Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > World Forums > World
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
View Poll Results: Distance from your home to the nearest foreign country?
Less than 30 miles (50 km) 33 21.43%
30-100 miles (50-160 km) 45 29.22%
100-300 miles (160-500 km) 40 25.97%
300-500 miles (500-800 km) 21 13.64%
500-1000 miles (800-1600 km) 8 5.19%
1000-2000 miles (1600-3200 km) 7 4.55%
More than 2000 miles (3200 km) 0 0%
Voters: 154. You may not vote on this poll

Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 11-24-2012, 12:49 PM
 
Location: East Coast of the United States
27,567 posts, read 28,665,617 times
Reputation: 25165

Advertisements

Distance from Washington, D.C. to Niagara Falls, Canada = 410 miles
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 11-28-2012, 01:26 AM
 
Location: New York
877 posts, read 2,013,045 times
Reputation: 543
About 400 miles to Canada
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-28-2012, 01:58 AM
 
Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine
750 posts, read 907,935 times
Reputation: 826
40km to Russia.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-28-2012, 06:27 AM
 
Location: England
3,261 posts, read 3,705,936 times
Reputation: 3256
26m to France across the English Channel.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-29-2012, 12:51 PM
 
110 posts, read 281,080 times
Reputation: 105
I don't know. I live in Tokyo. Nearest country to me that I know of, is South Korea and/or China.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-29-2012, 01:23 PM
 
2,869 posts, read 5,137,950 times
Reputation: 3668
Quote:
Originally Posted by french user View Post
You have the city of Tacheng in Xinjiang, at the border with Kasakhstan that is 3 682 km from Saint Pertersbourg, while Faro, in Algarve is 3 717 kms from Saint Petersbourg. The problem is that when we think "China" we think about the far eastern Asia and we forget that a part of it is actually more in central Asia.
Thanks, seems like I used a site that was off by ~200km for some reason (wrong conversion factor perhaps).
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-29-2012, 03:40 PM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
10,646 posts, read 16,032,303 times
Reputation: 5286
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shizuka View Post
I don't know. I live in Tokyo. Nearest country to me that I know of, is South Korea and/or China.
From Tokyo to the nearest international border:

1.South Korea - Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province (920 km)
2.Russia - Preobrazheniye, Primorsky Krai (940 km)
3.North Korea - Kalmo, North Hamgyong Province (1050 km)
4.China - Fangchuancun, Jillin Province (1080 km)
5.Mongolia - Khalkhgol, Dornod Province (2060 km)
6.Taiwan - Gongliao, New Taipei (2070 km)
7.Philippines - Santa Ana, Cagayan Province (2570 km)
8.Hong Kong - (2860 km)
9.Macau - (2940 km)
10.Vietnam - Mong Cai, Quang Ninh Province (3450 km)
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-29-2012, 04:03 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
8,982 posts, read 10,462,326 times
Reputation: 5752
Quote:
Originally Posted by Davy-040 View Post
From Tokyo to the nearest international border:

1.South Korea - Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province (920 km)
2.Russia - Preobrazheniye, Primorsky Krai (940 km)
3.North Korea - Kalmo, North Hamgyong Province (1050 km)
4.China - Fangchuancun, Jillin Province (1080 km)
5.Mongolia - Khalkhgol, Dornod Province (2060 km)
6.Taiwan - Gongliao, New Taipei (2070 km)
7.Philippines - Santa Ana, Cagayan Province (2570 km)
8.Hong Kong - (2860 km)
9.Macau - (2940 km)
10.Vietnam - Mong Cai, Quang Ninh Province (3450 km)
Don't forget Guam, U.S.A.: 2514 km.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-29-2012, 04:45 PM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
10,646 posts, read 16,032,303 times
Reputation: 5286
International borders within 500 km from Eindhoven, Netherlands:

1.Belgium - Limburg Province (16 km)
2.Germany - Nordrhein-Westfalen Province (48 km)
3.Luxembourg - Diekirch District (145 km)
4.France - Champagne-Ardenne Region (150 km)
5.England - Suffolk County (278 km)
6.Denmark - Southern Denmark Region (440 km)
7.Switzerland - Canton Jura (452 km)
8.Czech Republic - Karlovy Vary Region (483 km)
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-30-2012, 08:52 AM
Status: "From 31 to 41 Countries Visited: )" (set 9 days ago)
 
4,640 posts, read 13,920,579 times
Reputation: 4052
The geographic distance from Seattle USA to British Columbia Canada is approximately 114 miles=183km and just around 2 hours away with car/bus.

For New York City to Quebec Canada it is 343 miles=552km and 6 hours away with car/bus.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > World Forums > World
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 01:18 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top