Table G
(Geographic Notation)
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A--United States (Federal Government)
AA1--United States (as geographical area)
L--Islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
Historical Geographic Locations
II. UNITED STATES (Federal Government)
A--United States (as author)
A1--Department of Defense
A2--Department of the Army
A3--Army Air Forces (to 1947)
A4--Department of the Air Force
A5--Department of the Navy
III. UNITED STATES (as geographical area)
AA1--United States
AA4--Alabama
AA5--Alaska
AA6--Appalachian Region
AA7--Arizona
AA8--Arkansas
AC2--California
AC6--Colorado
AC8--Connecticut
AD4--Delaware
AD6--District of Columbia
AF4--Florida
AG4--Georgia
AG7--Great Lakes Region
AH3--Hawaii
AI2--Idaho
AI3--Illinois
AI6--Indiana
AI8--Iowa
AK3--Kansas
AK4--Kentucky
AL6--Louisiana
AM2--Maine
AM3--Maryland
AM4--Massachusetts
AM5--Michigan
AM53--Mid-Atlantic Region
AM56--Midwestern United States
AM6--Minnesota
AM7--Mississippi
AM8--Missouri
AM9--Montana
AN1--Nebraska
AN2--Nevada
AN25--New England
AN3--New Hampshire
AN4--New Jersey
AN5--New Mexico
AN6--New York (State)
AN7--New York City
AN8--North Carolina
AN9--North Dakota
AN95--Northwestern United States
AO3--Ohio
AO5--Oklahoma
AO7--Oregon
AP1--Pacific States
AP4--Pennsylvania
AR4--Rhode Island
AS6--South Carolina
AS8--South Dakota
AS9--Southeastern United States
AS95--Southwestern United States
AT2--Tennessee
AT4--Texas
AU8--Utah
AV5--Vermont
AV8--Virginia
AW2--Washington
AW4--West Virginia
AW6--Wisconsin
AW8--Wyoming
DA1--Americas
DA15--Latin America
DA2--North America
DA3--Central America
DA4--South America
DA6--Antigua and Barbuda
DA7--Argentina
DA9--Aruba
DA95--Atlantic Islands
DB3--Bahamas
DB34--Barbados
DB4--Bermuda
DB6--Bolivia
DB8--Brazil
British Guiana see Guyana
British Honduras see Belize
DC2--Canada
DC3--Caribbean Region
DC5--Chile
DC7--Colombia
DC8--Costa Rica
DC9--Cuba
DD5--Dominica
DD6--Dominican Republic
Dutch Guiana see Suriname
DE2--Ecuador
El Salvador see Salvador
DF3--Falkland Islands
DG1--Greenland
DG4--Grenada
DG45--Guadeloupe
DG5--Guatemala
DG8--French Guiana
DH2--Haiti
DH7--Honduras
DJ2--Jamaica
DM3--Martinique
DM4--Mexico
DN4--Netherlands Antilles
DN5--Nicaragua
DP2--Panama
DP3--Panama Canal Zone
DP4--Paraguay
DP6--Peru
DP8--Puerto Rico
DS1--Saint Kitts and Nevis
DS12--Saint Lucia
DS15--Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
DT7--Trinidad and Tobago
DU7--Uruguay
DV4--Venezuela
DV5--Virgin Islands of the United States
DW5--West Indies
FA1--Great Britain
FE5--England
FG9--Guernsey
FI7--Northern Ireland
FM2--Isle of Man
FS2--Scotland
FW3--Wales
GA1--Europe
GA3--Eastern Europe
GA4--Albania
GA5--Andorra
GA7--Armenia
GA8--Austria
GA9--Azores
GB2--Baltic States
GB4--Belgium
GB5--Bosnia and Herzegovina
GB8--Bulgaria
GB9--Belarus
GC5--Croatia
GC7--Cyprus
GC75--Czech Republic
GD4--Denmark
GE7--Estonia
GF5--Finland
GF7--France
GG4--Germany
GG5--Gibraltar
GG6--Greece
GG7--Greenland
GH8--Hungary
GI3--Iceland
GI6--Ireland
GI8--Italy
GL3--Latvia
GL4--Liechtenstein
GL5--Lithuania
GL8--Luxembourg
GM2--Macedonia (Republic)
GM3--Malta
GM35--Mediterranean Region
GM4--Moldova
GM5--Monaco
GM6--Montenegro
GN4--Netherlands
GN6--Norway
GP6--Poland
GP7--Portugal
GR8--Romania
GR9--Russia (Federation)
GS2--San Marino
GS3--Scandinavia
GS4--Serbia
GS45--Slovakia
GS5--Slovenia
GS6--Spain
GS8--Sweden
GS9--Switzerland
GT7--Transcaucasia
GU5--Ukraine
GV2--Vatican City
HA1--Africa
HA12--Africa South of the Sahara
HA14--Central Africa
HA15--Eastern Africa
HA2--North Africa
HA21--Western Africa
HA25--Southern Africa
HA4--Algeria
HA6--Angola
HA7--African Atlantic Islands
HA71--Ascension
HA72--St. Helena
HA73--Tristan de Cunha
Basutoland see Lesotho
Bechuanaland see Botswana
HB7--Burkina Faso
HB8--Burundi
HC3--Cameroon
HC4--Cape Verde Islands
HC43--Central African Republic
HC45--Chad
HC5--Congo (Brazzaville)
HC6--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Congo (Kinshasa) see Congo (Democratic Republic)
Dahomey see Benin
Democratic Republic of the Congo see Congo (Democratic Republic)
HE3--Egypt
HE7--Eritrea
HE8--Ethiopia
French Somaliland see Djibouti
HG2--Gabon
HG3--Gambia
HG6--Ghana
HG66--Guinea
Ivory Coast see Côte d'Ivoire
HK4--Kenya
HL5--Liberia
HL6--Libya
Malagasy Republic see Madagascar
HM45--Mali
HM48--Mauritania
HM5--Morocco
HM7--Mozambique
HN2--Namibia
HN4--Niger
HN5--Nigeria
Nyasaland see Malawi
Portuguese Guinea see Guinea-Bissau
Rhodesia, Northern see Zambia
Rhodesia, Southern see Zimbabwe
HR8--Rwanda
HS1--Senegal
HS3--Sierra Leone
HS5--Somalia
HS8--South West Africa
Spanish Guinea see Equatorial Guinea
HS86--Sudan
HS9--Swaziland
Tanganyika see Tanzania
HT6--Togo
HT8--Tunisia
HU4--Uganda
HU5--South Africa
Zaire see Congo (Democratic Republic)
Zanzibar see Tanzania
JA1--Asia
JA12--Central Asia
JA14--Far East
JA2--Middle East
JA25--Southeastern Asia
JA26--Western Asia
JA4--Afghanistan
JA9--Azerbaijan
JB15--Bahrain
JB2--Bangladesh
JB5--Bhutan
JC2--Cambodia
Ceylon see Sri Lanka
Democratic People's Republic of Korea see North Korea
Formosa see Taiwan
JG4--Georgia (Republic)
JH6--Hong Kong
JI4--India
JI5--Indochina
JI8--Iraq
JI9--Israel
JJ3--Japan
JJ6--Jordan
JK2--Kazakhstan
JK8--Kuwait
JK9--Kyrgyzstan
JL2--Laos
JL4--Lebanon
JM1--Macau
Malaya see Malaysia
Manchuria see China
JM6--Mongolia
Myanmar see Burma
JN4--Nepal
JO6--Oman
JP2--Palestine
JP3--Pakistan
Persia see Iran
JQ2--Qatar
Republic of Korea see South Korea
JS2--Saudi Arabia
JS6--Singapore
JS9--Syria
JT23--Tajikistan
JT3--Thailand
JT5--Tibet
JT8--Turkey
JT9--Turkmenistan
JU5--United Arab Emirates
JU9--Uzbekistan
JV6--Vietnam
JY4--Yemen
KA1--Australasia
KA8--Australia
KN4--New Zealand
X. ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEANS
LA1--Pacific Islands
LA2--Indian Ocean Islands
LA3--Oceania
LA5--American Samoa
LB6--Borneo
LB7--Brunei
LC7--Comoros
LE1--East Timor
LF4--Fiji
LG3--Guam
LI2--Independent State of Samoa
LM4--Mauritius
LM5--Melanesia
LM6--Micronesia
Netherlands East Indies see Indonesia
LN6--New Caledonia
New Guinea see Papua New Guinea
LP1--Palau
LP5--Philippines
LP7--Polynesia
LR4--Reunion
LS2--Samoa
LS5--Seychelles
LT6--Tonga
LV2--Vanuatu
M1--International agencies (General or not listed below)
MA4--Allied Forces
MC6--Commonwealth of Independent States
ME8--European Union
MF6--Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
MI3--International Labour Office
ML4--League of Nations
MN2--North Atlantic Treaty Organization
MP2--Pan American Sanitary Bureau
MP3--Pan American Union
MP4--Pan American Zoonoses Center
MS7--SEATO (South East Asia Treaty Organization)
MS9--Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers
MU5--United Nations
MU7--Unesco
MU8--Unicef
MW6--World Health Organization
PA6--Antarctic
PA7--Arctic
XIII. HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
AC7--Confederate States of America
GA85--Austria-Hungary
GC8--Czechoslovakia
GG4--Prussia
GR9--Russia (Pre-1917)
GR9--USSR
GY8--Yugoslavia
JA7--Arabia
JK6--Korea
JO8--Ottoman Empire
| OBSOLETE NOTATION |
GEOGRAPHIC NAMES | NEW NOTATION |
|---|---|---|
| AMERICAS | ||
| DA5 | Lesser Antilles | None |
| DG7 | Dutch Guiana | DS9 |
| DH8 | British Honduras | DB38 |
| EUROPE | ||
| GA85 | Azerbaijan | JA9 |
| GG3 | Georgia (Republic) | JG4 |
| GT8 | Turkey | JT8 |
| AFRICA | ||
| HB3 | Basutoland | HL3 |
| HF4 | French Equatorial Africa | None |
| HF8 | French West Africa | None |
| HM6 | Spanish Morocco | None |
| HN8 | Nyasaland | HM4 |
| HR4 | Rhodesia | None |
| HR5 | Rio de Oro | HM48 |
| HS6 | French Somaliland | HD6 |
| HT4 | Tangier | None |
| HZ15 | Zaire | HC6 |
| HZ3 | Zanzibar | HT3 |
| MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA | ||
| JC4 | Ceylon | JS8 |
| JF6 | Formosa | JT2 |
| JM3 | Manchuria | JC6 |
| JM9 | Myanmar | JB8 |
| JT7 | Trans-Jordan | None |
| ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEANS | ||
| LN4 | Netherlands Indies | LI4 |
| INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES | ||
| MI8 | Islamic Countries | None |
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