ROUTE

Here’s the route of roughly 16,000 km (10,000 miles), through 17 countries: England, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia.

 

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CANADA

Founded: July 1, 1867

Population: 34,043,000 (2010)

Area: 9,984,670 km2 (3,854,085 mi2)

Official Language(s): English, French

Capital City: Ottawa
Largest City (metro): Toronto (5,113,149)

Currency: Canadian Dollar (CAD): $

Bordering Nations: United States

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ENGLAND

Founded: 927 AD (unification)
EU Accession: January 1, 1973 (UK)

Population: 51,446,000 (2008)

Area: 130,395 km2 (50,346 mi2)

Official Language(s): English

Capital City: London
Largest City (metro): London (13,945,000)

Currency: Pound Sterling (GBP): £

Bordering Nations: Scotland, Wales

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FRANCE

Founded: August 10, 834
EU Accession: March 25, 1957

Population: 65,447,374 (2010)

Area: 674,843 km2 (260,558 mi2)

Official Language(s): French

Capital City: Paris
Largest City (metro): Paris (2,203,817)

Currency: Euro (EUR): €

Bordering Nations: Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, Spain

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BELGIUM

Founded: October 4, 1830 (declared)
EU Accession: March 25, 1957

Population: 10,827,519 (2010)

Area: 30,528 km2 (11,787 mi2)

Official Language(s): Dutch, French, German

Capital City: Brussels
Largest City (metro): Brussels (1,830,000)

Currency: Euro (EUR): €

Bordering Nations: France, Luxembourg, Germany, The Netherlands

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THE NETHERLANDS

Founded: July 26, 1581 (declared)
EU Accession: March 25, 1957

Population: 16,598,400 (2010)

Area: 41,526 km2 (16,033 mi2)

Official Language(s): Dutch

Capital City: Amsterdam
Largest City (metro): Amsterdam (2,158,372)

Currency: Euro (EUR): €

Bordering Nations: Belgium, Germany

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GERMANY

Founded: January 18, 1871 (unification)
EU Accession: March 25, 1957

Population: 81,757,600 (2010)

Area: 357,021 km2 (137,847 mi2)

Official Language(s): German

Capital City: Berlin
Largest City (metro): Berlin (5,000,000)

Currency: Euro (EUR): €

Bordering Nations: Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, France

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CZECH REPUBLIC

Founded: January 1, 1993
EU Accession: May 1, 2004

Population: 10,506,813 (2009)

Area: 78,866 km2 (30,450 mi2)

Official Language(s): Czech

Capital City: Prague
Largest City (metro): Prague (1,900,000)

Currency: Euro (EUR): €

Bordering Nations: Poland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia

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AUSTRIA

Founded: November 12, 1918 (Republic)
EU Accession: January 1, 1995

Population: 8,356,707 (2009)

Area: 83,872 km2 (32,383 mi2)

Official Language(s): German

Capital City: Vienna
Largest City (metro): Vienna (2,268,656)

Currency: Euro (EUR): €

Bordering Nations: Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland

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HUNGARY

Founded: December 25, 1000
EU Accession: May 1, 2004

Population: 10,020,000 (2009)

Area: 93,030 km2 (35,919 mi2)

Official Language(s): Hungarian

Capital City: Budapest
Largest City (metro): Budapest (3,271,110)

Currency: Euro (EUR): €

Bordering Nations: Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Austria

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ROMANIA

Founded: December 30, 1947 (Republic)
EU Accession: January 1, 2007

Population: 22,215,421 (2009)

Area: 238,391 km2 (92,043 mi2)

Official Language(s): Romanian

Capital City: Bucharest
Largest City (metro): Bucharest (2,151,880)

Currency: Romanian New Leu (RON), L

Bordering Nations: Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia

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BULGARIA

Founded: September 22, 1908 (declared)
EU Accession: January 1, 2007

Population: 7,606,000 (2009)

Area: 110,994 km2 (42,823 mi2)

Official Language(s): Bulgarian

Capital City: Sofia
Largest City (metro): Sofia (1,449,277)

Currency: Bulgarian Lev (BLG), лв

Bordering Nations: Romania, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia

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TURKEY

Founded: October 29, 1923 (Republic)
EU Application: October 3, 2005 (in discussion)

Population: 72,561,312 (2009)

Area: 783,562 km2 (302,535 mi2)

Official Language(s): Turkish

Capital City: Ankara (3,763,591)
Largest City (metro): Istanbul (12,782,960)

Currency: Turkish Lira (TRY), TL

Bordering Nations: Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Syria

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IRAN

Founded: April 1, 1979 (Republic)

Population: 74,196,000 (2009)

Area: 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 mi2)

Official Language(s): Persian

Capital City: Tehran
Largest City (metro): Tehran (13,413,348)

Currency: Iranian Rial (IRR), ریال

Bordering Nations: Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan

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TURKMENISTAN (aka: STAN #1)

Founded: October 27, 1991 (declared)

Population: 5,110,000 (2009)

Area: 488,100 km2 (188,456 mi2)

Official Language(s): Turkmen, Russian

Capital City: Ashgabat
Largest City (metro): Ashgabat (909,000)

Currency: Turkmen New Manat (TMT), m

Bordering Nations: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

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UZBEKISTAN (aka: STAN #2)

Founded: September 1, 1991 (declared)

Population: 27,606,007 (2009)

Area: 447,400 km2 (172,742 mi2)

Official Language(s): Uzbek, Russian

Capital City: Tashkent
Largest City (metro): Tashkent (2,180,000)

Currency: Uzbekistan Som (UZS)

Bordering Nations: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

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KYRGYZSTAN (aka: STAN #3)

Founded: August 31, 1991 (declared)

Population: 5,482,000 (2009)

Area: 199,900 km2 (77,181 mi2)

Official Language(s): Kyrgyz, Russian

Capital City: Bishkek
Largest City (metro): Bishkek (762,308)

Currency: Kyrgyzstan Som (KGS)

Bordering Nations: China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

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KAZAKHSTAN (aka: STAN #4)

Founded: December 16, 1991 (declared)

Population: 16,196,800 (2010)

Area: 2,724,900 km2 (1,052,085 mi2)

Official Language(s): Kazakh, Russian

Capital City: Astana
Largest City (metro): Almaty (1,420,747)

Currency: Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT)

Bordering Nations: China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

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RUSSIA

Founded: 862 AD (First Dynasty)

Population: 141,927,297 (2010)

Area: 17,075,400 km2 (6,592,800 mi2)

Official Language(s): Russian (and 27 other co-dialects)

Capital City: Moscow
Largest City (metro): Moscow (10,535,100)

Currency: Russian Ruble (RUB), руб

Bordering Nations: Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine

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MONGOLIA

Founded: 1206 (Mongol Empire)

Population: 2,736,800 (2009)

Area: 1,564,116 km2 (603,909 mi2)

Official Language(s): Mongolian

Capital City: Ulaanbaatar
Largest City (metro): Ulaanbaatar (1,106,500)

Currency: Mongolian Tögrög (MNT), ₮

Bordering Nations: China, Russia

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