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Lidar surveys revealed that medieval Angkor sprawled across roughly 1,000 square kilometres, likely the largest pre-industrial city on Earth.
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Angkor, Cambodia · Asia
External reference (site language): Transport in Cambodia ↗
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More than two million tonnes of ordnance fell on Laos between 1964 and 1973, and clearance teams still work today.
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Laos · Asia
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Hundreds of monks collect alms in silence at sunrise, a daily ritual that has continued for centuries.
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Luang Prabang, Laos · Asia
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More than 2,000 brick temples and stupas still stand on the Bagan plain, survivors of over 10,000 built between the 11th and 13th centuries.
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Bagan, Myanmar · Asia
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Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world with around 17,500 islands, roughly 6,000 of them inhabited.
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Indonesia · Asia
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On Nyepi the entire island stops. The airport closes, lights stay off and nobody goes outside for 24 hours.
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Bali, Indonesia · Asia
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Komodo dragons are found wild only on a few Indonesian islands and can grow past three metres.
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Komodo, Indonesia · Asia
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The 1883 eruption produced possibly the loudest sound in recorded history, audible in Australia and on Rodrigues Island.
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Krakatoa, Indonesia · Asia
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The Petronas Towers remain the tallest twin buildings on Earth, joined by a double-decker skybridge at level 41.
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Asia
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Parts of Borneo's rainforest are estimated at 130 million years old, far older than the Amazon.
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Borneo · Asia
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Singapore has expanded its land area by roughly a quarter since the 1960s through reclamation, importing sand from abroad.
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Singapore · Asia
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Selling chewing gum has been restricted since 1992, with therapeutic gum available only from pharmacies.
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Singapore · Asia
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The Philippine archipelago counts over 7,600 islands, and new surveys keep adding a few more.
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Philippines · Asia
External reference (site language): List of islands of the Philippines ↗
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The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River flows more than eight kilometres through a limestone cave straight into the sea.
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Palawan, Philippines · Asia
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Carved into the Cordillera by hand, the Ifugao terraces are still farmed by the descendants of their builders.
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Banaue, Philippines · Asia
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Kazakhstan covers 2.7 million square kilometres without a coastline, larger than all of Western Europe.
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Kazakhstan · Asia
External reference (site language): Outline of Kazakhstan ↗
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The world's oldest and largest operational spaceport sits on Kazakh steppe and is leased to Russia.
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Baikonur, Kazakhstan · Asia
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Uzbekistan is one of only two countries surrounded entirely by other landlocked countries, the other being Liechtenstein.
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Uzbekistan · Asia
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Samarkand's Registan square was the commercial and intellectual heart of Timur's empire in the 15th century.
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan · Asia
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A gas field collapse near Darvaza was set alight decades ago and the Door to Hell has been burning ever since.
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Darvaza, Turkmenistan · Asia
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Over 90 percent of Kyrgyzstan lies above 1,500 metres, and summer pastures are still reached on horseback.
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Kyrgyzstan · Asia
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The Pamir Highway crosses the Ak-Baital pass at 4,655 metres, one of the highest paved roads on Earth.
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Pamir Highway, Tajikistan · Asia
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Band-e Amir's six lakes are dammed by natural travertine walls and glow a deep mineral blue.
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Band-e Amir, Afghanistan · Asia
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Yazd's badgir wind catchers funnel breeze down into homes and over underground water, cooling rooms without electricity.
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Yazd, Iran · Asia
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