Egypt

 Name: Egypt

 Situation:  northern Africa

 Population: 55,ooo,ooo

 Capital: Cairo

 Language: Arabic

 Currancy: Egyptian pound

 Highest point: Jabal Katrinah

 Longest river: River Nile (6,670 km, the world´s longest)

 Places to visit: most famous landmark: the pyramids and sphinx at Giza, near Cairo; other interesting monuments: the temples of Luxor and Abu Simbel.

Example: Egypt is in the north of Africa.

Japan

Name: Japan

Situation: eastern Asia, in the Pacific Ocean

Area: 377,835km2

Population: 125,000,000 (the world´s seventh largest)

Capital: Tokyo

Language : Japanese

Currency : yen

Highest point : Mount Fuji (3776 m)

Longest river : River Tone (322 km)

Other information : Japan is an archipelago with 3922 islands; Honshu is the largest. There are about 54 active volcanoes in the country. Tokyo and Yokohama are the world´s most populated cities.

Rice and fish are the two most important types of food.

Places to visit : Horyu Temple, with beautiful pagodas. Kyoto, the old capital, with beautiful temples and gardens.

Tanzania

Name : Tanzania

Situation: eastern Africa on the Indian coast

Area: 945,000 km2

Population: 25,000,000

Capital: Dodoma

Languages: English, Swahili

Currancy: Tanzanian shilling.

Highest point : Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m), the highest mountain in Africa.

Longest river : River Rufiji

Other information : Dar es Salaam, on the Indian Ocean, is the most important city.

Te Masai, the tallest people in the world, live in the north.

Places to visit : The Ngorongoro wildlife reserve, with elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras and many other wild animals, and Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa.

Canada

Name: Canada

Situation: northern North America

Area: 9,976,000 km2

Population : 27,000,000

Capital : Ottawa

Languages : English and French

Currancy : Canadian dollar

Highest point : Mount Logan (5,951m)

Longest river : The Mackenzie (4,241 km)

Other information : Toronto is the largest city; it has the tallest building in the world, the CN Tower (553m). It is so cold in winter that children can play ice hockey in the street.

Places to visit : Canada is famous for its National Parks, with lots of forests. The great lakes, the world`s largest group of lakes, and the Niagara Falls, are on the border with the USA.