Know your countries……….

1. Qatar is the richest country in the world.

1. Egpyt is home to the 6th largest dam which impounds the longest river
in the world i.e the Nile.
1. Finland has 187,888 lakes!
1. China produces about 29 million automobiles annually which is greater
than the US, Japan and Germany combined.

1. The current Danish national flag has been in use since 1625.
1. Singapore is the most expensive city in the world.

1. The richest city of UAE is not Dubai but Abu Dhabi.

1. With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and start-ups, Israel has the
highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world (apart from the
Silicon Valley).

1. Colombia is the only country in South America that has coastlines on

both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
1. South Africa is the only African country to have possessed nukes.

1. The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has a population comparable to that

of Pakistan! And if it were a country, it would be 7th most populous
country in the world.
1. Iceland is the oldest democracy in the world.

1. Japanese trains are among the world’s most punctual: their average
delay is just 18 seconds!
1. France is the world’s most visited country.

1. Panama celebrates two independence days, the first from Spain in 1821
and the second from Colombia 82 years later in 1903.
1. College education in Germany is heavily subsidised thus making it an
attractive destination for local and international students.

1. Russia has the world’s longest railway. The Trans-Siberian spans nearly
the whole country, departing Moscow in the west and travelling to
Vladivostok in the east. The entire journey is 9,200km long (5,700mi) and
would take 152 hours and 27 minutes to complete non-stop.
 1. Italy has the highest number of UNESCO world heritage sites.

There are 30 million sheep in New Zealand when compared to 4.4 million humans!
Australia’s Highway 1 is the longest national highway in the world.