MUC-6 COUNTRY AND REGION LIST Version 1.0, 12 Jan 95) ====================================================================== The names in this document are canonical forms to be used in filling country (only entries from COUNTRY list apply) and nationality (entries from COUNTRY and REGION lists apply) slots defined for the Information Extraction task. This document does not contain an exhaustive list of country and region names. Please refer to "Information Extraction Task Definition" for further information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. COUNTRY This list is drawn from the "MUC-6 Reference Gazetteer"; it should contain just one entry for a given country. Since political changes cause changes in country status, this list may contain separate entries for different periods in a country's political history. Afghanistan */ 'Afghanistan in gaz */ Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australia Austria Bahrain Baker Island Bangladesh Barbados Bassas da India Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Clipperton Island Cocos Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Confederation of Independent States Cook Island Coral Sea Islands Costa Rica Cuba Cyprus Czechoslovakia Democratic People's Rep. Korea Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Europa Island Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Federal Republic of Germany Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern and Antarctic Lands Gabon Gaza Strip German Democratic Republic Ghana Gibraltar Gilbert and Ellice Islands Glorioso Islands Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Howland Island Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Iraq-Saudia Arabia Neutral Zone Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Jan Mayen Japan Jarvis Island Jersey Johnston Atoll Jordan Juan de Nova Island Kenya Kingman Reef Kiribati Kuwait Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Midway Islands Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Navassa Island Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Yemen Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palmyra Atoll Panama Papua New Guinea Paracel Islands Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Armenia Republic of Azerbaijan Republic of Belarus Republic of Estonia Republic of Georgia Republic of Kazakhstan Republic of Korea Republic of Kyrghyzstan Republic of Latvia Republic of Lithuania Republic of Moldova Republic of Tajikistan Republic of Turkmenistan Republic of Ukraine Republic of Uzbekistan Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Yemen Spain Spratly Islands Sri Lanka St. Helena St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Pierre and Miquelon St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Suriname Svalbard Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Thailand The Bahamas The Gambia Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tromelin Island Trust Territory of the Pacific Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania United States Uruguay USSR Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands Wake Island Wallis and Futuna West Bank Western Sahara Western Samoa Yugoslavia Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. REGION This list is not drawn from the MUC-6 reference gazetteer. It serves primarily as a small set of examples of names that fit the REGION category. (Other examples include entries in the gazetteer for continents and for island groups that cross national boundaries.) Asia Eastern Europe Far East Pacific Rim Western Europe