24.6. Governments. Additions
When a sovereign entity and another place of the same name that is not a sovereign entity exist at the same time, do not qualify the name of the sovereign entity.
When a succession of jurisdictions would be entered under the same name, use one heading for all, no matter what differences there are between the jurisdictions.
However, when the geographic qualifier added to a name to reflect its current status is not appropriate for the earlier entity, use two headings and qualify each.
If an entity that has been treated as an independent state (country) is absorbed into an existing state (country) and retains the same name as a part of the state into which it was absorbed or if a part of an existing country becomes an independent state and retains the same name, create a heading for the new entity and retain the heading for the former entity.
When the name of a state, province, or territory of Australia, Canada, or the United States, or the name of a constituent state of Malaysia conflicts with the name of a place within the same larger jurisdiction, add the type of government as a qualifier to the larger geographic entity.
When the name of a state, province, or territory of Australia, Canada, or the United States, or the name of a constituent state of Malaysia conflicts with the name of a place in another jurisdiction, qualify the latter only.
Exception: Use "Washington (State)" as the heading for the state of Washington.
Add a qualifier to the heading for a jurisdiction that does not conflict with the heading for another jurisdiction when:
1. the heading for the jurisdiction is the same as the name of a geographic area but the territory governed by the jurisdiction varies significantly from the geographic area;
2. the heading for the jurisdiction is the same as the name of a geographic area but the name of the jurisdiction has ceased.
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