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1. Atacama Desert, Chile / Peru

The Atacama Desert is considered the driest place in the world. Variations in temperature here are quite extreme,   since frosts  at night,

to + 40 ⁰ C during the day.

More than 1 million people called the desert their home, although most of them work in the local copper mines.

 

2. Verkhoyansk, Russia

The oldest city, located in the Arctic Circle with a population of  1500 people.  

This frozen "Metropolis" was previously used as a place of exile as in the days of the kings, and during the Soviet era.

 

3. Mount Merapi in Indonesia

Nicknamed the "Fire Mountain", the volcano Merapi has always smoldering in the last 500 years - has erupted more than 60 times.

 But it does not stop about a quarter of a million people, living here in the fertile land directly under its shade.

 

4. Lake Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo / Rwanda

Deep beneath the surface of the lake is a deposit of several trillion cubic meters of methane and carbon dioxide.

When these gases are suddenly welling up, the lives of more than 2 mln. People would be at risk.

 

5. Pitcairn Island

Sometimes this island is called the smallest democracy in the world, because the population of the island,

which is only 50 people took place from 9 families, leading his story of the famous rebel ship "Bounty".

The island has no runway - the runway, and the connection to the rest of the world is carried out through ship, who comes to the island once a month.

The Islanders have high-speed Internet access, although they may not use of the - of the great fun and the high cost of this - of the fact,

that the power supply is switched on an island in 2 hours.  

 

 

6. District Mingun, China

A rapidly growing population, sucked water from a single river in the region with two deserts, which gradually leads to leaving people in the region,

who are here are not hopeful future.

 

7. La Rinconada (La Rinconada), Peru

The town of La Rinconada is located in the Peruvian Andes at an altitude of 5 km above sea level. It is known as the most high,

and permanent settlement in the world. 30,000 people, who live here, work on a gold mine and many are suffering from mercury poisoning.

Oddly enough, salary for their work they receive. to pay them such an interesting way: they mined gold 30 days,

and then to the 31 - th day they are allowed to take as much ore from the mine, as they could carry. Keep in mind,

that the ore may not necessarily contain gold .

 

8. Chernobyl, Ukraine

Since then, both the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded a nuclear reactor in 1986 godu, the population of the exclusion zone for the most part

has been evacuated.

In our days, however, the workers re-housed within the Chernobyl exclusion zone, though there are limits to the number of days in a week,

that they may be in it.

 

9. Linfen (Linfen), China

This town is located in a zone ugolnopromyshlennom China, and, probably, impossible to find in the world city, dirtier, than this.

 

10. Pompeii, Italy

Once, as the volcano Vesuvius destroyed the entire city in 79 n. E., People - still live on the slopes of Pompeii, in the first place, from the -

for its fertile soil. However, Mount Vesuvius - it is still a dangerous neighborhood and the risk of eruption exists - remains. 

 

11. The island of Socotra, Yemen

Known as the "most alien place on Earth," the Yemeni island is completely isolated. In fact, the vast majority of its flora and fauna found nowhere else

in the world. Despite the fact, that there lived 40 000 people, the benefits of civilization there are few .

 

12. Barrow, Alaska, USA

The famous long polar nights and very low temperatures, the town of Barrow is located directly on the shoreline of the Arctic Ocean.

 

13. Tristan - yes - Cunha

Perhaps, the most remote village in the world, from Tristan to the nearest town almost 2000 kilometers. If you're thinking about moving,

keep in mind, that the people here everything is not too friendly.

 

14. Vaillant Louth (Bajau Laut), Philippines

People here do not live exactly the same, like in other places.

Dses inhabited by indigenous ethnic group, and many people live their entire lives on floating houses on the ocean.

 

15. Kifuka (Kifuka), Democratic Republic of the Congo

If you are afraid of lightning, it certainly is not the place for you. It is amazing, but on this village often, than any other place on Earth, come storm.

 For every square kilometer here has an average of 50 lightning strikes per year.

 

16. Meghalaya, India

This region of India is known for its constant and torrential rains.

The rain is so common here, that has  influenced the development of unique plant life, cultural traditions, and even the clothes the locals.

 

17. Muli (Múli), the Faroe Islands.

It is a small village in the Faroe Islands, experiencing the most unpredictable weather changes.

There is almost no vegetation and natural resources, and plus to all, all four of its residents live in complete isolation from the outside world.

 

18. Motu (Motuo), China

One of the most remote places on earth, have 10,000 inhabitants of this valley there is no road to the outside world.

The only way to get into this valley, is to make the dangerous crossing of the mountains, which may take about a week, or fly by helicopter.

 

 

19. La Oroya, Peru

Almost all children, living in the polluted cities have some degree of lead poisoning - the large volume of its smelting.

The city of La Oroya has repeatedly been recognized as one of the most polluted places on the planet.

 

20. Oymyakon, Russia

The so-called Cold Pole of the Earth. The average winter temperature  can easily reach - 60 degrees Celsius.

 500 inhabitants of this village are constantly faced with some unique challenges, caused by extremely low temperatures.

 

21. Death Valley, USA

In the western hemisphere there is no place hotter, than Death Valley. In summer, temperatures here often rises to 57 degrees Celsius.

 In spite of this heat, more than a thousand years it has lived the American Indians, who live here are still small soobschestvoi, in Furnace Creek.

 

 

22. Vostok Station, Antarctica

There are many reasons, why this place, located at the South Pole of Cold in the middle of the East - the Antarctic ice sheet, should not be inhabited.

It  not only holds the record for minimum temperature on the Earth, which reaches - 89.2 degrees Celsius, there is very little the oxygen content in the air 

 from - for  high altitude 3,488 meters above sea level, and constantly blowing strong winds with an average speed of about 18 km / h.

The polar night can last a year and a half. Most researchers working here for several months and during that time experience numerous headaches,

cramps, nosebleeds, vomiting, and others