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aneki.com
Country Information, Regional and World Rankings

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
"The directory is intended to be used primarily as a reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is considered practical, some of them not officially recognized by the United States."
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Cultural Profiles Project
"...provides an overview of life and customs in the profiled country."

Country Based Search Engines
"...currently a total of 1,499 search engines and 167 countries and regions."
By Phil Bradley

Country Reports
Sections includes: World Countries ; Country Flags ; Current Weather ; National Anthems ; Online Discussion.

Country Studies / Area Handbook Series
"...prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. This online series presently contains studies of 85 countries."

CountryWatch.com
Their free offerings include information, news, and data for 191 countries worldwide.

E-Conflict World Encyclopedia
"There are hundreds of pages including information on world history, weather,
governments, economies, people, etc. You can view maps, flags or listen to
national anthems."

Europa
The European Union's server for The Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors and other bodies of the European Union (EU)

Gallup International - Recent International Surveys

GeographyIQ
"...is an online world atlas packed with geographic, economic, political, historical and cultural information. In addition, GeographyIQ brings together a number of other resources including maps, flags, currency conversion as well as climate and time zone information."
Sections include: World Map ; Rankings ; Converter ; Countries from A to Z.

Gridded Population of the World (GPW)
"In this Gridded Population of the World (GPW) data set, the distribution of human population is converted from national or subnational units to a series of georeferenced quadrilateral grids."

Guinness World Records

Infonation
"InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations."
- United Nations Publication

Library of Congress - Global Gateway
World Cultures & Resources
Sections include: World Libraries & Collections: Collaborative Digital Libraries, Individual Digital Collections ; Links, Databases, & Resources: Centers for International Research, Portals to the World, Research Guides and Databases, Featured Presentations, International Exhibitions, International Cybercasts.

Map Machine
National Geographic

Maps Index
"Here can you find maps, city plans, route planer, earthquake Maps, satellite pictures, historical maps and many other maps from around the world."

Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) - see our NGOs Resource Page

One World - Nations Online
"...is a growing list of gateways to the countries in this world, a reference directory and an electronic magazine."

Perry-CastaÒeda Map Library
University of Texas

Portals to the World
"Links to electronic resources selected by Library of Congress subject experts."
"Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria. When completed, the project will include all the nations of the world."

Statistical Agencies (International)
U.S. Census Bureau

UC Atlas of Global Inequality
"The Atlas of Global Inequality explores some aspects of inequality using online, downloadable maps and graphics...The Atlas explores the interaction between global integration (globalization) and inequality, and provides maps, graphics and data primarily for use by students and teachers in the University of California. We hope the information may also be of use for researchers and activists worldwide."
Sections include: Health ; Income Inequality ; Economic Globalization ; Inequality & Growth ; Teaching Activities.
- University of California, Santa Cruz.

United Nations - See our United Nations Resources Page

The Web of Culture
"...primarily designed to educate and entertain you on the topic of cross-cultural communications."

What is the capital of ... ?

World Gazetteer
"This site provides information about current population of countries, their administrative areas, cities and towns as well as images of the current national flags."
By Stefan Helders

World Heritage
- UNESCO

The World Heritage List
"The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the following properties on the World Heritage List. The List, arranged alphabetically by nominating State Party, is current as of 3 July 2003. The list will be updated following the next meeting of the Committee in July 2004."
WHTour
"The WHTour is creating a documentary image bank of panoramic pictures and virtual reality movies for all sites registered as World Heritage by the UNESCO."

World of Books
Annotated Surveys of Noteworthy Books From Around the Globe
"...is a series of annual pamphlets first started in 1998. Each year the Library's foreign area specialists identify some of the most important and interesting books published abroad that an American public may have overlooked. The results provide a fascinating insight about other peoples and cultures."
- Library of Congress

World Rulers: Head of State and Prime Ministers
"On this pages you will find all Heads of State and Chiefs of Government of the countries of the world."

World Statesmen
"...is an attempt at a comprehensive and accurate list of the heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders occupying neither of those formal positions) for all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 or in some cases earlier. Some go further back, some only from their creation. Some subdivisions of some countries are present including native or traditional polities, provinces, or states. This sight also lists the leaders of international, religious, and governmental organizations."
By Benjamin Cahoon

World Time Server
"Provides correct current times in any country or major city along with a global map to help you place the location geographically. World Time Server makes accurate adjustments for current daylight savings time rules in each location and also provides a future event planner to help with time conversion between locations."

WTech Gateway
"Our site aims to be a gateway to the best sites on the Internet. As well as following individual themes such as the world economy and art, the web site traces the relationship between curriculum areas such as geography, history, religion, world resources and the environment. The site enables people to understand cultural differences and recognize similarities between different groups of people."

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources Resources
"...with over 2000 carefully selected, annotated links in 37 international affairs categories. It is frequently maintained, and should be of use to journalists, researchers, teachers, professors, and students, among others."
Maintained by Wayne A. Selcher, Dept. of Political Science, Elizabethtown College

Yakeo.com - The Search Engines
Search Engines and Directories for Europe ; America ; Asia

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