🃏 Countries file

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🤝 The Indian Subcontinent — India is the seventh-largest country in the world and a part of Asia. With its neighbours — Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar — it forms the region known as the Indian Subcontinent.

🤝 Pakistan — Capital: Islamabad. Currency: Pakistan Rupee. A 3,323 km border, guarded by the BSF.

🤝 Afghanistan — Capital: Kabul. Currency: Afghani.

🤝 China — Capital: Beijing. Currency: Yuan Renminbi. A 3,488 km border, stretching from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh, guarded by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

🤝 Nepal — Capital: Kathmandu. Currency: Nepalese Rupee. A 1,751 km open, unfenced border; the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has guarded it since 2001.

🤝 Bhutan — Capital: Thimphu. Currency: Ngultrum (and the Indian rupee). A 699 km border, guarded by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) since 2004. The ISO list gives Bhutan two currencies: its own ngultrum and the Indian rupee.

🤝 Bangladesh — Capital: Dhaka. Currency: Taka. The longest land border: 4,096.7 km, along five states — Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and West Bengal. The BSF guards it.

🤝 Myanmar — Capital: Naypyidaw. Currency: Kyat. A 1,643 km border along Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram; in 2024 the government decided to fence all of it.

🤝 Sri Lanka — Capital: Colombo. Currency: Sri Lanka Rupee. Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.

🤝 Maldives — Capital: Malé. Currency: Rufiyaa. With Sri Lanka, one of India’s two island neighbours in the Indian Ocean.

🌊 Mauritius — Capital: Port Louis. Currency: Mauritius Rupee.

🌊 Seychelles — Capital: Victoria. Currency: Seychelles Rupee.

🌊 Indonesia — Capital: Jakarta. Currency: Rupiah.

🌊 Thailand — Capital: Bangkok. Currency: Baht.

🌊 Singapore — Capital: Singapore. Currency: Singapore Dollar.

🌊 Viet Nam — Capital: Hanoi. Currency: Dong.

🌊 United Arab Emirates — Capital: Abu Dhabi. Currency: UAE Dirham.

🌊 Saudi Arabia — Capital: Riyadh. Currency: Saudi Riyal.

🌊 Oman — Capital: Muscat. Currency: Rial Omani.

🌊 Iran — Capital: Tehran. Currency: Iranian Rial.

🌍 United States — Capital: Washington, D.C.. Currency: US Dollar.

🌍 United Kingdom — Capital: London. Currency: Pound Sterling.

🌍 France — Capital: Paris. Currency: Euro.

🌍 Germany — Capital: Berlin. Currency: Euro.

🌍 Italy — Capital: Rome. Currency: Euro.

🌍 Russia — Capital: Moscow. Currency: Russian Ruble.

🌍 Japan — Capital: Tokyo. Currency: Yen.

🌍 South Korea — Capital: Seoul. Currency: Won.

🌍 Australia — Capital: Canberra. Currency: Australian Dollar.

🌍 Canada — Capital: Ottawa. Currency: Canadian Dollar.

🌍 Mexico — Capital: Mexico City. Currency: Mexican Peso.

🌍 Brazil — Capital: Brasília. Currency: Brazilian Real.

🌍 Argentina — Capital: Buenos Aires. Currency: Argentine Peso.

🌍 South Africa — Capital: Pretoria. Currency: Rand.

🌍 Egypt — Capital: Cairo. Currency: Egyptian Pound.

🌍 Kenya — Capital: Nairobi. Currency: Kenyan Shilling.

🌍 Nigeria — Capital: Abuja. Currency: Naira.

🌍 Türkiye — Capital: Ankara. Currency: Turkish Lira.

💱 The rupee family — Besides India, the ISO currency list names a rupee for Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Seychelles — and lists the Indian rupee itself as a currency of Bhutan too.

💱 The euro — One currency for many European countries — among them France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands.

💱 Three-letter codes — Every currency has a three-letter ISO code used by banks worldwide — INR for the Indian rupee, USD for the US dollar, EUR for the euro, JPY for the yen, GBP for the pound sterling.