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Sardinia

Posted by Jane from Ciao on Wednesday, August 26, 2009, In : Knowledge 

Sardinia is an island which makes up part of Italy. It the second largest island, after Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Capital: Cagliari

Currency: Euro

Language: Italian

Population: 1 665 617

 


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The Republic of Iceland

Posted by Jane from Ciao on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, In : Knowledge 
The Republic of Iceland IPA is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland. It has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km². Its capital and largest city is Reykjavík.

Located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Iceland is volcanically and geologically active on a large scale; this defines the landscape. The interior mainly consists of a plateau characterized by sand fields, mountains and glaciers, while many big glacial rivers flow...

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The Republic of Cuba

Posted by Jane from Ciao on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, In : Knowledge 
The Republic of Cuba is an island country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos.

Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago is the second largest Cuba Cuba is home to over 11 million people and is the most populous Insular nation in the Caribbean. Its people, culture, and customs draw from diverse sources, including the aboriginal Taíno and Ciboney peoples; the period of Spanish colonialism; the intro...

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Cambodia

Posted by Jane from Ciao on Thursday, April 9, 2009, In : Knowledge 

Cambodia is located in South East Asia and borders Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Oil and natural gas deposits were found underneath territorial waters in 2005 and will be extracted in 2011, which could be very beneficial to their economy.

Capital: Phnom Pehn

Currency: Riel

Language: Khmer

Population: 13 388 910


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Lithuania

Posted by Jane from Ciao on Thursday, April 9, 2009, In : Knowledge 

Lithuania is one of the three Baltic states. Situated along the South Eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of the Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest.

Independence from the Russian Empire (1918)

Entered EU: 1 May 2004
Currency: Lithuanian litas (Lt)
Capital:(and largest city) Vilnius
Official languages: Lithuanian
Government: Semi-presidential republic

President: Valdas Adamkus  
Prime Ministe...


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