From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:22 PM

Essen is a city in the central part of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Located on the Ruhr River, its population of approximately 579,000 (as of June 30, 2008) makes it the 7th- or 8th-largest-city in Germany. The city was appointed European Capital of Culture for 2010 on behal...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:22 PM

Rio de Janeiro ('River of January') is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind Sao Paulo, and the second largest metropolitan area in South America, behind Sao Paulo. It is the state capital of Rio de Janeiro. The city was the capital of Brazil for nearly two centur...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:22 PM

Port Elizabeth or known as Nelson Mandela Bay is a city in South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province, 770km east of Cape Town. The city, often shortened to PE and nicknamed The Friendly City or The Windy City, stretches for 16km along Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in Sout...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:22 PM

Windhoek is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. It is located in the central Khomas Region, and had a population of 233,529 in the 2001 census, believed to be over 296,000 in 2008. The city is a major trading centre for sheep skin. It sits on a sloping plain on the northern ...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:22 PM

Amman sometimes spelled Ammann (Arabic Amman), is the capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a city of 2,525,000 inhabitants (2008 estimate), and the administrative capital and commercial center of Jordan. It is also the largest city in Jordan. It is the capital city of Amman Governora...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:21 PM

Edgartown is a town located on Martha’s Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,779 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Dukes County. Edgartown was first settled by the English in 1642. Rev. Thomas Mayhew, Jr. led a group of families to start a colon...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:21 PM

Gujranwala is a city in Punjab, Pakistan with a population of 1,132,509 (1998 census). Gujranwala is located at 32.16 North, 74.18 East and is 226 metres (744 feet) above sea-level. With a population of over 1.1 million Gujranwala is the seventh largest city in Pakistan, and is one of Pakistan’s...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:21 PM

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008. It is the eleventh-most populous municipality in the European Union and sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union afte...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:21 PM

Valencia is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and its province. It is the third largest city in Spain and the 21st largest in the European Union. It forms part of an industrial area on the Costa del Azahar. The estimated population of the city of Valencia proper was 810,064 as o...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:21 PM

An Air France plane missing over the Atlantic with 228 people aboard reported electrical problems in stormy weather before it lost contact, the airline said Monday, describing the loss as a catastrophe. The Airbus A330-200 sent automatic messages signaling equipment failure as it hit turbulence ...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:21 PM

The Maldives or Maldive Islands, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island country consisting of a group of atolls stretching south of India’s Lakshadweep islands between Minicoy Island and the Chagos Archipelago, and about seven hundred kilometres (435 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka in the...

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Beautiful Maldives.

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Kona is the name of a moku or district on the Big Island of Hawaii in the State of Hawaii. In the current system of administration of Hawaii County, the moku of Kona is divided into North Kona District (Kona) and South Kona District (Kona Hema). The term Kona is sometimes used to refer to its la...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:21 PM

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, largest city proper and second largest metropolitan area in Europe, and fourth largest city proper in the world with a population of 12.6 million. Istanbul is also a megacity, as well as the cultural and financial center of Turkey. The city covers 27 distr...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:21 PM

Izmir, historically Smyrna, is Turkey’s third most populous city and the country's largest port after Istanbul. It is located along the outlying waters of the Gulf of Izmir, by the Aegean Sea. It is the seat of Izmir Province, which has an area of 7350 km2. The city of Izmir is composed of ...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:21 PM

Madrid in English is the capital and largest city of Spain. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the fourth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, and the Ruhr Area. The city is...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:21 PM

Chicago is served by Midway International Airport on the south side and O Hare International Airport, the worlds second busiest airport, on the far northwest side. In 2005, O Hare was the worlds busiest airport by aircraft movements and the second busiest by total passenger traffic (due to gover...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:21 PM

FLIGHT TO NYC FROM MIDWAY TAKES YOU RIGHT ABOVE THE CITY FOR GOOD VIDEOS. WE just took off and have to maintain low level due to flights in to OHare I assume. So we can not be more than what, 4000 feet or so.

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:21 PM

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its nameName. It has become an iconic symbol of London. Tower Bridge is one of several London bridges owned and maintained by the City Bridge Tru...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:21 PM

London Victoria is a major London Underground, National Rail and coach station in the City of Westminster. It is the second busiest railway terminus in London after Waterloo[citation needed]. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. It is named after the British monarch Queen Victoria. Its origins lie with t...