Colombia is a country located in South America. The capital of Colombia is Bogotá. This is the largest and the most populated in the city in the country. This city is located on a high altitude. This has resulted in the city being called the third highest major city in the world. Want to know a Colombia interesting fact? Colombia shares its borders with the other Latin American countries of Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil and Venezuela. Colombia is called a mega diverse country because of some of its physical features. It has got rainforests as well as tropical grasslands. So it is called the seventeenth most “mega diverse” country in the world. Since the 1940s, tourism has increased in the continent. This has been mainly due to the influence of some festivals like the Festival of Flowers and Vallenato Lefend Festival. An interesting Colombia fact is that it does not have any seasons in particular as it lies close to the equator. This country sees the sun throughout the year. The coastal areas do not have a temperate climate but are very tropically hot. The country also experiences snowfall in the mountainous areas. Did you know that around 12% of the ...

Argentina is a vast country having a large number of diversity in its geographical features and culture. It is the second largest country of South America bounded by the Andes Mountains in the west and Atlantic Ocean in the south and eastern regions. The name Argentina means “the land of silver” for it is the resource of large number of silver and it is also referred to as the “land of six continents”. The Santa Maria del Buen Aire settlement today which is known as the Buenos Aires was discovered in 1536 by Pedro de Mendoza. It is at present the capital of Argentina. Argentina was ruled by the Spanish till 1816, the year in which Argentina earned back its independence. In the year 1946 Juan Domingo Peron became the president of Argentina whose wife Evita died of cancer in 1952 at an early age of 33. Ernesto Che Guevara, who was a person of international fame, was a citizen of this country. He was a revolutionist, a poet, a philosophical writer and a doctor. Argentina went on a number of wars, the memorable of which are the “Dirty War” and the war against UK in the year 1982. Roman Catholicism is ...

Japan which is habitually called the “Nippon”, meaning “origin of the sun” is located in the Pacific Ocean in Eastern part of Asia. This is the reason for which this Island country is also known as “The Land of the Rising Sun”. It is a land of earth quakes and volcanoes comprising of more than 200 volcanoes. Average count of earth quakes in Japan per year touches a tally of 1,500. Mt. Fuji is the highest peak of Japan and comprises of 70% mountains. The food habits of Japan are quite unique and rice is included in every meal they consume over the day. Slurping is a trend among themselves which they follow while having their noodles especially the soba and raw horse meat is one of their favorite foods. The country’s fascination towards variety of fish has made Tsukiji the largest fish market in the world and it is the sole country till date that hunts whales. Their quality food habits have led their average life expectancy to be one of the highest and 4 yrs more than the Americans. The best thing about Japan is their educational system with literacy of 100% which is quite unique in the world. They ...