Geotrivia - June 2021: countries come and go

Hi everyone,

welcome to June 2021 #fridaygeotrivia!

As is our tradition, on the final Friday of month on twitter under the hashtag #fridaygeotrivia we run a geotrivia contest. Afterwards we post the answers here on the blog. See past monthly geotrivia questions and answers.

How to play

Anyone can join in, you just need a twitter account. Reply to the question thread on twitter (linked below) using the hashtag #fridaygeotrivia in your answer.

While you can use a map, please do NOT use the internet to just search for an answer. That is cheating and will lead to seriously bad geokarma.

To get full points for an answer it is good form not just to name the relevant country but (if possible) to include the emoji flags.

Some people have complained the format is a bit chaotic and hard to follow. Yes, the mad chaos is part of the fun. Embrace it. The goal is just to have fun and learn.

Prizes and how to play

#fridaygeotrivia is a game with two prizes:

1. the sheer joy of geographic knowledge and pedantry.

2. the bragging rights of getting the answer first.

The June 2021 geotrivia question:

Name countries that have come into existence since 1989 or countries that existed in 1989 and no longer exist.

It's once again time for #fridaygeotrivia This month's questions. This month's question is about the ebb and flow of geography: Name "new" countries that came into existence since 1989, and countries from 1989 that no longer exist. pic.twitter.com/4oS2KjVstU

— OpenCage Geocoder 👉🌍 (@OpenCage) June 25, 2021

The geotrivia answer:

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Happy geocoding,

Ed