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11 hours ago · The pound ( sign: £) is the main unit of sterling, [4] and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency generally, [5] often qualified in international contexts as the British pound or the pound sterling. [4] Sterling is the world's oldest currency in continuous use since its inception. [6]
11 hours ago · Antwerp (/ ˈ æ n t w ɜːr p / ⓘ; Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)] ⓘ; French: Anvers ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third largest city in Belgium by area at 204.51 km 2 (78.96 sq mi) after Tournai and Couvin.
11 hours ago · Early life (1732–1752) Further information: Washington family and British America Ferry Farm, the Washington family residence on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, where Washington spent much of his youth George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, [a] at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the first of six children of Augustine and Mary Ball ...
11 hours ago · Xi'an [a] is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, [7] the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populous city in Northwest China. [8] Its total population was 12,952,907 as of the 2020 census.
11 hours ago · The total area of Martinique is 1,128 km 2 (436 sq mi), of which 40 km 2 (15 sq mi) is water and the rest land. [8] Martinique is the 3rd largest island in The Lesser Antilles after Trinidad and Guadeloupe. It stretches 70 km (43 mi) in length and 30 km (19 mi) in width.
11 hours ago · The history of Africa begins with the emergence of hominids, archaic humans and — around 300,000–250,000 years ago — anatomically modern humans ( Homo sapiens ), in East Africa, and continues unbroken into the present as a patchwork of diverse and politically developing nation states. [1]
11 hours ago · Tiger. The tiger ( Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus Panthera native to Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail, and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes.
