Cúcuta is home to about one million inhabitants, and it is not only a natural, but also a political and cultural border.
The State of Ceará has around 9,1 million inhabitants. Its economy ranks 11th among the other states of Brazil, and its capital, Fortaleza, is located in a strategic region, for its facilitated access to big economies of the world.
The Carchi Province is located in the north of Ecuador on the border with Colombia. Carchi is an important commercial region due to its connection to the neighbouring country.
For 8000 years, the Anishinaabe have lived the Abitibi-Témiscamingue. After a law was passed in 1876, First Nations children were forced to attend residential schools and reserves were created, resulting in these groups losing their culture and language.
Trois-Rivières, the second oldest French-speaking city in North America, was founded in 1634 and is the seat of the regional government. With a population of 138,134 in 2020, it is the ninth largest city in the province of Quebec.
San Antonio is the seventh largest city in the United States of America and second largest city in the state of Texas. Approximately 3% of the city (roughly 13,000 parcels) is designated as historic.
The town of Pincourt, situated on an island together with three other municipalities, was founded in 1960. It has a population of approximately 15,000.
Niterói is a municipality in the Metropolitan Area of Rio de Janeiro. It has a population of 513,584 and the highest Human Development Index in Rio de Janeiro, being also one of the cities with the highest literacy rates in Brazil.
Bulawayo, with between 1 – 1.5 million inhabitants, is Zimbabwe’s second city. Bulawayo was influenced by many cultures and languages and became home to a rich diversity of minority cultural expressions due to migration.
Brasília’s development only began in the mid-1950s, and became Brazil’s capital in 1960. People from all over the country came to participate in its construction, creating a diverse and culturally rich workforce, which remains one of the capital’s main assets.