Nanchang Map
Capital of Jiangxi Province Altitude: 20m/65ft. Area: 65sq.km/25sq. miles Population: 850,000 (conurbation 2,450,000) Nanchang lies at 115°53’E and 28°41’N, in the north of the province of Jiangxi, on the …
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Sweden Guide for Tourist
1949 Sweden joins the Council of Europe. 1951 Sweden becomes a founding member of the Nordic Council (see above under Denmark). 1958 Nordic Passport and Customs Union. 1960 Sweden …
Visit to Scandinavia
In eastern Finland In Jutland a series of vegetation zones runs from north to south, as in the neighbouring German provinces of Schleswig-Holstein. Along the much indented east coast …
Baotou Map
Autonomous region of Inner Mongolia Altitude: 1000m/3282ft Area: 2152sq.km/831sq. miles. Population: 1,500,000 Baotou lies in the centre of Inner Mongolia at 109°49’E and 40°42’N, some 140km/87 miles west of …
Tibet
The land route to Tibet is still a difficult undertaking. The only option is to take an overland bus from Katmandu which involves an exhausting journey lasting several days …
Scandinavia Travel Destinations
On the east side of the Scandinavian mountains the great fringe of lakes in the Nordland resulted from the fact that the last remains of the ice cover lay …
Lake Saimaa Finland Map
Provinces: Kymen laani (Kymmene lanKymi), Mik-kelin laani (Sankt Michels lanMikkeli). Lake Saimaa, the lake of a thousand islands, is the most southerly part of an intricate system of lakes, …
Stockholm Map
Swedish painting is notable particularly for the interior decoration of Kalmar Castle and the Palace in Stockholm (by J. B. van Uther) and the work of Holger Hansson (fl. …
Hangzhou Map
Capital of Zhejiang Province Altitude: 5m/16ft. Area: 429sq.km/166sq. miles Population: 1,220,000 (conurbation 5,440,000) Hangzhou (Hangchow) lies in the north of Zhejiang province, in the Qian-tangjiang delta, about 40km/25 miles …
Chinese language travel guide
During this time one of the Far East’s most distinctive philosophical movements emerged, that of Chan Buddhism or more commonly known by the Japanese variation “Zen”. Its followers believe …