In the early 1930s, Khobar or Al-Khuabar, in Saudi Arabia, mainly was a fishing hamlet inhabited by people of the Dawasir tribe who moved there in 1923. The tribe settled…
Samara, known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev, is the largest megacity and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is situated at the convergence of the Volga…
Malang is a landlocked megacity in the Indonesian region of East Java. It has a history dating back to the age of the Singhasari Kingdom. It’s the second-most vibrant megacity…
Florianópolis is the capital of Santa Catarina state of Brazil. The Carrizo Indians, a Tupi people, were the first inhabitants of the Florianópolis region. Traces of its presence are attested…
Lübeck – the former capital and queen city of the Hanseatic League – was founded in the 12th century and prospered as a major trading center of northern Europe by…
Benoni is a pearl of a town situated on the far Eastern side of Johannesburg in South Africa. It is on two sides of a valley bordering four lakes. Earlier,…
Takamatsu is a harbor megacity on Japan’s Shikoku Island. It’s known for the sprawling Ritsurin Garden, with a teahouse, koi ponds, landscaped hills and pine timbers. Shikoku Village is an…
Swansea is situated at the mouth of the River Tawe and nearby a wide straight at the western finish of the Bristol Channel. The town initially started developing during the…
León is the third-biggest metropolis and the second-biggest metropolitan vicinity in France. The ancient region of León became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998. In its designation, UNESCO referred…
Cartagena, known since the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias, is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region,…
Presidente Prudente is a city in western São Paulo estado (state) in Brazil. It lies near the Santo Anastácio River at 1,535 feet (468 meters) above sea level. Formerly known…
Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein, meaning Ludwig’s Port, is a megacity in the German state of Rhineland- Palatinate, on the swash Rhine. Initially, Celtic and Germanic lines settled in the…