Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic
Names
(D 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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Dagestan (region) |
Russia |
43 00 N |
47 00 E |
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Dahomey (former name for Benin) |
Benin |
9 30 N |
2 15 E |
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Daito Islands |
Japan |
43 00 N |
17 00 E |
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Dakar (capital) |
Senegal |
14 40 N |
17 26 W |
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Dalmatia (region) |
Croatia |
43 00 N |
17 00 E |
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Daman (Damao) (city) |
India |
20 10 N |
73 00 E |
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Damascus (capital) |
Syria |
33 30 N |
36 18 E |
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Danger Islands (see Pukapuka Atoll) |
Cook Islands |
10 53 S |
165 49 W |
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Danish Straits |
Atlantic Ocean |
58 00 N |
11 00 E |
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Danish West Indies (former name for the Virgin Islands) |
Virgin Islands |
18 20 N |
64 50 W |
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Danmark (local name) |
Denmark |
56 00 N |
10 00 E |
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Danzig (city; former name for Gdansk) |
Poland |
54 23 N |
18 40 E |
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Dao Bach Long Vi (island) |
Vietnam |
20 08 N |
107 44 E |
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Dar es Salaam (capital) |
Tanzania |
6 48 S |
39 17 E |
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Dardanelles (strait) |
Atlantic Ocean |
40 15 N |
26 25 E |
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Davis Strait |
Atlantic Ocean |
67 00 N |
57 00 W |
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Dead Sea |
Israel, Jordan, West Bank |
32 30 N |
35 30 E |
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Deception Island |
Antarctica |
62 56 S |
60 34 W |
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Denmark Strait |
Atlantic Ocean |
67 00 N |
24 00 W |
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D'Entrecasteaux Islands |
Papua New Guinea |
9 30 S |
150 40 E |
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Desolation Islands (Isles Kerguelen) |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
49 30 S |
69 30 E |
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Deutschland (local name for Germany) |
Germany |
51 00 N |
9 00 E |
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Devils Island (Ile du Diable) |
French Guiana |
5 17 N |
52 35 W |
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Devon Island |
Canada |
76 00 N |
87 00 W |
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Dhaka (capital) |
Bangladesh |
23 43 N |
90 25 E |
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Dhivehi Raajje (local name for Maldives) |
Maldives |
3 15 N |
73 00 E |
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Dhofar (region) |
Oman |
17 00 N |
54 10 E |
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Diego Garcia (island) |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
7 20 S |
72 25 E |
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Diego Ramirez (islands) |
Chile |
56 30 S |
68 43 W |
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Dilmun (former name for Bahrain) |
Bahrain |
7 00 N |
81 00 E |
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Diomede Islands |
Russia (Big Diomede), United States (Little Diomede) |
65 47 N |
169 00 W |
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Diu (region) |
India |
20 42 N |
70 59 E |
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Djibouti (capital) |
Djibouti |
11 30 N |
43 15 E |
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Dnieper (river) |
Belarus, Russia, Ukraine (Dnyapro, Dnepr, Dnipro) |
46 30 N |
32 18 E |
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Dniester (river) |
Moldova, Ukraine (Nistru, Dnister) |
46 18 N |
30 17 E |
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Dobruja (region) |
Bulgaria, Romania |
43 30 N |
28 00 E |
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Dodecanese (island group) |
Greece |
36 00 N |
27 05 E |
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Dodoma (city) |
Tanzania |
6 11 S |
35 45 E |
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Doha (capital) |
Qatar |
25 17 N |
51 32 E |
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Donets Basin |
Russia, Ukraine |
48 15 N |
38 30 E |
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Douala (city) |
Cameroon |
4 03 N |
9 42 E |
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Douglas (capital) |
Man, Isle of |
54 09 N |
4 28 W |
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Dover, Strait of |
Atlantic Ocean |
51 00 N |
1 30 E |
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Drake Passage |
Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean |
60 00 S |
60 00 W |
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Druk Yul (local name for Bhutan) |
Bhutan |
27 30 N |
90 30 E |
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Dubai (city) |
United Arab Emirates |
25 18 N |
55 18 E |
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Dubayy (see Dubai) |
United Arab Emirates |
25 18 N |
55 18 E |
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Dublin (capital) |
Ireland |
53 20 N |
6 15 W |
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Dushanbe (capital) |
Tajikistan |
38 35 N |
68 48 E |
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Dutch Antilles (former name for the Netherlands Antilles) |
Netherlands Antilles |
52 05 N |
4 18 E |
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Dutch East Indies (former name for Indonesia) |
Indonesia |
5 00 S |
120 00 E |
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Dutch Guiana (former name for Suriname) |
Suriname |
4 00 N |
56 00 W |
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Dutch West Indies (former name for the Netherlands Antilles) |
Netherlands Antilles |
52 05 N |
4 18 E |
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Dzungarian Gate (valley) |
China, Kazakhstan |
45 25 N |
82 25 E |
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