Showing posts with label h. Show all posts
Showing posts with label h. Show all posts
Friday, July 25, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
88 - Hamada Safia, Mali
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
35 - Hadera, Israel
Halfway between Haifa and Tel Aviv. Wiki:
Hadera was founded in 1891, at the dawn of modern Zionism by Eastern European immigrants who were members of the Zionist group Hovevei Zion on land purchased by Yehoshua Hankin, who was known as the Redeemer of the Valley. The land was purchased from Christian effendi Selim Khuri. The purchase of the land was the largest so far in Palestine by Zionist groups, although was of low quality, with most of it being swampland. Before its purchase, the land had hardly any residents apart from a few families belonging to small tribes who were mainly shepherds raising water buffaloes and selling reeds. The town derives its name from the Arabic word khadra, meaning "green" in reference to the wild weeds which covered the marshes on which the town is built.[1] The initial settlers lived in a house known as the Khan which is next to the main synagogue of the city.
Friday, March 14, 2008
10 - Hunter Island, New Caledonia, France
Really the southernmost (and uninhabited) island in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) chain, but a part of the French overseas territory, but claimed by Vanuatu too. Discovered (really!) by Captain Jimmy Joe, of the whaler Hunter in 1798.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
73 - Hassi Messaoud, Algeria
In the northern Sahara, not too far from the Tunisian border. It's a big oil-town. You can land a plane there:
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