Chimborazo
Gliwice
Province of Lugo
Venlo
Wodzisław Śląski
Wojkowice
Prudnik
Szczecin
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Oldenburg
Paris
Guam
Chorzów
Liechtenstein
Haiti
Cotopaxi
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Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Chimborazo
Chimborazo is a stratovolcano in the Andes on the border of Ecuador and Bolivia, about 20 miles (32 km) south of the equator. It is not only the highest mountain in Ecuador but also has several other distinctions:
- Chimborazo is considered by some to be the farthest point from Earth's center (the distance to the center of our planet being 6,384 kilometers). While this is true if you measure from sea level, it's an incorrect assumption when measuring from Mount Everest's summit—which is higher than Chimborazo by 300 meters. In fact, you can get much closer with a measurement taken at any point along Earth's surface.
- At 6268 m (20559 ft), it remains one of only three mountains on Earth over 6000 meters high whose summits are still covered in snow for most of their year-round existence.
Gliwice
Gliwice is a city in south-western Poland, at the foot of the Gliwice Highmountain in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region. It is located in the Silesian Voivodeship, previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship.
The city has a population of 162,800 as of December 2017, while its metropolitan area consists of 304,589 inhabitants. The first mention of Gliwice dates back to 1232; it acquired city rights before 1414 and was part of Czechoslovakia between 1938 and 1945 (see History).
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Province of Lugo
Lugo is a province of Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. The capital is the city of Lugo.
Venlo
Venlo is a municipality and a city in Limburg, Netherlands. It is situated on both sides of the Meuse river.
The town of Venlo has about 35,000 inhabitants and the nearby villages of Dalen (pop. 5,700), Keffeler (pop. 7,100) and Mook-Molenhoek (pop. 11,500) form an agglomeration with about 60,000 people; this makes it the second largest urban area after Maastricht in south Limburg.
Venlo was founded in approximately 808 as a fortified settlement or castrum and became one of the most important cities at that time within Western Europe as well as an international crossroad for commerce between Germany and France with Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
Wodzisław Śląski
The flag of Wodzisław Śląski is a blue-red bicolour with a white triangle placed along the hoist. The flag was adopted on December 6, 1999.
The colors symbolize the following:
- Blue – reflects blue sky and water which can be found in Wodzisław Śląski;
- Red – symbolizes vigor, bravery and courage; red is also the colour of fire that burns on coal mines (the city is famous for its coal industry);
- White – represents peace and prosperity.
Wojkowice
Wojkowice is a town in south-western Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. It is located in the Kraków metropolitan area, on the Skawa river. The town has a population of 10,839.
Wojkowice is an important center of Polish pottery production. It was founded as a village by German settlers from the city of Glogau (now Głogów) and was granted civic rights by King John III Sobieski in 1682. From 1695 to 1772 it belonged to Hungary again; it returned then to Poland first (and had become part of Austrian province Galicia), than back to Hungary and finally after WWI it became part of Second Polish Republic where remained until 1939 when Germany occupied western Poland (and annexed it into Gau Upper Silesia).
After WWII Wojkowice became part of the People's Republic of Poland once again until 1989 when communist regime collapsed and the country regained its freedom from Soviet Union control following a peaceful transition called "Round Table Talks".
Prudnik
Prudnik is a city in Poland. It was founded by Duke Przemyslaus I in 1288, and named after his wife Maria von Plauen-Prussia. The town's coat of arms shows the Piast Eagle on a shield divided vertically into red and white halves.
Its flag has a similar design but with blue instead of red; the colors may represent its location along the border between Germany and Poland (the red side faces eastwards).
Szczecin
Oldenburg
Oldenburg is a city in the north-west of Germany. The city is home to the University of Oldenburg, and has a population of about 100,000 people.
The city was founded in 1419 and was originally called "Oldenburc" (Oldenburg). Oldenburg is located on the river Hunte, which flows into the Wadden Sea near Cuxhaven.
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Guam
Chorzów
Chorzów (Polish pronunciation: [ˈxɔrʑuf]; German: Chorau) is a city in Silesia, Poland. It is the capital of Chorzów County and has a population of 191,906 (June 2017).
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein is a German-speaking country in Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and Austria to the east. It is a landlocked principality, divided into 11 municipalities, with the capital at Vaduz.
Liechtenstein has been a member of the United Nations since 1990; it maintains its own customs policy and immigration system. Liechtenstein became an associate member of EFTA in 1991 and joined the European Economic Area (EEA) in 1995.
Haiti
Haiti is a country in the Caribbean, with a population of around 11 million. It is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and one of the poorest countries in the world.
Haiti is located on an island (which is named Haiti) off of Cuba and Jamaica. It’s also called Hispaniola or Saint Domingue when it was under French rule until its independence in 1804.
Cotopaxi
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. It is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia and Armenia, to the south by Turkey and Azerbaijan; in its eastern part lies Lake Sevan (Sevana), one of Europe's largest highland lakes. Georgia lies between latitudes 41° and 47° N, and longitudes 39° and 43° E.
The capital Tbilisi is known as "the city of roses" due to many gardens along its streets; it was also known as "the city of 1001 nights" during Soviet times because it had so many night clubs.
In addition to being very beautiful, Georgia is also very interesting with its rich history that goes back thousands of years when it was first settled by humans migrating from Asia into Europe during this period called "Mesolithic".
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