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Q144
(IAS/2006)
Geography › Maps & Locations › World political geography
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Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
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Option 1 is not correctly matched because Baikonur (Baikonur Cosmodrome) is located in Kazakhstan and is operated by Russia under a lease agreement; the town and launch complex function as a Russian-operated exclave within Kazakhstan [2]. The other three pairs are correctly matched: Kourou refers to the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana (an overseas territory of France), Borobudur is the famous Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia, and Cannes is a city in metropolitan France. Therefore the mismatched pair is Baikonour : Russia (it should be Baikonour : Kazakhstan, leased to/used by Russia).
Sources
- [1] https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211130-humanitys-unlikely-gateway-to-space
- [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome
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