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It was also the first World Heritage City in Europe to become a European Capital of Culture in 2018. [18] With a population of about 542,000 [8] over an area of 316 km 2 (122 sq mi), [7] Malta is the world's tenth-smallest country by area [19] [20] and the ninth most densely populated.
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 ...
It is Europe's fourth-smallest country, with an area of just over 160 square kilometres (62 square miles) and a population of 40,023. [16] It is the world's smallest country to border two countries, [17] and is one of the few countries with no debt. [18] Liechtenstein is divided into 11 municipalities.
Countries that participate at the Games of the Small States of Europe are: Andorra, Cyprus, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro and San Marino. Monaco ( from 1959 to 1979 and 2004 to 2006 ), Malta ( since 1971 ), Andorra ( from 2004 to 2009 ), and San Marino ( debut in 2008, then from 2011 onwards ) are or were ...
All are either member states of the United Nations or non-member observer states at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), [13] and all except Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Vatican City are members of the Council of Europe. [14] 44 countries have their capital city located within Europe, and (as of 2022) 27 of those countries are member ...
Andorra is the world's 16th-smallest country by land and 11th-smallest by population. [18] Its capital, Andorra la Vella, is the highest capital city in Europe, at an elevation of 1,023 metres (3,356 feet) above sea level. [19] The official language is Catalan, but Spanish, Portuguese, and French are also commonly spoken. [3] [20]
Country Town / city Region / state Height (m) Height (ft) Comment 1 Peru: La Rinconada: Puno: 5,100 16,728 The highest in the world according to National Geographic magazine (May 2003); [1] pop. 30,000. Barrio Rit’ipata, consisting of miners' shacks, is above it. [2] 2 China: Tuiwa: Tibet Autonomous Region: 5,070 16,634
Europe is sometimes called a "peninsula of peninsulas", to draw attention to the fact that Europe is a relatively small, elongated appendage to Asia, and that a large part of Europe is made up of peninsulas. [2]