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).
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 = divided politically 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