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Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.
The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting. [6] [7]
Largest flower auction building in the world [40] Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 China: Beijing: 986,000 m 2 (10,610,000 sq ft) Three buildings connected by train. [41] The Venetian Macao Macau: Macau: 980,000 m 2 (10,500,000 sq ft) 2nd largest casino in the world. [42] Giga Texas United States: Austin, Texas: 929,000 m 2 ...
The top three largest countries in the world are Russia, Canada and the United States of America, according to the World Atlas. The U.S. and China have been head-to-head for the position of the ...
The world’s largest and oldest iceberg, A23a, has come to a halt less than 60 miles from the remote South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic, with surveyors warning that the dangers are far ...
About eight billion people live on planet Earth, a milestone that the United Nations estimated we passed on Nov. 15, 2022. It's a stark increase from the world population in 1950, which was 2.5 ...
The world's largest functioning residential palace is the Istana Nurul Iman in Brunei, with 200,000 square metres (2,200,000 sq ft) of floor space and contains 1,788 rooms. The building also has 257 bathrooms, a banqueting hall that can seat 5,000 guests, a garage that can fit 110 cars, five swimming pools, and an air-conditioned stable that ...
Built in 1924, The Bottle, also known as the Nehi Inn, was one of the first "world's largest" roadside attractions. Despite the attraction itself being destroyed by fire in 1933, the community of The Bottle, Alabama, still bears the name of its famous attraction.