COUNTRY PROFILES

Atlapedia Online - Facts on geography, climate, people, religions, language, history, economy, political and physical maps of world countries.

Background Notes - The U.S. State Department provides information on geographic entities and international organizations. Geographic regions can be accessed using the following links: Africa | Near East | East Asia and the Pacific | South Asia | Europe and Eurasia | and the Western Hemisphere.

Country at a Glance - The United Nations offers this site that provides short statistical overviews of its member nations.

The Library of Congress Country Studies - This cooperative effort from the Library of Congress and the Department of the Army focuses on lesser known areas of the world and features photos, maps, charts, history, geography, statistics, and tables.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston World Atlas  – Contains country, continents, regional maps available through MapQuest.

World Factbook – This CIA site gives facts and figures on just about every country in the world including information on birth and death rates, geography features, population, religion, language, government, economy, and much more.

World Travel Guide Online - This site provides extensive information about hundreds of countries throughout the world including maps, social profile, history & government, climate, money, area, population, capital, geography, languages, religion, time zone, communications, and more.

The links in this section were selected and evaluated by the staff of the San Antonio Public Library for their high quality content.

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