Countries Of The World

List Of European Capitals And Countries List Alphabetical: The functioning of a country is hand in glove with how its capital functions. There are different kinds of capital cities.  There are the National capitals and then the state capitals.  The governing of the state or the nation is primarily done from the seats of governance from this city.  There may be cases where the state capitals are shared between a couple of states. National capitals have changed but not shared.   The climate of a country may at times have had a say in how the capital is chosen and how long the capital is that city in a year.  For example, there could be winter capitals and summer capitals.  This is an old practice and may not be followed now.  The capital city is chosen by the government and more or less remains unchanged as the governments change. In Europe, we have some of the best in terms of liveability as capitals.  The toppers in that go to Stockholm, ...

List Of Countries European Union: The actual idea of the European Union is supposed to be years back in 1950 in the month of May and day of the 9th.  Therefore this day is celebrated as the Europe Day.  Initially there were six countries who signed the agreement of the European Economic Community.  It was signed in the year 1957.  The countries were Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Slowly other countries joined up with Ireland, Denmark, and UK joining in 1973.  The  joined Greece in the 80s along with the Spaniards and the Portuguese.  As years progressed, more countries joined and currently the member nations number to 28. The European Union offers trade without borders with a single market.  There is a single currency also in use with the Euro being used by 19 members of the Eurozone.  It has its own institutions and parliament.  The citizens of the Union in the Schengen Area have the right for fr...

List Of Capital Of Asia Countries: Capitals play an important part in the functioning of country.  We have national capitals and state capitals.  It is a representative to the world on how the entire nation would be governed.  Most of the seats of the government would be present in the capital city.  For example, for India, the capital of the nation is at New Delhi.  However, there are state capitals as well.  Some of the state capitals may be in fact shared like for example Chandigarh. However, sharing of national capitals of course would not be the case.  The capital city is so designated by the government.  There have been cases where the capital of a nation or a state has switched by the months due to the climatic conditions.  They would usually be called the summer capital and winter capital. In Asia, the capital cities vary in their happiness index and living conditions.  This of course is defined usually the economic cond...

South America Continent Countries Of Capital: The significance of a capital is a very evident in how they influence the economical and political futures of a country.  Usually all the powers that rest with a ruling entity resides in the capital defined by that entity.  If you consider the political setup of a country and then recognize the capitals of the world, there are two types of capitals.  The political mapping gives you the state capitals and the national capitals.  For states, there may be occasions where the state capital is shared between two states.  There could also be cases where there are two capitals for the nation divided on the principles of governance of its various ruling arms.  There could be other criterion too which determine capitals.  Climatic is one case when the summer and winter capitals come into being because of just that – climatic conditions.  The capitals usually have the centres of power concentrated there ...

List Of Asian Countries National Flags: Flags have a lot of significance in the world.  Other than it being a piece of cloth with some symbols and designs, there is a value attached to it which is symbolic and of great importance to the country or organization attached to it.  It may be of different colours or designs but have a lot of significance.  It could be the simplest of practical uses that the flag may be put to.  Let us say you have a ship which has lost all communication lines and you have another ship trying to determine the origin of the first ship. The means before them is of course to understand by the flag displayed by the first ship.  It could be raised every year on a particular day to commemorate independence day or national day.  It may be used to symbolise the stake a nation has in the history of a region, like the conquering of Everest and the national flags being displayed at the peak. It is of great interest if you emba...

List Of Domain Names For Top Level  Countries In Alphabetical Order: What do you understand by a domain name? Take for example the domain name as against .com.   Yes, that is familiar, isn’t it?  Thus these domain names are attached to the website addresses of the world.  Now, before we go further, is there anyone who does not understand the meaning of domain? If not, here is a short explanation.  A domain name stands for a string as per IT parlance which defines the authority, autonomy and control for an administrator on the internet for a particular site. These names have a set of rule and regulations to be followed called the DNS which only means Domain Name System.  The domain names help to distinguish internet resources from each other. These could be computers, services, or networks as the case maybe. They can also indicate ownership or control of a particular form of resource. Generic domains  gives a label to general section and not to sp...

List Of Capital City In  North America Countries: The capitals play a big part in how the functioning of a nation or a state goes forward.  The name capital in itself signifies the same.  The seat of power resides with the capital.  If you look at the type of capitals in the world, there are mainly two kind if you are looking with regard to political mapping. National capitals and state capitals.  There could be cases where you see that two capitals are not required for two states and hence a city is shared as a capital.  However, when it comes to National capitals, there is a always a requirement to have a single capital.  Only change would be when the capitals are determined by climatic changes in which case there may be a summer capital as well as a winter capital.  Governments choose capitals and its legislative, administrative, and judicial powers are usually centralized there. It is always interesting to learn more about the capi...

Countries And Capitals Of The World In Alphabetical Order: What is a capital?  It forms the seat of power for a nation or a state to function.  The country’s functioning is determined mainly by how its capital functions.  The success of the governance of the country is determined by how efficiently those in power are able to administer their power through the capital city.  Capital city of a state can be selected based on demographics, climatic conditions, etc.  There are cases where the capital can change for set parts of the year depending on the climate of the state.  These may be called summer capitals and winter capitals.  Capital cities for nations usually remain unchanged unless there is a big upheaval in the political climate of a nation. Now here are some interesting facts about the capitals of the world.  The facts are picked based on how they stand apart from the rest or based on some information which is interesting and worth...

Asian Countries: Asia is a landmass towards the eastern side of the Eurasian continent.  On its North side is the Arctic Ocean.  Towards its east we have the Pacific Ocean.  To the south of Asia lies the Indian Ocean.   Towards the west it has Africa (however it has the Suez canal separating it from Africa) and the Mediterranean sea and the black sea separating it from Europe.  The western border goes through the countries like Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.  This means that the countries are seen as part of both Europe and Asia.  Another two countries who are geographically in Asia but are part of Europe due to the cultural and political considerations are Cyprus and Armenia. Russia as everyone knows is the largest of countries in the world and hence the largest in Asia as well.  You can further understand the size of the country if you realize that 30% of Asia is Russia.  To the other extreme is the Maldives,...

List Of South American Countries: When you consider the supercontinent of the Americas, South America forms the complete southern part of it.  At its west is the Pacific Ocean; in the north, apart from the North American continent, there is the Atlantic Ocean, which also covers the east.  Northwest has the Caribbean Sea.  It is connected to North America at the Panama and Colombia state boundary.  There are three dependent territories and twelve independent countries here.  The largest and most known of the countries is Brazil which actually constitutes 50% of the main land area.  They also account for 52% of the territory.  We should also mention the smallest country, Suriname. The country originally had indigenous tribes and like many other countries in this region was explored and fought over by the European nations before the Dutch started ruling it in the 17th century.  It gained its independence in 1975. Another prominent country...

European Countries: Europe has a common border with Asia.  Eurasia is the motherland of which the north-western part region is occupied by Europe.   Towards the north Europe has the Arctic Ocean.  Towards the south, Europe has the Mediterranean Sea. You can see the Black Sea towards the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.  Since the continents of Europe and Asia are connected by a land mass, a distinction between the two was difficult to make.  Currently the border is mostly defined by the Caspian Sea, the Ural Mountains, and the Caucasus Mountains. Europe has 51 independent countries recognized.  Of these, five are called transcontinental countries because they are seen both in Europe and Asia. The countries to be specific are Georgia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkey.  Armenia and Cyprus also are part of Europe in a political and cultural sense.  The largest of the countries is Russia with its land mass occupying ...

African Countries: Africa has clearly defined border which are accurate.  The Mediterranean sea in the north separates it from Europe.  The Suez Canal separates it from Asia along with the huge water body of the Red Sea.  In the east it has the Indian Ocean which also is at its south east.  In the west there is the Atlantic Ocean.  There are fifty four independent nation in Africa.  The only country which is partly outside Africa is Egypt.  It has a small part of it in Asia on the farther shore of the Suez Canal.  However, for political purposes, the country belongs to African continent. The biggest country in Africa is Algeria.  The territory it covers is around seven percent of the continent.  The smallest nation is the Seychelles one of the nations which depend on its famous beaches to tout itself as a holiday destination par excellence.  It has more than a 100 islands along the eastern coast of the continent.  How...

North American Countries: The northern half of the new world is called the North American continent. It has the Arctic Ocean in the North.  Towards the east is the Atlantic Ocean.  In the west and south is the Pacific Ocean.  It has its only overland boarder with the southern part of the new world which runs along the boundary of Colombia and Panama.  There are a total of 23 independent states in North America.  The most famous of this is the United States while the largest is Canada.  Together they occupy almost 79% of the continent’s whole area.  The smallest countries are islands which are part of the Caribbean called Saint Kitts and Nevis. The smallest and most densely populated country in the central part of North America is El Salvador.  It had endured many political and economic upheavals culminating in the Salvadoran Civil War. This civil war ended by 1992.  Next we have the island country Grenada which also has six small is...

European Flags: What does a Flag represent?  It can be a piece of cloth which also can have a symbol which could have a meaning, can symbolize something, or is just a decoration.  It serves as an identity of the entity that it represents and is usually displayed to signal the entity or what it stands for.  It can have a very rudimentary use especially in conditions where it is difficult to communicate and may need some visual process by which to let the people know about the entity.  Did you know that the study of flags is called vexillology?  It is a Latin word meaning banner or flag. The most common and important flags in the world are of course the national flags.  National flags are respected and have very patriotic signage on it. Disrespect to a National Flag can land you in jail or worse in some countries.  European flags are known worldwide.  Especially, if you look at the flag of the United Kingdom, called the Union Jack, you wou...

South American Flags: A flag has a lot of connotations.  It can represent many things.  Admit that it may be just a piece of cloth with some designs and colours, but its significance goes much beyond that.  Flags can represent the true spirit of a country.  It can symbolize an organization.  It can feature and event.  It can be the spirit behind the struggle for independence of a nation, the one symbol around which a whole nation may have rallied for years.  It could symbolize an event like the conquering of a mountain by climbers after days of struggle.  Thus a piece of cloth becomes the most important part of a nation’s, states, organization’s reputation.  There are many practical purposes too for a flag. It can act as a means by which to recognize the identity of, let us say for example purposes, a artillery tank which is in a poor visibility area.  You are able to distinguish between friend and for visually.  This is of ut...

How Many World Continents: World continents What are continents?  They form the big large masses of the world.  They are defined mostly by convention rather than any strict criterion.  Geologically, continental crust also includes areas which are under water. First distinction between continents were made by ancient Greek mariners.  They gave the name Europe and Asia to the lands on both sides of the waterway of the Aegean Sea.  There are seven continents as identified by the world now. They include Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica. Asia has 50 countries and has an area of 43,820,000 square kilometres.  It has the biggest population amongst continents.  In fact, by numbers, 60 percent of the world’s population lives here.  The Mount Everest at 8,848 m is its highest point, in fact the highest point of earth. Africa has 54 countries and has an area of 30,370,000 square kilometres.  Conside...

North American Flags: The symbols plus the designs may not signify much to a lay person when it is made on a piece of cloth.  However, the minute it is made into a flag a symbol of an organization, state, or country, the significance is self evident and the simplest person would attach lots of respect to it.  While the respect garnered by the flag could be due to Nationalist values, it also can have the effect of gathering a nation’s spirit behind it.  However, it is not just about pride –  there are some practical reasons to that a flag is used for.  If you have a war on and there are ships plying the nights, the mere sporting of a national flag can mean the difference between life and death. North America Country Flags With Names We see flags being used to denote organizations like the UN or Red cross.  The commemoration of the independence of a country is usually through the raising of the independent nation’s flag. It could also mean something lik...

Area Wise Smallest Countries Of The World: Isn’t it funny that the smallest country in the world is the epicentre of one of the largest religious sect in the World?  We are talking about Vatican city, where the Pope resides.  The city comprises of a few old buildings, churches, and some parks.  It is placed at the center of Rome.  One distinct feature about this country is that although it has all the paraphernalia of a country if you are looking for a permanent resident, you may have only the Pope and the people who are employed in the Vatican and the global missions it has. If you look at the first ten countries, you would see that half of the countries are in Europe.  Monaco, the second smallest country at 2.02 sq. km, also is the home of one of the famous races in the world, the Monaco Grand Prix, Formula One race.  It gained its independence from the republic of Genoa in 1297. In the recently concluded Olympics, we had two athletes from the t...

Largest Countries Of The World: Ever wondered which are the largest countries of this world?  Many would have studied this at school, but many would have forgotten.  The largest would not be, although it has shrunk to Russia from the earlier USSR.  You may also not remember the order or the rank in the list.  Time to dust out those cobwebs and take a look at those names again and find where they stand with regard to the size of the country with regard to the area.  A few things to keep in mind would be that we are taking into account the land body as well as the water bodies.  Also included would the overseas territories of the countries to give the complete picture with the total area count. List Of The Biggest Countries In The World: So as said earlier, the largest one goes to Russia.  What would be the size of the country in square kilometre?  Any guess?  An enormous 17,098,242 sq.km.  This large surface area also means t...

Australia And Oceania Countries Capitals: The economical and political conditions of a country are decided at the capital of that country.  The powers that be are usually enshrined in the capital and is usually defined by the entity in power.  For political purposes, usually countries have a national capital and province or state capitals.  There are reasons why sometimes we share state capitals for two states.  There are also cases where the capitals can change as per the season like the summer capital and winter capital basically due to the climatic conditions. How Many Countries In Australia And Oceania Countries With Capitals City Sometimes the judicial wing and administrative wing of the ruling government are situated in two areas requiring two capitals to be required.  As can be seen, the capital of a state or country has a big significance in the history of the country and learning about the capitals can also give you plenty of insight into the hist...

List Of Countries In The World: Number Of Countries In The World Let us look at how a country is determined as a country by the world.  The sovereignty of a country is determined by the UN.  The process is slightly lengthy.  First the Security Council has to have a consent vote.  Not just that.  The permanent members have to give their consent.  The permanent members are China, USA, UK, France, Russia, and China.  Once they give consent, the matter is put to vote by the UN general assembly.  The vote has to be one by at least two-thirds of the votes.  These prolonged and detailed measures ensure that the country is accepted by most of the other countries and hence have a good diplomatic tie with all. Number Of Countries In The World: As per the above there are 193 countries accepted as independent countries worldwide.  Two others who are recognized as countries are two UN observers which are the Holy See (Vatican) and Palesti...

The Most Populated Countries Of The World: Do you know what the population of the world is?  At last count in 2015, we were at 7,34,94,72,000.  That is indeed a big number.  The sad part is it is not as well distributed as we would have liked it to be.  Most of this population live in Asia.  So it is no wonder that the most populated independent country is China.  The rapid growth happened over the last 66 years in China, which prompted the government to take some drastic steps. For some time there were strict regulations on the number of children you could have and the communist government went rigid on that for quite some time.  This had an effect on the age balance of the country with aged people more than younger.  Some of the sanctions have been therefore lifted by China to encourage a better balance. There are another 5 more countries from Asia in the top 10 most populated countries of the world.  The interesting fact is that ...