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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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| Singapore Changi Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 1.3594 / 103.9894 | Changi Airport is the major civilian airport for Singapore, and one of the largest transportation hubs in Southeast Asia. It is currently rated the World's Best Airport by Skytrax, for the sixth consecutive year since 2013 and is one of the world's busiest airports by international passenger and (...) |
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| Vietnam FeatureType : country Elevation : 934 Lat/Lng : 16.1667 / 107.8333 | Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula. With an estimated million inhabitants , it is the world's 15th-most-populous country, and the ninth-most-populous Asian country (...) |
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| Noi Bai International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 21.2212 / 105.8072 | Nội Bài International Airport in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is the largest airport in Vietnam in terms of total capacity. It is also the second busiest airport in Vietnam after Tan Son Nhat International Airport. It is the main airport serving Hanoi, replacing the role of Gia Lam Airport (...) |
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| Da Nang FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 16.0486 / 108.2206 | Da Nang is the fifth largest city in Vietnam after Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Hanoi, Can Tho and Haiphong in terms of urbanization and economy. Located on the coast of the South China Sea at the mouth of the Han River, it is one of Vietnam's most important port cities (...) |
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| South China Sea FeatureType : waterbody Lat/Lng : 12.1883 / 113.2264 | The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Karimata and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around . The sea carries tremendous strategic importance; one-third of the world's shipping passes through it carrying over $3 trillion in (...) |
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| Spratly Islands FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 10.35 / 114.7668 | The Spratly Islands ((Nánshā Qúndǎo)) are a disputed group of islands, islets and cays and more than 100 reefs, sometimes grouped in submerged old atolls, in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines, Malaysia, and southern Vietnam (...) |
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| Chaozhou FeatureType : city Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 23.6667 / 116.6333 | Chaozhou , alternatively transliterated as Chiuchow,Transliterated from its Cantonese pronunciation ChaochowFrom postal romanization or Teochew,Transliterated from the pronunciation of its own local dialect is a city in the eastern Guangdong province of China (...) |
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| Malaysia FeatureType : country Elevation : 62 Lat/Lng : 3.1333 / 101.7 | Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo (...) |
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| Laos FeatureType : country Elevation : 174 Lat/Lng : 17.9667 / 102.6 | Laos (;, UK pronunciations, US pronunciations , Lāo), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic , commonly referred to by its colloquial name of Muang Lao (Lao: ເມືອງລາວ, Muang Lao), is a socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese (...) |
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| Malacca FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 2.2 / 102.25 | Malacca dubbed "The Historic State", is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. The state is bordered by Negeri Sembilan to the north and west and Johor to the south (...) |
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| Phnom Penh FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 11.5717 / 104.9231 | Phnom Penh (or ;Dictionary Reference The Free Dictionary: phnum pɨñ), formerly known as Krong Chaktomuk or Krong Chaktomuk Serimongkul , is the capital and most populous city in Cambodia. Phnom Penh has been the national capital since French colonization of Cambodia, and has grown to become the (...) |
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| Soekarno–Hatta International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : -6.1256 / 106.6559 | Soekarno–Hatta International Airport , abbreviated SHIA or Cengkareng airport (hence IATA designator "CGK"), is the primary airport serving the Greater Jakarta area on the island of Java in Indonesia. Named after the first president and vice-president of Indonesia, Soekarno and Mohammad Hatta, the (...) |
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| Sumatra FeatureType : isle Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 0.0 / 102.0 | Sumatra is a large island in western Indonesia that is part of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island that is located entirely in Indonesia (after Borneo, which is shared between Indonesia and other countries) and the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (not including adjacent (...) |
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| Nakhon Ratchasima FeatureType : city Elevation : 184 Lat/Lng : 14.9681 / 102.1 | Nakhon Ratchasima is one of the four major cities of Isan, Thailand, known as the "big four of Isan". The city is commonly known as Korat , a shortened form of its name. It is the governmental seat of the Nakhon Ratchasima Province and Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District (...) |
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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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| Indonesia FeatureType : country Elevation : -4 Lat/Lng : -6.175 / 106.8286 | Indonesia (; Indonesian:), officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the world's largest island country, with more than thirteen thousand islands, and at , the 14th largest by land area and the 7th largest in combined sea and (...) |
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| Borneo FeatureType : isle Elevation : 245 Lat/Lng : -0.1758 / 113.6864 | Borneo is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra (...) |
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| Thailand FeatureType : country Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 13.75 / 100.4833 | Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a country at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces. At and over 68 million people, Thailand is the world's 50th largest country by total area and the 21st-most-populous country (...) |
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| Incheon International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 37.4691 / 126.4505 | Incheon International Airport (IIA) (sometimes referred to as Seoul–Incheon International Airport) is the largest airport in South Korea, the primary airport serving the Seoul Capital Area, and one of the largest and busiest airports in the world (...) |
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| Vientiane FeatureType : null Elevation : 174 Lat/Lng : 17.9667 / 102.6 | Vientiane (; ; ; , Viang chan) is the capital and largest city of Laos, on the banks of the Mekong River near the border with Thailand. Vientiane became the capital in 1563 due to fears of a Burmese invasion but was later looted then razed to the ground in 1827 by the Siamese (Thai) (...) |
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| Helsinki Airport FeatureType : airport Lat/Lng : 60.3172 / 24.9633 | Helsinki Airport is the main international airport of the city of Helsinki, its surrounding metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region. The airport is located in the city of Vantaa, about west of Tikkurila, the administrative center of Vantaa and north of Helsinki city center (...) |
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| Yangon FeatureType : null Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : 16.8053 / 96.1561 | Yangon (MLCTS rankun mrui, ; formerly known as Rangoon, lit. "End of Strife") is the capital of the Yangon Region of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the capital to the purpose-built city of Naypyidaw in central (...) |
| 24 | South Vietnam FeatureType : country Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 10.75 / 106.6667 | South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), was a country that existed from 1955 to 1975 and comprised the southern half of what is now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It received international recognition in 1949 as the "State of Vietnam" (a self-governing entity in the French (...) | |
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| Brunei FeatureType : country Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 4.4167 / 114.5833 | Brunei , officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of PeacePeter Haggett (ed). Encyclopedia of World Geography, Volume 1, Marshall Cavendish, 2001, . (Jawi:), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia (...) |
| 26 | Vietnam Airlines FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 21.0456 / 105.8807 | Vietnam Airlines is the flag carrier of Vietnam. Founded in 1956 under the name Vietnam Civil Aviation, the airline was established as a state-owned enterprise in April 1989. Vietnam Airlines is headquartered in Long Biên District, Hanoi, with hubs at Noi Bai International Airport and Tan Son Nhat (...) | |
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| Osaka FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 34.6938 / 135.5022 | (; listen) is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with over 19 million inhabitants (...) |
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| Aceh FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 5.55 / 95.3167 | Aceh is a province of Indonesia, located at the northern end of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Banda Aceh. It is close to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India and separated from them by the Andaman Sea (...) |
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| Kaohsiung FeatureType : null Elevation : 162 Lat/Lng : 22.6333 / 120.2667 | Kaohsiung (Hokkien POJ: Ko-hiông; Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kô-hiùng; old names: Takao, Takow, Takau) is a special municipality located in southern-western Taiwan and facing the Taiwan Strait. Kaohsiung has a population of approximately 2 (...) |
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| National Security Agency FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 39.0983 / -76.766 | The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence. The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collection, and processing of information and data for foreign (...) |
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| Bandar Seri Begawan FeatureType : city Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 4.8907 / 114.9411 | Bandar Seri Begawan (or) (Jawi: بندر سري بڬاوان ;) (formerly known as Brunei Town) is the capital city of the Sultanate of Brunei. It is officially governed as a municipality . Bandar Seri Begawan has an estimated population of 100,700, and including the whole Brunei-Muara District, the metro area (...) |
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| Guam FeatureType : isle Elevation : 45 Lat/Lng : 13.4522 / 144.7703 | Guam (; Chamorro: ') is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. Office of Insular Affairs. Retrieved October 31, 2008. It is the easternmost point and territory of the United States, along with the Northern Mariana Islands (...) |
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| Incheon FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 37.4639 / 126.6486 | Incheon (; ; formerly romanized as Inchŏn; literally "kind river"), officially the Incheon Metropolitan City , is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international (...) |
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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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| Ghana FeatureType : country Elevation : 139 Lat/Lng : 7.6833 / -0.9833 | Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Spanning a land mass of , Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic (...) |
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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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| Mount Pinatubo FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 929 Lat/Lng : 15.1417 / 120.35 | Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains, located on the tripoint boundary of the Philippine provinces of Zambales, Tarlac and Pampanga, all in Central Luzon on the northern island of Luzon., pg. 141. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1901 (...) |
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| Harbin FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 116 Lat/Lng : 45.8014 / 126.5292 | Harbin (Manchu: Harbin;) is the capital of Heilongjiang province, and largest city in the northeastern region of the People's Republic of China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, Harbin has direct jurisdiction over nine metropolitan districts, two county-level cities and seven counties (...) |
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| Hainan FeatureType : isle Elevation : 373 Lat/Lng : 19.1067 / 109.5675 | Hainan is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , separated from Guangdong's Leizhou Peninsula by the Qiongzhou Strait, is the largest and fifth most populous island under PRC control (Taiwan, which is (...) |
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| Udaipur FeatureType : null Elevation : 600 Lat/Lng : 24.58 / 73.68 | Udaipur (pronunciation), also known as the "City of Lakes" is a small city, municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar in the former Rajputana Agency (...) |
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| Narita International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 35.7644 / 140.3917 | , also known as Tokyo Narita Airport, formerly and originally known as , is an international airport serving the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is located approximately east of central Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture, straddling the border between the city of Narita and the adjacent town of Shibayama (...) |
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| Frankfurt Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 101 Lat/Lng : 50.0326 / 8.5599 | Frankfurt am Main Airport (also known as Rhein-Main-Flughafen) is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centres. It is operated by Fraport and serves as the main hub for Lufthansa including Lufthansa CityLine (...) |
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| Hangzhou FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 30.2731 / 120.1769 | Hangzhou (Mandarin: ; local dialect: /ɦɑŋ tseɪ/) formerly romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province in East China. It sits at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo (...) |
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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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| South Korea FeatureType : country Elevation : 943 Lat/Lng : 35.8891 / 127.793 | South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying to the east of the Asian mainland. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of (...) |
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| Philippines FeatureType : country Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 14.5889 / 120.9715 | The Philippines (; or '), officially the Republic of the Philippines , is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and (...) |
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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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| 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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| 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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| Perth FeatureType : null Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : -31.9522 / 115.8589 | Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth-most populous city in Australia, with a population of 2,022,044 living in Greater Perth. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with the majority of the metropolitan area (...) |
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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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| 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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| 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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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology FeatureType : edu Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 42.3598 / -71.0921 | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied (...) |
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| Columbia, South Carolina FeatureType : city Elevation : 97 Lat/Lng : 34.0007 / -81.0353 | Columbia is the capital and second largest city of the U.S. state of South Carolina, with a population estimate of 134,309 as of 2016. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County (...) |
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| Adelaide FeatureType : city Lat/Lng : 34.929 / 138.601 | Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia. In June 2017, Adelaide had an estimated resident population of 1,333,927. Adelaide is home to more than 75 percent of the South Australian population, making it the most centralised (...) |
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| Montreal FeatureType : null Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 45.5077 / -73.5626 | Montreal (; is the local English pronunciation; in the rest of Canada, it tends to be , but the British and American pronunciation is . ; officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada (...) |
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| Shenyang FeatureType : null Elevation : 53 Lat/Lng : 41.7956 / 123.4481 | Shenyang , formerly known by its Manchu name Mukden or Fengtian , is the provincial capital and the largest city of Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China, as well as the largest city in Northeast China by urban population.2010 census According to the 2010 census, the city's urban area has 6 (...) |
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| Bangkok FeatureType : city Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 13.7525 / 100.4942 | Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep (listen). The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand, and has a population of over eight million, or 12.6 percent of the country's population (...) |
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| Panama FeatureType : country Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 9.0 / -79.5 | Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is a country in Central America, Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications (M49), United Nations Statistics Division Atlas of Canada National Geographic bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north (...) |
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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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| 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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| Yemen FeatureType : country Elevation : 711 Lat/Lng : 15.8134 / 47.7905 | Yemen , officially known as the Republic of Yemen , is a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen is the second-largest Arab sovereign state in the peninsula, occupying . The coastline stretches for about (...) |
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| USS Oriskany (CV-34) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 30.0425 / -87.0064 | USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34) – nicknamed Mighty O, and occasionally referred to as the O-boat – was one of the few s completed after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was named for the Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War (...) |
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| Columbine High School massacre FeatureType : event Elevation : 1687 Lat/Lng : 39.6043 / -105.0753 | The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting that occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County (Jeffco), Colorado, United States, near Littleton in the Denver metropolitan area (...) |
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| Sydney FeatureType : city（4575532） Elevation : 72 Lat/Lng : -33.8694 / 151.2083 | Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Port Jackson and extends about on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, and Macarthur to the south (...) |
| 67 | Indochina FeatureType : null Elevation : 586 Lat/Lng : 16.0 / 102.0 | Indochina, originally Indo-China, is a geographical term originating in the early nineteenth century and referring to the continental portion of the region now known as Southeast Asia. The name refers to the lands historically within the cultural influence of India and China, and physically bound by (...) | |
| 68 | French Indochina FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 21.0333 / 105.85 | French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China)While both 'Indo-China' and 'Indochina' can be found in contemporary English-language sources, 'Indo-China' is the most commonly used spelling (even though Indochine, instead of Indo-Chine', was commonly used in French); contemporary official (...) | |
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| Daniel K. Inouye International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 21.3187 / -157.9224 | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport , also known as Honolulu International Airport, is the principal aviation gateway of the City and County of Honolulu on Oahu in the State of Hawaii. It is identified as one of the busiest airports in the United States, with traffic now exceeding 21 million (...) |
| 70 | Southeast Asia FeatureType : country Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 12.0 / 105.1 | Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of Japan and China, east of India, west of Papua New Guinea, and north of Australia. Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and the Bay of (...) | |
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| Vorwerk (company) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 180 Lat/Lng : 51.2739 / 7.2003 | Vorwerk is an international diversified corporate group headquartered in Wuppertal, Germany. The main business is the direct distribution of various products like household appliances (e.g. Kobold vacuum cleaners), fitted kitchens or cosmetics. Vorwerk was founded in 1883 (...) |
| 72 | Phu Quoc International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 10.2258 / 103.9608 | Phu Quoc International Airport (Vietnamese: Sân bay quốc tế Phú Quốc or Cảng hàng không quốc tế Phú Quốc) is an international airport which was completed in 2012 on Phú Quốc Island, in southern Vietnam. The airport covers nearly 900ha in Duong To village, Phú Quốc island-district, Kiên Giang (...) | |
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| Dawei FeatureType : null Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 14.0823 / 98.1915 | Dawei (; , ; , Thawai, ; formerly known as Tavoy) is a city in south-eastern Myanmar and is the capital of the Tanintharyi Region, formerly known as the Tenasserim Division, about south of Yangon on the northern bank of the Dawei River. Population (2004 estimate), 139,900. It is at 14.09°N 98.20°E (...) |
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| Kranji War Cemetery FeatureType : null Elevation : 24 Lat/Lng : 1.4197 / 103.7578 | The Kranji War Cemetery is located in Kranji, Singapore, and is the final resting place for Allied soldiers who perished during the Battle of Singapore and the subsequent Japanese occupation of the island from 1942 to 1945 and in other parts of Southeast Asia during World War II (...) |
| 75 | 2014 AFF Championship FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 14.56 / 120.99 | The 2014 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup, was the 10th edition of the AFF Championship, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) (...) | |
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| U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 14.8078 / 120.2781 | Naval Base Subic Bay was a major ship-repair, supply, and rest and recreation facility of the Spanish Navy and subsequently the United States Navy located in Zambales, Philippines. The base was 262 square miles, about the size of Singapore (...) |
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| USS New Jersey (BB-62) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 39.9392 / -75.1328 | USS New Jersey (BB-62) ("Big J" or "Black Dragon") is an , and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of New Jersey. New Jersey earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed Iowa-class battleships, and was the only US battleship (...) |
| 78 | Chonburi F.C. FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 13.3364 / 100.9564 | Chonburi Football Club is a Thai professional football club based in the city of Chonburi, Chonburi Province and currently playing in the top division in Thai football, the Thai League 1. The team lifted the league title in 2007 which became the most successful season in their history (...) | |
| 79 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : -6.2052 / 106.8501 | The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the 14th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held from 7 to 29 July 2007 (...) | |
| 80 | Riau Islands FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 0.9 / 104.45 | The Riau Islands is a province of Indonesia. It comprises a total of 1,796 islands lying between the Malacca Strait, the Karimata Strait and the South China Sea.https://kepri.antaranews.com/berita/37908/jumlah-pulau-di-kepri-berubah The province is located on one of the world's busiest shipping (...) | |
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| Geography of Thailand FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 15.0 / 100.0 | Thailand's 514,000 square kilometers lie in the middle of mainland Southeast Asia. The nation's axial position influenced many aspects of Thailand's society and culture—it controls the only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore. (...) |
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| USS Saratoga (CV-60) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : -19 Lat/Lng : 41.528 / -71.3163 | USS Saratoga (CV/CVA/CVB-60), was the second of four supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Saratoga was the sixth U.S. Navy ship, and the second aircraft carrier, to be named for the Battles of Saratoga in the American Revolutionary War (...) |
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| Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base FeatureType : null Elevation : 221 Lat/Lng : 14.9306 / 102.0808 | Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base is a base of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) in northeast Thailand, approximately 250 km (157 mi) northeast of Bangkok and about 8 km (5 mi) south of the centre of Nakhon Ratchasima Province (also known as "Khorat" or "Korat"), the largest province in Thailand (...) |
| 84 | Association of Southeast Asian Nations FeatureType : null Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : -6.239 / 106.7993 | The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) , ASEAN-10: Meeting the Challenges, by Termsak Chalermpalanupap, , ASEAN Secretariat official website. Retrieved 27 June 2008. is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising ten Southeast Asian countries, which promotes intergovernmental (...) | |
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| Japanese battleship Kongō FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 26.15 / 121.3833 | Kongō (金剛, "Indestructible Diamond", named for Mount Kongō) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. She was the first battlecruiser of the , among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built (...) |
| 86 | Johor FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 1.4872 / 103.7811 | Johor , formerly known as Johore, is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the northwest (...) | |
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| USS Turner Joy FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 47.564 / -122.622 | USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was one of 18 s of the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Charles Turner Joy USN (1895–1956). Commissioned in 1959, she spent her entire career in the Pacific. She participated extensively in the Vietnam War, and was one of the principal ships involved in the (...) |
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| USS America (CV-66) FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 33.1525 / -71.6519 | USS America (CVA/CV-66) was one of three supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1960s. Commissioned in 1965, she spent most of her career in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, but did make three Pacific deployments serving in the Vietnam War (...) |
| 89 | South Central Coast FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 15.6971 / 108.4241 | South Central Coast is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of the independent municipality of Đà Nẵng and seven other provinces. The two southern provinces Ninh Thuận and Bình Thuận are sometimes seen as part of the Southeast region (...) | |
| 90 | Quảng Nam Province FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 53 Lat/Lng : 15.5833 / 107.9167 | Quảng Nam (help=no) is a province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. It is bordered by Thừa Thiên–Huế Province to the north, the nation of Laos to the west, Kon Tum Province to the southwest, Quảng Ngãi Province to the southeast, the South China Sea to the east, and the city of Da Nang to (...) | |
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| Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 11.5495 / 104.9178 | The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, chronicling the Cambodian genocide. The site is a former secondary school which was used as Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979 (...) |
| 92 | Asia FeatureType : null Elevation : 517 Lat/Lng : 46.2833 / 86.6667 | Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres. It shares the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe and the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa (...) | |
| 93 | 2003 Southeast Asian Games FeatureType : null Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 21.0167 / 105.85 | The 2003 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 22nd Southeast Asian Games was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Hanoi, Vietnam. This was the first time in history Vietnam hosted the Southeast Asian Games and the first time East Timor participated at the Southeast Asian Games (...) | |
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| Mountain Home Air Force Base FeatureType : null Elevation : 913 Lat/Lng : 43.0436 / -115.8724 | Mountain Home Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in the western United States. Located in southwestern Idaho in Elmore County, the base is southwest of Mountain Home, which is southeast of Boise via Interstate 84 (...) |
| 95 | Lien Khuong Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 966 Lat/Lng : 11.7534 / 108.3738 | Lien Khuong Airport (IATA: DLI, ICAO: VVDL) is the largest among 4 airports of Lâm Đồng Province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam. The airport is located in Đức Trọng District, about 30 km south of Da Lat (...) | |
| 96 | Sembawang FeatureType : null Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 1.4491 / 103.8185 | Sembawang is a planning area and residential town located the North Region of Singapore. Sembawang planning area is bordered by Simpang to the east, Mandai to the south, Yishun to the southeast, Woodlands to the west and the Straits of Johor to the north (...) | |
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| USS Ranger (CV-61) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 47.5532 / -122.6526 | The seventh USS Ranger (CV/CVA-61) was one of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Although all four ships of the class were completed with angled decks, Ranger had the distinction of being the first US carrier built from the beginning as an angled-deck (...) |
| 98 | Singapore Airlines Flight 006 FeatureType : event Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 25.0815 / 121.23 | Singapore Airlines Flight 006 (SQ006/SIA006) was a scheduled Singapore Airlines passenger flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport) in Taipei, Taiwan (...) | |
| 99 | Hoàng Mai District FeatureType : city Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 20.9681 / 105.8482 | Hoàng Mai is an urban district (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. It has the highest population of all districts in Hanoi, at 365,509 in 2013. (...) | |
| 100 | 2018 North Korea–United States summit FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 46 Lat/Lng : 1.2494 / 103.8244 | The 2018 North Korea—United States summit was a June 12, 2018 summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, held at the Capella Hotel, Sentosa, Singapore. This was the first-ever meeting between leaders of the United States and North Korea (...) | |
| 101 | Fujian FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 760 Lat/Lng : 26.273 / 118.169 | Fujian (; formerly romanised as Fukien or Hokkien), is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east (...) | |
| 102 | 1998 AFF Championship FeatureType : null Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 10.45 / 106.4 | The 1998 AFF Championship, sponsored by Asia Pacific Breweries and officially known as the 1998 Tiger Cup, was the second edition of the AFF Championship and was held in Vietnam. Group A's matches were played in Ho Chi Minh City with Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Philippines (...) | |
| 103 | TV5Monde FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 50 Lat/Lng : 48.8836 / 2.3019 | TV5Monde (; formerly known as TV5) is a French pay television network, broadcasting several channels of French language programming. It is an approved participant member of the European Broadcasting Union. (...) | |
| 104 | Korean Peninsula FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 264 Lat/Lng : 38.3279 / 127.228 | The Korean Peninsula is located in East Asia. It extends southwards for about from continental Asia into the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by the Sea of Japan (East Sea) to the east and the Yellow Sea (West sea) to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the two bodies of water. (...) | |
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| USS Independence (CV-62) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 47.552 / -122.657 | The fifth USS Independence (CV/CVA-62) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was the fourth and final member of the of conventionally powered supercarriers. She entered service in 1959, with much of her early years spent in the Mediterranean Fleet (...) |
| 106 | Perth Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : -31.9422 / 115.9557 | Perth Airport is a domestic and international airport serving Perth, the capital and largest city of Western Australia. It is the fourth busiest airport in Australia measured by passenger movements and falls within the boundaries of the City of Belmont, City of Kalamunda and the City of Swan (...) | |
| 107 | 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 (...) | |
| 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 (...) | |
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| USS Barry (DD-933) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 38.871 / -76.996 | USS Barry (DD-933) was one of eighteen Forrest Sherman–class destroyers of the United States Navy, and was the third US destroyer to be named for Commodore John Barry. Commissioned in 1954, she spent most of her career in the Caribbean, Atlantic, and Mediterranean, but also served in the Vietnam (...) |
| 110 | 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 (...) | |
| 111 | Sihanoukville (city) FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 10.6333 / 103.5 | Sihanoukville (Krong Preah Sihanouk), also known as "Kampong Som" , is a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital city of Sihanoukville Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula in the country's south-west on the Gulf of Thailand (...) | |
| 112 | Semarang FeatureType : city Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : -6.9667 / 110.4167 | Semarang is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It has an area of and a population of approximately 1.8 million people, making it Indonesia's fifth most populous city after Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung and Medan (...) | |
| 113 | Southeast Asian Games FeatureType : null Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 3.13 / 101.68 | The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games is under regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supervision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the (...) | |
| 114 | Muangthong United F.C. FeatureType : null Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 13.918 / 100.5474 | Muangthong United Football Club is a Thai professional football club based in Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi Province. The club currently plays in the Thai League 1. Muangthong United has participated in the Thai Premier League since 2009 after having won the Thai Division 1 League title in 2008 (...) | |
| 115 | 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 (...) | |
| 116 | Georgia Institute of Technology FeatureType : edu Elevation : 299 Lat/Lng : 33.7765 / -84.4002 | The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, is a public research university and institute of technology located in the Midtown neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. It is a part of the University System of Georgia and has satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia; Metz, (...) | |
| 117 | RMIT University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : -37.8078 / 144.9633 | RMIT University (officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, informally RMIT) is an Australian public research university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1887 as the Working Men's College by Francis Ormond, it initially opened as a private night school offering instruction in (...) | |
| 118 | Sabah FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 371 Lat/Lng : 2.8 / 113.8833 | Sabah is a state of Malaysia located on the northern portion of Borneo Island. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest, and Indonesia's Kalimantan region to the south. The Federal Territory of Labuan is an island just off the Sabah coast (...) | |
| 119 | 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 (...) | |
| 120 | Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 3.5667 / 104.4333 | The sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse was a naval engagement in the Second World War, part of the war in the Pacific, that took place north of Singapore, off the east coast of Malaya, near Kuantan, Pahang, where the Royal Navy battleship and battlecruiser were sunk by land-based bombers and (...) | |
| 121 | National Gallery Singapore FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 1.2902 / 103.8516 | The National Gallery Singapore is an art gallery located in the Downtown Core of Singapore. Opened on 24 November 2015, it oversees the world’s largest public collection of Singapore and Southeast Asian art, consisting of over 8,000 artworks (...) | |
| 122 | Panasonic FeatureType : landamrk Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 34.7438 / 135.5701 | , formerly known as , is a Japanese multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan." ." Panasonic Corporation. Retrieved February 15, 2011. "Head Office Location 1006, Oaza Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8501, Japan" The company was founded in 1918 as a producer of (...) | |
| 123 | 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 (...) | |
| 124 | Yogyakarta FeatureType : null Elevation : 125 Lat/Lng : -7.7833 / 110.3667 | Yogyakarta (; also Jogjakarta or Jogja; ; formerly Dutch: Djokjakarta/Djocjakarta or Djokja) is a city on the island of Java in Indonesia. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, Yogyakarta is regarded as an important centre for classical Javanese fine arts and culture such as (...) | |
| 125 | US Open (tennis) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 40.7499 / -73.847 | The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hard court tennis tournament. The tournament is the modern version of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, for which men's singles was first played in 1881 (...) | |
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| 2006 North Korean missile test FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 40.8471 / 129.6285 | Two rounds of North Korean missile tests were conducted on July 5, 2006. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) reportedly fired at least seven separate missiles. These included one long-range Taepodong-2 missile and short-range Scud derived missiles including the enlarged (...) |
| 127 | May 2 FeatureType : null Elevation : 364 Lat/Lng : 30.0 / 35.2 | ==Events== *1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. *1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. *1335 – Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia (...) | |
| 128 | Ma–Xi meeting FeatureType : event Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 1.3112 / 103.8264 | On 7 November 2015, Ma Ying-jeou, president of the Republic of China (Taiwan; ROC), and Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of the People's Republic of China (Mainland China; PRC), met in Singapore (...) | |
| 129 | People's Republic of Kampuchea FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 12.25 / 105.6 | The People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK; , ;) was founded in Cambodia by the Salvation Front, a group of Cambodian communists dissatisfied with the Khmer Rouge after the overthrow of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot's government (...) | |
| 130 | 2016 AFF Championship FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 13.75 / 100.62 | The 2016 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016, was the 11th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The whole tournament ran from 19 November to 17 December 2016 (...) | |
| 131 | Hindu temple FeatureType : null Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 20.888 / 70.4013 | A Hindu temple is a symbolic house, seat and body of god. It is a structure designed to bring human beings and gods together, using symbolism to express the ideas and beliefs of Hinduism., Quote: "The temple is the seat and dwelling of God, according to the majority of the names" (p (...) | |
| 132 | Pedra Branca dispute FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 1.3297 / 104.4076 | The Pedra Branca dispute was a territorial dispute between Singapore and Malaysia over several islets at the eastern entrance to the Singapore Strait, namely Pedra Branca (previously called Pulau Batu Puteh and now Batu Puteh by Malaysia), Middle Rocks and South Ledge (...) | |
| 133 | U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 12.6797 / 101.005 | U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield is a military airfield of the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) approximately southeast of Bangkok in the Ban Chang District of Rayong Province near Sattahip on the Gulf of Thailand. It is serves as the home of the RTN First Air Wing. (...) | |
| 134 | Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoff FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 15.4994 / 111.2017 | The Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoff, also known as the 2014 China-Vietnam oil rig crisis, refers to the tensions between China and Vietnam arising from the Chinese state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation moving its Hai Yang Shi You 981 (known in Vietnam as "Hải Dương - 981") oil platform (...) | |
| 135 | March 1 FeatureType : null Elevation : 1968 Lat/Lng : 35.8 / 103.5 | ==Events== *509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. *86 BC – Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, (...) | |
| 136 | Bắc Ninh Province FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 21.0833 / 106.1667 | Bắc Ninh (help=no) is a province of Vietnam, located in the Red River Delta of the northern part of the country. It is situated to the east of the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, and borders Bắc Giang Province, Hưng Yên Province, Hải Dương Province, Thái Nguyên Province and Hanoi (...) | |
| 137 | 2011 Southeast Asian Games FeatureType : null Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : -2.9833 / 104.75 | The 2011 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 2011) was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. It was Indonesia's fourth time to host the Southeast Asian Games, and its first since 1997 (...) | |
| 138 | Yahoo! FeatureType : null Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 37.4171 / -122.0253 | Yahoo! is a web services provider headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and owned by Verizon Communications through Oath Inc.. The original Yahoo! company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 2, 1995 (...) | |
| 139 | World Trade Organization FeatureType : null Elevation : 385 Lat/Lng : 46.2239 / 6.1496 | The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade. The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakesh Agreement, signed by 124 nations on 15 April 1994, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which (...) | |
| 140 | 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 (...) | |
| 141 | Monash University FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 90 Lat/Lng : -37.9083 / 145.138 | Monash University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1958, it is the second oldest university in the State of Victoria. The university has a number of campuses, four of which are in Victoria (Clayton, Caulfield, Peninsula, and Parkville), and one in Malaysia (...) | |
| 142 | 2000 FeatureType : null Elevation : 73 Lat/Lng : 47.4403 / -1.1392 | 2000 was designated as: * International Year for the Culture of Peace * World Mathematical Year Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium due to a tendency of grouping the years according to decimal values, as if year zero were counted (...) | |
| 143 | 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 (...) | |
| 144 | Shaivism FeatureType : null Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 20.888 / 70.4013 | Shaivism (Śaivam; Devanagari: शैव संप्रदाय; Bengali: শৈব; Tamil: சைவம்; Telugu: శైవ సాంప్రదాయం; Kannada:ಶೈವ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯ; Malayalam:ശൈവമതം; Sinhalese:ශිවාගම/ශෛවවාදය) is one of the major traditions called Saivam that reveres Shiva as the Supreme Being (...) | |
| 145 | Death of Lee Kuan Yew FeatureType : null Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 1.2787 / 103.8344 | Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore and former leader of the People's Action Party, died at the age of 91 on 23 March 2015, after being hospitalised with severe pneumonia on 5 February 2015. Many world leaders issued public condolences (...) | |
| 146 | ASEAN Para Games FeatureType : null Elevation : 71 Lat/Lng : 3.13 / 102.4 | The ASEAN Para Games is a biannual multi-sport event held after every Southeast Asian Games involving disabled athletes from the current 11 Southeast Asia countries. Participating athletes have a variety of disabilities ranging from spastic, cerebral palsy, mobility disabilities, visual (...) | |
| 147 | ASEAN Basketball League FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 1.3 / 103.874 | The ASEAN Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL, is a men's professional basketball league in Southeast Asia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Six clubs from six different countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) competed in the league's 2009 inaugural season (...) | |
| 148 | Davao City FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 7.0791 / 125.6211 | , officially the is a highly urbanized city in the island of Mindanao, . The city has a total land area of , and has a population of based on the , making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land area (...) | |
| 149 | Extreme points of Earth FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -80.0 / -115.0 | This is a list of extreme points of Earth, the geographical locations that are farther north or south than, higher or lower in elevation than, or farthest inland or out to sea from, any other locations on the landmasses, continents or countries (...) | |
| 150 | Kelantan FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 274 Lat/Lng : 5.25 / 102.0 | Kelantan (; Jawi: کلنتن; , Kelantanese: Kelate) is a state of Malaysia. The capital and royal seat is Kota Bharu. The honorific of the state is Darul Naim (Jawi: دار النعيم, "The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is positioned in the north-east of Peninsular Malaysia (...) | |
| 151 | Nalanda FeatureType : city Elevation : 69 Lat/Lng : 25.135 / 85.4421 | Nalanda was a Mahavihara, a large Buddhist monastery, in the ancient kingdom of Magadha (modern-day Bihar) in India. The site is located about southeast of Patna near the city of Bihar Sharif, and was a centre of learning from the fifth century CE to . It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (...) | |
| 152 | Manipur FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 784 Lat/Lng : 24.817 / 93.95 | Manipur is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital.Manipur: Treatise & Documents, Volume 1, , Introduction It is bounded by Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south, and Assam to the west; Burma (Myanmar) lies to its east (...) | |
| 153 | United Nations FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 40.75 / -73.9675 | The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote and secure international co-operation and to create and maintain international order. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II with the (...) | |
| 154 | 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 (...) | |
| 155 | Former National Stadium, Singapore FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 1.3043 / 103.8746 | The former Singapore National Stadium (Malay: Stadium Nasional Singapura) was located in Kallang. The stadium opened in July 1973 and officially closed on 30 June 2007, and was demolished in 2010–2011 to make way for the Singapore Sports Hub and the new Singapore National Stadium, which opened in (...) | |
| 156 | Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau FeatureType : null Elevation : 24 Lat/Lng : 22.1936 / 113.542 | The Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau is an exempt (i.e. an immediate subject of the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province) Latin Rite diocese of the Catholic Church. Its territory encompasses Macau, a special administrative region of China (...) | |
| 157 | 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 (...) | |
| 158 | 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 (...) | |
| 159 | District 2, Ho Chi Minh City FeatureType : city Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 10.7808 / 106.7569 | District 2, in which the new urban area of Thu Thiem is located, is an urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As of 2010, the district had a population of 140,621, a total area of 50 km². (...) | |
| 160 | 2017 J1 League FeatureType : null Elevation : -2 Lat/Lng : 37.8827 / 139.0593 | The 2017 J1 League (known as the Meiji Yasuda J1 League for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1993. The season began on 25 February 2017 and ended on 2 December (...) | |
| 161 | University of California, Los Angeles FeatureType : edu Elevation : 128 Lat/Lng : 34.0722 / -118.4441 | The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, United States. It became the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest (after UC Berkeley) undergraduate campus of the 10-campus (...) | |
| 162 | Tufts University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 42.406 / -71.12 | Tufts University is a private research university in Medford, Massachusetts. A charter member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), Tufts College was founded in 1852 by Christian universalists who worked for years to open a nonsectarian institution of higher learning (...) | |
| 163 | USS Constitution FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 42.3721 / -71.0556 | USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy named by President George Washington after the United States Constitution. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat (...) | |
| 164 | USS Midway (CV-41) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 32.7138 / -117.1749 | USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is a decommissioned aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned a week after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S (...) | |
| 165 | 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 (...) | |
| 166 | La Trobe University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 83 Lat/Lng : -37.7207 / 145.0484 | La Trobe University is an Australian, multi-campus, public research university with its flagship campus located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora. The university was established in 1964, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria and the twelfth university in Australia (...) | |
| 167 | BP FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 28.7539 / -88.3147 | BP plc (formerly The British Petroleum Company plc and BP Amoco plc) is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. It is one of the world's seven oil and gas "supermajors", whose performance in 2012 made it the world's sixth-largest oil and gas company, the (...) | |
| 168 | Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 7.02 / 103.68 | Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared on 8 March 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, to its destination, Beijing Capital International Airport in China (...) | |
| 169 | 2005 Southeast Asian Games FeatureType : null Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 14.5826 / 120.9786 | The 2005 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 23rd Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines. This was the third time the Philippines hosted the games and its first time since 1991 (...) | |
| 170 | Holmdel Township, New Jersey FeatureType : city Elevation : 41 Lat/Lng : 40.375 / -74.1738 | Holmdel Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 16,773, reflecting an increase of 992 (+6.3%) from the 15,781 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 4,249 (+36 (...) | |
| 171 | Chicago FeatureType : null Elevation : 224 Lat/Lng : 41.8819 / -87.6278 | Chicago , formally the City of Chicago, is located on the shores of freshwater Lake Michigan, and is the third most populous city in the United States. As of the 2017 census-estimate, Chicago has a population of 2,716,450, which makes it the most populous city in both the state of Illinois and the (...) | |
| 172 | Chūō-ku, Osaka FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 34.6811 / 135.5097 | is one of 23 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 8.88 km2, and a population of 60,085. It houses Osaka's financial district, as well as the Osaka Prefecture offices and principal shopping and tourist areas. (...) | |
| 173 | Royal Thai Navy FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 12.6628 / 100.9071 | The Royal Thai Navy or RTN is the naval force of Thailand and part of the Royal Thai Armed Forces. It was established in the late-19th century. Similar to the organisational structure of the United States, the Royal Thai Navy includes the naval fleet and the Royal Thai Marine Corps (...) | |
| 174 | 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" (...) | |
| 175 | University of Stirling FeatureType : edu Elevation : 33 Lat/Lng : 56.1455 / -3.919 | The University of Stirling is a public university founded by Royal charter in 1967. It is a plate glass university located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built within the walled Airthrey Castle estate close to Stirling (...) | |
| 176 | Maybank FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 42 Lat/Lng : 3.1475 / 101.6994 | Malayan Banking Berhad is a Malaysian universal bank, with key operating “home markets” of Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. According to the Brand Finance report, Maybank is Malaysia's most valuable bank brand, the fifth top brand in Asean and ranked 83rd in the world’s most valuable bank brands. (...) | |
| 177 | 1996 AFF Championship FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 1.34 / 103.88 | The 1996 AFF Championship, sponsored by Asia Pacific Breweries and officially known as the 1996 Tiger Cup, was the inaugural edition of the AFF Championship. It was hosted by Singapore from 1 to 15 September 1996 with all 10 nations of Southeast Asia taking part, four of which were invitees. (...) | |
| 178 | 2018 Laos dam collapse FeatureType : event Elevation : 826 Lat/Lng : 14.9933 / 106.5756 | Saddle Dam D, part of a hydroelectric dam system under construction in southeast Laos's Champasak Province, collapsed on 23 July 2018, leading to widespread destruction and homelessness among the local population in neighbouring Attapeu Province (...) | |
| 179 | 2001 Southeast Asian Games FeatureType : null Elevation : 33 Lat/Lng : 3.1333 / 101.6833 | The 2001 Southeast Asian Games , officially known as the 21st Southeast Asian Games , was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was the fifth time Malaysia host the games, and its first time since 1989 (...) | |
| 180 | 1951 Asian Games FeatureType : null Elevation : 217 Lat/Lng : 28.61 / 77.23 | The 1951 Asian Games, officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in New Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951. The Games received names like First Asiad and 1951 Asiad. A total of 489 athletes representing 11 Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in (...) | |
| 181 | 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes FeatureType : event Lat/Lng : 2.311 / 93.063 | The 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes were magnitude 8.6 and 8.2 Mw undersea earthquakes that struck near the Indonesian province of Aceh on 11 April at 15:38 local time. Initially, authorities feared that the initial earthquake would cause a tsunami and warnings were issued across the Indian Ocean; (...) | |
| 182 | 2017 Southeast Asian Games FeatureType : null Elevation : 34 Lat/Lng : 3.1357 / 101.688 | The 2017 Southeast Asian Games , officially known as the 29th Southeast Asian Games (or simply 29th SEA Games;) and commonly known as Kuala Lumpur 2017 was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event that took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia This was the sixth time that Malaysia hosted the games and its (...) | |
| 183 | National Taiwan Normal University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 25.0258 / 121.5266 | National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU;),The name of the university is translated using Chinese word order. By English grammar rules, it is National Normal University of Taiwan. or Shīdà , is an institution of higher education and normal school operating out of three campuses in Taipei, Taiwan (...) | |
| 184 | Royal Malaysia Police FeatureType : null Elevation : 61 Lat/Lng : 3.1421 / 101.7071 | The Royal Malaysia Police (often abbreviated RMP) , is a (primarily) uniformed federal police force in Malaysia. The force is a centralised organisation. Its headquarters are located at Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur (...) | |
| 185 | Supreme Court of the Philippines FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 14.5798 / 120.9844 | The Supreme Court of the Philippines (; colloquially referred to as Korte Suprema) is the highest court in the Philippines. It is presided over by a Chief Justice and is composed of fifteen (15) Justices, including the Chief Justice (...) | |
| 186 | Indira Gandhi National Open University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 261 Lat/Lng : 28.4945 / 77.2045 | Indira Gandhi National Open University known as IGNOU, is a Central University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20 million, after the Parliament of India passed the Indira (...) | |
| 187 | 2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing FeatureType : event Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 59.9271 / 30.3204 | On 3 April 2017, a terrorist attack using an explosive device took place on the Saint Petersburg Metro between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations. Seven people (including the perpetrator) were initially reported to have died, and eight more died later from their injuries, (...) | |
| 188 | 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 (...) | |
| 189 | Royal Australian Air Force FeatureType : null Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : -12.4147 / 130.8767 | The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), formed March 1921, is the aerial warfare branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). It operates the majority of the ADF's fixed wing aircraft, although both the Australian Army and Royal Australian Navy also operate aircraft in various roles (...) | |
| 190 | Staffordshire University FeatureType : null Elevation : 120 Lat/Lng : 53.0097 / -2.1817 | Staffordshire University is a university in Staffordshire, England. It has one main campus based in the city of Stoke-on-Trent and three other campuses; in Stafford, Lichfield and Shrewsbury. (...) | |
| 191 | John F. Kennedy School of Government FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 42.3715 / -71.1221 | The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (also known as Harvard Kennedy School and HKS) is a public policy and public administration school, of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (...) | |
| 192 | HMAS Sydney (R17) FeatureType : null Elevation : 99 Lat/Lng : 10.5911 / 107.2514 | HMAS Sydney (R17/A214/P214/L134) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built for the Royal Navy and launched as HMS Terrible (93) in 1944, but was not completed before the end of World War II (...) | |
| 193 | Royal New Zealand Air Force FeatureType : null Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : -36.7878 / 174.6303 | The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) (Maori: Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "New Zealand Warriors of the Sky"; previously Te Hokowhitu o Kahurangi, "War Party of the Blue") is the air force component of the New Zealand Defence Force (...) | |
| 194 | Sihanoukville Province FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 10.6233 / 103.525 | Preah Sihanouk Province ("King Sihanouk"), commonly referred to as Sihanoukville Province, is a province (ខេត្ត, khaet) in the south-west of Cambodia at the Gulf of Thailand. The provincial capital, also called Sihanoukville, is a deep-water port city and a steadily growing and diversifying urban (...) | |
| 195 | 2018 J1 League FeatureType : null Elevation : 110 Lat/Lng : 43.0151 / 141.4098 | The 2018 J1 League, also known as the for sponsorship reasons, is the 26th season of J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1993. Kawasaki Frontale are the defending champions. (...) | |
| 196 | 1967 FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 51.6523 / -0.082 | ==Events== ===January=== * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 2 – Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is inaugurated the (...) | |
| 197 | Ba Đình District FeatureType : city Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 21.0367 / 105.8361 | Ba Đình is an urban district of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. Ba Dinh is the political center of Vietnam. Most of the government offices and embassies are located here. It was formerly called the "French Quarter" (Khu phố Pháp) because of a high concentration of French-styled villas and (...) | |
| 198 | PASKAL FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 2.1483 / 104.455 | The Pasukan Khas Laut (Naval Special Warfare Forces, Jawi: ڤاسوقن خاص لاءوت), commonly abbreviated PASKAL, is the principal special operations force of the Royal Malaysian Navy. PASKAL's task is to conduct small-unit maritime military operations that originate from, and return to a river, ocean, (...) | |
| 199 | Belitung shipwreck FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -2.7608 / 107.5952 | The Belitung shipwreck (also called the Tang shipwreck or Batu Hitam shipwreck) is the wreck of an Arabian dhow which sailed en route from Africa to China around 830 CE. The ship completed the outward journey, but sank on the return journey, approximately off the coast of Belitung Island, Indonesia (...) | |
| 200 | Tây Hồ District FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 21.0707 / 105.8118 | Tây Hồ (West Lake) is an urban district (quận) located on the north side of central Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. The district wraps around the West Lake (hồ Tây), one of the largest natural lakes of Vietnam (...) | |
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