• Schools Uagadou is the largest wizarding school in the world and also the oldest school in Africa. It is located in the Mountains of the Moon, in Uganda (Pm, JKR:Tw). The school specialises in Astronomy, Alchemy, and Self-Transfiguration. Students at Uagadou are taught in the traditions of… Read More
• Countries Uganda is a country in Africa. It is the home of Uagadou, the largest wizarding school in the world, located in the Mountains of the Moon (Pm, JKR:Tw). Uganda are the premier Quidditch-playing nation in Africa, and the Ugandan National team participates in Quidditch… Read More
• Countries The second-largest country that was once part of the Soviet Union (Russia is larger), Ukraine is an eastern European country that is now a democracy. Though the country is mostly flat, it does have a few mountains on its western edge. Presumably these mountains are the home of… Read More
• City places   The stations Harry uses actually provide good clues to the geography of wizarding London. The underground railway system in London – what in the U.S. would be referred to as a subway – is commonly referred to as the Underground, or occasionally the “tube.” Though the names… Read More
• Countries The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country on the east side of the Atlantic Ocean and just to the west of the European continent. It is sometimes referred to simply as Britain or “the UK”. Countries The United Kingdom is comprised of four countries. Great… Read More
• Countries A country located in the center of North America and spanning the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the United States is home to the towns of Fitchburg, Salem, and Sweetwater, and is also the natural habitat of the clabbert and the doxy. We also know that… Read More
• Magical effects Unplottable is a term which is used to describe a magical effect on a place which makes it impossible for Wizards or Muggles to plot its location on a map (GF11), or even to find it if they go looking (OP6).    … Read More
• Hogwarts castle and grounds The unused 4th floor classroom contained stacks of chairs and desks and an upside-down wastebasket. The room was the storage place in 1991 of the miraculous Mirror of Erised propped against a wall (PS12). Appearances Harry discovered the room while running from Snape and Filch under… Read More
• Place Upper Barnton seems to just be a historical name; today no such city exists in Britain, though there is a Barnton near Liverpool which may or may not be the same town. Regardless, in the 1400s Upper Barnton was the home of a famous nasty giant named Hengist who was… Read More
• Wizarding villages Though a Muggle village, Upper Flagley has long been home to a large number of wizarding families as well, much like Ottery St. Catchpole and Godric’s Hollow (DH16). Harry, Ron, and Hermione tried searching here briefly for one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, but with no success (DH22).  St. Oswald’s… Read More