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Geography - Continents and major geopolitical regions (non-continents are italicized)
- Africa • Antarctica • Asia • Europe • North America • Oceania (includes Australia) • South America
- Political divisions of the World, arranged by continent or major geopolitical region
- Africa
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- Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo
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- North Africa
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- Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara
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- Central Africa
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- Angola • Burundi • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • The Democratic Republic of the Congo • Equatorial Guinea • Gabon • Republic of the Congo • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe
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- East Africa
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- Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe
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- Southern Africa
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- Botswana • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa • Swaziland
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- Dependencies
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- British Indian Ocean Territory (UK) • Mayotte (France) • Réunion (France) • St. Helena (UK) • Canary Islands (Spain) • Ceuta (Spain) • Madeira (Portugal) • Melilla (Spain) • Socotra (Yemen) • Puntland • Somaliland • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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- Antarctica
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- Asia
- Central Asia
- Kazakhstan[1] • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan
- East Asia
- China[2]
- Tibet
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- Hong Kong[3] • Macau[4]
- Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Mongolia • Taiwan[5]
- North Asia
- Russia[6]
- Southeast Asia[7]
- Brunei • Burma (Myanmar) • Cambodia[8] • East Timor (Timor-Leste)[9] • Indonesia[10] • Laos • Malaysia • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam
- South Asia
- Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Bhutan • India[11] • Iran • Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka
- West Asia
- Armenia[12] • Azerbaijan[13] • Bahrain • Cyprus[14] (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • Georgia[15] • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Palestine [16]Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey[17] • United Arab Emirates • Yemen
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- Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)
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- North Caucasus
- Parts of Russia (Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai)
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- South Caucasus
- Georgia (including disputed Abhkazia, South Ossetia) • Armenia • Azerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)
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- Europe
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Faroe Islands • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Gibraltar • Greece • Guernsey • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Isle of Man • Italy • Jersey • Kazakhstan • Kosovo • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Macedonia • Malta • Moldova (including disputed Transnistria) • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Svalbard • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- England • Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales
- Vatican City
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- European Union
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- North America
- Canada
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- Alberta • British Columbia • Manitoba • New Brunswick • Newfoundland and Labrador • Nova Scotia • Ontario • Prince Edward Island • Quebec • Saskatchewan
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- Greenland • Mexico • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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- United States
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- Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Montana • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
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- District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
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- Central America
- Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama
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- Caribbean
- Anguilla • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haiti • Jamaica • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint Barthélemy • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Martin • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks and Caicos Islands • United States Virgin Islands
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- Oceania (includes the continent of Australia)
- Australasia[18]
- Australia
- Dependencies/Territories of Australia
- Christmas Island[7] • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Norfolk Island
- New Zealand[19]
- Melanesia[20]
- Fiji • Indonesia (Oceanian part only)[21] • New Caledonia (France) • Papua New Guinea[22] • Solomon Islands • Vanuatu •
- Micronesia
- Federated States of Micronesia • Guam (USA) • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Nauru • Northern Mariana Islands (USA) • Palau • Wake Island (USA) •
- Polynesia[23]
- American Samoa (USA) • Chatham Islands (NZ) • Cook Islands (NZ) • Easter Island (Chile) • French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (USA) • Loyalty Islands (France) • Niue (NZ) • Pitcairn Islands (UK) • Adamstown • Samoa • Tokelau (NZ) • Tonga • Tuvalu • Wallis and Futuna (France)
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- South America
- Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Falkland Islands • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Uruguay • Venezuela
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- South Atlantic
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- Ascension Island • Saint Helena • Tristan da Cunha
- Main outlines: Outline of science and Outline of technology
Applied science - Forensics • Forestry • Nanotechology
Business management - Actuarial science • Marketing • Manufacturing
Domestic - Education • Family and consumer science
Energy - Energy development • Energy storage • Nuclear technology
Engineering - Agriculture • Automation • Chemical engineering
Health and safety - Biotechnology • Ergonomics • Firefighting
Industry - Architecture
- Construction
- Machines
- Industrial machinery • Robotics
- Mining
Information and communication - Cartography
- Computer science
- Artificial intelligence • Free software • Information technology • Internet • Programming • Software engineering
- Design
- Library science
- Telecommunication
- Radio
Military science - Martial arts
Transport - Aerospace • Space exploration •
- Vehicles
- Automobiles
- Notes
- ^ Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
- ^ The state is commonly known as simply "China", which is subsumed by the eponymous entity and civilization (China).
- ^ Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
- ^ Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
- ^ Under the de facto control of the Republic of China (ROC) government, commonly referred to as Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the PRC; see political status of Taiwan.
- ^ Russia is a transcontinental country; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
- ^ a b Excludes Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia).
- ^ General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Provisional population totals, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, released 3rd September, 2008
- ^ East Timor is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania.
- ^ Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania
- ^ Includes Jammu and Kashmir, a contested territory among India, Pakistan, and the PRC.
- ^ Armenia is sometimes considered a transcontinental country: physiographically in Western Asia, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe.
- ^ Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only. Figures include Nakhchivan, an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.
- ^ The island of Cyprus is sometimes considered a transcontinental territory: in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey, it has historical and socio-political connections with Europe. The U.N. considers Cyprus to be in Western Asia, while the C.I.A. considers it to be in the Middle East.
- ^ Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for the Asian portion only.
- ^ Gaza and West Bank, collectively referred to as the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" by the UN, are territories partially occupied by Israel but under de facto administration of the Palestinian National Authority.
- ^ Turkey is generally considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Southern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, excluding all of Istanbul.
- ^ The use and scope of this term varies. The UN designation for this subregion is "Australia and New Zealand."
- ^ New Zealand is often considered part of Polynesia rather than Australasia.
- ^ Excludes parts of Indonesia, island territories in Southeast Asia (UN region) frequently reckoned in this region.
- ^ Indonesia is generally considered a territory of Southeastern Asia (UN region); wholly or partially, it is also frequently included in Australasia or Melanesia. Figures include Indonesian portion of New Guinea (Irian Jaya) and Maluku Islands.
- ^ Papua New Guinea is often considered part of Australasia as well as Melanesia.
- ^ Excludes the US state of Hawaii, which is distant from the North American landmass in the Pacific Ocean, and Easter Island, a territory of Chile in South America.
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