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Behind The Firm List Blog
Geography Geek
One of the things I like about working with this site is learning more about world geography. With 170 countries
on the site, I've had a good taste for world geography for quite a while. But recently, I've been getting my
hands a little dirtier. Instead of just brushing the surface of local geography, I have been getting a deeper
look.
There's reasons behind it. With many countries, there are more than one city/town with the same name. The
way to help clarify on the site and in my head where those different city/towns are is to break a country down
by regions. These can be counties, unitary authories, administrative regions, etc. Sometimes it's quite a
quagmire to figure out, sometimes it's easy.
Another benefit is that when I am unfamiliar with a country, when reviewing a firm's submission, I might not
completely understand what part of a firm's address is what... so I might list firms improperly. Breaking
a country's listings down by regions allows me to better know where to list a firm.
So, get out your geography trivia and send me a question. I'm getting better indeed!