Largest Cities in China
Monday January 31, 2011
China's largest cities are huge! Beijing is home to more than twenty million people and China has nineteen urban areas above five million people. (The United States is home ... Read More
South Sudan Votes to Secede
Sunday January 30, 2011
An impressive total of 99% of those who voted in a referendum on the independence of South Sudan voted for independence. Initial results have been released by Southern Sudan ... Read More
Dubai and the UAE
Sunday January 30, 2011
It seems that Dubai gets all the credit anytime the United Arab Emirates is mentioned but Dubai is merely the most populous of the seven emirates that compose the UAE. ... Read More
Latest Articles
Wednesday January 19, 2011
These are some of the most recent articles added to Geography at About.com:
Ten Geographic Facts About Queensland
Russia's Trans-Siberian Railway
Geography of Tunisia
Geography of Sudan
South Sudan's Vote for Independence
Sunday January 9, 2011
Voting began Sunday in a referendum for the citizens of South Sudan to determine whether they should secede and form an independent country from Sudan. Voting will continue through ... Read More
7 Billion People - Not in 2011?
Sunday January 9, 2011
There has been much attention to the world's population crossing the seven billion mark sometime in 2011. However, if one looks at current world population estimates, it is quite ... Read More
Disney Israel?
Friday January 7, 2011
The next addition to the five current Disney theme parks around the world and sixth under construction in Shanghai might be in the Holy Land. Fast Company reports that ... Read More
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Was World's Largest
Saturday January 1, 2011
Last April's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was ultimately the world's largest, spilling 205 million gallons of oil from April through July, 2010. The Gulf of Mexico ... Read More
Geographic Changes for January 1, 2011
Saturday January 1, 2011
Two significant geographic changes took place today with the beginning of 2011. The first is an annual change that occurs at midnight December 31 each year. At that ... Read More