Cities of the World Educational Posters & Prints “H...-”
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The Hague, the seat of Dutch government, it is the third largest city of the Netherlands (Amsterdam and Rotterdam) and one of the major cities hosting the United Nations (New York and Geneva).

The city originated c. 1230 as a hunting lodge for Floris IV, the Count of Holland. The name, The Hague, means “the count's woods”.

Famous people associated with The Hague: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Johannes Vermeer, Baruch Spinoza, Christiaan Huygens.

Halifax, a major economic center in eastern Canada, is located on a natural harbor.

It is the first inbound and last outbound port of call in eastern North America (with transcontinental rail connections).

Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg was a member of the medieval Hanseatic League and a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.

Located at the crossroads between Scandanavia and Europe in northern Germany, Hanover is is a major transportation, media, cultural and tourist center.

Famous people associated with Hanover: Heinrich Barth, Johannes Brahms, Ernst Cassirer, Heinrich Hertz, Karen Horney, Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Matthias Jakob Schleiden.

Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city (after Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon).

Hanoi was the capital of French Indochina from 1902-1954, and the capital of North Vietnam 1954-1976.

Located on the river Leine in Germany, Hanover was a small medieval village that grew into a large town due to its location at convergence of natural crossroads.

At one time it was the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, also known as the Elector of Hanover.

Famous people associated with Hanover: Hannah Arendt, William and Caroline Herschel, Otto Meyerhof, Mary Wigman.

The ruins of an ancient Bronze Age fortified city are near the small town of Harappa in northeast Pakistan.

The site, along with Mohenjo-daro, were the two greatest cities of the Indus River Valley Civilization.

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Harare, the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe, was founded by Cecil Rhodes and a volunteer military group of settlers known as the Pioneer Column, in 1890.

Currently Harare is recovering from political and economic crisis of the late 20th and early 21st century.

FYI ~ The city was originally called Salisbury and the country name included Rhodesia to honor Rhodes.

Harbin/Haerbin is a key political, economic, scientific, cultural and communications hub in Northeast China.

Founded in 1898 as a stop on the Chinese Eastern Railway (an extension of the Trans-Siberian Railway funded by the Russian Empire) Haerbin has an international aura. Notable for its beautiful ice sculptures in winter, it has bitterly cold winters and is often called the “Ice City.”

Havana, the capital of the island nation of Cuba, is also its major port and commercial center.

Havana was originally founded on the southern coast of Cuba c. 1515; the final location was on a natural bay on northern coast.

In the mid 18th century Havana was third in population in the Western Hemisphere, behind Lima and Mexico City, ahead of Boston and New York.

History students will remember the sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana's harbor in 1898 was the immediate cause of the Spanish-American War.

Notable people associated with Havana: José Marti