MIDDLE EAST - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Egypt - The Wide Worlds Snaps Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces: Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi (2011) President: Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (2014) Prime Minister: Ibrahim Mehlib (interim; 2014) Land area: 384,344 sq mi (995,451 sq km); total area: 386,662 sq mi (1,001,450 sq km) Population (2012 est.): 83,688,164 (growth rate: 1.92%); birth rate: 24.22/1000; infant mortality rate:...

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Palestinian State (proposed) - The Wide Worlds Snaps

West Bank and Gaza StripPresident: Mahmoud Abbas (2005)Prime Minister: Rami Hamdallah (2013)Land area: West Bank: 2,178 sq mi (5,641 sq km); total area: West Bank: 2,263 sq mi (5,860 sq km); Gaza Strip: 139 sq mi (360 sq km)Population (2010 est.): West Bank: 2,514,845, Gaza Strip: 1,604,238 (growth rate: West Bank: 2.1%, Gaza Strip: 3.3%); birth rate: West Bank: 24.9/1000, Gaza Strip: 36.2/1000; infant mortality rate: West Bank: 15.4/1,000, Gaza...

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Egypt - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces: Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi (2011)President: Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (2014)Prime Minister: Ibrahim Mehlib (interim; 2014)Land area: 384,344 sq mi (995,451 sq km);total area: 386,662 sq mi (1,001,450 sq km)Population (2012 est.): 83,688,164 (growth rate: 1.92%); birth rate: 24.22/1000; infant mortality rate: 24.23/1000; life expectancy: 72.93; density per sq km: 82Capital and largest...

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Bulgaria - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Republic of Bulgaria President: Rosen Plevneliev (2012)Prime Minister (Acting): Georgi Bliznashki (2014)Land area: 42,683 sq mi (110,549 sq km);total area: 42,823 sq mi (110,910 sq km )Population (2012 est.): 7,093,635 (growth rate: –0.781%); birth rate: 9.32/1000; infant mortality rate: 16.68/1000; life expectancy: 73.59Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Sofia, 1,192,000 millionMonetary unit: LevLanguages: Bulgarian 85%, Turkish 10%, Roma 4%Ethnicity/race:...

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Belarus - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Republic of BelarusPresident: Alyaksandr Lukashenka (since 1994)Prime Minister: Mikhail Myasnikovich (since 2010)Total area: 80,154 sq mi (207,600 sq km)Population (2012 est.): 9,542,883 (growth rate: &ndaqsh;-0.36%); birth rate: 9.73/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.16/1000; life expectancy: 71.48; density per sq km: 46Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Mensk (Minsk), 1,837,000Other large cities: Gomel, 502,200; Mogilyov, 374,000; Vitebsk,...

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