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Top Ten Deepest Lakes in the World
Whether you are a geologist looking to relocate, or just love the impressive nature, there are some insanely deep lakes all around the world. 10. General Carrera Lake Depth: 1,923 feet (586 meters) General Carrera Lake is located in Chile and Argentina, in the Patagonia region, surrounded by the Andes mountains. It was formed by glaciers [...]
Top Ten Countries with the Most Airports
10. Indonesia Number of airports: 683 Each of the larger Indonesian islands has at least one international airport. The biggest Indonesian airport is the Soekarna-Hatta International Airport; the island of Java has five international airports. 9. Paraguay Number of airports: 798 Though there are many airports in Paraguay, only 12 of [...]
7 Newsworthy Countries Americans View Most Favorable
A recent Gallup poll measured American perceptions of 20 nations that figure prominently in the news or U.S. foreign policy. Here are the 7 countries on that list which Americans considered most favorable. 1. Canada 2. Great Britain 3. Germany 4. Japan 5. Israel 6. India 7. France
Top 10 Most Environmentally Friendly Nations
The 2010 Environmental Performance Index, which ranks 163 countries on 25 performance indicators tracked across ten policy categories covering both environmental public health and ecosystem vitality, has been released, and it's worth looking at in closer detail for the aspiring expat or the eco-conscious traveler. These are the places with the [...]
The World’s Top 10 Fattest Countries
The World Health Organization has recently released the results of health surveys taken between 2000 and 2008 on world obesity, and the news isn't pretty. Since obesity rates can be an indicator of a nation's nutritional trends, health and culture, we thought it might be useful information for the expat to know. Here are the 10 fattest [...]
Expatify’s Top 10 Posts of 2009!
It was our first year of operation here at Expatify, and it's been a big one. In only about three quarters of a year we've gone from a handful of pageviews to nearly 400,000 for the year! In the spirit of inspiring expatriatism-- as always-- we thought we'd recap our top 10 articles of the last year, just in case you may have missed one of [...]
Ten Smallest Countries in the World
10. Maldives Size: 115 square miles There are 2,000 islands in the Indian Ocean, and the country of Maldives includes 200 of them. However, only 340,000 people live on all these islands combined. They have been independent from the United Kingdom since 1965. It may not be the safest place to move, as the whole country could be bound to be [...]
Ten Biggest Countries on Earth
10. Sudan Size: 2,505,810 km2 (967,243 mi2) Located in northeastern Africa, Sudan is both the largest African and largest Arab nation. About half of the country can be used for agriculture. However, due to extensive warfare, along with excess hunting and soil erosion, much of the land has suffered the consequences. Sudan borders several [...]
Top Ten Most Earthquake Damage Prone Cities
10. Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta and much of Indonesia suffered from a major earthquake earlier this year, in September. Though there weren't too many reported deaths, thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed. There was another bad one back in 2007. Jakarta, and the rest of Indonesia, is a densely populated place. Many of the homes aren't [...]
Global New Years
Interested in being global this new years? Stuck at home at the same time? Some of us are suffering from the problem that we aren’t going to any parties, or we’re stuck in a small town that doesn’t have fireworks or anything interesting going on. Yet on this 2009/2010 New Years Eve, you have the option of watching it go off around the [...]
Top Ten Most Corrupt Nations: CPI Index Ratings
10. Haiti CPI score: 1.8 Surveys Used: 3 Confidence Range: 1.4-2.3 Haiti comes in at number 10 in the list of the most corrupt countries and notorious for corruption in all levels of its government and society. There are omnipresent scandals, and the government does little to clear this up. It is one of the poorest nations on earth and [...]
Top Ten Least Corrupt Nations: CPI Index Rankings
10. Iceland CPI Score: 8.7 Surveys used: 4 Confidence Range: 7.5-9.4 Iceland is perceived as the "most developed country." Its economy is known to have freedom in business, investment, trade, finance and property rights. They have efficient business regulation; the island has a modest domestic market. However, Iceland does have rigid labor [...]
Pizza Around the World
Italy Italy is where it all started. Its name originated from the Latin word, "pinsa," meaning flatbread. Flatbread is common all throughout the Mediterranean. Tomatoes became popular in Italy around the 18th and 19th centuries. Legend has it that traditional Margarita pizza was named after Queen Margherita, who visited Naples in 1889. The pizza [...]
Ice Cream Around the World
Italy Italy is famous for its gelato, and most of it is hand-made and sold in individual gelateria shops. It is made out of whole milk, eggs, sugar and whatever they use to flavor it, which is generally naturally created. Traditionally, gelato was served in a small glass dish or in a wax paper, aka a "hokey pokey." This is fading due to the ice [...]
Eleven Tallest Freestanding Structures in the World
1. Burj Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates Height: 2,684 feet This is currently the tallest building in the world, being built in 2009. It is still under construction. It is a skyscraper that functions as an office, hotel and residential center. 2. Guangzhou TV and Sightseeing Tower Guangzhou, People's Republic of China Height: 2,001 feet This [...]
