12401. Famous

Abadan(iran)
Famous for : famous for oil refinery.

12402. Famous

Alaska (u.s.a.)
Famous for : in 1958 it was declared as 49th state of u.s.a. it is near canada.

12403. Famous

Alexandria
Famous for : city and sea-port of egypt, founded by alexander the great. handles about 80% of the country's exports.

12404. Famous

Angkor wat
Famous for : ruined temple in cambodia. signposts of ancient oriental civilisation.

12405. Famous

Aswam dam
Famous for : a dam in egypt across the river nile.

12406. Famous

Baku
Famous for : oilfields of azerbaijan.

12407. Famous

Bastille
Famous for : it was a jail in paris. destroyed during the french revolution.

12408. Famous

Beding (australia)
Famous for : famous for gold mines.

12409. Famous

Bethlehem
Famous for : a town palestine, the birth place of christ.

12410. Famous

Bikini atoll
Famous for : in pacific ocean, where first hydrogen bomb was tested by u.s.a.

12411. Famous

Bikini
Famous for : an atoll of the marshall islands. atomb bomb was dropped here experimentally in 1948.

12412. Famous

Bratislava
Famous for : a town in czechoslovakia on czech-russian border.

12413. Famous

Buckingham palace
Famous for : london residence of the british monarch.

12414. Famous

Chushul
Famous for : in ladakh, highest airfield in the world. chinese troops attacked it in 1962.

12415. Famous

Corsica
Famous for : an island where napoleon was born.

12416. Famous

Detroit (u.s.a)
Famous for : the biggest car manufacturing town in the world.

12417. Famous

Elephanta caves (india)
Famous for : situated in an island 15 miles from bombay. famous for the statues of siva and parvati.

12418. Famous

Fleet street
Famous for : press center in london.

12419. Famous

Gaza strip
Famous for : in egypt near israeli border, was seat of united nations emergency force till 1957. now under israeli occupation.

12420. Famous

Gibraltar
Famous for : key to mediterranean, fortress and novel base situated on rock in the extreme south of spain.

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