Countries by a Single Clue #5

Can you name the country that corresponds to each clue?
Answer must correspond to yellow box!
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First submittedMay 13, 2017
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Clue
Country
4,300 kilometers long, only 350 kilometers wide
Chile
Had a "one-child policy" until 2016
China
Its capital was captured (briefly) by Napoleon in 1812
Russia
Borders Haiti
Dominican Republic
Country whose spies work for MI6
United Kingdom
Dub and ska music come from here
Jamaica
Controls the Suez Canal
Egypt
Replaced its currency in 2018 - with one new Bolivar being worth 100,000 old ones
Venezuela
Country with the most Basque residents
Spain
According to legend, this microstate was founded by Saint Marinus in 301 A.D.
San Marino
Banned chewing gum in 1992
Singapore
Located between Algeria and Egypt
Libya
Birthplace of conjoined twins Eng and Chang
Thailand
Borders Romania and Turkey
Bulgaria
Completely surrounded by South Africa
Lesotho
Controls the islands of Java and Sulawesi
Indonesia
Where the ancient city of Carthage was located
Tunisia
Country that Tamil Tigers rebelled against
Sri Lanka
Where the Nile river meets Lake Victoria
Uganda
Former leader Niyazov commissioned a giant golden statue of himself that always rotated to face the sun
Turkmenistan
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Level 59
May 14, 2017
Keep this series going! Daily please.
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Level 76
May 21, 2017
Maybe say "Country where Lake Victoria drains into the Nile" because the Nile is also considered to flow into Lake Victoria in Tanzania. Other sources, though, state that Lake Victoria itself is the source of the Nile.
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Level 40
Jan 29, 2018
The Nile flows north because of the high elevation near the south of the nile, so it has no way of getting over them if the river goes south. It empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
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Level 73
May 14, 2020
I think the DR type-in shouldn't work for Dominican Republic for this quiz.
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Level ∞
May 14, 2020
Changed the clue, thanks!
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Level 63
Sep 16, 2020
If you wanted to be a pedant, there are places in the north east of Algeria where Tunisia and the Mediterranean are inbetween Algeria and Egypt - no Libya.
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Level 57
Oct 23, 2020
We do want to be pedant :D

Yeah, the question could be phrased "Borders both Algeria and Libya".

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Level 56
Jun 16, 2022
thats not pedantic, that doesnt even make sense
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Level 60
Nov 17, 2020
I thought the statue of Niyazov has been completely demolished but after googling I found out that it has been moved to a suburb from Ashgabat and the statue doesn't rotates anymore.
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Level 53
Nov 17, 2020
Siam should be accepted for the Eng and Chang question - It was known as Siam at that time.
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Level 61
Nov 19, 2020
Only missed Chile
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Level 48
Oct 23, 2022
Maybe put reggae music in the J clue… I think that genre is more recognizable and more people know it comes from J.
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Level 65
Jun 11, 2023
A statue always facing the sun, I hope it had sunglasses otherwise it would have been painful for it.
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Level 21
Jul 23, 2023
Chile is 4,300 kilometers wide and 350 kilometers long
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Level 67
Jul 23, 2023
Missed Jamaica and Turkmenistan
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Level 74
Jul 28, 2023
Thank you, West Wing, for putting the idea of the crazy Turkmen leader in my head for all eternity.
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Level 60
Feb 27, 2024
I cannot agree that the country of birth of a pair of conjoined twins is a matter of geography.