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| Dubai International Airport  FeatureType : airport Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 25.2536 / 55.3644 | Dubai International Airport is the primary international airport serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates and is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic. It is also the third-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic, the sixth-busiest cargo airport in world, the busiest (...) |
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| United Arab Emirates FeatureType : country Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 24.4667 / 54.3667 | The United Arab Emirates (UAE; '), sometimes simply called the Emirates , is a country in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to (...) |
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| Kandahar FeatureType : airport Elevation : 1007 Lat/Lng : 31.6169 / 65.7169 | Kandahār or Qandahār (; ; known in older literature as Candahar) is the second-largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 557,118. Formerly called Alexandria Arachosia, the city is named after Alexander the Great, who founded it in 329 BC around an ancient Arachosian town (...) |
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| Dushanbe FeatureType : null Elevation : 825 Lat/Lng : 38.5702 / 68.7803 | Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. Dushanbe means Monday in the Tajik language. D. Saimaddinov, S. D. Kholmatova, and S. Karimov, Tajik-Russian Dictionary, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature, Scientific Center for (...) |
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| Herat FeatureType : null Elevation : 953 Lat/Lng : 34.3739 / 62.1792 | Herāt (;. Merriam-webster.com (2012-08-31). Retrieved on 2013-07-12. Persian/Pashto:) is the third-largest city of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 436,300, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated in the fertile valley of the Hari River in the western part of the country (...) |
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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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| Jeddah FeatureType : city Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 21.5433 / 39.1728 | Jeddah (sometimes spelled Jiddah or Jedda; ; ', Hejazi pronunciation:) is a city in the Tihamah region of the Hejaz on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest seaport on the Red Sea, and with a population (...) |
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| Srinagar FeatureType : city Elevation : 1585 Lat/Lng : 34.09 / 74.79 | Srinagar is the largest city and the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is known for its natural environment, gardens, waterfronts and houseboats (...) |
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| Gwadar FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 25.1264 / 62.3225 | Gwadar (Balochi and ;) is a port city on the southwestern coast of Balochistan, Pakistan. The city is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea opposite to Oman. Gwadar was an overseas possession of Oman from 1783 to 1958 (...) |
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| Diego Garcia FeatureType : isle Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : -7.3133 / 72.4111 | Diego Garcia is an atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean, and the largest of 60 small islands comprising the Chagos Archipelago. It was settled by the French in the 1790s and was transferred to British rule after the Napoleonic Wars (...) |
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| Kyrgyzstan FeatureType : country Elevation : 779 Lat/Lng : 42.8667 / 74.6 | Kyrgyzstan (;Or , or with the stress on the first syllable. See J. C. Wells, Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed. (Harlow, England: Pearson Education Ltd., 2008). Kyrgyzstan ; or Кыргызстан), officially the Kyrgyz Republic , and also known as Kirghizia, is a sovereign state in Central Asia (...) |
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| Somalia FeatureType : country Elevation : 273 Lat/Lng : 6.1833 / 47.0 | Somalia , officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe Federal Republic of Somalia is the country's name per Article 1 of the . , is a sovereign state with its territory located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, (...) |
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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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| Moscow FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 148 Lat/Lng : 55.7525 / 37.6231 | Moscow is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limitshttp://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/population/demo/Popul2016.xls and 17 million within the urban area. Moscow is one of Russia's federal cities (...) |
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| Chabahar FeatureType : city Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 25.2955 / 60.634 | Chābahār (; meaning four springs or spring well; formerly Bandar Beheshtī) is a city and capital of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. It is a free port (Free Trade Zone) on the coast of the Gulf of Oman, and is Iran's southernmost city (...) |
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| Hamid Karzai International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 1787 Lat/Lng : 34.5656 / 69.2108 | Kabul International Airport is located from the city center of Kabul in Afghanistan. It serves as one of the nation's main international airports and as one of the largest military bases, capable of housing over one hundred aircraft (...) |
| 17 | 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 (...) | |
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| Merv FeatureType : city Elevation : 235 Lat/Lng : 37.6626 / 62.1905 | Merv (Мерв, مرو; , Marv), formerly Achaemenid Persian Satrapy of Margiana, and later Alexandria (Margiana) and Antiochia in Margiana , was a major oasis-city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, located near today's Mary in Turkmenistan (...) |
| 19 | Kandahar Province FeatureType : null Elevation : 1228 Lat/Lng : 31.0 / 65.5 | Kandahar is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southern part of the country next to Pakistan. It is surrounded by Helmand in the west, Uruzgan in the north and Zabul Province in the east. Its capital is the city of Kandahar, which is located on the Arghandab River (...) | |
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| One Canada Square FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 51.505 / -0.0196 | One Canada Square is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London. It is the second tallest building in the United Kingdom at above ground levelAviation charts issued by the Civil Aviation Authority containing 50 stories (...) |
| 21 | Gulf News FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 25.1883 / 55.2536 | Gulf News is a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai. (...) | |
| 22 | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 24.412 / 54.474 | Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was the Ruler of Abu Dhabi for 38 years (6 August 1966 – 2 November 2004). He is the founding father and the principal driving force behind the formation of the United Arab Emirates , becoming the Union's first President , a post (...) | |
| 23 | 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 (...) | |
| 24 | Safi Airways FeatureType : null Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 50.9375 / 6.9697 | Dubai and Kabul-based Safi Airways Co. was the first and largest privately owned airline from Afghanistan. The airline had its headquarters in Shahr-e-Naw, Kabul, Afghanistan, an administrative office in the Dubai Airport Free Zone. (...) | |
| 25 | 2015 Cricket World Cup FeatureType : null Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : -31.9522 / 115.8589 | The 2015 Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Cricket World Cup 2015) was the 11th Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015. Australia defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets to win their fifth ICC Cricket World Cup (...) | |
| 26 | September 11 attacks FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 40.7117 / -74.0125 | The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-QaedaWright, Looming Tower, 2006, p. 79 against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001 (...) | |
| 27 | Sri Lanka national cricket team FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 6.93 / 79.85 | The Sri Lanka national cricket team, nicknamed The Lions, සිංහ පැටව් represents Sri Lanka in international cricket. It is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) status (...) | |
| 28 | Dubai Ports World controversy FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 36.011 / 120.209 | The Dubai Ports World controversy began in February 2006 and rose to prominence as a national security debate in the United States. At issue was the sale of port management businesses in six major U.S. seaports to a company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and whether such a sale would (...) | |
| 29 | Middle East FeatureType : country Elevation : -216 Lat/Lng : 32.8 / 35.6 | The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey (both Asian and European), and Egypt (which is mostly in North Africa). Saudi Arabia is geographically the largest Middle Eastern nation while Bahrain is the smallest (...) | |
| 30 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 24.4528 / 54.392 | The 2019 AFC Asian Cup will be the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It will be held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 February 2019 (...) | |
| 31 | Al-Azhar University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 32 Lat/Lng : 30.0458 / 31.2625 | Al-Azhar University (; , , "the (honorable) University of Al-Azhar") is a university in Cairo, Egypt. Associated with Al-Azhar Mosque in Islamic Cairo, it is Egypt's oldest degree-granting university and is renowned as "Sunni Islam’s most prestigious university" (...) | |
| 32 | United Airlines Flight 93 FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 723 Lat/Lng : 40.0511 / -78.9047 | United Airlines Flight 93 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on board, as part of the September 11 attacks. It crashed into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, during an attempt by the passengers and crew to regain control (...) | |
| 33 | 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 (...) | |
| 34 | Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 639 Lat/Lng : 24.5533 / 39.705 | Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport or Medina Airport is a regional airport in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Opened in 1950, it handles domestic flights, while it has scheduled international services to regional destinations such as Cairo, Doha, Dubai, Istanbul and Kuwait City (...) | |
| 35 | Sharjah Cricket Stadium FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 25.3308 / 55.421 | The Sharjah Cricket Stadium (Arabic:لشارقة جمعية ملعب الكريكيت) is in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It holds the record for the most number of ODIs hosted in a venue with 236 ODIs up to 19 February 2018. It was originally constructed in the early 1980s and has been much improved over the (...) | |
| 36 | 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 (...) | |
| 37 | 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 (...) | |
| 38 | 2018 Asia Cup FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 25.0467 / 55.2189 | The 2018 Asia Cup (also known as Unimoni Asia Cup) was a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that was held in the United Arab Emirates in September 2018. It was the 14th edition of the Asia Cup and the third time the tournament was played in the United Arab Emirates, after the 1984 and (...) | |
| 39 | Larnaca International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : -1 Lat/Lng : 34.8755 / 33.6248 | Larnaca International Airport is an international airport located southwest of Larnaca, Cyprus. Larnaca International Airport is Cyprus' main international gateway and the largest of the country's two commercial airports, the other being Paphos International Airport on the island's southwestern (...) | |
| 40 | Scotland national cricket team FeatureType : null Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 55.4307 / -4.6348 | The Scotland national cricket team represents the country of Scotland. They play their home matches at The Grange, Edinburgh. Scotland became associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1994 at CricketArchive after severing links with the England cricket team two years earlier (...) | |
| 41 | Islamic Azad University FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 1214 Lat/Lng : 35.7004 / 51.3836 | The Islamic Azad University (IAU; , Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi) is a semi-private university system in Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the world. (...) | |
| 42 | Maersk FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 55.688 / 12.5976 | A.P. Moller–Maersk Group , also known as simply Maersk, it is a Danish business conglomerate with activities in the transport, logistics and energy sectors. Maersk has been the largest container ship and supply vessel operator in the world since 1996 (...) | |
| 43 | Mossad FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 32.1424 / 34.804 | Mossad (; , ; , ', ; literally meaning "the Institute"), short for ' (meaning "Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations"), is the national intelligence agency of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with Aman (military intelligence) and Shin (...) | |
| 44 | American University of Afghanistan FeatureType : edu Elevation : 1818 Lat/Lng : 34.4756 / 69.1264 | The American University of Afghanistan (AUAF; ;) is Afghanistan’s first private, not-for-profit institution of higher education. Chartered in 2004, AUAF offers an MBA program, four undergraduate degree programs, and continuing education and professional development training (the Professional (...) | |
| 45 | National Airlines Flight 102 FeatureType : airport Elevation : 1476 Lat/Lng : 34.9601 / 69.2769 | National Airlines Flight 102 was a cargo flight operated by National Airlines between the British military base Camp Bastion in Afghanistan and Al Maktoum Airport in Dubai, with a refueling stop at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan (...) | |
| 46 | Death of Osama bin Laden FeatureType : null Elevation : 1195 Lat/Lng : 34.17 / 73.23 | Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist group Al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011 shortly after 1:00 am PKT (20:00 UTC, May 1) by United States Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six) (...) | |
| 47 | USS Harry S. Truman FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 36.9589 / -76.3284 | USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The ship's callsign is Lone Warrior, and she is currently homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Harry S (...) | |
| 48 | American Airlines Flight 77 FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 38.8711 / -77.0558 | American Airlines Flight 77 was a scheduled American Airlines domestic transcontinental passenger flight from Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California (...) | |
| 49 | USS Enterprise (CVN-65) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 36.9575 / -76.3297 | USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier. She was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed "Big E" (...) | |
| 50 | Printemps FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 50 Lat/Lng : 48.8741 / 2.3285 | Printemps (; meaning "spring" in French) is a French department store chain (literally "big store"). The Printemps stores focus on beauty, lifestyle, fashion, accessories, and men's wear. (...) | |
| 51 | International Cricket Council FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 25.04 / 55.2057 | The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England and South Africa. It was renamed as the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989 (...) | |
| 52 | Assassination of Benazir Bhutto FeatureType : null Elevation : 496 Lat/Lng : 33.6073 / 73.0633 | The assassination of Benazir Bhutto took place on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, twice Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990; 1993–1996) and then-leader of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for January 2008 (...) | |
| 53 | Zurmat District FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 2185 Lat/Lng : 33.55 / 68.4167 | Zurmat is the most populous city and district in Paktia Province, Afghanistan. The main town is Zurmat, which is one of the main cities of the region of Loya Paktia. (...) | |
| 54 | 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt FeatureType : null Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 41.0122 / 28.976 | On 15 July 2016, a coup d'état was attempted in Turkey against state institutions, including the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The attempt was carried out by a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces that organized themselves as the Peace at Home Council (...) | |
| 55 | Piracy off the coast of Somalia FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 3.18 / 68.86 | Piracy off the coast of Somalia has been a threat to international shipping since the second phase of the Somali Civil War, around 2000, when foreign ships exploited the coastline area because of the absence of an effective national coast guard by invading the fishing grounds and also dumping (...) | |
| 56 | 2011 Mumbai bombings FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 18.96 / 72.82 | The 2011 Mumbai bombings (often referred to as 13 July) were a series of three coordinated bomb explosions at different locations in Mumbai, India, on 13 July 2011 between 18:54 and 19:06 IST. The blasts occurred at the Opera House, at Zaveri Bazaar and at Dadar West localities, leaving 26 killed (...) | |
| 57 | 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt FeatureType : event Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 40.7581 / -73.9858 | On May 1, 2010, a terrorist attack was attempted in Times Square in Manhattan, New York. Two street vendors alerted NYPD after they spotted smoke coming from a vehicle, and a car bomb was discovered. The bomb had been ignited, but failed to explode, and was disarmed before it caused any casualties (...) | |
| 58 | Chabahar Port FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 25.3003 / 60.6128 | Chabahar Port is a seaport in Chabahar located in southeastern Iran, on the Gulf of Oman. It serves as Iran's only oceanic port, and consists of two separate ports named Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti, each of which has five berths (...) | |
| 59 | Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 590 Lat/Lng : 33.7328 / 73.0871 | The Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing occurred on the night of 20 September 2008, when a dump truck filled with explosives was detonated in front of the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, killing at least 54 people, injuring at least 266 and leaving a 60 ft (20 m) wide, 20 ft (6 m) (...) | |
| 60 | Black site FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 84 Lat/Lng : 44.4678 / 26.0459 | In military terminology, a black site is a location at which an unacknowledged black project is conducted. It can refer to the facilities that are controlled by the CIA and used by the U.S. government in its War on Terror to detain alleged unlawful enemy combatants. U.S. President George W (...) | |
| 61 | Dir District FeatureType : null Elevation : 2131 Lat/Lng : 35.1667 / 72.0 | Dir is a region in northwestern Pakistan, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Lying in the foothills of the Himalayas it has beautiful valleys and scenic mountains. Before Pakistan was created, Dir was a princely state, and it remained so until 1969 when it was abolished by a presidential declaration, with (...) | |
| 62 | 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 (...) | |
| 63 | 2011 Dalbandin earthquake FeatureType : null Elevation : 842 Lat/Lng : 28.8364 / 63.9469 | The 2011 Dalbandin earthquake occurred on with a moment magnitude of Mw 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). The shock occurred in a sparsely populated area of Balochistan, caused moderate damage, three deaths and some injuries. (...) | |
| 64 | Northwest Airlines Flight 253 FeatureType : event Elevation : 190 Lat/Lng : 42.208 / -83.356 | Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was an international passenger flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands, to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan, United States (...) | |
| 65 | Al Minhad Air Base FeatureType : null Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 25.0267 / 55.3696 | Al Minhad Air Base is a military installation in the United Arab Emirates. The base is located approximately south of Dubai and is operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force. It is currently the headquarters of Joint Task Force 633 and supports Australian operations in the Middle East. (...) | |
| 66 | Sar Hawza District FeatureType : null Elevation : 2489 Lat/Lng : 32.2645 / 68.5247 | Sari-roza or Sar Hawza (Pashto: سر هوزه) is a district of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Sar Hawza is one of the main districts of Paktika with over three thousand houses. People of Sar Hawza mostly work in business (...) | |
| 67 | 2011 Mazar-i-Sharif attack FeatureType : null Elevation : 373 Lat/Lng : 36.7 / 67.1167 | The 2011 Mazar-i-Sharif attack occurred on 1 April 2011 when a group of demonstrators attacked the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, killing seven foreigners, including three United Nations staff members and four Nepalese guards (...) | |
| 68 | Khost Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 1149 Lat/Lng : 33.3336 / 69.9524 | Khost Airport is located next to the city of Khost in eastern Afghanistan. The airport has been used historically for military purposes. It was developed and expanded in recent years for public use. It will be known as Khost International Airport in the near future. (...) | |
| 69 | 13 September 2008 Delhi bombings FeatureType : null Elevation : 221 Lat/Lng : 28.6 / 77.2 | The 13 September 2008 Delhi bombings were a series of five synchronised bomb blasts that took place within a span of few minutes on Saturday, 13 September 2008 at various locations in Delhi, India. The first bomb exploded at 18:07 IST, and four other blasts followed in succession, with at least 20 (...) | |
| 70 | United 2026 FIFA World Cup bid FeatureType : null Elevation : 631 Lat/Lng : 53.5333 / -113.5 | United 2026 was a successful joint bid, led by the United States Soccer Federation, together with the Canadian Soccer Association and the Mexican Football Federation, to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico (...) | |
| 71 | Sama FeatureType : null Elevation : 819 Lat/Lng : 5.6603 / 16.2632 | Sama or SAMA may refer to: (...) | |
| 72 | Camp Mirage FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 25.0269 / 55.3708 | Camp Mirage is the codename for a former Canadian Forces forward logistics facility located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The facility was established in late-December 2001 and, though not officially acknowledged by the Canadian Forces, is considered an "open secret" (...) | |
| 73 | International Humanitarian City FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 24.8949 / 55.0712 | The International Humanitarian City (IHC) is a logistics centre for the distribution of humanitarian aid. Based in Dubai, the IHC now hosts nine United Nations agencies and more than 40 NGOs and commercial entities all engaged in delivering aid both in crises and to support long-term economic (...) | |
| 74 | 2007 Karsaz bombing FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 24.8847 / 67.0896 | The 2007 Karsaz bombing of 18 October 2007 in Karachi, Pakistan, was an attack on a motorcade carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The bombing occurred two months before she was assassinated. The bombing resulted in at least 180 deaths and 500 injuries (...) | |
| 75 | Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul FeatureType : null Elevation : 1866 Lat/Lng : 34.5369 / 69.1253 | The Inter-Continental (also known as the Inter-Con) is a five star hotel located in the Karte Parwan neighbourhood in western Kabul, Afghanistan. It served as the nation's first international luxury hotel, one of the most visited by foreigners since its opening in 1969, built nearby the Bagh-e Bala (...) | |
| 76 | UTAGE Flight 141 FeatureType : event Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 6.3667 / 2.4167 | UTAGE Flight 141 was a chartered international passenger flight operated by Guinean regional airlines Union des Transports Aériens de Guinée flying from Cotonou Airport in Benin's capital Cotonou to Kufra Airport in Kufra, Libya (...) | |
| 77 | Shafia family murders FeatureType : null Elevation : 84 Lat/Lng : 44.293 / -76.4418 | The Shafia Family murders took place on June 30, 2009 in Kingston, Ontario. Shafia sisters Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13, along with Rona Amir Mohammed, 50, (all Afghan origin) were found dead inside a car that was discovered underwater in front of the northernmost Kingston Mills lock of the (...) | |
| 78 | Asia e University FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 3.1394 / 101.696 | Asia e University (AeU) is a multinational university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that offers on-campus, online and a blended mixed-mode programmes. An institution set in Asia, by Asians, and for Asia – founded by the Asia Cooperation Dialogue foreign ministers (...) | |
| 79 | Gannaram FeatureType : null Elevation : 452 Lat/Lng : 18.5275 / 78.245 | Gannaram is a village which is 150 km from Hyderabad. It is located in indalwai mandal, under the constituency of Nizamabad Rural of Nizamabad district, Telangana in south India. It has a population of more than 9250 (...) | |
| 80 | Maidan FeatureType : null Elevation : 2776 Lat/Lng : 32.8827 / 65.1971 | Maidan (versions: maydan, midan, meydan, majdan or mayadeen; , maydān) may refer to: *A Persian word for a town square or public gathering place (...) | |
| 81 | Kabul City Center FeatureType : null Elevation : 1800 Lat/Lng : 34.5325 / 69.1656 | Kabul City Center , is Afghanistan's first modern-style indoor shopping mall that opened in 2005. It is approximately nine stories tall and is located in downtown Kabul, in the Shahr-e Naw neighborhood. The mall is equipped with escalators and see-through elevators (...) | |
| 82 | Centre for International Education and Research FeatureType : edu Elevation : 145 Lat/Lng : 52.4515 / -1.9271 | The Centre for International Education and Research (CIER) evolved in the 1950s, at the University of Birmingham UK, in the context of the involvement of British academics in the new international educational role of the United Nations (...) | |
| 83 | Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 24.8444 / 66.7889 | Pakistan is one of nine states to possess nuclear weapons. Pakistan began development of nuclear weapons in January 1972 under Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who delegated the program to the Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Munir Ahmad Khan with a commitment to having (...) | |
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