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What place has the most letters in its name?
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
It’s Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. This 1,000-foot hill near the township Porangahau holds the Guinness World Record for longest place name with 85 characters. Locals call it Taumata or Taumata Hill.
What places have the longest names?
The Longest Place Names In the World
- Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein, South Africa.
- Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, United States.
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales.
- Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand.
Which city’s name is 21 letters long?
In the United States, the cities of Winchester-on-the-Severn in Maryland, and Washington-on-the-Brazos in Texas are the longest place names at 21 letters each, although they do have hyphens to make them a little easier on the eye.
What city has the most words?
With 17 letters, Kleinfeltersville is tied with Mooselookmeguntic, Maine, for being the longest one-word, unhyphenated census-designated place name in the US.
What is the shortest name?
Do you know what place with the shortest name in the world? It’s actually a ten-way tie! There are ten places in the world with names consisting of one single letter. Among them are Å in Norway, Ö in Sweden and Y in both Alaska and France.
What city has the shortest name?
The Shortest Geographical Place Names
- A, a district in Kami-Amakusa city, Kumamoto, Japan.
- Å, a village in Meldal municipality, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.
- Å, a village in Åfjord municipality, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.
- Å, a village in Ibestad municipality, Troms, Norway.
- Å, a village in Lavangen municipality, Troms, Norway.
What is the longest name of a city?
The city with the Guinness book record for the longest name of a place is Bangkok.
How to find out the provinces of Spain?
A map of Spain’s provinces. Names are shown in Spanish. The table below lists the provinces of Spain. For each, the capital city is given, together with an indication of the autonomous community to which it belongs and a link to a list of municipalities in the province.
How many provinces did Spain have in 1833?
The “historic regions” of Spain, as listed in the 1833 decree. Javier de Burgos’ 1833 provincial division included 49 provinces. The same decree that created the provincial division grouped the provinces into “historic regions”.
Which is the second most populated province in Spain?
The province of Barcelona is the second most populous province in Spain as its total population of 5.54 million residents is only exceeded by Madrid. The city of Barcelona is the administrative capital of the province and is home to the majority (30%) of the province’s population with over 1.6 million people living in the city. 3. Valencia
How many provinces have the same name as the Comunidad?
Seven Comunidades have just one Province each with the same name as its Comunidad (Madrid, Asturias, Cantabria, Navarre, La Rioja, Murcia and the Balearic Islands) whilst others have eight or nine (as Andalucia and Castille & Leon respectively). Before the Comunidades Autonomas were introduced Provinces had greater powers.