Benin: Country Report

Just a little about Benin:

- Location: West Africa

- Population: 7,460,025

- Language: French, Fon and Yoruba, tribal languages

- Religion: 50% Indigenous, 30% Christian, 20% Muslim

- Ethnic Groups: Majority African, some Europeans

- Literacy: 33.6%

- Climate/Terrain: Tropical; flat to low mountains

The information is from The World Factbook

Austria: Country Report

Just a little about Austria:

- Location: Central Europe

- Population: 8,184,691

- Language: German, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian

- Religion: Mostly Roman Catholic, others include Protestant, Muslim, other, unspecified, none

- Ethnic Groups: Mostly Austrian, others include Yugoslavs, Turks, German, other

- Literacy: 98%

- Climate/Terrain: Temperate; flat, slopes, Alp mountains

The information is from The World Factbook

Monaco: Country Report

Just a little about Monaco:

- Location: Western Europe, along Mediterranean Sea coast

- Population: 32,409

- Language: French, English, Italian, Monegasque

- Religion: Mostly Roman Catholic

- Ethnic Groups: 47% French, 16% Monegasque, 16% Italian, 21% other

- Literacy: 99%

- Climate/Terrain: Mediterranean; hills, rugged

The information is from The World Factbook

Afghanistan: Country Report

Just a little about Afghanistan:

- Location: Southern Asia

- Population: 29,928,987

- Language: 50% Afghan/Dari, 35% Pashtu, 11% Turkish, 4% Minor languages

- Religion: 80% Sunni Muslim, 19% Shi'a Muslim, 1% other

- Ethnic Groups: 42% Pashtun, 27% Tajik, 9% Hazara, 9% Uzbek, 4% Aimak, 3% Turkmen, 2% Baloch, 4% other

- Literacy: 36% (51% male, 21% female)

- Climate/Terrain: Arid/semiarid; Mountains

The information is from The World Factbook

Guadeloupe: Country Report

Just a little about Guadeloupe:

- Location: Caribbean

- Population: 448,713

- Language: 99% French, Creole patois

- Religion: 95% Roman Catholic, 4% Hindu and pagan African, 1% Protestant

- Ethnic Groups: 90% black or mulatto, 5% white, others are East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese

- Literacy: 90%

- Climate/Terrain: subtropical; mountainous and volcanos

The information is from The World Factbook

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Costa Rica: Country Report

Just a little about Costa Rica:

- Location: Central America

- Population: 4,016,173

- Language: Spanish is official, English

- Religion: 76.3% Roman Catholic, 13.7% Evangelical, 1.3% Jehovah's Witness, 0.7% other Protestant, 4.8% other, 3.2% none

- Ethnic Groups: Mostly white, minor groups are black, Amerindian, Chinese, other

- Literacy: 96%

- Climate/Terrain: tropical and subtropical; coastal plains, mountains, volcanos

The information is from The World Factbook

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Denmark: Country Report

Just a little about Denmark:

- Location: Northern Europe

- Population: 5,432,335

- Language: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic, German

- Religion: 95% Evangelical Lutheran, 3% other Protestant and Roman Catholic, 2% Muslim

- Ethnic Groups: Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali

- Literacy: 100%

- Climate/Terrain: temperate; flat and rolling hills

The information is from The World Factbook

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Malaysia Weather

The weather forecast for the next 10 days in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is highs in the upper 80s and lows in the mid 70s. Scattered thunderstorms everyday is also expected with a 60% chance.

This weather report was found through Weather.com

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Malaysia: Country Report

Just a little about Malaysia:

- Capital: Kuala Lumpur

- Population: 23,522,482

- Language: Bahasa Melayu is official, English, Chinese dialects, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai, other indigenous languages

- Religion: Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Shamanism

- Currency: ringgit (MYR)

- Industries: Include rubber and oil palm processing/manufacturing, electronics, logging, petroleum production

- Total Area: 329,750 sq km (comparable to New Mexico)

The information is from CountryReports.org

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London Weather Report

Today in London, UK there is fog with a visibility of only 2.7 miles. Humidity is 93% and the temperature is 41 degrees F. Tomorrow London is expected to have some rain showers with a high of 49 degrees F.

This weather report was found through The Weather Channel

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Hong Kong Weather

Today in Hong Kong, China the weather is partly cloudy with a temperature of 66 degrees F. Tomorrow (Tuesday) it is expected to be sunny with a high of 73 degrees F.

This weather report was found through The Weather Channel

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