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| Arc de Triomphe Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris, France that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, also known as the "Place de l'Étoile". It is at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. The triumphal arch honors those who fought for France, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. On the inside and the top of the arc there are all of the names of generals and wars fought. Underneath is the tomb of the unknown soldier from World War I . Arc_de_Triomphe | |
| Amphetamine Amphetamine (amfetamine (INN)) is a psychostimulant drug that is known to produce increased wakefulness and focus in association with decreased fatigue and appetite. Amphetamine is related to drugs such as methamphetamine and dextroamphetamine, which are a group of potent drugs that act by increasing levels of norepinephrine, serotonin and dopamine in the brain, inducing euphoria. Amphetamine | |
| Aswan Aswan (formerly spelled Assuan), (in standard Aswān) Egyptian:Swenet (trade), Coptic:Swān; Greek:Syene; ) is a city in the south of Egypt, the capital of the Aswan Governorate. It stands on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract and is a busy market and tourist center. Its ancient name, Swenet, translates as "trade". It contains the island of Elephantine. Aswan | |
| Arapawa Island Arapawa Island is a small island located in the Marlborough Sounds, at the north east tip of the South Island of New Zealand. Queen Charlotte Sound defines its western side, while to the south lies Tory Channel, which is on the sea route from Wellington in the North Island to Picton.It was from a hill on Arapawa Island in 1770 that Captain James Cook first saw the sea passage from the Pacific Ocean to the Tasman Sea, which was named Cook Strait. Arapawa_Island | |
| Angus Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City. Main industries include agriculture and fishing.Angus was historically a county (known officially as Forfarshire until 1928) until 1975 when it became a district of the Tayside Region. Angus | |
| Arbroath Abbey Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey. It was consecrated in 1197 with a dedication to the deceased Saint Thomas Becket, whom the king had met at the English court. Arbroath_Abbey | |
| Abano Terme Abano Terme (known as Abano Bagni until 1930) is a town and comune in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region, Italy, on the eastern slope of the Colli Euganei; it is 10 kilometers southwest by rail from Padua. Abano Terme's population is 19,062 (2001) (in 1901 it was only 4,556). The town's hot springs and mud baths are the main economical resource. Waters have a temperature of some 80°C. Abano_Terme | |
| Aeclanum Aeclanum was an ancient town of Samnium, southern Italy, c. 25 km east-southeast of Beneventum, on the Via Appia (near the modern Mirabella Eclano).It became the chief town of the Hirpini after Beneventum had become a Roman colony.Sulla captured it in 89 BC by setting on fire the wooden breastwork by which it was defended, and new fortifications were erected. Aeclanum | |
| Aegadian Islands The Aegadian Islands (Sicilian:Ìsuli Ègadi, ; ), are a group of small mountainous islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the northwest coast of Sicily, Italy, near the city of Trapani, with a total area of .Favignana (Aegusa), the largest, lies south west of Trapani; Levanzo (Phorbantia) west; while Marettimo, the ancient Iera Nesos, west of Trapani, is now reckoned as a part of the group. Aegadian_Islands | |
| Aegina Aegina () is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of Aeacus, who was born in and ruled the island. During ancient times, Aegina was a rival to Athens, the great sea power of the era.The island, along with offshore islets, comprises the Municipality of Aegina in Piraeus Prefecture, a part of the Attica region. Aegina | |
| Ajaccio Ajaccio ( in English; ; , ; ; , ), is a commune in France. It is the capital of the region of Corsica and the prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud.The geopolitical arrangements of the commune are slightly different from those typical of Corsica and France. Ajaccio | |
| Ajaigarh Ajaigarh, or Adjygurh, is town and a nagar panchayat in the Panna District of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. Ajaigarh | |
| Ajanta Caves Ajanta Caves (Devanagari:Maharashtra, India are rock-cut cave monuments dating from the second century BCE, containing paintings and sculpture considered to be masterpieces of both "Buddhist religious art" and "universal pictorial art". The caves are located just outside the village of in Aurangabad District in the Indian state of Maharashtra (N. Ajanta_Caves | |
| Ajmer This article is about a city in central Rajasthan, for the historical region, see Ajmer region.Ajmer ( ), formerly written Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in India's Rajasthan state. Ajmer is a very beautiful city, surrounded by the spectacular Aravalli Mountains. Ajmer | |
| Afyonkarahisar Afyonkarahisar is a city in western Turkey, the capital of Afyon Province. Afyon is in mountainous countryside inland from the Aegean coast, south-west of Ankara along the Akar River. Elevation . Population (2008 census) 160,000. Being high up the weather in winter is cold and the roads are icy. Afyonkarahisar | |
| Abdera, Spain Abdera (, , Strabo; , Ptol.; , Ephor. ap. Steph. B.) was an ancient seaport town on the south coast of Spain, between Malaca (now Málaga) and Carthago Nova (now Cartagena), in the district inhabited by the Bastuli.It was founded by the Carthaginians as a trading station, and after a period of decline became under the Romans one of the more important towns in the province of Hispania Baetica. It was situated on a hill above the modern Adra. Abdera,_Spain | |
| Abdera, Thrace Abdera () was a town on the coast of Thrace 17Nestos, and almost opposite Thasos. At coordinates , the site now lies in the Xanthi Prefecture of modern Greece. The municipality of Abdera, or Ávdira (, ), has 3,917 inhabitants (2001). Abdera,_Thrace | |
| Abercarn Abercarn is a small town community in Caerphilly county borough, Wales, 10 miles (16Newport on the A467 between Cwmcarn and Newbridge, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. Abercarn | |
| Aberdare Aberdare () is an industrial town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, situated (as the name implies) at the confluence of the River Dar and Cynon. The population at the (1991) census was 31,619. It is south west of Merthyr Tydfil and north west of Cardiff. Aberdare | |
| Aberdeen, South Dakota Aberdeen is a city and the county seat of Brown County, South Dakota, USA, about 125 mi (200Pierre. Settled in 1880, it was incorporated in 1882. The city population was 24,658 at the 2000 census. The American News is the local newspaper.Aberdeen is the principal city of the Aberdeen Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Brown and Edmunds counties and has a population of 39,827. Aberdeen,_South_Dakota | |
| Aberdour Aberdour (Gaelic:Obar Dobhair) is a scenic and historic village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland. It is situated on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, looking south to the Island of Inchcolm and its Abbey, and to Leith and Edinburgh beyond. According to the 2006 population estimate, the village has a population of 1,680.The village's sinuous main street lies a little inland from the coast. Aberdour | |
| Aberfoyle, Stirling Aberfoyle () is a village in the region of Stirling, Scotland, northwest of Glasgow.The town is situated at the base of Craigmore ( high) and on the Laggan, a head-water of the River Forth. Since 1885, when the Duke of Montrose constructed a road over the eastern shoulder of Craigmore to join the older road at the entrance of the Trossachs pass, Aberfoyle has become the alternative route to the Trossachs and Loch Katrine; this road, known as the Duke's Road or Duke's Pass, was opened to the public in 1931 when the Forestry Commission acquired the land. Aberfoyle,_Stirling | |
| Abergavenny Abergavenny (), meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales.It is located 24 km (15Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 10 km (6 mi) from the English border within the Welsh Marches. Situated at the confluence of a tributary stream, the Gavenny, and the River Usk, it is almost surrounded by two mountains – the Blorenge (559Sugar Loaf (596Skirrid Fawr, Ysgyryd Fach (Skirrid Fach), Deri, Rholben and Mynydd Llanwenarth, known locally as "Llanwenarth Breast". Abergavenny | |
| Abersychan Abersychan is a settlement and community north of Pontypool in Torfaen, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It has a population of 6,826.It lies in the narrow northern section of the Afon Llwyd valley. The town includes three schools, Abersychan Comprehensive School, Victoria Primary School and St. Abersychan | |
| Abertillery Abertillery () is a town in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent in southern Wales, north-west of Newport, originally on the Great Western Railway. Its population rose steeply during the period of mining development in South Wales, being 10,846 in the 1891 census and 21,945 ten years later. Abertillery | |
| Andalusia Andalusia () is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Kingdom of Spain. Its capital and largest city is Seville. The region is divided into eight provinces:Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and Almería.Andalusia is located south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha; west of the autonomous community of Murcia and the Mediterranean Sea; east of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean; and north of the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates Spain from Morocco, and the Andalusia | |
| Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; AJK) or, for short, Azad Kashmir (literally, "free Kashmir") is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-controlled part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. It borders the present-day Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir to the east (separated from it by the Line of Control), the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan to the west, the Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA) to the north, and the Punjab Province of Pakistan to the south. Azad_Kashmir | |
| Arabian Sea The Arabian Sea (; transliterated:transliterated:Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui, the north-east point of Somalia, Socotra, Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin) in India, and the western coast of Sri Lanka. Arabian_Sea | |
| Akihabara ("Field of Autumn Leaves"), also known as , is an area of Tokyo, Japan. It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo Station. Its name is frequently shortened to Akiba () in Japan. While there is an official locality named Akihabara nearby, part of Taitō-ku, the area known to most people as Akihabara (including the railway station of the same name) is actually Soto-Kanda, a part of Chiyoda-ku. Akihabara | |
| Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi AC (; ), born 19 June 1945 in Rangoon, is Prime Minister-elect, Aung_San_Suu_Kyi | |
| Alaska Panhandle Alaska Panhandle, sometimes referred to as Southeast Alaska, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, which lies just west of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The majority of the panhandle's area is part of the Tongass National Forest, the United States' largest national forest. In many places, the international border runs along the crest of the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains (see Alaska boundary dispute). Alaska_Panhandle | |
| Alaska Interior Alaska Interior covers most of the U.S. state's territory. It is largely wilderness. Mountains include Mount McKinley (Denali) in the Alaska Range, the Wrangell Mountains, and the Ray Mountains.The largest city in the interior is Fairbanks, Alaska's second-largest city, in the Tanana Valley. Other towns include North Pole, just southeast of Fairbanks, Eagle, Tok, Glennallen, Delta Junction, Nenana, Anderson, Healy and Cantwell. Alaska_Interior | |
| Alcobaça Alcobaça () is a municipality and a city in the district of Leiria and subregion Oeste, in Portugal, formerly included in the province of Estremadura. The city grew along the valleys of the rivers Alcoa and Baça, from which it derives its name. The municipality has a total population of 55,269 inhabitants and a total area of 408.1 Alcobaça | |
| Alameda, California Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on a small island of the same name next to Oakland in the San Francisco Bay. An additional part of the city is Bay Farm Island, which is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. Alameda,_California | |
| Accrington Accrington is a town in Lancashire, within the borough of Hyndburn. It lies about east of Blackburn, north of Manchester city centre and north of Greater Manchester, and is situated on the mostly culverted River Hyndburn. The town has a population of 35,203 according to the 2001 census and the urban area has a population of over 70,000.The town is a former centre of the cotton and textile machinery industries. Accrington | |
| Amu River The Amu Darya (archaicOxus River) is a major river in Central Asia. Its name is sometimes represented in a single word, Amudarya ( - Omudaryo or daryoi Omu; - Âmudaryâ; , , with darya (Pahlavi) meaning sea or a very large river). It is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers. Amu_River | |
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC", is Australia's national public broadcaster.With a total budget of AUD$1.13 Billion annually, the corporation provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as overseas through the Australia Network and Radio Australia. Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation | |
| Alexandria Alexandria (Arabic:'al-Iskandariyya; Coptic:''Greek:'Egyptian Arabic:اسكندريه Eskendereyya), with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the country's largest seaport, serving about 80% of Egypt's imports and exports. Alexandria | |
| Alexandria, Indiana Alexandria is a city in Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is about northeast of Indianapolis. It is part of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population, as of 2000 is 6,260, according to the United States Census.Alexandria is served by the Norfolk & Southern Railway with a connector which allows rail traffic to flow smoothly between lines servicing east-west and north-south destinations. Alexandria,_Indiana | |
| Alexandria, Louisiana Alexandria is a city in and the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies on the south bank of the Red River in almost the exact geographic center of the state. It is the principal city of the Alexandria metropolitan area (population 147,000) which encompasses all of Rapides and Grant parishes. In mid 2008 the population was 50,236 according to an official estimate by Louisiana Tech's College of Business Population Estimates Program. Its neighboring city is Pineville. Alexandria,_Louisiana | |
| Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire Alexandria,_West_Dunbartonshire | |
| Alexandria, Romania Alexandria is the capital city of the Teleorman County, Romania. It is located south-west of Bucharest, towards the Bulgarian border. The city is situated on the Vedea River. The city has 58,651 inhabitants. Alexandria,_Romania | |
| Andersonville, Georgia Andersonville is a city in Sumter County, Georgia, United States. The population was 331 at the 2000 census (174 in 1910). It is in the southwest part of the state, about southwest of Macon, Georgia on the Central of Georgia railroad. During the American Civil War, it was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp which is now Andersonville National Historic Site.Andersonville is part of the Americus Micropolitan Statistical Area. Andersonville,_Georgia | |
| Agra Canal Agra Canal is an important Indian irrigation work which starts from Okhla in Delhi. The Agra canal originates from Okhla barrage, downstream of Nizamuddin bridge. It opened in 1874.In the beginning, it was available for navigation, in Delhi, erstwhile Gurgaon, Mathura and Agra Districts, and Bharatpur State. Agra_Canal | |
| Amakusa Amakusa (天草) is an island belonging to Japan, 26½ miles long and 13½ in extreme width, situated about 32°20'N, 130°E, on the west of Kumamoto Prefecture (formerly the province of Higo on the island of Kyūshū), from which it is separated by the Yatsushiro Sea.It has no high mountains, but its surface is very hilly—four of the peaks rise to a height over —the population resorts to the terrace system of cultivation with remarkable success. Amakusa | |
| Atlanta Atlanta | |
| Achduart Achduart (Gaelic:Achadh Dhubhaird) is a cluster of five houses too small to be termed a village. It is found a few miles southeast of Achiltibuie on the Coigach peninsula of northwestern Scotland, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland. It has accommodation facilities for tourists, who come for its proximity to the ocean as well as its seclusion and remoteness. Achduart | |
| Achiltibuie Achiltibuie () is a long linear village in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, on the Coigach coast of northwestern Scotland, overlooking Loch Broom and the Summer Isles which lie to the west. Located 10 miles (16Ullapool, Achiltibuie is home to the Hydroponicum, a garden where plants are grown using a hydroponic system, in water and without soil. It is the last stop on the road to Achduart. Achiltibuie | |
| Azores The Azores (; ) is a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500Lisbon and about 3,900North America. The two westernmost Azorean islands (Flores and Corvo) actually lie on the North American plate, about 1,925St. John's in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Azores' most significant industries are tourism, cattle raising for milk and meat, and fishing. Azores | |
| Ansbach Ansbach, or Anspach, originally Onolzbach, is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is situated 25 miles southwest of Nuremberg and 90 miles north of Munich, on the Fränkische Rezat, a tributary of the Main river. PopulationThe city has five schools and the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences. It is connected by the autobahn A6 and the highways B13 and B14. Ansbach |
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