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Junik
Junik (; ) is a town and municipality in the Gjakova District in western Kosovo.
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Angamaly
thumb|Angamaly Junction Angamaly () is a municipality in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. Angamaly is part of the Kochi metropolitan area and is located northeast of the Kochi city centre. As of the 2011 Indian census, the municipality has a population of 33,465 people and a population density of .
Kyathampalle
Kyathanpally is a census town and a municipality in Mancherial district of the Indian state of Telangana.
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Gohrau
Gohrau () is a village and a former municipality in the district of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Oranienbaum-Wörlitz.
Humnabad
Humnabad, also known as Jayasimha Nagar, is a city and municipal council in the Bidar District of the Indian state of Karnataka. Humnabad is the headquarters of Humnabad taluk. It is well-known for the Veerabhadreswar Temple, located midway, at a distance of 60 km from both Bidar and Kalaburgi districts. It is well connected by roadways and railway network. It is connected by two national highways, NH 50 and NH 65.
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Mayapur
Mayapur () is a pilgrimage town in the Nabadwip CD block in the Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision of the Nadia district, West Bengal, India. It is situated at the confluence of the Jalangi River and the Bhagirathi, a distributary of the Ganges. The area is considered spiritually significant by followers and devotees of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
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Schköna
Schköna () is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since January 1, 2011, it is part of the town Gräfenhainichen. It was part of the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Tor zur Dübener Heide since January 1, 2005.
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Carrickmacross
Carrickmacross () is a town in County Monaghan, Ireland. The population was 5,745 at the 2022 census, making it the second-largest town in the county. Carrickmacross is a market town which developed around a castle built by the Earl of Essex in 1630. The town is 20km west of Dundalk and 75km north-north-west of Dublin city centre and 106km south west of Belfast. Carrickmacross won the European Entente Florale Silver Medal Award in 1998.
Afzalgarh
Afzalgarh is a city and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located at the border with the state of Uttarakhand.
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Solkan
Solkan ( or ; , or Salcano) is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of Nova Gorica today, it has maintained the status of a separate urban settlement due to its history and the strong local identity of its residents.
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Griesen
Griesen () is a village and a former municipality in the district of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Oranienbaum-Wörlitz.
Puchow
Puchow () is a village and a former municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 1 January 2012, it is part of the municipality Kuckssee. The former municipality of Puchow comprised both Puchow and its hamlet Rahnenfelde about 1.5 km to the south along K21 to Penzlin.
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Hamma
Hamma is a village and a former municipality in the Nordhausen district, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 December 2010, it has been part of the town Heringen.
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Eresos
Eresos (; ; ) and its twin beach village Skala Eresou are located in the southwest part of the Greek island of Lesbos. They are villages visited by considerable numbers of tourists. Its history begins in the early Greek Archaic period and famous Greeks of antiquity that were Eressians include Sappho, Theophrastos and Phaenias of Eresus.
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Dilbat
Dilbat (modern Tell ed-Duleim or Tell al-Deylam) was an ancient Near Eastern city located 25 kilometers south of Babylon on the eastern bank of the Western Euphrates in modern-day Babil Governorate, Iraq. It lies 15 kilometers southeast of the ancient city of Borsippa. The site of Tell Muhattat (also Tell Mukhattat), 5 kilometers away, was earlier thought to be Dilbat. The ziggurat E-ibe-Anu, dedicated to Urash, a minor local deity distinct from the earth goddess Urash, was located in the center of the city and was mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
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Ranipet
Ranipet (lit. Queen's colony) is an industrial town and the administrative headquarters of Ranipet district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the Northern banks of the Palar River. It is a Tri-City with the adjacent municipalities of Walajapet, Arcot and Melvisharam. It is located about west of Chennai, and about east of Vellore. Ranipet is located on the Mumbai–Chennai arm of the Golden Quadrilateral. Ranipet is renowned for its thriving industrial base, which includes numerous small, medium, and large-scale industries, particularly in sectors such as leather tanning, chemi
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Hasselfelde
Hasselfelde () is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is in the eastern Harz, approximately 17 km south of Wernigerode. Since 1 January 2010 it has been part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken. Its population is 1,941 (2021).
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Wieren
Wieren is a village and a former municipality in the district of Uelzen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2011, it is part of the municipality Wrestedt.
Galaasiya
Galaosiyo (, also Gala Osiyo, ) is a city and seat of Bukhara District in Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan. Its population is 12,600 (2016).
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Jarkurghon
Jarqoʻrgʻon (, ) is a city in Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Jarqoʻrgʻon District. The population was 17,687 in 1989, and 22,700 in 2016. The 12th century Jarkurgan minaret is located in the village Minor, some 5 km southwest of Jarqoʻrgʻon. ==History== The name Jarkurgan historically originated from the place located on the edge of a jar (clay pit). In the 8th to 12th centuries, Jarkurgan was known as Charmangan (Sarmangan) and mentioned in Arab-Persian geographical literature with various names. In the 8th century, it was under Arab rule, in the 10th century, it wa
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Sarfannguit
Sarfannguit (old spelling: Sarfannguaq / Sarfánguaq) is a settlement in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. Its population was 96 in 2020. The settlement was founded in 1843. The town is located within the Aasivissuit – Nipisat UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2018 for its outstanding archeological sites representing the human occupation of Greenland for over 4,000 years.
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Menemeni
Menemeni is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki in Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ampelokipoi-Menemeni, of which it is a municipal unit. It is neighbored by Evosmos, Ampelokipoi, Thessaloniki and Echedoros. Menemeni includes the quarters of Vosporos, Agios Nektarios, Dialogi and Lachanokipoi.
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Iximche
thumb|300px|right|Map of the Guatemalan Highlands in the Postclassic Period Iximcheʼ () (or Iximché using Spanish orthography) is a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the western highlands of Guatemala. Iximche was the capital of the Late Postclassic Kaqchikel Maya kingdom from 1470 until its abandonment in 1524. The architecture of the site included a number of pyramid-temples, palaces and two Mesoamerican ballcourts. Excavators uncovered the poorly preserved remains of painted murals on some of the buildings and ample evidence of human sacrifice. The ruins of Iximche were decl
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Niedersachswerfen
Niedersachswerfen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2012, it is part of the municipality Harztor.
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Bauerbach
Bauerbach () is a village and a former municipality in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2012, it is part of the municipality Grabfeld.
Karaulbazar
Qorovulbozor (, ) is a city and seat of Qorovulbozor District in Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan. Its population was 6,448 in 1989, and 9,200 in 2016.
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Teresva
Teresva (, , , , ) is a rural settlement in Tiachiv Raion (district) of Zakarpattia Oblast (region) in western Ukraine. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Tisza and Teresva. The town's population was 7,554 at the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population is .
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Kosambi
Kosambi (Pali) or Kaushambi (Sanskrit) was an ancient city in India, characterized by its importance as a trading center along the Ganges Plain and its status as the capital of the Vatsa Kingdom, one of the sixteen mahajanapadas. It was located on the Yamuna River about southwest of its confluence with the Ganges at Prayaga (modern Prayagraj), which made it a powerful center for trade and beneficial for the Vatsa Kingdom.
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Singidunum
Singidunum () was an ancient city which later evolved into modern Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The name is of Celtic origin, going back to the time when the Celtic tribe Scordisci settled the area in the 3rd century BC, following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans. Later on, the Roman Republic conquered the area in 75 BC and incorporated it into the province of Moesia. It was an important fort of the Danubian Limes and Roman Legio IV Flavia Felix was garrisoned there since 86 AD. Singidunum was the birthplace of the Roman Emperor Jovian. It was sacked by Huns in 441, and by Avars and Slavs
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Kurundwad
Sössen
Sössen is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Lützen.
Bhinga
Bhinga is a town, Nagar Palika and district headquarter of Shravasti district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Batangafo
Batangafo is a town located in the Central African Republic prefecture of Ouham-Fafa at the confluence of Ouham River and its affluent Fafa.
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Jadu
human settlement
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Cahir
Cahir (; ) is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the barony of Iffa and Offa West.
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Idomeni
Idomeni or Eidomeni (, ) is a small village in Greece, near the border with North Macedonia. The village is located in the municipality of Paeonia, Kilkis regional unit of Central Macedonia (Greece).
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Sagara
Town
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Ankola
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Kaunos
thumb|Kaunos Ruins. thumb|Columns from the site thumb|Residential Quarter Kaunos (Carian: Kbid; Lycian: Xbide; Ancient Greek: ; ) was a city of ancient Caria in Anatolia, a few kilometres west of the modern town of Dalyan, Muğla Province, Turkey.
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Malur
Malur or Mālūru is a town and taluk headquarters in Kolar district of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is 30 km from Kolar, the district headquarters, and about 50 km from Bangalore. It is accessible from Bangalore by road and railways. The Chennai Central-Bangalore City line passes through Malur, with trains to various parts of India, including Tirupati, Chennai, Kochi, Trivandrum, Patna and Kolkata.
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Artemida
Greek city in Attica
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Kot Diji
archeological site that predates the Indus Civilization
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Atlit
coastal town located south of Haifa, Israel.
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Tahta
Tahta ( / , ALA-LC: Ṭahṭā; ; , ) is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile in an area known for its agricultural richness. Tahta had a population of 85,528 at the 2017 census. Egyptologists believe that the modern name may derive from the word Ta-ho-ty (). Two famous monasteries are located near Tahta, the White Monastery and the Red Monastery. The town has a small but significant Coptic Catholic community.
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Vodice
town in Slovenia
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Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
World Heritage site in Russia
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Dos Pilas
human settlement
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Omalo
Omalo () is a principal village in the historical region of Tusheti, Georgia. Administratively, it is part of the Akhmeta District in Kakheti. It lies between the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and the Pirikita Range of Tusheti. Due to Omalo's high mountain location on the northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and the absence of well-maintained roads, it is largely isolated from the rest of Georgia for most of the year. The only access road is through the Abano pass at 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) The fortress of Keselo is a landmark in Zemo (upper) Omalo, this place served a
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Akre
Akre (, , ) is a city located in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is disputed by the Nineveh Governorate and the Duhok Governorate which both partially claim it. Akre is known for its celebrations of Newroz.
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Waite
human settlement in Washington County, Maine, United States of America
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Rečica ob Savinji
human settlement in Slovenia
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Greenville
capital of Sinoe County, Liberia
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Areopoli
Areopoli (; before 1912 , ) is a town on the Mani Peninsula, Laconia, Greece.
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Veliki Trnovac
town in Pčinja District, Serbia
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Merzouga
Merzouga (, ) is a village in southeastern Morocco. The village is near the Erg Chebbi dunes, among the tallest in the Sahara. It is about southeast of Rissani, about from Erfoud and about from the Algerian border. Some of the other villages near the dunes are Hassilabied ( away), Tanamoust ( away), Takoujt ( away), Khamlia ( away), and Tisserdmine ( away). Rissani is the closest city of significant size, at a distance of . ==History== thumb|Adobe Arches in Merzouga Approximately 9,000 to 10,000 years ago, the region was likely a tropical jungle, coinciding with a period when the Sahara Desert
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Radenci
Radenci (; ) is a town on the right bank of the Mura River in the Mura Statistical Region of northeastern Slovenia. It is a well-known spa town and was first mentioned in written documents dating back to 1436. After 1833, when a new source of mineral water was discovered, it developed into a popular resort. Since 1994 it has been the seat and the largest settlement of the Municipality of Radenci.
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Bačko Petrovo Selo
human settlement
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Bantwal
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Berber
town of the state of River Nile, Sudan
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Zitsa
Zitsa () is a village and a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Eleousa. The municipality has an area of 565.566 km2, the municipal unit 65.868 km2, the community 29.169 km2.