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According to baglib.com, Vietnam is located in Southeast Asia and shares its borders with China, Laos, and Cambodia. It has a coastline of over 3,400 kilometres along the South China Sea, Gulf of Tonkin and the Gulf of Thailand. It is a long, narrow country with a total area of 331,210 square kilometres. The topography […]
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According to Politicsezine, Vietnam shares its borders with China, Laos and Cambodia. The border with China is 1,281 km long and is the longest of all Vietnam’s borders. It follows the course of the Red River and then along the Gulf of Tonkin. This border has been in place since 111 BC when China first […]
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A worthy successor to the Spanish Ibiza and the Crimean Kazantip is the Thai Phangan (Ko Pha Ngan). This island in the South China Sea has become popular around the world thanks to the Full Moon Party, which takes place every month on the full moon on the five-kilometer Haad Rin beach. A few days […]
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Armenia – The first Christian country known to man Armenia is a mountainous country on the south side of the Caucasus. It covers about the northeast fifth of the former settlement area of the Armenians, which was divided into Eastern Armenia and Western Armenia (Armenistan) in 1639. The latter belonged to Turkey, which had over […]
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Azerbaijan is located south of the border between Europe and the Middle East, between the Caspian Sea in the east and the Caucasus in the west. The land has no access to a sea. The former “Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic” became an independent state in 1991. The southern part of the historical national territory is […]
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Bahrain – the island nation in the Persian Gulf The Kingdom of Bahrain, an island state consisting of 33 islands in a bay in the Persian Gulf, spreads to the east of Saudi Arabia and west of Qatar. The “Kingdom of the Two Seas”, as the German translation of the Arabic name “Bahrain” is, is […]
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Bangladesh – One of the poorest countries The South Asian country of Bangladesh is the largest delta region in the world. More than 85% of the land consists of low alluvial plains. The south-western part of the country consists of the Sunderban’s mangrove forests, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and where, for example, […]
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Due to the Taliban regime, which had been in power in Afghanistan since 1996, and its overthrow in 2001 by the “Global Coalition Against Terror”, led by the USA and Great Britain, much of the Afghan infrastructure was destroyed. This included the road network, entire city districts and also many cultural and historically valuable goods […]
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Bhutan – the land of the thunder kite Bhutan’s name probably comes from Indian Sanskrit. There, the word Bhu-uttan denotes a high-lying landscape. In fact, the relatively small monarchical state of Bhutan is located on the border between Central and South Asia in the Himalayan area. In the local language, however, one calls Bhutan Druk […]
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Cambodia – the country severely traumatized by the Khmer Rouge regime has only recently been re-accessible to tourism. So you shouldn’t have a perfect infrastructure when traveling, such as B. in neighboring Thailand, expect. But that’s also part of the country’s appeal. The highlight of the country is the UNESCO World Heritage Site Angkor Wat, […]
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Brunei Darussalam, known for short as Brunei, is a monarchy that emerged from a former sultanate. The country is one of the smallest and one of the richest states in the world and the third largest oil producer in Southeast Asia. Oil has been produced in the country since 1932. The Sultan of Brunei is […]
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China – country in the middle The People’s Republic of China or the Middle Kingdom (Zhōngguó) is the most populous country on earth with around 1.4 billion residents, ahead of India. At the same time, it is East Asia’s largest country in terms of area and the fourth largest country in the world after Russia, […]
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Cyprus – a small idyll in the Mediterranean The island of Cyprus consists of the Republic of Cyprus in the southern part and the northern part of the island, annexed by Turkey in 1974, the so-called “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus”, which is not recognized by the international community. The Republic of Cyprus has been […]
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The state of Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, is a very young state. It was proclaimed in 2002 after 25 years of sometimes bloody conflicts with Indonesia. The name is composed of the Portuguese “Leste” for east and “Timor” from Malay, which also means east. The name thus represents a tautology. East Timor is […]
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Hong Kong – China’s fragrant port Hong Kong, Fragrant Harbor in German, is, together with Macau, a Chinese special administrative area and also a gigantic metropolitan region that is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. It is located on the north side of Hong Kong Island, across from Kowloon on the […]
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Vietnam – the land of smiles For many people, Vietnam is forever associated with the barbaric rage of the Americans there. A symbol for the murder of the Christian-conservative US administration is the small town of My Lai – located approx. 540 km northeast of what was then Saigon. On March 16, 1968, under the […]
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Yemen is located on the south-western tip of the Arabian Peninsula and borders the Red Sea. The state is the most populous country in the region and at the same time one of the poorest countries in the Arab world. Oil is also produced in Yemen, but the volume of production and thus also economic […]
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Uzbekistan – the former Soviet republic is located in the desert regions of Central Asia. In the country, which is around 20% larger than Germany, the oriental culture has left its most important mark. The legendary Silk Road to China once ran through Uzbekistan. The most famous cities of Uzbekistan, Samarkant, Bukhara and Khiva owe […]
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The United Arab Emirates are a federation of the seven sheikdoms Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras al-Khaima, Fujaira, Umm al-Kaiwain and Ajman. The individual emirates are autonomous sheikdoms. The highest body of the United Emirates is the Supreme Council, to which the seven rulers of the Emirates belong. The ruler of Abu Dhabi, the largest […]
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Turkey – the gateway to the Orient Turkey, the country full of traditions located between the Orient and the Occident, is only 3% on the European and 97% on the Asian continent. Still, it belongs to Europe. The most famous big cities are Ankara and the strongly western influenced Istanbul. The European area is called […]
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Turkmenistan is one of the former countries of the Soviet Union, which is still populated by nomadic tribes today. President Niyazov has been in power since the Turkmen declaration of independence in 1991. He was named President for Life in 1999. Turkmenistan is a very dry country in Central Asia, about 85% is covered by […]
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Syria – the great cultural land and land of the Bible Syria, the former beautiful country between the Mediterranean and the former Mesopotamia, presented itself to the visitor before the war with a varied landscape, colorful, lively cities and the traces of an eventful and exciting history that are still visible everywhere. The state, which […]
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Taiwan is an island off the southeast coast of the People’s Republic of China. Officially known as the “Republic of China in Taiwan”, Taiwan has understood itself to be independent of the People’s Republic of China since 1949, when the communists took power in China. To this day, the People’s Republic of China has not […]
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Tajikistan – the country that was formerly part of the Soviet Union is up to around 93% covered by mountains. There are many areas in these mountain regions that have not yet been fully explored, which are over 7,000 m high. The Tajiks are the only large people in Central Asia who do not belong […]
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Thailand – a breathtaking holiday destination Thailand has become a classic travel destination with its countless islands and beaches, as well as its fantastic cuisine and very affordable prices. It offers both sophisticated hotel complexes and simple, inexpensive bamboo huts by the sea. Last but not least, the Asian-Buddhist hospitality is responsible for the fact […]
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South Korea is located on the Korean Peninsula, with Korea being a peninsula in East Asia. It has been divided into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea in the south by a demilitarized zone along the 38th parallel since 1948. The previous Korean War from June 25, 1950 to June […]
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Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) – The “Venerable Beauty” The island of Sri Lanka, which lies southeast of the coast of India, has had her name since 1972, which translates as “Venerable Beauty”. Before that time, the island was known as Ceylon, which the Dutch gave it in the 17th century after they drove out the […]
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Saudi Arabia – Guardian of the Holy Places of Islam Al-Mamlaka al-arabia as-Saudia – the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – is known to most people primarily as the land of oil. At the beginning of 2011, the country produced over 9 million barrels (1 barrel = 158.987 liters) of crude oil per day. At a […]
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Singapore – Southeast Asia’s mighty city-state Singapore was founded by the British in 1819 as a trading post. In 1963 it became a member of the newly established state of Malaysia, but declared itself independent after two years. Early Chinese writings from the 3rd century described the islands as “Pu-luo-chung”, an island at the end […]
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Russia – the newly awakened great power Russia – from cold warrior to partner: Even if the Russian winter still lives up to its reputation, the frosty political relations between Russia and the West, especially with Germany, thawed years ago and have been fairly frost-free since then. Even if it has become a bit cooler […]
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