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11 hours ago · Oceania, also known as the Pacific Islands, is a region located in the Pacific Ocean. It is made up of thousands of islands, including Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga, Micronesia, and Kiribati. The region is known for its stunning natural beauty, diverse cultures, and rich history.
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11 hours ago · American Samoa [c] is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. [1] Centered on 14.3°S 170.7°W, it is east of the International Date Line and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 500 kilometers (310 mi) south of ...
- 77 sq mi (200 km²)
- Pago Pago
- 970 m (3,170 ft)
11 hours ago · The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, [44] are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, Island Melanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar that speak Austronesian languages.
- c. 270 million (2020)
- c. 855,000 (2006)
- c. 24 million (2016)
- c. 109.3 million (2020)
11 hours ago · 1874 map showing native wells situated within the future site of Cairns. From 1770 to the early 1870s the area was known to the British simply as Trinity Bay. The arrival of beche de mer fishermen from the late 1860s saw the first European presence in the area. On the site of the modern-day Cairns foreshore, there was a large native well which ...
11 hours ago · British Columbia. / 54°N 125°W / 54; -125. British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada. Situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts ...
11 hours ago · Luzon (/ l uː ˈ z ɒ n /, loo-ZON; Tagalog pronunciation:) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.Located in the northern portion of the Philippine archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, the country's most populous city.
11 hours ago · The Federal Republic of Central America ( Spanish: República Federal de Centro América ), originally known as the United Provinces of Central America ( Provincias Unidas del Centro de América ), was a sovereign state in Central America which existed from 1823 to 1839. The federal republic was composed of five states: Costa Rica, El Salvador ...
