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  • Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad; Xhosa: iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the legislative capital and seat ...
    27 KB (3,877 words) - 19:33, 25 November 2023

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  • Built between the Old Town in the north and the New Town in the south ... decided to set up a small fortified town named Nanciacum. Between the ...
    10 KB (1,508 words) - 20:43, 9 April 2023
  • The Grote Markt (Dutch) or Grand Place (French) is the central market square of Brussels. It is surrounded by guild houses, the city's Town ...
    12 KB (1,814 words) - 12:17, 24 January 2023
  • and only two percent is boulder opal. The town of Coober Pedy in South Australia ... ==The town of Coober Pedy== The "Opal Capital of the World" ...
    11 KB (1,686 words) - 00:45, 18 November 2022
  • Great Depression) has been criticized, the town they called "Middletown ... practices of people of one small American town. The choice eventually settled ...
    13 KB (1,965 words) - 02:18, 16 December 2022
  • family moved to Stoughton, Massachusetts, a town located seventeen miles south ... partnership with his brother, he opened the town's first store. He very ...
    11 KB (1,581 words) - 02:41, 16 December 2022
  • Juan de Salcedo attacked and secured the town, giving it the name Vigan ... Vigan constitutes the best example of a Spanish colonial town in the ...
    13 KB (1,737 words) - 20:19, 3 May 2023
  • * United Kingdom: Cornwall (famously the town of Delabole) and Wales. * Northern Italy: Liguria, especially between the town of Lavagna ...
    5 KB (686 words) - 22:49, 29 January 2023
  • the capital of Louangphrabang Province. The town of Luang Phrabang is best ... 2000), 453. Khun Lo had been awarded the town by his father, Khun Borom ...
    10 KB (1,520 words) - 04:17, 4 November 2022
  • first president of the Garden Cities and Town Planning Federation in 1913 ... of slums and enjoying the benefits of both town—such as opportunity, amusement ...
    10 KB (1,579 words) - 17:59, 12 February 2024
  • Some researchers dispute the authenticity of this town as Jesus' ... and the path by which she and Naomi returned to the town. ...
    17 KB (2,648 words) - 17:59, 29 September 2023
  • row for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938). He was linked to actress ... in a row, for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938). ...
    13 KB (2,011 words) - 19:15, 7 February 2023
  • The ruins of Pompeii are situated near the modern suburban town of ... The town was founded around the sixth century B.C.E. by the Osci or ...
    14 KB (2,204 words) - 08:49, 24 November 2022
  • became both a source of great pride for the town's residents and a burden ... periodic uncontrolled fires which swept through the town. ...
    15 KB (2,381 words) - 00:43, 5 December 2023
  • in the faces of Table Mountain itself. Cape Town is about 50 kilometers to ... on the Atlantic coast and Simon's Town on the False Bay coast. It ...
    15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
  • Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad; Xhosa: iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the legislative capital and seat ...
    27 KB (3,877 words) - 19:33, 25 November 2023
  • in the world. He also founded the company town of Derry Township, Pennsylvania ... employees to build their own houses. The town was named “Hershey” in 1906. ...
    10 KB (1,508 words) - 11:05, 10 March 2023
  • in Israel. A predominantly Arab-Christian town until the Arab-Israeli war ... a small village of a few dozen persons to a town of up to 2,000. The Galilean ...
    14 KB (2,200 words) - 15:58, 11 November 2022
  • The ancient town plan began from a central mosque, with the town radiating ... Enclosed by walls, each town had a main entrance for caravans. Cemeteries ...
    17 KB (2,566 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
  • tend to take people away from the center of town, leaving the city-center bereft ... The majority of British shopping centers are in town centers, usually ...
    16 KB (2,407 words) - 01:55, 15 December 2022
  • rest of the country as well, including the town. This act of defiance and ... and blocked all avenues of escape from the town. In the early morning all ...
    12 KB (1,879 words) - 22:48, 25 October 2022

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