{"id":791,"date":"2018-04-20T17:32:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T21:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/?p=791"},"modified":"2019-08-14T04:16:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T08:16:50","slug":"interesting-facts-about-places-i-have-made-blog-posts-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/20\/interesting-facts-about-places-i-have-made-blog-posts-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Facts About Places I Have Been To While This Blog Existed"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post includes a fact file about every place I have written blog posts about.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Belarus Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries<\/strong>:\u00a0machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People:\u00a0<\/strong>Thaddeus Kosciuszko (Belarusian, Polish and USA revolutionary hero and general), \u00a0Marc Chagall (artist),\u00a0Petr Klimuk (first Belarusian astronaut),\u00a0Svetlana Alexievich (Nobel Prize winner in Literature), \u00a0Olga Korbut (gymnast)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point:\u00a0<\/strong>Dzyarzhynskaya Hara,\u00a0345\u00a0m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks:\u00a0<\/strong>Mir Castle, Brest Fortress<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>European Bison<\/span><\/p>\n

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Russia Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries<\/strong>:\u00a0 petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, metals, wood and wood products, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People: <\/strong>Yuri Gagarin (first astronaut in the world), Nikolai II (Former Czar of Russia), Pyotr Tchaikovsky (Composer), Sergei Rachmaninov (pianist)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point: <\/strong>Mount Elbrus,\u00a05,642\u00a0m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Kremlin, Red Square<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Eurasian Brown Bear<\/span><\/p>\n

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United Arab Emirates Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries:\u00a0<\/strong>petroleum\u00a0and petrochemicals, fishing, aluminum, cement, fertilizers, commercial ship repair, construction materials, aerospace parts, financial services, tourism, pharmaceuticals, steel, handicrafts, textiles<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People: <\/strong>None that I know of at least. Please post in the comments if you know a famous person from United Arab Emirates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point: <\/strong>Jabal Jais,\u00a01,934\u00a0m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Dubai Mall, Burj Khalifa<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Arabian Oryx<\/span><\/p>\n

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Australia Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries:\u00a0<\/strong>mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Person: <\/strong>Sia (singer)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point: <\/strong>Mount Kosciuszko,\u00a02,228\u00a0m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Sydney Opera House, Uluru<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Red Kangaroo<\/span><\/p>\n

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New Zealand Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries:\u00a0<\/strong>food processing, textiles, machinery and transportation equipment, finance, tourism, mining<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People: <\/strong>Sir Edmund Hillary (first man to climb Mount Everest), Lorde (singer), A. J. Hackett (inventor of bungee jumping), Richard Hadlee (cricketer)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point: <\/strong>Mount Cook,\u00a03,724\u00a0m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Milford Sound,\u00a0Waiheke Island<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Kiwi<\/span><\/p>\n

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Singapore Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries: <\/strong>financial services, electronics, chemicals, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and products, processed food and beverages, \u00a0ship repair, offshore platform construction, life sciences, entrepot trade, tourism<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People: <\/strong>Joseph Schooling (olympic champion), Lee Kuan Yew (former prime minister, modernized Singapore), Vanessa Mae (violin player)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point: <\/strong>Bukit Timah,\u00a0163 m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Sentosa, Gardens by the Bay<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Lion<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hong Kong Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries:\u00a0<\/strong>textiles, clothing, tourism, banking, shipping, electronics, plastics, toys, watches, clocks<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People: <\/strong>Jackie Chan (martial artist, actor),\u00a0Stanley Ho, both for Hong Kong and Macao (billionaire, owner of casinos and more)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point: <\/strong>Tai Mo Shan,\u00a0957\u00a0m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Tian Tan Buddha, Victoria Peak<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Giant Panda (same as China)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Macau Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries:\u00a0<\/strong>tourism, gambling, clothing, textiles, electronics, footwear, toys<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People: <\/strong>Stanley Ho, both for Macao and Hong Kong (billionaire, owner of casinos and more)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point: <\/strong>Alto de Coloane,\u00a0172\u00a0m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Macao Tower, A-Ma Temple<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Giant Panda (same as China)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Spain Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries:\u00a0<\/strong>machinery, machine tools, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, shipbuilding, automobiles, tourism, textiles and apparel, food and beverages<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People: <\/strong>Rafael Nadal (tennis player), Salvador Dali (artist), Antoni Gaudi (architect), Pablo Picasso (artist), Enrique Iglesias (singer)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point: <\/strong>Mulhac\u00e9n, 3,479\u00a0m\u00a0(Spain), Teide, 3,718\u00a0m\u00a0(Spain’s territories and islands)<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Sagrada Familia, Royal Palace of Madrid<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Bull<\/span><\/p>\n

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Portugal Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries:<\/strong>\u00a0textiles, clothing, footwear, wood and cork, paper, chemicals, auto-parts manufacturing, base metals, dairy products, wine and other foods, porcelain\u00a0and ceramics, glassware, technology, telecommunications, ship construction\u00a0and refurbishment,\u00a0tourism, building materials<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People: <\/strong>Vasco da Gama (explorer), Ferdinand Magellan (explorer), Cristiano Ronaldo (soccer player)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point: <\/strong>Mount Pico,\u00a02,351\u00a0m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Jeronimos Monastery,\u00a0Bel\u00e9m Tower<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Rooster<\/span><\/p>\n

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France Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries:\u00a0<\/strong>machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics, textiles, food processing, tourism<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People: <\/strong>Claude Monet (painter), Coco Chanel (fashion designer), Napoleon Bonaparte (emperor), Louis Pasteur (chemist), Gustave Eiffel (architect)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point: <\/strong>Mont Blanc,\u00a04,810 m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Palace of Versailles, Eiffel Tower<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Gallic Rooster<\/span><\/p>\n

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Monaco Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries:\u00a0<\/strong>services, banking, industry, construction and public works, tourism<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Person:\u00a0<\/strong>Grace Kelly (actress)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point:\u00a0<\/strong>Mont Agel, 163 m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks:\u00a0<\/strong>Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco Grand Prix<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animals:\u00a0<\/strong>Hedgehog, Rabbit, Mouse<\/span><\/p>\n

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Italy Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries:\u00a0<\/strong>iron and steel, cement, chemicals, plastics, production machinery, motor vehicles, shipbuilding, space and aircraft, machine tools, communications, medical apparatus, pharmaceuticals, food and beverages processing, textiles, clothing, fashion, home appliances, tourism<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People: <\/strong>Gianni Versace (fashion designer), Giorgio Armani (fashion designer), Raphael (painter), Leonardo da Vinci (artist, mathematician, inventor, writer)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point: <\/strong>Monte Bianco,\u00a04,810 m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Leaning Tower of Pisa, Colosseum<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Wolf<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vatican City Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries: <\/strong>printing, production of coins, medals, postage stamps, mosaics and staff uniforms and financial services<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People: <\/strong>Saint Peter (saint)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point:\u00a0<\/strong>None. I don’t count buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>None<\/span><\/p>\n

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Martinique Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries: <\/strong>construction, rum, cement, petroleum refining, sugar, tourism<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Person: <\/strong>Josephine de Beauharnais (wife of Napoleon I)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point: <\/strong>Mount Pelee, 1,397 m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Mount Pelee, Jardin de Balata<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Gallic Rooster (same as France)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vietnam Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries:\u00a0<\/strong>rice, coffee, rubber, cotton, tea, pepper, soybeans, cashews, sugar cane, peanuts, bananas, poultry, fish, seafood<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People: <\/strong>Ho Chi Minh (former prime minister of Vietnam)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point: <\/strong>Fansipan, 3,143 m (I call it Fansipants)<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Independence Palace, Cu Chi Tunnels<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Water Buffalo<\/span><\/p>\n

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Malaysia Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries: <\/strong>electronics, semiconductor, microchips, integrated circuit, rubber, oleochemicals, automobile, optical devices, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, smelting, timber, wood pulp, islamic finance, petroleum, liquified natural gas, petrochemicals<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Person:\u00a0<\/strong>Jimmy Choo (fashion designer)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point:\u00a0<\/strong>Mount Kinabalu, 4,095 m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Petronas Towers, Legoland Malaysia<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Malayan Tiger<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thailand Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries: <\/strong>automobiles\u00a0and automotive parts,\u00a0financial services, electric appliances and components,\u00a0tourism,\u00a0cement, auto\u00a0manufacturing, heavy and light\u00a0industries,\u00a0appliances,\u00a0computers\u00a0and parts,\u00a0furniture,\u00a0plastics,\u00a0textiles\u00a0and\u00a0garments, agricultural processing,\u00a0beverages,\u00a0tobacco<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People:\u00a0<\/strong>I don’t know any<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point:\u00a0<\/strong>Doi Inthanon, 2,565 m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>James Bond Island, Temple of Dawn<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Thai Elephant<\/span><\/p>\n

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Indonesia Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries: <\/strong>Palm oil, petroleum and natural gas, coal, textiles, automotive, electrical appliances, apparel, footwear, mining, cement, medical instruments and appliances, handicrafts, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, processed food, jewelry, tourism<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous People:\u00a0<\/strong>I don’t know any<\/span><\/p>\n

Highest Point:\u00a0<\/strong>Puncak Jaya, 4,884 m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks: <\/strong>Borobudur, Krakatau Island<\/span><\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Komodo Dragon<\/span><\/p>\n

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Qatar Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries: <\/strong>Liquefied natural gas, crude oil, ammonia, fertilizer, petrochemicals, reinforcing steel, cement, ship repair<\/p>\n

Famous People:\u00a0<\/strong>I don’t know any<\/p>\n

Highest Point:\u00a0<\/strong>Qurain Abu al-Bawl, 103 m<\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks:\u00a0<\/strong>Souq Waqif, Museum of Islamic Art<\/p>\n

National Animal:\u00a0<\/strong>Arabian Oryx<\/p>\n

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Canada Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries:\u00a0<\/strong>Transportation equipment, chemicals, minerals, food products, wood and paper, fish products, petroleum, natural gas<\/p>\n

Famous People:<\/strong> Justin Bieber (singer\/songwriter), Aubrey Drake Graham\/Drake (rapper), Joel Thomas Zimmerman\/deadmau5 (DJ)<\/p>\n

Highest<\/strong> Point:<\/strong> Mount Logan, 5,959 m<\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks:<\/strong> CN Tower, Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal<\/p>\n

National Animal:<\/strong> North American Beaver<\/p>\n

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Iceland Fact File<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Industries: <\/strong>Tourism, fish processing, aluminium smelting, ferrosilicon production, geothermal power, hydropower<\/p>\n

Famous People:<\/strong> None<\/p>\n

Highest<\/strong> Point: <\/strong>Hvannadalshn\u00fakur, 2,110 m<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Landmarks:<\/strong> Blue Lagoon, Gulfoss, Strokkur, Thingvellir, Geysir, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja, Eyjafjallajokull, Vatnajokull, Keri\u00f0<\/p>\n

National Animal:<\/strong> Gyrfalcon<\/p>\n

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Sources: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org<\/a>,\u00a0https:\/\/www.biography.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post includes a fact file about every place I have written blog posts about. Belarus Fact File Main Industries:\u00a0machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs Famous People:\u00a0Thaddeus Kosciuszko (Belarusian, Polish and USA revolutionary hero and general), \u00a0Marc Chagall (artist),\u00a0Petr Klimuk (first Belarusian astronaut),\u00a0Svetlana Alexievich (Nobel Prize winner in Literature), \u00a0Olga Korbut (gymnast) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[8,6,68,34,21,65,59,41,24,52,48,38,16,29,61,14,20,25,56,10,42,50],"class_list":["post-791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-info","tag-australia","tag-belarus","tag-canada","tag-france","tag-hong-kong","tag-iceland","tag-indonesia","tag-italy","tag-macau","tag-malaysia","tag-martinique","tag-monaco","tag-new-zealand","tag-portugal","tag-qatar","tag-russia","tag-singapore","tag-spain","tag-thailand","tag-united-arab-emirates","tag-vatican-city","tag-vietnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":86,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3625,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions\/3625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}