A collection of essential geographic lists, statistics, and trivia, including countries, states, capital cities, highest points, and more.
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A comprehensive list of the state nicknames for each of the fifty United States.
Learn about the countries of the world that have more than one capital city or multiple capital cities.
A listing of countries with English as an official language or where English is predominantly spoken.
A listing of the countries that lie on the equator or countries that the equator passes through.
A list of the official hurricane names for 2009.
A list of the official hurricane names for 2008.
A list of the official hurricane names for 2006.
A list of the official hurricane names for 2005.
Discover upon which continent various important points on the earth's surface are located, whether Europe or Asia or Africa or North America or South America or Australia or even Antarctica. From your About.com expert Guide to Geography.
A complete listing of the top fifteen world trade partners of the United States.
A complete listing, with elevation, of the tallest mountains in the world.
Information about the tallest building in the world along with information about the world's tallest buildings.
A complete listing of the populations of every state in the United States, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
The state capitals of the fifty states of the United States of America, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
Discover how many people share your birthday around the world, from your About.com expert Guide to Geography.
The definitive listing of the ancient and modern Seven Wonders of the World, from your About.com expert Guide to Geography. Includes the new 7 wonders of the world.
A discussion of whether there is a place name found in all fifty states and the most common place names in general, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
An official listing of countries arranged by eight world regions, as selected and determined by Matt Rosenberg, the About.com Guide to Geography.
A complete listing of the OECD member countries, those independent countries that are members of the international Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, from your About.com expert Guide to Geography.
A listing of the longest rivers in the world, from your About.com expert Guide to Geography.
A lisiting of the thirteen countries with the lowest population densities in the world, from your About.com expert Guide to Geography.
A listing of the deepest lakes, largest lakes in area, and largest lakes in volume around the world, from your expert Guide to Geography from About.com
A listing of the largest islands in the world, a list of the the largest islands in area as well as a list of the largest islands by population.
Information about the world's largest continent in area and the largest continent in population, from your About.com expert Guide to Geography.
A complete listing of every country in the world and its independence day, ranked from oldest to youngest. Discover which countries are the oldest countries and which are the youngest or newest countries in the world. From your About.com expert Guide to Geography.
A listing of the categories from the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, from your About.com expert Guide for Geography.
A listing of the countries that utilize the euro as their official currency. This euro country list is from your About.om Guide to Geography.
A listing of the countries that are members of the European Union, including the newest countries in the European Union, also known as the EU.
The most popular travel destinations in the world, based on the number of tourists each year, from your About.com expert Guide to Geography.
A listing of the 38 largest counties in the United States with populations of one million or more, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
A listing of the tow-letter postal code abbreviations for the provinces and territories of Canada.
A listing of the countries that are designated by the United States government as being part of the Axis of Evil, Rogue States, Outposts of Tyranny, and Axis of Terror.
Find out what the size and population of the average country would be, if the 194 countries of the world were averaged out among the land and people of the planet.
A listing of the countries where the rate of AIDS among the population is the highest, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
The Internet's most famous expert geographer presents a new modern listing of the Seven Wonders of the World. From the About.com Guide to Geography, Matt Rosenberg.
A listing of the ten most populous countries in the year 2050, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
A list of the official hurricane names for 2013. The rotating list of names of hurricanes changes each year; this is the 2013 list of hurricane names from your About.com expert Guide to Geography.
A list of the official hurricane names for 2010. The rotating list of names of hurricanes changes each year; this is the 2010 list of hurricane names from your About.com expert Guide to Geography.
A list of the official hurricane names for 2011. The rotating list of names of hurricanes changes each year; this is the 2011 list of hurricane names from your About.com expert Guide to Geography.
A listing of the 10 most densely populated countries in the world, from your About.com expert Guide to Geography.
A list of the higest mountains in the world, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
A list of the most popular religions in the world, along with the number of adherents.
A listing of the ten most popular world languages and the number of speakers for each language.
A listing of the countries participating in the XX Olympic Winter Games in Torino (Turin), Italy from February 10-26, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
Each country has its own three-letter abbreviation or code that is used during the Olympic Games to represent that country. This is a list of the 2025 countries that are recognized by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) as National Olympic Committees.
A complete listing of all Olympic Game cities from the beginning of the modern Olympics in 1896 through 2014. Includes all Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games host cities.
A listing of the top recipients of U.S. Foreign Aid, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
A fascinating collection of basic facts about the planet earth.
Discover the answer to the question of how many McDonald's restaurants exist worldwide, from your About.com expert Guide to Geography.
A listing of the countries that lie on the Prime Meridian, also known as zero degress longitude, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
The 20 biggest cities in the United States, based of population estimates, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
A listing of the 42 largest Combined Statistical Areas (formerly Metropolitan Statistical Areas), with total population, in the United States, from your About.com expery Guide to Geography.
A list of the official hurricane names for 2007.
A listing of the biggest countries in area in the world, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
A comprehensive listing of the world's busiest airports, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
A comprehensive listing of every country on earth along with its capital city.
The a list of the countries that surround the Pacific Ocean
A list of the seven countries that lie on zero degrees longitude, also known as the Prime Meridian.
A listing of the countries and nations that do not have diplomatic relations with the United States of America.
Have you ever longed for a checklist of places every good geographer should visit and experiences every good geographer should have? Well, I've compiled such a list!
A listing of the six countries in Europe smaller than Rhode Island.
A listing of the countries that compose the powerful "G7" and "G8" groups of countries that control much of the world economy.
The geographic and population centers for the United States.
A listing of the longest mountain ranges in Europe, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
An up-to-date listing of the 25 members of the European Union.
Learn what happened to countries like Tibet, Rhodesia, Siam, and others, from your About.com Guide. A listing of countries that no longer exist.
A listing of the countries with a population greater than 50 million.
Find out which countries are non-members of the United Nations.
A listing of the seventeen major surface ocean currents.
The two letter postal code state abbreviations for every state and territory in the United States.
A listing of the world's largest countries by population now and in 2050.
The world's twenty most popular tourist destinations.
A listing of the countries that were members of the Warsaw Pact.
Discover the current world population and historic world population totals and growth since the year zero.
