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  2. Makindu - Wikipedia

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    The town is located on the Nairobi - Mombasa Highway, in Makueni County, in southeastern Kenya on the map, close to the International border with the Tanzania . This location lies approximately 135 kilometres (84 mi), by road, southeast of Machakos, where the provincial headquarters are located. [1] Makindu lies approximately 356 kilometres ...

  3. Geography of Italy - Wikipedia

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    The geography of Italy includes the description of all the physical geographical elements of Italy. Italy, whose territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region , [1] is located in southern Europe and comprises the long, boot-shaped Italian Peninsula crossed by the Apennines , the southern side of Alps , the large plain of ...

  4. Magenta, Lombardy - Wikipedia

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    Magenta ( Italian pronunciation: [maˈdʒɛnta], [3] [4] Lombard pronunciation: [maˈdʒẽːta]) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan in Lombardy, northern Italy. It became notable as the site of the Battle of Magenta in 1859. The color magenta takes its name from the battle, [5] most likely referring to the uniforms used by ...

  5. Lake Como - Wikipedia

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    The Sacro Monte di Ossuccio ("Holy Mount of Ossuccio") is a sanctuary located on a hillside slope between olive groves and woods along the western edge of Lake Como facing Isola Comacina. Fifteen Baroque-inspired chapels , built between 1635 and 1710, and dedicated to the Mysteries of the Rosary are dotted along the way that leads to the Monastery.

  6. Marinella di Selinunte - Wikipedia

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    Postal code. 91022. Dialing code. (+39) 0924. Website. Official website. Marinella di Selinunte, also known as Marinella, is a southern Italian village and hamlet ( frazione) of Castelvetrano, a municipality in the Province of Trapani, Sicily. It is located close to the Ancient Greek city of Selinunte and, in 2011, it had a population of 1,499.

  7. Mantua - Wikipedia

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    Mantua ( / ˈmæntjuə / MAN-tew-ə; Italian: Mantova [ˈmantova] ⓘ; Lombard and Latin: Mantua) is a comune (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the province of the same name . In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the European Capital of Gastronomy, included in ...

  8. Makueni County - Wikipedia

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    Makueni County is a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Wote. The county has a population of 987,653 (2019 census). The county lies between Latitude 1° 35' and 2° 59' South and Longitude 37° 10' and 38° 30' East. It borders Machakos County to the North, Kitui County to the East, Taita Taveta ...

  9. Makindu Airport - Wikipedia

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    Makindu Airport ( IATA: n/a, ICAO: HKMU) is located in Makueni County, in the town of Makindu, in southeastern Kenya, on the Nairobi - Mombasa Highway. Its location is approximately 146 kilometres (91 mi), by air, southeast of Nairobi International Airport, the country's largest civilian airport. [1] The geographic coordinates of this airport ...