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4 days ago · Dushanbe [a] [b] is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. As of March 2024 Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, [c] and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad, [d] after Joseph Stalin.
1 day ago · Saint Barthélemy ( French: Saint-Barthélemy, [sɛ̃ baʁtelemi] ⓘ ), officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, [7] also known as St. Barts (English) [8] or St. Barth (French), is an overseas collectivity of France [9] in the Caribbean. The island lies about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the island of Saint Martin ...
3 days ago · Avignon (/ ˈ æ v ɪ n j ɒ̃ /, US also / ˌ æ v ɪ n ˈ j oʊ n /, French: ⓘ; Provençal: Avinhon (Classical norm) or Avignoun (Mistralian norm), IPA:; Latin: Avenio) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France.
2 days ago · Bangkok, [a] officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon [b] and colloquially as Krung Thep, [c] is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 9.0 million as of 2021, 13% of the country's ...
9 hours ago · George Bush Intercontinental Airport. / 29.98444°N 95.34139°W / 29.98444; -95.34139. George Bush Intercontinental Airport ( IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH, FAA LID: IAH) [3] is an international airport in Houston, Texas, United States, serving the Greater Houston metropolitan area. Initially named Houston Intercontinental Airport upon its ...
2 days ago · Braunschweig (German: [ˈbʁaʊnʃvaɪk] ⓘ) or Brunswick (English: / ˈ b r ʌ n z w ɪ k / BRUN-zwik; from Low German Brunswiek, local dialect: Bronswiek [ˈbrɔˑnsviːk]) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.
2 days ago · Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland.It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age.There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633.
