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Main index: Geography

Continents

AfricaAntarcticaAsiaEuropeAustralia

Political divisions of World, arranged by continent or major geopolitical region:

Africa:
West Africa:
BeninBurkina FasoCape VerdeCôte d'IvoireGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauLiberiaMaliMauritaniaNigeriaSenegal
North Africa:
AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMauritaniaMoroccoTunisia
Central Africa:
AngolaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadThe Democratic Republic of CongoEquatorial GuineaGabonRepublic of CongoRwandaSão Tomé and Príncipe
East Africa:
BurundiComorosDjiboutiEritreaEthiopiaKenyaMadagascarMauritiusMozambiqueRwandaSeychellesSomalia (Somaliland) • UgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Southern Africa:
BotswanaLesothoNamibiaSouth Africa
Antarctica:
Antarctica
Asia:
Central Asia:
Kazakhstan[1]KyrgyzstanTurkmenistan
East Asia:
China[2]
Tibet
Hong Kong[3]Macau[4]
Japan
0-9  A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z
MongoliaTaiwan[5]
Southeast Asia:[6]
BruneiCambodia[7]East Timor (Timor-Leste)[8]Indonesia[9]LaosMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeVietnam
South Asia:
BangladeshBhutanIranMaldivesNepal
West Asia:
Armenia[10]Azerbaijan[11]BahrainCyprus[12] (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • Georgia[13]IsraelJordanKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaSyriaTurkey[14]United Arab EmiratesYemen
Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)
Georgia (including disputed Abkhazia) • ArmeniaAzerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)
Europe:
Akrotiri and DhekeliaÅlandAndorraArmeniaAustriaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandGeorgiaGermanyGreeceGuernseyHungaryIcelandIrelandItalyKazakhstanLiechtensteinLithuaniaMaltaMoldova (including disputed Transnistria) • MonacoPortugalSan MarinoSerbiaSpainSwitzerlandTurkeyUnited KingdomVatican City
Canada
Canadian provinces
Alberta • British Columbia • Newfoundland and Labrador • Nova Scotia • Ontario • Quebec • Saskatchewan
Aboriginal Canadian
Greenland • Mexico • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
United States
U.S. administrative divisions
Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Montana • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York (New York City) • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
U.S. counties
African American
Asian American
Central America:
BelizeCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanama
Caribbean:
AnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArubaBahamasBarbadosBermudaCayman IslandsCubaDominicaDominican RepublicGrenadaHaitiJamaicaMontserratNetherlands AntillesPuerto RicoSaint BarthélemySaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesTurks and Caicos IslandsUnited States Virgin Islands
Oceania: (includes the continent of Australia):
Australasia:[15]
Australia
Dependencies/Territories of Australia:
Christmas Island[16]Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Melanesia:[17]
FijiIndonesia (Oceanian part only)[18]
Micronesia:
Federated States of MicronesiaGuam (USA) • Marshall IslandsNauruNorthern Mariana Islands (USA) • Palau
Polynesia
American Samoa (USA) • Cook Islands (NZ) French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (USA) • Tokelau (NZ)
South America:
ArgentinaChileColombiaEcuadorFalkland IslandsGuyanaParaguayPeruUruguayVenezuela
South Atlantic:
Ascension Island
  1. ^   Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
  2. ^   The state is commonly known as simply "China", which is subsumed by the eponymous entity and civilization (China).
  3. ^   Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of PRC.
  4. ^   Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of PRC.
  5. ^   Under the de facto control of Republic of China (ROC) government, commonly referred to as Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the PRC; see political status of Taiwan.
  6. ^ Excludes Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia).
  7. ^ General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Provisional population totals, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, released 3rd September, 2008
  8. ^   East Timor is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania.
  9. ^   Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania
  10. ^   Armenia is sometimes considered a transcontinental country: physiographically in Western Asia, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe.
  11. ^   Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only. Figures include Nakhchivan, an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.
  12. ^   The island of Cyprus is sometimes considered a transcontinental territory: in the Eastern Basin of Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey, it has historical and socio-political connections with Europe. However, the U.N. considers Cyprus to be in Western Asia, while the C.I.A. considers it to be in the Middle East.
  13. ^   Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for the Asian portion only.
  14. ^   Turkey is generally considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Southern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, excluding all of Istanbul.
  15. ^ The use and scope of this term varies. The UN designation for this subregion is "Australia and New Zealand."
  16. ^ Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia.
  17. ^ Excludes parts of Indonesia, island territories in Southeast Asia (UN region) frequently reckoned in this region.
  18. ^ Indonesia is generally considered a territory of Southeastern Asia (UN region); wholly or partially, it is also frequently included in Australasia or Melanesia. Figures include Indonesian portion of New Guinea (Irian Jaya) and Maluku Islands.