
Sunday, January 30, 2011
BRAZIL: The Top 10 Cities of Brazil

@1: Sao Paolo
Cities in Brazil are home to nearly 75% of Brazil's population. It wasn't long ago, perhaps less than 40 years ago, that most Brazilians called the rural areas of Brazil home.
The shift to urban life from rural life has presented several social challenges for the country of Brazil in both the larger and the smaller cities.
#2:...
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Bacolod: The City of Smiles

The City of Bacolod (Filipino: Lungsod ng Bacólod), is a highly urbanized midsize Philippine city. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidental. Having a total of 499,497 inhabitants as of August 1, 2007, it is the most populous city in the Western Visayas Region.The Cleanest and Greenest and the Most Livable City in the Philippines....
Monday, January 10, 2011
Vladivostok
Vladivostok is Russia's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai. It is situated at the head of the Golden Horn Bay, not far from Russia's border with China and North Korea. It is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet. The population of the city, according to the preliminary results of the...
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Asia,
North Asia,
Primorsky Krai,
Russia,
V Cities
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Makassar

Makassar, sometimes spelled Macassar, Mangkasar) is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably. The port city is located at 5°8′S 119°25′E / 5.133°S...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Highly Urbanized Cities in the Philippines

In Philippines the classification of the cities are based on the population and income. Highly Urbanized City is considered to be top classification. The cities belongs here should have a minimum population of two hundred thousand (200,000) inhabitants, as certified by the National Statistics Office, and with the latest...
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Asia,
Luzon,
Mindanao,
Philippines,
Visayas
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Iloilo: The City of Love

Iloilo [/,e-la-we(,)lo] City lies on the south coast of Panay Island in central Philippines. It was made the capital of Iloilo Province in 1673 and a city in 1890. Centuries before Ferdinand Magellan received formal education in Portugal, inhabitants of the city had...
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