Texas is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States. Located in the South Central United States, Texas is bordered by Mexico to the south, New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east. Texas has [...]
Beijing
Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China. Governed as a municipality under direct administration of the central government, Beijing borders Hebei Province to the north, west, south, and for a small section in the east, and Tianjin Municipality to the southeast. Beijing is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. Beijing is China's second largest city after Shanghai, with more than 17 million people in Beijing's area of jurisdiction. The city is divided into 16 urban and suburban districts and two rural counties;[9] the city's urban area has about 13 ...
London
London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major city for two millennia, and its history goes back to its founding by the Romans, then named Londinium.[6] London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries. However, since at least the nineteenth century, the name "London" has also referred to the whole metropolis that has developed around it. Today, the bulk of this conurbation forms the London region[8] and the Greater London administrative area, with its own elected mayor and assembly. London is a major global city and one ...
Paris
Paris is the capital of France and the country's most populated city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region (also known as the "Paris Region"; French: Région parisienne). The city of Paris, within its administrative limits largely unchanged since 1860, has an estimated population of 2,167,994 (January 2006), but the Paris aire urbaine (or metropolitan area) has a population of 11,769,433 (January 2006), and is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe. An important settlement for more than two millennia, Paris is today one of the world's leading business ...
Texas
Texas is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States. Located in the South Central United States, Texas is bordered by Mexico to the south, New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east. Texas has an area of 268,820 square miles (696,200 km2), and a growing population of 24.6 million residents.Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States, while Dallas–Fort Worth and Houston are the 4th and 6th largest United States metropolitan areas. Other ...
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New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. With a total area of 42.7 km2, New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi and serves as the seat of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).
Planned by Edwin Lutyens, a leading 20th century British architect, New [...]
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Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north of the Himalayas. It is home to the indigenous Tibetan people, and to some other ethnic groups such as Monpas and Lhobas. Tibet is the highest region on earth, with an average elevation of 4,900 metres (16,000 ft). It is sometimes referred to as the roof of [...]
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with over 1.4 million residents, 31 percent of the country's population. Demographic trends indicate that it will continue to grow faster than the rest of the country. Increasingly cosmopolitan, Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world, and has seen many people of Asian ethnicity move there in the last two decades. In Māori Auckland's name is Tāmaki-makau-rau, or the transliterated version of Auckland, Ākarana.
The 2009 Mercer Quality of Living Survey ranked Auckland 4th place in the world on its...
Sydney
Sydney is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres. Its inhabitants are called Sydneysiders, and Sydney is often called "the Harbour City", "the City of Villages" or "the Emerald City". It is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, reflected in its role as a major destination for immigrants to Australia.
The site of the first British colony in Australia, Sydney was established in 1788 at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip, commodore of the First Fleet. The city is built on low...
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur é a capital de Malaisia. É unha mtrópole de 4 millóns de habitantes (área urbana). O seu nome significa "confluente lamoso" en malaio, pois a cidade está sita na confluencia de dous cursos de auga. O máis importante é o río Klang, que desauga 45 km ao oeste no estreito de Malaca; o outro é o Gombak.
Arrebatada á selva, Kuala Lumpur debe o seu nacemento e a súa fortuna aos fabulosos xacementos de estaño descubertos no século XIX. O lugar, durante moito tempo, non foi outra cousa senón un acampamento de cabanas de bambú infestado pola malaria. Mais creceu mercé ao comercio de estaño, até...
Hawai
Hawai (Hawaii en inglés e Hawai‘i en hawaiano), é un dos 50 Estados dos Estados Unidos da América. Hawai localízase nun arquipélago no medio do océano Pacífico. A súa economía está baseada no turismo.
O arquipélago que forma o Estado de Hawai coñécese historicamente polo nome de Illas Sandwich; estaba poboado por polinesios, e gobernada por varios xefes polinesios locais, ata 1810, cando Kamehameha I centralizou o goberno do arquipélago, e instituíu unha monarquía. En 1894, o arquipélago tornouse unha república, e catro anos despois, en 1898, foi anexionada polos Estados Unidos, tornándose un territorio americano en 1900. Desde entón, instalouse en Hawai un gran número de persoas...
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