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- The Golden Mountains of Altai is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern ... The Altai Mountains are a mountain system of Central Asia that extends ...13 KB (1,840 words) - 19:34, 8 June 2023
- is an African city in the modern day nation of Mali. Occupying a strategic ... Timbuktu was the center of significant written tradition on the African ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- United States, 86 miles (138 km) west of the state capitol of Columbia ... and is called the Birthplace and Deathbed of the Confederacy, because it ...17 KB (2,385 words) - 04:41, 14 June 2023
- somewhat raccoon or bear-like face. A member of the Carnivora order, generally ... They generally are found in the slopes of the south of the Himalayas ...17 KB (2,708 words) - 02:48, 8 December 2022
- primarily in the newly independent states of Central Asia. Large Korean ... A separate ethnic Korean community lives on the island of Sakhalin ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country of ... Geographically isolated, facing population pressures, and having sparse ...23 KB (3,228 words) - 18:48, 22 November 2023
- ), is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand ... rulers in 1365, and became the capital of the empire of Timur, during ...15 KB (2,116 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is ... rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore petroleum reserves ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a small landlocked country ... 1994 genocide that resulted in the deaths of up to one million people. Since ...25 KB (3,542 words) - 17:40, 28 September 2023
- The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa, ... installed a multiparty democracy. Most of the people live by subsistence ...23 KB (3,242 words) - 10:56, 9 March 2023
- The Kingdom of Tonga, also known as “The Friendly Islands,” is ... Settled for more than 2,800 years, Tonga is part of the cradle of ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- Burkina Faso is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded ... Governmental instability during the 1970s and 1980s was followed by ...22 KB (3,224 words) - 18:45, 22 November 2023
- The Republic of Benin is a sliver of a country in West Africa, the ... The history of the tribes and peoples who inhabited this gateway to ...19 KB (2,686 words) - 19:41, 27 September 2023
- region including the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden ... region more correctly known as the Nordic countries which includes Finland ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- Republic and Slovakia. During the 74 years of its existence, it saw several ... In November 1989, Czechoslovakia joined the wave of anti-Communist ...21 KB (2,978 words) - 07:31, 12 January 2024
- Freedom of the press (or press freedom) is the guarantee by a government ... to the public based on classification of information as sensitive, classified ...23 KB (3,543 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- city area in the United States state of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers ... century C.E., annexation as a protectorate of the United States in 1900, ...22 KB (3,108 words) - 13:26, 2 February 2024
- as they cross national boundaries, usually by the government of the importing ... protect domestic industries and as a source of revenue. Methods for accomplishing ...32 KB (5,003 words) - 04:32, 27 February 2023
- , is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Central Africa. Located ... A small population, abundant natural resources, and foreign private ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 07:34, 15 April 2024
- Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia and the African Union ... mountain setting is recognized as one of the world¹s most problematic ...20 KB (2,986 words) - 05:49, 15 June 2023
- spoken language in the West African nation of Senegal), is the capital of ... north of Senegal's capital city Dakar, it has a population officially ...21 KB (2,973 words) - 18:57, 22 December 2022
- Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is one of the smallest ... Andorra was created by Charlemagne to serve as a buffer state in order ...26 KB (3,798 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- The Acts of Union were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed in 1706 ... A Treaty of Union was negotiated between the two countries, which ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 17:39, 27 June 2023
- The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign ... only behind Vatican City. It has a population of 32,410 in a total land ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 23:17, 28 March 2024
- An endangered species is any animal or plant species that is in danger ... for anything or anyone that is in danger of dying out, such as "conservatives ...22 KB (2,981 words) - 16:35, 5 January 2021
- Kobe(Kōbe-shi) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent ... It was one of the first cities to open for trade with the Western ...32 KB (4,446 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- Vicugna vicugna, found in high elevations of the central Andes mountains ... back into the wild. Both under the rule of the Inca and today, vicuñas ...11 KB (1,797 words) - 23:53, 17 November 2022
- Colugo is the common name for any of the arboreal gliding mammals ... not true lemurs. They are the most capable of all gliding mammals, using ...14 KB (1,971 words) - 07:42, 14 January 2023
- The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as the Federation ... (Saint James). However, misinterpretations of maps by subsequent Spanish ...25 KB (3,664 words) - 00:45, 23 December 2022
- Quebec City or Québec (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital of ... the only North American fortified city north of Mexico whose walls still exist ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean ... The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 01:22, 3 May 2023
- Hydroelectricity is electricity produced by hydropower—that is, ... about 715,000 megawatts (or 19 percent) of the world's electricity ...23 KB (3,052 words) - 21:35, 9 February 2024
- lies on the River Scheldt, which is linked by the Westerschelde to the North ... Antwerp has long been an important city in the nations of the Benelux ...22 KB (3,301 words) - 05:47, 11 August 2023
- Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country ... quot; was applied to the Ndebele territory of Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was then ...31 KB (4,520 words) - 05:42, 13 June 2023
- Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of ... Dynasty in China. It is home to a number of Turkic ethnic groups, the largest ...28 KB (3,367 words) - 14:31, 20 May 2023
- Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the ... Brazzaville was founded in 1880, on the site of a village named Nkuna ...18 KB (2,623 words) - 22:54, 20 November 2023
- , located at the confluence point of the White Nile and the Blue ... and Islamic religious influence, the city of Khartoum was not founded until ...22 KB (3,228 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of the Tunisian Republic. It is ... Tunis was founded by Berbers during the second millennium B.C.E.. ...17 KB (2,367 words) - 12:23, 18 April 2023
- The Bandiagara Escarpment is a sandstone cliff in the Dogon country ... noting it as "an outstanding landscape of cliffs and sandy plateaux with ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- Kinshasa (Léopoldville until 1966), the capital and largest city ... A colony of Belgium, the country received its independence in 1960 ...28 KB (3,888 words) - 23:14, 3 March 2023
- Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird, today ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, [http://www.aseansec.org/64 ... AH-see-ahn in English (the official language of the bloc) ...43 KB (5,937 words) - 05:04, 18 August 2023
- Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America ... in the United States with a population of 5.6 million. Houston was ...38 KB (5,412 words) - 18:57, 7 February 2024
- ) both refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of ... Thailand. Many were resettled in Western countries, including the United States ...34 KB (5,083 words) - 13:05, 1 February 2024
- He was the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations, serving ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- Sucre, which is located in the south-central part of Bolivia, is the ... Sucre is also called “The City of Four Names.” Charcas was the ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- China is one of the countries which had the most advanced mathematics ... which was designed to constantly point south by the use of differential gears ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 06:13, 13 June 2023
- Riga the capital city of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast ... The Historic Centre of Riga has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage ...31 KB (4,622 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea, is a nation in West Africa ... The name Guinea is used for the region of most of Africa's west ...23 KB (3,314 words) - 23:40, 25 March 2024
- Amsterdam, located in the south of the province North Holland in the ... with Amsterdam at the center. The use of soft drugs was tolerated, making ...29 KB (4,176 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- A library classification is a system of coding and organizing library ... Library classification forms part of the field of library and information ...25 KB (3,639 words) - 22:33, 25 October 2022
- Gaborone is the capital and largest city of the landlocked nation ... Gaborone was founded in 1965, as the capital of Botswana. It is notable ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 09:18, 4 December 2023
- Copenhagen, the capital and largest city of Denmark, is located on ... " in the tenth century the city of Copenhagen was officially founded ...28 KB (4,058 words) - 02:55, 8 January 2024
- Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån), officially the U.S. Territory of Guam, ... is 1,500 miles (2414 km) southeast of Tokyo and 6,000 miles (9656 ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 2023
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a state located in the Middle ... One of Pennsylvania's nicknames is the Quaker State; in colonial ...35 KB (4,904 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2023
- The Principality of Liechtenstein is a tiny, alpine country in Western ... the only European country whose bordering countries are also landlocked. The ...28 KB (4,022 words) - 08:35, 8 March 2023
- Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- Chaebol refers to a South Korean form of business conglomerate, an ... together in a community that is created out of the village, clan, and region ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 00:11, 4 December 2023
- Kigali has been the economic, cultural, and transport hub of Rwanda ... center during the Belgian colonial period of 1919–1962. When Rwanda gained ...17 KB (2,485 words) - 23:00, 3 March 2023
- ; lit. "Valley of Nine Villages;" Tibetan: Sicadêgu) designates ... The Giant Panda population in Jiuzhaigou Valley, which numbers around ...16 KB (2,461 words) - 13:25, 1 August 2022
- , Syriac: ܒܝܪܘܬ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. ... Prior to 1975, the country was considered the banking capital of the ...27 KB (4,043 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- The Kingdom of Swaziland (Swazi: Umbuso weSwatini), or the Kingdom ... Swaziland consists mostly of high plateaus and mountains with an array ...20 KB (2,991 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- Southeast Asia, sometimes abbreviated to SEA, is a subregion of Asia ... The maritime region consists of Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- Seoul, the capital of South Korea, sits on the Han River (Korea) in ... Seoul, one of the world's most densely populated major cities ...25 KB (3,283 words) - 19:52, 6 March 2024
- Greenland, (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, meaning "Land of the ... A sparse population is confined to small settlements along the coast ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. Seven areas ... The geological process and study of the movement, collision and division ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 19:07, 19 May 2020
- The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, or Mauritania, is a country in ... Mauritania is a land dominated by sand and barren soil located on ...28 KB (4,027 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- but has spread onto the mainland west of the lagoon. The metropolitan ... The original settlers of Lagos Island were Yoruba fishermen, who founded ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 23:06, 21 October 2022
- Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... turbulent history. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it has ...35 KB (5,045 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- , similar to the elk and characterized by being the only deer in which ... There are several recognized subspecies of caribou. Caribou offer innumerable ...20 KB (2,969 words) - 19:16, 26 November 2023
- or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or ... It is separated from Sweden in the west by the Baltic Sea. ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a nation ... The Tanzanian geography is one of the most varied and unique in the ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- Yak is the common name for a stocky, ox-like bovine, Bos grunniens ... are important to the society and economies of local people in the high elevation ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:03, 22 May 2023
- Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a representative democratic ... Ecuador is a multicultural, multiethnic nation–state with one of ...30 KB (4,366 words) - 18:03, 12 February 2024
- ) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy ... Rome's history spans more than 2,500 years. It is renowned as ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- African-Americans, or Black Americans, are citizens of the United ... in those states that were still in a state of rebellion, having seceded from ...38 KB (5,325 words) - 06:03, 16 June 2023
- ), were an essential part of the Chinese government administration ... systems that developed in other Asian and Western countries. ...21 KB (3,072 words) - 15:27, 4 February 2023
- ) refers to a town in the Indian state of West Bengal, the headquarters ... back to the mid nineteenth century as part of a British development of the ...33 KB (4,712 words) - 06:27, 15 January 2023
- organization (NGO) with the stated purpose of campaigning for internationally ... Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by a Roman Catholic British ...30 KB (4,487 words) - 00:59, 9 January 2023
- in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. Goa had been under Portuguese ... as long as the religion has existed, founded by the Apostle Thomas shortly ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:24, 31 December 2023
- Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, was born out of a union of four villages ... crime-free environment, and for being one of the cleanest cities of Africa ...18 KB (2,473 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2023
- communications, and economic center of Burundi. Bujumbura is the capital ... situated on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, is Burundi ...18 KB (2,590 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- New Caledonia, or Nouvelle-Calédonie, is an overseas territory of ... New Caledonia's capital, Nouméa, is the seat of the Secretariat ...22 KB (3,230 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- Dakar, the largest city of Senegal, is located on the Cape Verde Peninsula ... An administrative center, Dakar is home to the National Assembly of ...23 KB (3,372 words) - 08:41, 24 January 2024
- Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country ... Despite the beauty of the land, poverty is on the increase, closely ...23 KB (3,416 words) - 00:48, 7 March 2023
- "Sheep Islands," are a group of islands in Northern Europe ... represented in the Nordic Council as a part of the Danish delegation. ...28 KB (4,130 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- can also refer to proficiency in a number of fields, such as art or physical ... Literacy rates are a crucial measure of a region's human capital ...24 KB (3,587 words) - 04:28, 29 October 2022
- in Iran, was a war between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran lasting from ... September 22, 1980, following a long history of border disputes. The conflict ...36 KB (5,506 words) - 17:42, 29 January 2024
- Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the Caribbean ... colony, the island nation has been hindered by political, social, and economic ...32 KB (4,700 words) - 19:05, 27 April 2024
- A Chinese family name is one of the thousands of family names that ... Chinese surnames have served a number of sociological purposes throughout ...26 KB (3,907 words) - 17:05, 10 December 2023
- South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ... ) has existed for nearly 60 years, built on the foundation of a 5 ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ... Afonso I left his mark on the map of Europe. The impetus created by ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 19:49, 28 September 2020
- Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei ... world not holding elections. A long period of political stability has been ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- and seventh (1872–1876) president of Liberia after helping lead ... world leaders to see to the realization of such. His diplomatic skills ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- linguistically and culturally related group of people recognized by the government ... has been applied inconsistently to a variety of non-Han peoples, often with ...23 KB (3,462 words) - 16:33, 9 November 2022
- is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Though the city ... At the same time, it maintains the charm of a Central Asian city, with ...16 KB (2,289 words) - 02:47, 8 March 2023
- Baky, or Baki, located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, is the capital ... The city entered a period of decline after the break-up of the Soviet ...25 KB (3,739 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the official name for ... According to tradition, the Coptic Orthodox Church was established ...24 KB (3,712 words) - 21:25, 4 May 2020
- is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and, with a population of 3 ... Yokohama was nearly destroyed by the Kanto Earthquake in 1923, and ...20 KB (2,678 words) - 11:13, 25 May 2023
- Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country ... Yet the nation is on the verge of collapse. Under the leadership of ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
