Haiti
Haiti, 1999
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Haiti occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, situated between Cuba and Puerto Rico, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. The Atlantic Ocean borders Haiti’s northern shores, while the Caribbean Sea is to the west and south. The Windward Passage separates Haiti from Cuba, which lies about 80 kilometers to the northwest. Haiti has an area of 27,750 sq. km. (10,714 sq. mi.), slightly smaller than Maryland. 
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Yemen
Yemen, 2002
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The Republic of Yemen, located on the Arabian Peninsula, is 527,970 sq km (about the combined size of California and Pennsylvania). Yemen borders Saudi Arabia and Oman. Its terrain consists of a mountainous interior bordered by desert with a flat and sandy coastal plain. Its climate is temperate in the mountainous regions in the western part of the country, extremely hot with minimal rainfall in the remainder of the country, and humid on the coast. Read More
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Administrative Divisions, 2008
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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, covers and area of 647,500 sq. km. (249,935 sq. mi.), slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Texas. Its capital, Kabul has an estimated population of 1,780,000; other major cities include: Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Jalabad, and Konduz. This landlocked country is comprised of mostly mountains and desert. Afghanistan's climate ranges from arid to semiarid with cold winters and hot summers... Read More
Pakistan
Pakistan, 2002
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Pakistan is located in Southern Asia bordering the Arabian Sea, between India to the east and Iran and Afghanistan to the west and China to the north. Pakistan covers an area of 803,943 sq. km., nearly twice the size of the U.S. state of California. The majority of Pakistan's population (176,243,000 July 2009, est.) lives along the Indus River valley and along an arc formed by the cities of Faisalabad, Peshawar, Lahore, and Rawalpindi/Islamabad... Read More
