Wikijunior:Europe

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Europe is the world's smallest but richest continent. It's home to about 710 million people, hundreds of languages, a variety of climates and culture.

Wikijunior Europe is a book for kids about the countries of Europe. This book will give you the basic facts about the country, its people, its geography and its history and other useful facts. This book is currently being created so feel free to make an input. If you have any other ideas for this project then go ahead and do it or talk about it in the discussion page.

[edit] Background

• Europe Introduction
• European Union

[edit] Country Pages

1. Albania
2. Andorra
3. Armenia*
4. Austria¹
5. Azerbaijan*
6. Belarus
7. Belgium¹
8. Bosnia Herzegovina
9. Bulgaria¹
10. Croatia
11. Cyprus*¹
12. Czech Republic¹
13. Denmark¹
14. Estonia¹
15. Finland¹
16. France¹
17. Georgia*
18. Germany¹
19. Greece¹
20. Hungary¹
21. Iceland
22. Ireland¹
23. Italy¹
24. Kazakhstan*
25. Latvia¹
26. Lithuania¹
27. Liechtenstein
28. Luxembourg¹
29. Macedonia
30. Malta¹
31. Monaco
32. Montenegro
33. Netherlands¹
34. Norway
35. Poland¹
36. Portugal¹
37. Romania¹
38. Russia*
39. San Marino
40. Serbia
41. Slovakia¹
42. Slovenia¹
43. Spain¹
44. Sweden¹
45. Switzerland
46. Turkey*
47. Ukraine
48. United Kingdom¹
49. Vatican City

* indicates countries which are partially or entirely located in Asia but are often considered as European for socio-political reasons. ¹ indicates member of the European Union. NB. entities which are dependent on another country or whose independence is not widely recognized are not listed above. The Turkish Republic of Cyprus is talked about on the Cyprus page. Similarly, Kosovo (a province of Serbia) is talked about on the Serbia page.

[edit] Sections that will appear in every country page are:

1. Introduction (name, neighbours, capital city, other cities, currency, EU membership)
2. History of the country (brief but mentioning important events)
3. Geography of the country (mountains, lakes, size, rivers)
4. People of the country (nationalities, languages, religions)
5. Sights of the country (tourist attractions, landmarks)

Each country page should ideally include a map showing the country's location within Europe, an image showing the country's flag and one or two photographs of sights or landmarks within the country. When mentioning other countries in the country page please provide a link to the country page and also provide links to Wikipedia articles for the capital city, currency and any other topics of major interest. An external link to the main Wikipedia article should be added to the bottom of every page. If you're copying text from other sources (e.g. the main Wikipedia article) please only copy the most important information and simplify the language so it's easily understood by the readers of this book. Feel free to add other information (i.e. food, climate, sport, etc.) if you wish.

[edit] Authors of this project

• Xania
• N1Person
• Bart133
• Laleena (talk)

[edit] Further Reading

This Wikijunior book is intended for kids but we hope it can be of use for anyone. If you want to read into these topics further visit the Europe and The EU pages on Wikipedia. Links for further reading should be added in the individual country pages so that readers can find out more about the capital cities, the language, etc.

Wikipedia has related information at Europe.

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