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MN. MontenegroM. MonacoMO. MoldovaN. NetherlandsQ. QatarR. RwandaS. San MarinoSA. São Tomé &

PríncipeSE. Serbia

SK. SlovakiaSL. SloveniaSW. SwitzerlandS.K. St. Kitts and NevisS.L. St. LuciaS.V. St. Vincent and the

GrenadinesT. TogoU.A.E. United Arab EmiratesV. Vatican City

SE.MN.

THE WORLD

CONTENTS4 NORTH AMERICA8 SOUTH AMERICA12 EUROPE18 ASIA24 OCEANIA 26 AFRICA

First published in 2009 by Orpheus Books Ltd., 6 Church Green, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 4AW England

www.orpheusbooks.comCopyright © 2009 Orpheus Books Ltd

Created and produced by Orpheus Books Ltd

Text Claire AstonIllustrators Gary Hincks, Steve Noon

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or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.

ISBN 978 1 905473 59 5A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library.

Printed and bound in Singapore

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NORTH AMERICA includes Canada,

the United States of America, Mexico,

Central America and the Caribbean islands,

as well as the largest island in the world,

Greenland. In the sparsely populated north,

the thick Arctic ice gives way to the barren

tundra of northern Canada. The Rocky

Mountains run down from Alaska to

Mexico, while the forested Appalachians

dominate the eastern USA. In the fertile

lowlands of the Mississippi basin and the

eastern seaboard, farms produce huge

amounts of crops such as maize and wheat.

Further south are the hot, dry deserts of

southwestern USA and Mexico.

Most people in North America are

descendants of settlers from other parts of

the world, the first of whom, the

Europeans, arrived in the 16th century.

Many Native American peoples lost their

lands and their lives to the new arrivals.

Today, the small groups of Native Americans

that remain have their own territories.

Many, especially the Inuit of northern

Canada, still follow a traditional way of life.

New England is a

region com

prising

the six states of the

northeastern corner

of the United States.

It was one of the

first areas settled by

Europeans and has

many historic

buildings. It is

famous for the

colours of its trees

in the fall (autum

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C E N T R A L A M E R I C A

BELIZEArea 22,965 sq km Population 301,270Capital Belmopan Languages English,SpanishCOSTA RICAArea 50,700 sq km Population 4,195,914Capital San José Language Spanish EL SALVADORArea 21,041 sq km Population 7,066,403Capital San Salvador Language Spanish GUATEMALAArea 108,889 sq km Population13,002,206 Capital Guatemala LanguageSpanish HONDURASArea 112,088 sq km Population7,639,327 Capital Tegucigalpa LanguageSpanishNICARAGUAArea 130,000 sq km Population5,785,846 Capital Managua LanguagesSpanish, EnglishPANAMAArea 75,517 sq km Population 3,292,693Capital Panama Language Spanish

ANGUILLAArea 91 sq km Population 14,108Capital The Valley Language English ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Area 442 sq km Population 69,842Capital St. John’s Language English BAHAMASArea 13,939 sq km Population 307,451Capital Nassau Language English BARBADOSArea 430 sq km Population 281,968Capital Bridgetown Language English BERMUDAArea 53 sq km Population 66,536Capital Hamilton Language English BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDSArea 153 sq km Population 24,004Capital Road Town Language English CUBAArea 110,860 sq km Population11,423,952 Capital Havana LanguageSpanishDOMINICA Area 750 sq km Population 72,514Capital Roseau Languages English,Creole DOMINICAN REPUBLICArea 48,422 sq km Population 9,507,133Capital Santo Domingo LanguageSpanish

C A R I B B E A NCuba

Bahamas Jamaica Haiti

DominicanRepublic

Dominica

Barbados Grenada Trinidad andTobago

St. Lucia St. Vincent

St. Kitts andNevis

Antigua andBarbuda

GRENADAArea 345 sq km Population 90,343Capital St. George’s Languages English,French patois GUADELOUPEArea 1779 sq km Population 408,000Capital Basse-Terre Languages French,Creole HAITIArea 27,750 sq km Population 8,924,553Capital Port-au-Prince LanguagesFrench, CreoleJAMAICAArea 10,991 sq km Population 2,804,332Capital Kingston Language English MARTINIQUEArea 1102 sq km Population 401,000Capital Fort-de-France LanguagesFrench, Creole MONTSERRATArea 102 sq km Population 9,638Capital Plymouth Language English NETHERLANDS ANTILLESArea 800 sq km Population 225,369Capital Willemstad Languages Dutch,Papiamento PUERTO RICOArea 8959 sq km Population 3,958,128Capital San Juan Languages Spanish,English ST. KITTS AND NEVISArea 262 sq km Population 39,619Capital Basseterre Language English ST. LUCIAArea 616 sq km Population 172,884Capital Castries Languages English,French patois ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESArea 388 sq km Population 118,432Capital Kingstown Language EnglishTRINIDAD AND TOBAGOArea 5127 sq km Population 1,047,366Capital Port of Spain Languages English,French, Spanish, Hindi, Chinese US VIRGIN ISLANDSArea 355 sq km Population 108,210Capital Charlotte Amalie LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, Creole

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C A N A D AArea 9,958,319 sq km Population33,212,696 Capital Ottawa (population1,168,788) Languages English, FrenchReligions Roman Catholic 47%,Protestant 25%, other 28% CurrencyCanadian dollar Highest point MountLogan 6050 m Main industriesWood andpaper, metals, food, cars, chemicals,petroleum, tele communications

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A M E R I C AArea 9,372,614 sq km Population303,824,646 Capital Washington, D.C.Languages English, Spanish ReligionsProtestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%,Jewish 2%, other 14% Currency US dollarHighest point Mount McKinley, Alaska6194 m Main industries Aircraft, cars,chemicals, computers, petroleum, steel,telecommuni cations, timber Major citiesNew York (18,815,988), Los Angeles(12,875,587), Chicago (9,524,673),Washington D.C. (8,241,912), San Francisco(7,200,322)

Brightly-coloured wooden totem poles havebeen carved for generations by families ofNative Americans on the northwest coastof Canada. The images depict the family’shistory, and which clan they belong to.

Guatemala

Belize

Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama

Honduras El Salvador

M E X I C OArea 1,972,547 sq km Population109,955,400 Capital Mexico City (pop.23,913,000) Language Spanish ReligionsRoman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other5% Currency Mexican peso Highest point Citlaltépetl 5700 mMain industries Petroleum, iron and steel,food, drink, cars, chemicals, tourism

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This scarlet macawis one of themany birds ofthe rain -forest.

Some rainforest peoples live inone part of the forest for awhile, where they hunt andgrow basic crops, andthen move on to anothersite to give the soil achance to recover. Asmore and more of theforest is cut down,their homelandsare depleted. Theyhave also sufferedfrom persecutionand illness asoutsiders havemoved into theforest.

AMAZON RAINFORESTThe Amazon basin is the largest area ofrainforest in the world. Many kinds ofplants and animals live there, and newspecies are constantly being discovered. Themighty Amazon River and its tributariesflow through the forest, providing a vital

The destruction of therainforests does notonly mean a loss ofhabitat for plants andanimals. The barelandscape that is leftalso leads to soilerosion, while somescientists think that theloss of so many treesmay affect the world’sclimate.

transport route and source of food for thenative peoples who live in forest villages. Afew of these peoples still follow a traditionalway of life, hunting, fishing and growingcrops. Many also take advantage of moderntechnology, such as engines for their boats. Today, the rainforest is disappearing at an

alarming rate, because of logging for thetimber industry, roadbuilding, and clearingspace for cattle farming or crop planting.The poor-quality rainforest soil means thatit cannot support grazing or crops for longbefore the farmers must move on to newareas. So even more of the forest is lost.

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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA is a continent ofextremes. The world’s longest mountainrange, the Andes, stretches along the westcoast. Between the snow-capped mountainslies a high, cold and windswept plain calledthe altiplano. Between the Andes and thePacific Ocean coast is the Atacama Desert,the driest place on earth. Rain may not fallhere for hundreds of years at a time. In the north, most people live near the

Caribbean coast or in the mountains.Further inland, the vast rainforests of theAmazon basin dominate. The Amazon Riveroriginates in the Andes, and winds its wayeastwards through Peru and Brazil beforereaching the AtlanticOcean.To the east of the

Amazon rainforestlie the BrazilianHighlands. Furthersouth are wide areasof fertile grasslands,known as pampas,which cover parts ofArgentina andUruguay. In theextreme south of

A Chilean boy. Many peopleliving in South America todayare of mixed European andnative Indian descent. Theyare known as mestizos.

Argentina, grasslands give way to the dry,bleak scrublands of Patagonia. The southernAndes is an region of glaciers andvolcanoes, breaking up into bleak, rockyislands at its tip.Many people in South America are

descended from Europeans, especially theSpanish and Portuguese, who began toarrive during the 15th century. Most SouthAmerican people today still speak theselanguages. Others are descendents of Africanslaves brought over by the Europeans. Thenumbers of native peoples of SouthAmerica fell dramatically after the arrival ofthe Europeans, but some still live in themountains and the rainforest, keeping theirown languages and traditions.


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Rio de Janeiro, or “January River” (below), lies on the coast ofBrazil. It was named after the month in which Portugueseexplorer Goncalo Coelho sailed into its bay in 1503. A greatcity has since grown up beneath the famous Sugar Loafmountain. In the 19th century, Rio de Janeiro was animportant port trading gold and diamonds mined in the interiorof the country. Today, poverty-stricken shanty towns cluster onthe outskirts, crowded with people desperate for work.

A native American womansteers a boat on thehighest navigable lake inthe world, Lake Titicaca(right), which stretchesbetween Peru and Bolivia.The boat is made fromtough, tightly bundledreeds. People also live onfloating island villages inthe lake, made fromthickly-piled reeds. Whenthe reeds at the bottom rotaway, more layers are piledup on top.

ARGENTINAArea 2,766,889 sq km Population40,677,348 Capital Buenos AiresLanguage Spanish Religions RomanCatholic 90%, Protestant 2%, other 8%Currency Argentine pesoCHILEArea 756,626 sq km Population16,454,143 Capital Santiago LanguageSpanish Religions Roman Catholic 89%,Protestant 11%PARAGUAYArea 406,752 sq km Population6,831,306 Capital Asunción LanguagesSpanish, Guarani Religions RomanCatholic 90%, Protestant 10%URUGUAYArea 176,215 sq km Pop. 3,477,778Capital Montevideo Language SpanishReligions Roman Catholic 66%, Protestant2%, Jewish 2%, other 30%

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The oil wells of LakeMaracaibo are veryimportant to theeconomy of Venezuela.

BOLIVIAArea 1,098,581 sq km Population9,247,816 Capitals La Paz, SucreLanguages Spanish, Quechua, Aymara COLOMBIAArea 1,141,748 sq km Pop. 45,013,674Capital Bogotá Language SpanishReligions Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%ECUADORArea 272,045 sq km Population13,927,650 Capital Quito LanguagesSpanish, Quechua FRENCH GUIANAArea 91,000 sq km Pop. 209,000 CapitalCayenne Languages French, CreoleGUYANAArea 214,969 sq km Population 770,794Capital Georgetown Languages English,Hindi, Urdu

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Venezuela

Ecuador Peru

Guyana Surinam

Bolivia

PERUArea 1,285,216 sq km Population29,180,899 Capital Lima LanguagesSpanish, Quechua, Aymara ReligionsRoman Catholic 89%, other 11%SURINAMArea 163,265 sq km Population 475,996Capital Paramaribo Languages Dutch,Hindi, JavaneseVENEZUELAArea 912,050 sq km Population26,414,815 Capital Caracas LanguageSpanish Religions Roman Catholic 96%,other 4%

B R A Z I LArea 8,511,996 sq km Population191,908,598 Capital Brasília LanguagePortuguese Religions Roman Catholic90%, other 10% Currency Real Highest point Pico da Neblina 3014 mMain industries Cars, aircraft, machinery,textiles, clothing, chemicals, steel


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Religious buildings are oftensome of the grandest thatsurvive today. This is theAlexander Nevski Cathedral inSofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

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EUROPE

EUROPE is a dense patchwork ofnations. The continent is actually part of

a single land-mass that also includes Asia,but there are also a number of islands. Alarge part of Russia and a small part ofTurkey are also included within Europe.In the far north, Europe borders the

Arctic Ocean. Frozen tundra merges intothe vast coniferous forests of Russia andScandinavia. The Gulf Stream, a warmocean current, gives the northwesterncountries a mild, wet climate. CentralEurope and Russia have hot summers butcold winters. To the south, beyond themountain ranges of the Pyrenees and theAlps, lie the sunny Mediterranean lands.Europe is, for the most part, densely

populated. Waterways and road and railnetworks link its major cities. Much of itsland is under cultivation or pasture. Only afew large areas of uninhabited land remainin the north.Compared to other parts of the world,

European countries are wealthy, though theWest is generally more prosperous. Throughhistory, conflicts have flared between andwithin countries. Several have split intosmaller, independent nations in recent years.

Europe has a long history, and many oldbuildings from hundreds of years ago arestill standing today. These buildings inBruges, Belgium (below), date back tomedieval times.

People who originate from manydifferent parts of the world now live inEurope. Countries such as England, Franceand Spain once ruled much of America,Africa and Asia. Many people from thesecontinents have now settled in Europe,giving it a rich variety of cultures.

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ANDORRAArea 468 sq km Population 72,413Capital Andorra Languages Catalan,French, Spanish, PortugueseCYPRUSArea 9251 sq km Pop. 792,604 CapitalNicosia Languages Greek, Turkish, English FRANCEArea 543,965 sq km Pop. 64,057,790Capital Paris Language French ReligionsRoman Catholic 90%, other 10% Mainindustries Cars, chemicals, machinery, steel,aircraft, electronics, food, tourismGREECEArea 131,957 sq km Pop. 10,722,816Capital Athens Language GreekReligions Orthodox 98%, other 2%

ITALYArea 301,277 sq km Population58,145,321 Capital Rome LanguageItalian Religion Roman Catholic 90%,Protestant, Jewish and others 10% Mainindustries Clothing, chemicals, cars,ceramics, food, tourismMALTAArea 316 sq km Population 403,532Capital Valletta Languages Maltese,English, ItalianMONACOArea 2 sq km Population 32,796 CapitalMonaco Language French PORTUGALArea 92,389 sq km Population 10,676,910Capital Lisbon Language PortugueseReligions Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant1%, other 2%SAN MARINOArea 60.5 sq km Population 29,973Capital San Marino Language ItalianSPAINArea 504,782 sq km Population40,491,051 Capital Madrid LanguagesSpanish, Catalan, Basque, Galician ReligionsRoman Catholic 94%, other 6% Mainindustries Cars, clothing, shoes, chemicals,metals, food and drink, tourismVATICAN CITYArea 0.44 sq km Population 824

The fifteen towers of San Gimignano(below), in Tuscany, central Italy, are allthat remain of 72 built 600 years ago.

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The west coast of Scotland (above), in theUK, is an area of mountains and sea lochs.

FACTFILE I

BELGIUMArea 30,519 sq km Population10,403,951 Capital Brussels LanguagesDutch (Flemish), French, GermanReligions Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant15%, Muslim 3%, other 7%DENMARKArea 43,093 sq km Population 5,484,723Capital Copenhagen Language DanishReligions Protestant 90%, other 10%FINLANDArea 338,145 sq km Population5,244,749 Capital Helsinki LanguagesFinnish, Swedish Religions Protestant 89%,other 11%ICELANDArea 103,000 sq km Population 304,367Capital Reykjavik Language IcelandicReligions Protestant 96%, other 4%

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Norway

Denmark

Belgium

France

Portugal

Monaco

Malta Cyprus

Italy Vatican City

Spain Andorra

San Marino

Greece

Netherlands

UK

Sweden Finland

Ireland

Luxembourg

IRELANDArea 70,283 sq km Population 4,156,119Capital Dublin Languages English, IrishReligions Roman Catholic 93%,Protestant 3%, other 4%LUXEMBOURGArea 2586 sq km Population 486,006Capital Luxembourg Languages German,Letzeburgesch, French Religions RomanCatholic 97%, other 3%NETHERLANDSArea 33,936 sq km Population16,645,313 Capitals Amsterdam, TheHague Language Dutch ReligionsRoman Catholic 36%, Protestant 27%,Muslim 2%, other 35%NORWAYArea 323,877 sq km Pop. 4,644,457Capital Oslo Language NorwegianReligions Protestant 88%, other 12%

SWEDENArea 449,964 sq km Pop. 9,045,389Capital Stockholm Languages Swedish,Finnish, Lappish Religions Protestant 94%,Roman Catholic 2%, other 4%UNITED KINGDOMArea 242,533 sq km Pop. 60,943,912Capital London Languages English, WelshReligions Protestant 51%, Roman Catholic9%, Muslim 3%, other 37% Highest pointBen Nevis 1343 m Main industries Cars,machinery, aircraft, chemicals, textiles,tourism, banking

The castle of Vianden (below) lies amongthe wooded hills of Luxembourg.

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ALBANIAArea 27,398 sq km Population 3,619,778Capital Tiranë Language Albanian BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINAArea 51,129 sq km Population 4,590,310Capital Sarajevo Language Serbo-CroatBULGARIAArea 110,994 sq km Population7,262,675 Capital Sofia LanguagesBulgarian, Turkish, Macedonian CROATIAArea 56,538 sq km Population 4,491,543Capital Zagreb Language Serbo-Croat MACEDONIAArea 25,713 sq km Pop. 2,061,315Capital Skopje Languages Macedonian,AlbanianROMANIAArea 237,500 sq km Population22,246,862 Capital Bucharest LanguagesRomanian, Hungarian, German SERBIAArea 102,350 sq km Population10,159,046 Capital Belgrade LanguagesSerbo-Croat, Albanian, Hungarian

Croatia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Albania Bulgaria

Serbia Lithuania

Belarus Ukraine

LatviaMacedonia Estonia

MoldovaRomania

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A typicalSwisshouse

AUSTRIAArea 83,859 sq km Population 8,205,533Capital Vienna Language GermanReligions Roman Catholic 85%, other 15%CZECH REPUBLICArea 78,864 sq km Population 10,220,911 Capital Prague LanguageCzech Religions Roman Catholic 39%,Protestant 4% other 57%

Prague Castle (below), known to theCzechs as Hradcany, overlooks thecity from the top of a hill.

Germany

Liechtenstein

Czech Republic Slovakia

Slovenia

Austria Switzerland

Hungary

Poland

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GERMANYArea 356,854 sq km Pop. 82,369,548Capital Berlin Language GermanReligions Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic34%, other 32% Highest point Zugspitze2962 m Main industries Cars, machinery,chemicals, electronic goods, bankingHUNGARYArea 93,030 sq km Population 9,930,915Capital Budapest Language HungarianReligions Roman Catholic 68%, Protestant25%, other 7%LIECHTENSTEINArea 160 sq km Pop. 34,498 CapitalVaduz Language German POLANDArea 312,683 sq km Pop. 38,500,696Capital Warsaw Language PolishReligions Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%SLOVAKIAArea 49,035 sq km Population 5,455,407Capital Bratislava Languages Slovak,Hungarian, Czech Religions RomanCatholic 64%, Protestant 8%, other 28%SLOVENIAArea 20,251 sq km Population 2,007,711Capital Ljubljana Language SloveneReligions Roman Catholic 96%, other 4%SWITZERLANDArea 41,293 sq km Population 7,581,520Capital Bern Languages German, French,Italian Religions Roman Catholic 48%,Protestant 44%, other 8%

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BELARUSArea 207,600 sq km Pop. 9,685,768Capital Minsk Language Belorussian ESTONIAArea 45,125 sq km Population 1,307,605Capital Tallinn Languages Estonian,RussianLATVIAArea 64,589 sq km Population 2,245,423Capital Riga Languages Latvian, Russian LITHUANIA Area 65,200 sq km Population 3,565,205Capital Vilnius Languages Lithuanian,Russian, Polish, Belorussian MOLDOVAArea 33,700 sq km Population 4,324,450Capital Chisinau Languages Romanian(Moldovan), Ukrainian, Russian UKRAINEArea 603,700 sq km Population45,994,287 Capital Kiev LanguagesUkrainian, Russian

R U S S I AArea 17,075,400 sq km Population140,702,094 Capital Moscow LanguagesRussian, 38 other languages ReligionsRussian Orthodox 75%, other 25%Currency Rouble Highest point Elbrus5642 m Main industries Petroleum,machines, chemicals, steel, aircraft, weapons,trains, textiles Major cities Moscow(10,382,754), St. Petersburg (4,662,547),Novosibirsk (1,425,508), Nizhniy Novgorod(1,311,252), Yekaterinburg (1,293,537)

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ASIA

ASIA is the largest continent. Thenorthern part is taken up entirely by

Russia, where icy tundra and coniferousforests dominate the landscape. Furthersouth are the barren grasslands, or steppes,of Central Asia. These merge into vast areasof desert that are bitterly cold in winter.Much of southwest Asia, known as the

Middle East, is also covered by desert, butthis is hot, dry and often sandy. South of theworld’s highest mountain range, theHimalayas, the countries of southern Asiahave a monsoon climate. Long periods ofhot, dry weather are followed by heavyrains. To the southeast, a peninsula reachesout towards the many islands of Indonesia,where important areas of dense tropicalrainforest are found.Large areas of Asia are virtually

uninhabited, but Asia still has much thelargest population of any continent. In thesouth and east, several countries havebecome wealthy from their rich reserves ofoil or their successful technologicalindustries. In many other countries,however, poverty is rife. Most people farmfor a living, and are vulnerable to floods ordroughts. Asian cities are growing larger asmore and more people move in from thecountryside to try to find work.

Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, lies in aHimalayan valley. Tourists visit Nepal towalk and climb in the mountains with thehelp of local guides, called Sherpas.

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BAHRAINArea 691.2 sq km Population 718,306Capital Manama Language ArabicReligions Muslim 85%, Christian 7%,other 7%IRANArea 1,648,000 sq km Population65,875,223 Capital Tehran LanguageFarsi Religions Muslim 99%, other 1%IRAQArea 438,317 sq km Pop. 28,221,181Capital Baghdad Language ArabicReligions Muslim 97%, other 3%ISRAEL Area 21,946 sq km Population 7,112,359Capital Jerusalem Languages Hebrew,Arabic Religions Jewish 82%, Muslim14%, Christian 2%, other 2%JORDANArea 97,740 sq km Population 6,198,677Capital Amman Language ArabicReligions Muslim 92%, other 8%KUWAITArea 17,818 sq km Population 2,596,799Capital Kuwait Language ArabicReligions Muslim 85%, other 15%LEBANONArea 10,452 sq km Population 3,971,941Capital Beirut Language ArabicReligions Muslim 75%, Christian 25%

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OMANArea 271,950 sq km Population3,311,640 Capital Muscat LanguageArabic Religion Muslim 100%QATARArea 11,437 sq km Population 928,635Capital Doha Language ArabicReligions Muslim 95%, other 5%SAUDI ARABIAArea 2,400,900 sq km Population28,161,417 Capital Riyadh LanguageArabic Religion Muslim 100%SYRIAArea 185,180 sq km Population19,747,586 Capital Damascus LanguageArabic Religions Muslim 90%, other 10%UNITED ARAB EMIRATESArea 75,150 sq km Population 4,621,399Capital Abu Dhabi Language ArabicReligions Muslim 96%, other 4%YEMENArea 477,530 sq km Population23,013,376 Capital San’a LanguageArabic Religions Muslim 97%, other 3%

T U R K E YArea 779,452 sq km Population71,892,807 Capital Ankara LanguageTurkish Religions Muslim 99%, other 1%CurrencyTurkish lira

A street vendor inJerusalem (below) poursa glass of tamarindy, afruit drink.

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AFGHANISTANArea 652,225 sq km Pop. 32,738,376Capital Kabul Languages Pashtun, TajikBANGLADESHArea 143,998 sq km Pop. 153,546,901Capital Dhaka Languages Bengali,EnglishBHUTANArea 47,000 sq km Population 682,321Capital Thimphu Language DzongkhaMALDIVESArea 298 sq km Population 379,174Capital Malé Language DivehiNEPALArea 147,181 sq km Pop. 29,519,114Capital Kathmandu Language NepaliSRI LANKAArea 64,453 sq km Pop. 21,128,773Capital Colombo Languages Sinhala,Tamil, English

P A K I S TA NArea 803,943 sq km Population167,762,040 Capital Islamabad LanguageUrdu Religions Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%,Shi’a 20%), Other 3%

A tiger from South Asia.

Afghanistan Nepal Bhutan

Syria

Lebanon

Iraq

Saudi Arabia Yemen Oman

United ArabEmirates

Qatar Bahrain

Iran Kuwait

Israel Jordan

Armenia

Uzbekistan Tajikistan

Kazakhstan Turkmenistan

Kyrgyzstan

Georgia Azerbaijan

Maldives Sri Lanka Bangladesh

S O U T H

I N D I AArea 3,287,590 sq km Population1,147,995,898 Capital New DelhiLanguages Hindi, Bengali, Bihari, Telugu,Marathi, Tamil, English Religions Hindu83%, Muslim 11%, Christian 2%, Sikh 2%,other 2% Currency Rupee

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ARMENIAArea 29,800 sq km Population 2,968,586Capital Yerevan Language ArmenianAZERBAIJANArea 88,600 sq km Population 8,177,717Capital Baku Language AzeriGEORGIAArea 69,700 sq km Population 4,630,841Capital Tbilisi Language GeorgianKAZAKHSTANArea 2,717,300 sq km Population15,340,533 Capital Astana LanguagesKazakh, RussianKYRGYZSTANArea 198,500 sq km Population5,356,869 Capital Bishkek LanguagesKyrgyz, RussianTAJIKISTANArea 143,100 sq km Pop. 7,211,884Capital Dushanbe Language TajikTURKMENISTANArea 488,100 sq km Pop. 5,179,571Capital Ashkhabad Language TurkmenUZBEKISTANArea 447,400 sq km Pop. 28,268,440Capital Tashkent Language Uzbek

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S O U T H E A S T A boy fromVietnam.

BRUNEIArea 5765 sq km Population 381,371Capital Bandar Seri Begawan LanguagesMalay, Chinese Religions Muslim 66%,Buddhist 14%, Christian 10%, other 10%BURMA (MYANMAR)Area 672,552 sq km Population47,758,181 Capital Yangon LanguageBurmese Religions Buddhist 89%, Muslim4%, Christian 4%, other 3%

A bridge over the Mekong river in Vietnam.

CAMBODIAArea 181,035 sq km Pop. 14,241,640Capital Phnom Penh Language KhmerReligions Buddhist 95%, other 5%LAOSArea 236,800 sq km Pop. 6,677,534Capital Viangchan Languages Lao,French Religions Buddhist 85%, other 5%

MALAYSIAArea 329,758 sq km Population25,274,133 Capital Kuala LumpurLanguage Malay Religions Muslim 53%,Buddhist 18%, Chinese religions 11%,Hindu 7%, Christian 7%, other 4%PHILIPPINESArea 300,000 sq km Pop. 92,681,453Capital Manila Languages English,Filipino Religions Roman Catholic 83%,Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, other 3%SINGAPOREArea 616 sq km Pop. 4,608,167Languages Chinese, English, Malay, TamilReligionsTaoist 29%, Buddhist 27%,Muslim 16%, Christian 10%, other 18%THAILANDArea 513,115 sq km Pop. 65,493,298Capital Bangkok Language ThaiReligions Buddhist 95%, other 5%VIETNAMArea 328,566 sq km Population86,116,559 Capital Hanoi LanguagesVietnamese, French Religions Buddhist55%, Christian 7%, other 38%

I N D O N E S I AArea 1,904,569 sq km Population237,512,355 Capital Jakarta LanguageIndonesian Religions Muslim 87%,Protestant 6%, Catholic 3%, other 4%Currency Rupiah

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C H I N AArea 9,571,300 sq km Population1,330,044,605 Capital Beijing LanguageChinese (many dialects) ReligionsConfucian, Taoist, Buddhist, MuslimCurrencyYuan Highest point MountEverest 8863 m Main industriesTextiles,clothing, iron and steel, fertilizers, weapons,electronics, toys Major cities Shanghai(18,450,000), Beijing (17,430,000), Tianjin(10, 240,000), Qingdao (7,311,200),Shenyang (7,204,000)

This Hani girl (above) is one of the manynon-Chinese peoples from Yunnanprovince in the south of China.

J A PA NArea 377,815 sq km Population127,288,419 Capital Tokyo LanguageJapanese, Religions Shinto and Buddhist92%, other 8% Currency Yen Highestpoint Mount Fuji 3776 m Mainindustries Cars, electronic goods, ships,steel, metals, textiles, telecommunications

E A S T E R N

FACTFILE II

Taiwan

South Korea North Korea Mongolia

Philippines

Burma

Cambodia Laos

Thailand Malaysia

Vietnam

Brunei Singapore

MONGOLIAArea 1,565,000 sq km Population2,996,081 Capital Ulan Bator LanguageKhalkha MongolNORTH KOREAArea 120,538 sq km Population23,479,089 Capital Pyongyang LanguageKoreanSOUTH KOREAArea 99,222 sq km Population49,232,844 Capital Seoul LanguageKoreanTAIWANArea 35,590 sq km Population22,920,946 Capital Taipei LanguageChinese

A traditional funeralprocession in SouthKorea. Most SouthKoreans are Buddhistsor Christians, butsome people still holdthe ancient belief ofshamanism—that aspirit world liesalongside the earthlyworld. A priest, orshaman (male orfemale), acts as a linkbetween the worlds.

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A U S T R A L I AArea 7,682,300 sq km Population20,600,856 Capital Canberra LanguageEnglish Religions Anglican 26%, RomanCatholic 26%, other Christian 24%, other24% Currency Australian dollar Highest point Mount Kosciusko 2228 m

N E W Z E A L A N DArea 270,534 sq km Pop. 4,173,460Capital Wellington Languages English,Maori Religions Protestant 47%, RomanCatholic 15%, other 22%, non-religious16% Currency New Zealand dollar

FACTFILEStilt house, Solomon Islands.

Papua NewGuinea

SolomonIslands

Vanuatu

Nauru

Tuvalu

Samoa

Kiribati

Fiji

Tonga

P A C I F I C I S L A N D S

FIJIArea 18,376 sq km Pop. 931,741 CapitalSuva Languages Fijian, Hindi, English KIRIBATIArea 811 sq km Pop. 110,356 CapitalTarawa Languages I-Kiribati, EnglishNAURUArea 21 sq km Pop. 13,770 Capital YarenDistrict Languages Nauruan, EnglishPAPUA NEW GUINEAArea 462,840 sq km Pop. 5,931,769Capital Port Moresby Languages Pidgin,English, Motu

SAMOAArea 2831 sq km Population 217,083Capital Apia Languages Samoan, EnglishSOLOMON ISLANDSArea 27,556 sq km Pop. 581,318 CapitalHoniara Languages English, Pidgin TONGAArea 748 sq km Pop. 119,009 CapitalNuku’alofa Languages Tongan, EnglishTUVALUArea 26 sq km Pop. 12,177 CapitalFunafuti Languages Tuvaluan, EnglishVANUATUArea 12,190 sq km Population 215,446Capital Port Vila Languages Bislama,English, French

A duck-billed platypus.

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OCEANIA

STRETCHING ACROSS a vast regionof the Pacific Ocean, Oceania is madeup of the large island of Australia (almost acontinent in itself) together with NewZealand, Papua New Guinea and thousandsof small Pacific islands.Much of Australia is covered with hot,

dry desert and flat, open grassland known asthe outback. Most people live in towns andcities near the coasts, especially the southcoast. Papua New Guinea, in contrast, is acountry of high mountains and denserainforests. Many tribes of native peopleslive in mountain valleys so isolated that theyhave only recently come into contact withthe outside world.New Zealand is made up of two islands,

the north of which is warm and volcanic,while the south island is cooler, withmountains and forests. The grassy lowlandsare fertile, and ideal for farming. The remoteposition of New Zealand, and also ofAustralia and Papua New Guinea, meansthat they are home to animals that are notfound anywhere else in the world.

The Pacific islands are the remains ofvolcanoes that have erupted beneath theocean. Some islands, such as Hawaii, stillhave active volcanoes. The islands aregrouped together into nations. Some ofthese are independent, while others, such asNew Caledonia, are colonies of Europeancountries or the USA. Many Pacific islandsare very beautiful, with rich vegetation anda warm climate. This makes them populartourist destinations, and also gives themplenty of fertile land for farming crops.

The world’s longest coral reef, the GreatBarrier reef, stretches for 2000 kilometresalong the northeastern coast of Australia.

A Maori girl.

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Maoris are the nativepeoples of New Zealand,and have lived there forover 1000 years. Theyare working to gainequality with NewZealanders of Europeanorigin, while retainingtheir own language,culture and traditions.



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The rainforest is home to many differentplants and animals, including gorillas andchimpanzees. Many rivers weave their waythrough central Africa. To the east and southare large areas of open grassland scatteredwith trees, known as savanna. Animals suchas elephants, zebra and wildebeest, roam thesavanna, along with predators such as lions,wild dogs and hyenas.

A F R I C A N P E O P L E SNorth of the Sahara desert, the people ofAfrica are mainly Arabs and Berbers, whofollow the religion of Islam. South of theSahara, most people are black. They follow avariety of religions. Much of Africa was atone time controlled by Europe, and todaypeople of European descent still live there,mostly in the south.Africa exports its natural resources of

metals and oil, as well as crops such ascoffee and cocoa. However, many Africancountries are poor compared to the rest ofthe world. Few have establishedmanufacturing industries. Most people livein the countryside, and rely on producingonly enough crops, or farming enoughcattle to support their families. They sufferfrom frequent droughts, floods and periodsof starvation. Wars between and withincountries also threaten their lives.

Wodaabe girl from Niger.

SAHARA DESERT

THE WORLD’S largest desert, theSahara stretches across an area of

Northern Africa that is almost the size ofthe USA. It is constantly growing larger asthe sparse grassland at its edges dies away.The Sahara is a hot desert, where rain mayfail to fall for years on end. During the day,temperatures can reach over 50˚C in theshade, but nights are often cold. There areareas of sand that often drift into largedunes, but much of the Sahara is made upof rocky ground and mountains.Despite these harsh conditions, the Sahara

desert is not without life. Animals that arespecially adapted for life with little waterand intense heat can survive there. Manytake shelter in burrows during the day,coming out at night to feed. People also live in the Sahara desert.

Small towns are able to survive around oasesin the desert. Groups of nomads also travelacross the harsh landscape to trade in thetown markets. For thousands of years, theycarried their goods and supplies by camel,an animal that can cope extremely wellwith desert life. It also provided the nomadswith milk and meat. Today motor vehiclesare more often used to cross the desert.

An oasis is a place in the desert wherewater comes up from beneath the ground.Here the land is fertile, and crops such asdates and olives can begrown. Towns are builtaround oases, formingstopping-off points ondesert roads.

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AFRICA

THE SECOND largest continent afterAsia, Africa is almost completely

surrounded by water, apart from the narrowpoint at which it joins on to Asia. Thenorth of the continent is mostly hot, barren

This member of the Bamilikepeople of Cameroon in centralAfrica wears a feathered hatand elephant mask for aspecial ceremony.

desert, edged with coastal areas that arecooler and wetter in winter.Further south, the desert gives way to

areas of flat grassland. The Equator runsright through the centre of Africa. Thecountries on or close to the Equator aredominated by the largest area of tropicalrainforest outside South America. Here theclimate is hot and wet.

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BENINArea 112,622 sq km Population8,294,941 Capital Porto-Novo LanguageFrench BURKINA FASOArea 274,200 sq km Population15,264,735 Capital OuagadougouLanguages French, Mossi CAMEROONArea 475,442 sq km Population18,467,692 Capital Yaoundé LanguagesFrench, English CAPE VERDE ISLANDSArea 4033 sq km Population 426,998Capital Praia Languages Portuguese,Crioulo CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICArea 622,984 sq km Population4,434,873 Capital Bangui LanguagesFrench, Sango CÔTE D’IVOIREArea 322,462 sq km Population18,373,060 Capitals Yamoussoukro,Abidjan Languages French, DioulaGAMBIA Area 11,295 sq km Population 1,735,464Capital Banjul Language English

GHANAArea 238,537 sq km Population23,382,848 Capital Accra LanguagesEnglish, Kwa languagesGUINEA Area 245,857 sq km Population10,211,437 Capital Conakry LanguagesFrench, Soussou, Manika GUINEA-BISSAUArea 36,125 sq km Population 1,503,182Capital Bissau Language Portuguese LIBERIAArea 97,754 sq km Population 3,334,587Capital Monrovia Language English SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPEArea 964 sq km Population 206,178Capital São Tomé Language Portuguese SENEGALArea 196,192 sq km Pop. 12,853,259Capital Dakar Language French SIERRA LEONEArea 71,740 sq km Population 6,294,774Capital Freetown Languages English,Krio, Mende, Limba, Temne TOGOArea 56,785 sq km Population 5,858,673Capital Lomé Languages French, Kabiye

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FACTFILE I N O R T H E A S T W E S T

An African market.

Libya

Chad

Senegal Cape Verde

Côte d’Ivoire

Ghana

Cameroon Central AfricanRepublic

Togo

Sierra LeoneGuinea-Bissau Guinea

Liberia Burkina Faso

Benin

São Toméand Príncipe

Gambia

Eritrea Djibouti

Sudan Ethiopia

Somalia

Egypt

ALGERIAArea 2,381,741sq km Pop. 33,769,669Capital Algiers Languages Arabic, French MALIArea 1,240,192 sq km Pop. 12,324,029Capital Bamako Language French MAURITANIAArea 1,030,700 sq km Population3,364,940 Capital Nouakchott LanguagesArabic, Poular, Wolof, SolinkeMOROCCOArea 446,550 sq km Population34,343,219 Capital Rabat LanguagesArabic, Berber, Spanish, FrenchNIGERArea 1,267,000 sq km Population13,272,679 Capital Niamey LanguagesFrench, Hausa, Tuareg, Djerma, Fulani TUNISIAArea 164,150 sq km Population10,383,577 Capital Tunis LanguagesArabic, Berber, French

N O R T H W E S T

Morocco

Mauritania Mali

Algeria Tunisia

Niger

CHADArea 1,284,000 sq km Population10,111,337 Capital N’DjamenaLanguages French, ArabicDJIBOUTIArea 23,200 sq km Pop. 506,221 CapitalDjibouti Languages Arabic, FrenchEGYPTArea 997,739 sq km Pop. 81,713,517Capital Cairo Language Arabic ERITREAArea 121,144 sq km Pop. 5,028,475Capital Asmera Language TigrinyaETHIOPIAArea 1,128,221 sq km Pop. 78,254,090Capital Addis Ababa Language Amharic LIBYAArea 1,775,500 sq km Pop. 6,173,579Capital Tripoli Language ArabicSOMALIAArea 637,657 sq km Population9,558,666 Capital Mogadishu LanguagesSomali, Arabic, English, Italian SUDANArea 2,505,813 sq km Population40,218,455 Capital Khartoum LanguagesArabic, English

N I G E R I AArea 923,768 sq km Population138,283,240 Capital Abuja LanguagesEnglish, Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo ReligionsMuslim 50%, Christian 40%, Animist 10%Currency Naira

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A Berbergirl fromMorocco.



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BOTSWANAArea 582,000 sq km Population1,842,323 Capital Gaborone LanguagesEnglish, SetswanaLESOTHOArea 30,355 sq km Population 2,128,180Capital Maseru Languages English,Sesotho, Zulu, Xhosa MADAGASCARArea 587,041 sq km Population20,042,551 Capital AntananarivoLanguages Malagasy, French, English MAURITIUSArea 2040 sq km Pop. 1,274,189 CapitalPort Louis Languages English, Creole

NAMIBIAArea 824,292 sq km Pop. 2,088,669Capital Windhoek Languages English,Afrikaans, GermanSOUTH AFRICA Area 1,221,037 sq km Pop. 43,786,115Capitals Pretoria, Cape Town LanguagesAfrikaans, English, Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho SWAZILANDArea 17,363 sq km Pop. 1,128,814 CapitalMbabane Languages English, siSwati ZIMBABWEArea 390,759 sq km Population12,382,920 Capital Harare LanguagesEnglish, Shona, Ndebele

A flat-toppedmountain calledTable Mountain

overlooks the city ofCape Town, in South

Africa. The city lies nearthe Cape of Good Hope.

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ANGOLAArea 1,246,700 sq km Pop. 12,531,357Capital Luanda Languages Portuguese,Bantu languagesCONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)Area 2,344,885 sq km Pop. 66,514,506Capital Kinshasa Languages Swahili, Lingala,FrenchCONGO-BRAZZAVILLEArea 342,000 sq km Pop. 3,903,318 CapitalBrazzaville Language French EQUATORIAL GUINEAArea 28,051 sq km Pop. 616,459 CapitalMalabo Language Spanish GABONArea 267,667 sq km Pop. 1,485,832 CapitalLibreville Languages French, Fang, BantulanguagesZAMBIAArea 752,614 sq km Pop. 11,669,534 CapitalLusaka Languages English, Lozi

FACTFILE II E A S T S O U T H E R N

EquatorialGuinea

Angola

Democratic Republicof the Congo

Gabon Zambia

Kenya

Rwanda

Mozambique

Burundi

Seychelles

Uganda TanzaniaNamibia

South Africa

Madagascar Mauritius

Lesotho Swaziland

Zimbabwe

Botswana

Malawi

Comoros

Republic ofthe Congo

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BURUNDIArea 27,834 sq km Population 8,691,005Capital Bujumbura Languages French,Kirundi, Swahili COMOROSArea 1862 sq km Population 731,775Capital Moroni Languages Arabic,French KENYAArea 580,367 sq km Population37,953,838 Capital Nairobi LanguagesSwahili, English, Kikuyu, Luo MALAWIArea 118,484 sq km Population13,931,831 Capital Lilongwe LanguagesEnglish, Chichewa MOZAMBIQUEArea 799,380 sq km Population21,284,701 Capital Maputo LanguagesPortuguese, Ronga, Shangaan, Muchope RWANDAArea 26,338 sq km Population10,186,063 Capital Kigali LanguagesFrench, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, EnglishSEYCHELLESArea 454 sq km Population 82,247Capital Victoria Languages English,Creole TANZANIAArea 945,087 sq km Population40,213,162 Capital Dodoma LanguagesSwahili, English UGANDAArea 241,139 sq km Population31,367,972 Capital Kampala LanguagesEnglish, Luganda

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Maasai girlfrom Kenya.The Maasaiare nomadic

cattleherders.

The ruins ofGreat Zimbabwe,

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AAbu Dhabi 21Abuja 26, 28Accra 26, 29Addis Ababa 26, 28Afghanistan 19, 20Africa 26-31Albania 13, 17Algeria 26, 28Algiers 26, 28Amman 18, 21Amsterdam 12, 14Andorra 12, 15Angola 26, 30Anguilla 5, 7Ankara 36Antananarivo 26, 31Antigua and Barbuda 5,

7Argentina 8, 11Armenia 18, 20Ashkhabad 18, 20Asia 18-23Asmera 26, 28Astana 19, 20Asunción 8, 11Athens 13, 15Auckland 24Australia 24, 25Austria 13, 16Azerbaijan 18, 20

BBaghdad 18, 21Bahamas 5, 7Bahrain 18, 21Baku 18, 20Bamako 26, 28Bangkok 19, 23Bangladesh 19, 20Bangui 26, 29Barbados 5, 7Beijing 19, 22Beirut 18, 21Belarus 13, 17Belgium 20, 22, 29Belgrade 13, 17Belize 5, 6Belmopan 5, 6Benin 26, 29Berlin 13, 16Bermuda 7Bern 12, 16Bhutan 19, 20Bishkek 19, 20Bogotá 8, 10Bolivia 8, 10,Bosnia and Herzegovina

13, 17Botswana 26,31Brasília 8, 10Bratislava 13, 16Brazil 8, 10Brazzaville 26, 30Brunei 19, 23Brussels 12, 14Bucharest 13, 17Budapest 13, 16Buenos Aires 8, 11Bujumbura 26, 30

Germany 12, 16Ghana 26, 29Greece 13, 15Grenada 5, 7Guadeloupe 5, 7Guatemala City 5, 6Guatemala 5, 6, 13Guinea 26, 29Guinea-Bissau 26, 29Guyana 8, 10

HHague, The 14Haiti 5, 7Hanoi 19, 23Harare 26, 31Havana 5, 7Helsinki 13, 14Honduras 5, 6Honiara 24, 25Hungary 13, 16

IIceland 12, 14India 19, 20Indonesia 19, 23Iran 18, 21Iraq 18, 21Ireland 12, 14Islamabad 19, 20Israel 18, 21Italy 12, 15

JJakarta 19, 23Jamaica 5, 7Japan 19, 22Jerusalem 18, 21Jordan 18, 21

KKabul 19, 20Kampala 26, 30Kathmandu 19, 20Kazakhstan 19, 20Kenya 26, 30Khartoum 26, 28Kiev 13, 17Kingston 5, 7Kinshasa 26, 30Kiribati 25Kuala Lumpur 19, 23Kuwait 18, 21Kyrgyzstan 19, 20

LLa Paz 8, 10Laos 19, 23Latvia 13, 17Lebanon 18, 21Lesotho 26, 31Liberia 26, 29Libya 26, 28Liechtenstein 12, 16Lilongwe 26, 30Lima 8, 10Lisbon 12, 15Lithuania 13, 17Ljubljana 13, 16Lomé 26, 29London 12, 14

Bulgaria 13, 17Burkina Faso 26, 29Burma (Myanmar) 19, 23Burundi 26, 30

CCabinda 26Cairo 26, 28Cambodia 19, 23Cameroon 26, 29Canada 4, 6Canberra 24, 25Cape Town 26, 31Caracas 8, 10Cayenne 8, 10Central African Republic

26, 29Chad 26, 28Chicago 4, 6Chile 8, 11China 19, 22Chisinau 13, 17Colombia 8, 10Colombo 19, 20Conakry 26, 29Congo 26, 30Congo-Brazzaville 26, 30Copenhagen 13, 14Costa Rica 5, 6Côte d’Ivoire 26, 29Croatia 13, 17Cuba 5, 7Cyprus 13, 15Czech Republic 13, 16

DDakar 26, 29Damascus 18, 21Denmark 12, 14Dhaka 19, 20Djibouti 26, 28Dodoma 26, 30Doha 21Dominica 5, 7Dominican Republic 5, 7Dublin 12, 14Dushanbe 19, 20

EEcuador 8, 10Egypt 26, 28El Salvador 5, 6Equatorial Guinea 26, 30Eritrea 26, 28Estonia 13, 17Ethiopia 26, 28Europe 12-17

FFiji 24Finland 13, 14France 12, 15Freetown 26, 29French Guiana 8, 10

GGabon 26, 30Gaborone 26, 31Gambia 26, 29Georgetown 8, 10Georgia 18, 20

Los Angeles 5, 6Luanda 26, 30Lusaka 26, 30Luxembourg 12, 14

MMacedonia 13, 17Madagascar 26, 31Madrid 12, 15Malawi 26, 30Malaysia 19, 23Maldives 19, 20Mali 26, 28Malta 13, 15Manama 21Manila 19, 23Maputo 26, 30Martinique 5, 7Mauritania 26, 28Mauritius 31Melbourne 24Mexico 5, 6Mexico City 5, 6Mogadishu 26, 28Moldova 13, 17Monaco 12, 15Mongolia 19, 22Monrovia 26, 29Montenegro 21, 33Montevideo 8, 11Montréal 4Morocco 26, 28Moscow 13, 17, 18Mozambique 26, 30Myanmar see Burma

NNairobi 26, 30Namibia 26, 31Nauru 25Nepal 19, 20Netherlands 12, 14Netherlands Antilles 5, 7New Delhi 19, 20New York City 4, 6New Zealand 24, 25Niamey 26, 28Nicaragua 5, 6Nicosia 13, 15Niger 26, 28Nigeria 26, 28North America 4-7North Korea 19, 22Norway 12, 14Nouakchott 26, 28N’Djamena 26, 28

OOceania 24-25Oman 18, 21Oslo 13, 14Ottawa 4, 6Ouagadougou 26, 29

PPakistan 19, 20Panama 5, 6Papua New Guinea 24, 25Paraguay 8, 11Paramaribo 8, 10Paris 12, 15

Peru 8, 10Philippines 19, 23Phnom Penh 19, 23Poland 13, 16Port Louis 31Port Moresby 24, 25Port Vila 24, 25Portugal 12, 15Prague 13, 16Pretoria 26, 31Puerto Rico 5, 7Pyongyang 19, 22

Q RQatar 18, 21Québec 4Quito 8, 10Rabat 26, 28Reykjavik 12, 14Riga 13, 17Riyadh 19, 21Romania 13, 17Rome 12, 15Russia 13, 17, 18-19Rwanda 26, 30

SSt. Kitts and Nevis 5, 7St. Lucia 5, 7St. Martin 5St. Petersburg 13, 17, 18St. Vincent and the

Grenadines 5, 7San Francisco 4, 6San Marino 12, 15San Salvador 5, 6Santiago 8, 11Santo Domingo 5, 7San’a 18, 21São Tomé and Príncipe 26,

29Sarajevo 13, 17Saudi Arabia 18, 21Senegal 26, 29Seoul 19, 22Serbia 13, 17Seychelles 30Sierra Leone 26, 29Singapore 19, 23Skopje 13, 17Slovakia 13, 16Slovenia 13, 16Sofia 13, 17Solomon Islands 24, 25Somalia 26, 28South Africa 26, 31South America 8-11South Korea 19, 22Spain 12, 15Sri Lanka 19, 20Stockholm 13, 14Strasbourg 12Sucre 8, 10Sudan 26, 28Surinam 8, 10Suva 24, 25Swaziland 26, 31Sweden 13, 14Switzerland 12, 16Sydney 24Syria 18, 21

TTaiwan 19, 22Tajikistan 19, 20Tallinn 13, 17Tanzania 26, 30Tashkent 19, 20Tbilisi 18, 20Tegucigalpa 5, 6Tehran 18, 21Thailand 19, 23Thimphu 19, 20Tibet 19Tiranë 13, 17Togo 26, 29Tokyo 19, 22Tonga 25Toronto 4Trinidad and Tobago 5, 7Tripoli 26, 28Tunis 26, 28Tunisia 26, 28Turkey 18, 21Turkmenistan 18, 20Tuvalu 25T’aipei 19, 22

UUganda 26, 30Ukraine 13, 17Ulan Bator 19, 22United Arab Emirates 18,21

United Kingdom 12, 14United States of America4-5, 6

Uruguay 8, 11Uzbekistan 19, 20

VVanuatu 24, 25Vatican City 15Venezuela 8, 10Viangchan 19, 23Vienna 13, 16Vietnam 19, 23Vilnius 13, 17Virgin Islands 5, 7

WWarsaw 13, 16Washington, D.C. 4, 6Wellington 24, 25Windhoek 26, 31

YYamoussoukro 26, 29Yangon 19, 23Yaoundé 26, 29Yemen 18, 21Yerevan 18, 20

ZZagreb 13, 25Zambia 26, 30Zimbabwe 26, 31Zürich 12

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