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Identify this country using the following clues:

1. It has a land area three times larger than Vietnam.
2. In 2012, it was the world’s ninth largest consumer of tea – around 95,000 tonnes annually.
3. A quarter of the country’s population is illiterate.
4. It has half as many Nobel Peace Prize winners as Germany.
5. 99 per cent of the population uses only 5.5 per cent of the total land area.


Answer = Egypt
(pic is The White Desert, Farafra Oasis)

email your answer to [EMAIL="competitions@geographical.co.uk"]competitions@geographical.co.uk[/EMAIL]
suggested subject: Where in the World November 2015

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