Society

Myanmar's President is both the Head of State and of the Government, and is elected to office by the Burmese Parliament.

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More than 2 in every 3 Ghanaians are Christian, with Pentecostals being the largest denomination and Muslims comprising a significant minority.

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New Taipei City along Taiwan's far northern coast is the most populous city in the country.

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Since 1865, Wellington, located on the southwestern tip of North Island, has served as the capital city of New Zealand.

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Helsinki is the capital of Finland and houses the Parliamentary House, the Supreme Court, and the official residence of the President.

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Spain's monarchy was restored in 1975 following 44 years of vacancy under the 2nd Spanish Republic and Francoist Spain.

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Douala barely edges out the national capital of Yaoundé as Cameroon's most populous city.

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Rococo was an 18th Century art movement originating from France, said to be more graceful and ornate than the earlier Baroque art is succeeded.

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Lying along the east banks of the Buriganga River in the heart of the Bengal delta is Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

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Located in the bowl-shaped Kathmandu Valley of central Nepal, Kathmandu is the biggest and capital city of Nepal.

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Aleppo and Damascus are the two largest cities in Syria, and the only two in the country exceeding 1 million residents.

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Bamako is Mali's capital and largest city, and home to 2.76 million metro area residents.

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Dutch Golden Age painting roughly coincides with the time during and after Netherlands' War of Independence from Spain.

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Sudan is an overwhelmingly Muslim country considered fairly tolerant of different factions, although atheism is not tolerated.

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In Early and Mid-19th Century Germany, the art movement emphasized fine, fanciful styling and allegorical religious themes.

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