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Information and local web links on each state, five U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. Geographic, demographic, political, historical, economic, and tourist information.

From the Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State. Provides the latest demographic information on countries. Includes maps.

See "maps/country data" on the left

Prepared annually by U.S. Embassy staff. Information on the business and economic situation of foreign countries and the political climate as it affects U.S. business. Available through STAT-USA Internet.

History, politics and economic background of countries. Also includes audio and video clips from the BBC archives.

Geopolitical, historical and economic information on countries. Includes global thematic maps (cultural, environmental, economic, etc.) and the ability to customize data tables to output either to a spreadsheet or a webpage.

News, country profiles, forecasts and statistics

Besides images of flags, information on Geography people, government, economy, transportation, communications and defense.

Claims to be Internet's largest site devoted to the study of flags. Contains more than 40,000 images of flags. May be viewed by country or by region.

A collection of links maintained by Northwestern Universiy Library.

Online world atlas with geographic, economic, political, historical and cultural information. Includes maps, flags, currency conversion and climate and time zone information.

From Oxford Reference Online, profiles 230 countries and territories, giving an up-to-date overview of each. Includes maps and other geographical information.

Statistical, demographic and political data on countries and territories around the world: generates tables and charts for individual country profiles as well as comparisons. Data from U.S. and international agencies; every statistic is documented.

Links to electronic resources selected by Library of Congress subject experts arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories.

Country reports include information about geography, people, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.

Location information for 1.8 million physical and cultural features in the United States and territories, with links to maps and aerial photos and 2000 U.S. Census information.

U.S. Census Bureau utility

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Get driving directions as well as directions via walking or public transportation. Toggle your results into map, satellite and terrain views & even view real time freeway traffic. Interactive "click and drag" feature allows you to change the route to avoi

Interactive, zoomable maps from world to city level. Includes place name look-up.

This toolkit prepared by the Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML) contains a range of resources on a variety of mapping & cartographic issues and topics.

Award winning navigation tool for maps and planning routes.

Links to 66 internet centers of maps, atlases, and related geographic information resources.

An electronic map collection from the University of Texas libraries.

Contains various look-up tools for zip codes, including zip codes within a county, within a radius of another zip code, and more.

Find a ZIP code, locate a post office, calculate postage, order stamps online, place a vacation hold or change your address: and much more.

Database from the United States Postal Service to look up zip codes.