Nations Of The World -- I
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World Almanac for Kids
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There are 193 independent nations in the world. The information here gives the name and capital of each nation, its location, and its area. Population is an estimate of how many people lived in each country in mid-2005. Currency shows the name of each nation's money and how much one United States dollar was worth there as of early 2005. Language lists official languages and other common languages.
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Capital
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Location of Country
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Area
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Reykjavik
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Island off the coast of Europe, in the North Atlantic Ocean
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39,769 sq. mi. (103,000 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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296,737
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$1 = 62.41 kronur
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Icelandic (Islenska)
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Did You Know: The "Land of Fire and Ice" has more than 100 volcanoes and 120 glaciers.
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Capital
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Location of Country
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Area
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New Delhi
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Southern Asia, on a large peninsula on the Indian Ocean
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741,100 sq. mi. (3,287,590 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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1,080,264,388
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$1 = 43.68 rupees
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Hindi, English
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Did You Know: India has more people than the U.S., Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, and Bangladesh combined.
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Capital
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Location of Country
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Jakarta
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Islands south of Southeast Asia, along the equator
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741,100 sq. mi. (1,919,440 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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241,973,879
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$1 = 9,142 rupiahs
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Bahasa Indonesian, English, Dutch
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Did You Know: This nation of 17,000 islands (6,000 inhabited) is home to the world's largest Muslim population.
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Location of Country
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Tehran
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Southern Asia, between Iraq and Pakistan
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636,296 sq. mi. (1,648,000 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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68,017,860
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$1 = 8,853 rials
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Persian (Farsi), Turkic, Luri
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Did You Know: Tehran is believed to have been a suburb of Rayy, an ancient city destroyed by Mongol invaders in A.D. 1220.
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Baghdad
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In the Middle East, between Syria and Iran
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168,754 sq. mi. (437,072 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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26,074,906
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$1 = 1,462 dinars
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Arabic, Kurdish
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Did You Know: The ancient land of Mesopotamia was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq.
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Location of Country
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Dublin
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Off Europe's coast, in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain
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27,135 sq. mi. (70,280 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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4,015,676
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$1 = .77 euros
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English, Gaelic
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Did You Know: The first known settlers at Dublin were Norsemen, or Vikings, who landed in the ninth century.
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Location of Country
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Jerusalem
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In the Middle East, between Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea
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8,019 sq. mi. (20,770 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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6,276,883
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$1 = 4.39 new shekels
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Hebrew, Arabic, English
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Did You Know: Israel signed a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979, its first with an Arab nation.
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Location of Country
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Rome
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Southern Europe, jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea
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116,306 sq. mi. (301,230 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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58,103,033
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$1 = .77 euros
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Italian, German, French, Slovene
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Did You Know: The Renaissance, the 15th- and 16th-century revival of learning, began in Italy.
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