[Theforum] culture-differences (was: Roll Call - Madhu)

[Elfur Logadottir]

From: "spinhead" <evolt at spinhead.com>

| Like that means anything to someone from St. Lucia or Iceland. (Always
| wanted to see Iceland. I wonder why?)

hey, i realize the size of texas, it took me nearly as long to fly from
iceland to Baltimore as it took my flying from baltimore to austin texas.
this u.s. thing is damn big.

but when talking about the size of iceland, remember that it has a lot of
square meters, just very few people populating them.

texas
   Area: 691,030 sq km (266,807 sq mi)
   Pop: ?

iceland:
   Area: 102,819 sq km (39,699 sq mi).
   Pop. (1993 est.): 264,000. (~280.000 now)

austria:
   Area: 83,859 sq km (32,378 sq mi).
   Pop. (1993 est.): 7,938,000

ireland:
   Area: 70,285 sq km (27,137 sq mi).
   Pop. (1995 est.): 3,590,000

denmark:
   Area: 43,094 sq km (16,639 sq mi),
   Pop. (1993 est.): 5,187,000

netherlands:
   Area: 41,526 sq km (16,033 sq mi).
   Pop. (1995 est.): 15,487,000

belgium:
   Area: 30,528 sq km (11,787 sq mi).
   Pop. (1995 est.): 10,064,000

source: encyclopaedia britannica
http://www.eb.com/limited_search.html

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