Section VII, Chapter H
Regions and Countries Table
1. REGIONS AND COUNTRIES TABLE
For further information on cutter numbers for regions and countries, see table G300 in the Library of Congress’ Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting.
A |
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Abyssinia see Ethiopia |
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Afghanistan |
A3 |
Africa |
A35 |
Africa, Central |
A352 |
Africa, East |
A353 |
Africa, Eastern |
A354 |
Africa, French-Speaking West |
A3545 |
Africa, North |
A355 |
Africa, Northeast |
A3553 |
Africa, Northwest |
A3554 |
Africa, South see South Africa |
|
Africa, Southern |
A356 |
Africa, Sub-Saharan |
A357 |
Africa, West |
A358 |
Albania |
A38 |
Algeria |
A4 |
Alps |
A43 |
America |
A45 |
American Samoa |
A46 |
Andorra |
A48 |
Angola |
A5 |
Anguilla |
A54 |
Antarctica |
A6 |
Antigua see Antigua and Barbuda |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
A63 |
Arab countries |
A65 |
Arctic regions |
A68 |
Argentina |
A7 |
Armenia |
A75 |
Armenia (Republic) |
A76 |
Aruba |
A77 |
Asia |
A78 |
Asia, Central |
A783 |
Asia, East see East Asia |
|
Asia, South see South Asia |
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Asia, Southeastern see Southeast Asia |
|
Asia, Southwestern see Middle East |
|
Australasia |
A788 |
Australia |
A8 |
Austria |
A9 |
Azerbaijan |
A98 |
|
|
B |
|
Bahamas |
B24 |
Bahrain |
B26 |
Balkan Peninsula |
B28 |
Baltic States |
B29 |
Bahamas |
B24 |
Bangladesh |
B3 |
Barbados |
B35 |
Barbuda see Antigua and Barbuda |
|
Belarus |
B38 |
Belgium |
B4 |
Belize |
B42 |
Benelux Countries |
B425 |
Bengal |
B43 |
Benin |
B45 |
Bermuda |
B46 |
Bhutan |
B47 |
Bolivia |
B5 |
Bonaire |
B52 |
Bosnia and Hercegovina |
B54 |
Botswana |
B55 |
Brazil |
B6 |
British Guiana see Guyana |
|
British Honduras see Belize |
|
British Isles |
B65 |
Brunei |
B7 |
Bulgaria |
B9 |
Burkina Faso |
B92 |
Burma |
B93 |
Burundi |
B94 |
Byzantine Empire |
B97 |
|
|
C |
|
Cambodia |
C16 |
Cameroon |
C17 |
Canada |
C2 |
Canary Islands |
C23 |
Cape Verde |
C25 |
Caribbean Area |
C27 |
Caroline Islands |
C275 |
Caucasus |
C28 |
Cayman Islands |
C29 |
Central African Republic |
C33 |
Central America |
C35 |
Central Europe see Europe, Central |
|
Ceylon see Sri Lanka |
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Chad |
C45 |
Channel Islands |
C48 |
Chile |
C5 |
China |
C6 |
Colombia |
C7 |
Commonwealth countries |
C723 |
Communist countries |
C725 |
Comoros |
C73 |
Congo (Brazzaville) |
C74 |
Congo (Democratic Republic) |
C75 |
Cook Islands |
C76 |
Costa Rica |
C8 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
C85 |
Croatia |
C87 |
Cuba |
C9 |
Curaçao |
C92 |
Cyprus |
C93 |
Czech Republic |
C94 |
Czechoslovakia |
C95 |
|
|
D |
|
Dahomey see Benin |
|
Denmark |
D4 |
Developing countries |
D44 |
Djibouti |
D5 |
Dominica |
D6 |
Dominican Republic |
D65 |
Dutch East Indies see Indonesia |
|
Dutch Guiana see Suriname |
|
|
|
E |
|
East Asia |
E18 |
East Timor |
E19 |
Ecuador |
E2 |
Egypt |
E3 |
El Salvador see Salvador |
|
Ellice Islands see Tuvalu |
|
England see Great Britain |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
E6 |
Eritrea |
E65 |
Estonia |
E75 |
Ethiopia |
E8 |
Eurasia |
E83 |
Europe |
E85 |
Europe, Central |
E8515 |
Europe, Eastern |
E852 |
Europe, Northern |
E853 |
Europe, Southern |
E854 |
Europe, Western see Europe |
|
European Economic Community countries |
E86 |
European Free Trade Association countries |
E87 |
European Union countries see Europe |
|
|
|
F |
|
Falkland Islands |
F3 |
Faroe Islands |
F32 |
Fiji |
F4 |
Finland |
F5 |
Former Soviet republics |
F6 |
Formosa see Taiwan |
|
France |
F8 |
French Guiana |
F9 |
French Polynesia |
F93 |
|
|
G |
|
Gabon |
G2 |
Galapagos Islands |
G23 |
Gambia |
G25 |
Georgia (Republic) |
G28 |
Germany |
G3 |
Germany (Democratic Republic) see Germany |
|
Germany (East) see Germany |
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Germany (Federal Republic) see Germany |
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Germany (West) see Germany |
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Ghana |
G4 |
Gibraltar |
G5 |
Gilbert Islands see Kiribati |
|
Great Britain |
G7 |
Greece |
G8 |
Greenland |
G83 |
Grenada |
G84 |
Guadeloupe |
G845 |
Guam |
G85 |
Guatemala |
G9 |
Guiana |
G915 |
Guinea |
G92 |
Guinea-Bissau |
G93 |
Guyana |
G95 |
|
|
H |
|
Haiti |
H2 |
Hispaniola |
H55 |
Holland see Netherlands |
|
Honduras |
H8 |
Hong Kong see China |
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Hungary |
H9 |
|
|
I |
|
Iceland |
I2 |
India |
I4 |
Indochina |
I48 |
Indonesia |
I5 |
Inner Mongolia see China |
|
Iran |
I7 |
Iraq |
I72 |
Ireland |
I73 |
Islamic countries |
I74 |
Islamic Empire |
I742 |
Islands of the Indian Ocean |
I743 |
Israel |
I75 |
Italy |
I8 |
Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire |
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|
|
J |
|
Jamaica |
J25 |
Japan |
J3 |
Java see Indonesia |
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Jerusalem |
J4 |
Jordan |
J6 |
Jugoslavia see Yugoslavia |
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Jutland see Denmark |
|
|
|
K |
|
Kampuchea see Cambodia |
|
Kazakhstan |
K3 |
Kenya |
K4 |
Kerguelen Islands |
K43 |
Kiribati |
K5 |
Korea |
K6 |
Korea (Democratic People's Republic) see Korea (North) |
|
Korea (North) |
K7 |
Korea (Republic) see Korea |
|
Korea (South) see Korea |
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Kuwait |
K9 |
Kyrgyzstan |
K98 |
|
|
L |
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Laos |
L28 |
Latin America |
L29 |
Latvia |
L35 |
Lebanon |
L4 |
Lesotho |
L5 |
Liberia |
L7 |
Libya |
L75 |
Liechtenstein |
L76 |
Lithuania |
L78 |
Luxembourg |
L9 |
|
|
M |
|
Macao see China |
|
Macaronesia |
M26 |
Macedonia |
M27 |
Macedonia (Republic) |
M275 |
Madagascar |
M28 |
Malagasy Republic see Madagascar |
|
Malawi |
M3 |
Malay Archipelago |
M35 |
Malaya see Malaysia |
|
Malaysia |
M4 |
Maldives |
M415 |
Mali |
M42 |
Malta |
M43 |
Marshall Islands |
M433 |
Martinique |
M435 |
Mauritania |
M44 |
Mauritius |
M45 |
Melanesia |
M5 |
Mexican-American Border Region |
M58 |
Mexico |
M6 |
Micronesia |
M625 |
Micronesia (Federated States) |
M626 |
Middle East |
M628 |
Moldova |
M629 |
Monaco |
M63 |
Mongolia |
M65 |
Mongolia (Mongolian People's Republic) see Mongolia |
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Montenegro |
M68 |
Montserrat |
M7 |
Morocco |
M8 |
Mozambique |
M85 |
Myanmar see Burma |
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|
|
N |
|
Namibia |
N3 |
Nauru |
N32 |
Near East see Middle East |
|
Nepal |
N35 |
Netherlands |
N4 |
Netherlands Antilles |
N42 |
New Caledonia |
N425 |
New Guinea |
N43 |
New Hebrides see Vanuatu |
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New Zealand |
N45 |
Nicaragua |
N5 |
Niger |
N55 |
Nigeria |
N6 |
North America |
N7 |
Northern Ireland see Great Britain |
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Northern Rhodesia see Zambia |
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Norway |
N8 |
Nyasaland see Malawi |
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|
|
O |
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Oceania |
O3 |
Oman |
O5 |
Outer Mongolia see Mongolia |
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|
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P |
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Pacific Area |
P16 |
Pakistan |
P18 |
Palau |
P185 |
Palestine |
P19 |
Panama |
P2 |
Papua New Guinea |
P26 |
Paraguay |
P3 |
Persia see Iran |
|
Persian Gulf Region |
P35 |
Peru |
P4 |
Philippines |
P6 |
Poland |
P7 |
Polynesia |
P75 |
Portugal |
P8 |
Prussia see Germany |
|
Prussia, East (Poland and Russia) |
P85 |
Puerto Rico |
P9 |
|
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Q |
|
Qatar |
Q2 |
|
|
R |
|
Réunion |
R4 |
Rhodesia, Northern see Zambia |
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Rhodesia, Southern see Zimbabwe |
|
Roman Empire |
R57 |
Romania |
R6 |
Rumania see Romania |
|
Russia |
R8 |
Russia (Federation) see Russia |
|
Rwanda |
R95 |
|
|
S |
|
Sahel |
S15 |
Saint Kitts-Nevis |
S16 |
Saint Lucia |
S17 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
S18 |
Salvador |
S2 |
Samoa |
S23 |
Samoan Islands |
S24 |
San Marino |
S27 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
S3 |
Saudi Arabia |
S33 |
Scandinavia |
S34 |
Scotland see Great Britain |
|
Senegal |
S38 |
Serbia |
S4 |
Serbia and Montenegro see Serbia |
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Seychelles |
S45 |
Siam see Thailand |
|
Siberia see Russia |
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Sierra Leone |
S5 |
Singapore |
S55 |
Slovakia |
S56 |
Slovenia |
S57 |
Solomon Islands |
S575 |
Somalia |
S58 |
South Africa |
S6 |
South America |
S63 |
South Asia |
S64 |
Southeast Asia |
S644 |
Southern Cone of South America, see South America |
|
Soviet Union |
S65 |
Spain |
S7 |
Sri Lanka |
S72 |
Sudan |
S73 |
Sudan (Region) |
S74 |
Suriname |
S75 |
Swaziland |
S78 |
Sweden |
S8 |
Switzerland |
S9 |
Syria |
S95 |
|
|
T |
|
Taiwan |
T28 |
Tajikistan |
T3 |
Tamil Nadu see India |
|
Tanganyika see Tanzania |
|
Tanzania |
T34 |
Tasmania see Australia |
|
Terres australes et antarctiques françaises |
T47 |
Thailand |
T5 |
Tibet see China |
|
Tobago see Trinidad and Tobago |
|
Togo |
T6 |
Tonga |
T63 |
Transvaal see South Africa |
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Trinidad see Trinidad and Tobago |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
T7 |
Tropics |
T73 |
Tubuai Islands |
T77 |
Tunisia |
T8 |
Turkey |
T9 |
Turkmenistan |
T93 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
T94 |
Tuvalu |
T95 |
|
|
U |
|
Uganda |
U33 |
Ukraine |
U38 |
United Arab Emirates |
U5 |
United States |
U6 |
Upper Volta see Burkina Faso |
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Uruguay |
U8 |
Uzbekistan |
U9 |
|
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V |
|
Vanuatu |
V26 |
Vatican City |
V3 |
Venezuela |
V4 |
Vietnam |
V5 |
Vietnam (Democratic Republic) see Vietnam |
|
Virgin Islands |
V6 |
Virgin Islands of the United States |
V63 |
|
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W |
|
Wales see Great Britain |
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West Indies, British |
W47 |
West Indies, French |
W48 |
Western Australia see Australia |
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Western Samoa, see Samoa |
|
|
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X |
|
Xianggang see China |
|
|
|
Y |
|
Yemen |
Y4 |
Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) see Yemen |
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Yugoslavia |
Y8 |
|
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Z |
|
Zaire, see Congo (Democratic Republic) |
|
Zambezi River Region |
Z32 |
Zambia |
Z33 |
Zimbabwe |
Z55 |
Prepared by: Brian E. Surratt
Last updated: September 20, 2011
Index Terms: Regions cutter table, countries cutter table.