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Thursday, 6 August 2026
30 facts about China
30 facts about China
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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Austria
Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy (indirect democracy) with a directly elected federal president as head of state and a chancellor as head of the federal government.
The country's main urban areas are Vienna, Graz, Linz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck.
Brazil
Missionaries also began arriving in Brazil to conduct extensive evangelization.
An important missionary was Joseph Anchieta, who carried out his mission in Brazil for 44 years. He ...
Philippines
The Philippines has a population of more than one hundred million and ranks twelfth in the world in terms of population.
The Philippines' population is estimated to reach 116.086.000 in 2024. More than ten million Filipinos live outside the country.
Mauritius
Women in Mauritius gained the right to vote in 1947.
That’s when the Constitution extended the right to vote to all women and men over the age of 21 who could write and read. Previously, the right to vote applied only to the elite.
Albania
Albania has the second-largest oil deposits on the Balkan Peninsula.
Romania ranks first.Albania has the 10th largest oil reserves in Europe and 58th in the world. It is ...
Slovakia
The highest point in Slovakia is Gerlach (2655 m above sea level) in the Tatra Mountains - the highest peak of the Tatra Mountains and the entire Carpathians.
Gerlach is located on the side ridge of the High Tatras and belongs to the Crown of Europe and the Great Crown of the Tatras.
Slovakia
From the 15th to the 19th century, the Habsburgs ruled the territory of Slovakia.
After the fall of the Habsburgs, Slovakia co-founded Czechoslovakia. In the period 1939-1944, it was ...
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein is a constitutional monarchy.
It is a monarchy in which the ruler has the most significant real political power in Europe. Unofficially, it is referred to as an absolute monarchy.
Panama
Panama’s shape resembles the letter “S.”
The country’s area is 78.200 square kilometers. The territory stretches for about 700 kilometers. At its narrowest point, it is about 50 kilometers, and at its widest about 200 kilometers.
Mauritius
Rodrigues was named after Portuguese explorer Diogo Rodrigues, who first arrived on the uninhabited island in 1528.
He arrived under the command of Portuguese viceroy Pedro Mascarenhas (after whom the archipelago is ...