International Geography Olympiad

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For the competition run by National Geographic previously called the "International Geography Olympiad", see National Geographic World Championship.

The International Geography Olympiad (iGeO) is an annual competition for the best 16 to 19 year old geography students from National Geography Olympiads. The competition consists of three parts: a written test, a multimedia test and a substantial field work exercise. iGeO tests the abilities of every participants in spatial patterns and processes. It is about frontiers, centers and peripheries, about tourists, terrorists and refugees, about trade of food, clothes, drugs and digital data, about population growth, El Niño, tsunamis and earthquakes, etc. The International Geography Olympiad is organised by the International Geographical Union (IGU) Olympiad Task Force.

Since 2012, the competition has been held annually, rather than biannually.

History

During the 1994 Congress of the International Geographical Union (IGU) in Prague, people from Poland and the Netherlands launched the idea of an International Geography Competition (iGeo) or Olympiad for students between 15 and 19 years of age. The first one was held in 1996 in The Hague, Netherlands, with five participating countries. The participant count grew to 24 countries with the 2008 competition in Carthage, Tunisia.

At iGeo 2010, held in Taipei, Taiwan, the number of participating countries was 28 countries, plus 1 area. The participating countries were: Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, China Hong Kong, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Singapore, Taiwan (host country), Tunisia, United Kingdom.

Aims

Aims of the International Geography Olympiad

To promote geography.
To stimulate understanding between young people.
To stimulate a higher quality of school geography worldwide.

Host countries

1996 – The Hague, Netherlands
1998 – Lisbon, Portugal
2000 – Seoul, Republic of Korea
2002 – Durban, Republic of South Africa
2004 – Gdynia, Poland
2006 – Brisbane, Australia
2008 – Tunis, Tunisia
2010 – Taipei, Taiwan^[1]

Since 2012, iGeo has been hosted annually^[2]

2012 – Cologne, Germany
2013 – Kyoto, Japan
2014 – Cracow, Poland
2015 – Moscow, Russia
2016 – Beijing, China
2017 -
2018 -

References

v t e International Science Olympiad

Mathematics (IMO) Physics (IPhO) Biology (IBO) Chemistry (IChO) Informatics (IOI) Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) Astronomy (IAO) Geography (IGeO) Linguistics (IOL) Junior Science (IJSO) Earth Science (IESO)

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