west
... the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom ...
www.exxun.com/Egypt/a_fg.html
west
Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/b_mp.html
West
... year the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was set up when six members, Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, signed the Treaty of Paris.The ECSC was so successful ...
www.exxun.com/EuropeanUnion/a_fg.html
west
Europe between the North Atlantic Ocean in the west and Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine to the east
www.exxun.com/EuropeanUnion/b_mp.html
West
total: 12,173 sq km land: 12,173 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes the two main islands of East and West Falkland and about 200 small islands
www.exxun.com/FalklandIslands_IslasMalvinas/b_mp.html
west
metropolitan France: mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east French Guiana: low-lying coastal plains rising to hills ...
www.exxun.com/France/b_mp.html
West
... formed from the Crozet Plateau, Iles Crozet is divided into two main groups: L'Occidental (the West), which includes Ile aux Cochons, Ilots des Apotres, Ile des Pingouins, and the reefs Brisants ...
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/a_fg.html
West
... beauty and proximity to Europe has made it one of the larger markets for tourism in West Africa. The government's 1998 seizure of the private peanut firm Alimenta eliminated the largest ...
www.exxun.com/Gambia/e_ec.html
west
attempts to stem refugees, cross-border raids, arms smuggling, and other illegal activities by separatists from southern Senegal's Casamance region, as well as from conflicts in other west African states
www.exxun.com/Gambia/i_ti.html
West
... transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) security and civilian responsibility for Palestinian-populated areas of the West Bank and Gaza. Negotiations to determine the permanent status of the West Bank and Gaza ...
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/a_fg.html
West
150 sq km; note - includes West Bank (2003)
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/b_mp.html
West
... smaller of the two areas under the Palestinian Authority (PA)- even more degraded than in the West Bank. The beginning of the second intifadah in September 2000 sparked an economic downturn, largely ...
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/e_ec.html
West
1.095 million (includes West Bank) (2005)
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/f_cm.html
West
note: see entry for West Bank
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/g_tr.html
West
West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement - permanent status to be determined through further negotiation; Israel removed settlers and military personnel ...
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/i_ti.html
west
... Mountains in the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of ...
www.exxun.com/Georgia/b_mp.html
West
... GDR or East Germany) proclaimed 7 October 1949 and included the former USSR zone; unification of West Germany and East Germany took place 3 October 1990; all four powers formally relinquished rights ...
www.exxun.com/Germany/d_gv.html
west
... the eastern German economy continues to be a costly long-term process, with annual transfers from west to east amounting to roughly $80 billion. The former government of Chancellor Gerhard SCHROEDER launched ...
www.exxun.com/Germany/e_ec.html
West
10 regions; Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western
www.exxun.com/Ghana/d_gv.html
West
... with natural resources, Ghana has roughly twice the per capita output of the poorest countries in West Africa. Even so, Ghana remains heavily dependent on international financial and technical assistance. Gold and ...
www.exxun.com/Ghana/e_ec.html
West
... Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in ...
www.exxun.com/Greece/i_ti.html
west
no natural harbors on west coast
www.exxun.com/Guatemala/b_mp.html
West
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/e_ec.html
West
10 regions; Barima-Waini, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Demerara-Mahaica, East Berbice-Corentyne, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Mahaica-Berbice, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
www.exxun.com/Guyana/d_gv.html
west
all of the area west of the Essequibo River is claimed by Venezuela preventing any discussion of a maritime boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before ...
www.exxun.com/Guyana/i_ti.html
