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The United States of America is a constitutional federal republic located in North America, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. With a total area of approximately 9.8 million square kilometers, it is the fourth-largest country in the world. The nation encompasses a vast central plain, mountain rang... | 18,690 | {
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Akrotiri is one of two British Sovereign Base Areas on the island of Cyprus, located on the southwestern coast of the island as a peninsula in the Eastern Mediterranean. The geographic coordinates are 34 degrees and 37 minutes north latitude and 32 degrees and 58 minutes east longitude. The total area spans 123 square ... | 3,312 | {
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American Samoa is an unincorporated unorganized territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, roughly halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand. The territory consists of five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, plus two coral atolls known as Rose Island and Swains Island. W... | 5,053 | {
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The landlocked Principality of Andorra is one of the smallest states in Europe, situated high in the Pyrenees between France and Spain. For 715 years, from 1278 to 1993, Andorra operated under a unique coprincipality governed jointly by French and Spanish leaders. From 1607 onward, the French chief of state and the Bis... | 12,677 | {
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Albania declared independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912. The country was subsequently conquered by Italy in 1939 and occupied by Germany in 1943. Communist partisans took control in 1944, establishing a government that aligned first with the Soviet Union until 1960, then with China until 1978. In the early 1990s,... | 16,425 | {
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Anguilla is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, situated between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean east of Puerto Rico. The island lies at approximately 18 degrees 15 minutes north latitude and 63 degrees 10 minutes west longitude. It covers a total area of 91 square kilometers, making it about ... | 8,266 | {
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Angola is a country in Southern Africa occupying a narrow coastal strip along the South Atlantic Ocean between Namibia to the south and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north and east. The country extends inland across a narrow coastal plain that rises abruptly to a vast interior plateau. The mean elevation ... | 13,765 | {
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Algeria is a country in Northern Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea, situated between Morocco and Tunisia. Its territory covers approximately 2,381,740 square kilometers, making it slightly less than three and a half times the size of Texas. The country shares land borders totaling 6,734 kilometers with Libya, Mali... | 19,190 | {
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The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five oceans, positioned between Europe, Asia, and North America, and lying mostly north of the Arctic Circle. Its geographic center is located at 90 degrees north latitude and 0 degrees east longitude, essentially the North Pole. The ocean covers approximately 14,056,000 ... | 4,731 | {
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Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and driest continent on Earth. It is located almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and has a total area of about 14,200,000 square kilometers, making it the fifth-largest continent after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, and slightly less than 1.5 times the siz... | 7,119 | {
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Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation in the Caribbean, situated between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico. The islands lie at coordinates 17 degrees 3 minutes north latitude and 61 degrees 48 minutes west longitude. Antigua encompasses approximately 280 square kilomete... | 8,611 | {
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The Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands consists of two groups of islands in the Indian Ocean, situated midway between northwestern Australia and Timor island. The territory includes Ashmore Reef, which comprises West, Middle, and East Islets, and Cartier Island. The total land area is approximately five square ki... | 2,441 | {
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Armenia is a landlocked nation in southwestern Asia positioned between Turkey to the west and Azerbaijan to the east. The country covers an area of 29,743 square kilometers, slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Maryland. Armenia's borders extend 996 kilometers with Azerbaijan, 311 kilometers with Turkey, 219 kilomet... | 5,528 | {
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Aruba is a small island territory in the southern Caribbean Sea, situated approximately 12 degrees north latitude and 70 degrees west longitude, lying north of the Venezuelan coast. The island covers 180 square kilometers, making it slightly larger than Washington, D.C., and has no land boundaries. The coastline extend... | 8,406 | {
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The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans, surpassed only by the Pacific Ocean. It exceeds the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean in size. Several important strategic waterways provide access to the Atlantic, including the Kiel Canal in Germany, the Oresund linking Denmark and Swed... | 5,859 | {
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Azerbaijan is a country in southwestern Asia, located on the Caspian Sea between Iran and Russia. It occupies approximately 86,600 square kilometers and includes the exclave of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic as well as the Nagorno-Karabakh region, whose autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijan in 1991. The terrain consists... | 6,899 | {
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Austria is a landlocked nation in central Europe, bordered by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. Its total area spans approximately 83,871 square kilometers, making it roughly comparable in size t... | 8,211 | {
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Argentina is a country in southern South America, occupying the Atlantic coast between Chile and Uruguay with a total area of approximately 2.78 million square kilometers, making it the ninth-largest country in the world and slightly less than three-tenths the size of the United States. It shares land borders totaling ... | 15,126 | {
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The Bahamas is a Commonwealth realm located in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida and northeast of Cuba. The archipelago consists of approximately 700 islands and cays spanning a total area of 13,880 square kilometers, with a land area of 10,010 square kilometers. The country has no land boundaries and a co... | 7,322 | {
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Ahmad Shah DURRANI unified the Pashtun tribes and founded Afghanistan in 1747. The country served as a buffer between the British and Russian Empires until it won independence from notional British control in 1919. A brief experiment in increased democracy ended in a 1973 coup and a 1978 communist countercoup. The Sovi... | 23,416 | {
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Bahrain is a constitutional monarchy on an archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia. The country achieved independence from the United Kingdom on August 15, 1971. The name Bahrain means "the two seas" in Arabic, referring to the water bodies surrounding the islands. The Al-Khalifa family, a Sunni dynasty, ... | 7,026 | {
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Australia is a continent in Oceania bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west and the South Pacific Ocean to the east, situated at approximately 27 degrees south latitude and 133 degrees east longitude. The country encompasses approximately 7.7 million square kilometers, ranking seventh in the world by area and slightly... | 7,734 | {
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Bangladesh occupies a deltaic region in Southern Asia, bordered by India to the west, north, and east, and Burma to the southeast. The Bay of Bengal lies to the south. The country spans approximately 148,460 square kilometers, making it slightly larger than Pennsylvania and New Jersey combined. Its terrain is mostly fl... | 10,779 | {
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Belgium is a Western European nation bordering the North Sea between France and the Netherlands. The country covers 30,528 square kilometers, comparable in size to Maryland. Its land boundaries total 1,297 kilometers, shared with France (556 kilometers), the Netherlands (478 kilometers), Germany (133 kilometers), and L... | 7,053 | {
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Barbados is an island nation in the Caribbean, located in the North Atlantic Ocean northeast of Venezuela. The island covers 430 square kilometers, making it approximately 2.5 times the size of Washington, D.C. It has no land boundaries but a coastline of 97 kilometers. Barbados claims a territorial sea of 12 nautical ... | 8,333 | {
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Benin occupies a coastal strip in West Africa along the Bight of Benin, bordered by Nigeria to the east, Togo to the west, Burkina Faso to the northwest, and Niger to the north. The country covers approximately 112,622 square kilometers, an area slightly smaller than Pennsylvania. Its coastline spans 121 kilometers, wh... | 9,265 | {
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After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than have any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political ... | 16,617 | {
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Bermuda is a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, located east of South Carolina, at approximately 32 degrees north latitude and 64 degrees west longitude. The territory spans approximately 54 square kilometers, making it about one-third the size of Washington, DC, and holds a global rank of 232 by area. Bermu... | 10,888 | {
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Belize is a small country on the Caribbean coast of Central America, bordered by Mexico to the north and Guatemala to the west and south. The country's geographic coordinates place it at approximately 17 degrees 15 minutes north latitude and 88 degrees 45 minutes west longitude. Belize covers 22,966 square kilometers, ... | 26,297 | {
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Bhutan is a landlocked kingdom in Southern Asia, situated between China and India. The country covers approximately 38,394 square kilometers, an area slightly larger than Maryland, and is ranked 137th in the world by total area. Bhutan shares land boundaries totaling 1,136 kilometers: 477 kilometers with China and 659 ... | 9,834 | {
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Bolivia is a landlocked nation in central South America, southwest of Brazil, occupying approximately 1.1 million square kilometers of territory. The country shares borders with Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay to the southeast, Argentina to the south, Chile to the southwest, and Peru to the west, with a total la... | 8,546 | {
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Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in southeastern Europe, bordering Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, with a small coastline along the Adriatic Sea extending approximately 20 kilometers. The country covers an area of 51,197 square kilometers, making it slightly smaller than West Virginia. Its geographic coordinates cent... | 13,750 | {
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Botswana is a landlocked nation in southern Africa, bordered by Namibia to the west and north, Zambia to the north, Zimbabwe to the northeast, and South Africa to the south and southeast. The country occupies approximately 581,730 square kilometers, making it slightly smaller than Texas and nearly four times the size o... | 17,118 | {
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The British Indian Ocean Territory is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom consisting of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, situated south of India roughly halfway between Africa and Indonesia. The territory was established in 1965, formerly part of the British Crown Colony of Mauritius. Following the i... | 5,855 | {
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The British Virgin Islands is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico. The territory comprises 16 inhabited islands and more than 20 uninhabited islands, with Tortola, Anegada, Virgin Gorda, and Jost ... | 7,147 | {
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Bouvet Island is an uninhabited volcanic landmass situated in the South Atlantic Ocean, approximately 1,639 kilometers southwest of Antarctica and southwest of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Situated at coordinates 54°26'S, 3°24'E, it holds the distinction of being the most remote island on Earth, as no other p... | 2,299 | {
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Brazil is the largest and most populous country in South America, occupying roughly 8.5 million square kilometers and ranking sixth in the world by area. The country spans most of the continent's eastern coast along the Atlantic Ocean and extends inland across a wide range of terrain, from mostly flat and rolling lowla... | 15,364 | {
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Bulgaria is a country located in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea between Romania and Turkey. The nation occupies approximately 110,879 square kilometers of territory, making it roughly comparable in size to the state of Virginia and slightly larger than Tennessee. Bulgaria shares land borders totaling 1,80... | 13,149 | {
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Burkina Faso is a landlocked nation in Western Africa situated north of Ghana, with its capital at Ouagadougou at approximately 12 degrees north latitude and 1 degree west longitude. The country covers approximately 274,200 square kilometers, ranking 76th globally in total area and being slightly larger than the U.S. s... | 13,748 | {
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Brunei Darussalam is a sultanate located in southeastern Asia along the northern coast of the island of Borneo, bordered by Malaysia and the South China Sea. The country's geographic coordinates are approximately 4 degrees 30 minutes north latitude and 114 degrees 40 minutes east longitude. Brunei covers a total area o... | 15,209 | {
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Burma is a Southeast Asian country bordering the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal, positioned between Bangladesh and Thailand. Its geographic coordinates are 22 degrees north latitude and 98 degrees east longitude. The country covers approximately 676,578 square kilometers, making it slightly smaller than Texas, with 653,... | 25,937 | {
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Cabo Verde is an archipelago nation located in the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately 570 kilometers west of Senegal. The country's nine inhabited islands have a total area of 4,033 square kilometers, making it slightly larger than the US state of Rhode Island. The landscape is steep, rugged, and volcanic, with the hi... | 9,123 | {
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Cameroon is a Central African nation situated on the Gulf of Guinea coast, bordered by Nigeria to the west, Chad and the Central African Republic to the east, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea to the south. The country covers approximately 475,440 square kilometers, making it slightly larger than ... | 10,126 | {
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Canada is a vast nation occupying the northern extent of North America, bordered by the North Atlantic Ocean to the east, the North Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Arctic Ocean to the north. The country encompasses approximately 9.98 million square kilometers, making it the third-largest country by total area and sl... | 9,910 | {
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Burundi is a landlocked nation in Central-East Africa bordered by Tanzania, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Lake Tanganyika. The country covers approximately 27,830 square kilometers, making it slightly smaller than Maryland, and shares 1,140 kilometers of land boundaries with Tanzania at 589 kilomete... | 17,703 | {
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The Cayman Islands are a British overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea, consisting of three islands: Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman. The islands lie 240 kilometers south of Cuba and 268 kilometers northwest of Jamaica. Geographic coordinates place the territory at 19 degrees 30 minutes north latitude an... | 6,550 | {
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The Central African Republic is a landlocked nation in Central Africa situated north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country encompasses approximately 622,984 square kilometers of territory, making it slightly smaller than Texas, and ranks 46th globally by area. It shares borders with six countries: the De... | 11,372 | {
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Cambodia is a country in southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos, at approximately 13°N, 105°E. The country covers a total area of 181,035 square kilometers, with 176,515 square kilometers of land and 4,520 square kilometers of water, making it roughly one and a half times... | 16,121 | {
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Clipperton Island is an uninhabited coral atoll situated in the North Pacific Ocean approximately 1,120 kilometers southwest of Mexico. The island lies at coordinates 10 degrees 17 minutes north latitude and 109 degrees 13 minutes west longitude. Covering a total area of 6 square kilometers, Clipperton ranks 248th in t... | 1,925 | {
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Chile is a country occupying a narrow strip along the western edge of South America, stretching approximately 4,300 kilometers from the border with Peru and Bolivia in the north to the southern tip of the continent. The country is situated at approximately 30 degrees south latitude and 71 degrees west longitude, border... | 12,685 | {
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Christmas Island is a non-self-governing overseas territory of Australia located in the southeastern Indian Ocean, approximately 360 kilometers south of Java, Indonesia. The island occupies an area of 135 square kilometers, roughly three-quarters the size of Washington, D.C. The coastline stretches approximately 139 ki... | 4,156 | {
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Chad is a landlocked nation in Central Africa situated south of Libya, spanning approximately 1,284,000 square kilometers to rank as the twenty-second largest country in the world. The terrain consists of broad, arid plains in the central zone, desert conditions in the north, mountains in the northwest, and lowlands in... | 8,346 | {
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The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are a group of 27 coral islands located in the southeastern Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka. The islands were discovered by Captain William Keeling in 1609 but remained uninhabited until the 19th century. From the 1820s until 1978, members ... | 4,681 | {
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The Union of the Comoros is an island nation located in the southern Indian Ocean, approximately two-thirds of the distance between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique at coordinates 12 degrees 10 minutes south latitude and 44 degrees 15 minutes east longitude. The archipelago consists of three main islands: Gr... | 9,089 | {
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China's historical civilization dates from at least 1200 B.C., and from the 3rd century B.C. for the next two millennia the country alternated between periods of unity and disunity under a succession of imperial dynasties. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, China was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military de... | 20,788 | {
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The Coral Sea Islands are a scattered collection of small islands and reefs spanning more than three-quarters of a million square kilometers of ocean in the Coral Sea, northeast of Australia. The territory was declared part of Australia in 1969, with the Coral Sea Islands Act 1969 later amended in 1997 to extend bounda... | 2,063 | {
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Costa Rica is a Central American nation bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, situated between Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. The country spans 51,100 square kilometers, slightly smaller than West Virginia, with land boundaries totaling 661 kilometers and a coastline of 1,290 ki... | 8,308 | {
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The Cook Islands is a group of fifteen islands located in the South Pacific Ocean, situated roughly midway between Hawaii and New Zealand at coordinates 21 degrees 14 minutes south latitude and 159 degrees 46 minutes west longitude. The total land area spans 236 square kilometers, comparable to approximately 1.3 times ... | 10,377 | {
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Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is located in northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea between Panama and Venezuela and the North Pacific Ocean between Ecuador and Panama. The country covers approximately 1.14 million square kilometers, making it slightly less than twice the size of Texas and ... | 23,636 | {
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The Republic of the Congo is a Central African nation bordering the South Atlantic Ocean between Angola and Gabon. With a total area of approximately 342,000 square kilometers, the country is slightly smaller than Montana and about twice the size of Florida. The nation's terrain consists of a coastal plain, southern an... | 8,316 | {
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast central African nation with a complex history shaped by indigenous kingdoms, colonial rule, and post-independence conflict. The Kingdom of Kongo ruled the area around the mouth of the Congo River from the 14th to 19th centuries, while the Kingdoms of Luba and Lunda governe... | 20,329 | {
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Cote d'Ivoire occupies a coastal strip in West Africa along the North Atlantic Ocean, bordered by Ghana to the east and Liberia to the west. Its northern border extends into the Sahel zone, where it meets Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali. The country spans approximately 322,463 square kilometers, ranking 70th globally, a... | 8,621 | {
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Curacao is a small island in the southern Caribbean Sea, situated approximately 55 kilometers off the coast of Venezuela. The island has a tropical marine climate moderated by northeast trade winds, resulting in mild temperatures, though rainfall is limited at around 60 centimeters per year, giving the terrain a semiar... | 8,793 | {
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Cyprus is an island nation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, positioned south of Turkey, with a total area of 9,251 square kilometers. The island's highest point is Mount Olympus at 1,951 meters, while the central plain sits at a mean elevation of 91 meters. Cyprus has a temperate Mediterranean climate characterized by... | 10,672 | {
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Cuba is an island nation located in the Caribbean between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately 150 kilometers south of Key West, Florida. The country covers an area of 110,860 square kilometers, with 109,820 square kilometers of land and 1,040 square kilometers of water, making it slightly smal... | 10,580 | {
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Dhekelia is one of two British Sovereign Base Areas on the island of Cyprus, established by the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus. The UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over these areas, which total approximately 254 square kilometers combined. Dhekelia, also refer... | 3,134 | {
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Czechia is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Poland to the north, Slovakia to the east, and Austria to the south. The total area is 78,867 square kilometers, making it about two-thirds the size of Pennsylvania. With 2,143 kilometers of land boundaries, Czechia shares its longest bo... | 9,764 | {
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Croatia is located in southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. The country covers 56,594 square kilometers, with 55,974 square kilometers of land and 620 square kilometers of water, making it slightly smaller than West Virginia. It shares 2,237 kilometers of land boun... | 16,369 | {
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Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. However, the country has opted out of certain elements of the E... | 15,352 | {
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Djibouti is situated in Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea between Eritrea and Somalia. The country covers approximately 23,200 square kilometers, making it slightly smaller than New Jersey, with 23,180 square kilometers of land and 20 square kilometers of water. Djibouti's total land boundaries... | 15,724 | {
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The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola, an island in the Caribbean between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. The country borders Haiti along its western border and has a coastline of 1,288 kilometers. Its geographic coordinates are approximately 19 degrees north latitude and ... | 10,506 | {
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Ecuador is located in western South America, straddling the equator between Colombia and Peru along the Pacific coast. The country covers approximately 283,561 square kilometers, including the Galapagos Islands, making it slightly smaller than Nevada. Quito, the capital, sits at the geographic coordinates of roughly 0 ... | 12,911 | {
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Egypt occupies the northeastern corner of the African continent, spanning latitudes 27 degrees north and longitudes 30 degrees east. The country covers approximately 1,001,450 square kilometers, making it slightly more than three times the size of New Mexico. Egypt shares land boundaries totaling 2,612 kilometers with ... | 13,934 | {
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Equatorial Guinea is a Central African nation situated on the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by Cameroon to the north and Gabon to the east and south. The country's territory encompasses mainland regions plus the island of Bioko in the Gulf. The total land area spans approximately 28,051 square kilometers, making it slightly... | 10,760 | {
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Eritrea is a country in Eastern Africa bordering the Red Sea, situated between Djibouti and Sudan. The nation covers approximately 117,600 square kilometers, making it slightly smaller than Pennsylvania. It shares land borders totaling 1,840 kilometers with Djibouti to the southeast at 125 kilometers, Ethiopia to the s... | 16,678 | {
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El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A twelve-year civil war that claimed approximately 75,000 lives ended in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a peace treaty providing for military and political reforms. The country continues to face ch... | 14,323 | {
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"country": "El Salvador",
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Eswatini is a landlocked kingdom in Southern Africa, bordered by Mozambique to the east and South Africa to the north, west, and south. The country spans 17,364 square kilometers, making it slightly smaller than New Jersey, with geographic coordinates of 26°30'S, 31°30'E. Eswatini has a total of 546 kilometers of land ... | 9,186 | {
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Ethiopia is a federal parliamentary republic located in Eastern Africa, with a population of approximately 108 million people as of 2020. It is the oldest independent nation in Africa and the second most populous country on the continent. The country maintained its sovereignty through most of the colonial era, with onl... | 10,943 | {
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After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. The country was forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, an action never recognized by the United States and many other countries, and it regained its freedom in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. After the... | 16,573 | {
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The Faroe Islands is a self-governing archipelago situated in the Northern Atlantic, positioned roughly midway between Iceland and Norway. The islands occupy a total area of 1,393 square kilometers with no land boundaries and approximately 1,117 kilometers of coastline. The highest point on the islands is Slaettaratind... | 7,006 | {
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The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean approximately 500 kilometers east of southern Argentina. The islands encompass a total area of 12,173 square kilometers, roughly the size of Connecticut, and consist primarily of East and West Falkland along with about 200 smaller islands. The geograph... | 9,998 | {
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The European Union stands as an unprecedented political construction in modern history. What began as a regional economic agreement among six neighboring states in 1951 has evolved into a hybrid intergovernmental and supranational organization comprising 27 countries across the European continent. Though not a federati... | 11,957 | {
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Fiji is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean, approximately two-thirds of the distance from Hawaii to New Zealand. The country spans a total area of 18,274 square kilometers, making it slightly smaller than New Jersey. Fiji has no land boundaries but maintains a coastline of 1,129 kilometers. The nation ... | 11,975 | {
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Finland is a Nordic republic situated in Northern Europe, bordered by Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, and Norway to the north, with coastlines along the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland. The country spans approximately 338,145 square kilometers, ranking 66th globally in area, and is slightly mor... | 6,839 | {
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The Gambia is a small West African nation bordered by Senegal on three sides and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The country occupies approximately 11,300 square kilometers, making it slightly less than twice the size of Delaware, and ranks 166th globally in total area. Its coastline stretches 80 kilometers along the A... | 11,034 | {
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France, officially the French Republic, is a modern European nation and a leading global power. It holds permanent membership on the United Nations Security Council and participates in NATO, the G-7, the G-20, the European Union, and numerous other multilateral organizations. France rejoined NATO's integrated military ... | 18,052 | {
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The Gaza Strip is a narrow territory on the eastern Mediterranean coast, situated between Egypt and Israel. It lies at approximately 31 degrees 25 minutes north latitude and 34 degrees 20 minutes east longitude. The territory covers 360 square kilometers, making it slightly more than twice the size of Washington, D.C. ... | 7,673 | {
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French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of France located in Oceania, comprising five archipelagoes (the Tuamotu Archipelago, the Gambier Islands, the Marquesas Islands, the Austral Islands, and the Society Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean roughly halfway between South America and Australia. The territory spans... | 10,732 | {
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Gabon is situated in Central Africa, straddling the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon to the north and the Republic of the Congo to the east and south. The country covers approximately 267,667 square kilometers, slightly smaller than Colorado, with land boundaries extending 3,261... | 10,154 | {
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Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a central European nation bordering the Baltic and North Seas between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark. With a total area of 357,022 square kilometers, it ranks 64th globally and is slightly smaller than Montana, about three times the size of Pennsylva... | 17,874 | {
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Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is located in Southern Europe at approximately 39 degrees north latitude and 22 degrees east longitude. The country occupies a peninsula and numerous islands in the eastern Mediterranean, bordered by Albania to the northwest, Macedonia to the north, Bulgaria to the north, and T... | 14,645 | {
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Georgia is a country in southwestern Asia bordering the Black Sea between Turkey and Russia, with a portion of its territory extending north of the Caucasus into Europe. The country views itself as European, though geopolitically it can be classified as falling within Europe, the Middle East, or both. Georgia's geograp... | 18,700 | {
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Gibraltar is a self-governing British Overseas Territory located on the southern coast of Spain at the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, where the sea connects with the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory covers approximately 7 square kilometers of land, with a coastline of 12 kilomet... | 7,614 | {
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Greenland, the world's largest island, is situated in Northern North America between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada. The island spans approximately 2,166,086 square kilometers, making it slightly more than three times the size of Texas, with a coastline of roughly 44,087 kilometers a... | 7,001 | {
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Grenada is a volcanic island nation in the Caribbean, situated between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean north of Trinidad and Tobago. The island measures 344 square kilometers in total area, roughly twice the size of Washington, D.C., and has a coastline of 121 kilometers. The highest point is Mount Saint Cathe... | 9,138 | {
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Guam is an island territory of the United States located in the North Pacific Ocean, approximately three-quarters of the distance between Hawaii and the Philippines. The island covers 544 square kilometers and is about three times the size of Washington, DC. It has no land boundaries and a coastline of 125.5 kilometers... | 5,912 | {
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Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast. It has a total area of 108,889 square kilometers, making it slightly smaller than Pennsylvania. T... | 17,825 | {
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Guinea is located in Western Africa, bordered by the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone. The country occupies approximately 245,857 square kilometers, ranking eighty-second globally, and is slightly smaller than Oregon. Guinea shares land borders with six nations: Mali to the northeast (1,062 ... | 11,046 | {
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Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Duchy of Normandy, which held sway in both France and England. The islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops during World War II. The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a self-governing British Crown dependency that is not part ... | 9,089 | {
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands are uninhabited, sub-Antarctic territories located in the Indian Ocean, approximately two-thirds of the distance from Madagascar to Antarctica. The geographic coordinates are 53 degrees 06 minutes south latitude and 72 degrees 31 minutes east longitude. The territory covers a total are... | 2,358 | {
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