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List Of Places In The United Kingdom
A gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's county, unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates. __NOTOC__ ;Location names beginning with A: * Location names beginning with Aa–Ak * Location names beginning with Al * Location names beginning with Am–Ar * Location names beginning with As–Az ;Location names beginning with B: * Location names beginning with Bab–Bal * Location names beginning with Bam–Bap * Location names beginning with Bar * Location names beginning with Bas–Baz * Location names beginning with Bea–Bem * Location names beginning with Ben–Bez * Location names beginning with Bi * Location names beginning with Bla–Blac * Location names beginning with Blad–Bly * Location names beginning with Boa–Bot * Location names beginning with Bou–Boz * Location names beginning with Bra * Location names beginning with Bre–Bri * Location names beginning with Bro–Bron * Location names beginning with Broo–Brt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazetteer
A gazetteer is a geographical index or directory used in conjunction with a map or atlas.Aurousseau, 61. It typically contains information concerning the geographical makeup, social statistics and physical features of a country, region, or continent. Content of a gazetteer can include a subject's location, dimensions of peaks and waterways, population, gross domestic product and literacy rate. This information is generally divided into topics with entries listed in alphabetical order. Ancient Greek gazetteers are known to have existed since the Hellenistic era. The first known Chinese gazetteer was released by the first century, and with the age of print media in China by the ninth century, the Chinese gentry became invested in producing gazetteers for their local areas as a source of information as well as local pride. The geographer Stephanus of Byzantium wrote a geographical dictionary (which currently has missing parts) in the sixth century which influenced later Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
