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Jul 9, 1994 *City official name :Daytona Beach *Founded date : *Location :Florida State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, USA. As of 2004, the population estimates recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 64,422. Daytona Beach is a year-round resort area, and home to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach Community College, and Keiser College Daytona Beach Campus. The city is also home to the Daytona Cubs, a minor league baseball team of the Florida State League. Daytona Beach is well-known for its beaches (and the accompanying spring breakers) and as host of the Daytona 500, the opening race of the NASCAR Nextel ... read more
Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach

Europe » Spain February 10th 1994

Feb 10, 1994 *City official name :Torremolinos *Founded date : *Location :Malaga Province *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Torremolinos is a tourism-oriented city and municipality on the Costa del Sol of the Mediterranean, immediately to the west of the city of Málaga, in the province of Málaga in the autonomous region of Andalusia in southern Spain. A poor fishing village before the growth in tourism beginning in the late 1950s, Torremolinos was the first of the Costa del Sol resorts to develop. It is very popular with British tourists and has a large British expatriate population. The town is dominated by high-rise development, considered ugly by some people. Torremolinos had its heyday during the e... read more
Torremolinos
Torremolinos
Torremolinos

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Málaga February 9th 1994

Feb 9, 1994 *City official name :Malaga *Founded date : *Location :Malaga Province *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Málaga is a port city in Andalusia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. According the 2006 census the population is 558,287. The Phoenicians founded the city Malaka here, in about 1000 BCE. The name Malaka is probably derived from the Phoenician word for salt because fish was salted near the harbour; in other Semitic languages the word for salt is still Hebrew מלח mélaḥ or Arabic ملح milḥ. About six centuries later, the Romans conquered the city along with the other Spanish areas of Carthago. From the 5th century CE it was under the rule of the Visigoths.... read more
Malaga
Malaga
Malaga

Europe » France December 21st 1993

Dec 21, 1993 *City official name :Roussillon *Founded date : *Location :Provence Province *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Roussillon is a village and commune in the Luberon area of the Vaucluse department in southern France. ... read more
Roussillon
Roussillon
Roussillon

Europe » France December 21st 1993

Dec 21, 1993 *City official name :Ansouis *Founded date : *Location :Provence Province *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Ansouis is a very pretty old village, perched on a low hill with a nicely restored chateau. The village is located 25 km north of Aix-en-Provence, 8 km southeast of Lourmarin (north of the Durance river and south of the Luberon mountains). The village is well restored, with neat stone walls, and has a fair number of ancient little streets for a wandering visit. Built in amongst the houses is a beautiful half-round bell tower, dating from the 16th century and topped with a rather angular campanile. The town's chateau is impressive, but fairly stark from the outside. Ansouis is be... read more
Ansouis
Ansouis
Ansouis

Europe » France December 19th 1993

Dec 19, 1993 *City official name :Versaille *Founded date : *Location :Ile de France Province *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Versailles formerly the de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. The city (commune) of Versailles, located in the western suburbs of Paris, 17.1 km. (10.6 miles) from the center of Paris, is the préfecture (capital) of the Yvelines département. The population of the city according to 2004 estimates was 85,900 inhabitants, down from a peak of 94,145 inhabitants in 1975. Versailles is made world-famous by the Château de Versailles, from the forecourt of which the city has grown. D... read more
Versaille
Versaille
Versaille

Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris December 19th 1993

Dec 19, 1993 *City official name :Paris *Founded date : *Location :Lie de France Province *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Paris is the capital city of France and a French département (75). Situated on the banks of the river Seine in north-central France, it is also the capital of the Île-de-France région (also known as "Paris Region"), which encompasses Paris and its suburbs. Paris had an estimated mid-2004 population of 2,144,700. The Paris urban area, extending well beyond the city boundaries, has today an estimated population of 9.93 million. The Paris metropolitan area (including satellite towns) stood at 11.5 million in 1999 and is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe. The Pari... read more
Paris
Paris
Paris

Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Marseille December 15th 1993

Dec 15, 1993 *City official name :Marseille *Founded date : *Location :ProvenceProvince *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Marseille is the second largest city in France and the third metropolitan area, with 1,516,340 inhabitants at the 1999 census. Located in the former province of Provence and on the Mediterranean Sea, it is France's largest commercial port. It is considered the Provençale capital, one of the Occitan capitals of Occitania and France. Marseille is also the capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région, as well as the préfecture (capital) of the Bouches-du-Rhône département. Marseille was founded in 600 BC by Greeks from Phocaea as a trading port under the name Μασσαλία (Massalia; se... read more
Marseille
Marseille
Marseille

Africa » Egypt November 18th 1993

Nov 18, 1993 *City official name :Suez *Founded date : *Location :As Suways Province *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Suez (Arabic: السويس as-Suways) is a port town (population ca. 497,000) in northeastern Egypt, located on the Gulf of Suez, near the mouth of the Suez Canal. having the same boundaries as Suez Governorate, at the northern extremity of the Gulf of Suez, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal. It has two harbors, Port Ibrahim and Port Tawfiq, and extensive port facilities. Rail lines and highways connect the city with Cairo and Port Said. Suez has a petrochemical plant, and its oil refineries have pipelines carrying the finished product to Cairo. Suez is a way station for Muslim pilgr... read more
Suez
Suez
Suez

Middle East » Israel November 14th 1993

Nov 14, 1993 *City official name :Bethlehem *Founded date : *Location :West Bank Province *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Bethlehem (Arabic بيت لحم Bayt Laḥm (help·info) "house of meat"; Standard Hebrew בית לחם "house of bread", Bet léḥem / Bet láḥem; Tiberian Hebrew Bêṯ léḥem / Bêṯ lāḥem; Greek: Βηθλεέμ) is a city in the West Bank under Palestinian Authority considered a central hub of Palestinian cultural and tourism industries. The city has great significance for Christianity as it is the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth. The traditional site of Rachel's tomb, which is an important holy site in Judaism, lies at the city's outskirts. Bethlehem is also home to one of largest Palestinian Christian com... read more
Bethlehem
Bethlehem
Bethlehem




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