Geography Exceptions to the Rule

A running list of geography odd situations and special cases that we come across in EMu

County Format, General

North America

United States: Co. following term, exceptions:

Alaska: name only

Louisiana: Parish following name

Virginia: has independent cities in addition to counties, noted as “(Independent City)” following city name

Nevada: one independent city in addition to counties, Carson City, noted as “Carson City (Independent City)”

Mexico: Mun. following name

Central America

Costa Rica: (Canton) following name

El Salvador: Mun. following name

Guatemala: Mun. following name

Honduras: Mun. following name

Nicaragua: Mun. following name

Panama: (Distr.) following name

South America

Argentina: (Dept.) following name

Bolivia: (Prov.) following name

Brazil: Mun. following name

Chile: (Prov.) following name

Colombia: Mun. following name

Ecuador: Canton following name

French Guiana: Comm. following name

Guyana: name only

Paraguay: (Distr.) following name

Peru: (Prov.) following name

Suriname: name only

Uruguay: Mun. following name

Venezuela: Mun. following name

Asia

Afghanistan: (Distr.) following name

American Samoa: Co. following name

[Armenia: no county-level Lookup List]

[Azerbaijan: no county-level Lookup List]

[Bahrain: no county-level Lookup List]

Bangladesh: (Distr.) following name

Bhutan: Gewog following name

Brunei: Mukim following name

Cambodia: (Distr.) following name

China: (Prefecture), (City) following name

[Christmas Island: no county-level Lookup List]

[Cocos (Keeling) Islands: no county-level Lookup List]

[Cook Islands: no county-level Lookup List]

[Cyprus: no county-level Lookup List]

Federated States of Micronesia: (Mun.) following name

Fiji: (Prov.) following name

French Polynesia: (Commune) following name

[Guam: no county-level Lookup List]

[Heard Island and McDonald Islands: no county-level Lookup List]

[Hong Kong: no county-level Lookup List]

India: (Distr.) following name

Indonesia: (Regency) following name

Iran: (Co.) following name

[Iraq: no county-level Lookup List]

Israel: (Subdistr.) following name

Japan: -shi (city or branch admin), -gun (counties) after name

Jordan: (Sub-distr.) following name

Kazakhstan: (Distr.) following name

[Kiribati: no county-level Lookup List]

[Kuwait: no county-level Lookup List]

Kyrgyzstan: (Distr.) following name

Laos: (Distr.) following name

Lebanon: (Distr.) following name

Malaysia: (Distr.) following name

[Maldives: no county-level Lookup List]

Marshall Islands: (Mun.) following name

Mongolia: (Distr.) following name

Myanmar: (Distr.) following name

[Nauru: no county-level Lookup List]

Nepal: (Distr.) following name

New Caledonia: (Commune) following name

Niue: (Village) following name

[Norfolk Island: no county-level Lookup List]

North Korea: (Co.), (City), (Distr.) following name

[Northern Mariana Islands: no county-level Lookup List]

Oman: (Distr.) following name

Pakistan: (Div.) following name

[Palau: no county-level Lookup List]

Palestine: (Governorate) following name

Papua New Guinea: Distr. following name

Philippines: Mun. following name

[Pitcairn Islands: no county-level Lookup List]

[Qatar: no county-level Lookup List]

Russia: (Distr.) following name

[Samoa: no county-level Lookup List]

Saudi Arabia: (Gov.) following name

[Singapore: no county-level Lookup List]

Solomon Islands: Ward following name

South Korea: (Co.), (City), (Distr.) following name

Sri Lanka: (Div.) following name

Syria: (Distr.) following name

Taiwan: Co., Special Mun., Mun. following name

Tajikistan: (Distr.) following name

Thailand: (Distr.) following name

Timor-Leste: (Subdistr.) following name

[Tokelau: no county-level Lookup List]

Tonga: (Distr.) following name

Türkiye (formerly Turkey): (Distr.) following name

Turkmenistan: (Distr.), (Admin. Distr.) following name

[Tuvalu: no county-level Lookup List]

[United Arab Emirates: no county-level Lookup List]

[United States Minor Outlying Islands: no county-level Lookup List]

Uzbekistan: (Distr.) following name

Vanuatu: Area Council, Mun. following name

Vietnam: (Distr.), (Urb. Distr.), (Isl.), (Twnshp.) following name

Wallis and Futuna Islands: (Distr.) following name

Yemen: (Distr.) following name

 

Africa

Algeria: (Mun.) following name

Angola: (Mun.) following name

Benin: (Commune) following name

Botswana: (Sub-distr.) following name

Burkina Faso: (Prov.) following the name

Burundi: (Commune) following name

Cameroon: Dept. following name

Cabo Verde (formerly Cape Verde): (Parish) following name

Central African Republic: (Sub-prefecture) following name

Chad: (Dept.) following name

[Comoros: no county-level Lookup List]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: (Zone) following name

[Djibouti: no county-level Lookup List]

Egypt: Markaz following name

Equatorial Guinea: (Distr.) following name

Eritrea: (Subregion) following name

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland): following name

Ethiopia: (Zone) following name

Gabon: (Dept.) following name

Gambia: (Distr.) following name

Ghana: (Distr.) following name

Guinea: (Sub-prefecture) following name

Guinea-Bissau: (Sector) following name

Côte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast): (Region) following name

*Kenya: IN PROGRESS

Lesotho: (Council) following name

Liberia: (Distr.) following name

[Libya: no county-level Lookup List]

Madagascar: (Distr.) following name

[Malawi: no county-level Lookup List]

Mali: Cercle following name

Mauritania: (Dept.) following name

[Mauritius: no county-level Lookup List]

[Mayotte: no county-level Lookup List]

Morocco: (Prov.), (Prefecture) following name

Mozambique: (Distr.) following name

Namibia: (Constituency) following name

Niger: (Dept.) following name

Nigeria: (Local Government Area) following name

Republic of the Congo: (Distr.) following name

Reunion: (Commune) following name

Rwanda: (Distr.) following name

[Saint Helena no county-level Lookup List]

[Seychelles: no county-level Lookup List]

[São Tomé and Príncipe: no county-level Lookup List]

Senegal: (Dept.) following name

Sierra Leone: (Distr.) following name

Somalia: (Distr.) following name

South Africa: Distr. Mun./ Metro Mun. following name

South Sudan: Co. following name

[Western Sahara: no county-level Lookup List]

Sudan: (Distr.) following name

Uganda: Co. following name

Tanzania: (Distr.) following name

Togo: (Prefecture) following name

Tunisia: (Delegation) following name

Zambia: (Distr.) following name

Zimbabwe: Distr. following name

Mismatched Geography Hierarchy in EMu

Continents are geographically assigned (not politically)

• Canary Islands - Country: Spain, Continent: Africa (not Europe)
• Madeira - Country: Portugal, Continent: Africa (not Europe)
• Hawaii - Country: U.S.A, Continent: Oceania (not North America)
• Trinidad and Tobago - Continent: South America (not West Indies)
• Bermuda - Continent: North America (might be assumed to be West Indies) 

Important Hierarchical Variations To Note

• United Kingdom: Province/state level (primary administrative division) does not match Statoids provided list. Province/state Lookup 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 Lookup 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).

Countries: Historical versus modern day names

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= largest island in the Caribbean, dividedpolitically 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