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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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Switzerland

The Swiss Plateau stretches from Lake Geneva on the border with France to Lake Constance on the border with Austria and Germany.

The entire highland is covered with hills, small lakes, and rivers. Its average height is 580 m. Swi ...

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Turkey

Camel wrestling is an annual Turkish festival taking place between November and March.

Male camels wrestle as a response to a female camel in heat led before them. It originated about 1,0 ...

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New Zealand

New Zealand is home to the smallest species of dolphins, Hector’s dolphins.

They are not only the smallest marine dolphins on earth, measuring up to 1.5 meters, but also the rarest.

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Uganda

Uganda has 32 legally protected areas, which cover 8% of the country.

There are seven national parks: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Mount Elg ...

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Panama

Panama’s largest peninsula is Azuero Peninsula, which lies in the Pacific Ocean.

Azuero Peninsula - Peninsula de Azuero - is flanked to the west and south by the waters of the Pacif ...

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Czech Republic

The history of the Czech lands begins around 800.000 years BC.

The most famous culture present in the Czech lands in the prehistoric era is the Unetic culture, whi ...

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Turkey

The largest city in Turkey is Istanbul.

It is also the world’s only intercontinental city. The population of Istanbul is about 15 million people. In comparison, Ankara has a population of about 4,5 million people.

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Cuba

There is a statue of John Lennon in Havana.

From 1964 to 1966, the Beatles' music was officially banned in Cuba. It was not played on the radio ...

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Panama

Panama’s artificial Gatun Lake was for several decades the largest artificial lake in the world.

Gatun Lake in central Panama was created between 1907 and 1913, thanks to the construction of the Ga ...

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Mauritius

The mainstay of agriculture in Mauritius is the cultivation of sugarcane.

Its plantations cover about 45 percent of the island. Cane sugar production on the island is one of the main sources of employment in Mauritius.

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34 facts about Republic of South Africa

A country with three cities as its capital

South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa. It is inhabited by a multi-ethnic society encompassing many different cultures, languages, and rel ...

34 facts about Bulgaria

One of the oldest European countries

Bulgaria is a small country in southeastern Europe, not much larger than Iceland or the American state of Tennessee. Its surface is very diversified t ...

45 facts about Switzerland

One of the smallest countries in Europe

Switzerland is one of the most interesting countries. It is a small landlocked country at the junction of Western, Central, and Southern Europe, assoc ...

15 facts about South Korea

To benefit all people

The motto of this country is very altruistic but reflects the spirit of the South Korean nation. Although in the 1970s it lagged behind North Korea's ...

43 facts about Peru

The third largest country in South America

Peru is an Andean country in South America whose territory has a rich, centuries-old history. There were several significant Native American civilizat ...

37 facts about Portugal

The westernmost country in Europe

Portugal is a relatively small country on the western edge of Europe. For years, this country has been attracting tourists from all over the world wit ...

39 facts about Ireland

Emerald Isle

Ireland is a Western European country located on the island of the same name. It occupies most of the island, which it shares with Northern Ireland an ...

31 facts about Austria

A landlocked country in the Eastern Alps

Austria is a small country located in Central Europe. It is a mountainous country, with two-thirds of the area covered by the Alps. Due to its mountai ...

27 facts about Czech Republic

Land of religious tolerance and fabolous Knödels

The Czech Republic is a small, upland, and mountainous country in Central Europe, whose area is nearly 79.000 square kilometers. Just over 10.5 millio ...

31 facts about Thailand

A country on the Indochinese Peninsula

Thailand is an Asian country located in its south-eastern part, famous for its interesting culture and religious architecture. This exotic country, wh ...

25 facts about Albania

Land of Eagles

Albania is a small country located on the Balkan Peninsula. This small and economically underdeveloped country is characterized by a mountainous lands ...

32 facts about Uganda

One of the highest situated African countries

Uganda is a landlocked African country located on Africa's largest lake and the Nile basin. It is a country of young people - over two-thirds of its i ...

15 facts about Egypt

The home of the calendar, door lock, toothpaste and make-up

More than five thousand years have passed since the first unification and formation of a larger statehood, but Egypt was inhabited by various tribes a ...

31 facts about Brazil

South America's largest country

Brazil is the largest and most populous country in South America and one of the largest and most populous countries in the world. A former Portuguese ...

24 facts about Zanzibar

A paradise island in the Indian Ocean

Zanzibar is the largest island of the archipelago of the same name located in the Indian Ocean. It is a destination for many tourists looking for both ...