Results for "Comox Valley"
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Dornbirn
World Directory, Europe, Austria, Vorarlberg, Dornbirn
Dornbirn is a city in Vorarlberg, Austria. It is the administrative center of the district (Bezirk) Dornbirn, which also includes the city of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau. The largest and busiest city in Vorarlberg and the tenth largest in all of Austria, Dornbirn is an important commercial center and shopping mecca.
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Herrsching
World Directory, Europe, Germany, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria
Herrsching am Ammersee is a municipality in Upper Bavaria, Germany, on the east shore of the Ammersee, southwest of Munich. Population is some 8,000 in winter, increasing to 13,00 in summer.
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Kastoria
World Directory, Europe, Greece, Macedonia, Kastoria
Kastoria is a city in northern Greece in the periphery of West Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria Prefecture. The town's population is estimated as some 20,660 people (1991 census). It is situated on a promontory on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains. The town is known for its many Byzantine churches, Ottoman-period domestic architecture, and trout.
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Storfjord
World Directory, Europe, Norway, Troms, Lyngen
Storfjord is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oteren. Storfjord was separated from the municipality of Lyngen on 1 July 1930.
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Valle Gran Rey
World Directory, Europe, Spain, Canary Islands, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Valle Gran Rey (which means in English "Valley of the Great King") is located on the southwestern coast of La Gomera in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands, Spain.
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Puerto de Mogan
World Directory, Europe, Spain, Gran Canaria, Mogan
Puerto de Mogan is a picturesque resort and fishing village in the municipality of Mogan, set at the mouth of a steep-sided valley on the southwest coast of the island of Gran Canaria and attracts many tourists either to stay or on day-visits. Canal-like channels linking the marina to the fishing harbour have led to it being nicknamed "Little Venice" or the "Venice of the Canaries".
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St. Gallen
World Directory, Europe, Switzerland, St. Gallen, St. Gallen
St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration (with around 160,000 inhabitants) and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on services for its economic base.
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Hout Bay
World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town
Hout Bay is one of the most beautiful and popular places on the Cape Peninsula and a highlight of any visit to Cape Town. The access road that runs from Camps Bay, offers a beautiful drive all along the sea. The town lies picturesquely in a wind-protected bay, surrounded in the west by the Karbonkel Mountain, the famous Mount Sentinel as the outpost in the sea and in the east, by the Constantia Mountains and Chapman's Peak.
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Constantia
World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town
Constantia is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, situated about 15 kilometres south of the centre of Cape Town. The Constantia Valley lies to the east of and at the foot of the Constantiaberg mountain. Constantia Nek is a low pass linking to Hout Bay in the west.
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Constantia Kloof
World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg
There are rolling hills in Constantia Kloof, a prestigeous suburb of Roodepoort. Constantia Kloof is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It borders the suburbs of Strubens Valley, Helderkruin and Allen's Nek, and is considered one of the more scenic and upmarket suburbs in the West Rand, especially within its boom-controlled area.