TERM/ACRONYM TERRITORY/DEFINITION

EASTERN EUROPE BELARUS - MOLDOVA - RUSSIA - UKRAINE - BULGARIA - CZECH REPUBLIC - HUNGARY - POLAND - ROMANIA - SLOVAKIA

NORTHERN EUROPE ALAND (FINLAND) - GUERNSEY - ICELAND - ISLE OF MAN - JERSEY - NORWAY - SVALBARD + JAN MAYEN ISLANDS (NORWAY) - DENMARK - ESTONIA - FAROE ISLANDS (DENMARK) - FINLAND - IRELAND - LATVIA - LITHUANIA - SWEDEN - UNITED KINGDOM

SOUTHERN EUROPE ALBANIA - ANDORRA - BOSNIA + HERZEGOVINA - CROATIA - GIBRALTAR (UK) - MACEDONIA - MONTENEGRO - SAN MARINO - SERBIA - VATICAN CITY - CYPRUS - GREECE - ITALY - MALTA - PORTUGAL - SLOVANIA - SPAIN

WESTERN EUROPE AUSTRIA - BELGIUM - FRANCE - GERMANY - LIECHTENSTEIN - LUXEMBOURG - MONACO - NETHERLANDS - SWITZERLAND

PAN EUROPEAN Countries of EASTERN, NORTHERN, SOUTHERN and WESTERN EUROPE - (see countries above) (across Europe)

EU AUSTRIA - BELGIUM - BULGARIA - CYPRUS - CZECH REPUBLIC - DENMARK - ESTONIA - FINLAND - FRANCE - GERMANY - GREECE - HUNGARY - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND - ITALY - LATVIA - LITHUANIA - LUXEMBOURGE - MALTA - NETHERLANDS - POLAND - PORTUGAL - ROMANIA - SLOVAKIA - SLOVENIA - SPAIN - SWEDEN - UK

CEE (Central and Eastern Europe)BULGARIA - CROATIA - CZECH REPUBLIC/SLOVAKIA - HUNGARY - LATVIA - MACEDONIA - POLAND - ROMANIA = SERBIA/BOSNIA - SLOVENIA - UKRAINE

CIS (Commonwealth of Armenia – Azerbaijan – Belarus – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan - Republic of Moldova - Russian Federation – Tajikistan - Turkmenistan - Ukraine - Uzbekistan Independent States)

CCAR KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGGYZSTAN, TAKIKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, UZBEKISTAN, CAUCASUS

DACH DEUTSCHLAND, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND

AFRICA COMOROS - CONGO – CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) - COTE D'IVOIRE – DJIBOUTI – EGYPT - EQUATORIAL GUINEA – ETHIOPIA – GABON – GAMBIA – GHANA – GUINEA - GUINEA-BISSAU – KENYA – LESOTHO – LIBERIA – LIBYA – MADAGASCAR – MALAWI – MALI – MAURITANIA – MAURITIUS – MAYOTTE – MOROCCO - MOZAMBIQUE – NAMIBIA – NIGER – NIGERIA – OMAN – RWANDA - SAO TOME & PRINCIPE – SENEGAL – SEYCHELLES - SIERRA LEONE – SOMALIA - SOUTH AFRICA – SUDAN – SWAZILAND – TANZANIA – TOGO – TUNISIA – UGANDA - WESTERN SAHARA – ZAMBIA – ZIMBABWE

NORTH AFRICA NO UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED DEFINITION, BUT COULD INCLUDE … Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia

MIDDLE EAST BAHRAIN - BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY – EGYPT - ERITREA – GAZA - IRAN – IRAQ – ISRAEL – JORDAN – KUWAIT – LEBANON - PALESTINIAN TERRITORY – QATAR – REUNION - SAUDI ARABIA – SYRIA - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - YEMEN

MEA Countries of MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA (see countries above) (Middle East and Africa) MENA Countries of Middle East and North Africa

EMEA Countries of EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA - (see countries above) (Europe, Middle East and Africa)

CEEMEA CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

MENAP MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN 1 LEVANT THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LITTORAL BETWEEN ANATOLIA AND EGYPT (CYPRUS, ISRAEL, JORDAN, PALESTINE, SYRIA, AND PART OF SOUTERN TURKEY (FORMER ALEPPO VILAYET)

DOM - TOM GUADELOUPE - ST MARTIN - ST BARTS - FRENCH GUIANA - MARTINIQUE - ST PIERRE & MIQUELON - FRENCH POLYNESIA - CLIPPERTON ISLAND -MAYOTTE - (French-administered territories REUNION - FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARTIC LANDS - NEW CALEDONIA - WALLIS & FUTUNA outside of Europe)

UAE ABU DHABI - DUBAI - SHARJAH - RAS AL KHAIMAH - FUJAIRAH - UMM AL QUWAIN - AJMAN (United Arab Emirates)

GCC BAHRAIN - KUWAIT - OMAN - QATAR - SAUDI ARABIA - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) (Gulf co-operation Council)

AUSTRALASIA/OCEANIA AUSTRALIA – TASMANIA - NEW ZEALAND – FIJI – SAMOA – TONGA - PAPUA NEW–GUINEA - CHRISTMAS ISLAND - COCOS-KEELING ISLANDS - COOK ISLANDS - FRENCH POLYNESIA – KIRIBATI - PITCAIRN ISLANDS - SOLOMON ISLANDS – NAURU - NEW CALEDONIA – NIVE-MIDWAY ISLANDS - NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS – TAHITI – PALAU – TOKELAU – TUVALU – VANUATU - WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS – GUAM MARSHALL ISLANDS - MICRONESIA

APAC Australia – China - Hong Kong – India – Indonesia – Japan – Korea – Malaysia – Mauritius - New Zealand – Philippines – Singapore - Sri Lanka – Thailand – Vietnam (Asia Pacific)

ASIA AFGHANISTAN – BANGLADESH – BHUTAN – BRUNEI – CAMBODIA – CHINA (INCLUDING HONG KONG & MACAU) – INDIA – INDONESIA – INDOCHINA – IRAN - JAPAN – KAZAKHSTAN – KOREA (NORTH) – KOREA (SOUTH) – KYRGYZSTAN – LAOS – MALAYSIA – MALDIVES – MONGOLIA – MYANMAR (BURMA) – NEPAL – PAKISTAN – PHILIPPINES – SINGAPORE - SRI LANKA– TAIWAN – TAJIKISTAN – THAILAND – TURKMENISTAN – UZBEKISTAN – VIETNAM (may or may not also include the countries of SouthWest and North Asia - see below)

SOUTHWEST ASIA ARMENIA - AZERBAIJAN - BAHRAIN - CYPRUS - GAZA - GEORGIA - IRAQ - ISRAEL - JORDAN - KUWAIT - LEBANON - OMAN - QATAR - SAUDI ARABIA - SYRIA - TURKEY - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - WEST BANK - YEMEN

EAST ASIA CHINA - HONG KONG (CHINA) - JAPAN - MACAU (CHINA) - MONGOLIA - NORTH KOREA - SOUTH KOREA - TAIWAN (aka FAR EAST)

WEST ASIA DUBAI - EGYPT - IRAQ - ISRAEL - JORDAN - LEBANON - MORROCCO - SUDAN - SYRIA - TUNISIA

ASEAN COUNTRIES Brunei Darussalam - Indonesia - Malaysia – Philippines – Singapore - Thailand

ARABIA ALGERIA - BAHRAIN - COMOROS - DJIBOUTI - EGYPT - IRAQ - JORDAN - KUWAIT - LEBANON - LIBYA - MAURITANIA - MOROCCO - OMAN - PALESTINE - QATAR - SAUDI - SOMOMALIA - SUDAN - SYRIA - TUNISIA - UAE - YEMEN

AMET Countries of AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST and TURKEY - (see countries above)

SOUTH AMERICA ARGENTINA - BOLIVIA - BRAZIL - CHILE - COLOMBIA - ECUADOR - FALKLAND ISLANDS (UK) - FRENCH GUIANA (FRANCE) - GUYANA - PARAGUAY - SOUTH GEORGIA + SOUTH SANDWHICH ISLANDS (UK) - SURINAME - URUGUAY - VENEZUELA

2 NORTH AMERICA CANADA - USA - MEXICO (North America is often divided into subregions but no universally accepted divisions exist)

NORTHERN AMERICA CANADA - USA - GREENLAND - BERMUDA - ST PIERRE - MIQUELON

CENTRAL AMERICA BELIZE - COSTA RICA - EL SALVADOR - GUATEMALA - HONDURAS - NICURAGUA - PANAMA

CARIBBEAN ANGUILLA (UK) - ANTIGUA & BABUDA - ARUBA (NETHERLANDS) - BAHAMAS - BARBADOS - BERMUDA (UK) - BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (UK) (Islands in and near the CAYMAN ISLANDS (UK) - COLUMBIA [San Andrés and Providencia Department] - CUBA - DOMINICA - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - GRENADA - GUADELOUPE (FRANCE) - Caribbean) HAITI - HONDURAS [Guanaja - Roatan - Swan Islands - Utila - Misteriosa Bank - Rosario Bank] - JAMAICA - MARTINIQUE (FRANCE) - MEXICO [Isla Cozumel - Isla Contoy - Isla Mujeres - Isla del Carmen] - MONTSERRAT (UK) - NAVASSA ISLANDS (USA) - NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (NETHERLANDS) - NICARAGUA [Corn Island - Little Corn Island - Miskito Cays - Pearl Cays] - PUERTO RICO (USA) - SAINT KITTS + NEVIS - SAINT LUCIA - SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - TURKS AND CAICOS - US VIRGIN ISLANDS - VENEZUELA [Isla Margarita - Isla Tortuga - Isla Cubagua - Isla Coche - Archipielago de Los Roques - Isla de Aves - Isla de Nupples - Isla Blanquilla]

MIDDLE AMERICA MEXICO, the nations of CENTRAL AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN (is a region in the mid-latitudes of the Americas)

CONTINENTAL SOUTH AMERICAARGENTINA - BOLIVIA - BRAZIL - CHILE - COLOMBIA - ECUADOR - FRENCH GUIANA - GUYANA - PARAGUAY - PERU - SURINAME - URUGUAY - VENEZUELA

SOUTH AMERICA ARGENTINA - BOLIVIA - BRAZIL - CHILE - COLOMBIA - ECUADOR - FAULKLAMD ISLANDS - FRENCH GUIANA - GUYANA - PARAGUAY - PERU - SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS - SURINAME - URUGUAY - VENEZUELA

LATIN AMERICA MEXICO - most of CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA - CUBA - PUERTO RICO - that part of THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC located in the Caribbean (commonly countries of Americas where Spanish/Portuguese predominate-Strictly IBERO-/ HISPANO-AMERICA)

Please note that PhotoAgentsLondon takes no responsibility for the veracity of the information above. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that it is correct, the definitions above to tend to evolve over time and you should make your own enquiries if you require complete accuracy. Model agency definitions are not dictated by PAL and as such may diverge.

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