United Nations ...... Established24th October 1945 by 51 countries HeadquarterNew York, United States Official languagesArabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish TotalMembership193 member Present Secretary GeneralBan Ki-moon First Secretary GeneralTrygve Lie,Norway United Nations was establishedSan Francisco City Permanent Members in Security CouncilRussia, USA, France, China and UK. Logo designer of the United NationsDonal McLaughlin Newest Member in UNSouth Sudan, 14thJuly 2011 Six Principal OrgansThe General Assembly The Security Council The Economic and Social Council The Secretariat The International Court of Justice The United Nations Trusteeship Council Organizations and specialized agencies of the United Nations NameHeadquartersEstablished Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Rome, Italy1945 International Labour Organization (ILO)Geneva, Switzerland1946 International Maritime Organization (IMO)London, United Kingdom1948 World Food Programme (WFP)Rome, Italy1963 World Health Organization (WHO)Geneva, Switzerland1948 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)Vienna, Austria1957 International Telecommunication Union (ITU)Geneva, Switzerland1947 World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)Madrid, Spain1974 Universal Postal Union (UPU)Bern, Switzerland1947 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)Montreal, Canada1947 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)Rome, Italy1977 International Monetary Fund (IMF)Washington, D.C., USA1945 World Bank (WB)Washington, D.C., USA1945 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)Geneva, Switzerland1974 World Meteorological Organization (WMO)Geneva, Switzerland1950 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)Vienna, Austria1967 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)Paris, France1946 The UN has 4 main purposes •To keep peace throughout the world •To develop friendly relations among nations •To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms •To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals

Highest, Longest, Largest, Tallest, Smallest etc... in World: Significance Place Bussiest Passenger Station Shinjuku Station Busiest Passenger Airport Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport,USA Biggest City in area New York Coldest inhabitatedPlace Oymyakon, Russia Driest Place Atacama Desert, Chile Deepest Lake Baikal, Siberia Fastest Bird Swift Highest Railway Station Tanggula Station, Tibet, China Highest Plateau Pamir, Tibet Highest Lake Titicaca , Bolivia Highest Mountain Peak Everest. Nepal Highest Volcano Ojos del Salado, Andes, Ecuador Highest Waterfall Angel Falls, Venezuela Highest Capital La Paz , Bolivia Highest City La Rinconada, Peru Highest Airport Lhasa Airport, Tibet Hottest inhabitated Place Dallol, Ethiopia Largest Archipelago Indonesia Largest Continent Asia Largest Country by Population China Largest Country by Size Russia Largest Bird Ostrich Largest City in population Tokyo Largest Creature Blue Whale Largest Delta Sunderban, Bangladesh & India Largest Desert Sahara, Africa Largest Dam Three Gorges, China Largest Diamond Cullinan Diamond Largest Dome Cowboys Stadium, Texas, USA Largest Epic Mahabharata Largest Island Greenland Largest Sea South China Sea LargestArtificial Lake by Surface Area Lake Volta,Ghana LargestArtificial Lake by Surface Volume Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe and Zambia Largest Fresh Water Lake Superior Lake Largest Salt Water Lake Caspian Lake Largest Library United States Library of Congress, Washington D.C. Largest Museum The Hermitage Museum, Saint-Petersburg,Russia Largest Ocean Pacific Ocean Largest National Park NorthEast Geenland National Park Largest Single-Aperture Radio Telescope Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico Largest Zoo by species Berlin Zoological Garden Largest Zoo by area Red McCombs Wildlife, Texas, USA Largest Peninsula Arabia Largest Railway Station Grand Central Terminal, Chicago ( U.S.A. ) Largest River Amazon, South America Largest Sea - bird Albatross Largest Fountain Suntec city fountain of Wealth, Singapore Largest Sewage Tunnel The Chicago Tunnel, USA Largest Inhabited Castle Windsor Castle, UK Largest Orthodox Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Christ, Russia Largest Pyramid Quetzalcoatl Pyramid Largest Drainage Basin The Amazon Basin Largest Cave Passage Son Doong cave, Vietnam Lagest Glacier Lambert Glacier Largest Swamp The Pantanal Swamp, Brazil Largest River Island Majuli, India, Assam Largest Airport Terminal Beijing Capital International Airport, China Largest Bay Hudson Bay, Canada Largets Cemetary Ohlsdorf Cemetary, Hamburg, Germeny Largest Church St. Peter's Basilica, Vetican City, Rome Largest Lagoon Grand Lagon Sud, New Caledonia Largest Mosque Imam Reza Shrine, Iran Largest Convention Center World Market Center, Las Vegas, USA Largest Gulf Gulf of Mexico Largest Hotel The Venetian & The Palazzo, Las Vegas, USA Largest Stadium Strahov Stadium, Prague Largest Bus Fleet Andra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation,India Largest Medical Center Texas Medical Center, USA Largest Irrigation Canal All-American Canal Largest Container Ship CMA CGM Marco Polo Longest Railway Bridge Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, China Longest Irrigation Canal Karakum Canal Longest Canal The Grand Canal, China Longest Mountain Range Andes, South America Longest Platform Kharagpur, India Longest Railway Trans - Siberian railway LongestRailwayTunnel Seikan Tunnel, Japan Longest Road Tunnel Laedal Tunnel, Norway Longest Wall Great Wall of China Longest River Nile , Africa Lowest Water Body Dead Sea Most Active Volcano Maunaloa,Hawaii, U.S.A Rainiest Place Mausinram, Meghalaya, India Smallest Bird Humming Bird Smallest Continent by Area Australia Smallest Country by Area Vatican City Smallest Country by Population Vatican City Tallest Animal Giraffe Tallest Dam Nurek Dam, Tajikistan Tallest Building Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE Tallest Railway Station Building Nagoya Station, Japan Tallest Statue Spring Temple Buddha, china Tallest Monument Gateway Arch, USA

Countries with their Capitals and Independece Day (part 2 of 2): 121 Lithuania Vilnius 11th March 122 Luxembourg Luxembourg 23rd June 123 Macedonia Skopje 8th September 124 Madagascar Antananarivo 26th June 125 Malawi Lilongwe 6th July 126 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 31st August 127 Maldives Malé 26th July 128 Mali Bamako 22nd September 129 Malta Valletta 21st September 130 Marshall Islands Majuro 21st October 131 Martinique Fort-de-France 132 Mauritania Nouakchott 28th November 133 Mauritius Port Louis 12th March 134 Mayotte Mamoudzou 135 Mexico Mexico City 16th September 136 Federated States of Micronesia Palikir 3rd November 137 Moldova Chișinău 27th August 138 Monaco Monaco-ville 139 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 29th December 140 Montenegro Podgorica 21st May 141 Montserrat Brades Estate 142 Morocco Rabat 18th November 143 Mozambique Maputo 25th June 144 Nagorno-Karabakh Stepanakert 2nd September 145 Namibia Windhoek 21st March 146 Nauru Yaren (de facto) 31st january 147 Nepal Kathmandu 148 Netherlands Amsterdam 5th May 149 New Caledonia Nouméa 150 New Zealand Wellington 26th September 151 Nicaragua Managua 15th September 152 Niger Niamey 3rd August 153 Nigeria Abuja 1st October 154 Niue Alofi 155 North Borneo Kota Kinabalu 156 Norfolk Island Kingston 157 North Korea P'yŏngyang 9th September 158 Northern Cyprus North Nicosia 2nd September 159 Northern Ireland Belfast 160 Northern Mariana Islands Saipan 161 Norway Oslo 7th June 162 Oman Muscat 163 Pakistan Islamabad 14th August 164 Palau Ngerulmud 1st October 165 Palestinian National Authority Ramallah and Gaza 166 Panama Panama City 28th November 167 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 16th September 168 Paraguay Asunción 14th May 169 Peru Lima 28th July 170 Philippines Manila 12th June 171 Pitcairn Islands Adamstown 172 Poland Warsaw 11th November 173 Portugal Lisbon 1st December 174 Puerto Rico San Juan 175 Qatar Doha 3rd Sptember 176 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 15th August 177 Réunion Saint-Denis 178 Romania Bucharest 9th May 179 Russia Moscow 24th August 180 Rwanda Kigali 1st July 181 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre 182 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Jamestown 183 Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 19th September 184 Saint Lucia Castries 22nd February 185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 27th October 186 Samoa Apia 1st January 187 San Marino San Marino 3rd September 188 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 12th July 189 Sarawak Kuching 22nd July 190 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 23rd September 191 Senegal Dakar 4th April 192 Serbia Belgrade 15th February 193 Seychelles Victoria 29th June 194 Sierra Leone Freetown 27th April 195 Singapore Singapore City 9th August 196 Sint Maarten Philipsburg 197 Slovakia Bratislava 17th July 198 Slovenia Ljubljana 25th June 199 Solomon Islands Honiara 7th July 200 Somalia Mogadishu 1st July 201 South Africa Pretoria (administrative capital), Cape Town (legislative capital), Bloemfontein, (judicial capital) 11th December 202 South Korea Seoul 15th August 203 South Sudan Juba 9th July 204 South Ossetia Tskhinval 26th August 205 Spain Madrid 12th October 206 Sri Lanka Colombo 4th February 207 Sudan Khartoum 1st January 208 Suriname Paramaribo 25th November 209 Svalbard Longyearbyen 210 Swaziland Mbabane 6th September 211 Sweden Stockholm 6th June 212 Switzerland Bern 1st August 213 Syria Damascus 17th April 214 Taiwan Taipei 10th October 215 Tajikistan Dushanbe 9th September 216 Tanzania Dodoma 9th December 217 Thailand Bangkok 218 Togo Lomé 27thApril 219 Tokelau Nukunonu 6th February 220 Tonga Nukuʻalofa 4th June 221 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 31st August 222 Tunisia Tunis 20th March 223 Turkey Ankara 29th October 224 Turkmenistan Ashgabat 27th October 225 Turks and Caicos Islands Cockburn Town 30th August 226 Tuvalu Fongafale (in Funafuti) 1st October 227 Uganda Kampala 9th October 228 Ukraine Kiev 24th November 229 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 2nd December 230 United Kingdom London 1st May 231 United States Washington, D.C. 4th July 232 Uruguay Montevideo 25th August 233 Uzbekistan Tashkent 1st September 234 Vanuatu Port Vila 30th July 235 Vatican City Vatican City 11th February 236 Venezuela Caracas 5th July 237 Vietnam Hanoi 2nd September 238 Virgin Islands of the United States Charlotte Amalie 239 Wallis and Futuna Matâ'Utu 14th July 240 Yemen Sana'a 30th November 241 Zambia Lusaka 24th October 242 Zimbabwe Harare 18th April

Country, Capital and Indepandance Day (part 1 of 2): No Country Capital Independence Day /Natonal Day 1 Abkhazia Sukhum 4th July 2 Afghanistan Kabul 19th August 3 Albania Tirana 28th November 4 Algeria Algiers 5th July 5 American Samoa Pago Pago 1st January 6 Andorra Andorra la Vella 8th September 7 Angola Luanda 11th November 8 Anguilla The Valley 30th May 9 Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 1st November 10 Argentina Buenos Aires 9th July 11 Armenia Yerevan 21st September 12 Aruba Oranjestad 1st January 13 Australia Canberra 26th January 14 Austria Vienna 26th October 15 Azerbaijan Baku 30th August 16 Bahamas Nassau 10th July 17 Bahrain Manama 15th August 18 Bangladesh Dhaka 26th March 19 Barbados Bridgetown 30th November 20 Belarus Minsk 3rd July 21 Belgium Brussels 21st July 22 Belize Belmopan 21st September 23 Benin Porto-Novo 1st August 24 Bermuda Hamilton 24th May 25 Bhutan Thimphu 8th August 26 Bolivia La Paz 6th August 27 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 1st March 28 Botswana Gaborone 30th September 29 Brazil Brasília 7th September 30 British Virgin Islands Road Town 1st July 31 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 1st January 32 Bulgaria Sofia 22th September 33 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 5th August 34 Burma Naypyidaw 4th January 35 Burundi Bujumbura 1st July 36 Cambodia Phnom Penh 9th November 37 Cameroon Yaoundé 1st January 38 Canada Ottawa 1st July 39 Cape Verde Praia 5th July 40 Cayman Islands George Town 41 Central African Republic Bangui 13th August 42 Chad N'Djamena 11th August 43 Chile Santiago 18th September 44 China (People's Republic of China) Beijing 1st October 45 Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove 46 Cocos Islands West Island 47 Colombia Bogotá 20th July 48 Comoros Moroni 6th July 49 Cook Islands Avarua 50 Costa Rica San José 15th September 51 Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro 7th August 52 Croatia Zagreb 8th October 53 Cuba Havana 20th May 54 Curaçao Willemstad 55 Cyprus Nicosia 1st October 56 Czech Republic Prague 1st January 57 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 30th June 58 Denmark Copenhagen 59 Djibouti Djibouti 27th June 60 Dominica Roseau 3rd November 61 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 27th February 62 East Timor Díli 29th May 63 Ecuador Quito 24th May 64 Egypt Cairo 28th February 65 El Salvador San Salvador 15th September 66 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 67 Eritrea Asmara 24th May 68 Estonia Tallinn 20th August 69 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 70 Faroe Islands Tórshavn 71 Fiji Suva 10th October 72 Finland Helsinki 6th December 73 France Paris 74 French Guiana Cayenne 75 French Polynesia Papeete 76 Gabon Libreville 17th August 77 The Gambia Banjul 18th February 78 Georgia Tbilisi 9th April 79 Germany Berlin 18th January 80 Ghana Accra 6th March 81 Gibraltar Gibraltar 82 Greece Athens 25th March 83 Greenland Nuuk 84 Grenada St. George's 7th February 85 Guadeloupe Basse-Terre 86 Guam Hagåtña 87 Guatemala Guatemala City 15th September 88 Guernsey Saint Peter Port 89 Guinea Conakry 2nd October 90 Guinea-Bissau Bissau 24th September 91 Guyana Georgetown 26th May 92 Haiti Port-au-Prince 1st January 93 Honduras Tegucigalpa 15th September 94 Hungary Budapest 15th March 95 Iceland Reykjavík 1st December 96 India New Delhi 15th August 97 Indonesia Jakarta 17th August 98 Iran Tehran 99 Iraq Baghdad 3rd October 100 Ireland Dublin 24th April 101 Isle of Man Douglas 102 Israel Jerusalem 14th May 103 Italy Rome 17th March 104 Jamaica Kingston 6th August 105 Japan Tokyo 11th February 106 Jersey St. Helier 9th May 107 Jordan Amman 25th May 108 Kazakhstan Astana 16th December 109 Kenya Nairobi 12th December 110 Kiribati Tarawa 12th July 111 Kosovo Prishtinë 17th February 112 Kuwait Kuwait City 25th February 113 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 31st August 114 Laos Vientiane 9th July 115 Latvia Riga 18th November 116 Lebanon Beirut 22nd November 117 Lesotho Maseru 4th October 118 Liberia Monrovia 26th July 119 Libya Tripoli 24th December 120 Liechtenstein Vaduz 23rd January

Top ten in the World.... LARGEST CITIES ON THE PLANET BY POPULATION 1. Shanghai17,836,133 2. Istanbul13,483,052 3. Karachi13,052,000 4. Mumbai12,478,447 5. Moscow11,810,000 6. Beijing11,716,000 7. São Paulo11,316,149 8. Tianjin11,090,314 9. Guangzhou11,070,654 10. Delhi11,007,835 COUNTRY POPULATION (Largest) 1. China1,347,350,000 2. India1,210,193,000 3. USA313,686,000 4. Indonesia237,641,000 5. Brazil192,376,000 6. Pakistan179,764,000 7. Nigeria162,471,000 8. Russia143,100,000 9. Bangladesh142,319,000 10. Japan127,610,200 COUNTRIES (Highest Density) (people per square km) 1. Monaco16,205 2. Singapore6,386 3. Malta1,261 4. Maldives1,164 5. Bahrain1,035 6. Bangladesh1,002 7. Vatican City920 8. Barbados648 9. Nauru621 10. Mauritius603 LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD 1. Chinese Mandarin1 billion + 2. English512 million 3. Hindi501 million 4. Spanish399 million 5. Russian285 million 6. Arabic265 million 7. Bengali245 million 8. Portuguese196 million 9. Malay-Indonesian140 million 10. Japanese125 million TOP 10 TALLEST MOUNTAINS 1. Mount Everest29,035 ft (8,850 m) Nepal/China 2. Qogir (K2)28,250 ft (8,611 m) Pakistan 3. Kangchenjunga28,169 ft (8,586 m) Nepal 4. Lhotse27,920 ft (8,501 m) Nepal 5. Makalu I27,765 ft (8,462 m) Nepal 6. Cho Oyu26,906 ft (8,201 m) Nepal 7. Dhaulagiri26,794 ft (8,167 m) Nepal 8. Manaslu I26,758 ft (8,156 m) Nepal 9. Nanga Parbat26,658 ft (8,125 m) Pakistan 10. Annapurna I26,545 ft (8,091 m) Nepal LARGEST COUNTRIES (by Land Mass) 1. Russia6,592,846 sq miles (17,075,400 sq km) 2. Canada3,602,707 sq miles (9,330,970 sq km) 3. China3,600,947 sq miles (9,326,410 sq km) 4. USA3,539,242 sq miles (9.166,600 sq km) 5. Brazil3,265,075 sq miles (8,456,510 sq km) 6. Australia2,941,283 sq miles (7,617,930 sq km) 7. India1,147,949 sq miles (2,973,190 sq km) 8. Argentina1,056,636 sq miles (2,736,690 sq km) 9. Kazakhstan1,049,150 sq miles (2,717,300 sq km) 10. Sudan917,374 sq miles (2,376,000 sq km) CONTINENTS (by size) 1. Asia44,579,000 sq km 2. Africa30,221,000 sq km 3. North America24,256,000 sq km 4. South America17,819,000 sq km 5. Antarctica13,209,000 sq km 6. Europe9,938,000 sq km 7. Australia/Oceania7,687,000 sq km CONTINENTS (by Population) 1. Asia4,140,336,501 2. Africa1,020,201.229 3. Europe738,523,843 4. North America528,720/588 5. South America385,742,554 6. Australia/Oceania36,102.071 7. Antarctica0 OCEANS OF THE WORLD (by Size) 1. Pacific155,557,000 sq km 2. Atlantic76,762,000 sq km 3. Indian68,556,000 sq km 4. Southern20,327,000 sq km 5. Arctic14,056,000 sq km DEEPEST OCEANS & SEAS 1. Pacific Ocean35,827 ft (10,924 m) 2. Atlantic Ocean30,246 ft (9,219 m) 3. Indian Ocean24,460 ft (7,455 m) 4. Caribbean Sea22,788 ft (6,946 m) 5. Arctic Ocean18,456 ft (5,625 m) 6. South China Sea16,456 ft (5,016 m) 7. Bering Sea15,659 ft (4,773 m) 8. Mediterranean Sea15,197 ft (4,632 m) 9. Gulf of Mexico12,425 ft (3,787 m) 10. Japan Sea12,276 ft (3,742 m) MAJOR ISLANDS (by Size) 1. Australia7,617.930 sq km 2. Greenland2,175,600 sq km 3. New Guinea792,500 sq km 4. Borneo725,500 sq km 5. Madagascar587,000 sq km 6. Baffin507,500 sq km 7. Sumatra427,300 sq km 8. Honshu227,400 sq km 9. Great Britain218,100 sq km 10. Victoria217,300 sq km MAJOR RIVERS (by Length) 1. Nile, Africa6,825 km 2. Amazon, South America6,437 km 3. Chang Jiang (Yangtze), Asia6,380 km 4. Mississippi, North America5,971 km 5. Yenisey-Angara, Asia5,536 km 6. Huang (Yellow), Asia5,464 km 7. Ob-Irtysh, Asia5,410 km 8. Amur, Asia4,416 km 9. Lena, Asia4,400 km 10. Congo, Africa4,370 km MAJOR LAKES (by Size) 1. Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe371,000 sq km 2. Superior, North America82,100 sq km 3. Victoria, Africa69,500 sq km 4. Huron, North America59,600 sq km 5. Michigan, North America57,800 sq km 6. Tanganyika, Africa32,900 sq km 7. Baikal, Asia31,500 sq km 8. Great Bear, North America31,300 sq km 9. Aral Sea, Asia30,700 sq km 10. Malawi, Africa28,900 sq km SMALLEST COUNTRIES (by Land Mass) 1. Vatican City0.17 sq miles (0.44 sq km) 2. Monaco0.75 sq miles (1.95 sq km) 3. Nauru8.2 sq miles (21.2 sq km) 4. Tuvalu10 sq miles (26 sq km) 5. San Marino24 sq miles (61 sq km) 6. Liechtenstein62 sq miles (160 sq km) 7. Marshall Islands70 sq miles (181 sq km) 8. Seychelles104 sq miles (270 sq km) 9. Maldives116 sq miles (300 sq km) 10. St. Kitts and Nevis139 sq miles (360 sq km) LARGEST DESERTS OF THE WORLD 1. Sahara, North Africa3,320,000 sq. miles 2. Arabian, Middle East900,000 sq. miles 3. Kalahari, Southern Africa360,000 sq. miles 4. Great Victoria, Australia250,000 sq. miles 5. Syrian, Syria, Jordan, Iraq200,000 sq. miles 6. Chihuahuan, Mexico, U.S.175,000 sq. miles 7. Great Sandy, Australia150,000 sq. miles 8. Sonoran, Mexico, U,S,120,000 sq. miles 9. Thar, India, Pakistan77,000 sq. miles 10. Gibson, Australia60,000 sq. miles