Karachi is the most populous city in Pakistan, the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is considered the cultural, economic, philanthropic, educational, and political hub of the country.
Talca is one of the oldest cities in Chile. It is located at the confluence of the Claro and Loncomilla rivers, and by the coastal mountain range.
Throughout the 20th century, Paysandú was one of the few Departments that strongly embraced industrialization in Uruguay.
Hammana is a Lebanese town located in the heart of the Lamartine Valley, 30 kilometres from Beirut and 1150m above sea level.
Cheongju is a city located in the centre of the Republic of South Korea.
Bolivia is a multicultural and multilingual country, and the city of La Paz is one of its richest expressions of cultural diversity.
Hamilton is the 10th largest city in Canada (550,000 people), situated between Toronto and Niagara Falls.
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).
Esch-sur-Alzette is the second-largest city of Luxembourg, with 35 000 residents. The steel crisis of the 1970s and Luxembourg’s subsequent rise to an international financial centre redistributed power in the country.
Izmir is the third largest city of Turkey, located near the Mediterranean-Black Sea passage, opened to the Balkans, Europe and to the Middle East through Anatolia.