Name a City Game......... Geography anyone

Kankakee, Illinois

Kankakee is a city in Illinois. It's south of Chicago along Interstate 57, part of the "tri cities" of Kankakee, Bradley and Bourbonnais. The movies "Chain Reaction" and "Road to Perdition" were partially filmed there. Some famous people born in Kankakee: actor Fred Mac Murray; Harold Gray, the creator of Little Orphan Annie; and Tyjuan Hagler, who plays football for Indianapolis Colts. Ex-Governor of Illinois George Ryan also got his political start out of Kankakee County - he's the one who instituted the moratorium on the death penalty, but then was convicted because of a scandal involving bribes for commercial drivers' licenses resulting in unqualified people driving trucks.

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Edam is a city in the Dutch province of Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Around 7,380 people live in Edam. The name Edam originates from a dam on the little river E or IJe where the first settlement was located and which was therefore called IJedam.

The city of Edam was founded around a dam crossing the river E or IJe close by the Zuiderzee now known as the IJsselmeer in Around 1230.

Edam is famous as the original source of the cheese with the same name.

I spent some time in the Netherlands back in the early 60's ,while in the Navy , when The Zuiderzee (South Sea) was an inland salt water extension of the North Sea. When I returned in the late 90's the Salt water Sea had been seperated from the North Sea and converted to a fresh water lake.



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They sell Edam cheese here also, but I prefer cheddar. :p

Madrid is the capital of Spain. It's a wonderful city and has a population of 3.213.000. Madrid is located on the river Manzanares in the centre of both the country and the Community of Madrid (which comprises the city of Madrid, its conurbation and extended suburbs and villages); this community is bordered by the autonomous communities of Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha. As the capital city of Spain, seat of government, and residence of the Spanish monarch, Madrid is also the political centre of Spain.

Furthermore, Madrid has some of the best tapas bars in the world! :D

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Düsseldorf- it is the city that has the biggest Japanese population in Germany :)

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Great shopping, and I'm not even a shopper

Frankfurt am Main -------- Known in US as Frankfurt only

Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany,
with a population of about 670,000.

In English, this city's name translates into "Frankfurt on the Main" (pronounced like "mine"). A part of early Franconia, the inhabitants were the early Franks. The city is located on an ancient ford on the river Main, the German word for which is "Furt". Thus the city's name receives its legacy as being the "ford of the Franks".

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Talladega is a city in Alabama that is known for the Talladega Speedway and the International Motor Sport Hall of Fame. There are also Talladega National Forest and the highest point in Alabama in nearby Cheaha State Park. I read on the county Web site that the Talladega County Courthouse is the oldest working courthouse in the state.

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Alabaster is a city and southern suburb of Birmingham in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of about 27,517. Alabaster was ranked number 85 on Money Magazine's 100 Best Places To Live in 2009. It ranks high on Green space and Schools. Alabaster is a part of Shelby county which is the fastest growing part of the state and among the fastest in US.

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Rochester, Minnesota (pop. 100,000) is the home of the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Charles Mayo's home is on the National Register of Historic Places and is open for tours. Rochester also has "the largest IBM complex under one roof" according to the city Web site. If you go to the city Web site you will find a link to animal control's animals waiting to be adopted.

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Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland
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Kleine Brogel, a municipality of Belgium. It is home to the 10th Tactical Wing, operating F-16 Fighting Falcons.

It has been subject to much political controversy because of U.S. nuclear weapons allegedly being stored in the facility.

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Lockport, Illinois (est. 1830) gets its name from Lock No. 1 of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, which allowed boat transportation from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River. The I&M Canal was overtaken by the railroads, though. Lockport is also at the point where the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal meets up with the DesPlaines River. Lots of waterway history there.

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Truth or Consequences is a spa city in and the county seat of Sierra County, New Mexico, United States

Originally named Hot Springs, the city changed its name to Truth or Consequences, the title of a popular NBC radio program. In 1950, Ralph Edwards, the host of the radio quiz show Truth or Consequences announced that he would air the program from the first town that renamed itself after the show. Hot Springs, NM won the honor. Ralph Edwards came to the town during the first weekend of May for the next fifty years. This event was called "Fiesta" and included a beauty contest, a parade, and a stage show. The city still celebrates Fiesta each year on the first Saturday of May. The parade generally features area celebrities such as the Hatch Chile Queen. Fiesta also features a dance in Ralph Edwards Park.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Edwards


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Snohomish, WA Dad was stationed in Eastern Washington when he was in the Army, and when I was a kid, his friends from then lived in Snohomish. It's well north of Seattle, closer to Everett, WA. And they have a Trestle and Pass Cam! http://www.ci.snohomish.wa.us/TrestleCam.htm


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Holmen, Wisconsin is a small town known for it's Kornfest.

Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the 16th century. It was a center of Portuguese and European influence in the 16th through 19th centuries. Nagasaki became a major Imperial Japanese Navy base during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War.

During World War II, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second and last city in the world to be subject to nuclear attack.


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Ixtapa is a beach resort on the Pacific Ocean in Mexico. It was developed by the Mexican government as a tourist destination and is also a port for cruise ships (along with the nearby town, Zihuatanejo).

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Aachen- in French Aix-la-Chapelle was the city in which Charlemagne was crowned.
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Natural Bridge is a town in Alabama, United States. With population of around 28 it has been the smallest populated town in Alabama, but the town is notable for the nearby rock arch, also named Natural Bridge. It is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies, spanning over 127 ft.

Natural Bridge is a hamlet in New York, United States. The population is around 392. The name is derived from a natural rock formation over a river.

Natural Bridge, Virginia is a geological formation in which Cedar Creek (a small tributary of the James River) has carved out a gorge in the mountainous limestone terrain, forming an arch 215 ft high with a span of 90 ft.

The Natural Bridge was a sacred site of the Native American Monacan tribe, who believed it to be the site of a major victory over pursuing Powhatans centuries before the arrival of whites in Virginia. Some believe George Washington came to the site in 1750 as a young surveyor on behalf of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. To support claims that Washington surveyed the area, some tour guides claim the initials "G.W." on the wall of the bridge, 23 ft. up, were carved by the future president. Legend also has it that George Washington threw a rock from the bottom of Cedar Creek over the bridge. In 1927, a large stone was found, also engraved "G.W." and bearing a surveyors cross, which historians accepted as proof that he indeed surveyed the bridge.

Thomas Jefferson purchased 157 acres of land including the Natural Bridge from King George III of England for 20 shillings in 1774. He called it "the most Sublime of nature's works". Jefferson built a two-room log cabin, with one room reserved for guests, beginning its use as a retreat. While President, in 1802, he surveyed the place with his own hands. It has been said that Jefferson was able to throw a stone from the ground below the bridge to the top.

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Ekaterinburg is a city in Russia in the Ural Mountain district. NHL goalie Nikolai Khabibulin (former Hawks goalie) is a famous citizen of the city. Ekaterinburg is also a sister city with Prague, which is a sister city with Chicago.

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Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a market town in Bavaria, southern Germany, not far from the border with Austria.

Garmisch and Partenkirchen were separate towns for many centuries, and still maintain quite separate identities.

Partenkirchen originated as the Roman town of Partanum on the trade route from Venice to Augsburg and is first mentioned in the year A.D. 15. Its main street, Ludwigsstrasse, follows the original Roman road.

Garmisch is first mentioned some 800 years later as Germaneskau ("German District"), suggesting that at some point a Teutonic tribe took up settlement in the western end of the valley.

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This one I can't resist.

Normal, Illinois is the home of Illinois State University. Normal got its name because of the original name of ISU: Illinois State Normal College (the purpose of a "normal school" was to train teachers by establishing norms - hence, normal school).

Normal is part of the Bloomington-Normal metro area. Bloomington hosts the Illinois Shakespeare Festival - Beer Nuts are made there - and also one of the best regions for golf in Illinois.

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ISU ... Go Redbirds!

The city of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg, German: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City (Luxembourgish: Stad Lëtzebuerg, French: Ville de Luxembourg, German: Luxemburg Stadt), is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxembourg and contains the historic Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, about which the area grew up.

As of 2009, the commune of Luxembourg City has a population of 90,000, which is almost three times the population of the second most populous commune.

Luxembourg City is one of the wealthiest cities in the world, having developed into a banking and administrative centre. Luxembourg is a seat of several institutions of the European Union, including the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Auditors, and the European Investment Bank.

Wikipedia

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Glenview, Illinois is a northern suburb of Chicago. It used to house the Glenview Naval Air Base which was closed by the Department of Defense in 1995. They made it into a multi-use area with a nice movie theatre, shops, the Kohl Children's Museum and a park.

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uhmmmmm ... bump?

Waterloo , Belgium. Has a population of approx. 29,315.

One quarter of the current registered population are non-Belgian, most of whom work for institutions in Brussels, the capital of the European Union. Waterloo is home to St. John's International School, one of the largest and oldest international schools in Belgium. The European headquarters of MasterCard International is also located in Waterloo

Waterloo's claim to fame is the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815) between the First French Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Alliance of the Seventh Coalition (the United Kingdom, Prussia, Austria and others), under the main allied commanders, the Duke of Wellington and General von Blücher.

This is where Napolean Met His Waterloo. :rolleyes:

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OSLO capital of Norway

Oslo (help·info) is the capital and largest city in Norway. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by a fire in 1624. The Danish–Norwegian king Christian IV rebuilt the city as Christiania (briefly also spelled Kristiania). In 1925 the city reclaimed its original Norwegian name; Oslo. The diocese of Oslo is one of the five original dioceses in Norway, which originated around the year 1070.

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Oymyakon, Russian is a village located along the Indigirka River, 30 kilometers (20 mi) northwest of Tomtor on the Kolyma Highway. The population is 521. The Two towns by the highway, Tomtor and Oymyakon, both claim the coldest inhabited place on earth (often referred to as -71.2°C, (−96.2 °F) The average temperature in Oymyakon in January is -42°C

Oymyakon is on the infamous "Road of Bones". Joseph Stalin was a paranoid communist ruler who did more to bring suffering to the Russian people than any foreign enemy. If ever there was a clueless fool, it was Stalin. On top of this, he was also one of the most vicious people ever to exist on the face of the earth. Under his rule, between 20 and 40 million Russians died build the road
of Bones that connects Magadan and Yakutsk.

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Nice is a city in France on the Mediterranean Sea. It is famous for its climate, tourism, and contributions to art (painting). Some day I hope to go there!

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Ekaterinburg - the city in Russia where the last czar, Nicholas, and his family - were assassinated.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA - the home of U.S. President Gerald R. Ford and also of my Cerebellar Hypoplasia kitty Bob before I adopted him.

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Singapore officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. . It is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north, and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south. Singapore is the world's fourth leading financial centre and a cosmopolitan world city, playing a key role in international trade and finance. The port of Singapore is one of the five busiest ports in the world.

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Engadine, Michigan.

Engadine is in the U.P. It began as a lumber settlement called "Kennedy Siding" and was given a post office in August 1889. In December 1893, a railroad agent named Sam Peterson, who was a native of Switzerland, had the name changed to Engadine, after the scenic Swiss valley.

The population at the 200 census was 1200.

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Empoli, Italy

Empoli is a city and comune in Tuscany, Italy, about 20 km southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the Arno river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The commune's territory becomes a hilly one as it departs from the river. Empoli is on the main railway line from Florence to Pisa, and is the point of divergence of a line to Siena.
Empoli has an enduring tradition as an agricultural centre. It has given its name to a local variety of artichoke.

Archaeological finds have revealed that Empoli was already settled in the early Roman Empire times, and continued to exist until 4th century AD. The river acted as a communication way for the trade of agricultural products, together with the local amphorae. In the Tabula Peutingeriana of the 4th century Empoli is called in portu ("in the port") as a river port on the Roman road Via Quinctia, which led from Fiesole and Florence to Pisa. Empoli was also on the Via Salaiola, connecting to Volterra's salt ponds.
Since the 8th century Empoli consolidated as a town around the castle, known as Emporium or Empolis. In 1119 it was absorbed into the Guidi counts possessions. In 1182 it went under Florentine rule. In 1260, after the Battle of Montaperti, Empoli was the seat of a famous council in which Farinata degli Uberti opposed the destruction of Florence.
Later Empoli became an important fortress, and was therefore repeatedly sacked and attacked. In 1530 its fall marked the end of the independence of the Florentine Republic


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Shouldn't next up be i - the last letter of Empoli?

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Shouldn't next up be i - the last letter of Empoli?

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d'uh choc it up to a blonde moment. LOL

Innsbruck is a state capital city in Austria and hosted the 1976 Winter Olympics. There really is a river called Inn! So the city gets its name from the German words for the bridge over the Inn. It is famous for winter sports but also for hiking in the mountains.

Here's a beautiful picture from Wikipedia.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._insbruck1.jpg

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Kazakhstan
officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. It is neighbored clockwise from the north by Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and also borders on a significant part of the Caspian Sea. The capital was moved in 1997 from Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, to Astana. :)

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Nice.

The city of Edam Netherlands was founded around a dam crossing the river E or IJe close by the Zuiderzee now known as the IJsselmeer. Around 1230 the channel was dammed. At the dam goods had to be loaded onto other vessels and the inhabitants of Edam could levy a toll. This enabled Edam to grow as a trade town. Shipbuilding and fishing brought Edam more wealth.

I spent time In The Netherlands back in the late 50's when the body of water was called Zuiderzee or South Sea. It was at that time a salt water sea. When I lived there in the early 90's it was now called the Ijsselmeer. The word meer is lake, now fresh water. This was an accomplishment turning part of the Sea into a fresh water lake.

Munising, Michigan.

A city on the southern shore of Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula of the of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,539.

The name Munising is derived from the Ojibway language. 'Munissi' means island. 'Munising' means near the island. Grand Island is located one half mile north in Munising Bay.

When visiting Munising, be sure to take a boat ride along Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, and another ride, in a glass bottom boat, will give you looks at some of the shipwrecks along the northern coast of the U.P.


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