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  • Russia
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Capital: Moscow (Moskva).Major Cities (in order of population): St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, NizhniyNovgorod, Omsk, Samara, Kazan’, Chelyabinsk, Rostov-na-Donu, Ufa, Volgograd, and Perm.Independence: Russia officially marks its independence on June 12, 1991, the date of theRussian Republic’s declaration of sovereignty from the Soviet Union.Public Holidays: Offici...
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  • Saudi Arabia
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    Capital: Riyadh (estimated population 3.6 million).Major Cities: Population estimates for 2006 show continued growth for Saudi Arabia’s majorurban areas: Jiddah (2.9 million), Mecca (1.6 million), Ad Dammam/Khobar/Dhahran (1.6million), and Medina (854,500). Mecca and Medina have religious significance that faroutweighs their respective populations.Independence: Following Ottoma...
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  • Singapore
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    Capital: Singapore.Major Cities: Singapore is a city-state. The city of Singapore is located on the south-centralcoast of the island of Singapore, but urbanization has taken over most of the territory of theisland.Date of Independence: August 31, 1963, from Britain; August 9, 1965, from the Federation ofMalaysia.National Public Holidays: New Year’s Day (January 1); Lunar New Ye...
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  • South Korea
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    Capital: Seoul. ...
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  • Syria
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    Capital: Damascus (population estimated at 5 million in 2004).Other Major Cities: Aleppo (4.5 million), Homs (1.8 million), Hamah (1.6 million), AlHasakah (1.3 million), Idlib (1.2 million), and Latakia (1 million).Independence: Syrians celebrate their independence on April 17, known as Evacuation Day, incommemoration of the departure of French forces in 1946.Public Holidays: P...
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  • Taiwan
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    Capital: The capital of central administration of Taiwan isTaipei (T’ai-pei- ...
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  • Thailand
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    Capital: Bangkok (in Thai, Krung Thep, ...
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  • Turkey
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    Capital: Ankara.Other Major Cities: Istanbul, ...
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  • United Arab Emirates
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    Capital: Abu Dhabi City. ...
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  • Malaysia
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    Capital: Since 1999 Putrajaya (25 kilometers south of Kuala Lumpur)has been the administrative capital and seat of government. Parliamentstill meets in Kuala Lumpur, but most ministries are located in Putrajaya.Major Cities: Kuala Lumpur is the only city with a population greater than 1 million persons(1,305,792 according to the most recent census in 2000). Other major cities i...
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  • Iraq
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    Capital: Baghdad.Major Cities (in order of population size): Baghdad, Mosul (Al Mawsil), Basra (Al Basrah),Arbil (Irbil), Kirkuk, and Sulaymaniyah (As Sulaymaniyah).Independence: October 3, 1932, from the British administration established under a 1920League of Nations mandate.Public Holidays: New Year’s Day (January 1) and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein (April 9)are celebrate...
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  • Jordan
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    Capital: Amman (with a population of about 2 million).Other Major Cities: Az Zarqa (472,830 inhabitants) and Irbid (272,681).Independence: Jordan celebrates its independence on May 25, the day in 1946 on whichAbdullah ibn Hussein al Hashimi was proclaimed King of Transjordan and a new constitutionwas enacted, replacing the British Mandate that ended three days before.Public Hol...
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  • Kazakhstan
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    Capital: Astana (formerly Aqmola) became the official capital of Kazakhstan in 1997,succeeding Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata) and moving the national government from the farsoutheast to the industrial north.Other Major Cities: Almaty, Karaganda, Öskemen, Pavlodar, Shymkent, and Taraz.Independence: The recognized date of independence is December 16, 1991, when the Republicof Kazakhs...
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  • Kenya
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    Capital: Nairobi.Major Cities: The country’s largest cites are Nairobi, the capital and chief manufacturing center;Mombasa, the principal seaport; and Kisumu, the chief port on Lake Victoria. Smaller citiesinclude Nakuru, a commercial and manufacturing center in the Eastern Rift Valley; and Eldoret,an industrial center in western Kenya. The population of cities, according to th...
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  • Libya
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    Capital: Tripoli (also known as Tarabulus), with an estimated population of 1,223,300 in 2002.Major Cities: Tripoli, Benghazi, Misratah, Az Zawiyah, Tobruk (according to decreasing size,2000-2002 estimates).Independence: December 24, 1951, from Italy.National Public Holidays: Commercial offices and government establishments are closed onFridays. In 2005 the major holidays are: ...
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  • Libya
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    Capital: Tripoli (also known as Tarabulus), with an estimated population of 1,223,300 in 2002.Major Cities: Tripoli, Benghazi, Misratah, Az Zawiyah, Tobruk (according to decreasing size,2000-2002 estimates).Independence: December 24, 1951, from Italy.National Public Holidays: Commercial offices and government establishments are closed onFridays. In 2005 the major holidays are: ...
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  • Mali
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    Capital: Bamako.Major Cities: Bamako (more than 1 million inhabitants according to the 1998 census), Sikasso(113,813), Ségou (90,898), Mopti (79,840), Koutiala (74,153), Kayes (67,262), and Gao(54,903).Independence: September 22, 1960, from France.Public Holidays: In 2005 legal holidays in Mali include: January 1 (New Year’s Day); January20 (Armed Forces Day); January 21* (Taba...
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  • Iran
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    Capital: Tehran.Other Major Cities (in order of population): Mashhad, Esfahan, Tabriz, Karaj, Shiraz, Qom, and Ahvaz.Independence: In the modern era, Iran always has existed as an independent country.Public Holidays: The national holiday, Islamic Revolution Day, celebrates the victory of the Islamic Revolution on February 11, 1979. Other official holidays are Dawn (the return o...
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  • Bolivia
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    Formal Name: Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia).Short Form: Bolivia.Term for Citizen(s): Bolivian(s).Capitals: La Paz (executive) and Sucre (judicial).Major Cities: Santa Cruz (1.3 million inhabitants), Cochabamba (900,000), El Alto (830,000), La Paz (810,000), and Sucre (225,000), according to 2005 projections.Independence: Led by 'El Libertador,' Simón Bolívar Palacio...
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  • Bulgaria
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    Formal Name: Republic of Bulgaria (Republika B ...
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  • China
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    Major Cities: Based on 2000 census data, the largest cities are the four centrally administeredmunicipalities, which include dense urban areas, suburbs, and large rural areas: Chongqing (30.5million), Shanghai (16.4 million), Beijing (13.5 million), and Tianjin (9.8 million). Other majorcities are Wuhan (5.1 million), Shenyang (4.8 million), Guangzhou (3.8 million), Chengdu (3....
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  • Cuba
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    Capital: La Habana (Havana). Term for residents: Habaneros (males), Habaneras (females).Major Cities: Cuba’s six largest cities (more than 200,000 inhabitants) in order of population (2005 estimates, not including urban agglomerations) are Havana (2,201,610), Santiago de Cuba (423,392), Camagüey (301,574), Holguín (269,618), Santa Clara (210,220), and Guantánamo (208,145).Indep...
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  • Ethiopia
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    Capital: Addis Ababa.Major Cities: Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Nazret, Harer, Mekele, Jima, Dese, Bahir Dar, and Debre Zeyit (in order of decreasing size, 1994 census).Independence: Ethiopia celebrates May 28 as its National Day, the date of the defeat of the military government (Derg) in 1991.Public Holidays: Ethiopians observe the following public holidays: Christmas (January 7, ...
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  • France
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    Major Cities: The country’s capital Paris, the only French citywith more than 1 million inhabitants, has a population of 2,142,800in the city proper (as of 2004) and 11,330,700 in the metropolitan area (2003 estimate). Greatermetropolitan Paris encompasses more than 15 percent of the country’s total population. Thesecond largest city is Marseille, a major Mediterranean seaport,...
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  • Germany
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    Capital: Berlin, with a population of about 3.4 million.Major Cities: After Berlin, the most populous cities as of 2007 were Hamburg (1.7 million), Munich (1.2 million), Cologne (964,000), Frankfurt (644,000), Essen (603,000), Dortmund (592,000), Stuttgart (582,000), Düsseldorf (568,000), Bremen (543,000), and Hanover (516,000).Independence: The Day of German Unity commemorates...
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  • Haiti
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    Capital: Port-au-Prince.Major Cities: Port-au-Prince (917,112 inhabitants), Carrefour (306,074), Delmas (257,247), andCap-Haïtien (107,026) are Haiti’s only cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants.Independence: January 1, 1804, from France. Haiti was the first modern state governed bypeople of African descent and the second nation in the Western Hemisphere to achieveindepende...
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  • India
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    Capital: New Delhi (formally called the National CapitalTerritory of Delhi).Other Major Cities: India has 35 cities and urban agglomerations with more than 1 millionpersons. The most populous cities are Mumbai (Bombay) with 16.4 million people, Kolkata(Calcutta, 13.2 million), New Delhi (12.8 million), Chennai (Madras, 6.4 million), Bangalore(5.7 million), Hyderabad (5.5 millio...
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  • Indonesia
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    Capital: Jakarta (Special Capital City Region of Jakarta), located on the north coast of Java.Major Cities: The eight largest cities in 2004 were Jakarta (Java), Surabaya (Java), Bandung (Java), Medan (Sumatra), Palembang (Sumatra), Semarang (Java), Ujungpandang (Sulawesi), and Tangerang (Java).Date of Independence: Proclaimed August 17, 1945, from the Netherlands. The Hague re...
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  • Genealogies in the Library of Congress
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    This should be the first work of reference consulted by the genealogist, as it tells what family histories have already been published. These two massive volumes include titles and descriptive details of genealogies listed in the Family Name Index of the Local History and Genealogy Room in the Library of Congress up to 1972. The 20,000 entries, arranged by surname and covering ...
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  • Genealogies in the Library of Congress
    Library of Congress
    This should be the first work of reference consulted by the genealogist, as it tells what family histories have already been published. These two massive volumes include titles and descriptive details of genealogies listed in the Family Name Index of the Local History and Genealogy Room in the Library of Congress up to 1972. The 20,000 entries, arranged by surname and covering ...
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