Countries - Geography


	Background Notes (includes information by country on people, history, government, political conditions, economy, foreign relations, U.S. relations, & travel/business; updated & revised as they are received from regional bureaus; U.S. Department of State)
	CIA World Factbook
	Countries of the World: Geography, Tourism, Politics, Economy, Culture
	Country Studies (area handbook series; Library of Congress--Federal Research Division)
	Economist.com Country Briefings (subset of the Economist Intelligence Unit database, which contains economic & political information on approximately 200 countries)
	Geographic.org: Geography, Climate, Countries, Maps, Flags, Population
	InfoNation (includes statistical data for all UN member states; can select up to five countries for comparison; United Nations)
	Political Database of the Americas (a non-governmental project that provides reference materials, primary documents, comparative studies, & statistical data for countries in the Western Hemisphere)
	Political Resources on the Net (sorted by country, with links to parties, organizations, governments, media, & more from all around the world)
	World Bank Group: Countries & Regions (includes world development resources for over 200 nations & regions on (1) news & events, (2) data & statistics, & (3) publications & reports; the data & statistics information relates to economics, poverty, education, gender equality, mortality, access to health services, & sustainable development)
	World Geography

rev. 04/25/05