) | |
| 179 | Nanyang (region) FeatureType : null Elevation : 415 Lat/Lng : 25.4031 / 117.3458 | Nanyang is a sinocentric Chinese term for the warmer and fertile geographical region south of China, otherwise known as the 'South Sea' or Southeast Asia. The term came into common usage in self-reference to the large ethnic Chinese migrant population in Southeast Asia, and is contrasted with Xiyang (...) | |
| 180 | Battle of Chamdo FeatureType : null Elevation : 3236 Lat/Lng : 31.1372 / 97.1775 | The Battle of Chamdo occurred from 6 through 19 October 1950.NOTE: The exiled Tibetan government in India calls The battle the "...invasion of Tibet by the People's Liberation Army of China," see : "At the time of its invasion by troops of the People's Liberation Army of China in 1949, Tibet was an (...) | |
| 181 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur FeatureType : edu Elevation : 60 Lat/Lng : 22.3197 / 87.31 | The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur or IIT KGP) is a public engineering institution established by the government of India in 1951. It was the first of the IITs to be established, and is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India (...) | |
| 182 | White Horse Temple FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 129 Lat/Lng : 34.7239 / 112.5997 | White Horse Temple is, according to tradition, the first Buddhist temple in China, established in 68 AD under the patronage of Emperor Ming in the Eastern Han dynasty capital Luoyang. The site is just outside the walls of the ancient Eastern Han capital, some east of Luoyang in Henan Province (...) | |
| 183 | Lạng Sơn Province FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 542 Lat/Lng : 21.75 / 106.5 | Lạng Sơn (help=no) is a province in far northern Vietnam, bordering Guangxi province in China. Its capital is also called Lạng Sơn, which is a strategically important town at the border with China and is northeast of Hanoi connected by rail and road (...) | |
| 184 | Suzlon FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 559 Lat/Lng : 18.5122 / 73.9356 | Suzlon Energy Ltd. is a wind turbine supplier based in Pune, India. It was formerly ranked by MAKE as the world's fifth largest wind turbine supplier.Source: MAKE Report: Global Wind Turbine OEM 2013 Market Share (...) | |
| 185 | Arnhem Land FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 58 Lat/Lng : -12.7308 / 134.5928 | Arnhem Land is one of the five regions of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around from the territory capital Darwin. The region has an area of , which also covers the area of Kakadu National Park, and a population of 16,230 (...) | |
| 186 | 1582 FeatureType : null Elevation : 50 Lat/Lng : 40.8 / 14.2 | Year 1582 (MDLXXXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Proleptic Gregorian calendar (...) | |
| 187 | Mogao Caves FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 1346 Lat/Lng : 40.0372 / 94.8042 | The Mogao Caves, also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes or Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, form a system of 492 temples southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China (...) | |
| 188 | Chinese Super League FeatureType : null Elevation : 50 Lat/Lng : 39.9293 / 116.441 | The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional football in China, operating under the auspices of the Chinese (...) | |
| 189 | Tillya Tepe FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 351 Lat/Lng : 36.6944 / 65.7892 | Tillya tepe, Tillia tepe or Tillā tapa or (literally "Golden Hill" or "Golden Mound") is an archaeological site in the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan near Sheberghan, excavated in 1978 by a Soviet-Afghan team led by the Greek-Russian archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi, a year before the Soviet (...) | |
| 190 | July 2009 Ürümqi riots FeatureType : null Elevation : 934 Lat/Lng : 43.8 / 87.58 | The July 2009 Ürümqi riotsThe riots are also referred to as the Urumqi 5 July Incident , or even simply as 5 July Incident. State media and government officials refer to it as Ürümqi 7·5 Rioting Serious Violent Criminal Incident (...) | |
| 191 | Doklam FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 4125 Lat/Lng : 27.3 / 88.9333 | Doklam or Zhoglam (in Standard Tibetan),Ramakrushna Pradhan, , Mainstream Weekly, 29 July 2017. known as Donglang in the Chinese language,Liu Lin, , The Diplomat, 27 July 2017. is an area with a plateau and a valley, lying between Tibet's Chumbi Valley to the north, Bhutan's Ha Valley to the east (...) | |
| 192 | 2006 Asian Games FeatureType : null Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 25.265 / 51.4506 | The 2006 Asian Games (Dawrat al-ʼAl‘ab al-Asīawīah 2006), officially known as the XV Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to 15, 2006 with 424 events in 39 sports and disciplines featured in the games (...) | |
| 193 | The Lego Group FeatureType : null Elevation : 63 Lat/Lng : 55.7345 / 9.1244 | Lego System A/S, doing business as The Lego Group (stylised as The LEGO Group), is a Danish toy production company based in Billund. It is best known for the manufacture of Lego-brand toys, consisting mostly of interlocking plastic bricks (...) | |
| 194 | Aksu City FeatureType : city Elevation : 1106 Lat/Lng : 41.1667 / 80.2667 | Aksu is a city in and the seat of Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, lying at the northern edge of the Tarim Basin. The name Aksu literally means white water (in Turkic), and is used for both the oasis town and the river (...) | |
| 195 | January 2016 North Korean nuclear test FeatureType : event Elevation : 1860 Lat/Lng : 41.309 / 129.034 | North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear detonation on 6 January 2016 at 10:00:01 . At the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, approximately northwest of Kilju City in Kilju County, an underground nuclear test was carried out. The United States Geological Survey reported a 5 (...) | |
| 196 | Scarborough Shoal standoff FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 15.1833 / 117.7667 | The Scarborough Shoal standoff refers to tensions between China (PRC) and the Philippines which began on April 8, 2012 over the Philippine Navy apprehension of eight mainland Chinese fishing vessels in the disputed Scarborough Shoal. (...) | |
| 197 | Tham Luang cave rescue FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 411 Lat/Lng : 20.3844 / 99.8748 | In June and July 2018, a widely publicised cave rescue successfully extracted members of a junior football team trapped in Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. Twelve members of the team, aged eleven to seventeen, and their 25-year-old assistant coach entered the cave on 23 (...) | |
| 198 | China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 FeatureType : event Lat/Lng : 38.9522 / 121.6696 | China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (CBF6136/CJ6136) was a domestic passenger flight from Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, in Dalian, Liaoning province, China (...) | |
| 199 | 2016 Pathankot attack FeatureType : event Elevation : 309 Lat/Lng : 32.2336 / 75.6344 | The 2016 Pathankot attack was a terrorist attack committed on 2 January 2016 by a heavily armed group which attacked the Pathankot Air Force Station, part of the Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force. Four attackers and two security forces personnel were killed in the initial battle, with an (...) | |
| 200 | Institut d'études politiques de Lyon FeatureType : null Elevation : 174 Lat/Lng : 45.7469 / 4.8358 | The Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lyon (or Lyon Institute of Political Studies) also known as Sciences Po Lyon, is a grande école located in Lyon, France. It is one of nine Institutes of Political Studies in France, and was established in 1948 by Charles de Gaulle’s provisional government (...) | |
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