Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic
Names
(B 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
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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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Bab el Mandeb (strait) |
Indian Ocean |
12 40 N |
43 20 E |
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Babuyan Channel |
Pacific Ocean |
18 44 N |
121 40 E |
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Babuyan Islands |
Philippines |
19 10 N |
121 40 E |
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Baffin Bay |
Arctic Ocean |
73 00 N |
66 00 W |
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Baffin Island |
Canada |
68 00 N |
70 00 W |
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Baghdad (capital) |
Iraq |
33 21 N |
44 25 E |
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Baki (see Baku) |
Azerbaijan |
40 23 N |
49 51 E |
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Baku (capital) |
Azerbaijan |
40 23 N |
49 51 E |
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Baky (see Baku) |
Azerbaijan |
40 23 N |
49 51 E |
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Balabac Strait |
Pacific Ocean |
7 35 N |
117 00 E |
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Balearic Islands |
Spain |
39 30 N |
3 00 E |
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Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea) |
Atlantic Ocean |
40 30 N |
2 00 E |
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Bali (island) |
Indonesia |
8 20 S |
115 00 E |
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Bali Sea |
Indian Ocean |
7 45 S |
115 30 E |
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Balintang Channel |
Pacific Ocean |
19 49 N |
121 40 E |
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Balintang Islands |
Philippines |
19 55 N |
122 10 E |
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Balkan Peninsula |
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Yugoslavia |
42 00 N |
23 00 E |
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Balleny Islands |
Antarctica |
67 00 S |
163 00 E |
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Balochistan (region) |
Pakistan |
28 00 N |
63 00 E |
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Baltic Sea |
Atlantic Ocean |
57 00 N |
19 00 E |
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Bamako (capital) |
Mali |
12 39 N |
8 00 W |
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Banaba (Ocean Island) |
Kiribati |
0 52 S |
169 35 E |
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Banat (region) |
Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia |
45 30 N |
21 00 E |
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Banda Sea |
Pacific Ocean |
5 00 S |
128 00 E |
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Bandar Seri Begawan (capital) |
Brunei |
4 52 S |
114 55 E |
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Bangka (island) |
Indonesia |
2 30 S |
106 00 E |
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Bangkok (capital) |
Thailand |
13 45 N |
100 31 E |
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Bangui (capital) |
Central African Republic |
4 22 N |
18 35 E |
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Banjul (capital) |
The Gambia |
13 28 N |
16 39 W |
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Banks Island |
Australia |
10 12 S |
142 16 E |
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Banks Island |
Canada |
75 15 N |
121 30 W |
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Banks Islands (Iles Banks) |
Vanuatu |
14 00 S |
167 30 E |
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Barbuda (island) |
Antigua and Barbuda |
17 38 N |
61 48 W |
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Barents Sea |
Arctic Ocean |
74 00 N |
36 00 E |
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Barranquilla (city) |
Colombia |
10 59 N |
74 48 W |
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Bashi Channel |
Pacific Ocean |
22 00 N |
121 00 E |
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Basilan Strait |
Pacific Ocean |
6 49 N |
122 05 E |
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Basque Provinces |
Spain |
43 00 N |
2 30 W |
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Bass Strait |
Pacific Ocean |
39 20 S |
145 30 E |
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Basse-Terre (capital) |
Guadeloupe |
16 00 N |
61 44 W |
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Basseterre (capital) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
17 18 N |
62 43 W |
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Bastia (city) |
France (Corsica) |
42 42 N |
9 27 E |
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Basutoland (former name for Lesotho) |
Lesotho |
29 30 S |
28 30 E |
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Batan Islands |
Philippines |
20 30 N |
121 50 E |
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Bavaria (Bayern) (region) |
Germany |
48 30 N |
11 30 E |
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Beagle Channel |
Atlantic Ocean |
54 53 S |
68 10 W |
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Bear Island (see Bjornoya) |
Svalbard |
74 26 N |
19 05 E |
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Beaufort Sea |
Arctic Ocean |
73 00 N |
140 00 W |
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Bechuanaland (former name for Botswana) |
Botswana |
22 00 S |
24 00 E |
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Beijing (capital) |
China |
39 56 N |
116 24 E |
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Beirut (capital) |
Lebanon |
33 53 N |
35 30 E |
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Bekaa Valley |
Lebanon |
34 00 N |
36 05 E |
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Belau (Palau Islands) |
Palau |
7 30 N |
134 30 E |
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Belep Islands (Iles Belep) |
New Caledonia |
19 45 S |
163 40 E |
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Belgian Congo (former name for Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
0 00 N |
25 00 E |
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Belgie (local name for Belgium) |
Belgium |
50 50 N |
4 00 E |
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Belgique (local name for Belgium) |
Belgium |
50 50 N |
4 00 E |
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Belgrade (capital) |
Yugoslavia |
44 50 N |
20 30 E |
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Belize City (capital) |
Belize |
17 30 N |
88 12 W |
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Belle Isle, Strait of |
Atlantic Ocean |
51 35 N |
56 30 W |
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Bellingshausen Sea |
Southern Ocean |
71 00 S |
85 00 W |
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Belmopan (capital) |
Belize |
17 15 N |
88 46 W |
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Belorussia (former name for Belarus) |
Belarus |
53 00 N |
28 00 E |
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Benadir (region; former name of Italian Somaliland) |
Somalia |
4 00 N |
46 00 E |
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Bengal, Bay of |
Indian Ocean |
15 00 N |
90 00 E |
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Berau, Gulf of |
Pacific Ocean |
2 30 S |
132 30 E |
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Bering Island |
Russia |
55 00 N |
166 30 E |
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Bering Sea |
Pacific Ocean |
60 00 N |
175 00 W |
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Bering Strait |
Pacific Ocean |
65 30 N |
169 00 W |
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Berkner Island |
Antarctica |
79 30 S |
49 30 W |
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Berlin (capital) |
Germany |
52 31 N |
13 24 E |
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Berlin, East (former name for eastern sector of Berlin) |
Germany |
52 30 N |
13 33 E |
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Berlin, West (former name for western sector of Berlin) |
Germany |
52 30 N |
12 20 E |
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Bern (capital) |
Switzerland |
46 57 N |
7 26 E |
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Bessarabia (region) |
Moldova, Romania, Ukraine |
47 00 N |
28 30 E |
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Bharat (local name for India) |
India |
20 00 N |
77 00 E |
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Bhopal (city) |
India |
23 16 N |
77 24 E |
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Biafra (region) |
Nigeria |
5 30 N |
7 30 E |
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Big Diomede Island |
Russia |
65 46 N |
169 06 W |
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Bijagos, Arquipelago dos (island group) |
Guinea-Bissau |
11 25 N |
16 20 W |
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Bikini Atoll |
Marshall Islands |
11 35 N |
165 23 E |
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Bilbao (city) |
Spain |
43 15 N |
2 58 W |
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Bioko (island) |
Equatorial Guinea |
3 30 N |
8 42 E |
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Biscay, Bay of |
Atlantic Ocean |
44 00 N |
4 00 W |
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Bishkek (capital) |
Kyrgyzstan |
42 54 N |
74 36 E |
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Bishop Rock |
United Kingdom |
49 52 N |
6 27 W |
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Bismarck Archipelago (island group) |
Papua New Guinea |
5 00 S |
150 00 E |
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Bismarck Sea |
Pacific Ocean |
4 00 S |
148 00 E |
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Bissau (capital) |
Guinea-Bissau |
11 51 N |
15 35 W |
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Bjornoya (Bear Island) |
Svalbard |
74 26 N |
19 05 E |
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Black Forest (region) |
Germany |
48 00 N |
8 15 E |
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Black Rock (island) |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
53 39 S |
41 48 W |
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Black Sea |
Atlantic Ocean |
43 00 N |
35 00 E |
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Bloemfontein (city, judicial center) |
South Africa |
29 12 S |
26 07 E |
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Bo Hai (gulf) |
Pacific Ocean |
38 00 N |
120 00 E |
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Boa Vista (island) |
Cape Verde |
16 05 N |
22 50 W |
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Bogota (capital) |
Colombia |
4 36 N |
74 05 W |
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Bohemia (region) |
Czech Republic |
50 00 N |
14 30 E |
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Bombay (see Mumbai) |
India |
18 58 N |
72 50 E |
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Bonaire (island) |
Netherlands Antilles |
12 10 N |
68 15 W |
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Bonifacio, Strait of |
Atlantic Ocean |
41 01 N |
14 00 E |
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Bonin Islands |
Japan |
27 00 N |
140 10 E |
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Bonn (capital) |
Germany |
50 44 N |
7 05 E |
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Bophuthatswana (enclave region) |
South Africa |
26 30 S |
25 30 E |
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Bora-Bora (island) |
French Polynesia |
16 30 S |
151 45 W |
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Bordeaux (city) |
France |
44 50 N |
0 34 W |
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Borneo (island) |
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia |
0 30 N |
114 00 E |
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Bornholm (island) |
Denmark |
55 10 N |
15 00 E |
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Bosna i Hercegovina (local name for Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
44 00 N |
18 00 E |
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Bosnia (political region) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
44 00 N |
18 00 E |
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Bosporus (strait) |
Atlantic Ocean |
41 00 N |
29 00 E |
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Bothnia, Gulf of |
Atlantic Ocean |
63 00 N |
20 00 E |
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Bougainville (island) |
Papua New Guinea |
6 00 S |
155 00 E |
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Bougainville Strait |
Pacific Ocean |
6 40 S |
156 10 E |
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Bounty Islands |
New Zealand |
47 43 S |
174 00 E |
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Bourbon Island (former name of Reunion) |
Reunion |
21 06 S |
55 36 E |
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Brasilia (capital) |
Brazil |
15 47 S |
47 55 W |
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Bratislava (capital) |
Slovakia |
48 09 N |
17 07 E |
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Brazzaville (capital) |
Republic of the Congo |
4 16 S |
15 17 E |
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Bridgetown (capital) |
Barbados |
13 06 N |
59 37 W |
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Brisbane (city) |
Australia |
27 28 S |
153 02 E |
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Bristol Bay |
Pacific Ocean |
57 00 N |
160 00 W |
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Bristol Channel |
Atlantic Ocean |
51 18 N |
3 30 W |
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Britain (see Great Britain) |
United Kingdom |
54 00 N |
2 00 W |
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British Bechuanaland (region; former name for northwest South Africa) |
South Africa |
27 30 S |
23 30 E |
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British Central African Protectorate (former name of Nyasaland) |
Malawi |
13 30 S |
34 00 E |
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British East Africa (former name for British possessions in eastern Africa) |
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
1 00 N |
38 00 E |
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British Guiana (former name for Guyana) |
Guyana |
5 00 N |
59 00 W |
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British Honduras (former name for Belize) |
Belize |
17 15 N |
88 45 W |
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British Solomon Islands (former name for Solomon Islands) |
Solomon Islands |
8 00 S |
159 00 E |
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British Somaliland (former name for northern Somalia) |
Somalia |
10 00 N |
49 00 E |
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Brussels (capital) |
Belgium |
50 50 N |
4 20 E |
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Bubiyan (island) |
Kuwait |
29 47 N |
48 10 E |
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Bucharest (capital) |
Romania |
44 26 N |
26 06 E |
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Budapest (capital) |
Hungary |
47 30 N |
19 05 E |
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Buenos Aires (capital) |
Argentina |
34 36 S |
58 27 W |
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Bujumbura (capital) |
Burundi |
3 23 S |
29 22 E |
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Bukovina (region) |
Romania, Ukraine |
48 00 N |
26 00 E |
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Byelarus (local name for Belarus) |
Belarus |
53 00 N |
28 00 E |
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Byelorussia (former name for Belarus) |
Belarus |
53 00 N |
28 00 E |
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