Ankara
Ankara (Angora known until 1930, and during classical Ancyra), is Turkey’s capital and second largest city in the country after Istanbul. It has a population of 3,482,000 inhabitants (2003). At the...
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Tehran, population 11.05 million in the city, 15 million in the metropolitan area, is the capital of Iran. More than half the country’s industry is developed here. The industry includes electrical...
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Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan and has a population estimated between 2 and 4 million inhabitants. Economic capital and cultural center of the country, is strategically located in a valley on the...
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Yangon (“End of the Fight”) is a former capital of Burma (Myanmar) and capital Yanghton Regions (formerly Rangoon Division). Although the military government officially moved the capital to Naypyidaw...
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Kuala Lumpur translated as “muddy confluence”, “muddy estuary” and the city of “dirt” is the capital and largest city of Malaysia. The town itself, which occupies an area of 243 km ², has an estimated...
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Indonesia’s capital Jakarta is located in northwest Java island at the mouth of the river Liwung in Jakarta Bay, with a population of 8,389,443 inhabitants. Tanjungpriok harbor (built between...
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Tokyo is Japan’s capital and its largest city, with 13,010,279 inhabitants (2010), about 10% of the population. The city is situated in the middle of the archipelago’s main island of Japan, Honshu....
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Beijing is the capital of China Republiciişi has over 17 million inhabitants, and one of the most polluted cities. Beijing is located in northeast China, in fact, its name means “Northern Capital. ” In...
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Ulan Bator or Ulaanbaatar is the capital and largest city of Mongolia. An independent municipality, the city is not part of any province, and from 2008 its population is just over one million. Located...
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Astana previous name: Akmolinsk (since 1824); Ţelinograd (1961-1991); Aqmola (1991-1997), with an estimated population of 750,000 inhabitants (2008), is the third largest city, and from...
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