Turkey: Country Name System of government: Republic Capital: Ankara Location: Includes the south-western part of the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor. The Sea of Marmara and the straits of Bosporus and Dardanelles separate Asian Turkey from Europe. The shores of Turkey are washed by the Mediterranean, Aegean and Black seas. On land, Turkey has borders with Bulgaria, Greece, Syria, Iraq, …
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Republic of Trinidad and Tobago: Country Name System of government: Republic, member of the Commonwealth Capital: Port of Spain (pop. 63,000; metropolitan area 380,000) Location: On the islands of Trinidad and Tobago and five smaller islands in the Caribbean Sea off the northern coast of South America Area: 5,130 sq km Population: 1,317,714 (2010 estimate) National composition: Mainly blacks and Indians …
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Louisiana, located in the southeastern United States, Louisiana lies entirely within the Gulf Coastal Plain. It is shaped like a capital L, approximately 530 km (330 mi) at its widest, and about 450 km (280 mi) from north to south. Louisiana is bordered by Mississippi on the east, the Gulf of Mexico on the south, Texas on the west, and …
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Country Name: Argentina System of government: Federal Republic Capital: Buenos Aires (pop. 3,500,000; metropolitan area 9,910,000) Location: In the south-eastern part of South America on the Atlantic, bordered by Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil and Uruguay. Argentina controls the eastern half of the Tierra del Fuego Area: 2,766,889 sq km Population: 40,091,359 (2010 census) National composition: Argentinians of various pure and …
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Country Name: Solomon Islands System of government: An independent member of the Commonwealth Capital: Honiara (pop. 18,000), on Guadalcanal Location: In Melanesia, east of New Guinea (Guadalcanal, Santa Isabel, Malaita, New Georgia, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz and other islands) Area: 28,446 sq km Population: 702,694 (2022 Estimate) National composition: Melanesians, Polynesians, Micronesians, Papuans, Europeans Official language: English Currency: Solomon Islands …
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Country Name: Papua New Guinea (Independent State of Papua New Guinea) System of government: An independent member of the Commonwealth Capital: Port Moresby (metropolitan area pop. 130,000) Location: The eastern part of New Guinea and some 600 islands in the Pacific, the largest being the Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain, New Ireland and Bougainville in the northern Solomon Islands) Area: 461,691sqkm …
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Country Name: Poland System of government: Socialist Republic Capital: Warsaw (Warszawa) Location: On the Baltic Sea, Poland shares land frontiers with the German Democratic Republic in the west. Area: 312, 677 sq km National composition: Poles from the majority, with German, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Slovak, Russian, Lithuanian, Czech and Gypsy minorities. More than eight million Poles living abroad claim Polish nationality …
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Country Name: Ecuador (Republica de Ecuador) System of government: Republic Capital: Quito (pop. 800,000) Location: An equatorial country of north-western South America on the Pacific coast, bordered by Colombia and Peru and enjoying sovereignty over the Galapagos Islands lying some 900 km west of the coast Area: 283,561 sq km Population: 8,895,000 National composition: A majority of mestizo and Amerindian, …
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Country Name: Lebanon System of government: Republic Capital: Beirut Location: On the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, Lebanon has borders with Syria and Israel. Area: 10,400 sq km National Composition: Mostly Arabs, with Armenian, Greek, Turkish and other minorities; about 1.5 million Lebanese live abroad Religion: Islam, Christianity Official Language: Arabic Currency: Lebanese Pound = 100 piastres Administrative Divisions: 6 provinces including the capital Other …
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Country Name: Pakistan (Islamic Republic of Pakistan) System of government: Federal Republic Capital: Islamabad Location: Part of the Indian subcontinent; Pakistan has borders with Afghanistan, China, Iran and India, with the Indian Ocean in the south Area: 803,943 sq km National composition: Punjabis (majority), Pathans, Sindhis, Baluchis and others Religion: Islam Official languages: Urdu, English Currency: Pakistani rupee = 100 …
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