Geography July 2011 Archive

Many news outlets have been mentioning the strange news story that claims that North Dakota is not a state because the state's constitution does not require an oath of office ... Read More

The just-released U.S. National Assessment of Education Progress for Geography evaluated students in fourth, eighth, and twelfth grave based on their knowledge of geographic concepts and their ability to analyze ... Read More

Based on cellular phone data, the Senseable City Lab at MIT has created maps of connections between U.S. counties. The resulting regions of the United States are remarkable, as ... Read More

South Sudan became the newest member of the United Nations today. Following the recommendation of the Security Council, the organization's General Assembly approved the world's newest country as ... Read More

Here are the latest profiles of geographic places posted to the Geography at About.com site: Geography and History of Finland Ten Geographic Facts About Gibraltar Geography and History of Norway Ten ... Read More

On Saturday, July 9, 2011, South Sudan became the world's 196th independent country. Although not yet a member of the United Nations (there is a process for membership), South ... Read More

I just returned from a quick trip to Novosibirsk and Moscow.  I spent about a week in Novosibirsk, the third largest city in Russia and the "capital" of Siberia and ... Read More

The International Olympic Committee selected Pyeongchang, South Korea yesterday as the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Pyeongchang is South Korea's third largest city and is located ... Read More