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 term

El Salvador: Mun. following term

Guatemala: Mun. following term

Honduras: Mun. following term

Nicaragua: Mun. following term

Panama: (Distr.) following term

South America

Argentina: (Dept.) following term

Bolivia: (Prov.) following term

Brazil: Mun. following term

Chile: (Prov.) following term

Colombia: Mun. following term

Ecuador: Canton following term

French Guiana: Comm. following term

Guyana: term only

Paraguay: (Distr.) following term

Peru: (Prov.) following term

Suriname: term only

Uruguay: Mun. following term

Venezuela: Mun. following term

Asia

Afghanistan: (Distr.) following term

American Samoa: Co. following term

[Armenia: no county-level Lookup List]

[Azerbaijan: no county-level Lookup List]

[Bahrain: no county-level Lookup 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 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 term

Fiji: (Prov.) following term

French Polynesia: (Commune) following term

[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 term

Indonesia: (Regency) following term

Iran: (Co.) following term

[Iraq: no county-level Lookup 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 county-level Lookup List]

[Kuwait: no county-level Lookup List]

Kyrgyzstan: (Distr.) following term

Laos: (Distr.) following term

Lebanon: (Distr.) following term

Malaysia: (Distr.) following term

[Maldives: no county-level Lookup List]

Marshall Islands: (Mun.) following term

Mongolia: (Distr.) following term

Myanmar: (Distr.) following term

[Nauru: no county-level Lookup List]

Nepal: (Distr.) following term

New Caledonia: (Commune) following term

Niue: (Village) following term

[Norfolk Island: no county-level Lookup List]

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

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

Oman: (Distr.) following term

Pakistan: (Div.) following term

[Palau: no county-level Lookup List]

Palestine: (Governorate) following term

Papua New Guinea: Distr. following term

Philippines: Mun. following term

[Pitcairn Islands: no county-level Lookup List]

[Qatar: no county-level Lookup List]

Russia: (Distr.) following term

[Samoa: no county-level Lookup List]

Saudi Arabia: (Gov.) following term

[Singapore: no county-level Lookup List]

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 county-level Lookup List]

Tonga: (Distr.) following term

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

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

[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 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

 

Africa

Algeria: (Mun.) following term

Angola: (Mun.) following term

Benin: (Commune) following term

Botswana: (Sub-distr.) following term

Burkina Faso: (Prov.) following the term

Burundi: (Commune) following term

Cameroon: Dept. following term

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

Central African Republic: (Sub-prefecture) following term

Chad: (Dept.) following term

[Comoros: no county-level Lookup List]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: (Zone) following term

[Djibouti: no county-level Lookup List]

Egypt: Markaz following term

Equatorial Guinea: (Distr.) following term

Eritrea: (Subregion) following term

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland): following term

Ethiopia: (Zone) following term

Gabon: (Dept.) following term

Gambia: (Distr.) following term

Ghana: (Distr.) following term

Guinea: (Sub-prefecture) following term

Guinea-Bissau: (Sector) following term

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

*Kenya: IN PROGRESS

Lesotho: (Council) following term

Liberia: (Distr.) following term

[Libya: no county-level Lookup List]

Madagascar: (Distr.) following term

[Malawi: no county-level Lookup List]

Mali: Cercle following term

Mauritania: (Dept.) following term

[Mauritius: no county-level Lookup List]

[Mayotte: no county-level Lookup List]

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

Mozambique: (Distr.) following term

Namibia: (Constituency) following term

Niger: (Dept.) following term

Nigeria: (Local Government Area) following term

Republic of the Congo: (Distr.) following term

Reunion: (Commune) following term

Rwanda: (Distr.) following term

[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 term

Sierra Leone: (Distr.) following term

Somalia: (Distr.) following term

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

South Sudan: Co. following term

[Western Sahara: no county-level Lookup List]

Sudan: (Distr.) following term

Uganda: Co. following term

Tanzania: (Distr.) following term

Togo: (Prefecture) following term

Tunisia: (Delegation) following term

Zambia: (Distr.) following term

Zimbabwe: 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