Northeast
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"Northeastern" redirects here. For the school, see Northeastern University.
A compass rose with Northeast highlighted
Northeast or north east is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. It is the opposite of southwest. See boxing the compass.
The term "northeast" or "north east" is often used by itself to refer to the northeastern sector of a geographic area, or for entities based in such a region.
In Africa:
In Asia:
- Dong Bac, literally Northeast Vietnam
- North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
- Northeast China, or Manchuria
- Northeast Thailand
In Europe:
- North East (London Assembly constituency)
- North East England, one of the official government regions of England.
In North and South America:
- Nord-Est Department, Haiti
- North East, Maryland
- North East, New York
- North East, Pennsylvania
- Northeast, Minneapolis (sometimes referred to as Nordeast)
- Northeast Region, Brazil, an official grouping of states for economic and statistical purposes
- the Atlantic Northeast region of North America
- the Northeast quadrant of Washington, DC
- the northeastern United States
[edit] See also
- Nor'easter
- North East Island (disambiguation)
- Northeastern University (disambiguation)
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