| Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names (C Entries) |
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This appendix cross-references a wide variety of geographic names to the appropriate Factbook ‘country’ entry. Additional information is included in parentheses.

Name | Entry in The World Factbook | Latitude (deg min) | Longitude (deg min)
Cabinda (province) | Angola | 5 33 S | 12 12 E
Cabo Verde (local name for Cape Verde) | Cape Verde | 16 00 N | 24 00 W
Cabot Strait | Atlantic Ocean | 47 20 N | 59 30 W
Caicos Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands | 21 56 N | 71 58 W
Cairo (capital) | Egypt | 30 03 N | 31 15 E
California, Gulf of | Pacific Ocean | 28 00 N | 112 00 W
Cameroun (local name for Cameroon) | Cameroon | 6 00 N | 12 00 E
Campbell Island | New Zealand | 52 33 S | 169 09 E
Campeche, Bay of | Atlantic Ocean | 20 00 N | 94 00 W
Canal Zone (former name for US possessions in Panama) | Panama | 9 00 N | 79 45 W
Canarias Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 28 00 N | 16 00 W
Canary Islands | Spain | 28 00 N | 15 30 W
Canberra (capital) | Australia | 35 17 S | 149 08 E
Cancun (city) | Mexico | 21 10 N | 86 50 W
Canton (Guangzhou) (city) | China | 23 06 N | 113 16 E
Canton Island (Kanton Island) | Kiribati | 2 49 S | 171 40 W
Cape Juby (region; former name for Southern Morocco) | Morocco | 27 53 N | 12 58 W
Cape of Good Hope (cape; also alternate name for Cape Province of South Africa) | South Africa | 34 15 S | 18 25 E
Cape Province (region; former name for Northern, Western, and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa) | South Africa | 31 30 S | 22 30 E
Cape Town (legislative capital) | South Africa | 33 57 S | 18 28 W
Caracas (capital) | Venezuela | 10 30 N | 66 56 W
Cargados Carajos Shoals | Mauritius | 16 25 S | 59 38 E
Caribbean Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 15 00 N | 73 00 W
Caroline Islands | Federated States of Micronesia, Palau | 7 30 N | 148 00 E
Carpatho-Ukraine (region; former name for Zakarpats’ka oblast’) | Ukraine | 48 22 N | 23 32 E
Carpentaria, Gulf of | Pacific Ocean | 14 00 S | 139 00 E
Castries (capital) | Saint Lucia | 14 01 N | 61 00 W
Catalonia (region) | Spain | 42 00 N | 2 00 E
Cato Island | Australia | 23 15 S | 155 32 E
Caucasus (region) | Russia | 42 00 N | 45 00 E
Cayenne (capital) | French Guiana | 4 56 N | 52 20 W
Celebes (island) | Indonesia | 2 00 S | 121 00 E
Celebes Sea | Pacific Ocean | 3 00 N | 122 00 E
Celtic Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 51 00 N | 6 30 W
Central African Empire (former name for Central African Republic) | Central African Republic | 7 00 N | 21 00 E
Ceram (Seram) Sea | Pacific Ocean | 2 30 S | 129 30 E
Ceska Republika (local name for Czech Republic) | Czech Republic | 49 45 N | 15 30 E
Ceskoslovensko (former local name for Czechoslovakia) | Czech Republic, Slovakia | 49 00 N | 17 30 E
Ceuta (city) | Spain | 35 53 N | 5 19 W
Ceylon (former name for Sri Lanka) | Sri Lanka | 7 00 N | 81 00 E
Chafarinas, Islas (island) | Spain | 35 12 N | 2 26 W
Chagos Archipelago (Oil Islands) | British Indian Ocean Territory | 6 00 S | 71 30 E
Challenger Deep (Mariana Trench) | Pacific Ocean | 11 22 N | 142 36 E
Channel Islands | Guernsey, Jersey | 49 20 N | 2 20 W
Charlotte Amalie (capital) | Virgin Islands | 18 21 N | 64 56 W
Chatham Islands | New Zealand | 44 00 S | 176 30 W
Chechnya (Chechnia) (region) | Russia | 43 15 N | 45 40 E
Cheju Strait | Pacific Ocean | 34 00 N | 126 30 E
Cheju-do (island) | Korea, South | 33 20 N | 126 30 E
Chennai (Madras) (city) | India | 13 04 N | 80 16 E
Chesterfield Islands (Iles Chesterfield) | New Caledonia | 19 52 S | 158 15 E
Chihli, Gulf of (see Bo Hai) | Pacific Ocean | 38 30 N | 120 00 E
Chiloe (island) | Chile | 42 50 S | 74 00 W
China, People's Republic of | China | 35 00 N | 105 00 E
China, Republic of | Taiwan | 23 30 N | 105 00 E
Chisinau (capital) | Moldova | 47 00 N | 28 50 E
Choiseul (island) | Solomon Islands | 7 05 S | 121 00 E
Choson (local name for North Korea) | North Korea | 40 00 N | 127 00 E
Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) | Australia | 10 25 S | 105 39 E
Christmas Island (Kiritimati) (Pacific Ocean) | Kiribati | 1 52 N | 157 20 W
Chukchi Sea | Arctic Ocean | 69 00 N | 171 00 W
Chuuk Islands (Truk Islands) | Federated States of Micronesia | 7 25 N | 151 47 W
Cilicia (region) | Turkey | 36 50 N | 34 30 E
Ciskei (enclave) | South Africa | 33 00 S | 27 00 E
Citta del Vaticano (local name for Vatican City) | Holy See | 41 54 N | 12 27 E
Cochin China (region) | Vietnam | 11 00 N | 107 00 E
Coco, Isla del (island) | Costa Rica | 5 32 N | 87 04 W
Cocos Islands | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 12 30 S | 96 50 E
Colombo (capital) | Sri Lanka | 6 56 N | 79 51 E
Colon, Archipielago de (Galapagos Islands) | Ecuador | 0 00 N | 90 30 W
Commander Islands (Komandorskiye Ostrova) | Russia | 55 00 N | 167 00 E
Comores (local name for Comoros) | Comoros | 12 10 S | 44 15 E
Con Son (islands) | Vietnam | 8 43 N | 106 36 E
Conakry (capital) | Guinea | 9 31 N | 13 43 W
Confederatio Helvetica (local name for Switzerland) | Switzerland | 47 00 N | 8 00 E
Congo (Brazzaville) (former name for Republic of the Congo) | Republic of the Congo | 1 00 S | 15 00 E
Congo (Leopoldville) (former name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo) | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 00 N | 25 00 E
Constantinople (city; former name for Istanbul) | Turkey | 41 01 N | 28 58 E
Cook Strait | Pacific Ocean | 41 15 S | 174 30 E
Copenhagen (capital) | Denmark | 55 40 N | 12 35 E
Coral Sea | Pacific Ocean | 15 00 S | 150 00 E
Corfu (island) | Greece | 39 40 N | 19 45 E
Corinth (region) | Greece | 37 56 N | 22 56 E
Corisco (island) | Equatorial Guinea | 0 55 N | 9 19 E
Corn Islands (Islas del Maiz) | Nicaragua | 12 15 N | 83 00 W
Corocoro Island | Guyana, Venezuela | 3 38 N | 66 50 W
Corsica (Corse) (island) | France | 42 00 N | 9 00 E
Cosmoledo Group (Atoll de Cosmoledo) (island group) | Seychelles | 9 43 S | 47 35 E
Cotonou (seat of government) | Benin | 6 21 N | 2 26 E
Cotopaxi (volcano) | Ecuador | 0 39 S | 78 26 W
Courantyne River | Guyana, Suriname | 5 57 N | 57 06 W
Cozumel (island) | Mexico | 20 30 N | 86 55 W
Crete (island) | Greece | 35 15 N | 24 45 E
Crimea (region) | Ukraine | 45 00 N | 34 00 E
Crimean Peninsula | Ukraine | 45 00 N | 34 00 E
Crooked Island Passage | Atlantic Ocean | 22 55 N | 74 35 W
Crozet Islands (Iles Crozet) | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 46 30 S | 51 00 E
Cyclades (island group) | Greece | 37 00 N | 25 10 E
Cyrenaica (region) | Libya | 31 00 N | 22 00 E
Czechoslovakia (former name for the entity that subsequently split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia) | Czech Republic, Slovakia | 49 00 N | 18 00 E
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