Cataloger's Reference Shelf
Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting
Cataloger's Reference Shelf
Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting
G 300 Regions and Countries Table (General)
BACKGROUND: The Regions and Countries Table was developed in order to encourage uniformity of Cutter numbers among classes. It is applied to new entries in the shelflist when the form caption in the classification schedule reads By region or country, A-Z, provided that there is no conflict with existing entries. The table contains all 193 independent countries as of 2005, 26 major dependencies and areas of special sovereignty, some historical jurisdictions or entities, and some islands. The table is normally amended only when world events require the change of names of countries. This instruction provides guidelines for applying the regions and countries table and for establishing new Cutters for the table. For principles governing Cuttering by region or country, see F 430 .
1. Existing Cutters
If a Cutter for a region or country has been used in the shelflist or established in the classification schedule, use that number even if it is in conflict with the number in the regions and countries table.
2. New Cutters
If a Cutter for a specific region or country is being applied for the first time in a particular class, and there is no conflict with adjacent Cutter numbers, use the Cutter indicated in the regions and countries table. If a conflict exists with adjacent Cutter numbers, continue the existing Cutter arrangement, adjusting the new Cutter to maintain the proper alphabetical arrangement.
3. Countries
Note: For purposes of this instruction, a country is defined as a sovereign nation.
a. General rule. When Cuttering under a caption that reads By region or country, A-Z (or its equivalent), use the country Cutter both for the country as a whole and for any region or political division that is located entirely within the country.
Examples:
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Italy |
.I8 |
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Italy, Southern |
.I8 |
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Abruzzi (Italy) |
.I8 |
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Naples (Italy) |
.I8 |
b. Exceptions to the general rule. For geographic entities within the following countries, headings are established using as a qualifier the name of the first order political division rather than the name of the country:
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Country |
Entities Qualified by |
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Australia |
Names of states |
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Canada |
Names of provinces |
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Great Britain |
Names of constituent countries |
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Malaysia |
Names of states |
|
United States |
Names of states |
When Cuttering for entities within these countries under a By region or country, A-Z caption, assign a Cutter number for the country, not for the political division.
Examples:
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Melbourne (Vic.) |
.A8 [Australia] |
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Toronto (Ont.) |
.C2 [Canada] |
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London (England) |
.G7 [Great Britain] |
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Lupar River (Sarawak) |
.M4 [Malaysia] |
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Baltimore (Md.) |
.U6 [United States] |
c. Country names modified by an adjective. When Cuttering for a region whose name consists of the name of a country modified by an adjective, use the following guidelines:
If the class number represents only the one country, Cutter for the adjective.
Example:
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Brazil, local, A-Z |
|
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Brazil, North |
.N6 |
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Brazil, Central West |
.C4 |
If the class number represents more than the one country, Cutter for the country only. Do not bring out the region.
Example:
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South America, by region or country, A-Z |
|
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Brazil, North |
.B6 |
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Brazil, Central West |
.B6 |
d. Cuttering for regions by current political status. If a region was formerly part of another country, Cutter for the country to which it currently belongs even if the work is about a historical period when the region was not part of its present country.
4. Regions larger than countries or crossing national boundaries
a. General rule. A Cutter for a region may be used if a classification number is subdivided By region or country, A-Z.
Examples:
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Africa, North |
.A355 |
[encompasses many countries] |
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Yukon River Valley |
.Y8 |
[crosses Canadian-U.S. boundary] |
b. Classification numbers for specific regions or continents. If a classification number pertains to only one region or continent, e.g., Regions or countries of Africa, A-Z, and the name of a subregion consists of the region name modified by an adjective, use a Cutter number for the adjective.
Example:
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Africa, North |
.N7 |
5. Historical jurisdictions/entities
Cutter as established any historical jurisdiction or entity that existed in the past and whose former territories are not encompassed by a present day country.
Example:
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Islamic Empire |
.I742 |
6. Islands
a. Islands located near their parent countries. If an island is located near a country and is treated as part of that country, Cutter for the country.
Example:
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Jutland |
.D4 [Denmark] |
b. Islands that are countries or isolated from their parent countries. If an island or group of islands is isolated from its parent country, or is itself a country, Cutter for the entity under its own name.
Examples:
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Puerto Rico |
.P9 |
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Falkland Islands |
.F3 |
7. Using new Cutters not listed in the table
If necessary to create a Cutter for a dependency, region, historical jurisdiction, or island not listed below, shelflist the item according to normal rules. Entities of this type are not normally added to the table.
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Regions and Countries Table |
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Abyssinia see Ethiopia |
--- |
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Afghanistan |
A3 |
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Africa |
A35 |
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Africa, Central |
A352 |
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Africa, East |
A353 |
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Africa, Eastern |
A354 |
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Africa, French-Speaking West |
A3545 |
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Africa, North |
A355 |
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Africa, Northeast |
A3553 |
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Africa, Northwest |
A3554 |
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Africa, South see South Africa |
--- |
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Africa, Southern |
A356 |
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Africa, Sub-Saharan |
A357 |
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Africa, West |
A358 |
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Albania |
A38 |
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Algeria |
A4 |
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Alps |
A43 |
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America |
A45 |
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American Samoa |
A46 |
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Andorra |
A48 |
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Angola |
A5 |
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Anguilla |
A54 |
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Antarctica |
A6 |
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Antigua see Antigua and Barbuda |
--- |
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A63 |
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Arab countries |
A65 |
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Arctic regions |
A68 |
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Argentina |
A7 |
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Armenia |
A75 |
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Armenia (Republic) |
A76 |
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Aruba |
A77 |
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Asia |
A78 |
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Asia, Central |
A783 |
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Asia, East see East Asia |
--- |
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Asia, South see South Asia |
--- |
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Asia, Southeastern see Southeast Asia |
--- |
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Asia, Southwestern see Middle East |
--- |
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Australasia |
A788 |
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A8 |
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Austria |
A9 |
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Azerbaijan |
A98 |
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Bahamas |
B24 |
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Bahrain |
B26 |
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Balkan Peninsula |
B28 |
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Baltic States |
B29 |
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Bangladesh |
B3 |
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Barbados |
B35 |
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Barbuda see Antigua and Barbuda |
--- |
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Belarus |
B38 |
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Belgium |
B4 |
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B42 |
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Benelux Countries |
B425 |
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Bengal |
B43 |
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B45 |
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Bermuda |
B46 |
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Bhutan |
B47 |
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Bolivia |
B5 |
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Bonaire |
B52 |
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Bosnia and Hercegovina |
B54 |
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Botswana |
B55 |
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Brazil |
B6 |
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British Guiana see Guyana |
--- |
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British Honduras see Belize |
--- |
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British Isles |
B65 |
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Brunei |
B7 |
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Bulgaria |
B9 |
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B92 |
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B93 |
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Burundi |
B94 |
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Byzantine Empire |
B97 |
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C16 |
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Cameroon |
C17 |
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Canada |
C2 |
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Canary Islands |
C23 |
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Cape Verde |
C25 |
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Caribbean Area |
C27 |
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Caroline Islands |
C275 |
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Caucasus |
C28 |
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Cayman Islands |
C29 |
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Central African Republic |
C33 |
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Central America |
C35 |
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Central Europe see Europe, Central |
--- |
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Ceylon see Sri Lanka |
--- |
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Chad |
C45 |
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Channel Islands |
C48 |
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Chile |
C5 |
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C6 |
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Colombia |
C7 |
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Commonwealth countries |
C723 |
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Communist countries |
C725 |
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Comoros |
C73 |
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Congo (Brazzaville) |
C74 |
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C75 |
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Cook Islands |
C76 |
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Costa Rica |
C8 |
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C85 |
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Croatia |
C87 |
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Cuba |
C9 |
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Curaçao |
C92 |
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Cyprus |
C93 |
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Czech Republic |
C94 |
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Czechoslovakia |
C95 |
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Dahomey see Benin |
--- |
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D4 |
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Developing countries |
D44 |
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Djibouti |
D5 |
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Dominica |
D6 |
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Dominican Republic |
D65 |
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Dutch East Indies see Indonesia |
--- |
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Dutch Guiana see Suriname |
--- |
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E18 |
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East Timor |
E19 |
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Ecuador |
E2 |
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Egypt |
E3 |
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El Salvador see Salvador |
--- |
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Ellice Islands see Tuvalu |
--- |
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England see Great Britain |
--- |
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Equatorial Guinea |
E6 |
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Eritrea |
E65 |
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Estonia |
E75 |
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E8 |
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Eurasia |
E83 |
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E85 |
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|
E8515 |
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Europe, Eastern |
E852 |
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Europe, Northern |
E853 |
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Europe, Southern |
E854 |
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Europe, Western see Europe |
--- |
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European Economic Community countries |
E86 |
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European Free Trade Association countries |
E87 |
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European Union countries see Europe |
--- |
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Falkland Islands |
F3 |
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Faroe Islands |
F32 |
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Fiji Islands |
F4 |
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Finland |
F5 |
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Former Soviet republics |
F6 |
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Formosa see Taiwan |
--- |
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France |
F8 |
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French Guiana |
F9 |
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French Polynesia |
F93 |
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Gabon |
G2 |
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Galapagos Islands |
G23 |
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Gambia |
G25 |
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Georgia (Republic) |
G28 |
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G3 |
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Germany (Democratic Republic) |
--- |
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Germany (East) see Germany |
--- |
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Germany (Federal Republic) see Germany |
--- |
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Germany (West) see Germany |
--- |
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Ghana |
G4 |
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Gibraltar |
G5 |
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Gilbert Islands see Kiribati |
--- |
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G7 |
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Greece |
G8 |
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Greenland |
G83 |
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Grenada |
G84 |
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Guadeloupe |
G845 |
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Guam |
G85 |
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Guatemala |
G9 |
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Guiana |
G915 |
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Guinea |
G92 |
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Guinea-Bissau |
G93 |
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G95 |
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Haiti |
H2 |
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Hispaniola |
H55 |
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Holland see Netherlands |
--- |
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Honduras |
H8 |
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Hong Kong see China |
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Hungary |
H9 |
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Iceland |
I2 |
|
I4 |
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Indochina |
I48 |
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I5 |
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Inner Mongolia see China |
--- |
|
I7 |
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Iraq |
I72 |
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Ireland |
I73 |
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Islamic countries |
I74 |
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Islamic Empire |
I742 |
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Islands of the Indian Ocean |
I743 |
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Israel |
I75 |
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Italy |
I8 |
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Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire |
--- |
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Jamaica |
J25 |
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Japan |
J3 |
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Java see Indonesia |
--- |
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Jerusalem |
J4 |
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Jordan |
J6 |
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Jugoslavia see Yugoslavia |
--- |
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Jutland see Denmark |
--- |
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Kampuchea see Cambodia |
--- |
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Kazakhstan |
K3 |
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Kenya |
K4 |
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Kerguelen Islands |
K43 |
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K5 |
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K6 |
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Korea (Democratic People's Republic) |
--- |
|
K7 |
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Korea (Republic) see Korea |
--- |
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Korea (South) see Korea |
--- |
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Kuwait |
K9 |
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Kyrgyzstan |
K98 |
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Laos |
L28 |
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Latin America |
L29 |
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Latvia |
L35 |
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Lebanon |
L4 |
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Lesotho |
L5 |
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Liberia |
L7 |
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Libya |
L75 |
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Liechtenstein |
L76 |
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Lithuania |
L78 |
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Luxembourg |
L9 |
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Macao see China |
--- |
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Macaronesia |
M26 |
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Macedonia |
M27 |
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Macedonia (Republic) |
M275 |
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M28 |
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Malagasy Republic see Madagascar |
--- |
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M3 |
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Malay Archipelago |
M35 |
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Malaya see Malaysia |
--- |
|
M4 |
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Maldives |
M415 |
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Mali |
M42 |
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Malta |
M43 |
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Marshall Islands |
M433 |
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Martinique |
M435 |
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Mauritania |
M44 |
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Mauritius |
M45 |
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Melanesia |
M5 |
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Mexican-American Border Region |
M58 |
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Mexico |
M6 |
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Micronesia |
M625 |
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Micronesia (Federated States) |
M626 |
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M628 |
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Moldova |
M629 |
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Monaco |
M63 |
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M65 |
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Mongolia (Mongolian People's Republic) see Mongolia |
--- |
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Montenegro |
M68 |
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Montserrat |
M7 |
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Morocco |
M8 |
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Mozambique |
M85 |
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Myanmar see Burma |
--- |
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Namibia |
N3 |
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Nauru |
N32 |
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Near East see Middle East |
--- |
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Nepal |
N35 |
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N4 |
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Netherlands Antilles |
N42 |
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New Caledonia |
N425 |
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New Guinea |
N43 |
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New Hebrides see Vanuatu |
--- |
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New Zealand |
N45 |
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Nicaragua |
N5 |
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Niger |
N55 |
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Nigeria |
N6 |
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North America |
N7 |
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Northern Ireland see Great Britain |
--- |
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Northern Rhodesia see Zambia |
--- |
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Norway |
N8 |
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Nyasaland see Malawi |
--- |
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Oceania |
O3 |
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Oman |
O5 |
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Outer Mongolia see Mongolia |
--- |
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Pacific Area |
P16 |
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Pakistan |
P18 |
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Palau |
P185 |
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Palestine |
P19 |
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Panama |
P2 |
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Papua New Guinea |
P26 |
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Paraguay |
P3 |
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Persia see Iran |
--- |
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Persian Gulf Region |
P35 |
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Peru |
P4 |
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Philippines |
P6 |
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Poland |
P7 |
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Polynesia |
P75 |
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Portugal |
P8 |
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Prussia see Germany |
--- |
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Prussia, East (Poland and Russia) |
P85 |
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Puerto Rico |
P9 |
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Qatar |
Q2 |
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Réunion |
R4 |
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Rhodesia, Northern see Zambia |
--- |
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Rhodesia, Southern see Zimbabwe |
--- |
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Roman Empire |
R57 |
|
R6 |
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Rumania see Romania |
--- |
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R8 |
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Russia (Federation) see Russia |
--- |
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Rwanda |
R95 |
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Sahel |
S15 |
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Saint Kitts-Nevis |
S16 |
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Saint Lucia |
S17 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
S18 |
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S2 |
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S23 |
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Samoan Islands |
S24 |
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San Marino |
S27 |
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Sao Tome and Principe |
S3 |
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Saudi Arabia |
S33 |
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Scandinavia |
S34 |
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Scotland see Great Britain |
--- |
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Senegal |
S38 |
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S4 |
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Serbia and Montenegro see Serbia |
--- |
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Seychelles |
S45 |
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Siam see Thailand |
--- |
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Siberia see Russia |
--- |
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Sierra Leone |
S5 |
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Singapore |
S55 |
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Slovakia |
S56 |
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Slovenia |
S57 |
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Solomon Islands |
S575 |
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Somalia |
S58 |
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S6 |
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S63 |
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S64 |
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|
S644 |
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Southern Cone of South America, |
--- |
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Soviet Union |
S65 |
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Spain |
S7 |
|
S72 |
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Sudan |
S73 |
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Sudan (Region) |
S74 |
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S75 |
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Swaziland |
S78 |
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Sweden |
S8 |
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Switzerland |
S9 |
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Syria |
S95 |
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T28 |
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Tajikistan |
T3 |
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Tamil Nadu see India |
--- |
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Tanganyika see Tanzania |
--- |
|
T34 |
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Tasmania see Australia |
--- |
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Terres australes et antarctiques françaises |
T47 |
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T5 |
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Tibet see China |
--- |
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Tobago see Trinidad and Tobago |
--- |
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Togo |
T6 |
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Tonga |
T63 |
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Transvaal see South Africa |
--- |
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Trinidad see Trinidad and Tobago |
--- |
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T7 |
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Tropics |
T73 |
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Tubuai Islands |
T77 |
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Tunisia |
T8 |
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Turkey |
T9 |
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Turkmenistan |
T93 |
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Turks and Caicos Islands |
T94 |
|
T95 |
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Uganda |
U33 |
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Ukraine |
U38 |
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United Arab Emirates |
U5 |
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United States |
U6 |
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Upper Volta see Burkina Faso |
--- |
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Uruguay |
U8 |
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Uzbekistan |
U9 |
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V26 |
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Vatican City |
V3 |
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Venezuela |
V4 |
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V5 |
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Vietnam (Democratic Republic) |
--- |
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Virgin Islands |
V6 |
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Virgin Islands of the United States |
V63 |
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Wales see Great Britain |
--- |
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West Indies, British |
W47 |
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West Indies, French |
W48 |
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Western Australia see Australia |
--- |
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Western Samoa see Samoa |
--- |
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Xianggang see China |
--- |
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Y4 |
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Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) |
--- |
|
Y8 |
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Zaire see Congo (Democratic Republic) |
--- |
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Zambezi River Region |
Z32 |
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Z33 |
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Z55 |
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