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Guyana became an independent nation on 26 May 1966.
80 years
Haiti declared its independence in 1804 and so its been 208 years, we may not have a lot to be broud of, but we can say that much
about six weeks
The first modern Persian Empire was the Safavid Empire in 1501 and Iran has remained more-or-less independent since then, but Iran has been the center of numerous other empires that may not have been headquartered within Iran's boundaries.
The Soviet Union (basically Russia) had control of Eastern Europe for a long time and most states just recently gained independence in the late 1900s.
80 years. The Revolutionary War ended in 1781 and the Civil War began in 1861.
Majority of children start school at the age of 7.
1948
204 years
Kurdistan is not a country, but rather a region that spans parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. The idea of a unified Kurdistan as an independent nation has been a long-standing aspiration for the Kurdish people.
Paris has never been a nation. It is the capital city of the nation of France, and has been since the death of Clovis I on 27 November 511.