Search results for "List of countries by date of independence" - New World Encyclopedia
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- to Find Out. is an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency ... The World Factbook is prepared by the CIA for the use of U.S. government ...33 KB (4,760 words) - 17:51, 30 April 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
- 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
- | order=19th President of Liberia | term_start=January 3, 1944 ... 29, 1895 – July 23, 1971) was President of Liberia for more than 26 years ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 20:43, 13 May 2023
- 1973) was the first and third prime minister of Israel. A tough and uncompromising ... His compassion and respect for the rights of the Arab residents of Israel ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 22:27, 25 January 2024
- accepted to refer to the northernmost region of the African continent, stretching ... * The inclusion of Western Sahara in the U.N. list is highly controversial ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 06:36, 16 November 2022
- Central America is the region of North America located between the ... attempts at political unity since its independence from Spain in the nineteenth ...32 KB (4,189 words) - 17:46, 11 May 2023
- 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
- 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
- June 17, 2021) served as the first president of Zambia, from 1964 to 1991. ... parties except his own United National Independence Party. While president ...24 KB (3,642 words) - 16:28, 24 August 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
- South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... South America has a land area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890 ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- ruled empires that dominated large portions of Europe and the Asia-Pacific ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the ... that afforded many contacts for the rest of his life. He graduated from ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 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
- Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, Order of the Nation (ON), Member of ... the faceless. She helped to set up a network of child-care centers to encourage ...21 KB (2,959 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- as the Prime Minister and de facto dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968 ... Franco, some regard him as champion of traditional values, including ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 20:38, 22 December 2022
- 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
- Bangladesh and in other developing countries, and advocated community ... for his leading role in the establishment of a comprehensive project for ...14 KB (1,944 words) - 07:15, 16 June 2023
- The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... " (Mark 12:17) fostered the development of separate rival Church and State ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino Repubblica di San Marino , also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, is a country ...26 KB (3,871 words) - 01:19, 21 April 2023
- also known as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria ... unable to cope with the mounting incursions of Ottoman forces, Hungarian invasions ...28 KB (4,067 words) - 06:32, 11 March 2024
- or Estado da Índia) refers to the aggregate of Portugal's colonial ... sea and land routes to India with the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, discovered ...22 KB (3,152 words) - 00:27, 12 April 2023
- 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
- Puerto Rico, officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado ... During the period of Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown ... The early Pandyan dynasty went into obscurity during the invasion ...21 KB (3,154 words) - 06:36, 18 November 2022
- |order=5th Prime Minister of Israel |term_start =July 13, 1992 ... |birth_place =Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) ...37 KB (5,856 words) - 11:15, 24 May 2023
- – May 4, 1980) was the chief architect of the "second" Yugoslavia ... Tito died on May 4, 1980 in Ljubljana hospital of post-surgery complications ...26 KB (3,964 words) - 05:28, 7 May 2024
- 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
- 1909 – March 20, 2004) was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... evolved as a major participant in the work of global peace-keeping and as ...35 KB (5,244 words) - 09:51, 12 May 2024
- Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in northern ... Occupied by both Germany and the Soviet Union, Lithuania lost over ...40 KB (5,565 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- The Canary Islands, though politically a part of Spain, are only 67 ... The autonomous community of the Canary Islands was established by ...28 KB (4,064 words) - 19:14, 25 November 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
- denotes Russians citizens and/or residents of Korean descent living on Sakhalin ... The Sakhalin Koreans experienced slaughter at the hands of the Russians ...39 KB (5,508 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also as Burma or ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign ... behind Vatican City. It has a population of 32,410 in a total land area ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 23:17, 28 March 2024
- 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
- The Bangladesh War of Independence or the Bangladesh Liberation War ... modern-state founded solely on the basis of religion, since although India ...42 KB (6,477 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- Byblos (Βύβλος)is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal ... historian Sanchuniathon, it was built by Cronus as the first city in ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:08, 24 November 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
- 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
- country in Central Europe with a population of over five million, bordering ... The eight hundred years of Hungarian oppression was openly confronted ...34 KB (4,824 words) - 22:31, 15 May 2024
- Located in northern India on the banks of the River Yamuna, Delhi has ... Delhi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world ...33 KB (4,788 words) - 09:20, 28 January 2024
- Kingston, the capital, the largest city, and chief port, of Jamaica ... rule, Kingston became the prosperous center of Jamaica's trade, and a ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
- The union of Austria and Hungary, also known as the Dual (that of ... The newly created Austro-Hungarian Empire was a good example of a ...36 KB (5,334 words) - 18:41, 22 August 2023
- and Irish poet and playwright. He was part of the generation of "thirties ... MacNeice was born in Belfast, the youngest son of John Frederick and ...17 KB (2,543 words) - 04:06, 4 November 2022
- Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... Partly, decolonization was overseen by the United Nations, with UN ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
- Asia. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million ... in 1986 the government announced a range of reforms designed to create ...33 KB (5,048 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- A political party is an organized group of people who have the same ... being whether they are an extension of government power, or an organized ...68 KB (9,596 words) - 04:49, 10 February 2021