Countries of the World

• CIA World Factbook This edition, as well as earlier ones, are also available in the Gov Docs collection: PREX 3.15/2: date. The current edition is at the Gov Docs reference desk.
• Country Analysis Briefs from the Energy Information Administration. Much more than energy and natural resources....
• Global Security.org. Want to see “secret military bases” or alleged production sites of weapons of mass destruction? This website shows quite a bit.
• Library of Congress Country Studies
• Portals to the World Links to electronic resources as selected by Library of Congress Subject Experts.
• Infonation Country information from the United Nations.
• Background Notes from the U.S State Department: Old website; New website. Published versions are in the Gov Docs collection and are filed under S 1.123:
• Country Briefings from Economist.com, the online version of The Economist.
• Country Reports, by Emulate Me. This website borrows heavily from the CIA World Factbook.
• Foreign Governments. From the University of Michigan, this site is a portal to dozens of sites of background information on countries.
• International Database (population statistics) from the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Governments on the WWW. Links to official government webpages, their branches and offices, states/provinces and other subdivisions, political parties, etc.
• Altapedia. Countries of the world: maps and reference.
• NationMaster.com. Much of this data is based on the CIA World Factbook but is organized so that country comparisons can be made.
• Flags of the World. About as many flags as you could imagine. Flag histories, meanings, symbology, etc.

Other Links

• OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web, from the University of Auckland Library.
• Mapstats. U.S Government statistics available to the public via FedStats.
• U.S. Naval Observatory Data Services. Sun and moon calculations, eclipse information, celestial navigation, etc.
• UNESCO's World Heritage List. A list of 754 cultural and natural properties, submitted by the UN members and considered to be of outstanding universal value.
• Surf Your Watershed. Interactive database by the Environmental Protection Agency.
• Tide Predictions and Water Level Observations from NOAA.
• How Far is It? Worldwide distance calculator.
• Academic Info: Geography.
• World Timezones Map
• Worldtime, an interactive time atlas.
• Early Classics in Biogeography. A bibliography and full-text archive of publications in this field up to 1950.
• Export Statistics. From the US Government Export Portal. Easily create maps of export statistics.
• Online Conversion. Convert area, volume, temperature, speed, distance, power, pressure, cooking--and much more!

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