Today we consider country calling codes - the phone number prefixes used to route calls to different countries. For example +49 for DE ๐ฉ๐ช, +61 for AU ๐ฆ๐บ, etc.
What is the longest chain of countries such that each successive country/territory in the chain shares a land border with and has a calling code greater than the previous one?
Example chain: FR ๐ซ๐ท (+33) - ES ๐ช๐ธ (+34) - PT ๐ต๐น (+351)
8/ In fairness @ryankas very nearly had the same route a few minutes before but fumbled ISO code and flag emoji at the Libya ๐ฑ๐พ / Niger ๐ณ๐ช border (a classic Niger ๐ณ๐ช / Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ mixup)
@opencage No, make that 26. This will definitely be the right idea for longest, but it's possible there's an extra one or two to loop through. #fridaygeotrivia
๐จ๐จ It's time for the April 2024 edition of #fridaygeotrivia! ๐จ๐จ
This weekend the Christian world celebrates Easter, so our thoughts naturally turn to Easter Island ๐ฟ a remote territory of Chile ๐จ๐ฑ in the Pacific.
That led to this month's question: name countries/territories (places with ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes) named after Biblical references.
remember:
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โข must include #fridaygeotrivia hashtag and emoji flag
Apologies, people seem to be struggling with this #fridaygeotrivia question. We are not asking for places mentioned in the bible. We are asking for places named after Christian saints, Christian holidays, biblical references, etc.