Interesting facts about countries

30/12/2018

Distribution of the global population

One interesting fact about the population density of all of the world.

26/12/2017

Merry Christmas!
In connection with Christmas, we have prepared for you some unusual interesting fact, consisting of entertainment material.

The future world-famous Soul Diva may be from Kazakhstan.

Daneliya Tuleshova (Kazakh girl, The winner of Voice Kids Ukraine, location of contest: Kiev, Ukraine)

Daneliya Tuleshova is a small girl, 10 years old (now is 11), who was able to surprise all judges, TV-viewers and many YouTube visitors. She won the Voice Kids Ukraine contest only a week ago at the age of 11. She has an unusual strong and grown up voice with a large vocal range. She also has a good musical hearing and professional vocal technique. Many vocal professionals and experts predict her a great future in global music.

You can watch the video of performances at YouTube by clicking on image below or click on one of the link in list.

First video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGUqIU6u8Ew

Second video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hly0rD5MO_M

Third video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48_AYCZyCSU

Fourth video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YoDsibwzCI

Fifth video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvrP6TQZbJI

Данэлия Тулешова исполнила песню "Stone Cold" певицы Деми Ловато и песню "Тримай" Х. Соловий на слепых прослушиваниях в 1 выпуске 4 сезона Голос. Дети. Смотр...

09/05/2017

Makkah Clock Royal Tower (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)

There are many people associate high clock towers with a Big Ben (London, England) or with The Spasskaya Tower (part of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia). But now, the biggest tower is located in Saudi Arabia. It is a tower "Makkah Clock Royal Tower", which is the part of the complex of seven skyscraper - five-star hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
The Makkah Clock Royal Tower is the most highes building with a clock in the world, with a height of 581.1 meters (1,906 feet). Also, it is one of the tallest buildings in the world. It ranks third after Burj Khalifa (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) and the Shanghai Tower (China).

11/01/2017

Nabiyotum Crater (Lake Turkana, Kenya)

The Nabuyatom Crater is a natural geological sight of the Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. This place also situated near another country - Ethiopia. The Nabuyatom Crater is a old crater, which is a remnants of a collapsed volcano.
Lake Turkana is a world’s largest desert lake and the world’s largest alkaline lake in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. It is the fourth largest salt lake in the world.

Photo by Nigel Pavitt

23/05/2016

Giethoorn (Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Holland)

Giethoorn is a unique village without any roads. Giethoorn situated in municipality of Steenwijkerland in province of Overijssel, Netherlands.
People do not use cars in this village - they ride on boats. It's like Venice, but only as the picturesque village.

23/04/2016

Panama City (Panama)

Panama is a small country in Central America, which situated between North and South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Panama City is a capital of Panama, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half of the country's 3.9 million people. It is a modern and fast-paced city.
Panama connects two oceans - the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean, with a help of the Panama Canal. This country also connects two continents - North and South America. Panama is an offshore state in which many international companies operate.

20/03/2016

Trolltunga or Troll's tongue (Odda, Hordaland county, Norway)

Trolltunga is a piece of rock jutting horizontally out of a mountain Skjeggedal about 700 m (2,300 ft) above the north side of the lake Ringedalsvatnet, near Folgefonna glacier in the municipality of Odda in Hordaland county, Norway. The elevation of this place is 604 m. Form of tongue consist from a granite. This is a great place for beautiful pictures.

11/03/2016

Lake Retba or Pink Lake or Lac Rose (Cap Vert, Senegal)

It is not a Photoshop. Lake Retba is a salt lake with pink water, which situated on Cap Vert peninsula, Senegal, some 30 km (18 m) north-east of the capital, Dakar in northwest Africa.
Water of lake is pink due to Dunaliella salina algae and is known for its high salt content, up to 40%. The lake covers an area of 3 square kilometers. The maximum depth of 3 meters.
People can not be more than 10 minutes in the water of Lake Retba, because they can get a burns.

28/02/2016

Kjeragbolten (Kjerag mountain, Forsand, Rogaland, Norway)

Kjeragbolten is 5-cubic-metre (180 ft3) boulder, which located on the mountain Kjerag in Forsand municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is accessible without any climbing equipment, but it is very extremely and dangerous. Kjeragbolten suspended above a 984 metre (3,228 ft) deep abyss. The boulder is located just southwest of the village of Lysebotn, just south of the Lysefjorden. It's a very popular tourist attraction in this region. Kjeragbolten and mount of Kjerag are also a popular sites for BASE jumping.

22/02/2016

Tiebele (Tiebele, Nahouri Province, Burkina Faso)

Tiebele is a small village, which situated in Tiebele department of Nahouri Province in south of a small country of Burkina Faso in west Africa. Tiebele is known for their wonderful traditional Gourounsi architecture and elaborately decorated walls of their national homes.
It is homes of the Kassena people, one of the oldest ethnic groups that had settled in the territory of Burkina Faso in the 15th century. Wall decorating is always a community project done by the womens and it’s a very ancient practice that dates from the 16 century AD. The locals build their houses entirely of local materials: earth, wood and straw.
After construction, the local womans make murals on the walls using colored mud and white chalk. The motifs and symbols are either taken from everyday life, or from belief and religion. The finished wall is then carefully burnished with stones, each of colors burnished separately so that the colors don’t blur together. Finally, the entire surface is coated with a natural varnish made by boiling pods of nere, the African locust bean tree.

14/02/2016

Roys Peak and Lake Wanaka (Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, South Island, New Zealand)

Lake Wanaka is situated in the Otago region of New Zealand, at an altitude of 300 m. The lake covers an area of 192 sq km., has a length of 42 km, a width of 10 km and average depth of 300 m. Lake Wanaka it is fourth largest lake of New Zealand. It is also one of the most beautiful lakes in New Zealand.
The name of the Lake Wanaka is Maori origin. The name "Wanaka", translated from the Maori language means as "The Place of Anak" (Anak was a local tribal leader of Maori).
Lake Wanaka is now a popular resort, and is much used in the summer for fishing, boating, swimming and walking. The nearby mountains and fast-flowing rivers allow for adventure tourism year-round, with jetboating and skiing facilities located nearby.

Roys Peak is a one of the famous mountain in New Zealand, standing between Lake Wanaka and Glendhu Bay. The height of this mountain is 1,578 meters (5,177 ft). This mountain is known for its wonderful walking track. It is known as Roys Peak Track. Roys Peak Track offers a full-day walk, with views across Lake Wanaka and up to the peak of Mount Aspiring and Tititea.
The all-encompassing panorama from this 1,578 m summit includes most of Lake Wanaka, the surrounding peaks and Mount Aspiring/Tititea. After crossing through paddocks, the well-graded track continues through alpine tussock to the ridge. This track starts at the Roys Peak Track carpark, 6 km from the Wanaka township on the Mt Aspiring Road.
All photos taken at this place are wonderful and incredible.

07/02/2016

Derawar Fort (Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan)

The Derawar Fort is a large square fortress in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. This forty bastions are visible for many miles in Cholistan Desert. The walls of the fort have a circumference of 1500 m and stand up to 30 m high.
The Derawar fort was built by Rai Jajja Bhatti, a Rajput ruler of Bhatti clan. The fort was built in IX century AD as a tribute to Rawal Deoraj Bhatti, a Rajput sovereign King of Jaisalmer and Bahawalpur area who had his capital at Lodhruva. Initially, this fort was known as Dera Rawal, later it was named as Dera Rawar and with the passage of time it turned to be Derawar, the present name of fort.
The historic Derawar Fort is a great and impressive structure in the heart of Cholistan desert. But it is not very visited attraction of Pakistan.