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Countries smaller than Calgary

Travel
Cruises
Past Cruises (Diaries)
Future Cruises
Rogues Galleries
Land Trips
Diaries (Land Trips)
Hawai'i - Big Island - 04'01
Hawai'i - Maui - 05'02
Hawai'i - Big Island - 04'03
Hawai'i - Kaua'i - 09'04
Hawai'i - Big Island - 04'06
Hawai'i - Maui - 04'06
Mainland China - 05'07
Phoenix, Arizona - 12'07
Greek Isles - 05'08
Hawai'i - Kaua'i - 09'08
Hawai'i - Big Island - 09'09
Hawai'i - Maui - 05'12
Hawai'i - Big Island - 04'13
Ireland - 08'13
Mexico - Cancun 11'13
France/Belgium/Lux 07'15
Hawai'i - Big Island - 05'17
England / Wales - 06'17
Hawai'i - Big Island - 09'19

Photography
Cameras
Underwater

Pets
Tara
Blackie
Whitey
Muffy
Ollie
Rusty
Fluffy
Rufus&Dufus

Games

Rowing

Physics

I have always been interested in tiny countries, from the days when I collected stamps from Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein, etc. I wanted to add the small countries of the world to my travel bucket list, but where do you draw the line? What makes a country a "small country"? Realizing that my home town, Calgary, is quite a good size, I decided that I would determine a country to be "small" if it would fit into Calgary (maybe with a bit of squeezing). Surfing the Web turned up 24 countries that fit the bill (no pun intended) which was a reasonable load to add to my bucket list. I did find discrepancies relating to the status of some countries (ie. is it or is it not a country?) and differing estimates of the total area of the countries. However, I have selected the countries as I have best seen fit. Below is a list of these tiny nations and my visiting progress to date.

Table of Small Countries

#	Country	Sq. Miles	Sq. Kms	Been There
0	Calgary - the Bread Box	319	825	Yes
1	Vatican City	0.2	0.5	Yes
2	Monaco	0.7	1.8	Yes
3	Nauru	8.5	21	No
4	Tuvalu	10	26	No
5	San Marino	24	61	Yes
6	Liechtenstein	62	160	Yes
7	Marshall Islands	70	181	No
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis	104	261	Yes
9	Maldives	115	295	No
10	Malta	122	312	Yes
11	Grenada	133	340	Yes
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	150	389	Yes
13	Barbados	166	430	Yes
14	Antigua and Barbuda	171	443	Yes
15	Seychelles	175	448	No
16	Palau	177	458	No
17	Andorra	180	470	No
18	Saint Lucia	238	616	Yes
19	Micronesia	271	702	No
20	Singapore	270	710	Yes
21	Tonga	289	748	No
22	Dominica	290	750	Yes
23	Bahrain	295	765	No
24	Kiribati	313	811	Yes

Total small countries visited = 14