Access to THE WORLD FACTBOOK 1993 provided courtesy of The Libraries of the University of Missouri-St. Louis Appendix E: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names This list indicates where various names including all United States Foreign Service Posts, alternate names, former names, and political or geographical portions of larger entities can be found in The World Factbook. Spellings are not necessarily those approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Alternate names are included in parentheses; additional information is included in brackets. Name Entry in The World Factbook Abidjan US Embassy Ivory Coast Abu Dhabi US Embassy United Arab Emirates Acapulco US Consular Agency Mexico Accra US Embassy Ghana Adana US Consulate Turkey Addis Ababa US Embassy Ethiopia Adelaide US Consular Agency Australia Adelie Land (Terre Adelie) Antarctica claimed by France Aden Yemen Aden, Gulf of Indian Ocean Admiralty Islands Papua New Guinea Adriatic Sea Atlantic Ocean Aegean Islands Greece Aegean Sea Atlantic Ocean Agalega Islands Mauritius Aland Islands Finland Alaska United States Alaska, Gulf of Pacific Ocean Aldabra Islands Seychelles Alderney Guernsey Aleutian Islands United States Alexander Island Antarctica Alexandria US Consulate General Egypt Algiers US Embassy Algeria Alhucemas, Penon de Spain Alma-Ata Kazakhstan Alphonse Island Seychelles Amami Strait Pacific Ocean Amindivi Islands India Amirante Isles Seychelles Amman US Embassy Jordan Amsterdam US Consulate General Netherlands Amsterdam Island French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Ile Amsterdam) Amundsen Sea Pacific Ocean Amur China; Russia Andaman Islands India Andaman Sea Indian Ocean Anegada Passage Atlantic Ocean Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Sudan Anjouan Comoros Ankara US Embassy Turkey Annobon Equatorial Guinea Antananarivo US Embassy Madagascar Antipodes Islands New Zealand Antwerp US Consulate General Belgium Aozou Strip claimed by Libya Chad Aqaba, Gulf of Indian Ocean Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Arafura Sea Pacific Ocean Argun China; Russia Ascension Island Saint Helena Ashkhabad Interim Chancery Turmenistan Assumption Island Seychelles Asuncion US Embassy Paraguay Asuncion Island Northern Mariana Islands Atacama Chile Athens US Embassy Greece Attu United States Auckland US Consulate General New Zealand Auckland Islands New Zealand Australes Iles (Iles Tubuai) French Polynesia Axel Heiberg Island Canada Azores Portugal Azov, Sea of Atlantic Ocean Bab el Mandeb Indian Ocean Babuyan Channel Pacific Ocean Babuyan Islands Philippines Baffin Bay Arctic Ocean Baffin Island Canada Baghdad US Embassy Iraq Balearic Islands Spain Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Bali US Consular Agency Indonesia Bali Sea Indian Ocean Balintang Channel Pacific Ocean Balintang Islands Philippines Balleny Islands Antarctica Balochistan Pakistan Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean Bamako US Embassy Mali Banaba (Ocean Island) Kiribati Bandar Seri Begawan US Embassy Brunei Banda Sea Pacific Ocean Bangkok US Embassy Thailand Bangui US Embassy Central African Republic Banjul US Embassy Gambia, The Banks Island Canada Banks Islands (Iles Banks) Vanuatu Barcelona US Consulate General Spain Barents Sea Arctic Ocean Barranquilla US Consulate Colombia Bashi Channel Pacific Ocean Basilan Strait Pacific Ocean Bass Strait Indian Ocean Batan Islands Philippines Bavaria (Bayern) Germany Beagle Channel Atlantic Ocean Bear Island (Bjornoya) Svalbard Beaufort Sea Arctic Ocean Bechuanaland Botswana Beijing US Embassy China Beirut US Embassy Lebanon Belau Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) Belem US Consular Agency Brazil Belep Islands (Iles Belep) New Caledonia Belfast US Consulate General United Kingdom Belgian Congo Zaire Belgrade US Embassy Yugoslavia Belize City US Embassy Belize Belle Isle, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Bellinghausen Sea Pacific Ocean Belmopan Belize Bengal, Bay of Indian Ocean Bering Sea Pacific Ocean Bering Strait Pacific Ocean Berkner Island Antarctica Berlin US Branch Office Germany Berlin, East Germany Berlin, West Germany Bern US Embassy Switzerland Bessarabia Romania; Moldova Bijagos, Arquipelago dos Guinea-Bissau Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands Bilbao US Consulate Spain Bioko Equatorial Guinea Biscay, Bay of Atlantic Ocean Bishbek Interim Chancery Kyrgyzstan Bismarck Sea Pacific Ocean Bissau US Embassy Guinea-Bissau Bjornoya (Bear Island) Svalbard Black Rock Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Black Sea Atlantic Ocean Boa Vista Cape Verde Bogota US Embassy Colombia Bombay US Consulate General India Bonaire Netherlands Antilles Bonifacio, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Bonin Islands Japan Bonn US Embassy Germany Bophuthatswana South Africa Bora-Bora French Polynesia Bordeaux US Consulate General France Borneo Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia Bornholm Denmark Bosporus Atlantic Ocean Bothnia, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean Bougainville Island Papua New Guinea Bougainville Strait Pacific Ocean Bounty Islands New Zealand Brasilia US Embassy Brazil Brazzaville US Embassy Congo Bridgetown US Embassy Barbados Brisbane US Consulate Australia British East Africa Kenya British Guiana Guyana British Honduras Belize British Solomon Islands Solomon Islands British Somaliland Somalia Brussels US Embassy, US Mission Belgium to European Communities, US Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (USNATO) Bucharest US Embassy Romania Budapest US Embassy Hungary Buenos Aires US Embassy Argentina Bujumbura US Embassy Burundi Cabinda Angola Cabot Strait Atlantic Ocean Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands Cairo US Embassy Egypt Calcutta US Consulate General India Calgary US Consulate General Canada California, Gulf of Pacific Ocean Campbell Island New Zealand Canal Zone Panama Canary Islands Spain Canberra US Embassy Australia Cancun US Consular Agency Mexico Canton (Guangzhou) China Canton Island Kiribati Cape Town US Consulate General South Africa Caracas US Embassy Venezuela Cargados Carajos Shoals Mauritius Caroline Islands Micronesia, Federated States of; Carpentaria, Gulf of Pacific Ocean Casablanca US Consulate General Morocco Cato Island Australia Cebu US Consulate Philippines Celebes Indonesia Celebes Sea Pacific Ocean Celtic Sea Atlantic Ocean Central African Empire Central African Republic Ceuta Spain Ceylon Sri Lanka Chafarinas, Islas Spain Chagos Archipelago (Oil Islands) British Indian Ocean Territory Channel Islands Guernsey; Jersey Chatham Islands New Zealand Cheju-do Korea, South Cheju Strait Pacific Ocean Chengdu US Consulate General China Chesterfield Islands New Caledonia (Iles Chesterfield) Chiang Mai US Consulate General Thailand Chihli, Gulf of (Bo Hai) Pacific Ocean China, People's Republic of China China, Republic of Taiwan Choiseul Solomon Islands Christchurch US Consular Agency New Zealand Christmas Island Indian Ocean Australia Christmas Island Pacific Ocean Kiribati (Kiritimati) Chukchi Sea Arctic Ocean Ciskei South Africa Ciudad Juarez US Consulate Mexico General Cochabamba US Consular Agency Bolivia Coco, Isla del Costa Rica Cocos Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombo US Embassy Sri Lanka Colon US Consular Agency Panama Colon, Archipielago de Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) Commander Islands Russia (Komandorskiye Ostrova) Conakry US Embassy Guinea Congo (Brazzaville) Congo Congo (Kinshasa) Zaire Congo (Leopoldville) Zaire Con Son Islands Vietnam Cook Strait Pacific Ocean Copenhagen US Embassy Denmark Coral Sea Pacific Ocean Corn Islands (Islas del Maiz) Nicaragua Corsica France Cosmoledo Group Seychelles Cote d'Ivoire Ivory Coast Cotonou US Embassy Benin Crete Greece Crooked Island Passage Atlantic Ocean Crozet Islands (Iles Crozet) French Southern and Antarctic Lands Curacao US Consulate General Netherlands Antilles Dahomey Benin Daito Islands Japan Dakar US Embassy Senegal Daman (Damao) India Damascus US Embassy Syria Danger Atoll Cook Islands Danish Straits Atlantic Ocean Danzig (Gdansk) Poland Dao Bach Long Vi Vietnam Dardanelles Atlantic Ocean Dar es Salaam US Embassy Tanzania Davis Strait Atlantic Ocean Deception Island Antarctica Denmark Strait Atlantic Ocean D'Entrecasteaux Islands Papua New Guinea Devon Island Canada Dhahran US Consulate General Saudi Arabia Dhaka US Embassy Bangladesh Diego Garcia British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Ramirez Chile Diomede Islands Russia Big Diomede ; United States Little Diomede Diu India Djibouti US Embassy Djibouti Dodecanese Greece Doha US Embassy Qatar Douala US Consulate General Cameroon Dover, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Drake Passage Atlantic Ocean Dubai US Consulate General United Arab Emirates Dublin US Embassy Ireland Durango US Consular Agency Mexico Durban US Consulate General South Africa Dushanbe Tajikistan Dusseldorf US Consulate General Germany Dutch East Indies Indonesia Dutch Guiana Suriname East China Sea Pacific Ocean Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) Chile Eastern Channel (East Korea Pacific Ocean Strait or Tsushima Strait) East Germany (German Democratic Germany Republic) East Korea Strait (Eastern Pacific Ocean Channel or Tsushima Strait) East Pakistan Bangladesh East Siberian Sea Arctic Ocean East Timor (Portuguese Timor) Indonesia Edinburgh US Consulate General United Kingdom Elba Italy Ellef Ringnes Island Canada Ellesmere Island Canada Ellice Islands Tuvalu Elobey, Islas de Equatorial Guinea Enderbury Island Kiribati Enewetak Atoll (Eniwetok Atoll) Marshall Islands England United Kingdom Epirus, Northern Albania; Greece Eritrea Ethiopia Essequibo claimed by Venezuela Guyana Etorofu Russia de facto Farquhar Group Seychelles Fernando de Noronha Brazil Fernando Po (Bioko) Equatorial Guinea Finland, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean Florence US Consulate General Italy Florida, Straits of Atlantic Ocean Formosa Taiwan Formosa Strait (Taiwan Strait) Pacific Ocean Fort-de-France Martinique US Consulate General Frankfurt am Main Germany US Consulate General Franz Josef Land Russia Freetown US Embassy Sierra Leone French Cameroon Cameroon French Indochina Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam French Guinea Guinea French Sudan Mali French Territory of the Afars Djibouti and Issas (F.T.A.I.) French Togo Togo Friendly Islands Tonga Fukuoka US Consulate Japan Funchal US Consular Agency Portugal Fundy, Bay of Atlantic Ocean Futuna Islands (Hoorn Islands) Wallis and Futuna Gaborone US Embassy Botswana Galapagos Islands (Archipielago Ecuador de Colon) Galleons Passage Atlantic Ocean Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier) French Polynesia Gaspar Strait Indian Ocean Geneva Branch Office of the US Switzerland Embassy, US Mission to European Office of the UN and Other International Organizations Genoa US Consulate General Italy George Town US Consular Agency Cayman Islands Georgetown US Embassy Guyana German Democratic Republic Germany (East Germany) German Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) Gibraltar, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Gilbert Islands Kiribati Goa India Gold Coast Ghana Golan Heights Syria Good Hope, Cape of South Africa Goteborg US Consulate General Sweden Gotland Sweden Gough Island Saint Helena Grand Banks Atlantic Ocean Great Australian Bight Indian Ocean Great Belt (Store Baelt) Atlantic Ocean Great Britain United Kingdom Great Channel Indian Ocean Greater Sunda Islands Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia Green Islands Papua New Guinea Greenland Sea Arctic Ocean Grenadines, Northern Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Grenadines, Southern Grenada Guadalajara Mexico US Consulate General Guadalcanal Solomon Islands Guadalupe, Isla de Mexico Guangzhou US Consulate General China Guantanamo US Naval Base Cuba Guatemala US Embassy Guatemala Gubal, Strait of Indian Ocean Guinea, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean Guayaquil US Consulate General Ecuador Ha'apai Group Tonga Habomai Islands Russia de facto Hague,The US Embassy Netherlands Haifa US Consular Agency Israel Hainan Dao China Halifax US Consulate General Canada Halmahera Indonesia Hamburg US Consulate General Germany Hamilton US Consulate General Bermuda Hanoi Vietnam Harare US Embassy Zimbabwe Hatay Turkey Havana US post not maintained, Cuba representation by US Interests Section (USINT) of the Swiss Embassy Hawaii United States Heard Island Heard Island and McDonald Islands Helsinki US Embassy Finland Hermosillo US Consulate Mexico Hispaniola Dominican Republic; Haiti Hokkaido Japan Holy See, The Vatican City Hong Kong US Consulate General Hong Kong Honiara US Consulate Solomon Islands Honshu Japan Hormuz, Strait of Indian Ocean Horn, Cape (Cabo de Hornos) Chile Horne, Iles de Wallis and Futuna Horn of Africa Ethiopia; Somalia Hudson Bay Arctic Ocean Hudson Strait Arctic Ocean Inaccessible Island Saint Helena Indochina Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) China Ionian Islands Greece Ionian Sea Atlantic Ocean Islamabad US Embassy Pakistan Islas Malvinas Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Istanbul US Consulate General Turkey Italian Somaliland Somalia Iwo Jima Japan Izmir US Consulate General Turkey Jakarta US Embassy Indonesia Japan, Sea of Pacific Ocean Java Indonesia Java Sea Indian Ocean Jeddah US Consulate General Saudi Arabia Jerusalem US Consulate General Israel; West Bank Johannesburg South Africa US Consulate General Juan de Fuca, Strait of Pacific Ocean Juan Fernandez, Isla de Chile Juventud, Isla de la Cuba (Isle of Youth) Kabul US Embassy now closed Afghanistan Kaduna US Consulate General Nigeria Kalimantan Indonesia Kamchatka Peninsula Russia (Poluostrov Kamchatka) Kampala US Embassy Uganda Kampuchea Cambodia Karachi US Consulate General Pakistan Kara Sea Arctic Ocean Karimata Strait Indian Ocean Kathmandu US Embassy Nepal Kattegat Atlantic Ocean Kauai Channel Pacific Ocean Keeling Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands Kerguelen, Iles French Southern and Antarctic Lands Kermadec Islands New Zealand Khabarovsk Russia Khartoum US Embassy Sudan Khmer Republic Cambodia Khuriya Muriya Islands Oman (Kuria Muria Islands) Khyber Pass Pakistan Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Kanal) Atlantic Ocean Kiev Chancery Ukraine Kigali US Embassy Rwanda Kingston US Embassy Jamaica Kinshasa US Embassy Zaire Kiritimati (Christmas Island) Kiribati Kishinev Moldova Kithira Strait Atlantic Ocean Kodiak Island United States Kola Peninsula Russia (Kol'skiy Poluostrov) Kolonia US Special Office Micronesia, Federated States of Korea Bay Pacific Ocean Korea, Democratic People's Korea, North Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, South Kosovo Yugoslavia Kowloon Hong Kong Krakow US Consulate Poland Kuala Lumpur US Embassy Malaysia Kunashiri (Kunashir) Russia de facto Kuril Islands Russia de facto Kuwait US Embassy Kuwait Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands Kyushu Japan Labrador Canada Laccadive Islands India Laccadive Sea Indian Ocean La Coruna US Consular Agency Spain Lagos US Embassy Nigeria Lahore US Consulate General Pakistan Lakshadweep India La Paz US Embassy Bolivia La Perouse Strait Pacific Ocean Laptev Sea Arctic Ocean Las Palmas US Consular Agency Spain Lau Group Fiji Leningrad see Saint Petersburg Russia US Consulate General Lesser Sunda Islands Indonesia Leyte Philippines Liancourt Rocks claimed by Japan Korea, South Libreville US Embassy Gabon Ligurian Sea Atlantic Ocean Lilongwe US Embassy Malawi Lima US Embassy Peru Lincoln Sea Arctic Ocean Line Islands Kiribati; Palmyra Atoll Lisbon US Embassy Portugal Lombok Strait Indian Ocean Lome US Embassy Togo London US Embassy United Kingdom Lord Howe Island Australia Louisiade Archipelago Papua New Guinea Loyalty Islands New Caledonia (Iles Loyaute) Lubumbashi US Consulate General Zaire Lusaka US Embassy Zambia Luxembourg US Embassy Luxembourg Luzon Philippines Luzon Strait Pacific Ocean Lyon US Consulate General France Macao Macau Macedonia Bulgaria; Greece; Yugoslavia Macquarie Island Australia Madeira Islands Portugal Madras US Consulate General India Madrid US Embassy Spain Magellan, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Maghreb Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia Mahe Island Seychelles Majuro US Special Office Marshall Islands Makassar Strait Pacific Ocean Malabo US Embassy Equatorial Guinea Malacca, Strait of Indian Ocean Malaga US Consular Agency Spain Malagasy Republic Madagascar Male US post not maintained, Maldives representation from Colombo, Sri Lanka Mallorca (Majorca) Spain Malpelo, Isla de Colombia Malta Channel Atlantic Ocean Malvinas, Islas Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Managua US Embassy Nicaragua Manama US Embassy Bahrain Manaus US Consular Agency Brazil Manchukuo China Manchuria China Manila US Embassy Philippines Manipa Strait Pacific Ocean Mannar, Gulf of Indian Ocean Manua Islands American Samoa Maputo US Embassy Mozambique Maracaibo US Consulate Venezuela Marcus Island (Minami-tori-shima) Japan Mariana Islands Guam; Northern Mariana Islands Marion Island South Africa Marmara, Sea of Atlantic Ocean Marquesas Islands French Polynesia (Iles Marquises) Marseille US Consulate General France Martin Vaz, Ilhas Brazil Mas a Tierra Chile (Robinson Crusoe Island) Mascarene Islands Mauritius; Reunion Maseru US Embassy Lesotho Matamoros US Consulate Mexico Mazatlan US Consulate Mexico Mbabane US Embassy Swaziland McDonald Islands Heard Island and McDonald Islands Medan US Consulate Indonesia Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean Melbourne US Consulate General Australia Melilla Spain Merida US Consulate Mexico Messina, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Mexico US Embassy Mexico Mexico, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean Milan US Consulate General Italy Minami-tori-shima Japan Mindanao Philippines Mindoro Strait Pacific Ocean Minicoy Island India Minsk Byelarus Mogadishu US Embassy Somalia Mombasa US Consulate Kenya Mona Passage Atlantic Ocean Monrovia US Embassy Liberia Montevideo US Embassy Uruguay Montreal US Consulate General, Canada US Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Moravian Gate Czechoslovakia Moroni US Embassy Comoros Mortlock Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Moscow US Embassy Russia Mozambique Channel Indian Ocean Mulege US Consular Agency Mexico Munich US Consulate General Germany Musandam Peninsula Oman; United Arab Emirates Muscat US Embassy Oman Muscat and Oman Oman Myanma, Myanmar Burma Naha US Consulate General Japan Nairobi US Embassy Kenya Nampo-shoto Japan Naples US Consulate General Italy Nassau US Embassy Bahamas, The Natuna Besar Islands Indonesia N'Djamena US Embassy Chad Netherlands East Indies Indonesia Netherlands Guiana Suriname Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis New Delhi US Embassy India Newfoundland Canada New Guinea Indonesia; Papua New Guinea New Hebrides Vanuatu New Siberian Islands Russia New Territories Hong Kong New York, New York US Mission United States to the United Nations (USUN) Niamey US Embassy Niger Nice US Consular Agency France Nicobar Islands India Nicosia US Embassy Cyprus Nightingale Island Saint Helena North Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean North Channel Atlantic Ocean Northeast Providence Channel Atlantic Ocean Northern Epirus Albania; Greece Northern Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Northern Ireland United Kingdom Northern Rhodesia Zambia North Island New Zealand North Korea Korea, North North Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean North Sea Atlantic Ocean North Vietnam Vietnam Northwest Passages Arctic Ocean North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic) Yemen Norwegian Sea Atlantic Ocean Nouakchott US Embassy Mauritania Novaya Zemlya Russia Nuevo Laredo US Consulate Mexico Oahu United States Oaxaca US Consular Agency Mexico Ocean Island (Banaba) Kiribati Ocean Island (Kure Island) United States Ogaden Ethiopia; Somalia Oil Islands (Chagos Archipelago) British Indian Ocean Territory Okhotsk, Sea of Pacific Ocean Okinawa Japan Oman, Gulf of Indian Ocean Ombai Strait Pacific Ocean Oporto US Consulate Portugal Oran US Consulate Algeria oCresund (The Sound) Atlantic Ocean Orkney Islands United Kingdom Osaka-Kobe US Consulate General Japan Oslo US Embassy Norway Otranto, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Ottawa US Embassy Canada Ouagadougou US Embassy Burkina Outer Mongolia Mongolia Pagan Northern Mariana Islands Palau Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the Palawan Philippines Palermo US Consulate General Italy Palk Strait Indian Ocean Palma de Mallorca Spain US Consular Agency Pamirs China; Tajikistan Panama US Embassy Panama Panama Canal Panama Panama, Gulf of Pacific Ocean Paramaribo US Embassy Suriname Parece Vela Japan Paris US Embassy, US Mission to France the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), US Observer Mission at the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Pascua, Isla de (Easter Island) Chile Passion, Ile de la Clipperton Island Pashtunistan Afghanistan; Pakistan Peking (Beijing) China Pemba Island Tanzania Pentland Firth Atlantic Ocean Perim Yemen Perouse Strait, La Pacific Ocean Persian Gulf Indian Ocean Perth US Consulate Australia Pescadores Taiwan Peshawar US Consulate Pakistan Peter I Island Antarctica Philip Island Norfolk Island Philippine Sea Pacific Ocean Phoenix Islands Kiribati Pines, Isle of Cuba Pleasant Island Nauru Ponape (Pohnpei) Micronesia Ponta Delgada US Consulate Portugal Port-au-Prince US Embassy Haiti Port Louis US Embassy Mauritius Port Moresby US Embassy Papua New Guinea Porto Alegre US Consulate Brazil Port-of-Spain US Embassy Trinidad and Tobago Port Said US Consular Agency Egypt Portuguese Guinea Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Timor (East Timor) Indonesia Poznan US Consulate Poland Prague US Embassy Czechoslovakia Praia US Embassy Cape Verde Pretoria US Embassy South Africa Pribilof Islands United States Prince Edward Island Canada Prince Edward Islands South Africa Prince Patrick Island Canada Principe Sao Tome and Principe Puerto Plata US Consular Agency Dominican Republic Puerto Vallarta Mexico US Consular Agency Pusan US Consulate South Korea P'yongyang Korea, North Quebec US Consulate General Canada Queen Charlotte Islands Canada Queen Elizabeth Islands Canada Queen Maud Land Antarctica claimed by Norway Quito US Embassy Ecuador Rabat US Embassy Morocco Ralik Chain Marshall Islands Rangoon US Embassy Burma Ratak Chain Marshall Islands Recife US Consulate Brazil Redonda Antigua and Barbuda Red Sea Indian Ocean Revillagigedo Island United States Revillagigedo Islands Mexico Reykjavik US Embassy Iceland Rhodes Greece Rhodesia Zimbabwe Rhodesia, Northern Zambia Rhodesia, Southern Zimbabwe Riga Interim Chancery Latvia Rio de Janeiro Brazil US Consulate General Rio de Oro Western Sahara Rio Muni Equatorial Guinea Riyadh US Embassy Saudi Arabia Robinson Crusoe Island Chile (Mas a Tierra) Rocas, Atol das Brazil Rockall disputed United Kingdom Rodrigues Mauritius Rome US Embassy, US Mission Italy to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG) Roncador Cay Colombia Roosevelt Island Antarctica Ross Dependency Antarctica claimed by New Zealand Ross Island Antarctica Ross Sea Antarctica Rota Northern Mariana Islands Rotuma Fiji Ryukyu Islands Japan Saba Netherlands Antilles Sabah Malaysia Sable Island Canada Sahel Burkina; Cape Verde; Chad; The Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Senegal Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) Vietnam Saint Brandon Mauritius Saint Christopher and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint George's US Embassy Grenada Saint George's Channel Atlantic Ocean Saint John's US Embassy Antigua and Barbuda Saint Lawrence, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean Saint Lawrence Island United States Saint Lawrence Seaway Atlantic Ocean Saint Martin Guadeloupe Saint Martin (Sint Maarten) Netherlands Antilles Saint Paul Island Canada Saint Paul Island United States Saint Paul Island French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Ile Saint-Paul) Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks Brazil (Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo) Saint Petersburg Russia US Consulate General Saint Vincent Passage Atlantic Ocean Saipan Northern Mariana Islands Sakhalin Island (Ostrov Sakhalin) Russia Sala y Gomez, Isla Chile Salisbury (Harare) Zimbabwe Salvador de Bahia Brazil US Consular Agency Salzburg US Consulate General Austria Sanaa US Embassy Yemen San Ambrosio Chile San Andres y Providencia, Colombia Archipielago San Bernardino Strait Pacific Ocean San Felix, Isla Chile San Jose US Embassy Costa Rica San Luis Potosi Mexico US Consular Agency San Miguel Allende Mexico US Consular Agency San Salvador US Embassy El Salvador Santa Cruz US Consular Agency Bolivia Santo Domingo US Embassy Dominican Republic Sao Luis US Consular Agency Brazil Sao Paulo US Consulate General Brazil Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Brazil Penedos de Sapporo US Consulate General Japan Sapudi Strait Indian Ocean Sarawak Malaysia Sardinia Italy Sargasso Sea Atlantic Ocean Sark Guernsey Scotia Sea Atlantic Ocean Scotland United Kingdom Scott Island Antarctica Senyavin Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Seoul US Embassy Korea, South Serrana Bank Colombia Serranilla Bank Colombia Severnaya Zemlya (Northland) Russia Seville US Consular Agency Spain Shag Island Heard Island and McDonald Islands Shag Rocks Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Shanghai US Consulate General China Shenyang US Consulate General China Shetland Islands United Kingdom Shikoku Japan Shikotan (Shikotan-to) Japan Siam Thailand Sibutu Passage Pacific Ocean Sicily Italy Sicily, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Sikkim India Sinai Egypt Singapore US Embassy Singapore Singapore Strait Pacific Ocean Sinkiang (Xinjiang) China Sint Eustatius Netherlands Antilles Sint Maarten (Saint Martin) Netherlands Antilles Skagerrak Atlantic Ocean Slovakia Czechoslovakia Society Islands French Polynesia (Iles de la Societe) Socotra Yemen Sofia US Embassy Bulgaria Solomon Islands, northern Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands, southern Solomon Islands Soloman Sea Pacific Ocean Songkhla US Consulate Thailand Sound, The (oCresund) Atlantic Ocean South Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean South China Sea Pacific Ocean Southern Grenadines Grenada Southern Rhodesia Zimbabwe South Georgia South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Island New Zealand South Korea Korea, South South Orkney Islands Antarctica South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Shetland Islands Antarctica South Tyrol Italy South Vietnam Vietnam South-West Africa Namibia South Yemen (People's Democratic Yemen Republic of Yemen) Soviet Union Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan Spanish Guinea Equatorial Guinea Spanish Sahara Western Sahara Spitsbergen Svalbard Stockholm US Embassy Sweden Strasbourg US Consulate General France Stuttgart US Consulate General Germany Suez, Gulf of Indian Ocean Sulu Archipelago Philippines Sulu Sea Pacific Ocean Sumatra Indonesia Sumba Indonesia Sunda Islands (Soenda Isles) Indonesia; Malaysia Sunda Strait Indian Ocean Surabaya US Consulate Indonesia Surigao Strait Pacific Ocean Surinam Suriname Suva US Embassy Fiji Swains Island American Samoa Swan Islands Honduras Sydney US Consulate General Australia Tahiti French Polynesia Taipei Taiwan Taiwan Strait Pacific Ocean Tallin Interim Chancery Estonia Tampico US Consular Agency Mexico Tanganyika Tanzania Tangier US Consulate General Morocco Tarawa Kiribati Tartar Strait Pacific Ocean Tashkent Interim Chancery Uzbekistan Tasmania Australia Tasman Sea Pacific Ocean Taymyr Peninsula Russia (Poluostrov Taymyra) Tegucigalpa US Embassy Honduras Tehran US post not maintained, Iran representation by Swiss Embassy Tel Aviv US Embassy Israel Terre Adelie (Adelie Land) Antarctica claimed by France Thailand, Gulf of Pacific Ocean Thessaloniki Greece US Consulate General Thurston Island Antarctica Tibet (Xizang) China Tijuana US Consulate General Mexico Timor Indonesia Timor Sea Indian Ocean Tinian Northern Mariana Islands Tiran, Strait of Indian Ocean Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Tokyo US Embassy Japan Tonkin, Gulf of Pacific Ocean Toronto US Consulate General Canada Torres Strait Pacific Ocean Trans-Jordan Jordan Transkei South Africa Transylvania Romania Trieste US Consular Agency Italy Trindade, Ilha de Brazil Tripoli US post not maintained, Libya representation by Belgian Embassy Tristan da Cunha Group Saint Helena Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea Trucial States United Arab Emirates Truk Islands Micronesia Tsugaru Strait Pacific Ocean Tuamotu Islands (Iles Tuamotu) French Polynesia Tubuai Islands (Iles Tubuai) French Polynesia Tunis US Embassy Tunisia Turin US Consulate Italy Turkish Straits Atlantic Ocean Turks Island Passage Atlantic Ocean Tyrol, South Italy Tyrrhenian Sea Atlantic Ocean Udorn US Consulate Thailand Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Ullung-do Korea, South Unimak Pass strait Pacific Ocean Union of Soviet Socialist Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelarus, Estonia, Republics Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan United Arab Republic Egypt; Syria Upper Volta Burkina USSR Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan Vaduz US post not maintained, Liechtenstein representation from Zurich, Switzerland Vakhan Corridor Afghanistan (Wakhan) Valencia US Consular Agency Spain Valletta US Embassy Malta Vancouver US Consulate General Canada Vancouver Island Canada Van Diemen Strait Pacific Ocean Venda South Africa Veracruz US Consular Agency Mexico Verde Island Passage Pacific Ocean Victoria US Embassy Seychelles Vienna US Embassy, US Mission Austria to International Organizations in Vienna (UNVIE) Vientiane US Embassy Laos Vilnius Interim Chancery Lithuania Volcano Islands Japan Vostok Island Kiribati Vrangelya, Ostrov Russia (Wrangel Island) Wakhan Corridor Afghanistan (now Vakhan Corridor) Wales United Kingdom Walvis Bay South Africa Warsaw US Embassy Poland Washington, DC The Permanent United States Mission of the USA to the Organization of American States (OAS) Weddell Sea Atlantic Ocean Wellington US Embassy New Zealand Western Channel Pacific Ocean (West Korea Strait) West Germany (Federal Republic Germany of Germany) West Korea Strait Pacific Ocean (Western Channel) West Pakistan Pakistan Wetar Strait Pacific Ocean White Sea Arctic Ocean Windhoek Namibia Windward Passage Atlantic Ocean Winnipeg US Consular Agency Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This section of THE WORLD FACTBOOK 1993 produced by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was derived from the US Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Division's NATIONAL TRADE DATA BANK CD-ROM, July, 1994, SuDoc No. C 1.88:994/7/v.1-2 / R. 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