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Nanga-Eboko, Cameroon is a small town and capital of the Haute-Sanaga (Upper Sanaga) department in the Centre Province of Cameroon. It lies on the Sanaga River and counts a population of 20,390.

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Ong's Hat, NJ

One of New Jersey's ghost towns (we have a few) although it may never have had more than a few inhabitants. It's located in the Pine Barrens -- an area of the state that was much more densely populated during colonial times than it is now. The area was a source of bog iron and was also home to some farms, but better sources of iron were soon discovered and the Pine Barrens are not very good for farming.

Highlight (from the Wikipedia article): "As a long-abandoned small settlement, Ong's Hat remained obscure until its name and location was co-opted in a book called Ong's Hat: The Beginning by Joseph Matheny, which was based on stories that had circulated on computer bulletin boards which held that a cult of outcast scientists opened an interdimensional gateway in Ong's Hat. Matheny was not clear as to whether his book was intended as fact or fiction."

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Telford, United Kingdom

Telford is a large new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about 13 miles east of Shrewsbury, and 30 miles west of Birmingham.

Telford is close to Ironbridge Gorge, a scenic tourist destination and UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town advertises itself as "The Birthplace of Industry", due to its proximity to Coalbrookdale and other places in the Ironbridge Gorge area, which are internationally recognised as being important to the Industrial Revolution, and being to a large extent constructed on the Shropshire Coalfield.


Thomas Telford statue in the town centre, by the Law Courts

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Da Nang, Vietnam

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Graz, Austria

Graz is situated on the Mur River in the southeast of Austria. It is about 200 km (120 mi) southwest of Vienna. The nearest larger urban center is Maribor in Slovenia which is about 50 km (31 mi) away. Graz is the capital and largest city in Styria, a green and heavily forested area.

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Zarephath, NJ

A very small but distinct community in Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ. It's located on a floodplain immediately between the Millstone River and the Delaware and Raritan Canal, and has been flooded repeatedly in recent years. In 1999, after Hurricane Floyd, the flood waters reached seven feet.

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Hanover, Germany

With a population of 518,000, Hanover is a major center of Northern Germany and the country's thirteenth largest city. Hanover also hosts annual commercial trade fairs such as the Hanover Fair and the CeBIT.

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Radom - Poland

Radom is a city in east-central Poland.

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Machu Picchu

It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District in Peru.
Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often mistakenly referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas" (a title more accurately applied to Vilcabamba), it is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization. The Incas built the estate around 1450 but abandoned it a century later at the time of the Spanish Conquest. Although known locally, it was not known to the Spanish during the colonial period and remained unknown to the outside world until American historian Hiram Bingham brought it to international attention in 1911.


Temple of the Sun or Torreon.

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Utrecht, Netherlands

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Tacna, Peru

Many monuments are located in this city, including the arch of the Alto de la Alianza, which shows the significance of this town.

Monument to the Battle of Tacna in the Alto de la Alianza.

Other monuments include a neo-renaissance Cathedral, the Courthouse, the Alameda Bolognesi Walkway and the caves of Toquepala, where archaeologists have found some of the oldest human remains in Peru.

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Abbotabad - Pakistan

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Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dhaka is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the world's most populated cities, with a population of 17 million people in the Greater Dhaka Area.

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Assenay, France

is located some 12 km south of Saint-André-les-Vergers and 4 km east by north-east of Villery. Access to the commune is by the D123 road from Saint-Jean-de-Bonneval in the south-west passing through the village and continuing to Villy-le-Maréchal in the north-east. The D25 road from Saint-Jean-de-Bonneval to Moussey also passes through the north of the commune. Apart from a few scattered patches of forest the commune is entirely farmland.

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Yonkers, United States

An inner suburb of New York City, Yonkers directly borders the Bronx and is located two miles (3 km) north of Manhattan at the municipalities' closest points.