Places Of The World (L-M)

Places Of The World (L-M)


La Paz

La Paz is a city in Bolivia. It was founded by the Spanish in 1548.

La Plata

La Plata is a seaport city in Argentina.

La Rioja

La Rioja is a region of northen Spain.

Labrador

Labrador is the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland.

Ladoga

Lake Ladoga is the largest lake in Europe. It is located north east of Leningrad.

Ladysmith

Ladysmith is a town in Natal. It was besieged by Boers from November the 2 nd 1899 until February 28th 1900 when it was relieved by Sir R. H. Buller.

Lagash

Lagash was a Sumerian city north of Shatra in Iraq. It was important from 3000BC to 2700BC. It was discovered in 1877 by Earnest de Saroec.

Lagos

Lagos is the former capital of Nigeria.

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of Punjab.

Lake Chad

Lake Chad is a lake on the north east boundary of Nigeria.

Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva is the largest of the central European lakes. It is between Switzerland and France.

Lake Magadi

Lake Magadi is a soda lake in the Rift Valley below Nairobi in Kenya. It is one of the hottest places in Kenya. It is a popular spot for bird watching.

Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is a lake in north central USA.

Lake Owens

Lake Owens is a lake in southern California on the east flank of Sierra Nevada.

Lake Superior

Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes, and the second largest lake in the world.

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa at 69400 km2. It lies between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and is a source of the Nile.

Lakshadweep

Lakshadweep is a group of coral islands in the Indian Ocean 320km off the Malabar coast. 10 of the islands are inhabited.

Lampedusa

Lampedusa is the largest of the Pelagi islands. It is between Malta and the Tunisian coast.

Lancashire

Lancashire is a county in north west England.

Lancing

Lancing is a village on the south coast of West Sussex, England; 3km east of Worthing.

Langport

Langport is an industrial town in Somerset.

Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon is a region in southern France.

Lansing

Lansing is the capital of Michigan.

Lanzhou

Lanzhou is the capital of Gansu province, China.

Laois

Laois is a county in Leinster province, Ireland.

Laos

Laos is a country in south east Asia. It has a total area of 236,800 km2. The climate is tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April). The terrain is mostly rugged mountains; some plains and plateaus. Natural resources are timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones. The religion is 85% Buddhist, 15% animist and other. The language is Lao (official), French, and English.

Lapland

Lapland is a region of Europe within the arctic circle.

Laptev Sea

The Laptev Sea is an inlet of the Arctic Ocean between Severnaya Zemlya and New Siberian Island.

Larissa

In mythology, Larissa was a city in thessaly where Achilles was reportedly born.

Las Palmas

Las Palmas is a tourist resort on the north east coast of Gran Canaria.

Latium

Latium was an ancient region of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea, extending between Etruria and Campania, and inhabited by the Latins, Volsci and Aequi.

Latvia

Latvia is a country in east Europe. The climate is mild. Physicaly the country is wooded lowland, marshes and lakes. The language is Latvian. The religion is mainly Lutheran Protestant with some Roman Catholic.

Lausanne

Lausanne is a resort and the capital of Vaud canton in western Switzerland.

Laxfield

Laxfield is a village in Suffolk.

Lazio

Lazio is a region of west central Italy. It was called Latium by the Romans.

Le Havre

Le Havre is an industrial port in Normandy, north west France on the River Seine.

Le Mans

Le Mans is the capital town of Sarthe department in north west France. It is host to a world famous motor race.

Leadenhall

Leadenhall is a meat and poultry market in London. It is so named because it was originaly held in a lead roofed hall at the corner of Gracechurch street.

Leatherhead

Leatherhead is an old town in Surrey.

Lebanon

Lebanon is a country in west Asia. It has a total area of 10,400 km2. The climate is Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers. The terrain is narrow coastal plain; Al Biqa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains Natural resources are limestone, iron ore, salt; water-surplus state in a water-deficit region. The religion is 75% Islam, 25% Christian, NEGL% Judaism; 17 legally recognized sects-4 Orthodox Christian (Armenian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Nestorean, Syriac Orthodox), 7 Uniate Christian (Armenian Catholic, Caldean, Greek Catholic, Maronite, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Syrian Catholic), 5 Islam (Alawite or Nusayri, Druze, Ismailite, Shia, Sunni), and 1 Jewish. The language is Arabic and French (both official); Armenian, English

Ledbury

Ledbury is a market town in Herefordshire, England at the west foor of the Malvern hills.

Leeds

Leeds is a dismal industrial city in west Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Aire.

Leek

Leek is a market town in Staffordshire, England 18 km north east of Stoke-On-Trent.

Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden is the capital city of Friesland province in the Netherlamds. It is noted for its cattle market.

Leicester

Leicester is an industrial city on the River Soar in England.

Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a county in central England.

Leigh

Leigh is a market town in Greater Manchester, England.

Leinster

Leinster is a south eastern province of the Republic of Ireland.

Leipzig

Leipzig is the capital city of Leipzig county in eastern Germany. It is 145km south west of Berlin.

Leitrim

Leitrim is a county in Connacht province in the Republic of Ireland bounded to the north west by Donegal Bay.

Lemnos

In mythology, Lemnos was a small island at the mouth of the Hellespont. Hephaestus landed on Lemnos when Zeus threw him out of heaven, and set up a forge on the island.

Lena

The Lena is one of the great navigatable Siberian rivers. It is 4480km long.

Leningrad

Leningrad was the name given to the town of Petrograd in 1924 which stands at the head of the Gulf of Finland in Russia.

Leon

Leon is a city in west Nicaragua. It was founded in 1524, and was the capital of Nicaragua until 1855.

Leopoldville

Leopoldville was a former name of Kinshasa city in Zaire.

Leopolis

Leopolis was a suburb founded by Pope Leo 4th in the 9th century. It was later renamed Leonine City and became a part of the city of Rome.

Leptis Magna

Leptis Magna was a city in Libya, 120km east of Tripoli. It was founded by the Phoenicians, conquered by Carthage and finally by the Romans in 47BC.

Lesbos

Lesbos is the former name of the Greek island of Lesvos.

Lesotho

Lesotho is a country within South Africa. It has a total area of 30,350 km2. The climate is temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers. The terrain is mostly highland with some plateaus, hills, and mountains. Natural resources are some diamonds and other minerals, water, agricultural and grazing land The religion is 80% Christian, rest indigenous beliefs. The language is Sesotho (southern Sotho) and English (official); also Zulu and Xhosa

Lewes

Lewes is the county town of East Sussex. Lewes came into prominence shortly after William The Conqueror invaded and erected a fort here.

Lexington

Lexington is a city in Massachusetts, USA. On the 19th April 1775 it was the scene of a battle during the American War of Independance.

Lhasa

Lhasa is the capital of the autonomous region of Tibet, in China.

Liaoning

Liaoning is a province of north eastern China.

Liberia

Liberia is a country in west Africa. It has a total area of 111,370 km2. The climate is tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers. The terrain is mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in northeast Natural resources are iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold. The religion is 70% traditional, 20% Muslim, 10% Christian. The language is English (official); more than 20 local languages of the Niger-Congo language group; English used by about 20%.

Liberty City

Liberty City is a mainly black slum area of Miami. It is generally considered a no-go area for whites, however much of its reputation is built upon racial prejudice rather than facts. It is the drug centre of Miami.

Libreville

Libreville is the capital city of Gabon. It stands on the estuary of the River Gabon. Libreville was founded in 1849 as a refuge for slaves freed by the French.

Libya

Libya is an arab country in north Africa. It has a total area of 1,759,540 km2. The climate is Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior. The terrain is mostly barren, flat to undulating plains, plateaus, depressions. Natural resources are crude oil, natural gas, gypsum. The religion is 97% Sunni Muslim. The language is Arabic; Italian and English are widely understood in major cities.

Lidice

Lidice is a mining village in Czechoslovakia which was destroyed by the Nazis in 1942 as a reprisal for the assassination of Heydrich.

Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein is a country in west Europe. It has a total area of 160 km2. The climate is continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers. The terrain is mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in western third. Natural resources are hydroelectric potential. The religion is 82.7% Roman Catholic, 7.1% Protestant, 10.2% other. The language is German (official), Alemannic dialect.

Liege

Liege is an industrial city and capital of Liege province in Belgium. It stands south east of Brussels on the Meuse River.

Lille

Lille is an industrial city, and the capital of Nord-Pas-de-Calais in France.

Lilongwe

Lilongwe is the capital of Malawi.

Lima

Lima is the capital of Peru.

Limerick

Limerick is the county town of Limerick in the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in the 12th century, and today is the main port in western Ireland.

Limpsfield

Limpsfield is a village in Surrey with a Norman church.

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in central England.

Linlithgowshire

Linlithgowshire is a former name of West Lothian in Scotland.

Linz

Linz is a port on the river Danube in Austria. It features iron and steel works.

Lipa

Lipa is a town in the Philippines. It is a sugar, cocoa and maize processing centre.

Lippe

The Lippe is a 176 km long tributary river of the Rhine.

Lisboa

Lisboa is the Portugese name for Lisbon.

Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital of Portugal.

Lithuania

Lithuania is a country in east Europe.

Littlehampton

Littlehampton is a quiet seaside resort town in Sussex.

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and seaport in Merseyside, north west England. It is Europe's main Atlantic port.

Livingston

Livingston is a new town in West Lothian, Scotland. It was founded in 1962 as an industrial town.

Livingstone

Livingstone is a town in Zambia on the Zambesi River. It was once the capital of Zambia.

Livonia

Livonia was a region of Europe which comprised much of what is today Latvia and Estonia.

Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia.

Llanberis

Llanberis is a mountain pass between Snowdon and Clyder Fawr in Gwynedd, Wales.

Llanstephan

Llanstephan is a village in Dyfed, Wales at the mouth of the River Towy. The Normans built a castle here.

Loanda

Loanda is a former name of Luanda, in Angola.

Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond is Scotland's largest lake. It is 70 km2.

Loch Ness

Loch Ness is a lake in the Highland region of Scotland reportedly the home of a sea monster.

Locomotion

Locomotion is the idea of movement from one place to another.

Loddon

Loddon is a small town in Norfolk.

Lodz

Lodz is an industrial town in central Poland 120km south west of Warsaw.

Loire

The Loire is the longest river in France. It rises in Cevennes and flows 1050 km to the Bay of Biscay at St. Nazaire.

Lombardy

Lombardy is a major industrial area in north Italy.

Lome

Lome is the capital of Togo.

Lomza

Lomza is a town in Bialystok, Poland on the Narew River.

London

London is the capital of England.

Londonderry

Londonderry is a county in Northern Ireland.

Londrina

Londrina is a city in Parana, Brazil. It is an industrial and commercial centre handling coffee, maize, cotton and livestock.

Long Beach

Long Beach is a Pacific coast resort and industrial suburb of Los Angeles.

Long Island

Long Island is an island off the coast of Connecticut and New York in the USA.

Longford

Longford is a county of Leinster province, Republic of Ireland.

Looe

Looe is a fishing village and tourist resort in Cornwall.

Lorient

Lorient is a sea port in Morbihan department, north west France.

Lorraine

Lorraine is a region of France.

Los Alamos

Los Alamos is a town in New Mexico, USA. It was the site for the testing of the first atomic bomb.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a city in south California, USA. It is the busiest port in California. It is one of the world's largest urban areas.

Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel is a market town in Cornwall, England on the River Fowey south east of Bodmin.

Lot

Lot is a department in south west France. Primary industry includes livestock, wine, cereals, coal and iron.

Lothian

Lothian is a region of Scotland.

Lough Neagh

Lough Neagh is a lake in Northern Ireland. It is the largest lake in the Britsh Isles at 396 km2.

Loughrea

Loughrea is a market town in Galway, Ireland.

Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in south USA.

Louisville

Louisville is a city on the Ohio river in Kentucky, USA. It is a university city and host to the world's largest tobacco market.

Lourdes

Lourdes is a town in south west France. It has a christian shrine to St. Bernadette which has a reputation for miraculous cures.

Louth

Louth is a county of Leinster in the Republic of Ireland.

Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt is an industrial city in New Zealand.

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is an area of North West Germany.

Lowestoft

Lowestoft is a seaside town in Suffolk.

Luanda

Luanda is the capital city of Angola. It was founded in 1575 and became a Portugese administrative centre and later an outlet for slaves being transported to Brazil. It is still a seaport today.

Lucea

Lucea is a sea port in north Jamaica.

Lucerne

Lucerne is the capital of Lucerne canton in Switzerland. Lucerne stands on the Reuss River where it flows out of Lake Lucerne. Lucerne grew up around the Benedictine monastery established around 750.

Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is an industrial city which during the Indian mutiny against British rule was beseiged for several months.

Ludham

Ludham is a village on the Broads in Norfolk.

Lumbini

Lumbini is the borthplace of Buddha in the foothills of the Himalayas near the Nepalese-Indian border. A shrine and sacred garden were established here in 1970 by the Nepalese government.

Lundy Island

Lundy Island is a small island, 5 km long and 1 km wide, off the north Devon coast.

Lusaka

Lusaka is the capital of Zambia.

Luton

Luton is a town in Bedfordshire, England in the Chiltern Hills.

Luxembourg

Luxembourg is a small country in western Europe. It has a total area of 2,586 km2. The climate is modified continental with mild winters and cool summers. The terrain is mostly gently rolling uplands with broad, shallow valleys; uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope down to Moselle floodplain in the southeast Natural resources are iron ore which is no longer exploited. The religion is 97% Roman Catholic, 3% Protestant and Jewish. The language is Luxembourgish, German, French; many also speak English.

Luxor

Luxor is a village in Egypt on the East bank of the River Nile near the ruins of Thebes.

Luzon

Luzon is the largest island of the Philippines.

Lydford

Lydford was once a town in Devon, it is now a village.

Lydia

Lydia was an ancient kingdom in Anatonia around 6BC.

Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis is a town in Dorset. It was a busy medieval port. During the 18th century it became a seaside resort. It is still a good place to look for fossils.

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst is a town in the New Forest in Hampshire.

Lyons

Lyons (Lyon) is an industrial city and capital of Rhone department in France. It is the third largest city in France and is situated at the confluence of the Rhone and Saone rivers.

M'pongo

M'pongo was a former name for the area now called Gabon.

Macao

see "Macau"

Macapa

Macapa is a city at the mouth of the Amazon river in Brazil.

Macau

Macau is a country in east Asia. It has a total area of 16 km2. The climate is subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers. The terrain is generally flat. Natural resources are negligible. The religion is mainly Buddhist; 17,000 Roman Catholics, of whom about half are Chinese The language is Portuguese (official); Cantonese is the language of commerce.

Macclesfield

Macclesfield is a town in Cheshire, England at the foot of the Pennines. It is 16km south of Stockport.

Macedonia

Macedonia is a republic of Yugolsavia.

Maceio

Maceio is a seaport in Brazil.

Mackenzie

The Mackenzie River flows 1800 km from the Great Slave Lake in the Northwest territories of Canada north west to the Atlantic Ocean.

Madagascar

Madagascar is an island country in the Indian ocean east of Africa. It has a total area of 587,040 km2. The climate is tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south. The terrain is narrow coastal plain, high plateau and mountains in center. Natural resources are graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish. The religion is 52% indigenous beliefs; about 41% Christian, 7% Muslim. The language is French and Malagasy (official)

Madeira

Madeira is a group of islands off the north west coast of Africa.

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh is a state in central India.

Madras

Madras is the capital of Tamil Nadu.

Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain.

Madurai

Madurai is a city in Tamil Nadu, India. It is the site of the 16th century Hindu temple of Sundareswara.

Magadha

Magadha was a kingom of ancient India.

Magdeburg

Magdeburg is an industrial city and port on the River Elbe in eastern Germany.

Maghreb

Maghreb is a name for north west Africa.

Maharashta

Maharashta is a state in west central India.

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state in west central India.

Maidenhead

Maidenhead is a town in Berkshire.

Maidstone

Maidstone is the county town of Kent. It stands on the River Medway. Maidstone came into prominence in the 14th century when it was a centre of revolt.

Maine

Maine is a state in north east USA.

Majorca

Majorca is the largest of the Balearic Islands.

Makhachkala

Makhachkala is the capital of Dagestan.

Malabo

Malabo is the capital of Equatorial Guinea.

Malaga

Malaga is an industrial seaport and holiday resort in Spain.

Malawi

Malawi is a country in south east Africa. It has a total area of 118,480 km2. The climate is tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November) The terrain is narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains Natural resources are limestone; unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite The religion is 55% Protestant, 20% Roman Catholic, 20% Muslim; traditional indigenous beliefs are also practiced The language is English and Chichewa (official); other languages important regionally.

Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in south east Asia. It has a total area of 329,750 km2. The climate is tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons The terrain is coastal plains rising to hills and mountains. Natural resources are tin, crude oil, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite. The religion is Peninsular Malaysia - Malays nearly all Muslim, Chinese predominantly Buddhists, Indians predominantly Hindu; Sabah - 38% Muslim, 17% Christian, 45% other; Sarawak - 35% tribal religion, 24% Buddhist and Confucianist, 20% Muslim, 16% Christian, 5% other. The language is Peninsular Malaysia - Malay (official); English, Chinese dialects, Tamil; Sabah - English, Malay, numerous tribal dialects, Mandarin and Hakka dialects predominate among Chinese; Sarawak - English, Malay, Mandarin, numerous tribal languages.

Maldives

The Maldives is a 1196 island group country in the Indian ocean. They have a total area of 300 km2. The climate is tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August). The terrain is flat with elevations only as high as 2.5 meters. Natural resources are fish. The religion is Sunni Muslim. The language is Divehi (dialect of Sinhala; script derived from Arabic); English spoken by most government officials.

Maldon

Maldon is a town in Essex on the River Blackwater.

Male

Male is the capital of the Maldives.

Mali

Mali is a country in north west Africa. It has a total area of 1,240,000 km2. The climate is subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June; rainy, humid, and mild June to November; cool and dry November to February. The terrain is mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast Natural resources are gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium; bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited. The religion is 90% Muslim, 9% indigenous beliefs, 1% Christian. The language is French (official); Bambara spoken by about 80% of the population; numerous African languages

Mallorca

see "Majorca"

Malmo

Malmo is an industrial port in south west Sweden.

Malta

Malta is an island country in the mediterranean. It has a total area of 320 km2. The climate is Mediterranean with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers. The terrain is mostly low, rocky, flat to dissected plains; many coastal cliffs. Natural resources are limestone, salt. The religion is 98% Roman Catholic. The language is Maltese and English (official)

Malton

Malton is a market town in north Yorkshire, England on the River Derwent.

Maluku

The Maluku are a group on Indonesian islands formerly known as the Spice Islands.

Malvinas

Malvinas is the Argentine name for the Falkland Islands

Mamore

The Mamore is a river in north Bolivia and Brazil. It rises in the Andes. It is 1920km long.

Managua

Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua. It is on the shore of lake Managua.

Manama

Manama is the capital and a free trade port of Bahrain.

Manaus

Manaus is the capital of Amazonas in Brazil. It stands on the Rio Negro near to its confluence with the Amazon.

Manche

Manche is a department in north west France. Primary industry is dairy farming and cattle.

Manchester

Manchester is a major city in north west England on the River Irwell 50 km east of Liverpool.

Manchuria

Manchuria is the European name for a region of north east China.

Mandalay

Mandalay is the chief town of Upper Burma. It stands on the River Irrawaddy 495 km north of Rangoon.

Manhattan

Manhattan is an island, 20 km long and 4 km wide lying between the Hudson and East rivers and forming a borough of the city of New York in the USA.

Manila

Manila is the capital of the Philippines.

Manipur

Manipur is a state in north east India.

Manitoba

Manitoba is a province in west Canada.

Mantle

The mantle is the layer of the earth's crust between the crust and the core.

Maputo

Maputo is the capital of Mozambique.

Maracaibo

Maracaibo is an oil-exporting port in Venezuela on the channel connecting Lake Maracaibo with the Gulf of Venezuela.

Marche

Marche is a region of east central Italy consisting of the provinces of Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata and Pesaro e Urbino.

Margate

Margate is a seaside resort town in Kent.

Mariana Trench

The mariana trench is a 2414 km long gorge in the north west Pacific.

Marianas

The Marianas is an archipelago in the north west Pacific.

Market Bosworth

Market Bosworth is a village 19km west of Leicester in England.

Marlborough

Marlborough is a town in Wiltshire.

Marmara

Marmara is a small inland sea separating Turkey in Europe from Turkey in Asia. It is 275 km long and 80 km wide.

Marocco

Marocco is a 19th century spelling for Morocco.

Marple

Marple is a residential town in Greater Manchester, England. It is 5km east of Stockport.

Marrakesh

Marrakesh is a town in Morocco in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains.

Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.

Marseilles

Marseilles is the chief seaport in France, and an important industrial centre.

Marshall Islands

The Marshall islands are a group of 2 chains of islands in the west Pacific. They have a total area of 181.3 km2. The climate is wet season May to November; hot and humid; islands border typhoon belt The terrain is low coral limestone and sand islands. Natural resources are phosphate deposits, marine products, deep seabed minerals The religion is predominantly Christian, mostly Protestant. The language is English universally spoken and is the official language; two major Marshallese dialects from Malayo-Polynesian family; Japanese.

Martinique

Martinique is an island country in the Caribbean. It has a total area of 1,100 km2. The climate is tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season (June to October) The terrain is mountainous with indented coastline and dormant volcanos. Natural resources are coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land. The religion is 95% Roman Catholic, 5% Hindu and pagan African. The language is French, Creole patois.

Maryland

Maryland is an eastern state of the USA.

Maseru

Maseru is the capital of Lesotho.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts is a state in the USA.

Massif Central

Massif Central is a mountainous plateau region of southern central France.

Mataro

Mataro is a seaport in Spain near Barcelona.

Mato Grosso

Mato Grosso is a region of south west Brazil.

Mauritania

Mauritania is a country in north west Africa. It has a total area of 1,030,700 km2. The climate is desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty. The terrain is mostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills. Natural resources are iron ore, gypsum, fish, copper, phosphate. The religion is nearly 100% Muslim. The language is Hasaniya Arabic (national); French (official); Toucouleur, Fula, Sarakole, Wolof.

Mauritius

Mauritius is an island country in the Indian ocean east of Madagascar. It has a total area of 1,860 km2. The climate is tropical modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May). The terrain is small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau. Natural resources are arable land, fish. The religion is 51% Hindu, 30% Christian (mostly Roman Catholic with a few Anglicans), 17% Muslim, 2% other The language is English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori.

Mayo

Mayo is a county in Connacht province, Republic of Ireland.

Mayotte

Mayotte is an island in the Comoro Archipelago. It has a total area of 375 km2. The climate is tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November). The terrain is generally undulating with ancient volcanic peaks, deep ravines. Natural resources are negligible. The religion is 99% Muslim; remainder Christian, mostly Roman Catholic. The language is Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French.

Mbabane

Mbabane is the capital of Swaziland.

Mbabne

Mbabne is the capital of Swaziland.

Meath

Meath is a county in Leinster province, Republic of Ireland.

Mecca

Mecca is a city in Saudi Arabia and the birth place of Muhammad.

Medellin

Medellin is an industrial town in central Cordillera, Columbia.

Medina

Medina is a city in Saudi Arabia 355km north of Mecca.

Mediterranean

The mediterranean is an inland sea separating Africa from Europe.

Medoc

Medoc is a wine producing region of bordeaux in south west France.

Medway

The River Medway is a river dividing East and West Kent. It flows to the Thames estuary.

Meghalaya

Meghalaya is a state in north east India.

Megiddo

Megiddo is the site of a former fortress town in northern Israel.

Mekong

The Mekong is a river which rises in Tibet and flows 4500km to the South China Sea.

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital of Victoria.

Melksham

Melksham is a town in Wiltshire on the River Avon. In medieval times Melksham was surrounded by forest, but it has developed since then.

Memphis

Memphis is a city on the river Mississippi in Tennesse, USA. It was the site of the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.

Mendips

The mendips are a range of hills 40 km long and 8 km wide in Somerset.

Mercia

Mercia was a region of England in Anglo-Saxon times.

Meroe

Meroe was an ancient city in Sudan on the Nile near Khartoum. It was the capital of Nubia from 600BC until 350AD.

Mersey

The Mersey River rises in the Pennines and flows 113 km to the Irish Sea at Liverpool.

Merseyside

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in north west England.

Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia was the land between the river Euphrates and the river Tigris. Today it is part of Iraq.

Mexico

Mexico is a country in Central America. It has a total area of 1,972,550 km2. The climate is varies from tropical to desert. The terrain is high, rugged mountains, low coastal plains, high plateaus, and desert Natural resources are crude oil, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber The religion is 97% nominally Roman Catholic, 3% Protestant. The language is Spanish.

Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital of Mexico.

Miami

Miami is a city and port in Florida.

Michigan

Michigan is a state in northern USA.

Michipicoten

The Michipicoten River flows 200 km through Ontario to Lake Superior.

Mid Glamorgan

Mid Glamorgan is a county in Wales.

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a town in Cleveland, England.

Middlesex

Middlesex was once an English county. It is now part of Greater London.

Midhurst

Midhurst is a small town in Sussex.

Midi-Pyrenees

Midi-Pyrenees is a region of south western France.

Midlands

The Midlands is a region of England corresponding roughly with the old region of Mercia.

Midway Islands

The Midway Islands are 2 islands in the Pacific north west of Honolulu. They have a total area of 5.2 km2. The climate is tropical, but moderated by prevailing easterly winds. The terrain is low, nearly level. Natural resources are fish and wildlife.

Milan

Milan is an industrial city and the capital of Lombardy in Italy.

Milano

Milano is the Italian name for Milan.

Milwaukee

Milwaukee is an industrial port in Wisconsin, USA.

Mindanao

Mindanao is the 2nd largest of the philippines.

Minehead

Minehead is a seaside resort town in Somerset. During the Middle Ages Minehead was an important fishing port.

Minnesota

Minnesota is a north west state in the USA.

Minorca

Minorca is the 2nd largest Balearic Island.

Minsk

Minsk is an industrial city and capital of Byelorussia.

Mississippi

Mississippi is a southern state of the USA.

Missouri

Missouri is a central state in the USA. The Missouri is the longest river in the USA. It is 3942km long.

Missouri River

The Missouri River is a river in central USA. It is a tributary of the Mississippi which it joins at St Louis.

Misti

Misti is an inactive volcano in Peru. It stands 5801 metres high.

Mitidja

Mitidja is a plain in Algeria. It borders the Meditteranean.

Mjosa

Mjosa is the largest lake in Norway. It is 88km long.

Moab

Moab was an ancient country in Jordan east of the southern part of the River Jordan and the Dead Sea.

Mobile

Mobile is a seaport in Alabama on the River Mobile.

Modane

Modane is a town in south east Savole in France.

Modena

Modena is a town in Italy.

Modesto

Modesto is a town in California, USA. Primary industry is peach production.

Mogadishu

Mogadishu is the capital and chief port of Somalia.

Mojave

see "Mojave Desert"

Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert is an arid region of southern California.

Moldavia

Moldavia is a country in east Europe.

Mombasa

Mombasa is an industrial port in Kenya, built upon Mombasa Island and the adjacent mainland.

Mon

Mon is an island off the coast of Sjaaelland, Denmark.

Mona Passage

The Mona Passage is the straight in the Caribbean sea separating Hispaniola from Puerto Rico.

Monaco

Monaco is a country in south Europe. It has a total area of 1.9 km2 The climate is Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers. The terrain is hilly, rugged, rocky. It has no natural resources. The religion is 95% Roman Catholic. The language is French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque.

Monaghan

Monaghan is a county of Ulster province, Northern Ireland.

Mondego

The Mondego is a 208 km long river in Portugal.

Mongolia

Mongolia is a country in central east Asia. It has a total area of 1,565,000 km2. The climate is desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges) The terrain is vast semidesert and desert plains; mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in southeast Natural resources are coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, wolfram, fluorspar, gold The religion is predominantly Tibetan Buddhist, about 4% Muslim. The language is Khalkha Mongol used by over 90% of population; minor languages include Turkic, Russian, and Chinese.

Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire is a former county of Wales.

Monrovia

Monrovia is the capital of Libya.

Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps at 4807 meters high.

Montana

Montana is a state in west USA.

Monte Bello Island

Monte Bello Island is a small island off the north west coast of Australia. The first British atomic weapon was exploded here in 1952.

Montenegro

Montenegro is a region of Yugolsavia.

Monteria

Monteria is the capital city of Cordoba province in Colombia.

Monterrey

Monterrey is an industrial city in north east Mexico.

Montevideo

Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay.

Montreal

Montreal is an inland port and industrial city in Quebec, Canada. It stands at the junction of the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River.

Montserrat

Montserrat is a volcanic island in the Caribbean.

Moravia

Moravia is a district of central europe.

Morelia

Morelia is a town in west Mexico. It is built on a rocky hill.

Moreton

Moreton is a town in Dorset beside the River Frome.

Morocco

Morocco is a country in north west Africa. It has a total area of 446,550 km2. The climate is Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior. The terrain is mostly mountains with rich coastal plains. Natural resources are phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt The religion is 98.7% Muslim, 1.1% Christian, 0.2% Jewish. The language is Arabic (official); several Berber dialects; French is language of business, government, diplomacy, and postprimary education.

Moscow

Moscow is the capital of Russia.

Mount Cook

Mount Cook is the highest point at 3764 meters of the Southern Alps, in New Zealand.

Mount Erebus

see "Erebus"

Mount Fuji

see "Fujiyama"

Mount McKinley

Mount McKinley is a mountain peak in Alaska, the highest in North America at 6194 meters.

Mount of Olives

The Mount of Olives is a range of hills east of Jersualem.

Mount St Helens

Mount St Helens is a volcanic mountain in Washington state, USA.

Mozambique

Mozambique is a country in south east Africa. It has a total area of 801,590 km2. The climate is tropical to subtropical. The terrain is mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west Natural resources are coal, titanium. The religion is 60% indigenous beliefs, 30% Christian, 10% Muslim. The language is Portuguese (official); many indigenous dialects.

Munchen

see "Munich"

Munich

Munich is an industrial city and the capital of Bavaria, Germany.

Munster

Munster is a southern province of the Republic of Ireland.

Murmansk

Murmansk is a seaport in north west Russia on the Barents Sea.

Murray

The Murray is the principal river in Australia.

Muscat

Muscat is the capital of Oman.

My Lai

My Lai is a village in southern Vietnam. It was the scene of the massacre of 109 civilians by USA troops under the command of Lt William Calley in 1968.

Mycenae

Mycenae was an ancient Greek city in the East Peloponnese which gave its name to the Mycenaen civilization.