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Taiwan Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Taiwan Index: People History Administration Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Taiwan Relations PEOPLETaiwan has a population…

Missouri

  Missouri State Information Capital: Jefferson City Official Name: Missouri Organized as territory/republic: June 4, 1812 Entered Union (rank): August 10, 1821 (24th state) Present…

Utah

  Utah State Information Capital: Salt Lake City Official Name: Utah Organized as a territory/republic: September 9, 1850 Entered Union (rank): January 4, 1896 (45th state)  Present…

Sri Lanka

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Sri LankaSri Lankasrē längˈkə [key] [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (…

Tibet

(Encyclopedia) TibetTibettĭbĕtˈ [key], Tibetan Bodyul, Mandarin Xizang, autonomous region (2010 pop. 3,002,166), c.471,700 sq mi (1,221,700 sq km), SW China. A Chinese autonomous region since 1951,…

Germany Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Germany Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-German Relations PEOPLEMost inhabitants of Germany are…

Korea

(Encyclopedia) CE5 KoreaKoreakôrēˈə, kə– [key], Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. A peninsula, 600 mi (966 km) long, Korea separates the…

Libya

(Encyclopedia) CE5 LibyaLibyalĭbˈēə [key], republic (2015 est. pop. 6,235,000), 679,358 sq mi (1,759,540 sq km), N Africa. It borders on Algeria in the west, on Tunisia in the northwest, on the…

Greenland

(Encyclopedia) Greenland, Green. Kalaallit Nunaat, Dan. Grønland, the largest island in the world (2015 est. pop. 56,000), 836,109 sq mi (2,166,086 sq km), self-governing overseas administrative…