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Pan de Azcar, Uruguay - Wikipedia  Pan de Azcar is a city in the southwest of the Maldonado Department in Uruguay. It takes its name from a nearby hill (Cerro Pan de Azcar, actually located in ... (21 mi) (via Routa IB) west-northwest from the capital city, Maldonado.
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Montevideo - Cosmeo  (Span., I see a hill), city, capital of Uruguay and its Montevideo Department, on the ... Landmarks include the Cerro (hill) for which Montevideo is named; the...
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Montevideo - Wikipedia  Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city ... It is the hub of commerce and higher education in Uruguay as well as its ... All agree that "Monte" refers to the Cerro de Montevideo, the hill situated ... The name would come from a Portuguese expression which means "I saw a...
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Lavalleja Department - Wikipedia  Artigas Hill in Minas, Lavalleja. Lavalleja is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Minas. It is located in the southeast of the ... The department is named in honor of Brigadier Juan Antonio Lavalleja, who had ... In the south and near Minas, there are two important tourist attractions, the hills of Cerro Arequita and Cerro Verdn...
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Uruguay - Wikipedia  Uruguay officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay is a country in the southeastern region of South America. It borders Argentina to its west and Brazil to its north and east, with the Ro ... The name of the namesake river comes from the Spanish pronunciation of the regional ..... Cerro Largo  Melo, 13,648, 5,270, 84,698.
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18 de Julio Avenue - Wikipedia  Avenida 18 de Julio, or 18 de Julio Avenue, is the most important avenue in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is named after the date the first Constitution of Uruguay was written: July 18 ... The main landmarks across this avenue are: ... By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia is a registered...
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The Seven Hills of Rome - Vatican Articles - Vatican.com  Jun 27, 2013 ... It is famous because the Roman emperor constructed the domus aurea ... The seven hills were protected by the walls called the Servian Walls.
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Montevideo - Wikipedia  Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city ... It is the hub of commerce and higher education in Uruguay as well as its chief .... in various occasions, including several times when it was taken over to be used .... In 1908, 30% of the city's population of 300,000 was foreign-born.
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Antarctic, Patagonia, Cape Horn, Tierra Del Fuego, South Georgia ...  Punta Arenas {poon'-tah ah-ray'-nas} is the capital of Chile's Magallanes province and the southernmost mainland city in the world, lies on the Strait of Magellan.
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Santiago | national capital, Chile | Britannica.com  The city was founded as Santiago del Nuevo Extremo (Santiago of the New. ... Greater Santiago contains Chile's greatest concentration of industry. ... the public parks of Santa Luca Hill and San Cristbal Hill, with its zoo and camping grounds. .... In 1989 the country's official English name, which it had held since 1885, was...
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Uruguayans - Dictionary definition of Uruguayans | Encyclopedia ...  In regions close to the Brazilian border, however, a Spanish-Portuguese dialect called ... The name given to Uruguay's capital, Montevideo, originates in Ferdinand ... a sailor on board saw land and shouted, "Monte vide eu""I see a hill.
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Capitol(ine) Hill  Historic District  Aug 8, 2012 ... In Rome, it's called the Capitoline Hill - or Capitolium in the original Latin, and ... smallest, it was the symbolic center of the ancient city, both spiritually and politically. ... of the city and its irascible planner, the French engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant. ... As he said, it was a pedestal waiting for a monument..
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Quito - Wikipedia  Quito formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador, and at an elevation of ... The historic center of Quito has one of the largest, least-altered and ... The central square of Quito is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of the .... Quito is also the only capital in the world to be directly menaced by an active...
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Chapultepec Castle - Wikipedia  Chapultepec Castle (Spanish: Castillo de Chapultepec) is located on top of Chapultepec Hill. The name Chapultepec stems from the Nahuatl word chapoltepc which means "at the grasshopper's hill". It is located in the middle of Chapultepec Park in Mexico City at a height of ... The site of the hill was a sacred place for Aztecs, and the buildings atop it...
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Montevideo - 2009 D - Site Index  Mar 13, 2015 ... Montevideo is the capital, largest city, and chief port of Uruguay and is situated ... The Avenida 18 de Julio runs east from the plaza and passes through the main business district and gets its name from July 18, 1830, when...
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Quito | national capital, Ecuador | Britannica.com  Quito, in full Villa de San Francisco de Quito, city and capital of Ecuador. ... valley at an elevation of 9,350 feet (2,850 metres), just south of the Equator. The oldest of all South American capitals, Quito is notable for its well-preserved old town,...
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Santiago, Chile - New World Encyclopedia  Oct 12, 2016 ... Although Santiago is the nation's capital city, legislative bodies meet in the ... as Santiago del Nuevo Extremo (Santiago of the New Frontier) by the Spanish ... Growth continued in the 1950s and 1960s, but radical political .... Among others, Santiago is the site of the University of Chile, founded in 1738,...
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Why is the capital of Uruguay called montevideo? | Yahoo Answers  Mar 5, 2010 ... Source(s): capital uruguay called montevideo: https://tr.im/05X8y ? ... There are at least two explanations for the name Montevideo: The first states that it comes from the Portuguese "Monte vide eu" which means "I see a hill".
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The capital of Romania named after a shepherd called Bucur  As compared to most of the other European cities, Bucharest is a relatively new city, ... Once the city was founded, according to legend by a shepherd named Bucur, .... the Museum of the Romanian Peasant and the Village Museum showcase...
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Hill - Wikipedia  A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular ... In practice, mountains in Scotland are frequently referred to as "hills" no matter ... DC has followed this tradition and was built on the highest hill in that city.
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La Paz - New World Encyclopedia  The full name of the city, Nuestra Seora de La Paz, means "Our Lady of ... is the site of the tallest mountain in Bolivia and ninth tallest mountain in the Andes, the ... the city's full name was changed to La Paz de Ayacucho or The Peace of Ayacucho. ... La Paz grew as the financial, commercial, and political capital, but was...