Monday, March 31, 2008

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Country name: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Location: Caribbean Sea

Capitol city: Kingstown

Religion: several

Exports/Imports: agricultural

Languages: English

Population: 110,000

Currency: East Caribbean dollar

Foods: coffee, bananas

Music: traditional, rock, other

A little bit about the country: is a part of CARICOM

Would you like to visit this place?: no

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Saint Lucia

Country name: Saint Lucia

Location: Caribbean

Capitol city: Castries

Religion: Roman Catholic, several other minorities

Exports/Imports: bananas, manufacturing

Languages: English

Population: 160,765

Currency: East Caribbean dollar

Foods: fruits, seafood

Music: traditional, rock, other

A little bit about the country: is one of the Windward Islands

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Country name: Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis)

Location: West Indies

Capitol city: Basseterre

Religion: free religion

Exports/Imports: agricultural

Languages: English

Population: 42,696

Currency: East Carribean dollar

Foods: several

Music: traditional

A little bit about the country: was a colony of the United Kingdom

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Rwanda

Country name: Republic of Rwanda

Location: east-central Africa

Capitol city: Kigali

Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant

Exports/Imports: coffee, tea, flowers, minerals

Languages: Kinyarwanda, French, English

Population: 9.7 million

Currency: Rwandan franc

Foods: tea, rice, fish

Music: traditional

A little bit about the country: has applied to be a member of the Commonwealth of Nations

Would you like to visit this place?: no

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Russia

Country name: Russian Federation

Location: northern Eurasia

Capitol city: Moscow

Religion: Christian, Islam, Buddhism and Judhism

Exports/Imports: natural gas, metals, timber, oil

Languages: Russian, twenty seven others

Population: 142,000,000

Currency: Ruble

Foods: several meats

Music: distinctive traditional, rock

A little bit about the country: 9th in population

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Romania

Country name: Romania

Location: southeast Central Europe

Capitol city: Bucharest

Religion: Orthodox, but no nominal religion

Exports/Imports: electronic equipment, metallurgic products, raw materials, cars, military equipment, software, pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals

Languages: Romanian

Population: 22,276,056

Currency: Leu

Foods: grain, pork, fish

Music: traditional

A little bit about the country: 50th largest population, is known for the myth of Dracula

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Qatar

Country name: State of Qatar

Location: Southwest Asia

Capitol city: Doha

Religion: Christian

Exports/Imports: oil, natural gas

Languages: Arabic

Population: 907,229

Currency: Riyal

Foods: several

Music: Arabic

A little bit about the country: is almost surrounded by the Persian Gulf

Would you like to visit this place?: no

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Portugal

Country name: Portuguese Republic

Location: southwestern Europe

Capitol city: Lisbon

Religion: Roman Catholic

Exports/Imports: textiles, clothing, footwear, cork, automotives

Languages: Portuguese, Mirandese

Population: 10,848,692

Currency: Euro

Foods: grain, fish, vegetables

Music: traditional, rock

A little bit about the country: Official date format: YYYY/MM/DD (ex. 2006/09/08)

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Monday, March 17, 2008

Poland


Country name: Republic of Poland

Location: Central Europe

Capitol city: Warsaw

Religion: Catholic

Exports/Imports: too many to name

Languages: Polish

Population: 38,518,241

Currency: Zioty

Foods: rice, fish

Music: folk, rock, other

A little bit about the country: is a member of NATO

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Philippines

Country name: Republic of the Philippines

Location: Southeast Asia

Capitol city: Manila

Religion: Roman Catholic

Exports/Imports: mining, manufacturing

Languages: Filipino, English, several others recognised

Population: 88.701 million

Currency: Peso

Foods: grain, fish

Music: folk, rock, other

A little bit about the country: is one of the only two countries with nominal Roman Catholic

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Peru

Country name: Republic of Peru

Location: South America

Capitol city: Lima

Religion: Catholic

Exports/Imports: machinery

Languages: Spanish

Population: 28,674,757

Currency: Nuevo Sol

Foods: several

Music: folk

A little bit about the country: is bordered by Chile

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Paraguay

Country name: Republic of Paraguay

Location: South America

Capitol city: Asuncion

Religion: Evangilism

Exports/Imports: agriculture

Languages: Spanish, Guarani

Population: 6,158,000

Currency: Guarani

Foods: several

Music: traditional, rock

A little bit about the country: is one of the only two landlocked countries in South America

Would you like to visit this place?: no

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Papua New Guinea

Country name: Papua New Guinea

Location: Oceania

Capitol city: Port Moresby

Religion: Christian

Exports/Imports: minerals

Languages: English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu

Population: 5,887,000

Currency: Papua New Guinean kina

Foods: several

Music: folk

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

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Panama

Country name: Republic of Panama

Location: Central America

Capitol city: Panama City

Religion: Roman Catholic

Exports/Imports: several

Languages: Spanish

Population: 3,320,000

Currency: Balboa, U.S. Dollar

Foods: fish, liquor

Music: traditional, rock

A little bit about the country: is the southernmost country of Central America

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Palau

Country name: Republic of Palau

Location: Pacific Ocean

Capitol city: Melekeok

Religion: Christian

Exports/Imports: agricultural

Languages: English, Palauan, Japanese, Angaur, (in Angaur) Sonsorolese, (in Sonsoral) Tobian, (in Hatohobei), Carolinian, Filipino, Chinese

Population: 20,842

Currency: US dollar

Foods: fish

Music: folk

A little bit about the country: is technically part of Micronesia

Would you like to visit this place?: no

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Pakistan

Country name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Location: Greater Middle East and South Asia

Capitol city: Islamabad

Religion: Muslim

Exports/Imports: software, automotives, textiles, cement, fertilizer, steel, ship building, aerospace, arms manufacturing

Languages: Urdu, English, Balochi, Pashto, Punjabi, Siraiki, Sindhi

Population: 162,508,000

Currency: Rupee

Foods: grains, fish, other

Music: folk, rock

A little bit about the country: 6th largest population on Earth

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Monday, March 10, 2008

Oman

Country name: Sultanate of Oman

Location: southwest Asia

Capitol city: Muscat

Religion: Islam

Exports/Imports: oil

Languages: Arabic

Population: 3,204,897

Currency: Rial

Foods: chicken, nuts, mutton

Music: traditional

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

Would you like to visit this place?: no

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Norway

Country name: Kingdom of Norway

Location: Northern Europe

Capitol city: Oslo

Religion: Norse paganism, Christian

Exports/Imports: petroleum, fish

Languages: Norwegian, (Bokmål and Nynorsk) Sami

Population: 4,721,600

Currency: Norwegian krone

Foods: fish, grain

Music: folk

A little bit about the country: was rated the most peaceful country on earth

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

Niger

Country name: Republic of Niger

Location: Western Africa

Capitol city: Niamey

Religion: several

Exports/Imports: uranium, livestock

Languages: French

Population: 13,957,000

Currency: CFA Franc

Foods: several meats

Music: folk, rock

A little bit about the country: most of the population are under 30 years old

Would you like to visit this place?: no

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Nicaragua

Country name: Republic of Nicaragua

Location: Central America

Capitol city: Managua

Religion: Roman Catholic

Exports/Imports: bananas, coffee, sugar, beef

Languages: Spanish

Population: 5,603,000

Currency: Cordoba

Foods: corn, beans, rice

Music: traditional

A little bit about the country: has a lot of wildlife including toucans and turtles

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

New Zealand

Country name: New Zealand

Location: Southwestern Pacific Ocean

Capitol city: Wellington

Religion: %50 Christian, %0 nonreligious

Exports/Imports: agriculture

Languages: English, Maori, New Zealand Sign Language

Population: 4,252,000

Currency: New Zealand dollar

Foods: several

Music: folk, rock, other

A little bit about the country: is close to Australia

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Netherlands

Country name: The Netherlands

Location: Western Europe

Capitol city: Amsterdam

Religion: most are nonreligious

Exports/Imports: food procession, chemicals, petroleum

Languages: Dutch

Population: 16,408,557

Currency: Euro

Foods: several

Music: folk

A little bit about the country: was invaded in World War II

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Nepal

Country name: Nepal

Location: South Asia

Capitol city: Kathmandu

Religion: Hinduism

Exports/Imports: sugarcane, tobacco, grain

Languages: Nepali

Population: 28,901,790

Currency: Rupee

Foods: grains

Music: Nepali

A little bit about the country: is the only country with a non-quadrilateral flag

Would you like to visit this place?: yes

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Nauru

Country name: Republic of Nauru

Location: Micronesian South Pacific

Capitol city: none

Religion: Christianity

Exports/Imports: depends almost entirely on phosphate

Languages: English, Nauruan

Population: 9,275

Currency: Australian Dollar

Foods: several

Music: folk

A little bit about the country: Yaren is the largest settlement and often cited as capital, although Nauru has no officially designated capital.

Would you like to visit this place?: no

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