European countries and their capitals on the map. A map of Europe. States that are located in Asia, although from a geopolitical point of view they are closer to Europe

A political map of the world shows the boundaries between countries and often provides information about the government structure and form of government. Foreign Europe, the geography of which is studied in 11th grade, includes 40 countries that have large differences in all these indicators.

Borders

The political map of Overseas Europe shows the borders between the countries that are part of it. Foreign Europe has land borders with Russia and the CIS countries. The remaining borders are maritime.

Most of the countries that make up Overseas Europe are coastal.

The region's territory is divided into four parts - Western, Northern, Eastern, Southern Europe. The formation of this division began a long time ago and was due to geographical, cultural and economic differences.

Rice. 1. Regions of Foreign Europe.

Today, the political situation in Europe is quite stable and no significant changes are expected in the near future. The photo shows a modern political map in Russian.

Rice. 2. Countries of Foreign Europe.

Form of government and territorial structure

In addition to borders, using a political map you can determine such characteristics of countries as the form of government and territorial structure. What do these terms mean?

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• Form of government is a system of organizing government power in a country. The order of their formation, duration of validity, and powers are indicated here.
• Territorial structure - a way of organizing the territory of a state. This is how the internal structure of the country is determined.

Today there are two possible forms of government in the world:

• monarchy- when the country is ruled by a king;
• republic- in this case, the authorities are elected by the people.

There is a third form - an absolute theocratic monarchy. In this case, the supreme power belongs to the church. Today in the world there is only one state with this form of government, and it is located in Foreign Europe. This is the city-state of the Vatican.

Among the monarchies there are absolute And constitutional. In the first case, power belongs entirely to the king. In the second, the king is subject to the laws of the constitution.

There are republics parliamentary And presidential. In the first case, the country is governed by a parliament headed by a president. In the second case, all power belongs to the president.

Rice. 3. The Vatican is the only city-state in the world headed by a church.

According to the territorial structure there are:

• unitary state: government is governed by a single center and is not divided into regions;
• federation: there is a single control center and many subordinate fragments of the country, called subjects;
• confederation: represents a union of two or more countries.

Characteristics of European countries in the table

A country	Form of government	Territorial structure
Bulgaria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Great Britain
Germany
Ireland
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
San Marino
Slovakia
Slovenia
Finland
Montenegro
Croatia
Switzerland

M - monarchy
R - republic
U - unitary
F – federation

As can be seen from the table, most countries of Foreign Europe are unitary republics. An interesting fact is that almost the entire Northern region is represented by monarchies. In the Eastern region, all countries are republics. In the Southern and Western regions there are approximately equal numbers of republics and monarchies.

What have we learned?

The political map of Overseas Europe is formed of 40 states that have borders between themselves and other regions. Countries have land and sea borders. The form of government is dominated by republics with a unitary organization of territory.

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Here is a map of countries in Russian and a table with sovereign states, as well as dependent territories. They include completely independent states and territories dependent on various European countries. In total, in the European part of the world there are 50 sovereign states and 9 dependent territories.

According to the generally accepted geographical definition, the border between and Europe runs along the Ural Mountains, the Ural River and the Caspian Sea in the east, the Greater Caucasus mountain system and the Black Sea with its outlets, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles in the south. Based on this division, the transcontinental states of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey have territories in both Europe and Asia.

The island of Cyprus in Western Asia is close to Anatolia (or Asia Minor) and lies on the Anatolian Plate, but is often considered part of Europe and is a current member of the European Union (EU). Armenia is also entirely in Western Asia, but is a member of some European organizations.

Although providing a clearer separation between and Europe, some traditionally European islands, such as Malta, Sicily, Pantelleria and the Pelagian Islands, are located on the African Continental Plate. The island of Iceland is part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which crosses the Eurasian and North American plates.

Greenland has socio-political ties to Europe and is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but is geographically closer to. Sometimes Israel is also seen as part of the geopolitical processes of Europe.

Other territories are part of European countries but are geographically located on other continents, such as the French overseas departments, the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla on the African coast, and the Dutch Caribbean territories of Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius.

There are 50 internationally recognized sovereign states with territory located within the general definition of Europe and/or members in international European organizations, of which 44 have their capitals within Europe. All but the Vatican are members of the United Nations (UN), and all but Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Vatican are members of the Council of Europe. 28 of these countries have been members of the EU since 2013, meaning they are highly integrated with each other and partially share their sovereignty with EU institutions.

Political map of Europe with country names in Russian

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Political map of Europe with names of states/Wikipedia

Table of European countries with capitals

Eastern European states
№	Titles	Capital Cities
1	Belarus	Minsk
2	Bulgaria	Sofia
3	Hungary	Budapest
4	Moldova	Kishinev
5	Poland	Warsaw
6	Russia	Moscow
7	Romania	Bucharest
8	Slovakia	Bratislava
9	Ukraine	Kyiv
10	Czech	Prague
Western European countries
№	Titles	Capital Cities
1	Austria	Vein
2	Belgium	Brussels
3	Great Britain	London
4	Germany	Berlin
5	Ireland	Dublin
6	Liechtenstein	Vaduz
7	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
8	Monaco	Monaco
9	Netherlands	Amsterdam
10	France	Paris
11	Switzerland	Berne
Nordic states
№	Titles	Capital Cities
1	Denmark	Copenhagen
2	Iceland	Reykjavik
3	Norway	Oslo
4	Latvia	Riga
5	Lithuania	Vilnius
6	Finland	Helsinki
7	Sweden	Stockholm
8	Estonia	Tallinn
Southern European states
№	Titles	Capital Cities
1	Albania	Tirana
2	Andorra	Andorra la Vella
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo
4	Vatican	Vatican
5	Greece	Athens
6	Spain	Madrid
7	Italy	Rome
8	Macedonia	Skopje
9	Malta	Valletta
10	Portugal	Lisbon
11	San Marino	San Marino
12	Serbia	Belgrade
13	Slovenia	Ljubljana
14	Croatia	Zagreb
15	Montenegro	Podgorica
Asian states that are partly located in Europe
№	Titles	Capital Cities
1	Kazakhstan	Astana
2	Türkiye	Ankara
States that, taking into account the border between Europe and Asia along the Caucasus, are partly located in Europe
№	Titles	Capital Cities
1	Azerbaijan	Baku
2	Georgia	Tbilisi
States that are located in Asia, although from a geopolitical point of view they are closer to Europe
№	Titles	Capital Cities
1	Armenia	Yerevan
2	Republic of Cyprus	Nicosia
Dependent territories
№	Titles	Capital Cities
1	Åland (autonomy within Finland)	Mariehamn
2	Guernsey (a British Crown Dependency that is not part of Great Britain)	St Peter Port
3	Gibraltar (British overseas possessions disputed by Spain)	Gibraltar
4	Jersey (a British Crown Dependency that is not part of Great Britain)	St Helier
5	Isle of Man (British Crown Dependency)	Douglas
6	Faroe Islands (autonomous island region, part of Denmark)	Tórshavn
7	Svalbard (an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean that is part of Norway)	Longyearbyen

Europe- part of the world that makes up the common continent of Eurasia with Asia. The population of Europe is 733 million people, the area is 10 million km².
The border of Europe in the north is the Arctic Ocean, in the west - the Atlantic Ocean, in the south - the Mediterranean, Marmara, Aegean, Azov and Black Seas, in the east - the Urals.

Map of Europe from Yandex.Maps
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Map of Europe from satellite from Google maps

The highest point in Europe is 5642 m (Mount Elbrus), the lowest point is in the Caspian Sea (28 meters).
Europe is dominated by plains, with mountains occupying approximately 17% of the territory.
Most of Europe is characterized by a temperate climate, northern Europe has a subarctic and arctic climate, and southern Europe has a mild Mediterranean climate.
The main rivers of Europe: Danube, Ural, Volga, Emba, Dnieper, Oka, Belaya, Dniester, Don, Pechora, Kama, Rhine, Tagus, Loire, Elbe, Vistula, Oder.
The largest lakes are: Chudskoye, Ladoga, Onega, Venern, Geneva, Balaton.
In Europe there are tundras and arctic deserts, taiga and broad-leaved forests, steppes and forest-steppes, and even subtropical forests in the Mediterranean.
Number of states included in Europe depends on which territory is defined as Europe and whether partially recognized states and dependent territories are to be taken into account. Currently, the majority of UN members recognize the 45 states within Europe.
The smallest state in Europe (and the world) is the Vatican. The largest state in Europe (and the world) is Russia.
European Union(EU)— includes 27 states united by a single market, a customs and monetary union, and a common policy.
Determining the geographical center of Europe, again, concerns the issue of defining the boundaries of Europe. Several countries claim the title of such a geographical center: Belarus, Slovakia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Germany and Poland.
There is a point of view that Europe in the east does not have a clearly defined geographical border and the question of where this border lies remains open. We can say that Europe is not a place, but an idea.

Political map of Europe in English

Map of Europe from satellite. Explore the satellite map of Europe online in real time. A detailed map of Europe was created based on high-resolution satellite images. As close as possible, the satellite map of Europe allows you to study in detail the streets, individual houses and attractions of Europe. The map of Europe from the satellite can easily be switched to regular map mode (diagram).

Countries of Europe. Satellite maps of European countries:

Europe- one of the parts of the world that, together with Asia, is part of the mainland. More than 700 million people live in 50 countries in Europe. It is washed by the waters of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, as well as the waters of their seas.

The relief of Europe is varied, but most of it is occupied by plains. Mountain regions make up only 17% of the country's total territory with the highest point at 5642 meters. There are several climatic zones in Europe, but generally most European countries have a temperate climate, which is characterized by warm or hot summers and cold winters with snowfalls.

Europe- a contrasting and diverse part of the world with many countries, each of which has its own traditions, its own culture and its own attractions. Those who want to see European architectural masterpieces and learn more deeply about the culture and history of European states of past times should go to Germany or Austria with countless medieval castles, to France with its Eiffel Tower or Great Britain with the amazing atmosphere of London.

For those who want to spend time at sea, it is better to choose resorts in Bulgaria, Italy or Spain, since these countries are the favorite places for summer beach holidays for both European and tourists from other countries. Fans of active winter recreation should spend their holidays at the ski resorts of Austria or Switzerland, the best not only in Europe, but throughout the world.