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1. This city (used to be three cities) is the principal industrial, commercial and transportation center of central China. It was formed by the consolidation of Hankow, Hanyang and Wuchang in 1950.
2. This is the chief town of Sumba Island, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.
3. This Chinese city, formerly called Tsangwu, is situated in the Hsi river gorge west of Guangzhou (Canton). It was made a treaty port in 1897 and was an important US air base in WW2.
4. After the building of the Grand Canal (7th cent. AD) this city in Jiangsu province, China became an important shipping center for agricultural goods.
5. The ancient city of Bactra was once a center of Zoroastrianism. It was destroyed twice, by Genghis Khan and Tamerlane. After a cholera epidemic in the 19th century it was reduced to a village with this name, near Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. Today it is the province town of Balkh, Afghanistan.
6. Along with Kokura, Moji, Tobata and Yawata this city formed the major Japanese city of Kitakyushu in 1963.
7. This city is the capital of Kangwon province, North Korea.
8. This Japanese city is situated south west of Osaka on the Kii Channel.
It was the seat of one of the Tokugawa branches and has a large castle built in the 16th century by Hideyoshi.
9. This city in India was the capital of the Telugu Kingdom in the 12th century.
10. This city is situated east of Ujung Pandang on Sulawesi (Celebes) Island, Indonesia. It was conquered by the Dutch in 1860.
11. Along with Galela this is the chief port of Halmahera Island, Indonesia.
12. This city is situated south of Nanking on the Yangtze river in Anhwei province, China. It is connected by canals with neighboring towns. It is a former treaty port and opened to foreign trade in 1877.
13. This city is the capital of Hubei province, China. It is the oldest of the Han cities. It was the capital of Chu kingdom (300 BC) and Wu kingdom (300 AD).
14. This city is situated in Kangwon province, South Korea, east of Seoul. It has several electronic, medical and other modern industries.
15. This seaport town on Hokkaido island has the northernmost airport of Japan.
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