The Vatican is the world’s smallest country, at 0.16 square miles (0,44 sq km). Monaco is the second smallest country. Tuvalu, the 5th smallest country, is situated in the South Pacific and consists of nine coral atolls but most of its citizens live on Funafuti, the main island. World’s smallest countries: 1. Vatican City – [...]
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The world’s largest islands by area size: 1. Greenland, Denmark – 836 330.48 sq miles (2,166,086 sq km) – coastline: 27,394 miles (44,087 km). 2. New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and West New Guinea) – 303,381 sq miles (785,753 sq km). 3. Borneo – 288,869 sq miles (748,168 sq km). 4. Madagascar – 226,658 sq miles [...]
Flags have been used for 4 000 years as cultural and national symbols. The study of flags and emblems is called vexillology, from the Latin vexillum, meaning “flag” or “guide.” Vexillum is the diminutive for velum, the word for “sail” or “banner.” More than a billion flags are made each year – 100 million flags [...]
Afghanistan: 19 August 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs) Albania: 28 November 1912 (from Ottoman Empire) Algeria: 5 July 1962 (from France) American Samoa: none (territory of the US) Andorra: 1278 (was formed under the joint suzerainty of France and the Bishop of Urgell) Angola: 11 November 1975 (from Portugal) Anguilla: none (overseas [...]
The United States of America Includes 50 states and the District of Columbia over an area of 9,826,630 km². It is the 3rd largest country in the world by area, occupied by 304 million people. (Note: China is slightly larger when its disputed areas are included.) The capital is Washington in the District of Columbia. State Code Capital Population [...]
Canada is the world’s second largest largest country in total area, covering most of Northern America.(Russia is the largest country in the world, covering 17,098,242 km².) Some 33 million people occupy the country’s 9,984,670 km². The capital is Ottowa, a municipality within the Province of Ontario. The name Canada likely comes from the Iroquoian word kanata, meaning ”village.” Province [...]
Australia is the world’s smallest continent, covering 7,741,220 km². Australia the 6th largest country in the world. It is the largest country in the Southern Hemisphere but is fairly sparsly populated with only 21 million people living in the 6 states, 2 major territories and some smaller territories and islands. The name Australia comes from the Latin Australis, meaning “Southern.” [...]
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