MARC Geographic Areas Codes

PART I: NAME SEQUENCE

E - M

Earth [x]

East

USE

Orient

East (Far East)

USE

East Asia

East (Near East)

USE

Middle East

East (U.S.) [n-usr]

East Africa

USE

Africa, East

East Africa, Portuguese

USE

Mozambique

East Africa Protectorate

USE

Kenya

East African Horn

USE

Africa, Northeast

East Asia [ae]

UF

Asia, East

East (Far East)

Far East

East Berlin

USE

Berlin (Germany)

East China Sea [an]

East Germany

USE

Germany (East)

East Indies

Assigned code:

[az]

Asia, South

[as]

Asia, Southeastern

UF

Indies, East

East Pakistan (Pakistan)

USE

Bangladesh

East Siberian Region (Russia)

USE

Siberia, Eastern (Russia)

East Timor [a-em]

[Coded [a-pt] (Portuguese Timor) before April 21, 1980; coded [a-io] (Indonesia) from 1980-Sept. 2002]

UF

Portuguese Timor

Timor, East

Timor, Portuguese

Timor Timur

Easter Island [poea]

UF

Isla de Pascua

Pascua Island

Eastern Africa

USE

Africa, Eastern

Eastern Canada

USE

Canada, Eastern

Eastern Europe

USE

Europe, Eastern

Eastern Hemisphere [xa]

Eastern Mediterranean

USE

Middle East

Eastern Samar (Philippines)

Assigned code:

[a-ph]

Philippines

Eastern Siberia (Russia)

USE

Siberia, Eastern (Russia)

Economically advanced countries

USE

Developed countries

Ecuador [s-ec]

Egypt [f-ua]

Eire

USE

Ireland

El Salvador [nces]

UF

Salvador

Ellice Islands

USE

Tuvalu

Emerging nations

USE

Developing countries

Enderbury and Canton Islands

USE

Canton and Enderbury Islands

England [e-uk-en]

English Channel

Assigned code:

[ln]

North Atlantic Ocean

Equator

Assigned code:

[w]

Tropics

Equatorial Guinea [f-eg]

UF

Guinea, Equatorial

Guinea, Spanish

Río Muni

Spanish Guinea

Eritrea [f-ea]

[Coded [f-et] (Ethiopia) before Nov. 1993]

Estonia [e-er]

[Coded [e-ur-er] (Estonia) before June 1998]

Ethiopia [f-et]

UF

Abyssinia

Eurasia [me]

UF

Asia and Europe (treated collectively)

Europe and Asia (treated collectively)

Europe [e]

Europe, Central [ec]

UF

Central Europe

Europe, East Central

Europe, East Central

[Coded [et] (Europe, East Central) before Mar. 1988]

USE

Europe, Central

Europe, Eastern

Europe, Eastern [ee]

UF

Eastern Europe

Europe, East Central

Europe, Northern [en]

UF

Northern Europe

Europe, Southeastern

USE

Balkan Peninsula

Europe, Southern [es]

UF

Southern Europe

Europe, Western [ew]

UF

Western Europe

Europe and Asia (treated collectively)

USE

Eurasia

European Economic Community countries

Assigned code:

[e]

Europe

European Union countries

Assigned code:

[e]

Europe

Faeroe Islands

USE

Faroe Islands

Falkland Islands [lsfk]

UF

Malvinas Islands

Far East

USE

East Asia

Far East (Russia)

USE

Russian Far East (Russia)

Far Eastern Region (Russia)

USE

Russian Far East (Russia)

Far West (U.S.)

USE

West (U.S.)

Faroe Islands [lnfa]

UF

Faeroe Islands

Federal Capital Territory

USE

Australian Capital Territory

Federal German Republic

USE

Germany (West)

Federated States of Micronesia

USE

Micronesia (Federated States)

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

USE

Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Federation of South Arabia

Assigned code:

[a-ye]

Yemen

UF

South Arabia, Federation of

Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)

Assigned code:

[f-eg]

Equatorial Guinea

UF

Bioco (Equatorial Guinea)

Bioko (Equatorial Guinea)

Macias Nguema (Equatorial Guinea)

Fiji [pofj]

Finland [e-fi]

First World

USE

Developed countries

Florida [n-us-fl]

Former Soviet republics

USE

Soviet Union

Former Yugoslav republics

USE

Yugoslavia

Formosa

USE

Taiwan

France [e-fr]

French Cameroons

USE

Cameroon

French Community [h]

UF

Communauté francaise

French Union

French Congo

USE

Congo (Brazzaville)

French Equatorial Africa

USE

Africa, French-speaking Equatorial

French Guiana [s-fg]

UF

Guiana, French

French Guinea

USE

Guinea

French India

Assigned code:

[a-ii]

India

UF

India, French

French Indochina

USE

Indochina

French Morocco

USE

Morocco

French Polynesia [pofp]

UF

Oceania, French

Polynesia, French

French Somaliland

USE

Djibouti

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

USE

Terres australes et antarctiques françaises

French Southern Indian Ocean Islands

USE

Terres australes et antarctiques françaises

French-speaking Equatorial Africa

USE

Africa, French-speaking Equatorial

French-speaking West Africa

USE

Africa, French-speaking West

French Sudan

USE

Mali

French Territory of the Afars and Issas

USE

Djibouti

French Togoland

USE

Togo

French Union

USE

French Community

French West Africa

USE

Africa, French-speaking West

French West Indies

USE

West Indies, French

Friendly Islands

USE

Tonga

Froides, Iles

USE

Prince Edward Islands

Frostbelt (U.S.)

USE

Snowbelt States

Fujian Sheng (China) [a-cc-fu]

UF

Fukien Province (China)

Fukien Province (China)

USE

Fujian Sheng (China)

Fundy, Bay of

Assigned code:

[ln]

North Atlantic Ocean

UF

Bay of Fundy

Futuna Islands (Wallis and Futuna Islands)

Assigned code:

[powf]

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Gabon [f-go]

Galapagos Islands [pogg]

Gambia [f-gm]

Gambier Islands (French Polynesia)

Assigned code:

[pofp]

French Polynesia

Gansu Sheng (China) [a-cc-ka]

UF

Kansu Province (China)

Gaza Strip [awgz]

Georges Bank

Assigned code:

[ln]

North Atlantic Ocean

Georgia [n-us-ga]

Georgia (Republic) [a-gs]

[Coded [e-ur-gs] (Georgia (Republic)) before June 1998]

UF

Georgia (Soviet Union)

Georgian S.S.R.

Georgia (Soviet Union)

USE

Georgia (Republic)

Georgian S.S.R.

USE

Georgia (Republic)

German Democratic Republic

USE

Germany (East)

German East Africa

USE

Burundi

Mozambique

Rwanda

Tanzania

German Federal Republic

USE

Germany

Germany [e-gx]

[For Germany as a whole regardless of time period; includes Germany (East) and Germany (West) as a whole between 1949 and 1990]

Germany (East) [e-ge]

[For the eastern part of Germany before 1949 or after 1990 and for the German Democratic Republic between 1949-1990]

UF

Democratic German Republic

East Germany

German Democratic Republic

Germany, Eastern

Germany (West) [e-gw]

[For the western part of Germany before 1949 or after 1990 and for the Federal Republic of Germany between 1949-1990]

UF

Federal German Republic

German Federal Republic

Germany, Western

West Germany

Germany, Eastern

USE

Germany (East)

Germany, Northern

Assigned code:

[e-gx]

Germany

UF

Northern Germany

Germany, Southern

Assigned code:

[e-gx]

Germany

UF

Southern Germany

Germany, Western

USE

Germany (West)

Ghana [f-gh]

UF

Ashanti

Gold Coast

Ghana (Empire)

Assigned code:

[fw]

Africa, West

Gibraltar [e-gi]

Gibraltar, Strait of

Assigned code:

[e-gi]

Gibraltar

[mm]

Mediterranean Sea

UF

Strait of Gibraltar

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony

[Coded [pogn] (Gilbert and Ellice Islands) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned codes:

[pokb]

Kiribati

[potv]

Tuvalu

Gilbert Islands

USE

Kiribati

Gold Coast

USE

Ghana

Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)

Assigned code:

[u-at-qn]

Queensland

Great Basin

Assigned code:

[n-usp]

West (U.S.)

Great Britain [e-uk]

UF

United Kingdom

Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies [e-uk-ui]

UF

Island Dependencies of Great Britain

United Kingdom Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

Great Lakes [nl]

Great Lakes States

USE

Lake States

Great Plains [np]

Great Rift Valley [fr]

UF

Rift Valley

Greater Antilles

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

USE

West Indies

Greece [e-gr]

Greenland [n-gl]

Grenada [nwgd]

Grenadines

[Coded [nwgs] (Grenadines) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned code:

[nwxm]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)

Assigned code:

[pobp]

Solomon Islands

Guadeloupe [nwgp]

Guam [pogu]

Guangdong Sheng (China) [a-cc-kn]

UF

Kwangtung Province (China)

Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) [a-cc-kc]

UF

Kuang-hsi Chuang tsu tzu chih ch'ü (China)

Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region

Guatemala [ncgt]

Guernsey (Channel Islands)

Assigned code:

[e-uk-ui]

Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

Guiana, British

USE

Guyana

Guiana, Dutch

USE

Suriname

Guiana, French

USE

French Guiana

Guinea [f-gv]

UF

French Guinea

Guinea, French

Guinée

Republique de Guinée

Guinea, Equatorial

USE

Equatorial Guinea

Guinea, French

USE

Guinea

Guinea, Gulf of

Assigned code:

[ls]

South Atlantic Ocean

UF

Gulf of Guinea

Guinea, Portuguese

USE

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea, Spanish

USE

Equatorial Guinea

Guinea-Bissau [f-pg]

UF

Guinea, Portuguese

Portuguese Guinea

Guinée

USE

Guinea

Guizhou Sheng (China) [a-cc-kw]

UF

Kweichow Province (China)

Gulf of Aden

USE

Aden, Gulf of

Gulf of Alaska (Alaska)

USE

Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska)

Gulf of Aqaba

USE

Aqaba, Gulf of

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

USE

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

Gulf of Guinea

USE

Guinea, Gulf of

Gulf of Mexico

USE

Mexico, Gulf of

Gulf of Oman

USE

Oman, Gulf of

Gulf of Thailand

USE

Thailand, Gulf of

Gulf States

Assigned code:

[n-usu]

Southern States

Guyana [s-gy]

UF

British Guiana

Guiana, British

Hainan Island (China)

USE

Hainan Sheng (China)

Hainan Province (China)

USE

Hainan Sheng (China)

Hainan Sheng (China) [a-cc-ha]

[Coded [a-cc-kn] (Kwangtung Province (China)) before June 1998]

UF

Hainan Island (China)

Hainan Province (China)

Haiti [nwht]

Hawaii [n-us-hi]

Heard and McDonald Islands [i-hm]

Heard Island (Heard and McDonald Islands)

Assigned code:

[i-hm]

Heard and McDonald Islands

Hebei Sheng (China) [a-cc-hp]

UF

Ho-pei sheng (China)

Hopeh Province (China)

Hei Ho (China and Russia)

USE

Amur River (China and Russia)

Heilong Jiang (China and Russia)

USE

Amur River (China and Russia)

Heilungkiang Province (China)

USE

Heilongjiang Sheng (China)

Heilongjiang Sheng (China) [a-cc-he]

UF

Heilungkiang Province (China)

Henan Sheng (China) [a-cc-ho]

UF

Honan Province (China)

Himalaya Mountains [ah]

Hispaniola [nwhi]

Ho-pei sheng (China)

USE

Hebei Sheng (China)

Hoang Ho (China)

USE

Yellow River (China)

Hoàng Sa (China)

USE

Paracel Islands

Holland

USE

Netherlands

Holy Roman Empire

Assigned code:

[e]

Europe

Holy See

USE

Vatican City

Homelands (South Africa)

Assigned code:

[f-sa]

South Africa

Honan Province (China)

USE

Henan Sheng (China)

Honduras [ncho]

Hong Kong

USE

Hong Kong (China : Special Administrative Region)

Hong Kong (China : Special Administrative Region) [a-cc-hk]

[Coded [a-hk] (Hong Kong) before June 1998]

UF

Hong Kong

Hoorn Islands

USE

Futuna Islands (Wallis and Futuna Islands)

Hopeh Province (China)

USE

Hebei Sheng (China)

Hsi Chiang (China)

USE

Xi River (China)

Hsi-sha Islands

USE

Paracel Islands

Hsin-chiang-wei-wu-erh tzu chih ch'ü (China)

USE

Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)

Hu-pei (China)

USE

Hubei Sheng (China)

Huang Hai

USE

Yellow Sea

Huang Ho (China)

USE

Yellow River (China)

Hubei Sheng (China) [a-cc-hh]

UF

Hu-pei (China)

Hupeh Province (China)

Hudson Bay [n-cnh]

Hunan Province (China)

USE

Hunan Sheng (China)

Hunan Sheng (China) [a-cc-hu]

UF

Hunan Province (China)

Hungary [e-hu]

Hupeh Province (China)

USE

Hubei Sheng (China)

Huthera (Tanzania)

USE

Pemba Island (Tanzania)

Hwang Ho (China)

USE

Yellow River (China)

IÀkutskaíà A.S.S.R. (Russia)

USE

Sakha (Russia)

Iberian Peninsula

[Coded [ei] (Iberian Peninsula) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned codes:

[e-po]

Portugal

[e-sp]

Spain

Iceland [e-ic]

Idaho [n-us-id]

Ifni

[Coded [f-if] (Ifni) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned code:

[f-mr]

Morocco

Iles Comores

USE

Comoros

Iles Froides

USE

Prince Edward Islands

Iles Kerguélen

USE

Kerguelen Islands

Iles Marquises de Mendoça (French Polynesia)

USE

Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)

Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

USE

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Illinois [n-us-il]

India [a-ii]

India, French

USE

French India

Indian Ocean [i]

Indian Ocean Islands, French

USE

Terres australes et antarctiques françaises

Indian Ocean Territory, British

USE

British Indian Ocean Territory

Indian Territory

Assigned code:

[n-us-ok]

Oklahoma

Indiana [n-us-in]

Indies, East

USE

East Indies

Indies, West

USE

West Indies

Indochina [ai]

UF

French Indochina

Indonesia [a-io]

UF

Dutch East Indies

Netherlands East Indies

Industrialized countries

USE

Developed countries

Inner Mongolia (China) [a-cc-im]

UF

Mongolia (Inner Mongolia)

Intercontinental areas (Eastern Hemisphere) [m]

Intercontinental areas (Western Hemisphere) [c]

Iowa [n-us-ia]

Iran [a-ir]

UF

Persia

Iraq [a-iq]

Ireland [e-ie]

UF

Eire

Ireland (Eire)

Irish Republic

Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Eire)

USE

Ireland

Ireland, Northern

USE

Northern Ireland

Irian Barat (Indonesia)

USE

Irian Jaya (Indonesia)

Irian Jaya (Indonesia)

Assigned code:

[a-io]

Indonesia

UF

Irian Barat (Indonesia)

West Irian

West New Guinea

Irish Republic

USE

Ireland

Irish Sea

Assigned code:

[ln]

North Atlantic Ocean

Isla de Pascua

USE

Easter Island

Islamic countries

Assigned code:

[f]

Africa

[a]

Asia

Islamic Empire

Assigned code:

[aw]

Middle East

[ff]

Africa, North

[e-sp]

Spain

Island Dependencies of Great Britain

USE

Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

Island Dependencies of the United States in the Caribbean

USE

United States Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands

Island Dependencies of the United States in the Pacific

USE

United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands

Islands of the Aegean

USE

Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey)

Islands of the Atlantic

Assigned code:

[l]

Atlantic Ocean

Islands of the Indian Ocean

Assigned code:

[i]

Indian Ocean

Islands of the Mediterranean

Assigned code:

[mm]

Mediterranean Sea

Islands of the Pacific

Assigned code:

[po]

Oceania

Islands of the South China Sea

Assigned code:

[ao]

South China Sea

Islas Marquesas de Mendoza (French Polynesia)

USE

Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)

Isle of Man

Assigned code:

[e-uk-ui]

Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

UF

Man, Isle of

Isle of Wight (England)

Assigned code:

[e-uk-en]

England

UF

Wight, Isle of

Israel [a-is]

Italian East Africa

USE

Africa, Northeast

Italian Somaliland

USE

Somalia

Italy [e-it]

Ivory Coast

USE

Côte d'Ivoire

Jamaica [nwjm]

Jammu and Kashmir (India)

Assigned code:

[a-ii]

India

UF

Kashmir

Kashmir and Jammu (India)

Jan Mayen Island [lnjn]

Japan [a-ja]

Java (Indonesia)

Assigned code:

[a-io]

Indonesia

Jersey (Channel Islands)

Assigned code:

[e-uk-ui]

Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

Jerusalem

Assigned code:

[a-is]

Israel

and/or

[awba]

West Bank

Jiangsu Sheng (China) [a-cc-ku]

UF

Kiangsu Province (China)

Jiangxi Sheng (China) [a-cc-ki]

UF

Kiangsi Province (China)

Jilin Sheng (China) [a-cc-kr]

UF

Kirin Province (China)

Johnston Island [poji]

Jordan [a-jo]

UF

Transjordan

Judaea and Samaria

USE

West Bank

Jupiter (Planet) [zju]

Kalimantan Barat (Indonesia)

Assigned code:

[a-io]

Indonesia

Kampuchea

USE

Cambodia

Kansas [n-us-ks]

Kansu Province (China)

USE

Gansu Sheng (China)

Kashmir

USE

Azad Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir (India)

Kashmir and Jammu (India)

USE

Jammu and Kashmir (India)

Kazakh S.S.R.

USE

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan [a-kz]

[Coded [e-ur-kz] (Kazakhstan) before June 1998]

UF

Kazakh S.S.R.

Kazakstan

Kazakstan

USE

Kazakhstan

Keeling Islands

USE

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Kentucky [n-us-ky]

Kenya [f-ke]

UF

East Africa Protectorate

Kerguelen Islands

Assigned code:

[i-fs]

Terres australes et antarctiques française

UF

Desolation Islands

Iles Kerguélen

Kermadec Islands [poki]

Khmer Republic

USE

Cambodia

Kiangsi Province (China)

USE

Jiangxi Sheng (China)

Kiangsu Province (China)

USE

Jiangsu Sheng (China)

Kievan Rus

[Coded [e-ur] (Soviet Union) before June 1998]

Assigned codes:

[e-bw]

Belarus

[e-ru]

Russian (Federation)

[e-un]

Ukraine

Kirghiz S.S.R.

USE

Kyrgyzstan

Kiribati [pokb]

[Coded [pogn] (Gilbert and Ellice Islands)

or [poln] (Line Islands) before Mar. 1988]

UF

Gilbert Islands

Kirin Province (China)

USE

Jilin Sheng (China)

Kiritimati (Kiribati)

Assigned code:

[pokb]

Kiribati

UF

Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean)

Kongo Kingdom

Assigned codes:

[f-ao]

Angola

[f-cf]

Congo (Brazzaville)

[f-cg]

Congo (Democratic Republic)

UF

Congo (Kingdom)

Korea [a-kr]

Korea (North) [a-kn]

UF

Korean People's Republic

North Korea

Korea (Republic)

USE

Korea (South)

Korea (South) [a-ko]

UF

Korea (Republic)

South Korea

Korean People's Republic

USE

Korea (North)

Kosrae (Micronesia)

Assigned code:

[pomi]

Micronesia (Federated States)

UF

Kusaie (Micronesia)

Kuang-hsi Chuang tsu tzu chih ch'ü (China)

USE

Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China)

Kunlun Mountains (China and India) [a-cck]

UF

Kwenlun Mountains

Kuril Islands (Russia)

[Coded [e-ur-ru] (Russia Federation) before June 1998]

Assigned code:

[e-ru]

Russia (Federation)

UF

Chishima-retto (Russia)

Kurile Islands (Russia)

Kuril'skie ostrova (Russia)

Kurile Islands (Russia)

USE

Kuril Islands (Russia)

Kuril'skie ostrova (Russia)

USE

Kuril Islands (Russia)

Kusaie (Micronesia)

USE

Kosrae (Micronesia)

Kuwait [a-ku]

Kwang Sea

USE

Yellow Sea

Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region (China)

USE

Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China)

Kwangtung Province (China)

USE

Guangdong Sheng (China)

Kweichow Province (China)

USE

Guizhou Sheng (China)

Kwenlun Mountains

USE

Kunlun Mountains (China and India)

Kyrgyzstan [a-kg]

[Coded [e-ur-kg] (Kyrgystan) before June 1998]

UF

Kirghiz S.S.R.

La Plata River (Argentina and Uruguay)

USE

Rio de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay)

Labrador (Nfld.)

Assigned code:

[n-cn-nf]

Newfoundland and Labrador

Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands (India)

USE

Lakshadweep (India)

Lake States [nl]

UF

Great Lakes States

Lakshadweep (India)

Assigned code:

[a-ii]

India

UF

Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands (India)

Lan-ts'ang Chiang

USE

Mekong River

Lancang Jiang

USE

Mekong River

Laos [a-ls]

Lapland

Assigned code:

[e-fi]

Finland

[e-no]

Norway

[e-sw]

Sweden

Latin America [cl]

UF

Neotropics

Latin Orient

Assigned code:

[aw]

Middle East

Latvia [e-lv]

[Coded [e-ur-lv] (Latvia) before June 1998]

Lebanon [a-le]

Leeward Islands (West Indies) [nwli]

Lesotho [f-lo]

UF

Basutoland

Lesser Antilles

USE

Antilles, Lesser

Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia and East Timor)

Assigned code:

[a-io]

Indonesia

[a-et]

East Timor

UF

Sunda Islands, Lesser (Indonesia and East Timor)

Levant

USE

Middle East

Liaoning Province (China)

USE

Liaoning Sheng (China)

Liaoning Sheng (China) [a-cc-lp]

UF

Liaoning Province (China)

Liberia [f-lb]

Libya [f-ly]

Liechtenstein [e-lh]

Line Islands [poln]

Lithuania [e-li]

[Coded [e-ur-li] (Lithuania) before March 1998]

Long River (China)

USE

Yangtze River (China)

Louisiade Archipelago (Papua New Guinea)

Assigned code:

[a-pp]

Papua New Guinea

Louisiana [n-us-la]

Low countries

USE

Benelux countries

Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia)

Assigned code:

[ponl]

New Caledonia

Luxembourg [e-lu]

Luzon (Philippines)

Assigned code:

[a-ph]

Philippines

Macao

USE

Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)

Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) [a-cc-mh]

[Coded [a-mh] (Macao) before May 29, 2000]

UF

Macao

Macedonia

Assigned code:

[e-bu]

Bulgaria

[e-gr]

Greece

[e-xn]

Macedonia (Republic)

Macedonia (Bulgaria)

Assigned code:

[e-bu]

Bulgaria

Macedonia (Greece)

Assigned code:

[e-gr]

Greece

Macedonia (Republic) [e-xn]

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

Macias Nguema (Equatorial Guinea)

USE

Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)

Madagascar [f-mg]

UF

Malagasy Republic

Madeira Islands [lnma]

Madura Island (Indonesia)

Assigned code:

[a-io]

Indonesia

Maine [n-us-me]

Mainland China

USE

China

Malagasy Republic

USE

Madagascar

Malawi [f-mw]

UF

Nyasaland

Malay Archipelago

Assigned code:

[as]

Asia, Southeastern

Malay Peninsula

Assigned code:

[am]

Malaya

[a-th]

Thailand

Malaya [am]

Malaysia [a-my]

Maldives [i-xc]

Mali [f-ml]

UF

French Sudan

Sudan, French

Mali (Empire)

Assigned code:

[fw]

Africa, West

Malta [e-mm]

Maluku (Indonesia)

Assigned code:

[a-io]

Indonesia

UF

Moluccas

Malvinas Islands

USE

Falkland Islands

Man, Isle of

USE

Isle of Man

Manchuria (China)

Assigned code:

[a-cc]

China

Manitoba [n-cn-mb]

Mariana Islands [poxd]

UF

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands

Marie-Galante

Assigned code:

[nwgp]

Guadeloupe

Maritime Provinces [n-cnm]

Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)

Assigned code:

[pofp]

French Polynesia

UF

Archipel des Marquises (French Polynesia)

Iles Marquises de Mendoça (French Polynesia)

Islas Marquesas de Mendoza (French Polynesia)

Mendaña (French Polynesia)

Mars (Planet) [zma]

UF

Red Planet

Marshall Islands [poxe]

Martinique [nwmq]

Maryland [n-us-md]

Massachusetts [n-us-ma]

Mauritania [f-mu]

Mauritius [i-mf]

Mayotte [i-my]

[Coded [i-cq] (Comoros) before Mar. 1988]

McDonald Island (Heard and McDonald Islands)

Assigned code:

[i-hm]

Heard and McDonald Islands

Mediterranean Region [mm]

Mediterranean Region, Eastern

USE

Middle East

Mediterranean Sea [mm]

Mekong River [ag]

UF

Dza-chu

Lan-ts'ang Chiang

Lancang Jiang

Song Tíên Giang

Melanesia [pome]

Melilla (Spain)

Assigned code:

[f-sh]

Spanish North Africa

Mendaña

USE

Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)

Mercury (Planet) [zme]

Mexico [n-mx]

UF

Middle America

Mexico, Gulf of [nm]

UF

Gulf of Mexico

Michigan [n-us-mi]

Micronesia [pott]

Micronesia (Federated States) [pomi]

[Coded [pott] (Micronesia) before Mar. 1988]

UF

Federated States of Micronesia

Middle America

[Coded [cm] (Middle America) before Mar. 1988]

USE

Central America

Mexico

Middle Atlantic States [n-usl]

UF

Middle States

Middle Congo

USE

Congo (Brazzaville)

Middle East [aw]

UF

Asia, Southwestern

Asia, Western

East (Near East)

Eastern Mediterranean

Levant

Mediterranean Region, Eastern

Mideast

Near East

Middle States

USE

Middle Atlantic States

Middle West [n-usc]

UF

Midwest

North Central States

Mideast

USE

Middle East

Midway Islands [poxf]

Midwest

USE

Middle West

Mindanao Island (Philippines)

Assigned code:

[a-ph]

Philippines

Minnesota [n-us-mn]

Miquelon

Assigned code:

[n-xl]

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Mississippi [n-us-ms]

Mississippi River [n-usm]

Missouri [n-us-mo]

Missouri River [n-uss]

Moldavia

Assigned code:

[e-rm]

Romania

Moldavian S.S.R.

USE

Moldova

Moldova [e-mv]

[Coded [e-ur-mv] (Moldova) before June 1998]

UF

Moldavian S.S.R.

Moluccas

USE

Maluku (Indonesia)

Monaco [e-mc]

Mongolia [a-mp]

UF

Mongolian People's Republic

Outer Mongolia

Mongolia (Inner Mongolia)

USE

Inner Mongolia (China)

Mongolian People's Republic

USE

Mongolia

Montana [n-us-mt]

Montenegro

Assigned code:

[e-yu]

Yugoslavia

Montserrat [nwmj]

Moon [zmo]

Morocco [f-mr]

UF

French Morocco

Mozambique [f-mz]

UF

East Africa, Portuguese
German East Africa

People's Republic of Mozambique

Portuguese East Africa

Muscat and Oman

USE

Oman

Myanmar

USE

Burma

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