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The longest place name in Mexico is San Pedro y San Pablo Tequixtepec (28 letters). The longest city name in Argentina is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (30 letters). Truth or Consequences is a spa city and the county seat of Sierra County, New Mexico, United States.
In the local street system, it lies 15 blocks north of the zero meridian (Ellsworth Avenue, one block south of 1st Avenue), and would thus otherwise be known as 15th Avenue. The street was named for former Vice President Schuyler Colfax. At just under 50 miles (80 kilometers) in length, it is known as the "longest continuous commercial street ...
Sepulveda Boulevard was formerly the longest street in the city and county of Los Angeles, with the Los Angeles Times reporting in 2006 that it was around 42.8 miles (68.9 km) in length. [1] The City of El Segundo has since renamed their portion SR 1 Pacific Coast Highway.
While in some cities there are major roads named after King—like Austin, Albuquerque, and Tampa—Alderman found many examples on smaller streets confined to majority African American ...
Broadway (/ ˈ b r ɔː d w eɪ /) is a street and major thoroughfare in the U.S. state of New York.The street runs from Battery Place at Bowling Green in the south of Manhattan for 13 mi (20.9 km) through the borough, over the Broadway Bridge, and 2 mi (3.2 km) through the Bronx, exiting north from New York City to run an additional 18 mi (29.0 km) through the Westchester County ...
It is the longest street in Boston and remains one of the longest streets in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. [1] Due to various municipal annexations with the city of Boston, the name Washington Street now exists six or more times within the jurisdiction(s) of the City of Boston.
One of the perks of being president of the United States is that many things are later named in your honor -- schools, libraries, even entire cities. And among the most common things to name after ...
As the city's population grew, Broad Street was extended both north to Vine and south to Dickinson, eventually reaching the Delaware River waterfront, where today's Philadelphia Naval Shipyard stands. It remains Philadelphia's longest straightaway and one of the longest urban boulevards in the United States. [4]