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30% of the country's area is covered by mixed forests, with deciduous forests predominating.

Tirana has been the Albanian capital since February 8, 1920.

The earliest published magazine was German “Erbauliche Monaths Unterredungen”.

The Darién Gap is a break on the Pan-American Road.

Portugal is currently one of the slowest developing countries in Europe.

This practice led to intensive deforestation and destruction of important habitats for wild animals in an area previously rich in biodiversity - there were, among others, monkeys, jaguars, and many butterflies.

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

In 1883, the eruption of the Indonesian volcano Krakatau was heard at Rodrigues.

Florida is the American capital of golf. PGA–the Professional Golfer’s Association of America–is located in Palm Beach Gardens.

It is the world's tenth-largest energy consumer, and most of its energy comes from renewable sources, particularly hydroelectric and ethanol.