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Town in Komi republic located on an eponymous river
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Ukhta
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City in western Paraná known as "The Capital of Friendship"
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Umuarama
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Birthplace of Vladimir Lenin, and is Russia's only UNESCO City of Literature
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Ulyanovsk
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This city near Gqeberha was renamed as Kariega, and has the biggest car factory in Africa (Volkswagen)
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Uitenhage
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Roadside attraction / tourist trap on Route 66 in Missouri, or the third largest planet in our solar system
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Uranus
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Town in Irkutsk oblast on the Angara river, formerly home to a notorious gulag
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Ust-Ilimsk | Usolye-Sibirskoye
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Town in Geita region, located near the Lake Victoria Goldfields
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Ushirombo | Uyovu
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Capital of East Kazakhstan region, with differing Kazakh and Russian names (use Russian for this quiz)
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Ust-Kamenogorsk | Öskemen
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Fourth largest city in Sweden and ecclesiastical center of the country
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Uppsala
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Altdorf, where the story of William Tell allegedly begins, is the capital of this Swiss canton
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Uri
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City in Jammu and Kashmir union territory, and has importance for the Indian military
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Udhampur
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Large suburb of Seoul, famous for military history and mountains
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Uijeongbu
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City in Edo state and largest city in the Esanland cultural region
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Uromi
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Notable district of Warsaw home to the largest agricultural university in Poland
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Ursynów
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Town in Anambra state and home to the Obuofor festival
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Uga
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The tragic 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting (largest in Texas state history) occurred in this town
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Uvalde
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Township in New Jersey home to the 1908-38 Self-Master Colony homeless housing experiment
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Union
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Notable district of Madrid and home to Madrid's Chinatown
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Usera
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Capital of the Khorazm region and gateway city to Khiva (World Heritage Site)
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Urganch
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Popular tourist destination in the Denpasar metropolitan area and home to the Moon of Pejeng (argest single-cast bronze kettle drum in the world)
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Ubud
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Capital of the same-named southernmost municipality in Montenegro
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Ulcinj
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Notable city in the Wellington metropolitan area, and close to the Remutaka Rail Trail
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Upper Hutt
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City in western Karnataka state, famous for a strictly vegetarian cuisine
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Udupi
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I'm not sure what to write for this tiny town in northeastern Texas
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Uncertain
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Notable suburb north of Johor Bahru and home to an abandoned mall
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Ulu Tiram
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Capital of Buryatia republic and endpoint of the Mongol Rally car rally
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Ulan-Ude
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Twelfth largest city in Iowa, located in the Des Moines metropolitan area and home to the Olmsted Family Farmhouse
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Urbandale
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City in Rio Grande do Sul state located across the Uruguay river from Paso de los Libres (Corrientes province)
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Uruguaiana
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Municipality in western Minas Gerais state home to the Cave Gentile II archaeological site
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Unaí
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Capital of a same-named province in Angola, formerly named as Carmona prior to independence from Portugal
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Uíge
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Recognized as a UNESCO Global Geopark, this city in the Brazilian Highlands is the seventh largest city in Minas Gerais state,
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Uberaba
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Municipality in Seville province with historical importance for flamenco and bullfighting
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Utrera
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Capital of Västerbotten County, and home to a university where CRISPR gene editing was developed
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Umeå
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Capital of Uvs province in western Mongolia, with a name meaning "Red Valley/Sand"
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Ulaangom
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Famous, for its name, municipality in Pohnpei state (Fed. States of Micronesia)
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Coldest capital city in the world by average yearly temperature, served by Chinggis Khaan International Airport
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Ulaanbaatar
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Located about halfway between Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro, in the Zona da Mata mesoregion
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Ubá
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Capital of Akwa Ibom state and cultural hub for the Ibibio people
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Uyo
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This city in Cross River state is an important city for the Yakurr people
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Ugep
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Capital of Xinjiang autonomous region, and the closest urban area to a glacier in the world
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Ürümqi
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Northernmost town in the U.S., formerly known as Barrow
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Utqiaġvik
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Fourth largest city in the Netherlands, and home to the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition
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Utrecht
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De Facto capital of South Kivu province, located on the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika
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Uvira
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Tenth most populous city in New York state and forms a metropolitan area with nearby Rome
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Utica
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Largest settlement in Wester Ross (area in the Scottish Highlands), sitting on Loch Broom
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Ullapool
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City in Illinois with a twin-city, Champaign
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Urbana
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Component city in Pangasinan province, and is the only first class city in the province
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Urdaneta
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City in Sindh province, home to an important Hindu pilgrimage during Maha Shivaratri
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Umarkot
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Suburb of Dallas home to Southern Methodist University
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University Park
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Capital of Abia state and longest serving capital of the short-lived Republic of Biafra
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Umuahia
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Sixth largest city in Baden-Württemberg state, home to the second tallest church in the world
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Ulm
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City in Primorsky Krai on the Razdolnaya/Suifen river
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Ussuriysk
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Notable suburb of Kanpur known for its leather, Zardozi and chemical industries
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Unnao
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World's southernmost city, and capital of Tierra del Fuego province
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Ushuaia
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Tiny Scottish village on Isle of Skye where ferries to the Outer Hebrides leave
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Uig
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Unincorporated area within the San Fernando Valley home to a famous television and film studio complex and theme park
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Universal City
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Capital of Tochigi prefecture, famous for its gyōza dumplings
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Utsunomiya
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City in Nagano prefecture, home to an eponymous castle
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Ueda
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Capital of Bashkortostan republic, founded by Ivan the Terrible
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Ufa
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Located in Thane district, this city is home to a notable Sindhi Hindu community
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Ulhasnagar
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Capital of Zlatibor district (Šumadija and Western Serbia region), located on the Đetinja river
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Užice
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Yellowcake boomtown in northern Saskatchewan province that has had massive population loss since 1982
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Uranium City
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Coastal municipality in São Paulo state within Serra do Mar State Park
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Ubatuba
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Town on a remote volcanic South Korean island (disputed with North Korea)
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Ulleung
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Sixth most populous municipality in Pennsylvania state and home to the famous Tower Theater
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Upper Darby
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"Major" town on the Aleutian Islands located on a same-named island
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Unalaska
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This New Jersey city is the most densely populated city (>50k, as of 2010) in the U.S.
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Union City
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Name one of two districts in Istanbul with a population over 500,000
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Üsküdar | Ümraniye
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Notable city in Cherkasy oblast and home to the famous Sofiyivka Park complex
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Umam
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This city in eastern Isan is famous for its annual Candle Festival
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Ubon Ratchathani
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Capital of a same-named province in Thailand near the Myanmar border
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Uthai Thani
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City in North Rhine-Westphalia state and home of the world's only art museum dedicated only to Light art
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Unna
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Second largest city in Michoacán state, and is important for avacados
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Uruapan del Progreso
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City in northern Bolívar state close to Ciudad Guayana
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Upata
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Located in northwestern Czechia near the German border, this city is home to the famous Střekov Castle
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Ústí nad Labem
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Fifth largest city in El Salvador and capital of a same-named department
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Usulután
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Second largest city in Kyoto prefecture, home to Tsuen Tea (oldest tea shop in Japan)
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Uji
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City in Chiba prefecture home to Tokyo Disney Resort
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Urayasu
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City in the eastern Aegean region famous for its carpets
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Uşak
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Second largest city in Qassim province/region
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Unaizah
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Capital of a same-named province in Thailand, with a name meaning "port of the north"
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Uttaradit
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Largest city in the Triângulo Mineiro region, and the largest city in Minas Gerais outside of the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area
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Uberlândia
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"???, WTF" in slang, or a tiny town on the Sudan-C.A.R. border in South Darfur state
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Um Dafaq
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City in southern Rajasthan state famous for its 5 artificial lakes
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Udaipur
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Coastal town in Ordu province famous for hazelnuts
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Ünye
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City in Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and host of a few famous East Asian film/cinema festivals
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Udine
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Lies at the mouth of the Kamchatka river - literally
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Ust-Kamchatka
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Capital of Semarang kabupaten in Central Java province, and near an eponymous stratovolcano
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Ungaran
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City in the Inland Empire previously known as North Ontario
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Upland
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Prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, where the world's shortest mobile man is from
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UIanqab | Ulan Chab
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Town in Northern Cape province located on the Orange river, and site of a 1985 incident - "The ___ 26"
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Upington
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City in Ibaraki prefecture, located south of Lake Kasumigaura
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Ushiku
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Fifth largest city in Madhya Pradesh state, famous for Kumbh Mela every 12 years
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Ujjain
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Iraqi port city home to the former U.S. military base, Camp Bucca
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Umm Qasr
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Combine the capital of Mongolia and capital of Inner Mongolia autonomous region
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Ulanhot
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City in Yamaguchi prefecture located on the Seto Inland Sea
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Ube
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Town in Delta state and cultural hub for the Urhobos peoples
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Ughelli
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Located just north of Busan, this city has the world's largest automobile assembly plant (Hyundai)
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Ulsan
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Capital of Zakarpattia oblast, located on the Ukraine-Slovakia border
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Uzhhorod
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Sixth largest city in Thailand, located in northern Isan
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Udon Thani
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