Geographic Area Name - A

Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)

USE Abu Z.aby (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)

Abu Z.aby (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)

Assigned code:

[a-ts] United Arab Emirates

UF Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)

Abyssinia

USE Ethiopia

Açores

USE Azores

Adamawa (Emirate)

Assigned codes:

[f-cm] Cameroon

[f-nr] Nigeria

Aden

[Coded [a-ys] (Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) before Oct. 1992]

Assigned code:

[a-ye] Yemen

Aden (Protectorate)

[Coded [a-ys] (Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) before Oct. 1992]

Assigned code:

[a-ye] Yemen

Aden, Gulf of

Assigned code:

[mr] Red Sea

UF Gulf of Aden

Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea)

Assigned code:

[a-pp] Papua New Guinea

Adriatic Sea

Assigned code:

[mm] Mediterranean Sea

Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey)

Assigned codes:

[e-gr] Greece

[a-tu] Turkey

UF Islands of the Aegean

Aegean Sea

Assigned codes:

[e-gr] Greece

[a-tu] Turkey

Afars and Issas, French Territory of the

USE Djibouti

Afghanistan [a-af]

Africa [f]

Africa, Central [fc]

UF Central Africa

Africa, East

Assigned code:

[fe] Africa, Eastern

UF British East Africa

East Africa

Africa, Eastern [fe]

UF Eastern Africa

Africa, Equatorial

USE Africa, French-speaking Equatorial

Africa, French-speaking Equatorial [fq]

UF Africa, Equatorial

French Equatorial Africa

French-speaking Equatorial Africa

Africa, French-speaking West

Assigned code:

[fw] Africa, West

UF French-speaking West Africa

French West Africa

Africa, Italian East

USE Africa, Northeast

Africa, North [ff]

UF North Africa

Africa, Northeast [fh]

UF Africa, Italian East

East African Horn

Italian East Africa

Northeast Africa

Africa, Northwest

Assigned codes:

[ff] Africa, North

[fw] Africa, West

UF Northwest Africa

Africa, South

USE South Africa

Africa, Southern [fs]

UF Southern Africa

Africa, Southwest

USE Namibia

Africa, Sub-Saharan [fb]

UF Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa, West [fw]

UF British West Africa

West Africa

Alabama [n-us-al]

Alaska [n-us-ak]

Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska)

Assigned code:

[pn] North Pacific Ocean

UF Gulf of Alaska (Alaska)

Albania [e-aa]

UF People's Socialist Republic of Albania

Alberta [n-cn-ab]

Alderney

Assigned code:

[e-uk-ui] Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

Algeria [f-ae]

UF People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Alps [ea]

Amazon River [sa]

America

Assigned codes:

[n] North America

[s] South America

America, Central

USE Central America

American Samoa [poas]

UF Samoa, American

Amur River (China and Russia) [aa]

UF Hei Ho (China and Russia)

Hei-lung Chiang (China and Russia)

Reka Amur (China and Russia)

Sakhalin Ula (China and Russia)

Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)

Assigned code:

[a-ii] India

Andean Area

USE Andes

Andes [sn]

UF Andean Area

Andorra [e-an]

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

USE Sudan

Angola [f-ao]

UF People's Republic of Angola

Portuguese West Africa

West Africa, Portuguese

Anguilla [nwxa]

[Coded [nwxi] (Saint Kitts-Nevis) before Mar. 1988]

Anhwei Province (China) [a-cc-an]

Antarctic Ocean [t]

Antarctic regions

USE Antarctica

Antarctica [t]

[Coded also [t-ay] (Antarctica) before Mar. 1988]

UF Antarctic regions

Antigua

Assigned code:

[nwaq] Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda [nwaq]

Antilles, Greater

[Coded [nwga] (Greater Antilles) before Mar. 1988]

USE West Indies

Antilles, Lesser [nwla]

UF Lesser Antilles

Appalachian Mountains [n-usa]

Appalachian Mountains, Southern

Assigned code:

[n-usa] Appalachian Mountains

Appalachian Region

Assigned code:

[n-usa] Appalachian Mountains

Aqaba, Gulf of

Assigned code:

[mr] Red Sea

UF Gulf of Aqaba

Arab countries [ma]

UF Arabic countries

Arab Republic of Yemen

USE Yemen

Arabia

USE Arabian Peninsula

Arabia, Southern

Assigned codes:

[a-mk] Oman

[a-ye] Yemen

Arabian Peninsula [ar]

UF Arabia

Arabian Sea [au]

Arabic countries

USE Arab countries

Arafura Sea

Assigned code:

[ps] South Pacific Ocean

Aran Islands (Ireland)

Assigned code:

[e-ie] Ireland

Archipel des Marquises (French Polynesia)

USE Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)

Arctic Ocean [r]

Arctic regions [r]

Argentina [s-ag]

Arizona [n-us-az]

Arkansas [n-us-ar]

Armenia

Assigned codes:

[a-ai] Armenia (Republic)

[a-ir] Iran

[a-tu] Turkey

Armenia (Republic) [a-ai]

[Coded [e-ur-ai] (Armenia Republic) before June 1998]

UF Armenian S.S.R.

Armenian S.S.R.

USE Armenia (Republic)

Aruba

Assigned code:

[nwco] Curaçao

Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean) [lsai]

Ashanti

USE Ghana

Ashmore and Cartier Islands [u-ac]

Asia [a]

Asia, Central [ac]

UF Central Asia

Soviet Central Asia

Asia, East

USE East Asia

Asia, South [az]

UF South Asia

Asia, Southeastern [as]

UF Southeast Asia

Southeastern Asia

Asia, Southwestern

USE Middle East

Asia, Western

USE Middle East

Asia and Europe (treated collectively)

USE Eurasia

Asia Minor

USE Turkey

Atlantic Coast (U.S.)

Assigned code:

[n-us] United States

Atlantic Ocean [l]

Atlantic States

Assigned code:

[n-us] United States

Atlantic States, South

USE South Atlantic States

Atlas Mountains [fa]

Austral Islands (French Polynesia)

Assigned code:

[pofp] French Polynesia

UF Tubuai Islands (French Polynesia)

Australasia [u]

Australia [u-at]

Australian Capital Territory

Assigned code:

[u-at-ne] New South Wales

UF Federal Capital Territory

Austria [e-au]

Azad Jammu and Kashmir

USE Azad Kashmir

Azad Kashmir

Assigned code:

[a-pk] Pakistan

UF Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Kashmir

Azerbaijan [a-aj]

[Coded [e-ur-aj] (Azerbaijan) before June 1998]

UF Azerbaijan S.S.R.

Azerbaijan S.S.R.

USE Azerbaijan

Azores [lnaz]

UF Açores

See also:

Geographic Area Name Sequence