Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as "Washington", "the District", or simply "D.C.", is the capital of the United States. The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a capital
Perth,Australia
Perth,Australia
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Perth It is the fourth-most populous city inAustralia, with an estimated population of 2.02 million (as of 30 June 2014) living in Greater Perth. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with the majority of the metropolitan area of Perth located on the Swan Coastal Plain, a narrow strip between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp, a low coastal escarpment. The first
Casablanca,Morocco
Casablanca,Morocco
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Casablanca (en arabe : الدار البيضاء, ad-Dar al-Bayda, litt. « la maison blanche » ; en berbère : ⴰⵏⴼⴰ, Anfa, litt. « colline ») est une ville située au centre-ouest du pays, chef-lieu de la région de Casablanca-Settat, capitale économique du pays, plus grande ville du Maroc et la première métropole du Maghreb en population, située sur la côte atlantique, à environ 80 km au sud deRabat, la capitale administrative. Son territoire, à distinguer de celui de l’agglomération casablancaise, d'une
Wroclaw , Poland
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Wrocławis the largest city in western Poland. It is on the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly 350 kilometres (220 mi) from the Baltic Sea to the north and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Sudeten Mountains to the south. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. Today, it is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. At various times in history, it has been part of
Chefchaouen, Morocco
Chefchaouen, Morocco
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Chefchaouen is situated in the Rif Mountains, just inland from Tangier and Tetouan. The city was founded in 1471, as a smallfortress which still exists to this day, by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rached El Alami (a descendant of Ibn Machich and Idris I, and through them, of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) to fight the Portuguese invasions of northern Morocco. Along with theGhomara tribes of the region, many Moriscos and Jews settled here after the Spanish Reconquista in
Hong Kong
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Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港; literally: "Fragrant Harbour" or "Incense Harbour"), officially Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory south to Mainland China at the Pearl River Estuary of the Asia Pacific. With 7.2 million residents of various nationalities in a total land and sea area of 2,754 km2, Hong Kong is the world's fourth most densely populated sovereign state or territory. After the First Opium War (1839–42), Hong Kong became a
Venice,Italy
Venice,Italy
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Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Venetoregion. It is situated across a group of 117 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by bridges. These are located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline, between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Parts of Venice are renowned for the beauty of their settings, their architecture, and artwork.[1] The
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This article lists the best cities in the world defined according to a concept of city proper. and an administratively recognised urban status that is usually characterised by some form of local government. Cities proper and their boundaries and population data may not include suburbs