The town lies on the Abens river, a tributary of the Danube, around eight kilometres from the river's source.

Anbar was adjacent or identical to the Babylonian Jewish center of Nehardea ( Hebrew: ), and lies a short distance from the present-day town of Fallujah, formerly the Babylonian Jewish center of Pumbeditha ( Hebrew: ).

To the south lies the Laurenzenvorstadt, that is, the part of the town formerly outside the city wall.

To the south-west of this peninsula lies the Place Bonaparte, a quarter frequented chiefly by winter visitors attracted by the mild climate of the town.

The town has strong local travel links as Accrington railway station lies on the East Lancashire Line serving trains running locally and trains running from Blackpool to York.

Originally based on the still-existent village of Inverlochy, the town lies at the southern end of the Great Glen, on the shores of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil.

The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay ( of the Baltic Sea ), in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity ( Trójmiasto ), with a population near 740, 000.

The town lies on Highway 5 and the CN railway line, between Dauphin and Grandview, or about 250 miles NW of Winnipeg.

The other tradition, first mentioned in an epigram by Chersias of Orchomenus written in the 7th century BC ( within a century or so of Hesiod's death ) claims that Hesiod lies buried at Orchomenus, a town in Boeotia.

While the settlement today referred to as Hedeby / Haithabu lies on the south side of the Schlei inlet, the settlement that grew up at around the same time on the north side has had a continuous history of habitation to modern times, and has now grown into the town known as Schleswig and given its name to the surrounding province.

The town of Benjamin Constant lies at the mouth of the river, on the Brazilian bank.

At the southern edge of the Kambos plain lies the town of Thymiana.

The village lies within the North Dorset administrative district of the county, about south-west of the town of Gillingham.

Lincoln lies almost fully within the Merrimack River watershed, with the western edge of town in the Connecticut River watershed.

The town lies roughly centrally in a basin within the Rhenish Slate Mountains which is surrounded by the low ranges of the Taunus and Westerwald and called the Limburg Basin ( Limburger Becken ).

The most famous of these is the multi-chambered Mammoth Cave, which lies 21 kilometres south of the town and contains fossils dating back over 35, 000 years.

The Nazareth Range, in which the town lies, is the southernmost of several parallel east-west hill ranges that characterize the elevated tableau of Lower Galilee.

Parma is bisected by a township line ; as a result, the town lies in both Parma and Sandstone Townships, an interesting twist in an area where townships tend to be more important than villages, at least as far as government goes.

About one quarter of the Scandinavian Peninsula lies north of the Arctic Circle, its northernmost point being at Cape Nordkyn ( North Cape ), near the town of Hammerfest, Norway.

In Final Fantasy, there is a tombstone in the elven town which reads, " Here lies Link.

The town lies at about 250 metres above sea level ( NN ) on the northeastern flank of the Harz Mountains in central Germany, at the foot of their highest peak, the Brocken, on the B 6 and B 244 federal highways and on the railway line from Halberstadt to Vienenburg that links the cities of Halle ( Saale ) and Hanover.

The town lies on the German-Dutch holiday road known as the Orange Route.

Because the town lies in the rain shadow ( leeward side ) of the Harz, less precipitation falls here than in similar temperate regions without the protection of a mountain range.

The town of Gulf Shores lies just outside of the bay, on the Fort Morgan peninsula.

The town of Sandwich, Massachusetts is near the Massachusetts Bay entrance and the Massachusetts Maritime Academy lies near its entrance to Buzzards Bay.

Anah, or Ana, is an Iraqi town on the Euphrates river, approximately mid-way between the Gulf of Alexandretta and the Persian Gulf.

Acadia University is located in the town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, approximately 100 kilometres northwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia the provincial capital.

Modern Megiddo is a town approximately west-southwest of the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee in the Kishon River area.

The county covers an area of 1, 691 km² ( 653 sq ; mi ), with a population of approximately 57, 527, with Enniskillen its county town.

Chiang was born in Xikou, a town approximately 30 kilometers southwest of downtown Ningbo, in Fenghua, Ningbo, Zhejiang.

However, his ancestral home, a concept important in Chinese society, was the town of Heqiao ( 和橋鎮 ) in Yixing, Wuxi, Jiangsu ( approximately southwest of downtown Wuxi, and from the shores of Lake Tai ).

Sisimiut with approximately 5, 500 inhabitants is the second largest town, while Ilulissat is number three with ca.

By 1810 the town ’ s population reached approximately 700, with about 130 houses.

According to Japan Statistical Yearbook 2011, Japan has approximately 1, 203, 600 km of roads made up of 1, 012, 000 km of city, town and village roads, 129, 000 km of prefectural roads, 55, 000 km of general national highways and 7, 600 km of national expressways.

The town is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary approximately five miles northwest of Wadebridge, ten miles northwest of Bodmin and ten miles northeast of Newquay.

While the Sheriff of Nottingham and the town itself appear in early ballads, and Sherwood is specifically mentioned in the early ballad Robin Hood and the Monk, certain of the original ballads ( even those with Nottingham references ) locate Robin on occasion in Barnsdale ( the area between Pontefract and Doncaster ), approximately fifty miles north of Nottingham, in the county of Yorkshire ; furthermore, it has been suggested that the ballads placed in this area are far more geographically specific and accurate.

The beginnings of the town can be dated back to approximately the end of the 8th century, while in the second half of the 10th century, the town declined and was eclipsed as a trade center by nearby Gdańsk.

Waterlooville is a town in Hampshire, England, approximately 8 miles north of Portsmouth.

Kiskunlacháza is a town in Pest county in the northern part of Central Hungary, approximately 4 miles from the Danube river and its largest neighbor, Ráckeve.

Liechtenstein gave asylum to approximately five hundred soldiers of the First Russian National Army ( a collaborationist Russian force within the German Wehrmacht ) at the close of World War II ; this is commemorated by a monument at the border town of Hinterschellenberg which is marked on the country's tourist map.

Meissen ( in German orthography: Meißen ; ; ; ; ) is a town of approximately 30, 000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany.

Olbia is a town of approximately 45. 000 inhabitants.

It took place at Senlac Hill, approximately 10 km ( 6 < sup > 1 </ sup >⁄< sub > 4 </ sub > miles ) northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory.

Corleone ( Sicilian: Cunigghiuni ) is a small town and comune of approximately 12, 000 inhabitants in the Province of Palermo in Sicily, Italy.

In 1463, 4, 000 houses in the town were destroyed by a catastrophic fire, which the then ( approximately ) 13-year-old Bosch presumably witnessed.

The town is located approximately 50 km south of Olbia, in the administrative territory of Siniscola ( province of Nuoro ), on the Tyrrhenian coast of the island.

The town has a population of approximately 30, 000, and it is located 15 km ( 12 mi ) south of Palermo.

The town lies on the banks of the Mitta Arm of Lake Hume, approximately south-east of Albury-Wodonga along the Murray Valley Highway.

Six miles below Cheesman Reservoir is the town of Deckers ; there, the river bends north for approximately to the confluence with the North Fork of the South Platte.