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Johannesburg (/ dʒ oʊ ˈ h æ n ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also /-ˈ h ɑː n-/- HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ]; Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") [12] [13] is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, [7] and is classified as a megacity; [14] it is one of the 100 largest ...
Very high altitude = 3,500–5,500 metres (11,500–18,000 ft) Extreme altitude = above 5,500 metres (18,000 ft) Travel to each of these altitude regions can lead to medical problems, from the mild symptoms of acute mountain sickness to the potentially fatal high-altitude pulmonary edema and high-altitude cerebral edema .
By contrast, the women of long-resident, high-altitude populations are known to give birth to heavier-weight infants than women of the lowland. This is particularly true among Tibetan babies, whose average birth weight is 294–650g (~470) g heavier than the surrounding Chinese population , and their blood-oxygen level is considerably higher.
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Syrian residents of the villages of Hader, Hamidiya, and Umm Batna in Quneitra Governorate are displaced from their homes after Israeli military forces enter the villages with military vehicles. Fall of the Assad regime. At least six civilians are reported to have been killed by gunfire in celebration of the fall of the Assad regime.
There's a low cost of housing and easy access to medical care. Residents also enjoy wonders such as the Northern Lights. Goods and groceries run higher than the average, but become a permanent ...
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Community portal; Recent changes ... Density altitude – the density of the air ... There is a significantly lower overall mortality rate for permanent residents at ...