Hakodate
HAKODATE, a city in Japan, in the province of Matsmai, near the southern tip of the Yezo island, on the nortnern coast of the Strait of Sangar; by 42° N. Population approximately 50 000. It stretches...
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GERASA (now Jerash), ruined city of Palestine, east of the Jordan, part of the former Decapolis, 80 km (49.7 miles) N-E. of Jerusalem, divided in two by the Golden River. Its most interesting ruins are...
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HÉBR0N (originally Kirjath-Arba, Arabic El Khulil) city of Palestine, 25 kilometers South of Jerusalem; approximately 5.000 inhabitants. It is located partly on the slopes of two hills and partly in...
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GENNESERET (Sea of), also called Lake Kinneret, Sea of Galilee or Lake Tiberius; Lake in northern Palestine, 85 km (53 miles) North of the Dead...
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HERAT, fortified town in Afghanistan on the Hari River, 550 km west of Kabul, population approximately 50 000. It is located in a plain 835 m above sea level. The main public buildings are the citadel,...
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...At The March-Past Of The 14 July. The main attraction of the national holiday this year was undoubtedly the great march-past in Longchamps, to which the presence of our valiant soldiers from Tonkin...
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GAZA (arab. Ghazza), city in Syria, on the road leading to Egypt, between the Mediterranean and the desert, about 4 km (2.5 miles) from the sea. Population about 15 000. Important entrepôt for caravan...
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ISFAHAN or Esfahan (formerly Aspadana), former capital of Persia, in Iraq-Adjemi, 315 km south of Tehran, by 32° 39' north latitude and 49° 24' east longitude, population about 60 000. It is surrounded...
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