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Venezuela: History, Culture and Economy

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Venezuela (pronounced /ˌvɛnɨˈzweɪlə/ ; Spanish: [beneˈswela]), officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish:República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It is a continental mainland with numerous islands located off its...
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New Zealand: History, Culture and Economy

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New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island), and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori language name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, commonly...
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Sri Lanka: History, Culture and Economy

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Sri Lanka (English pronunciation: /sriˈlɑːŋkə/, /sriˈlæŋkə/, or /ʃriˈlɑːŋkə/; local pronunciation: [ˌɕriːˈlaŋkaː]; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Tamil: இலங்கை), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and known as Ceylon (pronounced /sɨˈlɒn/, /ˌseɪˈlɒn/, or /ˌsiːˈlɒn/) before 1972, is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres (19.3 mi) off the southern...
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Greenland: History, Culture & Economy

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Greenland (Kalaallisut: Kalaallit Nunaat meaning "Land of the Kalaallit people"; Danish: Grønland) is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Physiographically, it is a part of the continent of North America. The largest island...
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Faroe Islands: History, Culture & Economy

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The Faroe Islands (Faroese: Føroyar, Danish: Færøerne) are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Great Britain and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland. The Faroe Islands...
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Northern Mariana Islands: History, Culture and Economy

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The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of fifteen islands about three-quarters of the way...
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