Delhi to serve as India’s administrative center. Its government is aconstitutionalrepublicthat represents a highlydiversepopulation consisting of thousands of ethnic groups and hundreds of languages. India became the world’s most populous country in 2023, according to estimates by theUnited Nations. ...
Meghalaya, state of India, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bounded by the Indian state of Assam to the north and northeast and by Bangladesh to the south and southwest. The state capital is Shillong, located in east-central Meghala
Bali, island and propinsi (or provinsi; province) in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the island of Java, separated by the narrow Bali Strait. Area province, 2,232 square miles (5,780 square km). Pop. (2000) pro
Reunion is an island of the Mascarene Islands that is a French overseas department and overseas region. It is located in the western Indian Ocean about 420 miles (680 km) east of Madagascar and 110 miles (180 km) southwest of Mauritius. The capital is Sa
The country’s name comes from the Latin word for silver,argentum, and Argentina is indeed a great source of valuable minerals. More important, however, has been Argentina’s production of livestock and cereals, for which it once ranked among the world’s wealthiest nations. Much of this agri...
Sri Lanka, islandcountrylying in theIndian Oceanand separated from peninsularIndiaby thePalk Strait. It is located between latitudes 5°55′ and 9°51′ N and longitudes 79°41′ and 81°53′ E and has a maximum length of 268 miles (432 km) and a maximum width of 139 miles (224 km...
come by way of England. This arrangement lasted until the combined effects of the Scottish economistAdam Smith’sWealth of Nations(1776), the loss of the American colonies, and the growth of a free-trade movement in Britain slowly brought it to an end in the first half of the 19th ...
South Florida doctors outraged over gangs destroying Haiti's only trauma hospital•Dec. 20, 2024, 1:37 AM ET (CBS) 2010 Haiti earthquake, large-scaleearthquakethat occurredJanuary12, 2010, on the West Indian island ofHispaniola,comprisingthe countries ofHaitiand theDominican Republic. Most severe...
Southeast Asia, vast region of Asia situated east of the Indian subcontinent and south of China. It consists of two dissimilar portions: a continental projection (commonly called mainland Southeast Asia) and a string of archipelagoes to the south and eas