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The name Australia derives from the Latin – Terra Australis – which translates as “southern land”.

Portugal (Portuguese Republic) is located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe.

In the 19th century, three currents emerged in Cuban society: those in favor of reform and Spanish rule - the reformists; those in favor of incorporating Cuba into the United States - the annexationists; and those in favor of independence - the independents.

In 1897, a lone sailor named Joshua Slocum spent eight days on Rodrigues Island.

Switzerland is not a member state of the European Union, the European Economic Area, or the euro area.

The Victoria Nile flows north and spreads, creating Lake Kioga surrounded by swamps.

Almost six million people live in Singapore, which gives eight thousand people per square kilometer.

The Pazincica River, which flows through the Istrian capital Pazan, ends its course in the Fojba Cave, also known as the Pazinska Cave, 120 m deep.

According to the most popular theory, the name of the country of Peru comes from the local word "biru," which means river.

The principality is a very safe place.