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Famous Regions, Cities, Countries and Places of the World - FamousWhy
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Zaporozhye is a city in south-eastern Ukraine and the capital of Zaporizhia Oblast. It lies some 70 km from the Dnipropetrovsk city and is located on the banks of the Dnieper river.... | |
 Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia. Zagreb's population was 973,667 in 2005. Zagreb is situated between the southern slopes of Medvednica mountain and the northern bank of the Sava... | |
 Saratov is a major city in southern European Russia. It is the administrative center of Saratov Oblast and a major port on the Volga River. Saratov population is about 873,000 .... |  Krasnoyarsk is the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, and the third largest city in Siberia, having a population of 909,341 in the 2002 census. It lies on the Yenisei... |
 Voronezh is a large city in the south of Central Russia, not far from Ukraine. Voronezh is located on the Voronezh River, twelve kilometers away from the emptying of Voronezh River... |  Torino italian named Turin, is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. The population of Torino... |
 Koln is the Germany's fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr... |  Odessa is a city in southwestern Ukraine, a major port on the Black Sea, and the administrative centre of the country's Odessa Oblast. Odessa population in 2004 was 1,012,500. Odessa... |
 Rostov na Donu or Rostov on the Don is the capital of Rostov region and the administrative center of the North Caucasus district, SE European Russia, on the Don River near its entrance... |  Perm is a city in and administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia. It is situated on the banks of the Kama River, at the foot of the Ural Mountains. Perm population is 1,001,653 (2002... |
 Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands. Generally regarded as England's "second city", it is the largest of England's core cities. The city's reputation... |  Donetsk is a city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the... |
 Chelyabinsk is the major industrial, scientific, and cultural center of the southern Ural. The city is located on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains along the banks of the Miass... |  Ufa is the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. Population: 1,036,026 (as of January 1, 2005; as of 2002 census: 1,042,437). Ufa is one of the industrial centres in... |
 Kazan is the capital city of Tatarstan and one of Russia's largest cities. It is a major industrial, commercial and cultural center, and remains the most important center of Tatar culture.... |  Sofia is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Bulgaria, with a population of 1,376,742 (15 February 2006 calculations). It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of... |
 Samara is a major city situated on the Volga River in the southeastern part of European Russia, Volga Federal District, the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Samara was founded... |  Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava river in central Bohemia, it is home to approximately 1.2 million people. Prague was founded... |
 Munich is Germany's third largest city and one of Europe's most prosperous cities. The city has a population of about 1.3 million (as of 2005) and the Munich metropolitan area is home... |  Yekaterinoburg is a major city in the central part of Russian Federation, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range. Yekaterinoburg... |
 Nizhny Novgorod colloquially shortened as Nizhny and also transliterated into English as Nizhniy Novgorod or Nizhni Novgorod, is the fourth largest city of Russia, ranking after Moscow... |  Novosibirsk is Russia's third largest city, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast. It is located in the southwest of Siberian Federal... |
 Kharkov is the second largest city in Ukraine and the capital of Kharkivs'ka oblast'. It is situated in the northeast of the country and has a population of 1.4 million (in 2005). It... |  Vienna is Austria's primate city; with a population of about 1.6 million (2.2 million within the metro area), Vienna is by far the largest city in Austria as well as its cultural, economic... |