French
... islands when Columbus landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early settlements by the Spanish and French were succeeded by the English who formed a colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run ...
www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/a_fg.html
French
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
www.exxun.com/Argentina/c_pp.html
French
... of NATO and the EU. Tensions between the Dutch-speaking Flemings of the north and the French-speaking Walloons of the south have led in recent years to constitutional amendments granting these ...
www.exxun.com/Belgium/a_fg.html
French
Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
www.exxun.com/Belgium/c_pp.html
French
10 provinces (French: provinces, singular - province; Dutch: provincies, singular - provincie) and 3 regions* (French: regions; Dutch: gewesten); Brussels* (Bruxelles) capital region; Flanders* region (five provinces): Antwerpen (Antwerp), Limburg, Oost-Vlaanderen (East Flanders ...
www.exxun.com/Belgium/d_gv.html
French
... Dahomey, a prominent West African kingdom that rose in the 15th century. The territory became a French Colony in 1872 and achieved independence on 1 August 1960, as the Republic of Benin ...
www.exxun.com/Benin/a_fg.html
French
French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
www.exxun.com/Benin/c_pp.html
French
based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Benin/d_gv.html
French
... entirely covered by glaciers and is difficult to approach. It was discovered in 1739 by a French naval officer after whom the island was named. No claim was made until 1825, when ...
www.exxun.com/BouvetIsland/a_fg.html
French
total: 16,885 km border countries: Argentina 1,261 km, Bolivia 3,423 km, Colombia 1,644 km, French Guiana 730 km, Guyana 1,606 km, Paraguay 1,365 km, Peru 2,995 km, Suriname 593 km, Uruguay 1,068 ...
www.exxun.com/Brazil/b_mp.html
French
French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/c_pp.html
French
based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/d_gv.html
French
Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
www.exxun.com/Burundi/c_pp.html
French
... decline. The king placed the country under French protection in 1863 and it became part of French Indochina in 1887. Following Japanese occupation in World War II, Cambodia gained full independence from ...
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/a_fg.html
French
Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/c_pp.html
French
primarily a civil law mixture of French-influenced codes from the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) period, royal decrees, and acts of the legislature, with influences of customary law and ...
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/d_gv.html
