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Virtually everyone in North
America is familiar with France because of the
tour de France bicycle racing that holds the
headlines every year, at the end of summer.
But, how many are knowledgeable about the Zaire
River in Africa, that can be seen on the Maps
or with the history and pictures of
Zaire. Then, there is the Zaire ebola
disease.
In these pages, we present considerably more
country information than the tour de
France. These pages provide detailed
information on the French speaking countries of
Belgium, Canada [Quebec], France, Luxembourg
and Switzerland, with additional details and
maps for their geographic features and
locations, departments-cantons, cities and
towns. All their national flags are
pictured.
You will also find pictures of all the flags of
the French speaking countries.
Just click on the name of the French
Speaking Country of your
choice to obtain detailed categorized
information on that country.
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Algeria -
located south of the French
Riviera, across the Mediterranean
sea
Belgium - to the
northeast of France, next to
France's Flanders
Canada - just to the
north of the U.S. is the French
speaking province of Quebec
France - French charm,
French food and the city of light
and love - Paris
Ivory
Coast - a former French
colony on the western edge of West
Africa
Luxembourg - the Grande
Duchy between Belgium and
Germany
Monaco -
the chic principality of Princess
Grace
Morocco - across the
Mediterranean from Gibraltar
Senegal -
another old French colony in
Western Africa
Switzerland
- Geneva, Lac LeMans and the suisse
romande
Tunisia -
between Libya and Algeria on the
shores of the Mediterranean
Zaire - the
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Algeria
is situated with the
Mediterranean Sea is to the
north of Algeria, while
Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali,
Mauritania, Western Sahara
and Morocco all share borders
with Algeria. Algeria is the
African continent's second
largest country. The Tell
Atlas mountains are heavily
forested and are the home to
many wild
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Belgium
- a
population dense
country, encompassing 11,784
square miles [30,527 square
kilometers] and is about the
size of the American state of
Maryland, but its coastline
stretches only forty
miles. It is bordered
by the North Sea [the
Channel] to the north, the
Netherlands to the north
east, Germany to the east,
Luxembourg to the southeast
and France to the
west. |

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Canada
[Québec] a Canadian province
bordered on the southeast by
the United States and New
Brunswick, on it's southwest
by Ontario, on it's west and
north by Hudson Bay, on
it's Northeast by
Newfoundland. It
has an area of 1,700,000 sq.
km, and is three times as
large as France.
Northern Québec is sparsely
populated, and most Québecers
live near the shores of the
Saint Lawrence
River |

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France
- it's northwest
border is situated on the
English Channel [south of
England], it's western border
is on the Atlantic ocean, and
to the south borders Spain,
with it's north-east and
eastern borders neighboring
Belgium, Luxembourg,
Switzerland, Italy and
Germany. Metropolitan France
is divided into 21 regions,
by the French government,
plus the Territoire
Régional for Corsica and
Outre-Mer. Click on a
France Region below for more
information. |

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Ivory Coast
is in Western
Africa, and borders on the
North Atlantic Ocean, between
Ghana and Liberia.
Bordering countries are
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea,
Liberia, Mali. A total
land area of 318,000 sq km,
it's natural resources are
petroleum, natural gas,
diamonds, natural minerals
and hydropower. Most
inhabitants live along the
sandy coastal region; apart
from the capital
area. |

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Luxembourg
is a small W.
European country of 998
square miles [2586 square
kilometers]. This is
about one twelfth the size of
neighboring Belgium.
Luxembourg City is the
capital with a population of
80,000. The population
of the whole country is in
the neighborhood or 450,000,
of which only about 10% are
rural. Luxembourg is
bordered by Belgium to the
west and north, Germany to
the east and France to the
south. |

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Monaco
is the second
smallest country in the
world, only 0.7 square miles,
tucked in between the
Mediterranean Sea and France.
Monte Carlo is the principal
city. Half of the
residents of Monaco are
French with many Americans,
Italians, British and
Belgians and "Monégasques"
comprising the other
half. Museums, gardens,
the royal palace, the
two casinos are tourist
attractions, and the annual
car racing event - the Monaco
Grand Prix. |

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Morocco
is located in
northeastern Africa with the
Atlantic Ocean to the west
and the Mediterranean Sea to
the north, Morocco has many
miles of beaches. The Sahara
desert is to the south and
the Atlas Mountains run in a
north-south line through the
center of the country.
Morocco has a constitutional
monarchy with a king, and
Rabat is the capital.
Casablanca is another large
city. |

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Senegal
is located in
Western Africa, bordering the
North Atlantic Ocean, between
Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania,
and bordering the countries
of Gambia , Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Mali and
Mauritania. With a land
area of 192,000 sq
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Switzerland
is east of France,
north of Italy and south of
Germany. The Alpes and
the Jura Mountains cover
half of the country. The
League of Nations had
headquarters in Switzerland
and many United Nations
agencies are located in
Geneva, the principal city.
One fifth of the people
living in Switzerland are
foreign-born. French, Italian
and German are all official
languages of
Switzerland. |

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unisia[Tunisian Republic]
is located in Northern
Africa, bordering the
Mediterranean Sea, between
Algeria and Libya. It
has a land area of 155,360 sq
km. It's natural resources
include petroleum,
phosphates, iron ore, lead,
zinc, salt. Arabic and
French are the official
languages [French is the
language used in
commerce]. |

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Zaire
- the
Democratic Republic of the
Congo is located in Central
Africa, northeast of
Angola. Bordering
Angola, Burundi, Central
African Republic, Rwanda,
Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and
Zambia. It has a land area is
2,267,600 sq km. With
natural resources of cobalt,
copper, cadmium, petroleum,
industrial and gem diamonds,
gold, silver, zinc,
manganese, tin, germanium,
uranium, radium, bauxite,
iron ore, coal, hydropower,
timber |

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