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  1. Dec 28, 2021 · Capital. name: Taipei. geographic coordinates: 25 02 N, 121 31 E. time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: the Chinese meaning is "Northern Taiwan," reflecting the city's position in the far north of the island.

  2. Georgia (Georgian: საქართველო, romanized: sakartvelo, IPA: [sakʰartʰʷelo] ⓘ) is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, Russia to the north and northeast, Turkey to the southwest, Armenia to the south, and Azerbaijan to the southeast.

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  4. About China. The map shows China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), a vast country in East Asia with a 14,500 km (around 9,010 mi) long coastline in the east. China’s coasts are on the Bohai Sea, the Korea Bay, the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the South China Sea. The People's Republic borders 14 countries: Afghanistan ...

  5. 5 days ago · Elevation. highest point: Denali 6,190 m (Mount McKinley) (highest point in North America) lowest point: Death Valley (lowest point in North America) -86 m mean elevation: 760 m note: Denali is one of the most striking features on the entire planet; at 20,310 feet, it is the crowning peak of the Alaska Range and the highest mountain on North America; it towers three and one-half vertical miles ...

  6. The United States became the world's leading industrial power at the turn of the 20th century, due to an outburst of entrepreneurship and industrialization and the arrival of millions of immigrant workers and farmers. A national railroad network was completed and large-scale mines and factories were established.

  7. The first documented use of the phrase "United States of America" is a letter from January 2, 1776. Stephen Moylan, a Continental Army aide to General George Washington, wrote to Joseph Reed, Washington's aide-de-camp, seeking to go "with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain" to seek assistance in the Revolutionary War effort.

  8. Dec 23, 2013 · North and South America. This map, drawn in 1540 by by Sebastian Münster, was the very first printed map that called the great body of water to the west of the land by the name Pacific.