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

Edfu

Edfu is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan, with a population of approximately sixty thousand people. Edfu is the site of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus and an ancient settlement, Tell Edfu. About 5 km (3 miles) north of Edfu are remains of ancient pyramids.

Edfu Temple of Horus:

The town is known for the major Ptolemaic temple, built between 237 BCE and 57 BCE, into the reign of Cleopatra VII. Of all the temple remains in Egypt, the Temple of Horus at Edfu is the most completely preserved. Built from sandstone blocks, the huge Ptolemaic temple was constructed over the site of a smaller New Kingdom temple, oriented east to west, facing towards the river. The later structure faces north to south and leaves the ruined remains of the older temple pylon to be seen on the east side of the first court.

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Been to Edfu. The people are so nice here, they are welcoming yet not invasive and very helpful. It's much better then Luxor!

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Unst is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third largest island in Shetland after the Mainland and Yell. It has an area of 46 square miles.

The island lays claims to many "most northerly" UK titles: the tiny settlement of Skaw in the north-east of the island is the northernmost settlement in the UK; the Muckle Flugga lighthouse, just off the far north of Unst, was opened in 1858 and is the most northerly lighthouse in the UK, situated close to Out Stack, the most northerly rock in the UK.

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Tallahassee, Florida is the capital of the State of Florida, USA, the county seat of Leon County, and the 133rd biggest city in the USA. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida in 1824. In 2008, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 177,852, while the 2008 Tallahassee metropolitan area is estimated at 357,259.

I know a guy here in Copenhagen who grew up there.


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Eketahuna yep this place really exists here in NZ pronounced eeky ta hoon na.

Eke meaning to embark upon, run aground, Tahuna meaning gravel bank, boulders or stone.

A little country town in beautiful natural surroundings.,The first settlers in 1873 to come to Eketahuna were mostly swedish.,there is a lot of settler history and maori history in this little town.,not sure if i have been there or not, probably passed through it sometime in my life.

Altdorf (German for "old village") is the capital of the Swiss canton of Uri. It is located south of Lake Lucerne - population about 8,600. (It s hard to find cities that do not end in a, e, or n!)

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Front Royal is in Warren County in the northern Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. The Town of Front Royal is situated near the junction of the North Fork and the South Fork of the Shenandoah River.

Front Royal has been designated as the "Canoe Capital of Virginia," and is home to Skyline Caverns. It is also the north entrance to Shenandoah National Park via the famous Skyline Drive.

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Leicester .That is where I grew up in England, a friendly midland market town famous for knitted goods, hosiery and shoes.

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Rye, New York.

In light of the Yankees win, I had to pick a NY City, although this is not anywhere near Manhattan!

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Enterprise is a city in the southeastern part of Alabama in the Southern United States. The population is estimated to be 23,653

Enterprise is famous for the Boll Weevil Monument, a large monument of a woman holding a Boll Weevil, which is located in the town square. The city erected the statue because the destruction of the cotton crop had led to agricultural diversity, starting with peanuts and more prosperity than had ever come from cotton alone. It is said to be the only statue to an insect pest in the world. Enterprise is also right outside of Fort Rucker, an Army base which is the home of Army Aviation.

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East Chicago, Indiana - a close neighbor of Gary Indiana - I wish I could say something good about it - except that it ends in the letter....

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Oxford, MA is my hometown, and while it is considered by many just a "bedroom town" for Worcester, it holds and important place in the field of medicine. It is the birthplace of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, and birthplace of Elliott P. Joslin who is considered the pioneer in diabetes. He was the first doctor in the U.S. to specialize in the disease, and this distinction is the first of many “firsts” associated with him. Everyone who works in the diabetes field at some point learns about EPJ. What makes him unique is both his early interest in a little known disease and his vision as to how to treat it.

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Dingli in Malta

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From the cliffs there are views inland of nearby Buskett Gardens and Verdala Palace. The countryside here is ideal for walking.

Ħad- Dingli's history at a glance:

Dingli is a small village at the extreme end of Malta, quite remote from the centre. The distance was felt even more up to ten or twenty years ago when public transport could only reach up to Rabat. To arrive at Dingli one had to make the journey either on foot or by means of a rough ride on a farmer’s cart. Up to sixty years ago there was no telephone service for the private family. Nowadays it is considered essential for every household to have the facility of this service. It was then considered difficult to travel to other localities of Malta. Even nowadays almost everyone feels the need of his private means of transport.
If we glance far away though the ages, and precisely towards the beginning of civilization in Malta, we can notice, that notwithstanding the extreme poverty which depressed the whole of Malta, Dingli had the benefit of being situated near Rabat. In fact, from olden times up to the middle ages, the centre of Malta was not Valletta but first Rabat and then Mdina. The present capital city was built from scratch only during the second half of the sixteenth century.

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Ipswich

is one of England's oldest towns and took shape in Anglo-Saxon times as the main centre between York and London for North Sea trade to Scandinavia and the Rhine. It served the Kingdom of East Anglia, and began developing in the time of King Rædwald, supreme ruler of the English (616-624).

There are also cities in Mass. USA and Queensland Australia with the same name.

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Heidelberg, Germany.

Home to United States Army Europe Headquarters, a wonderful military history library, and an absolutely gorgeous downtown. It's one of the places I intend on visiting when I can get some time, besides going up to Mannheim to see what's left of the Caserne I was stationed at.


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Grindelwald is a municipality in the district of Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The village is located at 1,034 metres (3,390 ft) above sea level in the Bernese Alps.

Long famed as a winter tourist destination with slopes for beginners, intermediates and the challenges of the Eiger glacier for the experienced, there are activities for the non-skiers, from tobogganing to groomed winter hiking tracks. It is the usual starting point for ascents of the Eiger and the Wetterhorn. Nowadays Grindelwald is also a popular summer activity resort with many miles of hiking trails across the Alps.

This Area should be on your places to see before you die. Beautiful

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