World Atlas

New Zealand : Country Name System of government: An independent member of the Commonwealth Capital: Wellington (metropolitan area pop. 350,000) Location: In the south-western Pacific, south-east of Australia. National territory includes the two main islands (North and South),as well as a number of smaller islands (Stewart, Solander, Snares, Chatham, Antipodes, Kermadec, etc.) Area: 286,675 sq km Population: 5,053,004 (2022 Estimate) …

System of government: Constitutional Monarchy Capital: London Location: An island kingdom of western Europe in the British Isles, including the Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) and Northern Ireland. It contains many smaller islands, including the Shetlands, Orkneys and Hebrides in Scotland, Anglesey in Wales and the Isle of Wight, England. It is separated from the continent of Europe by the …

Country Name: Saudi Arabia System of government: Monarchy Capital: Riyadh Location: In the Arabian Peninsula, between the Persian (or Arabian) Gulf, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. It has borders with Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, the Yemen Arab Republic and South Yemen (Yemen PDR) Area: 2,149,690 sq km National composition: Mostly Arabs, with Indian, …

Republica Oriental del Uruguay : Country Name System of government: Republic Capital: Montevideo (pop. 1,346,000) Location: In South America at the mouth of the Uruguay on the Atlantic coast; bordered by Argentina and Brazil Area: 176,215 sq km Population: 2,940,000 National composition: Mostly of European descent, but there is also a minority of Amerindians Religion: Roman Catholic Official language: Spanish …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …