China, officially the People’s Republic of China, is a sovereign state in East Asia and the world’s most populous country for much of recorded modern history. It occupies approximately 9.6 million square kilometers, making it the third- or fourth-largest country by total area. China’s civilizational continuity extends over several millennia, and its political, economic, and […]
Portugal’s mainland or continental Portugal constitutes the majority of the Portuguese Republic, especially that portion of the Iberian Peninsula and hence of Continental Europe, accounting for around 95 percent of the total population and 96.6 percent of the country’s area. Mainland Residents of the Portuguese archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira refer to Portugal as
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Sommerviller is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Country: FranceRegion: Grand EstDepartment: Meurthe-et-MoselleArrondissement: LunévilleCanton: Lunéville-1 Coordinates: 48°37′57″N 6°22′38″E
Coordinates: 42°15′N 12°48′E A comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 45 km northeast of Rome and about 20 km southwest of Rieti. Country: ItalyRegion: LatiumProvince: Rieti (RI)Frazioni: Collelungo Sabino
Unincorporated community in California, United States. Coordinates: 38°56′05″N 120°45′15″WCountry: United StatesState: CaliforniaCounty: El Dorado CountyElevation: 3,294 ft (1,004 m)
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Valle del Cauca, or Cauca Valley, is a department of Western Colombia. It is on the western side of the country, abutting the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Santiago de Cali. Such other cities as Buenaventura, Buga, Cartago, Palmira and Tuluá have great economical, political, social and cultural influence on the department’s life. Valle del
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Cohen & Gresser LLP is a global legal practice with offices in New York, Paris, Washington, DC, and London. Throughout the world, the company represents clients in complicated litigation and corporate transactions. Since its inception in 2002, the company has expanded to include seventy attorneys divided into eight practice groups: corporate, employment, intellectual property and
Construction on Van Stadens Wind Farm outside Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, was started in September 2012. The South African renewable energy company, MetroWind, is proceeding with the R550-million project which will provide power to the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality. The company will construct nine 3-megawatt wind turbines, boosting the local electricity grid, accounting for nearly half the 10 percent renewable energy
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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country at the confluence of Western, Central and Southern Europe. It is a federal republic composed of 26Â cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. Switzerland is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
A monetary authority is the institution that regulates a country’s currency and money supply, generally with the goal of managing inflation, interest rates, real GDP, or the unemployment rate. A monetary authority can use its monetary instruments to successfully affect the evolution of short-term interest rates, but it can also impact other factors that determine
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