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Al-ʿAqabah, also spelled Aqaba or Akaba, Latin Aelana, port town, extreme southwestern Jordan. It lies on the Gulf of Aqaba, an inlet of the Red Sea, just east of the Jordan-Israel frontier on the gulf. It is Jordan’s only seaport. Because of freshwater springs in the vicinity, it has been settled for millennia; King Solomon’s port and foundry of Ezion-geber lay nearby.
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San Marino is said to be the world's oldest surviving republic.
Situated on the slopes of Mount Titano, on the Adriatic side of central Italy between the Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions and surrounded on all sides by the Republic of Italy. 
San Marino covers a land area of just over 61 km2 (24 sq mi), and has a population of 33,562.
The country's capital city...

Bern, capital of Switzerland, lies along a narrow loop of the Aare River. 
The existence of the castle of Nydegg probably led Berthold V, duke of Zähringen, to found Bern in 1191 as a military post. 
After the extinction of the Zähringen dynasty (1218), Bern became a free imperial city, and extended its power by acquiring surrounding territory, becoming an inde...