Information about Portugal

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Where is Portugal?  Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain

What’s the capital of Portugal? Lisbon

The population of Portugal is 10,605,870 (July 2006 est.)

What’s the area of Portugal? 92,391 sq km

Languages spoken in Portugal are: Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)

Religions of Portugal: Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)

What’s the currency of Portugal? euro (EUR)

A citizen of Portugal is called: noun: Portuguese (singular and plural) adjective: Portuguese

Life expectancy in Portugal is: male: 74.43 years :female: 81.2 years (2006 est.)

Administrative divisions of Portugal : 18 districts (distritos, singular - distrito) and 2 autonomous regions* (regioes autonomas, singular - regiao autonoma); Aveiro, Acores (Azores)*, Beja, Braga, Braganca, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa, Madeira*, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu

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Information about Puerto Rico

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Where is Puerto Rico?  Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic

What’s the capital of Puerto Rico? San Juan

The population of Puerto Rico is 3,927,188 (July 2006 est.)

What’s the area of Puerto Rico? 13,790 sq km

Languages spoken in Puerto Rico are: Spanish, English

Religions of Puerto Rico: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%

What’s the currency of Puerto Rico? US dollar (USD)

A citizen of Puerto Rico is called: noun: Puerto Rican(s) (US citizens) adjective: Puerto Rican

Life expectancy in Puerto Rico is: male: 74.46 years :female: 82.54 years (2006 est.)

Administrative divisions of Puerto Rico : none (territory of the US with commonwealth status); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 78 municipalities (municipios, singular - municipio) at the second order; Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, Anasco, Arecibo, Arroyo, Barceloneta, Barranquitas, Bayamon, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Canovanas, Carolina, Catano, Cayey, Ceiba, Ciales, Cidra, Coamo, Comerio, Corozal, Culebra, Dorado, Fajardo, Florida, Guanica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Gurabo, Hatillo, Hormigueros, Humacao, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Diaz, Juncos, Lajas, Lares, Las Marias, Las Piedras, Loiza, Luquillo, Manati, Maricao, Maunabo, Mayaguez, Moca, Morovis, Naguabo, Naranjito, Orocovis, Patillas, Penuelas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincon, Rio Grande, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San German, San Juan, San Lorenzo, San Sebastian, Santa Isabel, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Trujillo Alto, Utuado, Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Vieques, Villalba, Yabucoa, Yauco

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Information about Qatar

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Where is Qatar?  Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia

What’s the capital of Qatar ? Doha

The population of Qatar is 885,359 (July 2006 est.)

What’s the area of Qatar? 11,437 sq km

Languages spoken in Qatar are: Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language

Religions of Qatar: Muslim 95%

What’s the currency of Qatar ? Qatari rial (QAR)

A citizen of Qatar is called: noun: Qatari(s) adjective: Qatari

Life expectancy in Qatar is: male: 71.37 years :female: 76.57 years (2006 est.)

Administrative divisions of Qatar : 10 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah); Ad Dawhah, Al Ghuwayriyah, Al Jumayliyah, Al Khawr, Al Wakrah, Ar Rayyan, Jarayan al Batinah, Madinat ash Shamal, Umm Sa'id, Umm Salal

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Information about Reunion

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Where is Reunion?  Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine

What’s the capital of Reunion? Saint-Denis

The population of Reunion is 787,584 (July 2006 est.)

What’s the area of Reunion? 2,517 sq km

Languages spoken in Reunion are: French (official), Creole widely used

Religions of Reunion: Roman Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist (1995)

What’s the currency of Reunion? euro (EUR)

A citizen of Reunion is called: noun: Reunionese (singular and plural) adjective: Reunionese

Life expectancy in Reunion is: male: 70.78 years :female: 77.75 years (2006 est.)

Administrative divisions of Reunion : none (overseas department of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 4 arrondissements, 24 communes, and 47 cantons

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Information about Romania

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Where is Romania?  Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine

What’s the capital of Romania? Bucharest

The population of Romania is 22,303,552 (July 2006 est.)

What’s the area of Romania? 237,500 sq km

Languages spoken in Romania are: Romanian (official), Hungarian, German

Religions of Romania: Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 86.8%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformate and Pentecostal) 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%, none 0.1% (2002 census)

What’s the currency of Romania? leu (ROL) is being phased out in 2006; "new" leu (RON) was introduced in 2005 due to currency revaluation: 10,000 ROL = 1 RON

A citizen of Romania is called: noun: Romanian(s) adjective: Romanian

Life expectancy in Romania is: male: 68.14 years :female: 75.34 years (2006 est.)

Administrative divisions of Romania : 41 counties (judete, singular - judet) and 1 municipality* (municipiu); Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Botosani, Braila, Brasov, Bucuresti (Bucharest)*, Buzau, Calarasi, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Constanta, Covasna, Dimbovita, Dolj, Galati, Gorj, Giurgiu, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomita, Iasi, Ilfov, Maramures, Mehedinti, Mures, Neamt, Olt, Prahova, Salaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timis, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vilcea, Vrancea

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Information about Russia

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Where is Russia?  Northern Asia (the area west of the Urals is considered part of Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean

What’s the capital of Russia? Moscow

The population of Russia is 142,893,540 (July 2006 est.)

What’s the area of Russia? 17,075,200 sq km

Languages spoken in Russia are: Russian, many minority languages

Religions of Russia: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)

What’s the currency of Russia? Russian ruble (RUR)

A citizen of Russia is called: noun: Russian(s) adjective: Russian

Life expectancy in Russia is: male: 60.45 years :female: 74.1 years (2006 est.)

Administrative divisions of Russia : 48 oblasts (oblastey, singular - oblast), 21 republics (respublik, singular - respublika), 9 autonomous okrugs (avtonomnykh okrugov, singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 7 krays (krayev, singular - kray), 2 federal cities (singular - gorod), and 1 autonomous oblast (avtonomnaya oblast') oblasts: Amur (Blagoveshchensk), Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', Belgorod, Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Chita, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kamchatka (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Magadan, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Orel, Penza, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan', Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Tambov, Tomsk, Tula, Tver', Tyumen', Ul'yanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl' republics: Adygeya (Maykop), Altay (Gorno-Altaysk), Bashkortostan (Ufa), Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude), Chechnya (Groznyy), Chuvashiya (Cheboksary), Dagestan (Makhachkala), Ingushetiya (Magas), Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik), Kalmykiya (Elista), Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk), Kareliya (Petrozavodsk), Khakasiya (Abakan), Komi (Syktyvkar), Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola), Mordoviya (Saransk), North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz), Sakha [Yakutiya] (Yakutsk), Tatarstan (Kazan'), Tyva (Kyzyl), Udmurtiya (Izhevsk) autonomous okrugs: Aga Buryat (Aginskoye), Chukotka (Anadyr'), Evenk (Tura), Khanty-Mansi, Koryak (Palana), Nenets (Nar'yan-Mar), Taymyr [Dolgano-Nenets] (Dudinka), Ust'-Orda Buryat (Ust'-Ordynskiy), Yamalo-Nenets (Salekhard) krays: Altay (Barnaul), Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Permskiy, Primorskiy (Vladivostok), Stavropol' federal cities: Moscow (Moskva), Saint Petersburg (Sankt-Peterburg) autonomous oblast: Yevrey [Jewish] (Birobidzhan)

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Information about Rwanda

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Where is Rwanda?  Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo

What’s the capital of Rwanda? Kigali

The population of Rwanda is 8,648,248

What’s the area of Rwanda? 26,338 sq km

Languages spoken in Rwanda are: Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers

Religions of Rwanda: Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)

What’s the currency of Rwanda? Rwandan franc (RWF)

A citizen of Rwanda is called: noun: Rwandan(s) adjective: Rwandan

Life expectancy in Rwanda is: male: 46.26 years :female: 48.38 years (2006 est.)

Administrative divisions of Rwanda : 12 provinces (in French - provinces, singular - province; in Kinyarwanda - prefigintara for singular and plural); Butare, Byumba, Cyangugu, Gikongoro, Gisenyi, Gitarama, Kibungo, Kibuye, Kigali Rurale, Kigali-ville, Umutara, Ruhengeri

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Information about Saint Helena

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Where is Saint Helena?  islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway between South America and Africa; Ascension Island lies 700 nm northwest of Saint Helena; Tristan da Cunha lies 2300 nm southwest of Saint Helena

What’s the capital of Saint Helena? Jamestown

The population of Saint Helena is 7,502

What’s the area of Saint Helena? 413 sq km

Languages spoken in Saint Helena are: English

Religions of Saint Helena: Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic

What’s the currency of Saint Helena? Saint Helenian pound (SHP)

A citizen of Saint Helena is called: noun: Saint Helenian(s) adjective: Saint Helenian

Life expectancy in Saint Helena is: male: 75.02 years :female: 80.98 years (2006 est.)

Administrative divisions of Saint Helena : 1 administrative area and 2 dependencies*; Ascension*, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha*

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Information about Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Where is Saint Kitts and Nevis?  Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago

What’s the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis? Basseterre

The population of Saint Kitts and Nevis is 39,129 (July 2006 est.)

What’s the area of Saint Kitts and Nevis? 261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis 93 sq km)

Languages spoken in Saint Kitts and Nevis are: English

Religions of Saint Kitts and Nevis: Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic

What’s the currency of Saint Kitts and Nevis? East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

A citizen of Saint Kitts and Nevis is called: noun: Kittitian(s), Nevisian(s) adjective: Kittitian, Nevisian

Life expectancy in Saint Kitts and Nevis is: male: 69.56 years :female: 75.42 years (2006 est.)

Administrative divisions of Saint Kitts and Nevis : 14 parishes; Christ Church Nichola Town, Saint Anne Sandy Point, Saint George Basseterre, Saint George Gingerland, Saint James Windward, Saint John Capesterre, Saint John Figtree, Saint Mary Cayon, Saint Paul Capesterre, Saint Paul Charlestown, Saint Peter Basseterre, Saint Thomas Lowland, Saint Thomas Middle Island, Trinity Palmetto Point

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Information about Saint Lucia

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Where is Saint Lucia?  Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago

What’s the capital of Saint Lucia? Castries

The population of Saint Lucia is 168,458 (July 2006 est.)

What’s the area of Saint Lucia? 616 sq km

Languages spoken in Saint Lucia are: English (official), French patois

Religions of Saint Lucia: Roman Catholic 67.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.5%, Pentecostal 5.7%, Anglican 2%, Evangelical 2%, other Christian 5.1%, Rastafarian 2.1%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.5% (2001 census)

What’s the currency of Saint Lucia? East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

A citizen of Saint Lucia is called: noun: Saint Lucian(s) adjective: Saint Lucian

Life expectancy in Saint Lucia is: male: 70.29 years :female: 77.65 years (2006 est.)

Administrative divisions of Saint Lucia : 11 quarters; Anse-la-Raye, Castries, Choiseul, Dauphin, Dennery, Gros-Islet, Laborie, Micoud, Praslin, Soufriere, Vieux-Fort

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