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The Cheapest Countries in the World to Live in

Have you ever dreamt of living in a country where all your living expenses are under $1,000?

Well, if you have, then you’ll be pleased to know that the countries listed below offer exactly that!

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From countries in the Far East to tropical paradises in Central America, these are the 10 cheapest countries to live in worldwide.

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The 10 Cheapest Countries to Live in Worldwide

The list of countries and figures mentioned below have been compiled from various sources around the web, such as Forbes, Wikipedia & Nomad List.

These are the 10 cheapest countries to live in worldwide:

10. Cambodia

Cost: $812/Month

Kicking off our list of the cheapest countries to live in worldwide, is Cambodia.

Cambodia is centrally located in South East Asia and is also known as “Kampuchea, or the Kingdom of Cambodia.

It’s approximately 181,035 square kilometres in area and borders Thailand, Laos, Vietnam & The Gulf Of Thailand.

Cambodia’s capital city is Phnom Penh and its total population is around sixteen million people.

Overall, the cost of living in Cambodia is very cheap, costing under $1,000 a month.

Renting a small one-bedroom studio apartment in one of the cheapest cities in Cambodia, Sihanoukville, will cost you around $246 a month, or $32 a night in an Airbnb.

The currency in Cambodia is called “Riel” (KHR), and roughly 97.7% of the population practice Buddhism.

9. Thailand

Cost: $679/Month

Thailand is the ninth cheapest country to live in worldwide.

Officially called The Kingdom of Thailand, and previously called Siam, Thailand is a country located in the centre of South-East Asia and has 76 provinces.

At over 513,120km², Thailand is the fiftieth largest country in the world, with a total population of just over sixty-nine million people.

A one-bedroom studio apartment in one of the cheapest cities, Udon Thani, will cost you around $199 a month, or $40 a night in an Airbnb.

Thailands capital city is Bangkok, the currency is Thai Baht and 94.50% of the population are Buddhists.

8. Malaysia

Cost: $588/Month

Next on the list is Malaysia, costing as little as $588 a month for basic accommodation and living expenses.

Like the previous two countries, Malaysia is also located in South East Asia, and borders, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Malaysia consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, which are separated by the South China Sea into two regions.

The regions, the Peninsular of Malaysia and East Malaysia, are of similar size and the total area of Malaysia is 330,803km².

Malaysia’s has a total population of 31.6 million people and Kuala Lumpur is its capital city.

When booking accommodation, you’ll be looking at spending around $209 a month for a one-bedroom apartment in one of the cheapest cities, like Kota Kinabalu, or $35 a night for an Airbnb.

In Malaysia, you can enjoy a beer for around $1,57, a coffee for $0.60 and a basic meal out dinner out for $1.69.

7. Mexico

Cost: $587/Month

Mexico can be found in the southernmost portion of the United States.

As well as boarding the U.S., it also borders the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Belize, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Mexico is the fifth-largest nation in the Americas, covering an approximate 2,000,000 km², and the thirteenth-largest state.

It has a current population of just over 129 million people and Mexico City is its capital.

83% of the population is Catholic and Mexico’s currency is Pesos (MXN).

A month in a one-bedroom studio apartment, in one of the cheapest cities in Mexico, Queretaro, will cost you around $256 a month, or $24 a night in an Airbnb.

When it comes to the essentials, like beer, coffee and eating out, you’re looking at spending around $1.54 for a beer, $1 for a coffee and $3.10 for a meal out.

6. Peru

Cost: $543/Month

The sixth cheapest country in the world to live in is Peru.

For an average living cost of around $543 a month, this Spanish speaking country is well worth checking out if you’re looking for a cheap place to live.

Peru is a country located in the western part of South America. It borders, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and the Pacific Ocean.

Its current population is 32.17 million people, spread over a total area of 1,285,216 km².

73.7% of its population is Roman Catholic and the Peruvian currency is Sol (Pen). READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

When booking your accommodation, you’ll be looking at spending around $198 a month for a one-bedroom apartment in the city centre, or $24 a night for an Airbnb. These prices are based on the city of Arequipa.

Whilst you’re there, you going to need to eat and drink. A normal size beer will cost you around $1.47, a coffee is approximately $0.98 and a meal out can be as little as $2.94.

5. Argentina

Cost: $542/Month

Coming in at number five on our list is Argentina.

A mere $542 a month can get a single person accommodation and living expenses for a whole month in one of the cheapest cities in Argentina, Salta.

Argentina is another Spanish speaking country, located in the southern half of South America.

It borders, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, the South Atlantic Ocean and the Drake Passage.

Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world and the second largest after Brazil, with a total population of just over 44 million people and covering a mainland area of 2,780, 400 km².

If you’re considering living in Argentina, as it’s one of the cheapest countries in the world; then you’ll be pleased to know that you can get a one-bedroom apartment for $100 a month, or roughly $27 a night depending on the time of year. This will be located in the city of Salta.

A meal out will cost you approximately $1.70, beer is around $0.80 and coffee is roughly $0.55.

4. Vietnam

Cost: $500/Month

Vietnam will cost you all of $500 to live in for an entire month, as it’s one of the cheapest countries in the world by far.

It’s the easternmost country on the South-East Asian Indochinese Peninsula and shares borders with China, Laos and Cambodia.

Vietnam has approximately 95.5 million people living across a total of 331,212 km².

Its capital city is Hanoi, but Ho Chi Minh city is its most populated city.

When choosing a place to stay in Vietnam, the cheapest city, Nah Trang, will cost you around $259 a month for a one-bedroom apartment in the city, or $24 a night in an Airbnb.

All your other essentials like food, beer and coffee will cost approximately, $0.58 for a coffee, $0.86 for a beer and $1.73 for a meal out.

There are lots of cheap things to do to keep you busy in Vietnam, and once you’ve been living there for a while, like most places on the list, you’ll probably be able to find even cheaper accommodation and activities.

3. Nepal

Cost: $450/Month

Breaking the $500 a month mark is Nepal, which is the third cheapest country to live in worldwide.

Nepal is located in South-East Asia, mainly in the Himalayas, but also includes parts in the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

It has a total current population of 29.3 million people living across a total landmass of 147,181km².

Bordering China and India, Nepal is the forty-eighth largest country by population and the ninety-third largest country by area in the world.

$164 will get you a one-bedroom studio apartment in one of Nepal’s cheapest cities, Pokhara; or you’ll spend approximately $23 a night in an Airbnb.

One beer will cost you around $1, coffee is approximately $0.73 and a meal out can cost around $2.08.

2. Bolivia

Cost: $431/Month

Bolivia is a landlocked country, located in the western part of South-America.

Its current population is approximately 11.05 million people living across a total area of 1,098,581km².

The capital city of Bolivia is Sucre, and Bolivia is made up of a multiethnic society, including, American Indians, Africans, Asians, Europeans and Mestizos.

Bolivia is the fifth largest country in South America and the 27th largest country in the world.

For those of you that speak Spanish, you’ll be pleased to know that Spanish is the official and predominant language of Bolivia; however, there are also thirty-six other indigenous languages spoken in the country.

A one-bedroom studio apartment in La Paz, one of the cheapest cities in Bolivia, will cost you around $145 a month, or $23 a night in an Airbnb.

Both beer and coffee are around about $1 each, and you certainly won’t break the bank when eating out, as a typical meal will cost you all of $2.

1. Indonesia

Cost: $340/Month

The cheapest place to live in, worldwide, is Indonesia.

Indonesia, or the Republic of Indonesia, is located between the Indian and Pacific oceans, in South-East Asia.

Home to approximately 17,000 islands, it’s the worlds largest island country and has a total population of 264 million people, which also makes it the worlds 4th most populated country.

There are certain places in Indonesia, like Bali and Jakarta that are more comparable on price to other major western cities around the world.

However, places like Senggigi in Lombok can provide you with accommodation and living expenses for as little as $340 a month.

You’re looking at paying approximately $142 a month for a one-bedroom studio apartment, or $12 a night for a hotel.

The luxury essentials like beer, coffee and coconuts cost as little as $0.89 for a beer, $0.10 for a coconut, $0.71 for coffee and $1.77 for a meal out.

Indonesia is the cheapest country to live in worldwide.

 

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Leaked Video Of Gen. Diya Crying And Begging Late General Sani Abacha

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Gen. Diya was crossed examined at the Human Rights Violation Commission (HRVIC) on the coup plan 1997 to overthrow Gen. Sanni Abacha, He bluntly denied the fact that he was part of the plan but he admitted he knew about the plan. He further explained that he was afraid of being killed by the Coup Master Planner if he revealed the plan.

He denied pleading with Gen. Sanni Abacha but was shocked to see the video where he truly knelt down before Gen. Sanni Abacha as tendered by the Lawyer…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Gen. Diya Oladipo then was appointed as Chief of Defense Staff. He was appointed Chief of General Staff in 1993 and Vice Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council in 1994. In 1997 Diya and dissident soldiers in the military allegedly planned to overthrow the regime of Sani Abacha. The alleged coup was uncovered by forces loyal to Abacha, and Diya and his cohorts were jailed. Diya was tried in a military tribunal, and was given the death penalty. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

 

 

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July 29 In Nigerian History: Aguiyi-Ironsi And Fajuyi Assassinated In Ibadan

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Aguiyi-Ironsi (L) and Adekunle Fajuyi (R)

Nigeria has seen the rise and fall of many military regimes since she became a sovereign state in 1960 and this, at every turn, has altered the direction of the country.

A second coup since independence which happened on July 29, 1966, would see to the brutal death of Nigeria’s Supreme Commander, General J.T.C Aguiyi-Ironsi (the nation’s 1st military head of state) and his friend, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Adekunle Fajuyi, who was the sitting and 1st Military Governor of the Western Region…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Aguiyi-Ironsi was a guest at the Government House, Ibadan, as he came to hold a meeting with traditional rulers in the Western region. Ironsi arrived Ibadan the previous day and unknowingly, he met his death during the counter-coup which is generally believed to be a retaliation to the January 15th 1966 coup in which prominent Northerners in power were killed.

The Northerners were believed to hold a grudge since the first coup as they lost leaders including Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Nigerian Prime Minister) and Sir Ahmadu Bello (Sardauna of Sokoto and Premier of the Northern Region). They tagged it an ‘Igbo Coup’ as no Eastern casualty was recorded in both the military and public service as even the West lost Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola in the coup. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

This counter-coup of July 29, 1966, led by General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma was tagged the bloodiest coup by many in the history of Nigeria. Ironsi and Fajuyi’s death which still remains a controversial debate among historians because how they were killed isn’t clear but both bodies were found in a bush in outskirts of Ibadan. Read a comprehensive account of how Aguiyi-Ironsi was killed here.

Aside from the Head of State and Western Military governor, many other casualties were recorded in the army and most killed or maimed were Easterners, particularly Igbos. This will be one of the many reasons the country would go into a civil war the following year as the Eastern region tried seceding.

54 years after, we remember this gruesome act done in the Brown Roof City and how much has happened or changed since then.

 

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This Is Why An American Magazine Labelled Sani Abacha as “Thug of the Year” In 1995

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General Sani Abacha is perhaps Nigeria’s most enigmatic head of state. He reigned from 1993 until his death in 1998. General Abacha was born in Kano state, northern Nigeria on September 20, 1943. He hails from Kanuri in Borno state.

He passed out of the Nigerian Military Training Centre in Kaduna where he proceeded to Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot, England before being commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in 1963.

He is held by some as Nigeria’s most successful coup plotter. When he was still a Second Lieutenant with the 3rd Battalion in Kaduna, he took part in the July 1966 Nigerian counter-coup from the conceptual stage. He could well have been a participant in the Lagos or Abeokuta phases of the coup the previous January as well…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Abacha fought for Nigeria in the country’s civil war against Biafran secessionists continuing to rise through the army ranks.

He was instrumental in the 1983 Nigerian coup d’état which brought General Muhammadu Buhari to power as well as the August 1985 coup which removed him from power. He announced the coup which removed the government of Shehu Shagari.

When General Ibrahim Babangida was named President of Nigeria in 1985, Abacha was named Chief of Army Staff. He was appointed Minister of Defence in 1990. With Babangida’s resignation, an interim government headed by civilian President, Ernest Shonekan was formed.

Sani Abacha became the first Nigerian soldier to attain the rank of a full General without skipping a single rank in 1993. In the same year, he moved for the ultimate.

Shonekan resigned and transferred power to Sani Abacha in a move widely believed to be another bloodless coup. In September 1994, he issued a decree that placed his government above the jurisdiction of the courts, effectively giving him absolute power. Another decree gave him the right to detain anyone for up to three months without trial.

General Sani Abacha

Abacha is noted for helping restore peace and democracy to Sierra Leone and Liberia after the civil wars.

On his administration of the Nigerian state proper, he established The Petroleum Trust Fund aimed to address major economic issues facing the country at the time. Between 25-100km of urban road in major cities such as Kano, Gusau, Benin, Funtua, Zaria, Enugu, Kaduna, Aba, Lagos, Lokoja, and Port Harcourt was planned to be constructed each. A N27.3bn contract was awarded for road rehabilitation in the first quarter of 1996.

There was a restructuring of major insurance companies that supported SMEs across the entire country.

Abacha mandated the PTF to publicise its accounts as it was the second-largest public corporation at the time. In 1997, the account of PTF showed that it disbursed N24.3bn on roads, N21.2bn on security, N7.8bn on health, and N3bn on other projects. Other disbursements include N2.2bn on water supply, N936m on food supply and N476m on education. It realized a total of N1.049bn from various investment activities.

It’s curious the sums which emerged after his death that he stashed in overseas accounts as the Abacha administration became the first to record unprecedented economic achievements overseeing an increase in the country’s foreign exchange reserves from $494 million in 1993 to $9.6 billion by the middle of 1997. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

He also reduced the external debt of Nigeria from $36 billion in 1993 to $27 billion by 1997. His Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund is also hailed for infrastructural projects and interventionist programmes in education, water and health.

His wife is credited with setting up the National Hospital in Abuja viewed as Nigeria’s foremost national hospital, which was initially set up as a hospital for women and children before its upgrade.

Nonetheless, Abacha was ruthless with groups he considered hostile to his administration between 1993 and 1998. There was a crackdown on the civil rights groups, media and pro-democracy groups.

It was also under him that Nigeria became a perpetual importer of petroleum products as the refineries packed up. The emergence of the ‘foul fuel’ which damaged car engines and released a repugnant smell was in his time.

General Sani Abacha earned the title ‘Thug of the Year’ from Time magazine in 1995 after the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa. Abacha developed the habit of working only at night. Availing himself to be seen publicly rarely while being averse to granting interviews.

The events of his death on June 8, 1998, at the presidential villa in Abuja are murky and while the official account is that he suffered a heart attack, other accounts say he was in the company of two Indian sex workers flown in from Dubai when he died. He was buried on the same day, according to Muslim tradition, without an autopsy. This fueled speculation that he may have been murdered by political rivals via poison.

Foreign diplomats, including United States Intelligence analysts, believed that his drink or fruit (apple) was laced with a poisonous substance while in the company of prostitutes.

Abacha was married to Maryam Abacha with whom he had had seven sons and three daughters.

In March 2014, the United States Department of Justice revealed that it had frozen more than $458 million believed to have been illegally obtained by Abacha and other corrupt officials.

On 7 August 2014, the United States Department of Justice announced the largest forfeiture in its history: the return of $480 million to the Nigerian government.

Stashed sums in other accounts have been discovered with the Nigerian government working to have the funds returned.

 

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