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The growth of Terrassa is intricately linked to the Industrial Revolution. It is one of the most populous Catalan cities, and home to 216,000 people.

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Santo André, is a municipality in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. It is home to over 700,000 people spread out over an area of 175,000 square kilometres.

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El Carmen de Viboral is located in the Department of Eastern Antioquia, covering an area of 448 km2 and home to 50,000 people (2013).

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Santa Maria da Feira is a medium-sized city, located 20km south of Porto, with a total area of 216 km2 and a population of 140.000 inhabitants.

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"Smile, you are at Zouk Michael", this slogan welcomes any visitor who enters this city of Lebanon, located 14 km from Beirut.

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Ségou is the prestigious capital of the former Bambara Empire, located on the banks of the Niger River 240 kilometres north-east of Bamako, in the heart of West Africa.

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Larissa is the capital of the Thessaly region in Central Greece and its largest city, with a population of 147.000.

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Bilbao's process is well-known and has been frequently used as a benchmark in international studies on urban policies.

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Terrassa is a medium-sized city in the province of Barcelona (Spain). As of January of 2017, it had a population of 217,000. It is an ancient Roman city, and was once the production centre for the region's textile industry.