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India
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By Corbin and Simion
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Size Area=3288000. 1/3 the size of the United States. 1/4 the size of Canada.
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Location Located in Asia. North east of China. North west of Pakistan.
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Population Population=100084855 0. 9191-2001 the population grew 21.34%. Holds 15 percent of the worlds population.
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Languages 400 different languages are spoken. Some languages can’t be written. Some languages were around for about 3000 years.
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Capital city/Important cities Capital city=New Delhi. New Delhi has princess homes which now are government houses. Mumbai, Bengaluru, Nagpur, Kolkata, Bengal are other cities.
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Government Democratic Republic with 28 states. Prime minister is Manoham Singh. President is Partibah Patil.
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Interesting Laws Have a ton of foreign laws. Criminal laws have not changed since 1861. Mixture of laws Hindu laws, Islamic laws, English laws, Portuguese laws.
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Education Half 10 year olds don’t continue school. Other half of 10 year olds continue life with a job. School goes from six year olds to 14 year olds.
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Natural Resources One of the major producer of iron in the world. Holds the second largest amount of oil in Asia. 40% of the yearly value is coal.
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Geography Largest mountain= Kanchenjunga. Longest river= Brahmaputra. Gangetic plain holds the 2 largest states.
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Sports Sports= cricket, hockey, kho kho, golf, kabaddi, lawn tennis. Most popular sport is cricket. Kho kho is like duck duck goose.
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Religions Major religions= Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism. Hinduism is the oldest religion. More than 800000000 Hindus.
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Attraction and Famous Buildings Famous Hindu attraction is the Mamallapuran. Most famous building is the Taj Mahal. Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful buildings on earth.
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Bibliography Sachdev, Rosemary, India Land and Culture, 1968 Sachdev, Rosemary, India Plants and Animals, 1970 Britannica Encyclopedia, Volume 6, 2010 Britannica Encyclopedia, Volume 11, 2010 Nelson World Atlas, Forth Edition, 1998 Scholastic Canada Atlas Of The World, 2001 South-indian-recipes.com World Book Encyclopedia, Volume 10 World Book Encyclopedia, Volume 19 Dictionary.Reference.com India.Resources.com World Book Online.com Wikipedia.com
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