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The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River
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Washington D.C
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From February 3 to March 3, 1945, the city was the site of the bloodiest battle in the Pacific theater of World War II
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Manila
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The centre of an explosion of philosophic and scientific activity known as the Age of Enlightenment
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Paris
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An ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical state (a type of theocracy)
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Vatican City
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The city's subway network is the busiest and second longest in the world.
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Beijing
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390 km (240 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Helsinki
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It was home to the world's first psychoanalyst – Sigmund Freud
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Vienna
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The ACT is independent of any state to prevent any one state from gaining an advantage
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Canberra
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Although not as important as Milan, the city is the fourth most important centre for fashion in the world, according to the 2009 Global Language Monitor
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Rome
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The city's other historic names include Kisong, Hwangsong, Rakrang, Sŏgyong, Sodo, Hogyong, Changan, and Heijō
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Pyongyang
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In Sunni Islam, this is the third-holiest city, after Mecca and Medina
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Jerusalem
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Was almost completely destroyed in the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan
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Mexico City
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Sometimes dubbed the "Paris of the East" for its French influences
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Hanoi
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Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort opened in 2010; one of the world's most photographed buildings.
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Singapore
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Tahrir Square continued to be the primary destination for protests
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Cairo
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It is located on the Cap-Vert peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland
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Dakar
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The Armenian Genocide brought an effective end to the residential diocese
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Ankara
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The communist government increasingly turned to tourism for new financial revenue
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Havana
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Pedro de Mendoza called the city "Holy Mary of the Fair Winds"
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Buenos Aires
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The headquarters of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the regional headquarters of OPEC
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Abuja
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Less than 60 km (37.3 mi) north of the Danube River
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Bucharest
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The second-largest city by population in the African Great Lakes region
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Nairobi
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Was the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
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Sarajevo
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The house where Simón Bolívar was born on 24 July 1783
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Caracas
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