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- Central African Republic (6564 bytes)
1: ...[[equator]], separating the [[Congo River]] basin from [[Lake Chad]] and the [[White Nile]] river basi...
2: ...he nation was first ruled by French [[plantocracy|plantation]] interests, and, for three decades after...
4: |+<big><big>'''Republique Centrafricaine'''<br></big></big>
8: | align="center" width="140px" | [[image:Central african republic flag large.png|125px|]]
11: ...lign="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Central African Republic|In Detail]]) - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
1: ...nter. In [[1965]], The Gambia became independent from the [[British Empire]]. [[Banjul]] is its capi...
37: | From the United Kingdom<br>[[February 18]], [[1965]]
57: ...]]. The first written accounts of the region come from records of Arab traders in the [[9th century|9t...
59: ...hants; this grant was confirmed by letters patent from [[Queen Elizabeth I]]. In [[1618]], [[King Jame...
61: ...e Great Britain possession of The Gambia, but the French retained a tiny enclave at Albreda on the nor... - Guinea-Bissau (9517 bytes)
1: ... and one the smallest countries in continental [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Senegal]] to the north,...
22: ...d to change the capital city to [[Buba]], but the plan is unlikely to go forward.)
43: | (from Portugal)
48: | [[CFA franc]]
65: ...ese aggression and occupation and was prior to complete control and Portuguese recognition. Recogniti... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...pendent [[nation]], entirely surrounded by South African territory.
3: ...as well as many white, coloured and Indian South Africans.
5: ...the entire [[Africa]]n continent, with modern [[infrastructure]] common throughout the country.
7: {{South Africa infobox}}
9: South Africa has 11 official languages: [[Afrikaans]], [[English language|English]], [[Zulu lan... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
56: ...vs. Federal Republic of Germany or [[France]] vs. French Republic.
63: ...tained a chain of outposts around the [[Danube]]. From 20 to 50 AD, the Kingdom of [[Vannius]], a barb...
65: ...ritorial expansion under King [[Svatopluk I|Svätopluk]].
67: ...hs]] (from the 14th century), and [[Hungarians]] (from the late Middle Ages).
69: A huge population loss resulted from the invasion of the [[Mongols]] in 1241 and the... - Republic of the Congo (9324 bytes)
7: ...= Unit鬠Travail, Progres <br> ([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
10: official_languages = [[French language|French]] |
35: established_dates = From [[France]] <br> [[15 August]], [[1960]] |
36: currency = [[CFA franc]] |
47: ...inea]]. Upon independence in [[1960]], the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
9: ... arrived from South America in the third wave, displacing both the Arawak and the Salodoid-Barrancoid....
11: ...dos and used them as [[Slavery|slave labor]] on [[plantation]]s. Other Caribs fled the island, moving ...
13: ...the Caribbean coast found the island uninhabited. From the arrival of the first British settlers in [[...
15: ...o work the plantations, slaves were brought from Africa; the [[slave trade]] ceased a few years before...
17: Local politics were dominated by plantation owners and merchants of British descent. ... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
1: ...e [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]], [[France]], and the [[North Sea]].
3: ...l and linguistic diversity is reflected in its complex institutions and [[Politics of Belgium|politica...
13: ...emish]]: Eendracht maakt macht; [[French language|French]]: L'union fait la force; [[German language|G...
17: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[French language|French]], [[Flemish language|Flemish]], [[German lan...
50: ...l><sup>1</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[franc|Belgian franc]].</small> - Sierra Leone (10596 bytes)
1: ...public of Sierra Leone''' is a country in [[West Africa]], on the coast of the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The...
14: ...'[[List of state mottos|National motto]]: Unity - Freedom - Justice''</small>
22: | [[Freetown]]
43: | ''[[High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free]]''
54: ... a source for [[slave|slaves]], but in [[1787]] [[Freetown]] was established as a city for former slav... - Botswana (22276 bytes)
1: ...Economic system|economy]], closely tied to South Africa's, is dominated by [[cattle]] raising and [[mi...
37: | From [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[September 30]], [[...
51: ...gn=right style="padding: 0 5px 0 5px" | {{edit|Template:Botswana infobox|}}
56: ...h Africa]]), which came into the area from South Africa during the Zulu wars of the early 1800s. Prior...
58: ...[[Setswana]]-speaking people today live in South Africa. - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: ...iver|Limpopo]] rivers. It is bordered by [[South Africa]] to the south, [[Botswana]] to the west, [[Za...
14: ...''[[List of state mottos|National motto]]: Unity, Freedom, Work''</small>
46: [[Iron Age]] [[Bantu]]-speaking peoples began migrating into the area about 2,000 years...
48: As of [[1837]] the Shona were frequently raided by the [[Ndebele]], led by king [[...
52: ...hodes obtained a charter for the [[British South Africa Company]], which conquered the Ndebele and the... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
6: ... was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the [[Platt Amendment]] (revoked in [[1934]]), after which...
10: ...ng other things, [[healthcare]] and [[education]] freely available were expanded to cover all Cubans.A...
12: ...uban patriots, and U.S. Special Forces landing at Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs)on April 17,1961 where they...
14: ... to the U.S., mostly aboard vessels that departed from the U.S. Eventually the U.S. stopped the flow ...
16: ...eople, our country could not have survived the confrontation with imperialism". - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ...[[Gulf of Bothnia]] to the west. Finland has land frontiers with [[Sweden]], [[Norway]] and [[Russia]]...
33: | style="vertical-align: top;" | From [[Russia]]<br/>[[6 December]] [[1917]]<br/>[[22...
51: ..., [[chisel]]s from [[Lake Onega]], and spearheads from North Scandinavia. Currently it is considered p...
57: ...e and in Russian propaganda promising "liberation from Swedish oppression".
61: ...te Karelia]] and [[Aunus expedition|to Aunus]] complicated the relations. The Finnish–Russian bo... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ...> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[1947-08-14]]<br /...
51: ...India]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]] (Persia), [[People's Republic of China|China]] and the [[Arabian Se...
59: Pakistan is the birthplace of some of the most ancient civilizations and ...
62: ...nions of the divided Greek empire of [[Bactria]] (from the areas of the [[Panjshir province|Panjshir]]... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...cratic Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Central African Republic]] to the southwest, [[Chad]] to the ...
40: established_dates = From [[Egypt]] and the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[Jan...
64: ...7 years of [[First Sudanese Civil War|civil war]] from [[1955]] to [[1972]].
66: ...s born of the North (Arab, Muslim) versus South (African, Christian and animistic) and has a strong ec...
72: ...e services, and little prospects for productive employment in the small and weak economies of the sout... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: ... remains unclear; it is held to be either derived from that of southern tribes, or noting the 'glitter...
7: national_motto = Unity and Freedom |
35: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[July 6]], [[1964]] ...
49: ...emains possess features resembling [[Bushman]] people.
51: ...ries]]. Other missionaries, traders, hunters, and planters soon followed. - Peru (12264 bytes)
30: | '''[[Independence]]'''<br> - Declared || From [[Spain]]<br/>[[July 28]], [[1821]]
36: ...' || "[[Somos libres, se᭯slo siempre]]" "We are free, may we always be so"
48: ...sident, however, was not in power until [[1827]]. From [[1836]] to [[1839]] Peru and [[Bolivia]] were ...
57: ... [[department]]s (''departamentos''), and many people still use this term when referring to today's re...
99: The western coastal plains (costa) are separated from the eastern lowland jungle of the Amazon Basin ... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ... the country's early history, stemming as it does from the Roman name ''Portus Cale'', a possibly mixe...
15: ...s]], forming the [[Celt-Iberian]]s. Early Greek explorers named the region "[[Ophiussa]]" (Greek for "...
17: ...Portugal started from the south, where they found friendly natives, the [[Conii]]. Over decades, the R...
21: ...radle of Portugal." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (courtesy IPPAR)]]
25: ...s. From there they aimed to reconquer their lands from the [[Moors]] (mainly [[Berber]] with some [[Ar... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
10: ...t mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and my right)''<sup>2</sup></small> |
54: ...[[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. Usually known simply as the '''United Kingdom''' or the '''UK''', it ...
56: ...r, although there is also a nominal frontier with France in the middle of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The ...
62: ...d). This political usage of "Great Britain" dates from the personal union of the Crowns of Scotland an...
64: ...) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circles. - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...side of the [[strait of Gibraltar]], known as ''[[Plazas de soberan�]'', such as the [[Islas Chafari...
12: national_motto = ''[[Plus Ultra]]''<br>([[Latin]]: "Further Beyond") |
58: ...[[Basque people|Basque]]s, the only pre-Celtic people in Iberia surviving to the present day as a sepa...
68: Hispania supplied the Roman Empire with food, olive oil, wine an...
70: ...s present languages, religion, and laws originate from this Roman period.
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