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WORLD CITIES AND THEIR IMPORTANCE

Q1.
CITIES/COUNTRY IMPORTANCE.
A  
1. Abadan, Iran                                                                                                                                                                      One of the biggest oil refinery.
2. Adelaide, Australia Leather and textile industry.
3. Al Asnam, Algeria Greatest earthquake destroyed 80% of the town in 1954.
4. Alexandria, Egypt City founded by Alexander, Port.
5. Angkor Vat, Cambodia World Heritage Site Temple.
6. Antwerp, Belgium Diamonds.
7. Aswan, Egypt Biggest Dam across Nile river.
8. Auckland, New Zealand Port & largest city of New Zealand.
B  
1. Babylon, Baghdad, Iraq Hanging gardens of Nebuched Nezar.
2. Baikonur, Russia Place from where Sq.Ldr.Rakesh Sharma was launched into space.
3. Bangkok, Thailand Largest city of Thailand - Capital.
4. Barcelona, Spain Commercial Centre, Port, 1992 summer olympics
5. Basra, Iraq Port city on river Shatt-el-Arab.
6. Benghazi, Libya Port city-Gulf of Sidra-Med. Sea.
7. Bergen, Norway Sea port, Biggest city of Norway.
8. Bethlehem, Israel Birth place of Jesus Christ.
9. Buenos Aires, Argentina Dairy Products, Largest city in the Southern hemisphere.
C  
1. Chicago, USA Meat Packing industry.
2. Cologne, Germany Eau-de-cologne is named after this city.
3. Cape Kennedy, USA Headquarters of NASA.
4. Capitol, Washington DC, USA US Senate.
D  
1. Detroit, USA Automobile industry, Ford Motors.
2. Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean Important American Military Base.
3. Durban, South Africa Gandhiji's political activity.
E  
1. Edinburgh, Scotland Educational centre.
2. Elba Island, Mediterrannean Sea Napoleon's first exile 1814/1815.
G  
1. Geneva, Switzerland Mini UN. Houses a number of UN's Subsidiary organizations.
2. Gettysburg, USA Place of American Civil War.
3. Gibraltar, Spain A famous British colony.
4. Glasgow, Scotland. Biggest ship industry - famous for marine related educational institutions.
5. Greenwich, UK Centre for Greenwich Mean Time.
H  
1. Hague, Netherlands  UN's international court of Justice.
2. Hamburg, Germany Chief Sea Port
3. Havana, Cuba Capital - famous for Cigars.
4. Heart, Afghanistan Carpets.
5. Harappa, Pakistan Indus Valley Civilisation.
6. Hiroshima, Japan Bombed by USA on 6.8.1945 - WW II.
7. Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA Tourism.
8. Holywood, USA Film Industry.
I  
1. Istanbul, Turkey1. Sea Port, Formerly Constantinople,Largest city of Turkey, only metro to lie on two continents. Asia/Europe.
J  
1. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Ancient city and Port
2. Jerusalem, Israel Holy city - Jesus crucified here.
3. Johannesburg, South Africa Gold Mines.
K  
1. Kalgoorlie, Australia Gold Mines
2. Kandy, Sri Lanka Buddha's Temple of Tooth and other temples.
3. Karachi, Pakistan Port city, Former capital.
4. Kimberley, South Africa Diamond mines.
L  
1. Leningrad, Russia Sea Port, Large city, Industries,formerly Petrograd.
2. Lop Nor, China Site of Nuclear tests of China.
3. Liverpool, UK Sea Port, Milk Export, Mean Sea level.
4. London, UK Capital, Sea Port, One of the most populous city in the world.
5. Los Angeles, USA Film Industry, US's largest city.
M  
1. Medina, Saudi Arabia Islamic Holy Place. Tomb of Prophet Muhammad.
2. Manchester, UK Textile Industry.
3. Mecca, Saudi Arabia Holy place for Muslims - birth place Of Prophet Muhammad.
4. Melbourne, Australia Wool and leather industry.
5. Miami, USA Beaches, Centre for World Beauty Contests.
6. Mohenjodaro, Pakistan Indus Valley Civilisation site.
7. Montreal, Canada Trading Centre.
8. Moscow, Russia Largest city of Russia, Capital.
9. Munich, Germany Beer industry, 1972 Summer Olympics.
10.Murree, Pakistan Important Hill Station.
N  
1. Nagasaki, Japan US bombing -9.8.1945-WWII.
2. Nazareth, Israel Holy place for Christians.
3. Newyork, USA Hudson river, Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Trade Centre, Stock Exchange.
O  
1. Olympia, Greece Olympic games birth place.
P  
1. Pisa, Italy Leaning Tower.
Q  
1. Quetta, Pakistan Hill Station, Bolan Pass.
2. Quebec, Canada Port City.
R  
1. Rome, Italy Centre for Roman Civilisation, Capital
2. Rotterdam, Netherlands Famous Port city, Industries.
S  
1. San Francisco, USA Sea Port and Industries.
2. Sau Paulo, Brazil Soccer centre, largest city of Brazil and Western and southern hemispheres.
3. Shatt-el-Arab, Saudi Arabia World's ancient waterway.
4. Shanghai, China Largest and most populous city/China.
5. St. Helena island, S.A.Ocean Napoleon second exile/1815.
6. Stratford on Rvon, England Birth place of Shakespeare.
7. Sudbury, Canada World's biggest source of nickel.
T  
1. Tashkent, Uzbekistan Lal Bahadur Shastri's death-11.1.1966
2. Tokyo, Japan World's II populous city. Capital.
3. Toronto, Canada Largest city of Canada.
V  
1. Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Pope's residence, Smallest independent State in the world.
W  
1. Washington DC, USA White House - Residence of US President. Capital of USA
2. Waterloo, Belgium Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon's defeat 1815.
3. Wimbledon, London Tennis Champion ship.
Y  
1. Yellow Stone, USA World's oldest and largest National Park. 3000 Geysers and hot springs.
Z  
1. Zurich, Switzerland Tourism.
2. Zanzibar, Tanzania Cloves.