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The updated figure of suicide rates in Belgium for 2011 is 2,084 with a total population of 10,933,607, equivalent to 18.96 per 100,000 inhabitants (source: Het Nieuwsblad, 10 April 2014). Taiwan is not a member of the WHO. The Taiwanese government adopted the WHO standard in 2007.
South Asia has a total area of 5.2 million sq.km (2 million sq.mi), which is 10% of the Asian continent. [ 10] The population of South Asia is estimated to be 1.94 billion or about one-fourth of the world's population, making it both the most populous and the most densely populated geographical region in the world.
Phoenicia ( / fəˈnɪʃə, fəˈniːʃə / ), [ 4] or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon. [ 5][ 6] The territory of the Phoenicians expanded and contracted throughout history, with the core of their ...
The global pandemic of HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) began in 1981, and is an ongoing worldwide public health issue.
East Timor,[a]also known as Timor-Leste,[b]officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a countryin Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclaveof Oecusseon the island's north-western half, and the minor islands of Atauroand Jaco. The western half of the island of Timor is administered by Indonesia.
Lake Baikal is in a rift valley, created by the Baikal Rift Zone, where the Earth's crust is slowly pulling apart. [ 5] At 636 km (395 mi) long and 79 km (49 mi) wide, Lake Baikal has the largest surface area of any freshwater lake in Asia, at 31,722 km 2 (12,248 sq mi), and is the deepest lake in the world at 1,642 metres (5,387 feet; 898 ...
The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, dubbed the " Great American Eclipse " by some media, [ 1] was a total solar eclipse visible within a band that spanned the contiguous United States from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts. It was also visible as a partial solar eclipse from as far north as Nunavut in northern Canada to as far south as ...
An island nation, Seychelles is located in the Somali Sea segment of the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar and about 1,600 km (860 nmi) east of Kenya. The Constitution of Seychelles lists 155 named islands, [ 54 ] and a further 7 reclaimed islands have been created subsequent to the publication of the Constitution.