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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:
London ✓
Leeds ✓
Birmingham ✓
Manchester ✓
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:
Nepal ✓
Vatican City ✓
Ireland ✓
Brunei ✓
3. The largest city in all of Africa by urban population:
Lagos ✓
Addis Abeba ✓
Cairo ✓
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 ✓
Argentina ✓
Nepal ✓
Afghanistan ✓
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.
Lake Assal ✓
Aral sea ✓
Dead sea ✓
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:
Belize ✓
Haiti ✓
Bolivia ✓
Benin ✓
7. The most populous out of the -stans:
Uzbekistan ✓
Pakistan ✓
Afghanistan ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
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:
Finland ✓
Estonia ✓
Sweden ✓
Ukraine ✓
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:
China ✓
France ✓
Italy ✓
Spain ✓
Italy has got 53, China 52, Spain 46 and France 43.
10. One of these countries is an independent republic associated with the USA:
Samoa ✓
Tuvalu ✓
Micronesia ✓
Bahamas ✓
11. The full name of this country is ''Plurination state of (country here)'':
Colombia ✓
Papua New Guinea ✓
Bolivia ✓
D.R. Congo ✓
12. This country owns the westernmost spot of mainland Africa:
Guinea ✓
Mali ✓
Cabo Verde ✓
Senegal ✓
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:
Libya ✓
Iran ✓
Oman ✓
Yemen ✓
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:
Carson city ✓
Henderson ✓
Las Vegas ✓
Reno ✓
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.
divantilya
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Level 37
Feb 15, 2019
It's Addis Ababa.
Difluzi
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Level 80
Feb 15, 2019
''Addis Ababa, ''new flower''; or Addis Abeba (the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority); is the capital of Ethiopia.''
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