Country, Capital and Indepandance Day (part 1 of 2): No Country Capital Independence Day /Natonal Day 1 Abkhazia Sukhum 4th July 2 Afghanistan Kabul 19th August 3 Albania Tirana 28th November 4 Algeria Algiers 5th July 5 American Samoa Pago Pago 1st January 6 Andorra Andorra la Vella 8th September 7 Angola Luanda 11th November 8 Anguilla The Valley 30th May 9 Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 1st November 10 Argentina Buenos Aires 9th July 11 Armenia Yerevan 21st September 12 Aruba Oranjestad 1st January 13 Australia Canberra 26th January 14 Austria Vienna 26th October 15 Azerbaijan Baku 30th August 16 Bahamas Nassau 10th July 17 Bahrain Manama 15th August 18 Bangladesh Dhaka 26th March 19 Barbados Bridgetown 30th November 20 Belarus Minsk 3rd July 21 Belgium Brussels 21st July 22 Belize Belmopan 21st September 23 Benin Porto-Novo 1st August 24 Bermuda Hamilton 24th May 25 Bhutan Thimphu 8th August 26 Bolivia La Paz 6th August 27 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 1st March 28 Botswana Gaborone 30th September 29 Brazil Brasília 7th September 30 British Virgin Islands Road Town 1st July 31 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 1st January 32 Bulgaria Sofia 22th September 33 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 5th August 34 Burma Naypyidaw 4th January 35 Burundi Bujumbura 1st July 36 Cambodia Phnom Penh 9th November 37 Cameroon Yaoundé 1st January 38 Canada Ottawa 1st July 39 Cape Verde Praia 5th July 40 Cayman Islands George Town 41 Central African Republic Bangui 13th August 42 Chad N'Djamena 11th August 43 Chile Santiago 18th September 44 China (People's Republic of China) Beijing 1st October 45 Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove 46 Cocos Islands West Island 47 Colombia Bogotá 20th July 48 Comoros Moroni 6th July 49 Cook Islands Avarua 50 Costa Rica San José 15th September 51 Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro 7th August 52 Croatia Zagreb 8th October 53 Cuba Havana 20th May 54 Curaçao Willemstad 55 Cyprus Nicosia 1st October 56 Czech Republic Prague 1st January 57 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 30th June 58 Denmark Copenhagen 59 Djibouti Djibouti 27th June 60 Dominica Roseau 3rd November 61 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 27th February 62 East Timor Díli 29th May 63 Ecuador Quito 24th May 64 Egypt Cairo 28th February 65 El Salvador San Salvador 15th September 66 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 67 Eritrea Asmara 24th May 68 Estonia Tallinn 20th August 69 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 70 Faroe Islands Tórshavn 71 Fiji Suva 10th October 72 Finland Helsinki 6th December 73 France Paris 74 French Guiana Cayenne 75 French Polynesia Papeete 76 Gabon Libreville 17th August 77 The Gambia Banjul 18th February 78 Georgia Tbilisi 9th April 79 Germany Berlin 18th January 80 Ghana Accra 6th March 81 Gibraltar Gibraltar 82 Greece Athens 25th March 83 Greenland Nuuk 84 Grenada St. George's 7th February 85 Guadeloupe Basse-Terre 86 Guam Hagåtña 87 Guatemala Guatemala City 15th September 88 Guernsey Saint Peter Port 89 Guinea Conakry 2nd October 90 Guinea-Bissau Bissau 24th September 91 Guyana Georgetown 26th May 92 Haiti Port-au-Prince 1st January 93 Honduras Tegucigalpa 15th September 94 Hungary Budapest 15th March 95 Iceland Reykjavík 1st December 96 India New Delhi 15th August 97 Indonesia Jakarta 17th August 98 Iran Tehran 99 Iraq Baghdad 3rd October 100 Ireland Dublin 24th April 101 Isle of Man Douglas 102 Israel Jerusalem 14th May 103 Italy Rome 17th March 104 Jamaica Kingston 6th August 105 Japan Tokyo 11th February 106 Jersey St. Helier 9th May 107 Jordan Amman 25th May 108 Kazakhstan Astana 16th December 109 Kenya Nairobi 12th December 110 Kiribati Tarawa 12th July 111 Kosovo Prishtinë 17th February 112 Kuwait Kuwait City 25th February 113 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 31st August 114 Laos Vientiane 9th July 115 Latvia Riga 18th November 116 Lebanon Beirut 22nd November 117 Lesotho Maseru 4th October 118 Liberia Monrovia 26th July 119 Libya Tripoli 24th December 120 Liechtenstein Vaduz 23rd January

Top ten in the World.... LARGEST CITIES ON THE PLANET BY POPULATION 1. Shanghai17,836,133 2. Istanbul13,483,052 3. Karachi13,052,000 4. Mumbai12,478,447 5. Moscow11,810,000 6. Beijing11,716,000 7. São Paulo11,316,149 8. Tianjin11,090,314 9. Guangzhou11,070,654 10. Delhi11,007,835 COUNTRY POPULATION (Largest) 1. China1,347,350,000 2. India1,210,193,000 3. USA313,686,000 4. Indonesia237,641,000 5. Brazil192,376,000 6. Pakistan179,764,000 7. Nigeria162,471,000 8. Russia143,100,000 9. Bangladesh142,319,000 10. Japan127,610,200 COUNTRIES (Highest Density) (people per square km) 1. Monaco16,205 2. Singapore6,386 3. Malta1,261 4. Maldives1,164 5. Bahrain1,035 6. Bangladesh1,002 7. Vatican City920 8. Barbados648 9. Nauru621 10. Mauritius603 LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD 1. Chinese Mandarin1 billion + 2. English512 million 3. Hindi501 million 4. Spanish399 million 5. Russian285 million 6. Arabic265 million 7. Bengali245 million 8. Portuguese196 million 9. Malay-Indonesian140 million 10. Japanese125 million TOP 10 TALLEST MOUNTAINS 1. Mount Everest29,035 ft (8,850 m) Nepal/China 2. Qogir (K2)28,250 ft (8,611 m) Pakistan 3. Kangchenjunga28,169 ft (8,586 m) Nepal 4. Lhotse27,920 ft (8,501 m) Nepal 5. Makalu I27,765 ft (8,462 m) Nepal 6. Cho Oyu26,906 ft (8,201 m) Nepal 7. Dhaulagiri26,794 ft (8,167 m) Nepal 8. Manaslu I26,758 ft (8,156 m) Nepal 9. Nanga Parbat26,658 ft (8,125 m) Pakistan 10. Annapurna I26,545 ft (8,091 m) Nepal LARGEST COUNTRIES (by Land Mass) 1. Russia6,592,846 sq miles (17,075,400 sq km) 2. Canada3,602,707 sq miles (9,330,970 sq km) 3. China3,600,947 sq miles (9,326,410 sq km) 4. USA3,539,242 sq miles (9.166,600 sq km) 5. Brazil3,265,075 sq miles (8,456,510 sq km) 6. Australia2,941,283 sq miles (7,617,930 sq km) 7. India1,147,949 sq miles (2,973,190 sq km) 8. Argentina1,056,636 sq miles (2,736,690 sq km) 9. Kazakhstan1,049,150 sq miles (2,717,300 sq km) 10. Sudan917,374 sq miles (2,376,000 sq km) CONTINENTS (by size) 1. Asia44,579,000 sq km 2. Africa30,221,000 sq km 3. North America24,256,000 sq km 4. South America17,819,000 sq km 5. Antarctica13,209,000 sq km 6. Europe9,938,000 sq km 7. Australia/Oceania7,687,000 sq km CONTINENTS (by Population) 1. Asia4,140,336,501 2. Africa1,020,201.229 3. Europe738,523,843 4. North America528,720/588 5. South America385,742,554 6. Australia/Oceania36,102.071 7. Antarctica0 OCEANS OF THE WORLD (by Size) 1. Pacific155,557,000 sq km 2. Atlantic76,762,000 sq km 3. Indian68,556,000 sq km 4. Southern20,327,000 sq km 5. Arctic14,056,000 sq km DEEPEST OCEANS & SEAS 1. Pacific Ocean35,827 ft (10,924 m) 2. Atlantic Ocean30,246 ft (9,219 m) 3. Indian Ocean24,460 ft (7,455 m) 4. Caribbean Sea22,788 ft (6,946 m) 5. Arctic Ocean18,456 ft (5,625 m) 6. South China Sea16,456 ft (5,016 m) 7. Bering Sea15,659 ft (4,773 m) 8. Mediterranean Sea15,197 ft (4,632 m) 9. Gulf of Mexico12,425 ft (3,787 m) 10. Japan Sea12,276 ft (3,742 m) MAJOR ISLANDS (by Size) 1. Australia7,617.930 sq km 2. Greenland2,175,600 sq km 3. New Guinea792,500 sq km 4. Borneo725,500 sq km 5. Madagascar587,000 sq km 6. Baffin507,500 sq km 7. Sumatra427,300 sq km 8. Honshu227,400 sq km 9. Great Britain218,100 sq km 10. Victoria217,300 sq km MAJOR RIVERS (by Length) 1. Nile, Africa6,825 km 2. Amazon, South America6,437 km 3. Chang Jiang (Yangtze), Asia6,380 km 4. Mississippi, North America5,971 km 5. Yenisey-Angara, Asia5,536 km 6. Huang (Yellow), Asia5,464 km 7. Ob-Irtysh, Asia5,410 km 8. Amur, Asia4,416 km 9. Lena, Asia4,400 km 10. Congo, Africa4,370 km MAJOR LAKES (by Size) 1. Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe371,000 sq km 2. Superior, North America82,100 sq km 3. Victoria, Africa69,500 sq km 4. Huron, North America59,600 sq km 5. Michigan, North America57,800 sq km 6. Tanganyika, Africa32,900 sq km 7. Baikal, Asia31,500 sq km 8. Great Bear, North America31,300 sq km 9. Aral Sea, Asia30,700 sq km 10. Malawi, Africa28,900 sq km SMALLEST COUNTRIES (by Land Mass) 1. Vatican City0.17 sq miles (0.44 sq km) 2. Monaco0.75 sq miles (1.95 sq km) 3. Nauru8.2 sq miles (21.2 sq km) 4. Tuvalu10 sq miles (26 sq km) 5. San Marino24 sq miles (61 sq km) 6. Liechtenstein62 sq miles (160 sq km) 7. Marshall Islands70 sq miles (181 sq km) 8. Seychelles104 sq miles (270 sq km) 9. Maldives116 sq miles (300 sq km) 10. St. Kitts and Nevis139 sq miles (360 sq km) LARGEST DESERTS OF THE WORLD 1. Sahara, North Africa3,320,000 sq. miles 2. Arabian, Middle East900,000 sq. miles 3. Kalahari, Southern Africa360,000 sq. miles 4. Great Victoria, Australia250,000 sq. miles 5. Syrian, Syria, Jordan, Iraq200,000 sq. miles 6. Chihuahuan, Mexico, U.S.175,000 sq. miles 7. Great Sandy, Australia150,000 sq. miles 8. Sonoran, Mexico, U,S,120,000 sq. miles 9. Thar, India, Pakistan77,000 sq. miles 10. Gibson, Australia60,000 sq. miles

Continent and Countries ...... Asia Area17,212,000 sq. km Number of Countries44 countries Highest pointMount Everest, Nepal Lowest pointDead Sea, Israel Most Populous CityShanghai, China South America Area6,880,000 sq. km Number of Countries12 countries Highest pointAconcagua, Argentina Lowest pointLaguna del Carbón, Argentina Most Populous CitySao Paulo, Brazil North America Area9,365,000 sq. km Number of Countries23 countries Highest pointMount McKinley, USA Lowest pointDeath Valley, USA Most Populous CityMexico City, Mexico Africa Area11,608,000 sq. km Number of Countries54 countries Highest pointMount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Lowest pointLake Assal,Djibouti Most Populous CityLagos, Nigeria Europe Area3,837,000 sq. km Number of Countries47 countries Highest pointMount Elbrus, Russia Lowest pointCaspian Sea, Russia Most Populous CityMoscow, Russia Antarctica Area5,100,000 sq. km Number of Countries0 countries Highest pointVinson Massif, Antarctica Lowest pointDeep Lake, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica Most Populous CityVilla Las Estrellas, Chilean claim Australia Area2,968,000 sq. km Number of Countries14 countries Highest pointPuncak Jaya, Papua Province Lowest pointLake Eyre, Australia Most Populous CitySydney, Australia Other Facts..... *.Canada has more lakes than all the other countries of the world combined. *.Kazakistan is the largest landlocked country in the world *.France covers the most time zones, covering 12 time zones *.Most overweight population found in Nauru *.Mongolia is the least densely populated country on Earth with 4 people per square mile *.Saudi Arabia has no river *.Suriname is the most jungle covered country in the world, with 91% of its land covered in jungle *.Papua New Guinea with 820 languages are spoken, is the most languages spoken country in world *.The country with the most neighbors is Russia with 16 neighbors *.New Zealand is the first country that gave women the right to vote in 1893 *.The country with the longest shoreline measuring 202,080 km is Canada *.Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan is the only two countries in the world which are doubly landlocked *.Vatican is the only country where there was no birth in 1983 *.Singapore is the largest country without any farms. *.Nauru is the only country in the world with no official capital *.There are more post offices in India than anywhere else in the world *.New Zealand is the only country which has every climate in the world

First in the World: Sgnificance Achiver Asian city to host Olympics Tokyo, Japan, 1964 Athlete disqualified at the Olympics for drug use Hans-Gunnar Lijenwall, Mexico Olympics, 1968 Blind person to conquer the Everest Erik Weihenmayer, USA, 2001 Cricket Club Cricket club founded in Hambledon, England Country to Print Books China Country to issue paper currency China Country to start Civil Service Competition China Country to make education compulsory Prussia Country to win World Cup football Uruguay Country to make a constitution USA Country to Organize NAM Summit Belgrade Country to send human to Moon USA Country to launch satellite into space Russia Country to host modern Olympics Greece Country to launch Radio Telescope Satellite into space Japan European to visit China Marco Polo Man to climb Mt Everest Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, 1953 Man to reach North Pole Robert Peary Man to reach South Pole Ronald Amundsen Man to Fly an aeroplan Wright Brothers Man to sail around the World Ferdinand Magellan Man to set foot on the Moon Neil Armstrong Man to go to the space Major Yuri Gagarin Man to draw the map of Earth Anexemander Man to compile Encyclopedia Aspheosis Man to win Nobel Prize in Literature Rene FA and Silt Pradhom Man to win Nobel Prize in Peace Jin F Dunant nad Frederic Peiry Man to win Nobel Prize in Physics WK Roentgen Man to win Nobel Prize in Chemistry JH Wenthoff Man to win Nobel Prize in Medicine AE Wonn Behring Man to win Nobel Prize in Economics Ranger Fish and John Tinbergen Man to sail around the World alone Joshua Slocum Man tourist in Space Dennis Tito Man to have climbed Mount Everest Twice Nawang Gombu Man Oscar winner for the Best Actor Emil Jannings, 1928 Man to win Tour de France Maurice Garin, 1903 Man boxing champion Tim Hyer, 1841 Man chess champion Wilhelm Steinitz, 1886 Man to walk in space Alexei Arkhovich Leonov, 1965 Man heart transplant was per formed by Dr. Christian Barnard, 1967 Man heart transplant recipient Louis Washkansky, 1967 Man to fly solo non stop across the Atlantic Charles Lindbergh, 1927 Man to swim across the English Channel Matthew Webb, 1875 Man to fly solo nonstop around the world in ballon Steve Fossett, U.S., 2002 Man to cross the Pacific Ocean in hot air balloon Ben Abruzzo and team in the Double Eagle V Movie in the world The jazz Singer , 1927 Parkinson’s disease was first described by James Parkinson, British neurologist, 1817 Religion of the world Santosh Dharma Recipient of a permanent artificial heart Barney Clark, 1982 Secretary General of UN Trigve Li Space shuttle launched Colombia Space ship landed on Moon Viking-1 Space vehicle to land on the moon Lunar Exploration Module (LEM) Woman tourist in Space Mrs Anousheh Ansari Woman civilian police adviser of the U.N. Kiran Bedi Woman Bishop Rev Barbara C. Harris (USA) Woman to win Nobel Prize in Literature Selma Lagerlöf Woman to win Nobel Prize in Peace Bertha von Suttner Woman to win Nobel Prize in Physics Marie Curie-Skłodowska Woman to win Nobel Prize in Chemistry Marie Curie-Skłodowska Woman to win Nobel Prize in Medicine Gerty Theresa Cori Woman to win Nobel Prize in Economics Elinor Ostrom Woman Prime Minister of a Country S Bhandarnayake Woman Cosmonaut in Space Valentina Tereshkova, USSR Woman to Climb Mt. Everest Juno Tabei, Japan Woman President of UN General assembly Vijayalakshmi Pandit Woman to reach North Pole Mrs Fran Phipps Woman to reach Antartica Caroline Michaelson Woman President of a Country Maria Estela Peron Woman to sail around the world alone Kat Cotte Woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis singles, 1900 Woman professional bullfighter Patricia Mccormick, 1952 Women’s Olympic marathon Champion Joan Benoit, Los Angles, 1984 Woman to Climb Mt. Everest twice Santosh Yadav Woman Oscar winner for Best Actress janet Gaynor, 1928 Woman black tennis player to win a singles title at Wimbledon A Gibson, 1957 Woman to win a Grand Slam Maureen Catherine, 1953 Woman to swim the English Channel Gertrude Ederle, 1926 Woman to set foot on North Pole Ann Bancroft, USA, 1986 University of the world Taxila University

World at a glance ...... Total Surface Area:510,064,472 sq km Total Land Area:148,940,000 sq km (29.2% of Planet Earth's surface) Total Water Area:361,132,000 sq km (70.8% of Planet Earth's surface) Total Population:7.04 billion Total Weight:5.9722 × 1024Kg Total Volume:1.08321×1012km3 Total Age:4.54 billion years Surface Gravity:32.041 ft/s2 Distance from Moon:384,403 km Distance from Sun:150 million km Equatorial Radius:6,378.1 km Mean Radius:6,371.0 km Polar Radius:6,356.8 km Orbiting Speed:29.78 km/s Orbiting Time: 365.256363004 days Surface Temperature:-88/5(min/max)°C Orbit Size around Sun:92,956,050 miles (Semi Major Axis) Period of Rotation: 23.934 hours Speed of Rotation: 1670 km/hr Distance from nearest Planet: 38 million km from Venus Total Continent: 7 (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Antar ctica) Total Ocean: 5 ( Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic ) UN Recognized Countries: 193 Total Seas: 137 Primary Tectonic Plates: 8 (African, Antarctic, Australian, Eurasian, Indian, North American, Pacific, South American) Largest Continent: Asia, 43,820,000 sq km (29.5% of total World landmass) Smallest Continent: Australia, 9,008,500 sq km Largest Country: Russia, 17,098,242 sq km Smallest Country: Vatican City - 0.44 sq km Largest Ocean: The Pacific Ocean - 155,557,000 sq km Smallest Ocean: Arctic, 14,056,000 sq km Highest Mountain: Mount Everest, 29,029 ft - Nepal Longest River: The Nile - 6,650 km Largest Lake: The Caspian Sea - 371,000 sq km Average Life Expectancy: 67.2 years