NEW YORK (USA)

New York: officially the City of New York , otherwise known as the names and abbreviations of New York City or NYC, is the largest city in the United States and one of the most important American continent. It is located in the northeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast in the south-eastern tip of New York State . The New York City consists of five boroughs called boroughs : Manhattan, Brooklyn , Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. Its inhabitants are called New Yorkers.

Between 1785 and 1790 , the city of New York was the capital of US . It is the largest city in the country since 1790 , before feeding for a few decades the financial and political rivalry between New York and Philadelphia.
New York exerts a significant impact on global commerce, finance, media, art , fashion, research, technology, education and entertainment. Gathering all the characteristics of a global city, it is sometimes considered the " capital of the world " . If it is not the capital of the United States for more than two sièclesnotes 1, New York is not least the country's most populous city, with 8,336,697 inhabitants according to the Census Bureau of the United States (2012 )  . At the heart of the megalopolis BosWashnotes 2 , the agglomeration 19,069,796 inhabitants spans several counties of the State of New York and overlaps two neighboring states . In fact, New Jersey has its western and southern suburbs, and Connecticut has its suburbs northeast. Its urban area in turn had 22,201,312 inhabitants in 2009 .
New York is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world , with its many ethnic neighborhoods . The best known are Little Italy or Chinatown , which includes the highest concentration of Chinese population Amériques .

New York welcomes about 50 million visitors annuels . Times Square, iconified as " the Crossroads of the World"  , is the hub of entertainment in the whole country and the theater district Broadway , one of the most populaires intersections and a major center of the entertainment industry in the world . The city has a large number of bridges , skyscrapers and parks renowned mondiale . The financial district of New York, anchored by Wall Street in Lower Manhattan , functions as the "Financial Capital of the World " and is home  Stock Exchange and New York its future financial center One World Trade Center. In addition, the Manhattan real estate market is among the most expensive in the monde .
Finally , New York hosts institutions of global importance. These include the UN headquarters , but also many seats multinationales and cultural centers such as the Metropolitan Museum, the Brooklyn Museum , MoMA , Lincoln Center . Many famous universities are located in New York, including the University of the City of New York, Columbia University , New York University , and Rockefeller , which are classified among the top 50 universities in the University world.

CHINA

China: officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a sovereign state located in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, witha population of over 1.35 billion. The PRC is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party, with its seat of government in the capital city of Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kongand Macau). The PRC also claims Taiwan – which is controlled by the Republic of China (ROC), a separate political entity – as its 23rd province, a claim controversial due to the complexpolitical status of Taiwan and the unresolved Chinese Civil War.

Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, China is the world's second-largest country by land area, but only the third or fourth-largest by total area, dependent on whether the surface areas of various inland bodies of water such as the Great Lakes are included in the total area of a country. China's landscape is vast and diverse, ranging from forest steppes and the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts in the arid north to subtropical forests in the wetter south. The Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamir and Tian Shan mountain ranges separate China from South and Central Asia. The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, the third- and sixth-longest in the world, run from the Tibetan Plateau to the densely populated eastern seaboard. China's coastline along the Pacific Ocean is 14,500 kilometres (9,000 mi) long, and is bounded by the Bohai, Yellow, East and South China Seas.

The ancient Chinese civilization – one of the world's earliest – flourished in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. For millennia, China's political system was based on hereditary monarchies, known as dynasties, beginning with the semi-mythological Xia of the Yellow River basin (c. 2000 BCE). Since 221 BCE, when the Qin Dynasty first conquered several states to form a Chinese empire, the country has expanded, fractured and been reformed numerous times. The Republic of China overthrew the last dynasty in 1911, and ruled the Chinese mainland until 1949. After the defeat of the Empire of Japan in World War II, the Communist Party defeated the nationalist Kuomintang in mainland China and established the People's Republic of China in Beijing on 1 October 1949, while the Kuomintang relocated the ROC government to its present capital of Taipei.

Since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978, China has become the world's fastest-growing major economy. As of 2013, it is the world's second-largest economy by both nominal total GDP and purchasing power parity (PPP), and is also the world's largest exporter and importer of goods. China is a recognized nuclear weapons state and has the world's largest standing army, with the second-largest defense budget The PRC has been a United Nations member since 1971, when it replaced the ROC as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. China is also a member of numerous formal and informal multilateral organizations, including the WTO, APEC, BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the BCIM and the G-20. China has been characterized as a potential superpower by a number of academics, military analysts, and public policy and economics analysts.

THAILAND

Thailand: officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia whose territory covers 514,000 km2. Before 1939 it was called the Kingdom of Siam. It is bordered to the west by Burma, south by Malaysia, to the east by Cambodia and northeast by Laos . It is a constitutional monarchy since 1932.
Its capital is Krung Thep (  the City of Angels ) , also known as Bangkok. The official language is Thai baht and the currency .
King Rama IX , the ninth of the Chakri dynasty, ruled the country since 1946 , longevity record at the head of the country in thaïlandaise1 history. Constitutional monarch , the king is officially titled Head of State , Chief of the Armed Forces , a supporter of the Buddhist religion and defender of all faiths .
The country ranks 51 countries in order of area ( 514,000 km2) and the 19th most populous country in the world with 66,720,153 people in 2011 , a number of area and very close to those of metropolitan France inhabitants .
Approximately 75 % of the population is ethnic Thai , 14% Chinese , and 3% malais2 , the rest being composed of minority groups: Mons , Khmers and various hill tribes . The main religion is Buddhism , practiced by approximately 95 % of Thais .
Thailand experienced rapid economic growth between 1985 and 1995. This is a newly industrialized , thanks to tourism, with well-known as the Ayutthaya country park tourist destinations , the seaside resort of Pattaya , the capital Bangkok, Phuket Province , the coastal town of Krabi and Koh Samui. Exports also contribute significantly to the economy.3 . There are approximately 2.2 million legal and illegal migrants Thailand4 over a certain number of expatriates occidentaux countries .

MALTA

Malta: is an island state, a member of the European Union since 1 May 2004. Malta joined the euro area on 1 January 2008.
It is the smallest state of the European Union and it is also, apart from the city-states, the densest in the world. The Republic of Malta is an archipelago which consists of eight islands, four of which are inhabited, located between the eastern and western Mediterranean Sea 93 kilometers from Sicily. Its strategic location has earned him the envy of many powers over the ages.

SORRENTO (ITALY)

Sorrento: (Naples Surriento) is a small city in Campania, southern Italy, with some 16,500 inhabitants. It is a popular tourist destination that can be reached easily from Naples and Pompeii, as it lies at the southeastern end of the Circumvesuviana rail line. The town overlooks the Bay of Naples as the key place of the Sorrentine Peninsula, and many viewpoints allow sight of Naples itself, Vesuvius and the island of Capri.
The Amalfi Drive (connecting Sorrento and Amalfi) is a narrow road that winds along the cliffs overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Ferries and hydrofoils provide services to Naples, Amalfi, Positano, Capri and Ischia. Sorrento cliffs and luxury hotels have attracted notable people, including Enrico Caruso and Luciano Pavarotti.
Sorrento is famous for the production of limoncello, a liqueur made ​​from lemon zest, alcohol, water and sugar. Other agricultural production includes citrus fruit, wine, nuts and olives. wood crafts also developed.

Le désert algérien

Il deserto Algerino: si trova nel centro-nord Africa e parti dell'Africa sous-Sahariana. Il deserto occupation più di quattro quinti di Algérie.L'espansione Inizia dalla Atlante sahariano, più o meno come un deserto pietroso e più dentro un ottenere il massimo di Sabbia da dune del deserto, diventa. Nel Sud-Ovest è la chaîne d'Montuosa Tassili n'Ajjer Trovato. Questa è una regione zona di interesse grande archeologico e fu posto nella "Lista del Patrimonio Mondiale" dall'UNESCO nel 1982. [1] La temperatura ufficiale più alto ère 50,6 ° C (123,1 ° F) de In Salah.

Le désert algérien:  est situé en Afrique centrale-nord et certaines régions d'Afrique sub-saharienne. Le désert occupe plus des quatre cinquièmes de l'Algérie.Expansion commence à partir de l'Atlas saharien, plus ou moins comme un désert pierreux et plus à l'intérieur que vous obtenez le meilleur parti de dunes de sable du désert, il devient. Dans le sud-ouest est la gamme de montagne de Tassili n'Ajjer trouvé. Cette région est une zone de grand intérêt archéologique et a été placé sur la "Liste du patrimoine mondial" par l'UNESCO en 1982. [1] La température officiel le plus élevé était de 50,6 ° C (123,1 ° F) à In Salah.

Constantine (Algérie)

Constantine:  è una città nel Nord-Est dell'Algeria, capoluogo della provincia di Costantino con più di 840.000 abitanti. E 'la terza città più grande del paese à Termini di popolazione.

Costantino, una delle più antiche città del mondo, è una città nella storia del Important Mediterraneo. Il suo nome dell'ex Cirta, capitale della Numidie, porta par 17 secoli il nome dell'Imperatore Costantino I, che lo ricostruì nel 313. Costantino è anche conosciuta come la "città dei Ponti sospesi", "Città del vecchio rock", "Città di studiosi" viens "città delle aquile" o "Città Malouf" versione Costantino della musica arabo-andalusa, è della regione capoluogo orientale.

 Constantine:  est une ville dans le nord-est de l'Algérie, capitale de la province de Constantine, avec plus de 840.000 habitants. Et «la troisième plus grande ville du pays en termes de population. 

Constantine, l'une des plus anciennes villes du monde, est une ville importante dans l'histoire de la Méditerranée. Le nom de l'ancienne Cirta, capitale de la Numidie, la porte pendant 17 siècles, le nom de l'empereur Constantin Ier, qui a reconstruit en 313. Constantine est également connu comme la «ville des ponts suspendus", "ville de la vieille roche", "Ville des savants» comme la «ville des aigles» ou «Ville Malouf version" Constantine de la musique arabo-andalouse, est la capitale de la région orientale.