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Tokyo
Capital of the empire of Japan, and also the metropool of Tokyo, on Honshu, on the bay of
Tokyo, with 8,16 million inhabitants. The agglomeration Tokyo covers an area of 3166 km2
and has 11,87 million inhabitants.
8 160 000 villagers in
Tokyo, at the flood of 1953 in the Netherlands 2,5 % of the Dutch population died. That
would be 204 000 dead in Tokyo. That's 136 x the number of dead that
drowned at the sink of the Titanic.
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Hong
Kong
Chinese: Xiangang = fragnrant port. Official: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
(HKSAR); part of The Republic of China. Hong Kong is 1090km2, and with water about
2900km2, and has about 6,3 million inhabitants. 6 300 000 villagers in Hong Kong, at the flood of 1953 in the Netherlands
2,5 % of the Dutch population died. That would be 157 000 dead in Hong
Kong. That's 105 x the number of dead that drowned at the sink of the Titanic. |
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157 500 |
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Bombay
De grootste stad van India, hoofdstad van de staat Maharashtra, aan de Arabische Zee, met
14,74 miljoen inwoners (inclusief voorsteden).
14 740 000 inwoners in
Bombay. Bij de ramp van 1953 in Nedeland kwam 2,5 % van de bevolking om. Dat zou voor
Bombay een dodenaantal van 368 500 betekenen. Dat is 245 x het aantal
mensen dat bij de Titanic verdronk! |
368 500 |
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