Cities

In medieval Czech locality to get the status of the city, had to sit in judgment on their own, to have customs and brewery.

The highest city in the world - La Rinconada in Peru - is located at an altitude of 5099 meters above sea level. It is home to 30,000 people, most of whom are engaged in gold mining. Many miners work for free for a month, and the last day they are allowed to take as much ore as they can carry on their shoulders. In this case, it is not clear whether the gold in the ore or not. However, La Rinconada is not the highest permanent settlement in the world. There are two Indian villages, which are located at altitudes of 5,170 and 5,219 meters.

Australian town of Coober Pedy, which is one of the world's largest centers for the production of opals, located in the desert and very hot areas. Of 2 000 people, most living in underground caves, which remain after the mine workings. There made full apartments, laid communication. In addition, the caves are located many urban sites, including cemeteries and churches.

Some places in Morocco known that since ancient times are the predominant color of buildings and houses, and even new buildings traditionally paint it that color. For example, almost all the buildings of the third largest city of Marrakech - rusty red. A small town of Chefchaouen is particularly popular tourists because all the houses completely or partially painted in blue.

In preparing the association of the English colonies in the Commonwealth of Australia for a long time could not decide which city will be the capital. The biggest cities of Sydney and Melbourne laid claim to this title and did not want to give each other. It was therefore decided to build as the capital of a whole new city - Canberra - at a considerable distance from both Sydney and Melbourne.

Residents of the city of Torzhok in the Tver region properly called "novotory." A strange discrepancy name of the city and residents due to the fact that in ancient times the city has repeatedly changed its name. At first he was just bidding, then became the new trading. And since that time the word "novotory" has not changed at the next change of the city name.

In Egypt, on the outskirts of Cairo is located Manche quarter-Nasir, also known as the City of scavengers. There lives more than 40,000 Coptic Christians who collect garbage around Cairo with a view to its subsequent processing and recycling by passing this craft is inherited. Copts have monopolized this activity, because Muslims consider it "dirty" because food waste is fed to pigs. In the quarter hovers steady unpleasant smell, but a huge metropolis contained in a relatively clean.

How long does it take to get from Petting to Fucking? From the German city Petting (Petting) Fucking in Austria (Fucking) can be reached by car in 40 minutes.

Budapest, is now the capital of Hungary, was formed in 1873 by the merger of three cities under the names of Pest, Buda and Óbuda, located on different sides of the Danube. United city name to get a simple merger of these names.

Ottawa is the capital of Canada. However, capital of the province of Ontario, where the Ottawa, is the city of Toronto. More interesting is the situation in Denmark, where the capital Copenhagen is located in the metropolitan area, the center of which is a small town Hillerød.