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  • 21Geography of the Philippines — Country geography name = the Philippines continent = Asia region = Southeast Asia coordinates = 13°00 N 122°00 E area ranking = 72nd km area = 300000 percent land = 99.38 km coastline = 36289 borders = None northernmost point = Y Ami island… …

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  • 22Somalia — Somalian, adj., n. /soh mah lee euh, mahl yeuh/, n. an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 9,940,232; 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Cap.: Mogadishu.… …

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  • 23JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …

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  • 24Luxembourg — /luk seuhm berrg /; Fr. /lyuuk sahonn boohrdd /, n. 1. a grand duchy surrounded by Germany, France, and Belgium. 422,474; 999 sq. mi. (2585 sq. km). 2. a city in and the capital of this grand duchy. 78,400. 3. a province in SE Belgium: formerly a …

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  • 25WAR OF INDEPENDENCE — (Heb. מִלְחֶמֶת הָעַצְמָאוּת Milḥemet ha Aẓma ut, or מִלְחֶמֶת הַקּוֹמְמִיּוֹּת Milḥemet ha Komemiyyut, or מִלְחֶמֶת הַשִּׁחְרוּר Milḥemet ha Shiḥrur (the War of Liberation), war waged by the Jews of Palestine for survival, freedom, and political …

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  • 26Geography of Hungary — Satellite image showing the seven main geographical regions of Hungary (in parenthesis: major region): 1., Great Alföld (Great Alföld) 2., North Hungarian Mountains (North Hungarian Mountains) 3., Transdanubian Mountains (Transdanubia) 4.,… …

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  • 27Nine Years' War — For the Irish war, see Nine Years War (Ireland). Nine Years War Siege of Namur, June …

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  • 28Bad Wildungen — Infobox Ort in Deutschland Art = Stadt Wappen = Wappen Bad Wildungen.svg lat deg = 51 |lat min = 07 lon deg = 09 |lon min = 07 Lageplan = Bundesland = Hessen Regierungsbezirk = Kassel Landkreis = Waldeck Frankenberg Höhe = 275 Fläche = 120.08… …

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  • 29Operation Coburg — Part of the V …

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  • 30Geography of Western Australia — Western Australia occupies nearly one third of the Australian continent.Due to the size and the isolation of the state, considerable emphasis has been made of these features; it is the second largest administrative territory in the world, after… …

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