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French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), [ a ][ b ] officially known as the Indochinese Union[ c ][ d ] and after 1941 as the Indochinese Federation, [ e ] was a grouping of French colonial territories in Mainland Southeast Asia until its end in 1954. It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), the Chinese territory of ...
Below is the list of the countries and territories bordering the Mediterranean, listed clockwise from Gibraltar on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula: Southern European coast, from west to east Spain [4] Gibraltar [4] (British Overseas Territory) France [4] Monaco [4] Italy [4] Malta [4] Slovenia [4] Croatia [4] Bosnia and Herzegovina [4]
It is disputed whether the transfer of Isle de France (as Mauritius was previously known under French rule) and its dependencies to Britain in 1814 included Tromelin island. Article 8 of the Treaty of Paris stipulate the cession by France to Britain of Isle de France "and its dependencies, namely Rodrigues and the Seychelles".
Topographic map of Malaysia; Mount Kinabalu is the highest summit in the country. Malaysia is the 66th largest country by total land area, with a total area of 330,803 km 2 (127,724 sq mi). [9] It has land borders with Thailand in West Malaysia, and Indonesia and Brunei in East Malaysia. [161] It is linked to Singapore by a narrow causeway and ...
NUTS. France portal. v. t. e. Overseas France (French: France d'outre-mer, also France ultramarine) [ note 3 ] consists of 13 French territories outside Europe, mostly the remnants of the French colonial empire that remained a part of the French state under various statuses after decolonisation. Most, but not all, are part of the European Union.
Located near the equator, Malaysia's climate is categorised as equatorial, being hot and humid throughout the year. The average rainfall is 250 centimetres (98 in) a year [1] and the average temperature is 25.4 °C (77.7 °F). [2] The climates of Peninsular Malaysia and the East Malaysia differ, as the climate on the peninsula is directly ...
The Spratly Islands dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute among Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam concerning "ownership" of the Spratly Islands, a group of islands and associated "maritime features" (reefs, banks, and cays etc.) located in the South China Sea.
As elsewhere in France, the official language is standard French, but each ethnic community has its own language, of which French Guianese Creole, a French-based creole language, is the most widely spoken. French Guiana is the only territory on the continental mainland of the Americas that is still under the sovereignty of a European state.