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Europe is the western part of the continent ofEurasia, often thought of as its owncontinent. It is separated from Asia by theUral Mountains inRussia and theBosporusstrait inTurkey.

Europe is bordered by water on three sides. On the west is theAtlantic Ocean. To the north is theArctic Ocean. TheMediterranean Sea separatesSoutheastern Europe from the continent ofAfrica. On the eastern border of Europe are theUral River andUral Mountains.

There are at least 44 or 50 countries in Europe (the European identities of 7 countries:Armenia,Azerbaijan,Cyprus,Georgia,Kazakhstan,Russia andTurkey are disputed). Most of these countries are members of theEuropean Union.

Europe covers about 10,180,000square kilometre (3,930,000square miles). This is 2% of the Earth's surface (6.8% of its land area).

As of 2017, about 510 million people lived in Europe.[1]

Europe contains the world's second most-active volcano, which isMount Etna that is currently the most-active volcano in the continent.

Europe is a majortourist attraction. People come from all over the world to see its manyWorld Heritage Sites and other attractions. The continent has the largestRoma population in the world.[2]

Origin of name

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Europe is named after a princess inGreek mythology called "Europa." Themyth says thatZeuskidnapped Europa and took her toCrete, where she became the mother of KingMinos (from whom Europe’s first civilization gets its name, theMinoans).

The name "Europa" was later used to describeGreece. Then, as the rest of modern-day Europe started to have cities andempires, the entire area West of theUral Mountains came to be called "Europa".

History

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Main article:History of Europe

The history of Europe is long and has many turns. Many great countries originated from Europe.Greek mythology and the beginning ofwestern civilization came from European nations.

Some of the major periods in European history have been:

Regions and countries

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Andreas M. Kaplan describes modern Europe as a continent where many differentcultures live closely together, "embracing maximum cultural diversity at minimal geographical distances".[3]

There are several major regions of Europe:

Within these regions, there are up to 50independent European countries (with the identities of 7 transcontinental countries being disputed). The largest is theRussian Federation, which covers 39% of Europe.


The largest cities in Europe areIstanbul,Moscow,London,St. Petersburg andBerlin. The country with the largest population is the Russian Federation. About 15% of Europeans live in Russia.

Two European countries, theUnited Kingdom and theRepublic of Ireland, are onislands called theBritish Isles.

Climate

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Most of Europe lies intemperate climate zones.

However, there are many differentclimates throughout Europe. For example, during the winter, it may be snowing and -30 degreesCelsius for 4–5 months in the north of Europe. Yet it may be much warmer, with no snow at all except on high mountains, inSpain.

European organizations

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European Union

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Main article:European Union

The European Union is aconfederation of 27 European countries. These countries agree to follow common laws so that their citizens can move and trade in EU countries almost the same as they do in their own. Twenty of these countries also share the same type of money: the euro.


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