Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world. It is only 817 kilometres (508 mi) from the North Pole.
The southernmost permanently inhabited place in the world is Grytviken, located on South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a British Overseas Territory and has a research station and small population.
Puerto Toro (55°04'59S)
Antarctica does not have any countries listed in the top ten most populous countries in the world. Antarctica is a unique continent that is mostly covered in ice and is not permanently inhabited by any single country's population.
Greenland is the largest inhabited island in the world. It is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, and it has a population of around 56,000 people.
The largest inhabited riverine island in the world is Majuli Island in Assam, India. It is located in the Brahmaputra River and is known for its rich cultural heritage and biodiversity.
The driest inhabited area in the world is likely the Atacama Desert in Chile. It is known for its extremely low levels of precipitation, with some areas reportedly having never received rainfall.
While Damascus is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, it is not the oldest. Some of the oldest cities include Jericho, Aleppo, and Byblos, among others. These cities have a history of human settlement dating back thousands of years.
Yes. Although the world's driest continent is Antarctica, Australia is the driest permanently inhabited continent.
Antarctica
Aswan, Egypt.
Oymyakon, Russia is the coldest inhabited place on Earth. The temperatures can reach minus 58 degrees F, the lowest temperature of any city in the world.
It depends on what you mean by town. Alert, Canada, located on the northern tip of the ellesmere island, is the northernmost permanently inhabited place. However, it has a population of only 5. The northernmost town with more than 4,000 people is Tiksi, Russia, with a population of 5,873.
The North Pole. The people living there are eskimo people called the "Inuit"
The most northernly city in Canada is Alert, located on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut. It is considered one of the northernmost permanently inhabited places in the world.
According to the Scholastic Book of World Records 2007 the hottest inhabited place on earth is recorded as Dallol Ethiopia in Africa where temperatures can reach 145 degrees fahrenheit, or 62.8 celsius. No wonder they are shirtless so often! Whew. Brandon, 10
Third world country's especially in southern Africa.
Inhabited areas of the world, like northern Russia. The term just means the inhabited part of the world.
All countries are inhabited in Europe. In fact, all countries in the world are inhabited, otherwise there would be no country because there would be no citizens.
The world was not discovered it has always been inhabited