As one of China’s Central Cities, Xi’an is the capital of Shaanxi Province. It was the starting point of the ancient Silk Road and the capital of such splendid dynasties as the Han and Tang. The city’s long history can be traced back to the Paleolithic era.
Selçuklu, the district with the highest population in Konya with 682 514 inhabitants, is the first in the socio-economic development ranking and the center of attraction of the city.
Gunsan,a port city, is a logistics hub for Northeast Asian countries and a sea trade gateway to the Yellow Sea. The city recently experienced a big industrial crisis with several shut downs.
Incheon is a metropolitan city of Korea, covering 1,066.4 Km2 with a population of over three million.
Siheung-si, with a population of about 570 000, has vast land, ecological resources and an important natural heritage. However, the development of the city was restricted due to its designation as a greenbelt zone.
Kraków is a European metropolis, the second most populous (with more than 780,000 inhabitants) city of Poland and the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodoship. The Old Town was inscribed onto the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1978.
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. The English National Opera (ENO) is an opera company based in London and it is one of the two principal opera companies in the city.
Trois-Rivières is the regional capital and ninth largest city in Quebec with a population of 142,598. Its prosperity has long been based on the manufacturing and paper industry, which experienced a crisis in the 1990s.
Tevragh Zeina has an area of 83 km² and approximately 61,893 inhabitants, 38.18% of which are aged 15-40.
With a population of 36,220, Esch-sur-Alzette is the second largest city in Luxembourg, despite having undergone an industrial decline.