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  2. List of long place names - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (23 letters) Some long U.S. place names appearing in the Geographic Names Information System are: [33] Winchester-on-the-Severn, Maryland, and Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas (21 letters, longest hyphenated place names in the U.S.) Rancho Santa Margarita, California.

  3. Fugging, Upper Austria - Wikipedia

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    Fugging (German: [ˈfʊkɪŋ] ⓘ), spelled Fucking until 2021, is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, located in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. It is 33 km (21 mi) north of Salzburg and 4 km (2.5 mi) east of the Inn river, which forms part of the German border. Despite a population of only 106 in 2020, the ...

  4. Placencia - Wikipedia

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    Placencia is known for the longest main street which is a sidewalk with many local gift shops, beach bars, hotels and cabanas. Visit Placencia Village guide [12] for businesses in the village. Ranguana Caye is a 2-acre private island 18 miles off the coast of Placencia and a major day-trip and overnight for those staying in the village and ...

  5. Settlement hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    Village or Tribe – a village is a human settlement or community that is larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town. The population of a village varies; the average population can range in the hundreds. Anthropologists regard the number of about 150 members for tribes as the maximum for a functioning human group.

  6. Places in Harry Potter - Wikipedia

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    Godric's Hollow is a fictional West Country wizarding village where Lily and James Potter lived with their infant son Harry. [2] [3] [4] It has been a home to Albus Dumbledore, Bathilda Bagshot and Godric Gryffindor, for whom it was named. At the centre of the village square is a war memorial that magically transforms into a monument to the ...

  7. Hell, Norway - Wikipedia

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    Hell, Norway. Hell (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈhɛlː], Trøndersk: [ˈheʎ]) is a village in the Lånke area of the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the municipality, about 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of the town of Stjørdalshalsen. The 1.04-square-kilometre (260-acre) village has a ...

  8. Felbrigg Hall - Wikipedia

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    Felbrigg Hall. Felbrigg Hall is a 17th-century English country house near the village of that name in Norfolk. [1] Part of a National Trust property, the unaltered 17th-century house is noted for its Jacobean architecture and fine Georgian interior. Outside is a walled garden, an orangery and orchards.

  9. Shirakawa, Gifu (village) - Wikipedia

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    Shirakawa, Gifu (village) Shirakawa (白川村, Shirakawa-mura) is a village located in Ōno District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is best known for being the site of Shirakawa-gō, a small, traditional village showcasing a building style known as gasshō-zukuri. Together with Gokayama in Nanto, Toyama, it is one of UNESCO 's World Heritage Sites.