Europe
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Europe is a continent, the western part of Eurasia. It is separated from Asia by a traditional eastern boundary that includes the Ural Mountains in Russia and the Bosporus in Turkey, and from Africa by the Mediterranean Sea. The Atlantic Ocean is to the west of Europe. There are about 50 countries in Europe. The European Union is made up of some of the countries in Europe.
[edit] Countries
- Albania
- Andorra
- Austria (EU)
- Belarus
- Belgium (EU)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria (EU)
- Croatia
- Czech Republic (EU)
- Cyprus (EU) Note: Completely in Asia.
- Denmark (EU)
- Estonia (EU)
- Finland (EU)
- France (EU)
- Germany (EU)
- Greece (EU)
- Hungary (EU)
- Iceland Note: Geologically located in Europe and North America.
- Ireland (EU)
- Italy (EU)
- Latvia (EU)
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania(EU)
- Luxembourg (EU)
- Malta (EU)
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Netherlands (EU)
- Norway
- Poland (EU)
- Portugal (EU)
- Romania (EU)
- Republic of Macedonia
- Russia Note: Geographically in Europe and North Asia.
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia (EU)
- Slovenia (EU)
- Spain (EU)
- Sweden (EU)
- Switzerland
- Turkey Note: Geographically 3% in Europe, 97% in Asia Minor.
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom (EU)
- Vatican City
| Continents of the world |
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| Asia | Africa | North America | Central America | South America | Antarctica | Europe | Eurasia | Africa-Eurasia | Australia |
| (The Pacific Islands are not part of any continent, but sometimes they are grouped with Australia as Oceania) |
| Countries and territories of Europe |
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| Albania - Andorra - Armenia - Austria - Azerbaijan1 - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus2 - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Georgia1 - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Italy - Latvia - Liechtenstein - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Moldova - Monaco - Montenegro - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Republic of Macedonia - Romania - Russia1 - San Marino - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey1 - Ukraine - United Kingdom - Vatican City |
| Dependencies: Akrotiri and Dhekelia2 - Faroe Islands - Gibraltar - Guernsey - Jan Mayen - Jersey - Isle of Man - Svalbard |
| Unrecognised countries: Abkhazia | Nagorno-Karabakh2 | South Ossetia | Transnistria | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus2 |
| 1. Country partly in Asia. 2. Geographically in Asia, but often counted as part of Europe for cultural and historical reasons. |
| Members of the European Union | |
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| Austria - Belgium - Bulgaria - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Ireland - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Netherlands - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - United Kingdom | |
