Places Of The World (T-Z)

Places Of The World (T-Z)


Tadzhikistan

Tadzhikistan

Tadzhikistan is a country in south east Europe.

Tahiti

Tahiti is an island in Polynesia.

Taipei

Taipei is the capital of Taiwan.

Taiwan

Taiwan is a country in south east Asia. It has a total area of 35,980 km2. The climate is tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year. The terrain is eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in west. Natural resources are small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos. The religion is 93% mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist; 4.5% Christian; 2.5% other. The language is Mandarin Chinese (official); Taiwanese and Hakka dialects also used.

Taiyuan

Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi.

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital of Estonia.

Tamar

The River Tamar rises in the Devonian Hills in Devon and flows 97 km to the English Channel at Plymouth.

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is a state in south east India.

Tampa

Tampa is a port and resort in western Florida, USA.

Tampere

Tampere is a city in south west Finland.

Tana

Tana is a lake in Ethiopia and a source of the Blue Nile.

Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika is the deapest lake in Africa. It is situated in the Great Rift Valley.

Tanger

Tanger (Tangier, Tangiers) is a port in northern Morocco.

Tangier

see "Tanger"

Tangiers

see "Tanger"

Tannenberg

Tannenberg is a village in Poland (formerly in Prussia). It was the scene of the rout of Teutonic Knights by the Poles and Lithuanians in 1410 and of a heavy defeat of the Russians by the Germans in 1914.

Tanta

Tanta is a town in Egypt 88km north of Cairo.

Tanzania

Tanzania is a country in east Africa. It has a total area of 945,090 km2. The climate is varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands. The terrain is plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north, south. Natural resources are hydropower potential, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel. The religion is mainland - 33% Christian, 33% Muslim, 33% indigenous beliefs; Zanzibar - almost all Muslim. The language is Swahili and English (official); English primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education; Swahili widely understood and generally used for communication between ethnic groups; first language of most people is one of the local languages; primary education is generally in Swahili.

Taranto

Taranto is a naval base and port in Apulia, south east Italy.

Tartary

Tartary was a former name for the wide band of country extending through central Asia from the seas of Japan to the Caspian Sea.

Tashkent

Tashkent is the capital city of Uzbek.

Tasmania

Tasmania is an island south of Australia.

Tatra Mountains

The Tatra Mountains are the highest group of the Carpathians. They are partly in Czechoslovakia, and partly in Poland.

Taunton

Taunton is the county capital of Somerset.

Tauris

Tauris was an ancient name for the Crimea.

Tavistock

Tavistock is an industrial town in Devon. It is the scene of the Goose Fair held every year in October.

Tay

The River Tay rises in the Grampian mountains and flows 188 km to the Firth of Tay.

Tayside

Tayside is a region in Scotland.

Tees

The River Tees rises in Cumberland and flows 113 km to the North Sea.

Teeside

Teeside is an industrial area at the mouth of the River Tees, Cleveland, England.

Tegucigalpa

Tegucigalpa is the capital of Honduras.

Tehran

Tehran is the capital of Iran.

Teifi

The Teifi is a river in south Wales. It rises in the Cambrian mountains and flows south west to Cardigan Bay. It is 150km long.

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv is a city in Isreal on the Mediterranean coast.

Telepylos

In mythology, Telepylos was the capital city of the Laestrygones.

Tenerife

Tenerife is the largest island in the Canary Islands.

Tennessee

Tennessee is a state in east central USA.

Tenterden

Tenterden is a town in Kent.

Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan is an ancient in city in central Mexico. It was the capital and religious centre of the Toltec civilization.

Tetuan

Tetuan is a town in Morocco where cannabis produced in the Rif is distributed.

Texas

Texas is a state in south USA.

Thailand

Thailand is a country in south east Asia.

Thames

The River Thames rises in the Cotswolds near Cirencester and flows 336 km to the North Sea.

Thatcham

Thatcham is belived to be the oldest village in Berkshire with traces of a settlement as far back as 6000BC.

The Gaboon

The Gaboon is a former name for the territory which is now Gabon.

Thebes

Thebes was an ancient city in Egypt on the banks of the river Nile.

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki (Salonica) is a port in Macedonia, north east Greece.

Thessaly

Thessaly is a region of east central Greece on the Aegean.

Thika

Thika is a satellite town of Nairobi in Kenya. It is one of the biggest Pineapple producing areas in Kenya (owned by Del Monte mainly).

Thimbu

Thimbu is the capital of Bhutan.

Thohoyandou

Thohoyandou is the capital of Venda.

Thrace

Thrace is the ancient name of an area of south east Europe. It is now part of Greece.

Tian Shan

Tian Shan is a mountain system on the China border.

Tianjin

Tianjin is a port and industrial city in Hubei province, China.

Tibet

Tibet is a country in south west China.

Ticino

Ticino is a canton in Switzerland on the south slopes of the Alps and bordering Italy. It contains a number of tourist resorts.

Tien Shan

Tien Shan is a mountain chain in central Asia along the Chinese border. Translated, Tien Shan means Celestial Mountains.

Tientsin

Tientsin is a province of China.

Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego is an island group off the coast of South America separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan and Cape Horn.

Tigris

The River Tigris flows 1600km through Turkey and Iraq to the Euphrates above Basra.

Tijuana

Tijuana is a city and resort in north west Mexico.

Timbuktu

Timbuktu is a town in Mali.

Timor

Timor is the largest and most easterly of the Sunda islands, part of Indonesia. The island is divided into West Timor and East Timor.

Tintagel

Tintagel is a village in Cornwall associated with the legends of King Arthur.

Tipperary

Tipperary is a county of Munster province, Republic of Ireland.

Tirana

Tirana is the capital of Albania.

Tiryns

Tiryns is an ancient Greek city in the Peloponnesus on the Plain of Argos.

Titicaca

Lake Titicaca is the largest lake in South America. It is located in the Andes between Bolivia and Peru.

Titograd

Titograd is the capital of Montenegro, Yugoslavia.

Tobago

Tobago is an island in the Caribbean.

Tobruk

Tobruk is a port in Libya.

Togo

Togo is a country in west Africa. It has a total area of 56,790 km2. The climate is tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north. The terrain is gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes. Natural resources are phosphates, limestone, marble. The religion is about 70% indigenous beliefs, 20% Christian, 10% Muslim. The language is French, both official and language of commerce; major African languages are Ewe and Mina in the south and Dagomba and Kabye in the north.

Tokyo

Tokyo is the capital of Japan.

Toledo

Toledo is a city on the River Tagus in central Spain.

Tolpuddle

Tolpuddle is a small village in Dorset.

Tombstone

Tombstone is a former silver-mining town in the desert of south east Arizona.

Tonbridge

Tonbridge is an ancient town in Kent on the River Medway.

Tonga

Tonga is a country in the south west Pacific. It has a total area of 748 km2. The climate is tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December). The terrain is most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base. Natural resources are fish, fertile soil. The religion is Christian; Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents. The language is Tongan, English.

Torgau

Torgau is a town in the Leipzig district of Germany.

Toronto

Toronto is the capital of Ontario.

Torquay

Torquay is a seaside resort town in Devon. Until 1790 it was a quiet fishing village, then during the Napoleonic wars it hosted the wives of Naval officers who were based on ships anchored at Torbay. From the middle of the 19th century it became a popular seaside resort.

Toulon

Toulon is a port and the capital of Var department, south east France. It stands on the Mediterranean coast 48km south east of Marseilles.

Toulouse

Toulouse is the capital of Haute-Garonne department, southern France.

Towy

The Towy River rises in the hills between Cardigan and Radnor in Wales and flows 106 km to Carmarthen Bay.

Trabzon

Trabzon is a sea port on the Black Sea in east Turkey. It boasts the best football team in Turkey.

Transkei

Transkei is the largest Bantu homeland in South Africa.

Transvaal

The Transvaal is a province in north east South Africa.

Transylvania

Transylvania is a mountainous area in north west and central Romania.

Trent

see "River Trent"

Trentino-Alto Adige

Trentino-Alto Adige is an autonomous region of northern Italy.

Trieste

Trieste is a port on the Adriatic, opposite Venice, in Italy.

Tring

Tring is a market town in Hertfordshire, 14km north west of Hemel Hempstead.

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago is a country in the Caribbean. It has a total area of 5,130 km2. The climate is tropical; rainy season (June to December). The terrain is mostly plains with some hills and low mountains. Natural resources are crude oil, natural gas, asphalt. The religion is 36.2% Roman Catholic, 23.0% Hindu, 13.1% Protestant, 6.0% Muslim, 21.7% unknown. The language is English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish.

Tripoli

Tripoli is the capital of Libya.

Tripura

Tripura is a state in north east India.

Tristan da Cunha

Tristan da Cunha is a group of islands in the south Atlantic comprising part of the British dependancy of St Helena.

Trowbridge

Trowbridge is a town in Wiltshire. In the 16th century is had an extensive cloth industry. Today it is the administrative centre of Wiltshire.

Troy

Troy was a city in Asia minor that was the scene of the Trojan war.

Troyes

Troyes is the capital of Aube department in north east France. It stands on the River Seine.

Trujillo

Trujillo is a city in north west Peru.

Truro

Truro is a city in Cornwall on the Fal estuary. During the middle ages Truro was an important port for the transportation of mineral ores. Today it is primarily a market town.

Tubarao

Tubarao is a coal-mining town in south Brazil on the east coast.

Tubuai

Tubuai is an archipelago in French Polynesia, in the south Pacific Ocean.

Tudela

Tudela is a market town in northern Spain.

Tula

Tula is the capital of Tula oblast in Russia.

Tulsa

Tulsa is an important petroleum producing town in Oklahoma. It was founded in 1880.

Tummel

see "River Tummel"

Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells is a royal town in Kent, England.

Tundra

A tundra is a region of high latitude almost devoid of trees resulting from the presence of permafrost.

Tungurahua

Tungurahua is a volcano in Ecuador. It is 5033 metres high.

Tunis

Tunis is the capital of Tunisia.

Tunisia

Tunisia is a country in north Africa.

Tunja

Tunja is the capital of Boyaca department, Colombia.

Turin

Turin is the capital of Piedmont in north west Italy.

Turkana

Lake Turkana is a lake in the Great Rift Valley, mainly in Kenya but the northern end is in Ethiopia.

Turkey

Turkey is a country partly in Europe and partly in Asia. It has a total area of 780,580 km2. The climate is temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior. The terrain is mostly mountains; narrow coastal plain; high central plateau (Anatolia) Natural resources are antimony, coal, chromium, mercury, copper, borate, sulphur, iron ore. The religion is 98% Muslim (mostly Sunni), 2% other (mostly Christian and Jewish). The language is Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic.

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan is a constituent republic in Asia.

Turks and Caicos Islands

The Turks and Caicos Islands are islands in the Caribbean. They have a total area of 430 km2. The climate is tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and relatively dry. The terrain is low, flat limestone; extensive marshes and mangrove swamps. Natural resources are spiny lobster, conch. The religion is Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist. The language is English (official).

Tuscany

Tuscany is a region of central Italy.

Tuva

Tuva was a part of Mongolia until 1911, it is now an autonomous republic in Asia.

Tuvalu

Tuvalu is a country in the south west Pacific.

Tweed

The River Tweed rises in the Tweedsmuir Hills and flows 156 km to the North Sea at the Scottish and England border.

Tyne

The River Tyne rises in Northumberland and flows 72 km to the North Sea at Tynemouth.

Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in north east England.

Tyrone

Tyrone is a county of Northern Ireland.

Tyrrhenian Sea

The Tyrrhenian Sea is part of the Mediterranean between Italy and Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.

Ubangi

The River Ubangi is a major river in central Africa. It is a tributary of the River Zaire. It rises on the border of the Central African Republic and Zaire and flows west and south 2240km to the River Zaire at Irebu.

Ubangi-Shari

Ubangi-Shari is a former name of the Central African Republic.

Udmurt

Udmurt is an autonomous republic in the foothills of the Urals.

Uganda

Uganda is a country in east Africa. It has a total area of 236,040 km2. The climate is tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast. The terrain is mostly plateau with rim of mountains. Natural resources are copper, cobalt, limestone, salt. The religion is 33% Roman Catholic, 33% Protestant, 16% Muslim, rest indigenous beliefs. The language is English (official); Luganda and Swahili widely used; other Bantu and Nilotic languages.

Uist

The Noth Uist and South Uist islands are 2 of the outer Hebrides off the north west coast of Scotland.

Uitenhage

Uitenhage is a summer resort town in Cape province, South Africa.

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in east Europe.

Ulaan Baataar

Ulaan Baataar (formerly Ulan Bator) is the capital of Mongolia.

Ulan Bator

see "Ulaan Baataar"

Ulster

Ulster was a kingdom in northern Ireland. It was annexed by England in 1461.

Ume

The Ume is a river in Sweden. It flows to the gulf of Bothnia. It is 400 km long.

Umea

Umea is the capital of Vasterbotten province in north east Sweden. It stands at the mouth of the Ume river on the gulf of Bothnia.

Umm al Qaiwain

Umm al Qaiwain is one of the United Arab Emirates.

Umtata

Umtata is the capital of Transkei, South Africa.

Uncia

Uncia is a tin mining town in Oruro department, Bolivia.

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a country in Arabia. It has a total area of 83,600 km2. The climate is desert; cooler in eastern mountains. The terrain is flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; mountains in east. Natural resources are crude oil and natural gas. The religion is 96% Muslim (16% Shia); 4% Christian, Hindu, and other. The language is Arabic (official); Farsi and English widely spoken in major cities; Hindi, Urdu.

United States of America

see "USA"

Unye

Unye is a modern coastal town on the Black Sea in north Turkey.

Upnor

Upnor is a resort town on the River Medway in Kent.

Upper Volta

Upper Volta is a former name of Burkina Faso.

Ural

see "ural mountains"

Ure

The River Ure is a river in North Yorkshire. It flows east and south east to join with the River Swale to form the River Ouse. It is 80km long.

Uruguay

Uruguay is a country in South America. It has a total area of 176,220 km2. The climate is warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown. The terrain is mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland. Natural resources are soil, hydropower potential, minor minerals. The religion is 66% Roman Catholic, 2% Protestant, 2% Jewish, 30% nonprofessing or other. The language is Spanish.

Uruguay River

The Uruguay River rises in south Brazil and flows 1360 km to Rio de la Plata.

Urumqi

Urumqi is an industrial city, and the capital of Xinjiang Uygur region, China.

USA

The USA is country in north America. It has a total area of 9,372,610 km2. The climate is mostly temperate, but varies from tropical (Hawaii) to arctic (Alaska); arid to semiarid in west with occasional warm, dry chinook wind. The terrain is vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii. Natural resources are coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, crude oil, natural gas, timber. The religion is Protestant 61% (Baptist 21%, Methodist 12%, Lutheran 8%, Presbyterian 4%, Episcopalian 3%, other Protestant 13%), Roman Catholic 25%, Jewish 2%, other 5%; none 7%. The language is predominantly English; sizable Spanish-speaking minority.

Ushuala

Ushuala is a free port and naval base at the tip of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

Utah

Utah is a state in west USA.

Utrecht

Utrecht is an industrial city and the capital of Utrecht province in the central Netherlands. It stands on the Kromme Rijn, 35 km south east of Amsterdam.

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh is a state in north India.

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is a country in Asia.

Vaduz

Vaduz is the capital of Liechtenstein.

Valencia

Valencia is an industrial city and the capital of Valencia region, eastern Spain.

Valladolid

Valladolid is an industrial town and the capital of Valladolid region, Spain.

Valle d'Aosta

Valle d'Aosta is an autonomous region in north west Italy.

Valletta

Valletta is the capital of Malta.

Valverde

Valverde is the capital of Ferro island.

Van

Van is a city on the shores of Lake Van in Turkey.

Van Diemen's Land

Van Diemen's Land is a former name for Tasmania.

Vancouver

Vancouver is an industrial city and port. It is Canada's main Pacific port.

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is an island off the west coast of Canada.

Vanuatu

Vanuatu is a country and group of islands in the south Pacific. It has a total area of 14,760 km2. The climate is tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds. The terrain is mostly mountains of volcanic origin; narrow coastal plains. Natural resources are manganese, hardwood forests, fish. The religion is nominally Christian. The language is English and French (official); pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama).

Varanasi

Varanasi is a Hindu holy city in Uttar Pradesh, on the Ganges.

Varna

Varna is a port on an inlest of the Black Sea in Bulgaria.

Vatican City

The Vatican City is a country within Rome. It has a total area of 0.438 km2. The climate is temperate; mild, rainy winters (September to mid-May) with hot, dry summers (May to September) The terrain is low hill. It has no natural resources. The religion is Roman Catholic. The language is Italian, Latin, and various other languages.

Venda

Venda is a black national state near the Zimbabwe border, in South Africa.

Veneto

Veneto is a region in north east Italy.

Venezuela

Venezuela is a country in South America. It has a total area of 912,050 km2. The climate is tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands. The terrain is Andes mountains and Maracaibo lowlands in northwest; central plains (llanos); Guyana highlands in southeast. Natural resources are crude oil, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds. The religion is 96% nominally Roman Catholic, 2% Protestant. The language is Spanish (official); Indian dialects spoken by about 200,000 Amerindians in the remote interior.

Venice

Venice is a city, port and naval base on the Adriatic coast in Italy.

Verdun

Verdun is a fortress town on the Meuse in north east France.

Vermont

Vermont is a state in USA.

Versailles

Versailles is the capital city of Les Yvelines department, in north France.

Vesuvius

Vesuvius is an active volcano south east of Naples, Italy.

Vichy

Vichy is a health resort town on the river Allier, in Allier department, France.

Victoria

Victoria is a state in Australia.
Victoria is a port and the capital of the Seychelles on Mahe island.

Victoria (Port)

Victoria is the main port and harbour between Hong Kong and Kowloon.

Victoria (State)

Victoria is a state in Australia.

Victoria Falls

The Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the Zambezi river on the border bwteen Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Vienna

Vienna is the capital of Austria.

Vientiane

Vientiane is the capital and chief port of Laos on the Mekong river.

Vietnam

Vietnam is a country in south east Asia. It has a total area of 329,560 km2. The climate is tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (mid-May to mid-September) and warm, dry season (mid-October to mid-March). The terrain is low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest. Natural resources are phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil deposits, forests. The religion is Buddhist, Confucian, Taoist, Roman Catholic, indigenous beliefs, Islamic, Protestant. The language is Vietnamese (official), French, Chinese, English, Khmer, tribal languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian).

Villahermosa

Villahermosa is the capital of Tabasco region in south east Mexico. It is an agricultural market town with rich local petroleum deposits.

Villarrica

Villarrica is a town in south east Paraguay.

Villaviencio

Villaviencio is a town on the foothills of the Andes in east Colombia.

Vilnius

Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania.

Vilyui

The River Vilyui flows east from Siberia into the Lena River.

Virgin islands

The virgin islands are 100 islands in the caribbean. They have a total area of 352 km2. The climate is subtropical, tempered by easterly tradewinds, relatively low humidity, little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season May to November. The terrain is mostly hilly to rugged and mountainous with little level land. Natural resources are tourism. The religion is 42% Baptist, 34% Roman Catholic, 17% Episcopalian, 7% other. The language is English (official), but Spanish and Creole are widely spoken.

Virginia

Virginia is a state in south USA.

Virginia Water

Virginia Water is a park in Surrey. It was founded in 1746 by the Duke of Cumberland.

Visby

Visby is the capital of Gotland.

Vladivostok

Vladivostok is a port on the Amur Bay on the Pacific coast.

Volga

The Volga is the longest river in Europe. It rises in the Valdai plateau and flows 3540 km to the Caspian Sea.

Volgograd

Volgograd is an industrial city on the River Volga in south west Russia. It was formerly called Tsaritsyn and then Stalingrad.

Volta

The Volta is the main river in Ghana.

Wake Island

Wake Island is a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Iy has a total area of 6.5 km2. The climate is tropical. The terrain is an atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim; average elevation less than four meters. It has no natural resources.

Wakhan Salient

The Wakhan Salient is a narrow strip of Afghanistan bordering Russia, China and Pakistan.

Wales

Wales is a principality west of England.

Wall Street

Wall Street is a street in Manhattan, New York where the USA stock exchange is located.

Wallingford

Wallingford is a town in Berkshire. It is situated at a ford over the River Thames.

Wallis and Futuna

Wallis and Futuna is an island in the south Pacific Ocean. It has a total area of 274 km2. The climate is tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October). The terrain is volcanic origin; low hills. Natural resources are negligible. The religion is largely Roman Catholic. The language is French, Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language).

Wantage

Wantage is a market town in Berkshire.

Wardour

Wardour castle is a castle in Wiltshire. It was built in 1392 on the authority of Ricard II. During the civil war it was twice beseiged. In 1643, with Lord Arundell away, his wife Blanche with the help of 25 fighting men held out against a patliamentary army of 1300 men, only surrendering when mines were used.

Wareham

Wareham is a town in Dorset.

Warfield

Warfield is a village in Berkshire. It is the site of one of the few ancient clearings of Windsor Forest.

Warlingham

Warlingham is a town in Surrey.

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital of Poland.

Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a county in central England.

Washington

Washington is a state in north west USA.

Washington DC

Washington DC is the capital of the USA.

Waterford

Waterford is a county of Munster province, Republic of Ireland.

Waterloo

Waterloo is a village in Belgium that was the scene of a battle in 1815 when the British commander wellington defeated the French emperor napoleon.

Wealden

Wealden is a district of East Sussex stretching from Uckfield to the South Coast.

Wear

The Wear is a river in England. It rises in the Pennines and flows through Durham to the North Sea at Sunderland. It is 96km long.

Weddell Sea

The Weddell Sea is an arm of the south Atlantic south east of Cape Horn.

Wei

The Wei is a river in Shaanxi province, west China. It rises in the highlands of Kansu and flows east to the Yellow River.

Wellington

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand. It is in north island.

Wells

Wells is a cheese producing city in Somerset.

West Bank

The West Bank is an autonomous region of Israel. It has a total area of 5,860 km2. The climate is temperate, temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters. The terrain is mostly rugged dissected upland, some vegetation in west, but barren in east. Natural resources are negligible. The religion is 80% Muslim (predominantly Sunni), 12% Jewish, 8% Christian and other. The language is Arabic, Israeli settlers speak Hebrew, English widely understood.

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in north east India.

West Glamorgan

West Glamorgan is a county in south west Wales.

West Ham

West Ham is an area of East London bordered by the river Thames and river Lea.

West Malling

West Malling is a town in Kent. It became prominent when an abbey was established during Norman times.

West Midlands

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in central England.

West Sussex

West Sussex is a county in south east England.

West virginia

West VIrginia is a state in east USA.

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in north east England.

Westdean

Westdean is a hamlet in the Friston Forest in Sussex.

Westerham

Westerham is a village in Kent.

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state in Australia.

Western Sahara

The Western Sahara is a country in north Africa. It has a total area of 266,000 km2. The climate is hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore currents produce fog and heavy dew. The terrain is mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast. Natural resources are phosphates, iron ore. The religion is Muslim. The language is Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic.

Western Samoa

Western Samoa is a country in the Pacific Ocean It has a total area of 2,860 km2. The climate is tropical; rainy season (October to March), dry season (May to October). The terrain is narrow coastal plain with volcanic, rocky, rugged mountains in interior. Natural resources are hardwood forests, fish. The religion is 99.7% Christian (about half of population associated with the London Missionary Society; includes Congregational, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist). The language is Samoan (Polynesian), English.

Westmeath

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

Weston-Super-Mare

Weston-Super-Mare is a large seaside resort town in Somerset.

Wexford

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

Wey

The river Wey rises in west Weald and flows north through Hampshire and Surrey into the river Thames near Weybridge. It is 56km long.

Weybridge

Weybridge is an old town in Surrey on the River Wey.

Weymouth

Weymouth is a popular seaside resort and seaport in Dorset. The world's first bathing machine was used at Weymouth in 1763.

White Russia

White Russia is another name for Belorussia.

Whitehall

Whitehall is a street in London where many of the government buildings are situated.

Whitstable

Whitstable is a seaside resort in north Kent.

Wicklow

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

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a county in south west England.

Wimbledon

Wimbledon is a town in Greater London. It is home to a tennis tournament.

Winchester

Winchester is a city in Hampshire. It was the Anglo-Saxon capital of England.

Windermere

Windermere is the largest English lake. It is in Cumbria and supplies water to Manchester.

Windhoek

Windhoek is the capital of Namibia.

Windsor

Windsor is a town in Berkshire 32km west of London. It is on the river Thames.

Windward Islands

The Windward Islands is a name for the West Indies.

Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital of Manitoba, Canada. Lake Winnipeg is a lake 64km north of Winnipeg the city in Manitoba. It contains several large islands.

Winsford

Winsford is a town in Cheshire.

Wirral

The Wirral is a peninne metropolitan district of Merseyside.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a state in north USA.

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe is a town in Essex, England on the river Colne.

Woking

Woking is a town in Surrey. The old town dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, but modern Woking developed with the railway in the late 1830s.

Wokingham

Wokingham is a market town in Berkshire close to Windsor Forest.

Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is an industrial town in the West Midlands, England.

Wookey Hole

Wookey Hole is one of the most extensive cave networks in Britian. It is located in the southern slopes of the Mendips in Somerset.

Worcestershire

Worcestershire was a county in central England until 1974 when it merged with Herefordshire to form Hereford and Worcester.

Worms

Worms is an industrial town on the Rhine in Germany.

Worthing

Worthing is a seaside resort in Sussex noted for its sea fishing.

Wroclaw

Wroclaw is an industrial river port on the Oder, in Poland.

Wuhan

Wuhan is a river port and the capital of Hubei province, China.

Wye

The River Wye rises in Plynlimmon and flows 209 km to the Severn near Chepstow.

Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in west USA.

Xanthi

Xanthi is a town in Thrace, Greece. It stands on the river Mesta and is the centre of a tobacco growing area.

Xi Jiang

Xi Jiang (formerly Si-Kang) is a river which rises in Yunnan, China and flows 1900 km to the South China Sea.

Xi'an

Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi.

Xining

Xining is the capital of Qinghai.

Yakut

Yakut is an autonomous republic in Asia.

Yakutsk

Yakutsk is the capital of Yakut.

Yalta

Yalta is a seaport in southern Ukraine. In 1945 it hosted a conderence between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin.

Yamoussoukro

Yamoussoukro is the capital of Ivory Coast.

Yangtze Kiang

Yangtze Kiang is the former name of the Chang Jian River.

Yaounde

Yaounde is the capital of Cameroon.

Yare

The Yare is a river in Norfolk, England. It flows to the North Sea at Gorleston. It is 80km long.

Yarmouth

Yarmouth is an historic sea port on the Isle of Wight.

Yedo

Yedo was the name of Tokyo, Japan until 1868.

Yellow River

The Yellow River rises in Kunlun Shan in China and flows into Bo Hai. It is 4640km long.

Yellow Sea

The Yellow Sea is the gulf of the Pacific between China and Korea.

Yellowknife

Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories.

Yemen

Yemen is 2 countries, in Arabia. The Yemen Arab Republic has a total area of 195,000 km2. The climate is desert; hot and humid along coast; temperate in central mountains; harsh desert in east. The terrain is narrow coastal plain (Tihama); western mountains; flat dissected plain in center sloping into desert interior of Arabian Peninsula. Natural resources are crude oil, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, nickel, and copper; fertile soil. The religion is 100% Muslim (Sunni and Shia) The language is Arabic. People's Democratic Republic of Yemen has a total area of 332,970 km2. The climate is desert; extraordinarily hot and dry. The terrain is mostly upland desert plains; narrow, flat, sandy coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains. Natural resources are fish, oil, minerals (gold, copper, lead). The religion is Sunni Muslim, some Christian and Hindu. The language is Arabic.

Yenisei

The Yenisei River rises in Tuva and flows 4100 km across Siberia to the Arctic Ocean.

Yeovil

Yeovil is an industrial town in Somerset.

Yerevan

Yerevan is the capital of Armenia.

Yinchuan

Yinchuan is the capital of Ningxia Hui, in north west China.

Yokohama

Yokohama is a port on Tokyo Bay, Japan.

York

York is a city in north east England.

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a county in north east England.

Ypres

Ypres is a town in Belgium that was the scene of a battle in world war 1.

Yucatan

Yucatan is a peninsular inc Central America divided between Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.

Yugolsavia

Yugolsavia is a country in south east Europe. It is currently in turmoil due to civil war, and may spilt into separate countries. It has a total area of 255,800 km2. The climate is temperate; hot, relatively dry summers with mild, rainy winters along coast; warm summer with cold winters inland. The terrain is mostly mountains with large areas of karst topography; plain in north. Natural resources are coal, copper, bauxite, timber, iron ore, antimony, chromium, lead, zinc, asbestos, mercury, crude oil, natural gas, nickel, uranium. The religion is 50% Eastern Orthodox, 30% Roman Catholic, 9% Muslim, 1% Protestant, 10% other. The language is Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian (all official); Albanian, Hungarian.

Yukon

The Yukon is a territory in north west Canada. The Yukon river flows 3185 km to the Bering Sea.

Yunnan

Yunnan is a province of China.

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital of Croatia.

Zaire

Zaire is a country in central Africa. It has a total area of 2,345,410 km2. The climate is tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season April to October, dry season December to February; south of Equator - wet season November to March, dry season April to October. The terrain is vast central basin is a low-lying plateau; mountains in east. Natural resources are cobalt, copper, cadmium, crude oil, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, germanium, uranium, radium, bauxite, iron ore, coal, hydropower potential. The religion is 50% Roman Catholic, 20% Protestant, 10% Kimbanguist, 10% Muslim, 10% other syncretic sects and traditional beliefs. The language is French (official), Lingala, Swahili, Kingwana, Kikongo and Tshiluba.

Zambia

Zambia is a country in central Africa. It has a total area of 752,610 km2. The climate is tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April). The terrain is mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains. Natural resources are copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower potential. The religion is 50-75% Christian, 1% Muslim and Hindu, and the remainder indigenous beliefs. The language is English (official) and about 70 indigenous languages.

Zanzibar

Zanzibar is an island within Tanzania.

Zaragoza

Zaragoza is the Spanish name for Saragossa.

Zeebrugge

Zeebrugge is a ferry port on the North Sea coast in Belgium.

Zenith

The zenith is the highest point in the heavens above an observers head. Opposite to the nadir.

Zhejiang

Zheijang is a province in south east China.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a country in central Africa. It has a total area of 390,580 km2. The climate is tropical and moderated by altitude with a rainy season from November to March. The terrain is mostly high plateau with higher central plateau (high veld); mountains in east. Natural resources are coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin. The religion is 50% syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs), 25% Christian, 24% indigenous beliefs, and a few Muslim. The language is English (official); Shona and Ndebele.

Zurich

Zurich is an industrial and financial city in Zurich canton, Switzerland on Lake Zurich.

Terceira

Terceira is an island in the Atlantic, one of the Azores. It is 32km long and averages 21km wide, and has very fertile soil.