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General
Sources
| Holidays | Africa |
Antarctica | Arctic
| China | England | Greece
India | Ireland | Israel
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Japan | Malaysia | Mexico
| Oceania | Russia &
East European Countries
South Africa | Spain | Vatican
| Yugoslavia
General Sources
- Altapedia
Online
Contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts
and statistics on countries of the world.
- Background
Notes
Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and
international organizations and are updated periodically. Background
Notes for some countries are currently unavailable.
- CIA
World Factbook 2002.
- Chiefs
of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Produced by CIA, this site is arranged by country and provides the
current leaders of governments.
- CityLink
The USA CityLink Project is a city's interface to the world. It
is the Internet's most comprehensive listing of U.S. States and
Cities offering information on travel, tourism and relocation
- City
Net
information on cities throughout the world. Useful for travelers
and students.
- Country
Reports
- Earth
Viewer.
With Earth viewer you can view either a map of the Earth showing
the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from
the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location
on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, or
from a satellite in Earth orbit. Images can be generated based on
a topographical map of the Earth, up-to-date weather satellite imagery,
or a composite image of cloud cover superimposed on a map of the
Earth
- Embassies
and Consulates
- Geographic
Learning Site
Sponsored by the US State Department.
- Geography
Resources: Map Collections.
Links to all the major map collections on the Web, from the University
of Texas at Austin.
- Great
Globe Gallery
- Heads
of State and Governments
Lists of heads of state and government. Not a fancy site but a good
source of quick, up-to-date information.
- How
Far Is It? (to U.S. Cities and Towns)
This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list
of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of
two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the
crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places, using
the Xerox PARC Map Server.
- The
Library of Congress Country Studies.
- Lonely
Planet.
Created for travelers, their is a lot of factual information about
the country for students here.
- Rulers
of the World
...current list of heads of governments for world countries
- Geography
(Score Site)
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/grade9/index.html
- Score:
Geography
Developed by the California Department of Education.
- U.S.
Census Bureau
- U.S.
Gazetteer (U.S. Census Bureau)
Identify places to view with the Tiger Map Server and other census
data from the 1990 Census
- U.S.
Postal Service ZIP+4 Lookup
- U.S.
Postal Service Official Abbreviations.
- Tiger
Mapping Service (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Virtual
Tourist
- The
Web of Culture
- Yahooligans'
listing of countries for K-12 Schools
Holidays
- Christmas around the
world
Click on the map to find out how Christmas is celebrated in specific
countries
- Diversity Calendar
The Diversity Calendar was created to foster an environment in which
people appreciate, value and respect diversity in their communities
Africa

Antarctica
Arctic

China

England,
Scotland, and Wales

Greece

India

Ireland
- Doras
Directory of Irish Web Sites
Doras, meaning "door," is a comprehensive directory of Irish and
Irish-related Web sites, rates on a scale of one to five shamrocks
for excellence in four areas, including content and innovation.
Each site is annotated with a link to a more in-depth review.
- Northern
Ireland Information Page
The official home page of the Northern Ireland Tourists Board provides
information on the 5,500 square miles that make up Northern Ireland.
Israel

Japan
Malaysia

Mexico

Oceania

Russian
Federation and East European Countries

South
Africa

Spain

Vatican
City

Yugoslavia
(the former)

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