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Raigarh

Raigarh is a city and district in Chhattisgarh, India, known for its industrial growth, coal reserves, and cultural heritage.

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Seri Kembangan

Seri Kembangan is a town in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia, established in 1950 as a new village during the Malayan Emergency.

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Batu Pahat

Batu Pahat is a town and district capital in Johor, Malaysia, known for its Chinese-majority population and historical temples.

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Ekibastuz

Ekibastuz is a city in Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan, known for its massive open-cast coal fields and major thermal power plants.

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Lichuan, Hubei

Lichuan is a county-level city in Hubei province, China, bordering Chongqing Municipality with a population of 750,670.

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Singkawang

Singkawang is a coastal city in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, known for its Hakka Chinese heritage and tropical rainforest climate.

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Pasir Puteh

Pasir Puteh is a district in Kelantan, Malaysia, known for its white sand riverbanks and historical significance in Malay resistance.

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Bhadreswar

Bhadreswar is a city and municipality in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India, part of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.

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Lembang

Lembang is a town and administrative district in West Java, Indonesia, known for its cool climate, dairy farming, and proximity to Mount Tan...

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Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta is the capital of Indonesia's Special Region of Yogyakarta, known for its monarchy, education, and Javanese culture.

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Abadan

Abadan is a city in Khuzestan province, Iran, known for its oil refinery and arid climate. Located on Abadan Island, it has a complex histor...

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Zhengding

Zhengding is a county in Hebei, China, known for its Buddhist temples, pagodas, and Confucian sites.

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Huludao

Huludao is a coastal prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China, known for its industrial economy and historical sites like the Great Wall.

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Gimcheon

Gimcheon is a city in North Gyeongsang, South Korea, known for Jikjisa Temple and grape production.

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Yongkang, Zhejiang

Yongkang is a county-level city in Zhejiang, China, known as the hardware capital with a population of 964,203.

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Lushui

Lushui is a county-level city in Yunnan, China, and the seat of Nujiang Prefecture, bordering Myanmar's Kachin State.

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Hailin

Hailin is a county-level city in Heilongjiang, China, known for its forests, tigers, and revolutionary history.

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Bhairab Bāzār

Bhairab Bāzār is a locality in Kishoreganj District, Bangladesh, featuring a railway junction serving at least 3,000 regular passengers.

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Kanoya

Kanoya is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, known as the Town of Roses. It is the most populous city in mainland Japan without passenge...

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Gaziantep

Gaziantep is a major city and province in south-central Turkey, known for its history, cuisine, and role in the 2023 earthquakes.