Countries, states and the world

Maps has a page for every country and territory, every U.S. state, and about two hundred thousand cities, towns and U.S. ZIP codes. Each shows the place on the map, with its outline where it has one, and gives its key facts, with links to go up a level or down to its cities.

#The World page

Select World at the end of the ribbon, or Every country on the Maps home. The page lists every country and territory under its continent. Select a continent's name for its own page, with its population, area, countries and biggest cities.

#A country

Search for a country by name, or select it on the World page.

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A country's page has:

• Buttons: Directions (to the country), Share, Data centers (the data center map for that country) and Weather, on sites that have the Weather service.
• Facts: capital, population, area in square kilometers and square miles, languages, currency, international calling code and internet domain.
• About: a summary from Wikipedia.
• Biggest cities, each linking to its page.
• Regions: the country's provinces or states; each searches the map for that region.
• Neighboring countries, with their flags.

The page for the United States lists all the states instead of regions, and each state page gives the capital, the local time in most of the state, its postal abbreviation, a Wikipedia summary and its biggest cities.

#Cities, towns and ZIP codes

Every city and town, and every U.S. ZIP code, has a page with its own facts, the weather now, nearby towns and, for U.S. cities, its ZIP codes. See Place pages.

#Moving between levels

• The breadcrumbs at the foot of each panel (World › United States › Massachusetts › Boston) take you up a level.
• The lists on each page take you down.
• The map draws each place's outline as a dashed red line, so you can see its borders.