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- "Afghanistan","Kabul","Qandahar","Herat","Registan"
- "9","Khyber Pass","Hindu Kush Mountains","Large desert regions","skins,cotton,natural gas"
- "6030","2145"
- "Albania","Tirane","Bari","Donets","Antioch"
- "5","Mesi Bridge near Shkoder","Coast of Adriatic Sea","Primarily Muslim","oil,bitumen,metals"
- "4935","1920"
- "Algeria","Algiers","Constantine","El Golea","Oran"
- "12","Sahara Desert","Tell fertile plains","Atlas Mountains","natural gas,oil"
- "4425","2130"
- "Argentina","Buenos Aires","La Plata","San Juan","Rosario"
- "3","Treeless Pampas","Aconcagua Mountain","Patagonia region","meat,tobacco,leather"
- "2865","4020"
- "Australia","Canberra","Sydney","Brisbane","Perth"
- "11","Great Barrier Reef","Great Dividing Range","Great Victoria Desert","cereals,meat,honey,wool"
- "7695","3555"
- "Austria","Vienna","Graz","Heinsberg","Kayser"
- "4","Danube River","The Alps","German population","food,iron,textiles"
- "4785","1755"
- "Bahamas","Nassau","Freeport","Andros","Marsh Harbour"
- "1","Nearly 700 islands","Large tourist industry","Columbus landed in 1492","oil products"
- "2535","2295"
- "Bangladesh","Dacca","Shillong","Khuina","Chittagong"
- "10","Bay of Bengal","Ganges River","Very rainy climate","jute,leather,hides,tea"
- "6660","2370"
- "Barbados","Bridgetown","Martinique","Quadeloupe","Antigua"
- "1","Eastern Lesser Antilles","Surrounded by coral reefs","Mount Hillaby","sugar,oil,clothing"
- "2940","2640"
- "Belgium","Brussels","Ridger","Geouder","Trieste"
- "4","Ardennes region","Scheldt and Meuse Rivers","Antwerp, Ghent","chemicals,vehicles,iron"
- "4545","1590"
- "Bolivia","La Paz","Santa Cruz","Oruro","Cochabamba"
- "3","Lake Titicaca","Central Andes Mountains","Amazon-Chaco lowlands","tin,oil,natural gas,cotton"
- "2820","3345"
- "Brazil","Brasilia","Rio De Janeiro","Salvador","Porto Alegre"
- "3","Amazon River","4,600 mile Atlantic coast","Heavily wooded","machinery,coffee,cocoa"
- "3225","3180"
- "Bulgaria","Sofia","Plovdiv","Varna","Constanta"
- "5","Varna Black Sea resort","Danubian Plain","Balkan Mountains","metals,machinery,textiles"
- "5055","1905"
- "Burma","Rangoon","Mandalay","Bassein","Myingyan"
- "10","Sagaing Hills","Irrawaddy River","Tropical monsoon climate","teak,oil,rubber,jute"
- "6795","2505"
- "Cambodia","Phnom Penh","Siem Reap","Can Tho","Malay"
- "10","Angkor War ruins","Mekong River basin","Tonie Sap lake","rice,rubber"
- "7035","2655"
- "Cameroon","Yaounde","Garoua","Doouala","Kribi"
- "13","Bamileke Plateau","Lake Chad","Low coastal plain","cocoa,coffee,oil"
- "4740","2865"
- "Canada","Ottawa","Toronto","Montreal","Vancouver"
- "1","St. Lawrence Seaway","Hudson Bay","Great Lakes","wheat,natural gas,wood"
- "2055","1290"
- "Chile","Santiago","Valparaiso","Concepcion","Osorno"
- "3","Andes Mountains","2,650 mile Pacific coast","Atacama Desert","wood pulp,copper,iron"
- "2700","4020"
- "China","Peking","Shanghai","Chongqing","Baotao"
- "10","Great Wall","Changjiang River","Inner Mongolia","industrial products"
- "6915","2085"
- "Colombia","Bogota","Medellin","Cali","Cucuta"
- "3","Plaza Bolivar","Three Andes ranges","Magdalena River","coffee,emeralds,sugar"
- "2595","2850"
- "Costa Rica","San Jose","Limon","Francisco","Ponce De Leon"
- "2","Irazu volcano","Tropical Caribbean lowlands","Temperate interior plateau","coffee,bananas"
- "2445","2730"
- "Cuba","Havana","Guantanamo","Manzanillo","Santiago"
- "1","Guantanamo Bay","Sierra Maestra range","Large Caribbean island","sugar,tobacco"
- "2520","2385"
- "Czechoslovakia","Prague","Odessa","Armavir","Tara"
- "5","High Tatras mountains","Bohemia plateau","Hilly Moravia region","fuels,machinery,ore"
- "4860","1575"
- "Denmark","Copenhagen","Arhus","Alborg","Kiel"
- "6","Kronborg (Hamlet's) Castle","Jutland Peninsula","Over 500 islands","animals,meat,dairy"
- "4680","1455"
- "Dominican Republic","Santo Domingo","San Juan","San Pedro","Dominica"
- "1","Columbus Tomb","Cordillera Central range","Cibao valley","sugar,coffee"
- "2745","2475"
- "Ecuador","Quito","Guayaquil","Manta","Pasto"
- "3","Galapagos Islands","Astride the Equator","Two Andes ranges","oil,bananas,cocoa,coffee"
- "2475","2955"
- "Egypt","Cairo","Alexandria","Aswan","Suez"
- "12","Nile River valley","Great Pyramids","Aswan High Dam","cotton,oil,textiles"
- "5160","2280"
- "El Salvador","San Salvador","Leon","Santa Marta","Santa Maria"
- "2","Izalco Volcano","Hot Pacific coastal plain","Mountainous north","coffee,cotton"
- "2280","2610"
- "Ethiopia","Addis Ababa","Asmera","Gore","Akordat"
- "12","Awash Game Reserve","Blue Nile River","Great Rift Valley","coffee,hides,skins"
- "5400","2670"
- "Finland","Helsinki","Vaasa","Lahti","Turku"
- "6","Lapland region","Aland islands","Thousands of lakes","wood,paper,machinery"
- "5055","1185"
- "France","Paris","Le Havre","Marseille","Lyon"
- "4","Eiffel Tower","Island of Corsica","Seine River","cars,wine,cereals,leather"
- "4470","1680"
- "Germany"," Berlin","Hamburg","Bonn","Munich"
- "4","Black Forest","Bavaria","Rhine River","chemicals,coke,goods"
- "4800","1560"
- "Ghana","Accra","Takoradi","Kumasi","Tamale"
- "12","Cape Coast Castle","Low fertile plains","Man-Made Lake Volta","cocoa,gold,timber"
- "4410","2775"
- "Greece","Athens","Patrai","Kalamai","Thessaloniki"
- "5","Mount Olympus","The Parthenon","Crete,Rhodes,Milos","food,animals,wine"
- "4995","1980"
- "Guatemala","Guatemala City","Tapachula","Belize","Del Rio"
- "2","Mayan ruins at Tikal","Numerous volcanoes","Narrow Pacific coast","coffee,bananas,beef"
- "2220","2565"
- "Guyana","Georgetown","New Amsterdam","Morawhanna","Ciudad Guyana"
- "3","Kaieteur Waterfall","Dense tropical forests","Grassy savanna","sugar,rice,bauxite"
- "3000","2775"
- "Honduras","Tegucigalpa","Honduras City","San Sula","David"
- "2","San Fernando Castle","Gulf of Fonseca","Early Mayan ruins","coffee,bananas,meat"
- "2340","2580"
- "Hungary","Budapest","Graz","Zagreb","Narym"
- "5","The Citadel","Danube River","Alfold fertile plain","bauxite,aluminum,food"
- "4830","1635"
- "Iceland","Reykjavik","Keflavik","Vatneyri","Olafsvik"
- "4","Surtsey Island","Geysers and hot springs","Althing parliament","fish products"
- "4050","1140"
- "India","New Delhi","Calcutta","Bombay","Kanpur"
- "9","Taj Mahal","Himalaya Mountains","Ganges Plain","tea,jute,textiles"
- "6330","2460"
- "Indonesia","Jakarta","Surabaya","Malang","Padang"
- "11","Sumatra,Java","17,000 islands","Borneo","oil,palm,rubber,coffee"
- "7110","3090"
- "Iran","Tehran","Mashhad","Rasht","Tabriz"
- "8","Elburz Mountains","Large salt deserts","Once called Persia","oil,natural gas,cotton"
- "5895","2145"
- "Iraq","Baghdad","Karbala","Hamadan","Mosul"
- "8","Ruins of Babylon","Tigris-Euphrates valley","Persian Gulf","oil,dates,wool,cotton"
- "5700","2205"
- "Ireland","Dublin","Cork","Belfast","Londonberry"
- "4","Blarney Castle","Wicklow Mountains","Lough Mask","meat,dairy,beer,whiskey"
- "4260","1530"
- "Israel","Jerusalem","Tel Aviv","Bethlehem","Jericho"
- "8","Bethlehem","Judean Plateau","Gulf of Aqaba","diamonds,fruit,tobacco"
- "5310","2130"
- "Italy","Rome","Venice","Naples","Milan"
- "4","The Colosseum","Sicily and Sardinia","Campania coastal plains","cars,textiles,fruit"
- "4785","1890"
- "Jamaica","Kingston","Montego","Trujillo","Rosario"
- "1","Montego Bay","Four-fifths mountains","Early visit by Columbus","bauxite,alumina"
- "2550","2490"
- "Japan","Tokyo","Osaka","Sapporo","Nagasaki"
- "10","Mount Fuji","Honshu","Sakhalin Mountains","electronics,ships,cars"
- "7725","1995"
- "Jordan","Amman","Tayma","Sayhut","Ahwar"
- "8","Greco-Roman ruins at Jerash","Mostly arid region","Shares Dead Sea","phosphates,vegetables"
- "5370","2205"
- "Kenya","Nairobi","Mombasa","Naivasha","Kitale"
- "13","Great Rift Valley","Lake Turkana","Borders Indian Ocean","coffee,tea,hides"
- "5415","2925"
- "Kuwait","Kuwait","Abadan","Hail","Al Jawf"
- "8","Mina Al-Ahmad","Flat, dry and hot","North end of Persian Gulf","oil,chemicals"
- "5745","2310"
- "Laos","Vientiane","Vinh","Louangphrabang","Play Cu"
- "10","Shrine of That Luang","Dominated by jungle","Mekong River","timber,coffee"
- "7035","2535"
- "Lebanon","Beirut","Tripoli","Haifa","Homs"
- "8","Tripoli Citadel","Beqaa Valley","Litani River","metals,gemstones"
- "5325","2070"
- "Libya","Tripoli","Hun","Zillah","Al Khums"
- "12","Arch of Aurelius","Desert and semidesert","Mediterranean to north","oil"
- "4830","2265"
- "Luxembourg","Luxembourg","Loire","La Rochelle","Biscay"
- "4","Cathedral of Notre Dame","Heavy forests","Very small country","iron,chemicals,vehicles"
- "4530","1650"
- "Malaysia","Kuala Lumpur","Ipoh","Brunei","Malacoa"
- "10","Cameron Highlands","Tropical jungles","Singapore at tip","rubber,tin,palm oil,timber"
- "6990","2835"
- "Mexico","Mexico City","Tijuana","Monterrey","Guadalajara"
- "1","Yucatan Peninsula","Sierra Madre Mountains","Baja Peninsula","oil,coffee,cotton,sugar"
- "1980","2355"
- "Mongolia","Ulaanbaatar","Erdenet","Bulgan","Altay"
- "10","Khangai Mountains","Gobi Desert","Salt lakes and grasslands","cattle,horses,wool,hair"
- "6810","1830"
- "Morocco","Rabat","Casablanca","Meknes","Marrakech"
- "12","Tombs in Marrakesh","Tangier seaport","Atlas Mountains","phosphates,fruit"
- "4290","2115"
- "Nepal","Katmandu","Bareilly","Patna","Moradabad"
- "9","Mount Everest","Ganges Plain","Himalayan Mountains","grains,hides,cattle,timber"
- "6510","2295"
- "Netherlands","Amsterdam","The Hague","Bonn","Southtown"
- "4","The Hague","Flat with many dikes","IJsselmeer","oil,chemicals,food"
- "4545","1575"
- "New Zealand","Wellington","Auckland","Dunedin","Napier"
- "11","Queenstown","Two main islands","Canterbury Plains","meat,dairy,wool,fruit"
- "8310","3975"
- "Nicaragua","Managua","Bluefields","Puerto Cabezas","Leon"
- "2","Mount Momotombo","Cordillera Mountains","Lake Managua","cotton,coffee,meat"
- "2355","2640"
- "Nigeria","Lagos","Ibadan","Port Harcourt","Katsina"
- "12","Muslim city of Kano","Coastal mangrove swamp","Yoruba region","oil,palm kernels,cocoa"
- "4590","2745"
- "North Korea","Pyongyang","Wonsan","Hungnam","Kaesong"
- "10","Diamond Mountains","Mostly mountains and hills","Large mineral deposits","iron,metal ores"
- "7455","1875"
- "Norway","Oslo","Trondheim","Bergen","Stavanger"
- "6","The Fjords","Lofoten Islands","Mount Glittertind","animals,paper,fish,oil"
- "4665","1230"
- "Oman","Muscat","Masira","Duqm","Dubayy"
- "8","Oil refineries","Waterless plateau","Ruus-al-Jebal peninsula","oil,dates,limes,tobacco"
- "5850","2460"
- "Pakistan","Islamabad","Karachi","Lahore","Sukkur"
- "9","Shalimar Gardens","Hindu Kush Mountains","Thar Desert","cotton,carpets,leather,rice"
- "6150","2265"
- "Panama","Panama City","David","Limon","Espana"
- "2","Famous Canal","Tropical rain forests","Isthmus nation","bananas,shrimp,sugar"
- "2490","2700"
- "Paraguay","Ascuncion","Concepcion","Filadelfia","Campo"
- "3","Guaira Falls","Chaco Plain","Landlocked nation","cotton,tobacco,timber"
- "2970","3540"
- "Peru","Lima","Chimbote","Trujillo","Piura"
- "3","Cuzco Inca ruins","Lake Titicaca","Andes Mountains","metals,minerals,fish"
- "2550","3195"
- "Philippines","Manila","Quezon City","Subic Bay","Batangas"
- "11","Malacanang Palace","Over 7,100 islands","Asian archipelago","sugar,timber,coconut"
- "7470","2625"
- "Poland","Warsaw","Krakow","Lodz","Gdansk"
- "5","Baltic Sea resorts","Northern European Plain","Carpathian Mountains","lignite,coal,coke,ships"
- "4875","1515"
- "Portugal","Lisbon","Porto","Coimbra","Huelva"
- "4","Azores Islands","Tajus River","Macau","textiles,timber,cork,wine"
- "4275","1950"
- "Puerto Rico","San Juan","Bayamon","Ponce","Caguas"
- "1","Greater Antilles","Fort at El Morro","El Yunque rain forest","coffee,bananas,food"
- "2835","2475"
- "Romania","Bucharest","Ploiesti","Cluj","Lasi"
- "5","Danube river system","Transylvanian Plateau","Black Sea","food,machinery,oil"
- "5055","1815"
- "Russia","Moscow","Leningrad","Minsk","Omsk"
- "7","Ural Mountains","Siberia","Volga River","iron,steel,cotton,food"
- "6585","1185"
- "Saudi Arabia","Riyadh","Jiddah","Mecca","Al Lidam"
- "8","Mecca","Muslim population","Empty Quarter","oil"
- "5535","2370"
- "Singapore","Singapore","Medan","Sumatra","Jambi"
- "10","Formerly swampy island","One of largest ports","Moslem Holy Sultan mosque","electronic goods,rubber"
- "7020","2895"
- "South Africa","Cape Town","Johannesburg","Prieska","Calvinia"
- "13","Johannesburg gold mines","Cape of Good Hope","Vaal River","gold,diamonds,fruit"
- "5010","3690"
- "South Korea","Seoul","Taegu","Pusan","Mokpo"
- "10","Port of Pusan","Changduk Palace","Former Hermit Kingdom","textiles,chemicals"
- "7500","2025"
- "Spain","Madrid","Barcelona","Valencia","La Coruna"
- "4","Barcelona","Mediterranean climate","Basque country","fish,wine,olive oil"
- "4395","1920"
- "Sri Lanka","Colombo","Kandy","Matara","Galle"
- "9","Mount Lavinia","Island nation","Buddhist Sinhalese","tea,rubber,coconut"
- "6420","2760"
- "Sudan","Khartoum","Port Sudan","Kodok","Akobo"
- "12","Libyan Desert","Nile Valley","Ancient Nubia","cotton,groundnuts"
- "5205","2520"
- "Sweden","Stockholm","Umea","Uppsala","Malmo"
- "6","Drottingholm Palace","Gulf of Bothnia","Ume River","timber,metals,cars"
- "4815","1260"
- "Switzerland","Bern","Geneva","Split","Frankfurt"
- "4","The Alps","Jura Mountains","The Matterhorn","tourism,watches,food"
- "4650","1755"
- "Syria","Damascus","Aleppo","Latakia","Homs"
- "8","Palmyra monuments","Ancient civilization remains","Golan Heights","cotton,oil,cereals"
- "5355","2055"
- "Taiwan","Taipei","Shantou","Tainan","Kaohsiung"
- "10","Sun-Moon Lake","The Penghu","Formerly Formosa","textiles,plastics,food"
- "7380","2340"
- "Tanzania","Dar Es Salaam","Iringa","Moshi","Tanga"
- "13","Mount Kilimanjaro","Borders Lake Victoria","Zanzibar","coffee,cotton,spices"
- "5355","3090"
- "Thailand","Bangkok","Tak","Moulmein","Phitsanulok"
- "10","River Kwai","Chao Phraya River","Many rain forests","rice,tapioca,rubber,tin"
- "6990","2610"
- "Turkey","Ankara","Istanbul","Konya","Adana"
- "7","Bosporus Bridge","Black Sea","Cyprus","cotton,tobacco,nuts,fruit"
- "5205","1965"
- "Uganda","Kampala","Mesindi","Kasese","Mbarara"
- "13","Lake Victoria","Mount Margherita","Ruwenzori Range","coffee,cotton"
- "5295","2955"
- "United Kingdom","London","Liverpool","Glasgow","Birmingham"
- "4","Buckingham Palace","Northern Ireland","Thames River","textiles,chemicals,plastic"
- "4425","1500"
- "United States","Washington","New York","Chicago","Philadelphia"
- "1","Grand Canyon","Yellowstone Park","Appalachian Mountains","coal,food,cars,aircraft"
- "2070","1950"
- "Venezuela","Caracas","Bolivar","Cucuta","Valencia"
- "3","Angel Falls","Orinico Delta","Guyana Highlands","oil,iron,cocoa,coffee"
- "2820","2730"
- "Vietnam","Hanoi","Ho Chi Minh City","Da Nang","Haiphong"
- "10","Saigon's gardens","Mekong River","Red River Valley","fish,coal,agriculture"
- "7110","2625"
- "Yemen","Sana","Taizz","Ar Riyan","Sayhut"
- "8","Marib Dam ruins","Gulf of Aden","Sandy coastal strip","cotton,coffee,hides"
- "5700","2535"
- "Yugoslavia","Belgrade","Trieste","Zagreb","Sarajevo"
- "5","Kalemegdan Citadel","Dinaric Alps","Adriatic Sea","machinery,chemicals"
- "4935","1845"
- "Zaire","Kinshasa","Buta","Kisangani","Kananga"
- "13","Stanley Pool","Congo River Basin","Kasai River","coffee,cobalt,copper"
- "5040","3120"
- "Zambia","Lusaka","Kabwu","Luanshya","Kitwe"
- "13","Victoria Falls","Lake Bangweulu","Zambezi River","copper"
- "5055","3300"
-