Countries, States, and
Cities
- The US (For government
sites, see this file.)
- Other Countries:
- Amnesty
International provides excerpts of reports
on freedom in countries around the globe.
- Atlapedia
Online has a countries A to Z section and a
map section.
- Background
Notes for countries around the world provided
by the US State Department.
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet members
of foreign governments
- CIA World Factbook
- Comparative Criminal Justice has links
to sites abou the justice systems in France, Japan, the Russian Federation,
Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
- Constitution
Finder provides links to constitutions of the
world in English as well as the native language where available.
- Country Index points to texts of world
countries' constitutions.
- Country
Information, Regional and World Rankings provides a wealth of information
for over 190 countries. As its title suggests, it also has rankings for
countries in categories such as illiteracy rates and number of people
in universities.
- Country Studies Online
- Earth
Calendar allows you to search for holidays
by country, date, or religion.
- Executive Planet is designed for business
trvellers. It includes information on etiquette in other countries.
- Flag Trivia
- Flags of all Countries
- Flags
of the World
- Geography World was created by a geography
teacher in Pennsylvania and contains links to everything for physical
and cultural geography worldwide. Check out the map jokes and the map
haiku!
- The Peace Corps' World Wise Schools Students' Pages provide links to maps, statistics, and toher county informaiton.
- Rulers
of the World provides current and historical
rulers of countries of the world.
- United
Nations
- World Anthem Database provides the transliterated
lyrics as well as the lyrics in English for many countries of the world.
- World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems
- Worldwide Holiday and Festival Site at JourneyMart is aimed at business travelers, but it works well for reports,
too.
- NationMaster
ranks and compares different nations on many different issues.
- Sites Focusing on Specific
Continents or Countries
- Afghanistan: Land in Crisis is provided
by National Geographic.
- Africa is the site designed for PBS's
documentary Africa. It is a rich resource for information on the regions
of Africa and their individual countries. Enjoy the maps, music clips,
and information.
- Contemporary
Africa Database contains the names of prominent
citizens in each country in Africa. It is browsable by country or searchable
by name of the individual..
- First
Among Equals is dedicated to the lives and
history of the Prime Ministers of Canada.
- Mexico
Para Ninos covers the country's history, government,
plants, peoples, mythology, food, games, and music.
- Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries is especially strong in its collection of pictures of artifacts.
- Official Yearbook of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the full text of the publication online.
Includes history as well as up-to-date information on society.
- Urhobo
Historical Society provides baisc information
on the Urhobo peoples of Southern Nigeria inclduing art, religion, economy,
and political system.
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