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Wednesday, 22 July 2026
37 facts about Slovakia
37 facts about Slovakia
A land of castles and palaces
Slovakia is a small landlocked country that was established in its present form after the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993. It is one of the countri ...

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The most widespread religion is Hinduism.
It is professed by about 48.5 percent of the population. About 32.7 percent of the population profes ...
Republic of South Africa
South Africa is a parliamentary republic in which the president is both head of state and head of government.
It is a federal state divided into nine provinces.
Sri Lanka
The island’s geographic location and the presence of natural harbors gave Sri Lanka great strategic and commercial importance.
The island was a major trading center known to both East Asians and Europeans in ancient times. In t ...
Albania
Albania is a mountainous country, where mountains and highlands cover 75% of the area.
Areas above 1000 m above sea level they constitute 28.8% of the country's area. The mountains in Alb ...
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan was one of the last countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States to introduce its monetary unit. Kazakhstan's national currency is the tenge.
The currency was introduced in 1993. In 2006, the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan held a ...
South Korea
Koreans fly big. Most of the world's airline passengers travel between Jeju Island airport and Seoul.
According to estimates (apart from the pandemic, of course), flights between Jeju International and Seoul Gimpo airports serve almost 1.3 million passengers per month.
Peru
The capital of Peru is Lima, the country's largest city and one of the largest cities in the Americas.
It is located in the valleys of the Chillon, Rimac, and Lurin rivers, in the desert zone of the cent ...
Peru
Peru is a mountainous country.
A section of the Andes runs through its territory, running parallel to the Pacific Ocean.
Cuba
Cuba is a socialist republic headed by the Communist Party.
Executive power is vested in the National Assembly People's Power, a unicameral parliament. The orga ...
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In 1897, a lone sailor named Joshua Slocum spent eight days on Rodrigues Island.
Joshua Slocum was the first person to circumnavigate the world alone. In 1900 he wrote a book about his voyage, A Lonely Voyage Around the World, which became an international bestseller.