Geography Exceptions to the Rule

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


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



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