Famous Towns In World

Name	Famous For
No 10, Downing Street	Official residence of the British Prime Minister.
Abadan(Iran)	Famous for oil refinery
Alaska (U.S.A.)	In 1958 it was declared as 49th State of U.S.A. It is near Canada
Alexandria	City and sea-port of Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great. Handles about 80% of the country's exports.
Angkor Wat	Ruined temple in Cambodia. Signposts of ancient oriental civilization.
Aswam Dam	A dam in Egypt across the River Nile.
Baku	Oilfields of Azerbaijan.
Bastille	It was a Jail in Paris. Destroyed during the French Revolution.
Beding (Australia)	Famous for gold mines.
Bethlehem	A town Palestine, the birth place of Christ.
Bikini Atoll	In Pacific Ocean, where first hydrogen bomb was tested by U.S.A.
Bikini	An atoll of the Marshall Islands. Atomb Bomb was dropped here experimentally in 1948.
Bratislava	A town in Czechoslovakia on Czech-Russian border.
Buckingham Palace	London residence of the British monarch.
Chushul	In Ladakh, highest airfield in the world. Chinese troops attacked it in 1962.
Corsica	An island where Napoleon was born.
Detroit (U.S.A)	The biggest car manufacturing town in the world.
Elephanta Caves (India)	Situated in an island 15 miles from Bombay. Famous for the statues of Siva and Parvati.
Fleet Street	Press Center in London.
Gaza Strip	In Egypt near Israeli border, was seat of United nations Emergency Force till 1957. Now under Israeli occupation.
Gibraltar	Key to Mediterranean, fortress and novel base situated on rock in the extreme South of Spain.
Golden Temple (India)	Famous temple of the Sikhs at Amritsar, constructed by Guru Ram Dass.
Hiroshima	An industrial center of Japan which was destroyed by atom bomb in 1945.
Hollywood (California. U.S.A.)	Famous for film industry
Hyde Park	A huge park in London.
Jerusalem	City in Israel. Jesus Christ was crucified here (now capital of Israel)
Khajuraho	It is the State of chattarpur, Bundelkhand in Madhya Pradesh. It is famous for Mahadev Temple.
Khorkov	Important town of Ukraine, manufactures motor cars, tractors and agricultural machinery.
Lop Nor	Palace in Sinkiang (Red China), site for atomic tests.
Los Angeles A part of California (U.S.A.)	The famous film industry of Hollywood is established here. It is famous as Cinima City of the world.
Lusaka	Venue of non-aligned nations summit in September 1970. Capital of Zambia.
Manchester (U.K.)	Cotton manufacturing city. It is one of the world's biggest cloth manufacturing center.
Marseilles	City and Seaport of Southern France. Famous for silk, wine, olive soap, margarine and candles.
Mecca (Saudi Arabia)	Sacred place of the Muslims because Prophet Mohammed was born here.
Montreal	Longest city of Canada. Famous for iron and steel works and motor car factories.
Nagasaki (Japan)	It is noted for its iron and steel industries. Atom was dropped here during World War II.
New Castle	An important port on the Tyne in England, famous for coal industry.
New Orleans (U.S.A.)	It is the greatest cotton and wheat exporting center in the world.
Osaka (Japan)	Known as the Manchester of Japan. It is sometimes called the Venice of Japan.
Pisa	In Italy, famous for Leaning Tower, one of the seven wonders of the world.
Pentagon	Headquarters of American Defence Forces.
Phnom-Penh	Capital of Cambodia.
Plais Des Nations	Venue in Geneva for holding international conferences.
Potala	Dalai Lama's palace at Lhasa (Tibet).
Sinai	Peninsula of Egypt between the Gulfs of Suez and Aquba, at the head of Red Sea.
Seychelles	Island in Indian Ocean, got freedom on June 28, 1976.
Sodom	In Israel, the lowest point on earth.
Vatican	Official residence of the Pope of Rome.
Versaillers (France)	Famous for the treaty of Versailles which ended World War I in 1918.
Vienna	Capital of Austria. The venue of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) between Russia and U.S.A.
Walling Wall	Part of the Western Wall of the Temple Court in Jerusalem. Part of the wall, probably dates from the time of Solomon, is regarded by both Jews and Moslems as one of special sanctity.
Wall Street	In Manhattan, New York, famous for American's stock exchange market.
White House	The official residence of the President of U.S.A. in Washington D.C.
Zurich (Switzerland)	Famous for the manufacture of cotton and silk and for its lenses.