Reference International gazetteer of 20,000 places with information on pronunciation, location, land features, population, history, and economics. Columbia University Press, 1998. It is also a geographical encyclopedia giving fuller information than in most other gazetteers, including location, pronunciation and details of physical and human geography.
Geographical essays describe major regions and political areas.
An excellent reference. Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary, 3rd ed. Information includes pronunciation, location, area, population, some history. Oxford University Press, 1995. Reference Recent A-Z gazetteer with brief, well summarized information on each place.