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Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world by area. The country covers an area of 2, 727,300 square kilometres and is boarded by China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Uzbekistan, Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan.  Kazakhstan is considered as a transcontinental country meaning that it lies in two continents – Asia and Europe.  Larger parts of the country lie in Asia but there is a dispute about the exact location where Europe ‘ends’.  However, only 10% of the land is in Europe and the rest is in Central Asia. However, the country’s culture, geography and physical surroundings are more similar to

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Germany is a country in Europe with an estimated population of 81.8 million making it the second most populous country in Europe second only behind Russia. It is bordered by 9 countries which are: Poland, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Austria, Denmark and Belgium. Germany is widely known as home to many immigrants and is currently the second most popular destination for immigrants after the USA. In the 21st century, Germany is considered as one of the great powers of the world and has immense contribution in terms of philosophers, entrepreneurs, scientists and sportspeople. In addition, Germany has a

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Deserts are locations that receive very little rainfall throughout the year.  Due to such conditions, animal and plant life is inhibited. About a third of the world’s land surface is either arid or semi-arid.  There are different types of deserts and they can be classified in terms of temperature, amount of rainfall, the amount of humidity and a combination of other additional factors. The main types of deserts are: cold winter, polar deserts, cool coastal deserts and subtropical deserts. The polar deserts are the largest and are found in Antarctica. Hot deserts are the main types and they receive little

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Africa is the world’s second largest continent in terms of both land surface area and population after Asia with 54 countries. These countries are: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. The population of

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Poverty today is a very real deterrent to the growth, health and education of many populaces in numerous different countries. Although there are a myriad of reasons for poverty within a country, the general international measure for poverty is the Gross Domestic Product or GDP. Using this tool to assess the purchasing power of all the goods and services within a country, it is then divided by that country’s population; factoring in such things as literacy, employment rate and the purchasing power of a single person. This complex, but detailed computation, allows for a very accurate listing of the poorest

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Europe is the world’s third most populous continent after Asia and Africa with an estimated 11% of the world’s population. There are approximately 51 countries in Europe and the continent has a land surface area of 10,180,000 square kilometres. Despite the many countries, Europe is the second-smallest continent based on surface area.  There are many interesting facts about Europe such as there are over 200 languages spoken in the continent yet only 23 are recognised as common in member countries. The countries in Europe can be divided into either those that are European Union member states or those not in

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When you hear the word Canada, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Hockey? Tim Horton? The maple leaf? Moose? Well Canada has that and much much more. Here are a few fun facts about Canada that you may not have known. Canada got its name when Jacques Cartier was exploring around the St. Lawrence River; when the Iroquois were showing the way to the village they pointed to it and said “Kanata”. Kanata means village or land. Jacques then began referring to the land as Canada. Is it true there is a UFO landing area? Yes. In 1967

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When you hear the word Canada, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Hockey? Tim Horton? The maple leaf? Moose? Well Canada has that and much much more. Here are a few fun facts about Canada that you may not have known. Canada got its name when Jacques Cartier was exploring around the St. Lawrence River; when the Iroquois were showing the way to the village they pointed to it and said “Kanata”. Kanata means village or land. Jacques then began referring to the land as Canada. Is it true there is a UFO landing area? Yes. In 1967

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Cosmopolitan and at the same time provincial, ultra-modern and simultaneously old-fashioned, London England has consistently ranked among the most popular tourist destinations in the world. For that reason it comes as no surprise that MasterCard – in 2014-2015 – ranked it as the no. 1 tourist destination in the world. In fact, in 2015 London welcomed 18.82 million overnight visitors beating out many other popular tourist cities such as New York City and Paris. Visitors to this ancient city (40 AD) are challenged by its variety of attractions and the eclectic mixture of fellow tourists. So how does one narrow

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Paris is certainly a great place to visit. It has so much history and the monuments there are not to be missed either. What a lot of people don’t know is that Paris is also home to some of the zaniest facts in the world and some of them are just hard to believe. Take the Eiffel Tower for example, it weighs 7,000 tons and every year, it uses over 50 tons of paint in maintenance. Even after all this maintenance, there were worries at one point that it would collapse, because a storm in 1999 blew at over 240KPH

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