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  2. Monte Testaccio - Wikipedia

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    Monte Testaccio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmonte teˈstattʃo]) or Monte Testaceo, also known as Monte dei Cocci, is an artificial mound in Rome composed almost entirely of testae (Italian: cocci), fragments of broken ancient Roman pottery, nearly all discarded amphorae dating from the time of the Roman Empire, some of which were labelled with tituli picti.

  3. El Chaltén - Wikipedia

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    1,627. El Chaltén is a small mountain village in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is located on the riverside of Rio de las Vueltas, within the Los Glaciares National Park (section Reserva Nacional Zona Viedma) near the base of Cerro Torre and Cerro Fitz Roy spires, both popular for climbing. It is 220 km north of El Calafate.

  4. El Monte Station - Wikipedia

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    El Monte Station. /  34.07167°N 118.04333°W  / 34.07167; -118.04333. El Monte Station is a large regional bus station in the city of El Monte, California, United States, adjacent to Interstate 10, serving the Metro J Line, Foothill Transit, Greyhound Lines, and El Monte Transit. It is the Metro J Line's eastern terminus.

  5. El Monte Thai garment slavery case - Wikipedia

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    t. e. On August 2, 1995, 72 Thai nationals were found working in conditions of slavery in a makeshift garment factory consisting of a row of residential duplexes in El Monte, California, just east of Los Angeles. [1] This case is considered the first recognized case of modern-day slavery in the United States since the abolition of slavery. [2]

  6. Monterrico, Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    UTC−6. The town of Monterrico is situated on the Pacific coast of Guatemala in the department of Santa Rosa. Known for its volcanic black sand beaches and annual influx of sea turtles, the town also serves as a major weekend beach resort for citizens of Guatemala City. The town is growing more popular with foreign tourists largely because of ...

  7. El Monte - Wikipedia

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    El Monte (Spanish for "the Mountain", also in archaic Spanish for "the wood") may refer to: El Monte, California, United States, a city. El Monte, Chile, a city. Category: Place name disambiguation pages.

  8. El Monte station (Metrolink) - Wikipedia

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    El Monte station (Metrolink) / 34.0768; -118.0356. El Monte station is a train station on Metrolink 's San Bernardino Line in El Monte, California. It is at 10925 Railroad Street between Santa Anita and Tyler Avenues north of Valley Boulevard. It has 238 parking spaces.

  9. El Monte berry strike of 1933 - Wikipedia

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    The El Monte Chamber of Commerce had a vested interest in keeping Mexican workers non-unionized and used tactics such as red-baiting to turn public opinion against the strikers. [3] The month-long strike ended on July 6, 1933, with field workers declaring victory even if they were no better off than they were before the strike with a slight ...