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121UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …
122Tourism in China — An example of cultural site: the Terracotta Army in Xian. Tourism in China has greatly expanded over the last few decades since the beginning of reform and opening. The emergence of a newly rich middle class and an easing of restrictions on… …
123History of Riga — [ 1547] The history of Riga, the capital of Latvia, begins with the ancient settlement of the Livonians, an ancient Finnic tribe, at the junction of the Daugava and Ridzene ( lv. Rīdzene) rivers. The Ridzene was originally known as the Riga River …
124Saint Petersburg — I City (pop., 2000: 248,232), west central Florida, U.S. It lies near the tip of Pinellas Peninsula, adjacent to Tampa Bay. Settled in 1876, it became in the late 1940s one of the first Florida cities to encourage tourists to spend their… …
125Beaches in Kerala — are spread along the 550 km Arabian Sea coastline. Kerala is an Indian state occupying the south west corner of the subcontinent. The topography of the coastline is distinctive and changes abruptly as one proceeds from north to south. In the… …
126Vietnam — /vee et nahm , nam , vyet , vee it /, n. 1. Official name, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and… …
127Sapporo — For the beer and brewery, see Sapporo Brewery. Sapporo 札幌   Designated city   札幌市 · City of Sapporo[1] …
128Uganda — Ugandan, adj., n. /yooh gan deuh, ooh gahn /, n. an independent state in E Africa, between the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British protectorate. 20,604,874; 91,065 sq. mi.… …
