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The largest city on Hokkaido is its capital, Sapporo, which is also its only ordinance-designated city. Sakhalin lies about 43 kilometres (27 mi) to the north of Hokkaidō, and to the east and northeast are the Kuril Islands, which are…
South of the Mariana Islands chain lies Guam, a separate U.S. territory, with the Mariana Trench (Earth’s deepest point) generally to the east and south; the islands themselves stretch from volcanic northern isles like Agrihan down through inhabited ones like…
Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the island around 6,000 years ago. In the 17th century, large-scale Han Chinese immigration began under Dutch colonial rule and continued under the Kingdom of Tungning, the first predominantly Han Chinese state…
Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. The first Europeans to visit the islands were a Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Fernandes de Queirós, who arrived on the largest island, Espíritu Santo, in 1606. Queirós claimed the archipelago for…
Turkmenistan’s offshore Caspian Sea sector holds significant oil and gas potential, with key developments including the joint Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan Dostlug (Friendship) field, historically disputed but now slated for cross-border development. Major players like Dragon Oil (UAE) and Malaysian firms (Petronas) operate…
Location:The region is situated on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, northeast of the mainland. Composition:It includes the Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain, New Ireland, Admiralty Islands, etc.) and the north-eastern part of the Solomon Islands Archipelago. Population:It’s…
Luzon:This is the largest island and includes the capital, Manila, and several other regions like Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, NCR (National Capital Region), and CAR (Cordillera Administrative Region). Visayas:Located in the central Philippines, this group of islands…
The Molucca Sea is rich in coral and has many diving sites due to the deepness of its waters. The deepness of the water explains the reasoning behind dividing the sea into three zones, which functions to transport water from…
The islands are located in the Southern Ocean, north of the Antarctic mainland, and span a latitude range of 66°15’S to 67°35’S and a longitude range of 162°30’E to 165°00’E. The islands are characterized by glacial landscapes and volcanic origins,…
Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to…
