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The [http://millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm United Nations Statistics Division] provides recognized names and codings for the World's countries, areas and regions that have many research applications. A text version of this classification scheme is provided in [http://www.edegan.com/UN-GeoRegions.txt UN-GeoRegions.txt]. For users' convenience these names and codings have been organised into two text files: [http://www.edegan.com/UN-GeoRegionCodes.txt UN-GeoRegionCodes.txt] and [http://www.edegan.com/Un-GeoMaMiCodes.txt Un-GeoMaMiCodes.txt].
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*This page is a part of series in [[Classifying Names by Culture]]
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The [http://millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm United Nations Statistics Division] provides recognized names and codings for the World's countries, areas and regions that have many research applications. A text version of this classification scheme is provided in [http://www.edegan.com/repository/UN-GeoRegions.txt UN-GeoRegions.txt]. For users' convenience these names and codings have been organised into two text files: [http://www.edegan.com/repository/UN-GeoRegionCodes.txt UN-GeoRegionCodes.txt] and [http://www.edegan.com/repository/UN-GeoMaMiCodes.txt UN-GeoMaMiCodes.txt].
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==UN Recognised Countries==
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The United Nations recognizes 237 countries (or did when this data was retrieved in 2007), ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. A complete list is available in [http://www.edegan.com/repository/UN-GeoRegionCodes.txt UN-GeoRegionCodes.txt].
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==UN Minor GeoRegions==
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The United Nations aggregates countries into 22 (Minor) GeoRegions, based largely on world geography. The UN Minor GeoRegions are:
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*Australia and New Zealand
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*Caribbean
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*Central America
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*Central Asia
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*Eastern Africa
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*Eastern Asia
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*Eastern Europe
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*Melanesia
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*Micronesia
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*Middle Africa
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*Northern Africa
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*Northern America
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*Northern Europe
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*Polynesia
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*South America
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*South-Eastern Asia
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*Southern Africa
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*Southern Asia
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*Southern Europe
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*Western Africa
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*Western Asia
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*Western Europe
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[[File:UN-MinorGeoRegions.png|UN Minor GeoRegions Map - (C)wikicommons]]
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==UN Major GeoRegions==
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The UN Major GeoRegions are the five major continents:
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*Africa
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*Americas
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*Asia
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*Europe
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*Oceania
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This fits well with the six content version (excluding Antartica) of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continents|defacto standard continent definitions], with Australasia being named Oceania.

Latest revision as of 19:10, 10 July 2009

The United Nations Statistics Division provides recognized names and codings for the World's countries, areas and regions that have many research applications. A text version of this classification scheme is provided in UN-GeoRegions.txt. For users' convenience these names and codings have been organised into two text files: UN-GeoRegionCodes.txt and UN-GeoMaMiCodes.txt.

UN Recognised Countries

The United Nations recognizes 237 countries (or did when this data was retrieved in 2007), ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. A complete list is available in UN-GeoRegionCodes.txt.

UN Minor GeoRegions

The United Nations aggregates countries into 22 (Minor) GeoRegions, based largely on world geography. The UN Minor GeoRegions are:

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Caribbean
  • Central America
  • Central Asia
  • Eastern Africa
  • Eastern Asia
  • Eastern Europe
  • Melanesia
  • Micronesia
  • Middle Africa
  • Northern Africa
  • Northern America
  • Northern Europe
  • Polynesia
  • South America
  • South-Eastern Asia
  • Southern Africa
  • Southern Asia
  • Southern Europe
  • Western Africa
  • Western Asia
  • Western Europe

UN Minor GeoRegions Map - (C)wikicommons

UN Major GeoRegions

The UN Major GeoRegions are the five major continents:

  • Africa
  • Americas
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Oceania

This fits well with the six content version (excluding Antartica) of the standard continent definitions, with Australasia being named Oceania.