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Portugal is characterized by high levels of biodiversity, both on land and in the sea.

The capital of Kazakhstan is Nur-Sultan, the country's second most populous city (after Almaty).

Thai scientists have made significant contributions to various fields of science.

The Vatican has its astronomical observatory.

The original forests of Mauritius have been almost completely cleared - today lass than two percent of the native forests remain.

Portugal is a significant center of pilgrimage tourism.

There are more than 150 million sheep in Australia.

Germans produce more than 5,000 kinds of beer in more than 1,300 breweries.

In addition to spices, Zanzibar also exports seaweed and raffia (a bamboo palm with long pinnately divided leaves, the largest plants in the world with fiber-producing leaves).

The first inhabitants of modern South Africa were the Bushmen, also called San - a negroid people, showing some features of the yellow race.