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2087 UNITED STATES (California) - Bakersfield
Located near the southern "horseshoe" end of the San Joaquin Valley, with the southern tip of the Sierra Nevada just to the east, Bakersfield, the county seat for Kern County, is one of the fastest...
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2088 FINLAND (Lapland) - Map of Lapland
Sápmi (English: Lapland) is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sami people (English: Lapps), located in Northern Europe and stretching over four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and...
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2089 TAIWAN - Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei
The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall was erected in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975. The monument, surrounded by a park, stands at the east end...
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2090 UNITED STATES (Louisiana) - Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans
Mardi Gras, also called Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday in English, refers to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany (Three King's Day) and...
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2091 ROMANIA - IAR 99 "Şoim" (Hawk)
IAR 99 "Şoim" (Hawk) is an advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft capable of performing close air support and reconnaissance missions. The aircraft is of semi-monocoque design, with tapered...
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2092 NORWAY / SWEDEN / FINLAND / RUSSIA / ESTONIA / LATVIA / LITHUANIA /...
The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km, which yielded the first accurate measurement...
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2093 MALTA - Gozo Island
2093 Gozo: 1. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of Ta' Pinu; 2. The Citadel; 3. Mġarr Harbour; 4. The Azure Window; 5. The Ġgantija temples; 6. Xlendi Tower.Gozo, the second...
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2094 UNITED STATES (Minnesota) - Minnesota map
Located in the Midwestern United States, Minnesota shares a Lake Superior water border with Michigan and a land and water border with Wisconsin, bordering also with Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota,...
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2095 UNITED STATES (Pennsylvania) - The Hershey Company
Known until April 2005 as the Hershey Foods Corporation, but commonly called Hershey's, The Hershey Company is the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America and increasingly elsewhere throughout...
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2096 GERMANY (Baden-Württemberg) - The Gardens and Palace of Schwetzingen
Situated in Schwetzingen, roughly equidistant from the electors' seats at Heidelberg and Mannheim, Schwetzingen Palace was the summer residence of the Electors PalatineCharles III Philip and Charles IV...
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2097 COMOROS - Mount Karthala
Mount Karthala is an active volcano and the highest point of the Comoros at 2,361m above sea level. It is the southernmost and larger of the two shield volcanoes forming Grande Comore island, the...
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2098, 2099 SWITZERLAND - The map and the flag of the country
2098 The map and flag of Switzerland, ant the coats of arms of the 26 cantonsLocated between Italy, France, Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein, Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically...
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2100 POLAND (Pomerania) - Słupsk Town Hall
The Town Hall in Słupsk was built in 1901, when the town (located in the northwestern part of present-day Poland, near the Baltic Sea, on the Słupia River) was known as Stolp, and was a part of the...
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2101 CANADA (Alberta) - The Stoney Nakoda Nation
2101 Stoney Nakoda Nation - Beaver Family (Sampson, Leah and baby Frances Louise), 1906The Nakoda (also known as Stoney or Îyârhe Nakoda), lived along Alberta's Rocky Mountains foothills from the...
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2102 FRANCE - Jambon de montagne
Jambon (ham) is pork (traditionally, the hind leg of swine) preserved through salting, smoking, or wet curing. There are claims that the Chinese were the first people to mention the production of cured...
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2103 RUSSIA (Republic of Buryatia) - Red poppies in Buryatia mountains
Located in the south-central region of Siberia, along the eastern shore of Lake Baikal, Buryatia consists of a complex of mountain ranges (which cover 80% of the territory), plateaus, basins, and river...
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2104 UNITED STATES (Missouri) - Mark Twain Cave
Located near Hannibal, Mark Twain Cave is the oldest operating show cave in the state, giving tours continuously since 1886. It plays an important role in the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark...
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2105 UNITED STATES (Alaska) / CANADA (Yukon) - White Pass and Yukon Route
2105 White Pass and Yukon Route - A diesel locomotive and the steam locomotive No. 73.The White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y, WP&YR) is a Canadian and U.S. Class II 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge...
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0139, 0937, 2106 ETHIOPIA (Amhara) - Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region (UNESCO WHS)
0937 Fasil Ghebbi - The curtain wall Posted on 07.03.2012, 02.01.2014, and 07.12.2015Fasil Ghebbi is a fortress-enclosure in Gondar, a city nicknamed The Camelot of Africa and located in southwest of...
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2107 ITALY (Sicily) - Alcantara's gorges
The river Alcantara has its source on the south side of Monti Nebrodi , at an elevation of 1,250m, and its mouth in the Ionian Sea at Capo Schiso in Giardini-Naxos. On its way to the sea (52km), past...
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