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Published by Blackbirch Press, Inc.
260 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525

©2001 by Blackbirch Press, Inc.
First Edition

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Web site: www.blackbirch.com

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from Blackbirch Press, Inc., except by a reviewer.

Printed in China

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The Kid's Visual Reference of the World Staff
Publisher: Bruce S. Glassman
Editorial Director: W. Scott Ingram
Editor/Photo Research: Emily Kucharczyk
Editorial: Jenifer Morse, Kristen Woronoff
Art Director/Book Design: Calico Harington
Layout: Mary Mazzara
Indexer: Kathleen Rocheleau

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A Note About Statistics
The statistical information in this book is based primarily on data from the CIA World Factbook 2000. Certain supplemental data was adapted from other almanacs and reference sources.

A Note about area data and country size rankings:
All area data is total land area, as supplied by the CIA World Factbook. Total population and numerical rankings by population are supplied by the U.S. Census Bureau/International Database.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The Blackbirch kid's visual reference of the world / by the editors of Blackbirch Press.

p. cm.

Includes index.

Summary: Presents maps and information about all the countries of the world, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

ISBN 1-56711-579-9 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Geography—Encyclopedias, Juvenile. [1. Atlases. 2. Geography.]
I. Blackbirch Press. II. Title.

G133 .B49 2001
910—dc21

2001003056