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12. Wrapping things up, you may be surprised to learn of New Ireland, a province of Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 on the other side of the world from Ireland 🇮🇪.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Irel

New Ireland was a correct answer in the April 2023 #fridaygeotrivia competition where we asked about states/provinces named after countries they are not part of:
blog.opencagedata.com/post/geo

#geoweirdness

Map showing the location of New Ireland
Map of New Ireland
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OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

13. That's it for our look at 🇮🇪 Ireland's #geoweirdness.

Thanks for reading and boosting. What did we overlook?

We have more threads about specific countries, border disputes, geocoding, etc on our blog.

Enjoy: blog.opencagedata.com/geothrea

Screenshot of the OpenCage blog page about geothreads
OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

14. Final bonus toot - Ireland 🇮🇪 of course has a rich musical tradition, and has gifted the world with some of the best songs about geocoding.

We close with U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name"

youtube.com/watch?v=GzZWSrr5wF

#geoweirdness #geocoding

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