A Political World Gazetteer

by John Knouse

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This is an outline of the world's political divisions, organized by 1) continent; 2) area of continent if relevant; 3) nation; 4) national subdivision (province, state, department); 5) further subdivisions if they exist.

OCEANIA

This is a designation used to encompass the continent of Australia and a widely-spread assortment of island nations in the Pacific Ocean. Many of the island nations are Polynesian. The two largest nations, Australia and New Zealand, were heavily settled by the British.

Oceania Index

American Samoa---Australia---Easter Island---Fiji---Kiribati---Marshall Islands---Micronesia---Nauru---New Caledonia--- New Zealand---Palau---Papua New Guinea---Tonga---Tuvalu---Vanuatu---Western Samoa------------------------------

OCEANIA: AUSTRALIA & MAJOR ISLANDS

AUSTRALIA

Origin of Name: Southern Place (after the latin Terra Australis Incognito, which means the Unknown Southern Land; thanks Todd Paterson)

Country Code: AU

Capital: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (located within New South Wales)

Origin of Capital Name: Originally Canberry, a corruption of an aboriginal word meaning "A Meeting Place"

Official Language: English; many local Aborigine tongues are dying out

Telephone Country Code: 61

Provinces:

Queensland

Origin of Name: After England's Queen Victoria

Capital: Brisbane

Origin of Capital Name: After Scottish Sir Thomas MakDougall Brisbane, who visited the settlement when it was known as Moreton Bay

New South Wales

New South Wales originally included Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, the Northern Australia Territory, and the Australian Capital District Origin of Name: After South Wales, part of Wales in Great Britain Capital: Sydney Origin of Capital Name: Named after Sydney Cove, on which the city is located, which in turn was named after Thomas Townshend, the First Viscount Sydney of England; the port is called Port Jackson

Victoria

Origin of Name: After Queen Victoria of England Capital: Melbourne Origin of Capital Name: After the British Lord William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, former British Prime Minister

Southern Australia

Origin of Name: Self-explanatory Capital: Adelaide Origin of Capital Name: After Queen Adelaide, consort of England's King William IV

West Australia

Origin of Name: Self-explanatory Capital: Perth Origin of Capital Name: Named by Captain/Sir James Stirling in 1829 after the county of Perth in Scotland

Tasmania

Origin of Name: After CaptainAbel Janszoon Tasman, Dutch explorer who discovered it Capital: Hobart Origin of Capital Name: Founded in 1804, and named for Lord Hobart, then British Secretary of State for the Colonies

Other Areas:

Northern Australia

A territory Origin of Name: Self-explanatory Capital: Darwin Origin of Capital Name: After Sir Charles Robert Darwin, propounder of the theory of natural selection, who visited Australia in the mid-1830s

Australian Capital Territory

The federal capital district; located within New South Wales

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Origin of Name: Capital: Port Moresby Origin of Capital Name: Occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea Telephone Country Code: 675

Divisions on main island:

NEW ZEALAND

Origin of Name: Capital: Wellington Origin of Capital Name: Telephone Country Code: 64

North Island

Auckland
Bay of Plenty
East Cape
Gisborne
Hawkes Bay
Northland
Taranaki
Waikato
Wanganui-Manawatu
Wellington South Island
Canterbury
Marlborough
Nelson
Otango (or Otago)
Southland
Tasman
Westland (or West Coast)

OCEANIA: PACIFIC/MINOR ISLANDS

Nouvelle CalＥonie (New Caledonia)

Telephone Country Code: 687

PolynＴie Fran㌢ise (French Polynesia)

French Possession Capital: Telephone Country Code: 689

FIJI

Capital: Suva Telephone Country Code: 679

SAMOA I SISIFO (Western Samoa)

Capital: Apia Telephone Country Code:

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Capital: Hon'iara Telephone Country Code:

Divisions:

Central: Tulaghi (Rennel Island ++)
Guadalcanal: Honiara (Guadalcanal Island)
Isabel: Buala (Santa Isabel Island and nearby small islands)
Makira: Kirakira (San Cristobal Island and nearby smaller islands)
Malaita: Auki (Malaita Island and nearby smaller islands)
Temotu: Lata (Santa Cruz Islands)
Western: Gizo (Choiseau Island, New Georgia Island, + nearby smaller islands)

US Minor Outlying Islands

UM (Not used as a postal code; 74)

Islands:

Baker Island FIPS: 050 Howland Island FIPS: 100 Jarvis Island FIPS: 150 Johnston Island FIPS: 200 Kingman Reef FIPS: 250 Midway Islands FIPS: 300 Navassa Island FIPS: 350 Palmyra Atoll FIPS: 400 Wake Island FIPS: 450

NAURU Capital: Yaren Telephone Country Code:

KIRIBATI Capital: Tarawa Telephone Country Code:

Marshall Islands United States possession Capital: Dalap-Uliga-Darrit FIPS: 68 US Postal Code: MH Telephone Country Code:

Municipalities:

Ailinginae FIPS: 007 Ailinglaplap FIPS: 010 Ailuk FIPS: 030 Arno FIPS: 040 Aur FIPS: 050 Bikar FIPS: 060 Bikini FIPS: 070 Bokak FIPS: 073 Ebon FIPS: 080 Enewetak FIPS: 090 Erikub FIPS: 100 Jabat FIPS: 110 Jaluit FIPS: 120 Jemo FIPS: 130 Kili FIPS: 140 Kwajalein FIPS: 150 Lae FIPS: 160 Lib FIPS: 170 Likiep FIPS: 180 Majuro FIPS: 190 Maloelap FIPS: 300 Mejit FIPS: 310 Mili FIPS: 320 Namorik FIPS: 330 Namu FIPS: 340 Rongelap FIPS: 350 Rongrik FIPS: 360 Toke (or Taka) FIPS: 385 Ujae FIPS: 390 Ujelang FIPS: 400 Utrik FIPS: 410 Wotho FIPS: 420 Wotje FIPS: 430

PALAU (Belau) A freely associated state of the United States FIPS: 70 Capital: Koror Telephone Country Code:

States:

Aimeliik FIPS: 002 Airai FIPS: 004 Angaur FIPS: 010 Hatobohei (or Tobi) FIPS: 050 Kayangel FIPS: 100 Koror FIPS: 150 Melekeok (or Melekeiok) FIPS: 212 Ngaraard FIPS: 214 Ngarchelong FIPS: 218 Ngardmau FIPS: 222 Ngatpang FIPS: 224 Ngchesar FIPS: 226 Ngeremlengui (or Ngaremlengui) FIPS: 227 Ngiwal FIPS: 228 Peleliu FIPS: 350 Sonsorol FIPS: 370

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA A freely associated state of the United States FIPS: 64 Capital: Palikir States: Chuuk FIPS: 002 Kosrae FIPS: 005 Pohnpei (or Ponape) FIPS: 040 Yap FIPS: 060

TONGA Capital: Nuku'alofa Telephone Country Code:

VANUATU Capital: Port Vila Telephone Country Code:

TUVALU Capital: Fongafale Telephone Country Code:

Northern Mariana Islands United States possession Capital: Saipan FIPS: 69 US Postal Code: MP Municipalities: Northern Islands FIPS: 085 Rota FIPS: 100 Saipan FIPS: 110 Tinian FIPS: 120

Guam United States possession Capital: Agana FIPS: 66 US Postal Code: GU Telephone Country Code: 671

American Samoa United States possession FIPS: 60 Country Code: AS Capital: Pago-pago Telephone Country Code: Districts/islands: Eastern FIPS: 010 Manu'a FIPS: 020 Rose Island FIPS: 030 Swains Island FIPS: 040 Western FIPS: 050

Christmas Island Country Code: CX Currency: Australian Dollar (AUD) Telephone Country Code: 672 Telephone Dial-Out Code: 00

Cook Islands Country Code: CK Currency: New Zealand Dollar (NZD) Telephone Country Code: 682 Telephone Dial-Out Code: 00

ANTARCTICA

Antarctica has never had any permanent settlements. It is officially a non-national resource, although territories have been claimed by Chile, Argentina, Russia, United States, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa.

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