Thailand is a constitutional monarchy of Southeast Asia, with as capital the city of Bangkok. This Asian country occupies part of the Indochinese peninsula and the northern section of the Malaysian peninsula. It borders Burma to the west and north-west, Laos to the north-east and east, Cambodia to the south-east, Malaysia to the south, to […]
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Due to its size, the climate of Vietnam varies considerably from north to south. Tropical monsoons occur from May to October in the north and south of the country. While along the central coast monsoons arrive in the months from September to January. In the other months the climate is dry. Southern Vietnam has a […]
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Vietnam: rice, oriental art and nature
Vietnam (Viêt Nam Công Hòa Xa Hôi Chu ‘Nghiã, Socialist Republic of Vietnam) is a socialist republic of Southeast Asia, located on the Indochinese peninsula. The country, washed in the east by the South China Sea and in the south-west by the Gulf of Siam, borders with China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia […]
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Taiwan: the ancient island of Formosa
Taiwan (Ta-Chunghwa Min-Kuo, Nationalist Republic of China) is an island (also known as Formosa) in the Far East, in the Chinese Sea, separated from the Chinese coasts by the Formosa strait. Taiwan is claimed by the People’s Republic of China. WHAT REMAINS OF NATIONALIST CHINA The island, since 1949, is the seat of the Government […]
Tajikistan (Jumhurii Tojikistan) is a presidential republic in Central Asia, bordering to the north with Kyrgyzstan, to the east with China, to the south with Afghanistan, to the west and north-west with Uzbekistan, the capital and principal cities of the country is Dushanbe. The state of Tajikistan also includes the autonomous province of Gorno-Badachšan. A […]
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The climate of Syria: when to go to Syria ?
The climate in Syria is dry and hot in summer and cold in winter. The coast and the western mountains have a Mediterranean climate characterized by two seasons, the hot and dry summer between May and October and the relatively cool and wet season between November and April. Coastal areas and the western mountains receive annually […]
Syria (Al-Jumūhrīyā al-‘Arabīya as-Sūrīyā) is a presidential republic of the Middle East. This battered territory borders Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, Lebanon and Israel to the southwest, and is washed by the Mediterranean Sea to the west. The most important city is the capital Damascus, other […]
The island of Sri Lanka has an equatorial climate, with rather mild temperature ranges. Due to the influx of monsoons, the island has two distinct climatic seasons: a dry season and a wet season. A CLIMATE INFLUENCED BY MONSOONS Monsoons mainly affect the rain regime. The southwest monsoon brings rain on the central highlands and […]
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka) is an island state in southern Asia, which occupies the entire island of Ceylon. This island is located in the Indian Ocean north of the equator and south of India. THE ANCIENT ISLAND OF CEYLON The Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar separate the island from […]
The climate of South Korea is temperate monsoonal, during the summer months the prevailing winds are blowing from the south-east, while in winter the winds prevail from the north-west. The winters are usually long, cold and dry, the month of January is the coldest month of the year with average minimum temperatures that go down […]
South Korea (Taehanmin-Guk, Republic of Korea) is a presidential republic of the Far East, located in the southern part of the Korean peninsula. The country which is washed in the east by the Sea of Japan and in the west by the Yellow Sea faces the Strait of Korea in the south. It also borders […]
The climate of Singapore is a warm and humid equatorial climate, with two distinct monsoon seasons, the north-east monsoon blows between December and March, while the south-west monsoon blows between June and September. The rainy months are from October to January, but in Singapore rains throughout the year, fall in average about 2400 mm of […]
Singapore is a city state of Southeast Asia established in a parliamentary republic. Former English colony is today associated with the British Commonwealth. The state is made up of a single large island and a few small islets. The island of Singapore is almost completely flat, only in the center are some low hills, the […]
Saudi Arabia (Al-Mamlaka al-‘Arabiya as-Sa’udiya, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) is a kingdom in the Middle East, which occupies much of the Arabian peninsula. The country is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait to the northeast, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman and Yemen to the south. To the […]
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The climate of Qatar: when to go to Qatar ?
The climate of Qatar is desert-like, arid, hot and dry throughout the year. The country, located along the coast of the Persian Gulf in the Arabian peninsula, has an arid and hot climate especially during the summer (from May to September). The climate of Qatar is characterized by great humidity along the coast. Low rainfall […]