Geographical subdivisions
Summary
The World. International
Africa
Eurasia. Asia
Europe
British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations.
41
Great Britain. England and Wales
Wales
Scotland
Ireland (in general). Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
Atlantic Ocean
America (before USA). North America
United States of America
Central and South America
Pacific Ocean
Australasia
0 The World
0
The World. International
01
Northern hemisphere
02
Southern hemisphere
03
Tropics. Torrid Zone
04
Temperate Zone
05
Arctic and Antarctic (Frigid Zones)
06
Oceans ("used also for subdividing individual countries" ????)
07
The Old World
08
Overseas possessions, colonies, dominions, etc. ("used also for subdividing individual countries")
09
United Nations Organization and former League of Nations.
1 Africa
1
Africa
11
Egypt and Nile basin generally
12
The Sudan
13
North Africa
131
Libya
1313
Tripoli
132
French North Africa
133
Tunisia
134
Algeria
135
Morocco. The Barbary Coast
136
Riff
137
Rio de Oro. Spanish possessions
14
West Africa
141
French West Africa and Sahara. Mauretania. Senegal. French Sudan. Upper Volta. Niger
142
Guinea Coast (in general)
143
French Guinea. Ivory Coast. Dahomey. Togoland (in general)
1432
French Togoland
1433
British Togoland
144
Portuguese and Spanish Guinea
1445
Liberia
145
British West Africa
146
Gambia
147
Sierra Leone
148
Ghana (previously Gold Coast). Ashanti
149
Nigeria
1499
British Cameroons
15
Equatorial Africa. The Congo basin
151
French Equatorial Africa
1515
Cameroons
152
Gabon
153
French Congo
154
Chad Territory
155
Zaire (previously Belgian Congo)
1553
Ruanda. Burundi
158
Angola (Portuguese West Africa)
16
Southern Africa (in general)
161
Namibia (previously South West Africa)
162
South Africa
163
Cape Province. Cape of Good Hope
164
Orange Free State (previously Orange River Colony)
165
Natal. Zululand
166
Transvaal
167
Former British Protectorates in south Africa (general). Lesotho (previously Basutoland)
168
Swaziland
169
Botswana (previously Bechuanaland)
17
East and Central Africa (in general). Central African Federation
171
Zimbabwe (previously Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia)
172
Zambia (previously Northern Rhodesia)
173
Malawi (previously Nyasaland)
174
Mozambique (Portuguese East Africa)
175
British East Africa. East African High Commission
1759
Kenya (previously East African Protectorate)
176
Uganda
177
Tanzania (previously Tanganyika; German East Africa)
178
Zanzibar and Pemba
179
Somaliland and Eritrea
1792
Italian Somaliland
18
Ethiopia (previously Abyssinia)
19
Indian Ocean
191
Madagascar (Malagasy Republic)
192
Mayotte and Comoro Islands
193
Reunion
194
Mauritius and dependencies
195
Seychelles and dependencies
196
Laccadive Islands
197
Cocos or Keeling Islands
198
Christmas Island
2 Eurasia. Asia. Palaearctic zoogeographical region
2
Eurasia. Asia. Palaearctic zoogeographical region
21
The Far East
22
East Indes, Malay Peninsula and Indo-China. South East Asia in general. Oriental zoogeographical region
221
Indonesia (former Dutch East Indies, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Celebes, Timor)
222
Borneo. British North Borneo, Brunei
2225
Sarawak
223
New Guinea. Papua
2235
West Irian (Dutch New Guinea)
224
Philippine Islands
2241
Manila
2249
Guam
225
Malaya
226
Singapore (former Straits Settlements)
227
Siam (Thailand)
228
Indo-China
2282
Vietnam
2283
North Vietnam (former Tonking)
2284
Central Vietnam (former Annam)
2285
South Vietnam (former Cochin-China)
2286
Cambodia
2287
Laos
229
Burma
23
Indian sub-continent and Ceylon (including Andaman and Nicobar Islands). India. Bharat
[231-238]
[Part A States of the Republic of India]
231
Assam
232
West Bengal (before 1947 Bengal)
233
Bihar
2335
Orissa
234
Madhya Pradesh (before 1947 Central Provinces and Berar)
235
Madras
2355
Andhra
236
Bombay
237
Punjab (India)
238
Uttar Pradesh (before 1947 United Provinces of Agra and Oudh)
239
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), incl. the Maldive Islands
24
Pakistan (prior to 19?? West Pakistan; prior to 19??, Pakistan; before 1947 used for Native States of India in general)
2401
Karachi
2402
Sind
2403
Baluchistan
2404
Khairpur
2405
Bahawalpur
2406
Punjab (Pakistan)
2407
North West Frontier Province
2408
Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)
[241-246]
[Part B States of the Republic of India]
241
Hyderabad
242
Mysore
2425
Travancore-Cochin
243
Saurashtra Union
2435
Patiala and East Punjab States Union
244
Rajasthan (former Rajputana)
245
Madhya Bharat (before 1947 Central India)
246
Jammu and Kashmir
2465
Part C States of the Republic of India
2469
Part D Territory. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
247
Portuguese India. Goa, etc.
248
French India. Pondichery, etc.
249
Nepal and Bhutan
25
Former Chinese Empire. Communist China and its sphere of influence
251
China
254
Macau (Portuguese China)
255
Hongkong
256
Tibet
257
Sin Kiang
258
Mongolia
259
Manchuria (Manchukuo)
26
Japan
266
Ryukyu Islands
268
Korea (Chosen)
269
Taiwan (Formosa)
27
Northern and Central Asia. Russia-in-Asia. Siberia. Turkistan (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan). Caspian Sea
28
South Western Asia. The Middle East (incl. also Near East)
281
Afghanistan
282
Iran (former Persia)
283
Bahrain
284
Arabia. Arab countries in general. The Islamic World
285
Kuwait
286
Oman
287
Aden and Hadramaut (incl. Perim, Sokotra and Kuria Muria Islands)
288
Yemen
289
Hejaz and Nejd
29
The Near East. The Levant (sometimes called the Middle East)
N.B. Islamic World is .284
291
Israel and former Palestine
292
Jordan (former Trans-Jordania)
293
Syria
2932
Lebanon
294
Iraq (former Mesopotamia)
295
Turkey. Asia Minor. Ottoman Empire
3 Europe
3
Europe
31
USSR. Russia
312
Ukraine
313
Byelorussia (White Russia)
315
[something pencilled in that I can't read]
316
The Caucasus. The Transcaucasian Federation
317
Armenia
318
Georgia
319
Azerbaijan
32
Balkan Peninsula
321
Romania
322
Bulgaria
323
Yugoslavia
324
Serbia
325
Montenegro
326
Croatia; Slovenia; Bosnia; Herzogovina
327
Albania
328
Greece
329
Trieste
33
Mediterranean Sea and its region
333
Cyprus
335
Malta
337
Gibraltar
339
Western Europe
34
Italy (incl. Sicily and Sardinia)
341
Rome
342
Regions/States arranged alphabetically [presumably? you add A, B, etc. to 342]
35
Spain
359
Portugal
36
France (incl. Corsica)
3608
French colonies (France outre-mer)
361
Paris
362
Regions arranged alphabetically [presumably? you add A, B, etc. to 342]
365
Saar
37
Germany
371
Berlin
38
Central Europe. The Alps
381
Netherlands. Holland
382
Belgium
3829
Luxemburg
383
Switzerland
384
Former Austro-Hungarian Empire. Holy Roman Empire
385
Austria
386
Hungary
387
Czechoslovakia
388
Poland
39
Baltic and Scandinavian countries
391
Baltic states
3912
Danzig
3914
Lithuania
3915
Latvia
3917
Estonia
3918
Finland
392
Scandinavia
393
Sweden
394
Norway
395
Spitsbergen, Jan Mayen Island, etc.
396
Denmark
397
Faroe Islands
398
Iceland
399
Greenland
4 British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations as a whole
4
British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations as a whole
408
British overseas dominions, colonies, etc. in general
41
British Isles. United Kingdom. Great Britain. England
43
London and Home Counties
431
Greater London. Metropolitan Police Area. "The Suburbs"
432
Administrative County of London
433-438
London districts (do we use this much detail???) [see photocopy]
439
Middlesex
44
The Provinces
441
South eastern England. The south coast
4411
Essex
4412
Kent
4413
Surrey
4414
Sussex
4415
Hampshire
4416
Southampton
4417
Portsmouth
4418
Isle of Wight
4419
Channel Islands
442
South Midlands
4421
Hertfordshire
4422
Bedfordshire
4423
Luton
4424
Buckinghamshire
4425
Oxfordshire
4426
Oxford
4427
Berkshire
4428
Reading
443
South western England
4431
Wiltshire
4432
Gloucestershire
4433
Bristol and Bath
4434
Somerset
4435
Dorset
4436
Devon
4437
Plymouth
4438
Cornwall
4439
Isles of Scilly
444
Eastern England. East Anglia
4441
Huntingdonshire
4442
Cambridgeshire
4443
Cambridge
4444
Isle of Ely
4445
Suffolk
4446
Norfolk
4447
Norwich
4448
Fenland
4449
Lincolnshire
445
Midlands generally. East Midlands
4451
Northamptonshire
4452
Northampton
4453
Soke of Peterborough
4454
Rutland
4455
Leicestershire
4456
Leicester
4457
Nottinghamshire
4458
Nottingham
4459
Derbyshire
446
Yorkshire
4461
West Riding
4462
Sheffield
4463
Bradford
4464
Leeds
4465
City and County of York
4466
East Riding
4467
Hull
4468
North Riding
4469
Middlesbrough
447
North eastern England. Northern England generally
4471
Durham County
4472
Durham City
4473
Sunderland
4474
South Shields
4475
Gateshead
4476
Tyneside
4477
Northumberland
4478
Newcastle on Tyne
4479
Berwick-on-Tweed
448
North western England
4481
Isle of Man
4482
Cumberland
4483
Lake District
4484
Westmorland
4485
Lancashire
4486
Manchester
4487
Salford
4488
Liverpool
4489
Cheshire
449
West Midlands. Welsh Border
4491
Shropshire
4492
Staffordshire
4493
Stoke-on-Trent
4494
Wolverhampton
4495
Warwickshire
4496
Birmingham
4497
Coventry
44971
Leamington Spa (added by John Symons)
4498
Worcestershire
4499
Herefordshire
45 Wales and Monmouthshire
45
Wales and Monmouthshire
451
Monmouthshire
4512
Newport
452
South and Central Wales
453
Glamorganshire
4532
Cardiff
4534
Rhondda
4536
Swansea
4538
Merthyr Tydfil
454
Brechnockshire
4542
Carmarthenshire
4544
Carmarthen
4546
Pembrokeshire
4548
Pembroke
455
Cardiganshire
4554
Aberystwyth
4558
Radnorshire
456
North Wales
457
Montgomeryshire
4575
Merionethshire
458
Flintshire
4584
Denbighshire
4588
Wrexham
459
Caernarvonshire
4592
Caernarvon
4594
Bangor
4598
Anglesey
46 Scotland
46
Scotland
461
Southern Scotland. The Lowlands in general
4611
The Border Country
4612
Berwickshire
4614
Roxburghshire
4615
Selkirkshire
4616
Dumfriesshire
4617
Kirkcudbrightshire
4618
Wigtownshire
462
Ayrshire
4621
Ayr
4622
Kilmarnock
4623
Renfrewshire
4624
Greenock
4625
Paisley
4627
Clydeside in general
4628
Dumbartonshire
4629
Clydebank
463
Lanarkshire
4632
Glasgow
4634
Rutherglen
4636
Coatbridge
4637
Motherwell and Wishaw
4638
Hamilton
464
Peebleshire (Tweeddale)
4642
East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
4644
Mid Lothian (Edinburghshire)
4646
Edinburgh
4648
West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)
465
South Central Scotland
4651
Stirlingshire
4652
Stirling
4653
Falkirk
4654
Clackmannanshire
4655
Fife
4656
Dunfermline
4657
Kirkcaldy
4658
St. Andrews
466
Angus (Forfarshire)
4662
Dundee
4664
Kinross-shire
4666
Perthshire
4668
Perth
467
North Central Scotland
4672
Kincardineshire (Mearns)
4674
Aberdeenshire
4675
Aberdeen
4676
Banffshire
4677
Moray (Elginshire)
4678
Nairnshire
468
Highlands and Islands in general
4682
Buteshire
4683
Argyllshire
4684
Inverness-shire
4686
The Hebrides in general. Inner Hebrides
4688
Outer Hebrides. The Western Isles
469
Northern Scotland
4692
Ross and Cromarty
4694
Sutherland
4696
Caithness
4698
Orkney
4699
Shetland (Zetland)
47 Ireland in general. Irish Republic (Eire), former Irish Free State
47
Ireland in general. Irish Republic (Eire), former Irish Free State
471
Leinster
472
Dublin City (Baile atha Cliath)
4732
Dublin County
4734
Meath
4736
Louth
4738
Westmeath
4742
Longford
4744
Offaly (King's County)
4746
Kildare
4748
Laoighis or Leix (Queen's County)
4752
Wicklow
4753
Carlow
4756
Kilkenny
4758
Wexford
476
Munster
4761
Waterford County
4762
Waterford City
4763
Tipperary
4764
Cork County
4765
Cork City
4766
Kerry
4767
Limerick County
4768
Limerick City
4769
Clare
477
Connacht (Connaught)
4771
Galway
4773
Mayo
4775
Roscommon
4777
Sligo
4778
Leitrim
478
Ulster (part of)
4782
Cavan
4784
Monaghan
4786
Donegal
48 Northern Ireland. Ulster in general
48
Northern Ireland. Ulster in general
481
Fermanagh
482
Tyrone
483
Armagh
484
Down
486
Antrim
487
Belfast
488
Londonderry County
489
Londonderry City
49 Atlantic Ocean
49
Atlantic Ocean
491
Azores
492
Madeira
493
Canary Islands
494
Cape Verde Islands
495
St Helena and Ascension Island
496
Tristan da Cunha
497
Bermuda
498
Falkland Islands and dependencies
5 The New World. America
5
The New World. America
51
North America. Nearctic zoogeographical region
52
British North America (in general)
53
Newfoundland and Labrador
534
St. Pierre-et-Miquelon
54
Canada
55
St Lawrence River; Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island
56
Ontario. The Great Lakes
57
Manitoba; Saskatchewan
58
Alberta; British Columbia; Yukon; North-West Territories; Hudson Bay
59
Alaska
6 United States of America
6
United States of America
61
New England. The original American colonies in general
611
Maine
6111
Augusta
612
New Hampshire
6121
Concord
613
Vermont
6131
Montpelier
614
Massachusetts
615
Boston
6152
Worcester
6154
Springfield
6156
Cambridge
616
Rhode Island
617
Providence
618
Connecticut
6181
Hartford
619
New Haven
62
Middle Atlantic division
621
New York State
622
Albany
6224
Rochester
6226
Syracuse
623
New York City
624
Buffalo
625
New Jersey
6251
Trenton
6255
Jersey City
626
Newark
627
Pennsylvania
6271
Harrisburg
628
Philadelphia
629
Pittsburgh
63
East North Central division. The Middle West in general
631
Ohio
6311
Columbus
6313
Cincinnati
632
Cleveland
6322
Toledo
6324
Akron
6326
Dayton
633
Indiana
6331
Indianapolis
634
Illinois
6341
Springfield
635
Chicago
636
Michigan
6361
Lansing
637
Detroit
638
Wisconsin
6381
Madison
639
Milwaukee
64
West North Central division
641
Minnesota
6411
St Paul
642
Minneapolis
643
Iowa
6431
Des Moines
644
Missouri
6441
Jefferson City
6444
Kansas City (Mo)
645
St Louis
646
North Dakota
6461
Bismarck
647
South Dakota
6471
Pierre
648
Nebraska
6481
Lincoln
6484
Omaha
649
Kansas State
6491
Topeka
6494
Wichita
6496
Kansas City
65
South Atlantic division. The Southern States in general
651
Delaware
6511
Dover
6514
Wilmington
652
Maryland
6521
Annapolis
6524
Hagerstown
6526
Baltimore
653
District of Columbia
6531
Washington
654
Virginia
6541
Richmond
6544
Norfolk
655
West Virginia
6551
Charleston
656
North Carolina
6561
Raleigh
6564
Charlotte
657
South Carolina
6571
Columbia
6574
Charleston
658
Georgia
6581
Atlanta
6584
Savannah
659
Florida
6591
Tallahassee
6594
Jacksonville
66
East South Central division
661
Kentucky
6611
Frankfort
662
Louisville
663
Tennessee
664
Nashville
665
Memphis
6652
Chattanooga
6654
Knoxville
666
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
667
Alabama
6671
Montgomery
668
Birmingham
669
Mississippi
6691
Jackson
67
West South Central division
671
Arkansas
6711
Little Rock
672
Louisiana
6721
Baton Rouge
673
New Orleans
674
Oklahoma State
6741
Oklahoma City
675
Texas
6751
Austin
676
Houston
677
Dallas
678
San Antonio
679
Fort Worth
68
Mountain division
681
Montana
6811
Helena
682
Idaho
6821
Boise
683
Wyoming
6831
Cheyenne
684
Colorado
685
Denver
686
New Mexico
6861
Santa Fe
6864
Albuquerque
687
Arizona
6871
Phoenix
688
Utah
6881
Salt Lake City
689
Nevada
6891
Carson
69
Pacific division
691
Washington
6911
Olympia
692
Seattle
693
Oregon
6931
Salem
694
Portland
695
California
6951
Sacramento
696
Oakland
697
Los Angeles
698
San Francisco
699
San Diego
6994
Berkeley
7 Central and South America. The Neotropical zoogeographical region
7
Central and South America. The Neotropical zoogeographical region
71
West Indies. The Caribbean Sea. Greater Antilles in general
72
Cuba
73
Hispaniola. Dominican Republic
735
Haiti
74
Puerto Rico and American Virgin Islands (former Danish West Indies): St Croix, St John, St Thomas
75
British West Indies. Lesser Antilles in general
751
Bahamas
752
Jamaica and dependencies (incl. Cayman Is.)
7525
Turks and Caicos Islands
753
Leeward Islands (incl. Antigua, St Kitts and Nevis)
7534
Virgin Islands
754
Windward Islands
7542
Dominica
7543
Grenada
7545
St Lucia
7547
St Vincent and the Grenadines
755
Barbados
756
Trinidad and Tobago
757
Belize (former British Honduras)
758
Guyana (former British Guiana)
76
French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana)
77
Dutch West Indies (Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, St Eustatius, St Martin). Surinam (Dutch Guiana)
78
Latin America (in general)
781
Central American States
782
Mexico. Yucatan
783
Guatemala
784
Honduras
785
Salvador
786
Nicaragua
787
Costa Rica
788
Panama
789
Canal Zone. The Panama Canal
79
South American States
791
Colombia
792
Venezuela
793
Brazil. The Amazon basin
7931
Rio de Janeiro
7935
Sao Paulo
794
Ecuador
795
Peru
796
Bolivia
797
Paraguay
7972
Uruguay
798
Argentine Republic
7981
Buenos Aires
7985
Rosario
7987
Santa Fe
799
Chile
8 Pacific Ocean. Oceania. South Sea Islands
8
Pacific Ocean. Oceania. South Sea Islands
81
Northern Pacific. Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands
82
Polynesia
824
Cook Islands
826
Tonga
83
Tahiti
84
Samoa Islands, Western Samoa (N.Z., formerly German)
842
Tokelau Island
845
American Samoa
85
Micronesia
851
Pacific Islands Trust Territory
852
Mariana Islands
853
Caroline Islands
855
Marshall Islands
856
Nauru
858
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
86
Melanesia
87
Solomon Islands
88
New Caledonia
885
New Hebrides
89
Fiji
9 Australasia
9
Australasia
91
Australia
92
Northern Australia and Central Australia (former Northern Territory)
93
Western Australia. Perth
94
South Australia. Adelaide
95
Victoria. Melbourne
96
Tasmania
97
New South Wales. Sydney
98
Queensland. Brisbane
99
New Zealand
991
Wellington
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