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Athens, the capital and largest city of Greece dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world’s oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3, 400 years.

The Greek capital has a population of 745,513 (in 2001) within its administrative limits and a land area of 39 km. The urban area of Athens extends beyond the administrative  city limits with a population 0f 3,130,841 (in 2001) and a land area of 412 km. according to Eurostat the Athens Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) is the 8th most populous capital city of the (EU) with a population of 4,013,368 (in 2004). A bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis, Athens is central to economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece and it is rated as an alpha-world city. It is rapidly becoming a leading business centre in the European Union. In 2008, Athens was ranked the world’s 32nd richest city by purchasing power and the 25th most expensive in a UBS study.

Paris is the capital city of France. France’s soccer team beat us at soccer because Henry handballed the ball and many people hate him for that. There are many tourist attractions in Paris such as DISNEY LAND, the louvre museum, the Eiffel tower, center pompideus and versailles palace. Paris counts over 2 million inhabitants and is centre of the 12 million people Paris region.

Madrid is the capital city and the largest city of Spain.

It was founded in 9th century.

It’s land is 607 km squared.

There is lot’s of nice places in Madrid like Royal Palace of Madrid, Plaza Mayor, Cathedral of Almudena, Capricho Park and City hall.

The Madrid’s mayor is Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon.

Real Madrid is the most famous team in the world for winning 9 times UEFA Champions League trophy and 3 times they become runners up.

2010 Champions League final will be played in Madrid too.

There is another famous team in Madrid called Atletico Madrid but it’s not as famous as Real Madrid

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. Edinburgh has a population of 471,650. There are many places to see in Edinburgh like Edinburgh Castle and Edinburgh Zoo. The Forth of Fifth bridge was built in 1885-1890. It was built as a railway line. It cost about 2,500,000. It was designed by Benjamin Baker and John Fowler. It links up Edinburgh and the United Kingdom. It is about 2,523metres long. Now the Forth of Fifth bridge is a road.

Marid is the capital and largest city of Spain.It is the third most populous in the European union after Greater Britain and Berlin.The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million people as of  December 2009.The entire population of  the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6,386,932 people.The city spans of a total of 698 km squared.The city is located on the river Manzares in the centre of both the country and the community of Madrid.Madrid has it`s own soccer team Real Madrid who is currently second in the La Liga cup.

London is the capital of England. It is bigger than Dublin. There is a ferris wheel beside the Thames river called the London Eye. You can see the whole city from it.

The Government meet in Westminister. The person who is in charge of all the ministers is Gordon Browne. He lives in no. 10 Dowing st.

While Madrid possesses a modern infrastructure, it has preserved the look of many of its historic neighourhoods and famous landmarks include the huge Royal Palace of Madrid the Teatro Peal with its restored 1850 opera houre.

Russians call Moscow Mokba. The Russian government sits in Moscow and it is home to many sceintific and educational institutions as well as numerous sport facilities. Russia are three hours ahead of us and there official language is Russian. Moscow is a major economic centre and is home  to one of  the largest number of billionaires. Moscow is the capital city of Russia and Russia is the biggest country in the world.