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Middle East Religious Composition Map - Dareshgaft-e Olyamp257 Iran. Path of Homo Sapien. 1000px-India_population_density_map_en.svg. China Map - China Population Density Map. Home » China Maps » China Population Map » China Population Map China is a large country with a population of 1.328 billion, accounting for 1/5 of the world population.

China Map - China Population Density Map

Map switching area with population. Great Whales, Migration And Range Map by National Geographic from Maps.com. Map of humpback whale migration - Range Maps and Misc Illustrations - Uko Gorter Natural History Illustration. Map of the Caspian Sea. Black Sea Region map — BlackSeaGrain. Mapping out refugees and asylum seekers worldwide. In our show tonight, we take a look at Indonesia, where hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers who fled the violence back home are now threatening to blow themselves up.

Mapping out refugees and asylum seekers worldwide

We also explore how police have mounted operations to wipe out makeshift camps around Calais in northern France. Hamish MacDonald reports on the predominantly Afghan migrants for Al Jazeera English. There are estimates of 16 million total refugees and asylum seekers living throughout the world. Refugees fall under the responsibility of different global agencies. There are 10.5 million refugees under the auspices of UNHCR, while UNRWA has responsibility for the estimated 4.7 million Palestinian refugees. Four-fifths of all refugees come from the developed world and almost half of all refugees under UNHCR’s responsibility are from Afghanistan and Iraq. It is estimated that half of the world’s refugees are living in urban areas, while one-third live in refugee camps, according to the UNHCR.

Images of the social and economic world. Here is an ordinary map of the world: Click on image for a larger version Roughly speaking, on a map like this, the sizes of the countries of the world are in proportion to their actual sizes on the surface of the planet and their shapes are the same as their actual shapes.

Images of the social and economic world

(This is only approximate though, since some distortion is inevitable when you go from a spherical planet to a flat map.) It's possible, however, and sometimes very useful, to redraw the map with the sizes of countries made bigger or smaller in order to represent something of interest. Such maps are called cartograms and can be an effective and natural way of portraying geographic or social data.

Map of North America, Geography of North America Map, North America Country Maps. North America History Anthropologists believe that North America's initial inhabitants arrived around 40,000 years ago by traversing the Bering Strait.

Map of North America, Geography of North America Map, North America Country Maps

Some experts feel that by using primitive boats, early man also migrated down the Pacific coast to South America; that debate continues. There is scientific evidence connecting indigenous Americans to Asian peoples, specifically from the eastern Siberian populations. Indigenous peoples of the Americas have been linked to North Asian populations by linguistic dialects and blood types. After the last glacial period ended some 12,500 years back, a wide variety of prehistoric cultures developed across the continent, north to south. Long before the Europeans arrived, small groups developed throughout the Americas. Longitude and Latitude tool.

Iso-Longitude and -Latitude Version 3.01.Last updated 25 May 2013.

Longitude and Latitude tool

This page helps you see what parts of the world have the same longitude and latitude as each other. You can also see opposing longitude and latitude locations. You need basic knowledge of Google Maps™ to use this page effectively. This page has two maps. Pacific Islands and Australia Maps and Free Resources. Map of South America, South American Countries, Landforms, Rivers, and Geography Facts. South America, the planet's 4th largest continent, includes (12) independent countries and (3) major territories; the Falkland Islands, Galapagos Islands and French Guiana.

Map of South America, South American Countries, Landforms, Rivers, and Geography Facts

AsiaPoliticalLarge. Map of Europe. Click on the Map of Europe above to get a larger more detailed view Map of Europe and information about the continent Europe is the sixth largest continent by land mass (approximately 3,997,929 square miles or 10,354,636 square km). Only one continent is smaller and that is Australia. Europe Guide : Maps of Europe by language, religion, population density, hair & eye color, etc. Map of languages in Europe by linguistic groups Map of traditional religious majorities by region in Europe Frequency of fair hair in Europe Frequency of fair eyes in Europe Predominant ethnic groups by region in Europe This map was created based on the latest Y-DNA data combined with physical and historical evidence.

Spread of farming in Europe Map of Europe by density of population GDP per capita at PPP in Europe GDP per capita per hour at PPP in Europe (productivity) Real productivity in Europe : GDP per capita (PPP) per hour per worker Legal age to drink alcohol in Europe Legal age to purchase alcohol in Europe. Map of Africa.

35 - The Size of Africa. Africa remains the least developed continent, and the most plagued by disease, poverty and malnutrition.

35 - The Size of Africa

The ‘dark continent’ also largely remains off the news radar in the developed world, although it’s not clear to me whether that is a consequence or a cause of the troubles it suffers. In any case, taking into account how little we are aware of Africa, it’s quite startling to see a map showing how big the place actually is. This map is strangely reminiscent of an earlier post on this blog, showing the size of Brazil relative to the nations of most of Europe. It was taken here from a blog called White African, but seems to originate from the Times Atlas. What’s also quite bizarre is the fact that a relatively sparsely populated country such as Argentina (about 38 million inhabitants) is not that much smaller than India, the world’s second-most populous nation, which currently has a population of about 1,1 billion people.