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This is an index of subjects on Wikipedia. Each entry below is an alphabetical index of its respective subject area. For structured lists on these subjects, see Outline of knowledge . For an alphabetical index of all articles on Wikipedia, see A-Z Index .
Main index: Geography See also: Geography of present-day nations and states
Continents and major geopolitical regions (non-continents are italicized ):
Africa • Antarctica • Asia • Europe • North America • Oceania (includes Australia ) • South America
Political divisions of World, arranged by continent or major geopolitical region:
Africa :
West Africa:
Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo
North Africa:
Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara
Central Africa:
Angola • Burundi • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • The Democratic Republic of Congo • Equatorial Guinea • Gabon • Republic of Congo • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe
East Africa:
Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe
Southern Africa:
Botswana • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa • Swaziland
Dependencies:
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
Antarctica:
Antarctica
Asia :
Central Asia:
Kazakhstan [1] Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan
East Asia:
China [2] Index of China-related articles (0–L) Index of China-related articles (M–Z)
Tibet Hong Kong [3] Macau [4]
Japan
0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Korea :
0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 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] Andhra Pradesh ) • Iran • Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka
West Asia:
Armenia [12] Azerbaijan [13] Bahrain • Cyprus [14] Northern Cyprus ) • Georgia [15] Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Palestine [16] Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey [17] United Arab Emirates • Yemen
Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them):
North Caucasus:
Parts of Russia (Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai)
South Caucasus:
Georgia (including disputed Abhkazia , South Ossetia ) • Armenia • Azerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic )
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 • Vatican City
European Union
North America :
Canada
Canadian provinces
Alberta • British Columbia • Newfoundland and Labrador • Nova Scotia • Ontario • Quebec • Saskatchewan
Aboriginal Canadian
Greenland • Mexico • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
United States
U.S. administrative divisions
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
District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
U.S. counties
African American Asian American
Central America:
Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama
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
Oceania: (includes the continent of Australia ):
Australasia: [18]
Australia
Dependencies/Territories of Australia:
Christmas Island [19] Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Norfolk Island
New Zealand [20]
Melanesia: [21]
Fiji • Indonesia (Oceanian part only)[22] New Caledonia (France) • Papua New Guinea [23] Solomon Islands • Vanuatu
Micronesia:
Federated States of Micronesia • Guam (USA) • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Nauru • Northern Mariana Islands (USA) • Palau • Wake Island (USA)
Polynesia
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)
South America :
Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Falkland Islands • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Uruguay • Venezuela
South Atlantic:
Ascension Island • Saint Helena • Tristan da Cunha
^ 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 PRC. ^ Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of PRC. ^ Under the de facto control of 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. ^ 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 Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey , it has historical and socio-political connections with Europe. However, 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 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." ^ Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia .^ 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 .
