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Post #11 post Sep 30 2007, 03:15 AM
I live at Joao Pessoa. It's the capital of Paraiba, in Brazil.
It's a small city (althought there is more than 700,000 hab).
It's close to Recife (Pernambuco) and Natal (Rio Grande do Norte).
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Post #12 post Oct 2 2007, 11:03 AM
City Sunshine Coast
Country Australia
Specialties Laid Back, nice beaches, reasonable development
Population: Just over 200,000 (all 3 local government areas that form it).
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Post #13 post Oct 2 2007, 01:56 PM
QUOTE(delivi @ Sep 27 2007, 06:00 PM) [snapback]348154[/snapback]
Lets start an interesting topic.

post here the name of your City/town, Country, any specialties of the city and the population of your city.

This will help us to learn more about new places on the earth and share the knowledge....

City : Melbourne
State: Victoria
Country: Australia
Population 3.7 Millions.

- Melbourne was first settled by the British in 1835

- Melbourne become the capital of the state of Victoria established as a separate British colony in 1851.

-When the Australia's Federation anounced on 1 January 1901, Melbourne was specified as the temporary seat of government and remained the national capital

- The first Federal parliament was convened on 9 May 1901 in the Royal Exhibition Building.
Only in 1927, when the Federal parliament was moved to the planned city of Canberra., the current capital.

- With the discovery of gold in Victoria in the 1850s, leading to the Victorian gold rush, Melbourne
grew rapidly.

- Melbourne is often referred to as Australia's garden city, and the state of Victoria was once known as "the garden state". There is an abundance of parks and gardens in Melbourne, the CBD.-

- Melbourne is known as an Australian cultural and sport capital, and is the spiritual home of Australian rules football.called AFL. Last week the Geeloing club won the Grand Final of AFL.

- On 6 of November there is a famous Melbourne Cup for Horse Racing.

- Morevere it conducted Gran Prix of Motor racing each year.

- Melbourne has hosted the 1956 Olympic Games and the 2006 Commonwealth Games

- In Melbourne there are 6 Universities in Melbourne: : The University of Melbourne - RMIT University - Monash university - LaTrobe University- Deakin University - Victoria Universit

- Next are some links to maps, videos and photos to places in Melbourne:

Map of Melnbourne,
Park and Garden,
Places,
LandScape,
Buildings,
Feature movies,
Google Map
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Post #14 post Oct 6 2007, 02:55 PM
City Travelers Rest
Country United States
Specialties none really it's just a little town leading in to the mountins
Population not sure the last count was 3 years ago
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