10 island of World's Most Compact

10 island of World's Most Compact

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Man is a caliph in the earth, a species that is able to adapt and survive the many obstacles of nature and global changes in the world. Humans will continue to breed, open a new shelters, even in the most remote land in the world.

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Island - Island of the following I believe, was once a green island full of a variety of wildlife and flora. And a quiet place of peace and cool. but along with increasing population and the need for shelter, little by little the island - the island becomes crowded even very dense. Although natural resources to be almost very rare, but people have their own way to survive in various ways, such as the 10 most populated island in the world following

1. 10 island of World's Most Compact Santa Cruz del Islote

Santa Cruz del Islote unofficially became the world's most populous island. This island can be achieved with a one hour boatride from Colombia's Caribbean coast. The island has 90 houses and a population of about 700 people, whose population can be increased to 1200 souls when the kids are high school on the mainland to visit their families.

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Santa Cruz is surrounded by beautiful waters, but has no beach, no swimming pool or the hotel.

The islanders bury their dead on a nearby island because there is no room for the cemetery on this island. Field to the public in Santa Cruz and even then only one half the size of a tennis court.

Currently there is no electricity in Santa Cruz. Navy ships Colombian bring drinking water to the island once every three weeks, but that's not enough for the poor. Women wash clothes in salt water from nearby wells. And the men find most of their needs in the surrounding sea.

Despite having this problem, Santa Cruz is a peaceful rural island. There are no locked doors here, and in the evening, dozens of people gathered at a neighbor's house to watch the popular soap opera.

2. 10 island of World's Most Compact Hong Kong

Hong Kong population of 1.2 million with a density of 16 390 ² / km in 2008. Population concentrated along the northern coast where the density is 26,000 people / km ². but first this island had a population of 3,000 people scattered fishing villages when it was occupied by the British in the First Opium War in 1842.

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This island is home to many of the most famous tourist attractions in Hong Kong, such as "The Peak", Ocean Park, many historical sites and various large shopping centers. The mountain ranges on the island is also famous for hiking.

3. 10 island of World's Most Compact Manhattan

Manhattan, an island at the mouth of the Hudson River, is the most populous and oldest of the five boroughs of New York City. With a population of 1.58 million people, there are 26 924 inhabitants per km ², more solid than individual American cities. Manhattan is the third largest of the five boroughs in New York in population, but has the most narrow region. Manhattan is the center of commercial, financial, and primary culture of the United States.

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Associated with Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City functions as the financial capital of the world, with GDP estimated at more than 1.2 trillion U.S. $ and is the home of the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.

Many of the radio station, Stasoun television, and telecommunications companies in the United States are based here, as well as lots of news, magazines, books and other media publishers have a center here. The island is also the location of the UN Headquarters.

4. 10 island of World's Most Compact Salsette Island

Salsette is located in the Arabian Sea on the west coast of India. Mumbai metropolis, the city of Thane and Mira-Bhayandar on this island, so that an island is very densely populated and one of the most populous island in the world.

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The island has approximately 15.1 million people living in areas with an area of ​​619 km ² with a population density of 24,414 / km2.

This island has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Kolis, a fishing community, is the earliest settlers on the island. Mauryan Empire controlled these islands during the 3rd century BC, and turn it into a cultural center of Hinduism and Buddhism.

This island is under the control of some native dynasty ruled England in a row before the 18th century. At that time the island, especially the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay), has become an important trading center.

Viaduk railway and road bridge was built in the 19th century to connect the island of Bombay and Salsette Island, as well as a bridge to the mainland from the island of Salsette.

The railway encouraging trade growth and the growth of many rich villas in Salsette Island, the island's population in 1901 numbered 146 993 people, and is known as the Great Bombay.

5.10 island of World's Most Compact Venice

Venice in northeast Italy located in a small group of 118 islands separated by canals and connected by bridges. Rawa Island is located in the Venetian Lagoon that stretches along the coastline between the River Po and Piave estuary. Venice is famous for its beautiful architecture and works of art.

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That's the main attraction of Venice since the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and the arena for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce and art in the 13th century until the late 17th century. In 2009, there were 270 098 people who settled in Venice.

6. 10 island of World's Most Compact Fadiouth

Joal-Fadiouth is a village at the end of the beach Petite Senegal, southeast of Dakar. Joal lies on the mainland, while Fadiouth, connected by a bridge, located on an island of shells, which are also used in local architecture and crafts. This village has no motorized transport as evidenced by a sign on the entry. The main economic activity for the villagers Fadiouth are fishing and rice cultivation.

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Because the city is situated on a large river delta, farmers are taking advantage of the usual shallow flooding caused by rivers to grow rice in the area. This island is home to about 39 thousand inhabitants according to census 2007.

7. 10 island of World's Most Compact Malé

Located on the southern edge of North Malé Atoll, Malé is the capital and most populous city in the Republic of Maldives.

The island is full of urban centers. One third of the population live in the capital city of Maldives, and the population has increased from 20,000 people in 1987 to 100,000 people in 2006.

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Many, if not most, Maldivian and expatriate workers in Maldives find themselves in occasional short term residence on the island because it is the only entry point for the nation and the center of all administrative and bureaucracy.In recent years, the island has further expanded through landfill operations.

Most of the Maldivian population and foreign residents temporarily living in this region, because the island has become the only entrance to the nation. And as the central administration and bureaucracy. In the year - last year the island of Malé have expanded with the accumulation of the surrounding sea

8. 10 island of World's Most Compact Ebeye

Ebeye is the most populous island in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and also as a cultural center in the Marshall Islands chain Ralik. With an area of ​​80 acres (360,000 m²), this island has a population of more than 15,000. More than 50% of the population is estimated to be under the age of 18. Some residents of Ebeye are refugees or descendants of refugees from the effects of 15 megaton Bravo test at Bikini Atoll nuclear Puri on March 1, 1954.

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Sudden burst of rain fall of two inches of snow nuclear and radioactive nearby Rongelap Atoll. In 1954 the U.S. government to evacuate Rongelap and then returned in 1957 with extensive medical supervision. In 1985, Greenpeace Rongelap residents evacuated to Mejato (island in the Kwajalein atoll). Ebeye is the ultimate goal for many of them.

9. 10 island of World's Most Compact Vasilyevsky

Vasilyevsky Island is located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, bordering the rivers Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva (in the Neva River delta) in the south and east of the aut, and in the western Gulf of Finland. Vasilyevsky Island is separated from the island by the river Smolenka Dekabristov.

Together they form the Vasileostrovsky, an administrative division of Saint Petersburg. The island has a population of 203 181 in 2002.

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Located just across the river from the Winter Palace, it is most of the city's historic center. The two most famous bridges of St. Petersburg, is the Palace and the Bridge Blagoveshchensky Bridge, connecting the mainland to the south. Exchange and Tuchkov Bridge bridge in Malaya Neva connect with Petrogradsky Island.

Vasilyevsky island is served by the station and Primorskaya Vasileostrovskaya Saint Petersburg Metro (Line 3). There are also tram lines.

Geographically, the island is composed of two main parts. South and east of the island elderly relative, with most buildings of the 19th century. Southern embankment has some of the oldest buildings in the city from the 18th century. That part of the island is essential for a rectangular box that way originally intended to be a channel, like in Venice. The museums and cathedrals make Vasilyevsky popular tourist island.

10. 10 island of World's Most Compact Lübeck

Hansa city of Lübeck is the second largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of Germany's main port. For centuries the island became the capital of the Hanseatic League ("Queen of Hanse") and, because of the legacy of Gothic architecture, the island is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. In 2005 the island had a population of 213 983 inhabitants.

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