1 Land area nearly double the size of Cyprus, with a 499km coastline.
2 Nearly 40 per cent of the population is under the age of 25.
3 The national symbol is a golden falcon.
4 Has the third lowest death rate in the entire world.
5 The name is derived from the capital city, which translates as ‘fortress’.

This was published in the April 2019 edition of Geographical magazine
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