Before you head out to tonights 2010 festivities, heres some fun facts to know about which countries in the world will be celebrating 2010 first!

1. Kiritimati (Kiribati – Christmas Islands)

2. Chatham Island (New Zealand)

3. Suva (Fiji), Auckland (New Zealand), Nukualofa (Tonga), Wellington (New Zealand), Christchurch (New Zealand), Rawaki (Kiribati – Phoenix Islands)

4. Anadyr (Russia), Kamchatka (Russia), Majuro (Marshall Islands), Yaren (Nauru), Funafuti (Tuvalu), Tarawa (Kiribati)

5. Kingston (Australia – Norfolk Island)

6. Sydney (Australia – New South Wales), Melbourne (Australia – Victoria), Canberra (Australia – Australian Capital Territory), Hobart (Australia – Tasmania), Port Vila (Vanuatu), Honiara (Solomon Islands), Palikir (Micronesia – Ponape), Noumea (France – New Caledonia), Lord Howe Island (Australia – Lord Howe Island)

7. Adelaide (Australia – South Australia)

8. Brisbane (Australia – Queensland), Vladivostok (Russia), Guam (U.S.A. – Mariana Islands), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Saipan (U.S.A. – Northern Mariana Islands), Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia)

9. Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea), Dili (Timor-Leste), Jayapura (Indonesia – Papua), Koror (Palau), Osaka (Japan), Yokohama (Japan), Sapporo (Japan), Nagoya (Japan), Kobe (Japan), Kyoto (Japan), Pyongyang (North Korea), Taegu (South Korea), Pusan (South Korea), Kitakyushu (Japan), Kawasaki (Japan), Incheon (South Korea), Fukuoka (Japan), Hiroshima (Japan), Ternate (Indonesia – Halmahera), Ambon (Indonesia – Seram)

10. Beijing (China), Taipei (Taiwan), Shanghai (China), Singapore (Singapore), Manila (Philippines), Hong Kong (China), Perth (Australia – Western Australia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Denpasar (Indonesia – Bali), Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), Manado (Indonesia – Sulawesi), Balikpapan (Indonesia – Kalimantan), Shenzhen (China), Zibo (China), Zhengzhou (China), Wuhan (China), Tsingtao (China), Tianjin (China), Tangshan (China), Taiyuan (China)

11. Jakarta (Indonesia – Java), Hanoi (Vietnam), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Bangkok (Thailand), Surabaya (Indonesia – Java), Bandung (Indonesia – Java), Krasnoyarsk (Russia), Vientiane (Laos), Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Palembang (Indonesia – Sumatera), Medan (Indonesia – Sumatera), Malang (Indonesia – Java), Khon Kaen (Thailand), Surakarta (Indonesia – Java), Semarang (Indonesia – Java), Chittagong (Bangladesh), Hovd (Mongolia), Khulna (Bangladesh), The Settlement (Australia – Christmas Island)

12. New Delhi (India – Delhi), Kolkata (India – West Bengal), Mumbai (India – Maharashtra), Delhi (India – Delhi), Chennai (India – Tamil Nadu), Bangalore (India – Karnataka), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Madurai (India – Tamil Nadu), Agra (India – Uttar Pradesh), Varanasi (India – Uttar Pradesh), Ludhiana (India – Punjab), Bhubaneshwar (India – Orissa), Indore (India – Madhya Pradesh), Patna (India – Bihar), Surat (India – Gujarat), Pune (India – Maharashtra), Hyderãbãd (India – Andhra Pradesh), Nãgpur (India – Maharashtra), Lucknow (India – Uttar Pradesh), Kãnpur (India – Uttar Pradesh), Jaipur (India – Rajasthan)

13. Dubai (United Arab Emirates – Dubai), Victoria (Seychelles), Tbilisi (Georgia), Yerevan (Armenia), Baku (Azerbaijan), Samara (Russia), Saint-Denis (Reunion (French)), Port Louis (Mauritius), Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi), Muscat (Oman)

14. Moscow (Russia), Baghdad (Iraq), Nairobi (Kenya), Khartoum (Sudan), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Aden (Yemen), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Antananarivo (Madagascar), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Doha (Qatar), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Asmara (Eritrea), Djibouti (Djibouti), Moroni (Comoros), Sana (Yemen), Kazan (Russia), Novgorod (Russia), Saint-Petersburg (Russia), Murmansk (Russia), Mogadishu (Somalia), Makkah (Saudi Arabia), Manama (Bahrain), Kampala (Uganda), Dodoma (Tanzania)

15. Cairo (Egypt), Bucharest (Romania), Athens (Greece), Sofia (Bulgaria), Ankara (Turkey), Johannesburg (South Africa), Harare (Zimbabwe), Cape Town (South Africa), Kyiv (Ukraine), Beirut (Lebanon), Minsk (Belarus), Tallinn (Estonia), Jerusalem (Israel), Amman (Jordan), Istanbul (Turkey), Helsinki (Finland), Gaborone (Botswana), Nicosia (Cyprus), Tel Aviv (Israel), Vilnius (Lithuania), Riga (Latvia), Bujumbura (Burundi), Damascus (Syria), Odesa (Ukraine), Pretoria (South Africa), Windhoek (Namibia), Tripoli (Libya), Chisinau (Moldova), Mbabane (Swaziland), Maseru (Lesotho), Maputo (Mozambique), Lusaka (Zambia), Lilongwe (Malawi), Kigali (Rwanda), Izmir (Turkey)

16. Brussels (Belgium), Rome (Italy), Paris (France), Madrid (Spain), Geneva (Switzerland), Budapest (Hungary), Berlin (Germany – Berlin), Warsaw (Poland), Vienna (Austria), Stockholm (Sweden), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Algiers (Algeria), Lagos (Nigeria), Frankfurt (Germany – Hessen), Copenhagen (Denmark), Belgrade (Serbia), Barcelona (Spain), Zagreb (Croatia), Zürich (Switzerland), Prague (Czech Republic), Oslo (Norway), Brazzaville (Congo), Gibraltar (U.K. – Gibraltar), Podgorica (Montenegro), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Bratislava (Slovakia), San Marino (San Marino), Vaduz (Liechtenstein), Vatican City (Vatican City State), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Bangui (Central African Republic), Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Andorra La Vella (Andorra), Monaco (Monaco), Skopje (Macedonia, Republic of), Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Tirane (Albania), Bern (Switzerland), Yaoundé (Cameroon), Valletta (Malta), Tunis (Tunisia), Porto Novo (Benin), Palma (Spain – Mallorca), Niamey (Niger), Ndjamena (Chad), Luanda (Angola), Libreville (Gabon), Kinshasa (Congo Dem.Rep.), Düsseldorf (Germany – Nordrhein-Westfalen)

17. London (U.K. – England), Dublin (Ireland), Casablanca (Morocco), Lisbon (Portugal), Reykjavik (Iceland), Yamoussoukro (Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)), Belfast (U.K. – Northern Ireland), Glasgow (U.K. – Scotland), Freetown (Sierra Leone), El Aaiún (Western Sahara), Dakar (Senegal), São Tomé (Sao Tome and Principe), Conakry (Guinea), Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Accra (Ghana), Banjul (Gambia), Cardiff (U.K. – Wales), Bamako (Mali), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Monrovia (Liberia), UTC ( ), Lome (Togo), Porto (Portugal)

18. Halifax (Canada – Nova Scotia), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), San Juan (Puerto Rico), La Paz (Bolivia), Georgetown (Guyana), Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines), Castries (Saint Lucia), Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis), Saint George’s (Grenada), Roseau (Dominica), Saint John’s (Antigua and Barbuda), Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), Bridgetown (Barbados), Hamilton (U.K. – Bermuda), Manaus (Brazil – Amazonas), Saint John (Canada – New Brunswick), Charlottetown (Canada – Pr.Edward I), Rio Branco (Brazil – Acre), Willemstad (Netherlands – Netherlands Antilles), Brades (U.K. – Montserrat), Fort-de-France (France – Martinique)

19. Washington DC (U.S.A. – District of Columbia), New York (U.S.A. – New York), Havana (Cuba), Detroit (U.S.A. – Michigan), Toronto (Canada – Ontario), Montreal (Canada – Quebec), Lima (Peru – Lima), Boston (U.S.A. – Massachusetts), Bogota (Colombia), Atlanta (U.S.A. – Georgia), Philadelphia (U.S.A. – Pennsylvania), Ottawa (Canada – Ontario), Nassau (Bahamas), Miami (U.S.A. – Florida), Kingston (Jamaica), Indianapolis (U.S.A. – Indiana), Hartford (U.S.A. – Connecticut), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Providence (U.S.A. – Rhode Island), Orlando (U.S.A. – Florida), Newark (U.S.A. – New Jersey), Columbus (U.S.A. – Ohio), Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Concord (U.S.A. – New Hampshire), Columbia (U.S.A. – South Carolina), Baltimore (U.S.A. – Maryland), Louisville (U.S.A. – Kentucky), Augusta (U.S.A. – Maine), Richmond (U.S.A. – Virginia), Raleigh (U.S.A. – North Carolina), Panama (Panama), Quito (Ecuador), Québec (Canada – Quebec), Montpelier (U.S.A. – Vermont), Dover (U.S.A. – Delaware), Harrisburg (U.S.A. – Pennsylvania)

20. Mexico City (Mexico – Federal District), Guatemala (Guatemala), Chicago (U.S.A. – Illinois), Montgomery (U.S.A. – Alabama), Winnipeg (Canada – Manitoba), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), San Salvador (El Salvador), St. Paul (U.S.A. – Minnesota), New Orleans (U.S.A. – Louisiana), Minneapolis (U.S.A. – Minnesota), Managua (Nicaragua), Houston (U.S.A. – Texas), Pensacola (U.S.A. – Florida), Guadalajara (Mexico – Jalisco), Aguascalientes (Mexico – Aguascalientes), Des Moines (U.S.A. – Iowa), Dallas (U.S.A. – Texas), Sioux Falls (U.S.A. – South Dakota), St. Louis (U.S.A. – Missouri), Jackson (U.S.A. – Mississippi), Bismarck (U.S.A. – North Dakota), Belmopan (Belize), Acapulco (Mexico – Guerrero), Veracruz (Mexico – Veracruz), Topeka (U.S.A. – Kansas), Austin (U.S.A. – Texas), San Jose (Costa Rica), Regina (Canada – Saskatchewan), Oklahoma City (U.S.A. – Oklahoma), Nashville (U.S.A. – Tennessee), Madison (U.S.A. – Wisconsin), Little Rock (U.S.A. – Arkansas), Lincoln (U.S.A. – Nebraska), Kansas City (U.S.A. – Missouri)

21. Edmonton (Canada – Alberta), Denver (U.S.A. – Colorado), Phoenix (U.S.A. – Arizona), Cheyenne (U.S.A. – Wyoming), Yellowknife (Canada – Northwest Territories), Calgary (Canada – Alberta), Billings (U.S.A. – Montana), Boise (U.S.A. – Idaho), Albuquerque (U.S.A. – New Mexico), Salt Lake City (U.S.A. – Utah), Mazatlan (Mexico – Sinaloa), Santa Fe (U.S.A. – New Mexico), Helena (U.S.A. – Montana), Chihuahua (Mexico – Chihuahua), El Paso (U.S.A. – Texas), Tucson (U.S.A. – Arizona), Mesa (U.S.A. – Arizona), Aurora (U.S.A. – Colorado)

22. Los Angeles (U.S.A. – California), San Francisco (U.S.A. – California), Vancouver (Canada – British Columbia), Seattle (U.S.A. – Washington), San Diego (U.S.A. – California), Whitehorse (Canada – Yukon Territory), San Jose (U.S.A. – California), Tijuana (Mexico – Baja California), Salem (U.S.A. – Oregon), Sacramento (U.S.A. – California), Mexicali (Mexico – Baja California), Las Vegas (U.S.A. – Nevada), Carson City (U.S.A. – Nevada), Oakland (U.S.A. – California), Long Beach (U.S.A. – California), Fresno (U.S.A. – California), Stockton (U.S.A. – California), Riverside (U.S.A. – California), Anaheim (U.S.A. – California), Adamstown (U.K. – Pitcairn Islands), San Bernardino (U.S.A. – California)

23. Anchorage (U.S.A. – Alaska), Unalaska (U.S.A. – Alaska), Fairbanks (U.S.A. – Alaska), Nome (U.S.A. – Alaska), Juneau (U.S.A. – Alaska), Gambier Islands (France – French Polynesia)

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