MARC Geographic Areas Codes

PART I: NAME SEQUENCE

A - D

Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)

USE

Abu Zaby (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)

Abu Zaby (United Arab Emirates: Emirate)

Assigned code:

[a-ts]

United Arab Emirates

UF

Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)

Abyssinia

USE

Ethiopia

A.C.T.

USE

Australian Capital Territory

Açores

USE

Azores

Adamawa (Emirate)

Assigned code:

[f-cm]

Cameroon

[f-nr]

Nigeria

Aden

[Coded [a-ys] (Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) before Oct. 1992]

Assigned code:

[a-ye]

Yemen

Aden (Protectorate)

[Coded [a-ys] (Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) before Oct. 1992]

Assigned code:

[a-ye]

Yemen

Aden, Gulf of

Assigned code:

[mr]

Red Sea

UF

Gulf of Aden

Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea)

Assigned code:

[a-pp]

Papua New Guinea

Adriatic Sea

Assigned code:

[mm]

Mediterranean Sea

Advanced countries

USE

Developed countries

Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey)

Assigned codes:

[e-gr]

Greece

[a-tu]

Turkey

UF

Islands of the Aegean

Aegean Sea

Assigned code:

[e-gr]

Greece

[a-tu]

Turkey

Afars and Issas, French Territory of the

USE

Djibouti

Afghanistan [a-af]

Africa [f]

Africa, Central [fc]

UF

Central Africa

Africa, East

Assigned code:

[fe]

Africa, Eastern

UF

British East Africa

East Africa

Africa, Eastern [fe]

UF

Eastern Africa

Africa, Equatorial

USE

Africa, French-speaking Equatorial

Africa, French-speaking Equatorial [fq]

UF

Africa, Equatorial

French Equatorial Africa

French-speaking Equatorial Africa

Africa, French-speaking West

Assigned code:

[fw]

Africa, West

UF

French-speaking West Africa

French West Africa

Africa, Italian East

USE

Africa, Northeast

Africa, North [ff]

UF

North Africa

Africa, Northeast [fh]

UF

Africa, Italian East

East African Horn

Italian East Africa

Northeast Africa

Africa, Northwest

Assigned code:

[ff]

Africa, North

[fw]

Africa, West

UF

Northwest Africa

Africa, South

USE

South Africa

Africa, Southern [fs]

UF

Southern Africa

Africa, Southwest

USE

Namibia

Africa, Sub-Saharan [fb]

UF

Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa, West [fw]

UF

British West Africa

West Africa

Alabama [n-us-al]

Alaska [n-us-ak]

Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska)

Assigned code:

[pn]

North Pacific Ocean

UF

Gulf of Alaska (Alaska)

Albania [e-aa]

UF

People's Socialist Republic of Albania

Alberta [n-cn-ab]

Alderney (Channel Islands)

Assigned code:

[e-uk-ui]

Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

Algeria [f-ae]

UF

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Alps [ea]

Amazon River [sa]

America

Assigned code:

[n]

North America

[s]

South America

America, Central

USE

Central America

American Samoa [poas]

UF

Samoa, American

Amur River (China and Russia) [aa]

UF

Hei Ho (China and Russia)

Heilong Jiang (China and Russia)

Reka Amur (China and Russia)

Sakhalin Ula (China and Russia)

Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)

Assigned code:

[a-ii]

India

Andean Area

USE

Andes

Andes [sn]

UF

Andean Area

Andorra [e-an]

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

USE

Sudan

Angola [f-ao]

UF

People's Republic of Angola

Portuguese West Africa

West Africa, Portuguese

Anguilla [nwxa]

[Coded [nwxi] (Saint Kitts and Nevis) before Mar. 1988]

Anhui Sheng (China) [a-cc-an]

UF

Anhwei Province (China)

Anhwei Province (China)

USE

Anhui Sheng (China)

Antarctic Ocean [t]

Antarctic regions

USE

Antarctica

Antarctica [t]

[Coded also [t-ay] (Antarctica) before Mar. 1988]

UF

Antarctic regions

South Pole

Antigua

Assigned code:

[nwaq]

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda [nwaq]

Antilles, Greater

[Coded [nwga] (Greater Antilles) before Mar. 1988]

USE

West Indies

Antilles, Lesser [nwla]

UF

Lesser Antilles

Appalachian Mountains [n-usa]

Appalachian Mountains, Southern

Assigned code:

[n-usa]

Appalachian Mountains

Appalachian Region

Assigned code:

[n-usa]

Appalachian Mountains

Aqaba, Gulf of

Assigned code:

[mr]

Red Sea

UF

Gulf of Aqaba

Arab countries [ma]

UF

Arabic countries

Arab Republic of Yemen

USE

Yemen

Arabia

USE

Arabian Peninsula

Arabia, Southern

Assigned code:

[a-mk]

Oman

[a-ye]

Yemen

Arabian Peninsula [ar]

UF

Arabia

Arabian Sea [au]

Arabic countries

USE

Arab countries

Arafura Sea

Assigned code:

[ps]

South Pacific Ocean

Aran Islands (Ireland)

Assigned code:

[e-ie]

Ireland

Archipel des Marquises (French Polynesia)

USE

Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)

Arctic Ocean [r]

Arctic regions [r]

UF

North Pole

Argentina [s-ag]

Arizona [n-us-az]

Arkansas [n-us-ar]

Armenia

Assigned code:

[a-ai]

Armenia (Republic)

[a-ir]

Iran

[a-tu]

Turkey

Armenia (Republic) [a-ai]

[Coded [e-ur-ai] (Armenia (Republic)) before June 1998]

UF

Armenian S.S.R.

Armenian S.S.R.

USE

Armenia (Republic)

Aruba [nwaw]

[Coded [nwco] (Curaçao) before Sept. 2002]

Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean) [lsai]

Ashanti

USE

Ghana

Ashmore and Cartier Islands [u-ac]

Asia [a]

Asia, Central [ac]

UF

Central Asia

Soviet Central Asia

Asia, East

USE

East Asia

Asia, South

USE

South Asia

Asia, Southeastern [as]

UF

Southeast Asia

Southeastern Asia

Asia, Southwestern

USE

Middle East

Asia, Western

USE

Middle East

Asia and Europe (treated collectively)

USE

Eurasia

Asia Minor

USE

Turkey

Atlantic Coast (U.S.)

Assigned code:

[n-us]

United States

Atlantic Ocean [l]

Atlantic States

Assigned code:

[n-us]

United States

Atlantic States, South

USE

South Atlantic States

Atlas Mountains [fa]

Austral Islands (French Polynesia)

Assigned code:

[pofp]

French Polynesia

UF

Tubuai Islands (French Polynesia)

Australasia [u]

Australia [u-at]

Australian Capital Territory [u-at-ac]

[Coded [u-at-ne] (New South Wales) before Sept. 2002]

UF

A.C.T.

Federal Capital Territory

Austria [e-au]

Azad Jammu and Kashmir

USE

Azad Kashmir

Azad Kashmir

Assigned code:

[a-pk]

Pakistan

UF

Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Kashmir

Azerbaijan [a-aj]

[Coded [e-ur-aj] (Azerbaijan) before June 1998]

UF

Azerbaijan S.S.R.

Azerbaijan S.S.R.

USE

Azerbaijan

Azores [lnaz]

UF

Açores

Babylonia

Assigned code:

[a-iq]

Iraq

Bahamas [nwbf]

Bahrain [a-ba]

UF

Bahrein

Bahrein

USE

Bahrain

Balearic Islands (Spain)

Assigned code:

[e-sp]

Spain

Balkan Peninsula [ed]

UF

Europe, Southeastern

Southeastern Europe

Baltic Sea

Assigned code:

[ln]

North Atlantic Ocean

Baltic States [eb]

Banaba (Kiribati)

Assigned code:

[pokb]

Kiribati

UF

Ocean Island (Kiribati)

Bangladesh [a-bg]

UF

East Pakistan (Pakistan)

Banks Islands (Vanuatu)

Assigned code:

[ponn]

Vanuatu

Barbados [nwbb]

Barbuda

[Coded [nwbc] (Barbuda) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned code:

[nwaq]

Antigua and Barbuda

Barents Sea

Assigned code:

[r]

Arctic Ocean

Basutoland

USE

Lesotho

Bay of Bengal

USE

Bengal, Bay of

Bay of Fundy

USE

Fundy, Bay of

Bear Island (Norway)

Assigned code:

[lnsb]

Svalbard (Norway)

UF

Bjørnøya (Norway)

Beaufort Sea

Assigned code:

[r]

Arctic Ocean

Bechuanaland

USE

Botswana

Beijing (China) [a-cc-pe]

UF

Peiping (China)

Peking (China)

Belarus [e-bw]

[Coded [e-ur-bw] (Belarus) before June 1998]

UF

Belorussian S.S.R.

Byelorussian S.S.R.

White Russia

Belau

USE

Palau

Belgian Congo

USE

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Belgium [e-be]

Belize [ncbh]

UF

British Honduras

Belorussian S.S.R.

USE

Belarus

Benelux countries [el]

UF

Low countries

Bengal, Bay of [ab]

UF

Bay of Bengal

Benin [f-dm]

UF

Dahomey

People's Republic of Benin

Bering Sea

Assigned code:

[pn]

North Pacific Ocean

Berlin (Germany)

[Coded [e-gx] (Germany) for Berlin as a whole; [e-ge] (Germany (East)) for East Berlin; or [e-gw] (Germany (West)) for West Berlin before Jan. 1991]

Assigned code:

[e-gx]

Germany

UF

East Berlin

West Berlin

Bermuda Islands [lnbm]

Bermuda Triangle

Assigned code:

[ln]

North Atlantic Ocean

Bhutan [a-bt]

Biafra

[Coded [f-by] (Biafra) before Mar. 1988]

USE

Nigeria

Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)

Assigned code:

[poxe]

Marshall Islands

Bioco (Equatorial Guinea)

USE

Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)

Bioko (Equatorial Guinea)

USE

Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)

Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea)

Assigned code:

[a-pp]

Papua New Guinea

Bjørnøya (Norway)

USE

Bear Island (Norway)

Black Sea [mb]

Blue Ridge Mountains

Assigned code:

[n-usa]

Appalachian Mountains

Bo Hai (China) [a-ccp]

UF

Bohai (China : Gulf)

Chihli, Gulf of (China)

Po Gulf (China)

Po Hai (China)

Bohai (China : Gulf)

USE

Bo Hai (China)

Bolivia [s-bo]

Bonaire [nwbn]

[Coded [nwco] (Curaçao) before Sept. 2002]

Bophuthatswana (South Africa)

Assigned code:

[f-sa]

South Africa

Borneo [a-bn]

Bosnia and Hercegovina [e-bn]

[Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before Oct. 1992]

Botswana [f-bs]

UF

Bechuanaland

Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)

Assigned code:

[a-pp]

Papua New Guinea

Bouvet Island [lsbv]

Brazil [s-bl]

Brazzaville

USE

Congo (Brazzaville)

British Columbia [n-cn-bc]

British Commonwealth countries

USE

Commonwealth countries

British Dominions

USE

Commonwealth countries

British East Africa

USE

Africa, East

British Guiana

USE

Guyana

British Honduras

USE

Belize

British Indian Ocean Territory [i-bi]

UF

Chagos Islands

Indian Ocean Territory, British

British Isles

Assigned code:

[e-uk]

Great Britain

[e-ie]

Ireland

British North Borneo

USE

Sabah

British Solomon Islands

USE

Solomon Islands

British Somaliland

USE

Somalia

British Togoland

USE

Togoland (British)

British Virgin Islands [nwvb]

UF

Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands, British

Virgin Islands (Great Britain)

Virgin Islands (Presidency)

British West Africa

USE

Africa, West

Brownsea Island (England)

Assigned code:

[e-uk-en]

England

Brunei [a-bx]

Bulgaria [e-bu]

UF

People's Republic of Bulgaria

Burkina Faso [f-uv]

UF

Upper Volta

Burma [a-br]

UF

Myanmar

Burundi [f-bd]

UF

German East Africa

Byelorussian S.S.R.

USE

Belarus

Byzantine Empire

Assigned code:

[mm]

Mediterranean Region

Cabo Verde

USE

Cape Verde

Caicos Islands

USE

Turks and Caicos Islands

Calf of Man

Assigned code:

[e-uk-ui]

Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

California [n-us-ca]

Cambodia [a-cb]

UF

Kampuchea

Khmer Republic

Cameroon [f-cm]

UF

Cameroons, French

Cameroons, Southern

Cameroun

French Cameroons

Southern Cameroons

Cameroons, French

USE

Cameroon

Cameroons, Southern

USE

Cameroon

Cameroun

USE

Cameroon

Canada [n-cn]

Canada, Eastern

Assigned code:

[n-cn]

Canada

UF

Eastern Canada

Canada, Northern

Assigned code:

[n-cn]

Canada

UF

Northern Canada

Canada, Western

Assigned code:

[n-cn-bc]

British Columbia

[n-cnp]

Prairie Provinces

UF

Western Canada

Canadian Northwest

USE

Northwest, Canadian

Canal Zone [nccz]

UF

Panama Canal Zone

Canary Islands [lnca]

Canton and Enderbury Islands

[Coded [pocp] (Canton and Enderbury Islands) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned code:

[pokb]

Kiribati

UF

Enderbury and Canton Islands

Cape Verde [lncv]

UF

Cabo Verde

Republic of Cape Verde

Caribbean Area [cc]

UF

Caribbean Sea Region

Circumcaribbean

Caribbean Island Dependencies of the United States

USE

United States Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands

Caribbean Sea [cc]

Caribbean Sea Region

USE

Caribbean Area

Caroline Islands [poci]

Carpathian Mountains

Assigned code:

[ee]

Europe, Eastern

Carpentaria, Gulf of (N.T. and Qld.)

[Coded [ps] (South Pacific Ocean) before June 1998]

Assigned codes:

[u-at-no]

Northern Territory

[u-at-qn]

Queensland

UF

Gulf of Carpentaria (N.T. and Qld.)

Caspian Sea [ak]

Caucasus [e-urk]

Caucasus, Northern (Russia) [e-urr]

UF

North Caucasus (Russia)

Northern Caucasus (Russia)

Cayman Islands [nwcj]

Celebes (Indonesia)

Assigned code:

[a-io]

Indonesia

UF

Sulawesi (Indonesia)

Central Africa

USE

Africa, Central

Central African Empire

USE

Central African Republic

Central African Republic [f-cx]

UF

Central African Empire

Ubangi Shari

Central America [nc]

UF

America, Central

Middle America

Central Asia

USE

Asia, Central

Central Black Earth Region (Russia)

USE

Central Chernozem Region (Russia)

Central Black Soil Region (Russia)

USE

Central Chernozem Region (Russia)

Central Chernozem Region (Russia) [e-urc]

UF

Central Black Earth Region (Russia)

Central Black Soil Region (Russia)

Central Europe

USE

Europe, Central

Ceuta (Spain)

Assigned code:

[f-sh]

Spanish North Africa

Ceylon

USE

Sri Lanka

Chad [f-cd]

Chad, Lake

Assigned code:

[fq]

Africa, French-speaking Equatorial

Chagos Islands

USE

British Indian Ocean Territory

Chang Chiang (China)

USE

Yangtze River (China)

Channel Islands

Assigned code:

[e-uk-ui]

Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

Chekiang Province (China)

USE

Zhejiang Sheng (China)

Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)

Assigned code:

[n-us-md]

Maryland

[n-us-va]

Virginia

Chihli, Gulf of (China)

USE

Bo Hai (China)

Chile [s-cl]

China [a-cc]

UF

Mainland China

People's Republic of China

Chishima-retto (Russia)

USE

Kuril Islands (Russia)

Chongqing (China) [a-cc-cq]

[Coded [a-cc-sz] (Szechuan Province (China)) before Sept. 2000]

UF

Ch'ung-ch'ing shih (China)

Chungking (China)

Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) [i-xa]

Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean)

USE

Kiritimati (Kiribati)

Ch'ung-ch'ing shih (China)

USE

Chongqing (China)

Chungking (China)

USE

Chongqing (China)

Chuuk (Micronesia)

Assigned code:

[pomi]

Micronesia (Federated States)

UF

Truk (Micronesia)

Circumcaribbean

[Coded [cr] (Circumcaribbean) before Mar. 1988]

USE

Caribbean Area

Cocos (Keeling) Islands [i-xb]

UF

Keeling Islands

Cold regions [q]

Colombia [s-ck]

Colorado [n-us-co]

Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)

Assigned code:

[n-mx]

Mexico

[n-usp]

West (U.S.)

Colorado River Delta (Mexico)

Assigned code:

[n-mx]

Mexico

Commonwealth countries [b]

UF

British Commonwealth countries

British Dominions

Commonwealth nations

Commonwealth nations

USE

Commonwealth countries

Commonwealth of Independent States countries

USE

Soviet Union

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

USE

Mariana Islands

Communauté francaise

USE

French Community

Communist countries

[Coded [v] (Communist countries) before June 1998]

Assigned codes:

[e-ur]

Soviet Union

[ee]

Europe, Eastern

Comoro Islands

USE

Comoros

Comoros [i-cq]

UF

Comoro Islands

Iles Comores

Confederate States of America

Assigned code:

[n-usu]

Southern States

Congo (Brazzaville) [f-cf]

UF

Brazzaville

French Congo

Middle Congo

Congo (Democratic Republic) [f-cg]

UF

Belgian Congo

Congo (Kinshasa)

Congo (Leopoldville)

Zaire

Congo (Kingdom)

USE

Kongo Kingdom

Congo (Kinshasa)

USE

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Congo (Leopoldville)

USE

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Congo River [fg]

Connecticut [n-us-ct]

Cook Islands [pocw]

Coral Sea Islands [u-cs]

Corsica (France)

Assigned code:

[e-fr]

France

Costa Rica [nccr]

Côte d'Ivoire [f-iv]

UF

Ivory Coast

Crete (Greece)

Assigned code:

[e-gr]

Greece

Croatia [e-ci]

[Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before Oct. 1992]

UF

People's Republic of Croatia

Cuba [nwcu]

Cumberland Mountains

Assigned code:

[n-usu]

Southern States

Curaçao [nwco]

Cyprus [a-cy]

Czech Republic [e-xr]

[Coded [e-cs] (Czechoslovakia) before May 1993]

UF

Czech Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia)

Czech Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia)

USE

Czech Republic

Czechoslovakia [e-cs]

[Includes the Czech Republic and Slovakia treated collectively]

Dahomey

USE

Benin

Danube River [eo]

Deep space [zd]

Delaware [n-us-de]

Democratic German Republic

USE

Germany (East)

Denmark [e-dk]

D'Entrecasteaux Islands (Papua New Guinea)

Assigned code:

[a-pp]

Papua New Guinea

Desolation Islands

USE

Kerguelen Islands

Developed countries [dd]

UF

Advanced countries

Economically advanced countries

First World

Industrialized countries

Developing countries [d]

UF

Emerging nations

Third World

Underdeveloped areas

Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory)

Assigned code:

[i-bi]

British Indian Ocean Territory

District of Columbia

USE

Washington (D.C.)

Djibouti [f-ft]

UF

Afars and Issas, French Territory of the

French Somaliland

French Territory of the Afars and Issas

Somaliland, French

Dodecanese (Greece)

USE

Dodekanesos (Greece)

Dodekanesos (Greece)

Assigned code:

[e-gr]

Greece

UF

Dodecanese (Greece)

Dominica [nwdq]

Dominican Republic [nwdr]

Dubai

USE

Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)

Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)

Assigned code:

[a-ts]

United Arab Emirates

UF

Dubai

Dutch East Indies

USE

Indonesia

Dutch Guiana

USE

Suriname

Dutch West Indies

USE

Netherlands Antilles

Dza-chu

USE

Mekong River

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