Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is home to Central Africa’s largest port. The city and its surrounding area had an estimated population of 5,768,400 in 2015. It sits on the estuary of Wouri River.
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Norfolk Island is an external territory of Australia located 990 miles (1,600 kilometres) to the east-north-east of Sydney with an area of 13.4 square miles (34.6 square km). The island was first settled by East Polynesian seafarers during the 13th or 14th century. They had left by the time Great Britain took control of the island in 1788 as part of the settlement of Australia. The island was used as a harsh penal colony from 1788 until 1855,
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The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway is a heritage railway line which runs through parts of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire on the edge of the Cotswolds, England. About 14 miles (23 km) of track have currently been restored between Cheltenham Race Course and Broadway.
The line was originally built between 1900 and 1906. It was then operated by Great Western Railway and ran from Cheltenham to Stratford-upon-Avon and then on to Birmingham. The line closed to passengers in 1960 and to freight in 1976 and the track was lifted from 1979.
Manchester is a large city in the north-west of England. The city itself had a population of 552,000 in 2021, while the wider urban area, including Salford to the west, had a population of 2.87 million. Manchester grew rapidly at the turn of the 19th Century due to a boom in textile manufacturing as part of the Industrial Revolution. The Manchester Ship Canal opened in 1894, creating the Port of Manchester and linked the city to the Irish Sea.
