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Alexandria, Egypt: The second largest city in Egypt, Alexandria, known as "The Pearl of the Mediterranean", has an atmosphere that is more Mediterranean than Middle Eastern ; its ambience and cultural heritage distance it from the rest of the country although it is actually only 225 km. from Cairo. Named after Alexander the Great, it was, for a time, the capitol of the Greco-Roman empire.
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Abingdon is a town in Washington County, Virginia. In 1776 the community of Black's Fort was made the county seat of the newly formed Washington county. In 1778, Black's Fort was incorporated as the town of Abingdon, said to be named for the ancestral home of Martha Washington, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. One of my favorite attractions is the Virginia Creeper Trail, a 35-mile rail trail that runs from Abingdon to Whitetop, Virginia a 2000 ft bicycle climb.
N is for... Neenah, Wisconsin
-located on Lake Winnebago and the Fox River
-named for a Native American word for water
-twin city with Menasha
-Kimberly-Clark Corp. was founded there and still has operations there
-also Neenah Foundry... you may have seen this name on manhole covers
-movie director Howard Hawks lived there as a child
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Huntsville Alabama. The Huntsville Metropolitan Area's population was estimated at 406,316 . In recent years Huntsville is best known for Space flight. I am proud that I was involved in the development of the Apollo and
Saturn 5 programs while working for NASA.
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The city is nicknamed "The Rocket City" for its close history with U.S. space missions. Huntsville has been important in developing space technology since the 1950s, when the German scientists headed by Dr. Wernher von Braun, brought to the United States at the end of World War II through Operation Paperclip, arrived to develop rocketry for the U.S. Army. Their work included designing the Redstone ballistic missile, a variant of which, the Juno I, carried the first U.S. satellite and astronauts into space.
The Saturn V, used by the Apollo program manned Moon missions, was developed at Marshall Space Flight Center. Huntsville continues to play an important role in the United States' Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs. It is estimated that 1 in 13 of Huntsville's population are employed in some engineering field of work.
Huntsville's economy was nearly crippled and growth came to a near standstill in the 1970s following the closure of the Apollo program, but the emergence of the Space Shuttle and the ever-expanding field of missile defense in the 1980s helped give Huntsville a resurgence that has continued into the 21st century.
Edmonton ... is the capital of Alberta. One of Edmonton's sister cities is Nashville. Some famous Edmontonians are: Michael J. Fox; k.d. lang; Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong and his daughter Rae Dawn; and the late Leslie Nielsen.
Nundle is a village in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.
In July 2008 the rare Euphrasia arguta was rediscovered in a State Forest near Nundle. This plant was last recorded in 1904 and is believed to have been regenerated after fire control activities the previous summer.
This is Wom's favourite fossil and gem collecting locality.
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