Province: Zhejiang. Area: 1033sq.km/399sq. miles Population: 1,040,000 (conurbation 4,980,000) Ningbo is situated at 121°32’E and 29°51 ‘N, in the north-east ofthe province of Zhejiang, 25km from the East China …
Hong Kong is a British Crown Colony (since 1842), to which were annexed the Kowloon peninsula in 1860 and the New Territories in 1898 (a 99-year lease). Each of …
County: Buskerud fylke. N-3500 Honefoss; tel. (0 67) 2 36 55. Turistkontoret for Geilo og Hoi, N-3580 Geilo;tel. (0 67) 8 61 00, ext. 206. The Hallingdal is a …
Teachings stress the return to an original state, to a natural order. Preserving the equilibrium of this order is one of the purposes of life. Man is just a …
Province: Jiangsu. Altitude: 604m/1982ft. Area: 148km/57sq. miles Population: 410,000 (conurbation 6,980,000) Yangzhou lies in the central region of Jiangsu province, between the Changjiang river and the Grand Canal, at …
In Vasagatan (Nos. 37-39), which cuts across the Aveny, the Museum of Applied Art (Rohsska Konstsldjd-museet: by Carl Westman, Travel to Scandinavia by train 1 91 6), houses ancient …
The Park ofthe Beautiful View lies just a short distance north ofthe Imperial Palace. The hill in the centre of the park was named “coal hill” (Meisham), because under …
Between the foothills of the Tianshan, 154m/500ft below sea-level to the north-east of the Tarim Basin, lies the Turpan Depression (Turpan Pendi). The Dsungarian Basin (Junggar Pendi) at an …