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1) Fill in the blank: along the mighty Zambezi River, _________ of ZAMBIA and ZIMBABWE is the world’s largest artificial lake by volume as of the year 2023.
A — Lake Baikal
B — Lake Kariba
C — Lake Tanganyika
2) True or false: The community of Nahwa in the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES is completely surrounded by Madhā in OMAN. Also, the doughnut-shaped territory of Madhā is surrounded by additional land of the United Arab Emirates.
3) Fill in the blank: standing at over 8,281 feet (2,524 meters) in elevation, the highest mountain of SRI LANKA is _________.
A — Dealul Balanesti
B — Pidurutalagala
C — Hombori Tondo
ANSWERS
Question 1:
B . . . . . Lake Kariba
Question 2:
True . . . . . Nahwa is rare phenomenon known as a counter-exclave — in which an exclave (Nahwa) is surrounded by another exclave (Madhā). Nahwa is the “egg yolk” to Madhā’s “egg white”!
Question 3:
B . . . . . Pidurutalagala
People all across the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES are celebrating their country's Independence Day today on Wednesday, December 2nd. The UAE achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971. Happy Independence Day!
According to National Geographic MapMaker (mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org) and MIT's Observatory of Economic Complexity (atlas.media.mit.edu), the following items are major exports of the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: aluminum, automobiles, baked goods, beauty and shaving products, broadcasting equipment, chemicals, chocolate, clothing and textiles, computers, concentrated milk, construction materials, copper wire, dates, diamonds and other gemstones, dried legumes, dried seafood, electric batteries, engines, equipment and machinery, fertilizer, flavored water, fruit juice, gas turbines, gold, handicrafts, iron products, jewelry, light fixtures, meat, medical supplies, natural gas, nuts, parts for aircraft and automobiles, pepper, perfume, petroleum and petroleum products, polymers, precious metal watches, printed material, re-exports from other countries, rice, rubber tires, scrap aluminum and copper, ships, spices, sugar, synthetic yarn, tea, telephones, tobacco, and tropical fruit.
According to February 2017 statistics from the International Monetary Fund (data.imf.org), countries and territories buying and importing most of those exports include India (top importer), Iran, Switzerland, Oman, Japan, China, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Kuwait, Qatar, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, the Netherlands, and Iraq.
Abu al Abyad is the largest island off the northern coast of UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, a unified state comprised of seven emirates in the Middle East. A spelling of Abu al Abyad with accent marks has a ū instead of u and a cedilla attached to the d. Located in the Persian Gulf*, Abu al Abyad is about 30 kilometers in length from west to east and 10 kilometers in width from north to south. Near the island's center, there is a town not surprisingly called Abu al Abyad! Several kilometers east in Abu al Abyad's east-central region lies the Abu al Abyad Island Airport. Surrounding islands include Al Rafeeq and Al Qantur.
* Geopolitics: In countries such as the U.A.E., the Persian Gulf is oftentimes referred to as the Arabian Gulf or simply the Gulf.
Peninsula Week Post #4
The Musandam Peninsula sticks out northward into the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, in the Middle East. This peninsula is interesting because it is basically an exclave of OMAN. This means that the peninsula is part of Oman, but geographically separated from the rest of the country because of the United Arab Emirates. The U.A.E. is a wealthy country located south of Musandam Peninsula. Standing at over 6,800 feet (over 2,000 meters), Jabal al Harim is the highest point in the peninsula's area. Communities on the peninsula include Al Khaşab, Kamzar, and Sha'am.
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South of the Persian Gulf in the Middle East, the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Most of the wealth is thanks to its oil industry, and the United Arab Emirates is a member of OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries). The capital, Abu Dhabi, is not the city with the highest population. Dubai, home of modern buildings and a rapidly growing population, has that distinction. The World archipelago and the Palm Islands are artificial islands off the coast of Dubai. Most inhabitants in the U.A.E. were not born there, but are foreigners who came for employment and other reasons. Areas along and near the Persian Gulf coastline are populated with cities like Dubai and Abu Dhabi, while the arid southern part of the country is sparsely populated.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES is a very wealthy and financially-developed Middle Eastern country. The U.A.E. is famous for its modern urban skyscrapers and unique artificial islands. As of a June 2015 update and since its construction in 2010, the Burj Khalifa building in the city of Dubai is still the tallest building in the world! Meanwhile, the World Islands and Palm Islands are located in the Persian Gulf (sometimes known as the Arabian Gulf) north of the country, off the coast of Dubai. The geographic location of the major islands goes from Palm Jumeirah to the left, the World Islands in the middle, and Deira Island archipelago to the right. The Palm Jebel Ali archipelago is partially built to the southwest of Palm Jumeirah. There are two bordering countries: Oman to the southeast and Saudi Arabia to the west. The capital is Abu Dhabi, spelled Abū Zaby (cedilla under the Z) in Arabic. The largest-populated city is Dubai. The currency is the United Arab Emirates Dirham (Emirati Dirham), and its ISO 4217 currency code is AED.
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