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

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