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COUNTRIES
DISTANCES
MAPS
PLACE NAMES
STATES
TIME ZONES
ZIP CODES
COUNTRIES
The
CIA World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
Has facts about most countries, including government,
economy, population, embassies, industries, literacy rate ... even the
number of televisions.
State Dept. Background
Notes http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn
The U.S. State Department has lots of country information
under Background Notes.
Information Please
Almanac http://www.infoplease.com
Looking for the flag of Benin? The currency of
Yemen? Check out this site.
DISTANCES
Distance calculator
http://www.indo.com/distance
It's a Web site in Bali, but this distance finder is
legit. Calculates the distances between U.S. cities and many foreign
ones in a twinkling. Also provides a map, driving directions, longitude,
latitude and elevation.
MAPS
Cybermaps
http://www.earthamaps.com
Directions and maps are available online from the DeLorme
mapping company.
MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com
MapQuest creates street maps for you and provides driving
directions.
PLACE NAMES
Census
Bureau Gazetteer http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
Get the location and population of towns and counties
around the country with the Census Bureau's help. You may also search
by zip code.
Geographic
Names Information System http://geonames.usgs.gov
Use the U.S. Geological Survey site to look up towns,
churches, rivers, mountains and much more. Provides county
and elevation for places and features throughout the U.S.
STATES
Information Please
Almanac http://www.infoplease.com
Find the vital facts (population, capital, state motto,
etc.) about every state in the union. Look under "United States"
on their Web site, then "States."
Stateline
Facts http://www.stateline.org/stateindex.cfm
An alternative to the Information Please Almanac.
With this site, you can compare population, crime and other rankings between
states.
TIME ZONES
Global Metric Time
Server http://www.globaltime.net
Check out the current time and date almost anywhere in
the world with this site.
ZIP CODES
Postal
Service Zip Code Finder http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html
Find a zip code in a flash or type in a zip code and
find all towns that use it.
Last modified April 22, 2004
