Based upon the 1998 print edition of The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, which had 163,000 entries, this revised online edition adds some 7,000 new ones, with many revisions to existing entries
A project of The New York Times, "Every City, Every Block" creates a very user-friendly interface for looking at the latest numbers from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Mercer conducts the ranking to help governments and multi-national companies compensate employees fairly when placing them on international assignments.
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements.
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