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Jaipur

Geography; Cities & towns

Jaipur (Rajasthani: जैपर , Hindi: जयपुर Urdu: جئے پور), also popularly known as the 'Pink City', is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by ...

Casablanca (Arabic: الدار البيضاء‎) is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region. Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its ...

Nairobi

Geography; Cities & towns

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which translates to ...

Pune

Geography; Cities & towns

Pune, formerly Poona, is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of ...

Abidjan

Geography; Cities & towns

Abidjan is the economic and former official capital of Côte d'Ivoire, while the current capital is Yamoussoukro. As of 2011 it was the largest city in the nation and the third-largest French-speaking ...

Busan

Geography; Cities & towns

Busan (Officially Busan Metropolitan City and formerly spelled Pusan) is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area (includes ...

Berlin

Geography; Cities & towns

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.5 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city and is the second most populous city proper and ...