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Biala Podlaska - Photo Album Poland 672 Photos Link: www.bialapodlaska.myoptimus.com Biała Podlaska is a town in eastern Poland with 58,047 inhabitants (2005). It is situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the capital of Biała Podlaska Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Biała Podlaska County. The first historical document mentioning Biała Podlaska dates to 1481. In the beginning Biała belonged to the Illnicz family. In the 16th century Biała changed hands; the new owners were the Radziwiłł family. Under their rule, Biała had been growing for two and half centuries. In 1633 Krzysztof Ciborowicz Wilski established Bialska Academy as a regional center of education. During this time many churches were erected, as was one hospital. (Wikipedia) |
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Buffalo Grove – Photo Album 246 Photos Link: www.buffalogrove.netfirms.com
Buffalo Grove is a village located in Northwest suburban Cook and Lake counties in Illinois, United States. The town was named for Buffalo Creek, which was itself named for bison bones found in the area. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 42,909. As of May 2007, signs welcoming visitors to Buffalo Grove show a population of 43,195. (Wikipedia) |
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Bydgoszcz - Photo Album Poland 61 Photos Link: www.bydgoszcz.netfirms.com
Bydgoszcz - Latin: Bydgostia, German: Bromberg (help·info), Lithuanian: Bydgoščius;) is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004), agglomeration more than 400 000, which makes it the 8th biggest city in Poland. It has been the capital of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously the capital of the Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (1947-1998) and before that, of the Pomeranian Voivodeship (1945-1947). Since 1999 it is also the seat of Bydgoszcz County. (Wikipedia) |
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Canada - Photo Album 76 Photos Link: www.canadaphotoalbum.netfirms.com
Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area, and shares land borders with the United States to the south and northwest. (Wikipedia) |
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Chicago - Photo Album Illinois, USA 246 Photos Link: www.chicagophotoalbum.netfirms.com
Chicago is the largest city in the state of Illinois and the largest in the Midwest. With a population of nearly 3 million people, Chicago is the third largest city in the United States. It is the anchor of the Chicago metropolitan area, commonly called Chicagoland, which has a population of over 9.7 million people in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Rich in history and renowned for its historically-innovative and influential architecture, Chicago is classified as an alpha world city. (Wikipedia) |
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Florida - Photo Album 257 Photos Link: www.floridaphotoalbum.netfirms.com
Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Most of the state is a large peninsula with the Gulf of Mexico on its west and the Atlantic Ocean on its east. Much of the state has a humid subtropical climate; southern Florida has a tropical climate. Florida was named by Juan Ponce de Leon, who landed on the peninsula on 2 April 1513, during Pascua Florida (Spanish for "Flowery Easter," referring to the Easter season). Florida is the fourth most populous state in the country. (Wikipedia) |
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Jamaica - Photo Album 82 Photos Link: www.jamaicaphotoalbum.netfirms.com
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 234 kilometres (146 mi) in length and as much as 80 kilometres (50 mi) in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about 620 kilometres (385 mi) northeast of the Central American mainland, 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 190 kilometres (120 mi) west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated. Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taino inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water", or the "Land of Springs". Formerly a Spanish possession known as Santiago, it later became the British West Indies Crown colony of Jamaica. It is the third most populous anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada. (Wikipedia) |
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Kuzminki - Photo Album Moscow, Russia 246 Photos Link: www.kuzminki.netfirms.com Kuzminki District (Russian: район Кузьминки) is a district in South-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. Its area is 493 hectares and its population is 122,951. The main point of interest in the district is the Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki, a former estate of Stroganov and Golitsyn families. In 17th century the territory of modern district belonged to the Simon monastery. In 1702 Peter the Great gave this land to Grigory Dmitriyevich Stroganov. (Wikipedia) |
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Moscow - Photo Album Russia 23 Photos Link: www.moscowphotoalbum.netfirms.com
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world. Moscow is the country’s economic, financial, educational, and transportation centre. It is located on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District, in the European part of Russia. Moscow is the largest city in Europe. Historically, it was the capital of the former Soviet Union and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the pre-Imperial Russian state. It is the site of the Kremlin, which now serves as the ceremonial residence of the President of Russia. Moscow is rated as a beta world city for its global influences in media, politics, education, entertainment and fashion. It also remains a major economic centre and is home to a large number of billionaires; in 2007 Moscow was named the world's most expensive city for the second year in a row. It is home to many scientific and educational institutions, as well as numerous sport facilities. It possesses a complex transport system that includes the world’s busiest metro system, which is famous for its architecture. (Wikipedia) |
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Puerto Vallarta - Photo Album Mexico 318 Photos Link: www.puertovallartaphotoalbum.netfirms.com Puerto Vallarta is a Mexican resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahia de Banderas. The 2005 census reported Puerto Vallarta's population as 177,830 making it the fifth-largest city in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The City of Puerto Vallarta is the government seat of the Municipality of Puerto Vallarta which comprises the city as well as population centers outside of the city extending from Boca de Tomatlán to the Nayarit border (the Ameca River). The municipality's population in the 2005 census was 220,368. (Wikipedia) |
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Warszawa - Photo Album Poland 97 Photos Link: www.warszawaphotoalbum.netfirms.com Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. It is located on the Vistula River roughly 370 kilometers (230 mi) from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains. Its population as of 2006 was estimated at 1,700,536, with a metropolitan area of approximately 2,600,000. The city area is 516.9 square kilometers (199.6 sq mi), with an agglomeration of 6,100.43 square kilometers (2,355.4 sq mi) (Warsaw Metro Area — Obszar Metropolitalny Warszawy). Warsaw is the 8th biggest city in the European Union. (Wikipedia) |
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Yucatan - Photo Album Mexico 307 Photos Link: www.yucatan.netfirms.com
Yucatan is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located on the north of the Yucatan Peninsula. The term the Yucatan refers to the three states on the peninsula: Yucatan, Campeche, and Quintana Roo; all three modern states were formerly part of the larger historic state of Yucatan in the 19th century. The state capital of Yucatan is Merida. (Wikipedia) |
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Zakopane - Photo Album Poland 321 Photos Link: www.zakopane.netfirms.com
Zakopane is a town in southern Poland with approximately 28,000 inhabitants (2004), situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 (it was previously in Nowy Sacz Voivodeship from 1975-1998). The town, informally known as the Winter capital of Poland, lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the feet of the Tatra Mountains, which is the only alpine mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains. (Wikipedia) |
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