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Cities

Best Places to LiveFrom CNN and Money Magazine, this site offers data on over 1200 cities in the U.S. Portage is included, but Kalamazoo is not.

City Town InfoStatistics and indexes on thousands of cities, towns and villages across the United States. Many include articles, comments from local residents, and historical photos. Info on people, housing, transportation, mortgages/real estate, crime, commuting, and more!

Official City Sites
This site eventually gets you to city sites, but you must first go through the official state Web sites.

Chamber of Commerce.comSearch for a local Chamber of Commerce serving your community. Enter the name of your city in the search box and select a state. Basic information and a link to the Chamber of Commerce Web site and email are provided.

Community Information by Zip CodeData on population, education, health, business, etc. by zip code. Official City Sites Provides links to official Web sites for cities all across the U.S. and a few other countries, including links to chambers of commerce.

Countries

Country StudiesThis Web site contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. This series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Currently, there are just over 100 country studies available online. NOTE: The site focuses on lesser-known nations so a number of West European countries are not included.

World FactbookG 122 .U56a (Ref Desk Coll) Compiled by the CIA, this source provides excellent up-to-date snapshots of the countries of the world, including basic statistics, brief history, color maps, and flags.

Worldwide Governments on the WWWProvides links to governmental Web pages by country and includes links to information about the country from encyclopedias and other sources.

States & Counties

States & CapitalsQuick facts, state symbols, capital, constitution, and much more. The name of the state links to the official state page. State Profiles (LexisNexis) Profiles from the World Almanac.

National Association of CountiesCheck out the About Counties tab where you can find information, such as the population, area, county officials, courthouse addresses, and cities in a county.

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