Europe On World Political Map

What is a political map. Europe is the sixth largest continent by land mass (approximately 3,997,929 square miles or 10,354,636 square km). Click on the countries to see a detailed country map

You are free to use the above map for educational and similar purposes (fair use); Other countries are parts of former colonial empires. A political map can be contrasted with a geographical map, which shows the physical features of the different parts of the land, like elevation, temperature, or soil composition.

Map of europe with countries and capitals.

The political map of europe shown above was prepared by the united states central intelligence agency, better known as the cia, in januray 2015. Thu 28 jul 2011 16.00 edt. The map above is a political map of the world centered on europe and africa. We have used a mercator projection for this.