Capital Cities
World Capital Cities: Full List by Country
Here is the complete alphabetical list of world capital cities by country, built for fast lookup on a phone or desktop. It follows the common 195-country convention and…
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Articles by Z.K Atlas
I’m Z.K. Atlas, founder and editor of GeographyPin. I studied geography as a minor and personally research, write, fact-check, and publish the site’s articles while also building its mapping tools. My work focuses on explaining physical and human geography—including places, borders, maps, political systems, and geographic patterns—in clear language without removing the context that matters.
Explainers & Big Questions
Caucasus Mountains: Map, Location & Highest Peaks
The Caucasus is one of those mountain regions many readers recognize immediately but place only vaguely. The usual confusion is not just about location; it is also about…
Regions, Borders & Chokepoints
Strait of Hormuz: Where It Is and Why It Matters
The Strait of Hormuz is one of those places that turns up whenever oil prices jump or military tension rises in the Gulf. The reason is straightforward: it…
Explainers & Big Questions
Who Owns the Panama Canal?
This question sounds simple, but it carries a century of political baggage. Most people asking it are really trying to sort out three different things at once: who…
Landforms & Water
Mtkvari or Kura? Following the Flow of the South Caucasus
Many readers meet this river under two different names and assume they are looking at two different waterways. They are not. The confusion comes from language, mapping habits,…
Countries
Algeria: Country Profile
Algeria is a major North African country on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the largest country in Africa by area, but most of its people, farms, ports, and…
Countries
Geography of Armenia: Mountains, Rivers, Climate & Regions
Armenia (the modern Republic of Armenia in the South Caucasus) is compact on a world map—about 11,484 square miles (29,743 square kilometers)—but it behaves like a much larger…
Countries
The Geography of Iran Explained Simply
Iran is easiest to understand as a high interior “roof” (the Iranian Plateau) with strong edges: mountains that act like walls, deserts that act like sinks, and coastlines…
Countries
Iran Country Profile
This profile covers the modern state of Iran (the Islamic Republic of Iran) in West Asia. “Persia” is a historical and cultural label that still appears in language…
Political Geography
Countries That Still Use the Death Penalty
Countries “still using” the death penalty are not one clean group. Some actively execute, some sentence people to death but rarely carry it out, and some keep the…