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Geography facts #1

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1. This is the biggest city in the UK by urban area population that is not the capital:
About 2.6 M people live in Birmingham, 2.5 M in Manchester and 2.2 M in Leeds
Manchester
Leeds
London
Birmingham
2. The only country without a rectangular flag:
Nepal
Ireland
Brunei
Vatican City
3. The largest city in all of Africa by urban population:
At 21 M people Lagos is estimated to be Africas fastest growing city, already being the largest one.
Johannesburg
Lagos
Addis Abeba
Cairo
4. The arguably highest unclimbed mountain in the world lies within this country:
With its 7570 m the Guangkhar Puensum is prohibited to be climbed in respect for local beliefs
Bhutan
Nepal
Argentina
Afghanistan
5. This freshwater lake had formerly been the fourth largest in the world, today it's only a tenth of its size.
It shrank due to divertion of the main inflows for cotton production in the 1960's.
Dead sea
Aral sea
Lake Assal
Owens lake
6. This countries flag got humans on it:
Belize
Haiti
Bolivia
Benin
7. The most populous out of the -stans:
About 208.000 M people live in Pakistan, the second most populous -stan is Afghanistan with about 31 M
Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Pakistan
8. This country fought against the USSR in the winter war:
This war between the USSR and Finland lasted from 30th of November 1939 until the 13th of March 1940
Estonia
Finland
Sweden
Ukraine
9. Country with the most UNESCO world heritage sites:
Italy has got 53, China 52, Spain 46 and France 43.
Italy
China
Spain
France
10. One of these countries is an independent republic associated with the USA:
Tuvalu
Micronesia
Bahamas
Samoa
11. The full name of this country is ''Plurination state of (country here)'':
Papua New Guinea
Bolivia
D.R. Congo
Colombia
12. This country owns the westernmost spot of mainland Africa:
Cap Verd, Senegal is the most western point on mainland Africa.
Senegal
Guinea
Mali
Cabo Verde
13. This country is home to the highest percentage of muslims in the Ibadi branch:
Ibadites make up about 40-45% of Oman, there is an important minority of Sunni, whereas theres only about 2% Shia.
Oman
Yemen
Iran
Libya
14. The state capital of Nevada:
Carson city
Las Vegas
Reno
Henderson
15. Biggest lake in mesoamerica:
Lake Nicaraguas size of 8.264 km² makes it the largest in mesoamerica.
Lake Petén Itzá
Lake Chapala
Lake Atitlán
Lake Nicaragua
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Level 36
Feb 15, 2019
It's Addis Ababa.
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Level 82
Feb 15, 2019
''Addis Ababa, ''new flower''; or Addis Abeba (the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority); is the capital of Ethiopia.''