List of ITU special regional designations ITU CIRAF zones Country Codes for Citizens Band Radio - 11 meter prefix list List of Independent States List of Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty Compiled by UDXF - Uitlity DXers Forum Last revision: 13 October 2020 Sources: ITU International Telecommunication Union CIA World Factbook EDXC European DX Council List of ITU special regional designations Code Designation COD Democratic Republic of the Congo ABW Aruba COG Congo (Republic of the) AFG Afghanistan COM Comoros (Union of the) AFS South Africa (Republic of) CPT Clipperton Island AGL Angola (Republic of) CPV Cape Verde (Republic of) AIA Anguilla CRO Crozet Archipelago ALB Albania (Republic of) CTI Côte d'Ivoire (Republic of) ALG Algeria (People's Democratic Republic of) CTR Costa Rica ALS Alaska (State of) CUB Cuba AMS Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands CUW Curaçao AND Andorra (Principality of) CVA Vatican City State AOE Western Sahara CYM Cayman Islands ARG Argentine Republic CYP Cyprus (Republic of) ARM Armenia (Republic of) CZE Czech Republic ARS Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of) D Germany (Federal Republic of) ASC Ascension Island DGA Diego Garcia ATA Antarctic DJI Djibouti (Republic of) ATG Antigua and Barbuda DMA Dominica (Commonwealth of) ATN Netherlands Caribbean DNK Denmark AUS Australia DOM Dominican Republic AUT Austria E Spain AZE Azerbaijani Republic EGY Egypt (Arab Republic of) AZR Azores EQA Ecuador B Brazil (Federative Republic of) ERI Eritrea BAH Bahamas (Commonwealth of the) EST Estonia (Republic of) BDI Burundi (Republic of) ETH Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of) BEL Belgium F France BEN Benin (Republic of) FIN Finland BER Bermuda FJI Fiji (Republic of) BFA Burkina Faso FLK Falkland Islands (Malvinas) BGD Bangladesh (People's Republic of) FRO Faroe Islands BHR Bahrain (Kingdom of) FSM Micronesia (Federated States of) BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina G United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland BIO Chagos Islands (Indian Ocean) GAB Gabonese Republic BLM Saint Barthélemy (French Department of) GCA United Kingdom (Non-metropolitan) - Region 1 BLR Belarus (Republic of) GCC United Kingdom - Region 3 BLZ Belize GEO Georgia BOL Bolivia (Plurinational State of) GHA Ghana BOT Botswana (Republic of) GIB Gibraltar BRB Barbados GLP Guadeloupe (French Department of) BRM Myanmar (Union of) GMB Gambia (Republic of the) BRU Brunei Darussalam GNB Guinea-Bissau (Republic of) BTN Bhutan (Kingdom of) GNE Equatorial Guinea (Republic of) BUL Bulgaria (Republic of) GRC Greece BVT Bouvet Island GRD Grenada CAF Central African Republic GRL Greenland CAN Canada GTM Guatemala (Republic of) CBG Cambodia (Kingdom of) GUF Guiana (French Department of) CG7 CUB(Guantanamo) (7), as defined in Appendix 26 to the GUI Guinea (Republic of) Radio Regulations, Geneva, 1959; (7) means "USA GUM Guam stations". GUY Guyana CHL Chile HKG Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) CHN China (People's Republic of) HMD Heard and McDonald Islands CHR Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) HND Honduras (Republic of) CKH Cook Islands HNG Hungary (Republic of) CLM Colombia (Republic of) HOL Netherlands (Kingdom of the) CLN Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of) HRV Croatia (Republic of) CME Cameroon (Republic of) HTI Haiti (Republic of) CNR Canary Islands HWA Hawaii (State of) HWL Howland Island MYT Mayotte (Territorial Collectivity of) I Italy NCG Nicaragua ICO Cocos (Keeling) Islands NCL New Caledonia IND India (Republic of) NFK Norfolk Island INS Indonesia (Republic of) NGR Niger (Republic of the) IRL Ireland NIG Nigeria (Federal Republic of) IRN Iran (Islamic Republic of) NIU Niue IRQ Iraq (Republic of) NMB Namibia (Republic of) ISL Iceland NOR Norway ISR Israel (State of) NPL Nepal (Federal Democratic Republic of) J Japan NRU Nauru (Republic of) JAR Jarvis Island NZL New Zealand JMC Jamaica OCE French Polynesia JON Johnston Island OMA Oman (Sultanate of) JOR Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of) PAK Pakistan (Islamic Republic of) KAZ Kazakhstan (Republic of) PAQ Easter Island KEN Kenya (Republic of) PHL Philippines (Republic of the) KER Kerguelen Islands PHX Phoenix Islands KGZ Kyrgyz Republic PLM Palmyra Island KIR Kiribati (Republic of) PLW Palau (Republic of) KNA Saint Kitts and Nevis (Federation of) PNG Papua New Guinea KOR Korea (Republic of) PNR Panama (Republic of) RKS Kosovo (EDXC code) POL Poland (Republic of) KRE Democratic People's Republic of Korea POR Portugal KWT Kuwait (State of) PRG Paraguay (Republic of) LAO Lao People's Democratic Republic PRU Peru LBN Lebanon PTC Pitcairn Island LBR Liberia (Republic of) PTR Puerto Rico LBY Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya QAT Qatar (State of) LCA Saint Lucia REU Reunion (French Department of) LIE Liechtenstein (Principality of) ROD Rodrigues LSO Lesotho (Kingdom of) ROU Romania LTU Lithuania (Republic of) RRW Rwanda (Republic of) LUX Luxembourg RUS Russian Federation LVA Latvia (Republic of) S Sweden MAC Macao (Special Administrative Region of China) SDN Sudan (Republic of the) MAF Saint Martin (French Department of) SEN Senegal (Republic of) MAU Mauritius (Republic of) SEY Seychelles (Republic of) MCO Monaco (Principality of) SHN Saint Helena MDA Moldova (Republic of) SLM Solomon Islands MDG Madagascar (Republic of) SLV El Salvador (Republic of) MDR Madeira SMA American Samoa MDW Midway Islands SMO Samoa (Independent State of) MEX Mexico SMR San Marino (Republic of) MHL Marshall Islands (Republic of the) SNG Singapore (Republic of) MKD North Macedonia SOM Somali Democratic Republic MLA Malaysia SPM Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Territorial Collectivity of) MLD Maldives (Republic of) SRB Serbia (Republic of) MLI Mali (Republic of) SRL Sierra Leone MLT Malta SSD South Sudan (Republic of the) MNE Montenegro STP Sao Tome and Principe (Democratic Republic of) MNG Mongolia SUI Switzerland (Confederation of) MOZ Mozambique (Republic of) SUR Suriname (Republic of) MRA Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth of the) SVK Slovak Republic MRC Morocco (Kingdom of) SVN Slovenia (Republic of) MRN Marion Island SWN Swan Islands MRT Martinique (French Department of) SWZ Swaziland (Kingdom of) MSR Montserrat SYR Syrian Arab Republic MTN Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) TCA Turks and Caicos Islands MWI Malawi TCD Chad (Republic of) TGO Togolese Republic USA United States of America THA Thailand UZB Uzbekistan (Republic of) TJK Tajikistan (Republic of) VCT Saint Vincent and the Grenadines TKL Tokelau VEN Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) TKM Turkmenistan VIR United States Virgin Islands TLS Timor-Leste (Democratic Republic of) VRG British Virgin Islands TON Tonga (Kingdom of) VTN Viet Nam (Socialist Republic of) TRC Tristan da Cunha VUT Vanuatu (Republic of) TRD Trinidad and Tobago WAK Wake Island TUN Tunisia WAL Wallis and Futuna Islands TUR Turkey XGZ Gaza Strip TUV Tuvalu XSP Spratly Islands TZA Tanzania (United Republic of) XWB West Bank UAE United Arab Emirates YEM Yemen (Republic of) UGA Uganda (Republic of) ZMB Zambia (Republic of) UKR Ukraine ZWE Zimbabwe (Republic of) URG Uruguay (Eastern Republic of) ITU CIRAF zones ITU CIRAF Zones (CIRAF is the abbreviation of Conferencia Internacional de Radiodifusión por Altas Frecuencias) 01 Alaska 02 Western Canada 03 Central Canada west 04 Central Canada east, Baffin Island 05 Greenland 06 Western USA 07 Central USA 08 Eastern USA 09 Eastern Canada 10 Belize, Guatemala, Mexico 11 Antilles, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, West Indies 12 Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, northern Bolivia, northwestern Brazil, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela 13 Northeastern Brazil 14 Northern Argentina, northern Chile, Paraguay, southern Bolivia, Uruguay 15 Southeastern Brazil 16 Southern Argentina, southern Chile, Falkland Islands 17 Iceland 18 Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden 19 Western Russia northwest 20 Western Russia north 21 Central Russia northwest 22 Central Russia north 23 Central Russia east 24 Eastern Russia northwest 25 Eastern Russia north 26 Eastern Russia northeast 27 Belgium, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Monaco, Netherlands 28 Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican, Yugoslavia 29 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine, western Russia 30 Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, western Kazakhstan, western Kyrgyzstan, western Russia southeast 31 Central Russia southwest, eastern Kazakhstan, eastern Kyrgyzstan 32 Central Russia south, western Mongolia 33 Central Russia southeast, eastern Mongolia 34 Eastern Russia southwest: Sakhalin, Sikhote Alin 35 Eastern Russia east: Kamchatka 36 Azores, Canary Island, Madeira 37 Algeria, Andorra, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia 38 Egypt, Libya 39 Bahrain, Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen 40 Afghanistan, Iran 41 Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan 42 Western China 43 Central China 44 Eastern China, Macao, Hong Kong, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan 45 Japan 46 Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé 47 Western Sudan 48 Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, eastern Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda 49 Kampuchea, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam 50 Philippines 51 Malaysia, Papua New