Countries

Saturday, 11 October 2025

A civilization that has existed continuously for 5000 years

China is the most populous country with the longest-living civilization in the world. It is the home of many inventions and a treasure trove of folk m ...

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Panama

Panama is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world.

The population of 4.351.267 is made up of Metis, Mulattoes, blacks, whites, indigenous peoples, and ...

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Kazakhstan

Kazakhs only adopted Islam in the 16th century.

For a long time, it competed with Shamanism.

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Cuba

The island was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus.

It is the largest island in the Caribbean, with a varied coastline of 3735 km. There is a network of ...

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Austria

Austria is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

It borders eight countries: Germany in the northwest, the Czech Republic in the north, Slovakia in t ...

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Australia

It has a population of 25 million people.

Due to the vast uninhabited area of the country, the population density is only 3,3 people per kilometer.

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Japan

There are 111 active, and about 330 dormant volcanoes in Japan.

It makes up for approximately 10% of active volcanoes on Earth.

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Portugal

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

Compulsory education lasts nine years, i.e. from the age of 6 to 15. Primary school is compulsory, u ...

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Philippines

The marine waters of the Philippines cover nearly 2.2 million square kilometers.

These waters are part of the so-called Coral Triangle, a tropical marine area located in the Pacific ...

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Turkey

In Turkey, one can found two types of toilets – classic and holes in the floor.

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Singapore

Singapore has a dense network of short rivers.

The longest one is 16 kilometers long.

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20 facts about Great Britain

Keep calm and carry on

Great Britain is an island country in Western Europe. Its beginnings were quite modest when in 1603 its two component countries - England and Scotland ...

24 facts about North Korea

North Korea's motto: A strong and prosperous state

This country, distant to us and difficult to access as a tourist, holds many secrets. The way power is exercised there and what daily life is like for ...

32 facts about Kazakhstan

Land of the free people

Kazakhstan is associated with vast expanses of space, with steppes, yurts, rural huts and gloomy apartment blocks that remember the Soviet era. The co ...

24 facts about Philippines

An area with one of the world's greatest biodiversity

The Philippines, an archipelago hiding in its embrace of countless islands that constitute a kind of pearl of Southeast Asia, captivates with its extr ...

26 facts about Faroe Islands

Thou, fairest land of mine

The Faroe Islands are one of the three countries of the Kingdom of Denmark, along with mainland Denmark and Greenland. The head of state is Denmark’s ...

25 facts about Mauritius

The island whose worldwide fame was brought by two postage stamps

Mauritius, the pearl of the Indian Ocean, is a paradisical corner known not only for its white beaches and azure lagoons but also for its extraordinar ...

21 facts about Vatican City

Stato della Città del Vaticano

Vatican City is the smallest sovereign state in the world, located in the heart of Rome, the capital of Italy. Its history dates back more than two th ...

19 facts about Nigeria

Giant of Africa

Located in West Africa, Nigeria is the continent’s most populous country and one of its most culturally and naturally diverse. From the lush rainfores ...

22 facts about Panama

A country that connects North America to South America

Panama is a country located in the heart of Central America, connecting North and South America, as well as the cultures, histories, and landscapes of ...

15 facts about Florida

Sunshine state

This beautiful, sunny state is hardly ever covered with snow. Even in the winter, the temperatures rarely drop below 0 degrees Celsius. It’s a popular ...

24 facts about Sri Lanka

The “Land of Smiles”

Sri Lanka is an island country in the Indian Ocean. Previously, until 1972, both the country and the island on which it lies were known to the world a ...

39 facts about Japan

The Land of Cherry Blossom

Japan is one of the most fascinating places in the world. It possesses a rich and complex cultural heritage, but at the same time is among the most te ...

35 facts about New Zealand

Aotearoa

New Zealand is a country of records. It has the largest insects, and the smallest dolphins, and even its extinct birds were the largest. It is known w ...

47 facts about Cuba

El Caiman or El Cocodrilo

Cuba, a country located in the Caribbean Sea - also called the long green lizard because of its shape. Colonial architecture, cigar factories, beautif ...

33 facts about Singapore

The golden pearl of Asia

Located between Malaysia and Indonesia, Singapore is an island, a state, and a city. Small in area, it is a cosmopolitan, fabulously wealthy metropoli ...