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<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">A running list of geography odd&nbsp;situations and special cases that we come across in EMu</span></span>
==Geography Exceptions to the Rule==


== <span style="font-size:medium;">'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">County Format, General</span>'''</span> ==
Please reference this page for odd or out-dated geographical terms and/or categorizations that you may encounter in the collection.


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">North America</span></span></span>


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">United States</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Co. following name, exceptions:</span></span></span>


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alaska: no term following name</span></span></span>


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Louisiana: Parish following name</span></span></span>
=== <u>Mismatched Geography Hierarchy in EMu</u> ===


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia: has independent cities in addition to counties, noted as “(Independent City)” following city name</span></span></span>


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nevada: one independent city in addition to counties, Carson City, noted as “Carson City (Independent City)”</span></span></span>
'''Azores''': autonomous archipelago of Portugal situated in Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. Continent: Africa (not Europe), Country: Portugal


<span style="font-size:small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span>
'''Bermuda''': country in the Atlantic Ocean. Continent: North America (sometimes miscategorized in West Indies)  


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mexico</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Mun. following name</span></span></span>
'''Islas Canarias (Canary Islands)''': autonomous archipelago of Spain situated in Macaronesia in the Atlantic Ocean. Continent: Africa (not Europe), Country: Spain


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Central America</span></span></span>
'''Easter Island (Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua)''': island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Continent: Oceania (not South America), Country: Chile, State/Province: Valparaíso


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Costa Rica</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Canton) following name</span></span></span>
'''Hawaii''': state of the United States of America situated in the Pacific Ocean. Continent: Oceania (not North America), Country: United States of America


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">El Salvador</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Mun. following name</span></span></span>
'''Madeira''': autonomous archipelago of Portugal situated in Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. Continent: Africa (not Europe), Country: Portugal


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Guatemala</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Mun. following name</span></span></span>
'''Navassa Island''': uninhabited island in the Caribbean, classified as a United States Minor Outlying Islands (the rest of which are in Oceania). Continent: West Indies


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Honduras</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Mun. following name</span></span></span>
'''Trinidad and Tobago''': the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Continent: South America (not West Indies)


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nicaragua</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Mun. following name</span></span></span>


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Panama</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following name</span></span></span>
=== <u>Important Hierarchical Variations to Note</u> ===




'''United Kingdom''': In EMu, the primary administrative subdivision (province/state-level) consists of the four countries of the U.K.: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The secondary administrative subdivision (county-level) reflects the Administrative County, Metropolitan District, Unitary Authority (England); District (Northern Ireland); Council Area (Scotland); and Unitary Authority (Wales).


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">South America</span></span></span>


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Argentina</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Dept.) following name</span></span></span>
'''Brazil''': The secondary administrative subdivision (county-level) consists of the municipalities of Brazil, rather than the "Microregions" as cited by Statoids (http://www.statoids.com/ybr.html), as these units "...have no administrative function; they were defined by the federal government for purposes of convenience" (Law, 2007).  


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bolivia</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Prov.) following name</span></span></span>


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brazil</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Mun. following name</span></span></span>
'''Puerto Rico''': As a commonwealth associated with the United States, there are no primary administrative subdivisions as defined by the U.S. government. The secondary administrative subdivisions are the municipios (https://welcome.topuertorico.org/government.shtml#:~:text=Administrative%20Divisions%20None%20%28Commonwealth%20associated%20with%20the%20U.S.%29%3B,The%20mayor%20appoints%20a%20secretary-auditor%20and%20a%20treasurer). In EMu, we cite the secondary administrative subdivisions (municipios) as the primary (state/province level), and we cite the tertiary administrative subdivision (barrios) as the secondary administrative subdivisions (county-level), as “the barrios of Puerto Rico are the primary legal divisions of the seventy-eight municipalities of Puerto Rico” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrios_of_Puerto_Rico).


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chile</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Prov.) following name</span></span></span>


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Colombia</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Mun. following name</span></span></span>
'''Belgium''': The technical primary administrative subdivisions of Belgium are the regions (3): Flanders (Dutch-speaking region), Wallonia (French-speaking region), and Brussels (bilingual Dutch and French), which are then subdivided into provinces. In EMu, we cite the secondary administrative subdivision (provinces) as the primary. Arrondissements are the next sequential administrative level between province and municipality (cited by Statoids as the secondary administrative subdivision, http://www.statoids.com/ybe.html); alternatively, in EMu we cite the municipalities as the second administrative subdivision, disregarding the arrondissements.


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ecuador</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Canton following name</span></span></span>


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">French Guiana</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Comm. following name</span></span></span>
=== <u>Non-exhaustive list of historical country names in relation to present-day names</u> ===


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Guyana</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: name only</span></span></span>


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paraguay</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following name</span></span></span>
'''Abyssinia''' : Ethiopia


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peru</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Prov.) following name</span></span></span>
'''Annam''' : Vietnam (colonial French term)


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suriname</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: name only</span></span></span>
'''Bangal''' : region consisting of parts of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uruguay</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Mun. following name</span></span></span>
'''Bohemia''' : Czech Republic


<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Venezuela</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Mun. following name</span></span></span>
'''British Honduras''' : Belize


'''British Guiana''' : Guyana


'''British North Borneo''' : Malaysia


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Asia</span></span>
'''Burma''' : Myanmar


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Afghanistan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
'''Cambodge''' : Cambodia


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">American Samoa</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Co. following term</span></span>
'''Ceylon''' : Sri Lanka


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Armenia: no concise counties list]</span></span>
'''Formosa''' : Taiwan


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Azerbaijan: no concise counties list]</span></span>
'''French Indochina''' : region consisting of Cambodia, Laos, and parts of China and Vietnam


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Bahrain: no concise counties list]</span></span>
'''Hispanola''' : second largest Caribbean Island divided politically into Haiti (west) and the Dominican Republic (east)


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bangladesh</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
'''Kaiser-Wilhelmsland''': portion of Papua New Guinea


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bhutan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Gewog following term</span></span>
'''Macedonia''' : North Macedonia


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brunei</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Mukim following term</span></span>
'''Moravia''' : Czech Republic


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cambodia</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
'''New Granada''' : region consisting of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">China</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Prefecture), (City) following term</span></span>
'''New Hebrides''' : Vanuatu


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Christmas Island: no counties]</span></span>
'''New Holland''' : Australia


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Cocos (Keeling) Islands: no counties]</span></span>
'''Northern Rhodesia''' : Zambia


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Cook Islands: no counties]</span></span>
'''Persia''' : Iran


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Cyprus: no concise counties list]</span></span>
'''Siam''' : Thailand


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Federated States of Micronesia</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Mun.) following term</span></span>
'''Southern Rhodesia''' : Zimbabwe


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fiji</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Prov.) following term</span></span>
'''Tonkin/Tongkin/Tongquin''': exonym referring to northern region of Vietnam


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">French Polynesia</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Commune) following term</span></span>
'''Yugoslavia''' : region consisting of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Guam: no counties]</span></span>
'''Zaire''' : Democratic Republic of the Congo


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Heard Island and McDonald Islands: no counties]</span></span>


<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Hong Kong: no counties]</span></span>
Please email egjieli@nybg.org if you come across other terms that should be added to this list.
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">India</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Indonesia</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Regency) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Iran</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Co.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Iraq: no concise counties list]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Israel</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Subdistr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Japan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: -shi (city or branch admin), -gun (counties) after term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jordan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Sub-distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kazakhstan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Kiribati: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Kuwait: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kyrgyzstan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Laos</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lebanon</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Malaysia</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Maldives: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marshall Islands</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Mun.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mongolia</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Myanmar</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Nauru: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nepal</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New Caledonia</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Commune) follownig term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Niue</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Village) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Norfolk Island: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">North Korea</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Co.), (City), (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Northern Mariana Islands: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oman</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Div.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Palau: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Palestine</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Governorate) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Papua New Guinea</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Distr. following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Philippines</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Mun. following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Pitcairn Islands: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Qatar: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Russia</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Samoa: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saudi Arabia</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Gov.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Singapore: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Solomon Islands</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Ward following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">South Korea</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Co.), (City), (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sri Lanka</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Div.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Syria</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Taiwan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Co., Special Mun., Mun. following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tajikistan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thailand</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Timor-Leste</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Subdistr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Tokelau: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tonga</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turkey</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turkmenistan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.), (Admin. Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Tuvalu: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[United Arab Emirates: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[United States Minor Outlying Islands: no counties]</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uzbekistan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vanuatu</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Area Council, Mun. following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vietnam</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.), (Urb. Distr.), (Isl.), (Twnshp.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wallis and Futuna Islands</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-68a9663d-7fff-b64b-9bf0-e9116ac79363"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yemen</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Distr.) following term</span></span>
 
<span id="docs-internal-guid-0c9b91d5-7fff-f7fb-b5f2-86d59c0f617c"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span>
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== <span style="font-size:medium;">'''<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8d8707e1-7fff-e8d6-451e-6e7f97c98240"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mismatched Geography Hierarchy in EMu</span></span></span></span>'''</span> ==
 
<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">First administrative division level (province/state):</font>
 
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Canary Islands - Country: Spain, Continent: Africa (not Europe)</span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Madeira - Country: Portugal, Continent: Africa (not Europe)</span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;">Hawaii -&nbsp;<span id="docs-internal-guid-89fa1147-7fff-2df4-2532-aea09af011c9"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Country: U.S.A, Continent: Oceania (not North America)</span></span></span></span></span>
 
 
 
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Country level:</span></span></span></span>
 
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ae6988b7-7fff-6670-baf5-2b78162ad2e5"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trinidad and Tobago -</span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-4ca8c78b-7fff-8a3a-f647-36270fca41be"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Continent: South America</span></span>&nbsp;(not West Indies)</span></span></span>
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;">Bermuda - Continent: North America (might be assumed to be West Indies)&nbsp;</span></span></span>
 
== '''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-98ba40ff-7fff-b375-f895-ba1ab23d2933"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Geography Hierarchy in EMu that differs from Statoids</span></span></span>''' ==
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*<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2bf54281-7fff-e703-2572-bbdfbdb1d52c"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">United Kingdom: Province/state level (primary administrative division) does not match Statoids. Province/state look up list consists of the four countries of the United Kingdom; England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, rather than the primary administrative division list provided on Statoids. Alternatively, use the Statoid's primary administrative division list as the secondary administrative division in EMu, according to country.</span></span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2bf54281-7fff-e703-2572-bbdfbdb1d52c"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brazil: District/county (second administrative division) does not match Statoids. Statoids presents Brazil's "microregions" as the second administrative divisons, which "...</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1.65937px;">have no administrative function; they were defined by the federal government for purposes of convenience" (Law, 2007). Alternatively, the district/county look up list follows the Wikipedia page "List of municipalities of Brazil" according to state (</span>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Brazil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Brazil]).</span></span>
 
 
 
 
 
 
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== '''<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f43015a3-7fff-098c-4328-c35eb1fa0c51"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Countries: Historical versus modern day names</span></span></span></span>''' ==
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">Abyssinia = Ethiopia</span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annam = Vietnam (colonial French term)</span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bohemia = Czech Republic</span>
 
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f43015a3-7fff-098c-4328-c35eb1fa0c51"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">British Honduras = Belize</span></span></span></span></span>
 
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f43015a3-7fff-098c-4328-c35eb1fa0c51"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">British Guiana = Guyana</span></span></span></span></span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">British North Borneo = Malaysia</span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burma = Myanmar</span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ceylon = Sri Lanka</span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">Formosa = Taiwan</span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">French Indochina = Vietnam</span>
 
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f43015a3-7fff-098c-4328-c35eb1fa0c51"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hispanola</span></span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">= largest island in the Caribbean, divided</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">politically into&nbsp;Haiti (west) and the Dominican Republic (east)&nbsp;</span></span></span>
 
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Macedonia = North Macedonia</span></span></span></span></span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">Moravia = Czech Republic</span>
 
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f43015a3-7fff-098c-4328-c35eb1fa0c51"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New Granada = </span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;region consisting of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela</span></span></span></span></span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New Holland </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">= </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Australia</span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">Northern Rhodesia = Zambia</span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f43015a3-7fff-098c-4328-c35eb1fa0c51"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Persia = Iran</span></span></span></span></span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">Siam = Thailand</span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">Southern Rhodesia = Zimbabwe</span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yugoslavia = region consisting of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia</span>
 
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f43015a3-7fff-098c-4328-c35eb1fa0c51"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zaire = Democratic Republic of the Congo</span></span></span></span></span>
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Geography Exceptions to the Rule

Please reference this page for odd or out-dated geographical terms and/or categorizations that you may encounter in the collection.



Mismatched Geography Hierarchy in EMu

Azores: autonomous archipelago of Portugal situated in Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. Continent: Africa (not Europe), Country: Portugal

Bermuda: country in the Atlantic Ocean. Continent: North America (sometimes miscategorized in West Indies)

Islas Canarias (Canary Islands): autonomous archipelago of Spain situated in Macaronesia in the Atlantic Ocean. Continent: Africa (not Europe), Country: Spain

Easter Island (Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua): island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Continent: Oceania (not South America), Country: Chile, State/Province: Valparaíso

Hawaii: state of the United States of America situated in the Pacific Ocean. Continent: Oceania (not North America), Country: United States of America

Madeira: autonomous archipelago of Portugal situated in Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. Continent: Africa (not Europe), Country: Portugal

Navassa Island: uninhabited island in the Caribbean, classified as a United States Minor Outlying Islands (the rest of which are in Oceania). Continent: West Indies

Trinidad and Tobago: the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Continent: South America (not West Indies)


Important Hierarchical Variations to Note

United Kingdom: In EMu, the primary administrative subdivision (province/state-level) consists of the four countries of the U.K.: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The secondary administrative subdivision (county-level) reflects the Administrative County, Metropolitan District, Unitary Authority (England); District (Northern Ireland); Council Area (Scotland); and Unitary Authority (Wales).


Brazil: The secondary administrative subdivision (county-level) consists of the municipalities of Brazil, rather than the "Microregions" as cited by Statoids (http://www.statoids.com/ybr.html), as these units "...have no administrative function; they were defined by the federal government for purposes of convenience" (Law, 2007).


Puerto Rico: As a commonwealth associated with the United States, there are no primary administrative subdivisions as defined by the U.S. government. The secondary administrative subdivisions are the municipios (https://welcome.topuertorico.org/government.shtml#:~:text=Administrative%20Divisions%20None%20%28Commonwealth%20associated%20with%20the%20U.S.%29%3B,The%20mayor%20appoints%20a%20secretary-auditor%20and%20a%20treasurer). In EMu, we cite the secondary administrative subdivisions (municipios) as the primary (state/province level), and we cite the tertiary administrative subdivision (barrios) as the secondary administrative subdivisions (county-level), as “the barrios of Puerto Rico are the primary legal divisions of the seventy-eight municipalities of Puerto Rico” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrios_of_Puerto_Rico).


Belgium: The technical primary administrative subdivisions of Belgium are the regions (3): Flanders (Dutch-speaking region), Wallonia (French-speaking region), and Brussels (bilingual Dutch and French), which are then subdivided into provinces. In EMu, we cite the secondary administrative subdivision (provinces) as the primary. Arrondissements are the next sequential administrative level between province and municipality (cited by Statoids as the secondary administrative subdivision, http://www.statoids.com/ybe.html); alternatively, in EMu we cite the municipalities as the second administrative subdivision, disregarding the arrondissements.


Non-exhaustive list of historical country names in relation to present-day names

Abyssinia : Ethiopia

Annam : Vietnam (colonial French term)

Bangal : region consisting of parts of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal

Bohemia : Czech Republic

British Honduras : Belize

British Guiana : Guyana

British North Borneo : Malaysia

Burma : Myanmar

Cambodge : Cambodia

Ceylon : Sri Lanka

Formosa : Taiwan

French Indochina : region consisting of Cambodia, Laos, and parts of China and Vietnam

Hispanola : second largest Caribbean Island divided politically into Haiti (west) and the Dominican Republic (east)

Kaiser-Wilhelmsland: portion of Papua New Guinea

Macedonia : North Macedonia

Moravia : Czech Republic

New Granada : region consisting of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela

New Hebrides : Vanuatu

New Holland : Australia

Northern Rhodesia : Zambia

Persia : Iran

Siam : Thailand

Southern Rhodesia : Zimbabwe

Tonkin/Tongkin/Tongquin: exonym referring to northern region of Vietnam

Yugoslavia : region consisting of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia

Zaire : Democratic Republic of the Congo


Please email egjieli@nybg.org if you come across other terms that should be added to this list.

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