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• Location: Sandouping, Yiling District, Hubei, China (on Yangtze River)
• Type & Status: Hydroelectric gravity dam; world’s largest power station
• Construction Timeline: Began 14 December 1994, opened in 2003
• Completion: Fully completed in 2012
• Capacity & Purpose: 22,500 MW; flood control, power generation, navigation

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Capital: Bamako (largest city) 🇲🇱

Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF)

Official / Working Language: French (widely used in government and education)

Continent: Africa (landlocked country)

Religion: Predominantly Islam (about 95%), with minorities of Christians and traditional beliefs

Head of Government: Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga (interim) under transitional government led by President Assimi Goïta

Parliament / Legislature: National Assembly (unicameral legislature)

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• Trigger Event: Self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor
• Other Countries Affected: Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain
• Significance: Led to regime changes and increased demands for democracy and human rights

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• President Bashar al-Assad belongs to the Alawite sect, a branch of Shia
• Became the president of Syria on July 17, 2000.
• He is the 19th  and current president of Syria.
• Succeeding his father, Hafiz
• Syria's Assad wins 4th term with 95% of vote

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• Countries sharing border with Syria (5): Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan
• Location: Western Asia, Middle East
• Capital: Damascus
• Significance: Syria is strategically located connecting Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean region
• Area: ~185,180 km²

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• Area: ~2,330,000 km²
• Location: Covers Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Yemen, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar

• 1. Sahara – 9,200,000 km²
• 3. Gobi – 1,295,000 km²
• 4. Kalahari – 900,000 km²

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Dome of the Rock

• Location: Temple Mount, Old City of Jerusalem
• Completed: 691–692 CE by Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik
• Built on: Site of the Second Jewish Temple
• Historical Fact: Original temple destroyed in 70 CE by Romans
• Significance: Important Islamic shrine and landmark

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SAPTA (South Asia Preferential Trading Arrangement)

• Signed: April 1993, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Came into force: 7 December 1995
• Purpose: Promote and sustain trade & economic cooperation in South Asia through tariff concessions
• Significance: Precursor to SAFTA (2004) for a more comprehensive free trade area

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