Thursday, December 20, 2007

Gabon

Country name: Gabonese Republic


Location: west central Africa


Capitol city: Libreville


Religion: several


Exports/Imports: several, oil


Languages: French


Population: 1,454,867


Currency: CFA Franc


Foods: several, influenced by French cuisine


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: was a colony of France


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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France

Country name: France


Location: Western Europe


Capitol city: Paris


Religion: Catholic, atheist


Exports/Imports: several


Languages: French


Population: 64,102,140


Currency: Euro, CFP Franc


Foods: several, of French culture


Music: folk, rock, pop


A little bit about the country: there are approximately 120,000 citizens of France living with AIDS


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Finland

Country name: Finland


Location: northern Europe


Capitol city: Helsinki


Religion: Lutheran, Orthodox


Exports/Imports: electronics, machinery


Languages: Swedish, Finnish


Population: 5,300,648


Currency: Euro


Foods: fish, meat, vegetables


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: is home country to the band HIM


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Fiji

Country name: Fiji


Location: South Pacific Ocean


Capitol city: Suva


Religion: Christian, Muslim, Hindu


Exports/Imports: minerals, forestry, fish


Languages: English, Bau Fijian, and Hindustani


Population: 853,445


Currency: Fijian dollar


Foods: fish, sugar cane


Music: folk, pop


A little bit about the country: is a cluster of islands


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Monday, December 17, 2007

Ethiopia

Country name: Ethiopia


Location: the Horn of Africa


Capitol city: Addis Ababa


Religion: Christian, Muslim


Exports/Imports: coffee, livestock, gold


Languages: Amharic


Population: 75,067,000


Currency: Birr


Foods: several, coffee


Music: folk, rock


A little bit about the country: is the origin of coffee and 16th in population


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Estonia

Country name: Republic of Estonia


Location: northern Europe


Capitol city: Tallinn


Religion: most non-religious conutry on earth


Exports/Imports: machinery, paper


Languages: Estonian


Population: 1,342,409


Currency: Estonian kroon


Foods: several


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: there's a band called Vanilla Ninja


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Friday, December 14, 2007

Eritrea

Country name: Eritrea

Location: eastern Africa


Capitol city: Asmara


Religion: Christianity, Islam, Muslim


Exports/Imports: yogurt, livestock


Languages: several


Population: 4,401,000


Currency: Nafka


Foods: stew, wheat bread


Music: folk, rock


A little bit about the country: there are 824 schools


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Equatorial Guinea

Country name: Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Location: Central Africa

Capitol city: Malabo

Religion: several

Exports/Imports: cocoa

Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

Population: 504,000

Currency: Central African CFA franc

Foods: nothing in paticular

Music: folk, influenced by France

A little bit about the country: gained independence from Spain

Would you like to visit this place?: no

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

El Salvador

Country name: El Salvador


Location: Central America


Capitol city: San Salvador


Religion: Roman Catholic


Exports/Imports: electricity


Languages: Spanish


Population: 6,948,073


Currency: U.S. Dollar


Foods: coffee


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: one of three countries where abortion is illegal


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Egypt

Country name: Egypt


Location: Northern Africa, also connected to Asia


Capitol city: Cairo


Religion: Muslim


Exports/Imports: coal, oil


Languages: Arabic


Population: 80,335,036


Currency: Egyptian pound


Foods: several


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: they have a bird on their flag


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

East Timor

Country name: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste


Location: off the coast of Australia


Capitol city: Dili


Religion: Roman Catholic


Exports/Imports: sandalwood


Languages: Tetum, Portuguese


Population: 947,000


Currency: U.S. Dollar


Foods: fruit


Music: heavily influenced by Austronesian legends, folk


A little bit about the country: fifteen different languages are spoken, but not primarily


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Ecuador

Country name: Ecuador


Location: South America


Capitol city: Quito


Religion: Roman Catholic


Exports/Imports: petroleum, bananas


Languages: Spanish


Population: 13,810,000


Currency: U.S. Dollar


Foods: several animals


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: has a vulture on the flag


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Dominican Republic

Country name: Dominican Republic


Location: Hispaniola


Capitol city: Santo Domingo


Religion: Christianity


Exports/Imports: several


Languages: Spanish


Population: 9,760,000


Currency: Peso


Foods: plantains, cheese


Music: folk, merengue


A little bit about the country: baseball is the most popular sport


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Dominica

Country name: Dominica


Location: Carribean sea


Capitol city: Roseau


Religion: several


Exports/Imports: tobacco, vegetables


Languages: English


Population: 71,727


Currency: East Caribbean dollar


Foods: coconut, vegetables


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: Pirates of the Carribean was filmed here


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Monday, December 10, 2007

Djibouti

Country name: Djibouti


Location: eastern Africa


Capitol city: Djibouti


Religion: Islam


Exports/Imports: sheep


Languages: Arabic, French


Population: 496,374


Currency: Franc


Foods: most imports


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: 160th in size of population


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Denmark

Country name: Denmark


Location: northern Europe


Capitol city: Copenhagen


Religion: Lutheran


Exports/Imports: food, energy


Languages: Danish


Population: 5,470,919


Currency: Danish krone


Foods: open sandwiches


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: Greenland is one of their territories


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Friday, December 7, 2007

Czech Republic

Country name: Czech Republic


Location: Central Europe


Capitol city: Prague


Religion: atheist


Exports/Imports: several


Languages: Czech


Population: 10,325,941


Currency: Czech koruna


Foods: several


Music: folk, rock


A little bit about the country: most of the country is nonreligious


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Cyprus

Country name: Cyprus


Location: Mediterranian


Capitol city: Nicosia


Religion: Greek Cypriot


Exports/Imports: oil, tourism


Languages: Greek, Turkish


Population: 788,457


Currency: Cypriot pound


Foods: halloumi, asparagus


Music: folk, pop


A little bit about the country: currency changing to euro


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Thursday, December 6, 2007

Cuba

Country name: Cuba


Location: northern Carribean


Capitol city: Havana


Religion: Catholicism


Exports/Imports: oil, nickel


Languages: Spanish


Population: 11,382,820


Currency: peso


Foods: Carribean food


Music: influenced by the Carribean, folk


A little bit about the country: baseball is the most popular sport


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Croatia

Country name: Croatia


Location: the Mediterranian


Capitol city: Zagreb


Religion: several


Exports/Imports: chemicals, ship building


Languages: Croatian


Population: 4,440,690


Currency: kuna


Foods: fish


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Cote d'Ivoire

Country name: Cote d'Ivoire [kot diˈvwaʀ]


Location: West Africa


Capitol city: Yamoussokro


Religion: Ivorian


Exports/Imports: coffee and cocoa


Languages: French


Population: 17,654,843


Currency: CFA franc


Foods: chocolate, fruit


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: borders Guinea


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Costa Rica

Country name: Costa Rica


Location: Central America


Capitol city: San Jose


Religion: Christianity


Exports/Imports: medicine, computer parts


Languages: Spanish


Population: 4,133,884


Currency: Costa Rican colon


Foods: various


Music: folk, rock


A little bit about the country:


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Congo (Republic)

Country name: Republic of the Congo


Location: western-central Africa


Capitol city: Brazzaville


Religion: several


Exports/Imports: petroleum, forestry


Languages: French, Kongo


Population: 3,999,000


Currency: Central African CFA franc


Foods: various


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: formerly a colony of France


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Monday, December 3, 2007

Congo (Democratic Republic)



Country name: Democratic Republic of the Congo



Location: Central Africa



Capitol city: Kinshasa



Religion: Christianity, Protestant, Roman Catholic



Exports/Imports: cobalt



Languages: French, Swahili



Population: 62,636,000



Currency: Franc congolaise



Foods: 2/3 of population malnourished, various



Music: folk



A little bit about the country: formerly a colony of Belgium



Would you like to visit this place?: no



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Comoros

Country name: Comoros


Location: Indian Ocean


Capitol city: Moroni


Religion: Sunni Islam


Exports/Imports: fish, pelts


Languages: Comorian, Arabic, French


Population: 798,000


Currency: Comorian franc


Foods: fish, alcohol


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: %14 unemployment rate


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Friday, November 30, 2007

Colombia

Country name: Colombia


Location: South America


Capitol city: Bogota


Religion: Christianity


Exports/Imports: coffee


Languages: Spanish


Population: 44,050,000


Currency: Peso


Foods: coffee, fish


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: bordered by Venezeula


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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China

Country name: People's Republic of China


Location: east Asia


Capitol city: Bejing


Religion: Taoism, Buddhism, no religion


Exports/Imports: various


Languages: Chinese (Mandarin)


Population: 1,321,851,888


Currency: Yuan


Foods: various


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: fifth largest area, most populous country


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Chile

Country name: Chile


Location: South America


Capitol city: Santiago


Religion: Catholic, Protestant


Exports/Imports: copper, wine


Languages: Spanish


Population: 16,598,074


Currency: Peso


Foods: rice, alchohol


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: 5th most productive wine exports


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Chad

Country name: Chad


Location: Central Africa


Capitol city: N'Djamena


Religion: Muslim, Christian


Exports/Imports: livestock


Languages: French, Arabic


Population: 10,146,000


Currency: CFA franc


Foods: fish, millet


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: only %48 percent of population have access to clean water


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Central African Republic

Country name: Central African Republic


Location: Central Africa


Capitol city: Bangui


Religion: Muslim


Exports/Imports: peanuts, sesame, plantains


Languages: Sango, French


Population: 4,216,666


Currency: Central African CFA franc


Foods: fish, rice


Music: rock, pop, jazz


A little bit about the country: was a colony of France


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Cape Verde

Country name: Cape Verde


Location: western Africa


Capitol city: Praia


Religion: Catholic


Exports/Imports: salt


Languages: Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole


Population: 420,979


Currency: Cape Verdean escudo


Foods: wine, fish, salt


Music: Morna


A little bit about the country: one of the world's least developed countries


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Canada

Country name: Canada


Location: North America


Capitol city: Ottawa


Religion: Christian, Catholic


Exports/Imports: energy sources


Languages: English, French


Population: 33,109,300


Currency: Canadian Dollar


Foods: nothing in particular


Music: various


A little bit about the country: has hosted two Olympics


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Monday, November 26, 2007

Cameroon

Country name: Cameroon


Location: Africa


Capitol city: Yaounde


Religion: several


Exports/Imports: cotton, groundnuts


Languages: French, English


Population: 17,795,000


Currency: Central African CFA franc


Foods: rice, fish, coffee


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: basically the same as Cambodia, only in Africa


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Cambodia

Country name: Cambodia


Location: Southeast Asia


Capitol city: Phnom Penh


Religion: Buddhism


Exports/Imports: fish, timber, rubber


Languages: Khmer


Population: 13,971,000


Currency: Riel


Foods: rice, fish


Music: Chinese, folk


A little bit about the country: third most landmined country


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Burundi

Country name: Burundi


Location: Africa


Capitol city: Bujumbura


Religion: Roman Catholic


Exports/Imports: coffee, cotton, rice


Languages: Kirundi, French


Population: 7,548,000


Currency: Burundi franc


Foods: coffee, rice, sweet potatoes, bananas


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: was a colony of France


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Burkina Faso

Country name: Burkina Faso


Location: West Africa


Capitol city: Ougadougou


Religion: Muslim, Christian


Exports/Imports: livestock, cotton, rice


Languages: French


Population: 13,228,000


Currency: West African CFA franc


Foods: potatoes, rice, mostly imports


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: 27th porrest country on earth


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Bulgaria

Country name: Bulgaria


Location: Southeastern Europe


Capitol city: Sofia


Religion: Orthodox, Protestant, Islam, Roman Catholic


Exports/Imports: wheat, tobacco


Languages: Bulgarian


Population: 7,679,290


Currency: Lev


Foods: stew, vegetables


Music: Balkan, rock, pop, folk


A little bit about the country: held a large part on World War II


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Brunei

Country name: Brunei


Location: Southeast Asia


Capitol city: Bandar Seri Begawan


Religion: Islam, Buddhism


Exports/Imports: petroleum


Languages: Malay


Population: 385,660


Currency: Brunei dollar


Foods: Chinese, Indian


Music: folk, Malay


A little bit about the country: the 177th largest country


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Brazil

Country name: Brazil


Location: South America


Capitol city: Brasilia


Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant


Exports/Imports: mining, agriculture


Languages: Portuguese


Population: 183,888,841


Currency: Real


Foods: rice, beans, tomatoes


Music: African, folk


A little bit about the country: 5th largest population on earth


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Botswana

Country name: Botswana



Location: Southern Africa



Capitol city: Gaborone



Religion: Christian, Roman Catholic



Exports/Imports: mining, cattle



Languages: English, Tswana



Population: 1,639,833



Currency: Pula



Foods: beef, ginger, melon



Music: folk



A little bit about the country: it's a landlocked nation



Would you like to visit this place?: yes



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Monday, November 19, 2007

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Country name: Bosnia and Herzegovina


Location: Southern Europe


Capitol city: Sarajevo


Religion: Bogumilism


Exports/Imports: metals, animal products


Languages: Bosnian, Croatian


Population: 4,552,198


Currency: Convertible mark


Foods: mostly imports, nothing particular


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: it took a long time to spell Herzegovina


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Bolivia

Country name: Bolivia


Location: central South America


Capitol city: Sucre


Religion: Roman Catholic


Exports/Imports: cocaine, gasoline, rubber


Languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara


Population: 9,119,152


Currency: Boliviano


Foods: potatoes, pork, chicken


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: soccer is the'r most popular sport


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Bhutan

Country name: Bhutan


Location: South Asia


Capitol city: Thimphu


Religion: Buddhist, Hindu


Exports/Imports: cement, wood, fruit


Languages: Dzongkha


Population: 672,425


Currency: Ngultrum


Foods: rice, chicken


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: only country to have banned tobacco


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Friday, November 16, 2007

Benin

Country name: Benin


Location: Western Africa


Capitol city: Porto Novo


Religion: Islam


Exports/Imports: cotton


Languages: French


Population: 8,439,002


Currency: franc


Foods: nothing particular


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: they have a cool coat of arms


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Belize

Country name: Belize


Location: Central America


Capitol city: Belmopan


Religion: Christian


Exports/Imports: agricultural resources


Languages: English


Population: 297,651


Currency: dollar


Foods: bananas, other random foods


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: it used to be a British colony


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Belize

Country name: Belize


Location: Central America


Capitol city: Belmopan


Religion: Christian


Exports/Imports: agriculture


Languages: English


Population: 297,651


Currency: Dollar


Foods: diverse


Music: folk, nothing particular


A little bit about the country: there are a lot of different cultures


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Belgium

Country name: Belgium


Location: nothwestern Europe


Capitol city: Brussels


Religion: Roman Catholic


Exports/Imports: chemicals, clothing, textiles


Languages: Dutch, French, German


Population: 10,584,534


Currency: Euro


Foods: nothing particular


Music: folk, contemporary


A little bit about the country: it has good waffles


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Belarus

Country name: Belarus


Location: Eastern Europe


Capitol city: Minsk


Religion: Russian Orthodox


Exports/Imports: heavy machinery, potatoes, cattle


Languages: Belarusian, Russian


Population: 9,724,723


Currency: rouble


Foods: stew, potatoes, pork


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: it's a big country


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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Barbados

Country name: Barbados


Location: Caribbean Sea


Capitol city: Bridgetown


Religion: Protestant


Exports/Imports: meat, poultry


Languages: English


Population: 279,000


Currency: Barbadian dollar


Foods: crab, barbecue sauce


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: it has a cool flag


Would you like to visit this place?: yes


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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Bangladesh

Country name: Bangladesh


Location: South Asia


Capitol city: Dhaka


Religion: Islam


Exports/Imports: rice, tea, mustard


Languages: Bangladeshi


Population: 150,448,340


Currency: Taka


Foods: rice, tea


Music: folk


A little bit about the country: its coat of arms has a leaf on it


Would you like to visit this place?: no


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