10 facts about the most extreme settlements in the world Bashny.Net

As the saying goes, the fish is looking for where it is deeper, and the person - which is better ... But wait a minute, it seems, the residents of the villages of our collections do not think so! Most of them have the opportunity to move to a more soft and cozy place, but, for unknown reasons, the Site, they continue to live in an incredibly extreme conditions ...



1. The island of Java, Indoneziya



Mount Merapi is the most active of the 128 volcanoes in Indonesia. Smaller eruptions occur about 2 times a year, large - every 7 years. The last such eruption occurred in 2010, claimed the lives of 353 people. At the foot of the volcano live approximately 500,000 Indonesians.

2. La Rinconada, Peru



The city is located in the Andes at an altitude of 5100 meters above sea level. It is the highest town on the planet. Move to the extreme terrain people have deposits of gold ore. The city is poorly developed drainage system and waste water, while the population of La Rikonady continues to grow steadily. In 2009 the city's population of about 30 thousand. Man.

3. Motu, Kitay



With the outside world connects place 200-meter-long suspension bridge. All other roads were either destroyed by mountain avalanches or mudflows. Buddhists believe the place sacred ground. Motu population is 10 000 inhabitants.

4. Cherrapunji, Indiya



Cherrapunji - one of the most rainy and humid places on Earth. Average rainfall is 12 000 mm per year. Because of heavy rains, local soils have low fertility. The number of town is just over 10 thousand people.

5. San Pedro de Atacama, Chili



The Atacama Desert is the driest desert in the world. The annual average is 10 mm of rain falls. Vegetation as inhabitants in the desert is extremely small, and sometimes she does not. Despite the harsh conditions in the desert is the town of San Pedro de Atacama, which is home to about 5,000 people.

6. Verkhoyansk, Rossiya



It is the coldest city in the world. The average annual temperature is -18, 6 ° C. According to the data for 2014 in Verkhoyansk lived 1173 person.

7. ittoqqortoormiit, Grenlandiya



The city is considered to be the northernmost city in the world. You can reach it only having made the journey, first by plane and then by helicopter or boat. For a long time the main inhabitants of this place were the polar bears, musk oxen and seals. In 1925, these lands were the first settlers. Currently, the city's population is about 500 people.

8. Tristan da Cunha, Velikobritaniya



Just as Easter Island and Pitcairn Island, the place is one of the most remote communities in the world. The island of the same name, part of the archipelago in the southern Atlantic Ocean, inhabited. It is not a mammal, and for permanent residence the person is suitable only the northern and north-western parts. In 2008, the island's population was 264 people.

9. Pitcairn Island, Velikobritaniya



Pitcairn Islands, located in the South Pacific, made up of 5 islands with a total area of ​​47 sq.km. On one of them - Pitcairn - permanently inhabited by people. The first settlers of the island were the rebels of the ship "Bounty" and Tahitian. According to the census of 2014, on a piece of land of 4, 6 sq.km. 56 people now live.

10. Dallol, Efiopiya



The area is considered to be a settlement with the highest average temperature, as well as one of the most remote places on the planet. In the region there are no roads, and here you can get only through the caravan routes. The exact number of inhabitants in the region is unknown.

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