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    Country Profile: Afghanistan Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Afghanistan, August 2008 COUNTRY PROFILE: AFGHANISTAN August 2008 COUNTRY Formal Name: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Dowlat-e Eslami-ye-Afghanestan). Short Form: Afghanistan. Term for Citizen(s): Afghan(s). Click to Enlarge Image Capital: Kabul. Major Cities: Herat (Hirat), Jalalabad, Kandahar (Qandahar), Kondoz (Kunduz), and Mazar-e Sharif. Independence: Afghanistan recognizes its independence day as August 19, the date in 1919...
    • Contributor: Glenn E. Curtis
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    Country Profile: Algeria Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Algeria, May 2008 COUNTRY PROFILE: ALGERIA May 2008 COUNTRY Formal Name: People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria (Al Jumhuriyah al Jazairiyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Shabiyah). Short Form: Algeria (Al Jazair). Click to Enlarge Image Term for Citizen(s): Algerian(s). Capital: Algiers, with a population of about 1.7 million, or 3 million including suburbs, in 2004. Major Cities:...
    • Contributor: Seth L. Elan
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    Country Profile: Australia Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Australia, September 2005 COUNTRY PROFILE: AUSTRALIA September 2005 COUNTRY Formal Name: Commonwealth of Australia. Short Form: Australia. Term for Citizen(s): Australian(s). Capital: Canberra. Major Cities: In order of size, the largest cities in Australia are Sydney (4.2 million), Melbourne (3.6 million), Brisbane (1.7 million), Perth (1.4 million), and Canberra (323,000). Independence: The British colonies of...
    • Contributor: Benjamin Flowers
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    Country Profile: Bolivia Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Bolivia, January 2006 COUNTRY PROFILE: BOLIVIA January 2006 COUNTRY Formal Name: Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia). Short Form: Bolivia. Term for Citizen(s): Bolivian(s). Capitals: La Paz (executive) and Sucre (judicial). Click to Enlarge Image Major Cities: Santa Cruz (1.3 million inhabitants), Cochabamba (900,000), El Alto (830,000), La Paz (810,000), and Sucre (225,000), according to...
    • Contributor: Ryan Swanson
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    Country Profile: Iraq Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Iraq, August 2006 COUNTRY PROFILE: IRAQ August 2006 COUNTRY Formal Name: Republic of Iraq (Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah). Short Form: Iraq. Term for Citizen(s): Iraqi(s). Click to Enlarge Image Capital: Baghdad. Major Cities (in order of population size): Baghdad, Mosul (Al Mawsil), Basra (Al Basrah), Arbil (Irbil), Kirkuk, and Sulaymaniyah (As Sulaymaniyah). Independence: October 3,...
    • Contributor: Glenn E. Curtis, Eric J. Hooglund
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    Bulgaria Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Bulgaria, October 2006 COUNTRY PROFILE: BULGARIA October 2006 COUNTRY Formal Name: Republic of Bulgaria (Republika Bŭlgariya). Short Form: Bulgaria. Term for Citizens(s): Bulgarian(s). Click to Enlarge Image Capital: Sofia. Other Major Cities (in order of population): Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Ruse, Stara Zagora, Pleven, and Sliven. Independence: Bulgaria recognizes its independence day as September 22, 1908,...
    • Contributor: Glenn E. Curtis
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    China Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: China, August 2006 COUNTRY PROFILE: CHINA August 2006 COUNTRY Formal Name: People’s Republic of China (Zhonghua Renmin Gonghe Guo — 中华人民共和国 ). Short Form: China (Zhongguo — 中国 ). Term for Citizen(s) Chinese (singular and plural) (Huaren — 华人 ). Click to Enlarge Image Capital: Beijing (Northern Capital — 北京 ). Major Cities: Based on...
    • Contributor: Federal Research Division
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    Cuba Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Cuba, September 2006 COUNTRY PROFILE: CUBA September 2006 COUNTRY Formal Name: Republic of Cuba (República de Cuba). Short Form: Cuba. Term for Citizen(s): Cuban(s). Click to Enlarge Image Capital: La Habana (Havana). Term for residents: Habaneros (males), Habaneras (females). Major Cities: Cuba’s six largest cities (more than 200,000 inhabitants) in order of population (2005 estimates,...
    • Contributor: Rex A. Hudson
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    COLOMBIA Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Colombia, February 2007 COUNTRY PROFILE: COLOMBIA February 2007 COUNTRY Formal Name: Republic of Colombia (República de Colombia). Short Form: Colombia. Term for Citizen(s): Colombian(s). Click to Enlarge Image Capital: Bogotá. Major Cities: According to the 2005 census, the four cities with more than 1 million population are: Bogotá (4,300,000; Greater Bogotá, 6,776, 009), Medellín (2,223,078),...
    • Contributor: Rex A. Hudson
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    Eritrea Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Eritrea, September 2005 COUNTRY PROFILE: ERITREA September 2005 Formal Name: State of Eritrea (Hagere Ertra). Short Form: Eritrea (Ertra). Term for Citizen(s): Eritrean(s). Capital: Asmara (alternate spelling Asmera). Major Cities: Asmara, Keren, Assab, Massawa, Afabet, Teseney, Mendefera, Dekemhare, Adekeieh, Barentu, and Ghinda (according to decreasing size, 2005 estimates). Independence: Eritrea officially celebrated its independence from...
    • Contributor: Benjamin Flowers
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    Ethiopia Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Ethiopia, April 2005 COUNTRY PROFILE: ETHIOPIA April 2005 COUNTRY Formal Name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ityop’iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik). Short Form: Ethiopia. Term for Citizen(s): Ethiopian(s). Capital: Addis Ababa. Major Cities: Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Nazret, Harer, Mekele, Jima, Dese, Bahir Dar, and Debre Zeyit (in order of decreasing size, 1994 census). Independence: Ethiopia...
    • Contributor: Laverle B. Berry
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    France Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: France, May 2007 COUNTRY PROFILE: FRANCE May 2007 COUNTRY Formal Name: French Republic (République Française). Short Form: France. Term for Citizen(s): Frenchman/Frenchwoman. Adjective: French. Capital: Paris. Click to Enlarge Image Major Cities: The country’s capital Paris, the only French city with more than 1 million inhabitants, has a population of 2,142,800 in the city proper...
    • Contributor: Priscilla Offenhauer
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    Germany Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Germany, April 2008 COUNTRY PROFILE: GERMANY April 2008 COUNTRY Formal Name: Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland). Short Form: Germany. Term for Citizen(s): German(s). Capital: Berlin, with a population of about 3.4 million. Major Cities: After Berlin, the most populous cities as of 2007 were Hamburg (1.7 million), Munich (1.2 million), Cologne (964,000), Frankfurt (644,000),...
    • Contributor: Seth L. Elan
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    Haiti Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Haiti, May 2006 COUNTRY PROFILE: HAITI May 2006 COUNTRY Formal Name: Republic of Haiti (République d’Haïti). Short Form: Haiti. Term for Citizens: Haitian(s). Capital: Port-au-Prince. Click to Enlarge Image Major Cities: Port-au-Prince (917,112 inhabitants), Carrefour (306,074), Delmas (257,247), and Cap-Haïtien (107,026) are Haiti’s only cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants. Independence: January 1, 1804, from...
    • Contributor: Ryan Swanson
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    Indonesia Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Indonesia, December 2004 COUNTRY PROFILE: INDONESIA December 2004 COUNTRY Formal Name: Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia; the word Indonesia was coined from the Greek indos—for India—and nesos—for island). Short Form: Indonesia. Former Names: Netherlands East Indies; Dutch East Indies. Click to Enlarge Image Term for Citizen(s): Indonesian(s). Capital: Jakarta (Special Capital City Region of Jakarta),...
    • Contributor: Federal Research Division Staff
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    Iran Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Iran, May 2008 COUNTRY PROFILE: IRAN May 2008 COUNTRY Formal Name: Islamic Republic of Iran (Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran). Short Form: Iran. Term for Citizen(s): Iranian(s). Capital: Tehran. Click to Enlarge Image Other Major Cities (in order of population): Mashhad, Esfahan, Tabriz, Karaj, Shiraz, Qom, and Ahvaz. Independence: In the modern era, Iran always has existed...
    • Contributor: Glenn E. Curtis, Eric J. Hooglund
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    Jordan Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Jordan, September 2006 COUNTRY PROFILE: JORDAN September 2006 COUNTRY Formal Name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah). Short Form: Jordan (Al Urdun). Term for Citizen(s): Jordanian(s). Capital: Amman (with a population of about 2 million). Click to Enlarge Image Other Major Cities: Az Zarqa (472,830 inhabitants) and Irbid (272,681). Independence: Jordan...
    • Contributor: Neri Zilber
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    Kenya Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Kenya, June 2007 COUNTRY PROFILE: KENYA June 2007 COUNTRY Formal Name: Republic of Kenya. Short Form: Kenya. Term for Citizen(s): Kenyan(s). Click to Enlarge Image Capital: Nairobi. Major Cities: The country’s largest cites are Nairobi, the capital and chief manufacturing center; Mombasa, the principal seaport; and Kisumu, the chief port on Lake Victoria. Smaller cities...
    • Contributor: Priscilla Offenhauer
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    KYRGYZSTAN Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Kyrgyzstan, January 2007 COUNTRY PROFILE: KYRGYZSTAN January 2007 COUNTRY Formal Name: Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyz Respublikasy). Short Form: Kyrgyzstan. Term for Citizen(s): Kyrgyzstani(s). Capital: Bishkek. Other Major Cities: Jalalabad, Kara-Balta, Karakol, Osh, and Tokmok. Independence: Kyrgyzstan recognizes August 31, 1991, the date on which Kyrgyzstan declared its separation from the Soviet Union, as its official day...
    • Contributor: Glenn E. Curtis
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    Kazakhstan Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Kazakhstan, December 2006 COUNTRY PROFILE: KAZAKHSTAN December 2006 COUNTRY Formal Name: Republic of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Respublikasy). Short Form: Kazakhstan. Term for Citizen(s): Kazakhstani(s). Capital: Astana (formerly Aqmola) became the official capital of Kazakhstan in 1997, succeeding Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata) and moving the national government from the far southeast to the industrial north. Other Major Cities:...
    • Contributor: Glenn E. Curtis
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    Libya Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Libya, April 2005 COUNTRY PROFILE: LIBYA April 2005 COUNTRY Formal Name: Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma). Short Form: Libya. Click to Enlarge Image Term for Citizen(s): Libyan(s). Capital: Tripoli (also known as Tarabulus), with an estimated population of 1,223,300 in 2002. Major...
    • Contributor: Roberta W. Goldblatt
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    Mexico Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Mexico, July 2008 COUNTRY PROFILE: MEXICO July 2008 Formal Name: United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos). Short Form: México. Term for Citizen(s): Mexican(s). Click to Enlarge Image Capital: Mexico City (Ciudad de México), located in the Federal District (Distrito Federal) with a population estimated at 8.8 million in 2008. Major Cities: The Greater Mexico City...
    • Contributor: Ramón J. Miró
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    Morocco Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Morocco, May 2006 COUNTRY PROFILE: MOROCCO May 2006 COUNTRY Formal Name: Kingdom of Morocco (Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah). Short Form: Morocco. Term for Citizen(s): Moroccan(s). Click to Enlarge Image Capital: Rabat. Major Cities: Morocco’s most populous cities, in order of their population as of 2002, are Casablanca (3,454,000), Salé (849,000), Rabat (668,000), Marrakech (653,000), Fès...
    • Contributor: Seth L. Elan
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    Mali Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Mali, January 2005 COUNTRY PROFILE: MALI January 2005 COUNTRY Formal Name: Republic of Mali (République de Mali). Short Form: Mali. Term for Citizen(s): Malian(s). Capital: Bamako. Major Cities: Bamako (more than 1 million inhabitants according to the 1998 census), Sikasso (113,813), Ségou (90,898), Mopti (79,840), Koutiala (74,153), Kayes (67,262), and Gao (54,903). Independence: September 22,...
    • Contributor: Sandra W. Meditz
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    Nigeria Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Nigeria, July 2008 COUNTRY PROFILE: NIGERIA July 2008 COUNTRY Formal Name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Short Form: Nigeria. Term for Citizen(s): Nigerian(s). Capital: Abuja has been the capital of Nigeria since December 12, 1991. Previously, the capital was Lagos. Major Cities: According to preliminary results of the 2006 census and subsequent estimates, the most populous...
    • Contributor: Seth L. Elan