0142 USA - Oregon

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You can find on the card: 

Eugene was the first city to have one-way streets, and is quoted by “Bicycling Magazine” as one of the top ten cycling communities in the United States. Tillamook is home to Oregon's largest cheese factory. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States. It was formed more than 6,500 years ago. Its crystal-blue waters are world renowned. Portland is an example of outstanding urban planning. The city is known as The City of Roses.

0140, 0141, USA - Oregon

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  Oregon: 

• Flower - Oregon Grape
• Tree - Douglas Fier
• Bird -  Western Meadowlark

 

0026 Russia

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Хотелось написать символы России - дерево, животное и птицу... Да вот не тут то было. Официально РФ имеет другие символы: Герб, Флаг, Гимн и Конституцию. Железно!!!

Ну а с остальным "символам" приписывайте что хотите: медведя белого или бурого, березу или лиственницу. А в варианте с птицей можно и разгуляться. Мне по-душе Дятел :).

0139 Great Britain - South Devon

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Devon is the third largest English county y in England. The largest towns in Devon are Plymouth, Exeter and Torquay. There is the Dartmoor National Park – one of Britain’s Breathing Spaces, and a member of the 15-strong National Park family. Dartmoor is the largest and wildest area of open country in Southern England but it is much more than that. Dartmoor - the film location. January 2012 saw the release of the Spielberg blockbuster, Warhorse. Dartmoor was chosen for its stunning light and landscape. (about this film)

0138 USA - New York

I bought today this card in a little shop

In fact, New York City is not only the largest city in the United States, but is made up of five separate boroughs: Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and Manhattan. 

New York's Central Park is larger than the principality of Monaco. 

New York's Yellow Cabs are yellow because John Hertz, the company's founder, learned from a study that yellow was the easiest color for the eye to spot. He was right.

Chinatown, Manhattan home to the largest enclave of Chinese people in the Western hemisphere. :)

Fine series of these map cards is here!!!

0137 Macedonia

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Macedonia is a landlocked country that shares boundaries with Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria and Greece. Skopje, the capital city of Macedonia is a common tourist attraction especially for its affluent heritage, popular markets and dazzling monuments. The national flag of the Republic of Macedonia depicts a stylised yellow sun on a red field, with eight broadening rays extending from the centre to the edge of the field - "the new sun of Liberty".

0136 Belgium - Brussels

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Brussels is not only the capital of Belgium but is widely regarded as the capital of the European Union and is home to workers from many different countries with over 27% of residents in Brussels being classed as foreigners. So it is very clear that Brussels has a modern atmosphere and it will be not any surprise to know that Brussels has almost 90 Musuems and over 25 theatres. 

Brussels is famous for it's robust beers and well-known chocolate but there are lots of other reasons to look at the capital city of Belgium. Some fun facts about Brussels include the fact that on last count there are 249 butchers, 874 hairdressers and 647 pharmacies. This can be noticed almost immediately when you walk down the streets, you will see at least 1 hairdresser and 1 or 2 pharmacies, which are marked by giant neon green cross signs.

0135 For map - Compass

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0134 Finland

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Finland is known as the land of a thousand lakes because it has over 180,000 lakes (larger then 500 square meters). The lakes are used for swimming and fishing in, for drinking water and even as roads in the winter when they are frozen over. As well as being the land of a thousand lakes Finland is comonly called the land of the midnight sun. And for good reason. During the months of June and July the sun shines all day and all night in the north, not dropping below the horizon at all!!!

0133 Mexico - Metro

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The Mexico City Metro, officially called Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, often shortened to STC, is a metro system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City, including some municipalities in Mexico State. It is the second largest metro system in North America after the New York City Subway.

0132 Mexico

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Mexico and Luxembourg are the only two countries in the world that are spelled with the letter X. Mexico is filled with vibrant culture and breathtaking landscapes and has a vast history. The country is actually divided into 31 states. 

Mexican children are given both their father's last name and their mother's maiden name. This tradition helps preserve the heritage of both parents :)

0131 Portugal

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The capital of Portugal is Lisbon, which is also it's largest city. The national flower of Portugal is Lavender. Mainland Portugal is sub-divided into ten geographical regions: Minho, Douro Litoral, Tras-o-Montes, Douro Litoral, Beira Alta, Beira Litoral, Beira Baixa, Ribatejo, Estremadura, Alentejo and the Algarve. The Costa de Prata, capital Coimbra, is the coast of the Beira Litoral, between Lisbon and Oporto. It has long, sandy beaches, rather exposed and windswept (making it attractive to windsurfers) and beautiful towns and villages!!!

0130 Belarus

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The name Belarus means "White Russia". The capital of Belarus is Minsk which is also the biggest city in the country. Belarus shares borders with Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. The longest street in Belarus - Independence Avenue in Minsk. Throughout its history, it not only grew on the length and width, but also changed the name of 14 times and the Bidder for inclusion in the List of World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.

0129 Lithuania

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Tytuvėnai is a city in the Kelmė district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 17 km east of Kelmė. It is known for its Bernardine monastery. The first church in the town was built in 1555. The construction of the monastery was initiated by Andrius Valavicius and his family, who returned to the Catholic faith after a wave of Counter-Reformation. The construction plans were prepared in 1614, but the construction started only after the death of Andrius Valavicius in 1618.

0128 USA - New York,

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The Catskill Park is in the Catskill Mountains in New York and it is a mountainous region of public and private lands in Ulster, Greene, Delaware and Sullivan Counties - the "forest preserve" counties. The forest preserve has thousands of acres of forests with meadows, remnants of old farmsteads, lakes, rivers, springs, waterfalls, cliffs, fire towers, bears, rattlesnakes and other wildlife, rare plants and animals.