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 name, exceptions:
Alaska: no term following name
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 term
American Samoa: Co. following term
[Armenia: no concise counties list]
[Azerbaijan: no concise counties list]
[Bahrain: no concise counties list]
Bangladesh: (Distr.) following term
Bhutan: Gewog following term
Brunei: Mukim following term
Cambodia: (Distr.) following term
China: (Prefecture), (City) following term
[Christmas Island: no counties]
[Cocos (Keeling) Islands: no counties]
[Cook Islands: no counties]
[Cyprus: no concise counties list]
Federated States of Micronesia: (Mun.) following term
Fiji: (Prov.) following term
French Polynesia: (Commune) following term
[Guam: no counties]
[Heard Island and McDonald Islands: no counties]
[Hong Kong: no counties]
India: (Distr.) following term
Indonesia: (Regency) following term
Iran: (Co.) following term
[Iraq: no concise counties list]
Israel: (Subdistr.) following term
Japan: -shi (city or branch admin), -gun (counties) after term
Jordan: (Sub-distr.) following term
Kazakhstan: (Distr.) following term
[Kiribati: no counties]
[Kuwait: no counties]
Kyrgyzstan: (Distr.) following term
Laos: (Distr.) following term
Lebanon: (Distr.) following term
Malaysia: (Distr.) following term
[Maldives: no counties]
Marshall Islands: (Mun.) following term
Mongolia: (Distr.) following term
Myanmar: (Distr.) following term
[Nauru: no counties]
Nepal: (Distr.) following term
New Caledonia: (Commune) follownig term
Niue: (Village) following term
[Norfolk Island: no counties]
North Korea: (Co.), (City), (Distr.) following term
[Northern Mariana Islands: no counties]
Oman: (Distr.) following term
Pakistan: (Div.) following term
[Palau: no counties]
Palestine: (Governorate) following term
Papua New Guinea: Distr. following term
Philippines: Mun. following term
[Pitcairn Islands: no counties]
[Qatar: no counties]
Russia: (Distr.) following term
[Samoa: no counties]
Saudi Arabia: (Gov.) following term
[Singapore: no counties]
Solomon Islands: Ward following term
South Korea: (Co.), (City), (Distr.) following term
Sri Lanka: (Div.) following term
Syria: (Distr.) following term
Taiwan: Co., Special Mun., Mun. following term
Tajikistan: (Distr.) following term
Thailand: (Distr.) following term
Timor-Leste: (Subdistr.) following term
[Tokelau: no counties]
Tonga: (Distr.) following term
Turkey: (Distr.) following term
Turkmenistan: (Distr.), (Admin. Distr.) following term
[Tuvalu: no counties]
[United Arab Emirates: no counties]
[United States Minor Outlying Islands: no counties]
Uzbekistan: (Distr.) following term
Vanuatu: Area Council, Mun. following term
Vietnam: (Distr.), (Urb. Distr.), (Isl.), (Twnshp.) following term
Wallis and Futuna Islands: (Distr.) following term
Yemen: (Distr.) following term
Mismatched Geography Hierarchy in EMu
First administrative division level (province/state):
- 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)
Country level:
- Trinidad and Tobago -Continent: South America (not West Indies)
- Bermuda - Continent: North America (might be assumed to be West Indies)
Geography Hierarchy in EMu that differs from Statoids
- 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.
- Brazil: District/county (second administrative division) does not match Statoids. Statoids presents Brazil's "microregions" as the second administrative divisons, which "...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 (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