Nations Of The World -- A
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World Almanac for Kids
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There are 193 independent nations in the world. The information here gives the name and capital of each nation, its location, and its area. Population is an estimate of how many people lived in each country in mid-2005. Currency shows the name of each nation's money and how much one United States dollar was worth there as of early 2005. Language lists official languages and other common languages.
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Capital
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Location of Country
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Area
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Kabul
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Southern Asia, between Iran and Pakistan
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250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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29,928,987
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$1 = 42.79 afghanis
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Afghan Persian (Dari), Pashtu
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Did You Know: Hamid Karzai won Afghanistan's first presidential election, on October 9, 2004.
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Capital
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Location of Country
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Area
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Tirane
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Eastern Europe, between Greece and Yugoslavia
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11,100 sq. mi. (28,748 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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3,563,112
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$1 = 97.16 leke
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Albanian, Greek
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Did You Know: Ancient people called Illyrians lived in Albania around A.D. 1000.
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Capital
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Location of Country
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Area
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Algiers
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North Africa on the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and Morocco
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919,590 sq. mi. (2,381,740 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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32,531,853
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$1 = 71.64 dinars
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Arabic, French, Berber dialects
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Did You Know: Algeria was a colony of France from 1834 to 1963.
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Capital
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Location of Country
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Area
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Andorra la Vella
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Europe, in the mountains between France and Spain
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181 sq. mi. (468 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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70,549
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$1 = .77 euros
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Catalan, French, Castilian
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Did You Know: The main sources of income for this tiny mountain nation, located between France and Spain, are tourism and ski resorts.
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Capital
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Location of Country
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Area
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Luanda
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Southern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean, north of Namibia
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481,350 sq. mi. (1,246,700 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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11,190,786
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$1 = 86.24 kwanza
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Portuguese, African dialects
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Did You Know: Decades of civil war, now ended, left Angola with millions of land mines.
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Capital
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Location of Country
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Area
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St. John's
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Islands on eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea
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171 sq. mi. (443 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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68,722
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$1 = 2.67 East Carribean dollars
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English
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Did You Know: Admiral Horatio Nelson made these islands a base for the British Navy in 1784.
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Capital
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Location of Country
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Area
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Buenos Aires
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Fills up most of the southern part of South America
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1,068,302 sq. mi. (2,766,890 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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39,537,943
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$1 = 2.94 pesos
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Spanish, English, Italian
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Did You Know: Argentina's central grasslands, called "the Pampas," are one of the world's largest cattle-producing areas.
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Capital
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Location of Country
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Yerevan
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Western Asia, north of Turkey and Iran
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11,506 sq. mi. (29,800 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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2,982,904
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$1 = 495 drams
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Armenian
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Did You Know: This nation between the Black and Caspian Seas has an average altitude of 5,900 feet, more than a mile above sea level.
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Canberra
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Continent south of Asia, between Indian and Pacific Oceans
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2,967,908 sq. mi. (7,686,850 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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20,090,437
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$1 = 1.3 Australian dollars
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English, Aboriginal languages
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Did You Know: The Great Barrier Reef, running about 1,250 miles along Australia's coast, is the world's biggest coral reef.
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Capital
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Location of Country
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Vienna
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Central Europe, north of Italy
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32,382 sq. mi. (83,870 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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8,184,691
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$1 = .77 euros
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German
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Did You Know: The composers Mozart, Strauss, Beethoven, Haydn, and Schubert all came to Vienna, which remains a center for classical music today.
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Baku
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Western Asia, north of Iran
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33,436 sq. mi. (86,600 sq. km.)
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Population
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Currency
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Language
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7,911,974
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$1 = 4,894 manats
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Azeri, Russian, Armenian
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Did You Know: Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea, the world's largest inland body of water.
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