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Geography facts #1

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1. This is the biggest city in the UK by urban area population that is not the capital:
Manchester
London
Leeds
Birmingham
About 2.6 M people live in Birmingham, 2.5 M in Manchester and 2.2 M in Leeds
2. The only country without a rectangular flag:
Ireland
Vatican City
Nepal
Brunei
3. The largest city in all of Africa by urban population:
Cairo
Addis Abeba
Lagos
Johannesburg
At 21 M people Lagos is estimated to be Africas fastest growing city, already being the largest one.
4. The arguably highest unclimbed mountain in the world lies within this country:
Bhutan
Nepal
Afghanistan
Argentina
With its 7570 m the Guangkhar Puensum is prohibited to be climbed in respect for local beliefs
5. This freshwater lake had formerly been the fourth largest in the world, today it's only a tenth of its size.
Dead sea
Aral sea
Lake Assal
Owens lake
It shrank due to divertion of the main inflows for cotton production in the 1960's.
6. This countries flag got humans on it:
Bolivia
Belize
Haiti
Benin
7. The most populous out of the -stans:
Afghanistan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Pakistan
About 208.000 M people live in Pakistan, the second most populous -stan is Afghanistan with about 31 M
8. This country fought against the USSR in the winter war:
Sweden
Ukraine
Estonia
Finland
This war between the USSR and Finland lasted from 30th of November 1939 until the 13th of March 1940
9. Country with the most UNESCO world heritage sites:
Spain
France
Italy
China
Italy has got 53, China 52, Spain 46 and France 43.
10. One of these countries is an independent republic associated with the USA:
Micronesia
Tuvalu
Bahamas
Samoa
11. The full name of this country is ''Plurination state of (country here)'':
Papua New Guinea
D.R. Congo
Bolivia
Colombia
12. This country owns the westernmost spot of mainland Africa:
Cabo Verde
Guinea
Senegal
Mali
Cap Verd, Senegal is the most western point on mainland Africa.
13. This country is home to the highest percentage of muslims in the Ibadi branch:
Yemen
Iran
Libya
Oman
Ibadites make up about 40-45% of Oman, there is an important minority of Sunni, whereas theres only about 2% Shia.
14. The state capital of Nevada:
Reno
Las Vegas
Carson city
Henderson
15. Biggest lake in mesoamerica:
Lake Nicaragua
Lake Petén Itzá
Lake Chapala
Lake Atitlán
Lake Nicaraguas size of 8.264 km² makes it the largest in mesoamerica.
2 Comments
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Level 37
Feb 15, 2019
It's Addis Ababa.
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Level 81
Feb 15, 2019
''Addis Ababa, ''new flower''; or Addis Abeba (the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority); is the capital of Ethiopia.''