APHG SIGNIFICANT PLACES OF THE WORLD
Use the outline maps to locate each place name. These are some of the places that you absolutely must know to be a
geographically literate person. You should incorporate your knowledge of these places into your FRQs and class discussions when
appropriate. We may add to the list as the year progresses and things happen around the world.
ANGLO AMERICA MIDDLE EAST AFRICA CON’TD
1. US 55. TURKEY 110. KENYA
2. CANADA 56. ISRAEL 111. Dem. Republic of Congo
CITIES 57. IRAQ (DROC)
3. NYC 58. KUWAIT 112. CONGO
4. Washington DC 59. SAUDI ARABIA 113. SOUTH AFRICA
5. Los Angeles 60. IRAN 114. BOTSWANA
6. HOUSTON 61. AFGHANISTAN 115. LIBERIA
7. CHICAGO CITIES CITIES
8. TORONTO 62. MECCA 116. CAIRO
9. OTTAWA 63. RIYADH 117. ALEXANDRIA
10. VANCOUVER 64. ISTANBUL 118. TIMBUKTU
LATIN AMERICA 65. JERUSALEM 119. LAGOS
11. CUBA 66. BAGHDAD 120. NAIROBI
12. MEXICO 67. TEHRAN 121. ABUJA
13. HAITI 68. KABUL 122. CAPETOWN
14. BRAZIL SOUTH ASIA 123. JOHANNESBURG
15. ARGENTINA 69. PAKISTAN 124. PRETORIA
16. COLOMBIA 70. INDIA 125. SOWETO
17. VENEZUELA 71. BANGLADESH OCEANIA
CITIES CITIES 126. AUSTRALIA
18. MEXICO CITY 72. ISLAMABAD 127. NEW ZEALAND
19. TIJUANA 73. KARACHI CITIES
20. MONTERREY 74. NEW DELHI 128. PERTH
21. RIO DE JANIERO 75. KOLKATA/CALCUTTA 129. SYDNEY
22. SAO PAULO 76. MUMBAI/BOMBAY
23. BUENOS AIRES 77. BANGALORE REGIONS These are places
78. VARANASI around the world that are ‘hot
EUROPE SOUTHEAST ASIA spots’ or regional areas used by
24. United Kingdom 79. THAILAND geographers.
25. REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 80. BURMA/MYANMAR 130. NORTHERN IRELAND
26. GERMANY 81. VIETNAM 131. WEST BANK
27. FRANCE 82. INDONESIA 132. GAZA
28. ITALY 83. MALAYSIA 133. KASHMIR
29. GREECE 84. SINGAPORE 134. TIBET
30. BOSNIA CITIES 135. QUEBEC
31. SERBIA/YUGOSLAVIA 85. HO CHI MINH CITY 136. Xinjiang (NW PROVINCE OF
32. BELGIUM 86. HANOI PRC)
33. NETHERLANDS 87. JAKARTA
34. SWITZERLAND EAST ASIA 137. LATIN AMERICA
35. UKRAINE 88. CHINA 138. WESTERN EUROPE
CITIES 89. JAPAN 139. CENTRAL ASIA
36. LONDON 90. TAIWAN 140. FAR EAST
37. BELFAST 91. NORTH KOREA 141. MIDDLE EAST
38. BERLIN 92. SOUTH KOREA 142. OCEANIA
39. BRUSSELS CITIES 143. POLYNESIA
40. MUNICH 93. BEIJING
41. PARIS 94. SHANGHAI
42. ROME 95. LHASA
43. SARAJEVO 96. HONG KONG
44. KIEV 97. TOKYO
45. AMSTERDAM 98. PYONGYANG
RUSSIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 99. SEOUL
46. RUSSIA AFRICA
47. KAZAKHSTAN 100. EGYPT
48. UZBEKISTAN 101. ALGERIA
49. AZERBAIJAN 102. TUNISIA
CITIES 103. COTE D’ IVOIRE
50. MOSCOW 104. NIGERIA
51. VLADIVOSTOCK 105. GHANA
52. ST. PETERSBURG 106. SUDAN
53. ARAL’SK 107. RWANDA
54. BAKU 108. ETHIOPIA
109. SOMALIA