Curious Facts About Asian Countries
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- 5. It has one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, Damascus, which has existed for thousands of years.
- 7. has the largest cave in the world, called Son Doong Cave.
- 10. It is the birthplace of the game of chess, which is known as "shatranj" in Persian.
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- 1. is a major producer of palm oil, which is used in a wide variety of products.
- 2. has one of the largest desert areas in the world, the Kyzylkum Desert.
- 3. Contains Petra, an ancient city known as "the pink city" because of its stone color.
- 4. It is the lowest country in the world in terms of altitude, with an average of 1.5 meters above sea level.
- 6. Contains the Angkor Wat temple, the largest religious temple in the world.
- 8. It is an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands, with great cultural and geographical diversity.
- 9. has the largest number of active volcanoes in the world, more than 130.