China

East Asia

Russia

Eurasia

France

United Kingdom

Europe

United States

North America

A world map highlights permanent member countries of the U N Security Council in blue. The countries highlighted are the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China.

Countries comprising the United Nations (UN) Security Council, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security as well as accepting new members into the UN.

Countries

World

United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members

Mauritania

None

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

United Arab Emirates

Western Sahara

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Chad

Comoros

Djibouti

Eritrea

Somalia

Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows countries where Arabic is an official or de facto language. The countries are highlighted in dark green and include Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia.

Countries where Arabic is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Arabic as Official or de facto Language

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Caribbean

Spain

Argentina

Bolivia

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Mexico

Equatorial Guinea

A world map shows the countries where Spanish is an official or de facto language. These countries are highlighted in light orange and include Spain, Central America, and the western region of South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Chile).

Countries where Spanish is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Ethnologue

Spanish as Official or de facto Language

The 2000 presidential election in the United States pitted Republican George W. Bush against Democrat Al Gore. This layer portrays the popular vote results at the county and county-equivalent level. The map portrays the winner of the popular vote while data probing, placing the mouse over a county, displays the percentage of the vote for each candidate and the total number of votes cast. In the 2000 election, Mr. Bush won the majority of counties and county equivalents. Mr. Gore won the popular vote in the following areas. First, he won the vote in most of the major urban centers. Exceptions were Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Salt Lake City, and Indianapolis. Mr. Gore also won in northern Arizona, northern New Mexico, southern Colorado, along the southern half of the Mississippi River, extreme southern Texas, a zone extending from central Alabama through central Georgia, into eastern North Carolina. Mr. Gore won in the Appalachian mountains and the majority of counties in New England. Mr. Bush won the Alaskan municipalities while Mr. Gore won the counties of Hawaii.

Percentage of the popular vote by county that went to George W. Bush versus Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election

US Counties

American University

U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2000 

Australia

New Zealand

Australia & Oceania

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

Japan

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

Brazil

New Caledonia (France)

Canada

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Pakistan

South Asia

Myanmar

Thailand

Southeast Asia

Iran

Israel

Turkey

Angola

Botswana

Burundi

Cameroon

Democratic Republic of Congo

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Kenya

Lesotho

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

South Africa

South Sudan

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

A world map shows that the higher producers of wheat are China, India, and Russia (shaded dark green). The US, Canada, Australia, and Pakistan produce moderate amounts (green). Chile, Turkey, Iran, and Kazakhstan produce less (lighter green). Many countries in Africa are in the lowest, lightest green category.

World map of wheat production in million metric tons by country

Wheat Production

Million Metric Tons

Arizona

Utah

Yukon

Northwest Territories

Idaho

Washington

Wyoming

Nunavut

Montana

North Dakota

Oregon

New Mexico

Colorado

Oklahoma

South Dakota

Minnesota

Lands belonging to indigenous groups shaded yellow across various region, including Canada, the United States, Pakistan, and Australia, without naming the specific groups.

Land set aside for native or aboriginal groups in selected countries

Selected Native Land Reserves

In Canada, numerous small reserves of First Nation peoples are scattered across southern Canada, primarily west of Ontario, while large tracts are found in northern Canada, particularly in Nunavut, the Northwest Territory, and Yukon. In the eastern United States, Native American lands are represented as a few small enclaves. In the western United States, large Indian reservations are found in states such as Oklahoma, the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, and Oregon, with a few small scattered reservations in California. In Pakistan, the land reserve includes the federally administered tribal areas along the country’s border with Afghanistan. In Australia, the largest contiguous area of Aboriginal lands occupies much of the west-central part of the country, with smaller areas in the north, particularly in Arnhem Land and the York Peninsula bordering the Gulf of Carpentaria. Western Australia also has several smaller tracts of native land reserves.

United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members	Arabic as Official or de facto Language	Spanish as Official or de facto Language	Display by:	Wheat Production			Selected Native Land Reserves	Effectiveness of World Fisheries Management
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