Interesting Geography Facts part2

Chicago 
Next to Warsaw , Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world. 

Detroit 
Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan carries the designation M-1, so named because it was the first paved road any where. 

Damascus , Syria 
Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence. 

Istanbul , Turkey 
Istanbul (AKA Constantinople), Turkey , is the only city in the world located on two continents. 

Los Angeles 
Los Angeles ‘ full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula — and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L..A. 

New York City 
The term ‘The Big Apple’ was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930′s who used the slang expression ‘apple’ for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time – The Big Apple. 
There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel.. 

Ohio 
There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio , every one is man made.