The country's topography is generally flat, with the elevation gradually rising as one moves north and east away from Lake Chad.

The country's most extensive river systems are the Pulangi River, which flows into the Mindanao River ( Rio Grande de Mindanao ); the Agusan, in Mindanao which flows north into the Mindanao Sea ; the Cagayan in northern Luzon ; and the Pampanga, which flows south from east Central Luzon into Manila Bay.

The rapid progress of the initial German air and land attacks into the Soviet Union made Red Army logistical support difficult, because many depots, and most of the USSR's industrial manufacturing base lay in the country's invaded western half, obliging their reestablishment east of the Ural Mountains.

The country's highly irregular border is long, including along the Chinese border to the east and along the frontier with Afghanistan to the south.

The country's greatest extent from west to east is 1, 100 km, and its greatest north-to-south distance is 650 km.

Still farther east lies the expensive area of Carrasco, a zone of modern luxury villas that has come to replace the old neighborhood of El Prado in the north of the city as home to the country's wealthy elite.

The physical environment of Uzbekistan is diverse, ranging from the flat, desert topography that comprises almost 80 % of the country's territory to mountain peaks in the east reaching about above sea level.

After the 9th century, the linguistic border began to shift north and east, a process accelerated by modern government policies that recognize French as the country's official language.

Despite this, in 1405 James was under the protection and tutelage of Bishop Henry Wardlaw of St Andrews on the country's east coast.

Dacko's government faced a number of problems during 1964 and 1965: the economy experienced stagnation, the bureaucracy started to fall apart, and the country's boundaries were constantly breached by Lumumbists from the south and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army from the east.

The cradle of this country's oil industry is found in the Big Thicket of east Texas.

Hawke's Bay () is a region of New Zealand, located on the east coast of the country's North Island.

Jēkabpils district () was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Latgale region, in the country's east.

Cotabato is approximately 698. 9 nautical miles ( 1294 km ) from Manila, the country's capital, and is bounded by the municipalities of Sultan Kudarat to the north — with Rio Grande de Mindanao separating the two — Kabuntalan to the east, and Datu Odin Sinsuat to the south.

Virtually all new residential buildings since the 1960s were built in this style, as it was a quick and relatively cheap way to solve the country's severe housing shortage, which had been caused by wartime bombing raids and the large influx of German refugees from further east.

Fujairah ( ) is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, and the only one on the Gulf of Oman in the country's east instead of on the Persian Gulf ( the other six emirates ).

It is on the country's southern Mediterranean coast, about 50 km east of Málaga.

The main location of the institute is at Kjeller near Lillestrøm, 20 km east of the country's capital Oslo.

It lies just to the east of the country's other main island chain, the Ralik Chain.

Lutherans with Jewish ancestry were largely in northwestern and Northern Germany, Evangelical Protestants of Jewish descent in Middle Germany ( Berlin and its southwestern environs ) and the country's east.

It is the country's second port ( after Jeddah ) and serves as the main port for the holy city of Medina, to the east.

The Jamuna Bridge During Ershad's rule, the construction of the Jamuna Bridge connecting the country's east and west together, was started.

The Bosna () is the third longest river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is considered one of the country's three major internal rivers, along with the Neretva and Vrbas Rivers ; the other three major rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina are the Una, to the northwest, the Sava, to the north, and the Drina, to the east.

Apolima is the smallest of the four inhabited islands of Samoa and situated in the Apolima Strait, between the country's two largest islands Upolu to the east and Savai ' i to the west.

According to the National Statistical Service, during the January – August 2007 period, Armenia's industrial sector was the single largest contributor to the country's GDP, but remained largely stagnant with industrial output increasing only by 1. 7 percent per year.

* 1964 – South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.

Agesilaus II, or Agesilaos II () ( 444 BC – 360 BC ) was a king of Sparta, of the Eurypontid dynasty, ruling from approximately 400 BC to 360 BC, during most of which time he was, in Plutarch's words, " as good as thought commander and king of all Greece ," and was for the whole of it greatly identified with his country's deeds and fortunes.

* 1911 – The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.

* 1980 – The Republic of Zimbabwe ( formerly Rhodesia ) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President.

* 2002 – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.

United Nations sanctions against Yugoslavia and Iraq ( 1990 – 2003 ), two of the country's most significant trading partners, took a heavy toll on the Bulgarian economy.

* setting the official interest rate – used to manage both inflation and the country's exchange rate – and ensuring that this rate takes effect via a variety of policy mechanisms

During 2004 – 6, approximately 2, 000 kilometers of the country's rail lines underwent refurbishment.

Chester Burton " Chet " Atkins ( June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001 ) was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.

The highest post – the Hetman – was elected by the representatives from the country's districts.

* 1960 – King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.

Even the presidential guard – an indication of the lack of trust in the country's forces – is composed of 350 Moroccan troops.

* 1921 – Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.

During the congress, the Albanian government announced the broad outlines of the country's Third Five-Year Plan ( 1961 – 65 ), which allocated 54 % of all investment to industry, thereby rejecting Khrushchev's wish to make Albania primarily an agricultural producer.

Jakarta's Soekarno – Hatta International Airport serves as the country's main air transportation hub.

Problems with a country's balance of trade ( or balance of payments ) are often associated with an inappropriate valuation of its currency – that is, its country's foreign exchange rate.

This will result in a growth of currency flowing into the country and a decline in currency flowing out of it – resulting in an improvement in the country's balance of trade.

* 1939 – Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Pibulsonggram, the country's third prime minister.

* 1974 – Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.

* 2006 – Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.