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Northeast or north east is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. It is the opposite of southwest.

The terms northeast and north east are often used by themselves to refer to the northeastern sector of a geographic area, or to entities based in such a region.

In Africa:

• North Eastern Province (Kenya)
• North-East District (Botswana)

In Asia and Oceania:

• Northeast India or the Seven Sister States
• North East Delhi, a district of Delhi
• North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
• Northeast China, or Manchuria
• North East District, Singapore
• North-East Region, Singapore
• Northeast Thailand
• Northeast Province (IMCRA region), an Australian marine biogeographic province

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
• Washington DC (northeast), the northeast quadrant of Washington, DC
• the northeastern United States

Other uses:

• Northeast (film), a 2005 Argentine film

See also

• Nor'easter
• North East Island (disambiguation)
• Northeastern University (disambiguation)

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From Wikitravel

There's more than one place called North East, North Eastern, North-East, North-Eastern, Northeast, or Northeastern:

Azerbaijan

• Northeastern Azerbaijan

Brazil

• Northeast (Brazil)

China

• North East (China)

Greece

• North East Pelio

India

• North-Eastern India

Kenya

• Northeastern Kenya

Russia

• Northeastern Russia - in Far Eastern Russia

Sri Lanka

• North Eastern (Sri Lanka)

Switzerland

• Northeastern Switzerland

Thailand

• Isaan (North-East Thailand)

United Kingdom

• North East (England)
• North East Scotland

United States of America

• North East (Maryland) - a town in Maryland
• North East (Pennsylvania)
• Northeastern Michigan
• Northeastern Minnesota
• Northeastern Utah

For north-east USA see New England (United States of America) and Mid-Atlantic

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Proper noun

Northeast

1. The northeastern states of the United States.
2. The northeastern counties of England including Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Teesside and Durham.
3. The northeastern part of any region.

See also

• New England