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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 160. Not illustrated. Chapters: N'djamena, Donora, Pennsylvania, Surrey, North Dakota, West Homestead, Pennsylvania, Arden, Delaware, Tonopah, Nevada, Goodsprings, Nevada, Flaxton, North Dakota, Lockhart, Alabama, Terre Hill, Pennsylvania, Ellsworth, Pennsylvania, Adrian, Texas, Kaleva, Michigan, Alice, North Dakota, Grand Bay, Alabama, Worland, Wyoming, Berthold, North Dakota, Paint, Pennsylvania, Kathryn, North Dakota, Litchville, North Dakota, Granville, North Dakota, Rouseville, Pennsylvania, Tumby Bay, South Australia, Cherbourg, Queensland, Laverton, Western Australia, Alamo, Nevada, Monte Verita, Voyvodovo, Vratsa Province, Hopetoun, Western Australia, Loncoche, Kookynie, Western Australia, Nibley, Oregon, Boyup Brook, Western Australia, Leonora, Western Australia, Owenyo, California, Concepcion, Tucuman, Abbotts, Western Australia, Yukon, Missouri, Lamarque, Argentina, Brethren, Michigan. Excerpt: N'Djamena - N'Djamena was founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Emile Gentil on May 29, 1900, and named after Amedee-Francois Lamy, an army officer who had been killed in the Battle of Kousseri a few days earlier. During the Second World War, the French relied heavily upon the airport to move troops and supplies. Its name was changed to N'Djamena (taken from the Arab name of a nearby village, Nimn, meaning "place of rest") by the President Francois Tombalbaye on April 6, 1973, as part of his authenticite program of Africanization. It was occupied by Libya during the 1980-1 Libyian intervention as part of the ChadianLibyan conflict, the and associated Transitional Government of National Unity. Fort Lamy received its first bank branch only in 1950, when the Bank of West Africa (BAO) finally opened a branch there. The city was partly destroyed during the Chadian Civil War, in 1979 and again in 1980. In these years almost all of...
