GENERAL STATISTICS		COUNTRY DATA

The list below contains a variety of links to sites with general statistical information. Some of it is very detailed. Most of it is pretty up-to-date and therefore has an advantage over books with statistical data.

• USA Census - statistics on all countries from the United States Census.
  
  
• UK Statistics - statistics from the Government Statistical Service.
  
  
• The IDB Page - a US Census site, full of very useful population information on every country.
  
  
• Country Data - a useful site with a range of data on different countries.
  
  
• Institute of Hydrology - an interesting site with a growing amount of data. You can also contact them by e-mail or snail-mail for further data.
  
  
• Statistical Yearbook - a good site with relatively fresh data (up to 1996).
  
  
• CIA World Factbook (1998) - the most famous (infamous)of all the data sources - recently updated - it is very detailed and is therefore useful but beware of some very long printouts if you are not selective.
  
  
• Central and S.America - a site with information on 24 Central and South American countries.
  
  
• OECD - statistics from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
  
  
• World and Country Statistics - World and Country Statistics from Infoplease.
  
  
• Climate Statistics - Climate data for 000's of cities worldwide. An excellent source of data.
  
  
• Global Trends - U.N. educational site with data on global trends, city profiles, country data, etc.
  
  
• Atlapedia - information on every country in the world!
  
  
• Geographia - information on a wide range of countries.
  
  
• Global Statistics - an excellent site which looks at lots of different topics and ranks the data e.g. longest rivers, largest countries, highest mountains, companies with the biggest profits, highest birth rates, etc..
  
  

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Links to specific country data

There are hundreds of country links. They are variable in quality. Some are specifically Geographical, others provide a wide range of political, historical, sociological data/information. Many of the embassy links cater for travellers only, but a few provide a much wider range of useful information. Some have specific education links - the Brazilian Embassy sets the standard!

You can scroll down the page or jump to a particular continent that you are interested in using the headings below:

AFRICA

N.AMERICA

S.AMERICA

ASIA

EUROPE

ANTARCTICA

AFRICA

General Links:

Africa dot com
Africa News Organization
Africa Online

C o u n t r y Specific Links:

A l g e r i a
Algeria Pages

B u r u n d i
Burundi Page

C h a d
Chad
Arabworld - Chad

E g y p t
The Guardian's Egypt site and the set of Odyssey links are particularly suited to KS3 but the others are of more general use.

CIA World Factbook - Egypt
Cairo weather - current and 5 day forecast
An excellent set of good quality Egypt photos

Guardian's Egypt (nothing to do with the newspaper!) - a comprehensive site with everything you ever wanted to know about Egypt. It is biased towards historical topics but includes some modern Geography. It also includes some fun items such as having your name converted to hieroglyphs.
Guardian's Egypt

Odyssey In Egypt - an American site for children linked to an archaeological dig in Egypt. In between the archaeology tales, are lots of good Geography pages written at a simple enough level for KS3.Topics include:
A comparison of upper & lower Egypt
The Nile River 
The Desert
Water
Cairo
Oasis
Climate
People
Traffic in Cairo
Farming
Shopping 
Money
Languages 
Schools in Cairo
Clothing
Religion   (I)
Religion   (II)
Egypt Info. Highway
Egypt's Social Fund for Development
Egypt State Information Service

E t h i o p i a
Ethiopia dot com

Ghana
Ghanaweb
Ghana dot com

Kenya
Kenyaweb- excellent site, very good content for Geography

L i b e r i a


L i b y a
Libya Home Page
Libya Our Home
Libya: The Green Book by Muammar al-Quadhafi

M o r o c c o
Kingdom of Morocco
Royal Air Maroc: Kingdom of Morocco
Morocco Page

N i g e r i a
Association of Nigerians Abroad
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Nigeria dot Com
Nigeria Page

R w a n d a


S o u t h A f r i c a
Inkatha Freedom Party
South Africa Discovery
South Africa Web Chart
T u n i s i a
Tunisia Online

Z a i r e


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N.AMERICA

USA
American Embassy
Mexico
Mexican Embassy

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S.AMERICA

Brazil
Brazilian Embassy
Statistics on Brazil

Chile
Chilean Embassy


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ASIA

Japan
Japanese Embassy
Japan Information Network
Japan
Japan Guide
Japan
Japan - a site with data on energy usage in Japan.

Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Embassy


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EUROPE

Israel
Israeli Embassy

Poland
Polish Embassy

Switzerland
Swiss Embassy

United Kingdom
Government Statistical Service


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ANTARCTICA

The Australian Antarctic ProgramAn excellent site with data & images. It is good on the environment and tourism.

The Antarctica ProjectLots of general information, news and links.

The Antarctic ConnectionThis site includes a daily weather report for Antarctica.


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