Twinned with Timbuktu - Hay-on-Wye
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Twinned with Timbuktu - Hay-on-Wye
Image: © Pauline E Taken: 13 Oct 2007
Hay-on-Wye beat off over 50 contenders (including Glastonbury) to achieve twinning status with the ancient African city of Timbuktu, 2450 miles away in Mali, on the southern tip of the Sahara Desert. What do they have in common? They share the same line of longitude and have strong connections with the written word - Hay-on-Wye is known as the Town of Books, being home to over 30 (mainly second-hand) bookshops, and Timbuktu is the oldest home of the written word in Africa. The population:tourists p/a ratios are interesting. Hay-on-Wye is also twinned with Redu, a village in Belgium.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.072687
Longitude
-3.1263