World's Largest Land Owner 2011

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World's Largest Land Owner 2011

The New Statesman said, of the total land in the world, estimated at about 36.8 billion hectares (ha) of land has been inhabited by humans.

However, interestingly, 21 percent of the land was allegedly owned by prominent landowners. Among the Queen of England, who have some land in Canada and Australia. Also billionaire United States (U.S.) Ted Turner and Irving family from Canada.

Here's a list of the world's largest land owners as quoted from the pages of Business Insider.

10. Ted Turner
The U.S. billionaire has an area of ??two million hectares of land. In America, he has thousands of square miles of land to hunt, to be precise in Georgia and Montana. He also has about 11 thousand hectares of land in Patagonia, Argentina.

Turner is an American businessman who founded Turner Broadcasting System is launching CNN and other television stations before being sold to Time Warner.

9. Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa of Qatar
As a king who leads a country, it is considered to have a vast land in Qatar. Sheik Hamad is known to have a land area of ??4415 miles.

Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa is the figure in the modernization of Qatar and a leader in the Middle East like the West since he took the throne of power in 1995.

8. James, Arthur and John Irving
Irving family has a land area of ??3.6 million ha in Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia (province in Canada). Ownership of land is very spacious making them the largest land owners in the states and provinces in Canada.

As heir to the company JD Irving Group, Canada's three brothers also inherited thousands of square kilometers of forest land as a result the company used paper and pulp, which is part of their business portfolio is very diverse.

7. Swaziland King Mswati
King of the South African small country has a land area of ??6704 square miles in Swaziland.

The country is listed as one of "Absolute Monarchy" last in the world. Because, King Mswati literally have nothing from the South African nation was. So, there is no land rights according to the country's national laws which are not under its control as a king.

6. Emir of Kuwait
He noted mastered an area of ??4.4 million ha, of about seven million hectares occupied by the nation of Kuwait.

Emir is the heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Kuwait which had run the country well. However, not all land in Kuwait under its control. Because, most of the land serves as a U.S. military base.

To be continued ...