Places Of The World (N-Q)

Places Of The World (N-Q)


N'Djamena

N'Djamena is the capital of Chad.

Nachingwea

Nachingwea is a military training base in Tanzania that was used by the ANC.

Nadir

The Nadir is the point opposite to the Zenith, i.e., the point of the heavens directly below the observer.

Nagaland

Nagaland is a state in north east India.

Nagano

Nagano is a city on the River Sinanogawa in Japan. It is a cultural centre with industry comprised of publishing, manufacturing and food-processing.

Nagasaki

Nagasaki is an industrial port on Kyushu Island, Japan. It was destroyed by an antomic bomb dropped on it by the USA on 9th August 1945.

Nagorno Karabakh

Nagorno Karabakh is a region of Azerbaijan.

Nagoya

Nagoya is the 3rd city of Japan. It is a major port and industrial centre.

Naha

Naha is the capital city of Okinawa Island.

Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital of Kenya.

Naivasha

Lake Naivasha was a Maasai grazing ground outside of Nairobi until it was discovered by Joseph Thomson in 1884. The British persuaded the Maasai to give up their grazing rights so that villas for white settlers could be built. Today Lake Naivasha is a beauty spot and home to a plethora of wildlife.

Nakua'lofa

Nakua'lofa is the capital of Tonga.

Namibia

Namibia is a country in south west Africa. It has a total area of 824,290 km2. The climate is desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic. The terrain is mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east. Natural resources are diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, fish; suspected deposits of coal and iron ore. The religion is predominantly Christian. The language is Afrikaans principal language of about 60% of white population, German of 33%, and English of 7% (all official); several indigenous languages.

Nanchang

Nanchang is an industrial city and the capital of Jianqxi province, China.

Nanjing

Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu.

Nanning

Nanning is an industrial river port and the capital of Guangxi Zhuang region, China.

Naples

Naples is an industrial port and capital of Campania, Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast.

Naseby

Naseby is a village in Northamptonshire, England. It was the scene of a decisive battle in the English civil war when the Royalists were defeated by the Oliver Cromwell and General Fairfax.

Nashville

Nashville is the capital of Tennessee.

Nassau

Nassau is the capital of the Bahamas.

Natal

Natal is a province in South Africa north east of Cape Province in southern Africa.

Nauru

Nauru is an island country in the south west Pacific (Polynesia). It has a total area of 21 km2. The climate is tropical; monsoonal; rainy season (November to February). The terrain is sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center. Natural resources are phosphates. The religion is Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic). The language is Nauruan, a distinct Pacific Island language (official); English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes.

Navarre

Navarre is an autonomous mountain region of northern Spain.

Nebraska

Nebraska is a state in central USA.

Negev

The Negev is a desert in south Israel.

Negril

Negril is a tourist resort in west Jamaica. The beach is 11km long and protected by an off-shore reef. If you visit, watchout for the "wolves". If you don't know what a "wolf" is, then be prepared to spend a lot of money!

Nepal

Nepal is a country in the himalayas. It has a total area of 140,800 km2. The climate is varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winter in south The terrain is Tarai or flat river plain of the Ganges in south, central hill region, rugged Himalayas in north Natural resources are quartz, water, timber, hydroelectric potential, scenic beauty; small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore. The religion is only official Hindu state in world, although no sharp distinction between many Hindu (about 88% of population) and Buddhist groups; small groups of Muslims and Christians. The language is Nepali (official); 20 languages divided into numerous dialects.

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country in west Europe. has a total area of 37,290 km2. The climate is temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters. The terrain is mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land (polders); some hills in southeast. Natural resources are natural gas, crude oil, fertile soil. The religion is 36% Roman Catholic, 27% Protestant, 4% other, 33% unaffiliated. The language is Dutch.

Netherlands Antilles

The Netherlands Antilles are two groups of islands in the caribbean belonging to the Netherlands, but having full autonomy.

Netherlands Antilles

The Netherlands Antilles are two islands in the Caribbean near Venezuela.

Nevada

Nevada is a state in west USA.

New Brighton

New Brighton is a town in Merseyside, England at the entrance to the Mersey estuary. It is a resort and residential town.

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is a province in east Canada.

New Brusnwick

New Brusnwick is a maritime province in east Canada.

New Caledonia

New caledonia is an island group in the south Pacific. It was discovered by Cook on 4th September 1774.

New Guinea

New Guinea is an island in the south west Pacific.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in north east USA.

New Hebrides

New Hebrides was the name of Vanuatu until 1980.

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in north east USA.

New Mexico

New Mexico is a state in south west USA.

New Orleans

New Orleans is a commercial and industrial city and river port on the Mississippi river in Louisiana, USA.

New South Wales

New south Wales is a state in south east Australia.

New York

New York is a state in north east USA.

New Zealand

New Zealand is a two island country in the south Pacific. It has a total area of 268,680 km2. The climate is temperate with sharp regional contrasts. The terrain is predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains. Natural resources are natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone The religion is 81% Christian, 18% none or unspecified, 1% Hindu, Confucian, and other. The language is English (official), Maori.

Newbury

Newbury is a town in Berkshire north of Basingstoke. It was a prehistoric settlement and the Normans built a castle here. Today Newbury is famous the world over for its race course.

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne is an industrial port and commercial centre in Tyne And Wear, England.

Newfoundland

Newfoundland is a province in north east Canada bordering the Atlantic.

Newhaven

Newhaven is a seaport town in Sussex. It hosts the cross-channel ferry service to Dieppe.

Newport

Newport is a town on the Isle of Wight. It is the commercial capital of the Isle of Wight and is situated on the River Medina.

Newquay

Newquay is a seaside resort in Cornwall. It was first a settlement during the Iron age.

Ngong

Ngong is an area of Kenya outside Nairobi. The Ngong Hills are revered by the Maasai. One Maasai story tells how a giant stripped over Kilimanjaro on his way north, and as he fell his hand squeezed the earth and formed the Ngong Hills.

Niagra Falls

Niagra Falls is two waterfalls on the Niagra River, on the Canada and USA border, separated by Goat Island.

Niamey

Niamey is the capital of Niger.

Nicaragua

Nicaragua is a country in Central America. It has a total area of 129,494 km2. The climate is tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands. The terrain is extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains and a narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes. Natural resources are gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish. The religion is 95% Roman Catholic, 5% Protestant. The language is Spanish (official); English - and Indian - speaking minorities on the Atlantic coast.

Nice

Nice is a tourist city in southern France.

Nicosia

Nicosia is the capital of Cyprus.

Niedersachsen

Niedersachsen is the German name for Lower Saxony.

Niger

Niger is a country in west Africa. It has a total area of 1,267,000 km2. The climate is desert, mostly hot, dry, dusty and tropical in the extreme south. The terrain is predominately desert plains and sand dunes with flat to rolling plains in the south and hills in the north. Natural resources are uranium, coal, iron ore, tin and phosphates. The religion is 80% Muslim, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christians. The language is French (official); Hausa, Djerma.

Nigeria

Nigeria is a country in west Africa. The climate is tropical in the center and arid in the north. The terrain is southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus with mountains in the southeast and plains in north. Natural resources are crude oil, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc and natural gas. The religion is 50% Muslim, 40% Christian, 10% indigenous beliefs. The language is English (official); Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani, and several other languages also widely used.

Nile

The Nile is the world's longest river and is in Africa.

Ningxia Hui

Ningxia Hui is an autonomous region of north west China.

Niue

Niue (Savage Island) was formerly one of the Cook Islands. It has a total area of 260 km2. The climate is tropical; modified by southeast trade winds. The terrain is steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau. Natural resources are fish, arable land. The religion is 75% Ekalesia Nieue (Niuean Church)-a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society, 10% Mormon, 5% Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist. The language is Polynesian tongue closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English.

Niut Ammon

Niut Ammon was the Egyptian name of the city of Thebes.

Norfolk

Norfolk is a county on the east coast of England.

Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island is a remote Pacific island. It was discovered by Cook in 1774. It was a penal settlement from 1788 to 1853. It is now a tourist resort. It has a total area of 34.6 km2. The climate is subtropical, mild, little seasonal temperature variation. The terrain is volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains. Natural resources are fish. The religion is Anglican, Roman Catholic, Uniting Church in Australia, and Seventh-Day Adventist. The language is English (official) and Norfolk - a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian.

Normandy

Normandy is a region of north France.

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the USA.

North Dakota

North Dakota is a state in the USA.

North Korea

North Korea is a country in east Asia. has a total area of 120,540 km2. The climate is temperate with the rainfall concentrated in the summer. The terrain is mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; coastal plains wide in west, discontinuous in east. Natural resources are coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower, The religion is Buddhism and Confucianism; religious activities now almost nonexistent. The language is Korean.

North Moravia

North Moravia is a region of Czechoslovkia.

North Sea

The North Sea is the sea to the east of Britain.

North-West Passage

The North-West Passage is a sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific around the north of Canada.

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a county in central England.

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is a part of Ireland which was created in 1921 when the mainly Protestant counties of Ulter withdrew from the newly formed Irish Free State. It is part of Great Britain and comes under English rule.

Northern Territory

Northern territory is a territory of Australia.

Northumberland

Northumberland is a county in north England.

Northumbria

Northumbria was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom covering north east England and south east Scotland.

Northwest territories

Northwest territories are a territory of Canada.

Norway

Norway is a Scandinavian country in north west Europe. It has a total area of 324,220 km2. The climate is temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior; rainy year-round on west coast. The terrain is glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north. Natural resources are crude oil, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore, zinc, lead, fish, timber, hydropower. The religion is 94% Evangelical Lutheran (state church), 4% other Protestant and Roman Catholic, 2% other. The language is Norwegian (official); small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities.

Norwich

Norwich is a city in Norfolk, England on the River Wensum. It has a university and a castle. Its main industry is footwear and printing. Norwich is a town in Conneecticut, USA. Its industry is comprised primarily of textiles.

Nottingham

Nottingham is an industrial city in Nottinghamshire, England.

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in central England.

Nouakchott

Nouakchott is the capital of Mauritania.

Nova Scotia

Nova scotia is a province in east Canada.

Novi Sad

Novi Sad is an industrial and commercial city and capital of Vojvodina province, Yugoslavia. It is located on the River Danube.

Noviomagus

see "Chichester"

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk is an industrial city in west Siberia.

Nuba

The nuba is a mountain range in Sudan.

Nukua'lofa

Nukua'lofa is the capital of Tonga.

Numazu

Numazu is a manufacturing town on Honshu island, Japan.

Nuremberg

Nuremberg is an industrial city in Bavaria, Germany.

Nuuk

Nuuk is the Greenland name for Godthaab.

Nykobing

Nykobing is a seaport in Denmark.

Oadby

Oadby is a town in Leicestershire. It is 5KM south east of Leicester.

Oahu

Oahu is the main island of Hawaii. Honolulu is on Oahu island.

Oare

Oare is a village in Somerset in the Exmoor valley.

Oaxaca

Oaxaca is the capital city of Oaxaca state in Mexico. It is the site of gold and silver mines. Oaxaca is a mountainous, agricultural state on Mexico's Pacific coast.

Ob

The Ob is a river in Siberia. It flows 4160 km from the Altai mountains to the Gulf of Ob.

Oberammergau

Oberammergau is a village in Bavaria.

Ocean

An ocean is a great expanse of water which surrounds the land masses of the earth.

Oder

The Oder river flows 896 km from Moravia to the Baltic through Silesia and Pomerania forming a frontier between Poland and Germany.

Odessa

Odessa is a port on the Black Sea built by the Empress Catharine of Russia in 1784.

Offa's Dyke

Offa's Dyke is an earthwork which was constructed by Offa, then King of Mercia, in in the 8th century as a boundary between Wales and England.

Offaly

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

Offenbach

Offenbach is a town in Germany on the River Malne.

Ogbomosho

Ogbomosho is a commercial city in western Nigeria.

Ohio

Ohio is a mid west state in the USA. It was settled by the French in 1673.

Okehampton

Okehampton is a town in Devon on dartmoor.

Okhotsk

The Sea of Okhotsk is an arm of the North Pacific Ocean between the Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin. It is frozen most of the year, clearing in summer, and is often fogbound.

Okinawa

Okinawa is an island in the west Pacific.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state in south west USA.

Olenek

The Olenek is a river in northern Siberia. It flows 2160 km west from the Lena River to the Laptev Sea.

Olten

Olten is a town in Switzerland on the River Aare.

Olympus

Olympus is the name of several mountains in Greece. The most famous being Miunt Olympus north of Thessaly.

Oman

Oman is a country in Arabia.

Omdurman

Omdurman is a city in Sudan on the White Nile, opposite Khartoum. It was the scene of a battle in 1898 when the Mahdi were defeated by the British under Kitchener.

Omsk

Omsk is a city in west Siberia at the confluence of the Irtysh and Om rivers. It is an important railway port on the Trans-Siberian railway.

Omuta

Omuta is a seaport town in west Kyushu, Japan, on the Amakusa Sea coast.

Ontario

Ontario is a province in central Canada. Lake Ontario is the smallest and easternmost of the Great Lakes. It is on the USA Canada border and drains into the St. Lawrence River.

Oporto

Oporto is an industrial city in Portugal on the Douro river, 5km from its mouth.

Orange Free State

The Orange Free State is a province of South Africa.

Orasul Stalin

Orasul Stalin was the name of the Romanian town of Brasov from 1948 to 1956.

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the west of the USA.

Orinocco

The Orinocco is a river in South America. It flows 2400km through Venezuela to form part of the boundary with Colombia.

Orinoco

The orinoco is a river in south America.

Orissa

Orissa is a state in north east India.

Orkney

see "Orkney Islands"

Orkney islands

The orkney islands are a group of islands off the north east coast of Scotland.

Osaka

Osaka is an industrial port on Honshu island, Japan.

Oshogbo

Oshogbo is a city and trading centre on the River Niger in west Nigeria.

Oslo

Oslo is the capital of Norway.

Ostava

Ostava is an industrial city in Czechoslovakia.

Osterreich

Osterreich is the Austrian name for Austria.

Ostia

Ostia is an ancient town in Italy near the mouth of the Tiber.

Otaru

Otaru is a seaport town in Japan.

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada.

Otterbourne

Otterbourne is a village in Hampshire in the Itchen valley on the Southampton to Winchester road.

Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso.

Oudh

Oudh is a region of northern India, it is now part of Uttar Pradesh.

Ouse

The Ouse is a river formed by the river Swale and river Ure. It flows through North Yorkshire and Humberside to the humber estuary. It is 208km long. The Ouse is a river in East Sussex which flows to the English Channel at Newhaven. It is 48km long. The Great Ouse is a river which rises in south Northamptonshire and flows north east to the Wash. It is 250km long.

Oxford

Oxford is a famous university city about 80 km west of London.

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in south England.

Ozark Mountains

The Ozark Mountains are a forested mountain range in Oklahoma and Arkansas, USA.

Ozd

Ozd is a town in Hungary.

Pacific

The Pacific ocean is the world's largest ocean.

Padstow

Padstow is a fishing town in Cornwall.

Padua

Padua is a city in north Italy, 45km west of Venice.

Pakistan

Pakistan is a muslim republic in south Asia. It has a total area of 803,940 km2. The climate is mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north. The terrain is flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west. Natural resources are land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited crude oil, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone. The religion is 97% Muslim (77% Sunni, 20% Shia), 3% Christian, Hindu, and other. The language is Urdu and English (official); total spoken languages-64% Punjabi, 12% Sindhi, 8% Pashtu, 7% Urdu, 9% Balochi and other; English is lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries, but official policies are promoting its gradual replacement by Urdu.

Palau

Palau was a former name, until 1981, of the Republic of Belau in the west Pacific.

Palermo

Palermo is a seaport and the capital of Sicily.

Palestine

Palestine is the area of between the mediterranean and the river Jordan.

Palma

Palma is an industrial port and resort and capital of the Balearic Islands on Majorca.

Pamirs

The Pamirs is a plateau in central Asia.

Pampas

Pampas are flat, treeless plains in Argentina between the Andes and the Atlantic.

Panama

Panama is a country in central America. It has a total area of 78,200 km2. The climate is tropical; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May). The terrain is interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills. Natural resources are copper, mahogany forests, shrimp. The religion is over 93% Roman Catholic, 6% Protestant. The language is Spanish (official); 14% speak English as native tongue; many Panamanians bilingual.

Panama Canal

The Panama Canal is a canal across the Panama isthmus connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans.

Panama City

Panama City is the capital of Panama.

Panipat

Panipat is a town in north west India on the Jumna river. It has been the scene of a number of battles.

Papaloa

The Papaloa is a river in Mexico.

Papeete

Papeete is the capital of Tahiti.

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is a country in the south west Pacific. It has a total area of 461,690 km2. The climate is tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation. The terrain is mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills. Natural resources are gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil potential. The religion is over half of population nominally Christian (490,000 Roman Catholic, 320,000 Lutheran, other Protestant sects); remainder indigenous beliefs. The language is 715 indigenous languages; English spoken by 1-2%, pidgin English widespread, Motu spoken in Papua region.

Paraguay

Paraguay is a country in South America. It has a total area of 406,750 km2. The climate is varies from temperate in east to semiarid in far west. The terrain is grassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay; Gran Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low, marshy plain near the river, and dry forest and thorny scrub elsewhere. Natural resources are iron ore, manganese, limestone, hydropower, timber. The religion is 90% Roman Catholic; Mennonite and other Protestant denominations. The language is Spanish (official) and Guarani.

Paramaribo

Paramaribo is the capital of Surinam.

Parana

The Parana is a river in South America formed by the confluence of the Rio Grande and Paranaiba.

Paris

Paris is a port and the capital city of France.

Parma

Parma is the capital city of Parma province in Italy. It is from Parma that parmesan cheese comes.

Parnassus

Parnassus is a mountain in central Greece. It stands 2457 meters high and was revered as the home of Apollo.

Paros

Paros is a Greek island west of Naxos. It is the source of Parian marble.

Parthia

Parthia was an ancient country in west Asia in what is now north eastern Iran.

Passchendaele

Passchendaele is a village in west Flanders, Belgium near to Ypres.

Patras

Patras is an industrial city on the Gulf of Patras, in Greece.

Pays de la Loire

Pays de la Loire is an agricultural region of west France.

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor is a USA naval base in Oahu, Hawaii.

Peking

see "Beijing"

Peloponnese

Peloponnese is a peninsula forming the southern part of Greece.

Pemba

Pemba is an island with Tanzania.

Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire is a former county in the extreme south west of Wales. It became part of Dyfed in 1974.

Penang

Penang is a port on the island of Penang in Malaysia.

Pennines

The pennines are a mountain range in England.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is a state in north east USA.

Pentland Firth

The Pentland Firth is the most difficult navigational passage on the coasts of the United Kingdom due to the great strength of the tidal streams.

Pentland Hills

The Pentland Hills are a range of rounded hills in the Lothian, Borders and Strathclyde regions of Scotland.

Pentonville

Pentonville is a prison in Islington, London.

Penzance

Penzance is a town in Cornwall, England. It was the first Cornish town to become a resort. Penzance gained its prosperity from the local tin-mining industry, and smuggling. It was razed to the ground in 1595 by the Spanish, but was rebuilt.

Perlis

Perlis is a State of Malaysia.

Perranporth

Perranporth is a village in Cornwall. It was originally a tin-mining village, reaching its peak in 1874. Today it is a seaside resort.

Persepolis

Persepolis was the ancient capital of the Persian Empire. It was located 65km north west of Shiraz.

Persia

Persia was an ancient kingdom in south west Asia.

Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf is a shallow bay linked by the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman to the Arabian Sea.

Perth

Perth is the capital of western Australia.

Perthshire

Perthshire is a former inland county of central Scotland.

Peru

Peru is a country in South America. It has a total area of 1,285,220 km2. The climate varies from tropical in the east to dry desert in the west. The terrain is western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva). Natural resources are copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash. The religion is predominantly Roman Catholic. The language is Spanish and Quechua (official), Aymara.

Peshawar

Peshawar is the capital of North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.

Petersfield

Petersfield is a town in Hampshire. It was first chartered in the 12th century, and became properous through the wool trade and then became an important coaching centre. Today Petersfield is a lot quieter.

Petrograd

Petrograd was the name of Leningrad from 1914 until 1924.

Petropavlovsk

Petropavlovsk is the capital and only town in Kamchatka.

Petworth

Petworth is an old country town in Sussex. It is the site of Petworth house, a great mansion built by the Duke of Sommerset towards the end of the 17th century.

Pharos

Pharos is an island off Alexandria on which stood a tower lighthouse built by Ptolemy Philadelphus.

Philadelphia

Philadelphia is an industrial city and port on the Delaware river in Pennsylvania, USA.

Philippines

The Philippines is an archipelago country in the Pacific Ocean and South China Sea. It has a total area of 300,000 km2. The climate is tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October). The terrain is mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands. Natural resources are timber, crude oil, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper. The religion is 83% Roman Catholic, 9% Protestant, 5% Muslim, 3% Buddhist and other. The language is Pilipino (based on Tagalog) and English; both official.*Poland Poland is a country in central Europe.

Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is the capital of Kampuchea.

Phoenicia

Phoenicia was a country in the ancient world. It was located on a narrow strip of land along the coast of what is now called Lebanon.

Phoenix

Phoenix is the capital of Arizona.

Phom Penh

Phom Penh is the capital of Kampuchea.

Phrygia

Phrygia is a former kingdom of western Asia covering Anatolia.

Picardy

Picardy was a province of northern France between Normandy and Flanders.

Pichincha

Pichincha is an inactive volcano in Ecuador. It stands 4789 metres high.

Piddletrenthide

Piddletrenthide is one of the most scenic villages in Dorset.

Piedmont

Piedmont is a region of northern Italy bordering Switzerland on the north and France on the west.

Pilgrims' Way

The Pilgrims' Way is a track running from Winchester to Canterbury, England which was the route of medieval pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas a Becket.

Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Italy famous for its leaning tower.

Pitcairn islands

The Pitcairn islands are a British colony north east of New Zealand. They have a total area of 47 km2. The climate is tropical, hot, humid, modified by southeast trade winds; rainy season (November to March). The terrain is rugged volcanic formation; rocky coastline with cliffs. Natural resources are miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish. The religion is 100% Seventh-Day Adventist. The language is English (official); also a Tahitian/English dialect.

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is an industrial city and inland port where the Allegheny and Monogahela meet to form the Ohio River in Pennsylvania, USA.

Pizen

Pizen is an industrial city and capital of Zapadocesky region, Czechoslovakia.

Plymouth

Plymouth is a city and seaport in Devon.

Pointe-Noire

Pointe-Noire is the chief port of the Congo. It was the capital of the Congo from 1950 until 1958.

Poitou-Charentes

Poitou-Charentes is a region of west central France.

Poland

Poland is a country in central Europe. It has a total area of 312,680 km2. The climate is temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers. The terrain is mostly flat plain, mountains along southern border. Natural resources are coal, sulphur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt. The religion is 95% Roman Catholic (about 75% practicing), 5% Russian Orthodox, Protestant, and other. The language is Polish.

Pompeii

Pompeii was an ancient city in Italy at the foor of Vesuvius, 21km south east of Naples. It was destroyed by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79.

Pondicherry

Pondicherry is a union territory of south east India.

Poole

Poole is a sea port in Dorset, England. It is famed for its pottery.

Popocatapetl

Popocatapetl is a volcano in Mexico. It is 5452 metres high.

Popocatepeti

Popocatepeti is a volcano in Amecameca, south east Mexico. It is 5340 meters high.

Porlock

Porlock is a village in Somerset on the edge of Exmoor.

Port Antonio

Port Antonio is a small town with two natural harbours in east Jamaica.

Port Au Prince

Port Au Prince is the capital of Haiti.

Port Elizabeth

Port Elizabeth is an industrial port in Cape province, South Africa.

Port Louis

Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius.

Port moresby

Port moresby is the capital of Papua New Guinea.

Port Morseby

Port Morseby is a port and the capital of Papua New Guinea, on the south coast of New Guinea.

Port of Spain

Port of Spain is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago.

Port Rashid

Port Rashid is a port serving Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Portmore

Portmore was a large swamp in south-east Jamaica. During the mid-1990's it was drained and a large housing estate built upon it. As the area is very flat and exposed, temperatures rise to amongst the highest on the island.

Porto Novo

Porto Novo is the capital of Benin.

Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a seaport in Hampshire. It is home to the Royal Navy. The first dock was built in 1194 by Richard I. In 1495 the world's first dry dock was built at Portsmouth.

Portugal

Portugal is a country in south west Europe. It has a total area of 92,080 km2. The climate is maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south. The terrain is mountainous north of the Tagus, rolling plains in south. Natural resources are fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble. The religion is 97% Roman Catholic, 1% Protestant denominations, 2% other. The language is Portuguese.

Powys

Powys is a county in central Wales.

Poznan

Poznan is an industrial city in western Poland.

Prague

Prague is the capital of Czechoslovakia.

Praia

Praia is the capital of Cape Verde.

Pressburg

Pressburg is the German name for Bratislava.

Pretoria

Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa.

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a province of Canada. It was originally called Isle St-Jean by Cartier who discovered it in 1534.

Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur

Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur is a region in south east France.

Prussia

Prussia was a kingdom in northern Germany from 1618 until 1867 when it became part of Germany.

Puddletown

Puddletown is one of the most attractive villages in Dorset.

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is a country in the Caribbean. It has a total area of 9,104 km2. The climate is tropical marine, mild, little seasonal temperature variation. The terrain is mostly mountains with coastal plain belt in north; mountains precipitous to sea on west coast Natural resources are some copper and nickel; potential for onshore and offshore crude oil. The religion is mostly Christian, 85% Roman Catholic, 15% Protestant denominations and other. The language is Spanish (official); English is widely understood.*Punjab Punjab is a state in north west India.

Pune

Pune is an industrial city in Maharashtra, India. It was formerly called Poona.

Punjab

Punjab is a state in north west India.

Pusan

Pusan is the chief industrial port of South Korea.

Pyongyang

Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea.

Pyrenees

The Pyrenees are a mountain range between France and Spain.

Pyrford

Pyrford is an ancient village near to Woking in Surrey, England. It was founded at a ford over the river Wey.

Qatar

Qatar is a country in Arabia. It a total area of 11,000 km2. The climate is desert; hot, dry; humid and sultry in summer. The terrain is mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel. Natural resources are crude oil, natural gas, fish. The religion is 95% Muslim. The language is Arabic (official); English is commonly used as second language.*Queensland Queensland is a state in north east Australia.

Qinghai

Qinghai is a province in north west China.

Qisarya

Qisarya is a Mediterranean port north of Tel Aviv, Israel.

Quantocks

The Quantocks are a 19 km long ridge of hills in Somerset.

Quebec

Quebec is a province and also the capital of the province in east Canada.

Queen Camel

Queen Camel is a village in Somerset.

Queensland

Queensland is a state in north east Australia.

Quezon City

Quezon City is a town in the Philippines on Luzon island. It was the capital of the Philippines from 1948 until 1976.

Quito

Quito is the capital of Ecuador.