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| Formerly known as French (Country), it is today sometimes called (Country)-(Capital city) to distinguish it from its similarly-named neighbour. | |
| Its population of 12,373 makes it the second-least populous sovereign state in the world, with only Vatican City having fewer inhabitants. | |
| In the 19th century, (Country) acquired land from France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Russia. | |
| It was named in honour of Saint Thomas by Portuguese explorers who happened to arrive at the island on his feast day. | |
| One of the most traditional dishes is hákarl, which consists of shark's head which is left buried underground to ferment for several months, then consumed with extreme caution. | |
| (Country) was an important centre of the transatlantic slave trade until 1792, when (Capital city) was founded as a home for formerly enslaved African Americans. | |
| In the latest Corruption Perception Index 2010, (Country) is ranked the most corrupt among Western European countries. | |
| (Country) received international attention when 918 almost entirely American members of the Peoples Temple died in a mass murder/suicide in Jonestown, a Temple settlement. | |
| By GDP per capita, it is the 3rd richest country in the Americas, as well as the richest one in the world whose population is predominantly black. | |
| In WWII, there was fierce fighting between the Americans and the Japanese in the (Country) campaign of 1942–45, including the Battle of Guadalcanal. | |
| The official language is Catalan, although Spanish, French, and Portuguese are also commonly spoken. | |
| (Country) continued as a protectorate of France from 1863-1953, administered as part of the colony of French Indochina, though occupied by the Japanese empire from 1941-1945. | |
| (Country) was one of the last to introduce TV (1999). The King said that TV was a step to modernisation, as well as a major contributor to the country's Gross National Happiness. | |
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| (Country's people) are among the tallest in the world, with an average height of 1.81 m (5 ft 11) for adult males and 1.67 m (5 ft 6) for adult females. | |
| In 1462, Portuguese settlers arrived and founded a settlement they called Ribeira Grande. It was the first permanent European settlement in the tropics. | |
| The official language is French, but Bambara, which is the country's principal lingua franca and marketplace language, is spoken by about 80% of the population. | |
| The Communist regime that controlled after WWII suppressed religious observance and institutions and banned religion; (Country) was declared to be the 1st atheist state. | |
| Christopher Columbus named the island after the day of the week on which he spotted it, a Sunday ((Country) in Latin), November 3, 1493. | |
| Due to this distance from the sea and the country's largely desert climate, (Country) is sometimes referred to as the 'Dead Heart of Africa'. | |
| Descendants of Indian contract labourers brought to the islands by the British colonial powers in the 19th century make up 38% of the population. | |
| On June 4, 1920, the Treaty of Trianon was signed, which established new borders for (Country). It lost 71% of its territory and 66% of its population. | |
| Its name derives from the Arabic word القمر qamar ('moon'). | |
| In the Arab world, (Country) has the second-largest non-oil GDP, behind Egypt, as of 2005. | |
| (Country) is known for its beauty pageant successes - (Country) has received 5 Miss World, 6 Miss Universe and 6 Miss International and 1 Miss Earth titles. | |
| (Country)'s terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres, and its highest point is 3,797 metres. | |
| Politicians in the Philippines once contemplated naming their state '(Country)', but (Country) adopted the name first in 1963. | |
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| One trace of the indigenous Guaraní culture that has endured is the Guaraní language, understood by 90% of the population. About 75% speak Spanish, the other official language. | |
| With their wide-ranging political, legal, religious and military reforms, (Country) emerged as the first world power in the 1400s. | |
| It has the lowest Human Development Index on Earth due to its landlocked position, desert terrain, poor education/healthcare, poverty and lack of infrastructure. | |
| It ranks it as the country with the lowest level of literacy in the world, despite a concerted effort to double its literacy rate from 12.8% in 1990 to 25.3% in 2008. | |
| Since ancient times, the country has served as a major crossroads between Europe, Asia and Africa. Five of the ten Trans-European corridors run through its territory. | |
| (Country) is defined as the meeting point of three regions: Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Balkans, but cannot be truly included in any of them, giving it a unique culture. | |
| The population is estimated at 8.19 million, of which just under 20% are (Country) nationals, while the majority of the population are expatriates. | |
| The name (Country) is the local pronunciation of 'Gilberts', derived from the main island chain, the Gilbert Islands. | |
| The name 'San Cristobal' was given by Columbus to the island now called Saba; it was applied to (Country) only as a mapping error. British colonists used its English translation. | |
| Of the five remaining Communist states in the world, it is one of only two (along with Cuba) with an almost entirely government-planned, state-owned economy. | |
| Its cuisine is a mixture of three great regional cuisines; Central European (especially Austrian and Hungarian), Mediterranean and Balkan. | |
| Rape is a common problem; (Country) is ranked 1st in the world for rapes per capita. In a 2009 survey, one in four men in the country admitted to raping someone. | |
| In 1973, (Country) tried to regain control of the Golan Heights from Israel in a surprise attack on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. | |
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