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Central African Republic Google Maps

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The central African Republic

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Central African Republic (CF). Explore satellite imagery of Bangui, the capital city of the Central African Republic, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Central African Republic (GPS: 7 00 N, 21 00 E) is located in Central Africa, north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country’s area measurements are total: 622,984 sq km; land: 622,984 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Texas. The total irrigated land is 10 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of the Central African Republic: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). Almost the precise center of Africa.

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Chad Google Maps

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Chad

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Chad (CD). Explore satellite imagery of N’Djamena, the capital city of Chad, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Chad (GPS: 15 00 N, 19 00 E) located in Central Africa, south of Libya. The country’s area measurements are total: 1.284 million sq km; land: 1,259,200 sq km, water: 24,800 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly more than three times the size of California. The total irrigated land is 300 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Chad: Chad is the largest of Africa’s 16 landlocked countries. Not long ago – geologically speaking – what is today the Sahara was green savannah teeming with wildlife. During the African Humid Period, roughly 11,000 to 5,000 years ago, a vibrant animal community, including elephants, giraffes, hippos, and antelope, lived there. The last remnant of the “Green Sahara” exists in the Lakes of Ounianga (oo-nee-ahn-ga) in northern Chad, a series of 18 interconnected freshwater, saline, and hypersaline lakes now protected as a World Heritage site.

Lake Chad, the most significant water body in the Sahel, is a remnant of a former inland sea, paleolake Mega-Chad. At its greatest extent, sometime before 5000 B.C., Lake Mega-Chad was the largest of four Saharan paleolakes that existed during the African Humid Period. It covered an area of about 400,000 sq km (150,000 sq mi), roughly the size of today’s Caspian Sea.

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Chile Google Maps

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Chile

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Chile (CI). Explore satellite imagery of Santiago, the capital city of Chile, on the Google Maps of South America below.

Chile (GPS: 30 00 S, 71 00 W) is located in Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru. The country’s area measurements are total: 756,102 sq km; land: 743,812 sq km, water: 12,290 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than twice the size of Montana. The total irrigated land is 11,100 sq km (2012).

One of Chile’s important features: The longest north-south trending country in the world, extending across 39 degrees of latitude. Strategic location is relative to sea lanes between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage). Chile is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean. Up to 90% of the world’s earthquakes and some 75% of the world’s volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire. The Atacama Desert – the driest desert in the world – spreads across the country’s northern part. Ojos del Salado (6,893 m) in the Atacama Desert is the highest active volcano globally, Chile’s tallest mountain, and the second-highest in the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere – its small crater lake (at 6,390 m) is the world’s highest lake.

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China Google Maps

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China

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for China (CH). Explore satellite imagery of Beijing, the capital city of China, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

China (GPS: 35 00 N, 105 00 E) is located in Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and the South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam. The country’s area measurements are total: 9,596,960 sq km; land: 9,326,410 sq km, water: 270,550 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than the US. The total irrigated land is 690,070 sq km (2012).

One of China’s important features: the World’s fourth-largest country (after Russia, Canada, and the US) and the largest country situated entirely in Asia. Mount Everest, on the border with Nepal, is the world’s tallest peak above sea-level. The largest cave chamber globally is the Miao Room, in the Gebihe cave system at China’s Ziyun Getu He Chuandong National Park, which encloses some 10.78 million cu m (380.7 million cu ft) of volume. China appears to have been the center of domestication for two of the world’s leading cereal crops: millet in the north along the Yellow River and rice in the south along the lower or middle Yangtze River.

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Christmas Island Google Maps

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Christmas Island

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Christmas Island (CX). Explore satellite imagery of The Settlement, the capital city of Christmas Island, on Southeast Asia’s Google Maps below.

Christmas Island (GPS: 10 30 S, 105 40 E) is located in Southeastern Asia, an island in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia. The country’s area measurements are total: 135 sq km; land: 135 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC. The total irrigated land is N/A.

One of the essential features of Christmas Island: Located along major sea lanes of the Indian Ocean.

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Colombia Google Maps

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Colombia

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Colombia (CO). Explore satellite imagery of Bogota, the capital city of Colombia, on the Google Maps of South America below.

Colombia (GPS: 4 00 N, 72 00 W) located in Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama. The country’s area measurements are total: 1,138,910 sq km; land: 1,038,700 sq km, water: 100,210 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than twice the size of Texas. The total irrigated land is 10,900 sq km (2012).

One of Colombia’s essential features: Only South American country with coastlines on both the North Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

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Comoros Google Maps

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Comoros

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Comoros (CN). Explore satellite imagery of Moroni, the capital city of Comoros, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Comoros (GPS: 12 10 S, 44 15 E) is located in Southern Africa, a group of islands at the northern mouth of the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique. The country’s area measurements are total: 2,235 sq km; land: 2,235 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly more than 12 times the size of Washington, DC. The total irrigated land is 1.3 sq km (2012).

One of the crucial features of Comoros: Important location at the northern end of Mozambique Channel.

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Cook Islands Google Maps

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Cook Islands

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Cook Islands (CK). Explore satellite imagery of Avarua, the capital city of Cook Islands, on the Google Maps of Oceania below.

Cook Islands (GPS: 21 14 S, 159 46 W) located in Oceania, a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand. The country’s area measurements are total: 236 sq km; land: 236 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC. The total irrigated land is N/A.

One of the essential features of Cook Islands: The northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated coral atolls. The Southern Cook Islands, where most of the population lives, consist of eight elevated, fertile, volcanic isles, including the largest, Rarotonga, at 67 sq km.

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Costa Rica Google Maps

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Costa Rica

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Costa Rica (CR). Explore satellite imagery of San Jose, the capital city of Costa Rica, on the Google Maps of Central America and the Caribbean below.

Costa Rica (GPS: 10 00 N, 84 00 W) located in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama. The country’s area measurements are total: 51,100 sq km; land: 51,060 sq km, water: 40 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than West Virginia. The total irrigated land is 1,015 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Costa Rica: Four volcanoes, two of them active, rise near the capital of San Jose in the center of the country. One of the volcanoes, Irazu, erupted destructively in 1963-1965.

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Cote d’Ivoire Google Maps

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Cote d’Ivoire

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Cote d’Ivoire (CI). Explore satellite imagery of Yamoussoukro, the capital city of Cote d’Ivoire, on the Google Maps of Africa below.

Cote d’Ivoire (GPS: 8 00 N, 5 00 W) located in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia. The country’s area measurements are total: 322,463 sq km; land: 318,003 sq km, water: 4,460 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than New Mexico. The total irrigated land is 730 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Cote d’Ivoire: Most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region. Apart from the capital area, the forested interior is sparsely populated.

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