Saturday, June 21, 2008

Assignment 5 ( by Norliza )



Name : Geneva

Location : Switzerland

Climate : In Geneva, the winter is cold and generally a little cloudy.During the winter season, it is possible to go several days without thawing, and a day or two severe freezes where the thermometer display 10'C.From March, with temperatures rising it feels like summer in late May.The weather in early September is still hot and become cool in November.The month of October is often the month with the most fog in the year.
Population : 185726 (2007 )
History : Geneva, capital of the Swiss canton of the same situated where the Rhone issues from Lake of Geneva ( Lacus Lemanus ), first appears in history as a border town, fortified against the Celto, Germanic, Helvetii, which the Romans took in 120 B.C.
Famous for : Culture, Museums, Infrastructure
Things to see : The International Monument, The Jet d'Eau in Lake Geneva, SPOT Satellite

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