Showing posts with label countries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label countries. Show all posts

15 interesting facts about Afghanistan

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1. Afghanistan is 99% Muslim (84% Sunni/15% Shia). 2. Afghanistan is about the size of California and Oregon combined. 3. Afghanistan...

12 interesting facts about Austria

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Mozart, Austrian composer 1. Many world famous composers, Mozart, Haydn, Schubert , Liszt, J. Strauss, Mahler and Bruckner, were Austri...

10 facts about Belgium

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1. Belgium was the scene of Napoleon's final defeat, at Waterloo, south of Brussels. 2. The St Nicholas Church, one of the oldest ...

What country eats more fruit?

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On Christopher Columbus ' travels to the New World, he never set foot in what is now the United States, but on his fourth and final t...

Which African country can be seen from Spain?

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Five nations in Africa border the Mediterranean Sea, and many other African countries border the Atlantic Ocean. But only one African nat...

What are the driest islands in the world?

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Cape Verde is a cape in the westernmost part of Africa . It is also the name of a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, about 650 kilom...

What are the differences between Niger and Nigeria?

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The nations of Niger and Nigeria both take their names from the Niger River, which flows through both countries. However, Niger and Nigeria ...

What is the most populous country in Africa?

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Nearly a quarter of all black Africans live in one nation: Nigeria. Although only two-thirds the size of Alaska, Nigeria has a populat...

What great country has a very small coastline?

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Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) is a huge country, the eleventh largest in the world. So it's not surprising that Zaire has...

Which country is the largest producer of vanilla?

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When you think of Madagascar , you immediately think of the main crops on this island, which are cocoa, sugar and vanilla. Vanilla is...

Who was The Wizard of Mauritius?

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Why was Bottineau called the "Wizard of Mauritius"? Before radio was invented, there was no way for a ship to communicate w...

Is the Garden of Eden in the Seychelles?

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Why were the Seychelles called the Garden of Eden? The Seychelles is an archipelago of some 90 islands in the Indian Ocean, near the e...

How many countries are separated by the world's smallest border?

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How many nations are separated by the shortest border in the world? One of the meanings of the word border is that of boundary between tw...

What is the largest country in Africa?

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Map of Sudan Sudan is a nation in northeast Africa, south of Egypt. The country borders the Red Sea and shares a border with eight othe...

Where were the first skyscrapers built?

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What are skyscrapers?  Skyscrapers were born in the United States. Although several high-rise buildings had already been built by the e...

Ecuador

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   This small South American country was named Ecuador for a good reason. The equator crosses it. And the Spanish word for equator is ecuado...

Some facts about Ecuador

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The Republic of Ecuador (Equator) is a representative democratic republic in South America. Ecuador borders the Pacific Ocean at the Equato...

Facts about the Republic of Turkey

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Mount Ararat Capital Ankara The country's official name is the Republic of Turkey The English word "Turkey" is derived f...

Facts about Serbia

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The country's official name is the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Serbia was formed on June 6, 2006. The capital of Serbia and it...

South Korea facts

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South Korea is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. The country lies in a humid contine...