CIA World Factbook

World Travel Facts. The World Factbook provides basic information on the history, people, government, economy, energy,...

A large body of recent oceanographic research has shown that the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC),...

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's five ocean basins (followed by the...

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's five ocean basins (after the...

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five ocean basins (after the...

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five ocean basins (after the Pacific...

The first Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from...

The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world and dating back at...

During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the principality of Gorkha united many of...

A sultanate since the 12th century, the Maldives became a British protectorate in 1887 and...