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State Department Notes on Algeria

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Algerian Relations GEOGRAPHYAlgeria, the second-…

Kurdish History Timeline

by Borgna Brunner Related Links Turkey | Map KurdistanIraq Primer The Kurds have lived in a mountainous, roughly 74,000-square-mile region known as Kurdistan for the past…

Delaware

Delaware State Facts Entered Union: December 7, 1787 (1st State) Present constitution adopted: 1897 Fun Facts State abbreviation/Postal code: Del./DE Nicknames: Diamond State; First State;…

North Carolina

Capital: Raleigh State abbreviation/Postal code: N.C./NC Governor: Roy Cooper, D (to Jan. 2021)) Lieut. Governor: Dan Forest, R (…

Papal States

(Encyclopedia) Papal States, Ital. Lo Stato della Chiesa, from 754 to 1870 an independent territory under the temporal rule of the popes, also called the States of the Church and the Pontifical…

wind

(Encyclopedia) wind, flow of air relative to the earth's surface. A wind is named according to the point of the compass from which it blows, e.g., a wind blowing from the north is a north wind. The…

Vienna, city and province, Austria

(Encyclopedia) ViennaViennavēĕnˈə [key], Ger. Wien, city and province (1991 pop. 1,539,848), 160 sq mi (414 sq km), capital and largest city of Austria and administrative seat of Lower Austria, NE…

State Department Notes on Belgium

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography and People History Government and Political Conditions Economy U.S.-Belgian Relations GEOGRAPHY AND PEOPLEBelgium is located in…

State Department Notes on Bolivia

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History and Political Conditions Government Organization Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Bolivian Relations PEOPLEBolivia's ethnic…