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Toluca-Calixtlahuaca. Otomí peoples. Mexico. c. 400 – c. 200 BC[34][35] Toluca, in the State of Mexico, has been continuously inhabited at least since the 8th century BC. [36][dubious – discuss]The oldest sedentary remains (Calixtlahuaca) date from around the 600 BC to 400 BC.
Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (or VOC) was a major force behind the Golden Age of Dutch exploration (category; c. 1590s–1720s) and Netherlandish cartography (c. 1570s–1670s). In the 17th century, the VOC's navigators and explorers charted almost three-quarters of the Australian coastline, except the east coast.
Map displaying parts of Near Oceania and Remote Oceania with a focus on Efate. The new terms Near Oceania and Remote Oceania were proposed in 1973 by anthropologists Roger Green and Andrew Pawley. By their definition, Near Oceania consists of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands, with the exception of the Santa Cruz ...
Ocean City is a city in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.It is the principal city of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Cape May County, and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. [21]
Largest town by area: Webb, Herkimer County – 452.284 square miles (1,171.41 km 2) Smallest town by population: Red House, Cattaraugus County - 27 (2020) Largest town by population: Hempstead, Nassau County - 793,409 (2020) Green Island is a coterminous town-village. Webb and Red House contain no villages. The 22 villages within the town of ...
A map of Tonga Located in Oceania , Tonga is an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean , directly south of Samoa and about two-thirds of the way from Hawai'i to New Zealand. Its 171 islands, 45 of them inhabited, [ 1 ] are divided into three main groups – Vava'u, Ha'apai, and Tongatapu – and cover an 800-kilometre (500-mile)-long north ...
Christchurch (/ ˈ k r aɪ s tʃ ɜːr tʃ / ⓘ; Māori: Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. [a] Christchurch has a population of 396,200 and is located in the Canterbury Region, near the centre of the east coast of the South Island, east of the Canterbury Plains.
New Caledonia also has a national synchronised swimming team, which tours abroad. The "Tour Cycliste de Nouvelle-Calédonie" is a multi-day cycling stage race that is held usually in October. The race is organised by the Comite Cycliste New Caledonia. The race attracts riders from Australia, New Zealand, France, Réunion, Europe and Tahiti.