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Venezuela

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  Venezuela  , officially the  Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  is a country on the northern coast of  South America , consisting of a continental landmass and many small islands and  islets  in the  Caribbean Sea . It has a territorial extension of 916,445 km 2  (353,841 sq mi) and the population of Venezuela was estimated at 28 million in 2019.The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of  Caracas . The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the  Atlantic Ocean , on the west by  Colombia ,  Brazil  on the south,  Trinidad and Tobago  to the north-east and on the east by  Guyana . The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to  Guayana Esequiba . Venezuela is a  federal   presidential republic  consisting of  23 states , the  Capital District  and  federal dependencies  covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America;  the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the

Morroco

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  Morocco  ,officially the  Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in the  Maghreb  region of  North Africa . It overlooks the  Mediterranean Sea  to the north and the  Atlantic Ocean  to the west, with land borders with  Algeria  to  the east  and  Western Sahara  ( status disputed ) to  the south . Morocco also claims the  exclaves  of  Ceuta ,  Melilla  and  Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera , all of them under  Spanish  jurisdiction, as well as several small  Spanish-controlled islands  off its coast.The capital is  Rabat  and the largest city is  Casablanca .Morocco spans an area of 710,850 km 2  (274,460 sq mi) and has a population of over 36 million. Since the foundation of the  first Moroccan state  by  Idris I  in 788 AD, the country has been ruled by a series of independent dynasties, reaching its zenith under  Almoravid  and  Almohad  rule, when it spanned parts of  Iberia  and northwestern Africa.The  Portuguese Empire  began in Morocco in the 15th century, following Portugues

South Africa

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  South Africa , officially the  Republic of South Africa  ( RSA ), is the southernmost country in  Africa . With over 59 million people, it is the world's  24th-most populous nation  and covers an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres (471,445 sq mi). South Africa has three capital cities: executive  Pretoria , judicial  Bloemfontein  and legislative  Cape Town . The largest city is  Johannesburg . About 80% of South Africans are of  Black African  ancestry,divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking  different African languages .The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of  European ,  Asian , and  multiracial  ancestry. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of  Southern Africa  stretching along the  South Atlantic  and  Indian Oceans ;to the north by the neighbouring countries of  Namibia ,  Botswana , and  Zimbabwe ; and to the east and northeast by  Mozambique  and  Eswatini  (former Swaziland); and it surrounds

Ethiopia

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  Ethiopia , officially the  Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia , is a  landlocked country  in  East Africa . It shares borders with  Eritrea  to the north,  Djibouti  to the northeast,  Somalia  to the east,  Kenya  to the south,  South Sudan  to the west and  Sudan  to the northwest. With over 109 million inhabitants as of 2019, Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world and the second-most populous nation on the  African continent  (after  Nigeria ). The country has a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometres (420,000 sq mi). Its capital and largest city is  Addis Ababa , which lies a few miles west of the  East African Rift  that splits the country into the  African  and  Somali  tectonic plates. Ethiopian national identity is grounded in the historic and contemporary roles of Christianity and Islam, and the independence of Ethiopia from foreign rule, stemming from the various ancient Ethiopian kingdoms of antiquity. Some of the oldest skeletal evidence for

Hungary

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  Hungary   is a  country  in  Central Europe .Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) in the  Carpathian Basin , it borders  Slovakia  to the north,  Ukraine  to the northeast,  Romania  to the east and southeast,  Serbia  to the south,  Croatia  and  Slovenia  to the southwest, and  Austria  to the west. With about 10 million inhabitants, Hungary is a  medium-sized member state  of the  European Union .The  official language  is  Hungarian , which is the most widely spoken  Uralic language  in the world, and among the few non- Indo-European languages  to be widely spoken in Europe.Hungary's capital and  largest city  is  Budapest ; other major urban areas include  Debrecen ,  Szeged ,  Miskolc ,  Pécs , and  Győr . The territory of present Hungary was for centuries inhabited by a succession of peoples, including  Celts ,  Romans ,  Germanic tribes ,  Huns ,  West Slavs  and the  Avars . The foundations of the Hungarian state were established in the late ninth century AD

Austria

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  Austria  , officially the  Republic of Austria  is a  landlocked   East Alpine  country in the southern part of  Central Europe . It is composed of nine  federated states , one of which is  Vienna , Austria's capital and its largest city. It is bordered by  Germany  to the northwest, the  Czech Republic  to the north,  Slovakia  to the northeast,  Hungary  to the east,  Slovenia  and  Italy  to the south, and  Switzerland  and  Liechtenstein  to the west. Austria occupies an area of 83,879 km 2  (32,386 sq mi) and has a population of nearly 9 million  people . While  German  is the country's  official language ,many Austrians communicate informally in a variety of  Bavarian dialects . Austria initially emerged as a  margraviate  around 976 and developed into a  duchy  and  archduchy . In the 16th century, Austria started serving as the heart of the  Habsburg Monarchy  and the junior branch of the  House of Habsburg  – one of the most influential  royal dynasties  in history.