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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces
and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent,
it extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, and northward
into the Arctic Ocean.
Capital: Ottawa
Dialing code: 1
Currency: Canadian dollar
GDP: US$ 1.736 trillion (2011) World Bank
Provinces: Ontario, British Columbia, Québec, Alberta, Nova Scotia,
Government: Parliamentary system, Constitutional monarchy
Points of interest
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
Banff National Park
Banff National Park
Paramount Canada’s Wonderland
Paramount Canada’s Wonderland
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Canada is a North American country consisting of
ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of
the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean,
and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Canada is the world’s second-largest
country by total area, and its common border with the United States is
the world’s [...]
Brazil
Brazil officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil,About this sound listen (help·info)), is the largest country in South America.Brazil is the world’s fifth largest country, both by geographical area andby population with over 192 million people.
Brazil is the largest Lusophone country in the world, and the only one in the Americas.( A Lusophone (or lusophone) is someone who speaks the Portuguese language,Either as a native, as an additional language, or as a learner. As an adjective,It means “Portuguese-speaking”. The word itself is derived from the name of the Ancient Roman province of Lusitania, which covered most of the part of the Iberian Peninsula that is today the Republic of Portugal and part of Spain.)Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 km (4,655 mi).It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas region of French Guiana; on the northwest [...]
Australia
Australia Officially the Commonwealth of Australia,is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland
of the Australian continent,
The island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
It is the world’s sixth-largest country by total area.
Neighboring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north;
the Solomon Islands,Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east.
For at least 40,000 years before European settlement in the late 18th century,
Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians, who belonged to one or more of roughly 250 language groups.After discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, Australia’s eastern half was claimed by Great Britain in 1770 and settled through penal Transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788.The population grew steadily in subsequent decades; the continent was explored and an additional five self-governing [...]
United States (USA)
United States, The United States of America (commonly called the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.
The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean. At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 314 million people, the United States is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area and the third-largest by both land area and population. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse [...]
United Kingdom (UK)
United Kingdom, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The latter three of these are devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in their capital cities [...]
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of Africa. It is divided into nine provinces and has 2,798 kilometers (1,739 mi) of coastline. To the north of the country lie the neighboring territories of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an enclave surrounded by South African territory.
South Africa is a multi-ethnic nation and has diverse cultures and languages. Eleven official languages are recognized in the constitution. Two of these languages are of European origin: South African English and Afrikaans, a language which originated mainly from Dutch that is spoken by the majority of white and Colored South Africans. Though English is commonly used in public and commercial life, it is only the fifth most-spoken home language. All ethnic and language groups have political representation in the country’s constitutional democracy comprising a parliamentary republic; [...]
China
China
China, officially the People’s Republic of China,
is the world’s most populous country, with a population of over 1.3 billion.
Capital: Beijing
Dialing code: 86
President: Hu Jintao
Currency: Renminbi
National anthem: March of the Volunteers
Government: People’s Republic, Single-party state, Communist state, Socialist state
Points of interest
Great Wall of China
Great Wall of China
Forbidden City
Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square
China ( Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó; see also Names of China),
officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is the world’s most populous country,with a population of over 1.3 billion. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres,the East Asian state is the world’s second-largest country by land area,and the third- or fourth-largest in total area, depending on the definition of total area.The People’s Republic of China is a single-party state governed by the Communist [...]
Anguilla
Universities and Higher Education in Anguilla 2026: Colleges, Admissions and Study Guide
Anguilla is a small British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, but its higher-education landscape is much more developed than older university directories suggest.
An earlier version of this University Encyclopedia page stated that there was “no university and no college in Anguilla.”
That statement is no longer correct.
The Government of Anguilla confirms that the Anguilla Community College (ACC) was established in April 2009 to support tertiary education and technical training on the island. The Government also maintains a current list of higher-education providers operating in Anguilla.
For students, the important question is therefore not whether higher education exists in Anguilla.
It does.
The better questions are:
Which institution is legally recognised or licensed?
Is it a local college, a university, an overseas university campus or another type of provider?
Which qualifications [...]