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Kameel uit Alexandrië
67 750

Alexandria
(Arab.: al-Iskandariyah) City in Egypte, it is the capital city of the area with the same name, situated at the Mediterranean, 200 km north of Cairo, with a population of 2 710 000.

2 710 000 villagers in Alexandria, at the flood of 1953 in the Netherlands 2,5 % of the Dutch population died. That would be 67 750 dead in Alexandria. That's 45 x the number of dead that drowned at the sink of the Titanic.

 

Dakar
Capital of Senegal. It’s situated on the south edge of the Cape Verde. It has 2 million inhabitants and is the finish of the fabulous race Paris-Dakar.

2 000 000 villagers in Dakar, at the flood of 1953 in the Netherlands 2,5 % of the Dutch population died. That would be 50 000 dead in Dakar. That's 33 x the number of dead that drowned at the sink of the Titanic.

50 000

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