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

Countries

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Hawaii

A world map shows human occupation. Red areas were settled before 2500 B C E (Australia, New Guinea). Blue areas by 1200 B C E (Fiji, Guam, Samoa). Purple by 200 B C E (Marshall Islands). Orange by 400 C E (Polynesia). Yellow by 800 C E (New Zealand).

Areas of Australia, New Zealand, and Oceanina settled before 2500 BCE, settled by 1200 BCE, settled by 200 BCE, settled by 400 CE, and settled by 800 CE.

Human Occupation

Australia & Oceania

nature

Arizona

Vermont

Washington

Montana

North Carolina

Oregon

British Columbia

Newfoundland and Labrador

Michigan

Massachusetts

Georgia

Québec

California

A map shows global asbestos mining locations marked by blue circles with "A b." Key areas include Canada, the U S (California, Southeast, Great Lakes), Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Greece, Russia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Cyprus, Iran, China, and Australia.

The world's asbestos mines (includes inactive mines)

Asbestos Mines

USGS

Alaska

Utah

Yukon

Northwest Territories

District of Columbia

Florida

Idaho

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Wyoming

Nunavut

Maine

North Dakota

Kentucky

Nova Scotia

Virginia

Delaware

Prince Edward Island

Saskatchewan

Mississippi

West Virginia

Nebraska

Texas

Missouri

Louisiana

New Brunswick

Alabama

New Mexico

Kansas

Wisconsin

New Jersey

South Carolina

Alberta

Connecticut

Pennsylvania

Colorado

Nevada

New York

Maryland

Manitoba

Oklahoma

Tennessee

Ontario

Arkansas

South Dakota

Ohio

Indiana

Minnesota

Iowa

Illinois

A map illustrates the distribution of days with heavy fog across North America using a color-coded scheme.

Average annual number of days in North America with heavy fog, where fog has made driving conditions dangerous

Days with Heavy Fog

Areas with 80 days or more of heavy fog are shaded in dark blue, prominently seen in some parts of northern Canada and the western coast of the United States. Regions with 60 days of heavy fog are shaded in purple, visible in some areas of northern Alaska and northeastern Canada, including regions of Victoria Islands, Parry Islands, and Naujaat. Areas experiencing 40 days of heavy fog are shaded in pink, found in parts of extreme eastern Canada, including Ellesmere, the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Nunavut, and some coastal regions of the northern United States. Regions with 20 days of heavy fog are shaded in orange, noticeable in parts of the western and northeastern United States, and most of the eastern coast, as well as in northern Canada. Areas with 10 days of heavy fog are shaded in yellow, observed in many parts of the United States and Canada including South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Dallas, Montana, New York, Calgary, Newfoundland and Labrador, Manitoba, Yellowknife, Northern Territories, Yukon, Fairbanks, Alaska, Nome, Whitehorse, Juneau, New Mexico.

Arabic as Official or de facto Language	Human Occupation		Asbestos Mines	Days with Heavy Fog
Value	Settled by 400 CE	Settled by 800 CE	Asbestos Mines	80 and over	60–79	40–59	20–39	10–19	Under 10


	2.28%	58.3%	3.6923076923076925	3.14%	5.14%	5.38%	18.2%	41.6%	24.4%

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Arabic as Official or de facto Language