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Natore
Natore (নাটোর) is a district and town in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh, on the Narad river 30 miles east of Rajshahi; former capital of the Natore Raj zamindari, district headquarters until 1825, district since 1984.
Nuwara Eliya
Nuwara Eliya, also called Little England, is Sri Lanka's highest town at about 1,868 m, a British colonial hill station founded in 1818, center of Ceylon tea country, with a cool 15.8 °C mean climate and rapid tourism-driven urbanization.
Pabna District
Pābna (পাবনা) is a district of Rajshahi Division, northwestern Bangladesh, between the Padma and Jamuna rivers, created 16 October 1828 and administered from Pabna town.
Pokhara (पोखरा)
Pokhara (पोखरा), Nepal's second largest city and Gandaki Province tourism hub at 800 m beneath the Annapurna Range; 464.24 km², 513,504 people, 33 wards, Phewa Lake, monsoon hazards, and the 2023 international airport.
Rajshahi (city)
Rajshahi (রাজশাহী), formerly Rampur Boalia, is a major city on the north bank of the Padma River in northwestern Bangladesh, headquarters of Rajshahi Division and Rajshahi District. Known as the Silk City, it had 553,288 residents in the 2022 census, 30 wards, and 88.88% literacy.
Rangpur
Rangpur (রংপুর) is a major city and administrative center in northern Bangladesh, headquarters of Rangpur Division, which was formed in 2010 from eight northwestern districts.
Saidpur, Rangpur Division
Saidpur (Bengali: সৈয়দপুর), also spelled Syedpur, is a city in Nilphamari District of Rangpur Division in northern Bangladesh, founded in the 1870s around a British-era railway workshop.
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ)
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ), or Kotte, is Sri Lanka's administrative capital, declared 29 January 1985, seat of the Parliament relocated from Colombo in April 1982, and site of the medieval Kingdom of Kotte.
Sylhet (সিলেট)
Sylhet (সিলেট) is a city on the Surma River in northeastern Bangladesh, seat of Sylhet Division and Sylhet City Corporation (79.50 sq km, 42 wards, about 1 million people). Known for tea gardens and Shah Jalal's shrine, it faces severe waterlogging and rapid urban growth.
Thimphu (ཐིམ་ཕུག)
Thimphu (ཐིམ་ཕུག), capital and largest city of Bhutan in the Wang Chhu valley; seat of government since the 1955–1961 move from Punakha; altitude 2,248–2,648 m; population about 120,000 (2012); noted as the world's only capital without traffic lights.
Trincomalee (திருகோணமலை)
Trincomalee (திருகோணமலை), or Gokanna, is a Sri Lankan port city with one of the world's largest natural deep-water harbors, held in turn by Portuguese, Dutch, French, and British powers, a WWII British Eastern Fleet base, and now a developing energy-hub port.