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P Olitical Map of the W Orld, June 2 0 Political Map of the World, June 2010 AUSTRALIA Independent state Bermuda Dependency or area of special sovereignty Sicily / AZORES Island / island group 150 120 90 60 30 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 Capital Alert FRANZ JOSEF ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN LAND SEVERNAYA ARCTIC OCEAN ZEMLYA Ellesmere Island QUEEN ELIZABETH Qaanaaq (Thule) Longyearbyen NEW SIBERIAN ISLANDS Scale 1:35,000,000 Svalbard NOVAYA Kara Sea ISLANDS Greenland Sea ZEMLYA Laptev Sea Robinson Projection Banks (NORWAY) Barents Sea Island Resolute East Siberian Sea standard parallels 38°N and 38°S Pond Inlet Baffin Greenland Wrangel Beaufort Sea (DENMARK) Island Barrow Victoria Bay Tiksi Island Baffin Jan Mayen Norwegian Pevek Chukchi Island (NORWAY) Noril'sk Sea Murmansk Cherskiy Sea Arctic Circle (66°33') Arctic Circle (66°33') NORWAY Fairbanks Great Nuuk ICELAND White Sea Anadyr' Nome U. S. (Godthåb) Provideniya Bear Lake Iqaluit Denmark SWEDEN Arkhangel'sk Davis Strait Faroe Reykjavík Islands FINLAND Strait (DEN.) Gulf Lake Yakutsk Ladoga R U S S I A Anchorage Great Tórshavn of Lake Whitehorse Slave Lake Bothnia Helsinki Onega 60 Hudson Oslo Magadan 60 Bay Stockholm Tallinn Saint Petersburg Rockall EST. Perm' Gulf of Alaska Juneau Churchill Baltic Kuujjuaq Labrador (U.K.) Yaroslavl' Tyumen' Bering Sea Fort McMurray Sea Riga¯ Nizhniy Izhevsk North LAT. Novgorod Tomsk Sea Glasgow DENMARK Moscow Kazan' Yekaterinburg Krasnoyarsk Sea Copenhagen LITH. Chelyabinsk Novosibirsk Lake Prince Belfast UNITED RUSSIA Vilnius Ufa Omsk Sea of C A N A D A Minsk Ul'yanovsk Baikal S George Happy Valley- Leeds ND Goose Bay Dublin Isle of Hamburg Samara Barnaul Okhotsk ISLA Edmonton Man BELARUS N Lake IRELAND (U.K.) KINGDOM Amsterdam Berlin Warsaw U.S. UTIA Saskatoon . Irkutsk Chita Petropavlovsk- ALE Winnipeg Birmingham Lódz Homyel Voronezh Saratov Orenburg Kamchatskiy NETH. Cologne Astana Sakhalin A S Island of London Brussels POLAND L E U N D Calgary GERMANY Kyiv Qaraghandy T I A N I S L A Winnipeg Newfoundland Lille Prague Kraków L'viv Celtic BELGIUM LUX. Frankfurt (Karaganda) Vancouver Guernsey (U.K.) Luxembourg CZECH REP. U K R A I N E Kharkiv Sea Jersey (U.K.) SLOVAKIA Volgograd Khabarovsk Gulf of Paris Munich Vienna Bratislava Donets'k K A Z A K H S T A N Ulaanbaatar KURIL LIECH. MOLDOVA Lake St. Lawrence AUSTRIA ( Rostov Seattle Lake Québec FRANCE Budapest Chis¸inau Atyraü Lake Balkhash ISLANDS Superior Bern SLOVENIA HUNGARY Odesa Aral Huron SWITZ. Astrakhan' Lyon Ljubljana ROMANIA Sea of Sea M O N G O L I A Harbin Montréal St. Pierre Milan Azov Minneapolis Lake and Miquelon Bay of Zagreb CROATIA Belgrade Portland Ottawa Bordeaux Turin SAN Bucharest Biscay BOS. & Occupied by the SOVIET UNION in 1945, Michigan Halifax (FRANCE) MARINO HER. Ürümqi Changchun Toronto Lake Ontario Toulouse MONACO Genoa SERBIA Aqtaü Jilin Milwaukee Sarajevo (Aktau) Almaty Vladivostok Sapporo administered by RUSSIA, claimed by JAPAN Bilbao Marseille ITALY Pristina Sofia Black Sea Detroit Boston GEORGIA Shymkent Chicago Buffalo ANDORRA Corsica VATICAN Podgorica KOS. BULGARIA Caspian Bishkek Shenyang N O R T H Providence (FR.) CITY Rome MONT. Skopje Tbilisi Salt Lake City Lake Erie Porto Tirana Istanbul Sea Tashkent KYRGYZSTAN Cleveland Barcelona MACEDONIA AZERBAIJAN Baotou Pittsburgh New York Madrid Naples ALB. ARMENIA Beijing NORTH KOREA Denver Indianapolis PORTUGAL Ankara UZBEKISTAN Sea of N O R T H Kansas City Saint Philadelphia Valencia Sardinia Bursa Yerevan Baku Kashi Datong Cincinnati Baltimore SPAIN BALEARIC (IT.) GREECE . TURKMENISTAN Tianjin Pyongyang P A C I F I C Sacramento Louis N O R T H ISLANDS T U R K E Y Japan Palermo Izmir Dushanbe Shijiazhuang Dalian San Francisco Washington DC Lisbon (SP.) Konya Ashgabat TAJIKISTAN AZORES Sevilla Athens Gaziantep Tabriz¯ Taiyuan Yantai Seoul JAPAN P A C I F I C Málaga Algiers Sicily Adana Zibo U N I T E D S T A T E S (PORT.) (IT.) Mosul SOUTH Las Vegas Norfolk Mashhad Indian Lanzhou Jinan A T L A N T I C Gibraltar (U.K.) Tunis MALTA 1972 KOREA Tokyo O C E A N Nashville Ceuta (SP.) Constantine Valletta Aleppo Tehran claim Qingdao Charlotte Oran Nicosia Arbil Line of Control Yellow Pusan Nagoya Oklahoma City Melilla TUNISIA SYRIA Qom Kabul Zhengzhou Hiroshima Yokohama O C E A N (SP.) Crete Hera¯t Sea Los Angeles MADEIRA Rabat (GR.) CYPRUS Beirut Pesha¯war Line of O¯ saka Atlanta IRAQ C H I N A Phoenix ISLANDS Casablanca Fès Mediterranean Sea Damascus Kermanshah Actual Xi'an Bermuda LEBANON Control Fukuoka San Diego Dallas O C E A N (PORT.) Tripoli Es¸faha¯n AFGHANISTAN Islamabad (U.K.) Baghdad Tel Aviv-Yafo Nanjing Nantong N A M P O - S H O T O Tijuana El Paso Mexicali Marrakech Bangha¯zi¯ ISRAEL Ahva¯z Kandaha¯r Lahore Alexandria Jerusalem Amman Faisala¯ba¯d Hefei Shanghai Ciudad New I R A N Al Bas¸rah Chengdu Wuhan S Austin Orleans Jacksonville MOROCCO Cairo JORDAN Quetta Multa¯n Ludhia¯na Hangzhou Juarez Houston D 30 - 30 CANARY ISLANDS Ningbo (JAPAN) Al Jizah¯ KUWAIT New Lhasa N San (SP.) Shira¯z¯ Za¯heda¯n Chongqing Nanchang East China Chihuahua Orlando Kuwait Delhi A BHUTAN A L G E R I A PAKISTAN Changsha Antonio Tampa NEPAL Sea L A¯ gra S ) L I B Y A Kathmandu I Thimphu N BAHRAIN Guiyang Okinawa Laayoune SAUDI Persian Jaipur A Midway Lucknow - E G Y P T OMAN Fuzhou P Monterrey Miami Ka¯npur Manama Gulf Hydera¯ba¯d Patna Islands THE Abu U JA Matamoros Nassau Western Kunming Taipei Y ( Torreón Gulf of Mexico Riyadh Doha Dhabi Marcus Island (U.S.) BAHAMAS Medina Gulf of Oman BANGLADESH Xiamen K Aswa¯n Kara¯chi U (JAPAN) Sahara QATAR Dhaka Y Tropic of Cancer (23°27') MEXICO UNITED ARAB Muscat Bhopa¯l Shantou R Tropic of Cancer (23°27') Havana Ahmada¯ba¯d Guangzhou HAWAIIAN ISLANDS San Luis Turks and EMIRATES Jamshedpur Khulna Taiwan Potosí Caicos Islands ARABIA Indore Mandalay Nanning Kao-hsiung (U.K.) Red Jiddah Kolkata Chittagong Hong Kong León Zhanjiang Mérida CUBA British Virgin OMAN Su¯rat Na¯gpur Hanoi Macau S.A.R. Honolulu Guadalajara Cancún DOMINICAN Sea Mecca BURMA Luzon Mexico Islands Haiphong S.A.R. City Cayman Is. REPUBLIC (U.K.) Port Sudan I N D I A LAOS Strait Wake Island U.S. (U.K.) Port-au- Anguilla (U.K.) Santiago MAURITANIA Mumbai Nay Pyi Gulf of Philippine (U.S.) Toluca Prince San Juan Pune Tonkin Northern Puebla JAMAICA ST. KITTS AND NEVIS Taw Vientiane Hainan M A L I Chiang Dao Mariana ISLAS BELIZE HAITI Santo Puerto ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Nouakchott Hydera¯ba¯d Mai REVILLAGIGEDO Oaxaca Kingston Visha¯khapatnam Sea Islands Belmopan Navassa Domingo Rico Tombouctou Rangoon PARACEL (MEXICO) Acapulco Island Guadeloupe (FR.) Da Nang (U.S.) Johnston Atoll (U.S.) (U.S.) N I G E R ERITREA Vijayawa¯da ISLANDS CAPE VERDE Omdurman YEMEN Bay of (U.S.) GUATEMALA HONDURAS Montserrat DOMINICA Kassala Asmara THAILAND Saipan (U.K.) Dakar CHAD Khartoum VIETNAM Manila Tegucigalpa Caribbean Sea Martinique (FR.) SENEGAL Sanaa Guatemala City Praia Niamey Bengaluru Bengal Bangkok Guam Aruba ST. VINCENT AND ST. LUCIA Banjul BURKINA ANDAMAN Hagåtña San Salvador THE GRENADINES (Bangalore) Chennai South China (U.S.) (NETH.) BARBADOS Bamako S U D A N Mek’ele¯ Aden Arabian CAMBODIA PHILIPPINES EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA Neth. Antilles THE GAMBIA FASO Gulf of Aden ISLANDS (NETH.) Kano N'Djamena DJIBOUTI (INDIA) Managua GRENADA Bissau Ouagadougou Nyala Socotra Sea Barranquilla Djibouti Calicut Coimbatore Phnom MARSHALL Maracaibo Caracas Port-of-Spain GUINEA-BISSAU (YEMEN) Sea Andaman Ho Chi Minh Cartagena GUINEA BENIN LAKSHADWEEP Penh City Cebu FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA San José TRINIDAD AND NIGERIA Addis Madurai ISLANDS Clipperton Island Valencia Conakry Hargeysa (INDIA) Cochin Sea Colón TOBAGO Abuja Ababa Gulf of (FRANCE) Panama Ciudad CÔTE TOGO COSTA City Guayana Freetown Thailand SPRATLY RICA Cúcuta D'IVOIRE GHANA Ogbomoso ISLANDS PANAMA SIERRA Melekeok Yamoussoukro Ibadan CENTRAL ETHIOPIA Laccadive Colombo Zamboanga Davao Palikir Majuro Kingman Reef (U.S.) VENEZUELA Georgetown LEONE NICOBAR Isla del Coco Medellín Lomé Lagos Sea SRI Palmyra Atoll (U.S.) (COSTA RICA) Paramaribo AFRICAN REPUBLIC ISLANDS Isla de GUYANA Monrovia Abidjan Accra Porto- CAMEROON Bandar Seri French Guiana Juba SOMALIA LANKA (INDIA) Begawan PALAU Malpelo Bogotá LIBERIA Novo Bangui (COLOMBIA) SURINAME Cayenne (FRANCE) Douala Male Kuala BRUNEI Malabo Medan COLOMBIA EQUATORIAL GUINEA MALDIVES Lumpur Celebes Sea Cali Yaoundé M A L A Y S I A Kiritimati PENEDOS DE Gulf of Guinea UGANDA (Christmas Island) Mogadishu Singapore Tarawa Howland Island SÃO PEDRO E SÃO PAULO SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE (U.S.) (KIRIBATI) (BRAZIL) Kisangani Kampala KENYA Pekanbaru Equator Quito Equator Sâo Tomé Libreville REP. OF SINGAPORE Equator Baker Island (U.S.) 0 0 Jarvis THE Padang Pontianak NAURU GABON DEMOCRATIC Nairobi Samarinda Yaren Island GALAPAGOS ECUADOR CONGO Belém ARQUIPÉLAGO DE Annobon RWANDA Kigali District K I R I B A T I (U.S.) ISLANDS (EQUA. GUI.) Lake Palembang Guayaquil Manaus São Luís FERNANDO DE NORONHA REPUBLIC Victoria Banjarmasin Jayapura (ECUADOR) Iquitos (BRAZIL) Bujumbura Fortaleza Brazzaville Mombasa Victoria British Indian Teresina Pointe-Noire OF THE CONGO BURUNDI I N D O N E S I A Kinshasa Ocean Territory Tanjungkarang- Java Sea PAPUA Natal ANGOLA Mbuji-Mayi Telukbetung Jakarta Makassar (Cabinda) Dodoma (U.K.) Banda Sea NEW GUINEA SOLOMON João Pessoa Lake Dar es Salaam Bandung K I R I B A T I Tanganyika TANZANIA Semarang ISLANDS Trujillo Ascension SEYCHELLES Diego Surabaya ÎLES MARQUISES Pôrto Velho Recife Luanda Garcia Malang Dili Funafuti (Fr. Poly.) Denpasar Arafura PERU TIMOR-LESTE Sea TUVALU Tokelau B R A Z I L Maceió Lake Port Honiara (N.Z.) Lubumbashi Nyasa Glorioso Islands Christmas Island Kupang Moresby Moroni (FRANCE) (AUSTL.) Timor Lima ANGOLA Ashmore and Sea Wallis and Benguela COMOROS Great Ndola Cocos Cartier Islands Darwin Futuna SAMOA Cusco Salvador Mayotte (Keeling) Islands Apia Cook Islands Lilongwe (AUSTL.) Gulf of ZAMBIA (administered by FRANCE, (AUSTL.) Mata-Utu (N.Z.) claimed by COMOROS) Coral Lago Namibe MALAWI Tromelin Island Carpentaria (FRANCE) Pago Pago Lusaka I N D I A N Barrier Titicaca BOLIVIA Brasília S O U T H Blantyre (FRANCE) Saint Helena Juan de Nova Sea American ARCHIPEL DES TUAMOTU Arequipa La Paz FIJI Samoa Goiânia Island (FR.) VANUATU (Fr.
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