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Sudan: Ancient Nile Nation

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa, bordered by the Red Sea and crossed by the Nile River, where the Blue Nile and White Nile meet at the capital, Khartoum. It is home to one of Africa’s oldest urban civilizations, the ancient Kingdom of Kush, and since April 2023 it has also been the site

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Sudan is a northeastern African country on the Nile and Red Sea, home to the ancient Kingdom of Kush and currently affected by civil war.

Suriname: South America’s Forested Republic

Suriname is a small republic on the northern coast of South America, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, French Guiana, Brazil, and Guyana. It has one of the smallest populations of any country in South America, about 640,000 people, and one of the highest shares of forest cover in the world, with roughly 94 percent of

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Suriname is a small, heavily forested republic on South America's northern coast, a former Dutch colony and the continent's only Dutch-speaking nation.

Sweden: Geography, History, and Culture

Where Is Sweden Located? Sweden is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in northern Europe, bordered by Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, with the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia along its eastern coast. It shares the peninsula with Norway and sits alongside Denmark, Finland, and Iceland as one

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Sweden is a Nordic constitutional monarchy in northern Europe known for its welfare state, export economy, and 2024 entry into NATO.

Stockholm City Hall, the Nobel Prize banquet venue and Sweden's most iconic landmark

Sweden: Geography, History, Government and Key Facts

Sweden is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, occupying the eastern and southern portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. A constitutional monarchy with a long history of military non-alignment, Sweden is known today for its high living standards, strong social welfare system, design and engineering industries, and global cultural

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Sweden is a Nordic constitutional monarchy on the Scandinavian Peninsula known for its design industry, welfare state, and the Nobel Prize.

Switzerland: Geography, History, Culture and Key Facts

Switzerland is a landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by Germany, France, Italy, Austria, and the small principality of Liechtenstein. Officially known as the Swiss Confederation, it is a federal republic made up of 26 cantons, recognized worldwide for the Alps, its system of direct democracy, more than two centuries of armed neutrality, and its

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Switzerland is a landlocked Alpine federal republic in Western Europe known for direct democracy, neutrality, and global diplomacy.

The Sydney Opera House, Sydney's UNESCO-listed iconic performing arts venue

Sydney: History, the Sydney Opera House and Key Facts About Australia’s Oldest City

Sydney is Australia‘s oldest and largest city, the capital of New South Wales, built around the natural harbor of Port Jackson on the country’s southeastern coast. Founded in 1788 as a British penal colony under Governor Arthur Phillip, it has grown from a convict settlement into Australia‘s leading financial and cultural center. Where Is Sydney

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Sydney is Australia's oldest and largest city, founded in 1788, home to the UNESCO-listed Opera House.

The Umayyad Mosque, an eighth-century landmark in the old city of Damascus, Syria

Syria: Geography, History, Government and Key Facts

Syria is a country in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest and west. Its capital, Damascus, is among the longest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and the country sits at a crossroads

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Syria is a Levantine country on the eastern Mediterranean, home to ancient Damascus and currently rebuilding after a fourteen-year civil war.

Taipei 101, the iconic skyscraper that defines the skyline of Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei: Geography, History, Culture and Key Facts

Taipei is the capital and largest city of Taiwan, sitting in a mountain-ringed basin in the island’s north where the Tamsui and Keelung rivers meet. It is Taiwan’s political, financial and cultural center, and the seat of the Republic of China government since 1949. Where Is Taipei Located? Taipei occupies the Taipei Basin in northern

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Taipei is the capital of Taiwan, a mountain-ringed basin city and seat of the Republic of China government since 1949.

Taipei 101, the iconic skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan

Taiwan: Geography, History, Government and Key Facts

Taiwan is an island in East Asia, separated from mainland China by the Taiwan Strait, and is governed as the Republic of China (ROC). It is a densely populated, highly developed democracy known for its advanced electronics and semiconductor industry, its mountainous interior, and a political status that remains one of the most closely watched

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Taiwan is a self-governed island democracy off the coast of mainland China, central to global semiconductor manufacturing and claimed by the People's Republic of China.

The Pamir Mountains, known as the Roof of the World, in eastern Tajikistan

Tajikistan: Geography, History, Government and Key Facts

Tajikistan is a mountainous, landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. It is the only Central Asian republic where a Persian language, Tajik, is the majority tongue, and its territory includes much of the Pamir range, among the highest mountain systems on Earth. Where Is Tajikistan Located? Tajikistan sits in

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Tajikistan is a mountainous, Persian-speaking Central Asian country dominated by the Pamir range and highly dependent on remittances.