Sites around the world

Amsterdam is the capital and the largest city located the Netherlands. It is in the north part in Holland. The land area is about 84.6 square miles and the population is 1.36 million. The mayor here is Job Cohen. The name Amsterdam came from the word Amstellerdam which means: a dam in the river Amstel. Although it was just a small fishing village in the late 12th century, it became one of the most important ports in the world. Now in the 20th century, many neighborhoods and suburbs were created. Seven of the most important companies out of five hundred in the world are here are located in Amsterdam. About 3,66 million visitors come to Amsterdam per year.

Chile is between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It borders Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Drake Passage. The total area is 292,183 square miles. The GDP per capita is about $14,529. Santiago is the capital and the largest city in Chile. It was founded February 12, 1541 and the area of the urban part of this city is 247.6 square miles while the metro part is 5,947.2 square miles. The population is about 5,278,044. Santiago is known as an Alpha World City and has some of the most modern transportation for Latin America. The official language here is spanish and the mayor of Santiago is Pablo Zalaquett Said.

In the U.S., the most famous and well known place would probably the Statue of Liberty in New York. It is located in Liberty Island, New York City, New York. It's area is twelve acres and was built October 28, 1886. This structure was a gift from France to show the friendship between the U.S. and French. It was designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. It was built to commemorate the centennial of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. It's a statue of a woman wearing a stola, a radiant crown, and sandals. She is trampling a broken chain while carrying a torch and a tabula ansata. She is raising the torch up high with her right hand. On the tabula ansata, the date of the Declaration of Independence is written. This memorable statue is used to welcome many different people whether it's immigrants or visitors or even returning citizens. The whole statue is made of pure copper, hung on a framework of steel. The flame of the torch is coated in gold leaf. The flame was originally made of copper, but was then made to hold glass panes. The statue stands 151 feet tall, but with the pedestal and foundation, all together it's 305 feet tall.

Australia has many interesting, but one of the ones I found more interesting is their capital, Canberra. It's located in the northern part of Australia and is west of Sydney. This city was planned to be here because it was used as a compromise between Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne. It was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, two architects from Chicago. The population here is around 345,000. Also the area is 314.4 square miles.

Antarctica underlies the South Pole and has a total area of 5,400,000 square miles. 100,000 square miles of this is ice-free while the the other 5,300,000 square miles are covered with ice. It is the fifth largest continent comparing with areas. Antarctica is known to be the coldest, driest, and windiest continent. Only 1,000 people actually live here, but don't stay long. Cold adapted plants and animals are the only things that can survive here because it's the coldest place on earth. In 1983, Antarctica reached the coldest temperature ever on earth with -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Antarctica is also known as the frozen desert.