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Geography
Area: 551,670 sq. km. (220,668 sq. mi.); largest west European country, about four-fifths the size of Texas.
Cities: Capital–Paris. Major cities–Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Nice, Rennes, Lille, Bordeaux.
Terrain: Varied.
Climate: Temperate.
People
Nationality: Adjective–French.
Population (January 1, 2009 est.): 64.3 million (including overseas territories); 62.9 million (metropolitan).
Annual growth rate (2008 est.): 0.6%.
Ethnic groups: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, [...]
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Geography:
Area: 10,400 sq. km. (4,015 sq. km.) about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut.
Cities: Capital–Beirut (pop. 1.5 million). Other cities–Tripoli/Trablus (210,000), Zahle (60,000),
Sidon/Sayda (50,000), Tyre/Sur (20,000), Byblos/Jbail (10,000).
Terrain: Narrow coastal plain; El Beqaa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains.
Climate: Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter [...]
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Geography
Area: 33,843 sq. km. (13,000 sq. mi.); slightly larger than Maryland.
Cities: Capital–Chisinau.
Terrain: Rolling steppe, gradual slope south toward the Black Sea.
Climate: Moderate winters, warm summers.
Time Zone: GMT+2
People
Nationality: Noun–Moldovan(s). Adjective–Moldovan.
Population (January 1, 2008): 4.1 million, including the estimated Transnistrian population of 533,000. An estimated 750,000 to 1,000,000 work outside the country.
Population growth rate (2007): -0.3%.
Ethnic groups (2004 [...]
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Geography
Area: 27,750 sq. km. (10,714 sq. mi.); about the size of Maryland. Ile de la Gonave, Ile de la Tortue, and Ile a Vaches comprise Haiti’s principal offshore territories.
Cities: Capital–Port-au-Prince (pop. 2 million). Other cities–Cap Haitien (pop. 240,000).
Terrain: Rugged mountains with small coastal plains and river valleys, and a large east-central elevated plateau.
Climate: Warm, semiarid, [...]
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OFFICIAL NAME:
Togolese Republic
Geography
Area: 56,785 sq. km.; slightly smaller than West Virginia.
Cities: Capital–Lome 1,008,000 (pop. 2007 est.). Other major cities–Sokodé 111,200; Kara 104,900; Atakpamé 77,300; Dapaong 53,600.
Terrain: Savannah and hills and coastal plain.
Climate: Tropical.
People
Nationality: Noun and adjective (sing. and pl.)–Togolese.
Population (2008): 6,019,877.
Annual growth rate (2006): 2.4%.
Ethnic groups: Ewe, Mina, Kabye, Cotocoli, Moba, and others.
Religions (est.): Animist 33%, [...]
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Geography
Area: 1,246,700 sq. km. (481,400 sq. mi), about twice the size of Texas.
Cities: Capital–Luanda (est. pop. 5.0 million); Huambo (750,000); Benguela (600,000).
Terrain: A narrow, dry coastal strip extending from the far north (Luanda) to Namibia in the south; well watered agricultural highlands; savanna in the far east and south; and rain forest in the [...]
January 9, 2010 | Posted in
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SOMALIA
Geography
Area: 637,657 sq. km.; slightly smaller than Texas.
Cities: Capital–Mogadishu. Other cities–Beledweyne, Kismayo, Baidoa, Jowhar, Merca, Gaalkayo, Bosasso, Hargeisa, Berbera.
Terrain: Mostly flat to undulating plateau rising to hills in the north.
Climate: Principally desert; December to February–northeast monsoon, moderate temperatures in north, and very hot in the south; May to October–southwest monsoon, torrid in the north, [...]
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OFFICIAL NAME:
Republic of Yemen
Geography
Area: 527,970 sq. km. (203,796 sq. mi.); about the size of California and Pennsylvania combined.
Cities: Capital–Sanaa. Other cities–Aden, Taiz, Hodeida, and al-Mukalla.
Terrain: Mountainous interior bordered by desert with a flat and sandy coastal plain.
Climate: Temperate in the mountainous regions in the western part of the country, extremely hot with minimal rainfall in [...]
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OFFICIAL NAME:
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Geography
Area: 803,943 sq. km. (310,527 sq. mi.); almost twice the size of California.
Cities: Capital–The city of Islamabad (pop. 800,000) and adjacent Rawalpindi (1,406, 214) comprise the national capital area with a combined population of 3.7 million. Other cities–Karachi (11,624,219) (2005 est.), Lahore (6,310,888) (2005 est.), Faisalabad (1,977,246) and Hyderabad (1,151,274).
People
Nationality: Noun and [...]
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OFFICIAL NAME:
Kingdom of Denmark
Geography*
Area: 43,094 sq. km. (16,639 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than Vermont and New Hampshire combined.
Cities: Capital–Copenhagen (pop. 518,574 in Copenhagen and 1,662,189 in the Capital Region). Other cities–Aarhus (302,618), Aalborg (196,292), Odense (187,929).
Terrain: Low and flat or slightly rolling; highest elevation is 173 m. (568 ft.).
Climate: Temperate. The terrain, location, and prevailing [...]
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