Nations of the world

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Nations

of the World

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Use the sites below to find out cool things about countries from around the world...

What is your favorite country? Why? Would you like to live there, or only visit?

http://www.countryreports.org/	Country Reports Flags, history, weather, national anthems and maps are provided here, as well as a detailed country profile.
http://www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htm	Altapedia Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp	Country at a Glance Selecting a country from a drop down menu and clicking "Go"gives you a web page with brief information about the country as well as a map of the country and a world map depicting the location of the country. This site is part of the United Nations Information project.
For more in-depth information:
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs	Click the drop-down menu and select a country.
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html	The World Factbook : This is part of the CIA website. From this particular page you may choose the country from a drop down menu at the top of the page. A link to the Flags of the world is also here.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html	Portals to the World : This site is part of the Library of Congress. The alphabetical listing of countries leads to pages with links to further information The maps are a link to World Fact book listed above.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/	Direct link to Dept. of State's Country Background Notes.
http://www.kids.gov/	Not just for country studies, but a Federal Gov't. interagency website that provides links to all of the "Kid Pages"our government provides. Very kid-friendly!
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/hh/goplaces	Includes a sightseeing guide, e-cards, history time line and fact file for a number of countries from around the globe.
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp	To compare statistics of countries.