Asti vs Marj

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Asti (UK: AST-ee, US: AH-stee, Italian: [ˈasti] (listen); Piedmontese: Ast [ˈɑst]) is a comune of 76,164 inhabitants (1-1-2017) located in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, about 55 kilometres (34 miles) east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River.

It is the capital of the province of Asti and it is deemed to be the modern capital of Montferrat.

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Marj (Arabic: المرج‎ Al Marǧ, English: The Meadows), also spelt El Merj, generally believed to be on the site of the ancient city of Barca or Barce, is a city in northeastern Libya and the administrative seat of the Marj District. It lies in an upland valley separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a range of hills, part of the Jebel Akhdar Mountains.

It has an estimated population of 85,315 (As of 2004). There are a couple of banks on the main street and the main post office is in the city centre, not far from the Abu Bakr Assiddiq mosque.

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