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State Department Notes on Trinidad and Tobago

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Political Conditions Foreign Relations U.S.-Trinidad and Tobago Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORY Prime Minister--Patrick…

Basques

(Encyclopedia) BasquesBasquesbăsks [key], people of N Spain and SW France. There are about 2 million Basques in the three Basque provs. and Navarre, Spain; some 250,000 in Labourd, Soule, and Lower…

Western Sahara

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Western Sahara, territory (2015 est. pop. 526,000), 102,703 sq mi (266,000 sq km), NW Africa, occupied by Morocco. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Morocco in…

Iberian Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Iberian MountainsIberian Mountainsībĭrˈēən [key], mountain system, extending c.250 mi (400 km) along the northeastern edge of the Meseta (central plateau), NE Spain. Moncayo (7,590 ft/…

Gandía

(Encyclopedia) Gandía Gandía gändēˈä [key], town, Valencia prov., E Spain, in a fertile garden region near the…

Maladetta Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Maladetta MountainsMaladetta Mountainsmälädĕtˈä [key], Span. Montes Malditos [Span.,=cursed mountains], massif of the central Pyrenees, NE Spain, near the French border. Its highest…

Simancas

(Encyclopedia) SimancasSimancassēmängˈkäs [key], village, Valladolid prov., NW Spain, in Castile and León. The castle, an old fort rebuilt in the 15th cent., contains the Spanish national archives.…

State Department Notes on Equatorial Guinea

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography History Political Conditions Defense U.S.-Equatorial Guinea Relations GEOGRAPHYThe majority of the Equatoguinean people are of Bantu…

Asturias

(Encyclopedia) Asturias Asturias äst&oomacr;ˈryäs [key], autonomous community and coextensive prov., 4,093 sq mi (10,602 sq km), and former kingdom, NW Spain, S of the…

Cádiz

(Encyclopedia) Cádiz Cádiz käˈdēth [key], city, capital of Cádiz prov., SW Spain, in Andalusia, on the…