southern
Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third of the former Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) in 1976, but relinquished it after three years of raids by the Polisario guerrilla ...
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southern
most of the population concentrated in the cities of Nouakchott and Nouadhibou and along the Senegal River in the southern part of the country
www.exxun.com/Mauritania/b_mp.html
Southern
Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/b_mp.html
Southern
Southern Indian Ocean, island in the Mozambique Channel, about half way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique
www.exxun.com/Mayotte/b_mp.html
southern
... population, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population in the impoverished southern states. The elections held in 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution ...
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southern
strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
www.exxun.com/Mexico/b_mp.html
southern
... exploitation and labor; while the vast majority of victims are Central Americans trafficked along Mexico's southern border, other source regions include South America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia; women ...
www.exxun.com/Mexico/i_ti.html
southern
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/b_mp.html
southern
Western Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea on the southern coast of France, near the border with Italy
www.exxun.com/Monaco/b_mp.html
southern
severe droughts; devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces
www.exxun.com/Mozambique/b_mp.html
Southern
Southern African transit point for South Asian hashish and heroin, and South American cocaine probably destined for the European and South African markets; producer of cannabis (for local consumption) and methaqualone (for ...
www.exxun.com/Mozambique/i_ti.html
Southern
Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa
www.exxun.com/Namibia/b_mp.html
Southern
... the Namibian dollar pegged one-to-one to the South African rand. Increased payments from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) put Namibia's budget into surplus in 2007 for the first ...
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southern
... Guard ceased operations and maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall lighthouse on the southern side of the island; there has also been a private claim advanced against the island
www.exxun.com/NavassaIsland/d_gv.html
Southern
Southern Asia, between China and India
www.exxun.com/Nepal/b_mp.html
southern
several small armed Madhesi groups along the southern border with India; a variety of groups advocating regional autonomy for individual ethnic groups
www.exxun.com/Nepal/d_gv.html
southern
... the newly discovered Venezuelan oil fields. The island of Saint Martin is shared with France; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion ...
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southern
... into the Leeward Islands (northern) group (Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten) and the Windward Islands (southern) group (Bonaire and Curacao); the island of Saint Martin is the smallest landmass in the ...
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Southern
... the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant with four red five-pointed stars edged in white centered in the outer half of the flag; the stars represent the Southern Cross constellation
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/d_gv.html
Southern
general assessment: excellent domestic and international systems domestic: NA international: country code - 64; the Southern Cross submarine cable system provides links to Australia, Fiji, and the US; satellite earth stations - 8 (1 ...
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/f_cm.html
southern
landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture
www.exxun.com/Niger/b_mp.html
southern
southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north
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southern
... the 32 km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated
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southern
southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; northern islands are volcanic
www.exxun.com/NorthernMarianaIslands/b_mp.html
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