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Mumbai
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Large industrial city
Port on the west cost of India Textiles and movie industry |
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Calcutta
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Large India city in the Ganges Delta
Major port and industrial city Noted for Jute industries |
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Chennois
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Seaport and Major city of Southern India
Located on the Bay of Bengal |
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Hyderabad
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Largest city on the Deccan Plateau in India
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Jamshedpur
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Major iron and steel city of India
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New Delhi
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City located on the Yumana River
Capital of India |
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Bangalore
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Noted as India's Silicon Valley
High-tech industry |
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Bhopal
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Indian City noted for its chemical industries
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Colombo
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Capital, largest city, and and port of Sri Lanka
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Dhaka
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Capital and largest city of Bangladesh
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Chittagong
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Major seaport and significant industrial city of Bangladesh
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Karachi
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Largest city and major seaport of Pakistan
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Lahore
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Largest city of Punjab
Significant industrial city of Pakistan Noted for leather and shoe industries |
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Islamabad
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Capital city of Pakistan
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Katmandu
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Capital and largest city of Nepal
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Yangon
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Capital, largest city, and seaport of Myanmar
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Bangkok
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Capital, largest city and seaport of Thailand
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Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon |
Large city of Southern Vietnam
Cochin China Region |
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Haipong
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Port city for Tonkin Region of Vietnam
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Hanoi
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Capital of Vietnam
Major city of Tonkin Region |
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Jakarta
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Capital, largest city and major seaport of Indonesia
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Hue
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Ancient Cultural City of Annam Region of Vietnam
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Surbaya
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Second largest city of Indonesia
Island of Jawa Located on East part |
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Semarang
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Centrally located city on North Coast of Jawa in Indonesia
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Medan
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Largest city of Sumatera in Indonesia
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Kuala Lampur
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Capital and largest city of Malaysia
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Mandalay
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Historical city on the Irawaddy river
In the Dry Zone Second largest city of Burma |
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Singapore
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City located off the southern tip of the Malayan peninsula
Major center of entrepot trade Independent political unit |
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Vientiane
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Capital and largest city of Laos
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Phnom Penh
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Capital and largest city of of Cambodia
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Angkor
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Ancient capital of Cambodia
Significant historical city |
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Manila
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Capital, largest city, and major seaport of the Phillipines
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Davao City
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Major city of Mindanao
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Pinang
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Major high-tech city and port on the west coast of the Malayan Peninsula.
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Shanghai
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Largest city and main seaport of China
Major industrial city Near the mouth of the Chang Jiang River |
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Guangzou
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Main seaport of South China
On the Xi Jiang River Formerly known as Canton |
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Hong Kong
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Former British Colony
Major trade center and significant industrial city |
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Shenzhen
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Modern industrial city in China
Developed as one of the Special Economic Zone North of Hong Kong |
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Macau
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Portuguese colony along the coast of China
Became a part of China in 1999. |
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Chongqing
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Largest city of the Red Basin
Important trade and industrial city Political capital of China in WWII |
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Chingdu
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Significant trade and transportation center in China
West end of the Red Basin |
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Beijing
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Capital and cultural center of China
Major city of north China |
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Shenyang
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Largest city of Northeast China
Major center for heavy industry Noted for Machine and metal fabricating industries Trade center |
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Fushan
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Important industrial city on the coal fields
East of Shenyang in China |
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Anshan
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Most important iron and steel manufacturing city in Northeast China
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Dalian
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Port city on the Liodong Peninsula
Outlet for Northeast China |
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Tianjin
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Largest port of North China
Bohai Gulf Serves Beijing |
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Harbin
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Important rail center in Northeast China
Railroad connects Trans-siberian railroad connecting to Valdivostok |
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Qiqihar
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City loacted near teh major oil fields of Northeast China
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Taiyuan
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Located on the Loess Plateau in China
Major industrial city due to coal fields Iron, steel, and trade |
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Xian
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Historical and cultural city located on the Wei River in China
Significant trade and transportation center |
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Lanzhou
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Important urban center on the upper Huang He river in China
Industrial develoment due to Liujaxia Dam |
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Qingdau
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Port city on the Shandong Peninsula in China
Serves the eastern lowlands as a trade center |
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Nanjing
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Major urban center and port on the lower Chang Jiang River
Rich in agriculture Located near the junction of the Chiang Jiang river and the Grand Canal |
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Wuhan
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Major urban center an dport on the middle of the Chang Jiang River in China
Trade and transportation center for agricultural region |
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Lhasa
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Major urban center of teh Xizang Province in China
Served as the capital and principal holy place for Buddhists |
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Taipei
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Largest city in Taiwan
Serves as capital |
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Hsinchu
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Taiwan's Silicon Valley
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Ulan Bator
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Capital of Mongolia
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Tokyo
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Japan's largest city
Most important industrial city Capital of Japan |
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Yokohama
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Important seaport in Japan in the metropolitan area of Tokyo
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Osaka
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Japan's second largest city
Major manufacturing city in the Kinki District |
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Kobe
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Deep water port serving Osaka in Japan
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Nagoya
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Most important port and the industrial city in the Nobi plain in Japan
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Kitakyushu
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Main port and industrial city of the Northern Kyushu industrial region in Japan
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Fukuoka
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Industrial city on the Korean Strait in Japan
Located south of Nagoya |
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Nagasaki
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Shipbuilding city in southwestern Kyushu
Site of an atomic bomb attack during WWII |
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Kyoto
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Largest inland city of Japan
Famous center of shrines and handicraft industries Former capital of Japan |
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Hiroshima-Kure
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Twin cities noted for heavy industry
Located at the southern part of Inland Sea |
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Sapporo
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Largest city of Hokkaido
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Seoul
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Largest city, major industrial center and capital of South Korea
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Inchon
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Port on the Yellow River in South Korea
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Pusan
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Major industrial city of southern South Korea
Serves as the leading port of the country |
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Pyongyang
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Capital, largest city, and most important manufacturing city of North Korea
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Taegu
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Inland industrial city of South Korea
Major transportation center Located north of Pusan Textile manufacturing and food processing |
