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The Spanish Empire claimed jurisdiction over the New World in the Caribbean and North and South America, with the exception of Brazil, ceded to Portugal by the Treaty of Tordesillas. Other European powers, including England, France, and the Dutch Republic, took possession of territories initially claimed by Spain.
Paris Club, a group of major creditor countries whose officials meet ten times a year in the city of Paris, with the intent to find coordinated and sustainable solutions to the payment difficulties experienced by debtor countries. PIGS, also PIIGS, the economies of the countries of Portugal, Greece, Spain, Italy and/or Ireland.
North America 2021 [193] City Belém Brazil 1,303,403 South America 2022 [194] Município: Heze China 1,293,767 Asia 2020 [1] Prefecture-level city (urban) Guarulhos Brazil 1,291,771 South America 2022 [195] Municipio: Dallas United States 1,288,457 North America 2021 [196] City: Rajkot India 1,286,995 Asia 2011 [2] Municipal corporation ...
The 2014 Myanmar Census enumerated 51,486,253 persons. [19] There is also a substantial Burmese diaspora, the majority of whom have settled in neighbouring Asian countries. [1] Refugees and asylum seekers from Myanmar make up one of the world's five largest refugee populations. [20] [21]
This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in Spain by population. Infographic based on Corinne Land Cover 2018. IGN. Estimates are from the following sources: the "Functional Urban Areas" (FUAs) of the Study on Urban Functions of the European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON, 2007) [1]
The First Baptist Church in Mawlamyine was constructed in 1827 by the legendary Adoniram Judson, the first Caucasian Protestant missionary sent from North America to Myanmar. [82] The building is a masterful blend of Western and local elements, with the materials and building technology speaking directly to Mon cultural traditions and crafts ...
From the Reconquista onwards, in most parts of the peninsula, territories have identified themselves as distinct from the rest of Spain in one of three ways. In the north: Galicia, León, Cantabria, Asturias, the Basque Country and Navarre; and the east: Aragon, Catalonia, Balearic Islands and Valencia distinguish themselves through claims of ...
See main article Luso-Indians, Sephardic Jews in India. Indians and Luso-Goans are people who have mixed varied Asian, Indian subcontinental and Portuguese ancestry and are either citizens of India, Pakistan or Bangladesh today. They may also be people of Portuguese descent born or living in the Republic of India and resident in other parts of ...