Northeast 663680 225339774 2008-07-13T04:38:17Z Fundamental metric tensor 3081794 {{redirect|Northeastern|the school|Northeastern University}} {{Wiktionary}} [[Image:Compass Rose English Northeast.svg|thumb|250px|right|A [[compass rose]] with Northeast highlighted]] '''Northeast''' or '''north east''' is the [[ordinal direction]] halfway between [[north]] and [[east]]. It is the opposite of [[southwest]]. See [[boxing the compass]]. The term "northeast" or "north east" is often used by itself to refer to the northeastern sector of a geographic area, or for entities based in such a region. In Africa: *[[North Eastern Province, Kenya]] *[[North-East District, Botswana]] In Asia: *[[North-East India]] or the [[Seven Sister States]] *[[Dong Bac]], literally Northeast [[Vietnam]] *[[North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka]] *[[Northeast China]], or [[Manchuria]] *[[Northeast Thailand]] 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 of Brazil|states]] for economic and statistical purposes * the [[Atlantic Northeast]] region of North America * the [[Washington DC (northeast)|Northeast quadrant of Washington, DC]] * the [[northeastern United States]] ==See also== * [[Nor'easter]] * [[North East Island]] (disambiguation) * [[Northeastern University (disambiguation)]] {{disambig}} {{CandODirections}} [[Category:Orientation]] [[zh-yue:東北]] [[de:North East]] [[es:Nordeste]] [[fr:Nord-Est]] [[nl:Nord-Est]] [[pt:Nordeste]] [[sk:Southeast]] [[vo:North East]]