Monaco

Monaco

Jocelyn D.

Monaco 

**Geography**: Economic development was increased in the late 19th century with a railroad that went to France. Since then Monaco’s mild climate, beautiful scenery and gambling facilities have made it world famous as a tourist and recreation center. Monaco is located in Western Europe. It borders the Mediterranean Sea on the southern coast of France it is also near the border with Italy. It is only 1.95 sq kilometers it also has no bodies of water. It is a very small country; Monaco is only about three times the size of the mall in Washington, DC. The city is smaller than the actual land it is on which is 4.4 km. Monaco's coastline is 4.1 km. The Climate is Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot dry summers. The terrain is rocky, rugged and hilly. The lowest elevation extreme is Mediterranean sea at 0 m. And the highest is 140 m. Monaco has no natural resources and zero arable land so most everything is imported from others countries. Monaco is the second smallest independent state in the world it is almost entirely urban. Monaco is a very popular resort site for many tourists. It has no natural hazards so It makes this city/state pretty safe to travel too. It’s population in 2005 was about 32,409.

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Languages: The literacy rate in Monaco is 99% there deaf population is 1,879. Monaco’s languages consist of French, Ligurian, and Provencal. Even though all the languages listed for Monaco are living, the national or official language is French, about 17,400 people in Monaco speak it. The population of French speaking people in the world is around 64,858,311. It is classified as: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, and Oil. The second most spoken language in Monaco is Ligurian. 5,100 people in Monaco speak Ligurian. Ligurian is classified as: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, and Gallo-Romance,. The third most popular language in Monaco is Provencal. There are 4,500 people in Monaco that speak Provencal. Provencal is classified as: Indo European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, and Oc.

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Foods of Monaco One food that is traditional in Monaco is Banana Cake. This sweet treat came became so popular when the royalty and heads of state visited the U.S during 1987. They had twenty three serve them and give them very delicious foods. Even though they had these professionals chefs’ preparing every meal their favorite was lunch at the Amish farm in Pennsylvania where they had potatoes, charcoal-grilled chicken, string beans with cream sauce and corn, and a baked ham. They all that was delicious but the thing that impressed them the most was the cake with a chocolate layer filling. Chef to Prince Rainier was so delighted with the cake he requested the recipe but he was denied. The Amish family did not want there identity to be revealed and they thought by giving them the recipe it could compromise it. By not getting the recipe he could not make it for the prince and he didn’t even know what the cake was called. He had some research done by Phyllis Richman who was then the editor of the Washington Post; he identified the cake as an apple sauce cake which was in fact not true after a long time they finally found the recipe for the banana cake and it was eventually brought back to Monaco where it is enjoyed by many people here is the recipe for banana cake so you can enjoy it too! This recipe makes enough for six guests 200 g of ripe bananas 200g of flour, sieved 200g of caster sugar 70g of butter 2 eggs The juice of half an orange or lemon 10g baking powder 1 tbsp oil And finally one pinch of salt.

Here are the directions for making Banana cake at home

First: you need to turn the oven on at a temp of 350 degrees Second: slowly melt the butter and then leave it to cool a bit until it has become warm. Third: Peel and slice the bananas, then crush them in a large bowl using a fork. Fourth: Add the juice of half of the lemon or orange, sugar, a pinch of salt, eggs, baking powder, Flour, oil and last the melted butter. Whisk everything together.

After you are done with that you will now need to grease a cake mold with butter. When you have finished that, place the mold in the refrigerator in order for the butter to set. Pour the batter into the cake mold. Cook the batter for 40 minutes in the middle of the oven. You can check if the cake is done by piercing it in the middle with a toothpick if it comes out hot and dry the cake is done. Unmold the cake five minutes after it has been removed from the oven. The cake can keep for five days if covered with a platic wrap. I hope you enjoyed my report on Monaco. Enjoy the Bananna Cake!