MARC Geographic Areas Codes

PART I: NAME SEQUENCE

T - Z

T.A.A.F.

USE

Terres australes et antarctiques françaises

Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic

USE

Tajikistan

Taiwan [a-ch]

UF

Formosa

Tajik S.S.R.

USE

Tajikistan

Tajikistan [a-ta]

[Coded [e-ur-ta] (Tajikistan) before June 1998]

UF

Tadzik Soviet Socialist Republic

Tajik S.S.R.

Tanganyika

Assigned code:

[f-tz]

Tanzania

Tangier (Morocco)

Assigned code:

[f-mr]

Morocco

Tanzania [f-tz]

UF

German East Africa

Tasmania [u-at-tm]

Tennessee [n-us-tn]

Terres australes et antarctiques françaises [i-fs]

UF

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

French Southern Indian Ocean Islands

Indian Ocean Islands, French

T.A.A.F.

Texas [n-us-tx]

Thailand [a-th]

UF

Siam

Thailand, Gulf of [af]

UF

Gulf of Thailand

Siam, Gulf of

Thian Shan

USE

Tien Shan

Third World

USE

Developing countries

Tian Shan

USE

Tien Shan

Tianjin (China) [a-cc-tn]

UF

Tientsin (China)

Tibesti Mountains

Assigned code:

[f-cd]

Chad

[f-ly]

Libya

[f-ng]

Niger

Tibet (China) [a-cc-ti]

UF

Tibetan Autonomous Region (China)

Tibetan Autonomous Region (China)

USE

Tibet (China)

Tien Mountains

USE

Tien Shan

Tien Shan [at]

UF

Thian Shan

Tian Shan

Tien Mountains

Tientsin (China)

USE

Tianjin (China)

Timor, East

USE

East Timor

Timor, Portuguese

USE

East Timor

Timor Island (Indonesia and East Timor)

Assigned code:

[a-io]

Indonesia

[a-em]

East Timor

Timor Sea

Assigned code:

[i]

Indian Ocean

Timor Timur

USE

East Timor

Tobago

Assigned code:

[nwtr]

Trinidad and Tobago

Togo [f-tg]

UF

French Togoland

Togoland (French)

Togoland

Assigned code:

[f-gh]

Ghana

[f-tg]

Togo

Togoland (British)

Assigned code:

[f-gh]

Ghana

UF

British Togoland

Togoland (French)

USE

Togo

Tokelau [potl]

UF

Union Islands

Tonga [poto]

UF

Friendly Islands

Tonga Islands

Tonga Islands

USE

Tonga

Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)

Assigned code:

[u-at-qn]

Queensland

Transcaucasia

[Coded [e-ur-ai] (Armenia (Republic)), [e-ur-aj] (Azerbaijan), [e-ur-gs] (Georgia (Republic)) before June 1998]

Assigned codes:

[a-ai]

Armenia (Republic)

[a-aj]

Azerbaijan

[a-gs]

Georgia (Republic)

Transjordan

USE

Jordan

Trinidad

Assigned code:

[nwtr]

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago [nwtr]

Tristan da Cunha [lstd]

Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)

Assigned code:

[a-pp]

Papua New Guinea

Tropics [w]

Trucial States

USE

United Arab Emirates

Truk (Micronesia)

USE

Chuuk (Micronesia)

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

USE

Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)

Tsinghai Province (China)

USE

Qinghai Sheng (China)

Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia)

Assigned code:

[pofp]

French Polynesia

Tubuai Islands (French Polynesia)

USE

Austral Islands (French Polynesia)

Tunisia [f-ti]

Turkey [a-tu]

UF

Asia Minor

Turkmen S.S.R.

USE

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan [a-tk]

[Coded [e-ur-tk] (Turkmenistan) before June 1998]

UF

Turkmen S.S.R.

Turks and Caicos Islands [nwtc]

UF

Caicos Islands

Tuvalu [potv]

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

UF

Ellice Islands

U.S.S.R.

USE

Soviet Union

Ubangi Shari

USE

Central African Republic

Uganda [f-ug]

Ukraine [e-un]

[Coded [e-ur-un] (Ukraine) before June 1998]

Underdeveloped areas

USE

Developing countries

Union Islands

USE

Tokelau

Union of South Africa

USE

South Africa

United Arab Emirates [a-ts]

UF

Trucial States

United Arab Republic

Assigned code:

[f-ua]

Egypt

[a-sy]

Syria

United Kingdom

USE

Great Britain

United Kingdom Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

USE

Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

United States [n-us]

United States Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands [nwuc]

UF

Caribbean Island Dependencies of the United States

Island Dependencies of the United States in the Caribbean

United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands [poup]

Includes American Samoa, Guam, Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) treated collectively

UF

Island Dependencies of the United States in the Pacific

Pacific Island Dependencies of the United States

Upper Volta

USE

Burkina Faso

Ural Mountains (Russia) [e-uru]

Uranus (Planet) [zur]

Uruguay [s-uy]

Utah [n-us-ut]

Uvea Island (Wallis and Futuna Islands)

Assigned code:

[powf]

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Uzbek S.S.R.

USE

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan [a-uz]

[Coded [e-ur-uz] (Uzbekistan) before June 1998]

UF

Uzbek S.S.R.

Vanuatu [ponn]

UF

New Hebrides

Republic of Vanuatu

Vatican City [e-vc]

UF

Holy See

Venezuela [s-ve]

Venus (Planet) [zve]

Vermont [n-us-vt]

Victoria [u-at-vi]

Vietnam [a-vt]

[Coded [a-vn] (Vietnam, North) before Mar. 1988]

UF

North Vietnam

Vietnam, North

Vietnam (Republic)

[Coded [a-vs] (Viet Nam, South) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned code:

[a-vt]

Vietnam

UF

South Vietnam

Vietnam, South

Vietnam, North

USE

Vietnam

Vietnam, South

USE

Vietnam (Republic)

Virgin Islands

[Coded [nwvr] (Virgin Islands) before Mar. 1988]

USE

British Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands of the United States

Virgin Islands (American)

USE

Virgin Islands of the United States

Virgin Islands (Danish)

USE

Virgin Islands of the United States

Virgin Islands (Great Britain)

USE

British Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands (Presidency)

USE

British Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands, British

USE

British Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands of the United States [nwvi]

UF

Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands (American)

Virgin Islands (Danish)

Virginia [n-us-va]

Volga River (Russia) [e-urp]

Volgo-Viatskii Region (Russia)

[Coded [e-urv] (Volgo-Viatskii Region, RSFSR) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned code:

[e-ru]

Russia (Federation)

Volta River (Ghana) [fv]

Wake Island [powk]

Wales [e-uk-wl]

Wallis and Futuna Islands [powf]

Washington (D.C.) [n-us-dc]

UF

District of Columbia

Washington (State) [n-us-wa]

Washington Region

Assigned code:

[n-us-md]

Maryland

[n-us-va]

Virginia

[n-us-dc]

Washington (D.C.)

West (Canada)

USE

Northwest, Canadian

West (U.S.) [n-usp]

UF

Far West (U.S.)

Pacific and Mountain States

Western States (U.S.)

West Africa

USE

Africa, West

West Africa, Portuguese

USE

Angola

West Bank [awba]

[Coded [a-is] (Israel) and/or [a-jo] (Jordan) before Mar. 1988]

UF

Judaea and Samaria

West Bank of the Jordan River

West Bank of the Jordan River

USE

West Bank

West Berlin

USE

Berlin (Germany)

West Germany

for the western part of Germany:

USE

Germany (West)

for Germany as a whole:

USE

Germany

West Indies [nw]

UF

Antilles, Greater

Greater Antilles

Indies, West

West Indies, Dutch

USE

Netherlands Antilles

West Indies, French

Assigned code:

[nwla]

Antilles, Lesser

UF

French West Indies

West Irian

USE

Irian Jaya (Indonesia)

West New Guinea

USE

Irian Jaya (Indonesia)

West Pakistan

USE

Pakistan

West River (China)

USE

Xi River (China)

West Spitsbergen (Norway)

USE

Spitsbergen Island (Norway)

West Virginia [n-us-wv]

Western Australia [u-at-we]

Western Canada

USE

Canada, Western

Western Europe

USE

Europe, Western

Western Hemisphere [xd]

Western Sahara [f-ss]

UF

Spanish Sahara

Western Samar (Philippines)

Assigned code:

[a-ph]

Philippines

Western Samoa

USE

Samoa

Western Siberia (Russia)

USE

Siberia, Western (Russia)

Western Soviet Union

USE

Soviet Union, Western

Western States (U.S.)

USE

West (U.S.)

White Russia

USE

Belarus

Wight, Isle of (England)

USE

Isle of Wight (England)

Windward Islands [nwwi]

Wisconsin [n-us-wi]

Woodlark Islands (Papua New Guinea)

Assigned code:

[a-pp]

Papua New Guinea

Wyoming [n-us-wy]

Xi River (China) [a-ccs]

UF

Hsi Chiang (China)

Si Kiang (China)

Si River (China)

West River (China)

Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) [a-cc-su]

UF

Hsin-chiang-wei-wy-erh tzu chin ch'ü (China)

Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (China)

Xisha Islands

USE

Paracel Islands

Yakutia (Russia)

USE

Sakha (Russia)

Yangtze River (China) [a-ccg]

UF

Chang Chiang (China)

Long River (China)

Yap (Micronesia)

Assigned code:

[pomi]

Micronesia (Federated States)

Yellow River (China) [a-ccy]

UF

Hoang Ho (China)

Huang Ho (China)

Hwang Ho (China)

Yellow Sea [ay]

UF

Huang Hai

Kwang Sea

Yemen [a-ye]

UF

Arab Republic of Yemen

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

Southern Yemen

Yemen Arab Republic

Yemen (People's Democratic Republic)

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

USE

Yemen

Yemen Arab Republic

USE

Yemen

Yugoslavia [e-yu]

[Includes Serbia and Montenegro]

UF

Former Yugoslav republics

Yukon Territory [n-cn-yk]

Yunnan Province (China)

USE

Yunnan Sheng (China)

Yunnan Sheng (China) [a-cc-yu]

UF

Yunnan Province (China)

Zaire

USE

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Zambezi River [fz]

UF

Rio Zambezi

Zambia [f-za]

UF

Northern Rhodesia

Zanzibar

Assigned code:

[f-tz]

Tanzania

Zhejiang Sheng (China) [a-cc-ch]

UF

Chekiang Province (China)

Zimbabwe [f-rh]

UF

Rhodesia, Southern

Southern Rhodesia

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