Countries

For 123 years, Poland disappeared from the maps.

South Africa is one of the few countries in Africa that has never experienced a coup.

Panama is one of three countries in the world with negative carbon dioxide emissions.

Rodrigues was named after Portuguese explorer Diogo Rodrigues, who first arrived on the uninhabited island in 1528.

The island lies latitudinally and is separated from Florida by the Straits of Florida, from Haiti by the Windward Passage, from Jamaica by the Cayman Trough, and from Yucatan by the Yucatán Channel.

Portugal has a relatively high illiteracy rate - 4.6% of residents over the age of 15 cannot read and write.

The Faroe Islands are a group of eighteen islands and eleven islets of volcanic origin.

The Czech Republic borders four countries.

The government in Singapore controls all the media. Censorship is official.

Peru is a country with a centuries-old, rich history.