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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