Showing posts with label World facts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World facts. Show all posts

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Script of Harappans

1. The Harappans knew the art of writing. There are nearly 4,000 specimens of Harappan writing on stone seals and other objects.

2. The Harappan script is not alphabetical but mainly pictographic.

3. The Harappan script has not been deciphered so far.

4. Script was consisted of about 400 symbols, out of which 75 were original and remaining were their variants.

Religion of Harappans

1. Pashupati seal has been found from Mohenjodaro in which a Yogi figure has been depicted.

2. The Yogi on the seal is surrounded by buffalo, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros and deer. Hence the Yogi is said to be proto-Shiva.

3. Signs of phallic worship have been found.

4. Harappans worshipped Mother Goddess.

5. A building called Great Bath have been found at Mohenjodaro which was meant for ritual bathing.

Facts About Kalibangan

1. It was not as well planned or organised as Mohenjodaro was.

2. It did not have a drainage system.

3. A number of firepits agnikundas have been found there.

4. Kalibangan was discovered in 1953. It is located in Upper Rajasthan.

Facts about Lothal

1. A dockyard have been found at lothal.

2. In 1957, Lothal was discovered by S.R. Rao in Gulf of Cambay in Gujrat.

3. Red & Black clay pots, copper tols, brick built tank like structure, a bed making factory and a seal from Iran have been found at Lothal.

Facts about Mohenjodaro

1. The literal meaning of Mohenjodaro in Sindhi language is mound of the dead.

2. The Great Bath, a granary, big halls, a bronze statue of a dancing girl, idol of a yogi and numerous seals have been found here.

3. The evidences of a assembly hall and proper planned houses with a kitchen and courtyard have been found at Mohenjodaro.

4. Mohenjodaro was discovered in 1922 under the supervision of R.D. Bannerji.

Facts About Harappa

1. Six granaries and sixteen agnikundas hav been found here.

2. People of Harappa knew the process of making tarcoal.

3. Main gate for the entry in the house of Harappa was in the north direction.

4. Main gate for the entry in the houses of Harappa was in the north direction.

Important Sites of Harappan Civilisation

Site Location River Bank

Harappa : Montegomari, Punjab : Ravi

Mohanjodaro : Larkana, Sindh(Pakistan) : Indus

Sutkagendaro : Baluchistan(Pakistan) : Dashta

Chanhudaro : Sindh (Pakistan) : Indus

Rangpur : Ahemdabad(India) : Meedar

Kalibangan : Ganganagar(Rajasthan) : Ghaggar

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Top 10 Cities proper by population

1. Mumbai : 13,922,125

2. Shanghai : 13,831,900

3. Karanchi :12,991,000

4. Delhi: 12,259,230

5. Istanbul: 11,372,613

6. Sau Polo: 10,990,249

7. Moscow: 10,452,000

8. Seoul: 10,421,782

9. Beijing: 10,123,000

10. Maxico City: 8,836,045

population density of World

World (land only)

Population: 6,733,164,238
Area(Km Square):148,940,000
Area (Mi Sque): 57,510,000
Density (/Km Squre): 45.21
Density(/Mi Aquare):117.1


World (with water)

Population: 6,733,164,238
Area(Km Square):510,072,000
Area (Mi Sque): 196,940,000
Density (/Km Squre): 13.20
Density(/Mi Aquare):34.2

World population

The term world population commonly refers to the total number of living humans on Earth at a given time. As of 22 July 2009 (UTC), the Earth's population is estimated by the United States Census Bureau to be 6.773 billion

Top 10 Cities in the U.S. by Population

New York, N.Y. 8,008,278
Los Angeles, Calif. 3,694,820
Chicago, Ill. 2,896,016
Houston, Tex. 1,953,631
Philadelphia, Pa. 1,517,550
Phoenix, Ariz. 1,321,045
San Diego, Calif. 1,223,400
Dallas, Tex. 1,188,580
San Antonio, Tex. 1,144,646
Detroit, Mich. 951,270

Population growth

Rate of increase:

237.771 million in Asia
92.293 million in Africa
38.052 million in Latin America
16.241 million in Northern America
1.955 million in Oceania
-3.264 million in Europe
383.047 million in the whole world

Countries of the World (Population)

Country Population 2001 Ranking

China 1,273,111,290 1
India 1,029,991,145 2
United States 278,058,881 3
Indonesia 228,437,870 4
Brazil 174,468,575 5
Russia 145,470,197 6
Pakistan 144,616,639 7
Bangladesh 131,269,860 8
Japan 126,771,662 9
Nigeria 126,635,626 10
Mexico 101,879,171 11
Germany 83,029,536 12
Philippines 82,841,518 13
Vietnam 79,939,014 14
Egypt 69,536,644 15
Turkey 66,493,970 16
Iran 66,128,965 17
Ethiopia 65,891,874 18
Thailand 61,797,751 19
United Kingdom 59,647,790 20
France 59,551,227 21
Italy 57,679,825 22
Congo Democratic Republic 53,624,718 23
Ukraine 48,760,474 24
Korea South 47,904,370 25
South Africa 43,586,097 26
Burma 41,994,678 27
Colombia 40,349,388 28
Spain 40,037,995 29
Poland 38,633,912 30
Argentina 37,384,816 31
Tanzania 36,232,074 32
Sudan 36,080,373 33
Algeria 31,736,053 34
Canada 31,592,805 35
Kenya 30,765,916 36
Morocco 30,645,305 37
Peru 27,483,864 38
Afghanistan 26,813,057 39
Nepal 25,284,463 40
Uzbekistan 25,155,064 41
Uganda 23,985,712 42
Venezuela 23,916,810 43
Iraq 23,331,985 44
Saudi Arabia 22,757,092 45
Taiwan 22,370,461 46
Romania 22,364,022 47
Malaysia 22,229,040 48
Korea North 21,968,228 49
Ghana 19,894,014 50
Sri Lanka 19,408,635 51
Mozambique 19,371,057 52
Australia 19,357,594 53
Yemen 18,078,035 54
Kazakhstan 16,731,303 55
Syria 16,728,808 56
Cote d'Ivoire 16,393,221 57
Madagascar 15,982,563 58
Netherlands 15,981,472 59
Cameroon 15,803,220 60
Chile 15,328,467 61
Ecuador 13,183,978 62
Guatemala 12,974,361 63
Cambodia 12,491,501 64
Burkina Faso 12,272,289 65
Zimbabwe 11,365,366 66
Cuba 11,184,023 67
Mali 11,008,518 68
Yugoslavia 10,677,290 69
Greece 10,623,835 70
Malawi 10,548,250 71
Angola 10,366,031 72
Niger 10,355,156 73
Belarus 10,350,194 74
Senegal 10,284,929 75
Czech Republic 10,264,212 76
Belgium 10,258,762 77
Hungary 10,106,017 78
Portugal 10,066,253 79
Zambia 9,770,199 80
Tunisia 9,705,102 81
Sweden 8,875,053 82
Chad 8,707,078 83
Dominican Republic 8,581,477 84
Bolivia 8,300,463 85
Austria 8,150,835 86
Azerbaijan 7,771,092 87
Bulgaria 7,707,495 88
Guinea 7,613,870 89
Somalia 7,488,773 90
Rwanda 7,312,756 91
Switzerland 7,283,274 92
Hong Kong 7,210,505 93
Haiti 6,964,549 94
Benin 6,590,782 95
Tajikistan 6,578,681 96
Honduras 6,406,052 97
El Salvador 6,237,662 98
Burundi 6,223,897 99
Israel 5,938,093 100
Paraguay 5,734,139 101
Laos 5,635,967 102
Sierra Leone 5,426,618 103
Slovakia 5,414,937 104
Denmark 5,352,815 105
Libya 5,240,599 106
Finland 5,175,783 107
Jordan 5,153,378 108
Togo 5,153,088 109
Papua New Guinea 5,049,055 110
Georgia 4,989,285 111
Nicaragua 4,918,393 112
Kyrgyzstan 4,753,003 113
Turkmenistan 4,603,244 114
Norway 4,503,440 115
Moldova 4,431,570 116
Croatia 4,334,142 117
Singapore 4,300,419 118
Eritrea 4,298,269 119
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,922,205 120
New Zealand 3,864,129 121
Ireland 3,840,838 122
Costa Rica 3,773,057 123
Lebanon 3,627,774 124
Lithuania 3,610,535 125
Central African Republic 3,576,884 126
Albania 3,510,484 127
Uruguay 3,360,105 128
Armenia 3,336,100 129
Liberia 3,225,837 130
Congo Republic of the Congo 2,894,336 131
Panama 2,845,647 132
Mauritania 2,747,312 133
Jamaica 2,665,636 134
Mongolia 2,654,999 135
Oman 2,622,198 136
United Arab Emirates 2,407,460 137
Latvia 2,385,231 138
Lesotho 2,177,062 139
Bhutan 2,049,412 140
Macedonia 2,046,209 141
Kuwait 2,041,961 142
Slovenia 1,930,132 143
Namibia 1,797,677 144
Botswana 1,586,119 145
Estonia 1,423,316 146
Gambia The 1,411,205 147
Guinea-Bissau 1,315,822 148
Gabon 1,221,175 149
Mauritius 1,189,825 150
Trinidad and Tobago 1,169,682 151
Swaziland 1,104,343 152
Fiji 844,330 153
Qatar 769,152 154
Cyprus 762,887 155
Guyana 697,181 156
Bahrain 645,361 157
Comoros 596,202 158
Equatorial Guinea 486,060 159
Solomon Islands 480,442 160
Djibouti 460,700 161
Macau 453,733 162
Luxembourg 442,972 163
Suriname 433,998 164
Martinique 418,454 165
Cape Verde 405,163 166
Malta 394,583 167
Brunei 343,653 168
Maldives 310,764 169
Bahamas The 297,852 170
Iceland 277,906 171
Barbados 275,330 172
Belize 256,062 173
Vanuatu 192,910 174
Samoa 179,058 175
Sao Tome and Principe 165,034 176
Saint Lucia 158,178 177
Micronesia Federated 134,597 178
Saint Vincent and Grenadines 115,942 179
Tonga 104,227 180
Kiribati 94,149 181
Grenada 89,227 182
Seychelles 79,715 183
Marshall Islands 70,822 184
Dominica 70,786 185
Andorra 67,627 186
Antigua and Barbuda 66,970 187
Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,756 188
Liechtenstein 32,528 189
Monaco 31,842 190
San Marino 27,336 191
Palau 19,092 192
Nauru 12,088 193
Tuvalu 10,991 194
Holy See (Vatican City) 890 195
Country/Island/Ocean Total Area sq. km Sq. km of Land Sq. km of Water Rank

Afghanistan 647,500 647,500 0 41
Albania 28,748 27,398 1,350 140
Algeria 2,381,740 2,381,740 0 11
Andorra 468 468 0 178
Angola 1,246,700 1,246,700 0 23
Antigua and Barbuda 442 442 0 181
Argentina 2,766,890 2,736,690 30,200 8
Armenia 29,800 28,400 1,400 139
Australia 7,686,850 7,617,930 68,920 6
Austria 83,858 82,738 1,120 113
Azerbaijan 86,600 86,100 500 112

Bahamas The 13,940 10,070 3,870 155
Bahrain 620 620 0 176
Bangladesh 144,000 133,910 10,090 92
Barbados 430 430 0 182
Belarus 207,600 207,600 0 84
Belgium 30,510 30,230 280 137
Belize 22,966 22,806 160 147
Benin 112,620 110,620 2,000 100
Bhutan 47,000 47,000 0 129
Bolivia 1,098,580 1,084,390 14,190 28
Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129 51,129 0 125
Botswana 600,370 585,370 15,000 45
Brazil 8,511,965 8,456,510 55,455 5
Brunei 5,770 5,270 500 163
Bulgaria 110,910 110,550 360 103
Burkina Faso 274,200 273,800 400 73
Burma 678,500 657,740 20,760 40
Burundi 27,830 25,650 2,180 143

Cambodia 181,040 176,520 4,520 88
Cameroon 475,440 469,440 6,000 53
Canada 9,976,140 9,220,970 755,170 2
Cape Verde 4,033 4,033 0 165
Central African Republic 622,984 622,984 0 43
Chad 1,284,000 1,259,200 24,800 21
Chile 756,950 748,800 8,150 38
China 9,596,960 9,326,410 270,550 4
Colombia 1,138,910 1,038,700 100,210 26
Comoros 2,170 2,170 0 168
Congo Democratic Republic 2,345,410 2,267,600 77,810 12
Congo Republic of the Congo 342,000 341,500 500 63
Costa Rica 51,100 50,660 440 126
Cote d'Ivoire 322,460 318,000 4,460 68
Croatia 56,542 56,414 128 124
Cuba 110,860 110,860 0 104
Cyprus 9,250 9,240 10 161
Czech Republic 78,866 77,276 1,590 115

Denmark 43,094 42,394 700 131
Djibouti 22,000 21,980 20 148
Dominica 754 754 0 171
Dominican Republic 48,730 48,380 350 128

Ecuador 283,560 276,840 6,720 72
Egypt 1,001,450 995,450 6,000 30
El Salvador 21,040 20,720 320 149
Equatorial Guinea 28,051 28,051 0 142
Eritrea 121,320 121,320 0 97
Estonia 45,226 43,211 2,015 130
Ethiopia 1,127,127 1,119,683 7,444 27

Fiji 18,270 18,270 0 152
Finland 337,030 305,470 31,560 64
France 547,030 545,630 1,400 48

Gabon 267,667 257,667 10,000 75
Gambia The 11,300 10,000 1,300 158
Georgia 69,700 69,700 0 119
Germany 357,021 349,223 7,798 62
Ghana 238,540 230,020 8,520 78
Greece 131,940 130,800 1,140 95
Greenland 2,175,600 2,175,600 0 13
Grenada 340 340 0 184
Guatemala 108,890 108,430 460 105
Guinea 245,857 245,857 0 76
Guinea-Bissau 36,120 28,000 8,120 134
Guyana 214,970 196,850 18,120 82

Haiti 27,750 27,560 190 144
Holy See (Vatican City) 0.4 0.4 0 194
Honduras 112,090 111,890 200 101
Hungary 93,030 92,340 690 109

Iceland 103,000 100,250 2,750 106
India 3,287,590 2,973,190 314,400 7
Indonesia 1,919,440 1,826,440 93,000 16
Iran 1,648,000 1,636,000 12,000 18
Iraq 437,072 432,162 4,910 58
Ireland 70,280 68,890 1,390 118
Israel 20,770 20,330 440 150
Italy 301,230 294,020 7,210 70

Jamaica 10,990 10,830 160 159
Japan 377,835 374,744 3,091 61
Jordan 92,300 91,971 329 111

Kazakhstan 2,717,300 2,669,800 47,500 9
Kenya 582,650 569,250 13,400 47
Kiribati 717 717 0 173
Korea North 120,540 120,410 130 98
Korea South 98,480 98,190 290 108
Kuwait 17,820 17,820 0 153
Kyrgyzstan 198,500 191,300 7,200 85

Laos 236,800 230,800 6,000 80
Latvia 64,589 64,589 0 122
Lebanon 10,400 10,230 170 160
Lesotho 30,355 30,355 0 138
Liberia 111,370 96,320 15,050 102
Libya 1,759,540 1,759,540 0 17
Liechtenstein 160 160 0 189
Lithuania 65,200 65,200 0 121
Luxembourg 2,586 2,586 0 167

Macedonia 25,333 24,856 477 146
Madagascar 587,040 581,540 5,500 46
Malawi 118,480 94,080 24,400 99
Malaysia 329,750 328,550 1,200 65
Maldives 300 300 0 186
Mali 1,240,000 1,220,000 20,000 24
Malta 316 316 0 185
Marshall Islands 181.3 181.3 0 188
Mauritania 1,030,700 1,030,400 300 29
Mauritius 1,860 1,850 10 169
Mexico 1,972,550 1,923,040 49,510 14
Micronesia Federated 702 702 0 174
Moldova 33,843 33,371 472 136
Monaco 2 2 0 193
Mongolia 1,565,000 1,565,000 0 19
Morocco 446,550 446,300 250 57
Mozambique 801,590 784,090 17,500 36

Namibia 825,418 825,418 0 34
Nauru 21 21 0 192
Nepal 140,800 136,800 4,000 94
Netherlands 41,526 33,883 7,643 132
New Zealand 268,680 268,670 10 74
Nicaragua 129,494 120,254 9,240 96
Niger 1,267,000 1,266,700 300 22
Nigeria 923,768 910,768 13,000 32
Norway 324,220 307,860 16,360 67

Oman 212,460 212,460 0 83

Pakistan 803,940 778,720 25,220 35
Palau 458 458 0 179
Panama 78,200 75,990 2,210 116
Papua New Guinea 462,840 452,860 9,980 54
Paraguay 406,750 397,300 9,450 59
Peru 1,285,220 1,280,000 5,220 20
Philippines 300,000 298,170 1,830 71
Poland 312,685 304,465 8,220 69
Portugal 92,391 91,951 440 110
Puerto Rico 9,104 8,959 145 162

Qatar 11,437 11,437 0 157

Romania 237,500 230,340 7,160 79
Russia 17,075,200 16,995,800 79,400 1
Rwanda 26,338 24,948 1,390 145

Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 261 0 187
Saint Lucia 620 610 10 177
Saint Vincent and Grenadines 389 389 0 183
Samoa 2,860 2,850 10 166
San Marino 61.2 61.2 0 190
Sao Tome and Principe 1,001 1,001 0 170
Saudi Arabia 1,960,582 1,960,582 0 15
Senegal 196,190 192,000 4,190 86
Seychelles 455 455 0 180
Sierra Leone 71,740 71,620 120 117
Singapore 647.5 637.5 10 175
Slovakia 48,845 48,800 45 127
Slovenia 20,253 20,253 0 151
Solomon Islands 28,450 27,540 910 141
Somalia 637,657 627,337 10,320 42
South Africa 1,219,912 1,219,912 0 25
Spain 504,782 499,542 5,240 51
Sri Lanka 65,610 64,740 870 120
Sudan 2,505,810 2,376,000 129,810 10
Suriname 163,270 161,470 1,800 91
Swaziland 17,363 17,203 160 154
Sweden 449,964 410,934 39,030 55
Switzerland 41,290 39,770 1,520 133
Syria 185,180 184,050 1,130 87

Taiwan 35,980 32,260 3,720 135
Tajikistan 143,100 142,700 400 93
Tanzania 945,087 886,037 59,050 31
Thailand 514,000 511,770 2,230 50
Togo 56,785 54,385 2,400 123
Tonga 748 718 30 172
Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 5,128 0 164
Tunisia 163,610 155,360 8,250 90
Turkey 780,580 770,760 9,820 37
Turkmenistan 488,100 488,100 0 52
Tuvalu 26 26 0 191

Uganda 236,040 199,710 36,330 81
Ukraine 603,700 603,700 0 44
United Arab Emirates 82,880 82,880 0 114
United Kingdom 244,820 241,590 3,230 77
United States 9,629,091 9,158,960 470,131 3
Uruguay 176,220 173,620 2,600 89
Uzbekistan 447,400 425,400 22,000 56

Vanuatu 12,200 12,200 0 156
Venezuela 912,050 882,050 30,000 33
Vietnam 329,560 325,360 4,200 66

Yemen 527,970 527,970 0 49
Yugoslavia 102,350 102,136 214 107

Zambia 752,614 740,724 11,890 39
Zimbabwe 390,580 386,670 3,910 60