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1 day ago · This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and Antarctica.
Demographics. Population. 8 to 12 summer population. Pop. density. 0.000015/km 2 (3.9E-5/sq mi) The Sverdrup Islands is an archipelago of the northern Queen Elizabeth Islands, in Nunavut, Canada. The islands are situated in the Arctic Ocean, west of Ellesmere Island from 77° to 81° North and 85° to 106° West.
- 66,000 km² (25,000 sq mi)
- Arctic Ocean
- 8 to 12 summer population
- Qikiqtaaluk
1 day ago · Africa. Africa is the world's second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth 's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [7] With 1.4 billion people [1] [2] as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human ...
- 46.1/km² (119.4/sq mi) (2021)
- 54+2*+5** (*disputed) (**territories)
3 hours ago · Póvoa de Varzim ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɔvu.ɐ ðɨ vɐɾˈzĩ] ⓘ) is a Portuguese city in Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, 30 km (18.6 mi) from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho and Douro rivers.
1 day ago · Early life and career Crean was born around 16 February 1877 in the farming area of Gurtuchrane near the village of Annascaul on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland, to Patrick and Catherine (née Courtney) Crean. One of 11 siblings with 7 brothers and 3 sisters. He attended the local Catholic school (at nearby Brackluin), leaving at the age of 12 to help on the family farm. Many ...
- Ballynacourty, Annascaul, County Kerry, Ireland
- 1893–1920
1 day ago · Etymology and pronunciation The previously separate towns of Buda, Óbuda, and Pest were officially unified in 1873 and given the new name Budapest. Before this, the towns together had sometimes been referred to colloquially as "Pest-Buda". Pest is used pars pro toto for the entire city in contemporary colloquial Hungarian. All varieties of English pronounce the -s- as in the English word pest ...
