Entries starting with D
- Dakar: History, the African Renaissance Monument and Key Facts About Senegal’s CapitalDakar is Senegal's capital, mainland Africa's westernmost major city and home to the towering African Renaissance Monument.
- Dar es Salaam: History, St. Joseph’s Cathedral and Key Facts About Tanzania’s Largest CityDar es Salaam is Tanzania's largest city and commercial capital, founded in 1862 as a planned port on the Indian Ocean.
- Dead zone (water)A dead zone is an area of water where oxygen has fallen so low that fish and other animals cannot survive there.
- Delhi: Geography, History, Culture and Key FactsDelhi is India's capital territory on the Yamuna River, home to the Red Fort and the seat of national government.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Central Africa’s Rainforest GiantThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is a Central African nation of over 112 million people, home to the Congo Basin rainforest and most of the world's cobalt supply.
- Denmark: Geography, History, Government, and Key FactsDenmark is a Nordic constitutional monarchy on the Jutland peninsula and over 400 islands, tied to autonomous Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
- Dhaka: Geography, History, Culture and Key FactsDhaka is the capital of Bangladesh, on the Buriganga River, founded under Mughal rule in the early 1600s.
- Djibouti: Geography, History, Government and Key FactsDjibouti is a small Horn of Africa nation on the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, home to Lake Assal and multiple foreign military bases.
- Doha: Geography, History, Culture and Key FactsDoha is the capital of Qatar, home to more than half its population and the I. M. Pei-designed Museum of Islamic Art.
- Dominica: Geography, History, Government, and Key FactsDominica is a small volcanic island nation in the Eastern Caribbean, known as the Nature Island and distinct from the Dominican Republic.
- Dominican Republic: Geography, History, Government and Key FactsA Caribbean nation sharing Hispaniola with Haiti, home to Santo Domingo, the first permanent European settlement in the Americas.
- Dubai: Geography, History, Culture and Key FactsDubai is a trade and tourism hub in the United Arab Emirates, home to the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building.
- Dublin: History, Geography, Culture and Key FactsDublin is the capital of Ireland on the River Liffey, home to Trinity College, the Book of Kells, and a major tech and finance hub.
- Durban: History, Moses Mabhida Stadium and Key Facts About South Africa’s Busiest Port CityDurban is South Africa's busiest port city, settled in 1824 on the Indian Ocean coast of KwaZulu-Natal.