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From 1961 to 1989, this city was divided
This capital city is located on the confluence of
This city’s Schiphol airport is 3 meters below sea level.
One of the oldest cities in the world, this is the first world capital mentioned in the Bible (in Genesis 14:15).
At 3,640 meters, this is the highest capital city in the world.
A 101-story building in this city is the sixth tallest in the world
Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote,
The Golden Age of Islam ended in 1258 when this city was sacked
The Communist Manifesto was first published in 1848 in this city.
This is the only national capital sited on a
For 65 years this city was called “Frunze”,
The western part of this capital is located on the lower slopes
This is the only national capital whose city limits
William R. King, the 13th vice-president of the United States,
This city averages 5,100 millimeters of precipitation a year,
This capital city, which has no traffic lights, employs a much-photographed arm-waving policeman to direct traffic at its busiest intersection.
In winter, a 7.8 kilometer section of this city’s Rideau Canal
Capital of a vast empire in antiquity, this city was declared capital of its current country in 1861 and annexed in 1870.
