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Find information about World Leaders - past and present, male and female, rulers and political figures, successful and infamous.
In addition, discover information about countries of the world [200+], major world cities, population, what flag comes from where, whose national anthem they are playing [including MP3 examples], world images and even some unusual sites
While not a total coverage [it is always changing in some way], the page provides a starting point and covers at least a minimum of what you may want to know.
For specific information about World Heritage, use this link or the one above.
World Leaders
General Sites
- Famous & Great Leaders
Extensive listing. What is best about this group is that it contains people from other parts of the world whom we may not necessarily recognise. Links to other biographical areas. - Guide and Index to Lists of Rulers
Enormous, extensive compilation of lists covering the entire world and a majority of historical periods.
Highly Recommended ! - Historical World Leaders
Links to individual world leaders [good and bad] and portal sites. There are also snippets about various leaders. - Royal Genealogies
Dominantly English, but also genealogies for other royal families in Europe. - Rulers
World leaders and rulers back to 1700. - Twentieth Century World Leaders
Trivia quiz. - World Leaders
All heads of state [updated weekly] and cabinet members of any federal government. - World Political Leaders 1945-2007
Search by country or international organisation. - World Rulers
Heads of state [kings, queens, presidents, etc.] and heads of government [Prime Ministers, Presidents, Chairmen, etc.]. - World Statesmen
‘Complete and up to date encyclopedia of all the leaders of nations and territories. International organisations and recent religious leaders are listed separately. Detailed chronologies, flags, national anthems, maps, indexes to enhance your research into the world of history and politics’. Their Links Page not only covers statesmen and women but some of the other topics noted above.
Specific Leaders & Information
- British Prime Ministers
Biographies of all British Prime Ministers since Sir Robert Walpole [1721], other information. - Life in the White House
‘Exclusive presentation of the rich history of the White House and West Wing’. Movies, people, photo essays, Kids section. - Vladimir Putin
Russian President and Prime Minister, from birth to the Kremlin. From Wikipedia.
Women
- Dame Margaret Thatcher
UK Prime Minister during the 1980s. - Women World Leaders [Contemporary]
Since 1945.
Women Leaders
- Great Women Rulers
Brief information on historical and modern female rulers. Check More Women Rulers, which includes nominations by people from all over the world. Covers historical and modern offerings. These are part of the Women in World History site. - Women Political Leaders - Historical and Current
Listed by country/name/period. Also link to each country’s information. - Women Presidents and Prime Ministers
‘Women in many countries have already earned the top political job in their nations. Learn more about them’. - Women Prime Ministers and Presidents : 20th Century
‘How many women have served as Presidents or Prime Ministers in the 20th century ? How many can you name ? I’ve listed women leaders of countries both large and small. Many names will be familiar; some will be unfamiliar to all but a few readers. Some were highly controversial; some were compromise candidates. Some presided over peace; others over war. Some were elected; some were appointed. Some served briefly; one, though elected, was prevented from serving’. - World Rulers
Female heads of state, past monarchs, important women in government positions. - Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
‘Dedicated to the women who have ruled since the beginning of times - or as long as the sources date back’. Extensive listing.
World Information
Blogs
- Global Voices Online
Blogs and RSS Feeds from around the world. - Winds of Change
A blog with a focus on global affairs. At present, that doesn’t always make the most pleasant reading.
Cities [including Capital Cities]
- Capitals.com
Countries, capital cities listed in alphabetical order. - City Population
- City Population [2]
Regularly updated information on major and minor cities. Java map for towns as small as 5 000 people. - City Profiles
‘In-depth report, including taxation and cost-of-living data, education resources, arts, recreation activities, crime statistics, additional sources of information’ US cities. - City Search
Probably the best site for information about all aspects of cities. - Economist.com - City Traveller’s Guide [Business Travel]
- Official City Sites
Australia, Canada, UK, US, others. - Wcities.com
- What is the Capital of … ?
All capital cities, quizzes. - World’s Best Cities
Countries
- African Countries
Flags, embassies, links. Suits all school levels. - Aneki.com
Information by region, then country, by keyword [e.g. economic, academic], select a country from the 190+ listed, cities, maps, flags, embassies, consulates, visas, more. - Asia Society
Up-to-date information on Arts & Culture, Business & Economics, Policy & Government, Social Issues. Special Reports, Interviews, news, educational resources, bookstore, profiles, links, database, calendar, more. - Background Notes
Current information from the US State Department on countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. - BBC NEWS Country Profiles
- Countries of the World
Information about every nation. - Countries of the World 2
‘Geopolitical, cultural and tourist information about all countries of the world’. From Students of the World. - Countries of the World [Fact Monster]
‘Each Country Profile provides information on : Geography, Maps, Flag, History, Current ruler, Area, Population, Capital, Largest cities, Languages, Ethnicity/race, Religion, Literacy rate, Economy’. - Country Reports
Flags, anthems, current weather conditions, general information. - CountryWatch
‘Provides critical, country-specific intelligence and data through its suite of products to over 4 000 clients including public and private sector organisations with overseas operations and global interests’. - Eldis - Regional & Country Profiles
- GlobalEDGE Country Insights
‘Current information on business climate, news, history, political structure, economic landscape, relevant statistical data are provided in a region and country-specific format’. - Global Real Estate Project
- Infonation
Allows you to compare groups of nations under several headings. Two levels - basic and advanced. Fascinating process. - List of Countries in The World
View alphabetically or by population, coastline length, area, water area, birth rate, death rate, irrigated land. Each listing has all details. - Nationmaster
‘Graphically compare nations. You can generate graphs with ease on all kinds of statistics. You can select exactly which countries you want to include’. - One World - Nations Online
To emphasise the unity of nations - links. - Portals to the World
‘Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. Arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into broad categories’. US Library of Congress. - SBS World Guide
A guide to countries of the world by the Australian broadcaster SBS. This link is for the purchase of a print edition, which now appears the only option. - World Factbook
CIA site about every country in the world. - World Information
Flags
World flags, designs, competitions, more.
- 3D Flags
- Ausflag - History of the Australian National Flag
Also other Australian flags. - Flags
- Flags of the World
- Flags of the World [2]
- Flags of the World [3]
- Flags Online
- United Kingdom - History of the Flag
- World Flag Database
General Sites
- Around the World in 80 Clicks
Tour through 80 stops around the world, information, webcam footage. - Atlapedia Online
Countries from A - Z, world maps in physical & political formats, teaching resources. - Atlas Obscura
‘A compendium of the world’s wonders, curiosities and esoterica’. Often weird, but quite wonderful at the same time. - Kids@National Geographic
Geared for children. - Library of Congress
Global Gateway World Culture & Resources. - Our World - IPL Kidspace
Religion, languages, geography, world culture, the ancient world, regional areas, links for parents & teachers. - Search Systems
Public information databases, particularly in the US and Canada, with links to their sites. Government directories, phone books, professional registers [including banned/disqualified members], more. - The Harper’s Index
‘Provides a statistical snapshot of the world’s economic, political, cultural climate’. Archive back to 1998 [in monthly presentations].
Now need to be a subscriber to access this. - World Atlas of Maps, Flags, Geography, Facts and Figures
- World Gazetteer
‘Current population of countries, administrative divisions, cities and towns, images of the current national flags. Access data by clicking a specific country or get summary statistics like the largest cities, additional information by clicking on one of the links’. - World Almanac for Kids
Serious information about the world and things to interest children. - World Factbook 2008
‘The U.S. government’s complete geographical handbook, featuring full-colour maps and flags of all nations and geographical entities. Each country profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data’.
Images
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AirPano
‘AirPano is a noncommercial project focused on high resolution 3D aerial panoramas. AirPano team is a group of Russian photographers and panorama enthusiasts. During the next 2-3 years we plan to shoot aerial panoramas and create virtual 3D tours of the most interesting places of our planet’.
Brilliant ! - EarthCam - Webcam Network
‘Where The World Watches The World’. People, places, animals, traffic, weather, entertainment, … . - Earth from Above
Natural and human wonders of the world. Zoomable views. - Earth Viewer
Regularly updated images of the earth from satellites. Great viewing. - The Degree of Confluence Project
‘To visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, to take pictures at each location’. 20 000+ already stored here. - The Great Globe Gallery
Satellite images, cross sections, images, maps of all kinds.
National Anthems
- National Anthems
[Includes mp3 files] - National Anthems [2]
- National Anthems [3]
Purchase sheet music here. - National Anthems of the World
Population
- GeoHive Global Statistics
‘The site dealing with statistics on the human population and Earth in general. The main kind of data you can find here is on the population of regions, countries, provinces and cities. Next to that there are some statistics on economic factors like wealth, infrastructure, more’. - POPClocks
US Census Bureau. Population in the US and worldwide. - Population Index
‘Primary reference tool to the world’s population literature. It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, other materials on population topics. This website provides a searchable and browsable database containing 46 000+ abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index in the period 1986-2000’. - Population Reference Bureau
Replaced Popnet and performs the same functions. - UNFPA
‘An international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect’. UN Agency.
Specific & Unusual Sites
- Forms of Address
Using the correct form of address and salutation [when writing] for people at all levels around the world [e.g. doctors to The Pope]. - Islands Online [UNEP]
The most significant world islands. - Mount Everest 50th Anniversary
National Geographic. Maps, videos, views, wallpaper, more. - Paul Hensel’s International Political Data Page
Political Systems/Regimes, Rights & Freedoms, Political Leadership, Congresses, Parliaments & Legislatures, Elections, Public Opinion, Miscellaneous Political Data, Related Pages, more. - Virtual Library
International affairs. Useful for secondary school staff and students.
Web Cams
- Webcam Central
A vast array of webcams from Pancakes to The Pyramids. - Earth Cam
Another of the best, which has a vast array of webcams to view.
- World Mysteries
A fun site looking at mysteries through the ages - places, artifacts, writings, links to related sites.