The 1999 CIA World Factbook

Chapter 139

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K Kabul [US Embassy now Afghanistan 34 31 N 69 12 E closed] Kaduna Nigeria 10 33 N 7 27 E Kailas Range China, India 30 00 N 82 00 E Kalimantan [region] Indonesia 0 00 N 115 00 E Kamaran [island] Yemen 15 21 N 42 34 E Kamchatka Peninsula Russia 56 00 N 160 00 E (Poluostrov Kamchatka) Kampala [US Embassy] Uganda 0 19 N 32 25 E Kampuchea Cambodia 13 00 N 105 00 E Kanton Island Kiribati 2 49 S 171 40 W Karachi [US Consulate Pakistan 24 52 N 67 03 E General] Kara Sea Arctic Ocean 76 00 N 80 00 E Karakoram Pass China, India 35 30 N 77 50 E Karelian Isthmus Russia 60 25 N 30 00 E Karimata Strait Pacific Ocean 2 05 S 108 40 E Kashmir [region] India, Pakistan 34 00 N 76 00 E Katanga [region] Democratic 10 00 S 26 00 E Republic of the Congo Kathmandu [US Embassy] Nepal 27 43 N 85 19 E Kattegat [strait] Atlantic Ocean 57 00 N 11 00 E Kauai Channel Pacific Ocean 21 45 N 158 50 W Keeling Islands Cocos (Keeling) 12 30 S 96 50 E Islands Kerguelen, Iles French Southern 49 30 S 69 30 E and Antarctic Lands Kermadec Islands New Zealand 29 50 S 178 15 W Kerulen River China, Mongolia 48 48 N 117 00 E Khabarovsk Russia 48 27 N 135 06 E Khanka, Lake China, Russia 45 00 N 132 24 E Khartoum [US Embassy] Sudan 15 36 N 32 32 E Khmer Republic Cambodia 13 00 N 105 00 E Khuriya Muriya Islands Oman 17 30 N 56 00 E (Kuria Muria Islands) Khyber Pass Afghanistan, 34 05 N 71 10 E Pakistan Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Atlantic Ocean 53 53 N 9 08 E Kanal) Kiev [US Embassy] Ukraine 50 26 N 30 31 E Kigali [US Embassy] Rwanda 1 57 S 30 04 E Kingston [US Embassy] Jamaica 18 00 N 76 48 W Kingston Norfolk Island 29 03 S 167 58 E Kingstown Saint Vincent 13 09 N 61 14 W and the Grenadines Kinshasa [US Embassy] Democratic 4 18 S 15 18 E Republic of the Congo Kirghiziya Kyrgyzstan 41 00 N 75 00 E Kiritimati (Christmas Kiribati 1 52 N 157 20 W Island) Kishinev (see Chisinau) Moldova 47 00 N 28 50 E Kithira Strait Atlantic Ocean 36 00 N 23 00 E Kobe Japan 34 41 N 135 10 E Kodiak Island United States 57 49 N 152 23 W Kola Peninsula (Kol'skiy Russia 67 20 N 37 00 E Poluostrov) Kolonia [US Embassy] Federated States 6 58 N 158 13 E of Micronesia Korea Bay Pacific Ocean 39 00 N 124 00 E Korea, Democratic North Korea 40 00 N 127 00 E People's Republic of Korea, Republic of South Korea 37 00 N 127 30 E Korea Strait Pacific Ocean 34 00 N 129 00 E Koror [US Embassy] Palau 7 20 N 134 29 E Kosovo [region] Serbia and 42 30 N 21 00 E Montenegro Kowloon Hong Kong 22 18 N 114 10 E Kra, Isthmus of Burma, Thailand 10 20 N 99 00 E Krakatoa [volcano] Indonesia 6 07 S 105 24 E Krakow [US Consulate Poland 50 03 N 19 58 E General] Kuala Lumpur [US Malaysia 3 10 N 101 42 E Embassy] Kunashiri (Kunashir) Russia [de 44 20 N 146 00 E [island] facto] Kunlun Mountains China 36 00 N 84 00 E Kuril Islands Russia [de 46 10 N 152 00 E facto] Kuwait [US Embassy] Kuwait 29 20 N 47 59 E Kuznetsk Basin Russia 54 00 N 86 00 E Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands 9 05 N 167 20 E Kyushu [island] Japan 33 00 N 131 00 E Kyyiv (see Kiev) Ukraine 50 26 N 30 31 E

L Labrador Canada 54 00 N 62 00 W Laccadive Islands India 10 00 N 73 00 E Laccadive Sea Indian Ocean 7 00 N 76 00 E Lagos [US Embassy] Nigeria 6 27 N 3 24 E Lahore [US Consulate Pakistan 31 35 N 74 18 E General] Lakshadweep (Laccadive India 10 00 N 73 00 E Islands) La Paz [US Embassy] Bolivia 16 30 S 68 09 W La Perouse Strait Pacific Ocean 45 45 N 142 00 E Laptev Sea Arctic Ocean 76 00 N 126 00 E Las Palmas Spain 28 06 N 15 24 W Lau Group Fiji 18 20 S 178 30 E Lefkosa (see Nicosia) Cyprus 35 10 N 33 22 E Leipzig [US Consulate Germany 51 19 N 12 20 E General] Lemnos [island] Greece 39 54 N 25 21 E Leningrad (see Saint Russia 59 55 N 30 15 E Petersburg) Lesser Sunda Islands Indonesia 9 00 S 120 00 E Lesvos [island] Greece 39 15 N 26 15 E Leyte [island] Philippines 10 50 N 124 50 E Liancourt Rocks [claimed South Korea 37 15 N 131 50 E by Japan] Libreville [US Embassy] Gabon 0 23 N 9 27 E Ligurian Sea Atlantic Ocean 43 30 N 9 00 E Lilongwe [US Embassy] Malawi 13 59 S 33 44 E Lima [US Embassy] Peru 12 03 S 77 03 W Lincoln Sea Arctic Ocean 83 00 N 56 00 W Line Islands Jarvis Island, 0 05 N 157 00 W Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Palmyra Atoll Lisbon [US Embassy] Portugal 38 43 N 9 08 W Ljubljana [US Embassy] Slovenia 46 03 N 14 31 E Lobamba Swaziland 26 27 S 31 12 E Lombok Strait Indian Ocean 8 30 S 115 50 E Lome [US Embassy] Togo 6 08 N 1 13 E London [US Embassy] United Kingdom 51 30 N 0 10 W Longyearbyen Svalbard 78 13 N 15 33 E Lord Howe Island Australia 31 30 S 159 00 E Louisiade Archipelago Papua New Guinea 11 00 S 153 00 E Loyalty Islands (Iles New Caledonia 21 00 S 167 00 E Loyaute) Luanda [US Embassy] Angola 8 48 S 13 14 E Lubumbashi Democratic 11 40 S 27 28 E Republic of the Congo Lusaka [US Embassy] Zambia 15 25 S 28 17 E Luxembourg [US Embassy] Luxembourg 49 45 N 6 10 E Luzon [island] Philippines 16 00 N 121 00 E Luzon Strait Pacific Ocean 20 30 N 121 00 E Lyakhov Islands Russia 73 45 N 138 00 E

M Macao Macau 22 10 N 113 33 E Macedonia The Former 41 50 N 22 00 E Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Macquarie Island Australia 30 07 S 147 24 E Maddalena, Isola Italy 41 13 N 09 24 E Madeira Islands Portugal 32 40 N 16 45 W Madras [see Chennai] India 13 04 N 80 16 E Madrid [US Embassy] Spain 40 24 N 3 41 W Magellan, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 54 00 S 71 00 W Maghreb Algeria, Libya, 30 00 N 5 00 E Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia Mahe Island Seychelles 4 41 S 55 30 E Maiz, Islas del (Corn Nicaragua 12 15 N 83 00 W Islands) Majorca Island (Isla de Spain 39 30 N 3 00 E Mallorca) Majuro [US Embassy] Marshall Islands 7 05 N 171 08 E Makassar Strait Pacific Ocean 2 00 S 117 30 E Malabo Equatorial 3 45 N 8 47 E Guinea Malacca, Strait of Indian Ocean 2 30 N 101 20 E Malagasy Republic Madagascar 20 00 S 47 00 E Male Maldives 4 10 N 73 31 E Mallorca (Majorca) Spain 39 30 N 3 00 E Malpelo, Isla de Colombia 4 00 N 90 30 W Malta Channel Atlantic Ocean 56 44 N 26 53 E Malvinas, Islas Falkland Islands 51 45 S 59 00 W (Islas Malvinas) Mamoutzou Mayotte 12 47 S 45 14 E Managua [US Embassy] Nicaragua 12 09 N 86 17 W Manama [US Embassy] Bahrain 26 13 N 50 35 E Manaus [US Consular Brazil 3 08 S 60 01 W Agency] Manchukuo China 44 00 N 124 00 E Manchuria China 44 00 N 124 00 E Manila [US Embassy] Philippines 14 35 N 121 00 E Manipa Strait Pacific Ocean 3 20 S 127 23 E Mannar, Gulf of Indian Ocean 8 30 N 79 00 E Manua Islands American Samoa 14 13 S 169 35 W Maputo [US Embassy] Mozambique 25 58 S 32 35 E Marcus Island (Minami- Japan 24 16 N 154 00 E tori-shima) Mariana Islands Guam, Northern 16 00 N 145 30 E Mariana Islands Marion Island South Africa 46 51 S 37 52 E Marmara, Sea of Atlantic Ocean 40 40 N 28 15 E Marquesas Islands (Iles French Polynesia 9 00 S 139 30 W Marquises) Marseille [US Consulate France 43 18 N 5 24 E General] Martin Vaz, Ilhas Brazil 20 30 S 28 51 W Mas a Tierra (Robinson Chile 33 38 S 78 52 W Crusoe Island) Mascarene Islands Mauritius, 21 00 S 57 00 E Reunion Maseru [US Embassy] Lesotho 29 28 S 27 30 E Matamoros [US Consulate] Mexico 25 53 N 97 30 W Mata-Utu Wallis and 13 57 S 171 56 W Futuna Matsu [island] Taiwan 26 13 N 119 56 E Matthew Island New Caledonia, 22 20 S 171 20 E Vanuatu Mazatlan Mexico 23 13 N 106 25 W Mbabane [US Embassy] Swaziland 26 18 S 31 06 E McDonald Islands Heard Island and 53 06 S 73 30 E McDonald Islands Mecca Saudi Arabia 21 27 N 39 49 E Medan [US Consulate Indonesia 3 35 N 98 40 E General] Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean 36 00 N 15 00 E Melbourne [US Consulate Australia 37 49 S 144 58 E General] Melilla Spain 35 19 N 2 58 W Merida [US Consulate] Mexico 20 58 N 89 37 W Mesopotamia Iraq 33 00 N 44 00 E Messina, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 38 15 N 15 35 E Mexico [US Embassy] Mexico 19 24 N 99 09 W Mexico, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 25 00 N 90 00 W Milan [US Consulate Italy 45 28 N 9 12 E General] Minami-tori-shima Japan 24 16 N 154 00 E (Marcus Island) Mindanao [island] Philippines 8 00 N 125 00 E Mindoro [island] Philippines 12 50 N 121 05 E Mindoro Strait Pacific Ocean 12 20 N 120 40 E Minicoy Island India 8 17 N 73 02 E Minsk [US Embassy] Belarus 53 54 N 27 34 E Minorca Island (Isla de Spain 40 00 N 4 00 E Menorca) Mitla Pass Egypt 30 02 N 32 54 E Mogadishu Somalia 2 04 N 45 22 E Moldavia [region] Moldova, Romania 47 00 N 29 00 E Moluccas (Spice Islands) Indonesia 2 00 S 28 00 E Mombasa Kenya 4 03 S 39 40 E Mona Passage Atlantic Ocean 18 30 N 67 45 W Monaco Monaco 43 44 N 7 25 E Monrovia [US Embassy] Liberia 6 18 N 10 47 W Montenegro Serbia and 42 30 N 19 00 E Montenegro Monterrey Mexico 25 40 N 100 19 W Montevideo [US Embassy] Uruguay 34 53 S 56 11 W Montreal [US Consulate Canada 45 31 N 73 34 W General, US Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)] Moravia [region] Czech Republic 49 30 N 17 00 E Moravian Gate Czech Republic 49 35 N 17 50 E Moroni Comoros 11 41 S 43 16 E Mortlock Islands (Nomoi Federated States 5 30 N 153 40 E Islands) of Micronesia Moscow [US Embassy] Russia 55 45 N 37 35 E Mount Pinatubo Philippines 15 08 N 120 21 E Mozambique Channel Indian Ocean 19 00 S 41 00 E Mumbai [US Consulate India 18 58 N 72 50 E General] Munich [US Consulate Germany 48 09 N 11 35 E General] Musandam Peninsula Oman, United 26 18 N 56 24 E Arab Emirates Muscat [US Embassy] Oman 23 37 N 58 35 E Muscat and Oman Oman 21 00 N 57 00 E Myanma, Myanmar Burma 22 00 N 98 00 E

N Nagorno-Karabakh Azerbaijan 40 00 N 46 40 E [region] Nagoya [US Consulate] Japan 35 10 N 136 55 E Naha [US Consulate Japan 26 13 N 127 40 E General] Nairobi [US Embassy] Kenya 1 17 S 36 49 E Nampo-shoto [islands] Japan 30 00 N 140 00 E Naples [US Consulate Italy 40 50 N 14 15 E General] Nassau [US Embassy] The Bahamas 25 05 N 77 21 W Natuna Besar Islands Indonesia 3 30 N 102 30 E Naxcivan [region] Azerbaijan 39 20 N 45 20 E N'Djamena [US Embassy] Chad 12 07 N 15 03 E Negev [region] Israel 30 30 N 34 55 E Negros [island] Philippines 10 00 N 123 00 E Netherlands East Indies Indonesia 5 00 S 120 00 E Netherlands Guiana Suriname 4 00 N 56 00 W Nevis [island] Saint Kitts and 17 09 N 62 35 W Nevis New Britain [island] Papua New Guinea 6 00 S 150 00 E New Delhi [US Embassy] India 28 36 N 77 12 E New Guinea Indonesia, Papua 5 00 S 140 00 E New Guinea New Hebrides Vanuatu 16 00 S 167 00 E New Siberian Islands Russia 75 00 N 142 00 E New Territories Hong Kong 22 24 N 114 10 E New York, New York [US United States 40 43 N 74 01 W Mission to the United Nations (USUN)] Newfoundland [island] Canada 52 00 N 56 00 W Niamey [US Embassy] Niger 13 31 N 2 07 E Nicobar Islands India 8 00 N 93 30 E Nicosia [US Embassy] Cyprus 35 10 N 33 22 E Nightingale Island Saint Helena 37 25 S 12 30 W Nomoi Islands (Mortlock Federated States 5 30 N 153 40 E Islands) of Micronesia North Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean 30 00 N 45 00 W North Channel Atlantic Ocean 55 10 N 5 40 W North Frisian Islands Denmark, Germany 54 50 N 8 12 E North Island New Zealand 39 00 S 176 00 E North Korea North Korea 40 00 N 127 00 E North Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean 30 00 N 165 00 W North Sea Atlantic Ocean 56 00 N 4 00 E North Vietnam Vietnam 23 00 N 106 00 E North Yemen (Yemen Arab Yemen 15 00 N 44 00 E Republic) Northeast Providence Atlantic Ocean 25 40 N 77 09 W Channel Northern Epirus Albania, Greece 40 00 N 20 30 E Northern Grenadines Saint Vincent 12 45 N 61 15 W and the Grenadines Northern Ireland United Kingdom 54 40 N 6 45 W Northern Rhodesia Zambia 15 00 S 30 00 E Northwest Passages Arctic Ocean 74 40 N 100 00 W Norwegian Sea Atlantic Ocean 66 00 N 6 00 E Nouakchott [US Embassy] Mauritania 18 06 N 15 57 W Noumea New Caledonia 22 16 S 166 27 E Novaya Zemlya [islands] Russia 74 00 N 57 00 E Nubia Sudan 20 30 N 33 00 E Nuku'alofa Tonga 21 08 S 175 12 W Nuevo Laredo [US Mexico 27 30 N 99 31 W Consulate] Nuuk (Godthab) Greenland 64 11 N 51 44 W Nyasaland Malawi 13 30 S 34 00 E

O Oahu United States 21 30 N 158 00 W Ocean Island (Banaba) Kiribati 0 52 S 169 35 E Ocean Island (Kure United States 28 25 N 178 20 W Island) Ogaden [region] Ethiopia, 7 00 N 46 00 E Somalia Oil Islands (Chagos British Indian 6 00 S 71 30 E Archipelago) Ocean Territory Okhotsk, Sea of Pacific Ocean 53 00 N 150 00 E Okinawa [island group] Japan 26 30 N 128 00 E Oman, Gulf of Indian Ocean 24 30 N 58 30 E Ombai Strait Pacific Ocean 8 30 S 125 00 E Oran Algeria 35 43 N 0 43 W Oranjestad Aruba 12 33 N 70 06 W Oresund (The Sound) Atlantic Ocean 55 50 N 12 40 E Orkney Islands United Kingdom 59 00 N 3 00 W Osaka-Kobe [US Consulate Japan 34 40 N 135 30 E General] Oslo [US Embassy] Norway 59 55 N 10 45 E Osumi Strait (Van Diemen Pacific Ocean 31 00 N 131 00 E Strait) Otranto, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 40 00 N 19 00 E Ottawa [US Embassy] Canada 45 20 N 73 58 W Ouagadougou [US Embassy] Burkina Faso 12 22 N 1 31 W Outer Mongolia Mongolia 46 00 N 105 00 E