How Good Is Your Geography?? [3]

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Originally Posted by Camelopard

You are in the right general area, I'm on an island that is shared by 3 countries.

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One of which is Indonesia.

Aha! An island with 3 countries?
Howsabout Brunei and Bagawan? (what IS a Bagawan?)

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Originally Posted by edv

...Bagawan? (what IS a Bagawan?)

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Doesn't he occasionally lurk around the F1 boards...?

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Originally Posted by edv

Aha! An island with 3 countries?
Howsabout Brunei and Bagawan? (what IS a Bagawan?)

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You have the right island, you just need the right city now.

OK. we have established that it is an island containing 3 countries, one of which is Indonesia, another Brunei and the third is Malaysia, there can't be to many cities let alone capital cities on the island of Borneo...... any more guesses?

Previously I pointed to a post I had made in the swine flu thread, but no-one seems to have taken the opportunity to check out the link I posted, so here it is again;

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/2533454.htm

Well, if it is the capital of Sarawak you're looking for, it is Kuching. But what is the 'cat' connection?

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Originally Posted by edv

Well, if it is the capital of Sarawak you're looking for, it is Kuching. But what is the 'cat' connection?

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Kuching is 'cat' in Malay.

http://www.catcityholidays.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuching

Your question edv.

Next time I get to ask a question I just might use Ojibway!!!!!! :D

OKay, here's one:

I am looking for the name of a country.
It is the Oldest Constitutional Republic in the world, and has the oldest written constitution among currently existing countries.

As usual, Google and Wikipedia, etc are forbidden.