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Expo 2008 is a planned international exposition to be held from 14th June to 14th September 2008 and coordinated by the Bureau of International Expositions organization which is responsible for sanctioning World's Fairs. Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Bureau of International Expositions (or Bureau International des Expositions, which would actually translate as International Bureau of Expositions) is the organization responsible for sanctioning Worlds fairs. ... Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid-19th century. ...

The 2008 expo will be held in Zaragoza, Spain, with the topic of "Water and sustainable development". The event is being placed in a meander of the river Ebro. 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Zaragoza (Spanish) Spanish name Zaragoza Founded 24 Postal code 50001 - 50018 Website http://www. ... A meander is a bend in a river, also known as an oxbow loop. ... The Ebro (Greek: Έβρος, Latin: Iberus, Spanish: Ebro, Catalan: Ebre) is Spains most voluminous and second longest river. ...

The Expo 2008 mascot is Fluvi, a little female drop of water.

Zaragoza, host city for the International Exposition, is the administrative and financial capital of the Aragon region and the fifth largest Spanish city in inhabitants (660,000), behind Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville. Capital Zaragoza Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47,719 km²  9. ... Motto: (Spanish for From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: , Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jimémez (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name València (Valencian) Spanish name Valencia Founded 137 BC Postal code 46000-46080 Website http://www. ... For other uses, see Seville (disambiguation). ...

The exhibition’s most emblematic feature will be the Water Tower, a transparent building 60 metres high designed by Enrique de Teresa Trilla to evoke a drop of water. Aside from the countries, non-government organizations and private companies will be taking part in Expo 2008, always with the idea of water and sustainable development. The Expo 2008 host committee has estimated that this event could generate 135 million euros in receipts for admission to the exhibition centre.

Participants Pavillions

More than 90 countries, plus dozens of companies and NGOs are expected to participate in Expo 2008. As of June 2007, the confirmed list has these 94 countries, arranged in alphabetical order:

Participants
Algeria	Andorra	Angola	Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina	Austria	The Bahamas	Barbados
Belgium	Belize	Bolivia	Bulgaria
Cameroon	Cape Verde	Chile	China
Colombia	Costa Rica	Croatia	Cyprus
Denmark	Dominica	Dominican Republic	Ecuador
Equatorial Guinea	Egypt	El Salvador	Ethiopia
Image:Flag of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	France	Germany	Greece	Grenada
Guatemala	Haiti	Honduras	India
Indonesia	Italy	Jamaica	Japan
Jordan	Kazakhstan	Kenya	South Korea
Kuwait	Lithuania	Malaysia	Mali
Malta	Mauritania	Mexico	Monaco
Mongolia	Morocco	Mozambique	Namibia
Nicaragua	Niger	Nigeria	Oman
Pakistan	Panama	Paraguay	Peru
Philippines	Poland	Portugal	Qatar
Romania	Russia	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Lucia	Saudi Arabia	Senegal	Slovakia
South Africa	Spain	Ethiopia	Uruguay
Switzerland	Syria	Tanzania	Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago	Tunisia	Turkey	Uganda
Ukraine	United Arab Emirates	Uruguay	Vatican City
Venezuela	Vietnam	Yemen

The pavilions for official participants will be divided into 8 large buildings and into five differentiated eco-geographical areas within the Expo 2008 Exposition site, which will help to guide and separate the different participating countries. Those areas are: Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Andorra. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Angola. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Barbados. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belize. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bolivia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cameroon. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cape_Verde. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Colombia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Costa_Rica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cyprus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Dominica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_El_Salvador. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... The location of the FBiH entity as part of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Europe. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Grenada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guatemala. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Haiti. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Honduras. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Indonesia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jordan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kazakhstan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kuwait. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malaysia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mali. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malta. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mauritania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Monaco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mongolia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mozambique. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Namibia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nicaragua. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Niger. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Oman. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Panama. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Paraguay. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Peru. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Philippines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Lucia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Senegal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sudan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Suriname. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Syria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tanzania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Thailand. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uganda. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uruguay. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Vatican_City. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Vietnam. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Yemen. ...

• Islands and Coasts
• Oasis
• Ice and snow
• Temperate Forests
• Tropical Rainforests
• Mountains and High Plains
• Grasslands, Steppes and Savannahs
• Rivers and Flat plains

The joint pavilions corresponding to the eco-geographic areas of Grasslands, Steppes and Savannahs, Tropical Rainforests and Islands and Coasts, are being built by the organisers to house the pavilions of countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), respectively. The total surface area of the participating countries pavilions is 61,667 m². A political map showing national divisions in relation to the ecological break (Sub-Saharan Africa in green) A geographical map of Africa, showing the ecological break that defines the sub-Saharan area Sub-Saharan Africa is the term used to describe the area of the African continent which lies south... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... The Caribbean Community and Common Market or CARICOM was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas which came into effect on August 1, 1973. ...

External links

• Official Expo 2008
• Bureau of International Expositions
• ExpoMuseum's Expo 2008 Page
• Expo Zaragoza 2008 from Aragon Guide .com
• Expo Zaragoza News, Emblematic buildings and Maps
• ZH2NO, Unofficial Expo 2008
• Basic and Practice Information about Expo 2008