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Complete country category system

notationLong signature country note shCount waCount
A 001 A1 Europe 223 7
A 001a A1a Baltic region 26 1
A 001a (alt) A1a(alt) Northern Europe
A 002 A2 Central Europe 20 4
A 003 A3 Eastern Europe 61
A 004 A4 Western Europe 68
A 005 A5 Levant 46
A 005a A5a Mediterranean region 28
A 006 A6 Southeastern Europe 190 5
A 007 A7 Orient 116
A 008 A8 Russian peripheral countries 33
A 009 A9 Hamburg 826 10
A 010 A10 Germany 287 76
A 010 (01) A10(1) Bremen
A 010 (02) A10(2) Lübeck
A 010 (03) A10(3) Prussia
A 010 (04) A10(4) Bavaria
A 010 (05) A10(5) Saxony
A 010 (06) A10(6) Wuerttemberg
A 010 (07) A10(7) Baden
A 010 (08) A10(8) Thuringia
A 010 (09) A10(9) Hesse
A 010 (10) A10(10) Mecklenburg-Schwerin
A 010 (11) A10(11) Mecklenburg-Strelitz
A 010 (12) A10(12) Oldenburg
A 010 (13) A10(13) Free State of Brunswick (Germany)
A 010 (14) A10(14) Anhalt
A 010 (15) A10(15) Lippe
A 010 (16) A10(16) Waldeck
A 010 (17) A10(17) Schaumburg-Lippe
A 010 (18) A10(18) Sudetenland
A 010 (19) A10(19) Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1 7
A 010 (A 003) A10(A3) Germany (polish and russian administrative areas)
A 010 (A 050) A10(A50) Germany (Soviet Occupation Zone/GDR)
A 010 (A 40a) A10(A40a) Republic of German-Austria
A 010 (Bln) A10(Bln) Berlin 2
A 010(t1) A10(t1) Allied occupied Germany 5
A 010(t2) A10(t2) Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) 7
A 010(t3) A10(t3) Germany (GDR)
A 010.1 A10.1 Bremen
A 010.2 A10.2 Bremen
A 010.7 A10.7 Gdansk
A 010b A10b French occupation area left bank of the Rhine 1
A 010c A10c Alsace-Lorraine 1
A 010d A10d Saar 8
A 010d(1) A10d(1) Saarland
A 010d(2) A10d(2) Saar Protectorate
A 010e A10e Malmedy
A 010f A10f South Jutland
A 010f (1) A10f(1) Schleswig-Holstein
A 010h A10h East Prussia 1
A 010i A10i Klaipėda 1
A 010k A10k Free City of Danzig 10
A 010l A10l Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia 1
A 010l (alt) A10l(alt) East and West Prussia (under polish administration)
A 010m A10m Poznań Voivodeship (1921–39)
A 010m (1) A10m(1) Reichsgau Wartheland
A 010n A10n Upper Silesia (1919-1938, 1941-1945) 2
A 010n(1) A10n(1) Upper Silesia (German-Polish border region) 42
A 010n(2) A10n(2) Hlučín Region
A 010p A10p East Upper Silesia 46
A 010p (1) A10p(1) Province of Silesia
A 010p (3) A10p(3) Lower Silesia 1
A 010x A10x Pomerania
A 010y A10y Rhine Province
A 010z A10z Province of Westphalia
A 011 A11 German imperial colonies 115 2
A 012 A12 Poland 8 39
A 013 A13 Svalbard 2
A 014 A14 Scandinavia 4
A 015 A15 Denmark 28
A 015a A15a Faeroe Islands
A 016 A16 Iceland 4
A 017 A17 Sweden 1 39
A 018 A18 Norway 28
A 019 A19 Netherlands 41
A 020 A20 Dutch Empire 1
A 021 A21 Belgium 34
A 021a A21a Benelux Countries 1
A 022 A22 United Kingdom 66
A 022a A22a Island of Ireland 1
A 022b A22b Republic of Ireland 26
A 022c A22c Northern Ireland
A 023 A23 British Empire 12
A 024 A24 Gibraltar 3
A 025 A25 Malta 5
A 027 A27 Luxembourg 13
A 028 A28 France 59
A 029 A29 French colonial empire 12
A 030 A30 Spain 41
A 030a A30a Andorra
A 031 A31 Spanish Empire 5
A 032 A32 Portugal 1 30
A 033 A33 Portuguese Colonial Empire 6
A 034 A34 Switzerland 40
A 035 A35 Italy 55
A 035a A35a San Marino
A 035b A35b Vatican City State
A 035c A35c Trieste
A 036 A36 Italian Empire 94 2
A 037 A37 Monaco 11
A 038 A38 Free State of Fiume 25
A 039 A39 Liechtenstein 37 1
A 040 A40 Austria-Hungary 13 5
A 040a A40a Bosnia and Herzegovina
A 040b A40b Austria 37
A 040b (A 010) A40b(A10) Ostmark (Austria) 12
A 040b (Wn) A40b(Wn) Vienna 1
A 040c A40c Czechoslovakia 37
A 040c (A 010) A40c(A10) Sudeten Germans 1
A 040c (A 012) A40c(A12) Cieszyn Silesia
A 040d A40d Hungary 39
A 040d1 A40d1 Carpathian Ruthenia
A 040d2 A40d2 Bukovina
A 040e A40e Kingdom of Yugoslavia 22
A 040f A40f Slovakia 11
A 040g A40g Croatia 15
A 040g (A 035) A40g(A35) Dalmatia
A 041 A41 Serbia 7
A 042 A42 Montenegro
A 043 (alt) A43 Ottoman Empire 135 9
A 044 A44 Turkish Colonies
A 045 A45 Greece 30
A 045a A45a Crete
A 046 A46 Bulgaria 39
A 047 A47 Romania 38
A 048 A48 Albania 6
A 050 A50 USSR 1 62
A 050 (01) A50(1) Russia 1
A 050a A50a Occupied territories of Eastern Europe 3
A 053 A53 Finland 24
A 054 A54 Ukraine 2
A 057 A57 Baltic states 1
A 058 A58 Latvia 23
A 059 A59 Livonia
A 060 A60 Estonia 24
A 061 A61 Lithuania 13
A 062 A62 Belarus
AG AG HWWA countries category system
B 001 B1 Asia 1 1
B 003 B3 Western Asia
B 004 B4 Malay Archipelago
B 005 B5 Central Asia
B 006 B6 East Asia 1 2
B 009 B9 Far East 1
B 010 B10 Soviet Asia 1
B 011 B11 Siberia 2
B 012 B12 Russian Turkestan 1
B 013 B13 Turkestan 1
B 014 B14 Turkmenistan
B 015 B15 Uzbekistan 1
B 016 B16 Caucasus 5
B 017 B17 Georgia (Republic) 1
B 017a B17a Azerbaijan
B 017b B17b Kuban
B 017c B17c South Caucasus
B 017d B17d Armenia
B 018 B18 Cyprus 31 7
B 019 B19 Rhodes and Dodecanese 52 1
B 020 B20 Anatolia 39 2
B 021 B21 Turkey 610 34
B 021 (alt) B21(alt) Asia Minor 1
B 022 B22 Armenians in Turkey 56 1
B 023 B23 Iraq 221 7
B 024 B24 Syria 250 15
B 024a B24a Palestine 319 21
B 024b B24b Jordan (Kingdom) 23 1
B 024c B24c Lebanon 13
B 024d B24d Hatay State 2
B 024d (alt) B24d(alt) Sanjak of Alexandretta
B 024e B24e Israel
B 025 B25 Arabian Peninsula 1
B 026 B26 United Arab Emirates
B 027 B27 Hejaz
B 028 B28 ’Asir Region 1
B 029 B29 Kuwait
B 030 B30 Hadhramaut
B 031 B31 Yemen 1
B 032 B32 Saudi Arabia
B 033 B33 Oman
B 034 B34 Colony of Aden 4
B 035 B35 Qatar
B 036 B36 Bahrain 1
B 037 B37 Trucial States
B 038 B38 Qatar
B 040 B40 Iran 3 12
B 041 B41 Afghanistan 1 5
B 042 B42 Indian Empire 2 35
B 042a B42a India
B 042b B42b Pakistan
B 042c B42c Bangladesh
B 043 B43 Burma 3
B 044 B44 Sikkim
B 049 B49 Portuguese India
B 054 B54 French India 3
B 055 B55 Nepal
B 056 B56 Bhutan
B 057 B57 Ceylon 2 12
B 058 B58 Federated Malay States 2 17
B 059 B59 Straits Settlements 2 4
B 060 B60 Maldives
B 061 B61 Dutch East Indies 6
B 062 B62 Indonesia 30
B 063 B63 Sumatra 3
B 064 B64 Java and Madura Island 4
B 067 B67 Lesser Sunda Islands
B 075 B75 Maluku Islands
B 076 B76 Sulawesi
B 077 B77 Dutch Borneo 2
B 080 B80 British North Borneo 2
B 080a B80a Sarawak
B 080b B80b Brunei
B 080c B80c Sabah 1
B 081 B81 Borneo
B 085 B85 Portuguese Timor 1
B 086 B86 Philippines 1 23
B 090 B90 Siam 1 11
B 091 B91 Cochinchina 16
B 091a B91a Viet Nam
B 091b B91b Cambodia
B 091c B91c Laos
B 091d B91d North Vietnam
B 091e B91e South Vietnam
B 091x B91x Indochine
B 094 B94 China 2 37
B 094a B94a Manchukuo
B 094b B94b Xinjiang
B 094c B94c Autonomous regions in the North of China 3
B 095 B95 Manchuria 1 18
B 096 B96 Tibet 27
B 098 B98 Tuvan People’s Republic 2
B 099 B99 Mongolia 85 2
B 099a B99a Inner Mongolia 25 1
B 100 B100 Guangzhouwan 4
B 101 B101 Macau 98 1
B 102 B102 Hong Kong 133 15
B 103 B103 Jiaozhou 81 2
B 104 B104 Shandong 1
B 110 B110 Weihaiwei under British rule 10
B 111 B111 Japan 731 41
B 112 B112 Japanese Empire 107 3
B 113 B113 Formosa 70 10
B 114 B114 Guangdong 85
B 115 B115 Korea 20 8
B 115a B115a North Korea
B 115b B115b South Korea
B 116 B116 Sakhalin
C 001 C1 Africa 3
C 001a C1a Sahara
C 002 C2 North Africa
C 002a C2a French speaking Africa 2 1
C 003 C3 West Africa
C 004 C4 Central Africa 1
C 004a C4a Sudan
C 005 C5 South Africa
C 005a C5a French Equatorial Africa
C 006 C6 East Africa
C 007 C7 European colonies in Africa 1
C 010 C10 Egypt 2 25
C 011 C11 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 6
C 015 C15 Libya 1 9
C 016 C16 Italian Cyrenaica 1
C 017 C17 Tripolitania 1
C 018 C18 Tunisia 1 18
C 019 C19 Algeria 52 20
C 024 C24 Morocco 33 3
C 025 C25 French protectorate in Morocco 280 21
C 026 C26 Spanish protectorate in Morocco 130 6
C 027 C27 Tangier 55 4
C 030 C30 French West Africa 15
C 031 C31 Guinea
C 031 (alt) C31(alt) Mauritania
C 032 C32 Mali Federation
C 032 (alt) C32(alt) Upper Volta
C 032a C32a Senegal
C 032b C32b Mali
C 033 C33 Cote d’Ivoire 1
C 033 (alt) C33(alt) Senegal
C 034 C34 French Sudan 3
C 035 C35 Niger 1
C 036 C36 French Guinea 3
C 037 C37 Cote d’Ivoire, Mauritania 1
C 038 C38 Benin
C 045 C45 Azores 4
C 046 C46 Madeira 1 3
C 047 C47 Canary Islands 1 4
C 048 C48 Cape Verde 4
C 049 C49 Ifni
C 050 C50 Western Sahara
C 051 C51 Gambia 4
C 052 C52 Portuguese Guinea 3
C 054 C54 British West Africa 2 6
C 055 C55 Sierra Leone 20 5
C 056 C56 Liberia 89 2
C 057 C57 Gold Coast incl. British Togoland 112 12
C 058 C58 Togoland 104 6
C 060 C60 Colonial Nigeria, incl. British Cameroons 131 7
C 065 C65 Cameroon 163 5
C 070 C70 Spanish Guinea 43 3
C 071 C71 Sao Tome and Principe 6 5
C 075 C75 French Equatorial Africa 4
C 076 C76 Chad
C 077 C77 Congo (Republic)
C 078 C78 Gabon
C 079 C79 Central African Republic
C 080 C80 Belgian Congo 2 15
C 081 C81 Ruanda-Urundi 1
C 082 C82 Rwanda
C 083 C83 Burundi
C 085 C85 Portuguese Angola 4 13
C 087 C87 German South-West Africa 225 8
C 090 C90 Ascension Island 3 1
C 091 C91 Saint Helena 2
C 092 C92 Tristan da Cunha 3
C 093 C93 Union of South Africa 22 43
C 093a C93a Bantustan
C 094 C94 Rhodesia 10
C 094a C94a Southern Rhodesia 11
C 094b C94b Northern Rhodesia 1 7
C 095 C95 Bechuanaland Protectorate 1
C 096 C96 Lesotho
C 097 C97 Swaziland 1 2
C 099 C99 Nyasaland 6
C 100 C100 Portuguese Mozambique 2 12
C 102 C102 Madagascar 1 10
C 102a C102a Comoros 1
C 103 C103 Reunion 3
C 103a C103a Kerguelen Islands 1
C 104a C104a French Madagascar
C 105 C105 Mauritius 27 5
C 106 C106 Seychelles 6 2
C 110 C110 German East Africa 248 13
C 111 C111 Tanzania 1
C 114 C114 British East Africa 20 3
C 115 C115 Zanzibar 1 3
C 116 C116 Kenya 2 10
C 117 C117 Uganda 4
C 119 C119 Italian East Africa 11
C 120 C120 Italian Somaliland 3
C 121 C121 British Somaliland 2
C 122 C122 French Somaliland 11 2
C 123 C123 Somalia
C 125 C125 Abyssinia 125 6
C 126 C126 Eritrea 88 3
D 001 D1 Australia and Oceania 3
D 002 D2 Pacific rim 33 2
D 004 D4 Pacific Islands (USA)
D 005 D5 Hawaii 107 6
D 006 D6 Guam 7
D 008 D8 Nauru 11
D 009 D9 New Guinea 12 1
D 010 D10 German New Guinea 103
D 011 D11 Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago 29
D 012 D12 Kaiser-Wilhelmsland 21
D 013 D13 Caroline Islands 8
D 014 D14 Palau 9
D 015 D15 Mariana Islands 4
D 016 D16 Marshall Islands, Nauru 7
D 018 D18 Japanese South Pacific Mandate 43 1
D 020 D20 Dutch New Guinea 30 2
D 021 D21 Territory of Papua 42 2
D 030 D30 Australia 80 38
D 031 D31 Australian League of Nations mandate of South Pacific Islands 4
D 035 D35 New Zealand 1 16
D 038 D38 Tonga
D 039 D39 British Oceania 6
D 040 D40 Fiji 1
D 049 D49 French Polynesia 8
D 050 D50 New Caledonia 4
D 051 D51 Tahiti
D 055 D55 New Hebrides Condominium 4
D 059 D59 Samoa
D 060 D60 German Samoa 2 2
D 061 D61 American Samoa
E 001 E1 America 1
E 002 E2 North America 1
E 003 E3 Central America 2
E 004 E4 South America 3
E 005 E5 Latin America 4
E 007 E7 Greenland 2
E 008 E8 Canada 1 48
E 009 E9 Newfoundland and Labrador 6
E 010 E10 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2
E 011 E11 Bermuda 3
E 015 E15 United States 1 72
E 016 E16 Alaska 4
E 017 E17 American colonies
E 018 E18 Anglo-American states 1
E 020 E20 Mexico 1 41
E 021 E21 West Indies 2
E 024 E24 Cuba 23
E 025 E25 Haiti 11
E 025a E25a Dominican Republic 7
E 026 E26 Puerto Rico 6
E 027 E27 British West Indies 17
E 028 E28 Jamaica 13
E 029 E29 Bahamas 1
E 045 E45 Barbados 3
E 046 E46 Trinidad and Tobago 11
E 047 E47 Leeward Islands 1
E 048 E48 Windward islands 3
E 049 E49 Grenada
E 050 E50 French Antilles 6
E 051 E51 Martinique 2
E 052 E52 Guadeloupe 2
E 055 E55 Netherlands Antilles 4
E 056 E56 Curacao 2
E 060 E60 Virgin Islands (USA) 3
E 061 E61 West Indies 1 2
E 065 E65 Guatemala 13
E 066 E66 El Salvador 14
E 067 E67 British Honduras 7
E 068 E68 Honduras 1 6
E 069 E69 Nicaragua 7
E 070 E70 Costa Rica 15
E 071 E71 Panama 12
E 072 E72 Panama Canal Zone 1
E 075 E75 Venezuela 1 14
E 076 E76 Colombia 2 17
E 077 E77 Ecuador 2 11
E 079 E79 Peru 2 27
E 080 E80 Bolivia 2 14
E 085 E85 Chile 58 31
E 086 E86 Argentina 724 40
E 088 E88 La Plata states 6
E 090 E90 Falkland Islands 6 1
E 095 E95 Uruguay 52 22
E 096 E96 Paraguay 2 13
E 097 E97 Brazil 9 38
E 100 E100 French Guiana 3
E 101 E101 Surinam 60 8
E 102 E102 British Guiana 73 8
F 001 F1 Polar region 1
F 010 F10 Arctic region 23 1
F 011 F11 Antarctica 13 1
G 001 G1 Ocean
G 002 G2 Atlantic Ocean
G 002a G2a Gulf of Mexico
G 002b G2b Caribbean Sea
G 002c G2c Mediterranean Sea
G 002d G2d Tyrrhenian Sea
G 002e G2e Adriatic Sea
G 002f G2f Aegean Sea
G 002g G2g Black Sea
G 002h G2h Bay of Biscay
G 002i G2i North Sea
G 002k G2k Baltic Sea
G 002l G2l White Sea
G 003 G3 Indian Ocean
G 003a G3a Bay of Bengal
G 003b G3b Arabian Sea
G 003c G3c Persian Gulf
G 003d G3d Red Sea
G 004 G4 Pacific Ocean
G 004a G4a Bering Sea
G 004b G4b Sea of Okhotsk
G 004c G4c Sea of Japan
G 004d G4d Yellow Sea
G 004e G4e China Seas 1
H H World 20 67
J J Tropics