Asia Weather
- WeatherHub (http://www.weatherhub.com/global/asia.htm)
An English language home page providing links to sites offering international
weather information by city.
Country studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/)
Presents information on countries of Asia, provided by the U.S. Library of Congress.
Includes information on individual countries' geography, economy, society, transportation,
communications, government, politics, and national security. Discusses the country's
history, ethnic groups, religion, international trade, land use, foreign affairs,
and armed forces.
Development
Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/countryprofile/intermediary)
"The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals
build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty." Search
by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites
and documents.
Global Gazetteer (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/)
This is a directory of the world's cities and towns, sorted by country and linked
to a map for each town.
Library of Congress Geography and
Map Reading Room (http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/)
This is an excellent place to begin research about geographic and environmental
issues.
Mapquest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps)
General site for maps-Search by country and by city.
Maps of Asia: The Perry-Castaneda
Library Map Collection. (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/asia.html)
Features maps of Asia, presented as part of the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
of the University of Texas at Austin. Notes that the maps were produced by the
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
Maps.com (formerly Magellan Geographix) (http://www.maps.com/)
User may view samples of the wide variety of maps available as well as order
maps or atlases, by downloading, or on CD-ROM or in hard copy.
United Nations.
Cartographics Section (http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm)
This site provides a detailed map of the selected country. Available in English
or French.
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