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Sitiawan (alternate spelling: Setiawan; origin: from Malay, a portmanteau of Setia Kawan, meaning "Loyal Friend") is a mukim and town in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia . The region spans an area of 331.5 square kilometers (128.0 sq mi). In the year 2000, the population was 95,920 and by 2015, has grown to more than 150,000.
Sister cities, known in Europe as twin towns, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities. Many New York jurisdictions work with foreign cities through Sister Cities ...
Abraham & Straus, commonly shortened to A&S, was a major New York City department store, based in Brooklyn. Founded in 1865, it became part of Federated Department Stores in 1929. Shortly after Federated's 1994 acquisition of R.H. Macy & Company, it eliminated the A&S brand. Most A&S stores took the Macy's name, although a few became part of ...
Torquay. 1982. Group of four department stores with branches at Harrogate, Tunbridge Wells and Wilmslow . House of Fraser. Oxford Street, London. 1849. Group of traditional department stores in the UK; stores include: Glasgow * Birmingham.
Central Park is the fifth-largest park in New York City, behind Pelham Bay Park, the Staten Island Greenbelt, Van Cortlandt Park, and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park,[14]with an area of 843 acres (341 ha; 1.317 sq mi; 3.41 km2). [15][16]Central Park constitutes its own United States census tract, numbered 143.
The Strand Bookstore is an independent bookstore located at 828 Broadway, at the corner of East 12th Street in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, two blocks south of Union Square. [1] [2] In addition to the main location, there is another store on the Upper West Side on Columbus Ave between West 81st and 82nd Streets, [3 ...
The Argosy Book Store is New York City 's oldest independent bookstore. Located at 116 East 59th Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues in Midtown Manhattan, it occupies an entire six-story townhouse with various sales floors specializing in first editions, Americana, leather bindings, antique maps and prints, and autographs. [1]
List of cities in the United Kingdom. Examples of major urban areas in the United Kingdom; Liverpool, Edinburgh, Newcastle upon Tyne; and London. This is a list of cities in the United Kingdom that are officially designated such as of 12 November 2022. [1] [2] It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or royal ...