| Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names (A 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)
Abidjan (capital) | Cote d'Ivoire | 5 19 N | 4 02 W
Abkhazia (region) | Georgia | 43 00 N | 41 00 E
Abu Dhabi (capital) | United Arab Emirates | 24 28 N | 54 22 E
Abu Musa (island) | Iran | 25 52 N | 55 03 E
Abuja (capital) | Nigeria | 9 12 N | 7 11 E
Abyssinia (former name for Ethiopia) | Ethiopia | 8 00 N | 38 00 E
Acapulco (city) | Mexico | 16 51 N | 99 55 W
Accra (capital) | Ghana | 5 33 N | 0 13 W
Adamstown (capital) | Pitcairn Islands | 25 04 S | 130 05 W
Addis Ababa (capital) | Ethiopia | 9 02 N | 38 42 E
Adelie Land (Terre Adelie) (claimed by France) | Antarctica | 66 30 S | 139 00 E
Aden (city) | Yemen | 12 46 N | 45 01 E
Aden, Gulf of | Indian Ocean | 12 30 N | 48 00 E
Admiralty Island | United States (Alaska) | 57 44 N | 134 20 W
Admiralty Islands | Papua New Guinea | 2 10 S | 147 00 E
Adriatic Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 42 30 N | 16 00 E
Adygey (region) | Russia | 44 30 N | 40 10 E
Aegean Islands | Greece | 38 00 N | 25 00 E
Aegean Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 38 30 N | 25 00 E
Afars and Issas, French Territory of the (FTAI) (former name for Djibouti) | Djibouti | 11 30 N | 43 00 E
Afghanestan (local name for Afghanistan) | Afghanistan | 33 00 N | 65 00 E
Agalega Islands | Mauritius | 10 25 S | 56 40 E
Agana (city; former name for Hagatna) | Guam | 13 28 N | 144 45 E
Ajaccio (city) | France (Corsica) | 41 55 N | 8 44 E
Ajaria (region) | Georgia | 41 45 N | 42 10 E
Akmola (city; former name for Astana) | Kazakhstan | 51 10 N | 71 30 E
Aksai Chin (region) | China (de facto), India (claimed) | 35 00 N | 79 00 E
Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah (local name for Saudi Arabia) | Saudi Arabia | 25 00 N | 45 00 E
Al Bahrayn (local name for Bahrain) | Bahrain | 26 00 N | 50 33 E
Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah (local name for the United Arab Emirates) | United Arab Emirates | 24 00 N | 54 00 E
Al Iraq (local name for Iraq) | Iraq | 33 00 N | 44 00 E
Al Jaza’ir (local name for Algeria) | Algeria | 28 00 N | 3 00 E
Al Kuwayt (local name for Kuwait) | Kuwait | 29 30 N | 45 45 E
Al Maghrib (local name for Morocco) | Morocco | 32 00 N | 5 00 W
Al Urdun (local name for Jordan) | Jordan | 31 00 N | 36 00 E
Al Yaman (local name for Yemen) | Yemen | 15 00 N | 48 00 E
Aland Islands | Finland | 60 15 N | 20 00 E
Alaska (state) | United States | 65 00 N | 153 00 W
Alaska, Gulf of | Pacific Ocean | 58 00 N | 145 00 W
Alboran Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 36 00 N | 2 30 W
Aldabra Islands (Groupe d’Aldabra) | Seychelles | 9 25 S | 46 22 E
Alderney (island) | Guernsey | 49 43 N | 2 12 W
Aleutian Islands | United States (Alaska) | 52 00 N | 176 00 W
Alexander Archipelago (island group) | United States (Alaska) | 57 00 N | 134 00 W
Alexander Island | Antarctica | 71 00 S | 70 00 W
Alexandretta (region; former name for Iskenderun) | Turkey | 36 34 N | 36 08 E
Alexandria (city) | Egypt | 31 12 N | 29 54 E
Algiers (capital) | Algeria | 36 47 N | 2 03 E
Alhucemas, Penon de (island group) | Spain | 35 13 N | 3 53 W
Alma-Ata (city; former name for Almaty) | Kazakhstan | 43 15 N | 76 57 E
Almaty (former capital) | Kazakhstan | 43 15 N | 76 57 E
Alofi (capital) | Niue | 19 01 S | 169 55 E
Alphonse Island | Seychelles | 7 01 S | 52 45 E
Alsace (region) | France | 48 30 N | 7 20 E
Amami Strait | Pacific Ocean | 28 40 N | 129 30 E
Amindivi Islands (former name for Laccadive Islands) | India | 11 30 N | 72 30 E
Amirante Isles (Les Amirantes) (island group) | Seychelles | 6 00 S | 53 10 E
Amman (capital) | Jordan | 31 57 N | 35 56 E
Amsterdam (capital) | Netherlands | 52 23 N | 4 54 E
Amsterdam Island (Ile Amsterdam) | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 37 52 S | 77 32 E
Amundsen Sea | Southern Ocean | 72 30 S | 112 00 W
Amur River | China, Russia | 52 56 N | 141 10 E
Amurskiy Liman (strait) | Pacific Ocean | 53 00 N | 141 30 E
Anadyrskiy Zaliv (gulf) | Pacific Ocean | 64 00 N | 177 00 E
Anatolia (region) | Turkey | 39 00 N | 35 00 E
Andaman Islands | India | 12 00 N | 92 45 E
Andaman Sea | Indian Ocean | 10 00 N | 95 00 E
Andorra la Vella (capital) | Andorra | 42 30 N | 1 30 E
Andros (island) | Greece | 37 45 N | 24 42 E
Andros Island | The Bahamas | 24 26 N | 77 57 W
Anegada Passage | Atlantic Ocean | 18 30 N | 63 40 W
Angkor Wat (ruins) | Cambodia | 13 26 N | 103 50 E
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (former name for Sudan) | Sudan | 15 00 N | 30 00 E
Anjouan (island) | Comoros | 12 15 S | 44 25 E
Ankara (capital) | Turkey | 39 56 N | 32 52 E
Annobon (island) | Equatorial Guinea | 1 25 S | 5 36 E
Antananarivo (capital) | Madagascar | 18 52 S | 47 30 E
Antigua (island) | Antigua and Barbuda | 14 34 N | 90 44 W
Antipodes Islands | New Zealand | 49 41 S | 178 43 E
Antwerp (city) | Belgium | 51 13 N | 4 25 E
Aomen (local Chinese short-form name for Macau) | Macau | 22 10 N | 113 33 E
Aozou Strip (region) | Chad | 22 00 N | 18 00 E
Apia (capital) | Samoa | 13 50 S | 171 44 N
Aqaba, Gulf of | Indian Ocean | 29 00 N | 34 30 E
Arab, Shatt al (river) | Iran, Iraq | 29 57 N | 48 34 E
Arabian Sea | Indian Ocean | 15 00 N | 65 00 E
Arafura Sea | Pacific Ocean | 9 00 S | 133 00 E
Aral Sea | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan | 45 00 N | 60 00 E
Argun River | China, Russia | 53 20 N | 121 28 E
Aru Sea | Pacific Ocean | 6 15 S | 135 00 E
Ascension Island | Saint Helena | 7 57 S | 14 22 W
Ashgabat (capital) | Turkmenistan | 37 57 N | 58 23 E
Ashkhabad (see Ashgabat) | Turkmenistan | 37 57 N | 58 23 E
Asmara (capital) | Eritrea | 15 20 N | 38 53 E
Asmera (see Asmara) | Eritrea | 15 20 N | 38 53 E
As-Sudan (local name for Sudan) | Sudan | 15 00 N | 30 00 E
Assumption Island | Seychelles | 9 46 S | 46 34 E
Astana (Akmola) (capital) | Kazakhstan | 51 10 N | 71 30 E
Asuncion (capital) | Paraguay | 25 16 S | 57 40 W
Asuncion Island | Northern Mariana Islands | 19 40 N | 145 24 E
Atacama (desert) | Chile | 23 00 S | 70 10 W
Atacama (region) | Chile | 24 30 S | 69 15 W
Athens (capital) | Greece | 37 59 N | 23 44 E
Attu Island | United States | 52 55 N | 172 57 E
Auckland Islands | New Zealand | 51 00 S | 166 30 E
Australes, Iles (Iles Tubuai) (island group) | French Polynesia | 23 20 S | 151 00 W
Avarua (capital) | Cook Islands | 21 12 S | 159 46 W
Axel Heiberg Island | Canada | 79 30 N | 90 00 W
Azad Kashmir (region) | Pakistan | 34 30 N | 74 00 E
Azarbaycan (local name for Azerbaijan) | Azerbaijan | 40 30 N | 47 30 E
Azerbaidzhan (local name for Azerbaijan) | Azerbaijan | 40 30 N | 47 30 E
Azores (islands) | Portugal | 38 30 N | 28 00 W
Azov, Sea of | Atlantic Ocean | 49 00 N | 36 00 E
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