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2 ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES Wiktoria Piątek Klasa 5A

3 Christmas Island

4 The Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, 500 km south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and 975 km (606 mi) ENE of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

5 Christmas Island Official language: English Capital: Flying Fish Cove Population approximately 1,600 residents who live in a number of "settlement areas" on the northern tip of the island: Flying Fish Cove, Silver City, Poon Saan, Drumsite

6 Christmas Island Ethnic groups 70% Chinese, 20% European, 10% Malay

7 Christmas Island Flora and fauna

8 Christmas Island The annual red crab mass migration (around 100 million animals) has been called one of the wonders of the natural world and takes place each year around November; after the start of the wet season and in synchronization with the cycle of the moon.

9 Republic of Zambia

10 The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighboring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north- east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west. The population is concentrated mainly around the capital Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt to the northwest

11 Republic of Zambia Official language: English Recognised regional languages: Nyanja, Bemba, Lunda, Tonga, Nkoya, Lozi, Luvale, Kaonde, and about 65 other indigenous languages Capital: Lusaka

12 Republic of Zambia Population - approximately 11,862,740 residents. Comprises approximately 72 ethnic groups, most of which are Bantu-speaking. Almost 90% of Zambians belong to the nine main ethnolinguistic groups: the Bemba, Nyanja- Chewa, Tonga, Tumbuka, Lunda, Luvale, Kaonde, Nkoya and Lozi

13 Republic of Zambia Zambia's beautiful temperate climate, as known as the "air-conditioned state" in the heart of Africa makes it a pleasant visit. There are two main seasons, the rainy season (November to April) corresponding to summer, and the dry season (May/June to October/November), corresponding to winter. The dry season is subdivided into the cool dry season (May/June to August), and the hot dry season (September to October/November).

14 Republic of Zambia The Victoria Falls is one of the world wonders and can be observed from within the country. The Kalamabo Falls to the north is the second highest uninterrupted waterfalls on the continent.

15 Independent State of Papua New Guinea

16 Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia At 462,840 km2 (178,704 sq mi), Papua New Guinea is the world's fifty-fourth largest country.

17 Independent State of Papua New Guinea Official languages: English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu. Papua New Guinea has more languages than any other country, with over 820 indigenous languages, representing 12 % of the world's total Capital: Port Moresby

18 Independent State of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea is one of the most heterogeneous nations in the world. There are hundreds of ethnic groups indigenous to Papua New Guinea, the majority being from the group known as Papuans, whose ancestors arrived in the New Guinea region tens of thousands of years ago

19 Independent State of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea is mostly mountainous (highest peak: Mount Wilhelm at 4,509 m) and mostly covered with tropical rainforest, as well as very large wetland areas surrounding the Sepik and Fly rivers.

20 Independent State of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea is surrounded by coral reefs which are under close watch to preserve them.

21 Republic of Singapore

22 Singapore officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, lying 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands Consists of 63 islands, including mainland Singapore. There are two man-made connections to Johor, Malaysia — Johor-Singapore Causeway in the north, and Tuas Second Link in the west.

23 Republic of Singapore Official languages: English (main), Malay (national), Chinese, Tamil. Capital: City of Singapore Population: approximately 4,839,400 residents

24 Republic of Singapore The people of Singapore are predominantly of Chinese origin. In a 2002 report, about 77% were ethnic Chinese (most of them, however, born in Singapore or in neighboring Malaysia). Some 14% were Malays; 8% were Indians (including Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Sri Lankans); and 1.4% were of other varied ethnic origins.

25 Republic of Singapore Singapore has a tropical rainforest climate with no distinctive seasons. Its climate is characterized by uniform temperature and pressure, high humidity, and abundant rainfall. Temperatures range from 22 °C to 34 °C. On average, the relative humidity is around 90% in the morning and 60% in the afternoon.

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