Subject: ASC - The Centre of ASIA<br/>
Date: Nov 03, 2002 @ 21:08<br/>
Author: Harry ten Veen (&quot;Harry ten Veen&quot; &lt;pa8km@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-508774246">Today I saw a fascinating tv-program on &quot;throat-singing&quot; in Tuva (RU). It<br/>
also<br/>
showed a monument in the capital of Kyzyl marking the centre of Asia.<br/>
<br/>
Here are some pictures:<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~sjansson/journeytotuva.htm">http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~sjansson/journeytotuva.htm</a><br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ewpnet.com/tuva/tuva-pictures.htm">http://www.ewpnet.com/tuva/tuva-pictures.htm</a><br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sibirienspezial.com/galleries/deutsch/tuwa.htm">http://www.sibirienspezial.com/galleries/deutsch/tuwa.htm</a><br/>
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In China they also seem to have a centre of Asia, see this marker:<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.atnf.csiro.au/vlbi/apt/urumqi.html">http://www.atnf.csiro.au/vlbi/apt/urumqi.html</a><br/>
<br/>
Brunei also claims to be at the geographical centre of Asia:<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bruneibay.net/brunei_darussalam/">http://www.bruneibay.net/brunei_darussalam/</a><br/>
<br/>
gl<br/>
Harry ten Veen</div>