Kiribati is one of those countries you never hear anything about yet has some very unique and interesting geographic anomalies. These 3 maps created by reddit user evening_raga show a few facts about this overlooked part of the world.
Where Germans Voted For The Nazis in 1933
One important fact to remember about that the Nazis is that they were originally democratically elected into office. The map above shows where National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi) support was the highest in the election of March 3rd, 1933.
It would turn out to be the last somewhat “free,” multi-party German election held across all of Germany until December 2nd, 1990, after German reunification.
However, it’s also important to note that while the Nazis won the most seats in 1933, they did not win a majority of them or the popular vote. Here is another map showing this in another way:
All The Bars In France That Primarily Serve Alcohol
The map above shows the 3,209 bars which primarily serve alcohol in mainland France. This compares to 34,669 “mixed establishments”, such as restaurants, night clubs, etc. which also sell alcohol across France.
Countries That Lost Citizens On 9/11
9/11 was by far the worst terrorist attack in American history with 2,977 victims (excluding the 19 perpetrators). While the attacks were aimed at the United States, 372 foreign nationals from 61 countries were also victims.
Here’s a list of casualties by country based on data from Wikipedia:
Population of the Metro Tokyo Area Compared To US Cities
Please note this map was made in 2014:
According to the UN, Tokyo is the world’s most populous metropolitan area with an estimated 37.8 million people in 2014 (38,140,000 in 2026).
The next closest is the Seoul National Capital Area with a population of 25.6 million people or over 10 million fewer than Tokyo!
So how does this compare to US cities?
The True Size of Africa
While it doesn’t look it, Africa is big, really big. In fact, Africa’s true size is 30 million square km, just under twice the size of Russia or bigger than Canada, the United States and China put together!
European Food According to Italians
1853 Japanese Map Of The World By Suido Nakajima
The map above is interesting not because it looks beautiful, which it does, but because of where and when it was published.
Where Are Winters The Worst? The Winter Severity Index Has The Answer
The map above shows how bad winters are around the United States using the The Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index. The circles on the map represent the weather stations used to collect the data.
Why are there so many “X” in “European Country”? Google Autocomplete Map
Why are there there so many immigrants in France & the UK, so many Irish in Portugal and Portuguese in Luxembourg, so many dashcams in Russia and so many cats everywhere?
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