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1. Known as Kirovabad 1935-90 this is the second largest city of Azerbaijan.
2. Known as Leninakan 1924-90 this is the third largest city of Armenia.
3. This is the capital of Sikkim state, India.
4. This is the major port on Sri Lanka's southern coast.
5. Formerly known as Aintab, this city was occupied by the French in 1920-22 and returned to Turkey in 1922. The Turks renamed the city to its present name.
6. This village in east central Nepal was the ancestral home of Nepal's ruling house.
7. This seaport town in south west Baluchistan, Pakistan, belonged to the sultanate of Muscat and Oman 1797-1958.
8. This city on the Katun River was formerly known as Oirot Tura or Ulala. It is the capital of a republic with the same name within the Russian Federation.
9. Formerly called Asterabad and Hyrcania, this is one of the largest cities in the Mazandaran province, near the Caspian Sea, north Iran.
10. This city in Afghanistan was made the capital of a kingdom extending from the Tigris to the Ganges in the early 11th century.
11. This seaport city was occupied by Israel in 1967.
12. This seaport city is the capital of Penang state, Malaysia.
13. Also called Lakhnauti, this ancient city in India was the former capital of Bengal.
14. Situated on 4890 feet, this town in the Himalayas under Pakistani control was once a Buddhist center. It is now an important strategic station on the highway to Chitral and Hindu Kush.
15. Formerly called Canton, this Chinese city was the scene of the most important resistance to the English opium trade during the war 1839-42.
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