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Freedom
town in Woods County, Oklahoma
Hiawassee
human settlement in Towns County, Georgia, United States of America

Port-aux-Français
Port-aux-Français () is the main settlement of the Kerguelen Islands, and French Southern and Antarctic Lands, in the south Indian Ocean.

Sky Valley
city and former ski area in Georgia, United States
Hingham
town in Hill County, Montana, United States
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Pandharpur
Pandharpur (Pronunciation: [pəɳɖʱəɾpuːɾ]), also Pandaripuram is a popular pilgrimage town, on the banks of Chandrabhagā River, near Solapur city in Solapur District, Maharashtra, India. Its administrative area is one of eleven tehsils in the District, and it is an electoral constituency of the state legislative assembly (vidhan sabha). The Vithoba temple attracts about a million Hindu pilgrims during the major yātrā (pilgrimage) in Ashadha (June–July).
Kasegaon is the largest village in pandharpur talukas.A small temple of Śri Vitthala-Rukmini is also located, which is as old as the main Vitth
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Kokrajhar
Kokrajhar () is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an autonomous territory in Assam, one of the North Eastern states of India.
Guruvayur
thumbnail|AKG Gate in Guruvayur
thumbnail|Government School
thumbnail|Government Guest House (Currently demolished to make space for new structure)
thumbnail|Guruvayur Library
thumbnail|Guruvayur Railway Station
Beulah
city in Michigan, United States
Koroni
Koroni or Corone () is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pylos-Nestor, of which it is a municipal unit. Known as Corone by the Venetians and Ottomans, the town of Koroni (pop. 1,193 in 2021) sits on the southwest peninsula of the Peloponnese on the Gulf of Messinia in southern Greece, by road southwest of Kalamata. The town is nestled on a hill below a Venetian castle and reaches to the edge of the gulf. The town was the seat of the former municipality of Koróni, which has a land area of and
Inwa
Inwa (, or ; also spelled Innwa; formerly known as Ava), located in Mandalay Region, Myanmar, is an ancient imperial capital of successive Burmese kingdoms from the 14th to 19th centuries. Throughout history, it was sacked and rebuilt numerous times. The capital city was finally abandoned after it was destroyed by a series of major earthquakes in March 1839. Though only a few traces of its former grandeur remain today, the former capital is a popular day-trip tourist destination from Mandalay.

Qalansawe
Qalansawe or Qalansuwa (, , lit. "turban") is an Arab city in the Central District of Israel. Part of the Triangle, in it had a population of .

Shirdi
Bazarak
Bazarak (Dari; Pashto: ), is a town in the northeastern part of Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Panjshir Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Bazarak District and has an estimated population of 23,167 people. Rahmatullah Mohammadi is the current mayor of the town.

Zurow
Zurow is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
thumb|200px|Kirche Zurow

Qasigiannguit
Qasigiannguit (), also known as Christianshåb, is a town located in western Greenland on the southeastern shore of Disko Bay in the Qeqertalik municipality. With 1,081 inhabitants in 2020, it is the thirteenth-largest town in Greenland. The main industry is shrimp and halibut fishing.
Deoband
Deoband is a town and a municipality in Saharanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, about 150 km (93 miles) from Delhi. Darul Uloom Deoband, an Islamic seminary and one of the largest Islamic institutions of India is located there.

Doda
town in Jammu and Kashmir
Dashkasan
city in Azerbaijan

Preston
human settlement in Caroline County, Maryland, United States of America

Wilmington
town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Lillestrøm
town in Lillestrøm Municipality, Norway

Ibri
Ibri () is a city and Wilāyat (Province) in the Ad Dhahirah Governorate, in northwest Oman.

Heiligendamm
Heiligendamm () is a German seaside resort founded in 1793.
Birao
right|thumb|Boy playing with a burnt lamp in Birao. The town was almost completely burnt down in March 2007 during fighting between rebels and government troops.

Alalakh
Alalakh (Tell Atchana; Hittite: Alalaḫ) is an ancient archaeological site approximately northeast of Antakya (historic Antioch) in what is now Turkey's Hatay Province. It flourished as an urban settlement in the Middle and Late Bronze Age, c. 2000–1200 BC. The city contained palaces, temples, private houses and fortifications. The remains of Alalakh have formed an extensive mound covering around 22 hectares. In the Late Bronze Age, Alalakh was the capital of the local kingdom of Mukiš.
Tuam
Tuam (; , meaning 'mound' or 'burial-place') is a town in Ireland and the second-largest settlement in County Galway. It is west of the midlands of Ireland, about north of Galway city. The town is in a civil parish of the same name.
Akhalgori
Akhalgori (; ) is a town in Georgia (in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, according to the official administrative division of Georgia). The name Akhalgori is the original historical name of the town used by the Georgians and officials, whereas Leningor is the name given to the city in the Soviet era and used by the South Ossetians. The town is situated on the banks of the River Ksani, height above sea level — 800 m.
Hadibu
Hadibu is the largest town and administrative capital of Socotra Governorate, a governorate of Yemen. It is situated on the northeastern coast of Socotra in the Socotra Archipelago. It hosts the main airport and sea port serving the island, making it the primary gateway. It is the seat of Hidaybū, the larger eastern district of Socotra's two administrative districts. The Soqotri language, an unwritten Semitic language, is widely spoken.
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Gulripshi
Gulripshi (, ; , Gwylryphsh; , Gulrypsh) is an urban settlement in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. It is located 12 km from Sokhumi, and is the capital of Gulripshi District.

Flåm
Flåm () is a village in the Flåmsdalen valley which is located at the inner end of the Aurlandsfjorden, a branch of Sognefjorden. The village is located in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.

Ushguli
thumb|upright=1.3|The historic region of Upper Svaneti in Georgia
Ushguli ( ) is a community of five medieval villages located at the head of the Enguri gorge in Svaneti, Georgia. Ushguli is one of the highest continuously inhabited settlements in Europe. Compared to somewhat more developed towns like Mestia, Ushguli is not in an accessible location, which has preserved many of the villages' medieval characteristics, including unique defensive tower houses called Svan towers. Because of their preservation and traditional architecture, Ushguli, Mestia, and the surrounding area was recognized as

Geilo
Geilo () is a centre in the municipality of Hol in Buskerud county, Norway. Geilo is primarily a ski resort town, with around 2,500 inhabitants. It is situated in the valley of Hallingdal, 250 km from Oslo and 260 km from Bergen. The Bergen Line facilitated Geilo's development as the first skiing resort in the country, and it is still one of the largest. It is also known for having some of the most luxurious and expensive holiday cabins in Norway. The center of the town lies at 800 meters above sea level, and its highest point is 1178 meters above sea level.
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Arawa
human settlement

Chust
city in Uzbekistan

Dannebrog
human settlement in Howard County, Nebraska, United States of America

Trim
town in County Meath, Ireland

Saluda
town in South Carolina, United States

Kati
town in Mali

Pauri
Pauri is a town and a municipal board in Pauri Garhwal district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Pauri is the seat of the Divisional Commissioner of the Garhwal Division.

Vágur
thumb|280px|Vágur
Vágur, meaning bay (), is a town and municipality on the island of Suðuroy, part of the Faroe Islands.

Acharnes
Acharnes, also known as Menidi, is a municipality in the East Attica regional unit in Greece. With 108,169 inhabitants (2021 census), it is the ninth most populous municipality in Greece. It lies just north of the Athens urban area.

Gelephu
Gelephu (; Wylie: dge-legs-phu), also spelled as Gelyephug, Gelegphu, Gaylegphug, or Gaylephug, is a town or Thromde in Sarpang District in Bhutan. It is located on the Indian border, about 30 km to the east of Sarpang, the Dzongkhag (District) headquarters, and has a population of 9,858 as per the 2017 census. It is one of the border markets and road entry points into Bhutan from India; Phuntsholing to its west and Samdrup Jongkhar to its east are two other border market road entry points into Bhutan.

Magdala
Magdala (; ; ) was an ancient Jewish city on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, north of Tiberias. In the Babylonian Talmud it is known as Magdala Nunayya (), and which some historical geographers think may refer to Tarichaea (). It is believed to be the birthplace of Mary Magdalene. Until the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Palestinian village of al-Majdal () stood at the site of ancient Magdala. The Israeli municipality of Migdal now extends into the area.
Ad-Damir
Ad-Damir or ad-Damar () is the capital of the River Nile state in Sudan. It lies on the right (east) bank of the Nile River, at an elevation of , about northeast of Khartoum, with a population of about 122,944 (estimated 2012). Its famous market, Soug as-Sabit, is the most important in the area. Ad-Dāmar is an example of a Sudanese African-Islamic city founded toward the end of the fifteenth century. Since ad-Damar was located on the bank of the river, it could be expected to exhibit a linear morphology.

Yangdong Folk Village
traditional village
Pursat
Pursat ( ; , ) is the capital of Pursat Province, Cambodia. Its name derived from a type of tree and it lies on the Pursat River. The city is famous as the place of mythical 16th century neak ta of Khleang Moeung.

Arslantepe
thumb|A Hittite lion from the Neo-Hittite era (1180-700 BC) at the entrance to the ruins of Arslantepe.
thumb|A Hittite relief of a libation to Tiwaz and Arma from the ruins of Arslantepe at the [[Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara.]]
Arslantepe, also known as Melid, was an ancient city on the Tohma River, a tributary of the upper Euphrates rising in the Taurus Mountains. It has been identified with the modern archaeological site of Arslantepe near Malatya, Turkey.

Elmore City
human settlement in Garvin County, Oklahoma, United States of America
Seoni
human settlement in Seoni district, Jabalpur division, Madhya Pradesh, India

Champawat
Kesten
municipality of Germany
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Bomdila
Bomdila is the headquarters of West Kameng district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. Bomdila is one of the 60 constituencies of the state of Arunachal Pradesh. Bomdila, a virgin forest until modern times was built as Sela Sub Agency Capital by Major Ralengnao R Khathing. In February 1954, the shifting of the Headquarters of the Political Officer from Charduar to Bomdila was undertaken, and on February 28, 1954, Bomdila was officially made the capital of the Sela Sub Agency.
Hansi
Hansi, is a historically important city and municipal council in the Hansi district of the Indian state of Haryana. Earlier Hansi was larger, more prosperous and more important city than Hisar, as evident by several important buildings of archeological importance. Hansi is also known for its famous sweet, peda, which is made from milk.

Shringeri
Sringeri (IAST: Śṛṅgerī; ) also called Shringeri is a hill town and Taluk headquarters located in Chikkamagaluru district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Betul
town in Madhya Pradesh, India

Marquette
human settlement in Hamilton County, Nebraska, United States of America
Balaghat
Balaghat is a city and a municipality in Balaghat district, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Balaghat District. Wainganga River flows beside the town. The nearest airport is Birsi (Gondia).