Description : What is the northernmost town or city that you can think of, that has a Spanish or apparently Spanish name?
Last Answer : San Francisco? Just a wild guess…
Description : “Depending on the stee and the services available and functions rendered, urban centres and designated as town, city, -Geography
Last Answer : (i) Town (ii) City (iii) Conurbation (iv) Megalopalis (v) Million city
Description : Is Cross Creek Station, New Brunswick, Canada, a town? It sounds like one, and has roads/streets, but I don't see any buildings on satellite images?
Last Answer : answer:In 1904 it was a community of 50 with a hotel and a store; it was a junction of the Canada Eastern Railway. There is a show scheduled there on August 13. So it may just be a wide spot in ... John NB when I was very young. Most amazing thing to me was the Reversing Falls of the Bay of Fundy.
Description : Why is the South and West side of town generally more run down and depressed than the North and East?
Last Answer : The North part of my town is the most depressed. Next is Southwest. Then lower NorthEast. The pattern you suggest doesn't seem to apply to NYC, either. In Washington, DC, I think it's the ... don't think you've got a relationship here. So there's no explaining something that doesn't exist.
Description : What is the nearest major city, state, province, and/or country beyond where you live?
Last Answer : answer:For me, the nearest other major city of at least 1 million people is San Diego. The nearest state is Nevada (about 222 miles). The nearest country is Mexico (140 miles).
Description : Movement of people from a village to a small town and later to a city is known as : (1) infra-state migration (2) step-wise migration (3) inter-state migration (4) forced migration
Last Answer : (2) step-wise migration Explanation: Step wise migration refers to a type of migration which occurs in a series of movements, for example, moving to a town larger than the home town, but not directly to one of the city regions. It is an important subcomponent of the urbanward drift of people.
Description : If an earthquake moves an entire city 10 feet in a given direction, how are property and boundary lines affected?
Last Answer : If everything moved the same 10 feet there is no problem.
Description : To what city would you move?
Last Answer : In my country, Canada, no clue. I’d definitely like to visit Hawaii, but to move permanently, probably somewhere in South California, New Zealand, or around Sydney, Australia.
Description : is Manchester more then a city?
Last Answer : Yes, Manchester also refers to two professional football teams; Manchester United Footbsll Club and Manchester City Football Club. Most years, when people refer to Manchester they mean Manchester United or Manu and ... fixture and thus have, foe now, earned the right to be referred to as Machester.
Description : What's the largest city in the world
Last Answer : In terms of population, I heard recently that it was Mexico City.
Description : What puts your city on the map?
Last Answer : We have a WaWa
Description : Mention any two factors which have influenced the development of the Electronic City of Bengaluru. -Geography
Last Answer : Factors that influenced the development of the Electronic city of Bengaluru are : 1. The incentives by the state and central government. 2. The strategic location of the city in the ... number of Indian, foreign and multinational companies have invested large sums of money to nourish industries.
Description : Study the climatic data provided in the table below for a city A in India and answer the questions that follow : -Geography
Last Answer : (i) Rain shadow region. (ii) (18°C) – (-8°C) = 26°C.
Description : (i) Name the city which has the oldest artificial harbour on the east coast of India. -Geography
Last Answer : (i) Chennai. (ii) 1.Severe tropical cyclones in the month of October – November which frequently originate in the Bay of Bengal, pose serious threats to fishermen. 2. The port is ill-suited for large ships because of the lesser depth of water near the coast.
Last Answer : Two main features of the climate experienced by station A : (i) 1. The range of temperature is as high as (39°C – 20°C) = 19°C. 2. The station receives rain from southwest monsoon. (ii) 1552 mm.
Description : Name the city that is located 105 km upstream from Haldia. -Geography
Last Answer : Answer is: Kolkata.
Description : Mention three factors which have influenced the development of the Electronic City of Bengaluru. -Geography
Last Answer : Three factors which have influenced the development of electronic city of Bengaluru are : 1. The incentives by the state and central governments. 2. The strategic location of the city in ... multinational companies have invested a huge sum of money to nourish electronic industries in this city.
Description : Explain any three reasons for in-migration to the urban city of Lucknow. -Geography
Last Answer : The three reasons for immigration to the urban city of Lucknow are : 1. Urban centres like Lucknow provide vast scope for employment in industries, transport, trade and other services. 2 ... offer hospital facilities, healthcare centres, legal advice and also other services that can be availed.
Description : What is the difference between metro cities and mega cities ? Give one example of each type of city. -Geography
Last Answer : Metro cities have the population of about 1 million, e.g. Kanpur, Pune. Megacities have the population of about 5 million, e.g. Kolkata, Mumbai.
Description : Name the following : 1. A city most famous for electronics and hence called “The Electronics Capital of India”. -Geography
Last Answer : 1. Bengaluru 2. Rourkela Steel Plant; Krupp and Demag Companies of Germany. 3. Press Mud: It is used for making shoe polish, carbon paper and wax.
Description : Name : (i) A city on the east coast of India which has a ship building yard. -Geography
Last Answer : (i) Vishakhapatnam (ii) Rourkela steel plant (iii) Gurgaon.
Description : Why is an oil refinery located either close to an oil field or in a coastal city ? Name one oil refinery in the private sector. -Geography
Last Answer : Oil refinery is located close to the oil fields so that crude oil can be brought to the refineries easily. Since two third of the petroleum is imported, the refineries are located near the coastal areas. Oil refinery in the private sector: Reliance Petroleum Ltd. in Jamnagar.
Description : Name the following: –A city in India where MIG aircraft are manufactured. -Geography
Last Answer : (i) Bangluru (ii) Kapurthala in Punjab (iii) U.K
Description : (a) Which city is known as the electronic capital of India ? Name any two major centres of electronic products. -Geography
Last Answer : (a) Bangalore is called electronic capital of India. Two other electronic products centres are Hyderabad and Pune. (b) (i) Most of the petrochemical units are in Maharashtra or Gujrat because these ... Electricals Ltd. (BHEL)-Ranipur (Haridwar) (iii) The Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT)-Bangalore.
Description : Which is the eastern terminal city of east-west corridor? -Geography
Last Answer : Silchar is the eastern terminal city of east-west corridor.
Description : Which is the Largest city in the World? -Geography
Last Answer : The largest city of the world is Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo is the largest city in terms of both Population as well as Urban land area, infact it is also the largest capital city in the world.
Description : Which city is also known as ‘The Eternal City’? -Geography
Last Answer : Rome is called The 'Eternal City' Rome is also called "Caput Mundi" means the Capital of the World
Description : Which European capital city is divided by canals into about 90 islands joined by about 400 bridges? -Geography
Last Answer : Amsterdam is divided by canals into approximately 90 islands, joined by around 400 bridges.
Description : Mount Vesuvius overlooks which modern Italian city? -Geography
Last Answer : Naples; It is the 3rd largest city of Italy, just behind Rome and Venice... :)
Description : Which capital city in the world is at the highest altitude? a. Bern, Switzerland c. Katmandu, Nepal b. La Paz, Bolivia d. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Last Answer : b. La Paz, Bolivia
Description : Which is the northernmost capital city in the world? a. Oslo, Norway c. Helsinki, Finland b. Reykjavik, Iceland d. Moscow, Russia
Last Answer : b. Reykjavik, Iceland
Description : What is the strangest name of a town, or city that you have visited in North America?
Last Answer : My wife was born in Flat Lick, Kentucky.
Description : Will The Warriors keep The Town moniker when they move to The City?
Last Answer : the town of Golden State?
Description : How far do you live now from the city/town you were born in? How far do you live from where you grew up?
Last Answer : About 12,000 miles plus. I was born and grew up in the same city.
Description : What town or city were you "stuck in" before you decided to take a leap of faith and leave?
Last Answer : I grew up in Lima, Ohio. I disliked it so much that I left the moment I could. I've never looked back. I would really hate to return to Lima, and now I'm sick of Ohio. If I could I'd leave the ... hilarious is that I've since seen Lima named as one of the 50 greatest places in the US to grow up in!
Description : Is there anyone out there who hates his/her town/city so much that he feels uncomfortable walking round?
Last Answer : Yes. I feel that way about the town I grew up in from ages 9-17. It's a little backwards ass town that although is in Southern/Central California, feels more like a depressed Midwest town that time ... the city limits it's a very odd feeling. Leaving town feels like I've cleansed myself. No kidding.
Description : Do you live in a city or town with a lot of stupid people? Can you top this?
Last Answer : Where my g/f lives (somewhere in Michigan), they have some ridiculous drivers. Driving 35 in a 50 and you're not able to pass. Often times you'll have 5 or 6 cars following behind that driver. This ... a good mile or two. Drives me insane, and you'll often find this crazy Canadia laying on the horn.
Description : How much does your city/town/area spend on fireworks each year?
Last Answer : Derby in April has a huge fireworks display, one of the biggest, with bridges aglow. and July 4th. So over $200,000 or $250,000.
Description : How comfortable are you in your city/town?
Last Answer : I absolutely love where I live…hope to be here until I fall in the ocean due to a big wave.
Description : Have you ever put the "wrong" city/town name on a mailing address?
Last Answer : answer:Try mailing something to yourself that way, with correct ZIP code, and see what happens. Omit a return address. Try it with an envelope and also with a small package. An alternative is to use a post office box address or a proxy mailer for your return address.
Description : Do you have a special number to call for problems in your city or town?
Last Answer : I guess it depends on the type of help. I’ve used 311 for informational purposes here in Austin and it worked pretty well. A couple of times I wasn’t sure if something was considered an emergency or not and when the operator decided it was they routed me to 911.
Description : What are some buildings in your town/city that command respect,architecturally speaking?
Last Answer : here in chicago, we have famous brownstones and even frank lloyd wright homes in oak park and hyde park, but structures that claim a lot of respect would be, oh say, the monadnock building ... along lake michigan. uh, marina towers-twin circular buildings along the rivernd of course wrigley field.
Description : If you were to promote the town/city were you now reside, which attributes/attractions would you submit for consideration?
Last Answer : Tumbleweed cascading across the prairie.Ah well orphan status avoided, just.
Description : Do people in your town/city walk around in their PJs?
Last Answer : Yeah, college kids apparently don’t get dressed anymore. When I’m on campus I see it everywhere.
Description : Do they give parking tickets in your city or town without clearly posting signs?
Last Answer : I live in Manhattan. Don’t get me started…
Description : HO HO HO Merry Christmas! In the town/city you live in, is there any business open today? What business is it?
Last Answer : Well; I saw a couple of service stations open and one convience store ; BUT that was about it…. Ho-Ho-Ho…. MERRY CHRISTMAS !
Description : Small Town Folks: If you left the small town life for some big city livin', what did you learn?
Last Answer : I realized how much I know from living in a small town. None of my housemates have head of storm windows or pipes freezing, and I have to be the default spider-remover of my apartment.
Description : What town or city would you most like to visit if money was not an object and why?
Last Answer : i can’t pick just one: i’d like to go to Moscow, Tokyo, Oslo, Rio, etc. They all have good points. Too, I always wanted to do a tour of museums of the world: The Hermitage, The Lourve, Smithsonian, etc. short too many to give one. :)
Description : Is there a town or city, (globally) with the name India? Besides the country...
Last Answer : Well, I got a list of every city or principality in the world here (3 MB download). Then I made it a spreadsheet so that I could search within fields (so as not to have to dig through every city ... 's it! Fascinating, huh? There were tons of Indian-thises and Indiana-thats, but only one India.
Description : Do you like a big city living or small town living?
Last Answer : I am a city girl all the way. I am in a small town now because that is where my college is located at, and it is driving me crazy. I need a place where there is a huge airport and public transportation and high rises.