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• Land of Lilies: Canada
• Due to its natural beauty and abundance of lilies in some regions.
• Canada is the second-largest country in the world by area.
• Capital: Ottawa
• Official Languages: English and French
• Famous for: Maple syrup, Niagara Falls, ice hockey.

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• South Africa is known as the “Rainbow Nation.”
• The term was popularized by Desmond Tutu.
• It reflects the country’s diverse cultures, languages, and races.
• Became famous after the end of apartheid (1994).

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Know about Thailand

• Location: Southeast Asia
• Known: Land of White Elephant
• Capital: Bangkok
• Currency: Thai Baht

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• St. Petersburg (سینٹ پیٹرز برگ) is a major city in Russia.
• It was originally named St. Petersburg, renamed Petrograd in 1914 during World War I.
• Later, in 1924, it was renamed Leningrad in honor of Vladimir Lenin.
• After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, it reverted to its original name St. Petersburg.

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1. Palatine Hill (original settlement of Romulus)
2. Capitoline Hill
3. Quirinal Hill
4. Viminal Hill
5. Esquiline Hill
6. Caelian Hill
7. Aventine Hill

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• Palestine is called the Land of Prophets.
• Many prophets were born, lived, or died there, including Ibrahim, Lut, Dawood, Suleiman, Musa, Zakariya, Yahya, and Isa (A.S).
• Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) in Palestine was the first Qibla for Muslims.
• Muslims prayed facing it for 14 years before the Qibla changed to Kaaba in 2nd Hijri.

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• Habsha is the historic name for Ethiopia.
• It is located in the Horn of Africa.
• The Migration to Abyssinia, also known as the First Hegira.

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• The old name of Iran was Persia.
• In 1935, Reza Shah Pahlavi requested other countries to use the name Iran officially.
• The word Iran means “Land of the Aryans.”

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• Turan was an ancient geographical term used in Persian history and literature.
• It referred to the lands north of Iran, mainly inhabited by Turkic and Central Asian tribes.
• It was used for Turkic and nomadic tribes living beyond the Oxus River (Amu Darya).
• The term appears frequently in the Persian epic Shahnameh.
• Historically, Turan corresponds mainly to the Central Asian region.

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