Saint Pierre and Miquelon
<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #ff9347;">Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France. It is situated in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean near Canada. The islands are situated at the entrance of Fortune Bay, which extends into the southern coast of Newfoundland near the Grand Banks. These islands are the only remnant of the former colonial empire of New France that now remains under the control of French. ‘Saint Pierre’ is the capital of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.</p>
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Saint Lucia
<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #6872ff;">Saint Lucia is a sovereign island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. The island was created due to the volcanic activity and is about 43 km long and 23 km wide. The closest islands neighbouring St Lucia are ‘St Vincent’ to the south and ‘Martinique’ to the north. ‘Castries’ is the capital city of St Lucia, which is built on a reclaimed land mass, that is located in a flood gut region and is divided into eleven quarters. St Lucia was also known as the ‘Island of Iguanas’ as the Amerindian Arawak and Carib were known to be amongst the earliest settlers on the island. And St Lucia is also the current member of Commonwealth of Nations.</p>
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Kiribati
<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #63ffd0;">Kiribati, officially known as, the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation that follows the Presidential Republic of government. The island was called the Gilbert Islands, discovered by Thomas Gilbert and it became a British Protectorate in 1892, captured by the Japanese in 1941. The islands were given complete independence by the U.K in 1979. In terms of land area, the island of Kiribati is the largest in the world. The motto of the island is ‘Te Mauri Te ao Te Tabomoa’, which translates as ‘Health, Peace and Prosperity’. The significance of the flag is that the bird resembles the sea, freedom, power and the island’s ethnic dance styles, the sun resembles the position of the nation at the equator and the ocean resembles the Pacific Ocean.</p>
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