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| <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">A running list of geography odd situations and special cases that we come across in EMu</span></span>
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| == Standardized administrative subdivisions grouped by geographical region ==
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| The primary (state/province-level) and secondary (county-level) administrative subdivisions of the following countries have been standardized. This list also includes the county-level suffix term, when applicable. Asterisks indicate regions that have not yet been thoroughly addressed.
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| ''North America*''
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| '''United States''': Co. following term, exceptions:
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| Alaska: name only, no suffix
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| Louisiana: “Parish” following name
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| Virginia: includes independent cities in addition to counties, noted as “(Independent City)” following city name
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| Nevada: includes one independent city in addition to counties (Carson City), noted as “Carson City (Independent City)”
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| '''Mexico''': Mun. following name
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| [Bermuda: no county-level list]
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| [Saint-Pierre et Miquelon: no county-level list]
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| ''Central America''
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| '''Belize''': Mun., Town, City following name
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| '''Costa Rica''': (Canton) following name
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| '''El Salvador''': Mun. following name
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| '''Guatemala''': Mun. following name
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| '''Honduras''': Mun. following name
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| '''Nicaragua''': Mun. following name
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| '''Panama''': (Distr.) following name
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| ''West Indies''
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| [Anguilla: no county-level list]
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| [Antigua and Barbuda: no county-level list]
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| [Aruba: no county-level list]
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| [Bahamas: no county-level list]
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| [Barbados: no county-level list]
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| [Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba: no county-level list]
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| [Cayman Islands: no county-level list]
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| '''Cuba''': Mun. following name
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| [Curaçao: no county-level list]
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| [Dominica: no county-level list]
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| '''Dominican Republic''': Mun following name
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| [Grenada: no county-level list]
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| '''Guadeloupe''': Comm. following name
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| '''Haiti''': Arrondissement following name
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| [Jamaica: no county-level list]
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| [Martinique: no county-level list]
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| [Montserrat: no county-level list]
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| '''Puerto Rico''': Barrio following name
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| [Saint Barthélemy: no county-level list]
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| [Saint Kitts and Nevis: no county-level list]
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| [Saint Lucia: no county-level list]
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| [Sint Maarten: no county-level list]
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| [Saint Martin: no county-level list]
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| [Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: no county-level list]
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| [Turks and Caicos Islands: no county-level list]
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| [Virgin Islands (U.K.): no county-level list]
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| '''Virgin Islands (U.S.)''': (Subdistrict) following name
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| ''South America''
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| '''Argentina''': (Dept.) following name
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| '''Bolivia''': (Prov.) following name
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| '''Brazil''': Mun. following name
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| '''Chile''': (Prov.) following name
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| '''Colombia''': Mun. following name
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| '''Ecuador''': Canton following name
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| [Falkland Islands: no county-level list]
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| '''French Guiana''': Comm. following name
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| '''Guyana''': name only
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| '''Paraguay''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Peru''': (Prov.) following name
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| '''Suriname''': name only
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| [Trinidad and Tobago: no county-level list]
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| '''Uruguay''': Mun. following name
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| '''Venezuela''': Mun. following name
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| ''Asia''
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| '''Afghanistan''': (Distr.) following name
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| [Armenia: no county-level list]
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| [Azerbaijan: no county-level list]
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| [Bahrain: no county-level list]
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| '''Bangladesh''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Bhutan''': Gewog following name
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| [British Indian Ocean Territory: no county-level list]
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| '''Brunei''': Mukim following name
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| '''Cambodia''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''China''': (Prefecture), (City) following name
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| [Cyprus: no county-level list]
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| '''India''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Indonesia''': (Regency) following name
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| '''Iran''': (Co.) following name
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| [Iraq: no county-level list]
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| '''Israel''': (Subdistr.) following name
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| '''Japan''': -shi (city or branch admin), -gun (counties) after name
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| '''Jordan''': (Sub-distr.) following name
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| '''Kazakhstan''': (Distr.) following name
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| [Kuwait: no county-level list]
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| '''Kyrgyzstan''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Laos''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Lebanon''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Malaysia''': (Distr.) following name
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| [Maldives: no county-level list]
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| '''Mongolia''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Myanmar''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Nepal''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''North Korea''': (Co.), (City), (Distr.) following name
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| '''Oman''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Pakistan''': (Div.) following name
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| '''Palestine''': (Governorate) following name
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| '''Philippines''': Mun. following name
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| [Qatar: no county-level list]
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| '''Saudi Arabia''': (Gov.) following name
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| [Singapore: no county-level list]
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| '''South Korea''': (Co.), (City), (Distr.) following name
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| '''Sri Lanka''': (Div.) following name
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| '''Syria''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Taiwan''': Co., Special Mun., Mun. following name
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| '''Tajikistan''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Thailand''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Timor-Leste''': (Subdistr.) following name
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| '''Türkiye (formerly Turkey)''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Turkmenistan''': (Distr.), (Admin. Distr.) following name
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| [United Arab Emirates: no county-level list]
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| '''Uzbekistan''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Vietnam''': (Distr.), (Urb. Distr.), (Isl.), (Twnshp.) following name
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| '''Yemen''': (Distr.) following name
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| ''Oceania*''
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| '''American Samoa''': Co. following name
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| [Christmas Island: no county-level list]
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| [Cocos (Keeling) Islands: no county-level list]
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| [Cook Islands: no county-level list]
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| '''Federated States of Micronesia''': (Mun.) following name
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| '''Fiji''': (Prov.) following name
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| '''French Polynesia''': (Commune) following name
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| [Guam: no county-level list]
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| [Heard Island and McDonald Islands: no county-level list]
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| [Kiribati: no county-level list]
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| '''Marshall Islands''': (Mun.) following name
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| [Nauru: no county-level list]
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| '''New Caledonia''': (Commune) following name
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| '''New Zealand''': Distr. Following term
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| '''Niue''': (Village) following name
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| [Norfolk Island: no county-level list]
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| [Northern Mariana Islands: no county-level list]
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| [Palau: no county-level list]
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| '''Papua New Guinea''': Distr. following name
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| [Pitcairn Islands: no county-level list]
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| [Samoa: no county-level list]
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| '''Solomon Islands''': Ward following name
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| [Tokelau: no county-level list]
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| '''Tonga''': (Distr.) following name
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| [Tuvalu: no county-level list]
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| [United States Minor Outlying Islands: no county-level list]
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| '''Vanuatu''': Area Council, Mun. following name
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| '''Wallis and Futuna Islands''': (Distr.) following name
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| ''Africa''
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| '''Algeria''': (Mun.) following name
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| '''Angola''': (Mun.) following name
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| '''Benin''': (Commune) following name
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| '''Botswana''': (Sub-distr.) following name
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| '''Burkina Faso''': (Prov.) following the name
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| '''Burundi''': (Commune) following name
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| '''Cabo Verde (formerly Cape Verde)''': (Parish) following name
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| '''Cameroon''': Dept. following name
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| '''Central African Republic''': (Sub-prefecture) following name
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| '''Chad''': (Dept.) following name
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| [Comoros: no county-level list]
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| '''Côte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast)''': (Region) following name
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| '''Democratic Republic of the Congo''': (Zone) following name
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| [Djibouti: no county-level list]
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| '''Egypt''': Markaz following name
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| '''Equatorial Guinea''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Eritrea''': (Subregion) following name
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| '''Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)''': following name
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| '''Ethiopia''': (Zone) following name
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| '''Gabon''': (Dept.) following name
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| '''Gambia''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Ghana''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Guinea''': (Sub-prefecture) following name
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| '''Guinea-Bissau''': (Sector) following name
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| '''Kenya''': (Constituency) following name
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| '''Lesotho''': (Council) following name
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| '''Liberia''': (Distr.) following name
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| [Libya: no county-level list]
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| '''Madagascar''': (Distr.) following name
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| [Malawi: no county-level list]
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| '''Mali''': Cercle following name
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| '''Mauritania''': (Dept.) following name
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| [Mauritius: no county-level list]
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| [Mayotte: no county-level list]
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| '''Morocco''': (Prov.), (Prefecture) following name
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| '''Mozambique''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Namibia''': (Constituency) following name
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| '''Niger''': (Dept.) following name
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| '''Nigeria''': (Local Government Area) following name
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| '''Republic of the Congo''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Reunion''': (Commune) following name
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| '''Rwanda''': (Distr.) following name
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| [Saint Helena no county-level list]
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| [São Tomé and Príncipe: no county-level list]
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| [Seychelles: no county-level list]
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| '''Senegal''': (Dept.) following name
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| '''Sierra Leone''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Somalia''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''South Africa''': Distr. Mun./ Metro Mun. following name
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| '''South Sudan''': Co. following name
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| [Western Sahara: no county-level list]
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| '''Sudan''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Tanzania''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Togo''': (Prefecture) following name
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| '''Tunisia''': (Delegation) following name
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| '''Uganda''': Co. following name
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| [Western Sahara: no county-level list]
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| '''Zambia''': (Distr.) following name
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| '''Zimbabwe''': Distr. following name
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| ''Europe''
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| '''Russia''': (Distr.) following name
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| == Mismatched Geography Hierarchy in EMu == | | == Mismatched Geography Hierarchy in EMu == |
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Mismatched Geography Hierarchy in EMu
Bermuda: country in the Atlantic Ocean. Continent: North America (sometimes miscategorized in West Indies)
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
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
Trinidad and Tobago: the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Continent: South America (not West Indies)
Important Hierarchical Variations To Note
United Kingdom: Province/state level (primary administrative division) does not match Statoids provided list. Province/state list values consists of the four countries of the United Kingdom: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, which deviates from the primary administrative division list provided by Statoids (http://www.statoids.com/ugb.html). The primary administrative division list for the U.K. provided by Statoids (http://www.statoids.com/ugb.html) was incorporated as the secondary administrative division values in EMu, by country.
Brazil: District/county list values (secondary administrative division) in EMu do not match Statoids provided "Microregions" (http://www.statoids.com/ybr.html). Microregions "...have no administrative function; they were defined by the federal government for purposes of convenience" (Law, 2007). Alternatively, the secondary administrative units (municipalities) were gathered from the Wikipedia page "List of Municipalities of Brazil," according to State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Brazil).
Puerto Rico: As a commonwealth associated with the United States, there are no first-level administrative subdivisions as defined by the U.S. government. The second-level administrative subdivisions are 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). For our intents and purposes, we cite the second-level administrative divisions as the first-level, listing the municipios as the State/Province for the country, and use the third-level administrative areas (barrios) as the secondary political subdivisions, 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). This is also in agreement with Statoids (http://www.statoids.com/upr.html) although Statoids does not provide the list of barrios.
Non-exhaustive list of historical country names in relation to present-day names
Please email egjieli@nybg.org if you come across other terms that should be added to this list.
Abyssinia = Ethiopia
Annam = Vietnam (colonial French term)
Bohemia = Czech Republic
British Honduras = Belize
British Guiana = Guyana
British North Borneo = Malaysia
Burma = Myanmar
Ceylon = Sri Lanka
Formosa = Taiwan
French Indochina = Vietnam
Hispanola = divided politically into Haiti (west) and the Dominican Republic (east)
Macedonia = North Macedonia
Moravia = Czech Republic
New Granada = region consisting of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela
New Holland = Australia
Northern Rhodesia = Zambia
Persia = Iran
Siam = Thailand
Southern Rhodesia = Zimbabwe
Yugoslavia = region consisting of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia
Zaire = Democratic Republic of the Congo