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  National Country Symbols Of Saudi Arabia Introduction:Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and home to Islam’s two holiest shrines in Mecca and Medina. The king’s official title is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. The modern Saudi state was founded in 1932 by ABD AL-AZIZ bin Abd al-Rahman Al SAUD […]

National Country Symbols Of Sao Tome and Principe Introduction:Sao Tome and Principe Discovered and claimed by Portugal in the late 15th century, the islands’ sugar-based economy gave way to coffee and cocoa in the 19th century – all grown with plantation slave labor, a form of which lingered into the 20th century. While independence was

  National Country Symbols Of San Marino Introduction:San Marino The third smallest state in Europe (after the Holy See and Monaco), San Marino also claims to be the world’s oldest republic. According to tradition, it was founded by a Christian stonemason named Marinus in A.D. 301. San Marino’s foreign policy is aligned with that of

National Country Symbols Of Samoa Introduction:Samoa New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th

  National Country Symbols Of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Introduction:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Resistance by native Caribs prevented colonization on Saint Vincent until 1719. Disputed between France and the United Kingdom for most of the 18th century, the island was ceded to the latter in 1783. Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and

National Country Symbols Of Saint Pierre and Miquelon Introduction:Saint Pierre and Miquelon First settled by the French in the early 17th century, the islands represent the sole remaining vestige of France’s once vast North American possessions.   National Map Of Saint Pierre and Miquelon   National Flag Of Saint Pierre and Miquelon   Flag Description:

National Country Symbols Of Saint Lucia Introduction:Saint Lucia The island, with its fine natural harbor at Castries, was contested between England and France throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries (changing possession 14 times); it was finally ceded to the UK in 1814. Even after the abolition of slavery on its plantations in 1834, Saint

National Country Symbols Of Saint Kitts and Nevis Introduction:Saint Kitts and Nevis Carib Indians occupied the islands for hundreds of years before the British began settlement in 1623. The islands became an associated state of the UK with full internal autonomy in 1967. The island of Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971.

National Country Symbols Of Saint Helena Introduction:Saint Helena Saint Helena is a British Overseas Territory consisting of Saint Helena and Ascension Islands, and the island group of Tristan da Cunha. Saint Helena: Uninhabited when first discovered by the Portuguese in 1502, Saint Helena was garrisoned by the British during the 17th century. It acquired fame