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The origin of world city nicknames
The origin of the nickname of this city is mainly due to its local characteristics. Due to the excessive quantity, the following is only a partial list.

Flower City: Paris, the capital of France. People call it "Flower City" because it has not only many flowers, but also various buildings, colorful cosmetics and dazzling fashions.

Drum City: Calanda, located in the Spanish province of Aragon. There are 4000 people in the city, and professional drummers account for 1/4. At the beginning of the new year, everyone goes out together, and the drums are ringing to welcome the spring.

Zhong Cheng: There are nearly 10,000 watch factories and shops in Bern, the capital of Switzerland, with an annual output of 40 million watches, enjoying the title of "World Watch Factory".

Shoe City: Gottvald, the shoe-making industrial center in Czechoslovakia, has a population of 80,000, and every family has a shoe factory with an annual output of 200 million pairs of various shoes and boots, which are sold to more than 100 countries.

Wine city: Munich, the wine center of Germany, is famous for its beer production. The city holds a beer festival every year, and there is also a beer university.

Arid city: Iquique, located in the Atacama desert of Chile, has not rained for four consecutive years. Therefore, people call it a dry city.

Water City: Venice, a famous Italian city, has 1 17 rivers, 1 18 islands, more than 400 bridges and 2,300 water lanes.

Syracuse: Washington, the capital of the United States, has the largest snowfall in the world, with an annual snowfall of 65,438+0,870 mm. 。

Heat City: The average annual temperature in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, is 30 degrees Celsius, reaching 49 degrees Celsius at the hottest time, and it is known as the "world stove".