Here are some interesting facts about Tuvalu which were chosen and researched especially for kids. Tuvalu Flag 1. Tuvalu is located in the Pacific Ocean and is part of a region called Oceania. The islands of Tuvalu lie in the South Pacific about half way between Australia and Hawaii. Tuvalu ...
Turkey Facts | Turkish People More than 84 million people live in Turkey. About one fifth of the Turkish people live in and around the country's biggest city Istanbul. Most people in Turkey live along the Bosporus strait and the Mediterranean coastline. Antalya harbour The vast majority of peo...
The event was first held in 1916 in honor of the 100th anniversary of Argentina’s independence—with Uruguay winning the inaugural title. It took place every one to four years before it adopted its current quadrennial format in 2007. The Copa América is governed by the Confederación Sudameric...
Paraná River, river of South America, the second longest after the Amazon, rising on the plateau of southeast-central Brazil and flowing generally south to the point where, after a course of 3,032 miles (4,880 km), it joins the Uruguay River to form the extensive Río de la Plata estu...
The formal parades are held in specially constructed arenas called Sambadromes designed by influential architect Oscar Niemeyer, inRio de Janeiro,São Paulo, and Porto Alegre, and the Sambadrome de Uruguaiana in Uruguaiana, where “escolas de samba” from Brazil and their counterparts inUruguayand...
(2013 est.): soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, wood, leather.Imports:$12.37 billion (2013 est.): road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery, tractors, chemicals, vehicle partsMajor trading partners:Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, China, U.S....
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1 May – Spring Day 8 June – Whitsunday 23 June – Victory Day 24 June – Midsummer Day or Jaanipäev 20 August – Day of Restoration of Independence: Estonia regains independence after Soviet times 24 December – Christmas Eve 25 December – Christmas Day ...
Lithuanian is spoken in: Argentina, the U.S., Norway and Uruguay, to name a few. The Republic of Uzupis in Vilnius has a statue of Frank Zappa as a replacement for a communist statue and a symbol of artistic freedom. Basketball, not football, is the most popular sport. It makes sense...
All in all, there are more than a dozen Hispanic countries and one territory: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. However, ma...