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San
Francisco
City in the west of the USA. The city is situated in
the state of California, at the end of a peninsula between the Great Pacific and the Bay
of San Francisco. Cities north of San Francis are joined with the pininsula with the
Golden Gate bridge.724
000 villagers in San Francisco, at the flood of 1953 in the Netherlands 2,5 % of the Dutch
population died. That would be 18 100
dead in San Francisco. That's 12 x the number of dead that drowned at the sink of the
Titanic.
18 100 |
New York
City in the east of the USA, in the state of New York. New York has got about 7,3 million
inhabitants. The city is the centre of the agglomeration New-York-North-eastern-New
Jersey-Long Island and has 18 million inhabitants.7 300 000 villagers in New York (not the complete agglomeration), at the
flood of 1953 in the Netherlands 2,5 % of the Dutch population died. That would be
182 500 dead in New York. That's 121 x the number of dead that drowned at the
sink of the Titanic.
182 500 |
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Rio de Janeiro
Also called Rio, is a important port in Brazil, capital of it’s region. It’s
situated at the bay of Guananara against the mouton of the Serra do Carioco. 6,01 million
inhabitants and the agglomeration Grande Rio has 11,21 million inhabitants.6 010 000 villagers in Rio de Janeiro, at the flood
of 1953 in the Netherlands 2,5 % of the Dutch population died. That would be 150
250 dead in Rio de Janeiro. That's 100 x the number of dead that drowned at the
sink of the Titanic.
150 250 |
Lima
Capital of Peru in South America. Also capital of the province with the same name. The
city is situated at the lower area before the Andes. With it’s 5,33 million
inhabitants about 30% of the total population.5 330 000 villagers in Lima, at the flood of 1953 in the Netherlands 2,5 %
of the Dutch population died. That would be 133 250 dead in Lima. That's
88 x the number of dead that drowned at the sink of the Titanic. |
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