Geographic Reference

Nunavut

About 5.8% of People Living in Nunavut Have No Knowledge of English or French, They Only Speak Inuit Language

Nunavut is Canada’s biggest and most northern territory. The Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act granted this area to the Inuit for autonomous administration and legally split it from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999. But did you know people living in Nunavut do not know other languages? Around 5.8% of […]

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Ethiopian Calendar

How is Ethiopia’s Calendar Unique?

While we know that a calendar is used to keep track of the days. The concept behind its creation is quite remarkable. In order to keep track of the day, time periods, usually days, weeks, months, and years are given names. A date is the designation of a single, specific day in such a system.

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What is the Oldest Continuously Inhabited City in Europe?

There are several interesting facts about different places. Some countries go as far as preserving their rich histories by preserving certain buildings and monuments. Europe has some of the most fascinating sights that definitely attract tourists to visit. But did you know the oldest and continuously inhabited city is within Europe as well?   Argos in

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What is a Terminal Moraine?

With their movement, glaciers can produce new land formations, including moraines. Primarily made from soil and rock, moraines erect from the squeezing, pushing, and dumping of earth material and the melting of glaciers.  Terminal moraines, which are formed from the glaciers’ movement throughout numerous centuries, emerge at the end of a glacier. Long Island houses

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Boring, Bland, and Dull: Unexciting or Some Very Unique Town Names?

There are tons of peculiar city names we’ve come to see over the years. There are some that make more impact on us than others. From the more peculiar names like Two Egg, Florida or Intercourse, Pennsylvania, what seemingly uninteresting names are there? Three towns called Boring, Bland and Dull have decided to form a

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Around 21 million people in Uganda, half of its population, are under 15 years of age.

Uganda For other uses, see Uganda (disambiguation). Coordinates: 1°N 32°E / 1°N 32°E Uganda (Ugandan Languages: Yuganda ), officially the Republic of Uganda (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Uganda), is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic

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