Geography - Facts for Kids

New Hampshire’s official name is “The State of New Hampshire,” and it was one of the original 13 colonies that formed the United States.

The oldest operating lighthouse in New York is the Montauk Point Lighthouse, built in 1796 under authorization from President George Washington.

Saudi Arabia is home to more than 4,000 archaeological sites, including ancient villages, fortresses, and cave paintings!

Kaduna State in Nigeria is named after the Kaduna River — and in the Hausa language, kada means crocodile, so the name means “place of crocodiles”!

Some Russian villages still practice “window music” where musicians play outside peoples’ windows during celebrations!