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Turkey ::
FACTS
Total area: 779,452 sq km - world rank No. 36 - (23,764 sq km on the european, 755,688 sq km on the asian side; i.e. about the size of Texas)
Capital: Ankara (about 3 million inhabitants)
Total population: 65,000,000
Population growth rate: 1.6%
Life expectancy at birth: male: 70.38 years, female: 75.39 years
Ethnic groups: Turkish (70%), Kurdish (20%), Arabs (2%) and others
Religions: 99% Muslim (70% Sunni, 20% Alevi), Christians and Jews
Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic
Literacy: 82.3%
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