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The list of countries in an alphabetical order.
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|[[Afghanistan]]<br>[[File:Afghanistan flag 60px.gif|60px|link=Afghanistan]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 01||??||Afghanistan is an Islamic country. An estimated 80% of the population is Sunni, following the Hanafi school of jurisprudence; the remainder of the population--and primarily the Hazara ethnic group--is predominantly Shi'a. Despite attempts during the years of communist rule to secularize Afghan society, Islamic practices pervade all aspects of life. -->[[Afghanistan|>>> Read More >>>]]
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|[[Akrotiri]]<br>[[File:United Kingdom flag.gif|60px|link=Akrotiri]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 01||??||Akrotiri was first constructed in the mid-1950s to relieve pressure on the main RAF station on the island, RAF Nicosia. In the aftermath of the Egyptian repudiation of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty, British forces had to be withdrawn from the Canal Zone in [[Egypt]].
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|[[Albania]]<br>[[File:Albania flag.gif|60px|link=Albania]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 02||??||Over 90% of Albania's people are ethnic Albanian, and Albanian is the official language. Religions include Muslim (Sunni and Bektashi), Albanian Orthodox, and Roman Catholic. Scholars believe the Albanian people are descended from a non-Slavic, non-Turkic group of tribes known as Illyrians, who arrived in the Balkans around 2000 BC.
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|[[Algeria]]<br>[[File:Algeria flag.gif|60px|link=Algeria]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 01||??||Algeria is Africa's second largest country, covering an area of nearly 2.5 million square miles. Algeria's indigenous Berber people has been under foreign rule for much of the last 3000 years. The Phoenicians (1000 BC) and the Romans (200 BC) were the most important of these.
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|[[American Samoa]]<br>[[File:American Samoa Flag.gif|60px|link=American Samoa]]||??||??||American Samoa, officially Territory of American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States consisting of the eastern part of the Samoan archipelago, located in the south-central Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1,600 miles (2,600 km) northeast of New Zealand and 2,200 miles (3,500 km) southwest of the U.S. state of Hawaii.
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|[[Andorra]]<br>[[File:Andorra flag.gif|60px|link=Andorra]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 03||??||Andorrans live in seven valleys that form Andorra's political districts. Andorrans are a minority in their own country; they make up only approximately 37% of the population or about 31,500 native Andorrans. Spanish, French, and Portuguese residents make up the other 63% of the population.
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|[[Angola]]<br>[[File:Angola flag 60px.gif|link=Angola]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 02||??||Angola has substantial mineral resources and hydroelectric power. Most large-scale industries are nationalized. Oil, chiefly from reserves offshore, is the most lucrative product, providing about 50% of the country's GDP and 90% of its exports.
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|[[Anguilla]]<br>[[File:Anguilla flag.gif|60px|link=Anguilla]]||??||??||Anguilla, island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, a British overseas territory. It is the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles and lies about 12 miles (19 km) north of the island of Saint Martin and 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Saint Kitts.
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|[[Antigua and Barbuda]]<br>[[File:Antigua and Barbuda flag.gif|60px|link=Antigua and Barbuda]]||??||??||Antigua, the larger of the two main islands, is 108 sq mi (280 sq km). The island dependencies of Redonda (an uninhabited rocky islet) and Barbuda (a coral island formerly known as Dulcina) are 0.5 sq mi (1.30 sq km) and 62 sq mi (161 sq km), respectively.
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|[[Argentina]]<br>[[File:Argentina flag.gif|60px|link=Argentina]]||[[South America]]||??||Argentina, country of South America, covering most of the southern portion of the continent. The world’s eighth largest country, Argentina occupies an area more extensive than Mexico and the U.S. state of Texas combined.
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|[[Armenia]]<BR>[[File:Armenia flag .gif|60px|link=Armenia]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 02||??||Armenia, country of Transcaucasia, lying just south of the great mountain range of the Caucasus and fronting the northwestern extremity of Asia. To the north and east Armenia is bounded by Georgia and Azerbaijan, while its neighbours to the southeast and west are, respectively, Iran and Turkey. Naxçıvan, an exclave of Azerbaijan, borders Armenia to the southwest.
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|[[Aruba]]<br>[[File:Aruba flag.gif|60px|link=Aruba]]||??||??||Discovered and claimed for Spain in 1499, Aruba was acquired by the Dutch in 1636. The island's economy has been dominated by three main industries. A 19th century gold rush was followed by prosperity brought on by the opening in 1924 of an oil refinery.
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|[[Ashmore|Ashmore and Cartier Islands]]<br>[[File:Ashmore and Cartier Islands flag.gif|60px|link=Ashmore]]<font size=1>uses Australia's Flag</font>||??||??||Ashmore and Cartier Islands, officially Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, external territory of Australia, in the Indian Ocean. The islands lie 200 miles (320 km) northwest of Western Australia state and some 105 miles (170 km) southwest of the island of Roti, Indonesia.
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|[[Australia]]<br>[[File:Australia flag.gif|60px|link=Australia]]||??||??||Australia, the smallest continent and one of the largest countries on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia’s capital is Canberra, located in the southeast between the larger and more important economic and cultural centres of Sydney and Melbourne.
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|[[Austria]]<br>[[File:Austria flag.gif|60px|link=Austria]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 04||??||Austria has a well-developed social market economy with a high standard of living and close ties to other EU economies, especially Germany's.
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|[[Azerbaijan]]<br>[[File:Azerbaijan flag.gif|60px|link=Azerbaijan]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 03||??||Azerbaijan combines the heritage of two venerable civilizations--the Seljuk Turks of the 11th century and the ancient Persians. Its name is thought to be derived from the Persian phrase "Land of Fire," referring both to its petroleum deposits, known since ancient times, and to its status as a former center of the Zoroastrian faith.
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|[[Bahamas, The]]<br>[[File:Bahamas The flag.gif|60px|link=Bahamas, The]]||??||??||Eighty-five percent of the Bahamian population is of African heritage. About two-thirds of the population resides on New Providence Island (the location of Nassau). Many ancestors arrived in The Bahamas when the islands served as a staging area for the slave trade in the early 1800s.
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|[[Bahrain]]<br>[[File:Bahrain flag.gif|60px|link=Bahrain]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 04||??||Bahrain, small Arab state situated in a bay on the southwestern coast of the Persian Gulf. It is an archipelago consisting of Bahrain Island and some 30 smaller islands. Its name is from the Arabic term al-bahrayn, meaning “two seas.”
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|[[Baker Island]]||??||??||??
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|[[Bangladesh]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 05||??||??
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|[[Barbados]]||??||??||??
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|[[Belarus]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 05||??||??
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|[[Belgium]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 06||??||??
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|[[Belize]]<br>[[File:Flag of belize.png|60px|link=Belize]]||??||??||Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1854. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981.
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|[[Benin]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 03||??||??
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|[[Bermuda]]<br>[[File:Flag of Bermuda (WFB 2004).gif|60px|link=Bermuda]]||??||??||Bermuda is an archipelago of about 360 small islands, 580 mi (934 km) east of North Carolina. The largest is (Great) Bermuda, or Main Island. Explored by Juan de Bermúdez, a Spaniard, the islands were settled in 1612 by an offshoot of the Virginia Company. Bermuda became a Crown colony in 1684.
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|[[Bhutan]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 06||??||??
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|[[Bolivia]]||[[South America]]||??||??
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|[[Bosnia Herzegovina]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 07||??||??
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|[[Botswana]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 04||??||??
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|[[Brazil]]<br>[[File:Flag_of_Brazil.png|60px|link=Brazil]]||[[South America]]||??||Following more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, Brazil gained its independence in 1822, maintaining a monarchical system of government until the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the subsequent proclamation of a republic by the military in 1889. Brazilian coffee exporters politically dominated the country until populist leader Getulio VARGAS rose to power in 1930.
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|[[Brunei]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 07||??||??
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|[[Bulgaria]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 08||??||??
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|[[Burkina Faso]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 05||??||??
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|[[Burma]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 08||??||??
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|[[Burundi]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 06||??||??
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|[[Cambodia]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 09||??||??
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|[[Cameroon]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 07||??||??
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|[[Canada]]<br>[[File:Canada flag.gif|60px|link=Canada]]||??||??||Canada's forests supply the country's building and paper products industries and contribute one fifth of all the nation's exports. In the 1990s the national forest inventory recorded a total of 1.3 million square miles (3.4 million square kilometers) of forest land, of which 83 percent had been surveyed and almost 60 percent was in production.
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|[[Cape Verde]] - [[Cabo Verde]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 08||??||??
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|[[Cayman Islands]]||??||??||??
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|[[Central African Republic]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 09||??||??
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|[[Chad]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 10||??||??
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|[[Chile]]||[[South America]]||??||??
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|[[China]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 10||??||??
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|[[Colombia]]||[[South America]]||??||??
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|[[Comoros]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 11||??||??
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|[[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo, Democratic Republic of the]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 12||??||??
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|[[Congo, Republic of the]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo (WFB 2004).gif|60px|link=Congo, Republic of the]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 13||??||Republic of the Congo, country situated astride the Equator in west-central Africa. Officially known as the Republic of the Congo, the country is often called Congo (Brazzaville), with its capital added parenthetically, to distinguish it from neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is often referred to by its acronym, the DRC, or called Congo (Kinshasa).
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|[[Costa Rica]]||??||??||??
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|[[Cote D'Ivoire]] Ivory Coast||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 14||??||??
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|[[Croatia]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 09||??||The Croats are believed to be a Slavic people who migrated from Ukraine and settled in present-day Croatia during the 6th century. After a period of self-rule, Croatians agreed to the Pacta Conventa in 1091, submitting themselves to Hungarian authority.
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|[[Cuba]]||??||??||??
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|[[Cyprus]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 10||??||??
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|[[Czech Republic]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 11||??||??
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|[[Denmark]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 12||??||??
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|[[Djibouti]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 15||??||??
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|[[Dominica]]||??||??||??
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|[[Dominican Republic]]||??||??||??
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|[[Ecuador]]||[[South America]]||??||??
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|[[Egypt]]<br>[[File:Flag of Egypt (WFB 2004).gif|60px|link=Egypt]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 16||??||
Egypt, country located in the northeastern corner of Africa. Egypt’s heartland, the Nile River valley and delta, was the home of one of the principal civilizations of the ancient Middle East and, like Mesopotamia farther east, was the site of one of the world’s earliest urban and literate societies.
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|[[Egypt]] - Sinai<br>[[File:Flag of Egypt (WFB 2004).gif|60px|link=Egypt#About_Egypt-Sinai]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 11||??||
Mount Sinai, also called Mountain of Moses or Mount Hareh, Hebrew Har Sinai, Arabic Jabal Mūsā, granitic peak of the south-central Sinai Peninsula, Janūb Sīnāʾ (South Sinai) muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Egypt. Mount Sinai is renowned as the principal site of divine revelation in Jewish history, where God is purported to have appeared to Moses and given him the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5).
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|[[El Salvador]]||??||??||??
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|[[Equatorial Guinea]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 17||??||??
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|[[Eritrea]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 18||??||??
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|[[Estonia]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 13||??||??
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|[[Ethiopia]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 19||??||??
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|[[Falkland Islands]]||??||??||??
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|[[Faroe Islands]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 14||??||??
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|[[Fiji]]||??||??||??
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|[[Finland]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 15||??||??
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|[[France]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 16||??||??
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|[[French Polynesia]]||??||??||??
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|[[Gabon]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 20||??||??
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|[[Gambia, The]]<br>[[File:Gambia, The flag.gif|60px|Link=Gambia, The]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 21||??||The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965. Geographically surrounded by Senegal, it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia between 1982 and 1989. In 1991 the two nations signed a friendship and cooperation treaty, but tensions have flared up intermittently since then.
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|[[Gaza Strip]]||??||??||??
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|[[Georgia]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 12||??||??
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|[[Germany]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 17||??||??
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|[[Ghana]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 22||??||??
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|[[Gibraltar]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 18||??||??
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|[[Greece]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 19||??||??
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|[[Greenland]]||??||??||??
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|[[Grenada]]||??||??||??
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|[[Guam]]||??||??||??
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|[[Guatemala]]||??||??||??
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|[[Guernsey]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 20||??||??
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|[[Guinea]]<br>[[File:Guinea flag.gif|60px|link=Guinea]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 23||??||Guinea is bordered by Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d’Ivoire to the southeast, and Liberia and Sierra Leone to the south. The Atlantic Ocean lies to the west.
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|[[Guinea-Bissau]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 24||??||??
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|[[Guyana]]||[[South America]]||??||??
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|[[Haiti]]||??||??||??
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|[[Honduras]]||??||??||??
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|[[Hong Kong]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 13||??||??
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|[[Hungary]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 21||??||??
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|[[Iceland]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 22||??||??
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|[[India]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 14||??||??
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|[[Indonesia]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 15||??||??
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|[[Iran]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 16||??||??
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|[[Iraq]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 17||??||??
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|[[Ireland]]<br>[[File:Ireland flag.gif|60px|link=Ireland]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 23||??||Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600 and 150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. Norman invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than seven centuries of Anglo-Irish struggle marked by fierce rebellions and harsh repressions.
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|[[Isle of Man]]||??||??||??
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|[[Israel]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 18||??||??
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|[[Italy]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 24||??||??
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|[[Jamaica]]||??||??||??
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|[[Japan]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 19||??||??
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|[[Jersey]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 25||??||??
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|[[Jordan]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 20||??||??
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|[[Kazakhstan]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 21||??||??
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|[[Kenya]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 25||??||??
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|[[Korea, North]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 22||??||??
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|[[Korea, South]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 23||??||??
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|[[Kosovo]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 26||??||??
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|[[Kuwait]]<br>[[File:Kuwait_flag_60px.gif|link=Kuwait]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 24||??||A small emirate nestled between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Kuwait is situated in a section of one of the driest, least-hospitable deserts on earth. Its shore, however, includes Kuwait Bay, a deep harbour on the Persian Gulf.
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|[[Kyrgyzstan]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 25||??||??
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|[[Laos]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 26||??||??
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|[[Latvia]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 27||??||??
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|[[Lebanon]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 27||??||??
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|[[Lesotho]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 26||??||??
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|[[Liberia]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 27||??||??
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|[[Libya]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 28||??||??
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|[[Liechtenstein]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 28||??||??
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|[[Lithuania]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 29||??||??
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|[[Luxembourg]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 30||??||??
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|[[Macau]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 28||??||??
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|[[Macedonia]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 31||??||??
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|[[Madagascar]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 29||??||??
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|[[Malawi]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 30||??||??
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|[[Malaysia]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 29||??||??
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|[[Maldives]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 30||??||??
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|[[Mali]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 31||??||??
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|[[Malta]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 32||??||??
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|[[Marshall Islands]]||??||??||??
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|[[Mauritania]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 32||??||??
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|[[Mauritius]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 33||??||??
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|[[Mayotte]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 34||??||??
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|[[Mexico]]||North America||??||??
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|[[Moldova]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 33||??||??
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|[[Monaco]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 34||??||??
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|[[Mongolia]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 31||??||??
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|[[Montenegro]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 35||??||??
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|[[Montserrat]]||??||??||??
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|[[Morocco]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 35||??||??
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|[[Mozambique]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 36||??||Mozambique is about the size of the combined areas of the U.S. states of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah; most of its territory stretches along the Indian Ocean coast from Cape (Cabo) Delgado in the north past the capital city of Maputo in the south. It is bordered to the north by Tanzania, to the east by the Mozambique Channel, which separates it from the island of Madagascar, to the south and southwest by South Africa and Swaziland, to the west by Zimbabwe, and to the northwest by Zambia, Malawi, and Lake Nyasa.
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|[[Namibia]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 37||??||??
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|[[Nauru]]||??||??||??
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|[[Nepal]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 32||??||??
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|[[Netherlands]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 36||??||??
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|[[Netherlands Antilles]]||??||??||??
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|[[New Caledonia]]||??||??||??
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|[[New Zealand]]<br>[[File:New zealand flag.gif|60px|link=New Zealand]]||??||??||The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. That same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement.
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|[[Nicaragua]]||[[South America]]||??||??
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|[[Niger]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 38||??||??
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|[[Nigeria]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 39||??||??
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|[[Niue]]||??||??||??
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|[[Norfolk Island]]||??||??||??
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|[[Northern Mariana Islands]]||??||??||??
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|[[Norway]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 37||??||??
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|[[Oman]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 33||??||??
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|[[Pakistan]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 34||??||??
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|[[Palau]]||??||??||??
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|[[Panama]]||??||??||??
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|[[Papua New Guinea]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 35||??||??
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|[[Paraguay]]||[[South America]]||??||??
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|[[Peru]]<br>[[File:Peru flag.gif|60px|link=Peru]]||[[South America]]||??||Peru, country in western South America. Except for the Lake Titicaca basin in the southeast, its borders lie in sparsely populated zones. The boundaries with Colombia to the northeast and Brazil to the east traverse lower ranges or tropical forests, whereas the borders with Bolivia to the southeast, Chile to the south, and Ecuador to the northwest run across the high Andes.
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|[[Philippines]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 36||??||??
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|[[Poland]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 38||??||??
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|[[Portugal]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 39||??||??
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|[[Puerto Rico]]||??||??||??
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|[[Qatar]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 37||??||??
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|[[Romania]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 40||??||??
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|[[Russia]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 38||??||??
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|[[Rwanda]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 40||??||??
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|[[Saint Barthelemy]]||??||??||??
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|[[Saint Helena]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 41||??||??
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|[[Saint Kitts]]||??||??||??
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|[[Saint Lucia]]||??||??||??
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|[[Saint Martin]]||??||??||??
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|[[Saint Pierre Miquelon]]||??||??||??
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|[[Saint Vincent and Grenadines]]||??||??||??
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|[[Samoa]]<br>[[File:Samoa flag.gif|60px|link=Samoa]]||??||??||Samoa, country in the central South Pacific Ocean, among the westernmost of the island nations of Polynesia. According to legend, Samoa is known as the “Cradle of Polynesia” because Savai’i island is said to be Hawaiki, the Polynesian homeland.
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|[[American Samoa|Samoa, American]]<br>[[File:American Samoa Flag.gif|60px|link=American Samoa]]||??||??||American Samoa, officially Territory of American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States consisting of the eastern part of the Samoan archipelago, located in the south-central Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1,600 miles (2,600 km) northeast of New Zealand and 2,200 miles (3,500 km) southwest of the U.S. state of Hawaii.
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|[[San Marino]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 41||??||??
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|[[Sau Tome and Princepe]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 42||??||??
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|[[Saudi Arabia]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 39||??||??
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|[[Senegal]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 43||??||??
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|[[Serbia]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 42||??||??
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|[[Seychelles]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 44||??||??
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|[[Sierra Leone]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 45||??||??
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|[[Singapore]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 40||??||??
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|[[Slovakia]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 43||??||??
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|[[Slovenia]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 44||??||??
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|[[Solomon Islands]]||??||??||??
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|[[Somalia]]<br>[[File:Somalia flag.gif|60px|link=Somalia]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 46||??||Britain withdrew from British Somaliland in 1960 to allow its protectorate to join with Italian Somaliland and form the new nation of Somalia. In 1969, a coup headed by Mohamed SIAD Barre ushered in an authoritarian socialist rule characterized by the persecution, jailing, and torture of political opponents and dissidents.
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|[[South Africa]]<br>[[File:Flag s africa.gif|60px|link=South Africa]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 47||??||South Africa, the southernmost country on the African continent, renowned for its varied topography, great natural beauty, and cultural diversity, all of which have made the country a favoured destination for travelers since the legal ending of apartheid (Afrikaans: “apartness,” or racial separation) in 1994.
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|[[Syria]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 42||??||??
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|[[Taiwan]]<br>[[File:Taiwan Flag.gif|60px|link=Taiwan]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 43||??||Taiwan, Chinese (Wade-Giles romanization) T’ai-wan or (Pinyin) Taiwan, Portuguese Formosa, island, located about 100 miles (161 km) off the southeast coast of the China mainland. It is approximately 245 miles (394 km) long (north-south) and 90 miles across at its widest point. The largest city, Taipei, is the seat of the government of the Republic of China (ROC; Nationalist China).
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|[[Turkey]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 47||??||??
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|[[Turkmenistan]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 48||??||??
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|[[Uganda]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 53||??||??
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|[[Ukraine]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 48||??||??
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|[[United Arab Emirates]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 49||??||??
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|[[United Kingdom]]||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 49||??||??
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|[[United States of America]]<br>[[File:Us-lgflag.gif|60px|link=United States of America]]||??||??||??
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|[[Vanuatu]]<br>[[File:Vanuatu flag 60.gif|link=Vanuatu]]||??||??||Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, consisting of a chain of 13 principal and many smaller islands located about 500 miles (800 km) west of Fiji and 1,100 miles (1,770 km) east of Australia.
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|[[Vatican City State]]-Holy See||[[List of Countries in Europe|Europe]] 50||??||??
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|[[Venezuela]]||??||??||Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and New Granada, which became Colombia). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally benevolent military strongmen, who promoted the oil industry and allowed for some social reforms.
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|[[West Bank]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 52||??||From the early 16th century through 1917, the area now known as the West Bank fell under Ottoman rule. Following World War I, the Allied powers (France, UK, Russia) allocated the area to the British Mandate of Palestine. After World War II, the UN passed a resolution to establish two states within the Mandate, and designated a territory including what is now known as the West Bank as part of the proposed Arab state. Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War the area was captured by Transjordan (later renamed Jordan). [[West Bank|>>>Read More...]]
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|[[Western Sahara]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 54||??||Western Sahara is a disputed territory on the northwest coast of Africa bordered by Morocco, Mauritania, and Algeria. After Spain withdrew from its former colony of Spanish Sahara in 1976, Morocco annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara and claimed the rest of the territory in 1979, [[Western Sahara|>>>Read More...]]
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|[[Yemen]]<br>[[File:Yemen flag.JPG|60px|link=Yemen]]||[[List of Countries in Asia|Asia]] 53||??||Yemen was one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East. Between the 12th century BC and the 6th century AD, it was part of the Minaean, Sabaean, and Himyarite kingdoms, which controlled the lucrative spice trade, and later came under Ethiopian and Persian rule. >>> [[Yemen|Read More....]]
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|[[Zambia]]<br>[[File:Zambia Flag of (WFB 2004).gif|60px|link=Zambia]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 55||??||About two-thirds of Zambians live in poverty. Per capita annual incomes are well below their levels at independence and, at $1,500, place the country among the world's poorest nations.
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|[[Zimbabwe]]<br>[[File:Zimbabwe flag.gif|60px|link=Zimbabwe]]||[[List of Countries in Africa|Africa]] 56||??||Zimbabwe's wide range of natural resources makes agriculture and mining the main pillars of the economy. In 2009 agriculture and industry accounted for about 19% and 24% of gross domestic product (GDP), respectively. Zimbabwe has an important percentage of the world's known reserves of metallurgical-grade chromite.
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==List of Countries of the World==
:Facts About the World
*Background: Globally, the 20th century was marked by: (a) two devastating world wars; (b) the Great Depression of the 1930s; (c) the end of vast colonial empires; (d) rapid advances in science and technology, from the first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (US) to the landing on the moon; (e) the Cold War between the Western alliance and the Warsaw Pact nations; (f) a sharp rise in living standards in North America, Europe, and Japan; (g) increased concerns about the environment, including loss of forests, shortages of energy and water, the decline in biological diversity, and air pollution; (h) the onset of the AIDS epidemic; and (i) the ultimate emergence of the US as the only world superpower. The planet's population continues to explode: from 1 billion in 1820, to 2 billion in 1930, 3 billion in 1960, 4 billion in 1974, 5 billion in 1988, and 6 billion in 2000. For the 21st century, the continued exponential growth in science and technology raises both hopes (e.g., advances in medicine) and fears (e.g., development of even more lethal weapons of war).
*Geography Overview: The surface of the earth is approximately 70.9% water and 29.1% land. The former portion is divided into large water bodies termed oceans. The World Factbook recognizes and describes five oceans, which are in decreasing order of size: the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean. The land portion is generally divided into several, large, discrete landmasses termed continents. Depending on the convention used, the number of continents can vary from five to seven. The most common classification recognizes seven, which are (from largest to smallest): Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. Asia and Europe are sometimes lumped together into a Eurasian continent resulting in six continents. Alternatively, North and South America are sometimes grouped as simply the Americas, resulting in a continent total of six (or five, if the Eurasia designation is used). North America is commonly understood to include the island of Greenland, the isles of the Caribbean, and to extend south all the way to the Isthmus of Panama. The easternmost extent of Europe is generally defined as being the Ural Mountains and the Ural River; on the southeast the Caspian Sea; and on the south the Caucasus Mountains, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. Africa's northeast extremity is frequently delimited at the Isthmus of Suez, but for geopolitical purposes, the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula is often included as part Africa. Asia usually incorporates all the islands of the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The islands of the Pacific are often lumped with Australia into a "land mass" termed Oceania or Australasia. Although the above groupings are the most common, different continental dispositions are recognized or taught in certain parts of the world, with some arrangements more heavily based on cultural spheres rather than physical geographic considerations.
*Area: total: 510.072 million sq km
**land: 148.94 million sq km
**water: 361.132 million sq km
**note: 70.8% of the world's surface is water, 29.2% is land
*Land boundaries: the land boundaries in the world total 251,060 km (not counting shared boundaries twice); two nations, China and Russia, each border 14 other countries
**note: 45 nations and other areas are landlocked, these include: Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe; two of these, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan, are doubly landlocked.
*Coastline: 356,000 km
**note: 94 nations and other entities are islands that border no other countries, they include: American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Baker Island, Barbados, Bermuda, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Clipperton Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guernsey, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Howland Island, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jan Mayen, Japan, Jarvis Island, Jersey, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Federated States of Micronesia, Midway Islands, Montserrat, Nauru, Navassa Island, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Palmyra Atoll, Paracel Islands, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Svalbard, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Wallis and Futuna, Taiwan
*Maritime claims: a variety of situations exist, but in general, most countries make the following claims measured from the mean low-tide baseline as described in the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: territorial sea - 12 nm, contiguous zone - 24 nm, and exclusive economic zone - 200 nm; additional zones provide for exploitation of continental shelf resources and an exclusive fishing zone; boundary situations with neighboring states prevent many countries from extending their fishing or economic zones to a full 200 nm
*Climate: a wide equatorial band of hot and humid tropical climates - bordered north and south by subtropical temperate zones - that separate two large areas of cold and dry polar climates
*Terrain: The greatest ocean depth is the Mariana Trench at 10,924 m in the Pacific Ocean
*Elevation extremes:
LOWEST POINT
*Land surface: Dead Sea is the lowest place on Earth that is below sea level, at 1,378 feet deep
*Ocean surface: Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench, is the lowest point, lying -10,924 m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean
**Glacier Ice: Bentley Sub-glacial Trench is the lowest point at -2,555 m (It is a vast topographic trench in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, 80°S, 115°W. At 2,555 meters, or 8,382 feet, below sea level, it is the lowest point on the surface of the earth not covered by land surface, as it is mostly covered by glacial ice. Most academic people do not count it as the lowest point on Earth's land surface, since the underlying permafrost glacier ice sheet makes it essentially subterranean, and, in theory, if the glacial ice "ever" melted, the lowest recorded area would vanish, and [we'd] be under water.)
HIGHEST POINT
*Land surface: Mount Everest at 8,850 m
*Ocean surface: Gregg Seamount, part of the New England Seamount Chain, is the highest (shallowest) seamount that is known to geologists, and its top is about 800 meters (2,600 feet) from the surface of the ocean.
**A '''seamount''' is a submerged mountain that does not rise above the ocean surface. It has been created the same way as other mountains, but remains under water.
===[[Afghanistan]]===
Afghanistan is an Islamic country. An estimated 80% of the population is Sunni, following the Hanafi school of jurisprudence; the remainder of the population--and primarily the Hazara ethnic group--is predominantly Shi'a. Despite attempts during the years of communist rule to secularize Afghan society, Islamic practices pervade all aspects of life. In fact, Islam served as a principal basis for expressing opposition to communism and the Soviet invasion. Islamic religious tradition and codes, together with traditional tribal and ethnic practices, have an important role in personal conduct and dispute settlement. Afghan society is largely based on kinship groups, which follow traditional customs and religious practices, though somewhat less so in urban areas. -->[[Afghanistan|Read On]]
===[[Akrotiri]]===
The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia are two British-administered areas comprising a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus administered as Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom. The bases were retained by the British following the granting of independence and the eventual transition of Cyprus from a crown colony to an independent sovereign state.
===[[Albania]]===
Over 90% of Albania's people are ethnic Albanian, and Albanian is the official language. Religions include Muslim (Sunni and Bektashi), Albanian Orthodox, and Roman Catholic.
Scholars believe the Albanian people are descended from a non-Slavic, non-Turkic group of tribes known as Illyrians, who arrived in the Balkans around 2000 BC. After falling under Roman authority in 165 BC, Albania was controlled nearly continuously by a succession of foreign powers until the mid-20th century, with only brief periods of self-rule. -->[[Albania|Read On]]
===[[Algeria]]===
Algeria, the second-largest state in Africa, has a Mediterranean coastline of about 998 kilometers (620 mi.). The Tellian and Saharan Atlas mountain ranges cross the country from east to west, dividing it into three zones. [[Algeria|MORE ABOUT ALGERIA]]
===[[American Samoa]]===
The territory of American Samoa consists of 7 islands that lie 4700 km (2600 miles) southwest of Hawaii, in the center of the Pacific Ocean and are the oldest of the Samoan Islands. The total land mass for the 7 islands is 197 sq km (76.1 sq miles) with 74% belonging to the island of Tutuila.
===[[Andorra]]===
Andorrans live in seven valleys that form Andorra's political districts. Andorrans are a minority in their own country; they make up only approximately 37% of the population or about 31,500 native Andorrans. Spanish, French, and Portuguese residents make up the other 63% of the population.
===[[Angola]]===
Angola is located on the South Atlantic Coast of West Africa between Namibia and the Republic of the Congo.
===[[Anguilla]]===
Anguilla has few natural resources, and the economy depends heavily on luxury tourism, offshore banking, lobster fishing, and remittances from emigrants.
===[[Antigua]]===
Antigua was first inhabited by the Siboney ("stone people"), whose settlements date at least to 2400 BC.
===[[Argentina]]===
Argentines are a fusion of diverse national and ethnic groups, with descendants of Italian and Spanish immigrants predominant. Waves of immigrants from many European countries arrived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [[Argentina|Read More]]...
===[[Armenia]]===
Ethnic groups in Armenia include Armenians (98%), Kurds, Russians, Greeks, and others. More than 90% of the population is nominally affiliated with the Armenian Apostolic Church, which is considered to be the national church of Armenia. Languages are Armenian (96%), Russian, and others.
===[[Aruba]]===
Although Aruba conducts foreign affairs primarily through the Dutch Government, it also has strong relations with other Caribbean governments. Aruba is an observer in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), an associate member of the World Trade Organization through the Netherlands, and is a full member of the Association of Caribbean States.
===[[Ashmore|Ashmore and Cartier Islands]]===
These uninhabited islands came under Australian authority in 1931; formal administration began two years later. Ashmore Reef supports a rich and diverse avian and marine habitat; in 1983, it became a National Nature Reserve. Cartier Island, a former bombing range, became a marine reserve in 2000.
===[[Australia]]===
Australia's indigenous inhabitants, a hunting-gathering people collectively referred to today as Aboriginals and Torres Straits Islanders, arrived more than 40,000 years ago.
===[[Austria]]===
Austria has a well-developed social market economy with a high standard of living and close ties to other EU economies, especially Germany's.
===[[Azerbaijan]]===
Azerbaijan combines the heritage of two venerable civilizations--the Seljuk Turks of the 11th century and the ancient Persians. Its name is thought to be derived from the Persian phrase "Land of Fire," referring both to its petroleum deposits, known since ancient times, and to its status as a former center of the Zoroastrian faith.
===[[Bahamas, The]]===
Eighty-five percent of the Bahamian population is of African heritage. About two-thirds of the population resides on New Providence Island (the location of Nassau). Many ancestors arrived in The Bahamas when the islands served as a staging area for the slave trade in the early 1800s. Others accompanied thousands of British loyalists who fled the American colonies during the Revolutionary War.
===[[Bahrain]]===
Bahrain is one of the most densely populated countries in the world; about 89% of the population lives in the two principal cities of Manama and Al Muharraq.
===[[Baker Island]]===
Uninhabited island, 1 sq mi (2.6 sq km), central Pacific, near the equator, c.1,650 mi (2,660 km) SW of Honolulu. The arid coral island was discovered in 1832 by Capt. Michael Baker, an American, and was claimed by the United States in 1856. Like Jarvis Island and Howland Island, Baker was worked for guano by both American and British companies during the 19th cent. In 1935 it was colonized by Americans from Hawaii in order to establish U.S. control against British claims. The colonists were removed during World War II. Baker Island is administered under the U.S. Dept. of the Interior.
===[[Bangladesh]]===
Bangladesh is a low-lying, riparian country located in South Asia with a largely marshy jungle coastline of 710 kilometers (440 mi.) on the northern littoral of the Bay of Bengal.
===[[Barbados]]===
The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished.
===[[Belarus]]===
*Area: 207,600 sq. km. (80,100 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than Kansas.
*Cities: Capital--Minsk.
*Terrain: Landlocked, low-lying with thick forests, flat marshes and fields.
*Climate: Cold winters, cool and moist summers, transitional between continental and maritime.
===[[Belgium]]===
Belgium is located in Western Europe, bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and the North Sea. Although generally flat, the terrain becomes increasingly hilly and forested in the southeast (Ardennes) region.
===[[Belize]]===
Belize (formerly British Honduras) is a constitutional monarchy, and the northernmost Central American nation.
===[[Benin]]===
Present day Benin was the site of Dahomey, a prominent West African kingdom that rose in the 15th century. The territory became a French Colony in 1872 and achieved independence on 1 August 1960, as the Republic of Benin.
===[[Bermuda]]===
*Area: 58.8 sq. km. (22.7 sq. mi.).
*Cities (2000 census): Capital--Hamilton (pop. 3,461). Other city--St. George (pop. 3,306).
*Terrain: Hilly islands.
*Climate: Semi-tropical.
===[[Bhutan]]===
In 1865, Britain and Bhutan signed the Treaty of Sinchulu, under which Bhutan would receive an annual subsidy in exchange for ceding some border land to British India.
===[[Bolivia]]===
Flag Description of Bolivia: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green with the coat of arms centered on the yellow band
===[[Bosnia Herzegovina]]===
The three constituent peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina are Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats, and languages are Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian. Religions include Islam, Serbian Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Judaism, some Protestant sects, and some others.
===[[Brazil]]===
Pedro Alvares Cabral claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500. The colony was ruled from Lisbon until 1808, when Dom Joao VI and the rest of the Portuguese royal family fled from Napoleon's army, and established its seat of government in Rio de Janeiro. Dom Joao VI returned to Portugal in 1821. His son declared Brazil's independence on September 7, 1822, and became emperor with the title of Dom Pedro I.
===[[Brunei]]===
The Sultanate of Brunei's influence peaked between the 15th and 17th centuries when its control extended over coastal areas of northwest Borneo and the southern Philippines.
===[[Bulgaria]]===
Bulgaria shares a border with Turkey and Greece to the south, Macedonia and Serbia to the west, Romania to the north, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital, Sofia, lies in the western region of the country. Ethnic groups include Bulgarian, Turkish, Roma, and others. The official language is Bulgarian.
===[[Burkina Faso]]===
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country located in the middle of West Africa's "hump." It is geographically in the Sahel--the agricultural region between the Sahara Desert and the coastal rain forests. Most of central Burkina Faso lies on a savanna plateau, 200 meters-300 meters (650 ft.-1,000 ft.) above sea level, with fields, brush, and scattered trees.
===[[Burma]]===
A majority of Burma's people are ethnic Burmans. Shans, Karens, Rohingya, Arakanese, Kachins, Chins, Mons, and many other smaller indigenous ethnic groups form about 30% of the population. Indians and Chinese are the largest non-indigenous groups.
===[[Burundi]]===
At 206.1 persons per sq. km., Burundi has the second-largest population density in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most people live on farms near areas of fertile volcanic soil. The population is made up of three major ethnic groups--Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
===[[Cambodia]]===
Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, descendants of the Angkor Empire that extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries.
===[[Cameroon]]===
The former French Cameroon and part of British Cameroon merged in 1961 to form the present country. Cameroon has generally enjoyed stability, which has permitted the development of agriculture, roads, and railways, as well as a petroleum industry.
===[[Canada]]===
Canada's forests supply the country's building and paper products industries and contribute one fifth of all the nation's exports. In the 1990s the national forest inventory recorded a total of 1.3 million square miles (3.4 million square kilometers) of forest land, of which 83 percent had been surveyed and almost 60 percent was in production.
===[[Cape Verde]]===
===[[Cayman Islands]]===
===[[Central African Republic]]===
There are more than 80 ethnic groups in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.), each with its own language. About 75% are M’Baka-Mandjia and Banda (40% largely located in the northern and central parts of the country), and 4% are M'Baka (southwestern corner of the C.A.R.). Sango, the language of a small group along the Oubangui River, is the national language spoken by the majority of Central Africans. Only a small part of the population has more than an elementary knowledge of French, the official language.
===[[Chad]]===
GEOGRAPHY Chad is a landlocked country in north central Africa, with a territory twice the size of Texas.
===[[Chile]]===
===[[China]]===
There are seven major Chinese dialects and many subdialects. Mandarin (or Putonghua), the predominant dialect, is spoken by over 70% of the population. It is taught in all schools and is the medium of government.
===[[Colombia]]===
Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year conflict between government forces and anti-government insurgent groups and illegal paramilitary groups - both heavily funded by the drug trade - escalated during the 1990s.
===[[Comoros]]===
The Comorans inhabiting Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Moheli (86% of the population) share African-Arab origins. Islam is the dominant religion, and Koranic schools for children reinforce its influence.
===[[Congo, DRC]]===
===[[Congo, Republic of the]]===
===[[Costa Rica]]===
In 1502, on his fourth and last voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus made the first European landfall in the area. Settlement of Costa Rica began in 1522.
===[[Cote D'Ivoire]]===
===[[Croatia]]===
The Croats are believed to be a Slavic people who migrated from Ukraine and settled in present-day Croatia during the 6th century. After a period of self-rule, Croatians agreed to the Pacta Conventa in 1091, submitting themselves to Hungarian authority.
===[[Cuba]]===
===[[Cyprus]]===
===[[Czech Republic]]===
===[[Denmark]]===
Denmark: Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. However, the country has opted out of certain elements of the European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), European defense cooperation, and issues concerning certain justice and home affairs.
===[[Djibouti]]===
The Republic of Djibouti gained its independence on June 27, 1977. It is the successor to French Somaliland (later called the French Territory of the Afars and Issas), which was created in the first half of the 19th century as a result of French interest in the Horn of Africa. However, the history of Djibouti, recorded in poetry and songs of its nomadic peoples, goes back thousands of years to a time when Djiboutians traded hides and skins for the perfumes and spices of ancient Egypt, India, and China. Through close contacts with the Arabian Peninsula for more than 1,000 years, the Somali and Afar tribes in this region became the first on the African continent to adopt Islam. >>>[[Djibouti|More]]
===[[Dominica]]===
===[[Dominican Republic]]===
===[[Ecuador]]===
===[[Egypt]]===
===[[El Salvador]]===
===[[Equatorial Guinea]]===
===[[Eritrea]]===
===[[Estonia]]===
Estonians belong to the Finno-Ugric peoples, as do the Finns and the Hungarians. Archaeological research confirms the existence of human activity in the region as early as 8000 BC; by 3500 BC the principal ancestors of the Estonians had arrived from the east.
===[[Ethiopia]]===
Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the north and northeast by Eritrea, on the east by Djibouti and Somalia, on the south by Kenya, and on the west and southwest by Sudan.
===[[Falkland Islands]]===
===[[Faroe Islands]]===
===[[Fiji]]===
===[[Finland]]===
===[[France]]===
===[[French Polynesia]]===
===[[Gabon]]===
===[[Gambia, The]]===
===[[Gaza Strip]]===
===[[Georgia]]===
===[[Germany]]===
===[[Ghana]]===
===[[Gibraltar]]===
===[[Greece]]===
===[[Greenland]]===
===[[Grenada]]===
===[[Guam]]===
===[[Guatemala]]===
===[[Guernsey]]===
===[[Guinea]]===
===[[Guinea-Bissau]]===
===[[Guyana]]===
Originally a Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 Guyana had become a British possession. The abolition of slavery led to black settlement of urban areas and the importation of indentured servants from India to work the sugar plantations.
===[[Haiti]]===
*Ethnic groups: African descent 95%, African and European descent 5%.
*Religions (2003 data): Roman Catholic 55%, Protestant 28%, voudou (voodoo) practices pervasive.
*Languages: French (official), Creole (official).
===[[Holy See]]===
===[[Honduras]]===
Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821.
===[[Hong Kong]]===
===[[Hungary]]===
Ethnic groups in Hungary include Magyar (nearly 90%), Romany, German, Serb, Slovak, and others. The majority of Hungary's people are Roman Catholic; other religions represented are Calvinist, Lutheran, Jewish, Baptist, Adventist, Pentecostal, and Unitarian.
===[[Iceland]]===
===[[India]]===
===[[Indonesia]]===
===[[Iran]]===
===[[Iraq]]===
===[[Ireland]]===
===[[Isle of Man]]===
===[[Israel]]===
===[[Italy]]===
===[[Jamaica]]===
===[[Japan]]===
===[[Jersey]]===
===[[Jordan]]===
===[[Kazakhstan]]===
===[[Kenya]]===
Fossils found in East Africa suggest that protohumans roamed the area more than 20 million years ago. Recent finds near Kenya's Lake Turkana indicate that hominids lived in the area 2.6 million years ago.
===[[Korea, North]]===
===[[Korea, South]]===
===[[Kosovo]]===
===[[Kuwait]]===
===[[Kyrgyzstan]]===
===[[Laos]]===
===[[Latvia]]===
===[[Lebanon]]===
===[[Lesotho]]===
===[[Liberia]]===
Portuguese explorers established contacts with Liberia as early as 1461 and named the area Grain Coast because of the abundance of "grains of paradise" (Malegueta pepper seeds). In 1663 the British installed trading posts on the Grain Coast, but the Dutch destroyed these posts a year later. There were no further reports of European settlements along the Grain Coast until the arrival of freed slaves in the early 1800s.
===[[Libya]]===
===[[Liechtenstein]]===
===[[Lithuania]]===
===[[Luxembourg]]===
===[[Macau]]===
===[[Macedonia]]===
===[[Madagascar]]===
===[[Malawi]]===
===[[Malaysia]]===
===[[Maldives]]===
===[[Mali]]===
===[[Malta]]===
===[[Marshall Islands]]===
===[[Mauritania]]===
===[[Mauritius]]===
===[[Mayotte]]===
===[[Mexico]]===
Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world and the second most-populous country in Latin America after Portuguese-speaking Brazil. About 76% of the people live in urban areas.
===[[Micronesia]]===
===[[Moldova]]===
===[[Monaco]]===
===[[Mongolia]]===
===[[Montenegro]]===
===[[Montserrat]]===
===[[Morocco]]===
===[[Mozambique]]===
===[[Namibia]]===
The San are generally assumed to have been the earliest inhabitants of the region. Later inhabitants include the Nama and the Damara or Berg Dama. The Bantu-speaking Ovambo and Herero migrated from the north in about the 14th century A.D.
===[[Nauru]]===
===[[Nepal]]===
===[[Netherlands]]===
===[[Netherlands Antilles]]===
===[[New Caledonia]]===
===[[New Zealand]]===
===[[Nicaragua]]===
===[[Niger]]===
===[[Nigeria]]===
===[[Niue]]===
===[[Norfolk Island]]===
===[[Northern Mariana Islands]]===
===[[Norway]]===
===[[Oman]]===
===[[Pakistan]]===
===[[Palau]]===
===[[Panama]]===
===[[Papua New Guinea]]===
===[[Paraguay]]===
===[[Peru]]===
===[http://www.zamboanga.com/z/index.php?title=Philippines Philippines]===
===[[Poland]]===
===[[Portugal]]===
===[[Puerto Rico]]===
===[[Qatar]]===
Natives of the Arabian Peninsula, most Qataris are descended from a number of migratory tribes that came to Qatar in the 18th century to escape the harsh conditions of the neighboring areas of Nejd and Al-Hasa.
===[[Romania]]===
===[[Russia]]===
===[[Rwanda]]===
===[[Saint Barthelemy]]===
===[[Saint Helena]]===
===[[Saint Kitts]]===
===[[Saint Lucia]]===
===[[Saint Martin]]===
===[[Saint Pierre Miquelon]]===
===[[Saint Vincent and Grenadines]]===
===[[Samoa]]===
===[[San Marino]]===
===[[Sau Tome and Princepe]]===
===[[Saudi Arabia]]===
===[[Senegal]]===
===[[Serbia]]===
===[[Seychelles]]===
===[[Sierra Leone]]===
===[[Singapore]]===
===[[Slovakia]]===
===[[Slovenia]]===
===[[Solomon Islands]]===
===[[Somalia]]===
===[[South Africa]]===
===[[South Georgia]]===
===[[Spain]]===
===[[Sri Lanka]]===
===[[Sudan]]===
===[[Suriname]]===
===[[Swaziland]]===
===[[Sweden]]===
===[[Switzerland]]===
===[[Syria]]===
===[[Taiwan]]===
===[[Tajikistan]]===
===[[Tanzania]]===
===[[Thailand]]===
===[[Timor-Leste]]===
===[[Togo]]===
===[[Tokelau]]===
===[[Tonga]]===
===[[Trinidad and Tobago]]===
===[[Tunisia]]===
===[[Turkey]]===
===[[Turkmenistan]]===
===[[Turks and Caicos Islands]]===
===[[Tuvalu]]===
===[[Uganda]]===
===[[Ukraine]]===
===[[United Arab Emirates]]===
===[[United Kingdom]]===
===[[United_States_of_America|USA]]===
===[[Uruguay]]===
===[[Uzbekistan]]===
===[[Vanuatu]]===
===[[Venezuela]]===
===[[Vietnam]]===
===[[Virgin Islands]]===
===[[Wallis and Futuna]]===
===[[West Bank]]===
===[[Western Sahara]]===
===[[Yemen]]===
Yemen was one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East. Between the 12th century BC and the 6th century AD, it was part of the Minaean, Sabaean, and Himyarite kingdoms, which controlled the lucrative spice trade, and later came under Ethiopian and Persian rule.
===[[Zambia]]===
About two-thirds of Zambians live in poverty. Per capita annual incomes are well below their levels at independence and, at $1,500, place the country among the world's poorest nations.
===[[Zimbabwe]]===
Zimbabwe's wide range of natural resources makes agriculture and mining the main pillars of the economy. In 2009 agriculture and industry accounted for about 19% and 24% of gross domestic product (GDP), respectively. Zimbabwe has an important percentage of the world's known reserves of metallurgical-grade chromite.
==How many Countries in the world?==
==How many Countries in the world?==
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The US State Department recognizes 194 independent countries around the world, but that list of countries reflects the political agenda of the United States of America. As an example, it includes Kosovo, but does not include Taiwan, as China claims that Taiwan (the ROC) is simply a province of China.
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"As humans, it is our nature to be on a quest. Our origin is our past and we are heading for the future with multitudes of stopovers. There is no destination, just stopovers in our journey to discover ourselves. It is the journey that makes us who we are. The more emotion we pour into our journey the more we improve. Without emotion, we are nothing. Positive or Negative, we have to give it our all. We have the freedom of choice and the power to reason. The "Positive" or the "Negative" are simply the tools of our journey. Explore your surroundings. Experience the journey. Discover yourself. Love but never deprive, share and be balanced and you will be ENLIGHTENED." Franklin Harry Maletsky

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Afghanistan
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Asia 01 ?? Afghanistan is an Islamic country. An estimated 80% of the population is Sunni, following the Hanafi school of jurisprudence; the remainder of the population--and primarily the Hazara ethnic group--is predominantly Shi'a. Despite attempts during the years of communist rule to secularize Afghan society, Islamic practices pervade all aspects of life. -->>>> Read More >>>
Akrotiri
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Europe 01 ?? Akrotiri was first constructed in the mid-1950s to relieve pressure on the main RAF station on the island, RAF Nicosia. In the aftermath of the Egyptian repudiation of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty, British forces had to be withdrawn from the Canal Zone in Egypt.
Albania
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Europe 02 ?? Over 90% of Albania's people are ethnic Albanian, and Albanian is the official language. Religions include Muslim (Sunni and Bektashi), Albanian Orthodox, and Roman Catholic. Scholars believe the Albanian people are descended from a non-Slavic, non-Turkic group of tribes known as Illyrians, who arrived in the Balkans around 2000 BC.
Algeria
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Africa 01 ?? Algeria is Africa's second largest country, covering an area of nearly 2.5 million square miles. Algeria's indigenous Berber people has been under foreign rule for much of the last 3000 years. The Phoenicians (1000 BC) and the Romans (200 BC) were the most important of these.
American Samoa
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?? ?? American Samoa, officially Territory of American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States consisting of the eastern part of the Samoan archipelago, located in the south-central Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1,600 miles (2,600 km) northeast of New Zealand and 2,200 miles (3,500 km) southwest of the U.S. state of Hawaii.
Andorra
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Europe 03 ?? Andorrans live in seven valleys that form Andorra's political districts. Andorrans are a minority in their own country; they make up only approximately 37% of the population or about 31,500 native Andorrans. Spanish, French, and Portuguese residents make up the other 63% of the population.
Angola
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Africa 02 ?? Angola has substantial mineral resources and hydroelectric power. Most large-scale industries are nationalized. Oil, chiefly from reserves offshore, is the most lucrative product, providing about 50% of the country's GDP and 90% of its exports.
Anguilla
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?? ?? Anguilla, island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, a British overseas territory. It is the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles and lies about 12 miles (19 km) north of the island of Saint Martin and 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Saint Kitts.
Antigua and Barbuda
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?? ?? Antigua, the larger of the two main islands, is 108 sq mi (280 sq km). The island dependencies of Redonda (an uninhabited rocky islet) and Barbuda (a coral island formerly known as Dulcina) are 0.5 sq mi (1.30 sq km) and 62 sq mi (161 sq km), respectively.
Argentina
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South America ?? Argentina, country of South America, covering most of the southern portion of the continent. The world’s eighth largest country, Argentina occupies an area more extensive than Mexico and the U.S. state of Texas combined.
Armenia
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Asia 02 ?? Armenia, country of Transcaucasia, lying just south of the great mountain range of the Caucasus and fronting the northwestern extremity of Asia. To the north and east Armenia is bounded by Georgia and Azerbaijan, while its neighbours to the southeast and west are, respectively, Iran and Turkey. Naxçıvan, an exclave of Azerbaijan, borders Armenia to the southwest.
Aruba
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?? ?? Discovered and claimed for Spain in 1499, Aruba was acquired by the Dutch in 1636. The island's economy has been dominated by three main industries. A 19th century gold rush was followed by prosperity brought on by the opening in 1924 of an oil refinery.
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
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?? ?? Ashmore and Cartier Islands, officially Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, external territory of Australia, in the Indian Ocean. The islands lie 200 miles (320 km) northwest of Western Australia state and some 105 miles (170 km) southwest of the island of Roti, Indonesia.
Australia
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?? ?? Australia, the smallest continent and one of the largest countries on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia’s capital is Canberra, located in the southeast between the larger and more important economic and cultural centres of Sydney and Melbourne.
Austria
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Europe 04 ?? Austria has a well-developed social market economy with a high standard of living and close ties to other EU economies, especially Germany's.
Azerbaijan
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Asia 03 ?? Azerbaijan combines the heritage of two venerable civilizations--the Seljuk Turks of the 11th century and the ancient Persians. Its name is thought to be derived from the Persian phrase "Land of Fire," referring both to its petroleum deposits, known since ancient times, and to its status as a former center of the Zoroastrian faith.
Bahamas, The
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?? ?? Eighty-five percent of the Bahamian population is of African heritage. About two-thirds of the population resides on New Providence Island (the location of Nassau). Many ancestors arrived in The Bahamas when the islands served as a staging area for the slave trade in the early 1800s.
Bahrain
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Asia 04 ?? Bahrain, small Arab state situated in a bay on the southwestern coast of the Persian Gulf. It is an archipelago consisting of Bahrain Island and some 30 smaller islands. Its name is from the Arabic term al-bahrayn, meaning “two seas.”
Baker Island ?? ?? ??
Bangladesh Asia 05 ?? ??
Barbados ?? ?? ??
Belarus Europe 05 ?? ??
Belgium Europe 06 ?? ??
Belize
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?? ?? Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1854. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981.
Benin Africa 03 ?? ??
Bermuda
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?? ?? Bermuda is an archipelago of about 360 small islands, 580 mi (934 km) east of North Carolina. The largest is (Great) Bermuda, or Main Island. Explored by Juan de Bermúdez, a Spaniard, the islands were settled in 1612 by an offshoot of the Virginia Company. Bermuda became a Crown colony in 1684.
Bhutan Asia 06 ?? ??
Bolivia South America ?? ??
Bosnia Herzegovina Europe 07 ?? ??
Botswana Africa 04 ?? ??
Brazil
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South America ?? Following more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, Brazil gained its independence in 1822, maintaining a monarchical system of government until the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the subsequent proclamation of a republic by the military in 1889. Brazilian coffee exporters politically dominated the country until populist leader Getulio VARGAS rose to power in 1930.
Brunei Asia 07 ?? ??
Bulgaria Europe 08 ?? ??
Burkina Faso Africa 05 ?? ??
Burma Asia 08 ?? ??
Burundi Africa 06 ?? ??
Cambodia Asia 09 ?? ??
Cameroon Africa 07 ?? ??
Canada
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?? ?? Canada's forests supply the country's building and paper products industries and contribute one fifth of all the nation's exports. In the 1990s the national forest inventory recorded a total of 1.3 million square miles (3.4 million square kilometers) of forest land, of which 83 percent had been surveyed and almost 60 percent was in production.
Cape Verde - Cabo Verde Africa 08 ?? ??
Cayman Islands ?? ?? ??
Central African Republic Africa 09 ?? ??
Chad Africa 10 ?? ??
Chile South America ?? ??
China Asia 10 ?? ??
Colombia South America ?? ??
Comoros Africa 11 ?? ??
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Africa 12 ?? ??
Congo, Republic of the
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Africa 13 ?? Republic of the Congo, country situated astride the Equator in west-central Africa. Officially known as the Republic of the Congo, the country is often called Congo (Brazzaville), with its capital added parenthetically, to distinguish it from neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is often referred to by its acronym, the DRC, or called Congo (Kinshasa).
Costa Rica ?? ?? ??
Cote D'Ivoire Ivory Coast Africa 14 ?? ??
Croatia Europe 09 ?? The Croats are believed to be a Slavic people who migrated from Ukraine and settled in present-day Croatia during the 6th century. After a period of self-rule, Croatians agreed to the Pacta Conventa in 1091, submitting themselves to Hungarian authority.
Cuba ?? ?? ??
Cyprus Europe 10 ?? ??
Czech Republic Europe 11 ?? ??
Denmark Europe 12 ?? ??
Djibouti Africa 15 ?? ??
Dominica ?? ?? ??
Dominican Republic ?? ?? ??
Ecuador South America ?? ??
Egypt
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Africa 16 ??

Egypt, country located in the northeastern corner of Africa. Egypt’s heartland, the Nile River valley and delta, was the home of one of the principal civilizations of the ancient Middle East and, like Mesopotamia farther east, was the site of one of the world’s earliest urban and literate societies.

Egypt - Sinai
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Asia 11 ??

Mount Sinai, also called Mountain of Moses or Mount Hareh, Hebrew Har Sinai, Arabic Jabal Mūsā, granitic peak of the south-central Sinai Peninsula, Janūb Sīnāʾ (South Sinai) muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Egypt. Mount Sinai is renowned as the principal site of divine revelation in Jewish history, where God is purported to have appeared to Moses and given him the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5).

El Salvador ?? ?? ??
Equatorial Guinea Africa 17 ?? ??
Eritrea Africa 18 ?? ??
Estonia Europe 13 ?? ??
Ethiopia Africa 19 ?? ??
Falkland Islands ?? ?? ??
Faroe Islands Europe 14 ?? ??
Fiji ?? ?? ??
Finland Europe 15 ?? ??
France Europe 16 ?? ??
French Polynesia ?? ?? ??
Gabon Africa 20 ?? ??
Gambia, The
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Africa 21 ?? The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965. Geographically surrounded by Senegal, it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia between 1982 and 1989. In 1991 the two nations signed a friendship and cooperation treaty, but tensions have flared up intermittently since then.
Gaza Strip ?? ?? ??
Georgia Asia 12 ?? ??
Germany Europe 17 ?? ??
Ghana Africa 22 ?? ??
Gibraltar Europe 18 ?? ??
Greece Europe 19 ?? ??
Greenland ?? ?? ??
Grenada ?? ?? ??
Guam ?? ?? ??
Guatemala ?? ?? ??
Guernsey Europe 20 ?? ??
Guinea
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Africa 23 ?? Guinea is bordered by Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d’Ivoire to the southeast, and Liberia and Sierra Leone to the south. The Atlantic Ocean lies to the west.
Guinea-Bissau Africa 24 ?? ??
Guyana South America ?? ??
Haiti ?? ?? ??
Honduras ?? ?? ??
Hong Kong Asia 13 ?? ??
Hungary Europe 21 ?? ??
Iceland Europe 22 ?? ??
India Asia 14 ?? ??
Indonesia Asia 15 ?? ??
Iran Asia 16 ?? ??
Iraq Asia 17 ?? ??
Ireland
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Europe 23 ?? Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600 and 150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. Norman invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than seven centuries of Anglo-Irish struggle marked by fierce rebellions and harsh repressions.
Isle of Man ?? ?? ??
Israel Asia 18 ?? ??
Italy Europe 24 ?? ??
Jamaica ?? ?? ??
Japan Asia 19 ?? ??
Jersey Europe 25 ?? ??
Jordan Asia 20 ?? ??
Kazakhstan Asia 21 ?? ??
Kenya Africa 25 ?? ??
Korea, North Asia 22 ?? ??
Korea, South Asia 23 ?? ??
Kosovo Europe 26 ?? ??
Kuwait
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Asia 24 ?? A small emirate nestled between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Kuwait is situated in a section of one of the driest, least-hospitable deserts on earth. Its shore, however, includes Kuwait Bay, a deep harbour on the Persian Gulf.
Kyrgyzstan Asia 25 ?? ??
Laos Asia 26 ?? ??
Latvia Europe 27 ?? ??
Lebanon Asia 27 ?? ??
Lesotho Africa 26 ?? ??
Liberia Africa 27 ?? ??
Libya Africa 28 ?? ??
Liechtenstein Europe 28 ?? ??
Lithuania Europe 29 ?? ??
Luxembourg Europe 30 ?? ??
Macau Asia 28 ?? ??
Macedonia Europe 31 ?? ??
Madagascar Africa 29 ?? ??
Malawi Africa 30 ?? ??
Malaysia Asia 29 ?? ??
Maldives Asia 30 ?? ??
Mali Africa 31 ?? ??
Malta Europe 32 ?? ??
Marshall Islands ?? ?? ??
Mauritania Africa 32 ?? ??
Mauritius Africa 33 ?? ??
Mayotte Africa 34 ?? ??
Mexico North America ?? ??
Moldova Europe 33 ?? ??
Monaco Europe 34 ?? ??
Mongolia Asia 31 ?? ??
Montenegro Europe 35 ?? ??
Montserrat ?? ?? ??
Morocco Africa 35 ?? ??
Mozambique Africa 36 ?? Mozambique is about the size of the combined areas of the U.S. states of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah; most of its territory stretches along the Indian Ocean coast from Cape (Cabo) Delgado in the north past the capital city of Maputo in the south. It is bordered to the north by Tanzania, to the east by the Mozambique Channel, which separates it from the island of Madagascar, to the south and southwest by South Africa and Swaziland, to the west by Zimbabwe, and to the northwest by Zambia, Malawi, and Lake Nyasa.
Namibia Africa 37 ?? ??
Nauru ?? ?? ??
Nepal Asia 32 ?? ??
Netherlands Europe 36 ?? ??
Netherlands Antilles ?? ?? ??
New Caledonia ?? ?? ??
New Zealand
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?? ?? The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. That same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement.
Nicaragua South America ?? ??
Niger Africa 38 ?? ??
Nigeria Africa 39 ?? ??
Niue ?? ?? ??
Norfolk Island ?? ?? ??
Northern Mariana Islands ?? ?? ??
Norway Europe 37 ?? ??
Oman Asia 33 ?? ??
Pakistan Asia 34 ?? ??
Palau ?? ?? ??
Panama ?? ?? ??
Papua New Guinea Asia 35 ?? ??
Paraguay South America ?? ??
Peru
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South America ?? Peru, country in western South America. Except for the Lake Titicaca basin in the southeast, its borders lie in sparsely populated zones. The boundaries with Colombia to the northeast and Brazil to the east traverse lower ranges or tropical forests, whereas the borders with Bolivia to the southeast, Chile to the south, and Ecuador to the northwest run across the high Andes.
Philippines Asia 36 ?? ??
Poland Europe 38 ?? ??
Portugal Europe 39 ?? ??
Puerto Rico ?? ?? ??
Qatar Asia 37 ?? ??
Romania Europe 40 ?? ??
Russia Asia 38 ?? ??
Rwanda Africa 40 ?? ??
Saint Barthelemy ?? ?? ??
Saint Helena Africa 41 ?? ??
Saint Kitts ?? ?? ??
Saint Lucia ?? ?? ??
Saint Martin ?? ?? ??
Saint Pierre Miquelon ?? ?? ??
Saint Vincent and Grenadines ?? ?? ??
Samoa
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?? ?? Samoa, country in the central South Pacific Ocean, among the westernmost of the island nations of Polynesia. According to legend, Samoa is known as the “Cradle of Polynesia” because Savai’i island is said to be Hawaiki, the Polynesian homeland.
Samoa, American
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?? ?? American Samoa, officially Territory of American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States consisting of the eastern part of the Samoan archipelago, located in the south-central Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1,600 miles (2,600 km) northeast of New Zealand and 2,200 miles (3,500 km) southwest of the U.S. state of Hawaii.
San Marino Europe 41 ?? ??
Sau Tome and Princepe Africa 42 ?? ??
Saudi Arabia Asia 39 ?? ??
Senegal Africa 43 ?? ??
Serbia Europe 42 ?? ??
Seychelles Africa 44 ?? ??
Sierra Leone Africa 45 ?? ??
Singapore Asia 40 ?? ??
Slovakia Europe 43 ?? ??
Slovenia Europe 44 ?? ??
Solomon Islands ?? ?? ??
Somalia
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Africa 46 ?? Britain withdrew from British Somaliland in 1960 to allow its protectorate to join with Italian Somaliland and form the new nation of Somalia. In 1969, a coup headed by Mohamed SIAD Barre ushered in an authoritarian socialist rule characterized by the persecution, jailing, and torture of political opponents and dissidents.
South Africa
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Africa 47 ?? South Africa, the southernmost country on the African continent, renowned for its varied topography, great natural beauty, and cultural diversity, all of which have made the country a favoured destination for travelers since the legal ending of apartheid (Afrikaans: “apartness,” or racial separation) in 1994.
South Georgia ?? ?? ??
Spain Europe 45 ?? ??
Sri Lanka Asia 41 ?? ??
Sudan Africa 48 ?? ??
Suriname South America ?? ??
Swaziland Africa 49 ?? ??
Sweden Europe 46 ?? ??
Switzerland Europe 47 ?? ??
Syria Asia 42 ?? ??
Taiwan
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Asia 43 ?? Taiwan, Chinese (Wade-Giles romanization) T’ai-wan or (Pinyin) Taiwan, Portuguese Formosa, island, located about 100 miles (161 km) off the southeast coast of the China mainland. It is approximately 245 miles (394 km) long (north-south) and 90 miles across at its widest point. The largest city, Taipei, is the seat of the government of the Republic of China (ROC; Nationalist China).
Tajikistan Asia 44 ?? ??
Tanzania Africa 50 ?? ??
Thailand Asia 45 ?? ??
Timor-Leste Asia 46 ?? ??
Togo Africa 51 ?? ??
Tokelau ?? ?? ??
Tonga ?? ?? ??
Trinidad and Tobago ?? ?? ??
Tunisia Africa 52 ?? ??
Turkey Asia 47 ?? ??
Turkmenistan Asia 48 ?? ??
Turks and Caicos Islands ?? ?? ??
Tuvalu ?? ?? ??
Uganda Africa 53 ?? ??
Ukraine Europe 48 ?? ??
United Arab Emirates Asia 49 ?? ??
United Kingdom Europe 49 ?? ??
United States of America
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?? ?? ??
Uruguay South America ?? ??
Uzbekistan Asia 50 ?? ??
Vanuatu
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?? ?? Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, consisting of a chain of 13 principal and many smaller islands located about 500 miles (800 km) west of Fiji and 1,100 miles (1,770 km) east of Australia.
Vatican City State-Holy See Europe 50 ?? ??
Venezuela ?? ?? Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and New Granada, which became Colombia). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally benevolent military strongmen, who promoted the oil industry and allowed for some social reforms.
Vietnam Asia 51 ?? ??
Virgin Islands ?? ?? ??
Wallis and Futuna ?? ?? ??
West Bank Asia 52 ?? From the early 16th century through 1917, the area now known as the West Bank fell under Ottoman rule. Following World War I, the Allied powers (France, UK, Russia) allocated the area to the British Mandate of Palestine. After World War II, the UN passed a resolution to establish two states within the Mandate, and designated a territory including what is now known as the West Bank as part of the proposed Arab state. Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War the area was captured by Transjordan (later renamed Jordan). >>>Read More...
Western Sahara Africa 54 ?? Western Sahara is a disputed territory on the northwest coast of Africa bordered by Morocco, Mauritania, and Algeria. After Spain withdrew from its former colony of Spanish Sahara in 1976, Morocco annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara and claimed the rest of the territory in 1979, >>>Read More...
Yemen
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Asia 53 ?? Yemen was one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East. Between the 12th century BC and the 6th century AD, it was part of the Minaean, Sabaean, and Himyarite kingdoms, which controlled the lucrative spice trade, and later came under Ethiopian and Persian rule. >>> Read More....
Zambia
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Africa 55 ?? About two-thirds of Zambians live in poverty. Per capita annual incomes are well below their levels at independence and, at $1,500, place the country among the world's poorest nations.
Zimbabwe
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Africa 56 ?? Zimbabwe's wide range of natural resources makes agriculture and mining the main pillars of the economy. In 2009 agriculture and industry accounted for about 19% and 24% of gross domestic product (GDP), respectively. Zimbabwe has an important percentage of the world's known reserves of metallurgical-grade chromite.

How many Countries in the world?

The US State Department recognizes 194 independent countries around the world, but that list of countries reflects the political agenda of the United States of America. As an example, it includes Kosovo, but does not include Taiwan, as China claims that Taiwan (the ROC) is simply a province of China.


Other sources of information will be mentioned as they are posted.


"As humans, it is our nature to be on a quest. Our origin is our past and we are heading for the future with multitudes of stopovers. There is no destination, just stopovers in our journey to discover ourselves. It is the journey that makes us who we are. The more emotion we pour into our journey the more we improve. Without emotion, we are nothing. Positive or Negative, we have to give it our all. We have the freedom of choice and the power to reason. The "Positive" or the "Negative" are simply the tools of our journey. Explore your surroundings. Experience the journey. Discover yourself. Love but never deprive, share and be balanced and you will be ENLIGHTENED." Franklin Harry Maletsky