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[ "Nanjing", "Nankin", "Nanking", "Nan Jing", "Beijing", "Peking", "Beiping", "Peiping", "Yanjing", "Zhongdu", "Khanbaliq", "BJ", "Shun Tian Fu", "Pekin", "beijing" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.31, "text": "relocated its capital from Nanjing to Taipei. A republic was formally established on 1 January 1912 following the Xinhai Revolution, which itself began with the Wuchang Uprising on 10 October 1911, successfully overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and ending over two thousand years of imperial rule in China. From its founding until 1949 it was based on mainland China. Central authority waxed and waned in response to warlordism (1915–28), Japanese invasion (1937–45), and a full-scale civil war (1927–49), with central authority strongest during the Nanjing Decade (1927–37), when most of China came under the control of the Kuomintang (KMT) under an", "title": "Republic of China (1912–1949)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.02, "text": "were taking place in China; in the South, where the Communists had superior numbers, Nationalist supporters were being massacred. These events eventually led to the Chinese Civil War between the Nationalists and Communists. Chiang Kai-shek pushed the Communists into the interior as he sought to destroy them, and established a government with Nanking as its capital in 1927.<ref name=\"\"capital-nanking\"\"> Republic of China (1912–1949) The Republic of China, until 1949, was a sovereign state in East Asia that occupied the territories of modern China, and for part of its history Mongolia and Taiwan. It was founded in 1912, after the Qing", "title": "Republic of China (1912–1949)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.58, "text": "Republic of China (1912–1949) The Republic of China, until 1949, was a sovereign state in East Asia that occupied the territories of modern China, and for part of its history Mongolia and Taiwan. It was founded in 1912, after the Qing dynasty, the last imperial dynasty, was overthrown in the Xinhai Revolution. The Republic's first president, Sun Yat-sen, served only briefly before handing over the position to Yuan Shikai, former leader of the Beiyang Army. His party, then led by Song Jiaoren, won the parliamentary election held in December 1912. Song was assassinated shortly after, and the Beiyang Army led", "title": "Republic of China (1912–1949)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.06, "text": "over all of mainland China and founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing. In 1912, after over two thousand years of imperial rule, a republic was established to replace the monarchy. The Qing Dynasty that preceded the republic experienced a century of instability throughout the 19th century, suffered from both internal rebellion and foreign imperialism. The ongoing instability eventually led to the outburst of Boxer Rebellion in 1900, whose attacks on foreigners led to the invasion by the Eight Nation Alliance. China signed the Boxer Protocol and paid a large indemnity to the foreign powers: 450 million taels", "title": "Republic of China (1912–1949)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.92, "text": "authoritarian one-party military dictatorship. At the end of World War II in 1945, the Empire of Japan surrendered control of Taiwan and its island groups to the Allies, and Taiwan was placed under the Republic of China's administrative control. The communist takeover of mainland China in the Chinese Civil War in 1949 left the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) with control over only Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other minor islands. With the 1949 loss of mainland China in the civil war, the ROC government retreated to Taiwan and the KMT declared Taipei the provisional capital. The Communist Party of China took", "title": "Republic of China (1912–1949)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.73, "text": "history of modern China, about the history of the Republic of China (1912-1949) and the history of the People's Republic of China. In 2005, the Chairman of Kuomintang, Lien Chan, visited the museum in the Presidential Palace on his trip to Mainland China, marking a symbolic return of the party to the Palace for the first time in 58 years. Located in the capital city of the Republic of China, Presidential Palace is an important historical landmark in Nanjing and one of the largest surviving complex of modern Chinese (1840-1949) buildings. It mainly consists of the central axis, the west", "title": "Presidential Palace (Nanjing)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.2, "text": "When Kublai Khan made Dadu the capital of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), all of China was ruled from Beijing for the first time. From 1279 onward, with the exception of two interludes from 1368 to 1420 and 1928 to 1949, Beijing would remain as China's capital, serving as the seat of power for the Ming dynasty (1421–1644), the Manchu-led Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the early Republic of China (1912–1928) and now the People's Republic of China (1949–present). The earliest remains of hominid habitation in Beijing Municipality were found in the caves of Dragon Bone Hill near the village of Zhoukoudian", "title": "History of Beijing" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.05, "text": "no rebels speaking its dialect to surrender. This systematic mass murder of civilians occurred in Nanjing. The Xinhai Revolution led to the founding of the Republic of China in January 1912 with Sun Yat-sen as the first provisional president and Nanking was selected as its new capital. However, the Qing Empire controlled large regions to the north, so revolutionaries asked Yuan Shikai to replace Sun as president in exchange for the abdication of Puyi, the Last Emperor. Yuan demanded the capital be Beijing (closer to his power base). In 1927, the Kuomintang (KMT; Nationalist Party) under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek again", "title": "Nanjing" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.03, "text": "of fine silver (around $333 million or £67 million at the then current exchange rates). A program of institutional reform proved too little and too late. Only the lack of an alternative regime prolonged its existence until 1912. The establishment of the Chinese Republic developed out of the Wuchang Uprising against the Qing government on 10 October 1911. That date is now celebrated annually as the ROC's national day, also known as the \"\"Double Ten Day\"\". On 29 December 1911, Sun Yat-Sen was elected president by the Nanjing assembly with representatives from seventeen provinces. On 1 January 1912, he was", "title": "Republic of China (1912–1949)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.75, "text": "separated from the mainland by the -wide Taiwan Strait. During that period, more than two million civilians, military personnel and government officials left the mainland for Taiwan. Chiang then declared Taipei as the provisional capital of the Republic of China on 7 December 1949, and left Chengdu for Taipei by air three days later when the city fell to the communists. Based on the Constitution of the Republic of China, the head of state is the President, who is elected by popular vote for a four-year term on the same ticket as the Vice-President. The President has authority over the", "title": "Government of the Republic of China" } ]

[ "Turin", "Torino", "Turin, Italy" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.52, "text": "Province of Turin The former Province of Turin (; ; ) was a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Turin. The province existed until 31 December 2014, when it was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Turin. It had an area of , and a total population of (30 June 2011). There were 316 \"\"comuni\"\" in the province – the most of any province in Italy. The second highest \"\"comunis\"\" are in the Province of Cuneo which has 250. Torino, the former regional capital of the province, and capital of the present day", "title": "Province of Turin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.25, "text": "to help aspiring entrepreneurs who have new business ideas. Province of Turin The former Province of Turin (; ; ) was a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Turin. The province existed until 31 December 2014, when it was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Turin. It had an area of , and a total population of (30 June 2011). There were 316 \"\"comuni\"\" in the province – the most of any province in Italy. The second highest \"\"comunis\"\" are in the Province of Cuneo which has 250. Torino, the former regional capital", "title": "Province of Turin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.22, "text": "Metropolitan City of Turin The Metropolitan City of Turin () is a metropolitan city in the Piedmont region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin. It replaced the Province of Turin and comprises the city of Turin and 315 other municipalities (\"\"comuni\"\"). It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by the Law 56/2014. It has been officially operative since 1 January 2015. The Metropolitan City of Turin is headed by the metropolitan mayor (\"\"sindaco metropolitano\"\") and by the metropolitan council (\"\"consiglio metropolitano\"\"). Since 5 June 2016, Chiara Appendino has served as", "title": "Metropolitan City of Turin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.19, "text": "on 12 October 2014: Metropolitan City of Turin The Metropolitan City of Turin () is a metropolitan city in the Piedmont region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin. It replaced the Province of Turin and comprises the city of Turin and 315 other municipalities (\"\"comuni\"\"). It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by the Law 56/2014. It has been officially operative since 1 January 2015. The Metropolitan City of Turin is headed by the metropolitan mayor (\"\"sindaco metropolitano\"\") and by the metropolitan council (\"\"consiglio metropolitano\"\"). Since 5 June 2016, Chiara", "title": "Metropolitan City of Turin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.55, "text": "Metropolitan City of Turin, was the first national capital of unified Italy in 1861. The most important export items from the Turin region are automobiles, machinery, and metal and metal products. The province has commercial relations with Germany, France, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, Romania and Czech Republic. A large quantity of import and export is carried with these nations. Service is the most important economic sector accounting to 66% of the Gross Domestic Product. The other two important sectors are Industry (32%) and agriculture(2%). To promote entrepreneurship the provincial body has started- Start your own business (), an advice service", "title": "Province of Turin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.38, "text": "Turin Turin (, ; ; , then \"\"Taurinum\"\") is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Turin (an administrative division of Italy) and of the Piedmont region, and was the first capital city of Italy from 1861 to 1865. The city is located mainly on the western bank of the Po River, in front of Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga Hill. The population of the city proper is 878,074 (31 July 2018) while the population of the urban", "title": "Turin" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.05, "text": "the mayor of the capital city, succeeding Piero Fassino. It is the largest Metropolitan City of Italy and the only one to border a foreign state. It has an area of , and a total population of . There are 316 \"\"comuni\"\" in the metropolitan area – the most of any province or metropolitan city in Italy. The province with the second highest number of \"\"comuni\"\" is Cuneo with 250. The territory consists of a mountainous area to the west and north along the border with France and with the Valle d'Aosta, and part flat or hilly in the south", "title": "Metropolitan City of Turin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.05, "text": "the seat of the prefecture of Pô department until the fall of Napoleon in 1814, when the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia was restored with Turin as its capital. In the following decades, the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia led the struggle towards the unification of Italy. In 1861, Turin became the capital of the newly proclaimed united Kingdom of Italy until 1865, when the capital was moved to Florence, and then to Rome after the 1870 conquest of the Papal States. The 1871 opening of the Fréjus Tunnel made Turin an important communication node between Italy and France. The city in that period", "title": "Turin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.8, "text": "was inscribed in the World Heritage List under the name Residences of the Royal House of Savoy. The city used to be a major European political center. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the Royal House of Savoy, and the first capital of the unified Italy (the Kingdom of Italy) from 1861 to 1865. Turin is sometimes called \"\"the cradle of Italian liberty\"\" for having been the birthplace and home of notable individuals who contributed to the \"\"Risorgimento\"\", such as Cavour. The city currently hosts some of", "title": "Turin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.52, "text": "religious devotion and is one of the city's main symbols and tourist attractions. After it had been little more than a town for a long time, in 1559 the Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy made Turin the capital of his domains. The Duke had ambition to transform the city into a major artistic and cultural capital, and in the following centuries numerous artists were to work at the Savoy court, especially architects and planners like Carlo di Castellamonte and his son Amedeo, Guarino Guarini and, in the 18th century, Filippo Juvarra and Benedetto Alfieri. As for the painting and the", "title": "Turin" } ]

[ "Zofingen", "Zofingen AG" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.19, "text": "Zofingen Zofingen () is a city in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of Zofingen. Zofingen is a walled city and home of an ancient monastic settlement. The town was founded in 1201 by the counts of Frohburg. Zofingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 18.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 47.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 33.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.6% of the total", "title": "Zofingen" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.02, "text": "libraries, and in the same year a total of 222,191 items were loaned out. Zofingen Zofingen () is a city in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of Zofingen. Zofingen is a walled city and home of an ancient monastic settlement. The town was founded in 1201 by the counts of Frohburg. Zofingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 18.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 47.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 33.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or", "title": "Zofingen" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.7, "text": "Zofingen District Zofingen District is a district in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is located in the southwest corner of the Canton. The seat is Zofingen. The largest municipality in population is Oftringen, the smallest is Wiliberg. It has a population of (as of ). Bezirk Zofingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 43.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.5% is settled (buildings or roads). Zofingen district has a population () of . , 20.4% of the population are foreign nationals. there were", "title": "Zofingen District" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.69, "text": "primary school, there are 1,689 students attending secondary school, there are 1,062 students attending tertiary or university level schooling, and there are 9 students who are seeking a job after school in the municipality. The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000: Zofingen District Zofingen District is a district in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is located in the southwest corner of the Canton. The seat is Zofingen. The largest municipality in population is Oftringen, the smallest is Wiliberg. It has a population of (as of ). Bezirk Zofingen has an area, , of . Of", "title": "Zofingen District" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.16, "text": "list. Three educational buildings; the municipal Schoolhouse at General-Guisan-Strasse 14, the Museum at General-Guisan-Strasse 18 and the city library () at Hintere Hauptgasse 20, are on the list. The rest of the list includes; \"\"Heiternplatz\"\" (Heitern plaza), the small monastery () at Klösterligasse 2, The City Hall Building at Rathausgasse 4 and a dairy farm at Hintere Hauptstrasse 9, 14. The entire village of Zofingen is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. Zofingen is home to several large companies. These include Ringier AG, one of the largest media corporations, Siegfried Ltd, a manufacturer for the pharmaceutical", "title": "Zofingen" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.06, "text": "Werra. The landscape of the district consists of the Rhön Mountains in the west and the Thuringian Forest Mountains in the east, separated by the valley of the river Werra. To the south lies the hilly Grabfeld. The \"\"Rennsteig\"\" hiking path crosses the Thuringian Forest and is the Border to Gotha district. The area around Oberhof is a famous winter sports resort. The capital Meiningen in the center of the district lies at an altitude of 287 meters abouve the sea. The lowest point is 250 meters in Breitungen. The highest mountain is the \"\"Wildekopf\"\" mountain with 943 meters near", "title": "Schmalkalden-Meiningen" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.75, "text": "Bisingen Bisingen is a municipality in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located about 65 kilometers south of the state capital Stuttgart. Bisingen is one of the oldest settlements in the region. There have been numerous discoveries of artifacts from the Neolithic, bronze, and iron ages. Bisingen and the nearby settlement of Wessingen were founded by the Alemanni tribes around 300 C.E., while the neighboring settlements of Steinhofen, Thanheim and Zimmern were founded by the Franks around 400 C.E. The first documented reference to Bisingen and Wessingen dates to 786 C.E., when the Frankish Count Gerold gave property", "title": "Bisingen" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.64, "text": "is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 19.1% is used for growing crops and 13.5% is pastures, while 3.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located in the Zofingen district, on the eastern side of the lower Wigger river valley. It consists of the village of Oftringen and several hamlets and individual houses scattered throughout side valleys. The ruins of Alt-Wartburg castle are located in the northernmost part of the municipality. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is \"\"Azure three Crescents Argent.\"\" Oftringen has a population () of", "title": "Oftringen" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.58, "text": "Uerkheim Uerkheim is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Uerkheim has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 40.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.7%. Out of the forested land, 36.9% of the", "title": "Uerkheim" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.58, "text": "30,570 workers who lived in the district. Of these, 21,580 or about 70.6% of the residents worked outside the Zofingen district while 16,514 people commuted into the district for work. There were a total of 25,504 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the district. From the , 15,245 or 26.2% were Roman Catholic, while 31,061 or 53.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 130 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith. Of the school age population (), there are 4,351 students attending", "title": "Zofingen District" } ]

[ "Willemstad", "Williamtown", "Willemtown" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.06, "text": "103,400 The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. The capital and largest city was Willemstad. Age structure: Population growth rate: 0,79% (2006 est.) Birth rate: 14,78 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) Death rate: 6,45 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) Net migration rate: -0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.) Human sex ratio: Infant mortality rate: 9,76 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: 1.98 children born/woman (2008 est.) Nationality: Ethnic groups: mixed black 85%, Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian 15% Religions: Roman Catholic 72%, Pentecostal 4,9%, Protestant 3.5%, Seventh-day Adventist 3,1%, Methodist 2,9%,", "title": "Demographics of the Netherlands Antilles" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.86, "text": "Willemstad Willemstad (; ) is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formerly the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to its dissolution in 2010, it has an estimated population of 150,000. The historic centre of the city consists of four quarters: the Punda and Otrobanda, which are separated by the Sint Anna Bay, an inlet that leads into the large natural harbour called the Schottegat, as well as the Scharloo and Pietermaai Smal quarters, which are across from each other on the smaller", "title": "Willemstad" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.94, "text": "4e klasse\"\" in The Hague. Queen Beatrix was to tie the prestigious medal to the standard of the incumbents of the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade. On 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles were formally dissolved. The new municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba and the new constituent countries of Curaçao and Sint Maarten were established in its place. The dissolution ceremony in the Netherlands Antilles' capital, Willemstad, was attended by the then-Prince and Princess of Orange, Willem-Alexander and his wife Máxima, representing the Queen. On 30 April 2009, the Queen and other members of the royal family were", "title": "Beatrix of the Netherlands" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.84, "text": "quarterfinal round in his event. The Dutch Antillean flagbearer at the ceremonies was Churandy Martina. The Netherlands Antilles were a union of five Caribbean islands–Curaçao, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten–that, together, constituted a portion of the Realm of the Netherlands alongside the Netherlands themselves and Aruba, and held approximately 300,000 residents. The political power of the Dutch colonies was centered at Willemstad, the capital of both Curaçao and of the Netherlands Antilles. The first Dutch Antillean delegation to compete was an eleven-man team that arrived at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Excluding 1956 and 1980, athletes", "title": "Netherlands Antilles at the 2004 Summer Olympics" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.95, "text": "Sint Maarten Sint Maarten () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. With a population of 40,120 on an area of , it encompasses the southern 40% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 60% of the island constitutes the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Martin. Sint Maarten's capital is Philipsburg. Before 10 October 2010, Sint Maarten was known as the Island Territory of Sint Maarten (), and was one of five island territories (\"\"eilandgebieden\"\") that constituted the Netherlands Antilles. On 6 and 7 September 2017 the", "title": "Sint Maarten" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.81, "text": "Sint Maarten, and a Roman Catholic majority in Bonaire, Curaçao and Saba. Curaçao also hosted a sizeable group of followers of the Jewish religion, descendants of a Portuguese group of Sephardic Jews that arrived from Amsterdam and Brazil from 1654. In 1982, there was a population of about 2,000 Muslims, with an Islamic association and a mosque in the capital. Most Netherlands Antilleans were Dutch citizens and this status permitted and encouraged the young and university-educated to emigrate to the Netherlands. This exodus was considered to be to the islands' detriment, as it created a brain drain. On the other", "title": "Netherlands Antilles" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.72, "text": "in the world. Sint Maarten Sint Maarten () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. With a population of 40,120 on an area of , it encompasses the southern 40% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 60% of the island constitutes the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Martin. Sint Maarten's capital is Philipsburg. Before 10 October 2010, Sint Maarten was known as the Island Territory of Sint Maarten (), and was one of five island territories (\"\"eilandgebieden\"\") that constituted the Netherlands Antilles. On 6 and 7", "title": "Sint Maarten" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.66, "text": "conciliatory gesture of the Orange faction towards the town, and a recognition of the strong civic and republican basis of the new kingdom. Capital of the Netherlands Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands according to the Constitution of the Netherlands, although the States General and the Executive Branch have been situated in The Hague since 1588, along with the Supreme Court and the Council of State. Since the 1983 revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands, Article 32 mentions that \"\"the King shall be sworn in and inaugurated as soon as possible in the capital city, Amsterdam\"\". It is", "title": "Capital of the Netherlands" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.62, "text": "Capital of the Netherlands Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands according to the Constitution of the Netherlands, although the States General and the Executive Branch have been situated in The Hague since 1588, along with the Supreme Court and the Council of State. Since the 1983 revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands, Article 32 mentions that \"\"the King shall be sworn in and inaugurated as soon as possible in the capital city, Amsterdam\"\". It is the only reference in the document stating that Amsterdam is the capital. Only once during its history was Amsterdam both \"\"capital\"\" and seat", "title": "Capital of the Netherlands" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.56, "text": "Antilles–Jan Boersma, a sailor, won the silver medal in his event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Up to and including the Athens games, there have been no other medalists from the Dutch colonies. Three male athletes comprised the Dutch Antillean delegation at the Athens Olympics–Geronimo Goeloe and Churandy Martina in track events, and Eddy Stibbe in equestrianism. Martina carried the flag of the Netherlands Antilles at the ceremonies. Churandy Martina represented the Netherlands Antilles at the Athens Olympics in the men's 100 meters race. Born in Willemstad, the capital city of the island Curaçao, Martina was", "title": "Netherlands Antilles at the 2004 Summer Olympics" } ]

[ "Natchitoches", "Natchitoches, Louisiana" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.31, "text": "Natchitoches, Louisiana Natchitoches ( ; ) is a small city and the parish seat of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. Established in 1714 by Louis Juchereau de St. Denis as part of French Louisiana, the community was named after the indigenous Natchitoches people. The City of Natchitoches was not incorporated until after Louisiana had become a state (1812), on February 5, 1819. It is the oldest permanent settlement in the region. Natchitoches' sister city is Nacogdoches, Texas. It is also the location of Northwestern State University. Natchitoches was established in 1714 by French explorer Louis Juchereau de St. Denis. It", "title": "Natchitoches, Louisiana" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.09, "text": "been filmed here, including: Natchitoches, Louisiana Natchitoches ( ; ) is a small city and the parish seat of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. Established in 1714 by Louis Juchereau de St. Denis as part of French Louisiana, the community was named after the indigenous Natchitoches people. The City of Natchitoches was not incorporated until after Louisiana had become a state (1812), on February 5, 1819. It is the oldest permanent settlement in the region. Natchitoches' sister city is Nacogdoches, Texas. It is also the location of Northwestern State University. Natchitoches was established in 1714 by French explorer Louis Juchereau", "title": "Natchitoches, Louisiana" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.09, "text": "Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Natchitoches Parish () is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,566. The parish seat is Natchitoches. The parish was formed in 1805. The Natchitoches, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Natchitoches Parish. This is the heart of the Cane River Louisiana Creole community, free people of color of mixed-race descent who settled here in the antebellum period. Their descendants continue to be Catholic and many are still French speaking. The Cane River National Heritage Area includes the parish. Among the numerous significant historic sites in", "title": "Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.75, "text": "the parish is the St. Augustine Parish (Isle Brevelle) Church, a destination on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail, founded in 2008. Including extensive outbuildings at Magnolia and Oakland plantations, the Cane River Creole National Historical Park interprets the history and culture of the Louisiana Creoles. It is also on the Heritage Trail. Natchitoches Parish was created by the act of April 10, 1805 that divided the Territory of Orleans into twelve parishes, including Orleans, Iberville, Rapides and Natchitoches. The parish boundaries were much larger than now defined, but were gradually reduced as new parishes were organized following population increases", "title": "Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.45, "text": "land and (3.6%) is water. It is the fourth-largest parish by land area in Louisiana. The primary groundwater resources of Natchitoches Parish, from near surface to deepest, include the Red River alluvial, upland terrace, Sparta, and Carrizo-Wilcox aquifers. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 39,566 people residing in the parish. 54.3% were White, 41.4% Black or African American, 1.0% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.9% of some other race and 2.1% of two or more races. 1.9% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race). As of the census of 2000, there were 39,080 people, 14,263 households, and 9,499", "title": "Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.36, "text": "in the state. Caddo, Claiborne, Bossier, Webster, DeSoto, Bienville, Jackson, Sabine, Red River, Winn, and Grant parishes were eventually formed from Natchitoches' enormous territory. Natchitoches Parish has had fifteen border revisions, making it second only to Ouachita parish in number of boundary revisions. During the antebellum period, numerous large cotton plantations were developed in this area, worked by enslaved African Americans. The parish population was majority black and enslaved by the time of the Civil War. There was also a large mixed-race population of free Creoles of color. Among the institutions they founded was the St. Augustine Parish (Isle Brevelle)", "title": "Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.97, "text": "Los Adaes Los Adaes was the capital of Tejas on the northeastern frontier of New Spain from 1729 to 1770. It included a mission, San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes, and a presidio, Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Los Adaes (Our Lady of the Pillar of the Adaes). The name Adaes represents the indigenous Adai people, who were to be served by the mission. The site, now preserved in the state-run Los Adaes State Historic Site, is located on Louisiana Highway 485 in present-day Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986. Although Spain claimed", "title": "Los Adaes" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.91, "text": "of civilians as well as that of the soldiers.\"\" As the parish seat, Natchitoches suffered from the decline in agricultural population through the mid-20th century, and grew at a markedly lower rate after 1960. The mechanization of agriculture had reduced the number of workers needed, and many moved to cities for jobs. By the early 1970s, the town's businesses were declining, along with many area farms, and buildings were boarded up. In the mid-1970s, Mayor Bobby DeBlieux and other preservationists believed that attracting tourists to the area, based on its historic assets of nearly intact plantations and numerous historic buildings,", "title": "Natchitoches, Louisiana" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.81, "text": "but was killed less than an hour later in a plane headed to Sherman, Texas. The pilot may have suffered a fatal heart attack that interfered with his flying. In 2005, the cartoonist and historian Pap Dean published \"\"Historic Natchitoches: Beauty of the Cane\"\", a study of the history, people, and attractions of the historic city. It is one of the oldest in the state. Harrisonburg, the seat of Catahoula Parish, is the other earliest French settlement in the state. Natchitoches is the home of the oldest general store in Louisiana, the still operating Kaffie-Frederick, Inc., General Mercantile, located on", "title": "Natchitoches, Louisiana" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.67, "text": "Natchitoches Regional Airport Natchitoches Regional Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Natchitoches, a parish seat of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned IER by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. The airport is the location of the plane crash which claimed the lives of Jim Croce and several others at 9:45 PM CDT on September 20, 1973, less than an hour after the end of Croce's", "title": "Natchitoches Regional Airport" } ]

[ "Santiago", "Santiago de Chile", "Santiago, Chile" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.73, "text": "Santiago Santiago (, ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's largest and the most densely populated conurbation, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose total population is 7 million. The city is entirely located in the country's central valley. Most of the city lies between and above mean sea level. Founded in 1541 by the Spanish conqueror Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago has been the capital city of Chile since colonial times. The city has a downtown", "title": "Santiago" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 26.56, "text": "Los Chiles Los Chiles is the capital city of the canton of Los Chiles in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the distrito (district) that includes the city. The district of Los Chiles covers an area of 535.93 km², and has a population of 11,064. The city lies at an elevation of 43 meters above sea level on the San Carlos Plain (Llanura de San Carlos) in northern Costa Rica, 14 kilometers southeast of San Carlos in Nicaragua, 97 kilometers northwest of Ciudad Quesada, 175 kilometers from the provincial capital city of Alajuela,", "title": "Los Chiles" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.8, "text": "Diguillín, Punilla and Itata. The new region's capital is Chillán. It became operational in September 2018. Chile does not utilise the number 13 (XIII) in numbering its regions, most of which increase in number from north to south. Since their creation, each region is headed by a intendant (intendente) appointed by the President of Chile, and a regional board (consejo regional). The intendants count with the direct collaboration of the SEREMI (Ministerial Regional secretary) in specific matters, such as public health, education, agriculture, among others. The SEREMI are appointed by the President. Thanks to the Strengthening of Regionalization Law, since", "title": "Regions of Chile" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.69, "text": "San Fernando, Chile San Fernando is the capital of the province of Colchagua, in central Chile, and the second most populated urban center of the O'Higgins Region. Located close to the Tinguiririca River (a tributary of the Rapel) in a fertile valley, San Fernando sits 339 m (1,112 feet) above sea level. Founded in 1742, it became the provincial capital in 1840. San Fernando is famous for its rodeos, thanks to its location at the heart of the country. The surrounding area yields wheat, forage crops, rice, legumes and grapes. There is also a brand of Chilean wine called \"\"San", "title": "San Fernando, Chile" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.59, "text": "project, located in the called Sanhattan district, reached the 300-meter mark, officially becoming the tallest structure in Latin America. Santiago is Chile's retail capital. Falabella, Paris, Johnson, Ripley, La Polar, and several other department stores dot the mall landscape of Chile. The east side neighborhoods like Vitacura, La Dehesa, and Las Condes are home to Santiago's Alonso de Cordova street, and malls like Parque Arauco, Alto Las Condes, Mall Plaza (a chain of malls present in Chile and other Latin American countries) and Costanera Center are known for their luxurious shopping. Alonso de Cordova, Santiago's equivalent to Rodeo Drive or", "title": "Santiago" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.48, "text": "are some of the finest in Chile. Apart from the national capital itself and its many attractions, the metropolitan region surrounding Santiago includes several attractions such as the Cajón del Maipo, Pomaire, and some of the oldest vineyards in the country, as well as various archaeological sites. Due to its proximity to the capital, the coast of the Valparaiso Region has the largest number of tourists during the summer months, primarily on the central coast and in Viña del Mar. The latter city is considered the \"\"tourist capital of Chile\"\" thanks to its thirteen beaches, its various entertainment centers, one", "title": "Tourism in Chile" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.48, "text": "Plaza de Armas (Santiago) The Plaza de Armas is the main square of Santiago, the capital of Chile. It is the centerpiece of the initial layout of Santiago, which has a square grid pattern. This urban design was accomplished by Pedro de Gamboa, which was appointed by Pedro de Valdivia in 1541. Surrounding the square are some historic buildings, including the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago, Central Post Office Building, Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago, and the building that serves as the seat of local government for Santiago, which was formerly occupied by the Cabildo of the city before", "title": "Plaza de Armas (Santiago)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.41, "text": "the Prueba de Selección Universitaria matriculated in the UC. Santiago is twinned with: Santiago is part of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities from 12 October 1982 establishing brotherly relations with the following cities: Santiago Santiago (, ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's largest and the most densely populated conurbation, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose total population is 7 million. The city is entirely located in the country's central valley. Most of the", "title": "Santiago" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.2, "text": "Chile Chico Chile Chico (Spanish for \"\"Little Chile\"\") is a town in General Carrera Province, Aisén Region, Patagonia, Chile. It is located on the south shore of General Carrera Lake. Chile Chico, which has around 3,000 inhabitants, is the eponymous capital of the commune and capital of the General Carrera Province of the Aysén Region. The town is west of the border with Argentina, and 8 km from the Argentine town of Los Antiguos, with which it is connected by a paved road. A car ferry connects the town with Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez on the north shore of the lake.", "title": "Chile Chico" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.2, "text": "being remodeled. Plaza de Armas (Santiago) The Plaza de Armas is the main square of Santiago, the capital of Chile. It is the centerpiece of the initial layout of Santiago, which has a square grid pattern. This urban design was accomplished by Pedro de Gamboa, which was appointed by Pedro de Valdivia in 1541. Surrounding the square are some historic buildings, including the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago, Central Post Office Building, Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago, and the building that serves as the seat of local government for Santiago, which was formerly occupied by the Cabildo of the", "title": "Plaza de Armas (Santiago)" } ]

[ "Szczecin", "Stettin", "Stralsund" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.95, "text": "a major Swedish fortress, which was repeatedly besieged in subsequent wars. The Treaty of Stettin (1653) didn't change this, but due to the downfall of the Swedish Empire after Charles XII, the city went to Prussia in 1720. Instead Stralsund became Capital of the last remaining parts of Swedish Pomerania 1720-1815. Wars inhibited the city's economic prosperity, which had undergone a deep crisis during the devastation of the Thirty Years' War and was further impeded by the new Swedish-Brandenburg-Prussian frontier, cutting Stettin off from its traditional Farther Pomeranian hinterland. Due to a Plague during the Great Northern War, the city's", "title": "Szczecin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.38, "text": "the Imperialists burnt the bridge that crossed from Wolin to the mainland and continued their retreat. The king had secured both Wolin and Usedom – as the result of which he controlled all of the mouths that the Oder had into the ocean, he went back to his headquarters. Stettin was the capital of Pomerania, and one of the reasons that it was selected as the capital was because it was centrally located in the duchy. The duchy itself was divided roughly in two by the Oder. It had been under siege by the Imperialists for some time but the", "title": "Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.03, "text": "of Eric of Pomerania in 1437, survive virtually unchanged today and, together with Halmstad, are unique in having a helmet and crest included in the achievement of arms. Malmö's City Archives still preserve the letter written April 23, 1437 by Eric, granting his own griffin head arms to the city. Blazon: \"\"Argent, a griffin head [erased] gules crowned Or; the same upon the helmet, issuing from the crown a bundle of ostrich feathers argent and gules.\"\" Stockholm (1250) is the largest city and present-day capital of Sweden. The original city seal depicted a city, but in 1376, the head of", "title": "Swedish heraldry" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.88, "text": "resided in the so-called \"\"king's house\"\". Following the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Swedish Pomerania with Grimmen became part of the Prussian Province of Pomerania. An administrative reform of 1816 made the town capital of a Kreis. In 1853, cholera broke out. At the end Second World War, Grimmen surrendered to the Red Army without fighting in April 1945. In the 1960s, numerous new factories and agricultural enterprises were set up, resulting in prosperity and physical growth of the city. After East Germany's Communist regime collapsed following Die Wende movement of 1989, the town's old buildings were reconstructed. After a", "title": "Grimmen" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.48, "text": "Duke of Pomerania died in 1625. Before the Thirty Years' War reached Pomerania, the city, as well as the entire duchy, declined economically due to the decrease in importance of the Hanseatic League and a conflict between Stettin and Frankfurt an der Oder. Following the Treaty of Stettin of 1630, the town (along with most of Pomerania) was allied to and occupied by the Swedish Empire, which managed to keep the western parts of Pomerania after the death of BogislawXIV in 1637. From the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Stettin became the Capital of Swedish Pomerania. Stettin was turned into", "title": "Szczecin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.38, "text": "of the \"\"Caps\"\" party, baron Anders Johan von Höpken, sent an army of 14,500 men to Stralsund, capital of Swedish Pomerania, under field-marshal Ungern-Sternberg, with his main mission being the capture of Stettin (today in Poland), which controls the mouths of the Oder. The Swedes launched a first offensive but were beaten back in Stralsund by the Prussian army under marshal Lehwaldt. Ungern-Sternberg was replaced by count von Rosen, who took no risks and left himself blockaded in Stralsund. However, a Russian offensive in west Prussia forced Lehwaldt to leave Swedish Pomerania on 27 June 1758. Sweden sent reinforcements and", "title": "Battle of Frisches Haff" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.33, "text": "its capital in the town of Wolin. In 1181 the dukes of Pomerania decided to accept the Holy Roman emperor as their liege lord instead of the Polish king. In 1535 Wolin accepted Protestant Lutheranism. In 1630 the island was captured by Sweden. Later, Pomerania became part of Brandenburg-Prussia (later the Kingdom of Prussia). Wolin followed in 1679. From 1871, the town was part of Germany. After the German-induced Second World War and the Allied agreements that resulted in the transfer of Western Pomerania to Poland in 1945, the (German) population was forcibly expelled to Germany and was replaced with", "title": "Wolin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.23, "text": "Pomerania south of the Peene river (Old Western Pomerania or \"\"Altvorpommern\"\") and the islands of Wollin and Usedom to Brandenburg-Prussia in turn for a 2 million Taler payment. The capital was then moved to Stettin. After the Battle of Zorndorf in 1759 (Seven Years' War), Russian troops made their way into Pomerania and laid a siege on Kolberg. When Kolberg withstood, the Russian troops ravaged Farther Pomerania. Sweden and Russia invaded Brandenburgian Pomerania throughout the years 1760 and 1761. Kolberg was again made a target, withstood a second siege, but not the third one in 1761. In the winter of", "title": "Province of Pomerania (1653–1815)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.16, "text": "south of the Peene river). This part had been Swedish only until 1720, thereafter it was merged into the Prussian Province of Pomerania (1653-1815). New Western Pomerania (north of the river) was administered as Regierungsbezirk Stralsund until it was merged into Regierungsbezirk Stettin in 1932. Stettin, the former ducal residence, was made capital of the province and also was the administrative center of the Regierungsbezirk Stettin. The Stralsund government region (\"\"Regierungsbezirk Stralsund\"\") comprised the Western Pomeranian region of \"\"Neuvorpommern\"\". The reason for creating a Regierungsbezirk as small as Stralsund was that Neuvorpommern had a somewhat different history than the rest", "title": "Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.05, "text": "by Karl August von Hardenberg on 30 April, and the integration of Swedish Pomerania, handed over to Prussia on 23 October. The Hardenberg decree reformed all Prussian territories, which henceforth formed ten (later eight) provinces with similar administrations. After the implementation of the reform, the new Province of Pomerania consisted basically of its predecessor and Swedish Pomerania, but also of the Dramburg and Schivelbein counties. The province was headed by a governor (\"\"Oberpräsident\"\", literally \"\"senior president\"\") with his seat in the capital, Stettin. It was subdivided into government regions (\"\"Regierungsbezirke\"\") headed by a president (\"\"Regierungspräsident\"\"). Initially, two such regions were", "title": "Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)" } ]

[ "Clowne", "Clowne, Derbyshire", "Clowne, Bolsover" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.45, "text": "Derbyshire. It is the main town in the District of Bolsover, which is an electoral constituency and part of Derbyshire. The origin of the name is uncertain. It may be derived from \"\"Bula's Ofer\"\" or \"\" Boll's Ofer\"\", respectively the Old English for \"\"Bull's Ridge\"\" or \"\"Boll's Ridge\"\" (the ridge associated with a person named \"\"Boll\"\"), alternatively in the 1650s it was referred to as 'Bolsouer'. Bolsover is mentioned in Domesday Book, named as Belesovre, where it is described as the property of William Peverel (or \"\"Peveril\"\"). The description refers to the villans, the ploughs, of meadow and woodland pasture,", "title": "Bolsover" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.11, "text": "Bolsover Bolsover is a small town near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. It is 145 miles (233 km) from London, 18 miles (29 km) from Sheffield, 26 miles (42 km) from Nottingham and 54 miles (87 km) from Manchester. It is the main town in the Bolsover district. The civil parish for the town is called Old Bolsover. It includes the town and the New Bolsover model village, along with Carr Vale, Shuttlewood, Stanfree, Oxcroft and Whaley. Its population at the 2011 UK Census was 11,673. Bolsover, along with several nearby villages, is situated in the north east of the county of", "title": "Bolsover" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.91, "text": "Bolsover, Ontario Bolsover is a village located in the city of Kawartha Lakes, west of the village of Kirkfield at the junction of Kawartha Lakes Road 48 and Kawartha Lakes Road 46. The village is located to the south of Canal Lake. The community is likely named for Bolsover in Derbyshire, England. By 1869, Bolsover was a Village with a population of 150 in the Township of Eldon County Victoria. It was established on the Talbot River. It was on the line of the proposed Toronto and Nipissing Railway. There was a stage to Woodville. The average price of land", "title": "Bolsover, Ontario" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.81, "text": "Bolsover Street Bolsover Street is in the Parish of St Marylebone in London’s West End. In administrative terms it lies within the City of Westminster's Marylebone High Street Ward and is partly in the Harley Street Conservation Area whilst also sitting on the edges of the Regents Park and East Marylebone Conservation Areas. The predominant land use on Bolsover Street is office business use, mixed with hotels (and YHA Hostel), medical and professional activity. Numerous communications, new media and broadcast entities are located in offices on the street. Residential presence on the street is strongest at its northern and closest", "title": "Bolsover Street" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.61, "text": "close by in Clipstone Mews. Bolsover Street Bolsover Street is in the Parish of St Marylebone in London’s West End. In administrative terms it lies within the City of Westminster's Marylebone High Street Ward and is partly in the Harley Street Conservation Area whilst also sitting on the edges of the Regents Park and East Marylebone Conservation Areas. The predominant land use on Bolsover Street is office business use, mixed with hotels (and YHA Hostel), medical and professional activity. Numerous communications, new media and broadcast entities are located in offices on the street. Residential presence on the street is strongest", "title": "Bolsover Street" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.59, "text": "Bolsover District Bolsover is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. Its council is based in Clowne. At the 2011 Census, the district had a population of 75,866. The district council is a non-constituent partner member of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority. There are fourteen town and parish councils within the district. In addition to the town councils of Old Bolsover and Shirebrook, there are the parish councils of: Other settlements include Broadmeadows, Hilcote, Langwith, Old Blackwell, Newton, Palterton, Shirebrook and Westhouses. The current district boundaries date from 1 April 1974, when the urban district of Bolsover was merged", "title": "Bolsover District" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.42, "text": "claimed the Castle Estate is 'the land time forgot'. In 2011 Bolsover featured on BBC2's \"\"Antiques Road Trip\"\". Bolsover Bolsover is a small town near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. It is 145 miles (233 km) from London, 18 miles (29 km) from Sheffield, 26 miles (42 km) from Nottingham and 54 miles (87 km) from Manchester. It is the main town in the Bolsover district. The civil parish for the town is called Old Bolsover. It includes the town and the New Bolsover model village, along with Carr Vale, Shuttlewood, Stanfree, Oxcroft and Whaley. Its population at the 2011 UK Census", "title": "Bolsover" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.36, "text": "Bolsover Castle Bolsover Castle is a castle in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England (). It was built in the early 17th century by the Cavendish family, on the site of a medieval castle founded in the 12th century by the Peverel family. The site is now in the care of English Heritage and is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. A castle was built by the Peverel family in the 12th century and became Crown property in 1155 when William Peverel the Younger died. The Ferrers family who were Earls of Derby laid claim to the Peveril property.", "title": "Bolsover Castle" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.27, "text": "F.C. Bolsover Football Club Bolsover is a football club based in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Shirebrook Town's Langwith Road ground. The club was originally established in 2013, but were denied entry to the Central Midlands League for the 2013–14 season as they were unable to meet the ground grading criteria. In 2016 the club was re-established and joined the North Division of the Central Midlands League. They went on to win the division at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One of the Northern Counties East League. The club initially played", "title": "F.C. Bolsover" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.08, "text": "at Shirebrook Academy before relocating to Shirebrook Town's Langwith Road ground. F.C. Bolsover Football Club Bolsover is a football club based in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Shirebrook Town's Langwith Road ground. The club was originally established in 2013, but were denied entry to the Central Midlands League for the 2013–14 season as they were unable to meet the ground grading criteria. In 2016 the club was re-established and joined the North Division of the Central Midlands League. They went on to win the division at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division", "title": "F.C. Bolsover" } ]

[ "Mamoudzou" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.17, "text": "and a habitat for fish. Dzaoudzi was the capital of Mayotte (and earlier the capital of all the colonial Comoros) until 1977, when the capital relocated at Mamoudzou on the main island of Grande-Terre. It is situated on Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi), which at is the largest of several islets adjacent to Maore. Mayotte is surrounded by a typical tropical coral reef. It consists in a large outer barrier reef, enclosing one of the world's largest and deepest lagoons, followed by a fringing reef, interrupted by many mangroves. All Mayotte waters are ruled by a National marine Park, and many places", "title": "Mayotte" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.94, "text": "Mamoudzou Mamoudzou (; Shimaore Comorian: \"\"Momoju\"\") is the capital of the French overseas region and department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean. Mamoudzou is the most populated commune (municipality) of Mayotte. It is located on Grande-Terre (or Mahoré), the main island of Mayotte. The former capital of Mayotte was Dzaoudzi, on the small island of Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi), but Mamoudzou was chosen as the capital in 1977. In the 1985 census, 12,026 people were recorded in the main town. There have been environment concerns about marine pollution in the area; \"\"important degradation in the quality of the coastal waters\"\" between", "title": "Mamoudzou" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.52, "text": "\"\"Mamoudzou La Kaz. A ferry service is provided for tourists to the island of Petite Terre. Mamoudzou Mamoudzou (; Shimaore Comorian: \"\"Momoju\"\") is the capital of the French overseas region and department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean. Mamoudzou is the most populated commune (municipality) of Mayotte. It is located on Grande-Terre (or Mahoré), the main island of Mayotte. The former capital of Mayotte was Dzaoudzi, on the small island of Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi), but Mamoudzou was chosen as the capital in 1977. In the 1985 census, 12,026 people were recorded in the main town. There have been environment concerns", "title": "Mamoudzou" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.73, "text": "reef that encircles much of the island ensures protection for ships and a habitat for fish. Dzaoudzi, capital of the Comoros until 1962 and now Mayotte's administrative center, is situated on a rocky outcropping off the east shore of the main island. Dzaoudzi is linked by a causeway to le Pamanzi, which at ten kilometers in area is the largest of several islets adjacent to Mayotte. Islets are also scattered in the coastal waters of Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Mohéli. Comorian waters are the habitat of the coelacanth, a rare fish with limblike fins and a cartilaginous skeleton, the fossil", "title": "Geography of the Comoros" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.34, "text": "Dzaoudzi Dzaoudzi is a commune in the French overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean. The commune of Dzaoudzi (sometimes called Dzaoudzi-Labattoir), made up of the twin towns of Dzaoudzi and Labattoir, is located on the small island of Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi). It was previously the capital of Mayotte, but the capital was relocated in 1977 to Mamoudzou, on the island of Grande-Terre (Maore), the main island of Mayotte. The Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte has been based in Dzaoudzi since 1973. The town of Dzaoudzi is located on a rocky outcropping which was once a separate islet. It", "title": "Dzaoudzi" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.83, "text": "Demographics of Mayotte This article is about the demographic features of the population of Mayotte, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Mayotte's population density went from 179 persons per square kilometer in 1985 to 251 per square kilometer in 1991. Its capital, Dzaoudzi, had a population of 5,865 according to the 1985 census; the island's largest town, Mamoudzou, had 12,026 people. The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. Population: 178,437 (July 2003 est.) Age structure: <br>\"\"0-14 years:\"\" 46.5% (male 41,632;", "title": "Demographics of Mayotte" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.7, "text": "Grande-Terre (Mayotte) Grande-Terre (or Maore) is the main island of the French overseas region of Mayotte. The island is located in the northern Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean, namely between northwestern Madagascar and northeastern Mozambique. Its biggest city and prefecture is Mamoudzou. The territory is geographically part of the Comoro Islands, but the people of Mayotte chose to remain politically a part of France in the 1975 referendum. The territory is also known as Maore, the native name of its main island, especially by advocates of its inclusion in the Union of Comoros. In a 2009 referendum, 95.2% of", "title": "Grande-Terre (Mayotte)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.61, "text": "is thirty kilometers long and twelve kilometers wide, with an area of 290 square kilometers. It is the smallest of the four islands and has a central mountain chain reaching 860 meters at its highest. Like Grande Comore, it retains stands of rain forest. Mohéli's capital is Fomboni. Mayotte, geologically the oldest of the four islands, is thirty-nine kilometers long and twenty-two kilometers wide, totaling 375 square kilometers, and its highest points are between 500 and 600 meters above sea level. Because of greater weathering of the volcanic rock, the soil is relatively rich in some areas. A well-developed coral", "title": "Geography of the Comoros" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.61, "text": "countries of the Mozambique Channel, making it a major destination for illegal immigration. Mayotte's area is and, with its 256,518 people at the 2017 census, is very densely populated at 686 per km (1,777 per sq mi). The biggest city and prefecture is Mamoudzou on Grande-Terre. However, the Dzaoudzi–Pamandzi International Airport is located on the neighbouring island of Petite-Terre. The territory is geographically part of the Comoro Islands. The territory is also known as Maore, the native name of its main island, especially by advocates of its inclusion in the Union of the Comoros. Although, as a department, Mayotte is", "title": "Mayotte" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.5, "text": "and the first with a population overwhelmingly of the Muslim faith. The move has been opposed by the African Union and Comoros, who claim it is \"\"occupation by a foreign power\"\" and several protests have been held in Moroni, capital of Comoros. The Comoran vice-president said the vote was a \"\"declaration of war\"\". The population of Mayotte was approximately 186,000 at the time of the election. Ninety-five percent of Mahorans are Sunni Muslims. Many Mahorans are fluent only in local languages, including Shimaore and Bushi, rather than the French language. It is believed that one-third of the population consists of", "title": "2009 Mahoran status referendum" } ]

[ "Havana", "La Habana", "Habana", "Havana, Cuba" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.3, "text": "Havana Havana (; Spanish: \"\"La Habana\"\" ) is the capital city, largest city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba. The city has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of – making it the largest city by area, the most populous city, and the fourth largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The city of Havana was founded by the Spanish in the 16th century and due to its strategic location it served as a springboard for the Spanish conquest of the Americas, becoming a stopping point for treasure-laden Spanish galleons returning to", "title": "Havana" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 26.11, "text": "the capital of the Spanish colony of Cuba. The city was plundered by French forces in 1553, by British forces in 1603 and again in 1662 under Christopher Myngs. The city experienced an influx of French and British immigrants in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, many coming from Haiti after the Haitian slave revolt of 1791. This added to the city's eclectic cultural mix, already rich with Spanish and African culture. It was also the location where Spanish troops faced their main defeat at San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898, during the Spanish–American War. After capturing the", "title": "Santiago de Cuba" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.69, "text": "Matanzas Matanzas () is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas (Spanish \"\"Bahia de Matanzas\"\"), east of the capital Havana and west of the resort town of Varadero. Matanzas is called the \"\"City of Bridges\"\", for the seventeen bridges that cross the three rivers that traverse the city (Rio Yumuri, San Juan, and Canimar). For this reason it was referred to as the \"\"Venice of Cuba.\"\" It was also called \"\"La Atenas de Cuba\"\"", "title": "Matanzas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.56, "text": "Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city of Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana. The municipality extends over , and contains the communities of Antonio Maceo, Bravo, Castillo Duany, Daiquirí, El Caney, El Cobre, El Cristo, Guilera, Leyte Vidal, Moncada and Siboney. Historically Santiago de Cuba has long been the second-most important city on the island after Havana, and still remains the second-largest. It is on a bay connected to the Caribbean Sea and is an", "title": "Santiago de Cuba" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.3, "text": "N 75° 49' 45.75\"\" W, some of the capital, Havana. Historically Santiago de Cuba has been the second-largest city in Cuba, behind Havana. It features a bay connected to the Caribbean Sea and is a major port. The municipality of Santiago de Cuba, where is its capital city, is the most populated of Cuba. The city has been growing at the bottom of the bay and is surrounded on land by the Sierra Maestra. This determines the hot and humid climate of the place, the landscapes features rich composition of urban elements, natural and marine at the same time. It", "title": "Santiago de Cuba" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.14, "text": "Cienfuegos Cienfuegos (), capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about from Havana and has a population of 150,000. The city is dubbed \"\"La Perla del Sur\"\" (Pearl of the South). \"\"Cienfuegos\"\" literally translates to \"\"one hundred fires\"\"—\"\"cien\"\" meaning \"\"one hundred\"\", \"\"fuegos\"\" meaning \"\"fires\"\". The area where the city lies was identified as \"\"Cacicazgo de Jagua\"\" by early Spanish conquistadors. It was originally settled by Taino indigenous people. \"\"Cacicazgo\"\" translates from the Taino language as \"\"chiefdom\"\". Cacicazgo de Jagua was therefore the chiefdom of Chief Jagua. The city was later settled", "title": "Cienfuegos" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25, "text": "and built a villa here and named the place 'Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa', thus making Baracoa the first capital of Cuba. In 1518 it received the title of city and the first Cuban bishop was appointed here. As a result, several remains of the Spanish occupation can still be seen here, such as the fortifications El Castillo, Matachín and La Punta and the cemetery. In the 16th and 17th centuries the isolated location made it a haven for illegal trade with the French and English. At the beginning of the 19th century many French fled here from", "title": "Baracoa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.92, "text": "Santa Clara, Cuba Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara. It is located in the most central region of the province and almost in the most central region of the country. With a population near a quarter million, Santa Clara is the 5th largest Cuban city by population. Santa Clara was founded by 175 people on July 15, 1689. One hundred and thirty-eight of them were represented by two large families already living in the area and, therefore, owners of the land next to the new city. The other 37 came from 7 other", "title": "Santa Clara, Cuba" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.89, "text": "Casablanca, Havana Casablanca () is a ward (\"\"consejo popular\"\") of the city of Havana, the capital of Cuba, belonging to the municipal borough of Regla. It is situated to the east of the entrance to Havana Harbor. In 1762, the year of the capture of Havana by the British, a suburb of this name already existed. After 1763 navigators of cabotage and carpenters who repaired merchant ships lived there, and the carpenters established several workshops, in addition to the workshop that was created for the arsenal of the square. In 1846 it had 894 inhabitants and 120 houses. In 1858", "title": "Casablanca, Havana" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.75, "text": "Bayamo Bayamo is the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba and one of the largest cities in the Oriente region. The community of Bayamo lies on a plain by the Bayamo River. It is affected by the violent Bayamo wind. One of the most important education institutions in the province is the University of Granma. Bayamo was the second of the seven cities founded by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar; it was established on November 5, 1513. Francisco Iznaga, a Basque landowner in the western portion of Cuba during the first 30 years of the colonization of Cuba, was", "title": "Bayamo" } ]

[ "Sofia", "Serdica", "Sredez", "Sofija", "Sredets" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.52, "text": "Sofia Sofia ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The city is at the foot of Vitosha Mountain in the western part of the country. Being in the centre of the Balkan peninsula, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of Sofia begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi, raided by Huns in 343-347 AD", "title": "Sofia" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.36, "text": "Bulgaria Bulgaria (; , '), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (, ', ), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of , Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country. One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Neolithic Karanovo culture, which dates back to 6,500 BC. In the 6th to 3rd century BC", "title": "Bulgaria" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.27, "text": "UEFA. Bulgaria Bulgaria (; , '), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (, ', ), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of , Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country. One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Neolithic Karanovo culture, which dates back to 6,500 BC. In the 6th to 3rd century", "title": "Bulgaria" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.09, "text": "be assigned; in the sixteenth century Sredetz and Sophia were used simultaneously. In 1382 the city was captured by the Ottoman Turks, and for more than four centuries it was the residence of the beglerbeg (governor general) of all Rumelia. In 1878 Sophia was chosen as the capital of the tributary Principality of Bulgaria, and since 1908 became the capital of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, later of the present republic. Council of Sardica was summoned as an Ecumenical Council in 342, 343, or 347 in response to the Arian Heresy. Emperors Constans and Constantius, the two remaining sons of Constantine", "title": "Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.97, "text": "Sofia Capital Municipality Sofia Capital Municipality (, \"\"Stolichna obshtina\"\" (also transcribed as \"\"Stolična obština\"\"), \"\"Capital Municipality\"\") is a obshtina (\"\"municipality\"\") in Sofia City Province, Western Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Sofia, which is also the capital of Sofia City Province and Sofia Province and the capital of Bulgaria as well. The municipality is located mainly in the Sofia field, and also in the foots and lower parts of the mountains of Stara planina and Vitosha, Plana, Lozen, Rila. It is home to 1,442,927 inhabitants from which 1.26 million live in Sofia (as of", "title": "Sofia Capital Municipality" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.8, "text": "Bulgaria (theme) The Theme of Bulgaria was a province of the Byzantine Empire established by Emperor Basil II after the conquest of Bulgaria in 1018. Its capital was Skopje and it was governed by a strategos. Initially the Byzantine emperor Basil II issued an order that the tax system of the subdued Bulgarian kingdom continue to be applied in the annexed Bulgarian lands. The Bulgarian patriarchate was downgraded to an archbishopric called Archbishopric of Ohrid, that retained an autocephalous status. The Bulgarian aristocracy also retained its position. Troops were recruited mainly from the Bulgarian population. However, only ten years later", "title": "Bulgaria (theme)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.66, "text": "to Habsburg or Tsarist territories. Sofia was seized by Russian forces in 1878, during the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78, and became the capital of the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria in 1879, which became the Kingdom of Bulgaria in 1908. Most mosques in Sofia perished in that war, seven of them destroyed in one night in December 1878 when a thunderstorm masked the noise of the explosions arranged by Russian military engineers. Following the war, the great majority of the Muslim population left Sofia. In 1907 the Monument to the Tsar Liberator was inaugurated on Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard in Sofia. In 1925,", "title": "History of Sofia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.66, "text": "Treaty of San Stefano on 3 March 1878, the Principality of Bulgaria included the lands with predominantly Bulgarian population. Plovdiv which was the biggest and most vibrant Bulgarian city was selected as a capital of the restored country and for a seat of the Temporary Russian Government. Great Britain and Austria-Hungary, however, did not approve that treaty and the final result of the war was concluded in the Congress of Berlin which divided the newly liberated country into several parts. It separated the autonomous region of Eastern Rumelia from Bulgaria, and Plovdiv became its capital. The Ottoman Empire created a", "title": "Plovdiv" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.58, "text": "Veliko Tarnovo Province Veliko Tarnovo () is a province in the middle of the northern part of Bulgaria. Its capital city, Veliko Tarnovo, is of historical significance as it is known as the capital of Medieval Bulgaria. The province is divided into 10 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 275,395 inhabitants. Other towns in the province include Gorna Oryahovitsa, which is within 10 kilometres of Veliko Tarnovo, Svishtov, set on Danube River and famous for its Tsenov Academy of Economics, and Suhindol, the hometown of \"\"Lovico\"\" — an internationally recognised label for fine wines and spirits.", "title": "Veliko Tarnovo Province" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.55, "text": "of Otto von Bismarck of Germany and Benjamin Disraeli of United Kingdom, revised the earlier treaty, and scaled back the proposed Bulgarian state. A widely autonomous Principality of Bulgaria was created, between the Danube and the Stara Planina range, with its seat at the old Bulgarian capital of Veliko Turnovo, and including Sofia. This state was to be under nominal Ottoman sovereignty but was to be ruled by a prince elected by a congress of Bulgarian notables and approved by the Powers. They insisted that the Prince could not be a Russian, but in a compromise Prince Alexander of Battenberg,", "title": "Principality of Bulgaria" } ]

[ "Tarusa" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.55, "text": "the Old Cemetery. Tarusa Tarusa (), also known as Tarussa (), is a town and the administrative center of Tarussky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River, northeast of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: The name is from that of the Tarusa River, a tributary of the Oka; \"\"Tar-\"\" is a hydronym base characteristic of regions of ancient Baltic settlement. According to a popular belief, the name derives from Tarusa's geohistorical position as a border town to the adjoining realm of Lithuania situated on the bank of the Oka. Questions", "title": "Tarusa" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.48, "text": "Tarusa Tarusa (), also known as Tarussa (), is a town and the administrative center of Tarussky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River, northeast of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: The name is from that of the Tarusa River, a tributary of the Oka; \"\"Tar-\"\" is a hydronym base characteristic of regions of ancient Baltic settlement. According to a popular belief, the name derives from Tarusa's geohistorical position as a border town to the adjoining realm of Lithuania situated on the bank of the Oka. Questions about travelers' whereabouts", "title": "Tarusa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.67, "text": "Tarbagataysky District Tarbagataysky District (; ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a \"\"selo\"\") of Tarbagatay. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 16,476, with the population of Tarbagatay accounting for 26.2% of that number. Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tarbagataysky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia. The district is divided into ten selsoviets, which", "title": "Tarbagataysky District" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.58, "text": "the Soviet literature. The book introduced to the public such authors as Bulat Okudzhava, Vladimir Maksimov, Frida Vigdorova, Nadezhda Mandelstam, and Naum Korzhavin, who enjoyed immense popularity in the later years. Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tarusa serves as the administrative center of Tarussky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the town of Tarusa is incorporated within Tarussky Municipal District as Tarusa Urban Settlement. The town has a number of popular museums—the Tarusa Regional Museum of Local Lore and the Tsvetayevs Family Museum. It is also home to the Tarusa Town Picture Gallery, which", "title": "Tarusa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.44, "text": "Tarinkot Tarīnkōṭ (), also spelled as Tarin Kowt, is the capital of Urozgan Province (also written \"\"\"\"Uruzgan\"\"\"\") in southern Afghanistan in the Tarinkot District. Tarinkot city has a population of 71,604 (2015), with some 200 small shops in the city's bazaar. In Tarinkot district, two major Pashtun tribal confederations are represented, Tareen tribes: Popolzai, Barakzai, Nurzai, Achakzai; and the Ghilzai tribes: Tokhi, Hotak. There are no medium or large-scale economic enterprises in the city. The provincial governor, currently Asadullah Hamdam, lives and works in a compound adjacent to the bazaar. Tarinkot is a Provincial Centre in south central Afghanistan. The", "title": "Tarinkot" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.95, "text": "winters. Precipitation is low, and mostly falls from December to March. Tarinkot Tarīnkōṭ (), also spelled as Tarin Kowt, is the capital of Urozgan Province (also written \"\"\"\"Uruzgan\"\"\"\") in southern Afghanistan in the Tarinkot District. Tarinkot city has a population of 71,604 (2015), with some 200 small shops in the city's bazaar. In Tarinkot district, two major Pashtun tribal confederations are represented, Tareen tribes: Popolzai, Barakzai, Nurzai, Achakzai; and the Ghilzai tribes: Tokhi, Hotak. There are no medium or large-scale economic enterprises in the city. The provincial governor, currently Asadullah Hamdam, lives and works in a compound adjacent to the", "title": "Tarinkot" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.83, "text": "Tarki Tarki (; ), formerly also spelled Terki and Terkee and also known as Tarku (), is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of Sovetsky City District of the City of Makhachkala in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the Tarkitau Mountain. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 15,356. According to some scholars, Tarki sits on the site of Samandar, the capital of Khazaria until the early 8th century. In 1396, Timur passed through Tarki during the Tokhtamysh–Timur war. In the middle ages the Shamkhalate state is formed, lately becoming Shamkhalate of Tarki.", "title": "Tarki" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.78, "text": "Tarsky District Tarsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Tara (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 19,242 (2010 Census); Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tarsky District is one of the thirty-two in the oblast. The town of Tara serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that", "title": "Tarsky District" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.67, "text": "Tarnogsky District Tarnogsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Ustyansky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the north, Nyuksensky District in the east, Totemsky District in the south, and with Verkhovazhsky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a \"\"selo\"\") of Tarnogsky Gorodok. District's population: 15,363 (2002 Census); The population of Tarnogsky Gorodok accounts for 41.8% of the district's total population. The district is located at the", "title": "Tarnogsky District" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.52, "text": "comprise twenty-three rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tarbagataysky Municipal District. Its ten selsoviets are incorporated as ten rural settlements within the municipal district. The \"\"selo\"\" of Tarbagatay serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district. Tarbagataysky District Tarbagataysky District (; ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a \"\"selo\"\") of Tarbagatay. As of the 2010 Census,", "title": "Tarbagataysky District" } ]

[ "Lyubertsy" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.44, "text": "Lyuberetsky District as the Town of Lyubertsy. As a municipal division, the Town of Lyubertsy is incorporated within Lyuberetsky Municipal District as Lyubertsy Urban Settlement. Lyubertsy is a major industrial center. There are over twenty-five industrial enterprises and a large railway junction. Prevailing branches of industry are mechanical engineering, metalworking, production of construction materials, woodworking, and food processing. The largest enterprises include: Lyubertsy Lyubertsy () is a city and the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: It was first mentioned in 1621 and was granted town status in 1925. It is sometimes described as a working", "title": "Lyubertsy" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.42, "text": "Lyubertsy Lyubertsy () is a city and the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: It was first mentioned in 1621 and was granted town status in 1925. It is sometimes described as a working class suburb of Moscow. Lyubertsy was home to the Lyubers Soviet sports youth movement in the 1980s. During the perestroika years of the 1990s, the Lyubers, and by association Lyubertsy, formed a part of the emerging organized crime syndicates. Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lyubertsy serves as the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within", "title": "Lyubertsy" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.8, "text": "Oktyabrsky, Lyuberetsky District, Moscow Oblast Oktyabrsky () is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Lyuberetsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located southeast of Moscow and south of Lyubertsy. Population: It has been known since the 18th century, when it was called the village of Balyatino. It was renamed in 1917. A large textile factory known as Shorigin's factory (renamed \"\"Fabrika Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii\"\" in 1917). Known since Peter the Great as the backswords manufacturer, but later production was converted to textile. In 1912, factory invested into the new production lines shipped from United Kingdom and soon became an important one", "title": "Oktyabrsky, Lyuberetsky District, Moscow Oblast" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.06, "text": "in the region. In time of the second world war the factory produced the camouflage tents for the front line. The factory played unique and important role in the settlement's life throughout the centuries and it was mirrored on the modern coat of arms. Nowadays is known as Textile-Profi trade complex. There is a history museum. The Local Government Board of Oktyabrsky is headed by Yury Baydukov since 2000. He was re-elected in 2005. Oktyabrsky, Lyuberetsky District, Moscow Oblast Oktyabrsky () is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Lyuberetsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located southeast of Moscow and", "title": "Oktyabrsky, Lyuberetsky District, Moscow Oblast" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.94, "text": "a crude kerb-stone fence still remain. Another historic site of Kraskovo is the brick empire Vladimir church, constructed in 1831–1832. In 1898, the first hospital opened, which is known today as Lyuberetsky District Hospital #1. There are also children and adult clinics and a veterinarian for domestic animals. Children pre-schools and schools of general education, children intellectual development center, a stadium and a sporting school. State professional vocational training lyceum and Moscow artistic teacher's training college of technology and design. The former Heads of the Local Government Board are Iskander Izmaylovich Badayev and Sergey Petrovich Bykov. On September 28, 2008", "title": "Kraskovo, Moscow Oblast" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.81, "text": "Lyubim Lyubim () is a town and the administrative center of Lyubimsky District in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located by the Obnora River (a tributary of the Kostroma River). Population: Known since 1546, it was granted town status in 1777. Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lyubim serves as the administrative center of Lyubimsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Lyubimsky District as the town of district significance of Lyubim. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Lyubim, together with Lyubimsky Rural Okrug (which comprises seventeen rural localities), is incorporated within Lyubimsky Municipal District as", "title": "Lyubim" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.72, "text": "Tomilino Tomilino () is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Lyuberetsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: In terms of population, Tomilino is the largest urban-type settlement in Lyuberetsky District. Tomilino consists of a multistory buildings sector and a private houses sector. Railway station in southeast from Moscow. In the 19th century, Tomilino was an estate of Obolensky knyazes. Tomilino was officially founded in 1894 by merchant Tomilin as a suburban settlement where he built his own house. It became very attractive for people because of a very close location to Moscow. Later Tomilino became known as a scientific", "title": "Tomilino" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.7, "text": "Lyubim Urban Settlement. Lyubim is home to a railway station and some wood-processing industry. Lyubim Lyubim () is a town and the administrative center of Lyubimsky District in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located by the Obnora River (a tributary of the Kostroma River). Population: Known since 1546, it was granted town status in 1777. Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lyubim serves as the administrative center of Lyubimsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Lyubimsky District as the town of district significance of Lyubim. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Lyubim, together with Lyubimsky", "title": "Lyubim" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.52, "text": "Lyubytinsky District Lyubytinsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Tikhvinsky District of Leningrad Oblast in the north, Boksitogorsky District of Leningrad Oblast in the northeast, Khvoyninsky District in the east, Borovichsky District in the southeast, Okulovsky District in the southwest, Malovishersky District in the west, and with Kirishsky District of Leningrad Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Lyubytino. Population: 12,432 (2002", "title": "Lyubytinsky District" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.47, "text": "Lyuteranska Street Vulytsya Lyuteranska or Lutheran Street () is a street located in the Lypky neighborhood of the Pechersk District in central Kiev (\"\"Kyiv\"\"), the capital of Ukraine. One of the most distinguished features are the House of the Weeping Widow and the Lutheran Church of Saint Catherine. The street stretches for about half of a mile between Khreshchatyk and Vulytsya Shovkovychna. Among other streets that connect to vulytysa Lyuteranska are Vulytsya Bankova, Vulytsya Zankovetska, and Vulytsya Kruhlouniversitetska. The street is believed to be originated sometime in the beginning of 19th century under the name of Grafskaya. In 1812 the", "title": "Lyuteranska Street" } ]

[ "Nouakchott", "Nouakchott, Mauritania", "Nawākshūṭ", "Nawakshut", "Capital of Mauritania", "Nouakchot", "Noukchott", "Nuwākshūṭ" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.31, "text": "Nouakchott Nouakchott (; ; \"\"\"\", originally derived from Berber Nawākšūṭ, \"\"place of the winds\"\") is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. It is one of the largest cities in the Sahara. The city also serves as the administrative and economic centre of Mauritania. Nouakchott was a small village of little importance until 1958, when it was chosen as the capital of the nascent nation of Mauritania. It was designed and built to accommodate 15,000 people, but drought and increasing desertification since the 1970s have displaced a vast number of Mauritanians who resettled in Nouakchott. This caused massive urban growth", "title": "Nouakchott" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.8, "text": "Approximately 90% of Mauritania's land is within the Sahara; consequently, the population is concentrated in the south, where precipitation is slightly higher. The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast, which is home to around one-third of the country's /1e6 round 1 million people. The government was overthrown on 6 August 2008, in a military coup d'état led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. On 16 April 2009, Aziz resigned from the military to run for president in the 19 July elections, which he won. The ancient tribes of Mauritania were Berber people. The Bafours were", "title": "Mauritania" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25, "text": "Zouérat Zouérat () is the largest town in northern Mauritania and the capital of Tiris Zemmour region, with an approximate population of 44,649 (2013). It lies at the eastern end of the Mauritania Railway to Nouadhibou. The town is a centre for iron ore mining, including the mines of Fderîck, Tazadit and Rouessa. Iron ore deposits were first discovered near Kediet ej Jill in 1952 and in 1958 concessions on iron extraction were given to Miferma, Société des mines de fer de Mauritanie, which is dominated by European-based mining companies. In 1974 Miferma was nationalized by the Mauritanian government. The", "title": "Zouérat" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.95, "text": "capital of Mauritania. After gaining independence, larger numbers of indigenous Sub-Saharan African peoples (Haalpulaar, Soninke, and Wolof) entered Mauritania, moving into the area north of the Senegal River. Educated in French language and customs, many of these recent arrivals became clerks, soldiers, and administrators in the new state. This occurred as the French militarily suppressed the most intransigent Hassane tribes in the north. This changed the former balance of power, and new conflicts arose between the southern populations and Moors. Between these groups stood African origins, who is part of the Arab society, integrated into a low-caste social position. Modern-day", "title": "Mauritania" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.83, "text": "the coast is gentle but substantial, such that Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott (18°N, 16°W), is far enough west to share longitude with Iceland (13–22°W). Nouakchott is the westernmost capital of the Arab World and the third-westernmost in Africa, and sits on the Atlantic fringe of the southwestern Sahara. Next south along the coast from Mauritania is Senegal, whose abrupt border belies the gradient in culture from Arab to indigenous African that historically characterizes this part of West Africa. Arab Africa's boundary to the north is again a continental boundary, the Mediterranean Sea. This boundary begins in the west with the narrow", "title": "Arab world" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.67, "text": "Joseph. It is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nouakchott, founded in 1965. Nouakchott hosts nine of the thirteen teams of the Mauritanian Premier League. Nouakchott is twinned with: Nouakchott Nouakchott (; ; \"\"\"\", originally derived from Berber Nawākšūṭ, \"\"place of the winds\"\") is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. It is one of the largest cities in the Sahara. The city also serves as the administrative and economic centre of Mauritania. Nouakchott was a small village of little importance until 1958, when it was chosen as the capital of the nascent nation of Mauritania. It was designed", "title": "Nouakchott" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.25, "text": "Tiris Zemmour Region Tiris Zemmour () is the northern-most region of Mauritania. Its capital is Zouérat. Other major cities/towns include F'dérik and Bir Moghrein. The region borders Algeria to the north-east, Mali to east, the Mauritanian region of Adrar to the south and Western Sahara to west and north-west. As of 2013, the population of the region was 53,261, compared to 49,842 in 2011. As of 2008, the activity rate was 50.80 and economic dependency ratio was 0.71. As of 2008, the literacy rate for people aged 15 years and over was 81.00. As of 2013, the population of the", "title": "Tiris Zemmour Region" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.23, "text": "Atar, Mauritania Atar (, Berber for \"\"mountain\"\") is a town in northwestern Mauritania, the capital of the Adrar Region and the main settlement on the Adrar Plateau. It is home to an airport, a museum and a historic mosque, constructed in 1674. In 2013 it had a population of 25,190. The Adrar's mountains are from the primary era against the precambrian Tiris Zemmour. Near Atar, you can find stromatolites. In the North, you can find Choum with the train that comes from Nouadhibou and goes to Zouerate. East of Atar, through Amojjar Pass, is the difficult way to Chinguetti, Ouadane", "title": "Atar, Mauritania" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.11, "text": "Néma Néma is a town in southeastern Mauritania, close to the border with Mali. It is located at around at the eastern end of the Aoukar. It is the capital of Hodh Ech Chargui Region and of the Néma Department. While the urban population of Nema is approximately 50–60,000, the surrounding rural sites served by the city make it closer to 200,000. Mauritanians value brousse, or country living, as a throwback to their nomadic roots. \"\"The Road of Hope,\"\" which stretches from the capital, Nouakchott, ends in Nema near the market quartier. There are ten quartiers, sections, of the city,", "title": "Néma" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.97, "text": "Guidimaka Region Guidimaka () is the southern-most region of Mauritania. Its capital is Sélibaby. The region borders the Mauritanian region of Assaba to the north-east, Mali to the south-east, Senegal to the south-west and the Mauritanian Gorgol Region to the west. As of 2013, the population of the region was 267,029, compared to 260,459 in 2011. There were 48.88 per cent females and 51.12 per cent males. As of 2008, the activity rate was 40.70 and economic dependency ratio was 1.22. As of 2008, the activity rate was 40.70 and economic dependency ratio was 1.22. As of 2008, the literacy", "title": "Guidimaka Region" } ]

[ "Avarua" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.59, "text": "is a very popular tourist destination with many resorts, hotels and motels. The chief town, Avarua, on the north coast, is the capital of the Cook Islands. The volcanic island of Rarotonga stands over 14,750 feet (4,500 meters) above the ocean floor. It is 32 km (20 miles) in circumference and has an area of 67.19 km (26 square miles). At a depth of 4,000 m (13,000 ft) the volcano is nearly 50 km (31 miles) in diameter. Te Manga, at 658 m (2,140 ft) above sea level, is the highest peak on the island. The island is surrounded by", "title": "Rarotonga" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.41, "text": "28 September 1987. The Cook Islands is made up of 15 islands comprising the Northern and Southern groups. The islands are spread out across many kilometers of a vast ocean. The largest of these islands is called Rarotonga, which is also the political and economic capital of the nation. The Cook Islands were formerly known as the Hervey Islands, but this name refers only to the Northern Groups. It is unknown when this name was changed to reflect the current name. It is thought that the Cook Islands were settled in two periods: the Tahitian Period, when the country was", "title": "Polynesia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.25, "text": "hard time finding sufficient food. In 1978, the island was declared a National Park of the Cook Islands due to the plentiful marine and bird wild life it supports. The island and surrounding water is Crown land. A proposal to establish an aquaculture operation to farm Tahitian pearls was successfully opposed by Cook Islands environmental NGO the Taporoporo'anga Ipukarea Society. In October 2011, Russian politician Anton Bakov claimed to have purchased the atoll and declared it the capital of a new Russian Empire. The claim was denied by Prime Minister Henry Puna. At the end of the 20th century, 3%", "title": "Suwarrow" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.16, "text": "Human rights in the Cook Islands The Cook Islands are 15 small islands scattered over 2 million km squared of the South Pacific. According to the latest census, the nation has a total population of approximately 18,000 people. Spread in population between the mainland capital, Rarotonga, and the Outer Islands mean inequality in terms of delivery of public services. Internal migration between Rarotonga and the Outer Islands is relatively high due to lack of schooling and employment opportunities, and increased living standards and availability of medical and educational services in Rarotonga. The Cook Islands are a state in free association", "title": "Human rights in the Cook Islands" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.06, "text": "Parliament of the Cook Islands The Parliament of the Cook Islands is the legislature of the Cook Islands. Originally established under New Zealand’s United Nations mandate it became the national legislature on independence in 1965. The Parliament consists of 24 members directly elected by universal suffrage from single-seat constituencies. Members are elected for a limited term, and hold office until Parliament is dissolved (a maximum of four years). It meets in the capital of Rarotonga. The Cook Islands follows the Westminster system of government, and is governed by a cabinet and Prime Minister commanding a majority in Parliament. The Speaker", "title": "Parliament of the Cook Islands" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.84, "text": "Parliament is currently in its 14th term. Parliament of the Cook Islands The Parliament of the Cook Islands is the legislature of the Cook Islands. Originally established under New Zealand’s United Nations mandate it became the national legislature on independence in 1965. The Parliament consists of 24 members directly elected by universal suffrage from single-seat constituencies. Members are elected for a limited term, and hold office until Parliament is dissolved (a maximum of four years). It meets in the capital of Rarotonga. The Cook Islands follows the Westminster system of government, and is governed by a cabinet and Prime Minister", "title": "Parliament of the Cook Islands" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.83, "text": "Nukuʻalofa Nukualofa is the capital of Tonga. It is located on the north coast of the island of Tongatapu, in the southernmost island group of Tonga. On 10 June 1777, British captain James Cook wrote of his arrival at their anchorage place. His description of the place confirmed, with his map, that this was the bay of Nukualofa. Cook never used the name Nukualofa or any other spelling for the reports of this voyage, but he mentioned the island of Pangaimodoo (Pangaimotu) which was to the east of his anchorage position. Captain Cook also wrote that he travelled by canoes", "title": "Nukuʻalofa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.8, "text": "Capital punishment in the Cook Islands Capital punishment in the Cook Islands, a state in free association with New Zealand, was officially part of the legal system until 2007, although had never actually been put into practice. Under Cook Islands law, capital punishment only ever applied to the crime of treason, for which it was the mandatory sentence. This was defined as participation in a war against the Cook Islands or New Zealand, an attempt to overthrow the Cook Islands government, or an attempt to harm the Queen of New Zealand. The laws regarding capital punishment were based on New", "title": "Capital punishment in the Cook Islands" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.48, "text": "Cook Strait Cook Strait () is a strait that separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It connects the Tasman Sea on the northwest with the South Pacific Ocean on the southeast, and runs next to the capital city, Wellington. It is wide at its narrowest point, and is considered one of the most dangerous and unpredictable waters in the world. The strait is named after James Cook, the first European commander to sail through it, in 1770. In Māori it has the name \"\"Raukawa\"\" or \"\"Te Moana-o-Raukawa\"\". \"\"Raukawa\"\" may mean \"\"bitter leaves\"\". In Māori legend, Cook Strait", "title": "Cook Strait" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.25, "text": "Zealand law at the time (New Zealand abolished capital punishment for treason in 1989). The Cook Islands announced the removal of its provisions for capital punishment in 2007, without ever having put them into use. The chosen method of execution in the Cook Islands was hanging. Capital punishment in the Cook Islands Capital punishment in the Cook Islands, a state in free association with New Zealand, was officially part of the legal system until 2007, although had never actually been put into practice. Under Cook Islands law, capital punishment only ever applied to the crime of treason, for which it", "title": "Capital punishment in the Cook Islands" } ]

[ "Paris", "City of Light", "Paris, France" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.52, "text": "as every traveler has observed and as all the world knows, are in general mean and uncomfortable. The height and gloomy aspect of the houses; the narrowness of the streets, and the want of pavement for foot passengers, convey an idea of antiquity, which ill accords with what the imagination had anticipated of the modern capital of the French Empire.\"\" Upper class Parisians began moving to new residential neighborhoods that were created in the north and west; the Quartier Francois I near the Champs-Élysées in 1823, and the quartier Saint-Vincent-de-Paul and quarter de la Europe built in the north in", "title": "Paris during the Bourbon Restoration" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.7, "text": "attack on Estella, the symbolic Carlist capital, he was fatally wounded when struck by a bullet at Monte Muro, near the village of Abárzuza, on the afternoon of 27 June 1874. With victory over the Carlists now imminent, Manuel Gutiérrez de la Concha would probably have been chosen to proclaim the restoration of the Bourbons to the Spanish throne, with the support of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo. In the event it was one of his subordinates, General Martínez Campos, who was to proclaim this a few months later at Sagunto. Manuel Gutiérrez de la Concha wrote \"\"Táctica de las tres", "title": "Manuel Gutiérrez de la Concha" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.2, "text": "restoration as part of an as yet ill-defined plan to incorporate the facility into the working infrastructure of public buildings in Naples. Ospedale L'Albergo Reale dei Poveri, Naples The \"\"Bourbon Hospice for the Poor\"\" , also called \"\"il Reclusorio\"\", is a former public hospital/almshouse in Naples, southern Italy. It was designed by the architect Ferdinando Fuga, and construction was started in 1751. It is five storeys tall and about long. It was popularly known as \"\"Palazzo Fuga\"\". King Charles III of the House of Bourbon meant the facility to house the destitute and ill, as well as to provide a", "title": "Ospedale L'Albergo Reale dei Poveri, Naples" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.14, "text": "per hectare in 1817, eight hundred fifty and 1831, and nine-hundred sixty in 1851, which amounted to nearly one hundred thousand persons per square kilometer. During the Restoration, the center of economic and social activity in Paris also moved gradually north, away from Les Halles and the Palais-Royal. The commercial and financial activity of the city took place on the right bank between the Madeleine and the Temple, where the stock market and banks were located, while the Grand Boulevards, built on the old ramparts of the city, became the home of the city's new theaters and restaurants, and the", "title": "Paris during the Bourbon Restoration" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.62, "text": "lived on the left bank in the Faubourg Saint-Germain, most of the newly wealthy chose to live on the right bank, often in new neighborhoods that were constructed during the Restoration; the Chaussée-d'Antin was the home of the bankers Rothschilds, Laffitte; Casimir Perier's hôtel was on the rue Neuvre du Luxembourg (now the rue Cambon); Delessert lived on rue Montmartre, Ganneron on rue Bleu in the faubourg Montmartre; Beslay and Cavé on rue Faubourg Saint-Denis and rue Neuve-Popincourt. Below them was a growing middle class of merchants, lawyers, accountants, government clerks, teachers, doctors, shopkeepers, and skilled artisans. The largest number", "title": "Paris during the Bourbon Restoration" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.47, "text": "chateaux of Burgundy and Bordeaux. By far the largest quantity of wine arrived by boat at the Halle aux Vins, which was located on the quai des Bernardins between rue Cuvier and Place Maubert, next to the Jardin des Plantes. The Halle aux Vins had been started in 1808 and finished in 1818; it occupied fourteen hectares, and had 159 wine cellars at street level and another forty-nine caves underground. All bulk wine, spirits, oils and vinegars were required to pass through the Halle, where the alcohol level was measured and taxes were collected; wine and spirits with more than", "title": "Paris during the Bourbon Restoration" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.39, "text": "Parma. A new boulevard, Malesherbes, was begun and surrounded with side streets and building sites. Beginning in 1823, another entrepreneur laid out fashionable new residential neighborhood to the west, between the allee des Veuves, the Champs-Élysées and the Cours-la-Reine. It was called the quartier Francois-Premier. The city soon had to enlarge its borders, In 1817, the village of Austerlitz, on the site of the modern train station of that name, was annexed to Paris, bringing with it the hospital of La Saltpétriére. In 1823, a consortium of investors started a new community on the plain of Grenelle, around a brand-new", "title": "Paris during the Bourbon Restoration" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.39, "text": "The Canal Saint-Martin, finished in 1825 and 4.5 kilometers long, completed the city's canal network; it joined the basin of the Arsenal and the Seine with the basin of La Villette. The canals allowed large boats and barges to bypass the center of Paris and avoid having to navigate under the bridges. With the return of Louis XVIII and his court, the Catholic Church again took a prominent role in the government and city. Government support for the church increased from 12 million livres under Napoleon to 33 million during the Restoration. The government and church together built new churches", "title": "Paris during the Bourbon Restoration" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.31, "text": "which remained in business on 27 rue de Clichy from 1777 until 1825. A similar park, Idalie, on rue Quentin-Bauchart, was in business until 1817. The Parc Beaujon, at 114-152 Champs-Élysées, opened in 1817, offered the most spectacular attraction; the first \"\"Montagnes Russes\"\", or roller coaster. The first luxury restaurants in Paris had opened in the Palais-Royal in the 1780s. By the time of the Restoration, new restaurants had appeared close to the theaters, along the Grand Boulevards and on the Champs Èlysées. The best-known luxury restaurant of the Restoration was the Rocher de Cancale, at the corner of rue", "title": "Paris during the Bourbon Restoration" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.28, "text": "village called Beaugrenelle. Within five years the new neighborhood had a main street, rue Saint-Charles, a church and a population. Another new town was launched outside the city at les Batignolles, an area of scattered farms and gardens. By 1829 it had a church and a population of five thousand persons, and was joined the villages of Monceau and Montmartre. During the Restoration, Paris became the cradle of the industrial revolution in France. The textile industry had already been installed in the faubourg Saint-Antoine by the firm of Richard and Lenoir, and by Albert in the Faubourg Saint-Denis. In 1812,", "title": "Paris during the Bourbon Restoration" } ]

[ "Zhangjiakou", "Kalgan", "Zhangjia kou", "Khaalgan", "Chuulalt Khaalga", "Imiyangga Jase" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.73, "text": "Japanese puppet state in Manchuria). The capital was Kalgan, from where it was ruled by the Mongol nobleman Prince Demchugdongrub. The territory returned to Chinese control after the defeat of the Japanese Empire in 1945. Following Japan's occupation of Manchuria in 1931 and the establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo, Japan sought to expand its influence in Mongolia and North China. In a series of actions, starting in 1933, the armies of Manchukuo and Japan occupied Chahar and in 1936 proclaimed itself the independent Mongol Military Government, allied with Japan under Prince Demchugdongrub. In 1936 and 1937, similar operations", "title": "Mengjiang" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.44, "text": "Mongolian Autonomous Federation (蒙古自治邦). In 1939 Wang Jingwei reorganized the remnants of the occupied Chinese government for a Japanese puppet state which was a totalitarian regime, which is now so aptly commonly referred to as the Wang Jingwei Regime, in the nominal capital Nanjing (Shanghai was the de facto capital). Mengjiang was incorporated into the regime in 1940, though it remained completely autonomous. Mengjiang capitulated in 1945 when it was invaded by the Soviet Red Army and Mongol Red Army as part of the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation. Most of the area, with the notable exception of Kalgan, is now", "title": "Mengjiang" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.03, "text": "in Suiyuan saw the occupation and absorption of that province also. Formed on May 12, 1936, the Mongol Military Government (蒙古軍政府) had Prince Yondonwangchug of Ulanqab as its first chairman. It was renamed in October 1937 as the Mongol United Autonomous Government (蒙古聯盟自治政府). On September 1, 1939, the predominantly Han Chinese governments of South Chahar and North Shanxi were merged with the Mongol United Autonomous Government, creating the new Mengjiang United Autonomous Government (蒙疆聯合自治政府). The capital was established at Zhangbei (Changpei), near Kalgan (Zhangjiakou), with the government's control extending around Hohhot. On August 4, 1941, it was again renamed: the", "title": "Mengjiang" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.06, "text": "late 9th and early 10th centuries, Meng Zhixiang and Wang Jian were involved in operations which were in part centered in Kuizhou, which became the capital of Ningjiang Circuit (寧江). Wang Jian (847–918) began his career serving in the Tang army, but with the dissolution of the Tang empire, became the founding emperor of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms state of Former Shu (907–925), which was one of the Ten Kingdoms. Wang conquered in 903, four years before the demise of Tang, in 907. Kuizhou was part of Former Shu, founded by Wang Jian as part of the aftermath", "title": "Kuizhou" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.84, "text": "an unusual appearance, from the fact that they are mostly roofed with earth and become covered with green-sward\"\" and that \"\"on the way to Peking the road passes over a beautiful bridge of seven arches, ornamented with marble figures of animals\"\". In 1937 the Japanese occupied the region and made Kalgan the capital of the autonomous Cha-nan (South Chahar) Province. The Federated Mengjiang Commission was set up to supervise the economic affairs, banking, communications, and industry of Japanese-occupied Inner Mongolia (Mengjiang). In the early 1960s at the height of Sino-Soviet tensions, Zhangjiakou was considered one of the most important cities", "title": "Zhangjiakou" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.25, "text": "Mengjiang Mengjiang (Mengkiang; ; Hepburn: Mōkyō), also known in English as Mongol Border Land or the Mongol United Autonomous Government, was an autonomous area in Inner Mongolia, existing initially as a puppet state of the Empire of Japan before being under nominal Chinese sovereignty of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China from 1940 (which itself was a puppet state). Formed in 1939, it consisted of the then-Chinese provinces of Chahar and Suiyuan, corresponding to the central part of modern Inner Mongolia. It has also been called Mongukuo or Mengguguo (or Mengkukuo; ) (in analogy to Manchukuo, another", "title": "Mengjiang" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.98, "text": "Wuchang, Heilongjiang Wuchang () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. The southernmost county-level division of Harbin City, it borders Acheng District to the north, Shangzhi to the northeast, Shuangcheng District to the northwest, and Jilin Province to the south and the west. The name \"\"Wuchang\"\" has been in use since 1855. At that time people began to reclaim wasteland, and built five noble lodges. It was changed to Wuchang Bureau in 1882, and changed to Wuchang Mansion in 1909. In 1913 Wuchang County was set up. It was", "title": "Wuchang, Heilongjiang" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.88, "text": "Mengzi City Mengzi () is a city in the southeast of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. Administratively, it is a county-level city and the seat of the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, located about south-southeast of the provincial capital of Kunming. It is situated in the centre of a fertile valley basin on a plateau above sea level. Mengzi was formerly Mengzi County () until October 2010, when it was upgraded to a county-level city. As with many other places in China, a variety of Romanized spellings were used for the name of Mengzi city in the past.", "title": "Mengzi City" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.69, "text": "Dongjing Meng Hua Lu Dongjing meng Hua lu () or \"\"The Eastern Capital: A Dream of Splendor\"\", is a memoir written by Meng Yuanlao (孟元老) (ca. 1090 - 1150). In 1126, Meng was made a refugee from Kaifeng, the thriving capital of the Northern Song Dynasty after Jurchen Jin invaders conquered northern China and forced the withdrawal of the Song court to the temporary capital, Hangzhou, in the south, then known as Lin'an. Meng's book is a detailed and nostalgic description of the old capital's urban life, seasonal products, and festivals, as well as foods, customs, and traditions. In later", "title": "Dongjing Meng Hua Lu" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.64, "text": "Jingyu County Jingyu County (), formerly Méngjiāng County () until February 1946, is a county in southern Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Baishan City. It is named after General Yang Jingyu, who was killed here during World War II. There are 7 towns and 5 townships under the county's administration. Jingyu is located in southern Jilin and the northern part of Baishan City on the upper reaches of the Songhua River amidst the western periphery of the Changbai Mountains. The bordering county-level divisions are Fusong County to the east, Jiangyuan District to the", "title": "Jingyu County" } ]

[ "Iqaluit" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.53, "text": "Iqaluit Iqaluit ( ; ; ), meaning \"\"place of fish\"\", is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut; its largest community, and its only city. It was known as Frobisher Bay until 1987, after the large bay on the coast of which the city is situated. In 1999, Iqaluit became the capital of Nunavut after the division of the Northwest Territories into two separate territories. Before this event, Iqaluit was a small city and not well known outside the Canadian Arctic or Canada, with population and economic growth highly limited. This is due to the city's isolation and heavy", "title": "Iqaluit" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.5, "text": "well as North America's second-largest (after Greenland). The capital Iqaluit (formerly \"\"Frobisher Bay\"\"), on Baffin Island in the east, was chosen by the 1995 capital plebiscite. Other major communities include the regional centres of Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay. Nunavut also includes Ellesmere Island to the far north, as well as the eastern and southern portions of Victoria Island in the west and Akimiski Island in James Bay far to the southeast of the rest of the territory. It is Canada's only geo-political region that is not connected to the rest of North America by highway. Nunavut is the largest", "title": "Nunavut" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.16, "text": "territory for the Inuit. In 1982, a plebiscite on division was held throughout the Northwest Territories, in which a majority of the residents voted in favour of division. The land claims agreement was completed in September 1992 and ratified by a majority of voters. On July 9, 1993, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act were passed by the Canadian Parliament. In December, 1995, the Nunavut capital plebiscite was held, and the voters in the future Nunavut territory chose Iqaluit as their capital city, defeating Rankin Inlet. Iqaluit became the official capital on April 1, 1999, when", "title": "History of Northwest Territories capital cities" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.95, "text": "Radio Television Iqaluit was served by CFFB-TV channel 8, a CBC Television/CBC North repeater of CFYK-DT (Yellowknife) until July 31, 2012 when it was closed because of budget cuts at the CBC. Iqaluit Iqaluit ( ; ; ), meaning \"\"place of fish\"\", is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut; its largest community, and its only city. It was known as Frobisher Bay until 1987, after the large bay on the coast of which the city is situated. In 1999, Iqaluit became the capital of Nunavut after the division of the Northwest Territories into two separate territories. Before this", "title": "Iqaluit" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.86, "text": "in Altofts is named after him. A portrait of him can be found at Normanton Train Station. Frobisher Bay in Nunavut is named after him. This was also the former name of Nunavut's capital, Iqaluit, from 1942 until 1987. The city's airport was Frobisher Bay Air Base from 1942 to 1963, and Frobisher Bay Airport from 1963 to 1987, before being renamed Iqaluit Airport. An early version of Thanksgiving was celebrated after the safe landing of Frobisher's fleet in Newfoundland after an unsuccessful attempt to find the Northwest Passage. The small settlement of Frobisher, Saskatchewan, and Frobisher Lake, in northern", "title": "Martin Frobisher" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.83, "text": "documents still referred to Iqaluit as Frobisher Bay for several years after 1987). In December 1995, Iqaluit was selected to serve as Nunavut's future capital in a territory-wide referendum, in which it was chosen over Rankin Inlet. On 19 April 2001, it was redesignated as a city. Iqaluit was designated by Canada as the host city for the 2010 meeting of the G7 finance ministers, held on 5–6 February. The meeting strained the northern communications technology infrastructure. Iqaluit is located in the Everett Mountains rising from Koojesse (Kuujussi) Inlet, an inlet of Frobisher Bay, on the southeast part of Baffin", "title": "Iqaluit" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.67, "text": "of Aboriginal inhabitants than any of Canada's provinces. There are also many more recent immigrants from around the world; of the territories, Yukon has the largest percentage of non-Aboriginal inhabitants, while Nunavut the smallest. The largest settlement in Northern Canada is the capital of Yukon, Whitehorse with 23,276 at the 2011 census. Second is Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, which contains 19,234 inhabitants. Third is Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, with 6,699. For hundreds of years, this area had been considered the largest 'uncivilized' area in the world. However, within the last 20 years, specifically in the last", "title": "Northern Canada" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.33, "text": "in Nunavut in a referendum. On July 9, 1993, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act were passed by the Canadian Parliament. The transition to establish Nunavut Territory was completed on April 1, 1999. The creation of Nunavut has been followed by growth in the capital, Iqaluit—a modest increase from 5,200 in 2001 to 6,600 in 2011. As of the 2016 Canada Census, the population of Nunavut was 35,944, a 12.7% increase from 2011. In 2006, 24,640 people identified themselves as Inuit (83.6% of the total population), 100 as First Nations (0.3%), 130 Métis (0.4%) and 4,410", "title": "Nunavut" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.27, "text": "increase in activism reflects the new confidence Inuit women have found in the modern world. The second premier of Nunavut was a woman, Eva Aariak, who was one of two female MLAs in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. The current mayor of Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, is a woman, Elisapee Sheutiapik, as is the Member of Parliament for Nunavut, Leona Aglukkaq, who is also the Canadian Minister of Health. Scientists have found that the Inuit people seem to experience more illness and health issues than other groups, especially the women and children, and especially in the post-modernization period. A", "title": "Inuit women" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.23, "text": "by candidate Mark Evaloarjuk. After his defeat from the Legislature, Allooloo continued working towards the creation of the Nunavut territory. Allooloo toured the territories to vigorously campaign for Iqaluit, to be elected capital city in the 1995 Nunavut capital plebiscite. He later served as a member of the Nunavut Electoral Boundary Commission to draw the first electoral boundaries for the territory. On November 12, 2004 he was appointed to a special Board of Investigation by Correctional Services Canada. The board was commissioned to investigate the circumstances revolving around the release and supervision of Eli Ulayuk a parolee who would murder", "title": "Titus Allooloo" } ]

[ "Frankfort", "Frankfort, Kentucky" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.98, "text": "Capital City Airport (Kentucky) Capital City Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Frankfort, a city in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. This airport is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is used entirely for general aviation and military aviation. Capital City Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 806 feet (246 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 7/25 which measures 5,900 by 100 feet (1,798 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending March 8, 2007, the airport", "title": "Capital City Airport (Kentucky)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.75, "text": "Lexington, Kentucky Lexington, consolidated with Fayette County and often denoted as Lexington-Fayette, is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 60th-largest city in the United States. By land area, Lexington is the 28th largest city in the United States. Known as the \"\"Horse Capital of the World,\"\" it is the heart of the state's Bluegrass region. With a mayor-alderman form of government, it is one of two cities in Kentucky designated by the state as first-class; the other is the state's largest city of Louisville. In the 2017 U.S. Census Estimate, the city's population was 321,959, anchoring a metropolitan area", "title": "Lexington, Kentucky" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.59, "text": "capital in Chota (present-day Tennessee) on the Hiwassee River in order to learn their language. The English hoped to develop strong business ties for the beaver fur trade, and to bypass the Occaneechi traders who were serving as middlemen on the Trading Path. On his return journey, Needham got into an argument with \"\"Indian John\"\", his Occaneechi guide, that became an armed confrontation resulting in his death: \"\"Indian John\"\" tried to get the Tomahittan to kill Arthur but the chief prevented this by adopting the Englishman. For about a year, Arthur, dressed as the Tomahittan of Chota, traveled with the", "title": "History of Kentucky" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.47, "text": "star on the Confederate battle flag. Bowling Green, Kentucky, was designated the Confederate capital of Kentucky at a convention in nearby Russellville. Due to the military situation in the state, the provisional government was exiled and traveled with the Army of Tennessee for most of its existence. For a short time in the autumn of 1862, the Confederate Army controlled Frankfort, the only time a Union capital was captured by Confederate forces. During this occupation, General Braxton Bragg attempted to install the provisional government as the permanent authority in the Commonwealth. However, Union General Don Carlos Buell ambushed the inauguration", "title": "Confederate government of Kentucky" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.14, "text": "meeting of the General Assembly occurred in 1792, shortly after Kentucky was granted statehood. Legislators convened in Lexington, the state's temporary capital. Among the first orders of business was choosing a permanent state capital. In the end, the small town of Frankfort, with their offer to provide a temporary structure to house the legislature and a cache of materials for constructing a permanent edifice, was chosen, and the state's capital has remained there ever since. After women gained suffrage in Kentucky, Mary Elliott Flanery was elected to the Kentucky House of Representative from the 89th District representing Boyd County, Kentucky.", "title": "Kentucky General Assembly" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.09, "text": "had 34,200 aircraft operations, an average of 93 per day: 88% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 3% military. At that time there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine, 14% multi-engine and 11% helicopter. Capital City Airport (Kentucky) Capital City Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Frankfort, a city in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. This airport is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is used entirely for general aviation and military aviation. Capital City Airport covers an area of at an elevation", "title": "Capital City Airport (Kentucky)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.08, "text": "Frankfort, Kentucky Frankfort is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the seat of Franklin County. It is a home rule-class city in Kentucky; the population was 25,527 at the 2010 census. Located along the Kentucky River, Frankfort is the principal city of the Frankfort, Kentucky Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Franklin and Anderson counties. The town of Frankfort likely received its name from an event that took place in the 1780s. American Indians attacked a group of early European-American pioneers from Bryan Station, who were making salt at a ford in the Kentucky River. Pioneer", "title": "Frankfort, Kentucky" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.98, "text": "and the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. Owensboro, Kentucky's fourth largest city, gives credence to its nickname of \"\"Barbecue Capital of the World\"\" by hosting the annual International Bar-B-Q Festival. Bowling Green, Kentucky's third largest city and home to the only assembly plant in the world that manufactures the Chevrolet Corvette, opened the National Corvette Museum in 1994. Old Louisville, the largest historic preservation district in the United States featuring Victorian architecture and the third largest overall, hosts the St. James Court Art Show, the largest outdoor art show in the United States. The neighborhood was also home to the Southern Exposition", "title": "Culture of Kentucky" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.92, "text": "Kentucky State Capitol The Kentucky State Capitol is located in Frankfort and is the house of the three branches (executive, legislative, judicial) of the state government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. From 1792 to 1830, two buildings were used as the capitol, both of which burned completely. In 1830, another capitol was built and was used until 1910. During a bitterly contested 1899 state governor election, Democratic Party claimant William Goebel was assassinated at the capitol on his way to be inaugurated. The need for a larger building for", "title": "Kentucky State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.88, "text": "a growing state government resulted in the replacement of that capitol building, which is now a museum operated by the Kentucky Historical Society. In 1904, the Kentucky General Assembly chose Frankfort (rather than Lexington or Louisville) as the location for the state capital and appropriated $1 million for the construction of a permanent state capitol building, to be located in southern Frankfort. The official ground-breaking was August 14, 1905 and construction was completed in 1909 at a cost of $1,180,434.80. The building was dedicated on June 2, 1910. The capitol was designed by Frank Mills Andrews, a distinguished and award-winning", "title": "Kentucky State Capitol" } ]

[ "Oranjestad", "Oranjestad, Aruba" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.28, "text": "Oranjestad, Aruba Oranjestad (; literally \"\"Orange Town\"\") is the capital and largest city of Aruba. Oranjestad is located on the southern coast near the western end of the island country. In the local language, Papiamento, Oranjestad is often referred to simply as \"\"Playa\"\". , the population of the capital was around 35,000. The town was built around Fort Zoutman shortly after it was built in 1796. Initially, the town had no official name, being known only as the town on the Bay of Horses (\"\"Paardenbaai\"\" in Dutch), a place from which native-bred horses were raised and exported to neighboring Curaçao.", "title": "Oranjestad, Aruba" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.11, "text": "in English. Oranjestad, Aruba Oranjestad (; literally \"\"Orange Town\"\") is the capital and largest city of Aruba. Oranjestad is located on the southern coast near the western end of the island country. In the local language, Papiamento, Oranjestad is often referred to simply as \"\"Playa\"\". , the population of the capital was around 35,000. The town was built around Fort Zoutman shortly after it was built in 1796. Initially, the town had no official name, being known only as the town on the Bay of Horses (\"\"Paardenbaai\"\" in Dutch), a place from which native-bred horses were raised and exported to", "title": "Oranjestad, Aruba" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.69, "text": "Kingdom of the Netherlands, along with the Netherlands, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten; the citizens of these countries are all Dutch nationals. Aruba has no administrative subdivisions, but, for census purposes, is divided into eight regions. Its capital is Oranjestad. Unlike much of the Caribbean region, Aruba has a dry climate and an arid, cactus-strewn landscape. This climate has helped tourism as visitors to the island can reliably expect warm, sunny weather. It has a land area of and is densely populated, with a total of 102,484 inhabitants at the 2010 Census. It lies outside Hurricane Alley. The name Aruba may", "title": "Aruba" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.77, "text": "The town has ever since been the capital city of the island. The city is named after the first King William I of the Netherlands. The name was conferred on the city in the 1820s when interest in Aruba increased due to the discovery of (alluvial) gold deposits. Air Aruba once had its headquarters in Oranjestad. Air Aruba suspended its operations on October 23, 2000. Tiara Air has had its head office in Oranjestad since 2006, except between 2014 and 2016 when the company suspended services due to the Venezuelan Airline Crisis. Small portions of the city are formed from", "title": "Oranjestad, Aruba" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.67, "text": "founded and became the island's capital. During the Napoleonic wars, the British Empire took control over the island, between 1799 and 1802, and between 1804 and 1816, before handing it back to the Dutch. A 19th-century gold rush was followed by prosperity brought on by first the opening of a crude oil transshipment facility in 1924 and then in 1928 with the opening of an oil refinery. This was the Lago Oil and Transport Company a 100% owned subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey. The Lago refinery was located on the east end of the island and on the", "title": "History of Aruba" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.12, "text": "Palm Beach, Aruba Palm Beach is a tourism district about 6 kilometers northwest of Oranjestad, the capital of Aruba. A number of high rise hotels are located there, such as Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort & Casino, Aruba Marriott Resort, Occidental Grand Aruba, Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort, Ritz Carlton Resort, and RIU palace Aruba. A shopping district adjacent to the hotels was finished in 2009, called Palm Beach Plaza Mall. Little North of Palm Beach is Malmok Beach, a small sandy strip running all the way until the northern tip of Aruba.Smaller apartment complexes and luxurious holiday homes are located along", "title": "Palm Beach, Aruba" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.62, "text": "Several years later, cruise ships began to dock in Oranjestad, Aruba's capital city. The island's first luxury hotel was built in 1959, giving the fledgling industry a good start. Over the years, tourism grew and helped create a prosperous economy. As the oil industry waned, tourism increased in importance. The government offered fiscal incentives to spur growth of hotels and other tourist-oriented businesses. Their efforts resulted in a steady and rapid rise in tourism. When a surplus of these jobs couldn't be filled, they placed a one-year moratorium on new hotel construction and new tourist corporations. Following the September 11", "title": "Economy of Aruba" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.5, "text": "on the western and southern coasts of the island, relatively sheltered from fierce ocean currents. This is where most tourist development has occurred. The northern and eastern coasts, lacking this protection, are considerably more battered by the sea and have been left largely untouched by humans. The hinterland of the island features some rolling hills, the best known of which are called Hooiberg at and Mount Jamanota, the highest on the island at above sea level. Oranjestad, the capital, is located at . To the east of Aruba are Bonaire and Curaçao, two island territories which once formed the southwest", "title": "Aruba" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.17, "text": "perceived as exclusively applying to judges. Capital punishment in Aruba Capital punishment in Aruba has been prohibited by Article I.4 of the Constitution of Aruba since January 1, 1986, the day Aruba became a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its own right. The inclusion of a capital punishment prohibition in the constitution was following the example provided by the 1983 constitution of the Netherlands, but rather than putting it in the judiciary section like the example, it was put in the basic rights, following the related Article I.3 about the inviolability of the body, to ensure", "title": "Capital punishment in Aruba" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.12, "text": "Capital punishment in Aruba Capital punishment in Aruba has been prohibited by Article I.4 of the Constitution of Aruba since January 1, 1986, the day Aruba became a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its own right. The inclusion of a capital punishment prohibition in the constitution was following the example provided by the 1983 constitution of the Netherlands, but rather than putting it in the judiciary section like the example, it was put in the basic rights, following the related Article I.3 about the inviolability of the body, to ensure that the prohibition would not be", "title": "Capital punishment in Aruba" } ]

[ "Samaipata" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.03, "text": "Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee () is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2017, the population was 191,049, making it the 7th-largest city in the U.S state of Florida, and the 126th-largest city in the United States. The population of the Tallahassee metropolitan area was 382,627 . Tallahassee is the largest city in the Florida Panhandle region, and the main center for trade and agriculture in the Florida Big Bend and Southwest Georgia regions.", "title": "Tallahassee, Florida" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.52, "text": "Florida Historic Capitol Museum. The New Capitol, as a whole, does not have a legal name. When it was planned, the Capitol Complex (which is a legal name) was going to consist of the House and Senate chambers, and the twenty-two-story office building. Tallahassee was named Florida's capital in 1824, midway between the then-largest cities in the state, St. Augustine and Pensacola. The first territorial government met in a log building. A capitol building was constructed in 1826 but never completely finished. It was torn down in 1839 to make room for the erection of the present structure, which was", "title": "Florida State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.34, "text": "only to the north Floridians) closer to the state's center of population was considered. A ballot question asked Florida voters to decide on the location of Florida's capital. Other major contenders were Ocala, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Through the ballot process, the voters decided that the capital would remain in Tallahassee. The moment was \"\"ripe\"\" for spending money on state facilities in Tallahassee. A dividing line had been crossed. Florida was different, renewed, and a new capitol was psychologically appropriate. The architects who designed the New Capitol were given the starting assumption that the Old Capitol — which had to remain", "title": "Florida State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.2, "text": "Florida, Uruguay Florida () is the capital of Florida Department of Uruguay. Having a population of over 33,000, it is home to almost half of the inhabitants of the department. It is located on Route 5, around north of Montevideo. The stream Arroyo Santa Lucía Chico flows along the east and south limits of the city. The city was founded on 24 April 1809 with this name, Florida, in honor of the count of Floridablanca, the prime minister of the Spanish crown. It had acquired the status of \"\"Villa\"\" (town) before the Independence of Uruguay. On 10 July 1856, it", "title": "Florida, Uruguay" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.11, "text": "Economic and Business Research, the state's center of population was southern Polk County. The geographic center of the state is Brooksville. Because Tallahassee became increasingly far from many Floridians, there were additional proposals to move the capital to Orlando, a more centrally-located city, in the late 1960s. The City of Orlando, in 1967, passed a referendum stating that it would accept becoming the capital. These proposals stopped after the new Florida Capitol opened in Tallahassee in 1977. Politicians from North Florida had opposed the idea of moving the state capital. Adam C. Smith of the \"\"Tampa Bay Times\"\" argued in", "title": "Government of Florida" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.94, "text": "became capital city of the department by the Act of Ley Nº 493 and on 19 April 1894 its status was elevated to \"\"Ciudad\"\" (city) by the Act of Ley Nº 2.258. It is home of the famous \"\"Piedra Alta de la Florida\"\", the place of the Declaration of Independence in 1825. The city is also famous for San Cono's chapel, where multitudes gather every 3 June. Each year on April 24 the city celebrates its founder, James Florida. An important building is the Cathedral of Florida, which is the National Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Thirty-Three. In 2011,", "title": "Florida, Uruguay" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.81, "text": "is Florida's most populous urban area. Tallahassee is the state's capital. Florida's $1.0 trillion economy is the fourth largest in the United States. If it were a country, Florida would be the 16th largest economy in the world, and the 58th most populous . In 2017, Florida's per capita personal income was $47,684, ranking 26th in the nation. The unemployment rate in September 2018 was 3.5% and ranked as the 18th in the United States. Florida exports nearly $55 billion in goods made in the state, the 8th highest among all states. The Miami Metropolitan Area is by far the", "title": "Florida" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.66, "text": "was designated the capital of the Florida Territory upon ratification of the Adams–Onís Treaty in 1821. The Florida National Guard made the city its headquarters that same year. The territorial government moved and made Tallahassee the capital in 1824. Since the late 19th century, St. Augustine's distinct historical character has made the city a major tourist attraction. Founded in 1565 by the Spanish \"\"conquistador\"\" Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the contiguous United States. In 1562, a group of Huguenots led by Jean Ribault arrived in Spanish Florida to establish", "title": "St. Augustine, Florida" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.62, "text": "Florida Department Florida () is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Florida. It is located in the south of the central part of the country with Durazno Department to its north, the departments of Treinta y Tres and Lavalleja to its east, Canelones Department to its south and the departments of Flores and San José to its west. Florida Department was formed on 10 July 1856 from part of San José Department. In 1760 the first populated place in its territory started by creating a fortress, the Fortín del Pintado, and in 1809 the \"\"Villa de San Fernando de", "title": "Florida Department" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.55, "text": "St. Augustine, and John Lee Williams, from Pensacola. Richard Keith Call and a founder of Jacksonville, John Bellamy, wanted the capital in what is now Lake County but their efforts failed. From the beginning of Tallahassee's history there were multiple attempts to move the state capital. A July 1957 \"\"Florida Historical Quarterly\"\" article stated that this was because of Tallahassee's distance from other settlements. As Florida's size and population grew and spread south, the center of the state's population and the geographic center of the state changed. Using data from the 2010 U.S. Census, according to the Florida Bureau of", "title": "Government of Florida" } ]

[ "Montgomery City", "Montgomery City, Missouri" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.56, "text": "Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 2010 Census, Montgomery's population was 205,764. It is the second most populous city in Alabama, after Birmingham, and is the 118th most populous in the United States. The Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area's population in 2010 was estimated at 374,536; it is the fourth largest in the state and 136th among United States metropolitan areas. The city was incorporated in", "title": "Montgomery, Alabama" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.2, "text": "Montgomery County, Alabama Montgomery County is a county in the State of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, its population was 229,363, making it the fourth-most populous county in Alabama. Its county seat is Montgomery, the state capital. Montgomery County is included in the Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Montgomery County was established by dividing Monroe County on December 6, 1816, by the Mississippi Territorial Legislature. It is named for Lemuel P. Montgomery, a young U.S. Army officer killed at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, the final battle of the Creek Indian war, which was waged concurrently with the War", "title": "Montgomery County, Alabama" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.14, "text": "in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8 per household. Montgomery has one sister city: Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 2010 Census, Montgomery's population was 205,764. It is the second most populous city in Alabama, after Birmingham, and is the 118th most populous in the United States. The Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area's population in 2010 was estimated at 374,536; it is the fourth", "title": "Montgomery, Alabama" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.94, "text": "U.S. Congress for the 2nd district. The city is served by a nine-member city council, elected from nine single-member districts of equal size population. As the seat of Montgomery County, the city is the location of county courts and the county commission, elected separately. Montgomery is the capital of Alabama, and hosts numerous state government offices, including the office of the Governor, the Alabama Legislature, and the Alabama Supreme Court. At the federal level, Montgomery is part of Alabama's 2nd, 7th, and 3rd Congressional district, currently represented by Martha Roby, Terri Sewell, and Mike Rogers, respectively. Montgomery's crime rates compare", "title": "Montgomery, Alabama" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.55, "text": "Public Library operates public libraries. Universities/Colleges include: Montgomery County is home to many cultural and historic sites including: Montgomery County, Alabama Montgomery County is a county in the State of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, its population was 229,363, making it the fourth-most populous county in Alabama. Its county seat is Montgomery, the state capital. Montgomery County is included in the Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Montgomery County was established by dividing Monroe County on December 6, 1816, by the Mississippi Territorial Legislature. It is named for Lemuel P. Montgomery, a young U.S. Army officer killed at the Battle", "title": "Montgomery County, Alabama" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.3, "text": "the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (often referred to as \"\"Park and Planning\"\" or its initials M-NCPPC by county residents) and a public bi-county water and sewer utility in the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC). Montgomery County is an alcoholic beverage control county. Beer and wine may still be sold in individual stores and at a single location within the county for a store chain. Until 1964, only three restaurants in the county had liquor licenses to serve liquor by the drink. The county stopped issuing liquor licenses to all other restaurants under a law that had existed since", "title": "Montgomery County, Maryland" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.05, "text": "of $32,018; females, $24,921. The per capita income for the county was $19,358. About 13.50% of families and 17.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.10% of those under age 18 and 13.70% of those 65 and older. Montgomery County is governed by a five-member County Commission who are elected to four-year terms. The County Probate Judge regulates business such as drivers, marriage licences, and voting. The Probate Judge operates four offices: downtown Montgomery, Mobile HWY (Montgomery), Woodley Road (Montgomery), and Atlanta HWY (Montgomery). The City of Montgomery, located inside Montgomery County, serves as the capital for", "title": "Montgomery County, Alabama" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.75, "text": "Montgomery County, Georgia Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,123. The county seat is Mount Vernon. Montgomery County is part of the Vidalia, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area. Montgomery County is named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada. It was created on December 19, 1793 from a southern portion of Washington County, Georgia. Arthur Lott's Plantation was designated the first county seat in 1797. In 1801, Tattnall County, Georgia was formed from the southern", "title": "Montgomery County, Georgia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.69, "text": "The five members from each county make up the county planning board. In Montgomery County, members are appointed by the County Council and confirmed by the County Executive. In Prince George's County, the County Executive appoints all five members subject to County Council confirmation. Of the members from each county, no more than three may be of the same political party. The appointing authority names the planning board chair. The Commission chair alternates each year between the two planning board chairs. The alternate becomes vice-chair. The Commission appoints the Executive Director, General Counsel, and Secretary-Treasurer. In Prince George's County, the", "title": "Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.47, "text": "Court Square had one of the largest slave markets in the South. The state capital was moved from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery, on January 28, 1846. As state capital, Montgomery began to influence state politics, and it would also play a prominent role on the national stage. Beginning February 4, 1861, representatives from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina met in Montgomery, host of the \"\"Southern Convention\"\", to form the Confederate States of America. Montgomery was named the first capital of the nation, and Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as President on the steps of the State Capitol. (The capital", "title": "Montgomery, Alabama" } ]

[ "Bardstown", "Bardstown, Kentucky" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.27, "text": "Nelson County, Virginia Nelson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,020. Its county seat is Lovingston. Nelson County is part of the Charlottesville, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Nelson County is home to Wintergreen Resort, a local ski area; Swannanoa mansion and is the location of Walton's Mountain made famous by the television show, \"\"The Waltons\"\". Nelson County is also home to ten wineries, five craft breweries, two cideries, two distilleries, many fruit orchards and Crabtree Falls. At the time the English began settling Virginia in the 1600s, the", "title": "Nelson County, Virginia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.27, "text": "Nelson County, Virginia Nelson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,020. Its county seat is Lovingston. Nelson County is part of the Charlottesville, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Nelson County is home to Wintergreen Resort, a local ski area; Swannanoa mansion and is the location of Walton's Mountain made famous by the television show, \"\"The Waltons\"\". Nelson County is also home to ten wineries, five craft breweries, two cideries, two distilleries, many fruit orchards and Crabtree Falls. At the time the English began settling Virginia in the 1600s, the", "title": "Nelson County, Virginia" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.22, "text": "Nelson County, Kentucky Nelson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,437. Its county seat is Bardstown. Nelson County comprises the Bardstown, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Louisville/Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Madison, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area. The fourth county created in what is now Kentucky, it was formed from Jefferson County, Virginia in 1784, shortly after the Revolutionary War. The county was named for Thomas Nelson, Jr., a Virginia Governor who signed the Declaration of Independence. In 1807, after Kentucky had become a state, a newly", "title": "Nelson County, Kentucky" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.84, "text": "Nelson County, North Dakota Nelson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,126. Its county seat is Lakota. The county was founded in 1883. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.7%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,715 people, 1,628 households, and 1,004 families residing in the county. The population density was 4 people per square mile (1/km²). There were 2,014 housing units at an average density of 2 per", "title": "Nelson County, North Dakota" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.69, "text": "first Bishop. The Municipal Corporations Act 1876 stated that Nelson was constituted a city on 30 March 1874. Nelson City has a coat of arms, obtained in 1958 from the Royal College of Heralds to mark the Centenary of Nelson as a City. The blazon of the arms is: Motto \"\"\"\"Palmam qui meruit ferat\"\"\"\" (Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm). This motto is the same as that of Lord Nelson. From 1853 until 1876, when provincial governments were abolished, Nelson was the capital of Nelson Province. The province itself was much larger than present-day Nelson City and", "title": "Nelson, New Zealand" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.59, "text": "were located in the Nelson Province. The Canterbury Provincial Council reacted to the situation by installing George Sale as goldfields commissioner with wide-ranging powers. Sale was responsible to the Executive Council of the Canterbury Provincial Council only. He set up his administration in Hokitika, which thus became a sub-capital. In parallel, the Canterbury Provincial Council commissioned the provincial engineer, Edward Dobson, with finding a suitable route to be found for a road link. Dobson settled on the route that had previously been discovered by his son Arthur, and construction of this route over Arthur's Pass started shortly thereafter. The road", "title": "Westland County" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.27, "text": "Nelson, Nebraska Nelson is a city and the county seat of Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 488 at the 2010 census. The city was named for C. Nelson Wheeler, the original owner of the town site. The city was named as the county seat in 1873, and its position survived a challenge by Superior in 1889. Nelson's population reached a high of 1,000 in 1900, but has since declined gradually. Nelson is located at (40.202000, -98.066750). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. As of", "title": "Nelson, Nebraska" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.22, "text": "Sheffield Nelson Edward Sheffield Nelson, known as Sheffield Nelson (born April 23, 1941), is an American attorney, businessman and politician from the capital city of Little Rock, Arkansas. Originally a Democrat, Nelson in 1990 ran for governor of Arkansas as a Republican against then governor and future U.S. President Bill Clinton and in 1994 against another Democrat, the incumbent Governor Jim Guy Tucker. Nelson was born in Keevil near Brinkley in Monroe County in eastern Arkansas. He graduated from Brinkley High School and thereafter received his undergraduate degree in mathematics education from the University of Central Arkansas at Conway, where", "title": "Sheffield Nelson" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.17, "text": "Series, lives in Nelson. Nelson, Nebraska Nelson is a city and the county seat of Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 488 at the 2010 census. The city was named for C. Nelson Wheeler, the original owner of the town site. The city was named as the county seat in 1873, and its position survived a challenge by Superior in 1889. Nelson's population reached a high of 1,000 in 1900, but has since declined gradually. Nelson is located at (40.202000, -98.066750). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of", "title": "Nelson, Nebraska" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.14, "text": "by the Duke of Buccleuch, former chairman of the Nelson Memorial Committee, from his own quarries. The statue stands on a fluted column built from solid blocks of granite from the Foggintor quarries on Dartmoor. The Corinthian capital is made of bronze elements, cast from cannon salvaged from the wreck of HMS \"\"Royal George\"\" at the Woolwich Arsenal foundry. It is based on the Temple of Mars Ultor in Rome, and was modelled by C.H. Smith.. The bronze pieces, some weighing as much as are fixed to the column by the means of three large belts of metal lying in", "title": "Nelson's Column" } ]

[ "Maniowy" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.69, "text": "Gmina Czorsztyn Gmina Czorsztyn is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It takes its name from the village of Czorsztyn, its former seat (until 1993). The present seat of the gmina is Maniowy, which lies approximately east of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,201. Gmina Czorsztyn contains the villages and settlements of Czorsztyn, Huba, Kluszkowce, Maniowy, Mizerna, Sromowce Niżne and Sromowce Wyżne. Gmina Czorsztyn is bordered by the", "title": "Gmina Czorsztyn" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.11, "text": "gminas of Krościenko nad Dunajcem, Łapsze Niżne, Nowy Targ and Ochotnica Dolna. It also borders Slovakia. <br> Gmina Czorsztyn Gmina Czorsztyn is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It takes its name from the village of Czorsztyn, its former seat (until 1993). The present seat of the gmina is Maniowy, which lies approximately east of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,201. Gmina Czorsztyn contains the villages and settlements", "title": "Gmina Czorsztyn" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.39, "text": "Gmina Przodkowo Gmina Przodkowo is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Przodkowo, which lies approximately north-east of Kartuzy and west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,950. Gmina Przodkowo contains the villages and settlements of Bagniewo, Barwik, Bielawy, Brzeziny, Buczyno, Bursztynik, Czarna Huta, Czeczewo, Gliniewo, Hejtus, Hopy, Kawle Dolne, Kawle Górne, Kczewo, Kłosówko, Kłosowo, Kłosowo-Piekło, Kłosowo-Wybudowanie, Kobysewo, Kosowo, Krzywda, Masłowo, Młynek, Nowe Tokary, Osowa Góra, Otalżyno, Piekiełko, Pomieczyno, Pomieczyno Małe, Przodkowo, Przodkowo Działki,", "title": "Gmina Przodkowo" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.28, "text": "Maniowy Maniowy is a village in southern Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship about east of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków. It has been the seat of the district of Gmina Czorsztyn since 1993. Located on the southern slopes of the Gorce Mountains, new Maniowy was built in 1970-1980s after having been moved to a higher altitude, from an area upon which Czorsztyn Lake now stretches. The history of the old village reached back to at least 1326 when it was founded during the colonisation of the Podhale region. The present village has a modern", "title": "Maniowy" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.98, "text": "Huba, Lesser Poland Voivodeship Huba is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czorsztyn, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north-west of Maniowy, east of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków. The village of Huba, Poland is one of the smallest Podhalanian villages. Her history dates back to the 17th century, with over 400 years of history and sixteen gererations of residents. In 1869 the village was made up of 22 houses and 146 residence and by 1952 there were 30 houses. To", "title": "Huba, Lesser Poland Voivodeship" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.86, "text": "read more about Huba, read <br> Huba, Lesser Poland Voivodeship Huba is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czorsztyn, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north-west of Maniowy, east of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków. The village of Huba, Poland is one of the smallest Podhalanian villages. Her history dates back to the 17th century, with over 400 years of history and sixteen gererations of residents. In 1869 the village was made up of 22 houses and 146 residence and by", "title": "Huba, Lesser Poland Voivodeship" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.23, "text": "Człuchów Człuchów () (Kash. Człëchòwò) is a town in the region of Gdańsk Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with some 14,610 inhabitants (2004). Człuchów has been the capital of Człuchów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998 it was in Słupsk Voivodeship. Człuchów lies in a forested area in the southwest of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, at the intersection of Highway 25 from Koszalin to Bydgoszcz and Highway 22 from Gorzów Wielkopolski to Elbląg. The nearest city is Chojnice, to the east. By the beginning of the 13th century Człuchów was a Slavic settlement under the overlordship of the", "title": "Człuchów" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.17, "text": "of Szczawnica and by the gminas of Czorsztyn, Łącko and Ochotnica Dolna. It also borders Slovakia. <br> Gmina Krościenko nad Dunajcem Gmina Krościenko nad Dunajcem is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the village of Krościenko nad Dunajcem, which lies approximately east of Nowy Targ and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,465. Gmina Krościenko nad Dunajcem contains the villages and settlements of Biały Potok, Dziadowe Kąty, Grywałd, Hałuszowa,", "title": "Gmina Krościenko nad Dunajcem" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21, "text": "Gmina Olsztyn Gmina Olsztyn is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Olsztyn, which lies approximately south-east of Częstochowa and north of the regional capital Katowice. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,780. The gmina contains part of the protected area called Eagle Nests Landscape Park. Gmina Olsztyn contains the villages and settlements of Biskupice, Bukowno, Krasawa, Kusięta, Olsztyn, Przymiłowice, Przymiłowice-Podgrabie, Skrajnica, Turów and Zrębice. Gmina Olsztyn is bordered by the city of Częstochowa and by the gminas of", "title": "Gmina Olsztyn" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.92, "text": "Janów, Kamienica Polska, Mstów, Poczesna, Poraj and Żarki. Gmina Olsztyn Gmina Olsztyn is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Olsztyn, which lies approximately south-east of Częstochowa and north of the regional capital Katowice. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,780. The gmina contains part of the protected area called Eagle Nests Landscape Park. Gmina Olsztyn contains the villages and settlements of Biskupice, Bukowno, Krasawa, Kusięta, Olsztyn, Przymiłowice, Przymiłowice-Podgrabie, Skrajnica, Turów and Zrębice. Gmina Olsztyn is bordered by the", "title": "Gmina Olsztyn" } ]

[ "Genoa", "Genoa, Italy", "Genova, Italy", "Genova" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.61, "text": "Gênes Gênes was a department of the French Consulate and of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the city of Genoa. It was formed in 1805, when the Ligurian Republic (formerly the Republic of Genoa) was annexed directly to France. Its capital was Genoa. The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. It was followed by a brief restoration of the Ligurian Republic, but at the Congress of Vienna the old territory of Genoa was awarded to the Kingdom of Sardinia. Its territory is now divided between the Italian provinces of Genoa,", "title": "Gênes" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.17, "text": "Piacenza, Alessandria and Pavia. The trousers called jeans in English are named for the \"\"bleu de Gênes\"\", a blue dye used for denim. The department was subdivided into the following \"\"arrondissements\"\" and \"\"cantons\"\" (situation in 1812): Its population in 1812 was 400,056, and its area was 237,600 hectares. Gênes Gênes was a department of the French Consulate and of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the city of Genoa. It was formed in 1805, when the Ligurian Republic (formerly the Republic of Genoa) was annexed directly to France. Its capital was Genoa. The department was", "title": "Gênes" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.98, "text": "Loire; Saint Genesius or Genes (660-679 or 680), Benedictine abbot of Fontenelle, grand almoner and minister of Queen Bathilde; Saint Lambertus (c. 680-690), also abbot of Fontenelle. At the end of the 5th century Lyon was the capital of the Kingdom of Burgundy, but after 534 it passed under the domination of the kings of France. Ravaged by the Saracens in 725, the city was restored through the liberality of Charlemagne who established a rich library in the monastery of Ile Barbe. In the time of Saint Patiens and the priest Constans (d. 488) the school of Lyon was famous;", "title": "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.88, "text": "Emera Inc. acquired Capital Power's Bridgeport, Tiverton, and Rumford facilities, including certain emissions credits. Capital Power has economic interests in the following facilities, which are operated by other entities: Capital Power, in a limited partnership with Samsung Renewable Energy Inc., and Pattern Renewable Holdings Canada ULC, is proposing a wind project for the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh. Capital Power is planning to develop the new natural gas-powered Capital Power Energy Centre in Alberta. On December 5, 2013, Capital Power entered into a joint-venture agreement with ENMAX Corporation to develop, construct, own and operate the project, which was renamed to Genesee 4", "title": "Capital Power Corporation" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.62, "text": "it wanted to focus more on other aspects of its commercial portfolio. Since then, Capital Radio continued to transmit non-stop music from all pop generes from the 1980s up to the 2000s, until the new management took over and began its own broadcasting. With a heavy focus on 1980s music, Capital Radio was quite popular with listeners in the 25-45 age bracket. Capital Radio had a strong presenter line up. Capital Radio also organised social events, such as the station's birthday bash every summer. Capital Radio was also popular abroad, with thousands of listeners tuning in over the net. Times", "title": "Capital Radio Malta" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.5, "text": "Capital GmbH (RBVC). Gene Krzywinski is the CEO of eIQ Energy, Inc. The development and management teams include experts in DC power electronics and analog semiconductors with global experience in power supplies, power management and renewable energy. eIQ Energy's primary products are the vBoost 250 & 350, which are DC-to-DC converter modules that step up panel output voltages and create a parallel connection to a constant-voltage bus. With the vBoost converter module, each panel becomes an independent contributor of power to the array. The high voltage also enables a bus topology in which panels are connected in parallel rather than", "title": "EIQ Energy" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.41, "text": "a location bordering the North Florida Fairgrounds on the south side of town was selected for this purpose. Originally called Capital Stadium, the name was changed in 1998 to honor local high school coaching legend Gene Cox shortly after his retirement and, the natural grass field was named in honor of four-term Florida state legislator and former Tallahassee, FL mayor, Hurley W. Rudd Sr.. Today, Hurley W. Rudd Field at Gene Cox Stadium is home to all Leon County middle school football games and most home games for the local public high schools, including: Chiles High School, Godby High School,", "title": "Gene Cox Stadium" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.38, "text": "Genesee Generating Station Genesee Generating Station is a coal fired station owned by Capital Power Corporation and TransAlta Corporation, located near Genesee, Alberta, Canada; 71 km (44 miles) southwest of Edmonton, Alberta. Fuel is provided by the nearby coal mine, a joint venture of EPCOR and Westmoreland Prairie Resources. The Genesee cooling pond is an artificial pond covering . The pond is topped up with water from the North Saskatchewan River. The station consists of three units. The Genesee Generating Station consists of: The boilers were supplied by Combustion Engineering/Hitachi while the turbines/generator are supplied by GEC/Hitachi. The plant has", "title": "Genesee Generating Station" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.08, "text": "two smokestacks, one 138 m (453 ft) tall, the other 121 m (397 ft) tall. Genesee Generating Station Genesee Generating Station is a coal fired station owned by Capital Power Corporation and TransAlta Corporation, located near Genesee, Alberta, Canada; 71 km (44 miles) southwest of Edmonton, Alberta. Fuel is provided by the nearby coal mine, a joint venture of EPCOR and Westmoreland Prairie Resources. The Genesee cooling pond is an artificial pond covering . The pond is topped up with water from the North Saskatchewan River. The station consists of three units. The Genesee Generating Station consists of: The boilers", "title": "Genesee Generating Station" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.03, "text": "a string of works coupling the locus of the Belgian capital—often invoked in the title—with recent events in politics, culture and technology: \"\"Bruxelles électrique\"\" (referring to the electrification of the Alcazar, 1892), \"\"Bruxelles port de mer\"\" (alluding to the capital's increasing harbor activity, 1893), \"\"Bruxelles sans gêne\"\" (a parody of Victorien Sardou’s hit \"\"Madame Sans-Gêne\"\", Alcazar, 1894), and so on. With a fresh palette and a photographic sense of realism, Dubosq’s revue sets conjured up the new hotspots of Brussels, next to featuring comic fantasies and even Jules Vernian science-fiction. Dubosq began to be called upon for other types of", "title": "Albert Dubosq" } ]

[ "La Rochelle" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.14, "text": "the Province of Poitou and the Diocese of Poitiers. By decree dated 12 December 1973 the commune of Salles-lès-Aulnay merged with the commune of Aulnay. Aulnay is the capital of the canton of Aulnay-de-Saintonge which has the largest extent in the department of Charente-Maritime. List of Successive Mayors In 2010 the commune had 1,464 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey", "title": "Aulnay, Charente-Maritime" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.8, "text": "Xainctes. Primarily built on the left bank of the Charente, Saintes became the first Roman capital of Aquitaine, and later, the capital of the province of Saintonge under the Ancien Régime. Following the French Revolution it briefly became the prefecture of the department (then called \"\"Charente-Inférieure\"\") during the territorial reorganization of 1790, until La Rochelle took its place in 1810. Even though it was but a subprefecture, Saintes was allowed to remain the judicial center of the department. In the late 19th century, Saintes was chosen as the seat of the VIIIth \"\"arrondissement\"\" of the Chemins de Fer de l'État,", "title": "Saintes, Charente-Maritime" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.56, "text": "of Angoumois and contains part of the regions of Saintonge, Limousin, Périgord and Poitou. The department is part of the current region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is surrounded by the departments of Charente-Maritime, Dordogne, Haute-Vienne, Vienne and Deux-Sèvres. Its capital is Angoulême. The inhabitants of the department are called \"\"Charentais\"\". The President of the General Council is Michel Boutant of the Socialist Party. Cognac and pineau are two of the major agricultural products of the region, along with butter. The Charentaise slipper (a type of slipper made from felt and wool) is another well-known traditional product. Charente Charente (, Saintongeais: \"\"Chérente\"\",", "title": "Charente" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.42, "text": "Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime () is a department on the southwestern coast of France named after the Charente River. Previously a part of Saintonge and Aunis, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. On 4 September 1941, it was renamed Charente-Maritime. When first created, the commune of Saintes was assigned as the prefecture of the department (Saintes had previously been the capital of Saintonge). This changed in 1810 when Napoleon passed an imperial decree which moved the prefecture to La Rochelle. During World War II, the department was invaded by the German", "title": "Charente-Maritime" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.14, "text": "tiny capital of the canton. Étaules belongs to the urban community Royan Atlantique (CARA), intercommunal structure gathering 79,441 inhabitants in 2011. The town of Étaules is located south-west of the department of Charente-Maritime and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in the heart of the Arvert peninsula, in the continental section of the \"\"Côte de Beauté\"\". The commune is in a conurbation comprising La Tremblade (the main urban centre), Arvert, and Chaillevette and could be considered part of the outlying \"\"suburbs\"\" of Royan which is the main urban centre and economic hub of the area. Administratively it is part of the Canton of", "title": "Étaules, Charente-Maritime" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.03, "text": "it was coalesced with the much larger region of Saintonge to form the Department of Charente-Maritime. In La Rochelle: In Surgères: In Rochefort: Aunis Aunis is a historical province of France, situated in the north-west of the department of Charente-Maritime. Its historic capital is La Rochelle, which took over from Castrum Allionis (Châtelaillon) the historic capital which gives its name to the province. It was a fief of the Duchy of Aquitaine. It extended to Marais Poitevin in the north, Basse Saintonge (and Niortais) in the east, and Rochefortais in the south. Aunis had an influence approximately 20–25 km into", "title": "Aunis" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.92, "text": "department is served by the TGV at Surgères and La Rochelle. It can also be reached by motorway by the A10 (E5, Paris-Bordeaux) and A837 (E602, Saintes-Rochefort). Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime () is a department on the southwestern coast of France named after the Charente River. Previously a part of Saintonge and Aunis, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. On 4 September 1941, it was renamed Charente-Maritime. When first created, the commune of Saintes was assigned as the prefecture of the department (Saintes had previously been the capital of Saintonge). This", "title": "Charente-Maritime" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.77, "text": "Poitou-Charentes Poitou-Charentes () is a former administrative region in south-western France. It is part of the new region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprises four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. Historical provinces are Angoumois, Aunis, Saintonge and Poitou. The regional capital is Poitiers. Other important cities are La Rochelle, Niort, Angoulême, Châtellerault, Saintes, Rochefort and Royan. The regional council is composed of 56 members. The region is the home of France's losing presidential candidate Socialist Ségolène Royal in the election of 2007. In French its residents are known as \"\"Picto-Charentais\"\". In 2003, the region ranked 15th out of 26 in population. In", "title": "Poitou-Charentes" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.73, "text": "of services in the medical, paramedical, and medical and social sectors which make it, as the capital of the canton, relatively well equipped in this area for Charente-Maritime. The town has three medical practices for General Practice in the centre of town. There are also two dental practices. Aulnay does not have medical specialists and people usually visit those at Saint-Jean-d'Angely. Aulnay does not have a medical radiology or MRI centre. The commune and the entire canton depend on Saint Jean d'Angely for this type of service. Although the closest hospital is at Saint Jean d'Angely for the most mundane", "title": "Aulnay, Charente-Maritime" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.19, "text": "and a Peribolos, proof of the existence of an important Gallo-Roman city. As the capital of a fiscal jurisdiction Aulnay was already the seat of a lordship in 925, as evidenced by the donation made by \"\"Cadelon I\"\" to several abbeys. The Viscounts of Aulnay (or Viscounts of Aunay) were descendants of other noble families in Poitou and Saintonge and lived in a castle which was demolished in 1818 but whose tower still remains. A common name for Aulnay is Aulnay-de-Saintonge but under the Ancien Régime Aulnay (often spelled Aunay) did not belong to the province of Saintonge but to", "title": "Aulnay, Charente-Maritime" } ]

[ "Raleigh", "Raleigh, North Carolina", "Raleigh, NC" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.77, "text": "North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. North Carolina is the 28th most extensive and the 9th most populous of the U.S. states. The state is divided into 100 counties. The capital is Raleigh, which along with Durham and Chapel Hill is home to the largest research park in the United States (Research Triangle Park). The most populous municipality is Charlotte, which is the second largest banking", "title": "North Carolina" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.06, "text": "Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh (; ) is the capital of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. Raleigh is the second-largest city in the state, after Charlotte. Raleigh is known as the \"\"City of Oaks\"\" for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of . The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population as 464,758 as of July 1, 2017. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter", "title": "Raleigh, North Carolina" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.88, "text": "North Carolina State Capitol The North Carolina State Capitol is the former seat of the legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The building was built following the destruction by fire of the first State House in 1831, and today houses the offices of the Governor of North Carolina. It is located in the state capital of Raleigh on Union Square at One East Edenton Street. The cornerstone of the Greek Revival building was laid with Masonic honors by the Grand Master of North Carolina Masons Simmons Jones Baker on July 4, 1833. Construction was completed in 1840. It", "title": "North Carolina State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.66, "text": "can claim to be the indisputable \"\"capital\"\" of Eastern North Carolina barbecue, the medium-sized cities of Greenville and Goldsboro and their surrounding communities boast the highest concentrations of highly ranked establishments. The annual Newport Pig Pickin' (the largest whole pig cooking contest in North Carolina) is held featuring primarily eastern-style barbecue. Western North Carolina pork barbecue uses a tomato and vinegar based sauce and only the pork shoulder (dark meat) is used. The \"\"capital\"\" of western Carolina barbecue is indisputably the Piedmont Triad town of Lexington, home of the Lexington Barbecue Festival which brings in over 100,000 visitors each October.", "title": "Culture of North Carolina" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.61, "text": "proprietors and made the region a royal colony. John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville refused to sell; in 1744 he received rights to the vast Granville Tract, constituting the northern half of North Carolina. Bath, the oldest town in North Carolina, was the first nominal capital from 1705 until 1722, when Edenton took over the role, but the colony had no permanent institutions of government until their establishment in the new capital New Bern in 1743. Raleigh became capital of North Carolina in 1792. The colony grew rapidly from a population of 100,000 in 1752 to 200,000 in 1765. By 1760,", "title": "History of North Carolina" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.58, "text": "Guard Air Station in Elizabeth City. Also stationed in North Carolina is the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point in Southport. General History Government and education Other North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. North Carolina is the 28th most extensive and the 9th most populous of the U.S. states. The state is divided into 100 counties. The capital is Raleigh, which along with Durham and Chapel Hill", "title": "North Carolina" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.56, "text": "Tabor City, North Carolina Tabor City, known as the \"\"Yam Capital of the World\"\", is a town in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. It is the southernmost town in Columbus County, one of North Carolina's largest counties by land area. It is located just north of the North Carolina/South Carolina line, about north of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and is just north of Loris, South Carolina. The population was 3,979 as of the 2010 census. According to Swanton (1952), before the arrival of the Europeans, the area was home to the Cape Fear Indians, the Waccamaw Indians, and the", "title": "Tabor City, North Carolina" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.31, "text": "of the more famous arts communities in the state is Seagrove, the handmade-pottery capital of the U.S., where artisans create handcrafted pottery inspired by the same traditions that began in this community more than 200 years ago. With nearly 100 shops and galleries scattered throughout the area, visitors can find everything from traditional tableware to folk and collectible art pieces and historical reproductions. North Carolina boasts a large number of noteworthy jazz musicians, some among the most important in the history of the genre. These include: John Coltrane, (Hamlet, High Point); Thelonious Monk (Rocky Mount); Billy Taylor (Greenville); Woody Shaw", "title": "North Carolina" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.27, "text": "in 1771. In 1788 Raleigh was chosen as the site of the new capital, as its central location protected it from coastal attacks. Officially established in 1792 as both county seat and state capital, the city was named after Sir Walter Raleigh, sponsor of Roanoke, the \"\"lost colony\"\" on Roanoke Island. North Carolina made the smallest per-capita contribution to the war of any state, as only 7,800 men joined the Continental Army under General George Washington; an additional 10,000 served in local militia units under such leaders as General Nathanael Greene. There was some military action, especially in 1780–81. Many", "title": "North Carolina" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.19, "text": "Capital Area Greenway The Capital Area Greenway is a greenway trail system through the city of Raleigh, North Carolina. Started in 1974, it currently spans over 112 miles (161 km) and 3800 acres (12 km²) throughout much Wake County. In the early 1970s citizens of the City of Raleigh became increasingly concerned about growth in and around the city. At the time citizens thought that the increasing urbanization would destroy the cites natural beauty and general characteristics. In 1970 Raleigh had a population of around 118,000 in 2015 just thirty-five years latter it's just under half a million. City officials", "title": "Capital Area Greenway" } ]

[ "Qasr-e Shirin" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.86, "text": "Qasr-e Shirin Qasr-e Shirin (Kurdish: Qesirî Şîrîn, ; also Romanized as Qaşr-e Shīrīn and Qasr-ī-Shīrīn; also known as Ghasr-ī-shīrīn and Ghasr-shīrīn) is a city and capital of Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 15,437, in 3,893 families. The name of the city literally means \"\"Castle of Shirin\"\" in Persian. Shirin (meaning beauty/sweet) is the name of the wife of Khosrau II, king of the Sasanian Empire. The city was a metropolitan during Sassanid dynastic era (226–651 AD). Ghasr-e Shírín a city with over 2,000 years of history was famous for being the city", "title": "Qasr-e Shirin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.05, "text": "route called Rahahan e gharb (Iran west railway) planned to connect Iran to Iraqi railway system and ultimately to the Syrian Mediterranean port city of Latakia. Its construction is due to be completed by 1392 Iranian year through Kermanshah–Khosravi line. There has also been plans of building a regional airport in the vicinity. See Kermanshahis Qasr-e Shirin Qasr-e Shirin (Kurdish: Qesirî Şîrîn, ; also Romanized as Qaşr-e Shīrīn and Qasr-ī-Shīrīn; also known as Ghasr-ī-shīrīn and Ghasr-shīrīn) is a city and capital of Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 15,437, in 3,893 families. The", "title": "Qasr-e Shirin" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.64, "text": "Zarrin Shahr Zarrin Shahr (, also Romanized as Zarīn Shahr; also known as Qal‘eh Rīz, Rīz-e Lanjān, and Rīz) is a city and capital of Lenjan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 55,984, in 15,154 families. It is located in southwest of Isfahan. Until the 1970s Zarrinshahr was known as Riz-e Lenjan (or simply Riz for the locals). The name changed to Zarrinshahr as a result of what seems to be merely bureaucratic decision making. It is not known to what extent, if any, the local population was consulted on this matter. Not many seemed", "title": "Zarrin Shahr" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.52, "text": "County; Qasr-e Shirin County; Ravansar County; Sahneh County; Sarpol-e Zahab County; Salas-e Babajani County; Sonqor County. Major cities and towns in Kermanshah Province: Kermanshah; Eslamabad-e Gharb; Paveh; Harsin; Kangavar; Sonqor; Javanrud; Ravansar; Gilan-e Gharb; Sahneh; Qasr-e Shirin & Sarpol-e Zahab. The province's capital is Kermanshah (), located in the middle of the western part of Iran. The population of the city is 822,921. The city is built on the slopes of Mt. Sefid Kooh and extended toward south during last two decades. The builtup areas run alongside Sarab River and Sarab Valley. City's elevation average about 1350 meters above sea", "title": "Kermanshah Province" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.55, "text": "the city of hotels and restaurants. There are three main shopping centers in Qasr-e Shirin, of which Artmita shopping center is the biggest and most modern. The other two are Kavian shopping center and the traditional Shah Abbasi Bazarche, the latter is the busiest one attracting people from neighboring cities and from all over the country. See Naft shahr district Islamic Azad University of Qasr-e shirin began enrolling students in 2006. Before the establishment of this private university, Razi state university of higher education of Qasr-e Shirin which majored in agriculture had been accepting students till its closure in 2004.", "title": "Qasr-e Shirin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.45, "text": "Eyvan Eyvan (, , also Romanized as Eywān and Aīvān; also known as Eyvān-e Gharb and Jūy Zar; formerly, Bāgh-e Shāh and Bāgh-ī-Shāh) is a city in and capital of Eyvan County, Ilam Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 27,752, in 6,010 families. Eyvan is the northernmost city of Ilam province. The city is predominantly inhabited by Kurdish people. The kurdish language spoken in the city is similar to the cities in neighboring Kermanshah province which are Gilan-e-gharb, Islamabad-e-gharb, Kermanshah, Qasr-e Shirin, Sarpole Zahab which all together speak kalhori kurdish. Its neighboring cities are Gilan-e-gharb and ilam", "title": "Eyvan" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.12, "text": "There is also a Payame Noor University. Qasr e shirin is located on one of the most important routes in Iran. Road 48 (Iran) passes through Qasr e shirin and ends in Khosravi, which is part of Karbala Freeway. Every year hundreds of thousands of tourists go to visit Iraqi Kurdistan through Parwiz border point border terminal located north of the city. Most of the residents travel by car through the system of roads and highways. There are many private travel agencies called phone-taxi providing inner city and inter city services to travelers. The city is near a proposed railway", "title": "Qasr-e Shirin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.09, "text": "The famed Silk Road passes through Ghasr-e Shirin, connecting the highlands of the Iranian Plateau through a natural opening in the Zagros mountain chain with the lowland Mesopotamia and whence, the Levant and the Mediterranean basin. Being at the foothills of Zagros has made the city an important trade connection. For centuries the town has hosted the caravans of Silks and goods from far east to Arabia and Byzantium and up until 1980, when the Iran–Iraq War devastated the area, Qasr-e Shirin had a large secondhand clothes market where items, ranging from American plaid jackets to Russian leather military motorcycle", "title": "Qasr-e Shirin" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.02, "text": "the Iran–Iraq War in 1980. Most of the latter were placed in camps just outside the city and most have returned home after the ceasefire. Zarrin Shahr has Greco-Roman wrestling and martial arts teams that are competitive nationally. Zarrin Shahr Zarrin Shahr (, also Romanized as Zarīn Shahr; also known as Qal‘eh Rīz, Rīz-e Lanjān, and Rīz) is a city and capital of Lenjan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 55,984, in 15,154 families. It is located in southwest of Isfahan. Until the 1970s Zarrinshahr was known as Riz-e Lenjan (or simply Riz for the", "title": "Zarrin Shahr" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.02, "text": "Qaem Shahr Qaem Shahr (, also Romanized as Qā’em Shahr; formerly known as Shāhi (Persian: Ŝāhi) is a city and capital of Qaem Shahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 204,953. Originally known as Aliyabad, the name Ŝâhi (Shāhi) was used until the Iranian Revolution in 1979 when the city acquired its current name. The city is situated north-east of Tehran; southeast of Babol; and south west of Sari which is the capital of Mazandaran province. In 1951, Qa'em Shahr's population was around 18,000, growing to 123,684 in 1991. The city has a lot of", "title": "Qaem Shahr" } ]

[ "Muscat" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.12, "text": "Muscat Muscat (, ) is the capital and largest city of Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the total population of Muscat Governorate reached 1.28 million as of September 2015. The metropolitan area spans approximately and includes six provinces called \"\"wilayats\"\". Known since the early 1st century CE as an important trading port between the west and the east, Muscat was ruled by various indigenous tribes as well as foreign powers such as the Persians, the Portuguese Empire, the Iberian Union and the Ottoman Empire at", "title": "Muscat" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.88, "text": "of the most diverse environments in the Middle East with various tourist attractions and is particularly well known for adventure and cultural tourism. Muscat, the capital of Oman, was named the second best city to visit in the world in 2012 by the travel guide publisher Lonely Planet. Muscat also was chosen as the Capital of Arab Tourism of 2012. , Oman's population is over 4 million, with 2.23 million Omani nationals and 1.76 million expatriates. The total fertility rate in 2011 was estimated at 3.70. Oman has a very young population, with 43 percent of its inhabitants under the", "title": "Oman" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.84, "text": "Sur, Oman Sur () is the capital city of Ash Sharqiyah Region, northeastern Oman, on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. It is located at around , and is 93 miles (150 km) southeast of the Omani capital Muscat. Historically the city is known for being an important destination point for sailors. Today the sea still plays an important part of life in Sur. Nearby villages include Dughmur and Qalhat. By the 6th century, Sur was an established centre for trade with East Africa. Ibn Battuta commented on his visit to this \"\"roadstead of a large village on the", "title": "Sur, Oman" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.91, "text": "Sohar Suhar (Sohar) (, also Romanized as Suḥār) is the capital and largest city of the Al Batinah North Governorate in Oman. An ancient capital of the country that once served as an important Islamic port town, Suhar has also been credited as the mythical birthplace of Sinbad the Sailor. According to the 2010 census, Suhar's population was 140,006, making it Oman's fifth most-populated settlement. Described as an industrial town, the development of the Sohar Industrial Port during the 2000s has transformed it into a major Omani industrial hub. As the largest town in the region, it has been argued", "title": "Sohar" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.86, "text": "Bu Ali and Jalan Bani Bu Hassan, Kamel and Alwafi and Masirah.<br> North Al Sharqiyah - The state of Ibra is its administrative capital in addition to the states of Bidiyah, Al-Mudhaibi, Qabil, Wadi Bani Khalid, Damma and Al-Tayyeen.<br> The desolate coastal tract from Jalan to Ras Naws has no specific name. Low hills and wastelands meet the sea for long distances. Midway along this coast and about fifteen kilometers offshore is the barren Masirah island. Stretching about seventy kilometers, the island occupies a strategic location near the entry point to the Gulf of Oman from the Arabian Sea. Because", "title": "Geography of Oman" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.78, "text": "Salalah Salalah (, transliterated \"\"Ṣalālah\"\"), is the capital and largest city of the southern Omani governorate of Dhofar. Its population in 2009 was about 197,169. Salalah is the second-largest city in the Sultanate of Oman, and the largest city in the Dhofar Province. Salalah is the birthplace of the current sultan, Qaboos bin Said. Salalah attracts many people from other parts of Oman and the Persian Gulf region during the monsoon/\"\"khareef\"\" season, which spans from July to September. The climate of the region and the monsoon allows the city to grow some vegetables and fruits like coconut and bananas. There", "title": "Salalah" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.72, "text": "Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos (Arabic: مدينة السلطان قابوس) is a suburb of Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman. The Name \"\"Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos\"\" is an Arabic phrase that means \"\"City of Sultan Qaboos.\"\" Sultan Qaboos is the incumbent monarchist ruler of the Sultanate of Oman. Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos (or Madinat Qaboos and MQ for short) is a predominantly residential area located in the center of Muscat Governorate. Nearby suburbs include Al-Khuwair, Shati Al-Qurm and Qurum. It is situated less than one kilometer from the sea and is well connected to the rest", "title": "Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.64, "text": "capital of the Sultanate of Oman and Zanzibar. With the British outlawing the slave trade in the Indian Ocean, the Sultanate's fortunes crashed. The Muscat economy was in shambles and many Omani's migrated to Zanzibar. The increase in the Arab population on the island facilitated further growth and more buildings began to spring up in the town. Furthermore, grand royal structures like the House of Wonders and the Sultan's Palace were also built. In 1861, as a consequence of a war of succession within the Omani royal family, Zanzibar and Oman were separated, with Zanzibar becoming an independent sultanate under", "title": "Stone Town" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.53, "text": "capital of Salalah; in Yemen, the Hadhramaut port capital Mukalla, the former capital and ancient port of Aden, the Red Sea coffee ports of Al Hudaydah (still the largest town on this coast of Yemen) and Mocha, and the World Heritage Site of Zabid; and the city of Jizan, the \"\"fruit basket of Saudi Arabia\"\". Protected areas in Oman include the controversial Arabian Oryx Sanctuary where the reintroduction took place, and Jabal Samhan Nature Reserve established for the protection of the leopards. There are a number of Important Bird Areas on the coast of Yemen but none are officially protected.", "title": "Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.53, "text": "Old Muscat Old Muscat is the original historic city of Muscat, the capital of Oman, on the coast in the Gulf of Oman. The old city of Muscat is separated from the rest of modern Muscat by coastal mountains. It is located along the Muttrah Corniche coastal road (entering via the Muscat Gate Museum) between Port Sultan Qaboos and Al Bustan Beach. The city is protected by a wall with round towers, built in 1625, on the western and southern sides. The Gulf of Oman and the surrounding mountains form a natural boundary to the east and north. Until the", "title": "Old Muscat" } ]

[ "Dano", "Dano, Burkina Faso" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.67, "text": "Roman to rule, Juba and his wife, Cleopatra Selene (the daughter of Marcus Antonius and last Pharaonic queen Cleopatra), were at the mercy of civil unrest when Emperor Augustus intervened. Juba II renamed Iol \"\"Caesarea\"\" or \"\"Caesarea Mauretaniae\"\", in honor of the emperor. Caesarea would become the capital of the Roman client kingdom of Mauretania, which became one of the important client kingdoms in the Roman Empire, and their dynasty was among the most loyal client Roman vassal rulers. Juba and Cleopatra did not just rename their new capital, but rebuilt the town as a typical Graeco-Roman city in fine", "title": "Caesarea, Numidia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.22, "text": "Reguiba Reguiba () is a town and commune, and capital of Reguiba District, in El Oued Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 40,367, up from 30,392 in 1998, and an annual growth rate of 2.9%. Reguiba has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification \"\"BWh\"\"), with very hot summers and mild winters, and very little precipitation throughout the year. </div> Local roads connect the town to the N48 highway, including one that joins at Guemar, leading south to the provincial capital El Oued and north to Still, and Biskra via the N3 highway. 3.6%", "title": "Reguiba" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.94, "text": "Juba Juba is the capital and largest city of the Republic of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of Jubek State. In the 19th century, a trading post and Christian mission, called Gondokoro, was located in the vicinity of Juba. It was the southernmost outpost of the Egyptian garrison, supported by a handful of soldiers, mostly ill due to the malaria and blackwater fever that was dominant in the region. Gondokoro was also the base of the explorers and campaigners (Sir) Samuel and Florence Baker during their expeditions to what", "title": "Juba" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.89, "text": "Rouïba Rouïba or Rouiba () is a municipality of Algeria. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Algiers in one of the most healthy localities of Algeria. It is also the district seat of Rouïba District in Algiers Province. Its inhabitants are called Rouibéens. Capital of Oriental Mitidja, of agricultural vocation, Rouïba will become after the Second World War an industrial city with on its territory the first and the largest industrial area of the country which extends on , which makes it is one of the richest communes in Algeria. Rouïba is the name used by the inhabitants", "title": "Rouïba" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.78, "text": "Ioulis Ioulis or Ioulida (), locally called Khora () like the main towns of most Greek islands, and sometimes known by the island name of Kea or Keos (or earlier Zea), is the capital of the island of Kea in the Cyclades. The Ioulida of today, while popular with both tourists and middle-class Athenians, is relatively unspoiled in that cars must be left at the entrance of the town, and \"\"life is pretty much the way it has always been.\"\" As in Korissia, \"\"the architectural style is not like like the typical Cycladic. The heart of Chora is the square", "title": "Ioulis" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.67, "text": "Sud-Ouest Region (Burkina Faso) Sud-Ouest is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on July 2, 2001 and had a population of 624,056 in 2006. It covers an area of 16 202 km. The region's capital is Gaoua. Four provinces make up the region—Bougouriba, Ioba, Noumbiel, and Poni. As of 2010, the population of the region was 687,826 with 51.99 per cent females. The population in the region was 4.37 per cent of the total population of the country. The child mortality rate was 98, infant mortality rate was 107 and the mortality of children under five", "title": "Sud-Ouest Region (Burkina Faso)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.58, "text": "Quba Quba (also Kuba, Guba or Kuwa; Lezgin: \"\"Къуба́\"\"; Judæo-Tat: \"\"Qybə\"\" / Гъуьбэ / קאובּא) is a city in and the capital of the Quba Rayon (district) of Azerbaijan. The city lies on the north-eastern slopes of Shahdag mountain, at an altitude of 600 metres above sea level, on the right bank of the Kudyal river. It has a population of 38,100 (2010). Quba was mentioned in works of various European geographers, in ancient Arabic and Albanian sources. The castle built by the ruler Anushiravan in the 11th century was called \"\"Bade-Firuz Qubat\"\", and in the Arabic sources of the", "title": "Quba" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.52, "text": "Manouba Governorate Manouba Governorate ( \"\"\"\" ) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia and is in inland, northern Tunisia. It has a population of 379,518 (as at the 2014 census), and an area of 1,137 km2. The capital is Manouba. The governorate is from the capital, in an area of foothills of and verdant plains below the Tell Atlas uplands and borders Bizerte, Zaghouan, Beja, Tunis, Ariana and Ben Arous Governorates. The east and west of the province have high foothills; from both ranges the three lakes of Tunis and the Bay of Tunis can be seen.", "title": "Manouba Governorate" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.36, "text": "a construction boom with tall buildings rising in many places. Various luxury services have also become available and the construction of shopping malls has recently increased. According to Tia Goldenberg of \"\"IOL\"\", area spa professionals said that some people have labeled the city, \"\"the spa capital of Africa.\"\" Ethiopian Airlines has its headquarters on the grounds of Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa. Tourism is a growing industry within Addis Ababa and Ethiopia as a whole. The country has seen a 10% increase in tourism over the last decade, subsequently bringing an influx of tourists to Addis Ababa. In 2015,", "title": "Addis Ababa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.34, "text": "Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (, ' , \"\"new flower\"\"; or Addis Abeba (the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority); \"\"natural spring\"\") is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is the seat of the Ethiopian federal government. According to the 2007 population census, the city has a total population of 2,739,551 inhabitants. As a chartered city (\"\"ras gez astedader\"\"), Addis Ababa has the status of both a city and a state. It is where the African Union is headquartered and where its predecessor the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was based. It also hosts the headquarters of", "title": "Addis Ababa" } ]

[ "Grant City", "Grant City, Missouri" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.19, "text": "Worth County, Georgia Worth County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 21,679. The county seat is Sylvester. Worth County is included in the Albany, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is called the \"\"Peanut Capital\"\" because of its massive peanut industry. Worth County was created from Dooly and Irwin counties on December 20, 1853, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly, becoming Georgia's 106th county. It was named for Major General William J. Worth of New York. In 1905, portions of Worth", "title": "Worth County, Georgia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.52, "text": "Capital of the World. The event is sponsored by the Sylvester/Worth Chamber of Commerce and ConAgra Foods, makers of Peter Pan peanut butter. Activities include one of the largest parades in the southeast and a beauty pageant with up to 100 contestants. Craftsmen from all over the state come to Sylvester to showcase their creations at the festival. Live entertainment and carnival attractions are usually on hand as well. The Worth County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. The district has 296 full-time teachers and over", "title": "Sylvester, Georgia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.2, "text": "Sylvester, Georgia Sylvester is the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,990 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat and business center of Worth County and is claimed to be the \"\"Peanut Capital of the World\"\" due to its peanut production. Sylvester started as a \"\"beautiful nowhere\"\" in 1893 and was first called \"\"Isabella Station\"\". When the Brunswick and Albany Railroad came through southwest Georgia, the county seat was Isabella, which is located three miles north of the railroad. Slowly, however, the center of trade and commerce shifted south along the railroad.", "title": "Sylvester, Georgia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.17, "text": "4,354 students. Sylvester, Georgia Sylvester is the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,990 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat and business center of Worth County and is claimed to be the \"\"Peanut Capital of the World\"\" due to its peanut production. Sylvester started as a \"\"beautiful nowhere\"\" in 1893 and was first called \"\"Isabella Station\"\". When the Brunswick and Albany Railroad came through southwest Georgia, the county seat was Isabella, which is located three miles north of the railroad. Slowly, however, the center of trade and commerce shifted south along", "title": "Sylvester, Georgia" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.06, "text": "Worth County, Missouri Worth County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,171. It is the smallest county in the state in population and, excepting the independent city of St. Louis, the smallest in total area. Its county seat is Grant City. The county was organized February 8, 1861 and named for General William J. Worth, who served in the Mexican–American War. Worth County is the youngest county in the state. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of ,", "title": "Worth County, Missouri" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.55, "text": "of Representatives. Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 171, than any candidate from either party in Worth County during the 2008 presidential primary. Worth County, Missouri Worth County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,171. It is the smallest county in the state in population and, excepting the independent city of St. Louis, the smallest in total area. Its county seat is Grant City. The county was organized February 8, 1861 and named for General William J.", "title": "Worth County, Missouri" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.33, "text": "Worth County, Iowa Worth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 7,598. The county seat is in Northwood. The county was founded in 1851 and named for Major General William Jenkins Worth (1794–1849), an officer in both the Seminole War and the Mexican–American War. Worth County is part of the Mason City, IA Micropolitan Statistical Area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.5%) is water. It is the fourth-smallest county in Iowa by land area", "title": "Worth County, Iowa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.09, "text": "out the city in 1812, and officials incorporated it in 1816. Columbus was not Ohio’s original capital, but the state legislature chose to move the state government there after its location for a short time at Chillicothe and at Zanesville. Columbus was chosen as the site for the new capital because of its central location within the state and access by way of major transportation routes (primarily rivers) at that time. The legislature chose it as Ohio’s capital over a number of other competitors, including Franklinton, Dublin, Worthington, and Delaware. On May 5, 1802 a group of prospective settlers founded", "title": "Franklin County, Ohio" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.03, "text": "median income for a family was $46,791. Males had a median income of $35,829 versus $26,690 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,348. About 15.6% of families and 20.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.0% of those under age 18 and 16.7% of those age 65 or over. Worth County, Georgia Worth County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 21,679. The county seat is Sylvester. Worth County is included in the Albany, GA Metropolitan Statistical", "title": "Worth County, Georgia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.38, "text": "6.30% of families and 8.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.60% of those under age 18 and 7.80% of those age 65 or over. The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Worth County. † \"\"county seat\"\" Worth County, Iowa Worth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 7,598. The county seat is in Northwood. The county was founded in 1851 and named for Major General William Jenkins Worth (1794–1849), an officer in both the Seminole War and", "title": "Worth County, Iowa" } ]

[ "Bad Ems", "Ems" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.73, "text": "Bad Ems Bad Ems is a town in Rheinland Pfalz, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Rhein-Lahn rural district and is well known as a spa on the river Lahn. Bad Ems is the seat of the \"\"Verbandsgemeinde\"\" (administrative community) Bad Ems. The town has around 9,000 inhabitants. The town is located on both banks of the River Lahn, the natural border between the Taunus and the Westerwald, two parts of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. The town and its outer districts are situated within the Nassau Nature Reserve. In Roman times, a \"\"castrum\"\" was built at Bad Ems", "title": "Bad Ems" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.06, "text": "Ems station lies on the Lahn Valley Railway. The mayor of Bad Ems is Bernard Abt (SPD). Bad Ems is twinned with: Bad Ems Bad Ems is a town in Rheinland Pfalz, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Rhein-Lahn rural district and is well known as a spa on the river Lahn. Bad Ems is the seat of the \"\"Verbandsgemeinde\"\" (administrative community) Bad Ems. The town has around 9,000 inhabitants. The town is located on both banks of the River Lahn, the natural border between the Taunus and the Westerwald, two parts of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. The", "title": "Bad Ems" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.33, "text": "Eitelborn Eitelborn is an \"\"Ortsgemeinde\"\" – a community belonging to a \"\"Verbandsgemeinde\"\" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the \"\"Verbandsgemeinde\"\" of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality. The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Montabaur and Bad Ems. In 1377, Eitelborn had its first documentary mention. The founder was a soldier from Arzbach named \"\"Udilo\"\". Named after him is the \"\"Udilo Park\"\" lying on the heights at the edge of the forest. In 1967, this small community in the Augst – a very small region in the Westerwald – was chosen as the prettiest", "title": "Eitelborn" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.3, "text": "lies the Sporkenburg. Eitelborn Eitelborn is an \"\"Ortsgemeinde\"\" – a community belonging to a \"\"Verbandsgemeinde\"\" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the \"\"Verbandsgemeinde\"\" of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality. The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Montabaur and Bad Ems. In 1377, Eitelborn had its first documentary mention. The founder was a soldier from Arzbach named \"\"Udilo\"\". Named after him is the \"\"Udilo Park\"\" lying on the heights at the edge of the forest. In 1967, this small community in the Augst – a very small region in the Westerwald – was chosen", "title": "Eitelborn" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.94, "text": "Prüm Prüm () is a town in the Westeifel (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany. Formerly a district capital, today it is the administrative seat of the \"\"Verbandsgemeinde\"\" (\"\"collective municipality\"\") Prüm. Prüm lies on the river Prüm (a tributary of the Sauer) at the southeastern end of the Schneifel, which is 697 m high. Prüm is eponymous for the Prüm syncline (Ger. \"\"Prümer Kalkmulde\"\"), the largest of the Eifel-lime-synclines. Here, the only GSSP-point in Germany identifies the geological border between the lower Devonian Emsian and the middle Devonian Eifelian. See main article on the town's former monastery, Prüm Abbey. In 2005, the Prüm Convention", "title": "Prüm" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.91, "text": "Bad Ems station Bad Ems is a station in the town of Bad Ems in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is on the Lahn Valley Railway (Koblenz–Wetzlar). The entrance building is heritage-listed. The station has an entrance hall, an extension formerly used as a \"\"Fürstenbahnhof\"\" (\"\"Princes' station\"\", that it was built to be used by royalty) and a train shed built by MAN in 1910; which is the smallest train shed in the DB network. It was built because of the great importance of Bad Ems as a spa before the First World War. The ensemble is given heritage", "title": "Bad Ems station" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.75, "text": "the native Alemannic tradition of runic literacy. Bad Ems is in Rhineland-Palatinate, on the northwestern boundary of Alemannic settlement, where Frankish influence would have been strongest. The establishment of the bishopric of Konstanz cannot be dated exactly and was possibly undertaken by Columbanus himself (before 612). In any case, it existed by 635, when Gunzo appointed John of Grab bishop. Constance was a missionary bishopric in newly converted lands, and did not look back on late Roman church history unlike the Raetian bishopric of Chur (established 451) and Basel (an episcopal seat from 740, and which continued the line of", "title": "Alemanni" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.69, "text": "of Bad Ems, which became the country seat. Diez was no longer even a regional administrative capital. In World War II, 16 young Luxembourgers were executed in 1944 The execution is remembered in a memorial park with a memorial stone for the victims of Nazi tyranny. A catastrophic flood which crested on 7 February 1984 led to millions of euros in losses in Diez. The city of Diez, the Roman Catholic parish of the Sacred Heart in Diez and is associated with her to the Pastoral Area Diez, which in turn the district in the diocese of Limburg Limburg is", "title": "Diez, Germany" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 18.86, "text": "as part of the Upper Germanic Limes, but today not much of the structure remains. In the woods around the town, however, there are distinct traces of the former Roman border. The town was first mentioned in official documents in 880 and received its town charter in 1324. The Counts of Nassau and Katzenelnbogen rebuilt the bath and used it together with other noble visitors. In the 17th and 18th centuries Bad Ems was considered one of Germany's most famous bathing resorts. It reached its heyday in the 19th century when it welcomed visitors from all over the world and", "title": "Bad Ems" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 18.8, "text": "the Lahn Valley Railway during the busiest periods. The installation of points meant that it was reclassified from a halt to a station. The station has a platform with two platform tracks: The following services stop in \"\"Bad Ems station\"\": The following bus routes stop at the nearest bus stop, called \"\"Bad Ems Hauptbahnhof\"\": Bad Ems station Bad Ems is a station in the town of Bad Ems in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is on the Lahn Valley Railway (Koblenz–Wetzlar). The entrance building is heritage-listed. The station has an entrance hall, an extension formerly used as a \"\"Fürstenbahnhof\"\"", "title": "Bad Ems station" } ]

[ "Vilnius", "Vilna", "Wilno", "Vilne", "Wilna", "Viļņa", "Vilnia", "Vilno", "Vilnyus" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.52, "text": "Temporary capital of Lithuania The temporary capital of Lithuania () was the official designation of the city of Kaunas in Lithuania during the interwar period. It was in contrast to the declared capital in Vilnius, which was under Polish control from 1920 until 1939. Currently, the term \"\"temporary capital\"\", despite having lost its meaning, is still frequently used as a nickname for Kaunas, the second largest city in Lithuania. During World War I, Lithuania declared independence on February 16, 1918. The declaration stated that Lithuania would be a democratic republic with Vilnius as its capital. This claim was based on", "title": "Temporary capital of Lithuania" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.16, "text": "Vilnius Vilnius (, see also other names) is the capital of Lithuania and its largest city, with a population of 574,147 . Vilnius is in the southeast part of Lithuania and is the second largest city in the Baltic states. Vilnius is the seat of the main government institutions of Lithuania and the Vilnius District Municipality. Vilnius is classified as a Gamma global city according to GaWC studies, and is known for the architecture in its Old Town, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Before World War II, Vilnius was one of the largest Jewish centres in Europe.", "title": "Vilnius" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.12, "text": "historical grounds, as the city was the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. However, the city was multi-ethnic and other groups laid similar claims. Belarusians saw it as the capital of the Belarusian nation and laid claims to the heritage of the former Grand Duchy; Jews saw it as the capital of Yiddish culture; Poles saw it as a Polish-inhabited city. As Soviet forces pushed westward to spread the global proletarian revolution, German Ober-Ost administration evacuated and the Lithuanians withdrew to Kaunas. Vilnius was captured by the Red Army on January 5, 1919. During the Polish–Soviet War the city", "title": "Temporary capital of Lithuania" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.06, "text": "during the invasion of Poland, to Lithuania according to the Soviet–Lithuanian Mutual Assistance Treaty. Since then Vilnius has been the capital of the Lithuanian SSR and then independent Lithuania. Lithuania refused to have diplomatic relations between Poland and Lithuania until the ultimatum of 1938. Railroad traffic, telegraph lines or even mail could not cross the Polish–Lithuanian border. Lithuania continued to declare Vilnius as its capital in all official documents, including the constitution. Since the city was controlled by Poland, all Lithuanian authorities were transferred to the city of Kaunas, which became the seat of the government. To reconcile reality with", "title": "Temporary capital of Lithuania" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 26.06, "text": "Šiauliai Šiauliai (; ) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 107,086. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County. Unofficially, the city is the capital of Northern Lithuania. Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different languages: Samogitian \"\"Šiaulē\"\", Latvian \"\"Saule\"\" (historic) and \"\"Šauļi\"\" (modern), German (outdated) \"\"Schaulen\"\", Polish \"\"Szawle\"\", Russian Шавли (Shavli — historic) and Шяуля́й (Shyaulyai — modern), Yiddish שאַװל (Shavel). The city was first mentioned in written sources as \"\"Soule\"\" in Livonian Order chronicles describing the Battle of Saule. Thus the city's founding date is now considered to", "title": "Šiauliai" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.84, "text": "people who were born in Šiauliai: Šiauliai Šiauliai (; ) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 107,086. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County. Unofficially, the city is the capital of Northern Lithuania. Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different languages: Samogitian \"\"Šiaulē\"\", Latvian \"\"Saule\"\" (historic) and \"\"Šauļi\"\" (modern), German (outdated) \"\"Schaulen\"\", Polish \"\"Szawle\"\", Russian Шавли (Shavli — historic) and Шяуля́й (Shyaulyai — modern), Yiddish שאַװל (Shavel). The city was first mentioned in written sources as \"\"Soule\"\" in Livonian Order chronicles describing the Battle of Saule. Thus the city's", "title": "Šiauliai" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.61, "text": "priest Lizdeika for its interpretation. He was told: \"\"What is destined for the ruler and the State of Lithuania, is thus: the Iron Wolf represents a castle and a city which will be established by you on this site. This city will be the capital of the Lithuanian lands and the dwelling of their rulers, and the glory of their deeds shall echo throughout the world\"\". The location offered practical advantages: it lay in the Lithuanian heartland at the confluence of two navigable rivers, surrounded by forests and wetlands that were difficult to penetrate. The duchy had been subject to", "title": "Vilnius" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.41, "text": "constitutional claims, Kaunas was designated as a temporary or provisional capital until Vilnius would be \"\"liberated from Polish occupation\"\". In March 1938, Lithuania accepted a Polish ultimatum, demanding diplomatic relations. Despite normalised relations, the new Lithuanian Constitution, in May 1938, still claimed Vilnius as the \"\"de jure\"\" capital of Lithuania, and Kaunas remained as the temporary capital. Temporary capital of Lithuania The temporary capital of Lithuania () was the official designation of the city of Kaunas in Lithuania during the interwar period. It was in contrast to the declared capital in Vilnius, which was under Polish control from 1920 until", "title": "Temporary capital of Lithuania" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.25, "text": "Lithuania Lithuania (; ), officially the Republic of Lithuania (), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. Since its independence, Lithuania has been referred to as one of the Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.7 million people , and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Other major cities are", "title": "Lithuania" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.25, "text": "Lithuania Lithuania (; ), officially the Republic of Lithuania (), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. Since its independence, Lithuania has been referred to as one of the Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.7 million people , and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Other major cities are", "title": "Lithuania" } ]

[ "Dublin", "Dublin city", "City of Dublin", "Baile Átha Cliath" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.14, "text": "Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ), also known as the Republic of Ireland ('), is a country in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, which is located on the eastern part of the island, and whose metropolitan area is home to around a third of the country's over 4.8 million inhabitants. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, Saint George's Channel to", "title": "Republic of Ireland" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.95, "text": "As the capital city, Dublin is the seat of the national parliament of Ireland, the Oireachtas. It is composed of the President of Ireland, Seanad Éireann as the upper house, and Dáil Éireann as the lower house. The President resides in Áras an Uachtaráin in Phoenix Park, while both houses of the Oireachtas meet in Leinster House, a former ducal palace on Kildare Street. It has been the home of the Irish parliament since the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922. The old Irish Houses of Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland are located in College Green. Government", "title": "Dublin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.14, "text": "Dublin Dublin (; ) is the capital of, and largest city in, Ireland. It is on the east coast of Ireland, in the province of Leinster, at the mouth of the River Liffey, and is bordered on the south by the low mountains. It has an urban area population of 1,173,179, while the population of the Dublin Region (formerly County Dublin), , was 1,347,359, and the population of the Greater Dublin area was 1,904,806. There is archaeological debate regarding precisely where Dublin was established by Celtic-speaking people in the 7th century AD. Later expanded as a Viking settlement, the Kingdom", "title": "Dublin" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.03, "text": "Irish Free State rebuilt the city centre and located the new parliament, the Oireachtas, in Leinster House. Since the beginning of Norman rule in the 12th century, the city has functioned as the capital in varying geopolitical entities: Lordship of Ireland (1171–1541), Kingdom of Ireland (1541–1800), as part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922), and the Irish Republic (1919–1922). Following the partition of Ireland in 1922, it became the capital of the Irish Free State (1922–1937) and now is the capital of Ireland. One of the memorials to commemorate that time is the Garden of Remembrance.", "title": "Dublin" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.81, "text": "Community [EEC], in 1973, and as a consequence there is free movement of people, goods, services and capital across the border. The Republic of Ireland is a parliamentary democracy based on the British model, with a written constitution and a popularly elected president who has mostly ceremonial powers. The government is headed by a prime minister, the Taoiseach, who is appointed by the President on the nomination of the lower house of parliament, the Dáil. Members of the government are chosen from both the Dáil and the upper house of parliament, the Seanad. Its capital is Dublin. The Republic today", "title": "Ireland" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.67, "text": "in his home territory in central Connacht (County Galway). Ireland's recognised capital, Dublin, was ruled by Ascall mac Ragnaill, who had submitted to Ruaidri. Only with the arrival of MacMurrough's Anglo-Norman allies in May 1169 did Ruaidrí's position begin to weaken. A series of disastrous defeats and ill-judged treaties lost him much of Leinster, and encouraged uprisings by rebel lords. By the time of the arrival of Henry II in 1171, Ruaidrí's position as king of Ireland was increasingly untenable. Ruaidrí at first remained aloof from engagement with King Henry, though many of the lesser kings and lords welcomed his", "title": "Monarchy of Ireland" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.58, "text": "Armagh Armagh ( ; , , \"\"Macha's height\"\") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Primates of All Ireland for both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland. In ancient times, nearby Navan Fort (\"\"Eamhain Mhacha\"\") was a pagan ceremonial site and one of the great royal capitals of Gaelic Ireland. Today, Armagh is home to two cathedrals (both named after Saint Patrick) and the Armagh Observatory, and is known", "title": "Armagh" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.28, "text": "ministries being allocated in proportion with each party's representation in the assembly. Its capital is Belfast. Ultimately political power is held by the UK government, from which Northern Ireland has gone through intermittent periods of direct rule during which devolved powers have been suspended. Northern Ireland elects 18 of the UK House of Commons' 650 MPs. The Northern Ireland Secretary is a cabinet-level post in the British government. Along with England and Wales and Scotland, Northern Ireland forms one of the three separate legal jurisdictions of the UK, all of which share the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom as", "title": "Ireland" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.14, "text": "as an \"\"impediment.\"\" Ireland boasts the youngest population in all of Europe. In 2012, Citibank's annual list of most competitive cities in the world ranked Dublin as the city with the best \"\"human capital.\"\" The city is home to dozens of colleges and universities, including Dublin City University, Trinity College, University College Dublin, and Dublin Institute of Technology. The local talent pool has received a boost from Google, which opened its Dublin headquarters in 2002 and has since been recruiting highly trained tech talent from all around the world, thanks to Ireland's lenient work visa process. As of 2015, Google", "title": "Silicon Docks" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.08, "text": "of the River Liffey. Founded as a Viking settlement, the Kingdom of Dublin became Ireland's principal city following the Norman invasion. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest city in the British Empire before the Acts of Union in 1800. Following independence in 1922, Dublin became the capital of the Republic of Ireland. The contest took place at the Simmonscourt Pavilion of the Royal Dublin Society, which was normally used for agricultural and horse shows. The same venue hosted the 1981 contest. Host broadcaster RTÉ employed Declan Lowney, who was notable for being", "title": "Eurovision Song Contest 1988" } ]

[ "Colombo", "Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte", "Kotte", "Colombo" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.84, "text": "capital of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte suburb or the parliament capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is also the administrative capital of Western Province, Sri Lanka and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo. Colombo is a busy and vibrant place with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings and ruins with a population of about 752,993 in the city limits. It was the political capital of Sri Lanka,", "title": "ABU Radio Song Festival 2014" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.88, "text": "Colombo Colombo (; , ; , ) is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the city proper. It is the financial centre of the island and a popular tourist destination, and was also described as a city of sights and cities. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital", "title": "Colombo" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.77, "text": "Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (commonly known as Kotte ) is the official, administrative capital of Sri Lanka. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is a satellite city and within the urban area of Sri Lanka's de-facto capital, Colombo. Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Municipal Council area is bounded in The village of Darugama lay at the confluence of two streams, the Diyawanna Oya and the Kolonnawa Oya. As Darugama was a naturally secure place, it was not easy for enemies to enter it. Here, in the 13th century, a chieftain named Nissanka Alagakkonara built a Kotte (meaning fortress) Alagakkonara is mentioned by Ibn", "title": "Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.45, "text": "Empire in 1815, and its status as capital was retained when the nation became independent in 1948. In 1978, when administrative functions were moved to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo was designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Like many cities, Colombo's urban area extends well beyond the boundaries of a single local authority, encompassing other municipal and urban councils such as Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council, Dehiwala Mount Lavinia Municipal Council, Kolonnawa Urban Council, Kaduwela Municipal Council and Kotikawatte Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha. The main city is home to a majority of Sri Lanka's corporate offices, restaurants and entertainment venues.", "title": "Colombo" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.17, "text": "Anuradhapura Anuradhapura (; ம்) is a major city in Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of North Central Province, Sri Lanka and the capital of Anuradhapura District. Anuradhapura is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of an ancient Sri Lankan civilization. It was the third capital of the kingdom of Rajarata, following the kingdoms of Tambapanni and Upatissa Nuwara. The city, now a World Heritage site, was the centre of Theravada Buddhism for many centuries. The city lies north of the current capital of Colombo in the North Central Province, on the", "title": "Anuradhapura" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.06, "text": "since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is within the urban area of, and a suburb of, Colombo. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant place with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings and ruins. It was the legislative capital of Sri Lanka until 1982. Due to its large harbour and its strategic position along the East-West sea trade routes, Colombo was known to ancient traders 2,000 years ago. It was made the capital of the island when Sri Lanka was ceded to the British", "title": "Colombo" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.89, "text": "an ancient capital of Sri Lanka. Four kings ruled from there, Vijayabâhu III (1220–1236), Parâkkamabâhu II (1236–1270), Vijayabâhu IV (1270–1272), and Bhuvanaikabâhu I (1272–1283). The first king to choose Dambadeniya as his capital was Vijayabâhu III. He was able to bring about unity among the sangha who had scattered due to the hostile invasion of the Kalinga magha. He also succeeded in holding a Buddhist convention in 1226 to bring about peace among the Buddhist clergy. King Parâkkamabâhu II inherited the throne from Vijayabâhu III. He was considered a genius who was a great poet and prolific writer. Among the", "title": "Transitional period of Sri Lanka" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.81, "text": "billiards, horse riding, indoor cricket, badminton and table tennis. Horse riding can be pursued at the Premadasa Riding School in Nugegoda. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (commonly known as Kotte ) is the official, administrative capital of Sri Lanka. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is a satellite city and within the urban area of Sri Lanka's de-facto capital, Colombo. Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Municipal Council area is bounded in The village of Darugama lay at the confluence of two streams, the Diyawanna Oya and the Kolonnawa Oya. As Darugama was a naturally secure place, it was not easy for enemies to enter", "title": "Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.81, "text": "two years until his death in 1305. Kurunegala was the capital city of Sri Lanka from 1300-1341. It was a kingdom following kingdom of Yapahuwa. Kurunegala, capital of the Kurunegala District and the modern day province of Wayamba, was used as a royal capital for around half a century with five kings of the Sinhala dynasty reigning as monarchs. The first ruler was King Buvanekabahu II (1293–1302) the son of Buvanekabahu I of Yapahuwa and cousin to King Parakramabahu III of Polonnaruwa. He was followed not long after by the reign of his son King Parakramabahu IV (1302–1326). Parakramabahu not", "title": "Kingdom of Dambadeniya" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.78, "text": "Jaffna Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most populous city. Jaffna is approximately from Kandarodai which served as an emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical antiquity. Jaffna's suburb Nallur served as the capital of the four-century-long medieval Jaffna Kingdom. Prior to the Sri Lankan Civil War, it was Sri Lanka's second most populous city after Colombo. The 1980s insurgent uprising led to", "title": "Jaffna" } ]

[ "City of Brussels", "Brussels City", "Brussels, Belgium", "Bruxelles", "Brussel", "Stad Brussel", "Ville de Bruxelles", "02", "BXL", "Bru", "Brussels" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.31, "text": "Brussels Brussels ( ; ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (, ), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region (in which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region. Brussels is the most densely populated and the richest region in Belgium in terms of GDP per capita. It covers , a relatively small area compared", "title": "Brussels" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.28, "text": "following cities: Brussels Brussels ( ; ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (, ), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region (in which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region. Brussels is the most densely populated and the richest region in Belgium in terms of GDP per capita. It covers , a relatively small", "title": "Brussels" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.94, "text": "City of Brussels The City of Brussels ( or alternatively \"\"Bruxelles-Ville\"\" , or \"\"Brussel-Stad\"\") is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, and the \"\"de jure\"\" capital of Belgium. Besides the strict centre, it also covers the immediate northern outskirts where it borders municipalities in Flanders. It is the administrative centre of the European Union, thus often dubbed, along with the region, the EU's capital city. The City of Brussels is a municipality consisting of the central historic town and certain additional areas within the greater Brussels-Capital Region, namely Haren, Laeken and Neder-Over-Heembeek to the north, and", "title": "City of Brussels" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.94, "text": "City of Brussels The City of Brussels ( or alternatively \"\"Bruxelles-Ville\"\" , or \"\"Brussel-Stad\"\") is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, and the \"\"de jure\"\" capital of Belgium. Besides the strict centre, it also covers the immediate northern outskirts where it borders municipalities in Flanders. It is the administrative centre of the European Union, thus often dubbed, along with the region, the EU's capital city. The City of Brussels is a municipality consisting of the central historic town and certain additional areas within the greater Brussels-Capital Region, namely Haren, Laeken and Neder-Over-Heembeek to the north, and", "title": "City of Brussels" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.33, "text": "100 years), there are approximately 200 days of rain per year in the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the highest totals for any European capital. Snowfall is infrequent, averaging 24 days per year. The city also often experiences violent thunderstorms. Despite its name, the Brussels-Capital Region is not the capital of Belgium. Article 194 of the Belgian Constitution establishes that the capital of Belgium is the City of Brussels, the municipality in the region that is the city's core. The City of Brussels is the location of many national institutions. The Royal Palace, where the King of Belgium exercises his prerogatives", "title": "Brussels" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.75, "text": "make it three or four times larger than the current capital region. Currently, Brussels is the most important seat of EU institutions, but the EU has no formal capital. It has been claimed that a large and independent status may help Brussels advance its claim as the capital of the EU. The enlargement of the Brussels capital region is supported by many French-speakers in the Flemish municipalities with facilities for French-speakers surrounding Brussels. As a result of suburbanisation and an influx of French-speakers and EU officials from Brussels, these municipalities have in recent decades become increasingly French-speaking to an extent", "title": "Partition of Belgium" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.73, "text": "the new Flemish Brabant. The arrondissement of Brussels-Capital, corresponding to the Brussels-Capital Region, thus became extraprovincial, meaning it is not a province, neither does it belong to one, nor does it contain any. However, it is the only Belgian arrondissement that is headed by a governor and a vice-governor. The Brussels-Capital Region is divided into 19 municipalities, of which the City of Brussels is the largest and most populous. See the list of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region. The governor exercises most of the few remaining powers elsewhere exercised by a provincial governor, particularly in the field of public order,", "title": "Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.67, "text": "Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital The Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital (; ; ) is the only administrative arrondissement in the Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium. Because it is the only administrative arrondissement in the Brussels Region, its territory coincides with that of the latter. The arrondissement was created in 1963 upon the splitting of the arrondissement of Brussels into the capital one and the surrounding arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde. They remained part of the province of Brabant until it was split as well in 1995. In that year, the arrondissement of Nijvel formed the new Walloon Brabant and the arrondissements of Halle-Vilvoorde and Leuven formed", "title": "Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.62, "text": "Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region The Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region (French: \"\"Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale\"\", Dutch: \"\"Parlement van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest\"\"), is the governing body of the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three regions of Belgium. It is also known as the Brussels Regional Parliament (French: \"\"Parlement Bruxellois\"\", Dutch: \"\"Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Parlement\"\"). Elections of 75 Brussels regional deputies, 89 since 2004, take place every five years. Here is the list of past regional elections: The composition of the Brussels Parliament is as follows: A dot means: participating in the Brussels government. 2004–2009 2009–2014 2014–present The Brussels", "title": "Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.61, "text": "also featured on the sceptre of the descendants of Charlemagne. This included Charles of France, who set up a fortified camp in the area, in the Duchy of Lower Lotharingia, and chose the site as the capital. This is considered the foundation of Brussels. The Brussels-Capital Region, created on 18 June 1989, adopted the plant as the symbol of the city on 5 March 1991. The exact design was chosen through a public competition, with the design by Jacques Richez being chosen. The blue and yellow colours are those of the European Union, of which Brussels is the \"\"de facto\"\"", "title": "Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region" } ]

[ "Annapolis", "Annapolis, Maryland" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.88, "text": "Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east. The state's largest city is Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are \"\"Old Line State\"\", the \"\"Free State\"\", and the \"\"Chesapeake Bay State\"\". It is named after the English queen Henrietta Maria, known in England as Queen Mary. Sixteen of Maryland's twenty-three counties border the tidal waters of the Chesapeake Bay estuary and its many tributaries, which combined", "title": "Maryland" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.11, "text": "Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis () is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C., Annapolis is part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. Its population was measured at 38,394 by the 2010 census. This city served as the seat of the Confederation Congress (former Second Continental Congress) and temporary national capital of the United States in 1783–1784. At that time, General George Washington came before the body convened in the new", "title": "Annapolis, Maryland" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.03, "text": "Mutual Financial Network, Firaxis Games (in Sparks), Sinclair Broadcast Group (in Hunt Valley), Fila USA (in Sparks), and JoS. A. Bank Clothiers (in Hampstead). The capital of Maryland and the agencies of the Maryland state government are located in the Baltimore MSA, mainly in Annapolis and Baltimore City. The area is also home to the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters in Fort Meade in Anne Arundel County, as well as the Social Security Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in Woodlawn in Baltimore County. In Baltimore County: In Anne Arundel County: Baltimore metropolitan area The Baltimore–Columbia–Towson", "title": "Baltimore metropolitan area" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.84, "text": "to the more populated Maryland cities. The state capital of Annapolis offers sites such as the state capitol building, the historic district, and the waterfront. Maryland also has several sites of interest to military history, given Maryland's role in the American Civil War and in the War of 1812. Other attractions include the historic and picturesque towns along the Chesapeake Bay, such as Saint Mary's, Maryland's first colonial settlement and original capital. The Maryland Department of Transportation oversees most transportation in the state through its various administration-level agencies. The independent Maryland Transportation Authority maintains and operates the state's eight toll", "title": "Maryland" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.72, "text": "journalists from around the world in their fight for the \"\"War on Truth\"\". The Capital The Capital is a daily newspaper published in Annapolis, Maryland, to serve the city of Annapolis, much of Anne Arundel County, and neighboring Kent Island in Queen Anne's County. First published as the Evening Capital on May 12, 1884, the newspaper switched to mornings on March 9, 2015. The company has moved headquarters seven times, including from 3 Church Circle to 213 West Street in 1948, to 2000 Capital Drive in 1987, to Gibralter Road after that, and to 888 Bestgate Road in 2014. \"\"The", "title": "The Capital" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.62, "text": "The Capital The Capital is a daily newspaper published in Annapolis, Maryland, to serve the city of Annapolis, much of Anne Arundel County, and neighboring Kent Island in Queen Anne's County. First published as the Evening Capital on May 12, 1884, the newspaper switched to mornings on March 9, 2015. The company has moved headquarters seven times, including from 3 Church Circle to 213 West Street in 1948, to 2000 Capital Drive in 1987, to Gibralter Road after that, and to 888 Bestgate Road in 2014. \"\"The Capital\"\" was acquired by The Baltimore Sun Media Group in 2014. The newspaper", "title": "The Capital" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.61, "text": "D.C., as well as in and around Maryland's most populous city, Baltimore. Historically, these and many other Maryland cities developed along the Fall Line, the line along which rivers, brooks, and streams are interrupted by rapids and/or waterfalls. Maryland's capital city, Annapolis, is one exception to this pattern, since it lies along the banks of the Severn River, close to where it empties into the Chesapeake Bay. The Eastern Shore is less populous and more rural, as are the counties of western Maryland. The two westernmost counties of Maryland, Allegany and Garrett, are mountainous and sparsely populated, resembling West Virginia", "title": "Maryland" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.39, "text": "capital of the colonies when the Second Continental Congress met there during December 1776 to February 1777, after Philadelphia had been threatened with occupation by the British \"\"Redcoats\"\". Towards the end of the struggle, from November 26, 1783, to June 3, 1784, the state's capital Annapolis, briefly served as the capital of the fledgling confederation government (1781-1789) of the United States of America, and it was in the Old Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House on State Circle in Annapolis that General George Washington famously resigned his commission as commander in chief of the Continental Army on December 23,", "title": "Maryland in the American Revolution" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.05, "text": "Arundel County. The park has water access, a playground area, over six miles of paved trails, and ice skating rink, and a dog beach. \"\"The Capital\"\" covers the news of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County See also: List of newspapers in Maryland in the 18th-century: Annapolis Annapolis is a sister city of these municipalities: Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis () is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C., Annapolis is", "title": "Annapolis, Maryland" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.92, "text": "was founded in 1884 as the \"\"Evening Capital\"\" and operated under this name until June 20, 1981, when it was shortened to just \"\"The Capital\"\". Its founder was William M. Abbott, a former compositor for \"\"The Baltimore Sun\"\", who employed his daughter Emma Abbott Gage as the newspaper's editor and his son Charles B. Abbott as business manager. In 1910, Abbott purchased the weekly \"\"Maryland Gazette\"\" from Col. Phillip E. Porter and merged the paper with his \"\"Capital\"\", creating the \"\"Evening Capital and Maryland Gazette\"\". In the years following the Civil War, Annapolis faded economically, and the pages of the", "title": "The Capital" } ]

[ "Riyadh" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.94, "text": "Riyadh Riyadh (; , ) is the capital and most populous city of Saudi Arabia, approximately 790 km (491 mi) North-east of Mecca. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the centre of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau and home to more than six million people. The city is divided into 15 municipal districts, managed by the Municipality of Riyadh headed by the mayor of Riyadh, and the Development Authority of Riyadh which is chaired by the governor of the Province, Faisal bin", "title": "Riyadh" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.81, "text": "Dammam Dammam ( \"\"\"\") is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The judicial and administrative bodies of the province, plus several government departments, are located in the city. Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province, and the sixth largest in Saudi Arabia, after Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, Medina and Taif. Like the other 12 regional capitals of Saudi Arabia, Dammam is not included within any governorate; instead, it is governed as a \"\"municipality\"\" (; \"\"amanah\"\") headed by a mayor (; \"\"amin\"\"). Dammam is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. Together with the nearby", "title": "Dammam" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.55, "text": "Abha Abha (, \"\"\"\") is the capital of 'Asir Region in Saudi Arabia. It is situated above sea level in the fertile mountains of south-western Saudi Arabia, near Asir National Park. Abha's mild climate makes it a popular tourist destination for Saudis. Abha was the capital city for the Prince of Asir Ibn Ayde under the authority of the Ottoman Empire until World War I. In 1918, the Prince of Asir, Yahya bin Hasun Al Ayde, grandson of Ibn Ayed, returned to his family throne conquered in Abha with complete independence. In 1920, Asir was conquered by the Ikhwan tribesmen", "title": "Abha" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.5, "text": "are still practiced. Cricket is popular among South Asian expatriates living in the city. The Shatea Mall in Dammam houses an indoor ice skating rink. Dammam Dammam ( \"\"\"\") is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The judicial and administrative bodies of the province, plus several government departments, are located in the city. Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province, and the sixth largest in Saudi Arabia, after Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, Medina and Taif. Like the other 12 regional capitals of Saudi Arabia, Dammam is not included within any governorate; instead, it is governed as", "title": "Dammam" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.17, "text": "Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia The Eastern Province ( \"\"\"\") is the largest province of Saudi Arabia by area. The province's capital is the city of Dammam, which hosts the majority of the region's population and its seat of government. The Eastern Province is the third most populous province in Saudi Arabia, after Makkah and Riyadh. Dammam is the province's most populous city, and the sixth most populous city in the country. The current governor of the Eastern Province is Prince Saud bin Nayef Al Saud. The Eastern Province is home to most of Saudi Arabia's oil production. The region is", "title": "Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.14, "text": "Arar, Saudi Arabia Arar ( \"\"\"\" ) is the capital of Northern Borders Province in Saudi Arabia. It has a population of 145,237 (2004 census). Arar is located in northern Saudi Arabia near the Iraqi border. It is known for its fertile pasture lands which lends itself well to its principal occupation of sheep and camel herding. The population of the entire Northern Borders Province, including the cities of Rafha, Turayf and Alaoiqilah and suburban villages and their inhabitants, was 320,524 at the 2010 census. Arar serves as a significant supply stop for travelers on the Saudi Arabian highway 85.", "title": "Arar, Saudi Arabia" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.75, "text": "Qaryat al-Faw Qaryat Al Faw () was the capital of the first Kindah kingdom. It is located about 100 km south of Wadi ad-Dawasir, and about 700 km southwest of Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. The Al Faw archeological site reveals various features such as residential houses, markets, roads, cemeteries, temples, and water wells. Researchers know little about the city. According to archaeological excavations, the city dates to the fourth century BC. The city was originally known per the corpus of inscriptions in the site as Qaryat Dhu Kahl. Kahl was the main deity worshiped by the Arab", "title": "Qaryat al-Faw" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.62, "text": "Arabic newspapers; \"\"Asharq Al-Awsat\"\" (which is owned by the city governor), \"\"Al-Riyadh\"\", Al-Jazeera and \"\"Al-Watan\"\", two English language newspapers; \"\"Saudi Gazette\"\" and \"\"Arab News\"\", and one Malayalam language newspaper, \"\"Gulf Madhyamam\"\". Bibliography Riyadh Riyadh (; , ) is the capital and most populous city of Saudi Arabia, approximately 790 km (491 mi) North-east of Mecca. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the centre of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau and home to more than six million people. The city is divided into", "title": "Riyadh" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.55, "text": "between the Georgian, separatist Abkhazian, and separatist South Ossetian governing authorities. The Saudi royal family relocates to the mountainous city of Taif, near Mecca, which is far cooler in the summer months than the official capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. But nowadays, it relocates mostly in Jeddah. The location of San Sebastián in the cooler, northern part of Spain close to the French border ideally placed it as a summer capital alternative to Madrid. Summer capital A summer capital is a city used as an administrative capital during extended periods of particularly hot summer weather. The term is mostly of", "title": "Summer capital" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.52, "text": "the modern kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Today, Medina (\"\"Madinah\"\" officially in Saudi documents), in addition to being the second most important Islamic pilgrimage destination after Mecca, is an important regional capital of the western Saudi Arabian province of Al Madinah. Though the city's sacred core of the old city is off limits to non-Muslims, Medina is inhabited by an increasing number of Muslim and non-Muslim expatriate workers of other Arab nationalities (Egyptians, Jordanians, Lebanese, etc.), South Asians (Bangladeshis, Indians, Pakistanis, etc.) and Filipinos. The soil surrounding Madinah consists of mostly basalt, while the hills, especially noticeable to the south of", "title": "Medina" } ]

[ "Stockholm", "Sthlm", "STHLM" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.84, "text": "Stockholm Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 960,031 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Just outside the city and along the coast is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the capital of Stockholm", "title": "Stockholm" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.81, "text": "County. Stockholm is the only capital in the world with a national urban park. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's GDP, and is among the top 10 regions in Europe by GDP per capita. It is an important global city, and the main centre for corporate headquarters in the Nordic region. The city is home to some of Europe's top ranking universities, such as the Stockholm School of Economics, Karolinska Institute and Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). It hosts the annual Nobel Prize", "title": "Stockholm" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.61, "text": "with a monarch as head of state, like its neighbour Norway. The capital city is Stockholm, which is also the most populous city in the country. Legislative power is vested in the 349-member unicameral \"\"Riksdag\"\". Executive power is exercised by the government chaired by the prime minister. Sweden is a unitary state, currently divided into 21 counties and 290 municipalities. An independent Swedish state emerged during the early 12th century. After the Black Death in the middle of the 14th century killed about a third of the Scandinavian population, the Hanseatic League threatened Scandinavia's culture, finances and languages. This led", "title": "Sweden" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.09, "text": "100,000 or more, are located in the southern half of the country. Cities and towns in Sweden are neither political nor administrative entities; rather they are localities or urban areas, independent of municipal subdivisions. The largest city, in terms of population, is the capital Stockholm, in the east, the dominant city for culture and media, with a population of 1,250,000. The second largest city is Gothenburg, with 510,500, in the west. The third largest is Malmö in the south, with 258,000. The largest city in the north is Umeå with 76,000 inhabitants. Sweden's natural resources include copper, gold, hydropower, iron", "title": "Geography of Sweden" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.98, "text": "sociologist Jenny Hansson, Swedish national parliamentarians have an average work week of 66 hours, including side responsibilities. Hansson's investigation further reports that the average Swedish national parliamentarian sleeps 6.5 hours per night. Sweden is divided into 21 counties. In each county there is a county administrative board and a county council. Each county contains several municipalities, in total 290. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. The King, the Riksdag and the Government have their permanent seat in Stockholm. Up to 1968 when the Overgovernor's Office was incorporated into Stockholm County, it had a special status. After the 1973 oil crisis,", "title": "Politics of Sweden" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.8, "text": "Stockholm County Stockholm County () is a county or \"\"län\"\" (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland (Roslagen) and Södermanland (Södertörn). More than one fifth of the Swedish population lives in the county. Stockholm County is also one of the statistical \"\"riksområden\"\" (national areas) according to , Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics within the EU. With more than two million inhabitants, Stockholm is", "title": "Stockholm County" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.78, "text": "History of Stockholm The history of Stockholm, capital of Sweden, for many centuries coincided with the development of what is today known as Gamla stan, the Stockholm Old Town. Stockholm's \"\"raison d'être\"\" always was to be the Swedish capital and by far the largest city in the country. The name 'Stockholm' easily splits into two distinct parts – Stock-holm, \"\"Log-islet\"\", but as no serious explanation to the name has been produced, various myths and legends have attempted to fill in the gap. According to a 17th-century myth the population at the viking settlement Birka decided to found a new settlement,", "title": "History of Stockholm" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.66, "text": "which also included two-thirds of Lake Ladoga and one-half of Lake Peipus. Stockholm, the capital, lay in the very centre of the empire, whose second greatest city was Riga, on the other side of the sea. This empire contained less than a third of the population of modern Sweden — at only 2,500,000 people, or about 2.3 people per square kilometer. However, Sweden's expansion had been possible partly due to turmoil and weakness in countries in its vicinity, and when they became more stable, they began to look for chances to regain what was lost. Sweden had now won considerable", "title": "Swedish Empire" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.62, "text": "capital of Stockholm is divided between two provinces. The southern half lies in Södermanland and the northern half in Uppland. Uppsala is the seat of the only archbishop of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. Before the Protestant Reformation, the archdiocese and archbishop were within the Roman Catholic Church. The archaeological site Birka and the castle of Drottningholm are UNESCO World Heritage sites. Football in the province is administered by Upplands Fotbollförbund. Bandy is also popular, with IK Sirius. Uppland Uppland () is a historical province or \"\"landskap\"\" on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It", "title": "Uppland" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.56, "text": "the medieval city quickly expanded around it in the mid 13th century. In a wider historical context, Stockholm can be thought of as the capital of the Lake Mälaren Region, and as such can trace its origin back to at least two much older cities: Birka (c. 790–975) and Sigtuna, which still exists but dominated the region c. 1000–1240 — a capital which has simply been relocated at a number of occasions. The name Stockholm first appears in historical records in letters written by Birger Jarl and King Valdemar dated 1252. However, the two letters give no information about the", "title": "History of Stockholm" } ]

[ "Gordes" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.92, "text": "Gordes Gordes is a commune in the Vaucluse département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The residents are known as \"\"Gordiens.\"\" The nearest big city is Avignon; smaller cities nearby include Cavaillon, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Apt. The territory of Gordes occupies some of \"\"Les Monts de Vaucluse\"\", a group of mountains and hills, part in the valley of the Calavon (a local river) also called the \"\"Luberon Valley\"\". The main access to the village of Gordes is the departmental road D2 then the departmental road D15, coming from Cavaillon. It is from the latter road, below the Bel-Air rock,", "title": "Gordes" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.7, "text": "Boumerdès Boumerdès (Arabic: بومرداس; Kabyle: Bumerdes; Bumardas or Bomardas; formerly \"\"Rocher Noir\"\") is the capital city of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea. It had a population of 28,500 in 1998 and 15,000 in 1987. Boumerdès is a seaside city located in the north of Algeria about 50 km east of Algiers and 50 km west of Tizi Ouzou. During French occupation of Algeria, the city was named Rocher Noir, translated from French as Black Rock. It is the capital city of Wilaya (district) of Boumerdès. The 6.8 Mw Boumerdès earthquake shook northern Algeria with a", "title": "Boumerdès" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.09, "text": "Boumerdès Province Boumerdès (, , ) is a province (\"\"wilaya\"\") of northern Algeria in the Kabylie region, between Algiers and Tizi-Ouzou, with its capital at the coastal city of Boumerdès (formerly Rocher-Noir) just east of Algiers. It is made up of 9 districts and 32 \"\"communes\"\" or municipalities. The province is largely mountainous, with a long coastline and a number of rivers, notably the Isser and Sebaou. Its western edges have in effect become suburbs of Algiers as the capital has expanded. The three towns of Zemmouri El Bahri (\"\"Rusubbicari\"\"), Djinet (\"\"Cissi\"\"), and Dellys (\"\"Rusucurium\"\"), all of Phoenician foundation, were", "title": "Boumerdès Province" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.95, "text": "Gördes Gördes is a town and district of Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 38,110 of which 10,809 live in the town of Gördes. The district covers an area of , and the town lies at an elevation of . Gördes has been held by the Persians, Macedonians, Roman and Byzantine empires, and in 1071AD passed to the Turks. Gördes is one of the handmade Turkish carpet production centers in Manisa. Gördes carpets have different pattern and styles. See: Ghiordes knot. Gordes district is linked to the neighboring", "title": "Gördes" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.78, "text": "that you can observe the most famous and photographed point of view of the village. Gordes is located 38 kilometres east from Avignon and its TGV station, 75 kilometres from the Marseille Provence international airport and 87 kilometres from Marseille. The closest \"\"gares SNCF\"\" (normal train station) are located in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Cavaillon. Neighbouring villages are Venasque and Murs to the north, Joucas and Roussillon to the east, Goult, Saint-Pantaléon, Beaumettes and Oppède to the south and Cabrières-d'Avignon and Saumane-de-Vaucluse to the west. Located between two geographic area, Gordes is one of the biggest communes of the area with 4,804", "title": "Gordes" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.62, "text": "and Electronics INELEC), l'Institut National de Génie mécanique (The National Institute of Mechanical Engineering ENGM), l'Institut National des Industries légères (The National Institute for Light Industries INIL). The city is also known as an industrial center containing the headquarters of Sonatrach Exploration, l'Entreprise Nationale de Géophysique (ENAGEO), and le Centre de Recherches et de Développement (Research and Development Center for Sonatrach CRD). Boumerdès Boumerdès (Arabic: بومرداس; Kabyle: Bumerdes; Bumardas or Bomardas; formerly \"\"Rocher Noir\"\") is the capital city of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea. It had a population of 28,500 in 1998 and 15,000 in", "title": "Boumerdès" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.28, "text": "The castle, stone houses, stone paved streets, views, etc. of Gordes have been an important source of inspiration for paintings or photography. for example, the \"\"Provençal Nude\"\" by Willy Ronis was made in the \"\"fontaine basse\"\" area of Gordes in 1949. You find Gordes in books like : Gordes has served as the setting for several movies or series like : Gordes Gordes is a commune in the Vaucluse département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The residents are known as \"\"Gordiens.\"\" The nearest big city is Avignon; smaller cities nearby include Cavaillon, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Apt. The territory", "title": "Gordes" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.25, "text": "Goicoechea (canton) Goicoechea is the eighth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of , and has a population of 124,704. The capital city of the canton is Guadalupe. The elongated canton snakes its way through the suburban areas just north of San José Centro, climbing steadily into the (Central Mountain Range) until it reaches it eastern limit between the Río Durazno (on its northern boundary) and the Río Tiribí (on the south). The canton of Goicoechea is subdivided into these seven districts (): The canton was established by a legislative decree", "title": "Goicoechea (canton)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.09, "text": "of August 6, 1891. Goicoechea (canton) Goicoechea is the eighth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of , and has a population of 124,704. The capital city of the canton is Guadalupe. The elongated canton snakes its way through the suburban areas just north of San José Centro, climbing steadily into the (Central Mountain Range) until it reaches it eastern limit between the Río Durazno (on its northern boundary) and the Río Tiribí (on the south). The canton of Goicoechea is subdivided into these seven districts (): The canton was established", "title": "Goicoechea (canton)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 18.88, "text": "hectares. The north is defined by the southern edge of the Vaucluse Mountains. The highest point of the commune (635 meters) is in this area, next to \"\"la Pouraque\"\" and \"\"les Trois Termes\"\". The south of the commune is made by the Calavon valley, also called the Luberon Valley, and a few hills in the area. The lowest height of the commune, at 111 meters, is in the south in the area called \"\"plan de l'Alba\"\". The village itself is located in the center of the commune, on a giant calcareous rock from the Vaucluse Mountains, dominating the valley. With", "title": "Gordes" } ]

[ "Cairo", "Cairo, Egypt" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.17, "text": "marks the beginning of the \"\"emirate\"\"'s sovereignty over the whole of Mt Lebanon. In 1775, when Jezzar Ahmed Pasha received the governorship of Sidon, he moved the capital to Acre. In 1799, Acre resisted a siege by Napoleon Bonaparte. As part of the Egyptian–Ottoman War of 1831–33, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt took Acre after a severe siege on May 27, 1832. The Egyptian occupation intensified rivalries between Druzes and Maronites, as Ibrahim Pasha openly favoured Christians in his administration and his army. In 1840, the governor of Sidon moved his residence to Beirut, effectively making it the new capital of", "title": "Sidon Eyalet" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.39, "text": "military revolt at Cairo, but died in 1816 at the early age of twenty. Muhammad Ali, dissatisfied with the treaty concluded with the Saudis, and with the non-fulfillment of certain of its clauses, determined to send another army to Arabia. This expedition, under his eldest son Ibrahim Pasha, left in the autumn of 1816 and captured the Saudi capital of Diriyah in 1818. During Muhammad Ali's absence in Arabia his representative at Cairo had completed the confiscation, begun in 1808, of almost all the lands belonging to private individuals, who were forced to accept instead inadequate pensions. By this revolutionary", "title": "Egypt Eyalet" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22, "text": "The national party was unable to gain possession of the citadel, and Kléber, having defeated the Turks, was soon able to return to the capital. On 14 April he bombarded Bulaq, and proceeded to bombard Cairo itself, which was taken the following night. Order was soon restored, and a fine of 12 million francs was imposed upon the rioters. Murad Bey sought an interview with Kléber, and succeeded in obtaining the government of Upper Egypt from him. Murad Bey died shortly afterwards and was succeeded by Osman Bey al-Bardisi. On 14 June, Kléber was assassinated by Suleiman of Aleppo, and", "title": "Egypt Eyalet" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.59, "text": "Sidon Eyalet The Eyalet of Sidon () was an eyalet (also known as a \"\"beylerbeylik\"\") of the Ottoman Empire. In the 19th century, the eyalet extended from the border with Egypt to the Bay of Kesrouan, including parts of modern Israel, Palestine and Lebanon. Depending on the location of its capital, it was also known as the Eyalet of Safad, Beirut or Akka (Acre). Ottoman rulers considered creating the Province as early as 1585. The districts of Beirut-Sidon and Safed (encompassing much of the Galilee) were united under the rule of Ma'nid Emir Fakhr-al-Din ibn Maan. The Province was briefly", "title": "Sidon Eyalet" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.27, "text": "An ambitious plan to build a new city near Cairo to serve as the country's new capital was announced during the Egypt Economic Development Conference. Located east of Cairo approximately midway between Cairo and Suez, this proposed new capital of Egypt is yet to be formally named and is intended to relieve population pressures from the greater Cairo area. President Sisi has set a national goal of eliminating all unsafe slums in two years. The first stage of the project was inaugurated on 30 May 2016 containing 11,000 housing units built at a cost of 1.56 billion EGP (177.8 Million", "title": "Abdel Fattah el-Sisi" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.27, "text": "Cairo Cairo ( ; \"\"\"\", ; \"\"Kashromi\"\") is the capital of Egypt. The city's metropolitan area is one of the largest in Africa, the largest in the Middle East and the Arab world, and the 15th-largest in the world, and is associated with ancient Egypt, as the famous Giza pyramid complex and the ancient city of Memphis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, modern Cairo was founded in 969 CE by the Fatimid dynasty, but the land composing the present-day city was the site of ancient national capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts of", "title": "Cairo" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.11, "text": "Al-Askar al-‘Askar () was the capital of Egypt from 750-868, when Egypt was a province of the Abbasid Caliphate. After the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641, Rashidun commander Amr ibn al-As established Fustat just north of Coptic Cairo. At Caliph Umar's request, the Egyptian capital was moved from Alexandria to the new city on the eastern side of the Nile. The reach of the Umayyads was extensive, stretching from western Spain all the way to eastern China. However, they were overthrown by the Abbasids, who moved the capital of the Umayyad empire itself to Baghdad. In Egypt, this shift", "title": "Al-Askar" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.08, "text": "Avaris Avaris (; Egyptian: ḥw.t wꜥr.t, sometimes transcribed \"\"Hut-waret\"\" in works for a popular audience, , ) was the capital of Egypt under the Hyksos. It was located at modern Tell el-Dab'a in the northeastern region of the Nile Delta, at the juncture of the 8th, 14th, 19th and 20th Nomes. As the main course of the Nile migrated eastward, its position at the hub of Egypt's delta emporia made it a major administrative capital of the Hyksos and other traders. It was occupied from about 1783 to 1550 BC, or from the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt through the second", "title": "Avaris" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.94, "text": "in order to prepare it for the construction work. Proposed new capital of Egypt The proposed new capital of Egypt is a large-scale project announced by Egyptian housing minister Mostafa Madbouly at the Egypt Economic Development Conference on 13 March 2015. The new, yet-unnamed city is to be located 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Cairo and just outside the Second Greater Cairo Ring Road in a currently largely undeveloped area halfway to the seaport city of Suez. According to the plans, the city would become the new administrative and financial capital of Egypt, housing the main government departments and", "title": "Proposed new capital of Egypt" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.92, "text": "Proposed new capital of Egypt The proposed new capital of Egypt is a large-scale project announced by Egyptian housing minister Mostafa Madbouly at the Egypt Economic Development Conference on 13 March 2015. The new, yet-unnamed city is to be located 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Cairo and just outside the Second Greater Cairo Ring Road in a currently largely undeveloped area halfway to the seaport city of Suez. According to the plans, the city would become the new administrative and financial capital of Egypt, housing the main government departments and ministries, as well as foreign embassies. On total area,", "title": "Proposed new capital of Egypt" } ]

[ "Khartoum" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.28, "text": "English. The capital is Khartoum, located at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile. Sudan's history goes back to the Pharaonic period, witnessing the kingdom of Kerma ( 2500 BC–1500 BC), the subsequent rule of the Egyptian New Kingdom ( 1500 BC–1070 BC) and the rise of the kingdom of Kush ( 785 BC–350 AD), which would in turn control Egypt itself for nearly a century. After the fall of Kush the Nubians formed the three Christian kingdoms of Nobatia, Makuria and Alodia, with the latter two lasting until around 1500. Between the 14th and 15th centuries much of", "title": "Sudan" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.81, "text": "Juba Juba is the capital and largest city of the Republic of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of Jubek State. In the 19th century, a trading post and Christian mission, called Gondokoro, was located in the vicinity of Juba. It was the southernmost outpost of the Egyptian garrison, supported by a handful of soldiers, mostly ill due to the malaria and blackwater fever that was dominant in the region. Gondokoro was also the base of the explorers and campaigners (Sir) Samuel and Florence Baker during their expeditions to what", "title": "Juba" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.81, "text": "El-Gadarif El-Gadarif ( \"\"\"\"), also spelt \"\"Gedaref\"\" or \"\"Gedarif\"\", is the capital of the state of Al Qadarif in Sudan. It lies on the road that connects Khartoum with Gallabat on the Ethiopian border, about 410 kilometers from the capital. El-Gadarif is surrounded by mountains on three sides. The city represents an excellent example of the intermingled ethnicities of central Sudan. Recently, a university has been established there. The main feature of the city is the grain silo built by the Russians to store sorghum. The town is famous for its daily sesame seed auctions. The word Gedaref is derived", "title": "El-Gadarif" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.78, "text": "Nyala, Sudan Nyala (Daju: \"\"the place of chatting or a theatre\"\") is the capital of state of South Darfur in the south-west of Sudan. Nyala was the capital of the Daju Empire, which was established around Jebel Um-Kurdós. When the United Kingdom conquered the present-day Sudan, the British commander-in-chief met Sultan Adam Suleiman in 1932, seeking his advice for his knowledge of the best places in terms of availability of water sources and land topography in order to establish the British Administration Headquarters in Darfur. Sultan Adam Suleiman had chosen Nyala for that purpose. However, many sites of ancient antiquities,", "title": "Nyala, Sudan" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.69, "text": "Ad-Damir Ad-Damir ( \"\"\"\") is the capital of the River Nile state in Sudan. It lies on the right (east) bank of the Nile River, at an elevation of 1,158 feet (353 metres), about 155 miles (250 km) northeast of Khartoum, with a population of about 122,944 (estimated 2012). Its famous market (Soug as-Sabit) is the most important in the area. Ad-Damir is an example of a Sudanese African-Islamic city founded toward the end of the fifteenth century. Since aD-Damir was located on the bank of the river, it could be expected to exhibit a linear morphology. By 1814, it", "title": "Ad-Damir" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.62, "text": "El-Obeid El-Obeid ( \"\"\"\"), is the capital of the state of North Kurdufan, in Sudan. In 2008, its population was 340,940. It is an important transportation hub: the terminus of a rail line, the junction of various roads and camel caravan routes, and the end of a pilgrim route from Nigeria. It was founded by the pashas of Ottoman Egypt in 1821 but was attacked by the Mahdists in September 1882, and capitulated and was subsequently destroyed in 1883. It was then rebuilt in on a modern plan in 1898 following the fall of the Mahdist empire. The population of", "title": "El-Obeid" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.08, "text": "Chol Tong Mayay visited Ramciel later in the month to raise attention for its bid to be the site of the new capital. \"\"The late Dr John Garang promised to build Ramciel as the capital of South Sudan and having it here will be a dream come true.\"\" Just prior to South Sudanese independence in July 2011, a government spokesman confirmed the federal government of the country was still considering building a new capital at Ramciel. On 2 September, the federal cabinet voted to designate Ramciel as the site for a planned city, to be demarcated from Lakes state. Information", "title": "Ramciel" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25, "text": "road eastward to Sennar and westward to Al-Ubayyid. Rabak was made the capital of the White Nile State in 1994. Rabak is one of major commercial cities in Sudan owing to its unique location in the country and its transportation links to the other major Sudanese states. In the city there is a cement processing company called the Nile Cement Company, which produced 50,200 tons in 2001 and 41,000 tons in 2002. There is also a calcite mine nearby, besides Kenana sugar factory, Asallaia sugar factory, oil refineries, and other factories. Rabak Rabak (ربك) is a city in south-eastern Sudan", "title": "Rabak" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25, "text": "Rumbek Rumbek () is the capital of Lakes State, central South Sudan, and the former capital of the country. Rumbek is approximately by road northwest of Juba, the capital and largest city in the country. Its coordinates are and its elevation is above sea level. Rumbek is the headquarters of \"\"Rumbek Central County\"\" and is the capital of Western Lakes State, one of the twenty eight (28) states of South Sudan. Following the peace agreement ending the Second Sudanese Civil War, the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement chose Rumbek to serve as the temporary administrative center of the Government of Southern", "title": "Rumbek" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.94, "text": "Khartoum Khartoum (; ) () is the capital and largest city of Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile, flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as \"\"\"\"al-Mogran\"\"\"\" (; English: \"\"The Confluence\"\"). The main Nile continues to flow north towards Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. Divided by the two Rivers Nile, Khartoum is a tripartite metropolis with an estimated overall population of over five million people, consisting of Khartoum proper, and linked by bridges to Khartoum North (; ') and Omdurman", "title": "Khartoum" } ]

[ "Dili", "City of Dili" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.53, "text": "Same, East Timor Same (pronounced Sah-may) is a city in the Same Subdistrict in the interior of East Timor, south of Dili, the national capital. Same has a population of 7,413 and is the capital of Manufahi District, which was known as Same District in Portuguese Timor. During the Portuguese colonial period the district was named after Same, its capital. In the time of the Estado Novo, the place in Vila Filomeno da Câmara was renamed after the former governor of Portuguese Timor Filomeno da Câmara de Melo Cabral. After East Timor's independence from Indonesia, the town was almost completely", "title": "Same, East Timor" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.31, "text": "Dili Dili (Portuguese/Tetum: \"\"Díli\"\", Indonesian: \"\"Kota Dili\"\"), also known as “City of Peace”, is the capital, largest city, chief port, and commercial centre of East Timor (Timor-Leste). Dili is part of a free trade zone, the Timor Leste–Indonesia–Australia Growth Triangle (TIA-GT). Dili was settled about 1520 by the Portuguese, who made it the capital of Portuguese Timor in 1769. It was proclaimed a city in January 1864. During World War II, Portugal and its colonies remained neutral, but the Allies saw East Timor as a potential target for Japanese invasion, and Australian and Dutch forces briefly occupied the island in", "title": "Dili" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.47, "text": "Baucau Baucau (, ) is the second-largest city in East Timor, after Dili, the capital, which lies 122 km east of Dili. Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau, located in the eastern part of the country. In the times of Portuguese Timor, Baucau was little more than an overgrown village, and for part of those times was called \"\"Vila Salazar\"\", after the Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar. Much of the infrastructure of the city and the surrounding area was damaged or destroyed, by pro-Indonesian militia during the violence that followed the referendum for independence", "title": "Baucau" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.38, "text": "Banco Nacional Ultramarino building, Dili The Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) building in the centre of Dili, capital city of East Timor, is a modernist structure unusual in Timor. Constructed between 1966 and 1968, it has only one contemporary, the headquarters of the Timor Commercial, Agricultural and Industrial Association (\"\"Associação Comercial Industrial e Agrícola de Timor\"\" (ACAIT)). As a consequence of political turbulence culminating in the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975, the BNU closed down its Timor operations. However, since 2001 the building has again been occupied by BNU Timor, now a trading name of the Portuguese bank Caixa", "title": "Banco Nacional Ultramarino building, Dili" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.36, "text": "livestock slaughtered. At the end of 1999, there were temporary plans to make Aileu the new capital of an independent East Timor. These were rejected in favor of Dili. Aileu Aileu is the main township in Aileu District, East Timor. It is located 47 km (29 mi) southwest of Dili, the national capital, and had a population of 2,788 in 2015. In Portuguese Timor, the city was known as Vila General Carmona, after the Portuguese dictator António Óscar Carmona, but after World War II it was renamed. \"\"Aileu\"\" means \"\"bent tree\"\" in Mambai. In 1903, a rebellion staged in Aileu", "title": "Aileu" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.17, "text": "Suai, East Timor Suai is a city in East Timor, in Suai Subdistrict. It has a population of 9,866 and is located to the southwest of Dili, the national capital. Suai is the capital of the Cova Lima District, which is in the southwest of the country. It is located just a few kilometers from the Timor Sea, on the south side of the island. Suai was the location of the Suai Church Massacre in September 1999. It was one of a number of massacres perpetrated by a pro-Indonesia militia in the time of the Indonesian withdrawal of East Timor.", "title": "Suai, East Timor" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.17, "text": "Liquiçá Liquiçá (Tetum: \"\"Likisá\"\") is a coastal city in East Timor, 32 km to the west of Dili, the national capital. Liquiçá is the capital of Liquiçá District. The city has a population of 5,005 inhabitants. A part of the colonial administration of East Timor was arrested in Maubara and Liquiçá during the Japanese occupation of East Timor from 1942 - 1945. As a consequence the two towns where spared from the air raids which devasted the rest of the island. On 6 April 1999, in the campaign of intimidation and violence that preceded the referendum for East Timorese independence,", "title": "Liquiçá" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25, "text": "of East Timor, is Lospalos. Lospalos is the birth city of the co-founder and president of the party APODETI, Frederico Almeida Santos Costa. Lospalos Lospalos (sometimes mistakenly written \"\"Los Palos\"\") is a city in East Timor, to the east of Dili, the national capital. Lospalos has a population of 17,186 (2006) and is the capital of Lautém District and the Lospalos Subdistrict. The subdistrict has a population of 25,417 (2004). Internationally, the city is incorrectly called \"\"Los Palos\"\", suggesting that its name is of Spanish origin. In fact, it is derived from \"\"Lohoasupala\"\", its name in Fataluku, the local Papuan", "title": "Lospalos" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.88, "text": "the capital of Nusa Tenggara Timur province. West Timor lies between Australia and East Timor which makes the island a strategic place for Indonesian trade. West Timor is part of the East Nusa Tenggara province. It was formerly split into the City of Kupang (a \"\"kabupaten\"\" or regency-level administrative area) and four regencies (kabupaten); from west to east these are: Kupang, Timor Tengah Selatan (South Central Timor), Timor Tengah Utara (North Central Timor) and Belu. However, a fifth regency – Malaka – was in 2012 formed from the southern half of Belu Regency. Note the administrative area has shrunk as", "title": "West Timor" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.72, "text": "into South East Asia. The climate includes a long dry season with hot winds blowing over from Australia. Rivers on the island include the Southern and Northern Laclo Rivers in East Timor. The largest towns on the island are the provincial capital of Kupang in West Timor, Indonesia and the Portuguese colonial towns of Dili the capital, and Baucau in East Timor. Poor roads make transport to inland areas difficult, in East Timor especially. East Timor is a poor country, with health issues including malaria and dengue fever. Sources of revenue include gas and oil in the Timor Sea, coffee", "title": "Timor" } ]

[ "Bagamoyo" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.81, "text": "be classified as Afrikaners. When Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi were under German control they were named German East Africa and received some migration from German communities, with over 3,579 Germans in German East Africa by 1914. In Dar Es Salaam, the capital city, its German population grew to 1,050, 0.006% of the city's population and just under a third of the entire German East African population (including the surrounding province). However, the German population was focused on spreading German technology and science rather than settling or \"\"Germanise\"\" the country. A number of locations in Tanzania formerly bore German names. The", "title": "White Africans of European ancestry" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.73, "text": "had never been to Bagamoyo in his lifetime. Only after his death he was laid out in the Old Church's tower (nowadays named Livingston Tower) to wait for the high tide to come in and ship his body to Zanzibar. Bagamoyo was the first capital of the colony while serving as the German headquarters of German East Africa (first under the auspices of the German East African Company and then the German Imperial Government) between 1886-1891. Dar es Salaam became the new capital of the colony in 1891. The town was apparently the (1895) birthplace of SS-Oberführer Julian Scherner. During", "title": "Bagamoyo" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.59, "text": "in July 1914 and was cause for a huge and festive celebration in the capital with an agricultural fair and trade exhibition. Harbor facilities were built or improved with electrical cranes, with rail access and warehouses. Wharves were remodeled at Tanga, Bagamoyo, and Lindi. In 1912, Dar es Salaam and Tanga received 356 freighters and passenger steamers and over 1,000 coastal ships and local trading-vessels. Dar es Salaam became the showcase city of all of tropical Africa. By 1914, Dar es Salaam and the surrounding province had a population of 166,000, among them 1,000 Germans. In all of the GEA,", "title": "German East Africa" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.3, "text": "Bagamoyo Bagamoyo, Tanzania, is a town founded at the end of the 18th century, though it is an extension of a much older (8th century) settlement, Kaole. It was the capital of German East Africa and was one of the most important trading ports along the East African coast along the west of the Indian Ocean. In 2011, the town had 82,578 inhabitants and is the capital of the Bagamoyo District. Bagamoyo is located at . It lies north of Dar-es-Salaam on the coast of the Indian Ocean, across from the island of Zanzibar. The original settlement, Kaole, was founded", "title": "Bagamoyo" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.23, "text": "roughly one-third of German East Africa. After the war, as outlined in the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to cede \"\"control\"\" of the Western section of the former German East Africa to Belgium. On 20 October 1924, Ruanda-Urundi (1924–1945), which consisted of modern-day Rwanda and Burundi, became a Belgian League of Nations mandate territory, with Usumbura as its capital. After Belgium had surrendered to Germany on 28 May 1940, Governor Pierre Ryckmans decided that the colony would continue to fight on the side of the Allies. With Belgium occupied, the contribution to the Allied cause by the Free Belgian", "title": "Force Publique" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.2, "text": "the home of slave hunters. The capital of the East African Republic was initially established in 1919 at Mahenge, as the region transitioned from German to British rule - but then moved to Dar es Salaam. The major economic activities of the Mahenge population is agriculture. The major crops include maize, rice, and beans. Mahenge Mahenge is a limestone plateau area in the Ulanga District, Morogoro Region, Tanzania, Africa. There is a town there of the same name. It is about south east of Singida, in the miombo woodland bio-region. There is a forest reserve that begins 8 km from", "title": "Mahenge" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.17, "text": "Germany. However, West German authorities had every intention of making Berlin the capital if Germany were ever reunified. They feared that since Frankfurt was a major city in its own right, it would ultimately be accepted as a permanent capital and weaken West German support for reunification. For this reason, the capital was located in the smaller university city of Bonn as a more obviously provisional solution. Another factor was that Bonn is close to Cologne, the hometown of West Germany's first chancellor, Konrad Adenauer. East Germany claimed East Berlin as its capital, even though Berlin as a whole was", "title": "Capital of Germany" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.89, "text": "Kokopo Kokopo is the capital of East New Britain in Papua New Guinea. The capital was moved from Rabaul in 1994 when the volcanoes Tavurvur and Vulcan erupted. As a result, the population of the town increased more than sixfold from 3,150 in 1990 to 20,262 in 2000. Kokopo was known as Herbertshöhe (\"\"Herbert's Heights\"\") during the German New Guinea administration which controlled the area between 1884 and formally until 1919. Until 1910 it was the capital of German New Guinea. On Sunday, March 29, 2015, a strong earthquake, of a preliminary magnitude of at least 7.5, which if confirmed", "title": "Kokopo" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.83, "text": "German East Africa German East Africa () (GEA) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, and the mainland part of Tanzania. GEA's area was , which was nearly three times the area of present-day Germany, and double the area of metropolitan Germany then. The colony was organised when the German military was asked in the late 1880s to put down a revolt against the activities of the German East Africa Company. It ended with Imperial Germany's defeat in World War I. Ultimately, GEA was divided between Britain and Belgium and was reorganised", "title": "German East Africa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.73, "text": "Songea Songea is the capital of Ruvuma Region in southwestern Tanzania. It is located along the A19 road. The city has a population of approximately 203,309, and it is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea. Between 1905 and 1907, the city was a centre of African resistance during the Maji Maji Rebellion in German East Africa. The city is poised to experience significant economic growth in the near future as the Mtwara Corridor opens up in a few years. Songea was a great Ngoni warrior, hanged in 1906 during the time of German repression of the Maji", "title": "Songea" } ]

[ "Cremona" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.38, "text": "Province of Cremona The Province of Cremona (; Cremunés: ; Cremasco: ; Casalasco-Viadanese: ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital city is Cremona. The province occupies the central section of Padana Plain, so the whole territory is flat, without any mountains or hills, crossed by several rivers, such as the Serio and Adda, and artificial canals, most of which are used for irrigation. The river Po, which is the longest Italian river, is the natural boundary with the adjoining Province of Piacenza, while the Oglio separates the province from Brescia. Lombardy has been inhabited since", "title": "Province of Cremona" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26, "text": "Cremona Cremona (; ; ) is a city and \"\"comune\"\" in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the \"\"Pianura Padana\"\" (Po Valley). It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city and province governments. The city of Cremona is especially noted for its musical history and traditions, including some of the earliest and most renowned luthiers, such as Giuseppe Guarneri, Antonio Stradivari, Francesco Rugeri, Vincenzo Rugeri, and several members of the Amati family. Cremona is first mentioned in history as a settlement", "title": "Cremona" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.61, "text": "other musical instruments that were made here (many members of the Stradivari, Amati, Guarneri and Bergonzi families of luthiers were all prominent citizens of Cremona), and was also well known for its concert bands. A band school was started here in 1864 under the auspices of the composer Amilcare Ponchielli. The \"\"traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona\"\" was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2012. Province of Cremona The Province of Cremona (; Cremunés: ; Cremasco: ; Casalasco-Viadanese: ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital city is Cremona. The province occupies the central section", "title": "Province of Cremona" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.62, "text": "Salumifici, Cremonini Group, Fini Group, pottery manufacturers (Sassuolo hinterland is regarded as \"\"pottery district\"\"), textiles and pharmaceutical. World famous and iconic trading cards company Panini Group also comes from Modena. Province of Modena The Province of Modena () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena. It has an area of and a total population of about 701,000 (2015). There are 48 \"\"comuni\"\" (singular: \"\"comune\"\") in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Modena. The largest after Modena are Carpi, Sassuolo, Formigine and Castelfranco Emilia. Modena is one of the most", "title": "Province of Modena" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.62, "text": "the outline of which is circumscribed by rivers. The province is orientated from northwest to southeast. To the west of the province lies the Province of Lodi, to the northwest lies the Province of Milan, to the north lies the Province of Bergamo, to the east lies the Province of Brescia, and to the southeast lies the Province of Mantua. The region of Emilia-Romagna lies to the south, Cremona abutting onto the Province of Reggio Emilia, the Province of Parma and the Province of Piacenza. Several rivers flow across the Lombardy Plain to join the River Po which runs along", "title": "Province of Cremona" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.17, "text": "land between that river and the River Ticino, converting the plain into a fertile area with rich meadows and productive agricultural land. The total area of the province is . Although the province is essentially flat, there are some undulations in the surface formed by the varying courses of the rivers over the millennia. For historical reasons, the province is subdivided into four rural districts, centred on Crema, Soresina, Cremona and Casalmaggiore. In the north, some watercourses emerge from the ground in the \"\"line of springs\"\", a phenomenon of the northern Lombardy Plain, where melt-water from the Alps flows underground", "title": "Province of Cremona" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.16, "text": "the southern border of the province. The River Adda separates Cremona from the Province of Lodi and the River Oglio provides the border with the Province of Mantua. Other rivers in the north of the province include the River Serio and the River Tormo, and the River Mella makes up a short stretch of the border with the Province of Brescia. These rivers are linked by a network of canals which have been in place since at least the sixteenth century and are largely used for irrigation. The Muzza Canal takes its water from the River Adda and irrigates the", "title": "Province of Cremona" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.92, "text": "Province of Mantua The Province of Mantua (; Mantovano, Lower Mantovano: ; Upper Mantovano: ) is a province in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Mantua. It is bordered to the north-east by the Province of Verona, to the east by that of Rovigo, to the south by those of Ferrara, Modena, Reggio Emilia and Parma, to the west by the Province of Cremona and to the north-west by that of Brescia. Founded in the tenth century BC on the plain formed by meanders of the River Mincio, Mantua became an Etruscan town and", "title": "Province of Mantua" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.78, "text": "recipe used in Cremona is the best known. The city of Cremona has a strong musical tradition. The cathedral, built in the twelfth century, provided a focus for musical activity and by the sixteenth century, the town was the musical centre of the region. Even now it attracts people to hear performances by ensembles and attend the many festivals. The Renaissance composer Marc'Antonio Ingegneri taught here, his most illustrious pupil being Claudio Monteverdi. The composer Pierre-Francisque Caroubel was born here and later moved to Wolfenbüttel in Germany to collaborate with Michael Praetorius. The town became renowned for the violins and", "title": "Province of Cremona" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.45, "text": "Province of Bergamo The Province of Bergamo (; ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 \"\"comuni\"\". Its capital is the city of Bergamo. The Province of Bergamo borders the province of Sondrio to the north, the province of Brescia to the east, the province of Cremona to the south and the Metropolitan City of Milan and the provinces of Monza and Brianza and Lecco to the west. The northern part spans the Orobian Alps with the highest point being Mount Coca at .", "title": "Province of Bergamo" } ]

[ "Chang'an", "Changan", "Chang An" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.75, "text": "emperors for more than 220 years. The Tang capital was the largest city in the world at its time, the population of the city wards and its suburban countryside reaching two million inhabitants. The Tang capital was very cosmopolitan, with ethnicities of Persia, Central Asia, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Tibet, India, and many other places living within. Naturally, with this plethora of different ethnicities living in Chang'an, there were also many different practiced religions, such as Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Islam being practiced within. With widely open access to China that the Silk Road to the west facilitated,", "title": "Tang dynasty" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.7, "text": "protection. It was a superpower, akin to the United States of today. The capital of the Tang dynasty was the most populous city in the world. With this large population, the dynasty was able to have a professional and powerful army. The army not only defended the empire, but was also used to dominate the lucrative trade routes along the Silk Road. A huge population also meant that there were more professional craftsmen in the empire, to create large quantities and higher quality works of art. It was a period of progress, prosperity and stability, making it a highly conducive", "title": "Tang Standing Horse figure, Canberra" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.97, "text": "Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (; ) or the Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point in Chinese civilization, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture. Tang territory, acquired through the military campaigns of its early rulers, rivaled that of the Han dynasty. The Tang capital at Chang'an (present-day Xi'an) was the most populous city in the world in its day. The Lǐ family () founded the dynasty, seizing power during the decline and collapse", "title": "Tang dynasty" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.64, "text": "Jin was Tang (唐). The capital was later moved to È (鄂), then Jiàng (絳), then Xintian (新田). From 746 to 677, Quwo (曲沃) was the capital of a fragment of Jin. When the Zhou Dynasty was founded, the conquered lands were given to Zhou relatives and ministers as hereditary fiefs. King Cheng of Zhou, the second Zhou king, gave the land called Tang (唐), west of modern Yicheng County in Shanxi, to his younger brother, Tang Shuyu (唐叔虞) with the rank of a marquis. Tang Shuyu's son and successor, Marquis Xie of Jin (晉侯燮), changed the name of Tang", "title": "Jin (Chinese state)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.59, "text": "on salt, and the greatest industrial center of China; it acted as a midpoint in shipping of foreign goods that would be organized and distributed to the major cities of the north. Much like the seaport of Guangzhou in the south, Yangzhou boasted thousands of foreign traders from all across Asia. There was also the secondary capital city of Luoyang, which was the favored capital of the two by Empress Wu. In the year 691 she had more than 100,000 families (more than 500,000 people) from around the region of Chang'an move to populate Luoyang instead. With a population of", "title": "Tang dynasty" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.47, "text": "as the new capital of China. Tang built a palace called \"\"Xia She\"\" to remember the Xia dynasty. In the first five years of his reign, there were several droughts. Tang ordered golden coins to be made and distributed to poor families who had been forced to sell their children because of the drought. It was intended for them to use this money to buy their children back. In the 9th year of his reign, he moved the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, made by Yu the Great, to the Shang Palace. Tang of Shang Tang (; – 1646 BC) or Cheng", "title": "Tang of Shang" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.17, "text": "China from the beginning of the Warring States (403 BC) until the beginning of the Song dynasty (960). Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (; ) or the Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point in Chinese civilization, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture. Tang territory, acquired through the military campaigns of its early rulers, rivaled that of the Han dynasty. The Tang capital at Chang'an (present-day Xi'an) was the most populous city in the", "title": "Tang dynasty" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.12, "text": "the Tang Dynasty, after some two hundred years of glorious reign, was fast declining. Culturally, politically and economically the Tang was one of the great periods of Chinese history. The cosmopolitan capital of Chang'an was filled with traders from the Middle East and other parts of Asia where many Asian vassal states sent envoys to pay tribute. The empire covered a vast territory, the largest yet in the history of China. The nation, under the reign of Emperors Gaozuyi, through Taizong, Empress Wu, and to the time of Emperor Xuanzong, steadily grew to the height of its prosperity. After the", "title": "Li Shangyin" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.12, "text": "where the emperor maintained his large palace quarters and entertained political emissaries with music, sports, acrobatic stunts, poetry, paintings, and dramatic theater performances. The capital was also filled with incredible amounts of riches and resources to spare. When the Chinese prefectural government officials traveled to the capital in the year 643 to give the annual report of the affairs in their districts, Emperor Taizong discovered that many had no proper quarters to rest in and were renting rooms with merchants. Therefore, Emperor Taizong ordered the government agencies in charge of municipal construction to build every visiting official his own private", "title": "Tang dynasty" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24, "text": "to the Tang dynasty. The province's principal city and current capital, Xi'an, is one of the four great ancient capitals of China and is the eastern terminus of the Silk Road, which leads to Europe, the Arabian Peninsula and Africa. Under the Han dynasty, the Northern Silk Road was expanded to advance exploration and military purposes to the west. This Northern Silk Road is the northernmost of the Silk Roads and is about in length. It connected the ancient Chinese capital of Xi'an to the west over the Wushao Ling Pass to Wuwei and emerging in Kashgar before linking to", "title": "Shaanxi" } ]

[ "Little Rock", "Little Rock, Arkansas", "Little Rock, AR", "Little Rock, Ark.", "the Little Rock" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.64, "text": "Pulaski County, Arkansas Pulaski County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas with a population of 392,664, making it the most populous county in Arkansas. Its county seat is Little Rock, which is also Arkansas's capital and largest city. Pulaski County is Arkansas's fifth county, formed on December 15, 1818, alongside Clark and Hempstead Counties. The county is named for Casimir Pulaski, a Polish volunteer who saved George Washington's life during the American Revolutionary War. Pulaski County is included in the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area which had 731,612 people in the 2015 census estimates.", "title": "Pulaski County, Arkansas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.92, "text": "Pulaski County Courthouse (Arkansas) The Pulaski County Courthouse is located at 405 West Markham Street in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, the state capital and the county seat of Pulaski County. It is set among a number of other state and city government buildings, on a city block bounded by West Markham, Spring, West 2nd, and South Broadway Streets, with a county park occupying the western portion of the block. The courthouse has two portions: an elaborate Romanesque edifice built of stone and brick in 1887-89 to a design by Max A. Orlopp, and a large four-story Beaux Arts annex designed", "title": "Pulaski County Courthouse (Arkansas)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.56, "text": "by George Mann and added in 1913-14. The annex is acknowledged as one of Mann's most successful commissions. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Pulaski County Courthouse (Arkansas) The Pulaski County Courthouse is located at 405 West Markham Street in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, the state capital and the county seat of Pulaski County. It is set among a number of other state and city government buildings, on a city block bounded by West Markham, Spring, West 2nd, and South Broadway Streets, with a county park occupying the western portion of the block.", "title": "Pulaski County Courthouse (Arkansas)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.34, "text": "to as \"\"minor civil divisions\"\"). Townships are also of value for historical purposes in terms of genealogical research. Each town or city is within one or more townships in an Arkansas county based on census maps. Pulaski County only has two townships, as of 2010. They are listed below. Pulaski County, Arkansas Pulaski County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas with a population of 392,664, making it the most populous county in Arkansas. Its county seat is Little Rock, which is also Arkansas's capital and largest city. Pulaski County is Arkansas's fifth county, formed on December 15,", "title": "Pulaski County, Arkansas" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.66, "text": "Pulaski County, Georgia Pulaski County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,010. The county seat is Hawkinsville. Pulaski County is included in the Warner Robins, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Macon-Warner Robins, GA Combined Statistical Area. Pulaski County was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 13, 1808 from a portion of Laurens County. In the antebellum years, it was developed for cotton cultivation and is part of the Black Belt of Georgia, an arc", "title": "Pulaski County, Georgia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.58, "text": "Pulaski County, Missouri Pulaski County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,274. Its county seat is Waynesville. The county was organized in 1833 and named for Kazimierz Pułaski, a Polish patriot who died fighting in the American Revolution. Pulaski County is the site of Fort Leonard Wood, a U.S. Army training base. It comprises the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area which has nearly one-third of the total county population. Pulaski County's earliest settlers were the Quapaw, Missouria and Osage Native Americans. After the Lewis and Clark", "title": "Pulaski County, Missouri" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.42, "text": "Pulaski County, Virginia Pulaski County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,872. Its county seat is Pulaski. Pulaski County is part of the Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pulaski County was formed on March 30, 1839, from parts of Montgomery and Wythe counties, becoming the 87th county of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It was named for Count Casimir Pulaski, an exiled Polish nobleman who fought during the American Revolution as part of George Washington's army. He joined the army in 1777 and became a brigadier general and chief", "title": "Pulaski County, Virginia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.38, "text": "of highly fertile soil. In 1870, Dodge County was partially created from a section of Pulaski County by another legislative act. In 1912, the northwestern half of Pulaski County was used to create Bleckley County via a constitutional amendment approved by Georgia voters. The County was named for Count Kazimierz Pułaski of Poland who fought and died for United States independence in the American Revolutionary War. The capital of the Creek Nation was in the Pulaski area. The county population fell by more than half from 1910 to 1930, as residents moved to cities. African Americans especially joined the Great", "title": "Pulaski County, Georgia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.25, "text": "Pulaski County, Indiana Pulaski County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the 2010 U.S. census, the population was 13,402. The county seat is Winamac. Pulaski County was organized in 1835. According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of , of which (or 99.80%) is land and (or 0.20%) is water. The municipalities in Pulaski County, and their populations as of the 2010 Census, are: The 12 townships of Pulaski County, with their populations as of the 2010 Census, are: Public schools in Pulaski County are administered by four", "title": "Pulaski County, Indiana" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.2, "text": "Pulaski County, Kentucky Pulaski County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,063. Its county seat is Somerset. The county was founded in December 1798 from land given by Lincoln and Green Counties and named for Polish patriot Count Kazimierz Pułaski. Pulaski County comprises the Somerset, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area. Despite having a city population of just over 11,000, the statistic is misleading, as the Micropolitan Area for Somerset/Pulaski County is approaching 64,000, as Somerset is one of the few south-central Kentuckian cities with over 10,000 people. In the", "title": "Pulaski County, Kentucky" } ]

[ "Managua", "Managua, Nicaragua" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.48, "text": "Managua Managua () is the capital and largest city of Nicaragua, and the center of eponymous department. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Managua, it had an estimated population 1,042,641 in 2016 within the city's administrative limits and a population of 1,401,687 in the metropolitan area, which additionally includes the municipalities of Ciudad Sandino, El Crucero, Nindirí, Ticuantepe and Tipitapa. The city was declared the national capital in 1852. Previously, the capital alternated between the cities of León and Granada. The 1972 Nicaragua earthquake and years of civil war in the 1980s severely disrupted and stunted Managua's growth. It", "title": "Managua" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.2, "text": "Managua the capital of Nicaragua began in 1824, after the Central American nations formally attained their independence from Spain. Nicaragua became an independent nation in 1838. Managua's location between the rival cities of León and Granada made it a logical compromise site. Hence, Managua was officially selected as the nation's capital in 1852. Between 1852 and 1930, Managua underwent extensive urbanization, becoming a base of governance, infrastructure and services. The city was hampered by major floods in 1876 and 1885. A disastrous earthquake in 1931 and large fire in 1936 destroyed much of the city. Under the rule of Anastasio", "title": "Managua" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.03, "text": "Juigalpa, Chontales Juigalpa () is the capital city of the Chontales Department of Nicaragua. It is located within the municipality of Juigalpa, approximately 140 km east of Managua on Carretera Rama, in the central region of Nicaragua. Juigalpa has a population of 71,320 people (surrounding areas included) and extends for 1,037 km², with a population density of 50 /km² (La Prensa 2002). In 1659, mayor Jeronimo Villegas requested land from a Spanish government representative, Sebastian Alvarez, for the foundation of a town. This request was granted on April 24, 1668. On June 11, 1877, Juigalpa was declared the department capital", "title": "Juigalpa, Chontales" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.95, "text": "was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. León had been the capital of Nicaragua since colonial times. So naturally, when Nicaragua withdrew from the United Provinces of Central America in 1839, León became the capital of the new nation. For some years, the capital shifted back and forth between León and the city of Granada. Liberal administrations preferred León while Conservative administrations preferred Granada, until as a compromise, Managua was agreed upon to be the permanent capital in 1852. In 1950, the city of León had a population of 31,000 people. Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza García was shot and mortally", "title": "León, Nicaragua" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.61, "text": "Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the northwest, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Managua is the country's capital and largest city and is also the third-largest city in Central America, behind Tegucigalpa and Guatemala City. The multi-ethnic population of six million includes people of indigenous, European, African, and Asian heritage. The main language is Spanish. Native tribes on the Mosquito Coast speak their own languages and English. Originally inhabited by various", "title": "Nicaragua" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.55, "text": "were ultimately erased. Managua is twinned with: Manuaga is part of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities from 12 October 1982 establishing brotherly relations with the following cities: Managua Managua () is the capital and largest city of Nicaragua, and the center of eponymous department. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Managua, it had an estimated population 1,042,641 in 2016 within the city's administrative limits and a population of 1,401,687 in the metropolitan area, which additionally includes the municipalities of Ciudad Sandino, El Crucero, Nindirí, Ticuantepe and Tipitapa. The city was declared the national capital in 1852. Previously, the", "title": "Managua" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.44, "text": "Matagalpa, Nicaragua Matagalpa () is a city in Nicaragua which is the capital of the department of Matagalpa. The city has a population of 200,000, according to the 2012 census, while the population of the department is more than 604,900. Matagalpa is Nicaragua's fourth largest city, the largest in the country's interior, and one of the most commercially active outside of Managua. Matagalpa is the 4th most important city in Nicaragua and is known as the \"\"Pearl of the North\"\" and \"\"Land of Eternal Spring.\"\" According to Jeronimo Perez, a historian who visited this area in 1855–1856 the name Matagalpa", "title": "Matagalpa, Nicaragua" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.33, "text": "Masaya Masaya () is the capital city of Masaya department in Nicaragua. It is situated approximately 14 km west of Granada and 31 km southeast from Managua. The town of Masaya is just east of Masaya Volcano, an active volcano from which the city takes its name. With an estimated population of 140,000 (2005), it is Nicaragua's third most populous city, and it is culturally known as the City of Flowers. On 19 September 1912, during the Nicaraguan civil war of 1912, Nicaraguan rebel forces opened fire on American Marines and sailors passing through the city on their way to", "title": "Masaya" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.16, "text": "original concrete and gray surface became accepted and Catholic pilgrims began to embrace the church as it was. Managua is Nicaragua's cultural capital, boasting several restaurants, theaters, museums, and a few shopping centers. The city is also home to many communities of immigrants and ex-pats from countries including but not limited to Taiwan, China, Germany, the United States, Palestine, and Latin American countries. Managua is home to the annual Miss Nicaragua pageant; it is the national beauty pageant of Nicaragua. The pageant is traditionally held at the Rubén Darío National Theatre and has been held since 1955. Due to the", "title": "Managua" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.02, "text": "Jinotega The city of Jinotega () is the capital of the department of Jinotega in the north central region of Nicaragua. The city is located in a long valley surrounded by the cool climate and Dariense Isabelia ridge located 142km north of the capital Managua. Jinotega has a population of 123,548 inhabitants (city) and 417,372 department [CENSUS 2012]. Jinotega produces 80% of Nicaragua's coffee, which is exported to the United States, Russia, Canada and Europe. Also in Jinotega are several rivers and a lake. Apanas, an artificial lake of 51 square kilometers that provides hydropower to much of the country", "title": "Jinotega" } ]

[ "Aracaju" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.52, "text": "capital of the state is Aracaju (pop. 479 767 in 2003), on the lower course or estuary of the Cotinguiba River, near the coast. The sandbar at the entrance to this river is exceptionally dangerous, and the port is frequented only by coasting vessels of light draught. The city is found on a sandy plain, and there are sand dunes within the city limits. The main public buildings include a large plain church with unfinished twin towers, the government palace, the legislative halls, a public school and public hospital. The other principal towns are Estância - pop. 62,218 (in 2005)", "title": "Sergipe" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.03, "text": "1962. At the time, Sergipe's capital had the worst airport in Brazil. In February 1975 control of the airport was handed over to Infraero. BR-101 and BR-235. The city has one professional association football team called Club Sportivo Sergipe from the town of Aracaju. São Cristóvão is the fourth oldest town in the country, and was Sergipe's state capital until 1855. It is located some from the current capital Aracaju. As a planned urban settlement, the town contains churches and religious ensembles dating back to the colonial period. Most of these monuments are concentrated around the São Francisco Square. In", "title": "Sergipe" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.61, "text": "on the Rio Real river in the southern part of the state and a center for the manufacturing of cotton-based textiles, cigars, cigarettes and soap as well as an active trade center; Laranjeiras - pop. 26,452 (in 2005), located in a highly productive sugar-growing district north of the capital; Capela - pop. 27,403 (in 2005); Simão Dias - pop. 39,706 (in 2005); Lagarto - pop. 90,345 (in 2005); São Cristóvão, formerly Sergipe d'el-Rey - pop. 75,353 (in 2005), which was also the old colonial capital near the mouth of the Irapiranga; and Maruim - pop. 15,937 (in 2005). São Cristóvão", "title": "Sergipe" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.5, "text": "Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at 21,910 km² (8,459 sq mi), larger only than the Federal District. Sergipe borders on Bahia to the south and west and Alagoas to the north. Aracaju is the capital and the largest city in the state. As with most of the states in northeastern Brazil, inland Sergipe is almost entirely savanna (\"\"caatinga\"\"), and its coastline is characterized by mangroves, swamps and sandy beaches. A small", "title": "Sergipe" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.36, "text": "was the site of the first Portuguese settlement, in 1591, at Sergipe D'El-Rey, which is today Sergipe (the name Sergipe is actually a Tupi word, meaning \"\"river of the crab\"\"), and later became the state's capital for a while. As with other states in the northeast, Sergipe was invaded numerous times by the Dutch, and frequently raided by French buccaneers. During the 17th century, the state was known throughout the Americas for its king-wood, a prized commodity that was the primary attraction during the buccaneer raids, and probably a factor in Dutch military expeditions. From 1641 to 1645, the territory", "title": "Sergipe" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.28, "text": "Aracaju Aracaju () is the capital of the State of Sergipe, Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country on the coast, about 350 km (217 mi) north of Salvador. According to the 2016 Census, the city has 641 523 inhabitants, which represents approximately 33% of the state population. Adding to the populations of the municipalities forming the Metropolitan area: Barra dos Coqueiros, Nossa Senhora do Socorro and São Cristóvão. Its Metropolitan Cathedral Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao, dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, is the archiepiscopal see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aracaju. The economy is based", "title": "Aracaju" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.84, "text": "change the number of stars, so that there would be one for every municipality in the state. In 1952, this new design was scrapped and replaced by the original 5-star design. Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at 21,910 km² (8,459 sq mi), larger only than the Federal District. Sergipe borders on Bahia to the south and west and Alagoas to the north. Aracaju is the capital and the largest city in", "title": "Sergipe" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.08, "text": "Estância, Sergipe Estância is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population is 68,846 (2016). Estância covers , and has a population density of 110 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located from the state capital of Sergipe, Aracaju. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Estância. João Mendes, head of the Captaincy of Sergipe, granted Pedro Homem da Costa and his brother-in-law the land of Estância on September 16, 1621. The area was home to a Mexican population which specialized in cattle raising; they were called \"\"estancieiros\"\" and ultimately the settlement was", "title": "Estância, Sergipe" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.02, "text": "belonged to Dutch-controlled Brazil (New Holland). The Dutch built a fort (the first one in the region) between the rivers São Francisco and Sergipe. In 1645, the Portuguese regained control. By the 18th century, the Portuguese military had driven off the pirates permanently. In 1855, under the administration of provincial president Inácio Joaquim Barbosa, the capital was moved to Aracaju. In the 1930s, Sergipe became notorious for its outlaws, including Virgolino Ferreira da Silva, better known as Lampião, the \"\"King of Bandits\"\", who terrorized the state for almost a decade until his beheading by the Brazilian police in 1938. His", "title": "Sergipe" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.62, "text": "Riachuelo, Sergipe Riachuelo is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 10,116 (2016) and covers . Riachuelo has a population density of 130 inhabitants per square kilometer. Riachuelo is located from the state capital of Sergipe, Aracaju. Riachuelo borders the municipalities of Laranjeiras, Divina Pastora, Santa Rosa de Lima, and Areia Branca, all within the state of Sergipe. The municipality is site of the Nossa Senhora da Penha Sugar Plantation and the Chapel of the Nossa Senhora da Penha Sugar Plantation. The chapel was listed as a historic structure by National Institute of Historic and", "title": "Riachuelo, Sergipe" } ]

[ "Hinche" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.23, "text": "Capital Centre The Capital Centre (later USAir Arena and US Airways Arena) was an indoor arena in the eastern United States, located in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, east of Washington, D.C.; it had a Landover address. Opened in late 1973, it closed in 1999, and was demolished in 2002. The seating capacity was 18,756 for basketball and 18,130 for hockey. The elevation at street level was approximately above sea level. The U.S. Census Bureau defined the land, later occupied by The Boulevard at the Capital Centre, as being in the Mitchellville census-designated place as of the 1990 U.S. Census,", "title": "Capital Centre" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.8, "text": "Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (, \"\"Centre-Loire Valley\"\") is one of the 13 administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior of the country. The administrative capital is Orléans. Like many contemporary regions of France, the region of Centre was created from parts of three historical provinces: , , and . The name was chosen by the French government purely on the basis of geography, in reference to its location in north-central France (the central part of the original French language area), However, Centre is not situated in the geographical centre of France, and", "title": "Centre-Val de Loire" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.59, "text": "just outside the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495) at exit 16, less than a mile (1.6 km) southeast of FedExField, the home of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. Capital Centre was the home of the Washington Bullets of the NBA from 1973 to 1997, the Washington Capitals of the NHL from 1974 to 1997 and the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team from 1980 to 1997. The Washington Wizards were known as the Bullets until 1997, and played the first 5 games of the 1997–98 NBA season at the old arena under their new name. All three teams departed", "title": "Capital Centre" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.53, "text": "Centre (department) Centre () is one of the ten departments (French: \"\"départements\"\", Haitian Creole: \"\"depatman\"\") of Haiti, located in the center of the country along the border with the Dominican Republic. As of 2015, its estimated population was 746,236. Its capital is Hinche. It borders the Dominican Republic to the east and is the only landlocked department in Haiti. Centre is the only department without access to the sea, but is nevertheless affected by soil erosion as a result of deforestation. In 2004, the floods caused by Hurricane Jeanne resulted in hundreds of deaths, focused in Centre and Artibonite Departments.", "title": "Centre (department)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.52, "text": "World Capital Centre The World Capital Centre is a proposed skyscraper to be constructed in Colombo, Sri Lanka. With 117 floors and a planned height of , it will be one of the tallest buildings in Asia. A agreement was signed with Sri Lanka's Board of Investment on , with the presence of the BOI chairman Upul Jayasooriya, WCC chairman Ahmed Moulana, and other officials. Among other features planned, the skyscraper will consist of 1,200 residential units, 2,000 hotel rooms, 3,000 retail outlets, 5,000-slot carpark, 20 swimming pools, double-deck elevators, helipad, observation deck, and the first Michelin-starred restaurant in Sri", "title": "World Capital Centre" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.42, "text": "arena at the time. The 1993 rename was initially not popular with Washington-area residents. Capital Centre The Capital Centre (later USAir Arena and US Airways Arena) was an indoor arena in the eastern United States, located in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, east of Washington, D.C.; it had a Landover address. Opened in late 1973, it closed in 1999, and was demolished in 2002. The seating capacity was 18,756 for basketball and 18,130 for hockey. The elevation at street level was approximately above sea level. The U.S. Census Bureau defined the land, later occupied by The Boulevard at the Capital", "title": "Capital Centre" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.14, "text": "Lanka. World Capital Centre The World Capital Centre is a proposed skyscraper to be constructed in Colombo, Sri Lanka. With 117 floors and a planned height of , it will be one of the tallest buildings in Asia. A agreement was signed with Sri Lanka's Board of Investment on , with the presence of the BOI chairman Upul Jayasooriya, WCC chairman Ahmed Moulana, and other officials. Among other features planned, the skyscraper will consist of 1,200 residential units, 2,000 hotel rooms, 3,000 retail outlets, 5,000-slot carpark, 20 swimming pools, double-deck elevators, helipad, observation deck, and the first Michelin-starred restaurant in", "title": "World Capital Centre" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.05, "text": "while in the 2000 U.S. Census the area was placed in the Lake Arbor CDP. Capital Centre was the primary home for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League and the Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association. The Bullets moved to the Washington area from nearby Baltimore, and the Capitals were an expansion team in the arena's second year. In 1993, the air carrier USAir purchased the naming rights for the building and the arena became known as USAir Arena. When the airline went through its 1996 rebranding and became US Airways, the name of the arena accordingly", "title": "Capital Centre" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.03, "text": "(or provinces, or other subdivisions) in the same country. Different methods may yield different results. Practical uses for finding the center of population include locating possible sites for forward capitals, such as Brasília, Astana or Austin. Practical selection of a new site for a capital is a complex problem that depends also on population density patterns and transportation networks. It is important to use a method that does not depend on a two-dimensional projection when dealing with the entire world. As described in INED (Institut national d'études démographiques), the solution methodology deals only with the globe. As a result, the", "title": "Center of population" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.95, "text": "meaning \"\"head\"\". In several English-speaking states, the terms county town and county seat are also used in lower subdivisions. In some unitary states, subnational capitals may be known as \"\"administrative centres\"\". The capital is often the largest city of its constituent, though not always. Historically, the major economic centre of a state or region often becomes the focal point of political power, and becomes a capital through conquest or federation. (The modern capital city has, however, not always existed: in medieval Western Europe, an itinerant (wandering) government was common.) Examples are Ancient Babylon, Abbasid Baghdad, Ancient Athens, Rome, Constantinople, Chang'an,", "title": "Capital city" } ]

[ "Pomeroy", "Pomeroy, Ohio" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.19, "text": "Meigs County, Tennessee Meigs County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,753. Its county seat is Decatur. Before 1819, the area that is now Meigs County was part of the Cherokee nation. However, white settlers established ferries across the Tennessee River from Rhea County as early as 1807. Colonel Return J. Meigs, who was to become the county's name source, operated a federal Indian agency across the river in Rhea County until 1817, when the agency moved to what is now Meigs County. In 1819, the Calhoun Treaty", "title": "Meigs County, Tennessee" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.05, "text": "Meigs County, Ohio Meigs County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,770. Its county seat is Pomeroy. The county is named for Return J. Meigs, Jr., the fourth Governor of Ohio. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.7%) is water. The Ohio River forms the eastern and southern boundaries of the county, the other side of which is located in West Virginia. Meigs County lies in the Appalachian Plateau physiographic region of the Appalachian Mountains.", "title": "Meigs County, Ohio" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.7, "text": "This also connects the north-central part of the county with the neighboring city of Athens in McMinn County. State Route 306 - A secondary state highway in the southeast portion of the county connecting Highway 58 to Charleston and Cleveland. Meigs County, Tennessee Meigs County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,753. Its county seat is Decatur. Before 1819, the area that is now Meigs County was part of the Cherokee nation. However, white settlers established ferries across the Tennessee River from Rhea County as early as 1807.", "title": "Meigs County, Tennessee" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.25, "text": "Meigs County Courthouse (Ohio) The Meigs County Courthouse is a local government building in Pomeroy, Ohio, United States. Built in the 1840s in this Ohio River village, it serves as the seat of government for Meigs County, and it is one of Ohio's oldest courthouses still used for its original purpose. In 1819, Meigs County was separated from Gallia County, and a courthouse and jail were soon built in the community of Chester. This building, known as the Old Meigs County Courthouse, remains in existence; it is the oldest standing courthouse in Ohio. Within twenty years, Chester was in decline", "title": "Meigs County Courthouse (Ohio)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21, "text": "Meigs, Georgia Meigs is a city in Mitchell and Thomas counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 1,090 at the 2000 census. Meigs is located at (31.072664, -84.090988). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (1.24%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,090 people, 399 households, and 286 families residing in the city. The population density was 686.4 people per square mile (264.7/km²). There were 460 housing units at an average density of 289.7 per square mile (111.7/km²). The racial", "title": "Meigs, Georgia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.86, "text": "as well as Fairchild Hiller FH-227 turboprops to St. Louis (STL) and Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD). Air Illinois flew BAC One-Eleven jets (to St. Louis and Chicago) and also served the airport with Hawker Siddeley HS 748, Handley Page Jetstream and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprops. Among other routes, Air Illinois HS 748s flew nonstop to now closed Meigs Field on the lakefront of Lake Michigan next to downtown Chicago. Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport is a civil-military public airport in Sangamon County, Illinois. It is three miles (6 km) northwest of downtown Springfield, the", "title": "Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.8, "text": "It was won four times by Democrats between 1964 and 1996 (although Bill Clinton who carried Meigs twice did so only with pluralities) but has become powerfully Republican again since 2000. Meigs county schools include: https://web.archive.org/web/20160715023447/http://www.ohiotownships.org/township-websites Meigs County, Ohio Meigs County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,770. Its county seat is Pomeroy. The county is named for Return J. Meigs, Jr., the fourth Governor of Ohio. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.7%) is", "title": "Meigs County, Ohio" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.61, "text": "sits at the northern end of Court Street. Because of its unusually good degree of preservation, much of the downtown was declared a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Known as the Pomeroy Historic District, this portion of the downtown centers on the courthouse. The Meigs County Courthouse remains in use by governmental bodies, such as the common pleas court and lesser courts. It is one of the state's oldest courthouses still used as a courthouse. Meigs County Courthouse (Ohio) The Meigs County Courthouse is a local government building in Pomeroy, Ohio, United", "title": "Meigs County Courthouse (Ohio)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.2, "text": "at what is now Rockwood. In 1805, Colonel Return J. Meigs, who operated out of Southwest Point, was appointed Cherokee Agent, effectively moving the agency from the Tellico Blockhouse to Southwest Point. The city of Kingston was established on October 23, 1799, as part of an effort to partition Knox County (the initial effort to form a separate county failed, but succeeded two years later). Kingston was named after Major Robert King, an officer at Fort Southwest Point in the 1790s. On September 21, 1807, Kingston was Tennessee's state capital for one day. The Tennessee General Assembly convened in Kingston", "title": "Kingston, Tennessee" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.06, "text": "in the downtown has been virtually nonexistent for several decades; consequently, the business district is almost identical to its nineteenth-century appearance. One of the more recent construction projects around the courthouse involved the placement of a Civil War memorial statue on the courthouse lawn in 1870; it bears more than five hundred names of the county's war dead. Most of the other downtown buildings are Italianate structures from the second half of the century, making the courthouse's earlier architecture stand out from its surroundings; observers across the Ohio River in Mason, West Virginia can easily see the courthouse as it", "title": "Meigs County Courthouse (Ohio)" } ]

[ "Port Lavaca", "Port Lavaca, Texas" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.39, "text": "Calhoun, Georgia Calhoun is a city in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 15,650, up from 10,667 in 2000. Calhoun is the county seat of Gordon County. Calhoun was a part of the Cherokee Nation (including New Echota, capital of the Cherokee Nation) until December 29, 1835. Cherokee leaders such as The Ridge and William Hicks had developed numerous productive farms in the fertile Oothcaloga Valley. When the Cherokee refused to give up the remainder of their lands under the Indian Removal Act, after years of land cessions to the", "title": "Calhoun, Georgia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.42, "text": "Calhoun County, Georgia Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,694. The county seat is Morgan. The county was created on February 20, 1854. Calhoun County is named for John C. Calhoun, the seventh Vice President of the United States. As the county seat, the city of Morgan boasts a historic Courthouse. Calhoun County hosts a single tri-colored traffic light, located in the city of Arlington, which also showcases north-south and east-west railroad tracks. The County and its Cities hold several annual festivals. Still Pond Vineyard &", "title": "Calhoun County, Georgia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.02, "text": "Calhoun County, Alabama Calhoun County is a county in the east central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 118,572. Its county seat is Anniston. It was named in honor of John C. Calhoun, noted politician and US Senator from South Carolina. Calhoun County is included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Benton County was established on December 18, 1832, named for Thomas Hart Benton, a member of the United States Senate from Missouri. Its county seat was Jacksonville. Benton, a slave owner, was a political ally of John C. Calhoun, U.S.", "title": "Calhoun County, Alabama" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.91, "text": "Calhoun County, South Carolina Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, its population was 15,175, making it the third-least populous county in the state. Its county seat is St. Matthews. Located in a rural upland area long devoted to cotton plantations, part of the Black Belt of the South, the county was formed in 1908 from portions of Lexington and Orangeburg counties. It is named for John C. Calhoun, the former U.S. Vice-President, Senator, Representative and cabinet member from South Carolina. Calhoun County is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan", "title": "Calhoun County, South Carolina" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.8, "text": "Calhoun County, Florida Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,625, making it the fifth-least populous county in Florida. Its county seat is Blountstown. Calhoun County was created in 1838. It was named for John C. Calhoun, member of the United States Senate from South Carolina and the seventh U.S. vice president, serving under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Typical in the Florida Panhandle, a majority of Calhoun County's residents remain much more attached to Southern culture and lifestyle habits than is common in the Central", "title": "Calhoun County, Florida" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.55, "text": "Gordon County, Georgia Gordon County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,186. The county seat is Calhoun. Gordon County comprises the Calhoun, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA Combined Statistical Area. Gordon County was created on February 13, 1850 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. The new county was formed from portions of Cass (later renamed Bartow) and Floyd counties. All lands that would become Gordon County were originally occupied by the Cherokee Indians—and, in", "title": "Gordon County, Georgia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.52, "text": "Calhoun County, Mississippi Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,962. Its county seat is Pittsboro. The county is named after John C. Calhoun, the U.S. Vice President and U.S. Senator from South Carolina. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water. Mississippi Highway 9W The Calhoun County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.2 mi, 1.9 km) southwest of the central business district of Pittsboro, Mississippi. As of", "title": "Calhoun County, Mississippi" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.45, "text": "Calhoun County, Iowa Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,670. Its county seat is Rockwell City. Calhoun County was formed on January 15, 1851 from open land originally named \"\"Fox County\"\". It was renamed in 1853 after the seventh US Vice President secessionist John C. Calhoun. When the tracks of the Illinois Central Railroad were laid through the county in 1870, the county seat was moved from Lake City to Rockwell City. The first train reached Rockwell City on August 7, 1882 and the population count", "title": "Calhoun County, Iowa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.42, "text": "Calhoun County, Michigan Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 136,146. The county seat is Marshall. The county was established on October 19, 1829 and named after John C. Calhoun, who was at the time Vice President under Andrew Jackson, making it one of Michigan's Cabinet counties. County government was first organized March 6, 1833. Calhoun County comprises the Battle Creek, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI Combined Statistical Area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area", "title": "Calhoun County, Michigan" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.39, "text": "Calhoun County, Arkansas Calhoun County is a county located in the south central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,368, making it the least populous county in Arkansas. The county seat is Hampton. Calhoun County is Arkansas's 55th county, formed on December 6, 1850, and named for John C. Calhoun, a Vice President of the United States. The county is part of the Camden, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area. This area was initially developed for plantation agriculture, based on large gangs of slave workers. The population was majority enslaved African Americans before", "title": "Calhoun County, Arkansas" } ]

[ "Eger", "Jager", "Erlau" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.38, "text": "Heves County (former) Heves was an administrative county in the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which is now in northern Hungary, was slightly larger than that of present Heves county. The capital of the county was Eger. Heves county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Nógrád, Gömör-Kishont, Borsod, Hajdú and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. It stretched from the Mátra and Bükk mountains to and across the river Tisza. Its area was 3761 km² around 1910. Heves county was formed in the 13th century. It was ruled by the Turks between 1596-1687. After World War II, the territory of the county was modified:", "title": "Heves County (former)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.95, "text": "Heves County Heves (, ) lies in northern Hungary. It lies between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. Eger is the county seat. Heves county is a geographically diverse area; its northern part is mountainous (the Mátra and Bükk are the two highest mountain ranges in Hungary), while at south it includes a part of the Great Hungarian Plain. From south it is bordered by Lake Tisza, the largest artificial lake in Hungary. The average temperature is between 8 and 10", "title": "Heves County" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.73, "text": "party composition: Heves County has 1 urban county, 10 towns, 3 large villages and 107 villages. (ordered by population, as of 2011 census) Heves County has a partnership relationship with: Heves County Heves (, ) lies in northern Hungary. It lies between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. Eger is the county seat. Heves county is a geographically diverse area; its northern part is mountainous (the Mátra and Bükk are the two highest mountain ranges in Hungary), while at south it", "title": "Heves County" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.7, "text": "Heves Heves is a small city in eastern Hungary. About 100 km east of Budapest, Heves lies at the northern extreme of the Great Hungarian Plain (Nagyalfold), just south of the Mátra and Bükk hills and west of the Tisza River. Heves shares its name with a Hungarian county (megye). The city is the fourth largest city in Heves county. The closest major city is Eger, which lies 40 km to the north. Heves is a significant transportation hub for the towns and agricultural areas of southern Heves county. Heves is home to approximately 11,000 residents. In addition to the", "title": "Heves" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.42, "text": "Heves District Heves () is a district in south-eastern part of Heves County. \"\"Heves\"\" is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Heves District borders with Füzesabony District to the northeast, Kunhegyes District \"\"(Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County)\"\" to the southeast, Jászapáti District \"\"(Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County)\"\" to the southwest, Gyöngyös District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Heves District is 17. The district has 2 towns and 15 villages. The bolded municipalities are cities. In 2011, it had a population of 35,036 and the population", "title": "Heves District" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.08, "text": "Gömör és Kishont County Gömör-Kishont (, , ) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its capital was Rimaszombat (present-day Rimavská Sobota). Its territory is now in southern Slovakia and northern Hungary. Around 1910, Gömör-Kishont county shared borders with the counties Zólyom, Liptó, Szepes, Abaúj-Torna, Borsod, Heves and Nógrád. It was situated in the Gömör–Szepesi-érchegység (present-day Slovak Ore Mountains - Slovenské rudohorie) approximately between the present-day Slovak-Hungarian border, the towns Poltár and Rozsnyó (present-day Rožňava) and the Low Tatras (Hungarian: Alacsony-Tátra, Slovak: Nízke Tatry). The river Sajó flowed through the county. Its area was 4,279 km² around", "title": "Gömör és Kishont County" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.06, "text": "Nógrád County Nógrád (, ; ) is a county () of Hungary. Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén. The capital of Nógrád county is Salgótarján. Its area is 2,544 km². Nógrád is famous for its historic architecture of ancient Gothic churches and stone castles dated to the 13th century. Other historic landmark includes the baroque buildings constructed in the 18th century and the Vay, Teleki. Much of the northern border of the county is formed by the river Ipoly. The mountain ranges Börzsöny, Cserhát and Mátra lie", "title": "Nógrád County" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.83, "text": "Hajdú County Hajdú, formerly known as Hajdúság, was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Debrecen. The territory of the county is now part of the Hungarian county Hajdú-Bihar. Hajdú county shared borders with the counties Heves, Borsod, Szabolcs, Bihar, Békés and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. The river Tisza touched its western border. The Hortobágy National Park steppe lies in the county. Its area was 3343 km² around 1910. The Hajdúság region had a special status in the Kingdom of Hungary, but was turned into the proper county Hajdú in the", "title": "Hajdú County" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.72, "text": "Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (, ; ) is an administrative county (comitatus or \"\"megye)\"\" in north-eastern Hungary (commonly called \"\"Northern Hungary\"\"), on the border with Slovakia. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. The capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county is Miskolc. Of the seven statistical regions of Hungary it belongs to the region Northern Hungary. Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén is the second largest county of Hungary both by area (after Bács-Kiskun) and by population (after Pest County). The county bears the name of three historic counties of Hungary, each of them was centered around a castle. Note that besides these", "title": "Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.64, "text": "Tébessa Tébessa or Tebessa (Berber:, \"\"Tbessa\"\" or \"\"Tibesti\"\"; ), the classical Theveste, is the capital city of Tébessa Province in the Shawi region of Algeria, west of its Tunisian border. There is a phosphate mine nearby and the city is known for its traditional Algerian carpets. Tébessa was home to over 634,332 people in 2007. Tebessa, written ' in French, was known to the ancient Greeks as \"\"Thebéstē\"\" () or \"\"Hekatompýlē\"\" (, \"\"Hundred Gates\"\"). This was latinized as Theveste. In antiquity, Theveste formed part of the Carthaginian Empire and fell under Roman control after Carthage's destruction in the Third Punic", "title": "Tébessa" } ]

[ "Granbury", "Granbury, Texas" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.12, "text": "Hood County, Texas Hood County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,182. Its county seat is Granbury. The county is named for John Bell Hood, a Confederate lieutenant general and the commander of Hood's Texas Brigade. Hood County is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Granbury Micropolitan Area. Hood County was formed in 1866 from portions of Johnson County. It was named after John Bell Hood, a general of the Confederate Army and commander of Hood's Texas Brigade. According", "title": "Hood County, Texas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.09, "text": "become a strongly Republican county since 1980. Hood County, Texas Hood County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,182. Its county seat is Granbury. The county is named for John Bell Hood, a Confederate lieutenant general and the commander of Hood's Texas Brigade. Hood County is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Granbury Micropolitan Area. Hood County was formed in 1866 from portions of Johnson County. It was named after John Bell Hood, a general of the Confederate Army", "title": "Hood County, Texas" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.92, "text": "Hood–Anderson Farm The Hood–Anderson Farm is a historic home and farm and national historic district located at Eagle Rock, Wake County, North Carolina, a suburb of the state capital Raleigh. The main house was built about 1839, and is an example of transitional Federal / Greek Revival style I-house. It is two stories with a low-pitched hip roof and a rear two-story, hipped-roof ell. The front facade features a large, one-story porch, built in 1917, supported by Tuscan order columns. Also on the property are the contributing combined general store and post office (1854), a one-room dwelling, a two-room tenant/slave", "title": "Hood–Anderson Farm" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.47, "text": "Hood River County, Oregon Hood River County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,346. The county seat is Hood River. The county was established in 1908 and is named for the Hood River, a tributary of the Columbia River. Hood River County comprises the Hood River, OR Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Hood River Valley is a top producer of apples, pears, and cherries and is known for its famous Fruit Loop driving tour that stops at family farms and fruit stands. Situated between Mount Hood and the Columbia", "title": "Hood River County, Oregon" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.61, "text": "Capital SouthEast Connector The Capital SouthEast Connector is a planned parkway in California running from Interstate 5 (I-5) to U.S. Route 50 (US 50). The route runs through Sacramento County, Elk Grove, Rancho Cordova, Folsom, and El Dorado County. This project serves as an alternative route to the Greater Sacramento region's current highway system. It consists of four to six lanes of thoroughfare and expressway; the connector phase I is projected to be completed around 2022–25, phase II around 2030–40. When completed, the Capital SouthEast Connector (from the west) begins at the I-5/Hood Franklin Interchange as a four-lane expressway heading", "title": "Capital SouthEast Connector" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.59, "text": "Hood River, Oregon The city of Hood River is the seat of Hood River County, Oregon, United States. It is a port on the Columbia River, and is named for the nearby Hood River. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,167. Hood River (originally called Dog River) post office was established (named by Mary Coe) at the site of the present city on September 30, 1858, and the city itself was incorporated in 1895. Originally, the city was part of Wasco County, but it became the seat of Hood River County when the county was first established", "title": "Hood River, Oregon" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.58, "text": "house, a barn (1912), a smokehouse, and several other outbuildings and sites including a family cemetery. In April 1999, the Hood–Anderson Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Hood–Anderson Farm The Hood–Anderson Farm is a historic home and farm and national historic district located at Eagle Rock, Wake County, North Carolina, a suburb of the state capital Raleigh. The main house was built about 1839, and is an example of transitional Federal / Greek Revival style I-house. It is two stories with a low-pitched hip roof and a rear two-story, hipped-roof ell. The front facade features a", "title": "Hood–Anderson Farm" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.36, "text": "JPA has made it a priority to start from the west (Elk Grove) and east (El Dorado County and Folsom) ends of the project until both ends meet. Phase I of the project is expected to be completed in 2022–25 pending on financing; phase II within 2030–40. Note: Completion dates listed are projected for Phase I only and are subject to change. A1 &A2: I-5/Hood-Franklin Interchange to SR 99/Grantline interchange, 2019 Capital SouthEast Connector The Capital SouthEast Connector is a planned parkway in California running from Interstate 5 (I-5) to U.S. Route 50 (US 50). The route runs through Sacramento", "title": "Capital SouthEast Connector" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.95, "text": "Hood County Courthouse Historic District The Hood County Courthouse Historic District in Granbury, Hood County, Texas encompasses 12 acres of land. The principal building in and the focal point of the district is the historic Hood County Courthouse built in 1890-1891. Other major buildings include the 1885 Hood County Jailhouse, the 1885 First National Bank Building, the 1891 building which formerly housed the \"\"Hood County News\"\", the 1893 Aston-Landers Saloon Building, the 1893 Nutt Brothers Building and the 1886 Granbury Opea House. On June 5, 1974, the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The nomination form", "title": "Hood County Courthouse Historic District" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.91, "text": "called it \"\"one of the most complete nineteenth century courthouse squares in Texas.\"\" The historic Hood County Courthouse is located in the block bounded by East Bridge Street on the north, North Crockett Street on the east, East Pearl Street on the south and North Houston Street on the west and has an entrance on each side except the north one. It is the fifth courthouse building to occupy this site and was built of Brazos limestone by contractors Moodie and Ellis between 1890 and 1891. It was designed in the Second Empire style by noted Texas courthouse architect Wesley", "title": "Hood County Courthouse Historic District" } ]

[ "Juneau", "Juneau, Alaska", "Juneau, AK" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.25, "text": "Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau ( ; Tlingit: ), commonly known as Juneau, is the capital city of Alaska. It is a unified municipality on Gastineau Channel in the Alaskan panhandle, and it is the second largest city in the United States by area. Juneau has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of what was the District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900. The municipality unified on July 1, 1970, when the city of Juneau merged with the city of Douglas and the surrounding Greater", "title": "Juneau, Alaska" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.44, "text": "has continued as the capital. In the 1970s, voters passed a plan to move the capital to Willow, a town north of Anchorage. But pro-Juneau people there and in Fairbanks persuaded voters also to approve a measure (the FRANK Initiative) requiring voter approval of all bondable construction costs before building could begin. Alaskans later voted against spending the estimated $900 million. A 1984 \"\"ultimate\"\" capital-move vote also failed, as did a 1996 vote. Juneau remains the capital. Once Alaska was granted statehood in 1959, Juneau's population increased along with the growth of state government. After construction of the Alaska Pipeline", "title": "Juneau, Alaska" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.44, "text": "remain the capital of Alaska. In 1976, he was elected mayor for the first of three terms. As mayor, Overstreet mainly focused on keeping the capital in Juneau. He managed to do so by switching Alaska from four time zones to one and modernizing the city with the construction of a Centennial Hall and a ski course. He also participated in two major debates against Bill Atwood, a proud supporter for the moving of the capital, one of which was before the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. After much debate and work on Overstreet's part the capital move project was shut", "title": "Bill Overstreet" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.72, "text": "brig \"\"Oryol\"\" and established the settlement of \"\"Arkhangelsk\"\". It was destroyed by Tlingits in 1802 but rebuilt nearby in 1804 and given the name \"\"Novo-Arkhangelsk\"\" (New Archangel). It soon become the primary settlement and colonial capital of Russian America. After the Alaska Purchase, it was renamed Sitka, the first capital of Alaska Territory. The Russian Orthodox religion (with its rituals and sacred texts, translated into Aleut at a very early stage) had been informally introduced, in the 1740s–1780s, by the fur traders. During his settlement of Three Saints Bay in 1784, Shelikov introduced the first resident missionaries and clergymen. This", "title": "History of Alaska" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.3, "text": "for the city, championed the move. Alaskans rejected attempts to move the capital in 1960 and 1962, but in 1974, as Alaska's center of population moved away from Southeast Alaska and to the railbelt, voters approved the move. Communities such as Fairbanks and much of rural Alaska opposed moving the capital to Anchorage for fear of concentrating more power in the state's largest city. As a result, in 1976 voters approved a plan to build a new capital city near Willow, about north of Anchorage. In the 1978 election, opponents to the move reacted by campaigning to defeat a nearly", "title": "Anchorage, Alaska" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.12, "text": "Alaska State Capitol The Alaska State Capitol is the building that hosts the Alaska Legislature, Governor of Alaska and Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. Located in the state's capital, Juneau, the building was opened on February 14, 1931 as a federal building. After Alaska gained statehood, the building served as the home for the Alaska Legislature. Upon the purchase of Russian America, Sitka, Alaska became the Territory Capitol in 1867. After the capitol was moved to Juneau, the Legislature met in rented rooms around the city. Construction for a capitol building was partly funded by the United States Congress, but they", "title": "Alaska State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.08, "text": "It contains the state capital Juneau, the former capital Sitka, and Ketchikan, at one time Alaska's largest city. The Alaska Marine Highway provides a vital surface transportation link throughout the area, as only three communities (Haines, Hyder and Skagway) enjoy direct connections to the contiguous North American road system. Officially designated in 1963. The Interior is the largest region of Alaska; much of it is uninhabited wilderness. Fairbanks is the only large city in the region. Denali National Park and Preserve is located here. \"\"Denali\"\" is the highest mountain in North America. Southwest Alaska is a sparsely inhabited region stretching", "title": "Alaska" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.69, "text": "primary settlement and colonial capital of Russian America. After the Alaska Purchase, it was renamed Sitka, and became the first capital of Alaska Territory. The Russian-American Company (RAC) was incorporated in 1799, putting an end to the \"\"promyshlenniki\"\" period and beginning an era of centralized monopoly. Its charter was laid out in a 1799 \"\"ukase\"\" by the new Tsar Paul, which granted the company monopolistic control over trade in the Aleutian Islands and the North America mainland, south to 55° north latitude (approximating the present border on coast between British Columbia and Alaska). The RAC was modeled on Britain's East", "title": "Maritime fur trade" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.55, "text": "$1 billion bond issue to fund construction of the new capitol building and related facilities ($ billion in dollars).. Later attempts to move the capital or the legislature to Wasilla, north of Anchorage, also failed. Anchorage has over twice as many state employees as Juneau, and is to a considerable extent the center of state and federal government activity in Alaska. Anchorage is in Southcentral Alaska. At 61 degrees north, it lies slightly farther north than Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki and Saint Petersburg, but not as far north as Reykjavík or Murmansk. It is northeast of the Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak Island,", "title": "Anchorage, Alaska" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.44, "text": "(which includes Eagle River, Girdwood, Glen Alps, and several other communities) merged into the geographically larger Municipality of Anchorage The city continued to grow in the 1980s, and capital projects and an aggressive beautification campaign took place. During this time Anchorage became known as the \"\"Green Apple of the Arctic.\"\" Several attempts have been made to move Alaska's state capital from Juneau to Anchorage – or to a site closer to Anchorage. The motivation is straightforward: the \"\"railbelt\"\" between Anchorage and Fairbanks contains the majority of the state's population. Robert Atwood, owner of the \"\"Anchorage Times\"\" and a tireless booster", "title": "Anchorage, Alaska" } ]

[ "Canberra" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.48, "text": "of Australia are Adelaide; Brisbane; Hobart; Melbourne; Perth; and Sydney. In Australia, the term \"\"capital cities\"\" is regularly used to refer to the aforementioned state capitals plus the federal capital Canberra and Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory. Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates overall. In unitary states which consist of multiple constituent nations, such as the United Kingdom or the Kingdom of Denmark, each will usually have its own capital city. Unlike in federations, there is usually not a separate national capital, but rather the capital city", "title": "Capital city" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.72, "text": "Canberra Canberra (, ) is the capital city of Australia. With a population of 410,301, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne. A resident of Canberra is known as a Canberran. Although Canberra is the capital and seat of government, many federal government ministries have secondary seats in state capital cities, as do the Governor-General and the Prime Minister. The site of Canberra was selected for the location of the nation's capital in 1908 as", "title": "Canberra" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.58, "text": "Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (ACT; known as the Federal Capital Territory until 1938) is Australia's federal district, located in the south-east of the country and enclaved within the state of New South Wales. It contains Canberra, the capital city of Australia. Geographically, the territory is bounded by the Goulburn-Cooma railway line in the east, the watershed of Naas Creek in the south, the watershed of the Cotter River in the west, and the watershed of the Molonglo River in the north-east. These boundaries were set to give the ACT an adequate water supply. The Jervis Bay Territory,", "title": "Australian Capital Territory" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.14, "text": "Capital Country Capital Country was the name of one of the sixteen tourism regions of New South Wales, Australia. This geographical division is made for improving commerce, specifically tourism, in the state. The Capital area is one of the oldest settled areas of NSW and is touted for its convenience; it is the area enveloping Canberra, the nation’s capital, and is close to Sydney. It encompasses the Southern Highlands and the Southern Tablelands. The towns and villages in Capital Country range from sophisticated to quaint; their surrounding areas are mostly rural. Capital country is known for historical venues, antiques and", "title": "Capital Country" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25, "text": "has the highest rate with internet access at home (94 per cent of households in 2014–15). Canberra is twinned with: Canberra Canberra (, ) is the capital city of Australia. With a population of 410,301, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne. A resident of Canberra is known as a Canberran. Although Canberra is the capital and seat of government, many federal government ministries have secondary seats in state capital cities, as do the Governor-General", "title": "Canberra" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.8, "text": "National Capital Authority. As the seat of the government of Australia, Canberra is the site of Parliament House, the official residence of the Monarch's representative the Governor-General, the High Court and numerous government departments and agencies. It is also the location of many social and cultural institutions of national significance, such as the Australian War Memorial, Australian National University, Royal Australian Mint, Australian Institute of Sport, National Gallery, National Museum and the National Library. The Australian Army's officer corps is trained at the Royal Military College, Duntroon and the Australian Defence Force Academy is also located in the capital. The", "title": "Canberra" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.66, "text": "established open gardens, and the landmarks of Canberra. The majors cities and towns are: Some permanent attractions and events in Capital Country are: Capital Country Capital Country was the name of one of the sixteen tourism regions of New South Wales, Australia. This geographical division is made for improving commerce, specifically tourism, in the state. The Capital area is one of the oldest settled areas of NSW and is touted for its convenience; it is the area enveloping Canberra, the nation’s capital, and is close to Sydney. It encompasses the Southern Highlands and the Southern Tablelands. The towns and villages", "title": "Capital Country" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.39, "text": "city in Australia with a population of 4.44 million, is the current and has been named seven consecutive times world's most liveable city by \"\"The Economist\"\". It is often regarded as the fashion, arts, cultural and sporting capital of Australia. On the other hand, Sydney may be called the historic, finance and media capital. While Sydney has been recently overtaken by Melbourne in terms of domestic tourism income, Sydney still remains the leading tourism destination for international tourists. Founded 47 years after Sydney, Melbourne was established by free settlers, and the colony of Victoria never possessed any convict settlements; however,", "title": "Australian regional rivalries" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.3, "text": "D.C., which is not part of any U.S. state but borders Maryland and Virginia; Berlin, which is a state of Germany in its own right and forms an enclave within the much larger state of Brandenburg; and the Australian Capital Territory, a territory of Australia which includes the capital city of Australia, Canberra. Federal capital A federal capital is a political entity, often a municipality or capital city, that serves as the seat of the federal government. A federal capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the offices and meeting places of its respective government, where its location and", "title": "Federal capital" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.09, "text": "extensive as Adelaide's, and the city rapidly outgrew its original boundaries. As such, it is often not considered to be a planned city, but the grid continues to define much of the character of the Melbourne city centre. Canberra, established in 1908, was planned as the capital city of Australia and is Australia's most notable and ambitious example of civic planning. The city was designed to be the Federal Capital following the federation of the six Australian colonies which formed the Commonwealth of Australia. The new nation required a capital that was located away from other major settlements such as", "title": "Planned community" } ]

[ "Rio de Janeiro", "Rio", "Rio de Janeiro city", "Río", "Río de Janeiro" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.78, "text": "or the Cabinet of Ministers, except for services that were subordinated to the national government. In 1889, after the implantation of the Republic in Brazil, the city continued as the capital of the country, and the Neutral Municipality becomes the after the proclamation of the . With the change of the capital of the country to Brasília, the former , becomes the state of Guanabara. With the merger of the states of Guanabara and Rio de Janeiro in 1975, the city of Rio de Janeiro ceases to be understood in the state of Guanabara, fused with the state of Rio", "title": "Neutral Municipality" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.58, "text": "de Janeiro, returning to the state capital condition. Neutral Municipality The Neutral Municipality (Portuguese: \"\"Município Neutro\"\") was an administrative unit created in the Empire of Brazil, which existed in the territory of the current municipality of Rio de Janeiro between August 12, 1834 (when it was proclaimed the Additional Act to the Constitution of 1824) and November 15, 1889, when was proclaimed the republic in Brazil. But it only officially ceased to exist with the promulgation of the 1891 Constitution. By the republican constitution, this administrative unit became the in 1891, whose political situation changed again when it became the", "title": "Neutral Municipality" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.36, "text": "Kingdom, position that was practically a substitute for the one of Viceroy, was entrusted with its Rio administration. Allied to this was the fact that the city of Rio de Janeiro remained as the capital of the empire of Brazil, which caused the minister to administer the whole province by means of \"\"warnings\"\", which he directed to the Municipal Chambers of cities which, at that time, were growing at a rapid pace due to the expansion and strengthening of coffee plantations in the , which already surpassed the strength of sugarcane plantations in the . These differences in relation to", "title": "Neutral Municipality" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.08, "text": "Neutral Municipality (). The surrounding Province of Rio de Janeiro (which did not include the city) had its capital city in Niterói. When Brazil became a republic in 1889, the city of Rio de Janeiro remained the national capital, and the territory of the Neutral Municipality became the (), while the surrounding homonymous province became a state, still with Niterói as its capital. When the national capital was moved to Brasília in 1960, and a new Federal District was created for it, the old Federal District became the state of Guanabara. Throughout its 15-year existence, Guanabara was a unique state", "title": "Guanabara (state)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.97, "text": "the other administrative units of Brazil meant that, in 1834, the city of Rio de Janeiro was included in the Neutral Municipality, which remained as the capital of the country and directly administered by the imperial government, while the Rio de Janeiro had the same political-administrative organization of the others, having its capital in \"\"Vila Real da Praia Grande\"\", which the following year was renamed Nictheroy (current Niterói). The city of Rio de Janeiro also had a Municipal Chamber elected by the local population and would take care of the life of that city without interference from the provincial president", "title": "Neutral Municipality" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.72, "text": "the fusion of this with the state of Rio de Janeiro in 1975. After the transfer of the Portuguese Court to the city of Rio de Janeiro, the remained directly administered by the royal government, in a status differentiated from the others, whose administrations were slightly more autonomous in relation to the central power, given their main city have become the capital of the whole Portuguese kingdom. With the independence of Brazil, a greater administrative autonomy that was aspired by its elite could not be reached as in the other captaincies, now transformed into provinces, since the minister of the", "title": "Neutral Municipality" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.56, "text": "Neutral Municipality The Neutral Municipality (Portuguese: \"\"Município Neutro\"\") was an administrative unit created in the Empire of Brazil, which existed in the territory of the current municipality of Rio de Janeiro between August 12, 1834 (when it was proclaimed the Additional Act to the Constitution of 1824) and November 15, 1889, when was proclaimed the republic in Brazil. But it only officially ceased to exist with the promulgation of the 1891 Constitution. By the republican constitution, this administrative unit became the in 1891, whose political situation changed again when it became the state of Guanabara in 1960, and later, with", "title": "Neutral Municipality" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.08, "text": "to the Social Democratic party. In 2009 the Copenhagen Municipal Council decided that Copenhagen will become the world's first carbon neutral capital by 2025. In 2012 the European Commission announced that Copenhagen will be the 2014 European Green Capital. Copenhagen Municipality Copenhagen Municipality (), also known in English as the Municipality of Copenhagen, located in the Capital Region of Denmark, is the largest of the four municipalities that constitute the City of Copenhagen (\"\"Byen København\"\"), the other three being Dragør, Frederiksberg, and Tårnby. The Municipality of Copenhagen constitutes the historical city center and the majority of its landmarks. It is", "title": "Copenhagen Municipality" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.64, "text": "for commercial venues, for example. All the characteristics disappeared in 1975, when the state of Guanabara merged into the state of Rio de Janeiro. With the merge, the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro was transferred back from city of Niterói to city of Rio de Janeiro, as it was until 1834 when the empire created the Neutral Municipality. In gubernatorial elections held on 3 October 1965, , a candidate supported by a coalition formed by PTB and PSD and a close associate of former President Juscelino Kubitschek, won the race to be the state's governor, garnering 52%", "title": "Guanabara (state)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.06, "text": "provinces that remained loyal to the Portuguese Government in Lisbon adhere to the Empire of Brazil. Cisplatina Province became the independent state of Uruguay. Rio de Janeiro City, the imperial capital, was removed from the Province of Rio de Janeiro, and was included in the Neutral Municipality. At the same time, the capital of the Province of Rio de Janeiro was transferred to Niterói. Grão-Pará Province split into Amazonas Province and Pará Province. In 1889 the Empire of Brazil became the Republic of the United States of Brazil and the provinces became states. The Neutral Municipality that included Rio de", "title": "Provinces of Brazil" } ]

[ "Tegucigalpa" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.61, "text": "Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (; , formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District, or \"\"Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.\"\"), colloquially referred to as Téguz, is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its twin sister, Comayagüela. Claimed on 29 September 1578 by the Spaniards, Tegucigalpa became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto. The current Constitution of Honduras, enacted in 1982, names the sister cities of Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela as a Central District to serve as the permanent national capital, under articles 8 and 295. After a failed attempt to create a Central American republic in 1821, Honduras", "title": "Tegucigalpa" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.05, "text": "up the Department of Francisco Morazán. Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (; , formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District, or \"\"Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.\"\"), colloquially referred to as Téguz, is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its twin sister, Comayagüela. Claimed on 29 September 1578 by the Spaniards, Tegucigalpa became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto. The current Constitution of Honduras, enacted in 1982, names the sister cities of Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela as a Central District to serve as the permanent national capital, under articles 8 and 295. After a failed attempt to create a", "title": "Tegucigalpa" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27, "text": "the proper resources for citizens and forming their citizens in investing in medical equipment and education for medical professions in Honduras, they also have difficulties with controlling the criminals in cities and gangs which resulted in such high crime rates in the country. Legally and politically speaking, the capital of Honduras is the Municipality of the Central District (Spanish: \"\"Distrito Central or DC\"\") and Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela are two entities within the district. However, nearly all governmental institutions are on the Tegucigalpa side, so for all practical purposes Tegucigalpa is the capital. Traditionally, they are regarded as twin or sister", "title": "Tegucigalpa" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.75, "text": "San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a census population of 719,063 in 2013, and 1,445,598 people living in its metropolitan area in 2010, it is the nation's primary industrial center and second largest city after the capital Tegucigalpa. The city grew slowly from about 800 residents in 1590, to almost 10,000 by the 1890s, but most of this population growth took place in the 19th century. It benefited", "title": "San Pedro Sula" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.31, "text": "or Honduras, with Comayagua as its capital. After independence from the Spanish it was the capital of the state of Honduras in the Federal Republic of Central America. After Honduras became an independent republic, the capital alternated between Comayagua and Tegucigalpa (Comayagua being preferred by Conservative administrations, and Tegucigalpa by Liberal ones) before being permanently established at Tegucigalpa in 1880. In February 2012 a fire at Comayagua prison killed more than 350 people. Right in front of the plaza is located City Hall, which has been reconstructed a couple of times. The building is of neoclassic style and was built", "title": "Comayagua" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.09, "text": "out of money when it reached San Pedro Sula. As a result, San Pedro grew into the nation's primary industrial center and second-largest city. Comayagua was the capital of Honduras until 1880, when the capital moved to Tegucigalpa. Since independence, nearly 300 small internal rebellions and civil wars have occurred in the country, including some changes of régime. In the late nineteenth century, Honduras granted land and substantial exemptions to several US-based fruit and infrastructure companies in return for developing the country's northern regions. Thousands of workers came to the north coast as a result to work in banana plantations", "title": "Honduras" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.58, "text": "cities in part because they were founded as two distinct cities. When the Central District was formed on January 30, 1937 under Decree 53 of reformed Article 179 of the 1936 Honduran Constitution, both cities became one political entity sharing the title of \"\"Capital of Honduras\"\". The current Constitution of Honduras, under Chapter 1, Article 8, states (translated), \"\"The cities of Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela, jointly, constitute the Capital of the Republic.\"\" Furthermore, Chapter 11, Article 295, states (translated) \"\"The Central District consists of a single municipality made up of the former municipalities of Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela\"\"; however, municipalities in Honduras", "title": "Tegucigalpa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.39, "text": "dock itself finally fell into the sea in late 2007. The city has been officially proclaimed the \"\"Eco-Tourism Capital of Honduras\"\" as well as the \"\"Entertainment Capital of Honduras\"\". Every year, on the third or fourth Saturday of May, the city holds its famous carnival to commemorate Isidore the Laborer (Spanish \"\"San Isidro Labrador\"\"). During this time, the city is host to approximately 500,000 tourists. In 1872 Manuel Hernández built a small shack under the Ceiba tree that was at one point by the old docks. Over time, more and more people from all over present-day Honduras (especially the departments", "title": "La Ceiba" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.3, "text": "the regional \"\"audiencia\"\" of Guatemala with its capital at Gracias, Honduras. The \"\"audiencia\"\" was a Spanish governmental unit encompassing both judicial and legislative functions whose president held the additional titles of governor and captain general (hence the alternative name of Captaincy General of Guatemala). The location of the capital was bitterly resented by the more populous centers in Guatemala and El Salvador, and in 1549 the capital of the \"\"audiencia\"\" was moved to Antigua, Guatemala. Mining production began to decline in the 1560s, and Honduras rapidly declined in importance. The subordination of Honduras to the Captaincy General of Guatemala had", "title": "History of Honduras (to 1838)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.27, "text": "28, 1890. Central District refers to the entire municipality containing both Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela. As established by the Constitution of Honduras, it serves as national capital and therefore its limits as government seat are not reduced to the urban area formed by Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela but extend to the entire municipality; in turn, the Central District as a whole, is the capital of Honduras. It should be noted that the Central District is not a federal district since it is not an entity outside the departments of Honduras (e.g. Washington, D.C., Mexico City); it is one of the municipalities making", "title": "Tegucigalpa" } ]

[ "Luoyang", "Loyang", "Jingluo", "Luoyi", "Shendu", "Xijing", "Xuchang", "Chang'an", "Changan", "Chang An" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.23, "text": "Government of the Han dynasty The Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) of ancient China was the second imperial dynasty of China, following the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC). It was divided into the periods of Former Han (202 BC – 9 AD) and Later Han (25–220 AD), briefly interrupted by the Xin dynasty (9–23 AD) of Wang Mang. The capital of Western Han was Chang'an, and the capital of Eastern Han was Luoyang. The emperor headed the government, promulgating all written laws, serving as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and presiding as the chief executive official. He appointed all", "title": "Government of the Han dynasty" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.19, "text": "and final capital of the dynasty was Xuchang, where the court moved in 196 CE during a period of political turmoil and civil war. The Han dynasty ruled in an era of Chinese cultural consolidation, political experimentation, relative economic prosperity and maturity, and great technological advances. There was unprecedented territorial expansion and exploration initiated by struggles with non-Chinese peoples, especially the nomadic Xiongnu of the Eurasian Steppe. The Han emperors were initially forced to acknowledge the rival Xiongnu Chanyus as their equals, yet in reality the Han was an inferior partner in a tributary and royal marriage alliance known as", "title": "History of the Han dynasty" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.91, "text": "Emperor Gaozu of Han (r. 202–195 BCE). Emperor Gaozu initially made Luoyang his capital, but then moved it to Chang'an (near modern Xi'an, Shaanxi) due to concerns over natural defences and better access to supply routes. Following Qin precedent, Emperor Gaozu adopted the administrative model of a tripartite cabinet (formed by the Three Excellencies) along with nine subordinate ministries (headed by the Nine Ministers). Despite Han statesmen's general condemnation of Qin's harsh methods and Legalist philosophy, the first Han law code compiled by Chancellor Xiao He in 200 BCE seems to have borrowed much from the structure and substance of", "title": "History of the Han dynasty" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.81, "text": "Bang to choose Guanzhong as the capital of the Han dynasty: 'Guanzhong Plain, which is located behind Xiao Pass and Hangu Pass, connects Long (Gansu) and Shu (Sichuan). Lands of thousand miles rich in harvest be found here, as if this place belongs to the nation of heaven.' () Since then, Guanzhong is also known as the 'Nation of the Heaven'. Xi'an has a temperate climate that is influenced by the East Asian monsoon, classified under the Köppen climate classification as situated on the borderline between a semi-arid climate (\"\"BSk\"\") and humid subtropical climate (\"\"Cwa\"\"). The Wei River valley is", "title": "Xi'an" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.81, "text": "between the foundation of the Han dynasty and Wang Mang's reign is known as the Western Han () or Former Han () (206 BC–9 AD). During this period the capital was at Chang'an (modern Xi'an). From the reign of Guangwu the capital was moved eastward to Luoyang. The era from his reign until the fall of Han is known as the Eastern Han or Later Han (25–220 AD). The Eastern Han (), also known as the Later Han (), formally began on 5 August 25, when Liu Xiu became Emperor Guangwu of Han. During the widespread rebellion against Wang Mang,", "title": "Han dynasty" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.42, "text": "of the imperial capital occurred in three stages, first the super-regional capital on Xianyang, followed by the semi-regional and semi-textual capital of Chang'an, and finally fully realized in the fully textual capital of Luoyang. The capital city of the Western Han Dynasty, Chang'an, was built to exceed its predecessor, Xianyang. Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, would in turn become the model of all future imperial cities. As the empire was divided into counties prefectures and provinces It is uncertain to what extent the planners of early and medieval Chinese cities consciously took the \"\"Kaogongji\"\" as a model.", "title": "Ancient Chinese urban planning" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.38, "text": "new imperial capital. Han Xian attempted to stop Cao Cao but was defeated by him in battle, so he fled south to join the warlord Yuan Shu. After joining Yuan Shu, Han Xian and Yang Feng (who also came to join Yuan Shu) pillaged and looted several counties in Yang and Xu provinces. In 197, Yuan Shu wanted to declare himself emperor and desired to have a neighbouring warlord, Lü Bu, as an ally, so he proposed a marriage between his son and Lü Bu's daughter. However, Lü Bu rejected the proposal after listening to Chen Gui's advice. In anger,", "title": "Han Xian (Han dynasty)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.36, "text": "each claiming allegiance to either Xiang Yu or Liu Bang. Although Xiang Yu proved to be a capable commander, Liu Bang defeated him at Battle of Gaixia (202 BC), in modern-day Anhui. Liu Bang assumed the title \"\"emperor\"\" (\"\"huangdi\"\") at the urging of his followers and is known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu (r. 202–195 BC). Chang'an was chosen as the new capital of the reunified empire under Han. At the beginning of the Western Han (), also known as the Former Han () dynasty, thirteen centrally controlled commanderies—including the capital region—existed in the western third of the empire, while the", "title": "Han dynasty" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.19, "text": "Palace only to be killed and decapitated; his head was sent to Gengshi's headquarters at Wan (i.e., Nanyang) before Gengshi's armies even reached Chang'an on October 9. Gengshi Emperor settled Luoyang as his new capital where he invited Red Eyebrows leader Fan Chong (樊崇) to stay, yet Gengshi granted him only honorary titles, so Fan decided to flee once his men began to desert him. Gengshi moved the capital back to Chang'an in 24 CE, yet in the following year the Red Eyebrows defeated his forces, appointed their own puppet ruler Liu Penzi, entered Chang'an and captured the fleeing Gengshi", "title": "History of the Han dynasty" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.19, "text": "Han, the first emperor of Han Dynasty, defeat the prominent warlord Xiang Yu of Qin Dynasty. After the victory, emperor Hui of Han, the second emperor of Han Dynasty named Zhou Yao the King of Dong'ou (Wenzhou), and under the administration of emperor Hui, Wenzhou became the capital of the Dong'ou Kingdom which is the modern-day area of southern Zhejiang. Around 760AD in Tang Dynasty, the founding emperor Emperor Gaozu of Tang named Yongkia (earlier as Dong'ou) by its current name Wenzhou because of its mild weather. Throughout its history, Wenzhou's traditional economic role has been as a port giving", "title": "Wenzhou" } ]

[ "Topeka", "Topeka, Kansas", "Topeka (Kansas)" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.28, "text": "Topeka, Kansas Topeka (; Kansa: \"\"Tó Pee Kuh\"\") is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 127,473. The Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, and Wabaunsee counties, had a population of 233,870 in the 2010 census. The name \"\"Topeka\"\" is a Kansa-Osage sentence that means \"\"place where we dug potatoes\"\", or \"\"a good place to dig potatoes\"\".", "title": "Topeka, Kansas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.97, "text": "state, and nearly became the state capital. However, Auburn was cast aside as an option, as the railroad bypassed the city. Topeka was chosen to be the capital because it had the railroad and an important ferry site along the Kansas River. The population dwindled, but continued to hover around 100 for many decades. A description of the town from a 1912 volume of \"\"Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History\"\" is as follows: \"\"Auburn, a money order post office of Shawnee county, is in the township of the same name, about southwest of Topeka and west of Wakarusa, which is", "title": "Auburn, Kansas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.91, "text": "Kansas State Capitol The Kansas State Capitol, known also as the Kansas Statehouse, is the building housing the executive and legislative branches of government for the U.S. state of Kansas. It is located in the city of Topeka, which has served as the capital of Kansas since it became a state in 1861. It is the second building to serve as the Kansas Capitol. The dome, at , is taller than the United States Capitol dome, although its diameter () is approximately half that of the national capitol (). It is one of the few capitols in the United States", "title": "Kansas State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.8, "text": "Kansas Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name (natively \"\"\"\") is often said to mean \"\"people of the (south) wind\"\" although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were", "title": "Kansas" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.52, "text": "Pawnee, Kansas Pawnee is a ghost town in Geary County, Kansas, United States, which briefly served as the first official capital of the Kansas Territory in 1855. Pawnee was the territorial capital for exactly five days – the legislature met there from July 2 to July 6 – before legislators voted to move the capital to Shawnee Mission, which is located in present-day Fairway. It may be the shortest-lived capital of any U.S. state or territory (Colorado City also served as the capital of the newly established Colorado Territory for five days in 1862 but was not federally recognized). For", "title": "Pawnee, Kansas" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.52, "text": "First Territorial Capitol of Kansas The First Territorial Capitol of Kansas (officially named First Territorial Capitol State Historic Site) is the sole remaining building of the ghost town of Pawnee, Kansas. The city served as the capital of the Kansas Territory for five days before it was moved to present day Fairway, Kansas, and the town became part of neighboring Fort Riley. The building was the meeting place for the first elected Territorial Legislature in 1855. After falling into disrepair, the structure was restored in 1928 and today it serves as a history museum operated by the Kansas Historical Society", "title": "First Territorial Capitol of Kansas" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.45, "text": "of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and is the site of his Presidential Library and the tombs of the former President, First Lady and son who died in infancy. To the west is Lucas, the Grassroots Art Capital of Kansas. Westward along the Interstate, the city of Russell, traditionally the beginning of sparsely-populated northwest Kansas, was the base of former U.S. Senator Bob Dole and the boyhood home of U.S. Senator Arlen Specter. The city of Hays is home to Fort Hays State University and the Sternberg Museum of Natural History, and is the largest city in the northwest with a", "title": "Kansas" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.44, "text": "the state in terms of both land area and population. 'The Air Capital' is a major manufacturing center for the aircraft industry and the home of Wichita State University. Before Wichita was 'The Air Capital' it was a Cowtown. With a number of nationally registered historic places, museums, and other entertainment destinations, it has a desire to become a cultural mecca in the Midwest. Wichita's population growth has grown by double digits and the surrounding suburbs are among the fastest growing cities in the state. The population of Goddard has grown by more than 11% per year since 2000. Other", "title": "Kansas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.25, "text": "city in Kansas. North of the city, Fort Leavenworth is the oldest active Army post west of the Mississippi River. The city of Atchison was an early commercial center in the state and is well known as the birthplace of Amelia Earhart. To the west, nearly a quarter million people reside in the Topeka metropolitan area. Topeka is the state capital and home to Washburn University and Washburn Institute of Technology. Built at a Kansas River crossing along the old Oregon Trail, this historic city has several nationally registered historic places. Further westward along Interstate 70 and the Kansas River", "title": "Kansas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.2, "text": "non-athletic competition, and sponsors championships in several sports and activities. The association is perhaps best known for devising the overtime system now used for almost all football games below the professional level (which has also been adopted at all levels of Canadian football). Maps Kansas Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name (natively \"\"\"\") is often said to mean \"\"people of the (south) wind\"\" although this was probably not the term's", "title": "Kansas" } ]

[ "Fortaleza" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.62, "text": "Fortaleza Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for \"\"Fortress\"\") is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. Located 2285 km (1420 miles) from Brasilia, the federal capital, the city has developed on the banks of the creek Pajeú, and its name is an allusion to Fort Schoonenborch, which gave rise to the city, built by the Dutch during their second stay in the area between 1649 and 1654. The motto of Fortaleza, present in its coat of arms is the Latin word \"\"Fortitudine\"\", which means \"\"with strength/courage\"\".", "title": "Fortaleza" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.38, "text": "Ceará Ceará (, locally in Ceará or in Northeast Region of Brazil the pronunciation is ) is one of the 27 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main tourist destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of Fortaleza, the country's fourth most populous city. Literally, the name \"\"Ceará\"\" means \"\"sings the jandaia\"\". According to José de Alencar, one of the most important writers of Brazil and an authority in Tupi", "title": "Ceará" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.3, "text": "flag, the sole difference being the blue hemisphere in the Brazilian flag replaced by the Ceará state coat of arms. Ceará Ceará (, locally in Ceará or in Northeast Region of Brazil the pronunciation is ) is one of the 27 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main tourist destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of Fortaleza, the country's fourth most populous city. Literally, the name \"\"Ceará\"\" means \"\"sings", "title": "Ceará" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.05, "text": "Redenção, Ceará Redenção is a municipality in the state of Ceará, in the Northeast region of Brazil. located 55 km away from Fortaleza, the capital of the state. Redenção in Portuguese means redemption, and the city has this name because it was the first city in Brazil that abolished its slaves. The region known as \"\"sopés do Maciço de Baturité\"\" around the Acarape River was inhabited for many different native Brazilians of different ethnicities like Potyguara, Jenipapo and Kanyndé. During the expansion of agricultural cultures in the state of Ceará, the region of Redenção started the production of sugarcane. During", "title": "Redenção, Ceará" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.84, "text": "an amazing view of the city, and also beautiful lakes and rivers. Redenção, Ceará Redenção is a municipality in the state of Ceará, in the Northeast region of Brazil. located 55 km away from Fortaleza, the capital of the state. Redenção in Portuguese means redemption, and the city has this name because it was the first city in Brazil that abolished its slaves. The region known as \"\"sopés do Maciço de Baturité\"\" around the Acarape River was inhabited for many different native Brazilians of different ethnicities like Potyguara, Jenipapo and Kanyndé. During the expansion of agricultural cultures in the state", "title": "Redenção, Ceará" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.72, "text": "priest, Padre Cicecero, who was outcast from the nearby town of Juazeiro do Norte in the late 1800s and settled in Crato with his various followers thereafter. Various images and statues of the priest can be found around Crato as a sign of appreciation for the priest. Crato is about 550 km from Fortaleza, the capital of the state of Ceará. Its county has a surface area of approximately 1,117 km². It is at an altitude of 426m, . Its population of 110,000 makes it the sixth largest city in Ceará. The economy is a mix of trading and agriculture;", "title": "Crato, Ceará" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.5, "text": "Madalena, Ceará Madalena is a municipality in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The population is 19,425 (2015 est.) in an area of 1,035 km². It is located 180 km from Fortaleza, the state's capital. It is in the central part of the state. The municipality was formed in 1989, after having been part of the district of Quixeramobim. Roman Catholic churches include Our lady of the Immaculate Conception or Nossa Senhora da Conceição. The altitude is 299 m. The postal code is 63860-000. Madalena is home to the Mother Totonha Maternity Hospital, Bank of Brazil, Post Office, Lottery Agency, and", "title": "Madalena, Ceará" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.41, "text": "the Forum. It is divided into six districts: Headquarters, Macaoca, Cajazeiras, Union, New Cacimba, and White Cocks. The District is the largest of Macaoca, 16 km from the municipal seat, the BR-020 is closer to the state capital. Its economy is based on farming, but also boast diversified trade with the Teotônio Edson Queiroz Corporate Finance Group. The town was built around one of the largest Catholic churches in Brazil. The city also has a modern art-museum (the Casartma - Magdalene House of Art) in which several works by regional and municipal artists are regularly displayed. Madalena, Ceará Madalena is", "title": "Madalena, Ceará" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.36, "text": "threatened by the urban growth of Ceará's capital, Fortaleza (which now subsumes Caucaia in the western outskirts of its metropolitan area), they also are Portuguese-speakers with a long history of variably peaceful and violent interactions with European-Brazilians. Before the 1990s, they were classified as \"\"caboclos\"\" (mixed-race peasants), a stigmatizing mark of non-citizenship in Brazil, and deemed to be squatters along the Ceará River and nearby mangroves. Converting their identity to that of Indians has reduced that stigma, provided a coherent identity that has been instrumental in raising youth consciousness within the community, and most importantly, brought legal access to material", "title": "Tapeba" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.14, "text": "América Football Club (CE) América Football Club, is an association football club based in Fortaleza, the capital of the north-east Brazilian state of Ceará. The club was founded on November 11, 1920 and plays home games at Estádio Presidente Vargas, which has a maximum capacity of 23,000 people. América's mascot used to be a devil, but it was replaced with an eagle in the early 1990s. The club is primarily of historic importance in its home state. Greatest achievements were the Championships of the State of Ceará of 1935 and 1966. In the years 1933, 1934, 1940, 1943, 1948 and", "title": "América Football Club (CE)" } ]

[ "Kirkby-in-Ashfield" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.81, "text": "Ashfield, Queensland Ashfield is an eastern suburb in the Queensland city of Bundaberg, Australia, accommodating contemporary suburban living in a residential estate surrounded by the existing farming region of the area and a smaller estate to the suburb's south-west. It has a population of 793 as of 2016; most of who reside within the two residential estates. It is bordered by Kalkie to the North, Windermere to the East, Woongarra to the South and Kepnock to the West. Approximately 4km from the Bundaberg CBD, 10km from the coastal town of Bargara and 296km from the state capital Brisbane, Ashfield is", "title": "Ashfield, Queensland" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.47, "text": "Municipality of Ashfield The Municipality of Ashfield was a local government area in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is about west of the Sydney central business district. The Municipality was proclaimed on 28 December 1871 as the \"\"Borough of Ashfield\"\", which changed to the \"\"Municipality of Ashfield\"\" in 1906. On 12 May 2016, Ashfield merged with Marrickville Council and the Municipality of Leichhardt to form the Inner West Council. The last Mayor of the Municipality was Councillor Lucille McKenna, a member of the Australian Labor Party. The municipality comprised the following suburbs: It also included", "title": "Municipality of Ashfield" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.19, "text": "remained in use (with the arms retained for the most formal uses) until the council's amalgamation. Municipality of Ashfield The Municipality of Ashfield was a local government area in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is about west of the Sydney central business district. The Municipality was proclaimed on 28 December 1871 as the \"\"Borough of Ashfield\"\", which changed to the \"\"Municipality of Ashfield\"\" in 1906. On 12 May 2016, Ashfield merged with Marrickville Council and the Municipality of Leichhardt to form the Inner West Council. The last Mayor of the Municipality was Councillor Lucille McKenna,", "title": "Municipality of Ashfield" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.14, "text": "Ashfield, Stirling Ashfield () is a hamlet in the Registration county of Perth and the local government district of Stirling, Scotland. It lies between the Allan Water and the Stirling-Perth Railway line. It is two miles north of Dunblane, and was designated a conservation village in 1976. It was originally built to house workers at a nearby silk-dyeing mill. Prior to this, a mill, Millash or Mill of Ash, existed, as did an extensive house or farm. Ashfield has four residential streets (Ochilview, Allanview, The Steading and The Cottages), a residential block (The Clachan) and also a square, named after", "title": "Ashfield, Stirling" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.06, "text": "Ashfield, Western Australia Ashfield is a residential suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the Town of Bassendean. The suburb is located along the Swan River. The Midland railway line passes through the suburb and it is serviced by the Ashfield railway station. The housing was originally established as small collection of railway houses near the train line. In the late 1950s early 1960s the area experienced a small boom of housing (400 houses) mostly built by the then State Housing Commission partly funded by the sale of half the properties to individuals. In the late 1960s the State Housing started", "title": "Ashfield, Western Australia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23, "text": "Ashfield, Massachusetts Ashfield is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,737 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ashfield was first settled in 1743 and was officially incorporated in 1765. The town was originally called \"\"Huntstown\"\" for Captain Ephraim Hunt, who died in King William's War, and who had inherited the land as payment for his services. The first permanent settlement was in 1745, by Richard Ellis, an Irish immigrant from the town of Easton. The town was renamed upon reincorporation, although there is debate over its namesake;", "title": "Ashfield, Massachusetts" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.75, "text": "Ashfield, New South Wales Ashfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ashfield is about 8 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district. Ashfield's population is highly multicultural. Its urban density is relatively high for Australia, with the majority of the area's dwellings being a mixture of mainly post-war low-rise flats (apartment blocks) and Federation-era detached houses. Amongst these are a number of grand Victorian buildings that offer a hint of Ashfield's rich cultural heritage. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the area now known as Ashfield was inhabited", "title": "Ashfield, New South Wales" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.73, "text": "number of streets and cul-de-sacs that are named after notable cities and towns in Italy; including Siena, Venice, Palermo, Messina and Amalfi. Ashfield is serviced by a number of bus routes, including: Part of the Northern Apostle District, the Apostolic Church of Queensland is located in the suburbs east, on Ashfield Road. Ashfield, Queensland Ashfield is an eastern suburb in the Queensland city of Bundaberg, Australia, accommodating contemporary suburban living in a residential estate surrounded by the existing farming region of the area and a smaller estate to the suburb's south-west. It has a population of 793 as of 2016;", "title": "Ashfield, Queensland" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.73, "text": "Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Ashfield () is a local government district in western Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, it has a population of 111,387, increasing to 119,497 at the 2011 Census. The district is mostly urban and contains parts of both the Nottingham Urban Area and the Mansfield Urban Area. The area has a tradition of coal mining. There are three towns in the district; the largest being Sutton-in-Ashfield. Settlements in the district include the following: The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of urban districts of Hucknall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield,", "title": "Ashfield, Nottinghamshire" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.5, "text": "the world in 1888. Dorothy Morrell won the two-mile (3 km) race. Ashfield, New South Wales Ashfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ashfield is about 8 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district. Ashfield's population is highly multicultural. Its urban density is relatively high for Australia, with the majority of the area's dwellings being a mixture of mainly post-war low-rise flats (apartment blocks) and Federation-era detached houses. Amongst these are a number of grand Victorian buildings that offer a hint of Ashfield's rich cultural heritage. Prior to", "title": "Ashfield, New South Wales" } ]

[ "Vielha e Mijaran" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.17, "text": "to the west and the Catalan comarques of Alta Ribagorça to the south and Pallars Sobirà to the east. The capital of the comarca is Vielha, with 5,474 inhabitants (2014). The entire population of the valley is about 9,991 (2014). As of 2001, a plurality of people in Aran spoke Spanish (38.78%) as their native language, followed by Aranese (34.19%), then Catalan (19.45%) with 7.56% having a different native language. Speakers of languages other than the local Aranese are typically people born outside the valley, or their children. In 1313, James II of Aragon granted administrative and political autonomy to", "title": "Val d'Aran" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.56, "text": "Val d'Aran Aran (; ; ) (previously officially called Val d'Aran) is an administrative entity in Catalonia, Spain, consisting of the Aran Valley, in area, in the Pyrenees mountains, in the northwestern part of the province of Lleida. This valley constitutes one of only two areas of contiguous Spain (and the only contiguous part of current Catalonia) that are located on the northern side of the Pyrenees. Hence, this valley holds the only Catalan rivers to flow into the Atlantic Ocean (for the same reason, the region is characterized by an Atlantic climate, instead of a Mediterranean one). The Garonne", "title": "Val d'Aran" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.56, "text": "Val d'Aran Aran (; ; ) (previously officially called Val d'Aran) is an administrative entity in Catalonia, Spain, consisting of the Aran Valley, in area, in the Pyrenees mountains, in the northwestern part of the province of Lleida. This valley constitutes one of only two areas of contiguous Spain (and the only contiguous part of current Catalonia) that are located on the northern side of the Pyrenees. Hence, this valley holds the only Catalan rivers to flow into the Atlantic Ocean (for the same reason, the region is characterized by an Atlantic climate, instead of a Mediterranean one). The Garonne", "title": "Val d'Aran" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.75, "text": "since 1984. Like several other minority languages in Europe that recently faced decline, Aranese is experiencing a renaissance. The name Aran comes from Basque \"\"haran\"\", meaning valley. Maps and road signs in Spain use the name \"\"era Val d'Aran\"\" to refer to the valley, where \"\"era\"\" is the Aranese singular feminine article. The same practice goes for all towns and other locations in Aran, for example, the Aranese spelling \"\"Vielha\"\" is used instead of Catalan and Spanish \"\"Viella\"\" to refer to the capital of Aran. Basque toponyms reveal that Basque was spoken further east along the Pyrenees than today. The", "title": "Val d'Aran" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.27, "text": "Vallon-Pont-d'Arc Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (occitan: \"\"Valon\"\") is a commune in the Ardèche department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southern France. Vallon-Pont-d'Arc is a capital of prehistoric and cultural tourism. This small village, peaceful in wintertime, sees its population expand ten-fold in summer. Its tourist importance largely comes from the fact that it is the departure point for the river descent of the Gorges de l'Ardèche (from Pont d'Arc to Saint-Martin-d'Ardeche). Vallon-Pont-d'Arc is situated at the threshold of one of the most beautiful tourist sites of France: \"\"les gorges de l'Ardèche\"\" (the Ardèche canyon). The famous Pont d'Arc, a natural arch of more than 30 metres", "title": "Vallon-Pont-d'Arc" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.67, "text": "river flows through Aran from its source on the Pla de Beret (Beret Flat) near the Port de la Bonaigua. It is joined by the Joèu river (from the slopes of Aneto mountain) which passes underground at the \"\"Forau de Aigualluts\"\". It then reappears in the Val dera Artiga de Lin before reaching the Aran valley, then through France and eventually to the Atlantic Ocean. The Noguera Pallaresa river, whose source is only a hundred meters from that of the Garonne, flows the opposite way towards the Mediterranean. Aran borders France on the north, the Spanish Autonomous Community of Aragon", "title": "Val d'Aran" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.39, "text": "Party (the local chapter of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia), the Aranese Democratic Convergence (the local chapter of the (Democratic Convergence of Catalonia). The Occitan Republican Left party was founded in 2008. The main economic activity in the valley is tourism; from the ski resorts in the winter and from other tourist activity in the summer. Other primary sectors of the economy include forest products, cattle ranching and agriculture, all of which have become progressively less important since the opening of ski resorts. Many native animals of Aran are in danger of extinction. There are programs to reintroduce and/or protect:", "title": "Val d'Aran" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.33, "text": "the Aran Valley, the legal details of which are described in a Latin manuscript called the Querimonia. The devolution of power was a reward for the Aranese pledging allegiance to James II in a dispute with the kingdoms of France and Mallorca over control of the valley. This situation was suppressed in 1834, when the Valley was integrated into the new Province of Lleida, in the context of creation of the liberal state. On 19 October 1944, Spanish Communist Party guerrillas invaded the valley in an attempt to bring about the fall of the Spanish dictatorship. They took control of", "title": "Val d'Aran" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.17, "text": "Val-d'Or Val-d'Or (, ) is a city in Quebec, Canada with a population of 32,491 inhabitants according to the Canada 2016 Census. The city is located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region near La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve. Gold was discovered in the area in 1923. The name of the town is French for \"\"Valley of Gold.\"\" While gold is still mined in the area today, base metals, such as copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and lead (Pb) have become increasingly important resources. The ore is usually found in volcanic rocks that were deposited on the sea floor over 2.7 billion years ago. They", "title": "Val-d'Or" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.08, "text": "Alt Pirineu i Aran Alt Pirineu i Aran (in Catalan Vegueria de l'Alt Pirineu i Aran) is one of the seven vegueries (territories) defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia. It is located in the Catalan High Pyrenees (in Catalan \"\"Alt Pirineu\"\"). It is formed by six \"\"comarques\"\" (roughly equivalent to a county): Alt Urgell, Alta Ribagorça, Baixa Cerdanya, Pallars Jussà, Pallars Sobirà and Val d'Aran. Val d'Aran has an autonomous government called Conselh Generau d'Aran. The veguerie of Alt Pirineu i Aran is the largest territory, with 18% of Catalonia's total surface area, but the one with the least", "title": "Alt Pirineu i Aran" } ]

[ "Kyiv", "Kiev", "Kyjiv", "Kyyiv", "Kyjiw", "Kyiw", "Kyïv", "Kief", "Kieff", "Kiew", "Kioff", "Kiof", "Kiowia", "Kiovia", "Kiow", "Kiou", "Kyїv" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.17, "text": "first capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, from December 1919 to January 1934, after which the capital relocated to Kiev. Presently, Kharkiv is a major cultural, scientific, educational, transport and industrial centre of Ukraine, with 6 museums, 7 theatres and 80 libraries. Its industry specializes primarily in machinery and in electronics. There are hundreds of industrial companies in the city, including the Morozov Design Bureau and the Malyshev Tank Factory (leaders in world tank production from the 1930s to the 1980s); Khartron (aerospace and nuclear power plants automation electronics); the Turboatom (turbines for hydro-, thermal- and nuclear-power plants), and", "title": "Kharkiv" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.02, "text": "in the media as \"\"Kharkov – Pervaya Stolitsa (the first capital)\"\" with implication to the era of Soviet regime. Kharkiv was also the city where the first Soviet Ukrainian government was created in 1917 with strong support from Russian SFSR authorities. However, in 1934, the capital was moved from Kharkiv to Kiev, which remains the capital of Ukraine today, although at first Kharkiv retained some government offices and buildings for some time after the move. During the 1930s, there were significant numbers of ethnic minorities living within the Ukrainian SSR. National Districts were formed as separate territorial-administrative units within higher-level", "title": "Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.41, "text": "the Soviet Union's dissolution and \"\"perestroika\"\", the Ukrainian SSR was transformed into the modern nation-state and renamed itself to Ukraine. Throughout its 72-year history, the republic's borders changed many times, with a significant portion of what is now Western Ukraine being annexed by Soviet forces in 1939 from the Republic of Poland, and the addition of Zakarpattia in 1946. From the start, the eastern city of Kharkiv served as the republic's capital. However, in 1934, the seat of government was subsequently moved to the city of Kiev, Ukraine's historic capital. Kiev remained the capital for the rest of the Ukrainian", "title": "Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.3, "text": "SSR's existence, and remained the capital of independent Ukraine after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Geographically, the Ukrainian SSR was situated in Eastern Europe to the north of the Black Sea, bordered by the Soviet republics of Moldavia, Byelorussia, and the Russian SFSR. The Ukrainian SSR's border with Czechoslovakia formed the Soviet Union's western-most border point. According to the Soviet Census of 1989 the republic had a population of 51,706,746 inhabitants, which fell sharply after the breakup of the Soviet Union. On January 1, 2018, according to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine the population of the country was", "title": "Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.86, "text": "take part in a mass civil parade in the city's center—\"\"to prevent panic\"\". Later, thousands of refugees from accident zone were resettled in Kiev. After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, Kiev became the capital of independent Ukraine in 1991. The city was the site of mass protests over the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election by supporters of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko beginning on 22 November 2004 at Independence Square. Much smaller counter-protests in favor of Viktor Yanukovych also took place. Kiev hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 on 19 and 21", "title": "History of Kiev" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.75, "text": "on 12 February 1991 by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR. Simferopol became the capital of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Simferopol became the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea within newly independent Ukraine. Today, the city has a population of 340,600 (2006) most of whom are ethnic Russians, with the rest being Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar minorities. After the Crimean Tatars were allowed to return from exile in the 1990s, several new Crimean Tatar suburbs were constructed, as many more Tatars returned to the city compared to", "title": "Simferopol" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.69, "text": "of the Ukrainian People's Republic. Early January 1919 Bolshevik forces captured Kharkiv. Mid-June 1919 Anton Denikin's White movement Volunteer Army captured the city. In December 1919 the Bolshevik Red Army recaptured Kharkiv. Prior to the formation of the Soviet Union, Bolsheviks established Kharkiv as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (from 1919 to 1934) in opposition to the Ukrainian People's Republic with its capital of Kyiv. According to linguist George Shevelov, in the early 1920s the share of secondary schools teaching in the Ukrainian language was lower than the share of the Kharkiv Oblasts ethnic Ukrainian population, even", "title": "Kharkiv" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.06, "text": "42,216,766 permanent residents. For most of its existence, it ranked second only to the Russian SFSR in population, economic and political power. The name \"\"\"\"Ukraine\"\"\"\" () is a subject of debate. It is often perceived as being derived from the Slavic word \"\"okraina\"\", meaning \"\"border land\"\". It was first used to define part of the territory of Kievan Rus' (Ruthenia) in the 12th century, at which point Kiev was the capital of Rus' (Russian land). The name has been used in a variety of ways since the twelfth century. For example, Zaporozhian Cossacks called their Hetmanate \"\"Ukraine\"\", which can be", "title": "Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.03, "text": "subdivided into raions (districts) which numbered 490. The rest of the administrative division within the provinces consisted of cities, urban-type settlements, and villages. Cities in the Ukrainian SSR were a separate exception, which could either be subordinate to either the provincial authorities themselves or the district authorities of which they were the administrative center. Two cities, the capital Kiev, and Sevastopol in Crimea, treated separately because it housed an underground nuclear submarine base, were designated \"\"cities with special status.\"\" This meant that they were directly subordinate to the central Ukrainian SSR authorities and not the provincial authorities surrounding them. However,", "title": "Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.91, "text": "of the neighbouring Ukrainian People's Republic, which included the Donbass, Kharkov, Yekaterinoslav, and part of the Kherson Governorates. In the beginning, the republic's capital was the city of Kharkov, but later with the retreat of the Red Guard it was moved to Luhansk. The Soviet government of Russia supported it as the existence of the state set an anarchy in the region. The newly created government challenged the authority of the General Secretariat of Ukraine and the People's Secretariat. Some of the commissars held positions as secretaries in another Bolshevik government in Ukraine, the People's Secretariat. The Republic was disbanded", "title": "Donets-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic" } ]

[ "Saint Paul", "St. Paul", "Saint Paul, Minnesota", "St. Paul, Minnesota", "St Paul", "St Paul, Minnesota" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.16, "text": "Saint Paul, in east-central Minnesota along the banks of the Mississippi River, has been Minnesota's capital city since 1849, first as capital of the Territory of Minnesota, and then as the state capital since 1858. Saint Paul is adjacent to Minnesota's most populous city, Minneapolis; they and their suburbs are known collectively as the Twin Cities metropolitan area, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, and home to about 54 percent of the state's population. The remainder of the state is known as \"\"Greater Minnesota\"\" or pejoratively \"\"Outstate Minnesota\"\". The state has 17 cities with populations above 50,000 (as", "title": "Minnesota" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.45, "text": "New York educator named Harriet Bishop moved to the area and opened the city's first school. The Minnesota Territory was formalized in 1849 and Saint Paul named as its capital. In 1857, the territorial legislature voted to move the capital to Saint Peter. However, Joe Rolette, a territorial legislator, stole the physical text of the approved bill and went into hiding, thus preventing the move. On May 11, 1858, Minnesota was admitted to the union as the thirty-second state, with Saint Paul as the capital. That year, more than 1,000 steamboats were in service at Saint Paul, making the city", "title": "Saint Paul, Minnesota" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.41, "text": "Minnesota State Capitol The Minnesota State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Minnesota, in its capital city of Saint Paul. It houses the Minnesota Senate, Minnesota House of Representatives, the office of the Attorney General and the office of the Governor. The building also includes a chamber for the Minnesota Supreme Court, although court activities usually take place in the neighboring Minnesota Judicial Center. The building is set in a landscaped campus. Various monuments are to its sides and front. Behind, a bridge spans University Avenue, and in front others were later added over the", "title": "Minnesota State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.36, "text": "Capital of Minnesota\"\", a title that the city copyrighted in 2002. Despite the belief \"\"by 99 out of 100” people that apples could not grow in Minnesota\"\", Harris planted his first apple trees here in 1857 and experimented with them until he grew trees hardy enough to withstand the severe Minnesota winters. He planted thousands of apple trees and hundreds of varieties, a full half of which he said were complete and total failures. Harris became known as \"\"Father of the Orchardists\"\" in Minnesota and was also a founding member of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Since 1948 La Crescent", "title": "La Crescent, Minnesota" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.28, "text": "adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. The city is abundantly rich in water, with 13 lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls; many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes and the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. It was once the world's flour milling capital and a hub for timber. The city and surrounding region is the primary business center between Chicago and Seattle. In 2011, Minneapolis proper was home to the fifth-highest number of Fortune 500 headquarters in the United States. As an integral link to the global economy, Minneapolis is categorized as a global city. Minneapolis", "title": "Minneapolis" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.17, "text": "Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2017, the city's estimated population was 309,180. Saint Paul is the county seat of Ramsey County, the smallest and most densely populated county in Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city. Known as the \"\"Twin Cities\"\", the two form the core of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States,", "title": "Saint Paul, Minnesota" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.12, "text": "mayor is Chris Coleman, a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). As of the 2015 general election the Saint Paul City Council includes: Saint Paul is the capital of the state of Minnesota. The city hosts the capitol building, designed by Saint Paul resident Cass Gilbert. The Minnesota Supreme Court meets in the state capitol as well as the Minnesota Judicial Center. The Minnesota house and senate office buildings are also in the city. The Minnesota Governor's Residence, which is used for some state functions, is on Summit Avenue. The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, the state affiliate of the Democratic Party,", "title": "Government and politics in Saint Paul, Minnesota" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.98, "text": "favorites Motion City Soundtrack. The Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area is considered to be the arts capital of the Upper Midwest. Its major fine art museums include the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Walker Art Center, and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum. The Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra are prominent full-time professional musical ensembles that perform concerts and offer educational programs to the community. Attendance at theatrical, musical, and comedy events in the area is strong, which may be attributed to the cold winters, the large population of post-secondary students, and a generally vibrant economy. The nationally", "title": "Culture of Minnesota" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.83, "text": "(including former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale and Minnesota Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve), a beer tasting event with more than 25 Minnesota craft brewers, and musical performances from Minnesota bands Poliça and Cloud Cult. Minnesota State Capitol The Minnesota State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Minnesota, in its capital city of Saint Paul. It houses the Minnesota Senate, Minnesota House of Representatives, the office of the Attorney General and the office of the Governor. The building also includes a chamber for the Minnesota Supreme Court, although court activities usually take place in the", "title": "Minnesota State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.69, "text": "geographically the smallest county and the most densely populated. Ramsey is the only home rule county in Minnesota; the seven-member Board of Commissioners appoints a county manager whose office is in the combination city hall/county courthouse along with the Minnesota Second Judicial Courts. The nearby Law Enforcement Center houses the Ramsey County Sheriff's office. Saint Paul is the capital of the state of Minnesota. The city hosts the capitol building, designed by Saint Paul resident Cass Gilbert, and the House and Senate office buildings. The Minnesota Governor's Residence, which is used for some state functions, is on Summit Avenue. The", "title": "Saint Paul, Minnesota" } ]

[ "Lampasas", "Lampasas, Texas" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.45, "text": "Lampasas, Texas Lampasas ( ) is a city in Lampasas County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,681 at the 2010 census. It is the seat of Lampasas County. Lampasas is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area. For his services in the Texas Revolution, John Burleson received of land and established a permanent settlement in the 1850s. The city was first named Burleson; however, the name was gradually changed to Lampasas Springs because of the existence of seven mineral springs. When the county was created in 1856, the law specified “The county seat shall be same name as", "title": "Lampasas, Texas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.44, "text": "Lampasas County, Texas Lampasas County ( ) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 19,677. Its county seat is Lampasas. The county is named for the Lampasas River. Lampasas County is part of the Killeen–Temple, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 17,762 people, 6,554 households, and 4,876 families residing in the county. The population density was 25", "title": "Lampasas County, Texas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.66, "text": "the county.” The city of Lampasas was officially incorporated in 1883. Several theories attempt to explain how the name Lampasas came to be. The \"\"Texas Almanac\"\" states the word came from a Spanish word for “lilies” found in nearby streams. Another source states the word comes from the Spanish name \"\"Lampazos\"\". The name was given to the local river by the Spanish Aquayo Expedition in 1721. It is believed the name was inspired by a Mexican town that also had beautiful springs. The town was also the location of the birth of the Farmers' Alliance, founded in 1876. The Mother's", "title": "Lampasas, Texas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.14, "text": "were 93.30 males. The median income for a household in the county was $36,176, and the median income for a family was $41,395. Males had a median income of $30,320 versus $20,637 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,184. About 10.70% of families and 14.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.70% of those under age 18 and 14.80% of those age 65 or over. Lampasas County, Texas Lampasas County ( ) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population", "title": "Lampasas County, Texas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20, "text": "Lampasas High School Lampasas High School or LHS is a public high school located in the city of Lampasas, Texas, USA and classified as a 4A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Lampasas Independent School District located in south central Lampasas County. In 2015, the school was rated \"\"Met Standard\"\" by the Texas Education Agency. Lampasas High School has found great success in their Fine Arts Department. Students can participate in UIL (One-Act Play), Band, Art, Choir, and Dance. In 2013, the Lampasas Speech and Debate Team received the award of top Speech Team in the", "title": "Lampasas High School" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.91, "text": "the title of the second episode of the CBS Western television series \"\"Trackdown\"\", starring Robert Culp as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman. The episode aired on October 11, 1957. In the story line, Gilman tries to block a town from carrying out the legal lynching of an innocent man. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Lampasas has a humid subtropical climate, \"\"Cfa\"\". Lampasas, Texas Lampasas ( ) is a city in Lampasas County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,681 at the 2010", "title": "Lampasas, Texas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.55, "text": "flow for recreational use year round. These lower sections of the river pass through a scenic portion of the Cross Timbers area of Central Texas. The Leon River obtains its name from the Spanish explorer and colonial governor Alonso de León. The headwaters of the Lampasas River are in western Hamilton County 16 miles west of Hamilton. It flows southeast for about 75 miles and runs through Lampasas County, Burnet County and Bell County. In Bell County, the Lampasas turns northeast and is dammed five miles southeast of Belton to form Stillhouse Hollow Lake. The river continues for nine miles", "title": "Little River (Texas)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.23, "text": "people per square mile (10/km²). There were 7,601 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 86.75% White, 3.10% Black or African American, 0.70% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 6.49% from other races, and 2.15% from two or more races. About 15.07% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 6,554 households, of which 35.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.70% were married couples living together, 9.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.60% were", "title": "Lampasas County, Texas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.19, "text": "Lampasas River The Lampasas River (lam-PA-sis) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. The river originates near the city of Hamilton and travels southeast for seventy-five miles through central Texas to a man-made reservoir called Stillhouse Hollow Lake. It continues for a short distance after the lake to converge with the Leon River to form the Little River (Texas) near Belton. The Lampasas river is the northernmost and westernmost river in the natural range of the American Alligator, which is still found there. In June 2015, 2 men were arrested for shooting and killing an alligator that they", "title": "Lampasas River" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 19.05, "text": "found on the river. Lampasas River The Lampasas River (lam-PA-sis) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. The river originates near the city of Hamilton and travels southeast for seventy-five miles through central Texas to a man-made reservoir called Stillhouse Hollow Lake. It continues for a short distance after the lake to converge with the Leon River to form the Little River (Texas) near Belton. The Lampasas river is the northernmost and westernmost river in the natural range of the American Alligator, which is still found there. In June 2015, 2 men were arrested for shooting and killing", "title": "Lampasas River" } ]

[ "Taitung City" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.31, "text": "Fengtian, Xinyuan, Jianhe, Jianxing, Jianye, Zhiben and Jiannong Village. Taitung City Taitung City (Mandarin Pīnyīn: \"\"Táidōng Shì\"\"; Hokkien POJ: \"\"Tâi-tang-chhī\"\") is a county-administered city and the county seat of Taitung County, Taiwan. It lies on the southeast coast of Taiwan facing the Pacific Ocean. Taitung City is the most populous subdivision of Taitung County and it is one of the major cities on the east coast of the island. Due to the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan, ground transportation to Taitung City is very limited. The city is served by Taitung Airport. Taitung is a gateway to Green Island and", "title": "Taitung City" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.31, "text": "Taitung City Taitung City (Mandarin Pīnyīn: \"\"Táidōng Shì\"\"; Hokkien POJ: \"\"Tâi-tang-chhī\"\") is a county-administered city and the county seat of Taitung County, Taiwan. It lies on the southeast coast of Taiwan facing the Pacific Ocean. Taitung City is the most populous subdivision of Taitung County and it is one of the major cities on the east coast of the island. Due to the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan, ground transportation to Taitung City is very limited. The city is served by Taitung Airport. Taitung is a gateway to Green Island and Orchid Island, both of which are popular tourist destinations.", "title": "Taitung City" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.52, "text": "establish Fokien-Taiwan Province and the island's capital, which had formerly been in the south, was temporarily moved north to Taipeh (Taipei), which was under construction. In 1887, the province was declared and reorganized into four prefectures: Taipeh, Taiwan, Tainan, and Taitung. Taipeh Prefecture included the districts of , Gilan (宜蘭縣), and Hsinchu (新竹縣), plus the sub-prefecture of Keelung (基隆廳). Due to multiple factors, the island's capital permanently remained at Taipeh-fu; modern-day Taipei carries on the name of this prefecture. After Japanese rule began in 1895, most areas included in the prefecture (other than modern-day Hsinchu and Hsinchu County) were included", "title": "Taipeh Prefecture" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.42, "text": "Pingtung County Pingtung County (Mandarin Pīnyīn: \"\"Píngdōng Xiàn\"\"; Hokkien POJ: \"\"Pîn-tong-koān\"\"; Hakka PFS: \"\"Phìn-tûng-yan\"\"; Paiwan: \"\"Akaw\"\"/\"\"Qakaw\"\") is a county in Southern Taiwan known for its agriculture and tourism. In recent years, it promotes specialties such as tuna and wax apples. Pingtung is where Kenting National Park, the oldest and the largest national park in Taiwan established in 1984, is located. The capital of the county is Pingtung City. The name \"\"Pingtung\"\" refers to a former nearby mountain known as \"\"Half-Screen Mountain\"\" (). \"\"Pingtung\"\" means \"\"East of Half-Screen Mountain.\"\" Modern-day Pingtung County and Kaohsiung City were part of Banlian-chiu () during", "title": "Pingtung County" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.34, "text": "is served by Baisha Port and Dafu Port. Pingtung County Pingtung County (Mandarin Pīnyīn: \"\"Píngdōng Xiàn\"\"; Hokkien POJ: \"\"Pîn-tong-koān\"\"; Hakka PFS: \"\"Phìn-tûng-yan\"\"; Paiwan: \"\"Akaw\"\"/\"\"Qakaw\"\") is a county in Southern Taiwan known for its agriculture and tourism. In recent years, it promotes specialties such as tuna and wax apples. Pingtung is where Kenting National Park, the oldest and the largest national park in Taiwan established in 1984, is located. The capital of the county is Pingtung City. The name \"\"Pingtung\"\" refers to a former nearby mountain known as \"\"Half-Screen Mountain\"\" (). \"\"Pingtung\"\" means \"\"East of Half-Screen Mountain.\"\" Modern-day Pingtung County and", "title": "Pingtung County" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.33, "text": "aborigines closely related to the people of the northern Philippines), has become a major tourist attraction despite the government-operated Taiwan Power Company's controversial use of part of the island as a nuclear waste dump. Taitung County is divided into 1 city, 2 urban townships, 8 rural townships and 5 mountain indigenous townships. Taitung County has the second highest number of mountain indigenous townships in Taiwan after Pingtung County. The seat of the county is located at Taitung City, where it houses the Taitung County Government and Taitung County Council. The current Magistrate of Taitung County is Justin Huang of the", "title": "Taitung County" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.94, "text": "Taitung and Zhiben Station. Chenggong Fish Harbor and Fugang Fishery Harbor. Taitung County Taitung County (Mandarin Pīnyīn: \"\"Táidōng Xiàn\"\"; Hokkien POJ: \"\"Tâi-tang-koān\"\"; Hakka PFS: \"\"Thòi-tûng-yen\"\"; Paiwan: \"\"Valangaw\"\") is the third largest county in Taiwan, located on the island's eastern coast. While its name means \"\"Eastern Taiwan\"\", it is also known as \"\"Houshan\"\" () by many of the locals, meaning behind the mountains or the back mountains. In 1887, the new Fujian-Taiwan Province included Taitung Prefecture as one of four prefectures. During the Japanese rule of Taiwan, Taitung County was administered as Taitō Prefecture. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan", "title": "Taitung County" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.92, "text": "Taicheng Subdistrict Taicheng Township (臺城鎭) is the capital of Taishan City, which lies on the right bank of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong Province, China. The township covers 157.6 km² with a population of 176,000. With the urban centre covering only some 18 km², there are 27000mu under cultivation and 10 neighbourhood and 26 village committees. Some of these villages are surrounded by high-rise urban development, while others lie in the rural outskirts of the township, including the village of Bi Hou (庇厚). In 1891, the Presbyterian Church of America constructed a chapel on the main thoroughfare of Tai", "title": "Taicheng Subdistrict" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.88, "text": "Pond, Dulan Mountain, East Coast National Scenic Area, East Rift Valley National Scenic Area, Green Island, Jhihben National Forest Recreation Area, Orchid Island, Sanxiantai, Taitung Forest Park and Zhaori Hot Spring. Taitung County houses the international Taitung Airport in the mainland Taitung County of Taitung City and another two airports at the outlying islands, which are Lyudao Airport in Green Island and Lanyu Airport in Orchid Island. Taitung County is crossed by two Taiwan Railways Administration lines of South-Link Line and Hualien–Taitung Line. The stations consist of Chishang, Dawu, Guanshan, Guzhuang, Haiduan, Jinlun, Kangle, Longxi, Luye, Ruihe, Ruiyuan, Shanli, Taimali,", "title": "Taitung County" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.78, "text": "Taitung County Taitung County (Mandarin Pīnyīn: \"\"Táidōng Xiàn\"\"; Hokkien POJ: \"\"Tâi-tang-koān\"\"; Hakka PFS: \"\"Thòi-tûng-yen\"\"; Paiwan: \"\"Valangaw\"\") is the third largest county in Taiwan, located on the island's eastern coast. While its name means \"\"Eastern Taiwan\"\", it is also known as \"\"Houshan\"\" () by many of the locals, meaning behind the mountains or the back mountains. In 1887, the new Fujian-Taiwan Province included Taitung Prefecture as one of four prefectures. During the Japanese rule of Taiwan, Taitung County was administered as Taitō Prefecture. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China on 25 October 1945, Taitung was", "title": "Taitung County" } ]

[ "Honiara" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.11, "text": "Honiara Honiara () is the capital city of Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal. it had a population of 84,520 people. The city is served by Honiara International Airport and the seaport of Point Cruz, and lies along the Kukum Highway. The airport area to the east of Honiara was the site of a battle between the United States and the Japanese during the Guadalcanal Campaign in World War II, the Battle of Henderson Field of 1942, from which America emerged victorious. After Honiara became the new administrative centre of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate in 1952", "title": "Honiara" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.47, "text": "Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is a sovereign state consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of . The country's capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal. The country takes its name from the Solomon Islands archipelago, which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the North Solomon Islands (part of Papua New Guinea), but excludes outlying islands, such as Rennell and Bellona, and the Santa Cruz Islands. The islands have been inhabited for thousands", "title": "Solomon Islands" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.38, "text": "Tulagi Tulagi, less commonly known as Tulaghi, is a small island (5.5 km by 1 km) in Solomon Islands, just off the south coast of Ngella Sule. The town of the same name on the island (pop. 1,750) was the capital of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate from 1896 to 1942 and is today the capital of the Central Province. The capital of what is now the state of Solomon Islands moved to Honiara, Guadalcanal, after World War II. The island was originally chosen by the British as a comparatively isolated and healthier alternative to the disease-ridden larger islands of", "title": "Tulagi" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.33, "text": "Provinces of Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is divided into nine provinces. The national capital, Honiara, on the island of Guadalcanal, is separately governed as the islands' Capital Territory. Under the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, there were initially 12 administrative districts: Choiseul, Eastern Solomons, Gizo, Guadalcanal, Lord Howe, Malaita, Nggela and Savo, Rennell and Bellona Islands, Santa Cruz, Shortlands, Sikaiana (Stewart), and Ysabel and Cape Marsh. The administrative centre was in Tulagi. After World War II, the protectorate was reorganised into four districts, namely Central, Western, Eastern, and Malaita, which were then further subdivided into councils. The administrative centre was moved", "title": "Provinces of Solomon Islands" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.25, "text": "Gizo, Solomon Islands Gizo is the capital of the Western Province in Solomon Islands. With a population of 6,154 (2005 estimates), it is the second largest town in the country. It is situated on Ghizo Island approximately west-northwest of the capital, Honiara, and is just southwest of the larger island of Kolombangara. Gizo has a small landing strip on the nearby island of Nusatupe to the north east of the town, making it relatively developed compared to other settlements in the general vicinity. These days Gizo is a tourism centre with diving and surfing being popular activities. This area of", "title": "Gizo, Solomon Islands" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.22, "text": "Auki Auki is the provincial capital of Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. It is situated on the northern end of Langa Langa Lagoon on the north-west coast of Malaita Island. It is one of the largest provincial towns in Solomon Islands. It was established as the administrative center for Malaita Province in 1909. There are daily flights between the Solomon's capital of Honiara (on Guadalcanal Island) and Auki. There are also regular shipping services between Honiara and Auki. The area is rich in culture and has become a central hub for many Malaitans who use the area to conduct a majority", "title": "Auki" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.09, "text": "In 1983, the 22 square-kilometer Honiara was split from Guadalcanal Province and became a separately-governed capital territory. The city remains as the capital of Guadalcanal Province. In 1995, Choiseul Province was split from Western Province, and Rennell and Bellona Province was split from Central Province, resulting in the nine provinces of today. The population census data is from the 1999 census; the 2009 population estimates are those provided by the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office. They show that the population has increased in the past decade for most of the provinces, especially the more urban ones, as urbanisation increases. The", "title": "Provinces of Solomon Islands" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.77, "text": "ten administrative areas, of which nine are provinces administered by elected provincial assemblies and the tenth is the capital Honiara, administered by the Honiara Town Council. [1] excluding the Capital Territory of Honiara There are human rights concerns and issues in regards to education, water, sanitation, women, and persons who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Homosexuality is illegal in Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands is an island nation that lies east of Papua New Guinea and consists of many islands: Choiseul, the Shortland Islands; the New Georgia Islands; Santa Isabel; the Russell Islands; Nggela (the Florida Islands); Malaita; Guadalcanal;", "title": "Solomon Islands" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.69, "text": "services once week to Malaita and the western provincial cities of Mbunikalo, Seghe, Noro, and Gizo. The 26-hour boat trip to Gizo is said to be one of the most scenic of the Pacific. Honiara Honiara () is the capital city of Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal. it had a population of 84,520 people. The city is served by Honiara International Airport and the seaport of Point Cruz, and lies along the Kukum Highway. The airport area to the east of Honiara was the site of a battle between the United States and the Japanese during", "title": "Honiara" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.48, "text": "Lata, Solomon Islands Lata is the provincial capital of Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. As of 2007, it had 553 inhabitants. There are a few rest houses for overnight stays. There is a post office, telecom office and numerous stores. The town contains a small air strip with flights to Makira and Honiara. Shipping service is irregular, but occasionally transport can be found to Honiara or the outer islands. Outboard canoe travel around the island of Nendo or to the Reef Islands is possible. Temotu Province's main hospital, Lata Hospital is situated in Lata town. The only fixed-wing service is by", "title": "Lata, Solomon Islands" } ]

[ "Thimphu", "Thimpu" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.86, "text": "Thimphu Thimphu (; ; formerly spelled as Thimbu or Thimpu) is the capital and largest city of the Kingdom of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan, and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's \"\"dzongkhags\"\", the Thimphu District. The ancient capital city of Punakha was replaced as capital by Thimphu in 1955, and in 1961 Thimphu was declared as the capital of the Kingdom of Bhutan by His Majesty the 3rd Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. The city extends in a north-south direction on the west bank of the valley formed by the Raidāk River,", "title": "Thimphu" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.73, "text": "to shift the capital from the ancient capital of Punakha to Thimphu. The fourth king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, opened the country for development and India provided the needed impetus in this process with financial and other forms of assistance. In 1961, Thimphu officially became the capital of Bhutan. Bhutan joined the Colombo Plan in 1962, the Universal Postal Union in 1969 and became a member of the United Nations in 1971. The presence of diplomatic missions and international funding organizations in Thimphu resulted in rapid expansion of Thimphu as a metropolis. The fourth king, who had established the National Assembly", "title": "Thimphu" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.31, "text": "Punakha dzong was the capital of Bhutan during the time of Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. The Punakha Dzong is one of the most historic dzongs in the whole country. Built by Shabdrung Ngwang Namgyal in the 17th century, it is located between the confluence of two rivers: Pho Chhu (male) and Mo Chhu (female). Punakha District is divided into eleven village blocks (or \"\"gewogs\"\"): Over half of Punakha District (the \"\"gewogs\"\" of Chhubu, Goenshari, Kabisa and Toewang) lies within Jigme Dorji National Park, one of the protected areas of Bhutan. The dzongkhag also contains biological corridors along the Thimphu District border.", "title": "Punakha District" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.28, "text": "Punakha Punakha () is the administrative centre of Punakha dzongkhag, one of the 20 districts of Bhutan. Punakha was the capital of Bhutan and the seat of government until 1955, when the capital was moved to Thimphu. It is about 72 km away from Thimphu and it takes about 3 hours by car from the capital Thimphu. Unlike Thimphu it is quite warm in winter and hot in summer. It is located at an elevation of 1,200 metres above sea level and rice is grown as the main crop along the river valleys of two main rivers of Bhutan, the", "title": "Punakha" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.69, "text": "Thimphu District Thimphu District (Dzongkha: ཐིམ་ཕུ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: \"\"Thim-phu rdzong-khag\"\") is a dzongkhag (district) of Bhutan. Thimphu is also the capital of Bhutan and the largest city in the whole kingdom. The dominant language throughout the district is Dzongkha, however within the capital, nearly every language of Bhutan may be encountered. Thimphu District is divided into eight \"\"gewogs\"\" and one town (Thimphu): Lingzhi, Soe and Naro Gewogs belong to the Lingzhi \"\"Dungkhag\"\" subdistrict, the only subdistrict within Thimphu District. The remaining gewogs do not belong to any subdistrict. The northern half of Thimphu District (the \"\"gewogs\"\" of Kawang, Lingzhi, Naro and", "title": "Thimphu District" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.69, "text": "Trongsa Trongsa, previously Tongsa (, ), is a Thromde or town, and the capital of Trongsa District in central Bhutan. The name means \"\"new village\"\" in Dzongkha. The first temple was built in 1543 by the Drukpa lama Ngagi Wangchuck, who was the great-grandfather of Ngawang Namgyal, Zhabdrung Rinpoche, the unifier of Bhutan. Chökhor Raptse Dzong at Trongsa which was built in 1644, used to be the seat of power of the Wangchuck dynasty before it became rulers of Bhutan in 1907. Traditionally the King of Bhutan first becomes the Trongsa Penlop (governor) before being named Crown Prince and eventually", "title": "Trongsa" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.61, "text": "This monarchy was established in 1907. The same year, Punakha Dzong was the site of the coronation of Ugyen Wangchuck (or Deb Nagpo) as the first Druk Gyalpo. At that time, Punakha was the capital of Bhutan. Three years later, a treaty was signed at Punakha whereby the British agreed not to interfere in Bhutanese internal affairs and Bhutan allowed Britain to direct its foreign affairs. From 1744 to 1763, the dzong was enlarged substantially during the rule of the 13th desi, when Sherab Wangchuk was the chief abbot of Bhutan. Several fires between 1750 and 1849 caused damages to", "title": "Punakha Dzong" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.55, "text": "Wangdue Phodrang Wangdue Phodrang (, Dzongkha 'Wangdi Phodr'a) is a town and capital (dzongkhag thromde) of Wangdue Phodrang District in central Bhutan. It is located in Thedtsho Gewog. The town shares its name with the dzong built in 1638 that dominates the district. The name is said to have been given by Ngawang Namgyal, the 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, who was searching for the best location for a dzong to prevent incursions from the south. At the chosen spot, the Zhabdrung encountered a boy named Wangdi playing beside the river and hence named the dzong \"\"Wangdi's Palace\"\". Wangdi Phodrang Dzong burnt", "title": "Wangdue Phodrang" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.47, "text": "activities that take place in the city, along with military and police infrastructure, would be moved. It is expected that by this time, the city's population will have increased to 162,000. Over the last 50 years, since its establishment as the capital of Bhutan, Thimphu has witnessed expansion, initially at a slow pace, then rapidly after the country was opened up to the outside world in 1974 during the Coronation of the fourth King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck when international media were present, and which marked Bhutan's \"\"debut appearance on the world stage.\"\" Broadly, the city's natural systems are under three", "title": "Thimphu" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.28, "text": "River and flows down through Wangdue Phodrang, crosses the Bhutan–India border at Kalikhola and eventually meets the Brahmaputra River. In view of the healthy climate in the region, Punakha is the winter capital of Bhutan. The head of the clergy of Bhutan with his entourage of monks spend the winter in this dzong. Jacaranda trees grow around the dzong, blooming with mauve flowers in the spring. As Punakha Dzong is located at only 1,200 meters, you will not suffer from oxygen shortages as you would in higher places such as Paro Taktsang (Tiger's Nest), so it is a good place", "title": "Punakha Dzong" } ]

[ "Garoowe" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.83, "text": "Garoowe Garowe (, ) is the capital of Nugaal region and administrative capital of Puntland state in northeastern Somalia. Garowe is situated in the Nugaal Valley, bounded by gradually ascending high plateaus that generally reach elevations of 1,650 to 3,300 feet (500 to 1,000 m) above sea level on the north, west, and south. The western part of the same plateau is crossed by numerous valleys and dry watercourses. Goat and camel raising form the basis of the economy, and frankincense and myrrh are collected from wild trees. During the 19th century, Garowe and much of northeastern Somalia were an", "title": "Garoowe" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.5, "text": "Puntland presidential election, 2014 The 2014 Puntland presidential election was held on 8 January 2014 in Garowe, the administrative capital of the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia. The third such vote to be held in the state since its formation in 1998, it followed the election of a new Parliament Speaker and Deputy Speakers on 4 January 2014 by the 66-seat regional legislature. Candidates included officials from the incumbent Puntland administration, former government ministers and prominent local entrepreneurs. The ballot saw the election of former Prime Minister of Somalia Abdiweli Mohamed Ali as the 5th President of Puntland, narrowly", "title": "Puntland presidential election, 2014" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.31, "text": "situated downtown. Garowe is subdivided into several administrative districts: In November 2014, the Garowe Municipality announced that it was slated to meet with the Gebze Municipality in Turkey in order to finalize a sister city agreement between Garowe and Gebze. Garoowe Garowe (, ) is the capital of Nugaal region and administrative capital of Puntland state in northeastern Somalia. Garowe is situated in the Nugaal Valley, bounded by gradually ascending high plateaus that generally reach elevations of 1,650 to 3,300 feet (500 to 1,000 m) above sea level on the north, west, and south. The western part of the same", "title": "Garoowe" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.27, "text": "Puntland State University Puntland State University is a university in Garowe, the administrative capital of the northeastern Puntland region of Somalia. The school traces its roots back to the Garowe School of Management, a women's school in Garowe offering courses in accounting, computer skills, business English and business management. After a year of operation, which saw the graduation of 60 women, the school was expanded to a two-year structure and renamed to Puntland Community College. In 2004, in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program and USIU Nairobi, PCC was expanded to include four-year programs. It was also renamed to", "title": "Puntland State University" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.23, "text": "Galkayo Galkayo (, ), also known as Gallacaio or Rocca Littorio, is the capital of the north-central Mudug region of Somalia. The city of Galkayo is divided into two administrative areas separated by a distinct boundary, with 3 of the 4 districts governed by the Puntland State and one southern district governed by Galmudug state. Geographically Galkayo town is divided into four main quarters called Garsoor, Horumar, Israac and Wadajir. Puntland state controls quarters of Garsoor, Horumar and Israac while Galmudug state controls Wadajir quarter. Following independence, Galkayo was made the center of the Galkayo District. The city has grown", "title": "Galkayo" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.16, "text": "Bandar Siyada, located 25 km west of Bosaso, the commercial capital of Puntland. The facility is funded by Puntland's regional government in conjunction with Saracen International, a UK-based security company, and is intended to assist in more effectively combating piracy. The base will include a center for training recruits, and a command post for the naval force. These numerous security measures appear to have borne fruit, as many pirates were apprehended in 2010, including a prominent leader. Puntland's security forces also reportedly managed to force out the pirate gangs from their traditional safe havens such as Eyl and Gar'ad, with", "title": "Abdirahman Farole" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.12, "text": "to the Puntland state capital of Garowe for consultations. On 9 August 2014, the UN, EU and IGAD envoys for Somalia issued a joint statement assuring the Puntland administration that the new central state of Somalia would not include any territory under Puntland jurisdiction. According to the officials, federal government representatives and signatories had indicated prior to the signing of the central state agreement that the pact would only apply to Galguduud and Galmudug, while North Mudug would remain an integral part of Puntland state. On 24 August 2014, Federal Parliament Speaker Mohamed Osman Jawari announced that Federal MPs hailing", "title": "Himan and Heeb" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.11, "text": "with Cape Guardafui named \"\"Gardafuul\"\". Carved out of the Bari region, it consists of five districts (Baargaal, Bareeda, Alula, Muranyo and Gumbax) and has its capital at Alula. It is the largest region in Puntland, it has the longest coast (Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden). Cape Guardafui Cape Guardafui (), also known historically as Aromata promontorium, is a headland in the autonomous Puntland region in Somalia. Coextensive with the Gardafuul administrative province, it forms the geographical apex of the Horn of Africa. Its shore at 51°27'52\"\"E is the second easternmost point on mainland Africa after Ras Hafun. Its adjacent", "title": "Cape Guardafui" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.91, "text": "Puntland Development Research Center The Puntland Development Research Center (PDRC) is a Local Non-Governmental Organization (LNGO) based in Garowe, the administrative capital of the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia. It plays a key role in research and funding for the development of local peace and effective governance initiatives. The PDRC is governed by a board of directors consisting of seven members; five men and two women. It is led by director Abdurahman Abdulle Osman (Shuke). The center's stated goal is to promote peace-building and national reconstruction following the Somali Civil War and its after-effects. Through dialogue among key national", "title": "Puntland Development Research Center" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.91, "text": "paid tribute to Farole for his many achievements during his tenure, including his emphasis on security and his key role in the Roadmap federal transition process. Puntland presidential election, 2014 The 2014 Puntland presidential election was held on 8 January 2014 in Garowe, the administrative capital of the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia. The third such vote to be held in the state since its formation in 1998, it followed the election of a new Parliament Speaker and Deputy Speakers on 4 January 2014 by the 66-seat regional legislature. Candidates included officials from the incumbent Puntland administration, former government", "title": "Puntland presidential election, 2014" } ]

[ "Mexico City", "Mexico D.F.", "Ciudad de México", "City of Mexico", "Mexico City, Mexico", "CDMX", "Mexico" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.44, "text": "Mexico City Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (, ; abbreviated as CDMX, ), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America. Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centres in the Americas. It is located in the Valley of Mexico (\"\"Valle de México\"\"), a large valley in the high plateaus in the center of Mexico, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs. The 2009 population for the city proper was approximately 8.84 million people, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition", "title": "Mexico City" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.2, "text": "the U.S. (Ciudad Juárez, Tijuana). Mexico City is the capital of Mexico, and its most important city. The historic center of Mexico City is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with ancient archeological ruins, numerous colonial-era churches, most importantly the Cathedral, and the former palace of the Viceroy of New Spain, now the National Palace. The cathedral and National Palace are both located on the main plaza, known as the Zocalo. The city has museums of many types, housing cultural treasures of Mexico's history since ancient times to the modern era. One guide rates the National Museum of Anthropology as", "title": "Tourism in Mexico" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.66, "text": "fifth-largest economy in Latin America, five times as large as Costa Rica and about the same size as Peru. Mexico’s capital is both the oldest capital city in the Americas and one of two founded by Native Americans, the other being Quito, Ecuador. The city was originally built on an island of Lake Texcoco by the Aztecs in 1325 as Tenochtitlan, which was almost completely destroyed in the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan and subsequently redesigned and rebuilt in accordance with the Spanish urban standards. In 1524, the municipality of Mexico City was established, known as \"\"México Tenochtitlán\"\", and as of", "title": "Mexico City" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.53, "text": "Lieutenant Governors of Ontario (repurposed in 1937 and demolished in 1961), Quebec (destroyed by fire in 1966), or Alberta (closed in 1938 and repurchased and repurposed in 1964). The capital of Mexico, Mexico City, is traditionally nicknamed the \"\"City of Palaces\"\"; a nickname usually attributed to Alexander von Humboldt after he visited the city in the late 18th century and early 19th century, but originally coined by Charles Latrobe, an English traveller who visited Mexico City in 1834 and \"\"got the feeling of living a dream\"\". In Central Mexico, the Aztec emperors built many palaces in the capital of their", "title": "Palace" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.27, "text": "is the more polite, specific, and correct word, it is almost never utilized\"\". Mexico City is twinned with: Mexico is part of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities, which was founded on October 12, 1982, to establish and foster brotherly relations between the following cities: Mexico City Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (, ; abbreviated as CDMX, ), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America. Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centres in the Americas. It is located in the Valley of Mexico (\"\"Valle de México\"\"), a", "title": "Mexico City" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.05, "text": "federal government choose Mexico City as the capital of the new nation. Under the guidelines of the 1824 Constitution, the capital was appropriated as federal land, with the federal government acting as the local authority. The choice was made official on 18 November 1824 and Congress delineated a surface area of two leagues square (8,800 ac) centered on the Zocalo. This area was then separated from the State of Mexico, forcing the state's government to move from the Palace of the Inquisition (now Museum of Mexican Medicine) in the city to Texcoco. This area did not yet include the population", "title": "State of Mexico" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.98, "text": "the imperial palaces for themselves. Tenochtitlan was renamed \"\"Mexico\"\" because the Spanish found the word easier to pronounce. The city had been the capital of the Aztec empire and in the colonial era, Mexico City became the capital of New Spain. The viceroy of Mexico or vice-king lived in the viceregal palace on the main square or Zócalo. The Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, the seat of the Archbishopric of New Spain, was constructed on another side of the Zócalo, as was the archbishop's palace, and across from it the building housing the City Council or \"\"ayuntamiento\"\" of the city. A", "title": "Mexico City" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.95, "text": "the local authority. The two main candidates to become the capital were Mexico City and Querétaro. Due in large part to the persuasion of representative Servando Teresa de Mier, Mexico City was chosen because it was the center of the country's population and history, even though Querétaro was closer to the center geographically. The choice was official on November 18, 1824, and Congress delineated a surface area of two leagues square (8,800 acres) centered on the Zocalo. This area was then separated from the State of Mexico, forcing that state's government to move from the Palace of the Inquisition (now", "title": "Mexico City" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.91, "text": "In addition, there are several restored \"\"haciendas\"\" that are now restaurants, such as the San Ángel Inn, the Hacienda de Tlalpan and the Hacienda de los Morales. Having been capital of a vast pre-Hispanic empire, and also the capital of richest viceroyalty within the Spanish Empire (ruling over a vast territory in the Americas and Spanish West Indies), and, finally, the capital of the United Mexican States, Mexico City has a rich history of artistic expression. Since the mesoamerican pre-Classical period the inhabitants of the settlements around Lake Texcoco produced many works of art and complex craftsmanship, some of which", "title": "Mexico City" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.7, "text": "state with the lowest number is Baja California, with only 5. Mexico City has a special status within the federation, being a federal district. Until January 2016, Mexico City was officially called Federal District. It is the seat of government of the Union and the capital of the United Mexican States. Mexico City was separated from the State of Mexico, of which it was the capital, on November 18, 1824, to become the capital of the federation. As such, it belonged not to any state in particular but to all of them and to the federation. Therefore, it was the", "title": "Administrative divisions of Mexico" } ]

[ "Boa Vista" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.52, "text": "Boa Vista, Roraima Boa Vista (, \"\"Good View\"\") is the capital of the Brazilian state of Roraima. Situated on the western bank of the Branco River, the city lies from Brazil's border with Venezuela. It is the only Brazilian state capital located entirely north of the equator. Boa Vista is the most populous municipality in the state of Roraima; approximately half of the population of the state lives in the city. Commerce mostly occurs with Manaus, the capital of the State of Amazonas. Business also takes place between Boa Vista and with the cities of Lethem, in Guyana and Santa", "title": "Boa Vista, Roraima" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.78, "text": "Roraima Roraima (Pemon: \"\"roro imã\"\", \"\"parrot mountain\"\" i.e. \"\"Green Peak\"\", ) is the northernmost and least populated state of Brazil, located in the Amazon region. It borders the states of Amazonas and Pará, as well as the nations of Venezuela and Guyana. The population is approximately 450,000 (2010) and the capital is Boa Vista. Roraima is the Brazilian state with the fewest municipalities, 15 in total. The climate of Roraima is tropical with an annual mean temperature of 26°C (78.8°F). The state's southern part is located in the Amazon rainforest, while the north has open grassland fields, and there is", "title": "Roraima" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.47, "text": "Boa Vista (Boa Vista proper, Conceição do Mau, Depósito and Uraricoera) and three in Caracaraí (Caracaraí proper, Santa Maria do Boiaçu and São José do Anauá). In 1962, the Roraiman federal deputy Valério Caldas de Magalhães presented a law project to change the name of Território Federal do Rio Branco to Território Federal de Roraima. The suggestion was prompted by confusion between the territory and the capital of Acre, Rio Branco. The name Roraima, from the Yanomamö language meaning \"\"green mountain,\"\" refers to the imposing Mount Roraima found on the border between Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana, the high point of", "title": "History of Roraima" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.09, "text": "councillors (José Francisco Coelho and José Gonzaga de Souza Junior) were appointed. In 1943, during the middle of World War II, Boa Vista became the capital of the recently created Federal Territory of Rio Branco. The territory grew from mining operations in the area. The then Federal Territory of Rio Branco was elevated to statehood, later being renamed as \"\"Roraima\"\". Later, machine-based mining was prohibited (because of the resulting damage to the landscape), which ended up hindering the economy of the state and the municipality. In the 2010s, the crisis in Venezuela led to the population swelling by around 50,000", "title": "Boa Vista, Roraima" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.34, "text": "as ranchers, in particular the Macushi, who remain known for it today. In 1808 the Portuguese moved to Brazil, fleeing Napoleon Bonaparte and the French army. Established in the colonial capital, Rio de Janeiro, the nobility confronted problems adapting to their new home. They wished to establish the comfort and luxurious way of life they were accustomed to in Europe, which caused to the southern part of the colony to develop, while the Amazon found itself abandoned. At the time of this abandonment, Forte São Joaquim, was maintained for over a century as a sentinel of Portuguese sovereignty in the", "title": "History of Roraima" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.27, "text": "federal territories were named by the president of the republic. In general, the administrative history of the territory can be divided into three periods: To form the federal territory, three municipalities were separated and maintained. Moura and Barcelos were separated and Boa Vista do Rio Branco was kept in the region, becoming the capital. The decree that established the territory created the municipalities Boa Vista (simplifying its name by excluding \"\"do Rio Branco\"\") and Catrimani. The latter never was established, and in 1955 it was extinguished and in its place was Caracaraí. In all, there were seven districts, four in", "title": "History of Roraima" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.91, "text": "electricity (distributed by CER, through thermal), post office, bank branch and telephone network. There are 26 elementary schools and 2 high schools. Normandia has a single television channel, 7-TV Roraima, an affiliate of Rede Globo. Normandia is connected to the state capital of Boa Vista by a single highway, BR-401, a distance of . Normandia, Roraima Normandia is a city located in the northeastern region of the Brazilian state of Roraima. Normandia covers , and has a population of 9,754 with a population density of 1.28 inhabitants per square kilometer. The city consists almost entirely of indigenous areas; 98.6% of", "title": "Normandia, Roraima" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.81, "text": "of Paris, France. The city was built under the direction of Captain Ene Garcez, the first governor of Roraima. The municipality of Boa Vista formed the first urban area of the state of Roraima. The São Joaquim Fort, founded in 1775, is located about 32 km from the capital and is considered to be of great importance to the region. The city was created on July 9, 1890 as Boa Vista do Rio Branco. It was founded by Augusto Villeroy (Amazonas's Governor). The first mayor was João Capistrano da Silva Mota, also known as Coronel Mota. After the mayor, two", "title": "Boa Vista, Roraima" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.66, "text": "Estadual de Roraima (UERR) and also the first Virtual University, the Universidade Virtual de Roraima, administrated by the state government. There are also several large private universities, especially in the capital. Beginning in the middle of the 20th century, Rio Branco began to grow. The population increase was low until the 1970s; however, stimulated by diverse factors, the numbers began to jump in the succeeding decades, as can be seen in the chart below. Among the factors for this growth are the opening of BR-174 (Manaus-Boa Vista-Pacaraima), and the development campaign by the government of Roraima, including the opening of", "title": "History of Roraima" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.59, "text": "Pacaraima, with land taken from Boa Vista, Uiramutã, from Normandia, Cantá, from Bonfim, and, finally, Rorainópolis from São Luiz (do Anauá). Rorainópolis is now the second-largest city in the state and has the greatest annual growth rate in population. The laws did not identify districts within the new municipalities. Article 14 of the Act of Transitory Provisions of the Constitution of Brazil states that the Federal Territory of Roraima would become a state. The law was promulgated in 1988 and the territory became a state on October 5, 1988. However, more than a year and a half was required before", "title": "History of Roraima" } ]

[ "Inverness" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.94, "text": "of an imaginary line between Dundee and Greenock, thus including all of Aberdeenshire and Angus. Inverness is traditionally regarded as the capital of the Highlands, although less so in the Highland parts of Aberdeenshire, Angus, Perthshire and Stirlingshire which look more to Aberdeen, Perth, Dundee and Stirling as their commercial centres. Under some of the wider definitions in use, Aberdeen could be considered the largest city in the Highlands, although it does not share the recent Gaelic cultural history typical of the Highlands proper. The Highland Council area, created as one of the local government regions of Scotland, has been", "title": "Scottish Highlands" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.38, "text": "Highland Capital Management Highland Capital Management is an alternative investment management firm that manages hedge funds, structured investment vehicles and mutual funds. The firm invests in global public equities, as well as fixed income markets with a focus on leveraged loans, high yield bonds, and structured products. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It also operates offices in New York City, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Seoul and Singapore. Highland reported approximately $13.9 billion of assets under management in 2017. Highland Capital Management was founded in 1993 by James Dondero and Mark Okada. The company acquired NexBank in 2004. In", "title": "Highland Capital Management" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.88, "text": "Goroka Goroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a town of approximately 19,000 people (2000), 1600m above sea level. It has an airport (in the centre of town) and is on the \"\"Highlands Highway\"\", about 285 km from Lae in Morobe province and 90 km from the nearby town of Kainantu also in the Eastern Highlands. Other nearby towns include Kundiawa in Simbu Province and Mount Hagen in Western Highlands Province. It has a mild climate, known as a \"\"perpetual Spring\"\". It is the home of several national institutions: CRMF Christian Radio", "title": "Goroka" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.83, "text": "is represented by a Member of the National Parliament. There is one provincial electorate and each district is an open electorate. Eastern Highlands Province Eastern Highlands is a highlands province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Goroka. The province covers an area of 11,157 km², and has a population of 579,825 (2011 census). The province shares a common administrative boundary with Madang Province to the north, Morobe Province to the east, Gulf Province to the south, and Simbu Province to the west. The province is the home of the Asaro mud mask that is displayed at shows and", "title": "Eastern Highlands Province" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.81, "text": "Kundiawa Kundiawa is the capital of Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea, with a population of 8,147 (2000 Census). It lies along the Highlands Highway approximately halfway between Goroka and Mount Hagen, respectively the capitals of the Eastern Highlands and Western Highlands provinces. It is a relatively small town, containing a bank, a police station, one of the few airports in the province, several stores, a hospital, a post office, a second-hand market, two food markets and several churches. The Highlands Highway is the only paved road that leads out of it, but there are several smaller, unpaved roads, including one", "title": "Kundiawa" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.75, "text": "cycle. Bordering the region to the north east is the lowland area of Caithness. There are relatively few roads, and many are single lane (with passing places). The region has a very low population density. Significant settlements are Kyle of Lochalsh, Mallaig, Dingwall, Dornoch, and Ullapool.The city of Inverness, known as the \"\"Capital of the Highlands\"\", is by far the largest settlement in the region. It is the administrative centre for the Highland Council area. Northwest Highlands The Northwest Highlands are located in the northern third of Scotland that is separated from the Grampian Mountains by the Great Glen (Glen", "title": "Northwest Highlands" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.69, "text": "April 2005, Highland acquired ING Capital Management. The acquisition marked Highland's first move into Europe. In 2011, Highland moved its offices from the Galleria in far north Dallas to the Crescent Complex uptown. Highland is a founding benefactor of the George W. Bush Presidential Center and, in early 2018, the firm provided the center with a $10 million endowment to back a series of public programs. Highland manages the Highland Floating Rate Opportunities Fund (NYSE: HFRO), among other closed-end funds. On February 4, 2010, the firm announced the completion of its CLO Value Fund I, which was launched in November", "title": "Highland Capital Management" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.67, "text": "Highlands, British Columbia The District of Highlands (locally known as \"\"The Highlands\"\") is a district municipality near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. As one of the Western Communities or West Shore municipalities outside Victoria, Highlands has a population of 1,903 as of 2006. The region stretches along the Saanich Inlet shoreline from north of Goldstream to Mackenzie Bight. One of the more undeveloped areas of the Greater Victoria region, it is one of the newest Greater Victoria municipalities created within the Capital Regional District. Although the area is seen as a target for residential expansion of the Greater Victoria region, it", "title": "Highlands, British Columbia" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.59, "text": "Inverness Inverness (; from the , meaning \"\"Mouth of the River Ness\"\"; ) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Inverness lies near two important battle sites: the 11th-century battle of Blàr nam Fèinne against Norway which took place on the Aird and the 18th century Battle of Culloden which took place on Culloden Moor. It is the northernmost city in the United Kingdom and lies within the Great Glen (Gleann Mòr) at its north-eastern extremity where the River Ness enters the", "title": "Inverness" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.34, "text": "groups. England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones was born in Kundiawa. Kundiawa Kundiawa is the capital of Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea, with a population of 8,147 (2000 Census). It lies along the Highlands Highway approximately halfway between Goroka and Mount Hagen, respectively the capitals of the Eastern Highlands and Western Highlands provinces. It is a relatively small town, containing a bank, a police station, one of the few airports in the province, several stores, a hospital, a post office, a second-hand market, two food markets and several churches. The Highlands Highway is the only paved road that leads out of it,", "title": "Kundiawa" } ]

[ "Seymchan" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.53, "text": "Srednekansky District Srednekansky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the eight in Magadan Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Srednekansky Urban Okrug. It is located in the central and northern parts of the oblast and borders the Sakha Republic in the north and northwest, Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Severo-Evensky District in the northeast, Omsukchansky District in the east, Khasynsky District in the south, Yagodninsky District in the southwest, and Susumansky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type", "title": "Srednekansky District" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.58, "text": "Urban Okrug since January 9, 2015. Prior to that date, the district was incorporated as Srednekansky Municipal District, which was subdivided into one urban settlement and one rural settlement. The main industries of the district are gold, silver, tin, cobalt, bismuth, tungsten, lead, zinc, and coal mining. In addition, under the protection of the mountain ranges, the area in the valley of the Kolyma River lends itself for agricultural production. The district is served by the Seymchan Airport in Seymchan. Srednekansky District Srednekansky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the eight in Magadan Oblast, Russia. As a", "title": "Srednekansky District" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.56, "text": "settlement) of Seymchan. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 3,228, with the population of Seymchan accounting for 87.3% of that number. The district was established on August 23, 1931 and had its administrative center in Srednekan. In 1934, the administrative center was moved to Taskan. Seymchan became the administrative center on December 2, 1953. Within the framework of administrative divisions, Srednekansky District is one of the eight in the oblast. The urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Seymchan serves as its administrative center. As a municipal division, the district has been incorporated as Srednekansky", "title": "Srednekansky District" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.91, "text": "Srednekolymsk Srednekolymsk (; , \"\"Orto Xalıma\"\") is a town and the administrative center of Srednekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kolyma River, northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,525. When the Russians arrived in the 1640s, they built three forts on the Kolyma: Nizhnekolymsk, Srednekolymsk, and Verkhnekolymsk (i.e., lower, middle, and upper Kolymsk). They were about three days sled journey apart. Nizhnekolymsk was on the delta near the route to Anadyrsk. Srednekolymsk was at the head of navigation by seagoing koches, in", "title": "Srednekolymsk" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.84, "text": "and early May. Srednekolymsk Srednekolymsk (; , \"\"Orto Xalıma\"\") is a town and the administrative center of Srednekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kolyma River, northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,525. When the Russians arrived in the 1640s, they built three forts on the Kolyma: Nizhnekolymsk, Srednekolymsk, and Verkhnekolymsk (i.e., lower, middle, and upper Kolymsk). They were about three days sled journey apart. Nizhnekolymsk was on the delta near the route to Anadyrsk. Srednekolymsk was at the head of navigation by", "title": "Srednekolymsk" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.7, "text": "Ust-Srednekan Ust-Srednekan () is a rural locality (a \"\"selo\"\") in Srednekansky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kolyma River, where it is joined by its tributary the Srednekan, from Seymchan, the administrative center of the district. Population: 27 (2010 Census). Ust-Srednekan has been completely depopulated since 2011, but it has not been officially abolished. In 1932, it became the seat of administration for the Sevvostlag forced-labor camps, although these operations were later moved to Nagaev Bay and then to the city of Magadan. Ust-Srednekan remained a mining center, although its population decreased so much", "title": "Ust-Srednekan" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.52, "text": "Srednekolymsky District Srednekolymsky District (; , \"\"Orto Xalıma uluuha\"\", ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or \"\"ulus\"\"), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic and borders with Verkhnekolymsky District in the south, Abyysky District in the west, Allaikhovsky District in the northwest, Nizhnekolymsky District in the north, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the east, and with Magadan Oblast in the southeast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Srednekolymsk. Population: 8,353 (2002 Census); The population of Srednekolymsk accounts for 44.6% of", "title": "Srednekolymsky District" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.41, "text": "that in April 2006 it was decided to progressively abandon it. Only twenty-seven inhabitants remained in 2010, with the population fully gone by April 2011. Access to Ust-Srednekan is difficult, with roads in poor condition. The Ust-Srednekanskaya Hydroelectric Plant is under construction nearby. Ust-Srednekan Ust-Srednekan () is a rural locality (a \"\"selo\"\") in Srednekansky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kolyma River, where it is joined by its tributary the Srednekan, from Seymchan, the administrative center of the district. Population: 27 (2010 Census). Ust-Srednekan has been completely depopulated since 2011, but it has not", "title": "Ust-Srednekan" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.83, "text": "and was granted town status and its present name in 1775. In Imperial times, it was a destination for political exiles. Within the framework of administrative divisions, Srendekolymsk serves as the administrative center of Srednekolymsky District. As an inhabited locality, Srednekolymsk is classified as a town under district jurisdiction. As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the \"\"selo\"\" of Lobuya), incorporated within Srednekolymsky District as the Town of Srednekolymsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Srednekolymsk is incorporated within Srednekolymsky Municipal District as Srednekolymsk Urban Settlement. The town is largely reliant on farming of reindeer,", "title": "Srednekolymsk" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.69, "text": "the district is mostly based on agriculture. There are deposits of construction materials. Srednekolymsky District Srednekolymsky District (; , \"\"Orto Xalıma uluuha\"\", ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or \"\"ulus\"\"), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic and borders with Verkhnekolymsky District in the south, Abyysky District in the west, Allaikhovsky District in the northwest, Nizhnekolymsky District in the north, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the east, and with Magadan Oblast in the southeast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of", "title": "Srednekolymsky District" } ]

[ "Nashville", "Nashville, Tennessee", "Nashville–Davidson County", "Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.38, "text": "Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The city is the county seat of Davidson County and is located on the Cumberland River. The city's population ranks 24th in the U.S. According to 2017 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the total consolidated city-county population stood at 691,243. The \"\"balance\"\" population, which excludes semi-independent municipalities within Davidson County, was 667,560 in 2017. Located in northern Middle Tennessee, Nashville is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in Tennessee. The 2017 population of the entire 13-county Nashville metropolitan area (known colloquially", "title": "Nashville, Tennessee" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.83, "text": "the Tennessee militia. Jackson became a western hero, and building on his militia connections, Jackson built a strong political base and in 1828, Jackson was elected President. More than 30 years after receiving its charter, Nashville was selected as the permanent capital of Tennessee on October 7, 1843. Several towns across Tennessee were nominated; all received votes, but Nashville and Charlotte were the top contenders. Nashville won by only one vote. Previously, the cities of Kingston (for one day) and Knoxville in Eastern Tennessee, and Murfreesboro, like Nashville located in Middle Tennessee, had each served as the temporary capital. The", "title": "History of Nashville, Tennessee" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.83, "text": "Columbia, Tennessee Columbia is a city in and the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 34,681 at the 2010 census and in 2013 the population was 35,558. The \"\"Mule capital of the world,\"\" Columbia annually celebrates the city-designated Mule Day each April. Columbia and Maury County are acknowledged as the \"\"Antebellum Homes Capital of Tennessee\"\", with more pre-Civil War homes than any other county in the state. The city is home to one of the last two surviving residences of the 11th President of the United States, James Knox Polk, the other being the White", "title": "Columbia, Tennessee" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.8, "text": "Tennessee Tennessee (, ; ) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the west, and Missouri to the northwest. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, with a population of 660,388. Tennessee's second largest", "title": "Tennessee" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.8, "text": "active participant in the sister cities program and has relationships with the following towns and cities: Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The city is the county seat of Davidson County and is located on the Cumberland River. The city's population ranks 24th in the U.S. According to 2017 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the total consolidated city-county population stood at 691,243. The \"\"balance\"\" population, which excludes semi-independent municipalities within Davidson County, was 667,560 in 2017. Located in northern Middle Tennessee, Nashville is the main core of the largest", "title": "Nashville, Tennessee" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.77, "text": "Noailles Murfree was his great-granddaughter. As Tennessee settlement expanded to the west, the location of the state capital in Knoxville became inconvenient for most newcomers. In 1818, Murfreesboro was designated as the capital of Tennessee. Eight years later, however, it was itself replaced by Nashville. On December 31, 1862, the Battle of Stones River, also called the Battle of Murfreesboro, was fought near the city between the Union Army of the Cumberland and the Confederate Army of Tennessee. This was a major engagement of the American Civil War, and between December 31 and January 2, 1863, the rival armies suffered", "title": "Murfreesboro, Tennessee" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.75, "text": "Tennessee State Capitol The Tennessee State Capitol, located in Nashville, Tennessee, is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Tennessee, serving as home of the Tennessee General Assembly and the location of the governor's office. Designed by architect William Strickland (1788–1854) of Philadelphia and Nashville, it was built between 1845 and 1859 and is one of Nashville's most prominent examples of Greek Revival architecture. The building, one of 12 state capitols that does not have a dome, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and named a National Historic Landmark in 1971. The prominent", "title": "Tennessee State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.83, "text": "Knoxville served as capital of the Southwest Territory and as capital of Tennessee (admitted as a state in 1796) until 1817, when the capital was moved to Murfreesboro. Early Knoxville has been described as an \"\"alternately quiet and rowdy river town.\"\" Early issues of the \"\"Knoxville Gazette\"\"—the first newspaper published in Tennessee—are filled with accounts of murder, theft, and hostile Cherokee attacks. Abishai Thomas, a friend of William Blount, visited Knoxville in 1794 and wrote that, while he was impressed by the town's modern frame buildings, the town had \"\"seven taverns\"\" and no church. Knoxville initially thrived as a way", "title": "Knoxville, Tennessee" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.77, "text": "Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee is a distinct portion of the state of Tennessee, delineated according to state law as the 41 counties in the Middle Grand Division of Tennessee. Middle Tennessee is characterized by rolling hills and fertile stream valleys. Its principal city, Nashville, is the state capital. Other major sizeable cities in Middle Tennessee include Clarksville and Murfreesboro. Geographically it is composed predominantly of the Nashville Basin and the Highland Rim, although the western portion of the Cumberland Plateau also extends into Middle Tennessee. According to custom, Middle Tennessee consists of that portion of the state east of the", "title": "Middle Tennessee" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.72, "text": "that day due to an agreement with the Cherokee, who had been told that if the Cherokee Nation ceded the land that is now Roane County, Kingston would become the capital of Tennessee. After adjourning that day, the Assembly resumed meeting in Knoxville. At the outset of the Civil War in 1861, Kingston was selected as the site of the third session of the East Tennessee Convention, which attempted to form a new, Union-aligned state in East Tennessee. Due to the Confederate occupation of the region, however, this third session, which was scheduled for August 1861, never took place. In", "title": "Kingston, Tennessee" } ]

[ "Takamatsu" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.36, "text": "Takamatsu Domain The was a \"\"han\"\" or feudal domain in Sanuki Province (present-day Kagawa Prefecture), Japan during the Edo period. The domain was governed first by the Ikoma clan then by the Mito-Matsudaira clan. The Takamatsu domain was founded in 1587, after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's forces subdued Shikoku. The entire province of Sanuki, rated at 173,000 koku, was granted to Hideyoshi's general Ikoma Chikamasa. Because they sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara, the Ikoma retained their fief, and ruled it until 1640, when they were moved to the Yashima Domain because of an uprising. For a time, the", "title": "Takamatsu Domain" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.06, "text": "area since the Edo period when the Matsudaira clan made Takamatsu the capital of their han. Takamatsu was selected as a target by the United States' XXI Bomber Command because the city was thought to be an important focal point of Shikoku's rail and road transit systems, and containing some industry vital to supporting the war effort. On July 3, 1945, towards the end of World War II, at 6:40 PM (JST) 128 B-29 aircraft took off to bomb Takamatsu. Over 800 tons of incendiary bombs were dropped on Takamatsu, destroying 78% of the built-up areas of the city. The", "title": "Takamatsu, Kagawa" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.3, "text": "domains. Two of the domain's \"\"karō\"\", Oga Mataemon and Obu Hyōgo, were executed; the daimyo, Matsudaira Yorishige, was sentenced to solitary confinement for some time, but subsequently released. Like all the other domains of Japan, Takamatsu was disbanded in 1871. The territory was first known as , but later became part of , where its territory remains to the present day. Takamatsu Domain The was a \"\"han\"\" or feudal domain in Sanuki Province (present-day Kagawa Prefecture), Japan during the Edo period. The domain was governed first by the Ikoma clan then by the Mito-Matsudaira clan. The Takamatsu domain was founded", "title": "Takamatsu Domain" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.83, "text": "Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad The (or Kotoden) is a transportation company in Kagawa Prefecture, which is on the island of Shikoku, Japan. With headquarters in Takamatsu, the company operates three passenger railway lines, as well as bus subsidiaries. It was established on November 1, 1943. In 2005, it reported sales of ¥3,694,000,000 with a capitalization of ¥250,000,000. Kotoden was established by the wartime merger of rail lines in the Takamatsu area. Immediately after its establishment, it absorbed the bus transportation operations in the vicinity. Aerial bombing destroyed some lines during the war. After the war, the company extended its line to", "title": "Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.8, "text": "territory of the domain was divided between rulers of the neighboring fiefs, but in 1642, the Takamatsu domain was re-formed, this time under the rulership of Matsudaira Yorishige, a son of Tokugawa Yorifusa, the son of Tokugawa Ieyasu who was the first Tokugawa lord of Mito. The Matsudaira of Takamatsu held some degree of influence in the Tokugawa shogunate, and assisted in communications with the imperial court. In 1868, the forces of Takamatsu fought on the shogunate's side at the Battle of Toba–Fushimi, but were defeated; soon after, Takamatsu itself surrendered to the forces of the nearby Tosa and Marugame", "title": "Takamatsu Domain" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.59, "text": "no Kiyomori planned to move the capital from Kyoto to the coastal village of Fukuhara (today Kobe) to promote trade between Japan and the Song dynasty of China. This transfer was unsuccessful, and soon after Kyoto became the capital again. Later, the Battle of Yashima took place off the coast of present-day Takamatsu. During the feudal period, \"\"suigun\"\" seized power in most coastal areas. The Kono in Iyo Province (today Ehime Prefecture) and Kobayakawa (later Mōri) in Aki Province (today a part of Hiroshima Prefecture) clans were two of the more famous \"\"suigun\"\" lords. In the Edo period, the Seto", "title": "Seto Inland Sea" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.14, "text": "43 were in use on the Kotohira Line, 22 on the Nagao Line, and 20 on the Shido Line. It also had two more cars. This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad The (or Kotoden) is a transportation company in Kagawa Prefecture, which is on the island of Shikoku, Japan. With headquarters in Takamatsu, the company operates three passenger railway lines, as well as bus subsidiaries. It was established on November 1, 1943. In 2005, it reported sales of ¥3,694,000,000 with a capitalization of ¥250,000,000. Kotoden was established by the wartime merger", "title": "Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.92, "text": "the year of his enthronement, the capital was moved to modern-day Kōbe, Hyōgo, but it was soon moved back to Heian-kyō. In 1183, when Minamoto no Yoshinaka entered the capital, the Taira clan fled with the young emperor and the sacred treasures to Yashima (the name of a place inside modern-day Takamatsu, Kagawa). Being defeated in ensuing battle, they fled westward. The Taira were defeated. Antoku's grandmother, Taira no Tokiko, Kiyomori's widow, drowned herself along with the young emperor. His mother also drowned herself, but apparently, according to The Tale of the Heike (\"\"Heike Monogatari\"\"), she was pulled out with", "title": "Emperor Antoku" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.88, "text": "Takamatsu. On January 10, 2006, Takamatsu absorbed the towns of Aji and Mure (both from Kita District), the towns of Kagawa and Kōnan (both from Kagawa District), and the town of Kokubunji (from Ayauta District) to create the new and expanded city of Takamatsu. As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 419,429 with a population density of 1,118 persons per km².<ref name=\"\"city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/english/profile/population\"\"></ref> The total area is following the September 26, 2005, and January 10, 2006, expansions. The city was officially founded on February 15, 1890. It had been a political and economic center in this", "title": "Takamatsu, Kagawa" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.84, "text": "located in Shibuya, Tokyo). His remains were buried at Toshimagaoka Cemetery located in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu Prince Nobuhito was born at the Aoyama Palace in Tokyo to then-Crown Prince Yoshihito and Crown Princess Sadako. His childhood appellation was \"\"Teru-no-miya\"\" (Prince Teru). Like his elder brothers, Prince Hirohito and Prince Yasuhito, he attended the boy's elementary and secondary departments of the Peers' School (Gakushuin). When Prince Arisugawa Takehito (1862–1913), the tenth head of the collateral imperial house of Arisugawa-no-miya, died without a male heir, Emperor Taishō placed Prince Nobuhito in the house. The name of the house reverted to", "title": "Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu" } ]

[ "Santa Fe", "Santa Fe, New Mexico", "Royal City of the Holy Faith of St. Francis of Assisi", "O gah Po'geh", "Santa Fe, N. M.", "Santa Fe N. M.", "Santa Fe, N.M.", "Santa Fe N.M.", "SFNM" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.94, "text": "Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( or ; Tewa: \"\"Oghá P’o'oge\"\", ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and the seat of . This area was occupied for at least several thousand years by indigenous peoples who built villages several hundred years ago, on the current site of the city. It was known by the Tewa inhabitants as \"\"Ogha Po'oge\"\" (\"\"White Shell Water Place\"\"). The city of Santa Fe, founded by Spanish colonists in 1610, is the oldest state capital in the United States. Santa Fe (meaning", "title": "Santa Fe, New Mexico" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.69, "text": "Santa Fe de Nuevo México Santa Fe de Nuevo México (; shortened as Nuevo México or Nuevo Méjico, and translated as New Mexico in English) was a province of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and later a territory of independent Mexico. The first capital was San Juan de los Caballeros from 1598 until 1610, and from 1610 onward the capital was La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís. The naming, capital, the Palace of the Governors, and rule of law were retained as the New Mexico Territory, and the subsequent U.S. State of New Mexico,", "title": "Santa Fe de Nuevo México" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.22, "text": "New Mexico New Mexico ( , ) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States of America. It is one of the Mountain States and shares the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona; its other neighboring states are Oklahoma to the northeast, Texas to the east-southeast, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua to the south and Sonora to the southwest. With a population around two million, New Mexico is the 36th-most populous state. With a total area of , it is the fifth-largest and sixth-least densely populated of the 50 states. Its capital and cultural", "title": "New Mexico" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.61, "text": "Montessori, The Tara School, Fayette Street Academy, The Santa Fe Girls' School, The Academy for the Love of Learning, and Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences. Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( or ; Tewa: \"\"Oghá P’o'oge\"\", ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and the seat of . This area was occupied for at least several thousand years by indigenous peoples who built villages several hundred years ago, on the current site of the city. It was known by the Tewa inhabitants as \"\"Ogha", "title": "Santa Fe, New Mexico" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.38, "text": "federal government choose Mexico City as the capital of the new nation. Under the guidelines of the 1824 Constitution, the capital was appropriated as federal land, with the federal government acting as the local authority. The choice was made official on 18 November 1824 and Congress delineated a surface area of two leagues square (8,800 ac) centered on the Zocalo. This area was then separated from the State of Mexico, forcing the state's government to move from the Palace of the Inquisition (now Museum of Mexican Medicine) in the city to Texcoco. This area did not yet include the population", "title": "State of Mexico" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.27, "text": "New Mexico State Capitol The New Mexico State Capitol, located in Santa Fe at 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, is the house of government of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the only round state capitol in the United States, and is known informally as \"\"the Roundhouse\"\". The building was designed to resemble the Zia Sun Symbol when viewed from above, with four entrance wings that protrude from the main cylindrical volume. Architecturally, the Capitol is a blend of New Mexico Territorial Revival style and neoclassical influences. Above each entrance is a stone carving of the State Seal", "title": "New Mexico State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.25, "text": "Estado Interno del Norte — by reuniting the two former provinces and including New Mexico. Its capital was at Chihuahua. Durango, however, raised objections, demanding retention of the capital or separation from the new state, because of its large population and superior resources. On May 22 and July 6, 1824, the separation was affirmed. New Mexico was transformed into a separate territory directly administered by the federal government. In the following year the two states issued their constitutions. Chihuahua established a legislative council of not less than eleven deputies, while Durango created bicameral state legislature, with a senate of seven", "title": "Nueva Vizcaya, New Spain" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.86, "text": "the settlement of Santa Fe in 1610 at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the United States. Peralta built the Palace of the Governors in 1610. Although the colony failed to prosper, some Catholic missions survived. Spanish settlers arrived at the site of Albuquerque in the mid-17th century. Missionaries attempted to convert the natives to Christianity, but had little success. Contemporary scholars believe that the objective of Spanish rule of New Mexico (and all other northern lands) was the full exploitation of the native population and resources. As Frank McNitt", "title": "History of New Mexico" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.77, "text": "Capital High School (Santa Fe, New Mexico) Capital High School is a public secondary school located in the south side of Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. The school was founded in 1988 and currently holds students in grades 9-12. The school's mascot is the Jaguar. Capital High is most notable for its rigorous Advanced Placement and college readiness Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) programs, along with their exclusive Career Academy Capstone Mentorship program, which provides students with Medical, Business, Performing Arts and Digital Design academies. Capital High School has seen growth in population and popularity as the south side", "title": "Capital High School (Santa Fe, New Mexico)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.7, "text": "Texas panhandle. President Zachary Taylor and Abraham Lincoln both proposed that New Mexico immediately become a state to sidestep political conflict over slavery in the territories. New Mexico did not become a state until January 1912. Santa Fe de Nuevo México Santa Fe de Nuevo México (; shortened as Nuevo México or Nuevo Méjico, and translated as New Mexico in English) was a province of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and later a territory of independent Mexico. The first capital was San Juan de los Caballeros from 1598 until 1610, and from 1610 onward the capital was La Villa Real", "title": "Santa Fe de Nuevo México" } ]

[ "Austin", "Austin, Texas" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.53, "text": "Capital of Texas Capital of Texas usually refers to the present capital of Austin, Texas; however several other locations have previously served as the capital of Texas: April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, Texas then became the Republic of Texas During the period of the Republic of Texas (1836–1845) the capital of Texas moved from city to city. The Republic had an ad interim government from March 14 to September 1836, when the new nation's voters elected a government. In 1836, five sites served as", "title": "Capital of Texas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.52, "text": "temporary capitals of Texas (Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Velasco and Columbia), before President Sam Houston moved the capital to Houston in 1837. Capital of Texas Capital of Texas usually refers to the present capital of Austin, Texas; however several other locations have previously served as the capital of Texas: April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, Texas then became the Republic of Texas During the period of the Republic of Texas (1836–1845) the capital of Texas moved from city to city. The Republic had an ad interim", "title": "Capital of Texas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.16, "text": "Austin, Texas Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. It is the 11th-most populous city in the United States and the 4th-most populous city in Texas. It is also the fastest growing large city in the United States, the second most populous state capital after Phoenix, Arizona, and the southernmost state capital in the contiguous United States. As of the U.S. Census Bureau's July 1, 2017 estimate, Austin had a population of 950,715 up from 790,491 at the 2010 census. The city is", "title": "Austin, Texas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.52, "text": "Government of Texas The government of Texas operates under the Constitution of Texas and consists of a unitary democratic state government operating under a presidential system that uses the Dillon Rule, as well as governments at the county and municipal levels. Austin is the capital of Texas. The State Capitol resembles the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., but is faced in Texas pink granite and is topped by a statue of the \"\"Goddess of Liberty\"\" holding aloft a five-point Texas star. The capitol is also notable for purposely being built seven feet taller than the U.S. national capitol. The", "title": "Government of Texas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.11, "text": "republic's secretary of state. Due mainly to the ongoing war for independence, five sites served as temporary capitals of Texas in 1836: (Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Velasco and Columbia). The capital was moved to the new city of Houston in 1837. In 1839, a small pioneer settlement situated on the Colorado River in central Texas was chosen as the republic's seventh and final capital. Incorporated under the name Waterloo, the town was renamed Austin shortly thereafter in honor of Stephen F. Austin. The court system inaugurated by Congress included a Supreme Court consisting of a chief justice appointed by the president", "title": "Republic of Texas" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.8, "text": "Texas Capital Bank Texas Capital Bank is a commercial bank headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The bank has branches located in every major city in Texas. The bank was established on December 18, 1998 by a group of entrepreneurial bankers who were able to raise $80 million in start-up capital, the most for a new financial institution at that time. In 2003, the company completed a successful IPO and now trades on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol TCBI. Since then, Texas Capital Bank has been one of the fastest growing financial institutions in the country and Texas. The bank offers many", "title": "Texas Capital Bank" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.28, "text": "Mirabeau B. Lamar, later the second president of the Republic of Texas, arrived there. Lamar was looking for places that would be suitable for Texas’s new capital. He shot a buffalo and admiring the area’s scenic beauty, returned to Houston. The next year, when Lamar was president, a commission appointed by him recommended Waterloo as the capital of Texas. Lamar wanted the capital to be on the “frontier” and have room to expand. He considered Shoal Creek to be the frontier and the land west of it to be Comanche territory. Shoal Creek was named by Edwin Waller and was", "title": "Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.28, "text": "closer to the state capitals of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Wyoming than it is to Austin, its own state capital. The geographic center of Texas is about northeast of Brady in northern McCulloch County. Guadalupe Peak, at above sea level, is the highest point in Texas, the lowest being sea level where Texas meets the Gulf of Mexico. Texas has five state forests and 120 state parks for a total over . There are 3,700 named streams and 15 major river systems flowing through of Texas. Eventually emptying into seven major estuaries, these rivers support over 212", "title": "Geography of Texas" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.17, "text": "Texas State Capitol The Texas State Capitol is the capitol building and seat of government of the American state of Texas. Located in downtown Austin, Texas, the structure houses the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and of the Governor of Texas. Designed in 1881 by architect Elijah E. Myers, it was constructed from 1882 to 1888 under the direction of civil engineer Reuben Lindsay Walker. A $75 million underground extension was completed in 1993. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1986. The Texas", "title": "Texas State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.11, "text": "is the energy capital of the world. Since 2003, Texas state officials have created various initiatives like the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Texas Emerging Technology Fund to develop the economy of Texas. Texas is a leader in alternative energy sources, producing the most wind power of any state, as well as small solar powered efforts and the experimental installation of wave powered generators. Texas also is home to many of the world's largest oilfield services firms including Halliburton, Schlumberger and Dresser. The state has a number of pipeline operators, such as El Paso and Dynegy, along with diversified energy", "title": "Economy of Texas" } ]

[ "Uzhhorod", "Uzhgorod", "Užhorod", "Ugohrad", "Ungvár", "Ungwar" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.98, "text": "Zakarpattia Oblast The Zakarpattia Oblast (, translit. ; see other languages) is an administrative oblast (province) located in southwestern Ukraine, coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia. Its administrative centre is the city of Uzhhorod. Other major cities within the oblast include Mukachevo, Khust, Berehove and Chop which is home to railroad transport infrastructure. Zakarpattia Oblast was established on 22 January 1946, after Czechoslovakia ceded the territory of \"\"Subcarpathian Ruthenia\"\" () to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, under a treaty between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. Some scholars say that during the Ukrainian independence referendum held in 1991, Zakarpattia", "title": "Zakarpattia Oblast" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.41, "text": "and 241,900,000 eggs. The total amount of registered farms in the region was 1,400 in 1999. Zakarpattia Oblast The Zakarpattia Oblast (, translit. ; see other languages) is an administrative oblast (province) located in southwestern Ukraine, coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia. Its administrative centre is the city of Uzhhorod. Other major cities within the oblast include Mukachevo, Khust, Berehove and Chop which is home to railroad transport infrastructure. Zakarpattia Oblast was established on 22 January 1946, after Czechoslovakia ceded the territory of \"\"Subcarpathian Ruthenia\"\" () to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, under a treaty between Czechoslovakia and", "title": "Zakarpattia Oblast" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.86, "text": "the President of Ukraine. Zakarpattia Oblast is administratively subdivided into 13 raions (districts), as well as 5 cities (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Berehove, Chop, Khust, Mukachevo, and the administrative centre of the oblast, Uzhhorod. There are a total of 7 cities, 19 towns, and more than 579 villages. Zakarpattia Oblast incorporates four unofficial geographic-historic regions (counties): Ung, Bereg, Ugocsa and Northern Maramuresh. There is a project for a reform of the current administrative division of the Oblast The oblast (region) is divided into 13 raions and five cities of regional importance including the administrative centre", "title": "Zakarpattia Oblast" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.5, "text": "Oblast, and on the North—Lviv Oblast and the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of Poland. The Zakarpattia Oblast mostly consists of mountains and small hills covered with deciduous and coniferous forests, as well as alpine meadows. Mountains cover about 80% of the oblast's area, and cross from North-East to South-East. The Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians, part of which are located within Zakarpattia Oblast, were recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. The largest rivers that flow through the oblast include the Tysa, Borzhava, and the Tereblia. A high altitude lake is located in Rakhiv Raion, which is the highest", "title": "Zakarpattia Oblast" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.38, "text": "the then Czechoslovakia. The Zakarpattia Oblast has a total area of and is located on southwestern slopes and foothills of the Carpathian Mountains covering around 80% of area in the region. The rest of the region is covered by the Transcarpathian Lowland which is part of the Pannonian plain. Zakarpattia is the only Ukrainian oblast to have boundaries with four countries: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. On the West it borders the Prešov and Košice Regions of Slovakia and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Counties of Hungary, on the South—the Satu Mare and Maramureş Counties of Romania, on the East and Northeast—Ivano-Frankivsk", "title": "Zakarpattia Oblast" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.38, "text": "23rd by area and 15th by population as according to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the population of Zakarpattia Oblast is 1,254,614. This total includes people of many different nationalities of which Hungarians, Romanians and Rusyns constitute significant minorities in some of the province's cities, while in others, they form the majority of the population (as in the case of Berehove). The oblast is also referred to as the Transcarpathian Oblast, Transcarpathia, Zakarpattia, or historically as Subcarpathian Rus. In other languages the oblast is named: While the name \"\"Transcarpathia\"\" is a translation of the Ukrainian version of the name, the Hungarian", "title": "Zakarpattia Oblast" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.31, "text": "Oblast voters were given a separate option on whether or not they favoured autonomy for the region. Although a large majority favoured autonomy, it was not granted. However, this referendum was about self-government status, not about autonomy (like in Crimea). Situated in the Carpathian Mountains of western Ukraine, Zakarpattia Oblast is the only Ukrainian administrative division which borders upon four countries: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. The Carpathian Mountains play a major part in the oblast's economy, making the region an important tourist and travel destination housing many ski and spa resorts. With its almost , the oblast is ranked", "title": "Zakarpattia Oblast" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.22, "text": "Uzhhorod. Administrative centres of raions may be located within a city of regional importance, while such city is not technically a part of the raion. A city of regional significance may consists of an individual populated place or be complex of several settlements (the city proper and suburbs) which are governed by own radas (councils). Further each raion divided into radas (councils). Cities and towns (urban type settlements) all have own individual councils, while villages and rural settlements may be formed into multiple settlements councils or an individual village council. All cities are either of regional importance or of district", "title": "Zakarpattia Oblast" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.16, "text": "Chop, Zakarpattia Oblast Chop (, , , ) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, near the borders of Slovakia and Hungary. It is separated from the Hungarian town of Záhony by the river Tisza by being situated on its right bank. Located inside Uzhhorod Raion, since 2003 it is designated as a city of oblast significance - not included in any raion (district) of the oblast. Population: . There are several alternative names used for this city: , , , , , . Like the rest of Transcarpathia, Csap (as it was then known) was", "title": "Chop, Zakarpattia Oblast" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.03, "text": "Berehove Berehove or Beregovo (; ; ; \"\"Beregsaz\"\", ) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine, near the border with Hungary. Population: . It's the cultural centre of the Hungarian ethnicity living in Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Berehove Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a city of oblast significance, with a status equal to a separate raion. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary's Bereg County until 1919 and between 1938–1944. From 1919 until 1938 it was part of Czechoslovakia. The city has many different variations of spelling", "title": "Berehove" } ]

[ "Belo Horizonte" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.55, "text": "Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in the north of Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte, is a major urban and finance center in Latin America, and the sixth largest municipality in Brazil, after the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasilia and Fortaleza, but its metropolitan area is the third largest in Brazil with just over 5,500,000 inhabitants, after those of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Nine", "title": "Minas Gerais" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.88, "text": "Belo Horizonte, Contagem, Betim, Juiz de Fora, Varginha, Muriae, Montes Claros, Uberlândia, Governador Valadares, Ipatinga, Ouro Preto, Sete Lagoas, Uberaba, Araxá, Patos de Minas, Divinópolis, Barbacena, Pouso Alegre, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Mariana, Poços de Caldas and São João del Rei. Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in the north of Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte, is a major urban and finance center in Latin America, and the sixth largest municipality in", "title": "Minas Gerais" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.75, "text": "capital, Belo Horizonte, is 409 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Crisólita and Umburatiba (N); Nanuque and the state of Bahia (E); Ataleia, Nanuque and Ouro Verde de Minas (S); and Teófilo Otoni and Pavão, (W). The main economic activities are services, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$111 million, with 57 million from services, 14 million from industry, and 33 million from agriculture. There were 1021 rural producers on 201,000 hectares of land. Only 74 farms had tractors (2006). 3,200 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops were sugarcane, beans, and corn. There were 268,000 head of cattle (2006).", "title": "Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.48, "text": "foundation of several new villages. In 1697, the Portuguese used enslaved African labor to start building the Estrada Real, the \"\"royal road,\"\" that would connect the ports of cities of Rio de Janeiro and Paraty to the mineral-rich regions of Ouro Preto, Serro, and, at the northernmost point, Diamantina. Prior to 1720, Minas Gerais was part of the captaincy of São Vicente (later renamed São Paulo e Minas de Ouro). The first capital of Minas Gerais, and seat of the local see, was the city of Mariana; it was later moved to Vila Rica. In the late 18th century, Vila", "title": "Minas Gerais" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.45, "text": "the center of what is the capital of the state of Minas Gerais. In 1927, the institution integrated the University of Minas Gerais, which was made federal in 1949 with three other tertiary schools then existent in Belo Horizonte: the School of Law, the School of Engineering and the Free School of Dentistry, which included the course on Pharmacy. The class of 1960 inaugurated the present building. The opening lecture was given by President Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, alumnus, benefactor, and from then on, honorary professor. In the 1960s the Medical Residency was made available for graduate students in various", "title": "Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.3, "text": "be built, the maximum height of buildings, etc. Belo Horizonte: In 1889, Brazil became a republic, and it was agreed that a new state capital of Minas Gerais, in tune with a modern and prosperous Minas Gerais, had to be set. In 1893, due to the climatic and topographic conditions, Curral Del Rey was selected by Minas Gerais governor Afonso Pena among other cities as the location for the new economical and cultural center of the state, under the new name of \"\"Cidade de Minas,\"\" or City of Minas. Aarão Reis, an urbanist from the State of Pará, was then", "title": "Planned community" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.12, "text": "Minas, Uruguay Minas () is the capital of the Lavalleja Department in Uruguay. As of the census of 2011, it is the twelfth-most populated city in the country. The city is located in the south of the department, on the intersection of Route 8 with Route 12. It lies between hill ranges and the basins of the Arroyo San Francisco and Arroyo Campanero streams. A town was founded here in 1783 as \"\"Villa de la Concepción de las Minas\"\" when a number of families from the Asturias and Galicia regions of Spain settled in the area following a frustrated attempt", "title": "Minas, Uruguay" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.12, "text": "Minas, Uruguay Minas () is the capital of the Lavalleja Department in Uruguay. As of the census of 2011, it is the twelfth-most populated city in the country. The city is located in the south of the department, on the intersection of Route 8 with Route 12. It lies between hill ranges and the basins of the Arroyo San Francisco and Arroyo Campanero streams. A town was founded here in 1783 as \"\"Villa de la Concepción de las Minas\"\" when a number of families from the Asturias and Galicia regions of Spain settled in the area following a frustrated attempt", "title": "Minas, Uruguay" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.91, "text": "in the 1890s, to replace Ouro Preto as the capital of Minas Gerais. The city features a mixture of contemporary and classical buildings, and is home to several modern Brazilian architectural icons, most notably the Pampulha Complex. In planning the city, Aarão Reis and Francisco Bicalho sought inspiration in the urban planning of Washington, D.C. The city has employed notable programs in urban revitalization and food security, for which it has been awarded international accolades. The city is built on several hills and is completely surrounded by mountains. There are several large parks in the immediate surroundings of Belo Horizonte.", "title": "Belo Horizonte" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.56, "text": "Rica was the largest city in Brazil and one of the most populous in America. As the gold mines were exhausted over the 19th century, the city lost its importance; it was later renamed Ouro Preto and remained the state capital until the construction of the all-new, planned city of Belo Horizonte at the turn of the 20th century. The gold cycle left its mark in cities such as Mariana, Ouro Preto, Diamantina, Sabará, Tiradentes and São João del Rei. The relative isolation from European influence, added to the huge influx of gold and other valuable minerals, helped the local", "title": "Minas Gerais" } ]

[ "Douala", "Douala" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.34, "text": "Littoral Department Littoral is one of the twelve departments of Benin. Littoral is the smallest department of all of the twelve in the country, as well as the most cosmopolitan. Its capital is Cotonou, Benin's largest city. The area is . The department of Littoral was created in 1999 by splitting territories from Atlantique Department. Per 2013 census, the total population of the department was 679,012 with 325,872 males and 353,140 females. The proportion of women was 52.00 per cent. The total rural population was 0.00 percent, while the urban population was 100.00 per cent. The total labour force in", "title": "Littoral Department" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.06, "text": "and the gross reproduction rate was 1.80. The département of Littoral was created in 1999 when it was split off from Atlantique Department and Contou was made the capital. It is the smallest of all departments in the country. Littoral is only subdivided into just one commune/city, Cotonou, the largest in the country and the economic capital; which is further subdivided into 13 arrondissements; which are further subdivided into 165 neighborhoods. Benin, formerly known as Dahomey, was a French colony till 1894. It gained independence during 1960 and was admitted to the United Nations. From 1960 to 1972, there was", "title": "Littoral Department" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.94, "text": "Littoral Region (Cameroon) The Littoral Region () is a region of Cameroon. Its capital is Douala. , its population was 3,174,437. Its name is due to the region being largely littoral, and associated with the sea coast. In 2008, the President of the Republic of Cameroon, President Paul Biya signed decrees abolishing \"\"Provinces\"\" and replacing them with \"\"Regions\"\". Hence, all of the country's ten former provinces are now known as Regions. The region is divided into four departments (\"\"départements\"\"): These are in turn broken down into subdivisions. Presidentially appointed senior divisional officers (\"\"préfets\"\") and subdivisional officers (\"\"sous-préfets\"\") govern each. Traditional", "title": "Littoral Region (Cameroon)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.91, "text": "leaders, usually referred to as \"\"chiefs\"\" in English, often preside over particular ethnic groups or villages; nevertheless, many of these wield very little power today. Littoral Region (Cameroon) The Littoral Region () is a region of Cameroon. Its capital is Douala. , its population was 3,174,437. Its name is due to the region being largely littoral, and associated with the sea coast. In 2008, the President of the Republic of Cameroon, President Paul Biya signed decrees abolishing \"\"Provinces\"\" and replacing them with \"\"Regions\"\". Hence, all of the country's ten former provinces are now known as Regions. The region is divided", "title": "Littoral Region (Cameroon)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.61, "text": "its capital in Split, and the District of Dubrovnik (\"\"Dubrovačka oblast\"\"), with its capital in Dubrovnik. In 1929, the Littoral Banovina (\"\"Primorska Banovina\"\"), a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, was formed. Its capital was Split, and it included most of Dalmatia and parts of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. The southern parts of Dalmatia were in Zeta Banovina, from the Gulf of Kotor to Pelješac peninsula including Dubrovnik. In 1939, Littoral Banovina was joined with Sava Banovina (and with smaller parts of other banovinas) to form a new province named the Banovina of Croatia. The same year, the ethnic Croatian", "title": "Dalmatia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.48, "text": "National University of the Littoral The National University of the Littoral (, UNL) is a university in Argentina. It is based in Santa Fe, the capital of the province of the same name, and it has colleges and other academic facilities in Esperanza, Reconquista and Gálvez, also in Santa Fe Province. The original institution was established as the \"\"Universidad Provincial de Santa Fe\"\" (Provincial University of Santa Fe) in 1889. The Argentine university reform of 1918 brought modernization and democratization to higher education in Argentina. The National University of the Littoral was created the following year by a national law", "title": "National University of the Littoral" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.14, "text": "Littoral Banovina The Littoral Banovina or Littoral Banate (), was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1939. This province consisted of much of the Croatian region of Dalmatia and parts of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina and was named for its coastal (maritime) location. The capital city of the Littoral Banovina was Split. According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, In 1939, the Littoral Banovina was merged with the Sava Banovina and parts of neighboring provinces to create the Banovina of Croatia. In 1941, the World War II Axis Powers occupied the former", "title": "Littoral Banovina" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.11, "text": "Gorizia (\"\"Görz\"\"; including Gorizia and the Julian March), Istria (\"\"Istrien\"\"; Eastern Istria and the Quarnero Islands), Trieste (\"\"Triest\"\"; the Trieste hinterland and Western Istria), and Trieste city (\"\"Triester Stadtgebiet\"\"). Around 1825, the Littoral was reorganized into only two subdivisions: Istria with its capital at Mitterburg (Pisino/Pazin) and Gorizia with Trieste and its immediate surroundings under the direct control of the crown and separate from the local administrative structure. In 1849, the Kingdom of Illyria was dissolved and the Littoral became a separate crown land with a governor in Trieste. It was formally divided into the Margravate of Istria and the", "title": "Austrian Littoral" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.44, "text": "the Littoral. Stronger than with either the Carniola as a whole, or with Slovenia as the state, Slovenes historically tend to identify themselves with the traditional regions of Slovene Littoral, Prekmurje, and even traditional (sub)regions, such as Upper, Lower and, to a lesser extent, Inner Carniola. The capital city Ljubljana was historically the administrative center of Carniola and belonged to Inner Carniola, except for the Šentvid district, which was in Upper Carniola and also where the border between German-annexed territory and the Italian Province of Ljubljana was during the Second World War. The 12 \"\"statistical regions\"\" have no administrative function", "title": "Slovenia" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.28, "text": "the capital of the Austrian Littoral administrative region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Italy). He was the second child of Franz Globočnik (also known as Globotschnig), a cavalry lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian Army who came from a German-speaking Slovene family from the Upper Carniolan town of Tržič (German: Neumarktl; now in Slovenia). His father was unable to accumulate the money needed to get an officer's marriage permission and had to leave the service. As was the practice at this time, he was given a job in the Imperial and Royal Mail. His mother Anna, née Petschinka, was born in", "title": "Odilo Globočnik" } ]

[ "Tashkent" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 27.12, "text": "Tashkent Tashkent (; , \"\"Тошкент\"\", تاشكېنت, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan, as well as the most populated city in ex-Soviet Central Asia (though the larger urban centers of Urumqi in China and Kabul in Afghanistan lie well within the geographic region of Central Asia) with a population in 2018 of 2,485,900. It is located in the north-east of the country close to the Kazakhstan border. Tashkent was influenced by the Sogdian and Turkic cultures in its early history, before Islam in the 8th century AD. After its destruction by Genghis Khan in 1219, the", "title": "Tashkent" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.14, "text": "Fergana Fergana (, فەرغانە; , \"\"Farğona/Farƣona\"\"; \"\"Farġāna/Farqâna\"\"; ), or Ferghana, is the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 420 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km west of Andijan, and less than 20 km from the Kyrgyzstan border. While the area has been populated for thousands of years, the modern city was founded in 1876. The fertile Fergana Valley was an important conduit on the Silk Roads (more precisely the North Silk Road), which connected the ancient Chinese capital of Xi'an to the west over the Wushao Ling Mountain Pass to Wuwei and emerging in Kashgar", "title": "Fergana" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.02, "text": "and engineering. Due to the 1966 earthquake and the Soviet redevelopment, little architectural heritage has survived of Tashkent's ancient history. Few structures mark its significance as a trading point on the historic Silk Road. Tashkent is the capital of and the most cosmopolitan city in Uzbekistan. It was noted for its tree-lined streets, numerous fountains, and pleasant parks, at least until the tree-cutting campaigns initiated in 2009 by the local government. Since 1991, the city has changed economically, culturally, and architecturally. New development has superseded or replaced icons of the Soviet era. The largest statue ever erected for Lenin was", "title": "Tashkent" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.95, "text": "Navoiy Navoiy also spelled as Navoi (, Навоий; , \"\"Navoi\"\") is a city (pop 125,800 in 2007) and the capital of Navoiy Region in the southwestern part of Uzbekistan. It is located at latitude 40° 5' 4N; longitude 65° 22' 45E, at an altitude of 382 meters. The city is named after Ali-Shir Nava'i. Originally known as Kermine (\"\"Karmana\"\") under the Emirate of Bukhara, the city was re-founded in 1958, under the name of the great Uzbek poet and statesman Alisher Navoi, who wrote in Persian and Chaghatai at the court of Emir Husein Boykara (or Husayn Bayqaro) in Herat.", "title": "Navoiy" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.38, "text": "Qarshi Qarshi ( / Қарши; \"\"Nakhshab\"\"; Karshi) is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Region and has a population of 197,600 (1999 census estimate). The population of Qarshi on April 24, 2014 is approximately 222,898. It is about 520 km south-southwest of Tashkent, and about 335 km north of Uzbekistan's border with Afghanistan. It is located at latitude 38° 51' 48N; longitude 65° 47' 52E at an altitude of 374 meters. The city is important in natural gas production, but Qarshi is also famous for its production of woven flat carpets. Originally the Sogdian city", "title": "Qarshi" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.34, "text": "Arabic. Qarshi Qarshi ( / Қарши; \"\"Nakhshab\"\"; Karshi) is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Region and has a population of 197,600 (1999 census estimate). The population of Qarshi on April 24, 2014 is approximately 222,898. It is about 520 km south-southwest of Tashkent, and about 335 km north of Uzbekistan's border with Afghanistan. It is located at latitude 38° 51' 48N; longitude 65° 47' 52E at an altitude of 374 meters. The city is important in natural gas production, but Qarshi is also famous for its production of woven flat carpets. Originally the Sogdian", "title": "Qarshi" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.23, "text": "August 2014, the district was renamed to \"\"Yashnobod\"\". Yashnobod Yashnobod (former Hamza) is one of 11 districts (\"\"tuman\"\") of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The district was established in 1968 with name Khamza district. It is an eastern district, and borders with the \"\"tuman\"\" of Mirzo Ulugbek, Yunusabad, Mirobod and Bektemir, as well as with Tashkent Province. Out of 365 streets, the main ones are Istiklol Street, Taraqqiyot Street, Fargona Yuli Street, Tashkent Ring Road, Zharkurgan Street, Yashnobod and Akhangaran Highway. The district has the Uzbekistan line metro station Mashinasozlar and Do‘stlik, which is the largest freight railway station in", "title": "Yashnobod" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.06, "text": "Yashnobod Yashnobod (former Hamza) is one of 11 districts (\"\"tuman\"\") of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The district was established in 1968 with name Khamza district. It is an eastern district, and borders with the \"\"tuman\"\" of Mirzo Ulugbek, Yunusabad, Mirobod and Bektemir, as well as with Tashkent Province. Out of 365 streets, the main ones are Istiklol Street, Taraqqiyot Street, Fargona Yuli Street, Tashkent Ring Road, Zharkurgan Street, Yashnobod and Akhangaran Highway. The district has the Uzbekistan line metro station Mashinasozlar and Do‘stlik, which is the largest freight railway station in Tashkent (Product code 722400). In the end of", "title": "Yashnobod" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.05, "text": "Oltinko‘l District Oltinkoʻl District (, ) is a district of Andijan Region, Uzbekistan. The capital of the district is Oltinkoʻl. The district was established on June 26, 1939. The population is 134,500. The district consists of 8 village councils: Oltinkoʻl District lies in the central part of Andijan Region in eastern Uzbekistan. The relief is represented by lowlands and hills. The climate is subtropical high upland, with an average July temperature of 25-28 ˚ C, and an average February temperature of -5 - -7 ˚ C. Sometimes in summer the temperature reaches as high as 43 ˚ C, and as", "title": "Oltinko‘l District" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.84, "text": "north is the capital and largest city, with 937,400 inhabitants (). The second city is the ancient town of Osh, located in the Fergana Valley near the border with Uzbekistan. The principal river is the Kara Darya, which flows west through the Fergana Valley into Uzbekistan. Across the border in Uzbekistan it meets another major Kyrgyz river, the Naryn. The confluence forms the Syr Darya, which originally flowed into the Aral Sea. , it no longer reaches the sea, as its water is withdrawn upstream to irrigate cotton fields in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and southern Kazakhstan. The Chu River also briefly", "title": "Kyrgyzstan" } ]

[ "Cork", "Corcaigh" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.8, "text": "Cork as being \"\"at the top of its game: sophisticated, vibrant and diverse\"\". There is a rivalry between Cork and Dublin, similar to the rivalry between Manchester and London, Melbourne and Sydney or Barcelona and Madrid. Some Corkonians view themselves as different from the rest of Ireland, and refer to themselves as \"\"The Rebels\"\"; the county is known as the Rebel County. This view sometimes manifests itself in humorous references to the \"\"Real Capital\"\" and the sale of T-shirts with light-hearted banners celebrating \"\"The People's Republic of Cork\"\". The city has many local traditions in food, including \"\"crubeens\"\", \"\"tripe and", "title": "Cork (city)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.31, "text": "of Ireland, in 1185. Cork city was once fully walled, and the remnants of the old medieval town centre can be found around South and North Main streets. The third largest city in Ireland, the city's cognomen of \"\"the rebel city\"\" originates in its support for the Yorkist cause in the Wars of the Roses. Corkonians often refer to the city as \"\"the real capital\"\", a reference to its opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty in the Irish Civil War. Cork was originally a monastic settlement, reputedly founded by Saint Finbarr in the 6th century. Cork achieved an urban character at", "title": "Cork (city)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.28, "text": "capital\"\". Cork's inner city slums were cleared by the municipal authority from the 1920s onwards, and their inhabitants were re-housed in housing estates on the periphery of the city -especially on its north side. Cork's economy dipped in the late 20th century as the old manufacturing industries in Cork declined. The Ford car factory closed in 1984 as did the Dunlop tyre factory. Shipbuilding in Cork also came to an end in the 1980s. As a result of these closures unemployment was high in Cork in the 1980s. However, in the 1990s new industries came to Cork. For instance, Marina", "title": "History of Cork" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.89, "text": "County Cork County Cork () is a county in Ireland. It is the largest and southernmost county of Ireland, situated in the province of Munster and named after the city of Cork, Ireland's second-largest city. The Cork County Council is the local authority for the county. Its largest market towns are Mallow, Macroom, Midleton, and Skibbereen. In 2016, the county's population was 542,868, making it the third-most populous county in Ireland. Notable Corkonians include Michael Collins, Jack Lynch, and Sonia O'Sullivan. Cork borders four other counties; Kerry to the west, Limerick to the north, Tipperary to the north-east and Waterford", "title": "County Cork" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.53, "text": "government, such as the formation of sporting teams, the term \"\"County Cork\"\" is often taken to include both city and county. County Cork is located in the province of Munster, bordering Kerry to the west, Limerick to the north, Tipperary to the north-east and Waterford to the east. It is the largest county in Ireland by land area, and the largest of Munster's six counties by population and area. At the last census in 2016, Cork city stood at 125,657. The population of the entire county is 542,868 making it the state's second-most populous county and the third-most populous county", "title": "County Cork" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.47, "text": "Commercial Park was built on the site of the old Dunlop and Ford plants and Cork Airport Business Park first opened in 1999. Cork, like other cities in Ireland benefited somewhat from the Celtic Tiger economic boom, with growth in industries such as information technology, chemicals, brewing, distilling and food processing. The Port of Cork is also a busy and important port. Into the 21st century, tourism has grown in economic importance, and in 2005 Cork was named European Capital of Culture. See Annals of Inisfallen (AI) History of Cork Cork, located on Ireland's south coast, is its second largest", "title": "History of Cork" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.44, "text": "County Hall, Cork The County Hall is a 17-storey office block, owned by Cork County Council and housing its administrative headquarters. The building is located on Carrigrohane Road in the City of Cork. Although the building is owned by Cork County Council, it is located in a separate administrative area from the County - Cork City. At tall, the building was the tallest storeyed building in the state upon completion. However, it has since been surpassed by The Elysian. Also in Cork, The Elysian was built in 2008. The building was designed by Patrick McSweeney, the then Cork County Architect.", "title": "County Hall, Cork" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.44, "text": "Cork City Hall is located along Albert Quay on the south side of the city. It officially opened on 8 September 1936, following the previous building being destroyed in the \"\"Burning of Cork\"\" in 1920. The administrative offices for Cork County Council are also located within the city limits, on the Carrigrohane Road on the west side of the city. For the purposes of elections to Dáil Éireann, the city is part of two constituencies: Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central which each returns four TDs. Following the 2016 general election, these constituencies together returned two TDs for the Fine Gael", "title": "Cork (city)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.39, "text": "Cork City (barony) Cork City () is a barony in County Cork, Ireland. It contains seven civil parishes. Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and were used the administration of justice and the raising of revenue. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they have been administratively obsolete since 1898. However, they continue to be used in land registration and in specification, such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic túath which had submitted to the Crown. The barony formed the medieval heart of the", "title": "Cork City (barony)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.36, "text": "populous city in the Republic of Ireland, with a population of 125,657 according to the 2016 census. Cork city is the third most populous city on the island of Ireland. According to the 2006 Census statistics, the county has 11 towns with a population of over 4,000. The county has a population density of 72 persons/km. A large percentage of the population live in urban areas. As of the 2011 census, ethnically the population included 85% white Irish people, 9% other white people, 1% black, 1% Asian, 1% other races, and 1% not stated. Catholicism is the main religion at", "title": "County Cork" } ]

[ "Lincoln" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.19, "text": "Louth, Lincolnshire Louth () is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Louth is the principal town and centre for a large rural area of eastern Lincolnshire. Visitor attractions include St. James' Church, Hubbard's Hills, the market, many independent retailers and Lincolnshire's last remaining cattle market. Louth is at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds where they meet the Lincolnshire Marsh and is known as the Capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds. It developed where the ancient trackway along the Wolds, known as the Barton Street, crossed the River Lud. The town is east", "title": "Louth, Lincolnshire" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.56, "text": "Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long eastern coastline on the North Sea. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just , England's shortest county boundary. The county town is the city of Lincoln, where the county council has its headquarters. The ceremonial county of Lincolnshire is composed of the non-metropolitan county of", "title": "Lincolnshire" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.5, "text": "it appears as \"\"Gainesburg\"\". The name means 'Gegn's fortified place'. Gainsborough was one of the capital cities of Mercia during the Anglo-Saxon period, which had preceded Danish rule. It is understandable that the Viking kings would have been drawn to it as an administrative centre, being close to the Danish stronghold at Torksey. In 868 King Alfred married Ealswitha, daughter of Aethelred Mucill, chief of the Gaini, whence the town gets its name. Historically, Gainsborough is the \"\"capital that never was\"\". Towards the end of July 1013, the Dane Sweyn Forkbeard, together with his son and heir Canute, arrived in", "title": "Gainsborough, Lincolnshire" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.66, "text": "a square capital carved in conventional foliage; the upper part of Caen stone with square sides and slightly curved fronts, with moulded arch panelling, and trails of dog-tooth introduced in the angles and hollows, and finished with a moulded cornice.\"\" In the same year the \"\"Lincolnshire Chronicle\"\" and the \"\"Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser\"\" said: The bareness of the new edifice \"\"tends to throw the carving into prominence and bold relief, and well it deserves to be so, for rarely have graceful designs been more skilfully chiselled by the hand of the carver.\"\" The chancel arch rested on \"\"beautifully carved", "title": "Mawer and Ingle" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.45, "text": "of Lincolnshire in England. A couple of months later on 19 April, Nicolas Baudin entered the same port and named it Port Champagny. Sealers had visited the area around 1828 and the mainly French whailing ships were fishing the local bays and island regions by the 1820s and up to the 1840s. In 1836 Governor Sir John Hindmarsh, the first Governor of South Australia, gave instructions to Colonel William Light of finding a capital for the 'New British Provence of South Australia'. He'd been in the colony for four months and in all that time he'd been trying to find", "title": "Port Lincoln" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.34, "text": "town of Mablethorpe, famous for its golden sands, and the neighbouring village resorts of Trusthorpe and Sutton-on-Sea. This area also offers leisure activities, and has large caravan and holiday sites. But the area is less developed, with fewer amusement arcades and nightclubs, and poorer road links to the rest of the county; but the area offers a more traditional seaside setting. The rail service to these towns was axed in the Beeching cuts. The third group of resorts includes the seaside town of Cleethorpes and the large village resort of Humberston within North East Lincolnshire. It has Pleasure Island Family", "title": "Lincolnshire" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.27, "text": "potential \"\"downtown\"\" is loosely centered on the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Aptakisic Road; City Park, the Lincolnshire Commons, and the Lincolnshire Corporate Center constitute a retail hub in the southern end of Lincolnshire. Village Green plaza, at the intersection of Illinois Route 22 and Milwaukee Avenue, is the location for many of the festivities that the village holds. Lincolnshire formerly housed the U.S. headquarters of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. In 2003 Takeda announced that it would move its headquarters, which at the time housed 1,600 employees, to Deerfield, Illinois. According to Lincolnshire's 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers", "title": "Lincolnshire, Illinois" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.09, "text": "of the RLC's Phase 2 training. In November 2016 the Ministry of Defence announced that the Grantham site would close in 2020. Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long eastern coastline on the North Sea. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just , England's shortest county boundary. The county town is the", "title": "Lincolnshire" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.97, "text": "Yorkshire. Capital Yorkshire Capital Yorkshire is a regional radio station owned by Global Radio as part of the Capital radio network. It broadcasts to South & West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire from studios in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The licence held makes Capital Yorkshire the largest regional British radio station outside London. Capital Yorkshire broadcasts on 105.8 MHz FM at a power of 9.6 kW from High Hunsley, which covers East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire and on 105.1 MHz FM at a power of 2.4 kW from Emley Moor, which covers West Yorkshire. It also has", "title": "Capital Yorkshire" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.97, "text": "in the early 1980s. After Wright's death in 1992, James Tozer was named president and chief executive and was succeeded in 1998 by T.J. Maloney. In 2005, Kumble left the firm to found Corinthian Capital. The firm has raised approximately $1.7 billion and completed more than 55 investments since inception across four private equity funds. Lincolnshire did not raise its first institutional private equity fund until 1994 when it raised $120 million of commitments. In 2008, Lincolnshire completed fundraising for its fourth private equity fund with $835 million of investor commitments, in excess of its original target and nearly twice", "title": "Lincolnshire Management" } ]

[ "Santander", "Santander, Spain" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.72, "text": "Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is a historic Spanish community and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community (province of Biscay), on the south by Castile and León (provinces of León, Palencia and Burgos), on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay). Cantabria belongs to \"\"Green Spain\"\", the name given to the strip of land between the Bay of Biscay and the Cantabrian Mountains, so called because of its particularly lush vegetation, due to the wet and", "title": "Cantabria" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.7, "text": "Ajo, Cantabria Ajo is the capital of Bareyo municipality in Cantabria, Spain. The town is from Santander. The first historical written reference to Ajo (Asio) is in the \"\"Liber Testamentarum\"\" of Oviedo Cathedral from 923, in which the King Ordoño II of León donated the church of San Juan de Asio. Popular etymology without any basis says that the name comes from the great quantity of garlic that the town's inhabitants consumed and that gave the locality a typical smell. 25% of the population of the municipality works in the primary sector, 19.1% in construction, 9.5% in industry and 46.4%", "title": "Ajo, Cantabria" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.62, "text": "in the services sector. The jobs of more than 78% of the population are related to the garlic industry. The municipal corporation has published since 2007 the Ojerada magazine, which reports on various activities in the municipality. Since 2010, the municipality has a means of information managed by neighbors that has become a reference for local information in Cantabria. It is the Bareyo Digital or Bareyo Digital Media. Ajo, Cantabria Ajo is the capital of Bareyo municipality in Cantabria, Spain. The town is from Santander. The first historical written reference to Ajo (Asio) is in the \"\"Liber Testamentarum\"\" of Oviedo", "title": "Ajo, Cantabria" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.83, "text": "Santander, Spain The port city of Santander (, ; ; Cántabru: \"\"Sanander\"\") is the capital of the autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of Spain. Located east of Gijón and west of Bilbao, the city has a population of 172,000 (2017). Santander houses the headquarters of multinational bank Banco Santander, and is the location of the founding of the namesake company. The origin of the earliest human settlements in the current Santander is not easy to establish because there is little written and archaeological data. However, there would appear to be good practical reasons", "title": "Santander, Spain" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.34, "text": "heritage highlights the mansion \"\"The Palace\"\" with weapons of Garcia del Rivero and Gonzalez-Quijano, both of the 18th century. The town is located in the geographic centre of the Cantabria 90 metres above sea level and 1.4 kilometres from the capital city, Los Corrales de Buelna. It is surrounded to the north by the people of Barros with which it shares Polygon Industrial, to the south-east by Los Corrales de Buelna and the west by the Nature Reserve of Sakha-Besaya which contains the origin of the River Rebujas. In 2004 St. Matthew had a population of 310 inhabitants (INE). These", "title": "San Mateo (Cantabria)" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.33, "text": "Zurita, Cantabria Zurita is a village in the municipality of Piélagos in Cantabria, Spain. The elevation of this town is 54 meters (177 feet) above sea level, and it is located 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the municipal capital, Renedo de Piélagos; 21 km (13 miles) from the capital of the province, Santander, and 7 km (4.3 miles) from the second largest city in the community, Torrelavega. In 2015 it had a population of 905 inhabitants (INE). Among its sights are two palaces, the Llana and the Rueda, as well as two seventeenth century churches, San Julián and San Martín.", "title": "Zurita, Cantabria" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.2, "text": "the latter, having initially allowed the name of Cantabria for the province created at the beginning of the 19th century, later retracting its consent and demanding that it bear the name of Santander, so there would be no doubt as to which was the capital. When in 1821 the Provincial Council presented before the constitutional Courts its definitive plan for the provincial borders and legal entities, it proposed the name of Province of Cantabria, to which the Township of Santander replied that \"\"\"\"this province must retain the name of Santander\"\"\"\". However, many newspapers still showed in their headings the name", "title": "Cantabria" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.11, "text": "Torrelavega Torrelavega is a municipality and important industrial and commercial hub in the single province Autonomous Community of Cantabria in northern Spain. It is situated roughly 8 kilometres from the Cantabrian Coast and 27.5 kilometres from the capital of the Autonomous Community, Santander, half way between the Principality of Asturias and the Basque Country. The rivers Saja and Besaya flow through the city. It is the capital of the comarca (county, but with no administrative role) of Valle del Besaya which includes also composed of the municipalities of Suances, Polanco, Cartes, Los Corrales de Buelna, Cieza, Arenas de Iguña, Bárcena", "title": "Torrelavega" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.67, "text": "ACB in basketball represented the highest level of the Cantabrian sport in the recent past. Cantabria has been the birthplace of exceptional and notable individuals in fields such as literature, arts, sciences, etc. Many of them have played a decisive role, not only in the history and events of the region, but also on the national and international levels. These include: Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is a historic Spanish community and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community (province of Biscay), on the south by Castile and", "title": "Cantabria" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.45, "text": "Liendo Liendo is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. According to the 2007 census, the city has a population of 995 inhabitants. Its capital is Hazas. Liendo is a municipality in the autonomous community of Cantabria (Spain). The municipality is located in the east-coast region, but unlike other coastal towns do not have extensive beaches, although a spectacular cliff coastline. It sits on a beautiful green valley, especially suitable for agriculture, composed of thirteen districts. It is located 52 kilometers from Santander, bordering Laredo and Castro Urdiales (two of the most important villages in Cantabria). Hazas", "title": "Liendo" } ]

[ "Antwerp", "Antwerpen", "City of Antwerp", "Anvers" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.27, "text": "(arrondissement Breda). Its capital was Antwerp. The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812): Its population in 1812 was 367,184, and its area was 415,380 hectares. After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands as the province of Antwerp. Deux-Nèthes Deux-Nèthes (, ) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium and the Netherlands. It was named after two branches of the river Nete (Grote Nete and Kleine Nete). The southern part of its territory corresponds more or less with the present-day Belgian", "title": "Deux-Nèthes" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.48, "text": "Deux-Nèthes Deux-Nèthes (, ) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium and the Netherlands. It was named after two branches of the river Nete (Grote Nete and Kleine Nete). The southern part of its territory corresponds more or less with the present-day Belgian province of Antwerp. It was formed in 1795, when the Southern Netherlands were annexed by France. Its territory was the northern part of the former duchy of Brabant. After the annexation of the Kingdom of Holland in 1810, the department was expanded with the western half of the present-day Dutch province North Brabant", "title": "Deux-Nèthes" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.78, "text": "products are produced in significant quantities (butter in Échiré and goats' cheese). Some quarries are in operation (in Mazières-en-Gâtine, La Peyratte or Saint-Varent), as well as lime extraction operations. Textiles, leather-tanning, and flour milling were the traditional industries of Niort, the capital and major city. Nowadays, Niort, with 60,000 inhabitants, is an important commercial and administrative center. In particular it is one of the main financial centers in France (fourth in rank after Paris, Lyon and Lille). Niort is the national headquarters of some of the major insurance companies in France ( (MAAF), (MACIF), (MAIF) and others) and regional headquarters", "title": "Deux-Sèvres" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.58, "text": "2nd arrondissement of Paris The 2nd arrondissement of Paris (\"\"II arrondissement\"\") is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is colloquially referred to as \"\"deuxième\"\" (second/the second). Also known as Bourse, this arrondissement is located on the right bank of the River Seine. The 2nd arrondissement, together with the adjacent 8th and 9th arrondissements, hosts an important business district, centred on the Paris Opéra, which houses the city's most dense concentration of business activities. The arrondissement contains the former Paris Bourse (stock exchange) and a large number of banking headquarters, as", "title": "2nd arrondissement of Paris" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.36, "text": "Deux-Montagnes, Quebec Deux-Montagnes is a suburban municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles where it flows out of Lake of Two Mountains (\"\"Lac des Deux Montagnes\"\"). It is the seat of the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality in the greater Montreal region. 10,000 years ago, the Champlain Sea covered a large part of southern Quebec and left behind the clay, sand and peat soil that is now under the city of Deux-Montagnes. When the sea retreated to the Atlantic Ocean, along the channel that is now the St-Lawrence River and its tributaries, the", "title": "Deux-Montagnes, Quebec" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.16, "text": "finish at the county border: <br> <br> Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality Deux-Montagnes is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and on the north shore of the Lake of Two Mountains. Its seat is Saint-Eustache. The municipality has a land area of 243.39 km² and a Canada 2011 Census population of 95,670 residents. Its largest community is the city of Saint-Eustache. There are 7 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM: Highways and numbered routes that run through the", "title": "Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.05, "text": "Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality Deux-Montagnes is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and on the north shore of the Lake of Two Mountains. Its seat is Saint-Eustache. The municipality has a land area of 243.39 km² and a Canada 2011 Census population of 95,670 residents. Its largest community is the city of Saint-Eustache. There are 7 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM: Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or", "title": "Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.58, "text": "Hôtel des Deux-Ponts The Hôtel des Deux-Ponts, formerly known as the Hôtel Gayot and currently as the Hôtel du gouverneur militaire, is a historic building located on Place Broglie on the Grande Île in the city center of Strasbourg, in the French department of the Bas-Rhin. It has been classified as a Monument historique since 1921. The \"\"Hôtel des Deux-Ponts\"\" is currently used as the official residence of the military governor of Strasbourg. The Hôtel was designed as a hôtel particulier for the brothers, royal moneylenders François-Marie Gayot and Félix-Anne Gayot and built in 1754-55 featuring a courtyard, two ornate", "title": "Hôtel des Deux-Ponts" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.55, "text": "of others such as Groupama. The regional headquarters of several national banks, including Banque Populaire and Crédit Agricole, are also located there. The services sector is also heavily represented in Niort, in consulting, accounting, brokerage and software. Chemistry, pharmacy (Boiron) and aeronautics (Zodiac Group, Leach International) are the main industries. Textiles and shoe making, furnitures, mechanics, automotive (Heuliez and Irisbus), chemistry (Rhodia in Melle), food industry and food packaging are the major industries outside of the capital. The unemployment rate in the \"\"département\"\" is very low (less than 5%) especially in the north-west, where many small and medium companies are", "title": "Deux-Sèvres" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 19.45, "text": "a mansion on the corner of 11th avenue and Boulevard du Lac, and renovated and enlarged the premises. The church moved to a bigger location in 1955, on 18th avenue. (Plante p. 182) Population trend: Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 6985 (total dwellings: 7116) <br> <br> Deux-Montagnes, Quebec Deux-Montagnes is a suburban municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles where it flows out of Lake of Two Mountains (\"\"Lac des Deux Montagnes\"\"). It is the seat of the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality in the greater Montreal region. 10,000 years ago, the", "title": "Deux-Montagnes, Quebec" } ]

[ "Belfast", "Béal Feirste", "Beal Feirste", "Belfast, Ireland" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.19, "text": "Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ), also known as the Republic of Ireland ('), is a country in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, which is located on the eastern part of the island, and whose metropolitan area is home to around a third of the country's over 4.8 million inhabitants. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, Saint George's Channel to", "title": "Republic of Ireland" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.66, "text": "Heritage Site, Bushmills produces whiskey, and Portrush is a popular seaside resort and night-life area. The majority of Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, is in County Antrim, with the remainder being in County Down. According to the 2001 census, it is currently one of only two counties of Ireland in which a majority of the population are from a Protestant background. The other is County Down to the south. A large portion of Antrim is hilly, especially in the east, where the highest elevations are attained. The range runs north and south, and, following this direction, the highest", "title": "County Antrim" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.59, "text": "ministries being allocated in proportion with each party's representation in the assembly. Its capital is Belfast. Ultimately political power is held by the UK government, from which Northern Ireland has gone through intermittent periods of direct rule during which devolved powers have been suspended. Northern Ireland elects 18 of the UK House of Commons' 650 MPs. The Northern Ireland Secretary is a cabinet-level post in the British government. Along with England and Wales and Scotland, Northern Ireland forms one of the three separate legal jurisdictions of the UK, all of which share the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom as", "title": "Ireland" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.45, "text": "this was the greatest loss of life in a night raid during the Blitz. Belfast has been the capital of Northern Ireland since its establishment in 1921 following the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It had been the scene of various episodes of sectarian conflict between its Catholic and Protestant populations. These opposing groups in this conflict are now often termed republican and loyalist respectively, although they are also loosely referred to as 'nationalist' and 'unionist'. The most recent example of this conflict was known as the Troubles – a civil conflict that raged from around 1969 to 1998. Belfast", "title": "Belfast" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.31, "text": "1920–22. A further 1,091 were wounded. Of the dead, 159 were Protestant civilians, 258 Catholic civilians, thirty-five Crown forces and twelve IRA members. As the largest city in Ulster, Belfast became the capital of Northern Ireland, and a grand parliament building was constructed at Stormont in 1932. The Government of Northern Ireland was dominated by upper and middle class unionists. As a result of this, conditions in the poorer parts of Belfast remained bad, with many houses being damp, overcrowded and lacking in basic amenities such as hot water and indoor toilets until about the 1970s. In common with similar", "title": "History of Belfast" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.25, "text": "Belfast Belfast () is a city in the United Kingdom and the capital city of Northern Ireland, on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland. It is the largest city in Northern Ireland and second largest on the island of Ireland. It had a population of 333,871 in 2015. By the early 1800s Belfast was a major port. It played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, becoming the biggest linen producer in the world, earning it the nickname \"\"Linenopolis\"\". By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre", "title": "Belfast" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.66, "text": "Armagh Armagh ( ; , , \"\"Macha's height\"\") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Primates of All Ireland for both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland. In ancient times, nearby Navan Fort (\"\"Eamhain Mhacha\"\") was a pagan ceremonial site and one of the great royal capitals of Gaelic Ireland. Today, Armagh is home to two cathedrals (both named after Saint Patrick) and the Armagh Observatory, and is known", "title": "Armagh" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.92, "text": "As the capital city, Dublin is the seat of the national parliament of Ireland, the Oireachtas. It is composed of the President of Ireland, Seanad Éireann as the upper house, and Dáil Éireann as the lower house. The President resides in Áras an Uachtaráin in Phoenix Park, while both houses of the Oireachtas meet in Leinster House, a former ducal palace on Kildare Street. It has been the home of the Irish parliament since the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922. The old Irish Houses of Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland are located in College Green. Government", "title": "Dublin" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.81, "text": "republican flags; the town has tried to reduce tensions. Recreational drugs have been a major problem in the town, earning it the moniker \"\"the drugs capital of the North\"\". However major steps have been taken in recent times to deal with this. In 2011 it was revealed that Ballymena has the third-highest level of legal gun ownership in Northern Ireland. Ballymena is about from Slemish Mountain, the legendary first-known Irish home of Saint Patrick. The mountain rises about above the surrounding plain, and it is the central core of an extinct volcano, commonly known as a volcanic plug. According to", "title": "Ballymena" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.77, "text": "to 35,000 workers. In 1886 the city suffered intense riots over the issue of home rule, which had divided the city. In 1920–22, Belfast became the capital of the new entity of Northern Ireland as the island of Ireland was partitioned. The accompanying conflict (the Irish War of Independence) cost up to 500 lives in Belfast, the bloodiest sectarian strife in the city until the Troubles of the late 1960s onwards. Belfast was heavily bombed during World War II. In one raid, in 1941, German bombers killed around one thousand people and left tens of thousands homeless. Apart from London,", "title": "Belfast" } ]

[ "Shimla", "Simla", "Queen of Hills" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.64, "text": "with most of the executive powers. Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh, and houses the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat (Ellersile). The Himachal Pradesh high court is located in Shimla, which has jurisdiction over the whole of Himachal Pradesh. The present Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh is unicameral. The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly has no pre-Constitution history. The state itself is a post-independence creation. It first came into being as a centrally administered territory on 15 April 1948 by the integration of 30 erstwhile princely states. Himachal Pradesh is governed through a parliamentary system of representative democracy,", "title": "Government of Himachal Pradesh" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.81, "text": "Shimla Shimla (; ), also known as Simla, is the capital and the largest city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Shimla is also a district which is bounded by the state of Uttarakhand in the south-east, districts of Mandi and Kullu in the north, Kinnaur in the east, Sirmaur in the south and Solan in the west. In 1864, Shimla was declared as the summer capital of British India, succeeding Murree, northeast of Rawalpindi. After independence, the city became the capital of Punjab and was later named the capital of Himachal Pradesh. It is the principal commercial,", "title": "Shimla" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.56, "text": "and Haryana). Upon the formation of the state of Himachal Pradesh in 1971, Shimla was named its capital. After independence the Chief Commissioner's Province of H.P. came into being on 15 April 1948 as a result of integration of 28 petty princely states (including feudatory princes and zaildars) in the promontories of the western Himalaya, known in full as the Shimla Hills States & four Punjab southern hill states by issue of the Himachal Pradesh (Administration) Order, 1948 under Sections 3 & 4 of the Extra-Provincial Jurisdiction Act, 1947 (later renamed as the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1947 vide A.O. of", "title": "Shimla" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.42, "text": "summer capital of Bushahr kingdom, with Rampur Bushahr considered the winter capital. The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Shree Virbhadra Singh is a member of royal family (Son of erstwhile king Padam Singh) and is popularly known as \"\"Raja Sahab\"\" at Sarahan. He has been member of the Assembly/Parliament since 1962 and has held the post of Chief Minister six times. His wife Rani Pratibha Devi is also a member of Assembly. The Bhimakali Temple houses the \"\"Kuldevi\"\" (the presiding deity of the dynesty) of Bushahr Kingdom. The Bhimakali Temple contains both Hindu and Vajrayāna Buddhist statues and decorations which", "title": "Sarahan" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.2, "text": "a city in Himachal Pradesh, is the capital of the Central Tibetan Administration. The Government has allowed Tibetans born in India between 1950 and 1987 to vote in the elections. This however, does not affect their relationship with the CTA. BJP declared list of 68 candidates on 18 October 2017 which includes 14 first timers with 21 new faces. The results were declared on 18 December 2017. 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on 9 November 2017 to elect all 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The term of", "title": "2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.19, "text": "town of Sangla, on the foot of Kinner-Kailash (House of Lord Shiva). Kamru was capital of the Bushahr principality. It is especially known for the tower-like fort at its highest point, which was built by Lord Badhrinath Ji thousands of year ago. According to a folklore fort there are about 36 crore (360,000,000) gods and goddess residing in the fort. Kamru, Himachal Pradesh Kamru is a village located in the Sangla Valley of Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh, India. It sits c. 2,700 m above sea level. The village is an ancient capital of the Bashahr principate. It is especially known", "title": "Kamru, Himachal Pradesh" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.16, "text": "Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh Bilaspur is a city and a municipal council in Bilaspur district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Bilaspur was the capital of a state of the same name founded in the 7th century, also known as Kahlur. The ruling dynasty were Chandela Rajputs, who claimed descent from the rulers of Chanderi in present-day Madhya Pradesh. The town of Bilaspur was founded in 1663. The state later became a princely state of British India, and was under the authority of the British province of Punjab. On 13 May 1665, Guru Tegh Bahadur went to Bilaspur to attend", "title": "Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.64, "text": "Mall Road, Shimla Mall Road is the main street in Shimla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh, India. Constructed during British colonial rule, the Mall road is located a level below the ridge. The offices of municipal corporation, fire service, and police headquarters are located here. Automobiles, except emergency vehicles are not allowed on this road. Mall Road has a number of showrooms, department stores, shops, restaurants and cafes. A Himachal emporium that offers handicraft products of Himachal Pradesh like locally designed woolen clothes, branded clothes, pottery items, wooden products, and jewellery is also located here. Scandal point is where", "title": "Mall Road, Shimla" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.47, "text": "Chandigarh, which is . Manali, a major tourist attraction in Himachal Pradesh, is located from Bilaspur. Mandi, away, contains the Zonal headquarters of the district. Most of the long route buses that service Bilaspur are run by the state owned HRTC; local routes are operated by private bus operators. Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh Bilaspur is a city and a municipal council in Bilaspur district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Bilaspur was the capital of a state of the same name founded in the 7th century, also known as Kahlur. The ruling dynasty were Chandela Rajputs, who claimed descent from", "title": "Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.34, "text": "paragliding in Bir Billing and Solang valley, rafting in Kullu, skiing in Manali, boating in Bilaspur and trekking, horse riding and fishing in different parts in the state. Shimla, the state's capital, is home to Asia's only natural ice skating rink. Spiti Valley in Lahaul & Spiti District situated at an altitude of over 3000 metres with its picturesque landscapes is an important destination for adventure seekers. The region also has some of the oldest Buddhist Monasteries in Asia. Himachal hosted the first Paragliding World Cup in India from 24 October to 31 October in 2015. Venue for paragliding world", "title": "Himachal Pradesh" } ]

[ "Fredericton" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.11, "text": "the official provincial capital of New Brunswick on 25 April 1785. Thus, in a period of less than three years, the area of Fredericton went from being a sparsely populated region to being the capital of the new colony of New Brunswick. The same attributes that made Fredericton the capital city also made it an ideal spot for a military installation. Many of the original military buildings downtown still stand, and are now tourist attractions. The building constructed to house the colonial-era legislative assembly in 1788 was destroyed by a fire in 1880. Two years later, the present Legislature Building", "title": "Fredericton" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.97, "text": "Fredericton Fredericton (; ) is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the dominant natural feature of the area. One of the main urban centres in New Brunswick, the city had a population of 56,224 in the 2011 census. It is the third-largest city in the province after Moncton and Saint John. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities, the", "title": "Fredericton" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.72, "text": "February, 1785 – Governor Thomas Carleton, William Hazen, Jonathan Odell, and Thomas Knox went up the St John River, looked over the site of the new town at St. Ann, and decided to make St. Ann the Capital of the new Province of New Brunswick (New Ireland was also discussed at the time as a possible name but later rejected). Philip Long's two acres of land would have appreciated in value immediately! Unfortunately, the town was to be re-surveyed with lots of a quarter acre each, 66 feet by 165. The officers who had drawn lots in the new town", "title": "Philip Long" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.44, "text": "Madawaska\"\". This name is still used today and describes the northwestern corner of the province. Immigration in the early part of the 19th century was mostly from the west country of England and from Scotland, but also from Waterford, Ireland having often come through or having lived in Newfoundland prior. A large influx of Catholic settlers arrived in New Brunswick in 1845 from Ireland as a result of the Potato Famine. They headed to the cities of Saint John or Chatham, which to this day calls itself the \"\"Irish Capital of Canada\"\". Established Protestants resented the newly arrived Catholics. Until", "title": "History of New Brunswick" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.3, "text": "half of the population lives in urban areas, mostly in Greater Moncton, Greater Saint John and the capital Fredericton. Unlike the other Maritime provinces, New Brunswick's terrain is mostly forested uplands, with much of the land further from the coast, giving it a harsher climate. New Brunswick is 83% forested, and less densely-populated than the rest of the Maritimes. Tourism accounts for about 9% of the labour force directly or indirectly. Popular destinations include Fundy National Park and the Hopewell Rocks, Kouchibouguac National Park, and Roosevelt Campobello International Park. In 2013, 64 cruise ships called at Port of Saint John", "title": "New Brunswick" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.14, "text": "Isthmus of Chignecto to allow for proper governance and that the colony of Nova Scotia therefore should be split. As a result, the colony of New Brunswick was officially created with Sir Thomas Carleton the first governor on August 16, 1784. New Brunswick was named in honour of the British monarch, King George III, who was descended from the House of Brunswick (\"\"Haus Braunschweig\"\" in German, derived from the city of Braunschweig, now Lower Saxony). Fredericton, the capital city, was likewise named for George III's second son, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. This was, however, despite local recommendations", "title": "History of New Brunswick" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.97, "text": "less than $5,000,000. The city of Fredericton, the capital of the province, with a population in 1915 of 8,000, had a valuation of real and personal property for assessment of $5,000,000 with an outstanding indebtedness of $486,000. Between 1935 and 1974, some ridings were multi member seats – i.e., more than one Member of the Legislative Assembly was elected from certain ridings. Since 1974, each riding (electoral district) has elected only one member to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Since 2000, the province has had four leaders, Bernard Lord, who was elected twice, Shawn Graham, David Alward and Brian", "title": "Politics of New Brunswick" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.95, "text": "as Music New Brunswick getting involved with other professional music associations such as Factor and Socan, and University New Brunswick on the scene to help provide educational opportunities for children and assistance from Tourism New Brunswick, the local New Brunswick music scene has really blossomed over the few past decades. The New Brunswick Country Hall of Fame attracts many visitors and promotes local country music history and musicians such as Don Messer and Wilf Carter. New Brunswick's capital city is Fredericton, which is home to the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, an annual event attracting some of the most respected", "title": "Music of New Brunswick" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.92, "text": "Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick () is located in Fredericton. It was established in Saint John \"\"de jure\"\" when the colony was created in 1784, but came into session only in 1786, following the first elections in late 1785. It was the lower house in a bicameral legislature until 1891, when its upper house counterpart, the Legislative Council of New Brunswick, was abolished. Its members are called \"\"Members of the Legislative Assembly,\"\" commonly referred to as \"\"MLAs\"\". Saint John was chosen as the original capital when New Brunswick was formed in 1784 as it", "title": "Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.86, "text": "to be called 'New Ireland' The choice of Fredericton (the former Fort Anne) as the colonial capital shocked and dismayed the residents of the larger Parrtown (Saint John). The reason given was because Fredericton's inland location meant it was less prone to enemy (i.e. American) attack. Saint John did, however, become Canada's first incorporated city and for over a century was one of the dominant communities in British North America. Saint John in 1787-91 was home to the American traitor Benedict Arnold. He was an aggressive businessman who sued a great deal and had a negative reputation by the time", "title": "History of New Brunswick" } ]

[ "Quebec City", "Quebec", "Ville de Québec", "Québec", "City of Québec", "City of Quebec", "Ville de Quebec", "3rd Summit of the Americas" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.77, "text": "as of 2012. These include Saint Petersburg, Guanajuato City, Huế and Liège and Namur in francophone Belgium. Quebec City Quebec City (pronounced or ; ; , Abenaki language: Kephek), officially Québec, is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. The city had a population estimate of 531,902 in July 2016 (an increase of 3.0% from 2011), and the metropolitan area had a population of 800,296 in July 2016 (an increase of 4.3% from 2011), making it the second largest city in Quebec after Montreal, and the seventh largest metropolitan area and eleventh largest city in the country. Until", "title": "Quebec City" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.73, "text": "Quebec City Quebec City (pronounced or ; ; , Abenaki language: Kephek), officially Québec, is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. The city had a population estimate of 531,902 in July 2016 (an increase of 3.0% from 2011), and the metropolitan area had a population of 800,296 in July 2016 (an increase of 4.3% from 2011), making it the second largest city in Quebec after Montreal, and the seventh largest metropolitan area and eleventh largest city in the country. Until the early 19th century it was the metropolis of present-day Canada, after which it was surpassed by", "title": "Quebec City" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.84, "text": "Québec was the most populous city in present-day Canada. As of the census of 1790, Montreal surpassed it with 18,000 inhabitants, but Quebec (pop. 14,000) remained the administrative capital of New France. It was then made the capital of Lower Canada by the Constitutional Act of 1791. From the 1841 to 1867, the capital of the Province of Canada rotated between Kingston, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and Quebec City (from 1852 to 1856 and from 1859 to 1866). Before the Royal Military College of Canada was established in 1876, the only french-speaking officer training school was the Quebec City School of", "title": "Quebec City" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.73, "text": "Québec Capitales The Québec Capitales (French: \"\"Les Capitales de Québec\"\") are a professional baseball team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Capitales are a member of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball (a.k.a. CanAm League), which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. Since the 1999 season to the present, the Capitales have played their home games at Stade Canac. The team was established in 1999 as a member of the independent Northern League. Their mascot is Capi the Lion. Québec City has been home to many baseball teams. The Québec Athletics played in the Québec Provincial League during", "title": "Québec Capitales" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.42, "text": "() by a woody area attested as Coteau Sainte-Geneviève (). The area was affected by the 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake. The administrative region in which it is situated is officially referred to as Capitale-Nationale, and the term \"\"national capital\"\" is used to refer to Quebec City itself at the provincial level. The climate of Quebec City is classified as humid continental (Köppen climate classification \"\"Dfb\"\"). Quebec City experiences four distinct seasons. Summers are warm and occasionally hot, with periods of hotter temperatures which compounded with the high humidity, create a high heat index that belie the average high of and lows", "title": "Quebec City" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.94, "text": "Forum, and World March of Women. Politics of Quebec The politics of Quebec are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of Quebec is Quebec City, where the Lieutenant Governor, Premier, the legislature, and cabinet reside. The unicameral legislature — the National Assembly of Quebec — has 125 members. Government is conducted based on the Westminster model. The British-type parliamentarism based on the Westminster system was introduced in the Province of Lower Canada in 1791. The diagram at right represents the political system of Québec since", "title": "Politics of Quebec" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.88, "text": "Politics of Quebec The politics of Quebec are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of Quebec is Quebec City, where the Lieutenant Governor, Premier, the legislature, and cabinet reside. The unicameral legislature — the National Assembly of Quebec — has 125 members. Government is conducted based on the Westminster model. The British-type parliamentarism based on the Westminster system was introduced in the Province of Lower Canada in 1791. The diagram at right represents the political system of Québec since the 1968 reform. Prior to this", "title": "Politics of Quebec" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.77, "text": "\"\"New Quebec city\"\" includes 11 former municipalities: Sainte-Foy, Beauport, Charlesbourg, Sillery, Loretteville, Val-Bélair, Cap-Rouge, Saint-Émile, Vanier, and Lac-Saint-Charles, in addition to the original Quebec City. In 2005, Capitale-Nationale played host to a major world sporting event, the World Police and Fire Games, which was a success for the city, with as many as 11,000 athletes and 14,000 persons accompanying them, making 25,000 persons in total. The city also experienced higher than average temperatures with an average of 30 degrees Celsius. History of Quebec City Quebec City, capital of the province of Quebec, Canada, is one of the oldest European settlements", "title": "History of Quebec City" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.45, "text": "centre of Quebec, but in the south. Some consider the name Bois-Francs to be synonymous with the Centre-du-Québec region; others see it as being synonymous with Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, with its main city Victoriaville earning the title \"\"Capitale des Bois-Francs\"\" (capital of the Bois-Francs). The Centre-du-Québec is a primarily agricultural region known as the breadbasket of Quebec; major products include livestock and poultry, dairy products, as well as food crops such as cereals, vegetables, and fruits such as apples and cranberries. Forestry is also a major industry; the name \"\"Bois-Francs\"\" refers to the French term for hardwood, referring to", "title": "Centre-du-Québec" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.44, "text": "Montreal. Montreal has a rich architectural heritage, along with cultural activities, sports events and festivals. The city is celebrating its 375th anniversary in 2017. The capital, Quebec City, is the only fortified city in North America. The oldest Francophone city in North America, Quebec City was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 and celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2008. The St. Lawrence River is one of the largest rivers in the world and historically was the means of access to the centre of North America. Its 1,800 kilometres (1,120 mi.) are lined with coastal villages, bird and", "title": "Tourism in Quebec" } ]

[ "Oklahoma City", "Oklahoma City, Oklahoma", "OKC", "Okla. City" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.64, "text": "Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 27th among United States cities in population. The population grew following the 2010 Census, with the population estimated to have increased to 643,648 as of July 2017. As of 2015, the Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,358,452, and the Oklahoma City-Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,459,758 residents, making it Oklahoma's largest metropolitan area. Oklahoma City's city limits extend into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties,", "title": "Oklahoma City" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.72, "text": "Some 10,000 homesteaders settled the area now known as Oklahoma City; the population doubled between 1890 and 1900. Oklahoma City became the capital of Oklahoma on June 10, 1910 supplanting Guthrie, the territorial capital, as the population center and commercial hub of the new state. Early city leaders John Shartel, Anton Classen, James W. Maney and Henry Overholser helped grow the city, which developed an efficient trolley system, a major regional commercial center, a railway hub and had attracted several large meat packing plants along with other industry. The city, now with a population of 64,000, put in a petition", "title": "History of Oklahoma City" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.61, "text": "of their operations to the Oklahoma Judicial Center in 2011, leaving only the Supreme Court Hearing Chamber in the capitol building. The state capitol complex is the only state capitol grounds in the United States with active oil rigs. Oklahoma's territorial capital and first state capital was located in the city of Guthrie. The settlement of the first state capital began at noon on April 22, 1889, when cannons sounded the start of the Oklahoma land run. The town was designated as the territorial capital in 1890. State government officials let voters decide on whether or not to move the", "title": "Oklahoma State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.48, "text": "Oklahoma State Capitol The Oklahoma State Capitol is the house of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the building that houses the Oklahoma Legislature and executive branch offices. It is located along Lincoln Boulevard in Oklahoma City and contains 452,508 square feet of floor area. The present structure includes a dome completed in 2002. Oklahoma's first capital was Guthrie, Oklahoma, but it moved to Oklahoma City in 1910. Construction began on the Oklahoma State Capitol in 1914 and was completed in 1917. Originally, it housed the judicial branch of Oklahoma, but the state's high courts moved most", "title": "Oklahoma State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.23, "text": "capital to Oklahoma City. On June 11, 1910, the state seal was taken from Guthrie and moved south to Oklahoma City, where the Oklahoma State Capitol is located today. Lee Cruce, the second Governor of Oklahoma, commissioned the architectural construction of the present day structure. Prior to its construction, state government offices were housed in the Huckins Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City. Construction on the Oklahoma State Capitol began after a groundbreaking ceremony on July 20, 1914. Architects Soloman Andrew Layton and S. Wemyss-Smith were paid $75,000 to develop the architectural plans, while James Stewart & Company received the construction", "title": "Oklahoma State Capitol" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.11, "text": "Congress to allow Guthrie to be the new capital of the future state of Oklahoma. This was specified in the 1906 Oklahoma Enabling Act, which established certain requirements for the new state constitution. By 1907, when Guthrie became the state capital, it looked like a well-established Eastern city. Guthrie prospered as the administrative center of the territory, but it was eclipsed in economic influence by Oklahoma City early in the 20th century. Oklahoma City had become a major junction for several railroads and had also attracted a major industry in the form of meat packing. Oklahoma City business leaders began", "title": "Guthrie, Oklahoma" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.97, "text": "in the national government of the United States, power in Oklahoma is divided into three main branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The capital of the state is Oklahoma City and the Governor of Oklahoma is Mary Fallin, a Republican. Her first term began on January 10, 2011. The current Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma is Republican Todd Lamb. Lamb concurrently serves, by virtue of his office as lieutenant governor, as the president of the Oklahoma Senate. The offices of the governor and lieutenant governor have four-year terms. The Governor is assisted by a Cabinet consisting of the assembled heads of the", "title": "Politics of Oklahoma" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.95, "text": "the Cherokee capital. In 1839, Tahlequah was designated the capital of ancestors of both the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. Initially the government buildings were a complex of log or framed structures. Most of these buildings were destroyed during the Civil War, during which the Cherokee became divided into two bitterly opposing sides. After the war, a brick capitol was built and first occupied in 1870. In 1907, at the time of Oklahoma statehood, the building was converted into the Cherokee County courthouse. It was returned to the Cherokee Nation in 1970. Several markers of", "title": "Tahlequah, Oklahoma" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.78, "text": "lands in the western Oklahoma Territory or before the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889, which dramatically increased European-American settlement in the eastern Indian Territory. Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were merged into the State of Oklahoma when it became the 46th state to enter the union on November 16, 1907. Its residents are known as Oklahomans (or colloquially, \"\"Okies\"\"), and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. A major producer of natural gas, oil, and agricultural products, Oklahoma relies on an economic base of aviation, energy, telecommunications, and biotechnology. Both Oklahoma City and Tulsa serve as Oklahoma's primary economic", "title": "Oklahoma" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.73, "text": "Places Registration Form Retrieved June 19, 2014. (Also available here.) Oil Capital Historic District (Tulsa, Oklahoma) The Oil Capital Historic District (OCHD) is an area in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma that commemorates the success of the oil business in Tulsa during the early 20th century. During this period, Tulsa was widely known as \"\"The Oil Capital of the World.\"\" The area is bounded by 3rd Street on the north and 7th Street on the south, Cincinnati Avenue on the east and Cheyenne Avenue on the west. Early in the 20th Century, Oklahoma emerged as a major producer of oil and gas.", "title": "Oil Capital Historic District (Tulsa, Oklahoma)" } ]

[ "Bury", "Bury, Greater Manchester" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.89, "text": "Buryatia The Republic of Buryatia (; , , ) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic), located in Siberia in Asia. Formerly part of the Siberian Federal District, it is now part of the Russian Far East as of November 2018 in accordance with a decree issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Its capital is the city of Ulan-Ude. Its area is with a population of 972,021 (2010 Census). The republic is located in the south-central region of Siberia along the eastern shore of Lake Baikal. Major rivers include: Over 80% of the republic's territory is located in the", "title": "Buryatia" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.02, "text": "Bury, Greater Manchester Bury (, ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irwell east of Bolton, southwest of Rochdale and northwest of Manchester. Bury is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, and had a population of 78,723 in 2015; the borough had a population of 187,474 in 2011. Historically part of Lancashire, Bury emerged in the Industrial Revolution as a mill town manufacturing textiles. Bury is known for its open-air Bury Market and the traditional local dish, black pudding. The Manchester Metrolink tram system has a terminus in the town. Bury-born Sir Robert", "title": "Bury, Greater Manchester" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.02, "text": "Bury, Greater Manchester Bury (, ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irwell east of Bolton, southwest of Rochdale and northwest of Manchester. Bury is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, and had a population of 78,723 in 2015; the borough had a population of 187,474 in 2011. Historically part of Lancashire, Bury emerged in the Industrial Revolution as a mill town manufacturing textiles. Bury is known for its open-air Bury Market and the traditional local dish, black pudding. The Manchester Metrolink tram system has a terminus in the town. Bury-born Sir Robert", "title": "Bury, Greater Manchester" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.73, "text": "Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude (; , \"\"Ulaan Üde\"\") is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia; it is located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga. According to the 2010 Census, 404,426 people lived in Ulan-Ude; up from 359,391 recorded in the 2002 Census, making the city the third largest in the Russian Far East by population. It was previously known as \"\"Udinsk\"\" (until 1783), \"\"Verkhneudinsk\"\" (until July 27, 1934). Ulan-Ude was first called Udinskoye () for its location on the Uda River. It was founded as a small fort in 1668.", "title": "Ulan-Ude" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.45, "text": "Roderick Blaine is given temporary command of the ship, along with secret orders to take Horace Hussein Bury, a powerful interstellar merchant suspected of instigating the revolt, to the Imperial capital, Sparta. Another passenger is Lady Sandra Bright \"\"Sally\"\" Fowler, the niece of an Imperial senator and a traumatized former prisoner of the rebels. New Caledonia is the capital of the Trans-Coalsack sector, on the opposite side of the Coalsack Nebula from Earth. Also in the sector is a red supergiant star known as Murcheson's Eye. Associated with it is a yellow Sun-like star, which from New Caledonia appears in", "title": "The Mote in God's Eye" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.34, "text": "Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, () commonly referred to as Bury, is a historic market town and civil parish in the in St Edmundsbury district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Bury St Edmunds Abbey is near the town centre. Bury is the seat of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich of the Church of England, with the episcopal see at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. The town, originally called Beodericsworth, was built on a grid pattern by Abbot Baldwin around 1080. It is known for brewing and malting (Greene King brewery) and for a British Sugar processing factory, where", "title": "Bury St Edmunds" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.78, "text": "Bury, West Sussex Bury is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is located on the A29 road, around south-west of Pulborough. The villages of Bury and nearby West Burton are sited at the foot of the scarp slope of the South Downs, where springs from the chalk strata provided a constant supply of clean water. The Anglican parish church of St. John the Evangelist lies east of the village centre on the west bank of the River Arun. The church is dominated by a 12th Century tower with a cedar-shingled spire. There", "title": "Bury, West Sussex" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.75, "text": "for National Statistics, Bury is part of the Greater Manchester Urban Area. The town of Bury has a total population of 77,211, whereas the wider Metropolitan Borough has a population of 183,200. Attractions in Bury include: Bury is home to several fine sculptures and pieces of public art. Edward Hodges Baily's 1851 statue of Sir Robert Peel stands in the centre of town, while Lutyens' Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial can be found outside the Fusilier Museum. George Frampton's 'cheering fusilier', a tribute to those who died in the Boer War, stands in Whitehead Gardens near the town hall. The Kay", "title": "Bury, Greater Manchester" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.7, "text": "Bolton, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northwest of the city of Manchester. Bury is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, of which Bury is the largest settlement and administrative centre. Bury has a total population of 60,718. Historically a part of Lancashire, Bury emerged during the Industrial Revolution as a mill town centred on textile manufacture. Pilot mill is on Alfred Street, close to the centre of the town adjacent to the River Roch and the railway and junction 2 of the M66. Probate evidence from the 17th century and the remains of 18th", "title": "Pilot Mill, Bury" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 21.69, "text": "Bury, Quebec Bury is a municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Bury is home to a Canada Day celebration which is well known in the Estrie region and which draws in triple the town's population for a parade and events in the park. Bury, although it has no restaurants or cinemas, has a multitude of churches and one canteen. About 48% of Bury's population are bilingual (English and French), 39% only speaks French and 13% only speaks English. In 1981, Mrs. Isabel Harrison of Bury was chosen by the Royal Canadian Legion", "title": "Bury, Quebec" } ]

[ "Penrith" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.5, "text": "Eden, New South Wales Eden is a coastal town in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is south of the state capital Sydney and is the most southerly town in New South Wales, located between Nullica Bay to the south and Calle Calle Bay, the northern reach of Twofold Bay, and built on undulating land adjacent to the third-deepest natural harbour in the southern hemisphere, and Snug Cove on its western boundary. At the , Eden had a population of 3,151. The eastern coastline has rugged cliffs at the southern end and a wide, sandy", "title": "Eden, New South Wales" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.25, "text": "of the Admiralty under Grey and then Lord Melbourne in 1834 and again under Melbourne in 1835. He gave a commission to William Hobson to sail for the East Indies, which Hobson ultimately rewarded in the naming of his new town and future New Zealand capital city of Auckland in 1840. Mount Eden in Auckland, the town of Eden, New South Wales and Auckland County, New South Wales were also named after him. In 1836 Lord Auckland was appointed of Governor-General of India. His private secretary was John Russell Colvin, who rose to be lieutenant-governor of the North-West Provinces and", "title": "George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.23, "text": "of that year. George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland was First Lord of the Admiralty. In 1834, he had given a commission to William Hobson to sail for the East Indies on the \"\"Rattlesnake\"\", which ended a six-year period without a command and on half pay. Whilst the name was bestowed in gratitude, it certainly met with general approval, as Lord Auckland was at the height of his fame in 1840 after he had been appointed Viceroy of India in 1835. Queen Victoria's approval of Auckland as the name for the settlement was published in the \"\"New Zealand Gazette\"\" on", "title": "Capital of New Zealand" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.19, "text": "Frank and Lady Mappin donated the current Government House (Birchlands) that is located in Mount Eden. Old Government House has since been in use by the University of Auckland. Following a motion in parliament by Alfred Domett, the 4th Premier, three Australian commissioners were tasked with deciding where the capital should move to. The motion asked for the colonial governors of New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania to appoint one representative of each of those colonies. The appointees were Joseph Docker, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, Francis Murphy, the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, and", "title": "Capital of New Zealand" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 23.11, "text": "the governor of New Providence, the island which is now the capital of the Bahamas, as opposed to his real occupation as Governor of North Carolina. The film also puts heavy emphasis on Eden's historically alleged trade with Blackbeard, while also claiming that he conspired with colonial secretary Tobias Knight to arrange the murder of Eden's stepdaughter in order to claim her inheritance. Charles Eden (politician) Charles Eden (1673 – 26 March 1722) was a British colonial official who served as the second Governor of North-Carolina from 1713 until his death in 1722. Eden was appointed Governor of North-Carolina on", "title": "Charles Eden (politician)" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.86, "text": "Eden Island, Seychelles Eden Island is an artificial island in Seychelles, lying 3.5 km from the capital Victoria. The island was created artificially during the 2000s. It belongs to the Mahe Port Islands, which are mostly artificial islands created by funds from Dubai when the Dubai dredger was placed in Seychelles. The island has many protected bays and beaches. The island belongs to Roche Caiman District. Today, the island's main industry is tourism, and it is known for its big hotel, the Eden Bleu. The island hosts a small port and a yacht marina. Fish and other sorts of seafood", "title": "Eden Island, Seychelles" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.84, "text": "El Edén International Airport El Edén International Airport () is an international airport serving Armenia, the capital of the Quindío Department of Colombia. The airport is southwest of Armenia, near the town of La Tebaida. It handles domestic flights to Bogotá and Medellín and international flights to Panama City and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Following Armenia's 25 January 1999 earthquake, the terminal had to be rebuilt after major seismic activity caused much of the building to collapse. During 2008/2009, the airport's runway was extended, the control tower's height was increased, and the terminal building was partly upgraded to include a new", "title": "El Edén International Airport" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.77, "text": "cruise ships. From the 1850s to 1950s the port was serviced by the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company. Eden, New South Wales Eden is a coastal town in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is south of the state capital Sydney and is the most southerly town in New South Wales, located between Nullica Bay to the south and Calle Calle Bay, the northern reach of Twofold Bay, and built on undulating land adjacent to the third-deepest natural harbour in the southern hemisphere, and Snug Cove on its western boundary. At the , Eden had a", "title": "Eden, New South Wales" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.52, "text": "rest of its course – except just before its outlet into the sea which it enters from the East. The Eden passes through the market towns of Kirkby Stephen and Appleby-in-Westmorland, once the county capital of that area. It then bypasses, but remains close to, Penrith where it receives the waters of Ullswater via the River Eamont, its major tributary. Via some ancient villages and fine bridges it reaches and passes through, though not in any effective way, Carlisle, the major city in this whole area. It there enters the sea where, together with the River Esk, coming down from", "title": "Vale of Eden" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.5, "text": "are the main ingredients. Eden Island, Seychelles Eden Island is an artificial island in Seychelles, lying 3.5 km from the capital Victoria. The island was created artificially during the 2000s. It belongs to the Mahe Port Islands, which are mostly artificial islands created by funds from Dubai when the Dubai dredger was placed in Seychelles. The island has many protected bays and beaches. The island belongs to Roche Caiman District. Today, the island's main industry is tourism, and it is known for its big hotel, the Eden Bleu. The island hosts a small port and a yacht marina. Fish and", "title": "Eden Island, Seychelles" } ]

[ "Bandar Seri Begawan", "Bandar", "BSB", "Seri Begawan", "Brunei Town", "Bandar Brunei" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.38, "text": "Bandar Seri Begawan Bandar Seri Begawan ( or ) (Jawi: بندر سري بڬاوان ; ) (formerly known as Brunei Town) is the capital city of the Sultanate of Brunei. It is officially governed as a municipality (). Bandar Seri Begawan has an estimated population of 100,700, and including the whole Brunei-Muara District, the metro area has an estimated population of 279,924. The original name for this city was \"\"Bandar Brunei\"\" or \"\"Brunei Town\"\" in English. In 1967, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III abdicated in favour of his eldest son, Hassanal Bolkiah and took the title of \"\"Seri Begawan\"\". Omar was", "title": "Bandar Seri Begawan" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 25.08, "text": "and capital of Belait District; Seria, a town also in Belait District; and Tutong, the town of Tutong District. Although Muara in Brunei-Muara District and Bangar, the capital of Temburong District, are officially known in Malay as and (literally 'Muara Town' and 'Bangar Town'), they do not have municipal status but instead administered as village-level subdivisions. Municipalities of Brunei Municipalities in Brunei are settlements which have been incorporated by the government to run as municipalities. They are independent from the hierarchy of the country's subdivisions but nevertheless overlap with mukims and villages, the second- and third-level administrative divisions of Brunei.", "title": "Municipalities of Brunei" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.95, "text": "main capital or PRIMARY capital of Brunei Commercial activity in Gadong focuses in the area of the commercial buildings owned by Abdul Razak Holdings, a local real estate company which also owns a few other commercial buildings in Bandar Seri Begawan as well as abroad. Two of the company's most well-known commercial buildings are The Mall, a popular shopping mall in Brunei, and The Centrepoint Hotel. Gadong is also the location of Gadong Wet Market (), one of the main marketplaces in the city selling fresh meat and produce. Adjacent to it is Pasar Pelbagai Barangan Gadong (also known as", "title": "Gadong, Brunei" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.84, "text": "Seri Begawan, the capital city of Brunei. The abattoir is located on a 16 hectares site in what was formerly a mainly agricultural area, although recent developments of the surrounding areas have placed it in a mostly residential area. It operates in strict accordance with the requirements of Islamic Laws and provides Islamic-sanctioned slaughtering facilities to local farmers and butchers, as well as for the Islamic rituals of Qurban, Aqiqah and other religious ceremonies. The abattoir also sells halal meat to the public and supplies Royal Brunei Airlines' inflight catering, via Royal Brunei Catering. Most of the personnel from Mulaut", "title": "Mulaut Abattoir" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.58, "text": "of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in Southern Africa. After the defeat of the revolutionaries in the Brunei Revolt, the idea was put to rest. Had the federation been formed, the capital city would probably have been chosen from Kuching (capital of Sarawak), Jesselton (present-day Kota Kinabalu, capital of Sabah) or Bandar Brunei (present-day Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei and the historical capital of the region). The Sultanate of Brunei has traditionally opposed such a federation. When it was first proposed during the 1960s the Sultan of Brunei favoured joining Malaysia, though, in the end, disagreements concerning the nature of such", "title": "North Borneo Federation" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.52, "text": "Kota Batu, Brunei Kota Batu is a historical as well as populated area in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is home to the Kota Batu archaeological site, a few of the country's museums and two mausoleums of the earliest Sultans of Brunei. However, the place is still populated and at present it is a neighbourhood of the capital. \"\"Kota Batu\"\" is the Malay term which literally means \"\"Stone Fort\"\". Kota Batu was believed to be the ancient capital of Brunei, before the emergence of Kampong Ayer, which is further inland, and over the Brunei River, during the", "title": "Kota Batu, Brunei" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.42, "text": "Istana Nurul Iman The Istana Nurul Iman (Jawi: ايستان نور الإيمان; English: The Light of Faith Palace) is the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, and the seat of the Brunei government. The palace is located on a leafy, riverside sprawl of hills on the banks of the Brunei River, a few kilometres southwest of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei's capital city. The palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality. It is considered to be the world's largest private residence in terms of floor area, earning it the title of \"\"world's largest residential", "title": "Istana Nurul Iman" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.27, "text": "Ganjavi. These are located in various regions and capital of Azerbaijan – the palace of government: Istana Nurul Iman is the world's largest palace and is the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, and the seat of the Brunei government. The palace is located on a leafy sprawl of hills on the banks of the Brunei River, a few kilometres south of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei's capital. A famed example of Chinese palaces is the Forbidden City: the imperial palace of the Chinese empire from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is", "title": "Palace" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.25, "text": "Brunei-Muara District Brunei-Muara is the northernmost district ( in Malay) in Brunei. It is the smallest of Brunei's four districts in terms of area but by far the most populous, containing over half the country's population. It is the most important and bustling district because the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan which is also the state capital, is the seat of the government ministries and departmental headquarters as well as the centre of business activities. Other major towns in the Brunei-Muara district include Muara town. The Brunei-Muara district houses the largest and deepest port in Brunei, the Muara Port. The Brunei-Muara", "title": "Brunei-Muara District" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.09, "text": "Saba, Brunei-Muara Saba () is a neighbourhood in Kampong Ayer, the stilt settlement on the Brunei River in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a mukim (subdistrict) in Brunei-Muara District, as well as parts of the capital's municipal areas. As a mukim, it is headed by a penghulu and the acting incumbent is Mayalin bin Saat. Saba comprises five sub-neighbourhoods, which are officially designated as villages, that is subdivisions of mukim. They include: Saba Darat Primary School is the sole primary school in Saba. There is also Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Religious School, which provides", "title": "Saba, Brunei-Muara" } ]

[ "Andrespol" ]

[ { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.7, "text": "Gmina Krasnopol Gmina Krasnopol, is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Krasnopol, which lies approximately west of Sejny and north of the regional capital Białystok. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,902. Gmina Krasnopol contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrowo, Buda Ruska, Czarna Buchta, Czerwony Krzyż, Głuszyn, Gremzdel, Gremzdy Polskie, Jegliniec, Jeglówek, Jeziorki, Krasne, Krasnopol, Królówek, Krucieniszki, Linówek, Łopuchowo, Maćkowa Ruda, Michnowce, Mikołajewo, Murowany Most, Nowa Żubrówka, Nowe Boksze, Orlinek, Pawłówka, Piotrowa Dąbrowa, Rudawka, Ryżówka, Skustele, Smolany", "title": "Gmina Krasnopol" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.44, "text": "Gmina Księżpol Gmina Księżpol is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Księżpol, which lies approximately south of Biłgoraj and south of the regional capital Lublin. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,804. Gmina Księżpol contains the villages and settlements of Borki, Budzyń, Bukowiec, Gliny, Kamionka, Korchów Drugi, Korchów Pierwszy, Księżpol, Kuchy-Kolonia, Kulasze, Marianka, Markowicze, Markowicze-Cegielnia, Nowy Lipowiec, Nowy Majdan, Pawlichy, Płusy, Przymiarki, Rakówka, Rogale, Stare Króle, Stary Lipowiec, Stary Majdan, Telikały, Zanie, Zawadka and Zynie. Gmina Księżpol is", "title": "Gmina Księżpol" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 21.25, "text": "even traces of their names remain. Between World War I and World War II Ludwipol was a capital of the Ludwipol \"\"gmina\"\" in the historic region of Volhynia, and its population was mostly Jewish. There is a memorial for the mass grave of Ludvipol Jewish families killed by the Nazis in 1942. The memorial is located in the forest over the Sluch, a short way from town. The \"\"Wójt\"\" for the gmina during this inter-war period was Marian Chołodecki. Sometime during 1944 the entire town of Ludwipol was burned to the ground in retaliation for the killing of some German", "title": "Sosnove" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.88, "text": "bordered by the gminas of Aleksandrów, Biłgoraj, Biszcza, Łukowa and Tarnogród. <br> Gmina Księżpol Gmina Księżpol is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Księżpol, which lies approximately south of Biłgoraj and south of the regional capital Lublin. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,804. Gmina Księżpol contains the villages and settlements of Borki, Budzyń, Bukowiec, Gliny, Kamionka, Korchów Drugi, Korchów Pierwszy, Księżpol, Kuchy-Kolonia, Kulasze, Marianka, Markowicze, Markowicze-Cegielnia, Nowy Lipowiec, Nowy Majdan, Pawlichy, Płusy, Przymiarki, Rakówka, Rogale, Stare Króle,", "title": "Gmina Księżpol" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.83, "text": "Dąb, Stabieńszczyzna, Stara Żubrówka, Teklinowo, Wysoka Góra, Żłobin and Żubronajcie. Gmina Krasnopol is bordered by the gminas of Giby, Nowinka, Puńsk, Sejny, Suwałki and Szypliszki. <br> Gmina Krasnopol Gmina Krasnopol, is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Krasnopol, which lies approximately west of Sejny and north of the regional capital Białystok. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,902. Gmina Krasnopol contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrowo, Buda Ruska, Czarna Buchta, Czerwony Krzyż, Głuszyn, Gremzdel, Gremzdy Polskie, Jegliniec,", "title": "Gmina Krasnopol" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 20.75, "text": "Lipiny, Moskwa, Natolin, Niecki, Nowe Skoszewy, Plichtów, Stare Skoszewy, Teolin, Wiączyń Dolny and Wódka. Gmina Nowosolna is bordered by the city of Łódź and by the gminas of Andrespol, Brzeziny and Stryków. <br> Gmina Nowosolna Gmina Nowosolna is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It has its seat in the former village of Nowosolna, although this is now part of the Widzew district of Łódź, and is therefore not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,788.", "title": "Gmina Nowosolna" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.72, "text": "Gmina Zapolice Gmina Zapolice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Zduńska Wola County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Zapolice, which lies approximately south-west of Zduńska Wola and south-west of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,728. The gmina contains part of the protected area called Warta-Widawka Landscape Park. Gmina Zapolice contains the villages and settlements of Beleń, Beleń-Kolonia, Branica, Branica-Kolonia, Holendry Paprockie, Jelno, Jeziorko, Kalinowa, Marcelów, Marżynek, Młodawin Dolny, Młodawin Górny, Paprotnia, Pstrokonie, Ptaszkowice, Rembieszów-Kolonia, Rojków, Strońsko, Swędzieniejewice, Świerzyny, Woźniki,", "title": "Gmina Zapolice" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.7, "text": "Gmina Terespol Gmina Terespol is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. Its seat is the town of Terespol, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,037 (6,839 in 2014). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Podlasie Bug Gorge Landscape Park. Gmina Terespol contains the villages and settlements of Bohukały, Dobratycze-Kolonia, Kobylany, Kołpin, Koroszczyn, Kukuryki, Kużawka, Lebiedziew, Lechuty Duże, Lechuty Małe, Łęgi, Łobaczew Duży, Łobaczew", "title": "Gmina Terespol" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.34, "text": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, which lies approximately north of Krotoszyn and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,820 (out of which the population of Koźmin Wielkopolski amounts to 6,707, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,113). Apart from the town of Koźmin Wielkopolski, Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski contains the villages and settlements of Biały Dwór, Borzęcice,", "title": "Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 20.33, "text": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska Gmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Środa Wielkopolska, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 30,023 (out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska amounts to 21,635, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,388). Apart from the town of Środa Wielkopolska, Gmina Środa Wielkopolska contains the villages and settlements of Annopole, Babin, Bieganowo, Brodowo, Brzeziak, Brzezie,", "title": "Gmina Środa Wielkopolska" } ]

[ "Madrid", "City of Madrid", "Madrid, Spain" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.47, "text": "Madrid Madrid (, ) is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole. The city has almost 3.2 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.5 million. It is the third-largest city in the European Union (EU), smaller than only London and Berlin, and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU, smaller only than those of London and Paris. The municipality covers . Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the centre of both the country and the Community of Madrid (which comprises the", "title": "Madrid" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.81, "text": "of one constituent nation will also be the capital of the state overall, such as London, which is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. Similarly, each of the autonomous communities of Spain and regions of Italy has a capital city, such as Seville or Naples, while Madrid is the capital of the Community of Madrid and the Kingdom of Spain as a whole and Rome is the capital of Italy and the region of Lazio. In the Federal Republic of Germany, each of its constituent states (or \"\"Länder\"\" - plural of \"\"Land\"\") has its own capital city, such", "title": "Capital city" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.62, "text": "presidency of the regional government is headquartered at the Royal House of the Post Office, at the very centre of the city, the Puerta del Sol. Madrid is the capital of the Kingdom of Spain. The King of Spain, whose functions are mainly ceremonial, has their official residence in the Zarzuela Palace. As the seat of the Government of Spain, Madrid also houses the official residence of the President of the Government (Prime Minister) and regular meeting place of the Council of Ministers, the Moncloa Palace, as well as the headquarters of the ministerial departments. Both the residences of the", "title": "Madrid" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.36, "text": "Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. With an area of , Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe, the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union, and the fourth largest country in the European continent. By population, Spain is the sixth largest in Europe and the fifth in the European Union. Spain's capital and largest city is Madrid; other major urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Málaga and Bilbao. Modern humans first arrived in the Iberian", "title": "Spain" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.81, "text": "city of Madrid, its conurbation and extended suburbs and villages); this community is bordered by the autonomous communities of Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha. As the capital city of Spain, seat of government, and residence of the Spanish monarch, Madrid is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The current mayor is Manuela Carmena from the party Ahora Madrid. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the third-largest GDP in the European Union and its influences in politics, education, entertainment, environment, media, fashion, science, culture, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's", "title": "Madrid" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.58, "text": "town of then Spanish president Felipe Gonzalez also playing some role. Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain and the , after Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, with a population of over 700,000 and a metropolitan area of almost 1.5 million people. It is also the capital of Andalusia, Spain's most populous autonomous community (region). In January 1993 the \"\"Talgo 200 Madrid–Málaga\"\" service began, using AVE lines as far as Córdoba and then Spanish-gauge conventional track to reach Málaga. On 23 April that year, the AVE set a new top speed of on a test run. Later", "title": "AVE" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.3, "text": "the country's largest companies, as well as convention centres, and the cities' tallest buildings. Cape Town is known for having South Africa's most iconic skyline (including the famous Table Mountain) and CBD. The biggest central business districts of Spain are located in the country's capital, Madrid. The Paseo de la Castellana holds the city's main business districts: the Gate of Europe, AZCA and CTBA. AZCA is 19-hectare super block near Real Madrid's stadium Santiago Bernabéu. It used to be the country's main business area during the 1980s and 1990s, when most of its skyscrapers were built. The tallest building of", "title": "Central business district" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.25, "text": "Spain should be one country. 42% of these would put the capital in Madrid and about the same, 41%, in Lisbon. Portugal and Spain should merge; this support is especially higher among younger Spanish nationalist citizens (18 to 24 years old) and communities near the border with Portugal. But in Spain only 3.3% would prefer Lisbon as the capital, while 80% would prefer Madrid. 43.4% think the country should be known as España/Espanha (Spain) against 39.4% preferring Iberia. A 2009 poll found 30.3% of Spanish respondents would support a federation but 39.9% of Portuguese respondents would support one. The figures", "title": "Iberian federalism" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.2, "text": "Airport is under the process of reopening after years of closure due to financial difficulties of the airport's former parent company. List of Madrid's twin towns, sister cities: Madrid is part of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities from 12 October 1982 establishing brotherly relations with the following cities: Madrid Madrid (, ) is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole. The city has almost 3.2 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.5 million. It is the third-largest city in the European Union (EU), smaller", "title": "Madrid" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.17, "text": "in Spain. However, the economy of the city is now becoming more and more dominated by the service sector. Madrid is the 5th most important leading Center of Commerce in Europe (after London, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam) and ranks 11th in the world. As the capital city of the Spanish Empire from 1561, Madrid's population grew rapidly. Administration, banking, and small-scale manufacturing centred on the royal court were among the main activities, but the city was more a locus of consumption than production or trade, geographically isolated as it was before the coming of the railways. Industry started to develop", "title": "Madrid" } ]

[ "Vozhega" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.95, "text": "Vozhegodsky District Vozhegodsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders with Konoshsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the north, Verkhovazhsky District in the east, Syamzhensky District in the southeast, Kharovsky District in the south, Ust-Kubinsky District in the southwest, and with Kirillovsky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Vozhega. Population: 18,976 (2002 Census); The population of Vozhega accounts for 40.1% of the district's", "title": "Vozhegodsky District" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.64, "text": "are wooden farms and chapels built prior to 1917. The only state museum in the district is the Vozhega Regional Museum, located in the settlement of Vozhega. Vozhegodsky District Vozhegodsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders with Konoshsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the north, Verkhovazhsky District in the east, Syamzhensky District in the southeast, Kharovsky District in the south, Ust-Kubinsky District in the southwest, and with Kirillovsky District in the west. The area of the district is", "title": "Vozhegodsky District" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.09, "text": "Vozhega Vozhega ( is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Vozhegodsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia. It also serves as the administrative center of Vozhegodsky Selsoviet, although it is not part of it. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vozhegodskoye Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the district. Vozhega is located several kilometers off the course of the Vozhega River, on the right bank of the river. Population: The area was sparsely populated until the end of 19th century, since it was far from all trade routes connecting Northern Russia with the White Sea. In", "title": "Vozhega" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.89, "text": "of the district belongs to the White Sea basin. Woods occupy 78% of the district's territory. There are three designated protected areas of local significance: the zakazniks Maryinsky Bor and Tsaryov Bor, as well as the Northern Orchids Natural Monument. Much of the area of the district is covered by swamps. The biggest one is the Charonda Swamp southeast of Lake Vozhe (shared also with Ust-Kubensky and Kirillovsky Districts). The area was originally populated by the Finno-Ugric peoples and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic. After the fall of Novgorod, the area became a part of the Grand Duchy of", "title": "Vozhegodsky District" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.7, "text": "its remote location from all the trade routes connecting Northern Russia with the White Sea. In 1894, the construction of the railway line between Vologda and Arkhangelsk started. The railway was planned to run over the shortest route rather than pass through existing settlements, and it was eventually built through the present area of the district. Vozhega was founded in 1895 as a railway station. In 1918, five uyezds of Novgorod Governorate, including Kirillovsky Uyezd, were split off to form Cherepovets Governorate. In 1919, northwestern parts of Kirillovsky Uyezd were transferred to Kadnikovsky Uyezd of Vologda Governorate and Kargopolsky Uyezd", "title": "Vozhegodsky District" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.61, "text": "of Olonets Governorate. The current territory of Vozhegodsky District was at this point in Kadnikovsky Uyezd. On July 15, 1929, the uyezds were abolished, the governorates merged into Northern Krai, and Vozhegodsky District was established among others. It became a part of Vologda Okrug of Northern Krai. In the following years, the first-level administrative division of Russia kept changing. In 1936, the krai was transformed into Northern Oblast, which in turn was split into Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vologda Oblast in 1937. Vozhegodsky District remained in Vologda Oblast ever since. Timber industry and food industry are present in the district. There", "title": "Vozhegodsky District" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.58, "text": "Moscow. In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, the area was split between Ingermanland Governorate (known from 1710 as Saint Petersburg Governorate), and from 1727, separate Novgorod Governorate (west) and Archangelgorod Governorate (east). In 1780, Archangelogorod Governorate was abolished and transformed into Vologda Viceroyalty, and in 1796 the latter was split into Arkhangelsk and Vologda Governorates. What is now Vozhegodsky District was then split between Kirillovsky Uyezd of Novgorod Governorate (west) and Kadnikovsky Uyezd of Vologda Governorate (east). The area was sparsely populated until the end of the 19th century, due to", "title": "Vozhegodsky District" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.53, "text": "are fifteen farms in the district which breed cattle, produce meat and milk, and grow crops, mostly to feed cattle. The railroad connecting Vologda and Arkhangelsk crosses the district from south to north. In particular, there is a railway station in Vozhega. Paved roads connect Vozhega with Konosha (there is an unpaved stretch) in the north and Syamzha via Kharovsk in the south, connecting the district to the main road network. There are also local roads and local bus traffic originating from Vozhega. The district contains seventy objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. Most of these", "title": "Vozhegodsky District" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 22.52, "text": "south, crossing Vozhegodsky District from north to south. It has its mouth in Lake Kubenskoye and belongs to the basin of the Sukhona River. Minor areas in the southwest and the south of the district lie in the basin of the tributaries of the Kubena and of the Uftyuga River, which also flows into Lake Kubenskoye. Finally, rivers in some areas in the east of the district flow and drain east into the basin of the Vaga. In particular, one of the main left tributaries of the Vaga, the Pezhma, has its source located in the district. The whole area", "title": "Vozhegodsky District" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.41, "text": "total population. The area of the district is elongated from west to east and shared between three major drainage basins. The west border of the district is drawn across Lake Vozhe which belongs to the basin of the Onega River. The western and northwestern parts of the district are a part of Lake Vozhe's basin. The main tributary of the lake, the Vozhega River, has its entire course within the district. The central and eastern parts of the district belong to the basin of the Kubena River and its tributaries. The Kubena has its source in Arkhangelsk Oblast and flows", "title": "Vozhegodsky District" } ]

[ "Willemstad", "Williamtown", "Willemtown" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.73, "text": "Willemstad Willemstad (; ) is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formerly the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to its dissolution in 2010, it has an estimated population of 150,000. The historic centre of the city consists of four quarters: the Punda and Otrobanda, which are separated by the Sint Anna Bay, an inlet that leads into the large natural harbour called the Schottegat, as well as the Scharloo and Pietermaai Smal quarters, which are across from each other on the smaller", "title": "Willemstad" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.83, "text": "Curaçao Curaçao (; , ; , ) is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuelan coast. It is a constituent country () of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The country was formerly part of the Curaçao and Dependencies colony (1815–1954) and is now formally called the Country of Curaçao (; ); it includes the main island of Curaçao and the uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao (\"\"Little Curaçao\"\"). Curaçao has a population over 160,000 in an area of and its capital is Willemstad. Before the dissolution of the Netherlands", "title": "Curaçao" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.36, "text": "India Company founded the capital of Willemstad on the banks of an inlet called the 'Schottegat'. Curaçao had been ignored by colonists, because it lacked gold deposits. The natural harbour of Willemstad proved to be an ideal spot for trade. Commerce and shipping — and piracy—became Curaçao's most important economic activities. In addition, the Dutch West India Company made Curaçao a centre for the Atlantic slave trade in 1662. Although a few plantations were established on the island by the Dutch, the first profitable industry established on Curaçao was salt mining. The mineral was a lucrative export at the time", "title": "Afro-Curaçaoan" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.33, "text": "the century, Curaçao underwent industrialization, and a number of merchant houses established private commercial banks. As the economy grew, these banks began assuming additional functions eventually becoming full-fledged financial institutions. The Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange is located in the capital of Willemstad, as is the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten; the latter of which dates to 1828. It is the oldest central bank in the Western Hemisphere. The island's legal system supports a variety of corporate structures and is a corporate haven. Though Curaçao is considered a tax haven, it adheres to the EU Code of Conduct against", "title": "Curaçao" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.03, "text": "skulking river. Many towns and cities in Suriname share names with cities in the Netherlands, such as Alkmaar and Groningen. The capital of Curaçao is named Willemstad and the capitals of both Saint Eustatius and Aruba are named Oranjestad. The first is named after the Dutch Prince Willem II van Oranje-Nassau (William of Orange-Nassau) and the two others after the first part of the current Dutch royal dynasty. Half of South Africa's major cities have Dutch names i.e. Johannesburg, Kaapstad, Vereeniging, Bloemfontein and Vanderbijlpark. The country name \"\"New Zealand\"\" originated with Dutch cartographers, who called the islands \"\"Nova Zeelandia\"\", after", "title": "Dutch Empire" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.95, "text": "eventually becoming full-fledged financial institutions. The Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange is located in the capital of Willemstad, as is the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten; the latter of which dates to 1828 making it the oldest central bank in the Western Hemisphere. The island's legal system supports a wide variety of corporate structures and is a popular corporate haven. Curaçao is considered a tax haven yet it adheres to the EU Code of Conduct against harmful tax practices. It holds a qualified intermediary status from the United States I.R.S. and is an accepted jurisdiction of the OECD and", "title": "Economy of Curaçao" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.92, "text": "the time and was a major factor for the island being part of international commerce. Many Dutch colonists grew affluent from the slave trade, and the city built impressive colonial buildings. Curaçao architecture blends Dutch and Spanish colonial styles. The wide range of historic buildings in and around Willemstad has resulted in the capital being designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Landhouses (former plantation estates) and West African style \"\"kas di pal'i maishi\"\" (former slave dwellings) are scattered all over the island. Some have been restored and can be visited. In 1795, a major slave revolt took place under", "title": "Curaçao" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.84, "text": "Otrobanda Otrobanda is one of the historically important quarters of Willemstad, the capital of Curaçao. The district was developed in the 18th cenury and picked up in the early 19th century when the once walled city of Punda became overpopulated. Otrobanda was connected to Punda in 1888 via the Queen Emma Bridge (affectionately known as \"\"The Swinging Old Lady\"\") and in 1974 by the Queen Juliana Bridge. The main center of Willemstad is separated in two quarters: Punda and Otrabanda, which stands for 'city' and 'the other side'. Kura Hulanda is one of the best restorations of Otrabanda. Many of", "title": "Otrobanda" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.66, "text": "lived in the capital, Willemstad. Until 2010, it was the most populous island and seat of government of the country Netherlands Antilles, the former Dutch colony in the Caribbean comprising six islands. In the 19th century the island's economy was in poor shape. It had few industries other than dyewood, salt, and straw hats. After the Panama Canal was built and oil was discovered in Venezuela's Maracaibo Basin, Curaçao's economic situation changed for the better. Shell opened a refinery in 1918; it was continually expanded until 1930. The plant's production peaked in 1952, when it employed around 11,000 people. This", "title": "1969 Curaçao uprising" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 22.88, "text": "The Spaniards enslaved most of the Arawak as their labour force. They sometimes forcibly relocated the survivors to other colonies where workers were needed. In 1634, after the Netherlands achieved independence from Spain caused by Eighty Years' War, Dutch colonists started to occupy the island. European powers were trying to establish bases in the Caribbean. The Dutch West India Company founded the capital of Willemstad on the banks of an inlet called the Schottegat. Curaçao had been ignored by colonists, because it lacked gold deposits. The natural harbour of Willemstad proved to be an ideal spot for trade. Commerce and", "title": "Curaçao" } ]

[ "Whitehorse", "Whitehorse, Yukon" ]

[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.8, "text": "a territory almost as large as Spain or Sweden. Population density is 0.06 people per km. Close to three quarters of the population is in the Whitehorse area, and the rest live in a number of other communities. All except Old Crow are accessible by road. The capital, Whitehorse, is also the largest city with more than two thirds of the population; the second largest is Dawson City, (pop. 1800) which was the capital until 1952. Traditionally, Yukon was inhabited by nomadic Athapaskan-speaking First Nations people who had established extensive trading networks with the Pacific Coast Tlingit. The interior people", "title": "Geography of Yukon" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.77, "text": "Whitehorse, Yukon Whitehorse () is the capital and only city of Yukon, and the largest city in northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which originates in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in Alaska. The city was named after the White Horse Rapids for their resemblance to the mane of a white horse, near Miles Canyon, before the river was dammed. Because of the city's location in the Whitehorse valley, the climate is", "title": "Whitehorse, Yukon" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.67, "text": "Northwest Territories are the Liard River in the southeast and the Peel River and its tributaries in the northeast. Notable widespread tree species within Yukon are the black spruce and white spruce. Many trees are stunted because of the short growing season and severe climate. The capital, Whitehorse, is also the largest city, with about three-quarters of the population; the second largest is Dawson City (pop. 2,016), which was the capital until 1952. While the average winter temperature in the Yukon is mild by Canadian arctic standards, no other place in North America gets as cold as the Yukon during", "title": "Yukon" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 25.48, "text": "stayed in office until his death in 1999. Whitehorse, Yukon Whitehorse () is the capital and only city of Yukon, and the largest city in northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which originates in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in Alaska. The city was named after the White Horse Rapids for their resemblance to the mane of a white horse, near Miles Canyon, before the river was dammed. Because of the city's", "title": "Whitehorse, Yukon" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.8, "text": "Yukon Yukon (; ; also commonly called the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three federal territories (the other two are the Northwest Territories and Nunavut). It has the smallest population of any province or territory in Canada, with 35,874 people. Whitehorse is the territorial capital and Yukon's only city. Yukon was split from the Northwest Territories in 1898 and was originally named the Yukon Territory. The federal government's \"\"Yukon Act\"\", which received royal assent on March 27, 2002, established \"\"Yukon\"\" as the territory's official name, though \"\"Yukon Territory\"\" is also still popular in usage and Canada Post", "title": "Yukon" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.34, "text": "Demographics of Yukon Yukon is the westernmost of Canada's three northern territories. Its capital is Whitehorse. People from Yukon are known as \"\"Yukoners\"\" (). Population of Yukon: 35,874 (2016) Percentage of Canadian population : 0.10% Population growth rate for 2007: +5.8% \"\"Source: Statistics Canada\"\" The 2006 Canadian census showed a population of 30,372.Of the 29,940 singular responses to the census question concerning 'mother tongue' the most commonly reported languages were: There were also about 40 single-language responses for Ukrainian; 30 each for Czech and the Scandinavian languages; and about 25 single-language responses each for Italian and Japanese. In addition, there", "title": "Demographics of Yukon" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.28, "text": "of more than 100 persons are given.) Demographics of Yukon Yukon is the westernmost of Canada's three northern territories. Its capital is Whitehorse. People from Yukon are known as \"\"Yukoners\"\" (). Population of Yukon: 35,874 (2016) Percentage of Canadian population : 0.10% Population growth rate for 2007: +5.8% \"\"Source: Statistics Canada\"\" The 2006 Canadian census showed a population of 30,372.Of the 29,940 singular responses to the census question concerning 'mother tongue' the most commonly reported languages were: There were also about 40 single-language responses for Ukrainian; 30 each for Czech and the Scandinavian languages; and about 25 single-language responses each", "title": "Demographics of Yukon" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.19, "text": "shop \"\"about completed.\"\" The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company laid its track, causing the abandonment of Frisco, which had a population of 1,000 at the time. Beginning in about 1898, Yukon began to attract immigrants from Bohemia. Following World War I and the dissolution of Bohemia into Czechoslovakia and Moravia, the immigrants became known as \"\"Czechs.\"\" Yukon is known as the \"\"Czech Capital of Oklahoma\"\". The town voted to incorporate in 1901 and voted to add water works, sewer, and electricity from the mill in 1910. Businesses remained clustered on Main Street between Fourth and Fifth, until the 1920s,", "title": "Yukon, Oklahoma" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.06, "text": "of Aboriginal inhabitants than any of Canada's provinces. There are also many more recent immigrants from around the world; of the territories, Yukon has the largest percentage of non-Aboriginal inhabitants, while Nunavut the smallest. The largest settlement in Northern Canada is the capital of Yukon, Whitehorse with 23,276 at the 2011 census. Second is Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, which contains 19,234 inhabitants. Third is Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, with 6,699. For hundreds of years, this area had been considered the largest 'uncivilized' area in the world. However, within the last 20 years, specifically in the last", "title": "Northern Canada" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 23.75, "text": "looking for gold, it was made a separate territory in 1898, split off from the Northwest Territories. The second major event in the Yukon's history is the construction of the Alaska Highway during the Second World War, for the transportation of war supplies. Eventually Whitehorse became the largest city in the Yukon, and then the capital in 1953. Disputed evidence of the oldest remains of human inhabitation in North America have been found in the Yukon. A large number of apparently human-modified animal bones were discovered in the Old Crow area in the northern Yukon that have been dated to", "title": "History of Yukon" } ]

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[ { "hasanswer": true, "score": 26.08, "text": "Bern Bern or Berne ( , , , , ) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) \"\"Bundesstadt,\"\" or \"\"federal city\"\". With a population of 142,656 (March 2018), Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities, had a population of 406,900 in 2014. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000. Bern is also the capital of the canton of Bern, the second-most populous of Switzerland's cantons. The official language in Bern is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the", "title": "Bern" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.89, "text": "work on this subject has not resumed since. Thus as of today, no city in Switzerland has the official status either of capital or of Federal City, nevertheless Berne is commonly referred to as \"\"Federal City\"\" (, , ). Switzerland has a stable, prosperous and high-tech economy and enjoys great wealth, being ranked as the wealthiest country in the world per capita in multiple rankings. In 2011 it was ranked as the wealthiest country in the world in per capita terms (with \"\"wealth\"\" being defined to include both financial and non-financial assets), while the 2013 Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report", "title": "Switzerland" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.84, "text": "Parliament to the unicameral Legislative Assembly. Bern, the \"\"de facto\"\" capital of Switzerland, is part of the Canton of Bern, of which it is also capital, and of Bern-Mittelland, of which Ostermundigen is the capital. In the Federal Assembly, it is represented by 25 members in the National Council and two in the Council of States. As part of the Canton of Bern, Bern is represented in the Grand Council. Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is not located is a special district and is instead part of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, of which it is", "title": "District of Columbia voting rights" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.73, "text": "Switzerland. Parliament met in the city hall. On 20 September, the capital was moved to Lucerne. In 1803, Napoleon ordered the fusion of the cantons of Aargau, Baden and Fricktal. Aarau was declared the capital of the new, enlarged canton of Aargau. In 1820 the city wall was torn down, with the exception of the individual towers and gates, and the defensive ditches were filled in. The wooden bridge, dating from the Middle Ages, across the Aare was destroyed by floods three times in thirty years, and was replaced with a steel suspension bridge in 1851. This was replaced by", "title": "Aarau" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.7, "text": "Zürich Zürich or Zurich ( ; ) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. The municipality has approximately 400,028 inhabitants, the urban agglomeration 1.315 million and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million. Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zürich Airport and railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Romans, who, in 15 BC, called it \"\"\"\". However, early settlements have been", "title": "Zürich" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.56, "text": "colloquially called \"\"Bern-Belp\"\" or \"\"Belpmoos\"\", is connected to several European cities. Additionally Zürich Airport, Geneva Airport and EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg also serve as international gateways, all reachable within less than two hours by train or car from Bern. Bern Bern or Berne ( , , , , ) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) \"\"Bundesstadt,\"\" or \"\"federal city\"\". With a population of 142,656 (March 2018), Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities, had a population of 406,900 in 2014. The", "title": "Bern" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.52, "text": "This was the first time the event had been held in Zürich. Zürich Zürich or Zurich ( ; ) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. The municipality has approximately 400,028 inhabitants, the urban agglomeration 1.315 million and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million. Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zürich Airport and railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Romans,", "title": "Zürich" }, { "hasanswer": true, "score": 24.47, "text": "the population included 119,930 (or 12.45%) foreigners. The cantonal capital, also the \"\"federal city\"\" of Switzerland, is Bern. Bern joined the Old Swiss Confederation in 1353. Between 1803 and 1814 it was one of the six \"\"directorial cantons\"\" of the Napoleonic Swiss Confederation. The earliest traces of a human presence in the area of the modern Canton is found in three caves in the Simmental region; Schnurenloch near Oberwil, Ranggiloch above Boltigen and Chilchlihöhle above Erlenbach. These caves were used at various times during the last ice age. The first open-air settlement in the area is an upper paleolithic settlement", "title": "Canton of Bern" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.47, "text": "Schwyz The town of Schwyz (; ; ) is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The Federal Charter of 1291 or \"\"Bundesbrief\"\", the charter that eventually led to the foundation of Switzerland, can be seen at the \"\"Bundesbriefmuseum\"\". The official language of Schwyz is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. The earliest certain record of the name dates to 972, recorded in Medieval Latin as \"\"\"\". There are a number of uncertain records dated between 924 and 960, in the form \"\"Swites\"\"", "title": "Schwyz" }, { "hasanswer": false, "score": 24.47, "text": "Fribourg ' (; or ', ) or ' (also called \"\"Freiburg im Üechtland\"\" for disambiguation from Freiburg im Breisgau; ; ; or '; ) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district La Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, and is a major economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German and French Switzerland (Romandy). Its Old City, one of the best-maintained in Switzerland, sits on a small rocky hill above the valley of the Sarine. The region around Fribourg has been settled since", "title": "Fribourg" } ]