Jul
15
2008
About
Capital Minsk
Largest city Minsk
Official language(s) Belarusian, Russian
Population
9,755,000
Currency rouble
Calling code +375
Traditional Belarusian dress develops caused by the time of Kievan Rus and on top time made up below the influence of cultures of neighbours: Poles, Lithuanians, Latvians, Russians, & other European nations. Aside derived from its predominantly Ruthenian roots, Belarusian culinary art is very near to [...]
- Tags: amp, art poetry, Arts, Bazaar, Belarus, Belarusian, belarusian culture, belarusian government, capital, city, code, culinary traditions, cultural festivals, Currency, Day, development, Estonia, fact, Festival, Finland, identity, influence, international jazz festival, Kievan, lack, language, Largest, Latvia, latvians, Lithuania, Lithuanian, Lithuanians, loss, meetings international, minsk, Mir Castle, music, music art, nation, National, neighbours, Niasvizh Castle, Norway, Official, percentage, performance, period, Poetry, Poland, Population, president lukashenko, radio, Rus, Russia, Russian, russian population, Russification, Ruthenian, Slavianski, Spring, State, state holidays, Sweden, talent, Teleradiocompany, television, top time, Traditional, Ukraine, variety show, Vitebsk, Youth
Jul
15
2008
About
Capital Bridgetown
Largest city Bridgetown
Official language(s) English
Population
279,254
Currency Barbados dollar
Calling code +1-246
Barbados is an self-governing island nation set around the western Atlantic Ocean, just to the east of the Caribbean Sea, detected at roughly 13° north of the Equator and 59° west of the Prime Meridian. settled comparatively closely to South America the nation of Barbados is [...]
- Tags: agricultural sector, amp, Antilles, area, Atlantic Ocean, Bajan, Barbadian, Barbados, barbados dollar, Bridgetown, capital, capital bridgetown, Caribbean, caribbean region, caribbean sea, city, code, country, cricket, cricket players, Crop, Currency, degree, development, English, Equator, event, example, Festival, Frank Worrell, garfield sobers, Grenadines, influence, interior, island, island nation, language, Largest, Lesser, lesser antilles, literacy, literacy rates, mangrove, mangrove swamps, Meridian, name, north of the equator, Official, Population, portion, Prime, prime meridian, Programme, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, South America, South American, south american nation, sport, square kilometres, standard atmosphere, sugarcane, tourist, Trade, UNDP, United, united nations development, united nations development programme, Venezuela, volcanic origin, west, West Indies, western atlantic ocean, world
Jul
15
2008
About
Capital Nassau
Largest city Nassau
Official language(s) English
Population
323,000
Currency Dollar
Calling code +1-242
Christopher Columbus’s first landfall in the New World in 1492 is considered to have been on the island of San Salvador (likewise called Watling’s Island), in the southeastern Bahamas. He encountered Taino (as well known as Lucayan) Amerindians and exchanged gifts with them.
Taino Indians from each northwestern [...]
- Tags: Adventurers, American, amerindians, archipelago, arrival, Bahama Island, Bahamian, bahamian islands, bahamians, Bermuda, british crown colony, british loyalists, Canada, capital, Cecile Cooke, century, christopher columbus, city, code, Columbus, commonwealth of nations, country, crown, Currency, currency dollar, Darling, disease, dollar, eleuthera, emigration, English, english settlers, family, field, Florida, form, freelance, greek word, Gregory Town, hispaniola, independence, island, Joseph Spence, Junkanoo, labour, landfall, language, Largest, living in the bahamas, Loyalists, Lucayan, lucayans, member, music, Nassau, NEW YORK, new york florida, northeastern Cuba, northwestern Hispaniola, Official, outmarriage, pillars of tourism, Salvador, San, soil, southeastern Bahamas, southern bahamas, Taino, taino indians, track, twin pillars, United States, warfare, watling
Jul
15
2008
About
Capital Dhaka
Largest city Dhaka
Official language(s) Bangla (Bengali)
Population
2005 est. 141,822,000
Currency Taka
Calling code +880
A new state for an old nation, Bangladesh has a culture that encompasses factors both old and new. The Bangla language boasts a rich literary inheritance, which Bangladesh shares with the Indian state of West Bengal. The earlier literary text in Bangla is the [...]
- Tags: America, amp, bangla, Bangladesh, Bangladeshis, Baul, Bengal, Bengali, bengali language, Buddha, calendar, capital, Chad, Charyapada, Christian, city, code, cricket, culture, Currency, dance, dance forms, dance tradition, Dhaka, dotara, Durga Puja, Eid, eighth century, ektara, Festival, fish, Fitr, folk, folk customs, folk literature, Gitika, heritage, hindi films, inheritance, instrumental accompaniment, Islam, Kazi, kazi nazrul islam, Largest, Maimansingha, mainstream, medieval, medieval age, musical traditions, nation, national radio, Nazrul, nineteenth, North Indian, north indian classical music, Official, Population, Poush, Purnima, Rabindranath, rabindranath tagore, rice, State, state of west bengal, Tagore, Taka, test, text, Thakurmar, tribal groups, west
Jul
15
2008
About
Capital Manama
Largest city Manama
Official language(s) Arabic, English
Population
2005 est. 698,585
Currency Bahraini Dinar
Calling code +973
Bahrain has been occupied by humans since ancient days and has even out been advised as the site of the Biblical Garden of Eden. Its strategical location in the Persian Gulf has brought regulation & influence derived from the Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, Persians, [...]
- Tags: amp, ancient empires, arabian coast, Arabic, arabic word, Assyrians, attention, Awal, babylonian empire, Babylonians, Bahrain, Bahraini, BCE, Biblical, capital, capital manama, center, city, Civilization, code, Currency, delmon, Dilmun, Dinar, East, Eminem, Empire, English, evolution, fertile lands, garden of eden, history, India, indus valley, influence, Iran, Isa Al Khalifa, island, Jay, language, Largest, Life, location, Manama, Michael Jackson, middle, millennium bce, Mishmahig, Mr. Jackson, music, Muslim, Official, Pearl, pearl diving, persian empire, persian gulf, persian name, Persians, pluralism, Population, property, Queens Village, radio, regulation, salty water, sand, Sean Paul, site, strategical position, substance, sumerian civilization, sweet water springs, the Gulf, the Persian Gulf, third millennium, Tylos, U.S., United States, urban settlement
Jul
10
2008
About
Capital Baku
Largest city Baku
Official language(s) Azerbaijani
Population
2005 est. 8,411,000
Currency Manat
Calling code +994
There are various hypotheses regarding the roots of the name “Azerbaijan.” The to the highest degree common theory is that Azerbaijan was eponymously named after Atropates, an Iranian Median satrap (governor), who dominated a region found in modern Iranian Azarbaijan called Atropatene. Atropates name is [...]
- Tags: Albania, albanians, armenians, Atropatene, Atropates, azarbaijan, Azerbaijan, azerbaijani, Baku, capital, carrier, Caucasian, caucasian albania, caucasus, century, city, code, Currency, Dagestan, governor, Historically, Iranian, kingdom, language family, Largest, Manat, Mannae, median empire, mongols, nation state, Official, Old, part, Persian, persian empire, Persians, province, quarter, region, republic, republic of azerbaijan, Romans, satrap, satrapies, spoken language, substance, Turkic, turkmen, variety
Jul
10
2008
About
Official languages Dutch and Papiamento
Capital Oranjestad
Population 102,695 (2006)
Currency Aruban florin
Calling Code +297
Found and laid claim for Spain in 1499, Aruba was acquired by the Dutch in 1636. The island’s economy has been ruled by three main industries. A 19th century gold rush was followed by successfulness brought on by the opening in 1924 of an [...]
- Tags: access, american culture, aruba, Aruban, aruban florin, Atlanta, boom, capital, carnival, code, Currency, dutch influence, dutch origin, eastern U.S., economy, Europe, Found, gold, gold rush, Holiday, independence, independent member, island, island queen, kingdom, kingdom of the netherlands, latin american countries, Miami, miami orlando, Movement, Netherlands Antilles, NEW YORK, oil, oil refinery, Oranjestad, Orlando, Papiamento, Population, queen beatrix, queen beatrix international airport, request, Schiphol, Spain, the Netherlands, tourism, tourism industry, touristry, United States, visibility
Jul
09
2008
About
Capital Yerevan
Largest city Yerevan
Official language(s) Armenian
Population
3,215,800
Currency Dram
Calling code +374
Armenia prides itself on being the 1st nation to officially follow Christianity (early 4th century). In spite of period of time* of autonomy, over the centuries Armenia come under the sway of various empires including the Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Persian, and Ottoman. During World War I inside [...]
- Tags: 1920s, 4th century, amp, area, Armenia, Armenian-populated, armenians, Army, autonomy, Azerbaijan, capital, capital yerevan, cease fire, Christianity, city, code, cognac, course, Currency, currency dram, Dram, economic blockade, family, food, household, independence, independency, Karabakh, language policy, Largest, mesrob mashdots, Moscow, Muslim, nagorno karabakh, nation, Official, Ottoman, ottoman turkey, ottomans, part, party, period, Persian, Population, pushes, Red, red army, region, resettlement, Roman, roman byzantine, Russia, soviet union, spite, spoken language, struggle, sway, Time, war, woman, world
Jul
08
2008
About
Official language English
Capital Population: Saint John’s 24,226
Currency East Caribbean dollar = 1 United States Dollar
Calling Code +1-268
Former colonies by the Spanish and French were succeeded by the English who organized a colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent land in the [...]
- Tags: Antigua, antigua and barbuda, antigua barbuda, archipelago, Atlantic Ocean, Barthelemy, boundary, breakfast, british commonwealth of nations, capital population, Caribbean, Chicken, class, clime, code, colony, Commonwealth, commonwealth states, constant quantity, country, cricket world cup, Currency, Dinner, dish, East, east caribbean dollar, Eastern Caribbean, eastern caribbean sea, English, Equator, food, Football, football soccer, home, independent land, island, Janelle Williams, juice, Kitts, language, leeward islands, Lesser, lesser antilles, lot, mango, milk, number, pie, popular sport, Population, Pork, raspberry, Redonda, rice, saint barthelemy, Saint John, Saint Martin, season, season football, sir vivian richards, Slavery, Sonia Williams, south, sport, tamarind, west, West Indies
Jul
08
2008
About
Official language English
Capital The Valley
Population 12,205
Currency East Caribbean dollar
Calling Code 1-264
Settled by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla existed administered by Great Britain till the early 19th century, whenever the island - against the wishings of the inhabitants - was incorporate into a lone British dependency, along with Saint Kitts and Nevis. Many [...]
- Tags: 19th century, addiction, anguilla, Anguillans, british dependency, capital, Caribbean, code, colonised, Currency, east caribbean dollar, English, english colonists, english settlers, Great Britain, inhabitants, island, Kitts, language, language english, neighbouring islands, Nevis, Population, revolt, Saint, saint kitts and nevis, separation, Split
