imported from located_in located_in (type level) continent geographic location Africa North America South America Eurasia Antarctica Oceania Oceans and Seas Kingdom of Spain Azores Bermuda Falkland Islands Kingdom of the Netherlands North Sea Irish Sea English Channel Mediterranean Sea United States of America Province (Canada) Province of British Columbia Province of Ontario Province of Saskatchewan Province of Nova Scotia Province of Alberta Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Province of Quebec Province of New Brunswick Province of Manitoba Province of Prince Edward Island Territory (Canada) Nunavut Northwest Territories Yukon Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Norway Territory (Australia) Northern Territory Australian Capital Territory Jervis Bay Territory Caribbean Sea French Polynesia French Republic Portuguese Republic Region (contiguous United States of America) Midwest Region South Region Northeast Region West Region Special Adminstrative Region (China) Macau Hong Kong Province (Costa Rica) Puntarenas Province Territory of Guam lat_lon: 13deg27minN, 144deg47minE. Province (Indonesia) Bali Province Egypt The 2nd level administrative regions of Egypt are very confusuing and different sources conflicting. Those in gaz.obo are from GeoHive (http://www.xist.org/default1.aspx) and are not fully in agreement with those from the WHO (the file EGY_SALB_table.xls downloaded from http://www.who.int/whosis/database/gis/salb/salb_coding.aspx#DATA). Collectivite d'outre-mer Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Mayotte Region d'outre-mer Turks and Caicos Islands Unincorporated Territory (USA) American Samoa United States Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands British Overseas Territory British Indian Ocean Territory Cayman Islands Gibraltar Montserrat South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Autonomous Region (Portugal) New Caledonia Saint Martin Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands Territory of Norfolk Island Australian Antarctic Territory Territory, Antarctica Territory of Christmas Island Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Coral Sea Islands Territory Heard Island and McDonald Islands Territory Commonwealth of Puerto Rico United States Minor Outlying Islands Wallis and Futuna Islands Anguilla Gaza Strip West Bank District (Palestinian Territories) Tuvalu Nanumanga District Australasian Mediterranean Sea Arctic Ocean region Atlantic Ocean region Pacific Ocean region European Seas Indian Ocean region Guadeloupe Region Martinique Region French Guiana Region Reunion Region biogeographic location floristic kingdom Takhtajan's floristic provinces Neotropical Kingdom Papua Province continent Marianas Islands populated place, Haiti Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean North Atlantic Ocean South Atlantic Ocean geographic location Africa North America South America Eurasia Antarctica Australia Europe Asia Indian subcontinent Oceania New Zealand South Africa West Africa North Africa East Africa Anatolia Turkey Southeast Asia Sudan Tunisia Algeria Western Sahara Morocco Libya Ethiopia Eritrea Djibouti Mauritania Mali Niger Chad Sub-Saharan Africa Central Africa Oceans and Seas Kingdom of Spain Province (Algeria) Cape Verde Islands Iceland Azores Saint Helena Benin Burkina Faso Cote d'Ivoire Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo Capital Territory (Nigeria) State (Nigeria) Province (Sierra Leone) Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda Republic of Congo Central African Republic Burundi Equatorial Guinea Gabon Cameroon Republic of South Africa Angola Namibia Botswana Lesotho Swaziland Mozambique Kenya Uganda Tanzania Somalia Malawi Zimbabwe Zambia Madagascar Canary Islands Macaronesian Islands Cape Verde Bouvet Islands Barbados Bermuda Falkland Islands Bouvet Island Faroes British Isles Greenland Province (Greenland) Channel Islands Isles of Man Kingdom of the Netherlands Guernsey Jersey North Sea Irish Sea English Channel Mediterranean Sea Equatorial Pacific Ocean North Pacific Ocean South Pacific Ocean United States of America State of California Central Asia Southwest Asia Levant Arabian Peninsula Kurdistan Caucasus Iranian Plateau East Asia South Asia Jordan Syria Palestinian Territories Israel Lebanon Hawaiian Islands Bolivia State of New York State of Oregon Guyane State of Arizona State of Maryland State of North Carolina State of Alaska Guyana State of South Carolina Suriname State of Rhode Island State of Wyoming Mediterranean Sea, Eastern Basin Commonwealth of Massachusetts State of Minnesota Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State of Oklahoma Province (Argentina) State of Washington State of New Jersey Canada Province (Canada) Province of British Columbia Province of Ontario Province of Saskatchewan Province of Nova Scotia Province of Alberta Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Province of Quebec Province of New Brunswick Province of Manitoba Province of Prince Edward Island Territory (Canada) Nunavut Northwest Territories Yukon State of Texas State of Wisconsin State of Connecticut State of Maine State of Montana State of Georgia populated place, Argentina Kingdom of Denmark United Kingdom Northern Ireland Scotland Wales England Germany begin_date: 1990-10-03. populated place, Metropolitan Spain Italy populated place, Italy Kingdom of Norway populated place, Israel populated place, Norway Croatia Russia begin_date: 1991-12. Ukraine Sweden The Bahamas populated place, Bahamas Japan populated place, Japan Territory (Australia) State (Australia) Northern Territory Australian Capital Territory Jervis Bay Territory Korean Peninsula North Korea South Korea Province (Republic of Korea) Province (Republic of South Africa) Caribbean Sea Hispaniola Chile populated place, Chile Brazil populated place, Brazil India State (India) populated place, Mozambique populated place, Canada China Northeast Asia Autonomous Region (China) Mexico populated place, Mexico State (United States of Mexico) State of Delaware State of Florida Central America Panama Honduras populated place, Panama Costa Rica Cocos Island Ecuador French Polynesia Argentina Colombia Uruguay Venezuela Peru Paraguay Belize El Salvador Guatemala Finland Belgium Poland French Republic Switzerland Austria Republic of Ireland Portuguese Republic Greece The Netherlands Luxembourg Andorra Iberian Peninsula Bulgaria Romania Hungary Albania Czech Republic Slovenia Slovak Republic Serbia Latvia ISO3166-2 codes for 2009 revision of admin. units seem not to have been assigned. Estonia Lithuania Nicaragua populated place, Republic of South Africa Region (contiguous United States of America) Midwest Region South Region Northeast Region West Region Middle Atlantic Division Italian Peninsula San Marino Vatican City populated place, Sweden East North Central Division populated place, contiguous United States of America State of Illinois State of Michigan Commonwealth of Virginia Pacific Division District of Columbia populated place, Uruguay populated place, Hawaii populated place, Chad Province (China) Municipality (China) Special Adminstrative Region (China) Macau Hong Kong Province (Costa Rica) Puntarenas Province Province (Panama) populated place, Slovakia populated place, Denmark West North Central Division populated place, Metropolitan France populated place, Hungary Scandinavian Peninsula Province (The Netherlands) populated place, The Netherlands populated place, Switzerland South West Region Greater London Region North West Region Yorkshire and the Humber North East Region West Midlands Region East Midlands Region East Region South East Region Territory of Guam lat_lon: 13deg27minN, 144deg47minE. populated place, Australia Province (Rwanda) populated place, Rwanda Indonesia populated place, Indonesia Province (Indonesia) Bali Province Bali populated place, Tanzania populated place, Tunisia Thailand Mauritius populated place, Thailand Bangladesh populated place, Bangladesh Territoire des Terres australes et antarctiques francaises Viet Nam populated place, Viet Nam Cuba populated place, Cuba Province (Cuba) Trinidad and Tobago West Indies Greater Antilles populated place, India West South Central Division Jamaica Monaco Liechtenstein East South Central Division South Atlantic Division Mountain Division Moldova Brunei Darussalam Malaysia Bhutan Papua New Guinea Singapore Sri Lanka Timor Egypt The 2nd level administrative regions of Egypt are very confusuing and different sources conflicting. Those in gaz.obo are from GeoHive (http://www.xist.org/default1.aspx) and are not fully in agreement with those from the WHO (the file EGY_SALB_table.xls downloaded from http://www.who.int/whosis/database/gis/salb/salb_coding.aspx#DATA). Metropolitan Spain contiguous United States of America State of Hawaii Metropolitan France Collectivite d'outre-mer Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Mayotte Region d'outre-mer Reunion Island Guadeloupe Archipelago Lesser Antilles Leeward Islands Leeward Antilles Windward islands Dominican Republic Haiti Lucayan Archipelago Turks and Caicos Islands Unincorporated Territory (USA) American Samoa Northern Mariana Islands United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Archipelago British Virgin Islands British Overseas Territory British Indian Ocean Territory Cayman Islands Gibraltar Montserrat South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Island of Cyprus Malta Ireland Netherlands Antilles Curacao Island Aruba Province (Burundi) populated place, Burundi populated place, Mauritania populated place, Alaska Armenia Province (Armenia) Villages and Cities from SALB; divided into communities from http://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=52. populated place, Armenia Autonomous Region (Portugal) Metropolitan Portugal populated place, mainland Portugal Union Territory (India) populated place, Ghana Nepal State of Tennessee State of Utah State of West Virginia State of Ohio State of New Mexico State of New Hampshire State of Vermont State of Mississippi State of Missouri State of Louisiana State of Kansas State of Iowa State of Indiana Commonwealth of Kentucky State of Arkansas State of North Dakota State of South Dakota State of Nevada Iran Province (Iran) populated place, Iran Iraq populated place, Iraq populated place, Canary Islands The Philippines populated place, Philippines Province (Sri Lanka) populated place, Sri Lanka populated place, Slovenia Metropolitan City (Republic of Korea) populated place, Kenya Province (Kenya) When an authorative list of Divisions of the new (2007) Districts is available this needs revision. Region (New Zealand) populated place, New Zealand Great Britain South Caucasus Azerbaijan Georgia begin_date: 1936-12-05. end_date: 1990-10-20. Region (Azerbaijan) Uzbekistan begin_date: 1991-12-31. Province (Uzbekistan) populated place, Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Geographically the western regions of Kazakhstan may be in Europe. Province (Kazakhstan) populated place, Kazakhstan populated place, Ukraine Turkmenistan populated place, Guadeloupe Province (Poland) populated place, Poland State of Nebraska Province (Democratic Republic of Congo) The provinces are under reorganization, this list is part new part old. See: http://www.statoids.com/ucd.html populated place, Democratic Republic of Congo populated place, Republic of Congo Province (Zimbabwe) populated place, Zimbabwe populated place, Serbia Autonomous Province (Serbia) populated place, Greece populated place, Guatemala populated place, French Guiana populated place, Honduras populated place, Papua New Guinea New Guinea New Caledonia Province (New Caledonia) populated place, Nicaragua populated place, Nigeria Pakistan Province (Pakistan) Territory (Pakistan) populated place, Pakistan Solomon Islands populated place, Dominican Republic Saudi Arabia Bahrain United Arab Emirates Oman Yemen Kuwait Qatar Persian Gulf populated place, Sierra Leone populated place, Surinam Society Islands Windward Islands Tahiti Republic of China Province (Republic of China) populated place, Uganda Svalbard Archipelago Province (Madagascar) populated place, Madagascar populated place, Malawi populated place, Malaysia populated place, Mali Manchuria populated place, Mauritius populated place, Morocco populated place, Nepal populated place, Colombia populated place, Central African Republic Province (Ecuador) populated place, Egypt Province (Dominican Republic) Province (Gabon) populated place, Gabon populated place, Cote d'Ivoire Kerguelen Archipelago Glorioso Islands JIle uan de Nova Ile Bassas da India Ile Europa Ile Tromelin Comoros Caucasian Russia Clipperton Island Saint Martin Metropolitan Norway Metropolitan Denmark Jan Mayen Melanesia Polynesia Micronesia Australasia Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands Territory of Norfolk Island Australian Antarctic Territory Territory, Antarctica Territory of Christmas Island Christmas Island Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Coral Sea Islands Territory Heard Island and McDonald Islands Territory State of Colorado State of Idaho New England Division Borneo group State of Alabama Afghanistan Antigua and Barbuda Belarus begin_date: 1990-07-27. Bosnia and Herzegovina Cambodia Laos Dominica Fiji Fiji islands Kyrgyzstan Kiribati Macedonia Montenegro Myanmar Nauru Nauru Island Niue Fekai Niue Islands Palau Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Samoa Samoan Archipelago Tajikistan Timor-Leste Tuvalu Islands Tonga Tonga Archipelago Vanuatu Vanuatu Islands Islands of Mauritius The Seychelles Comoro Islands Maldives Archipelago Sao Tome and Principe Madagascar Island Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Bahrain Archipelago Solomon Archipelago Cook Archipelago Kiribati islands Greater Sunda Islands Sunda Islands Lesser Sunda Islands Wake Island Midway Atoll United States Minor Outlying Islands Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Baker Island Jarvis Island Navassa Island Howland Island Caroline Islands Line Islands Marshall Islands Pitcairn Island Wallis and Futuna Islands Wallis and Futuna islands populated place, Bhutan populated place, Costa Rica populated place, Saudi Arabia Province (Saudi Arabia) Island of Sri Lanka populated place, Algeria populated place, Romania populated place, Trinidad and Tobago populated place, Iceland populated place, Sudan Federal District (Mexico) Cuban Archipelago Province (Tajikistan) populated place, Tajikistan Province (Turkmenistan) populated place, Georgia populated place, Dijubti populated place, Azores populated place, Senegal populated place, Jamaica Barents Sea populated place, Lebanon Mongolia Province (Cambodia) populated place, Netherlands Antiles Gulf of Saint Lawrence Gulf of Guinea Laccadive Sea Mozambique Channel Bali Sea South China Sea Coral Sea State (Venezuela) populated place, Venezuala Anguilla Province (North Korea) Province (Zambia) Province (Angola) Province (Mozambique) Province (Afghanistan) Province (Mongolia) Province (Laos) Province (Solomon Islands) Gaza Strip West Bank District (Palestinian Territories) Tuvalu Heard and McDonald islands Cocos Islands populated place, Somalia Delmarva Peninsula populated place, Angola populated place, Zambia populated place, Antigua and Barbuda populated place, North Korea Directly Governed City populated place, Cambodia populated place, Yemen populated place, Peru populated place, Paraguay Spratly Islands Paracel Islands populated place, Montenegro Kosovo populated place, Bolivia Sint Maarten Country of Curacao populated place, American Samoa populated place, Andorra populated place, Azerbaijan Northeast Atlantic Ocean Northwest Atlantic Ocean Southwest Pacific Ocean North East Pacific Ocean North West Pacific Ocean populated place, Liechtenstein populated place, Burkina Faso populated place, Benin populated place, Botswana Nanumanga District Nanumanga Atoll Province (Oman) populated place, Palestinian Territories Bjornoya [Svalbard] Ross Sea Java Sumatra Sulawesi Borneo Caucasus Mountains Saint-Martin Island Singapore Island Puntarenas Canton Prince Edward Island Island of Dominica Dependancy (Grenada) Western Indian Ocean Eastern Indian Ocean Malacca and Singapore Straits Australasian Mediterranean Sea Arctic Ocean region Atlantic Ocean region Pacific Ocean region European Seas Southeast Atlantic Ocean Southwest Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean region Southeast Pacific Ocean North East Pacific Ocean coastal waters of Central America and Columbia Northwest Atlantic Ocean coastal waters of Canada populated place, Cameroon Isle of Man [Former] Yugoslavia begin_date: 1943-11-29. end_date: 1991-06-25. Previous to 1943: Kingdom of Yugoslavia, begins_in: 1918-12-01; end_date: 1941-04_17. Cook Islands Southern Marianas Islands Paulu Archipelago Malay Peninsula Qatari Peninsula Faroe Islands Island of Cuba Department of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe Region Martinique Region French Guiana Region Reunion Region Mascarene Islands Bahama Banks Sumatra group Sulawesi group Java group Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal waters of Africa Northwest Atlantic Ocean coastal waters of Barbados Northwest Atlantic Ocean coastal waters of Bermuda Western Indian Ocean coastal waters of Southern Africa and Madagascar Nanumanga Island Northwest Atlantic Ocean coastal waters of Greenland South Sudan Tokelau British Isles biogeographic location floristic kingdom Takhtajan's floristic provinces Neotropical Kingdom Caribbean Region Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Grenada Special Territory (Indonesia) Papua Province Ulster State (Myanmar) populated place, Macedonia Province (Vanuatu) populated place, Moldova populated place, Syria Province (Finland) definition populated place, Aruba populated place, Germany populated place, Wales populated place, Republic of Korea populated place, Svalbard has_broad_synonym populated place, Austria database_cross_reference populated place, Republic of Ireland has_exact_synonym Province (Bulgaria) populated place, Croatia populated place, Czech Republic populated place, Belgium populated place, Bulgaria populated place, Bosnia and Herzogovina populated place, Estonia Province (Papua New Guinea) populated place, State of Alabama populated place, Washington populated place, Rhode Island populated place, South Carolina Province (Republic of Ireland) populated place, Northern Ireland populated place, Lithuania populated place, Scotland populated place, England populated place, Russia populated place, Luxembourg populated place, Finland Province (Belarus) populated place, Brunei Darussalam populated place, Belarus populated place, Albania has_alternative_id has_narrow_synonym populated place, Utah populated place, Turkmenistan populated place, Turkey