Historical Places.

Algeria

Inside Africa

Also known as Alg. · Algerie · Algerien

Country in North Africa.

Algiers

Inside Algeria

Also known as Alger · Algier · Argel

Capital city of Algeria.

Telergma Airport

Inside Algeria

Also known as aérodrome de Telergma · DAAM · Telerghma Airport

Airfield in Algeria used by Allied forces during World War II.

Botswana

Inside Africa

Also known as Botsuana · bw · la République du Botswana

Southern African country formerly administered as the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

Egypt

Inside Africa

Also known as Ägypten · Arabische Republik Ägypten · Arab Rep. Egypt

The Roman province containing Alexandria and the wider administrative and cultural setting of the story.

Cairo

Inside Egypt

Also known as Al-Qahirah · Caire · Cairo, Egypt

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Kenya

Inside Africa

Also known as ke · Kenia · la République du Kenya

Country in East Africa.

Nairobi

Inside Kenya

Also known as Kenya capital · Kenya capital city · Kenyan capital

Capital and largest city of Kenya.

Libya

Inside Africa

Also known as Estado de Libia · LBA · l’État de Libye

North African country containing Benghazi.

Tobruk

Inside Libya

Also known as Tobrouk · Tobruch · Tobruck

Port city in Libya.

Morocco

Inside Africa

Also known as al-Maġrib · Kingdom of Morocco · Königreich Marokko

Country in North Africa.

Rwanda

Inside Africa

Also known as la République du Rwanda · República Ruandesa · Republic of Rwanda

Country in East Africa.

Kigali

Inside Rwanda

Also known as City of Kigali · Kigali City · Kigali Ville

Capital city of Rwanda.

Senegal

Inside Africa

Also known as la République du Sénégal · República de Senegal · República do Senegal

Country in West Africa.

Somalia

Inside Africa

Also known as Bundesrepublik Somalia · Federal Republic of Somalia · la République fédérale de Somalie

Horn of Africa country containing Mogadishu.

Mogadishu

Inside Somalia

Also known as Hamar · Maqadīshū · Mogadischu

Capital of Somalia and the central setting of the 1993 battle depicted in Black Hawk Down.

South Africa

Inside Africa

Also known as África do Sul · Afrique du Sud · Południowa Afryka

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Sudan

Inside Africa

Also known as al-Sudan · as-Sudan · as-Sūdān

Country in Northeast Africa.

Tanzania

Inside Africa

Also known as la république unie de Tanzanie · República Unida da Tanzânia · República Unida de Tanzania

Country in East Africa.

Tunisia

Inside Africa

Also known as República Tunecina · Republica Tunisina · Republic of Tunisia

Country in North Africa.

Uganda

Inside Africa

Also known as +256 · Ouganda · Pearl of Africa

Country in East Africa.

China

Inside Asia

Also known as All under Heaven · Cathay · Celestial Kingdom

The broad geographic setting of the story.

Beijing

Inside China

Also known as Bākgīng · Beeijing · Beijing Shi

Capital city of China.

Forbidden City

Inside Beijing

Also known as Cidade Proibida · Cite interdite · Ciudad Prohibida

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Foshan

Inside China

Also known as Foszan

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Hong Kong

Inside China

Also known as CN-91 · H. K. · HK

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Nanjing

Inside China

Also known as Jiangnin · Jiangning · Kiangnin

Capital of Jiangsu and former Chinese national capital.

Shanghai

Inside China

Also known as Chang-hai · Changhaï · Hu

Major Chinese city and an important setting in Assassination.

Tianjin

Inside China

Also known as Himmelsfurt · Municipality of Tianjin · Tianjin Municipality

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Wuhan

Inside China

Also known as Wu Han · Wuhan, Hubei Province

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Cyprus

Inside Asia

Also known as Chipre · Chypre · Chypre-Sud

Island country in the eastern Mediterranean.

Himalayas

Inside Asia

Also known as chaîne de l'Himalaya · Himalaias · Himalaja

The mountain system forming the physical setting for Harrer's escape and trek to Lhasa.

Mount Everest

Inside Himalayas

Also known as Chomolangma · Czomolungma · Czumulungma

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India

Inside Asia

Also known as Al Hind · Bharata · Bharat Ganarajya

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Amritsar

Inside India

Also known as Ambarsar · Amrita Saras · Amritsar (India)

Punjab city associated with the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Dandi

Inside India

Coastal settlement in Gujarat where Gandhi made salt on April 6, 1930.

Kolkata

Inside India

Also known as Cal · Calcuta · Calcutta

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New Delhi

Inside India

Also known as Nai Dilli · Nayi Dilli · NDMC area

The city where Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948, and where his funeral procession took place.

Rajasthan

Inside India

Also known as IN-RJ · Radżastan · Rajastan

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Indonesia

Inside Asia

Also known as id · Indonesie · Indonesien

Country in Southeast Asia.

Iran

Inside Asia

Also known as ir · Irão · IRI

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Tehran

Inside Iran

Also known as Teerão · Teheran · Ṭihrán

Capital of Iran and central setting of the hostage-rescue operation dramatized in Argo.

Iraq

Inside Asia

Also known as al-‘Irāq · iq · Irak

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Israel

Inside Asia

Also known as Estado de Israel · Estado Judeu · État d'Israël

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Nazareth

Inside Israel

Also known as an-Nāṣira · Naṣrath · Natzrat

Galilean village traditionally associated with Jesus’s upbringing and early life.

Japan

Inside Asia

Also known as Estado de Japón · Estado do Japão · État du Japon

The principal setting, undergoing political centralization, military modernization, and the decline of the samurai order.

Hiroshima

Inside Japan

Also known as City of Hiroshima · Hirochima · Hiroschima

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Iwo Jima

Inside Japan

Also known as île du soufre · Iojima · Iō-jima

Volcanic island of Japan and major World War II battle site.

Kobe

Inside Japan

Also known as Ko-be · Kōbe · Kobe City

Port city in Japan.

Kure

Inside Japan

Also known as Kure Hiroshima

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Kyoto

Inside Japan

Also known as Kioto · Kyōto · Kyoto City

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Okinawa

Inside Japan

Also known as Grand Liuqiu · Grand Lu-chew · Grand Ryukyu

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Tokyo

Inside Japan

Also known as Edo · Jedo · métropole de Tokyo

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Jordan

Inside Asia

Also known as Giordania · Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan · HKJ

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Aqaba

Inside Jordan

Also known as Acaba · Aelana · Akaba

Strategic Red Sea port captured by Arab forces from the Ottoman garrison on 6 July 1917.

Kuwait

Inside Asia

Also known as Covaite · Cuvaite · Estado de Kuwait

Gulf country invaded by Iraq in 1990 and the principal setting of Airlift.

Lebanon

Inside Asia

Also known as lb · Lebanese Republic · Liban

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Beirut

Inside Lebanon

Also known as Beirute · Bejrut · Beyrout

Capital city of Lebanon.

Manchuria

Inside Asia

Also known as Dongbei · Liaoling · Manchooria

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Mongolia

Inside Asia

Also known as MGL · mn · Mongalie

Country in East Asia.

North Korea

Inside Asia

Also known as Corea del Norte · Corea Popular · Corée Du Nord

Country in East Asia.

Pakistan

Inside Asia

Also known as Hồi Quốc · Islamic Republic of Pakistan · Islamische Republik Pakistan

Country in South Asia.

Lahore

Inside Pakistan

Also known as Lahaur · Lāhaur · Lahor

Capital of Punjab province in Pakistan.

Saudi Arabia

Inside Asia

Also known as Arabia Saudí · Arabia Saudita · Arabia Saudyjska

Country in Western Asia.

Hejaz

Inside Saudi Arabia

Also known as Al-Hidżaz · Al-Hijaz · Al Ḩijaz

Historical region along the Red Sea coast of the Arabian Peninsula and the core territory of the Hashemite-led revolt.

South Korea

Inside Asia

Also known as Choson · Cor. du Sud · Corea del Sur

Country on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.

Busan

Inside South Korea

Also known as Busan Metropolitan City · Fuzan · Pusan

Major port city in South Korea.

Gwangju

Inside South Korea

Also known as Cidade de Gwangju · Gwangju City · Gwangju-gwangyeoksi

South Korean city at the center of the May 1980 Gwangju uprising.

Seoul

Inside South Korea

Also known as Ciudad Especial de Seúl · Gyeongseong · Hanseong

Capital city of South Korea and a major historical setting for modern Korean political history.

Syria

Inside Asia

Also known as República Árabe Siria · République arabe syrienne · Siria

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Damascus

Inside Syria

Also known as Damas · Damasco · Damaskus

Major Syrian city entered by Arab and British forces on 1 October 1918 during the final phase of the revolt.

Thailand

Inside Asia

Also known as Kingdom of Siam · Kingdom of Thailand · Königreich Thailand

Country in Southeast Asia.

Tibet

Inside Asia

Also known as Greater Tibet · le Thibet · le Tibet

The Himalayan country through which Harrer travels and where he resides from 1946 until 1951.

Lhasa

Inside Tibet

Also known as Barantola · Lasa · Lassa

The city where Harrer lives, works, and meets the young 14th Dalai Lama.

Vietnam

Inside Asia

Also known as la République socialiste du Vietnam · República Socialista de Vietnam · República Socialista do Vietname

Country in Southeast Asia.

Yemen

Inside Asia

Also known as Iemen · Iémene · Jemen

Country in West Asia.

Austria

Inside Europe

Also known as Autriche · Österreich · República da Áustria

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