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  2. Sonagazi Upazila - Wikipedia

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    The project features a closure dam located in Sonagazi Upazila tasked with regulating the combined flow of the Feni, Muhuri, and Kalidas-Pahalia rivers. [5]: 37 Over the years, Muhuri Irrigation Project area has emerged as a popular recreation and picnic spot. During the winter season, tourists from various parts of the country visit the area.

  3. Sonagachi - Wikipedia

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    The Sonagachi project is a sex workers' cooperative that operates in the area and empowers sex workers to insist on condom use and to stand up against abuse. Run by the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee , it was founded by public health scientist Smarajit Jana in 1992 but is now largely run by the prostitutes themselves.

  4. Geography of Mesopotamia - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia. The geography of Mesopotamia, encompassing its ethnology and history, centered on the two great rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates.While the southern is flat and marshy, the near approach of the two rivers to one another, at a spot where the undulating plateau of the north sinks suddenly into the Babylonian alluvium, tends to separate them still more ...

  5. Piri Reis map - Wikipedia

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    The map is a portolan chart with compass roses and a windrose network for navigation, rather than lines of longitude and latitude. It contains extensive notes primarily in Ottoman Turkish. The depiction of South America is detailed and accurate for its time. The northwestern coast combines features of Central America and Cuba into a single body ...

  6. Prostitution in Kolkata - Wikipedia

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    Sonagachi is located in North-Kolkata near the intersection of Chittaranjan Avenue Sova Bazar and Beadon Street, just north of the Marble Palace. The Prostitute Population mostly consists of woman's from poor regions of neighboring states and border regions. Previously there were many local prostitutes in Sonagachi.

  7. Geography of Asia - Wikipedia

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    By 2080, around 1 billion people in the cities of South and Southeast Asia are expected to experience around a month of extreme heat every year. [ 22 ] : 1460 The impacts on water cycle are more complicated: already arid regions, primarily located in West Asia and Central Asia , will see more droughts , while areas of East , Southeast and South ...

  8. Geography of Kolkata - Wikipedia

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    Kolkata — the skyline across the Maidan A satellite image of Kolkata showing land usage The Prinsep Ghat which is located on the bank of the Hoogly River. Spread roughly north–south along the east bank of the Hooghly River, Kolkata sits within the lower Ganges Delta of eastern India; the city's elevation is 1.5–9 m (5–30 ft). [6]

  9. Talk:Sonagachi - Wikipedia

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    Although the word "Sonagachi" translates easily into "Golden Tree" in Bangla; most probably the name of the red light district in Kolkata (India) is derived from "Sona Gazi" a person whose "mazar" or grave is present at the end of one of the lanes that runs through the district.Amitrajit 11:32, 22 August 2007 (UTC)