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1490 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 5 of 25.

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Camp GraylingUSMichigan Army National Guard training installation hosting the Pentagon's Drone Dominance Phase 2 Gauntlet Stage 1, 8-20 June 2026.
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CanadaCAG7 federal co-host of the 2026 World Cup; eliminated in the last 16 by Morocco.
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Canary IslandsESSpanish Atlantic archipelago; tourist-municipality law now triggers binding duties on towns by bed-to-resident ratio.
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CanelonesUYDepartment of Uruguay near Montevideo, site of Antel's planned AI data centre.
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CangguIDBali's prime nomad hub; raided by Indonesia's immigration task force, 15 businesses in 2026.
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CantabriaESAutonomous community on Spain's northern coast.
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Cape HornCLSouthernmost headland of South America, in Chile.
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Cape of Good HopeZACape Peninsula headland marking Africa's most south-westerly point and a major shipping waypoint.
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Cape TownZASouth African port city and the country's legislative capital.
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Cape VerdeCVAtlantic island nation of 550,000; World Cup debutants eliminated by Argentina in round of 32.
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CardiffGBCapital city of Wales.
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Cardiff BayGBMetonym for the Senedd; the district of Cardiff housing the Welsh Parliament.
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CartagenaESSpanish Mediterranean port in Murcia and the Spanish Navy's main Mediterranean base and submarine yard
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CasablancaMAMorocco's largest city and main business centre, on the Atlantic coast.
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Casnewydd IslwynGBSenedd constituency covering Newport and Islwyn.
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Caspian SeaWorld's largest inland sea bordering five states; now also a fourth-belligerent war front.
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Cass County, IndianaUSOne of two Indiana counties, with Marshall, that banned new data centres outright rather than pausing them.
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Castellanos-Santa Lucía mineCULead-and-zinc mine in western Cuba, temporarily closed until 30 January 2027.
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CataloniaESSpanish community with its own Civil Code, seen as the likeliest to follow Navarra's room-rental law.
Cavalieri Waldorf Astoria HotelITThe Cavalieri Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Rome is the venue for the FIGC presidential Elective Assembly on 22 June 2026.
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Central African RepublicCFLandlocked central African state bordering DR Congo across the Ubangi river.
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Central AmericaIsthmus linking North and South America, from Guatemala to Panama.
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Central FloridaUSFlorida region anchoring Darren Soto's congressional district, targeted in DeSantis's 24R-4D map.
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Central MacedoniaGRGreek administrative region containing Thessaloniki; took 12.5 per cent of national tourist arrivals in 2025.
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Centrica RoughGBUK's primary gas storage facility (50% of total capacity); seasonal mandate expired 30 April 2026.
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Ceredigion PenfroGBWelsh Senedd constituency in Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire; First Minister Eluned Morgan's seat.
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CerrillosCLSantiago commune hosting Google's redesigned data centre and its environmental-review dispute.
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CeyhanTRTurkey's main Mediterranean crude export hub; terminus of the BTC and Iraq-Turkey pipelines.
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ChabaharIRIran's only deep-water Arabian Sea port; India's $120m stake transferred to Iranian entity when the sanctions waiver lapsed 26 April.
ChadTDLandlocked Central African state; ARILAC participant with one of the continent's thinnest health infrastructures.
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ChaniaGRCrete's largest city; under review for STR restrictions under Law 5275/2026.
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ChapayevskRURussian city in Samara Oblast; home to Promsintez explosives factory struck March 2026.
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ChapelcrossGBFormer Magnox nuclear power station near Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, being decommissioned.
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CharlotteUSNorth Carolina city hosting World Cup matches at Bank of America Stadium.
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ChechnyaRURussian North Caucasus republic led by Kadyrov; forces deployed to Ukraine since 2022.
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ChennaiINSouth Indian port city of 10 million; Tamil Nadu capital and a major hub for IT, manufacturing, and maritime trade.
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CheongnaKRNew-town district of Incheon, South Korea, inside the Incheon Free Economic Zone.
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CherkasyUAUkrainian city on the Dnipro river; targeted in post-Easter drone barrage.
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Cheshire and WarringtonGBEnglish combined authority; Devolution Priority Programme area, mayoral election postponed to May 2027.
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Chesterton and LauntonGBOxfordshire County Council electoral division covering Chesterton and Launton near Bicester.
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ChileCLSouth American republic on the Pacific coast; Jose Antonio Kast is president since March 2026.
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ChinaCNThe People's Republic of China; permanent UN Security Council member and world's second-largest economy.
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Choghaddak military baseIRIranian military installation in Bushehr province.
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Chonhar BridgeUARoad bridge across the Chonhar strait connecting mainland Ukraine to Crimea; one of Russia's key supply routes to the occupied peninsula.
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ChoozFRFrench nuclear power plant on the Meuse River, subject to river-cooling curtailment during 2026 summer heatwaves.
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ChornobylUADecommissioned Ukrainian nuclear plant; its spent-fuel building was struck by a Russian Shahed drone on 7 June 2026.
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ChubutARArgentine Patagonian province; oil, fishing and wool economy, administrative capital Rawson.
Ciego de ÁvilaCUCentral Cuban province; first to disconnect from the national grid at 06:09 on 14 May 2026 and first to reconnect at 08:16.
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Ciragan PalaceTRA historic Ottoman palace on the Bosphorus in Istanbul, now a luxury hotel and diplomatic venue.
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ClactonGBEssex constituency represented by Nigel Farage since 2024, the site of his self-triggered July 2026 by-election.
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ClairefontaineFRFrance national team training centre in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines; where Saliba reported after the UCL final with unresolved fitness status.
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ClaraGBSTFC's advanced electron-beam facility, mothballed in the July 2026 prioritisation cuts.
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CliftonvilleGBMargate ward in the Thanet district of east Kent; site of the 9 April 2026 KCC by-election won by the Green Party.
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ColombiaCOSouth American country whose digital nomad visa has a roughly 42% rejection rate.
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Colonia JuarezMXCDMX neighbourhood that has lost roughly 4,000 residents to short-let conversion since 2020.
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ColoradoUSUS Mountain West state with eight congressional districts.
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Colorado SpringsUSColorado city hosting Space Symposium; home of US Space Command and Space Foundation.
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ColossusUSxAI's data centre complex in Memphis, Tennessee; the largest single BYOP gas order to date at 1.2 GW via 41 gas turbines approved in March 2026.
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Columbus, OhioUSCapital and largest city of Ohio.
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ComorosKMIndian Ocean archipelago off Madagascar; world's top ylang-ylang producer and 2026 Red Sea coalition signatory.