Germantown in Maryland

1 November 2022 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

Germantown Library © Carol M. Highsmith - Library of Congress

Germantown Library © Carol M. Highsmith – Library of Congress

Germantown is an urbanized census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. With a population of 91,249 as of 2020 U.S. Decennial Census, Germantown is the third most populous place in Maryland, after the city of Baltimore, and the census-designated place of Columbia. Germantown is located approximately 28 miles (45 km) outside the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. and is an important part of the Washington metropolitan area.   read more…

Theme Week Greenland – Nuuk

24 September 2022 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  17 minutes

Nuuk © panoramio.com - patano/cc-by-sa-3.0

Nuuk © panoramio.com – patano/cc-by-sa-3.0

Nuuk is the capital and largest city of Greenland, a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the country’s largest cultural and economic centre. The major cities from other countries closest to the capital are Iqaluit and St. John’s in Canada and Reykjavík in Iceland. Nuuk contains a third of Greenland’s population and its tallest building. Nuuk is also the seat of government for the Sermersooq municipality. In January 2021, it had a population of 18,800.   read more…

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