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Astrakhan
Atyrau
Makat
Kulsary
Emba
Beyneu
Fort-Shevchenko
Aktau
Zhana Uzen
Lagan
Elista
Budennovsk
Kislovodsk
Mineralnye Vody
Nalchik
Prokhladny
Vladikavkaz
Grozny Khasavyurt
Kizlyar
Makhachkala
Buynaksk
Derbent
Kutaisi
Tskhinvali
Gori
Rustavi
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Ganja
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Mingacevir
Khachmaz
Sumgayt
Lankaran
Gyumri
Hrazdan
Nakhchivan
Kars
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Urmia
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Miandowab
Maragheh
Tabriz
Ahar
Mianeh
Ardabil
Bandar-e Anzali
Rasht
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Abhar
Qazvin
Karaj
Amol
Babol
Sari
Bandar-e
Torkeman Gorgan
Gonbad-e Kavus
Bojnurd
Emamrud
Semnan
Saveh
Sanandaj
Sulaymaniyah
Arbil
Kirkuk
Turkmenbashy
Balkanabat
Serdar
Baharly
Esenguly
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TEHRAN
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Map produced by UNEP/GRID-Arendal, August 2008