Countries Facts

A majority of languages worldwide are spoken in Africa!

The rural town of Castroville in California is known as the "Artichoke Center of the World." Nearly 99.99% of all commercially produced artichokes come from California, where they are grown throughout the year. The town even has a 20-foot tall statue of an artichoke.

Argentine Andes Mountains: The place to go for outdoors if you want to ski, hike, climb. You will enjoy the many outdoor activity in the Argentine Andes.

Mendoza Wine Region: This beautiful area with the Andes mountains in the background has the best wines in Argentina and is one of the biggest wine producing areas in the world.

Córdoba: This is the second largest city in Argentina and it is also one of the oldest cities in Argentina.

Buenos Aires: The capital city and most populous city with cafes, restaurants and the tango.

More than 4.6 billion people live on the continent. (2021) Asia is thus the most populous continent.

Two of the Asian countries also share part of their territory on the European continent; these countries are Russia and Turkey.

There are 48 countries in Asia (see the list on the right of the 10 biggest countries) that are recognized by the United Nations.

Sahara is only the largest HOT desert as the Arctic desert and the Antarctic desert are bigger, but are usually referred to as polar deserts.