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Geographic Names

The following list provides: (a) three-letter codes established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO); (b) names (in short form) of Member States of the (indicated in bold) and a selected number of other entities; (c) capital given in the orthography or Romanized form generally used on United Nations maps; (d) commonly found alternative forms of capital cities; and (e) comments for clarification as necessary. Note that for certain Member States, short forms are not used in United Nations documents and maps. The United Nations Terminology Bulletin for Names may be consulted for the long form of country names that are provided in the six official languages of the United Nations. Useful information on United Nations and geographical names standardization around the world may be found at http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/english/unindex.html.

ISO Short Form Capital Alternative Form Comments Code AFG Kābul Kābol ALB Tiranë DZA Alger, Al Djazā'ir ASM American Non-Self-Governing administered by the U.S.A. AND Andorra AGO AIA The Valley Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by the U.K. ATA Antarctica The position of the United Nations on the question of Antarctica is contained General Assembly resolution 38/77 and subsequent resolution of the General Assembly. ATG St John's ARG ARM ABW Oranjestad Autonomous part of the Kingdom of the AUS AUT Wien AZE Bakı BHS Bahamas BHR Al Manāmah BGD BRB BLR Belarus BEL Bruxelles (fr) Brüssel (de) Brussel (nl) BLZ BEN Porto-Novo BMU Hamilton Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by the U.K. BTN BOL La Paz: administrative : legislative/judiciary BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina BWA BRA Brasília IOT British Territory British Crown Dependency. VGB British Virgin Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by the U.K. BRN Darussalam BGR Sofiya BFA BDI

Department of Public Information Cartographic Section Last update: 07/09/00 12:35 PM ISO Short Form Capital Alternative Form Comments Code KHM Phnum Pénh CMR Yaoundé CAN CPV Verde CYM George Town Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by the U.K. CAF TCD N'Djamena CHL CHN Peking CXR Christmas The Settlement Territory of Australia CCK Cocos (Keeling) Islands West Island Territory of Australia COL Santa Fé de Bogotá COM Moroni COG Congo COK Self-governing in free association with CRI San José CIV Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro: administrative : commercial HRV CUB La Habana CYP CZE Praha PRK Democratic People's Republic of Korea P'yŏngyang COD Democratic DNK København DJI Djibouti DMA DOM TMP Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by UNTAET ECU EGY El Qahirah SLV GNQ Equatorial ERI Asmera EST Reval ETH Ādīs Ābeba FLK Stanley Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by the U.K., also claimed by Argentina. The position of the United (Malvinas) Nations is contained in General Assembly resolution 31/49 of 1 December 1976 and subsequent resolutions of the General Assembly. FRO Faroe Islands Tórshavn Part of the Kingdom of Denmark FJI FIN Helsingfors (sw) FRA ISO code for France Metropolitan is FXX GUF Overseas department of France PYF French Overseas territory of France ATF French Southern and Antarctic Overseas territory of France, administered from Paris GAB GMB Gambia GEO T’bilisi Tiflis DEU GHA GIB Gibraltar Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by the U.K GRC Athínai GRL Godthåb Part of the Kingdom of Denmark GRD Saint George's GLP -Terre Overseas department of France GUM Agana Hagatña Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by the U.S.A

Department of Public Information Cartographic Section Last update: 07/09/00 12:35 PM ISO Short Form Capital Alternative Form Comments Code GTM Guatemala Guatemala St. Peter British Crown Dependency GIN Guinea GNB Guinea-Bissau GUY Georgetown HTI Port-au-Prince VAT Holy See Vatican HND HGK Special Administrative of China HUN ISL Reykjavík IND New NīDillī (in) IDN Jakarta IRN (Islamic Republic of) Tehrān IRQ Baghdād IRL Baile Átha Cliath XIM Douglas British Crown Dependency ISR The designation as the capital is provided by Israel. The position of the United Nations on the question of Jerusalem is contained in General Assembly resolution 181(11) and subsequent resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security concerning this question. ITA Roma JAM Kingston JPN Tŏkyŏ St. Helier British Crown Dependency JOR ‘Ammān KAZ Astana KEN KIR Bairiki KWT Kuwait Al Kuwayt KGZ Biškek LAO Lao People's Democratic Republic Viangchan LVA Rīga LBN Bayrūt LSO LBR LBY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Ţarābulus Banghāzī: co-capital LIE Liechtenstein LTU LUX Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxemburg (de), Letzebuerg (lu) MAC , China MDG MWI MYS MDV Male MLI MLT Malta MHL MTQ Fort-de-France Overseas department of France MRT Nuwaskshūţ MUS Port Louis MYT Territorial collectivity of France. The position of the United Nations on the question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte is contained in General Assembly resolution 3161(XXVIII) of 14 December 1973 and subsequent resolutions of the General Assembly. MEX México Ciudad de México FSM (Federated States of)

Department of Public Information Cartographic Section Last update: 07/09/00 12:35 PM ISO Short Form Capital Alternative Form Comments Code MDA Moldova, Republic of Chişinău Chisinau MCO Monaco MNG Ulan Bator MSR Plymouth Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by the U.K. MAR Ar Ribāţ MOZ MMR Yangon Rangoon NAM NRU Yaren NPL NLD Netherlands Den Haag The Hague: ANT Netherlands Antilles Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands NCL Nouméa Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by France NZL New Zealand Te Whanganui-a-Tara, (mi) NIC NER NGA NIU Self-governing in free association with New Zealand NFK Kingston Territory of Australia MNP Commonwealth of the U.S.A. NOR OMN Masqaţ PAK Islāmābād PLW Koror PAN Panamá Panama PNG PRY Asunción PER PHL PCN Pitcairn Island Adamstown British Crown Dependency POL Warszawa PRT Lisboa PRI San Juan Commonwealth of the U.S.A. QAT Ad Dawhah KOR Republic of Korea Sŏul REU Réunion Saint-Denis Overseas department of France ROM Bucureşti RUS Russian Moskva RWA SHN Saint Helena Jamestown Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by the U.K KNA LCA SPM Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre Territorial collectivity of France VCT Saint Vincent and the Grenadines WSM Samoa SMR San Marino San Marino STP Sao Tome and Principe São Tomé SAU Ar Riyād SEN SYC SLE SGP Singapore Xinjiapo (zh), Singapura (ms), Singapur (ta) SVK SVN Slovenia SLB

Department of Public Information Cartographic Section Last update: 07/09/00 12:35 PM ISO Short Form Capital Alternative Form Comments Code SOM Muqdishu (ar), Muqdisho (so) ZAF South Pretoria: administrative : legislative : judiciary ESP LKA Sri Jayawardhanapura- Colombo: commercial Kotte SDN Al Kharţūm Bahī SUR SJM and Jan Mayen Islands Territory of Norway SWZ Swaziland Mbabane: administrative : legislative SWE CHE Berne (fr), Berna (it) SYR Syrian Arab Republic Dimashq TJK Dušanbe THA Krung Thep MKD The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia TGO Lomé TKL Non-Self-Governing Territory administered from Apia, Samoa, territory of New Zealand TON Nuku'alofa TTO TUN Tūnis, Tūnus TUR Angora TKM Ašgabat (tk) Ašhabad (ru) TCA Town Grand Turk Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by the U.K TUV Fongafale UGA UKR Kiev Kyïv ARE United Arab AbūZabī GBR of and TZA United Republic of Dar es Salaam: administrative : legislative USA of America , D.C. VIR United States Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by the U.S.A URY UZB Toškent (uz), Taškent (ru) VUT Port-Vila VEN VNM Viet Nam Hà Nôi WLF Mata-Utu Matâ’utu Overseas territory of France ESH Western La 'Youn El Aaiun YEM Şan‘ā’ YUG Yugoslavia Beograd ZMB ZWE

ISO Language codes used ar: in: Indonesian ms: Malaysian ta: Tamul de: German it: Italian nl: Netherlands uz Uzbek en: English lu: Luxembourg ru: Russian tk Turkmen fr: French mi: Maori so: Somali zh Chinese sw: Swedish

Department of Public Information Cartographic Section Last update: 07/09/00 12:35 PM