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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