Hey geograpeeps, this is gonna be a special episode of Geography More,
because we're gonna do something a little different.
A lot of you guys have actually requested that we cover some key attributes of countries
that we actually don't typically cover much in the episodes.
I'm talking about currency, plug outlets, some of the main airports with their IATA codes,
the national animal, and what side of the road that country drives on.
So I'm gonna go back all the way to Afghanistan,
and halfway through, I got a special annoucement for you guys.
At the very end, I will mention which countries which countries drive on the left side of the road,
and you can just assume that everything that was not mentioned drives on the right side.
'Cause there's more countries that drive on the right side.
Cool? Alright, let's jump in.
For Afghanistan:
The currency is the Afghani and the sub-unit being the puls.
They use the C and F outlets.
Major airports include Kabul Hamid Karzai International, as well as Khandahar International.
The national animal is the snow leopard.
Albania:
The currency is the Lek, subdivided into qindarka.
They use the C & F outlets.
The main international airport being Tirana Nënë Tereza, or [the] "Mother Theresa" International.
The national animal is the golden eagle.
Algeria:
They use dinars and centimes.
The C & F outlet.
Major airports include Soummam Abane Ramdane Bejaia Airport,
as well as Houari Boumedinne Algiers Airport.
The national animal is the Fennec Fox.
Andorra uses euros, which is divided into cents.
They also use the C & F outlets.
Now, Andorra doesn't have any airports.
However, they did just recently build the La Seu D'urgell Airport in Catalonia, Spain,
which is kinda close to Andorra,
and it was actually built there specifically for the purpose to accomodate people to go to Andorra,
even though it's in Spain.
Otherwise, to get there, you're either gonna fly to Toulouse, France or Barcelona, Spain,
which are each about 2 hours of a drive away from Andorra.
However, there is a train that goes to L'Hospitalet in France,
which is only, like, 3 kilometers away from the Andorran border,
so that's like your best bet.
And they don't actually have a national animal.
Some will say it's the bull, because it's on the flag and the coat of arms,
and some will say it's the bearded vulture, but eh - up for grabs.
Angola uses the Kwanza and the Cêntimo.
They use the C outlet.
Major airports include Luanda Quatro de Fevereiro International and Albano Machado Airport,
and the [national] animal is the red-crested turaco.
Antigua and Barbuda:
The country uses the East Caribbean Dollar, which is subdivided into cents.
They use the A & B outlets at 60 hertz.
The major international airport is Antigua VC Bird International.
And they have 3 national animals: one for land, air, and sea.
The frigate bird, the hawksbill turtle, and the fallow deer.
Argentina uses the pesos and the centavos.
They use the C outlet.
Major airports include 2 for Buenos Aires - Ministro Pistarini and Jorge Newberry.
There's Cordoba International - or "Ingeniero Aeronautico Ambrosio L.V. Taravela" International.
And the national animal is the Rufous hornero.
Armenia:
The currency is the dram, which is divided into lumas.
Major airports include Yerevan Zvartnots International and Gyumri Shirak.
The national animal is the eagle.
Australia:
They use the Australian dollar and cents.
They use the I plug outlet.
Major airports include Sydney Kingsford Smith, Melbourne Tulla Marine,
Brisbane International, Perth International,
and the national animals are the red kangaroo and the emu.
Austria uses the euro and cents.
They use the C/F outlets.
Major airports include Vienna International, Salzburg, and Graz International.
And the national animal is the black eagle.
Azerbaijan:
They use the manat - which is divided into qəpik.
They use the C outlet.
Major airports include Baku Heydar Aliyev International and Ganja International.
The national animal is the Karabakh Horse.
Bahamas:
They use the Bahamian dollar and cents.
They use the A and B outlets at 60 hertz.
Major airports include Nassau Lynden Pindling International, Exuma International,
Grand Bahama Freeport -
although that's kinda like a private airport that only really rich people go to -
and the national animal is the blue marlin and flamingo.
Bahrain:
They use the dinar, which is divided into fils.
They use the G outlet.
The one major airport is Bahrain International.
And the national animal is the white oryx.
Bangladesh:
They use the taka, divided into poisha.
They use the C, D, and G, and K outlets.
Major airports include Dhaka Shahjalal, Chitagong Shah Amanat,
and the national animals are the Bengal tiger and the magpie robin.
Barbados:
They use the Barbadian dollar and cents.
They use the A & B outlets.
The one major airport is Seawell Grantley Adams International.
The national animal is the flying fish and pelican.
Belarus:
They use the Ruble and the Kapyeyka.
They use the C and F outlets.
Major airports are Minsk International and Gomel International.
And the national animal is the European Bison.
Belgium:
They use the euro and cents.
They use the C and E outlets.
Major airports are Brussels - which has 2, Brussels International and South Brussels Charleroi.
As well as Antwerp International.
The national animal is the lion.
Belize:
They use the Belizean dollar and cents.
They use the A, B, and G outlets at 60 hertz.
The one major international airport is Belize City Philip S.W. Goldson International.
And the national animal is the Baird's Tapir.
Benin:
They use the West African CPA Franc, which is divided into centime.
They use the C and E outlets.
The major international airport is Cotonou Cadjehoun International.
Hee-hee, the acronym is COO.
And the national animal is the leopard.
Bhutan:
They use the ngultrum and the chetrum.
But they also use Indian Rupees as well.
It's kinda of like a dual-currency country.
They use the C, D, F, G, and M outlets.
Woo.
The one major international airport is Paro Airport.
And the national animal[s] [are] Druk the dragon and the rare Takin.
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Bolivia uses the bolivianos, which is divided into centavos.
They use the A and C outlets.
Major airports include La Paz/El Alto International and Santa Cruz de la Sierra Viru Viru International.
The national animal is the condor and the llama.
Yama, llama - eh, same thing.
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
They use the convertible mark, which is divided into fenings.
They use the C and F outlets.
Some major airports are Sarajevo International and Banja Luka International.
Now, they don't really have a national animal,
however, the Bosnian golden lily is kind of like the national plant/flower, which is seen everywhere,
and, also, some people will say that the Tornjak Shepherd Dog is probably, like, the national animal,
because it's native to the area, so maybe you could say that.
Botswana:
They use the pula, which is divided into thebe.
They use the D, G, and M outlets.
Major airports include Gaborone's Sir Seretse Khama International and Maun International airport.
The national animal is the zebra,
however, they do have a bull on their coat of arms that looks suprisingly close to the Chicago Bulls' mascot...
I'm just saying.
Brazil:
They use the riel, divided into centavos.
They use the C and N outlets at 60 hertz.
Major airports include Guarulhos International at São Paulo,
Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International at Brazilia,
Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport at Rio de Janiero.
The national animal is the jaguar.
Brunei uses the Bruneian dollar, divided into sen.
However, they do have a monetary agreement with Singapore,
and you can also use Singaporean dollars in the country as well.
They use the G outlet.
The one major international airport is Brunei International.
The national animal is the white bellied sea eagel.
Bulgaria:
They use the Lev, which is divided into Stotinka.
They use the C and F outlets.
Major airports are Sofia International and Burgas International.
The national animal is the lion.
Burkina Faso:
They use the West African CPA Franc, divided into centime.
They use the C and E outlets.
Major airports include Bobo Dioulasso International -
heh, heh - BOY.
And Ouagadougou International.
The national animal is the white stallion.
Remember, these guys are the cowboys of Africa.
Burundi uses the Burundian Franc, which is divided into centime.
They use the C and E outlets.
The one major airport is Bujumbura International.
The national animal is the lion.
Cambodia uses the riel, divided into sen.
They use the A, C, and G outlets.
Major airports include Phnom Phenh International and Siem Reap.
The national animal is the kouprey bovine.
Cameroon uses the Central African Franc and centime.
They use the C and E outlets.
Major airports include Douala International and Yaounde Nsimalen International.
The national animal is the lion.
Canada uses Canadian dollars and cents.
They use the A [and] B outlet[s] at 60 hertz.
Major airports are Toronto Pearson International, Vancouver, Calgary, and Montréal International.
The national animal is the North American beaver.
And it's not exactly official, but some people will also say the moose.
Cape Verde uses the Escudo and Centavo.
They use the C and F outlets.
Major airports are Praia Nelson Mandela International and Sal Amilcar Cabral International.
There's technically no national animal,
but everybody knows that warblers, swifts, and wall geckos are everywhere.
The Central African Republic uses the Central African Franc and centime.
They use the C and E outlets.
The one major international airport is Bangui M'poko International.
The national animal is the African elephant.
Chad also uses the Central African Franc and centime.
They use the C, D, E, and F outlets.
The one major airport is N'Djamena International.
Their national animal is the hippopotamus.
Chile uses the peso and centavo.
They use the C and L outlets.
Major airports inclide Santiago Comodoro Arturo Merni Benitez International,
Concepción Carriel Sur International.
The national is the Haemul or South Andean deer.
China uses the yuan divided into fen.
They use the A, I and C outlets.
2 airports in Shanghai - Pudong and Hongquiao, Guangzhou Baiyun,
and of course, the special administrative regions,
Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International and Macau International.
The national animals are the giant panda and the red crowned crane.
Colombia uses the peso divided into centavo.
They use the A and B outlets at 60 hertz.
Major airports are Bogotá El Dorado, Medellín José María Cordova International,
Cali Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International.
National animal[s] [are] the Andean condor and the true parrot.
Comoros uses the Comoran Franc -
which looks amazing -
divided into centime.
They use the C and E outlets.
The one major airport is Hahaya Prince Said Ibrahim International.
The national animal is the lion.
However, some people might say the bush pig as well.
The Democratic Republic of Congo uses the Congolese Franc and centime.
They use the C, D, and E outlets.
Major airports include N'djili Airport and Kisangani Bangoka.
The national animal is the okapi.
The Republic of Congo uses the Central African Franc and centime.
They use the C, D, and E outlets.
Major airports are Brazzaville Maya Maya International and Pointe Noire International.
The national animal is the African elephant.
Costa Rica uses the colón and céntimo.
They use the A and B outlets at 60 hertz.
Major airports are San José Juan Santamaría International,
and Liberia Daniel Oduber Quiros International.
The national animals are the yagüirro bird and the west Indian manatee.
Croatia uses the kuna, divided into lipa.
They use the C and F outlets.
Major airports are Zagreb Franjo Tudman International, Dubrovnik Člilpi International,
and Split Resnik International.
The national animal is the pine marten.
Cuba is strange, because they have 2 currencies.
They have the peso and the convertible peso, and it's weird because one is valued a lot higher than the other,
but you can't use it that much.
It's - whatever, that's how they do it.
Divided into centavos.
They use the A, B, and C [outlets] at 60 hertz.
Major airports are Havana José Martí International, Santiago de Cuba Antonia Maceo International,
and Camagüey Ignacio Agramonte.
The national animal is the trogon bird.
Cyprus uses the euro.
They use the G outlet.
Major airports are Lamaca, Pahos and Ercan International.
The national animal is the Cypriot Mouflon.
The Czech Republic uses the koruna, divided into haléř.
They use the C and E outlets.
Major airports are Prague Václav Havel International and Brno Tuřany International.
The national animal is the double-tailed lion.
Which is a mythical creature.
I mean, unless somebody discovers a mutated lion with a birth defect and they have 2 tails.
Denmark uses the Krone and the Øre.
They use the C, E, F, and K outlets.
Major airports are Copenhagen Lufthavn Kastrup International, [and] Billund International.
Which is mostly famous because - you know - Legoland.
The national animal[s] [are] the mute swan and the tortoise shell butterfly.
Djibouti uses the Djiboutian Franc and centime.
They use the C and E outlets.
The one major airport is Djibouti Ambouli International.
They don't have a national animal,
but some will say that the vera antelope or the dugong are national animals...
kind of.
Dominica uses the East Caribbean Dollar and cents.
They use the D and G outlets.
The one major airport is Douglas Charles International.
The national animal is the Sisserou parrot.
The Dominican Republic uses Dominican pesos and centavos.
They use the A and B outlets.
Major airports are Punta Cana International, [and] Santo Domingo Las Americas International.
And the national animal is the palm chat bird.
East Timor uses the U.S. dollar and cents, as well as centavo.
They use the C, E, F, and I outlets.
The one major airport is Dili Presidente Nicolau Lobato International.
The national animal is the crocodile.
Ecuador uses the US dollar and centavo.
They use the A and B outlets at 60 hertz.
Major airports are Quito Mariscal Sucre International and Guayaquil José Joaquín del Olmedo International.
The national animal is the Andean condor.
Egypt uses the Egyptian pound, divided into piastre.
They use the C and F outlets.
Major airports are Cairo International, Hurgada International, and Sharm El Sheikh International.
The national animal is the steppe eagle.
El Salvador uses the US dollar.
They use the A and B outlets at 60 hertz.
The one major airport is San Salvador Comalapa International.
The national animal is the turqoise-browed mormot bird.
Whoa! Okay!
So now, out of all the countries [that] we've talked about, every single one of them drives on the right side
except for these:
Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados,
Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cyprus, and Dominica.
And that is it!
Ah! We finished over 50 countries.
So, I stopped at El Salvador because that's the most recent episode that we already filmed
that I know for sure that I didn't put that information in.
So, after El Salvador, I will include these pieces of information in every episode.
Thank you so much for watching this special episode of Geography More.
Lot of good stuff coming up for the rest of this summer.
And fall.
And winter.
And next year.
And however long this whole geography thing will take, so -
thank you for your dedication.
Alright, bye!