Countries

Chile

25 May 2018

Chile is a South American country bordering Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. The name Chile comes from the Incas who called the valley of the Aconcagua, ‘Chili’. Augusto Pinochet’s authoritarian military government ruled Chile between 1973 and 1990. The first…

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Cape Verde

18 May 2018

   Cape Verde (officially the Republic of Cabo Verde) is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean (570 km off the west coast of Africa). The economy of Cape Verde is service-oriented with commerce, transport, tourism, and public services accounting for more than 70% of GDP. In…

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Canada

11 May 2018

      Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state. The federation is composed of ten provinces and three territories. Although Canada is the world’s second-largest county (covering 9.98 million square km), it’s sparsely populated with the majority of its land being dominated…

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Campione d’Italia

2 May 2018

Campione d’Italia is a municipality of the Province of Como in the Lombardy region of Italy. This postage stamp exclave only totals 1.6 km2 and is surrounded by the Swiss canton of Ticino.  Campione is very integrated with Switzerland, both administratively and economically. For example, Italian citizens residing in Campione have the Swiss franc as…

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Brunei

27 April 2018

      Capital city:                Bandar Seri Begawan     Currency:                    Brunei dollar (BND)       Population:                417,200    Language:                  Malay     GDP:     …

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Botswana

20 April 2018

      Capital city:                Gaborone      Currency:                    Pula        Population:                2,250,260    Language:                  English     GDP:         …

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Bolivia

13 April 2018

     Capital city:                Sucre, La Paz      Currency:                    Boliviano (BOB)    Population:                11,410,651    Language:                  Spanish     GDP:         …

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Belize

6 April 2018

Capital city:                Belmopan      Currency:                    Belize dollar (BZD)    Population:                387,528   Language:                  English     GDP:                 …

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Bahrain

30 March 2018

Capital city:                Manama      Currency:                    Bahraini Dina (BHD)      Population:                1,425,171    Language:                  Arabic     GDP:             …

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Ascension Island

23 March 2018

Capital city:                Georgetown      Currency:                    Saint Helena Pound     Population:                806   Language:                  English    GDP:                 …

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