In Geography
- House at 196 Main Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts
- Mount Victoria, Wellington is a prominent hill (height 196 metres) near Wellington, New Zealand
- Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Rochester, New York, where Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass are buried, is 196 acres (0.79 km2) long
- The Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River protects a 196-mile (315 km) portion of the Rio Grande in Texas
- The Adda River in Italy is 196 miles (315 km) long
- There are believed to be 196 countries in the world when including Taiwan as an independent state.
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