Tag: Country Profile

Afghanistan: Country Profile

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Afghanistan (endonyms: افغانستان in Dari Persian; افغانستان in Pashto) is a landlocked, mountainous country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Its 251,830 square miles (652,230 square kilometers) encompass the Hindu Kush range, arid plateaus, and fertile river valleys that have channeled trade for millennia. Today, Afghanistan remains strategically important—bordering Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, […]

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Armenia: Country Profile

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“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 climb fast, valleys narrow quickly, and the landscape keeps making decisions for the people living on it. This profile gives you the geographic truth first: where Armenia sits, what its terrain […]

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