Afghanistan (Da Afghānestān Jomhūriyāt) is an Islamic presidential republic of Central Asia, with the capital Kabul. The country is bordered to the north with Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, to the west with Iran, to the south and east with Pakistan, to the north-east with China. Afghanistan administratively includes 34 provinces (Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamiyan, […]
The climate of Venezuela varies greatly in relation to altitude, the country has a series of climates that vary from humid tropical to alpine. Temperatures do not vary much, but the factor that causes the difference between the types of climate in addition to altitude is humidity. The areas below 800 meters above sea level […]
Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela/Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) is a federal presidential republic located north of the equator in the northern part of South America. It is washed to the north by the Caribbean Sea and it borders to the west with Colombia, to the south with Brazil and to the east with Guyana. Caracas, the […]
The island of Savaii (1,709 sq km) is the largest island in the archipelago of the Samoa islands. This island is located just 20 km north-west of Upolu beyond the Apolima strait in the Pacific Ocean. The island is of volcanic origin and is covered by a thick and dense forest. In the center of […]
Upolu Island (1,125 km²) is the most important island of Samoa, although the largest island in the archipelago is Savaii. Upolu is also the most populated island with 140,000 inhabitants. Along the north coast of the island is the capital of Samoa, the city of Apia, which is the only city in the archipelago. The […]
The Samoa islands have been an independent state since 1962. These islands have managed to proudly preserve their ancient Polynesian culture and their lifestyle based on the village and its inhabitants. Like a living history book, Samoa opens up in front of the visitor. Visiting the Samoa islands is truly a rare and wonderful experience. […]
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The climate of Samoa: when to go to Samoa
The islands of Samoa are located a few degrees south of the equator so their climate is tropical equatorial. The main features of the climate of the Samoa islands is the little difference in the temperatures of the various seasons, the constant heat and humidity. What characterizes the climate is the amount of rainfall, in […]
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Samoa: where Polynesia is more authentic
The Samoa Islands (Malo Sa’oloto Tuto’atasi or Samoa), known in the past as Western Samoa, are located in the Southern Pacific Ocean (Polynesia) between the Tonga islands, American Samoa, Tokelau and the islands of Wallis and Futuna. The islands which until 2007 were ruled by a constitutional monarchy, became a parliamentary republic with the death […]
The British colony of Pitcairn is made up of 4 islands: Pitcairn (4.6 sq km), Ducie (0.7 sq km), Henderson (37.3 sq km) and Oeno (0.65 sq km) of which only one, Pitcairn, is inhabited. Pitcairn Island is one of the most remote inhabited places on the planet. This island is isolated in the middle […]
Tokelau Islands, formerly known as Union Islands, are a group of three coral atolls located north of Samoa and south of Kiribati. These islands are located about 10 ° south of the equator. Tokelau is is a dependent territory of New Zealand associated with the British Commonwealth. The islands are located about 500 km north […]
The Solomon Islands are a group of islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean located a few degrees south of the equator. The islands are part of the so-called Melanesia. Made up of a dozen major islands, all of volcanic origin, the Solomon Islands are an independent parliamentary monarchy within the British Commonwealth, the capital is […]
The climate of the Tonga islands is tropical maritime. The climate of the islands can easily be divided into two distinct seasons: a cooler and less rainy season between May and November, and a warmer and rainier season between December and April. In the capital Nuku’alofa the average maximum temperatures are maintained between 29 ° […]
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Tonga: the Friendly islands of Captain Cook
The Tonga Islands (Pule’anga Tonga) are a group of tropical islands located in the southern Pacific Ocean (Polynesia) between Fiji, Samoa and the Cook Islands. These islands are a constitutional monarchy associated with the British Commonwealth. The islands – inhabited by a Polynesian population – were discovered by the Europeans in 1616. In that year […]
The Tuvalu Islands, known in colonial times as the Ellice Islands, are a very small parliamentary monarchy associated with the British Commonwealth. Tuvalu is among the smallest state entities in the world, it is in fact in fourth place for the smallest surface after the Vatican City (0.44 sq km), the Principality of Monaco (1.95 […]
Papua New Guinea (Papua Niugini) is a parliamentary monarchy associated with the British Commonwealth. This nation is located south of the equator, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country is located east of Indonesia and north of Australia from which it is separated from the Torres Strait. While it is bathed in the north by […]