Bangladesh

Code: BD 

Location:  Southern Asia  

Geographic coordinates:  24 00 N, 90 00 E

Surface area:  144,000 km2

Population:  155,000,000

Capital city:  Dhaka

Official language:  Bengali

Religion:  Muslim, Hindu

Climate:  tropical

Tallest mountain:  Keokradong (1,230 m)

Terrain:  mostly flat alluvial plains 

Coastline:  580 km

Natural resources:  arable land, coal, timber, natural gas

Neighbours: Burma and India

Bahrain

Code: BH 

Location:  Middle East, archipelago in Persian Gulf    

Geographic coordinates:  26 00 N, 50 33 E

Surface area:  665 km2

Population:  710,000

Capital city:  Manama

Official language:  Arabic

Religion:  Muslim

Climate:  arid, mild winters and hot summers

Tallest mountain:  Jabal ad Dukhan (122 m)

Terrain:  mostly low desert

Coastline:  161 km

Natural resources:  oil, natural gas, fish, pearls

Neighbours: -

Bahamas

Code: BS 

Location:  Carribean, islands in the North Atlantic Ocean    

Geographic coordinates:  24 15 N, 76 00 W

Surface area:  13,940 km2

Population:  310,000

Capital city:  Nassau

Official language:  English

Religion:  Baptist, Anglican, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal

Climate:  tropical marine. warm waters

Tallest mountain:  Mount Alvernia

Terrain:  long flat coral and low hills

Coastline:  3,542 km

Natural resources:  arable land, timber, salt, aragonite

Neighbours: -

Azerbaijan

Code: AZ 

Location:  Southwestern Asia, on Caspian Sea    

Geographic coordinates:  40 30 N, 47 30 E

Surface area:  86,600 km2

Population:  8,200,000

Capital city:  Baku

Official language:  Azerbaijani

Religion:  Muslim

Climate:  semiarid steppe, dry

Tallest mountain:  Bazarduzu Dagi

Terrain:  large mountains

Coastline:  871 km

Natural resources:  iron ore, natural gas, nonferrous metals, bauxite, petroleum

Neighbours: Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Iran, Turkey

Austria

Code: AT 

Location:  Central Europe    

Geographic coordinates:  47 20 N, 13 20 E

Surface area:  83, 870 km2

Population:  8,500,000

Capital city:  Vienna

Official language:  German

Religion:  Roman Catholic

Climate:  temperate, continental

Tallest mountain:  Großglockner

Terrain:  mostly mountains

Coastline:  0 km

Natural resources:  coal, oil, timber, lignite, copper, zinc, salt, graphite, magnesite, antimony, hydropower

Neighbours: Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland

Australia

Code: AU 

Location:  Oceania, between South Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean    

Geographic coordinates:  27 00 S, 133 00 E

Surface area:  7,686,850 km2

Population:  21,000,000

Capital city:  Canberra

Official language:  English

Religion:  Catholic, Anglican, other Christian

Climate:  arid to semiarid

Tallest mountain:  Mount Kosciuszko (2,229 m)

Terrain:  low plateau with desert

Coastline:  25,760 km

Natural resources:  coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper, tin, gold, silver, zinc, lead, uranium, mineral sands, tungsten, nickel, petroleum, natural gas, diamonds

Neighbours: -

Aruba

Code: AW 

Location:  island in the Caribbean Sea   

Geographic coordinates:  12 30 N, 69 58 W

Surface area:  193 km2

Population:  105,000

Capital city:  Oranjestad

Official language:  Papiamento

Religion:  Roman Catholic

Climate:  tropical marine

Tallest mountain:  Mount Jamanota (188 m)

Terrain:  flat with a few hills

Coastline:  69 km

Natural resources:  white sandy beaches

Neighbours: -

Armenia

Code: AM 

Location:  Southwestern Asia   

Geographic coordinates:  40 00 N, 45 00 E

Surface area:  29,800 km2

Population:  3,000,000

Capital city:  Yerevan - 1,300,000

Official language:  Armenian

Religion:  Armenian Apostolic

Climate:  highland continental

Tallest mountain:  Aragats Lerrnagagat (4,090 m)

Terrain:  high mountains, little forest land, fast rivers

Coastline:  0 km

Natural resources:  copper, zinc, bauxite, molybdenium, small deposits of gold

Neighbours:  Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Turkey 

Argentina

Code: AR 

Location:  Southern South America   

Geographic coordinates:  34 00 S, 64 00 W

Surface area:  2,766,890 km2

Population:  41,000,000

Capital city:  Buenos Aires

Official language:  Spanish

Religion:  Roman Catholic

Climate:  mostly temperate, arid and subantartic

Tallest mountain:  Aconcagua

Terrain:  rugged mountain, flat to rollin plateau, rich plains

Coastline:  4,989 km

Natural resources:  lead, zinc, tin, iron ore, copper, manganese, uranium, petroleum

Neighbours:  Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

Antigua & Barbuda

Code: AG 

Location:  Carribean islands, North Atlantic ocean   

Geographic coordinates:  17 03 N, 61 48 W

Surface area:  443 km2

Population:  85,000

Capital city:  St Johns (capital of Antigua), Codrington (capital of Barbuda)

Official language:  English

Religion:  Anglican, Roman Catholic

Climate:  tropical maritime

Tallest mountain:  Boggy Peak (402 m)

Terrain:  mostly limestone and coral islands, with higher volcanic areas

Coastline:  153 km

Natural resources:  fish, tourism

Neighbours:  -