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I. Social Facts The Republic of Macedonia is located in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula, covering an area of 25,713 square kilometers. The country is bordered by Serbia and Kosovo to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to the west. The official language used throughout the Republic is Macedonian, which belongs to the group of South Slavic languages. In municipalities with a population of more than 20% from a non-Macedonian ethnic group, the language of that ethnic group is also an official language. According to the 2002 census, the Republic of M…

I. Social Facts The Republic of Malta is an archipelago comprised of the islands of Malta, Gozo, Comino, and a number of smaller uninhabited islets. Maltese is the primary language and is used by nearly all of the population. English is also an official language and is widely spoken as a second language. Italian and French are commonly spoken as well. The Constitution of 1964 declares the Roman Catholic religion as the official religion of Malta. Malta is one of the most Catholic countries in the world and has one of the highest rates of church attendance…

I. Social Facts  The modern-day nation of Bangladesh is situated on the Bay of Bengal in southern Asia, between India and Burma (Myanmar). Its longest border is with India on the west, north, and northeast; to the east it shares a much smaller border with Burma, and on the south it opens up to the Ganges River. The low-lying country of 148,000 square kilometers is traversed by 18,000 square kilometers of rivers and tributaries, and has a mostly tropical climate. Bengali, an Indo-Aryan language with its own alphabet, is the national tongue of Bangladesh, and is spoken by ove…