| Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names (P 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)
Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the | Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau | 10 00 N | 155 00 E
Pagan (island) | Northern Mariana Islands | 18 08 N | 145 47 E
Pago Pago (capital) | American Samoa | 14 16 S | 170 42 W
Palawan (island) | Philippines | 9 30 N | 118 30 E
Palermo (city) | Italy | 38 07 N | 13 21 E
Palestine (region) | Israel, West Bank | 32 00 N | 35 15 E
Palikir (capital) | Federated States of Micronesia | 6 55 N | 158 08 E
Palk Strait | Indian Ocean | 10 00 N | 79 45 E
Pamirs (mountains) | China, Tajikistan | 38 00 N | 73 00 E
Pampas (region) | Argentina | 35 00 N | 63 00 W
Panama (capital) | Panama | 8 58 N | 79 32 W
Panama Canal | Panama | 9 00 N | 79 45 W
Panama, Gulf of | Pacific Ocean | 8 00 N | 79 30 W
Panay (island) | Philippines | 11 15 N | 122 30 E
Pantelleria, Isola di (island) | Italy | 36 47 N | 12 00 E
Papeete (capital) | French Polynesia | 17 32 S | 149 34 W
Paramaribo (capital) | Suriname | 5 50 N | 55 10 W
Parece Vela (island) | Japan | 20 20 N | 136 00 E
Paris (capital) | France | 48 52 N | 2 20 E
Pascua, Isla de (Easter Island) | Chile | 27 07 S | 109 22 W
Pashtunistan (region) | Afghanistan, Pakistan | 32 00 N | 69 00 E
Passion, Ile de la (island) | Clipperton Island | 10 17 N | 109 13 W
Patagonia (region) | Argentina | 48 00 S | 61 00 W
Peking (see Beijing) | China | 39 56 N | 116 24 E
Pelagian Islands (Isole Pelagie) | Italy | 35 40 N | 12 40 E
Peleliu (Beliliou) (island) | Palau | 7 01 N | 134 15 E
Peloponnese (peninsula) | Greece | 37 30 N | 22 25 E
Pemba Island | Tanzania | 7 31 S | 39 25 E
Penang Island | Malaysia | 5 23 N | 100 15 E
Pentland Firth (channel) | Atlantic Ocean | 58 44 N | 3 13 W
Perim (island) | Yemen | 12 39 N | 43 25 E
Perouse Strait, La | Pacific Ocean | 44 45 N | 142 00 E
Persia (former name for Iran) | Iran | 32 00 N | 53 00 E
Persian Gulf | Indian Ocean | 27 00 N | 51 00 E
Pescadores (islands) | Taiwan | 23 30 N | 119 30 E
Peter I Island | Antarctica | 68 48 S | 90 35 W
Philip Island | Norfolk Island | 29 08 S | 167 57 E
Philippine Sea | Pacific Ocean | 20 00 N | 134 00 E
Phnom Penh (capital) | Cambodia | 11 33 N | 104 55 E
Phoenix Islands | Kiribati | 3 30 S | 172 00 W
Pilipinas (local name for the Philippines) | Philippines | 13 00 N | 122 00 E
Pinatubo, Mount (volcano) | Philippines | 15 08 N | 120 21 E
Pines, Isle of (former name for Isla de la Juventud) (island) | Cuba | 21 40 N | 82 50 W
Pleasant Island | Nauru | 0 32 S | 166 55 E
Plymouth (capital) | Montserrat | 16 44 N | 62 14 W
Polska (local name) | Poland | 52 00 N | 20 00 E
Polynesie Francaise (local name for French Polynesia) | French Polynesia | 15 00 S | 140 00 W
Pomerania (region) | Germany, Poland | 53 40 N | 15 35 E
Ponape (Pohnpei) (island) | Federated States of Micronesia | 6 55 N | 158 15 E
Port Louis (capital) | Mauritius | 20 10 S | 57 30 E
Port Moresby (capital) | Papua New Guinea | 9 30 S | 147 10 E
Port-au-Prince (capital) | Haiti | 18 32 N | 72 20 W
Port-of-Spain (capital) | Trinidad and Tobago | 10 39 N | 61 31 W
Porto-Novo (capital) | Benin | 6 29 N | 2 37 E
Portuguese East Africa (former name for Mozambique) | Mozambique | 18 15 S | 35 00 E
Portuguese Guinea (former name for Guinea-Bissau) | Guinea-Bissau | 12 00 N | 15 00 W
Portuguese Timor (former name for East Timor) | Indonesia | 9 00 S | 126 00 E
Port-Vila (capital) | Vanuatu | 17 44 S | 168 19 E
Poznan (city) | Poland | 52 25 N | 16 55 E
Prague (capital) | Czech Republic | 40 55 N | 21 00 E
Praia (capital) | Cape Verde | 14 55 N | 23 31 W
Prathet Thai (local name for Thailand) | Thailand | 15 00 N | 100 00 E
Pretoria (capital) | South Africa | 25 45 S | 28 10 E
Prevlaka peninsula | Croatia | 42 24 N | 18 31 E
Pribilof Islands | United States | 57 00 N | 170 00 W
Prince Edward Island | Canada | 46 20 N | 63 20 W
Prince Edward Islands | South Africa | 46 35 S | 38 00 E
Prince Patrick Island | Canada | 76 30 N | 119 00 W
Principe (island) | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 38 N | 7 25 E
Prussia (region) | Germany, Poland, Russia | 53 00 N | 14 00 E
Pukapuka Atoll | Cook Islands | 10 53 S | 165 49 W
Punjab (region) | India, Pakistan | 30 50 N | 73 30 E
Puntland (region) | Somalia | 8 21 N | 49 08 E
P'yongyang (capital) | North Korea | 39 01 N | 125 45 E
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