Hundreds of cities are directly on the edge of the Pacific Ocean
Closest to what?
They needed plenty of land to develop cities and complex civilizations in the Americas.
Toulouse, Carcassonne, Perpignan, Narbonne are the French large cities closest to Barcelona, Spain.
Cities closest to the Pennines include Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, and Bradford. These cities are located near the eastern side of the Pennines mountain range in England.
Of those cities, Leipzig is the closest.
Wilmington and Elizabeth City are closest to the ocean
The use of pack animals (i.e. llamas)
Novosibirsk is closest to the Kuzbas Region.
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Out of Australia's capital cities, Canberra and Sydney are closest to each other.
Manchester and Salford are two cities whose boundries touch.