Category: Countries

Korea is a region in East Asia. Korea consists of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and several minor islands near the peninsula. During the first half of the first millennium, Korea was divided between the three competing states of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, together known as the Three Kingdoms of…

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Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and from 1898 to 1932 also called Porto Rico in English, an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea. It is an archipelago among the Greater Antilles including the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such…

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The Spanish West Indies or the Spanish Antilles (Las Antillas Españolas) were Spanish colonies in the Caribbean. In terms of governance of the Spanish Empire, The Indies was the designation for all its overseas territories and was overseen by the Council of the Indies, founded in 1524 and based in…

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Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba (Isla de Cuba) as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean and is part of the Greater Antilles. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited…

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Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean and is part of the Greater Antilles. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Arawak and Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people were either killed or died of…

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The Cayman Islands is an autonomous British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean comprising of the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. The capital city is George Town on Grand Cayman, which is the most populous of the three islands. The Cayman Islands is considered to be…

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The Dominican Republic (República Dominicana) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti. The native Taíno people had inhabited Hispaniola before the arrival of the Europeans. The…

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Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti (République d’Haïti), formerly founded as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. To its south-west lies the…

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Tristan da Cunha is a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world. The territory consists of the inhabited island, Tristan da Cunha, the wildlife reserves of Gough Island and Inaccessible Island, and the smaller, uninhabited Nightingale Islands.…

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Argentine Antarctica (Antártida Argentina) is a sector of Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of its national territory consisting of the Antarctic Peninsula and a triangular section extending to the South Pole. This region overlaps with British and Chilean claims in Antarctica; however, all claims are suspended by the Antarctic…

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