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The longest place names in Poland are Sobienie Kiełczewskie Pierwsze and Przedmieście Szczebrzeszyńskie, with 30 letters (including spaces). The longest place name in the Netherlands is Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk (28 characters, including a hyphen). The longest street name is Laan van de landinrichtingscommissie Duiven-Westervoort in Duiven.
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
At 58 characters it is the longest place name in the United Kingdom and second longest official one-word place name in the world. SEE MORE: Watch Naomi Watts pronounce the longest town name in Britain
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...
It's the name of a hill in New Zealand, and it's the longest official place name in the world. We can only hope no poor child ever has to spell these bad boys in a spelling bee. Though we're sure ...
The longest officially recognized place name in an English-speaking country is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu (85 letters), which is a hill in New Zealand (see the signpost photo on this page). The name is in the Māori language
The most populous European country is Russia, with a population of over 144 million. Turkey, with a population of about 85 million, straddles both Europe and Asia, with most of its population living within its Asian part; though within its territory in Europe, some one-tenth of its population is situated. [1]
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.