Facts About Cities And Courntries

FACTS ABOUT CITIES AND COUNTRIES
• There are 6374.6 miles of streets in New York City
 Bronx is named after Jonas Bronck, a Swedish settler.
 There was once a town named `6` in West Virginia. Russia has more movie theaters than any other country.
 The Vatican is the world`s smallest country, at 0,44 square km (0,16 square miles).
 The real name of Egypt is actually Misr. It wasthe Greeks who named it Egypt after it`s fall.
 Manchester United were first known as Newton Heath. They changed their name in 1902.
 Dallas has More than 6000 restaurants.
 A town in Texas iscalled `Ding Dong`.
 The full name of Bangkok is the longest place name in the world and recorded in the Guinness book of records, 163 letters.
 Bangkok is called the City of Angels.
 Theletter `L` in the Hollywood sign was once on fire in 1978.
 Thailand was known as Siam until 1939.
 Thai name for Bangkok is Krung thep.
 Traffic jams of New York, San Francisco and Paris arewell known - beaten only by those in Seattle where a driver annually spends 59 hours stuck in traffic.
 Antigua was once called `Wadadad`.
 The highest city in the United States is Leadville,Colorado(10,200 feet).
 The US has one of the highest fire death rates in the industrialised world, with more than 2 million fires reported each year.
 Rotterdam is the largest port in the world. Bali has the worlds most variety of flora.
 Jamaica has 120 rivers.
 There are about 8.500 Indian restaurants in the UK.
 Los Angeles`s full name is `El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula`. And can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, `L.A.`
 The original name of Broadway was the Wiechquaekeck Trail.
 The red dot on Japan`s flag stands for the sun. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royces per capita in the world.
 Until the early 40`s there were no roads on Koh Samui.
 Amsterdam is built on poles.
 Toronto`s Yonge Street is the longest...