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