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Lithuania · Countries & regions
“Baltic countries” usually means three neighboring states, but a map of the Baltic Sea shows many more countries. The useful distinction is between the…
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Countries & regions
An East Africa countries map can look surprisingly different depending on who made it. A statistical region, a geographic peninsula and a regional organization…
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Countries & regions
East Asia is a geographic region, not a single political organization. A useful map must show where its places lie while distinguishing countries, special…
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Borders
A Balkan countries map is only useful when its legend explains what “Balkan” means. A map of the peninsula, a regional country list and…
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Deserts
North Africa can mean a statistical region, the lands along Africa’s northern edge, or a broad cultural region. The Maghreb overlaps with it, but…
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Borders
A South Asia countries map needs a definition as well as borders. Some lists show eight countries; the United Nations statistical grouping shows nine.…
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Countries & regions
Central Asia has five countries under the UN’s M49 statistical grouping: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. They form a landlocked region between Russia,…
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Countries & regions
A Caribbean map contains several different kinds of places: independent states, territories, constituent countries and parts of larger states. Island names alone do not…
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Countries & regions
A country's territory can straddle the Equator without any of its islands touching the line. That distinction explains why lists of “countries on the…
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Countries & regions
Southeast Asia is not just a peninsula or a chain of islands. It includes both, which makes a country map more useful than a…
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Countries & regions
Finland and Iceland are Nordic countries, but are they Scandinavian? The answer depends on how someone is using “Scandinavia.” A useful starting point is…
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Italy · Countries & regions
Florence is in Tuscany, Venice is in Veneto, and Rome is in Lazio. A regional map connects familiar city names to the larger administrative…
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