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- Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ... that city's coast until becoming part of the mainland in [[1525]].
21: ...r]], [[French language|French unofficial but commonly used in administration]]
33: |'''[[Land borders]]'''<br>'''[[Coastline]]'''||6,343 km<br>...
60: ...he Punic Wars to become independent of Carthage, only to be taken over soon after by the [[Roman Repub...
66: ...ng this period: literacy dropped massively, while land confiscation uprooted much of the population. - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...[lemur]]s. Madagascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries not to use a [[decimal currency]].
10: ...ana <br> ''([[Malagasy language|Malagasy]]: Fatherland, Liberty, Progress)'' |
12: ...draza nay malala ô'' (Oh, Our Beloved Fatherland) |
53: ...uguese]] sea captain [[Diego Dias]] sighted the island after his ship became separated from a fleet goin...
55: ...portant in Madagascar's economy. In return, the island received British military and financial assistanc... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
62: ...dence fighters rioted in the early [[1960s]], the land was annexed by [[Ethiopia]], starting a 30-year l...
66: ...omic development, and one of Africa's more severe landmine problems. The [[Ethiopia-Eritrea War]] ended...
89: ...ishing grounds. The land to the south, in the highlands, is slightly less dry, and cooler. The highest p...
100: ...mixed. The cessation of Ethiopian trade, which mainly used Eritrean ports before the war, leaves Eritr...
102: ...]], with food supplies currently (February 2005) only lasting for one month. - Mali (7755 bytes)
3: ...c of Mali''' (''République du Mali'') is a land-locked nation in [[West Africa]]. It is the secon...
60: ...[[Mali Federation]]. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, the Sudanese Republic was renamed ...
64: ...n provides for a multi-party democracy, with the only restriction being a prohibition against parties ...
84: Mali is [[landlocked]] and has a [[subtropical]] to [[arid]] cli...
91: ...e poorest countries in the world, with 65% of its land area desert or semidesert. Economic activity is l... - Central African Republic (6564 bytes)
1: The '''Central African Republic''' is a land-locked country in [[central Africa]]. It borders ...
110: ...okSmart - ''Central African Republic''] directory category
111: ...Project - ''Central African Republic''] directory category
112: ...e Sahara: ''Central African Republic''] directory category
113: ... Africa - ''Central African Republic''] directory category - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...]The '''People's Republic of China''' (PRC), commonly referred to as '''China''', is a state in [[East...
4: ...ever controlled [[Taiwan]] and some neighboring islands, which are controlled by the [[Republic of China...
6: The term "[[mainland China]]" is sometimes used to denote the area und...
13: ...tang in control of [[Taiwan]] and some outlying islands of [[Fujian]]. On [[October 1]], 1949, [[Mao Zed...
21: ...wed but gradually under the leadership of [[Zhou Enlai]] moderate forces regained influence. After Mao... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
17: ..."2" style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationLebanon.png]]
87: ... own, and by September of that year, they were openly feuding. The Syrian forces remained in Lebanon,...
93: A multinational force landed in [[Beirut]] on [[August 20]], [[1982]] to ove...
95: ...the country's different factions, and a number of landmark [[terrorism|terrorist attacks]] against Ameri...
118: ...attlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Lebanon%20Syria%20Rallies] rallied in M... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...tswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Mozambique]] and [[Swaziland]]. [[Lesotho]] is an independent [[nation]], enti...
9: ...is [[List of national languages of India|second only to India]] in number. As a result, there are man...
17: ...guages. The South African passport currently has only French and English on the front cover and lists ...
26: ...]], the slowly expanding settlement was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] possession. The Dutch settlers initiated...
50: ...inimum age for voting in South Africa is 18, and unlike most other nations, [[permanent resident]]s as... - Tanzania (17411 bytes)
48: ... = <sup>1</sup> Data refers to mainland Tanzania only.
61: ...itory in the north of the country. Tanzania not only expelled Ugandan forces, but also invaded Uganda...
74: ... by the National Assembly are valid for Zanzibar only in specifically designated union matters.
80: ...anzania is divided into 26 regions--21 on the mainland, 3 on Zanzibar, and 2 on Pemba. Ninety-nine distr...
89: ...crops to only 4% of the land area. Industry is mainly limited to processing agricultural products and ... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
57: ...n independent state on [[September 3]] [[1971]]. Unlike most neighbouring emirates, Qatar declined to ...
59: ... battled each other for lucrative oyster beds and lands, frequently forming and breaking coalitions with...
61: ...ed over the Qatari peninsula from the off-shore island of [[Bahrain]]. Although Qatar was legally a depe...
65: ...1995 while the old Emir was on vacation in Switzerland. Under Emir Hamad Qatar has experienced a notable...
78: ...a', an area of rolling sand dunes surrounding an inlet of the Gulf. - Sierra Leone (10596 bytes)
54: ... country "Lion Mountains". [[Europe]]ans used the land as a source for [[slave|slaves]], but in [[1787]]...
91: ...ubsistence agriculture. Manufacturing consists mainly of the processing of raw materials and of light ...
98: ...]] is the official language, it is understood by only a minority, as most people speak their tribe's o...
128: ...us559953/ LookSmart - ''Sierra Leone''] directory category
129: ...n Directory Project - ''Sierra Leone''] directory category - Botswana (22276 bytes)
1: ...ectorate]] of [[Bechuanaland Protectorate|Bechuanaland]], Botswana adopted its new name after becoming [...
44: ...'[[Fatshe leno la rona]]'' (Blessed Be This Noble Land)
58: ...1885]] made "[[Bechuanaland Protectorate|Bechuanaland]]" under a [[protectorate]]. The northern territo...
60: ...ate, [[Basutoland]] (now [[Lesotho]]), and [[Swaziland]] in 1909 asked for and received British assuranc...
73: ...re appointed by the president and may be removed only for cause and after a hearing. The [[constitutio... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
1: ...egion of [[Guiana]] (an Amerindian word meaning ''Land of Many Waters''), and is bordered to the east by...
51: | ''[[Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains]]''
62: ...an in the early [[17th century]] with the [[Netherlands|Dutch]], who established three separate colonies...
94: * [[Essequibo Islands-West Demerara]]
105: ...ral deposits, and finally the larger interior highlands consisting mostly of [[savanna]]s and mountains,... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
34: ...alibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe]]'' ("Blessed be the land of Zimbabwe")
52: ...st white colonialist encroachment on their native lands in [[1896]]-[[1897]].
54: ...]]) to form the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]]. After its dissolution in [[1963]], the white m...
62: Muzorewa, who not only had the support of Smith but with the white-mino...
66: ... Zimbabwe African National Union ([[ZANU]]) won a landslide victory. Mugabe has won reelection ever sinc... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
9: ...Pak sarzamin shad bad]]<br>(Blessed Be The Sacred Land) |
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51: ...[[Urdu]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] means ''Land of the Pure''. With around 163 million inhabitan...
90: ...rkmenistan]], etc), thus giving it the meaning '''Land of the Pure'''.
132: ...although (because of the [[Pressler amendment]]) only a few were eventually supplied. However, China c... - Israel (51605 bytes)
60: ... resulted in widescale expulsion of Jews from the Land of Israel (about 25% of the Jewish population, se...
68: ...he centuries the size of Jewish population in the land fluctuated. In the early 19th century, about 10,0...
73: ...that called for the establishment of a Jewish homeland. The Jewish population in the region increased fr...
78: ...II]], abandoned the idea of a Jewish national homeland, and abandoned partition and negotiations in favo...
83: ...wo states, Jewish and Arab, giving about half the land area to each state. Under this plan, [[Jerusalem]... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
30: | '''[[Land borders]]'''<br>'''[[Coastline]]''' || 5,529 km<b...
76: ...rdism, a crumbling infrastructure, and widespread land mines.
86: ... the country, but was not reinstated as king and only exercises limited ceremonial powers.
150: ...esh water supplies are limited. Afghanistan has a land climate, with hot summers and cold winters. The c...
166: ...lable. Therefore most figures are approximations only. According to the CIA World FactBook (updated on... - Uganda (11554 bytes)
13: national_anthem = [[Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty]] |
78: Although landlocked, Uganda has access to several large water b...
95: ...anity. The remaining one-third is split about evenly between Muslims and members of traditional faith...
145: ...65672/us559962/ LookSmart - ''Uganda''] directory category
146: ...a/ Open Directory Project - ''Uganda''] directory category - Nepal (22444 bytes)
1: ...'', situated in the [[Himalaya]], is the world's only [[Hindu]] [[kingdom]]. It is in South Asia, shar...
14: ...ariya'si)<br />[[Sanskrit]]: Mother and the Motherland are Worth More than the Kingdom of Heaven)''</sma...
81: ...ain Region in north. Of Nepal's total land area, only 20 percent is cultivatable. Deforestation is a s...
111: ...ss domestic product|GDP]]. Industrial activity mainly involves the processing of agricultural produce ...
113: ...s technological backwardness, its remoteness, its landlocked geographic location, and its susceptibility... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
14: ...nd Al-watan]] ("We Are the Army of God and of Our Land") |
128: ...ar-related impacts. Here the Sudanese practice mainly indigenous traditional beliefs, although Christi...
181: ...ian.co.uk/sudan/0,14658,1235601,00.html Guardian Unlimited - ''Special Report: Sudan'']
192: ...957/ LookSmart - ''Republic of Sudan''] directory category
193: ...an/ Open Directory Project - ''Sudan''] directory category
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