In abrahamic religions, the prophet Abraham is considered an important ancestor.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Abrahamic_religions might help you.
The imaginary line that divides the earth into in this case the north and south hemispheres is called the Equator and it passes through Ecuador and actually Ecuador is the Spanish word for Equator. The French explorer La Condamine spent 10 years in Ecuador studying the equator and determined the oblate spheroid shape of the world.
Yes, many in the Rocky Mountains and Southern and Northern California
Hong Kong is a main territory in China
