Financial Times World Desk Reference 2005Penguin, 2005 M01 17 - 656 pages Whatever you need to know about the world, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, have the facts at your fingertips with this complete gazeteer of the globe. Each of the world's 192 nations is surveyed and mapped, including full coverage of the world's newest nations. Informative profiles of overseas dependencies and territories, every fact and stat, plus a full glossary, makes this comprehensive and browser-friendly guide a must-have for any reference collection. |
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Contents
ICON CHART KEY 67 | 6 |
DATA SOURCES 8 | 8 |
THE PHYSICAL WORLD 1011 | 10 |
THE POLITICAL WORLD 1213 | 12 |
THE SOLAR SYSTEM 1415 | 14 |
CLIMATE 1617 | 16 |
ENVIRONMENT 1819 | 18 |
NORTH AMERICA 2021 | 21 |
JORDAN 338339 | 338 |
KAZAKHSTAN 340343 | 340 |
KENYA 344347 | 344 |
KIRIBATI 348349 | 348 |
KOREA NORTH 350351 | 350 |
KOREA SOUTH 352355 | 352 |
KUWAIT 356357 | 356 |
KYRGYZSTAN 358359 | 358 |
SOUTH AMERICA 2223 | 22 |
EUROPE 2425 | 24 |
AFRICA 2627 | 27 |
WEST ASIA 2829 | 28 |
NORTH ASIA 3031 | 31 |
SOUTH ASIA 3233 | 32 |
AUSTRALASIA AND OCEANIA 3435 | 35 |
TIMELINE OF GLOBAL HISTORY 3639 | 36 |
THE FORMATION OF THE MODERN WORLD 4041 | 40 |
THE WORLD IN 1492 4243 | 42 |
THE AGE OF DISCOVERY 14921648 4445 | 44 |
THE AGE OF EXPANSION 16481789 4647 | 46 |
THE AGE OF REVOLUTION 17891830 4849 | 48 |
THE AGE OF EMPIRE 18301914 5051 | 50 |
THE AGE OF GLOBAL WAR 19141945 5253 | 52 |
THE MODERN AGE From 1945 5455 | 54 |
POPULATION 5657 | 56 |
THE WORLD ECONOMY 5861 | 58 |
GLOBAL TOURISM 6263 | 62 |
GLOBAL SECURITY 6465 | 64 |
TIME ZONES 6667 | 66 |
WORLD CHRONOLOGY 0F 20022003 6869 | 68 |
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 7073 | 70 |
AFGHANISTAN 7679 | 76 |
ALBANIA 8081 | 80 |
ALGERIA 8285 | 82 |
ANDORRA 8687 | 86 |
ANGOLA 8889 | 88 |
ANTARCTICA 9091 | 90 |
ANTIGUA BARBUDA 9293 | 92 |
ARGENTINA 9497 | 94 |
ARMENIA 9899 | 98 |
AUSTRALIA 100105 | 100 |
AUSTRIA 106109 | 106 |
AZERBAIJAN 110111 | 110 |
BAHAMAS 112113 | 112 |
BAHRAIN 114115 | 114 |
BANGLADESH 116119 | 116 |
BARBADOS 120121 | 120 |
BELARUS 122125 | 122 |
BELGIUM 126129 | 126 |
BELIZE 130131 | 130 |
BENIN 132133 | 132 |
BHUTAN 134135 | 134 |
BOLIVIA 136139 | 136 |
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA 140141 | 140 |
BOTSWANA 142143 | 142 |
BRAZIL 144149 | 144 |
BRUNEI 150151 | 150 |
BULGARIA 152155 | 152 |
BURKINA 156157 | 156 |
BURMA MYANMAR 158161 | 158 |
BURUNDI 162163 | 162 |
CAMBODIA 164167 | 164 |
CAMEROON 168169 | 168 |
CANADA 170175 | 170 |
CAPE VERDE 176177 | 176 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 178179 | 178 |
CHAD 180181 | 180 |
CHILE 182185 | 182 |
CHINA 186193 | 186 |
COLOMBIA 194197 | 194 |
COMOROS 198199 | 198 |
CONGO 200201 | 200 |
CONGO DEM REP 202205 | 202 |
COSTA RICA 206207 | 206 |
CROATIA 208209 | 208 |
CUBA 210213 | 210 |
CYPRUS 214215 | 214 |
CZECH REPUBLIC 216217 | 216 |
DENMARK 218221 | 218 |
DJIBOUTI 222223 | 222 |
DOMINICA 224225 | 224 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 226227 | 226 |
EAST TIMOR 228229 | 228 |
ECUADOR 230231 | 230 |
EGYPT 232235 | 232 |
EL SALVADOR 236237 | 236 |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 238239 | 238 |
ERITREA 240241 | 240 |
ESTONIA 242243 | 242 |
ETHIOPIA 244247 | 244 |
FIJI 248249 | 248 |
FINLAND 250253 | 250 |
FRANCE 254259 | 254 |
GABON 260261 | 260 |
GAMBIA 262263 | 262 |
GEORGIA 264265 | 264 |
GERMANY 266271 | 266 |
GHANA 272273 | 272 |
GREECE 274277 | 274 |
GRENADA 278279 | 278 |
GUATEMALA 280281 | 280 |
GUINEA 282283 | 282 |
GUINEABISSAU 284285 | 284 |
GUYANA 286287 | 286 |
HAITI 288289 | 288 |
HONDURAS 290291 | 290 |
HUNGARY 292295 | 292 |
ICELAND 296297 | 296 |
INDIA 298303 | 298 |
INDONESIA 304307 | 304 |
IRAN 308311 | 308 |
IRAQ 312315 | 312 |
IRELAND 316317 | 316 |
ISRAEL 318321 | 318 |
ITALY 322327 | 322 |
CÔTE DIVOIRE see IVORY COAST | 328 |
JAMAICA 330331 | 330 |
JAPAN 332337 | 332 |
LAOS 360361 | 360 |
LATVIA 362363 | 362 |
LEBANON 364365 | 364 |
LESOTHO 366367 | 366 |
LIBERIA 368369 | 368 |
LIBYA 370373 | 370 |
LIECHTENSTEIN 374375 | 374 |
LITHUANIA 376377 | 376 |
LUXEMBOURG 378379 | 378 |
MACEDONIA 380381 | 380 |
MADAGASCAR 382383 | 382 |
MALAWI 384385 | 384 |
MALAYSIA 386389 | 386 |
MALDIVES 390391 | 390 |
MALI 392393 | 392 |
MALTA 394395 | 394 |
MARSHALL ISLANDS 396397 | 396 |
MAURITANIA 398399 | 398 |
MAURITIUS 400401 | 400 |
MEXICO 402405 | 402 |
MICRONESIA 406407 | 406 |
MOLDOVA 408409 | 408 |
MONACO 410411 | 410 |
MONGOLIA 412413 | 412 |
MOROCCO 414417 | 414 |
MOZAMBIQUE 418421 | 418 |
NAMIBIA 422423 | 422 |
NAURU 424425 | 424 |
NEPAL 426427 | 426 |
NETHERLANDS 428431 | 428 |
NEW ZEALAND 432435 | 432 |
NICARAGUA 436437 | 436 |
NIGER 438439 | 438 |
NIGERIA 440443 | 440 |
NORWAY 444447 | 444 |
OMAN 448449 | 448 |
PAKISTAN 450453 | 450 |
PALAU 454455 | 454 |
PANAMA 456457 | 456 |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 458459 | 458 |
PARAGUAY 460461 | 460 |
PERU 462465 | 462 |
PHILIPPINES 466469 | 466 |
POLAND 470473 | 470 |
PORTUGAL 474477 | 474 |
QATAR 478479 | 478 |
ROMANIA 480483 | 480 |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 484491 | 484 |
RWANDA 492493 | 492 |
ST KITTS NEVIS 494495 | 494 |
ST LUCIA 496497 | 496 |
ST VINCENT THE GRENADINES 498499 | 498 |
SAMOA 500501 | 500 |
SAN MARINO 502503 | 502 |
SÃO TOMÉ PRÍNCIPE 504505 | 504 |
SAUDI ARABIA 506509 | 506 |
SENEGAL 510511 | 510 |
SERBIA MONTENEGRO YUGOSLAVIA 512515 | 512 |
SEYCHELLES 516517 | 516 |
SIERRA LEONE 518519 | 518 |
SINGAPORE 520521 | 520 |
SLOVAKIA 522523 | 522 |
SLOVENIA 524525 | 524 |
SOLOMON ISLANDS 526527 | 526 |
SOMALIA 528529 | 528 |
SOUTH AFRICA 530533 | 530 |
SPAIN 534537 | 534 |
SRI LANKA 538539 | 538 |
SUDAN 540541 | 540 |
SURINAME 542543 | 542 |
SWAZILAND 544545 | 544 |
SWEDEN 546549 | 546 |
SWITZERLAND 550553 | 550 |
SYRIA 554557 | 554 |
TAIWAN 558561 | 558 |
TAJIKISTAN 562563 | 562 |
TANZANIA 564565 | 564 |
THAILAND 566569 | 566 |
TOGO 570571 | 570 |
TONGA 572573 | 572 |
TRINIDAD TOBAGO 574575 | 574 |
TUNISIA 576579 | 576 |
TURKEY 580583 | 580 |
TURKMENISTAN 584585 | 584 |
TUVALU 586587 | 586 |
UGANDA 588589 | 588 |
UKRAINE 590593 | 590 |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 594595 | 594 |
UNITED KINGDOM 596601 | 596 |
UNITED STATES 602609 | 602 |
URUGUAY 610613 | 610 |
UZBEKISTAN 614617 | 614 |
VANUATU 618619 | 618 |
VATICAN CITY 620621 | 620 |
VENEZUELA 622625 | 622 |
VIETNAM 626629 | 626 |
YEMEN 630633 | 630 |
ZAMBIA 634635 | 634 |
ZIMBABWE 636639 | 636 |
WORLD MAP 640641 | 640 |
AMERICAN SAMOA ANGUILLA ARUBA BERMUDA BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 642643 ... | 642 |
CAYMAN ISLANDS CHRISTMAS ISLAND COCOS KEELING ISLANDS COOK ISLANDS FAEROE ISLANDS FALKLAND ISLANDS FRENCH... | 644 |
FRENCH POLYNESIA GIBRALTAR GREENLAND GUADELOUPE GUAM GUERNSEY ISLE OF MAN 646647 ... | 646 |
JERSEY JOHNSTON ATOLL MARTINIQUE MAYOTTE MIDWAY ISLANDS MONTSERRAT NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 648649 ... | 648 |
NEW CALEDONIA NIUE NORFOLK ISLAND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS PARACEL ISLANDS PITCAIRN ISLANDS PUERTO RICO 65... | 650 |
RÉUNION ST HELENA DEPENDENCIES ST PIERRE MIQUELON SPRATLY ISLANDS SVALBARD TOKELAU TURKS CAICOS ISLANDS ... | 652 |
GLOSSARY OF GEOGRAPHIC TERMS 654655 | 654 |
GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS 655 | 655 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND PICTURE CREDITS 656 | 656 |
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