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An urban heat island is an urban area that is warmer than its surrounding reference area. Built surfaces, reduced vegetation, building geometry and human-generated…
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Cities & capitals
Urbanization is an increase in the share of a population living in urban areas; urban growth is an increase in the number of urban…
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Borjomi · Cities & capitals
Plan Borjomi with clear advice on Central Park, sulfur pools, national-park registration, trail choices, transport and a realistic one- or two-day itinerary.
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Cities & capitals
Test your understanding of cities and settlements with this urban geography quiz: 20 questions on urban boundaries, land use, networks and neighborhood change. Work…
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Cities & capitals
About 3.15 billion people—40.2% of the population represented in the 2020 grid—live closer in straight-line distance to another state’s reference capital than to their…
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Kabul · Cities & capitals
Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan and the country’s largest urban center. It sits in a high valley on the Kabul River and has…
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Cities & capitals
Here is the complete alphabetical list of world capital cities by country, built for fast lookup on a phone or desktop. It follows the…
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Netherlands · Cities & capitals
Countries with more than one capital (or multiple capitals) are states that deliberately split core functions like parliament, the executive, or the highest courts…
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Georgia (country) · Cities & capitals
Gori sits in the middle of Georgian history in a way few cities do. It is a fortress town, a transport hinge, a place…
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Bolivia · Cities & capitals
Several national capitals use urban cable cars for everyday public transport, including Mexico City, Bogotá, Caracas, Santo Domingo, Algiers, and Tbilisi. Mi Teleférico serves…
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Bolivia · Cities & capitals
La Paz is one of South America’s most geographically distinctive major cities: Bolivia’s seat of government occupies a steep Andean basin, while El Alto…
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Scotland · Cities & capitals
Edinburgh (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann; often nicknamed “Auld Reekie” or the “Athens of the North”) is Scotland’s capital, seated on ancient volcanic hills beside…
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