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Top Countries for Off-the-Beaten-Path Travel
Some countries still give you that older travel feeling: more space, stronger local texture, and fewer places built mainly for the tourism machine. This…
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Greece · Countries & regions
Most Beautiful Countries to Travel To
No country is objectively the world’s most beautiful, but Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Greece, Peru, and the other destinations in this 15-country…
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Armenia · Countries & regions
Is Armenia in Europe or Asia
Ask any two atlases this question and you may get two different answers. Armenia sits in the South Caucasus, a mountainous land bridge between…
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Türkiye · Countries & regions
Türkiye (Turkey): Country Profile, Map and Geography
Türkiye, also widely known as Turkey, is a country spanning southeastern Europe and western Asia. Most of its territory lies in Anatolia; Eastern Thrace…
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Bulgaria · Countries & regions
Where Is the Black Sea?
The surface and drainage-area figures follow the Black Sea Commission’s 2007 assessment and use rounded unit conversions. The sources below support those figures and…
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Armenia · Countries & regions
Armenia: Country Profile
“Ճանապարհն է վաստակը,” goes an old Armenian proverb—“The journey is the reward.” Armenia is the kind of country where that line feels literal. Roads…
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Georgia (country) · Countries & regions
Georgia: Country Profile – the South Caucasus
Georgia, or Sakartvelo, is a South Caucasus country on the Black Sea, bordered by Russia, Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Tbilisi is its capital. Its…
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New Zealand · Countries & regions
New Zealand: Country Profile
“He tangata, he tangata, he tangata” – “It is people, it is people, it is people.” Picture mist-shrouded fiords carved by ancient glaciers, kiwi…
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Countries & regions
Which Countries Punch Well Above Their Population Size?
Singapore, Switzerland and the Netherlands are the clearest broad-based examples, while Sweden, Denmark, Israel and Estonia stand out in innovation; Norway, the United Arab…
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Sealand: The Smallest Country in the World?
Imagine stepping off a rusty rope swing 60 feet above the North Sea onto a platform of concrete towers – that’s the surreal entry…
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Nauru · Countries & regions
Third-Smallest Country in the World: Nauru
Imagine the power of perspective: some of the smallest nations on Earth are so compact they could fit inside a major U.S. metropolis. Vatican…
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Monaco · Countries & regions
Principality of Monaco – Country Profile, Facts & History
Nestled on the Mediterranean coastline of the French Riviera, the Principality of Monaco is a paradox of a country – tiny in size but…
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