The North

The North may refer to:

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• A geographical section of the world (see latitude).
• The wealthy and technologically advanced nations of the world, as opposed to the South, which is poorer and less developed (see North-South divide).
• In the study of politics and international relations, the term the North is often used as a more theoretically coherent replacement for the earlier notion of the West.
• The northern part of a particular country or geographical region. Within this region, if places with a common characteristic are mostly found in the north, then the North becomes a synonym for places with that characteristic. Among the countries and regions with this designation are:

:* Italy, which has a north-south divide where the wealthier regions are in the north. The North is the richer industrial and commercial heartland of the country, whilst the South is mainly agricultural. Lega Nord (the Northern League) campaigns for the secession of northern Italy from the rest of the country.

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:* England, where the North is relatively poor. It is the home of many of the traditional heavy industries that have become run-down in recent years.

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:* The United States of America, where the North is used to refer to those states which did not secede at the time of the American Civil War (see: U.S. Northern states).

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:* Canada where the North refers to the arctic region, as opposed to the southern areas close to the border with the United States. The North is usually understood as the Yukon, Northwest Territories, northern parts of British Columbia, and Nunavut, which is populated mostly by First Nations and Inuit. It can also refer to the northern parts of some of the provinces.

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• The North can also refer to the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden.
• In addition, before 17th century, Nordic or Northern was used to mean Northern Europe, including European Russia, the Baltic countries (at that time Livonia and Courland) and Greenland.

Italy: Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries...

North-south divide: The North-South divide is the socio-economic and political division which exists between the wealthy developed countries, known collectively as the "The North", and the poorer developing countries, or "The South". Although most nations comprising the "North" are in fact located in the Northern Hemis...

England: :For an explanation of often confusing terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology)....

The North related Images and Photos (experimental)

The North Shore of Oahu	The North Gate of Hang Chow	Where the North Begins	Where the North Begins
Map of the North Sea c.1675	Along the North Ridge	The North Porch of Salisbury Cathedral circa 1796	Emperor of the North Pole
Emperor of the North Pole 1973	Nanook of the North 1922	Lumber Wharf on the North Pacific Coast c.1880	The North Coast of Africa from a Nautical Atlas 1651