Afghanistan
Capital: Kabul
The highest mountain range of Afghanistan is Hindu Kush, which rises above 18,000 feet. The term ‘Afghanistan’ means the ‘Land of Afghans’. Afghans is an alternative name for Pashtuns, the founders of the country, who also from its largest ethnic group.
NKU currently has 1 students from Afghanistan (Spring 2008).
Afghanistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia and shares border with six countries, namely, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, China, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.
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Algeria
Capital: Algiers
Algeria has the 3rd highest percentage of female ministers in the world, and the 2nd highest female economic growth in the world.
NKU currently has 0 students from Algeria (Spring 2008).
Algeria is located in Northern Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia.
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Algeria
Capital: Algiers
85% of Algeria's land surface is desert, parts of which can go decades without any rain.
NKU currently has 0 students from Algeria (Spring 2008).
Algeria is located in Northern Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia.
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NKU Diversity
NKU currently has approximately 351 students from 83 different countries, and takes pride in being a very diverse university.
These statistics are current as of Spring 2008 and include permanent residents and the English Language Program.
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Argentine Republic
Capital: Buenos Aires
Argentina is the second largest country in South America, with more than one third of its population of 33.5 million people living in and around the capital city Buenos Aires.
NKU currently has approximately 2 students from Argentina (Spring 2005).
Argentina is located in Southern South America. It borders the the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay.
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Argentine Republic
Capital: Buenos Aires
The Andes mountains, which border with Chile, are the second highest mountain range in the world. The highest peak Aconcagua, rises to 22,831 feet above sea level, and is the highest mountain outside of Asia.
NKU currently has approximately 2 students from Argentina (Spring 2005).
Argentina is located in Southern South America. It borders the the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay.
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Argentine Republic
Capital: Buenos Aires
The literacy rate of about 95% in Argentina is the highest in South America, and the country has 24 national universities and many state and private universities.
NKU currently has approximately 2 students from Argentina (Spring 2005).
Argentina is located in Southern South America. It borders the the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay.
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Republic of Austria
Capital: Vienna
Austria is known as the Land of Music. Mozart hails from Austria, and the Vienna Boys Choir has been around for over 500 years.
NKU currently has approximately 1 student from Austria (Spring 2005).
A part of central Europe, Austria is located north of Italy and Slovenia.
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Republic of Austria
Capital: Vienna
In Austria, it is illegal for pregnant women to work eight weeks before their due date and eight weeks after their delivery, and they receive their full net pay during this period.
NKU currently has approximately 1 student from Austria (Spring 2005).
A part of central Europe, Austria is located north of Italy and Slovenia.
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Azerbaijani Republic
Capital: Baku
Azerbaijan is famous for its embroidered textiles. Artists use colorful threads (sometimes made of gold or silver) and beads to create geometric patterns on a thin wool fabric called tirme.
NKU currently has approximately 1 student from Azerbaijan (Spring 2005).
Located in Southwestern Asia, Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia.
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People's Republic of Bangladesh
Capital: Dhaka
Over 80 percent of the "Indian" restaurants in the U.K. serve Bangladeshi food.
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Bangladesh (Spring 2005).
Located in Southern Asia, Bangladesh borders the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India.
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People's Republic of Bangladesh
Capital: Dhaka
Bangladesh contains the second largest (after Indonesia) Muslim population in the world.
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Bangladesh (Spring 2005).
Located in Southern Asia, Bangladesh borders the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India.
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Republic of Belarus
Capital: Minsk
More than 80 percent of the population of Belarus comprise of native Belarusians. Apart from that, there are sizable minorities of Russians, Ukrainians and Poles as well.
NKU currently has 1 students from Belarus (Spring 2008).
Belarus is a country situated in the heart of Europe, right on the split of the Baltic Sea and Black Sea.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Capital: Sarajevo
Bosnia takes its name from the Bosna River that runs through it.
NKU currently has approximately 5 students from Bosnia (Spring 2005).
Located in southeastern Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina borders the Adriatic Sea and Croatia.
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Federative Republic of Brazil
Capital: Brasilia
Brazil takes up 47.8% of South America, and, not surprisingly, is the largest country in South America.
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Brazil (Spring 2005).
Bordering the Atlantic Ocean, Brazil is located in Eastern South America.
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Federative Republic of Brazil
Capital: Brasilia
Brazil has over 1000 rivers, including the Amazon, which is the second longest river in the world.
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Brazil (Spring 2005).
Bordering the Atlantic Ocean, Brazil is located in Eastern South America.
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Republic of Bulgaria
Capital: Sofia
Every year on the 1st of March, the Bulgarians give each other 'martenitsas' - small figures made of white and red threads, a symbol of the awakening, of spring, health and happiness.
NKU currently has approximately 6 students from Bulgaria (Spring 2005).
Bulgaria is located in Southeastern Europe, and borders the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey.
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Republic of Bulgaria
Capital: Sofia
Bulgarians greatly value education (near 100% literacy rate), the arts and literature and have more than 200 museums in the country.
NKU currently has approximately 6 students from Bulgaria (Spring 2005).
Bulgaria is located in Southeastern Europe, and borders the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey.
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Burkina Faso
Capital: Ouagadougou
Slightly larger than Colorado, Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta, is a landlocked country in West Africa. The cuisine of Burkina Faso, typically of west African cuisine, is based around staple foods of sorghum, millet, rice, maize, peanuts, potatoes, beans, yams and okra.
NKU currently has 2 students from Burkina Faso (Spring 2008).
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Burkina Faso shares its borders with: Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte D’Ivoire.
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Republic of Cameroon
Capital: Yaounde
NKU currently has approximately 5 students from Cameroon (Spring 2005).
Cameroon is located in western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.
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Canada
Capital: Ottawa
Canada is a Native American word meaning "Big Village", and is also home to the most lakes of any country in the world.
NKU currently has approximately 15 students from Canada (Spring 2005).
Canada is located in Northern North America, north of the US. It borders the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean.
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Canada
Capital: Ottawa
Canada is the second largest country in size, but around 90% of the population lives within a hundred miles of the US-Canada border.
NKU currently has approximately 15 students from Canada (Spring 2005).
Canada is located in Northern North America, north of the US. It borders the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean.
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Canada
Capital: Ottawa
The border between Canada and the U.S. is the world's longest frontier. It stretches over 3,987 miles.
NKU currently has approximately 15 students from Canada (Spring 2005).
Canada is located in Northern North America, north of the US. It borders the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean.
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People's Republic of China
Capital: Beijing
NKU currently has approximately 5 students from China (Spring 2005).
China is located in Eastern Asia, between North Korea and Vietnam.
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People's Republic of China
Capital: Beijing
The purpose of the Great Wall of China, was not especially to keep out the Huns from the north. The Huns could easily find places along the stretch that they could scale with ladders. But they couldn't get their horses across, without which, they weren't very effective warriors.
NKU currently has approximately 5 students from China (Spring 2005).
China is located in Eastern Asia, between North Korea and Vietnam.
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Republic of Colombia
Capital: Bogota
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Colombia (Spring 2005).
Located in Northern South America, Colombia borders the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela.
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Republic of Costa Rica
Capital: San Jose
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Costa Rica (Spring 2005).
A part of Middle America, Costa Rica borders the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific.
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Republic of Croatia
Capital: Zagreb
NKU currently has approximately 1 student from Croatia (Spring 2005).
Croatia is located in Southeastern Europe, and borders the Adriatic Sea between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia.
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Kingdom of Denmark
Capital: Copenhagen
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Denmark (Spring 2005).
Located in Northern Europe, Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany.
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Dominican Republic
Capital: Santo Domingo
NKU currently has approximately 2 students from Dominican Republic (Spring 2005).
Located in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic takes the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, east of Haiti.
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Republic of Ecuador
Capital: Quito
NKU currently has approximately 2 students from Ecuador (Spring 2005).
Located in Western South America, Ecuador borders the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru.
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Arab Republic of Egypt
Capital: Cairo
NKU currently has approximately 1 student from Egypt (Spring 2005).
Egypt is located in Northern Africa, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
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Republic of El Salvador
Capital: San Salvador
NKU currently has approximately 2 students from El Salvador (Spring 2005).
Part of Middle America, El Salvador borders between Guatemala and Honduras.
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Republic of Estonia
Capital: Tallinn
NKU currently has approximately 1 student from Estonia (Spring 2005).
Located in eastern Europe, Estonia borders the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia.
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Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Capital: Addis Ababa
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Ethiopia (Spring 2005).
Ethiopia is located in Eastern Africa, west of Somalia.
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Republic of Finland
Capital: Helsinki
NKU currently has approximately 1 student from Finland (Spring 2005).
Located in Northern Europe, Finland borders the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia.
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French Republic
Capital: Paris
NKU currently has approximately 1 student from France (Spring 2005).
Located in western Europe, France borders between Belgium and Spain southeast of the UK, and borders the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain.
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Republic of Georgia
Capital: T'bilisi
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Georgia (Spring 2005).
Located in southwestern Asia, Georgia borders the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia.
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Federal Republic of Germany
Capital: Berlin
NKU currently has approximately 11 students from Germany (Spring 2005).
Located in central Europe, south of Denmark, between the Netherlands and Poland.
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Republic of Ghana
Capital: Accra
NKU currently has approximately 35 students from Ghana (Spring 2005).
Part of western Africa, Ghana borders the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo.
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Hellenic Republic (Greece)
Capital: Athens
NKU currently has approximately 1 student from Greece (Spring 2005).
Located in Southern Europe, Greece borders the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey.
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Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Capital: Georgetown
NKU currently has approximately 1 student from Guyana (Spring 2005).
Guyana is located in northern South America, and borders between Suriname and Venezuela.
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Republic of Haiti
Capital: Port-au-Prince
NKU currently has approximately 2 students from Haiti (Spring 2005).
Located in the Caribbean, Haiti is situated in the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, west of the Dominican Republic.
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Hong Kong
Capital: Victoria
NKU currently has approximately 2 students from Hong Kong (Spring 2005).
Hong Kong is located in eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China.
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Republic of India
Capital: New Delhi
NKU currently has approximately 24 students from India (Spring 2005).
Located in Southern Asia between Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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Islamic Republic of Iran
Capital: Tehran
NKU currently has approximately 4 students from Iran (Spring 2005).
Iran is located in the Middle East, between Iraq and Pakistan, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Caspian Sea, and the Persian Gulf.
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Italian Republic
Capital: Rome
NKU currently has approximately 1 student from Italy (Spring 2005).
A peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, Italy is located in Southern Europe.
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Japan
Capital: Tokyo
Japan has 53 working nuclear reactors and is planning to build another 12.
NKU currently has approximately 14 students from Japan (Spring 2005).
Located in Eastern Asia, Japan is an island chain situated between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan.
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Japan
Capital: Tokyo
Three quarters of Japanese kids read comics.
NKU currently has approximately 14 students from Japan (Spring 2005).
Located in Eastern Asia, Japan is an island chain situated between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan.
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Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Capital: Amman
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Jordan (Spring 2005).
Jordan is located northwest of Saudi Arabia, in the Middle East.
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Kenya
Capital: Nairobi
NKU currently has approximately 10 students from Kenya (Spring 2005).
Located in Eastern Africa, Kenya borders the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania.
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Republic of Korea
Capital: Seoul
South Korea is the heliport capital of the world.
NKU currently has approximately 1 student from South Korea (Spring 2005).
Located in eastern Asia, South Korea occupies the southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan.
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Lebanese Republic
Capital: Beirut
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Lebanon (Spring 2005).
Located in the Middle East, Lebanon borders the Mediterranean Sea between Israel and Syria.
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Kingdom of Morocco
Capital: Rabat
Morocco is home to the largest night club in Africa. It is called Pacha, and it has two restaurants and its own swimming pool.
NKU currently has approximately 2 students from Morocco (Spring 2005).
Morocco is located in Northern Africa, between Algeria and Western Sahara. It borders the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Union of Myanmar (Burma)
Capital: Rangoon
Burma consumes the most rice of any country in the world, over 239.94 thousand metric tons.
NKU currently has approximately 2 students from Burma (Spring 2005).
Located in Southeastern Asia between Bangladesh and Thailand.
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Kingdom of Nepal
Capital: Kathmandu
NKU currently has approximately 28 students from Nepal (Spring 2005).
Nepal is located in southern Asia, between China and India.
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Federal Republic of Nigeria
Capital: Abuja
At least 9 out 10 Nigerians attend church regularly, more than twice the percentage of Americans.
NKU currently has approximately 15 students from Nigeria (Spring 2005).
Located in Western Africa, Nigeria borders the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon.
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Pakistan
Capital: Islamabad
Pakistan is the world’s second-largest Muslim country.
NKU currently has approximately 5 students from Pakistan (Spring 2008).
Southern Asia, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north .
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Pakistan
Capital: Islamabad
The national sport is hockey, but the people love cricket.
NKU currently has approximately 5 students from Pakistan (Spring 2008).
Southern Asia, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north .
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Papua New Guinea
Capital: Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea is home to about 700 Papuan and Melanesian tribes.
NKU currently has approximately 5 students from Papua New Guinea (Spring 2008).
Oceania, group of islands between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia.
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Kingdom of Spain
Capital: Madrid
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Spain (Spring 2005).
Spain is located in southwestern Europe, southwest of France.
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Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Capital: Colombo
NKU currently has approximately 5 students from Sri Lanka (Spring 2005).
Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean, located in Southern Asia, south of India.
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Sweden
Capital: Stockholm
Sweden has the highest percentage of working mothers in the developed world, approximately 76% of them.
NKU currently has approximately 4 students from Sweden (Spring 2005).
Northern Europe, between Finland and Norway.
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Taiwan
Capital: Taipei
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Taiwan (Spring 2005).
Taiwan is made of islands located in Eastern Asia, north of the Philippines. It is situated off the southeastern coast of China.
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Kingdom of Thailand
Capital: Bangkok
NKU currently has approximately 3 students from Thailand (Spring 2005).
Thailand is located in Southeastern Asia, southeast of Burma. It borders the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand.
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Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Capital: Port-of-Spain
NKU currently has approximately 1 student from Trinidad (Spring 2005).
Trinidad and Tobago is comprised of islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela.
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Republic of Zimbabwe
Capital: Harare
NKU currently has approximately 27 students from Zimbabwe (Spring 2005).
Zimbabwe is located northeast of Botswana, in southern Africa.
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