A subregion is a part of a larger geographical

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

continent A continent is any of several large geographical regions. Continents are generally identified by convention (norm), convention rather than any strict criteria. A continent could be a single large landmass, a part of a very large landmass, as ...

Cardinal direction The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the four main compass directions: north (N), south (S), east (E), and west (W). The corresponding azimuths ( clockwise horizontal angle from north) are 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270°. The ...

s are commonly used to define subregions. There are many criteria for creating systems of subregions; this article is focusing on the

United Nations geoscheme The United Nations geoscheme is a system that divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division ...

, which is a changing, constantly updated, UN tool based on specific

political geography Political geography is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures. Conventionally, for the purposes of analysis, ...

and

demography Demography () is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the interplay of fertility (births), mortality (deaths), and migration. Demographic analysis examine ...

considerations relevant in UN statistics.

United Nations subregions

The Statistics Division of the

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(UN) is in charge of the collection, processing, and dissemination of statistical information for the UN. In 1999, it developed a system of macro-geographical (continental) regions, subregions, and other selected economic groups to report advances towards achieving numerous

Millennium Development Goals In the United Nations, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 created following the Millennium Summit, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. These w ...

worldwide. These statistical divisions were devised for statistical purposes and is used for carrying out statistical analysis. The division's first publication was the book ''World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics'' in 2000. According to the UN, the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories.Standard country or area codes and geographical regions for statistical use
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Subregions by landmass and continent

The following is a non-exhaustive list of subregions, arranged alphabetically by region (i.e., by continent); in the UN geoscheme, higher-level, macro-geographical regions are arranged to the extent possible according to continents. Sequence used in the list (not all criteria are applied to each continent): *by the UN Statistics Division's geoscheme *by geography *by physiography *by geopolitics *by human geography *by economics *by culture *by language *by religion *by biogeography *by historical division *by geology

Afro-Eurasia Afro-Eurasia (also Afroeurasia and Eurafrasia) is a landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe. The terms are compound (linguistics), compound words of the names of its constituent parts. Afro-Eurasia has also been called th ...

Afro-Eurasia Afro-Eurasia (also Afroeurasia and Eurafrasia) is a landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe. The terms are compound (linguistics), compound words of the names of its constituent parts. Afro-Eurasia has also been called th ...

is a continental

landmass A landmass, or land mass, is a large region or area of land that is in one piece and not noticeably broken up by oceans. The term is often used to refer to lands surrounded by an ocean or sea, such as a continent or a large island. In the fiel ...

comprising the

s of

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

, and

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

* ''by the United Nations Statistics Division's geoscheme (see also: UN geoscheme for Africa):'' **

Northern Africa North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...

Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the list of sovereign states and ...

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Eastern Africa East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the Africa, African continent, distinguished by its unique geographical, historical, and cultural landscape. Defined in varying scopes, the regi ...

*** Middle Africa ***

Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost region of Africa. No definition is agreed upon, but some groupings include the United Nations geoscheme for Africa, United Nations geoscheme, the intergovernmental Southern African Development Community, and ...

*** Western Africa * ''by geography:'' **

North Africa North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...

(Also known as Saharan Africa) ***

Maghreb The Maghreb (; ), also known as the Arab Maghreb () and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world. The region comprises western and central North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. The Maghreb al ...

(AKA

Northwest Africa The Maghreb (; ), also known as the Arab Maghreb () and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world. The region comprises western and central North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. The Maghreb al ...

, also including

Mauritania Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, ...

, which most geographers consider as a part of

West Africa West Africa, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations geoscheme for Africa#Western Africa, United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Gha ...

; some geographers consider

Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

as a part of Northeast Africa and

Western Sahara Western Sahara is a territorial dispute, disputed territory in Maghreb, North-western Africa. It has a surface area of . Approximately 30% of the territory () is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR); the remaining 70% is ...

as a part of

) ***

Northeast Africa Northeast Africa, or Northeastern Africa, or Northern East Africa as it was known in the past, encompasses the countries of Africa situated in and around the Red Sea. The region is intermediate between North Africa and East Africa, and encompasses ...

(including

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

, the

Horn of Africa The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.Robert Stock, ''Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation'', (The Guilford Press; 2004), ...

, and the Sudans; some geographers consider

, and the

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

as Northeast Africa instead) **

(AKA Tropical Africa) ***

Central Africa Central Africa (French language, French: ''Afrique centrale''; Spanish language, Spanish: ''África central''; Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''África Central'') is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries accordin ...

(AKA Congo, Equatorial Africa or Middle Africa) ***

East Africa East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the Africa, African continent, distinguished by its unique geographical, historical, and cultural landscape. Defined in varying scopes, the regi ...

(AKA

Nile The Nile (also known as the Nile River or River Nile) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa. It has historically been considered the List of river sy ...

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**** Southeast Africa (also including

Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...

Eswatini Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the northeast, where i ...

and

Lesotho Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho and formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Entirely surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of only three sovereign enclave and exclave, enclaves in the world, t ...

, which most geographers consider as part of

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(AKA Kalahari) ***

(AKA

Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ...

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Sudan (region) Sudan is the geographical region to the south of the Sahara, stretching from Western Africa to Central and Eastern Africa. The name derives from the Arabic ' () and ' (), both meaning "the land of the Africans, Blacks", referring to West Africa ...

* ''by physiography:'' **

Congo Basin The Congo Basin () is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known as west equatorial Africa. The Congo Basin region is sometimes known simply as the Congo. It contains some of the larg ...

** Kalahari Basin ***

Kalahari Desert The Kalahari Desert is a large semiarid climate, semiarid sandy savanna in Southern Africa covering including much of Botswana as well as parts of Namibia and South Africa. It is not to be confused with the Angolan, Namibian, and South African ...

Namib The Namib ( ; ) is a coastal desert in Southern Africa. According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Namibia, and northwest South Africa, extending southward from the Carunjamba Ri ...

Nile Basin The Nile Basin is the part of Africa drained by the Nile River and its tributaries. Besides being the second largest hydrographic basin in Africa, the Nile Basin is effectively the most notable drainage basin on the continent. It covers approxi ...

Sahara The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ...

Sahel The Sahel region (; ), or Sahelian acacia savanna, is a Biogeography, biogeographical region in Africa. It is the Ecotone, transition zone between the more humid Sudanian savannas to its south and the drier Sahara to the north. The Sahel has a ...

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Sudd The Sudd (, Nuer: Baki̱ec, Dinka: Toc) is a vast swamp in South Sudan, formed by the White Nile's '' Baḥr al-Jabal'' section. The Arabic word ' is derived from ' (), meaning "barrier" or "obstruction". The term "the sudd" has come to ref ...

*** West Sudanian savanna * ''by economics:'' ** African Monetary Union (AMU) **

Arab League The Arab League (, ' ), officially the League of Arab States (, '), is a regional organization in the Arab world. The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945, initially with seven members: Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt, Kingdom of Iraq, ...

(including some

West Asia West Asia (also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia) is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions, the subregion consists of Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Armenian ...

n countries) **

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini. COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area whi ...

(COMESA) **

Common Monetary Area The Common Monetary Area (CMA) links South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini into a currency union, monetary union. The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) includes all CMA members in addition to Botswana, which replaced the South African ran ...

(CMA) ** Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN-SAD) **

Council of Arab Economic Unity The Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU) (Arabic: مجلس الوحدة الاقتصادية العربية) was founded by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and ...

(GAFTA) – including some

n countries ** Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) **

Economic Community of West African States The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of twelve countries of West Africa. Collectively, the present and former members comprise an area ...

(ECOWAS) **

EMEA Europe, the Middle East and Africa, commonly known by its acronym EMEA among the North American business spheres, is a geographical region used by institutions, governments and global spheres of marketing, media and business when referring to t ...

(including

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Middle East The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...

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Southern African Customs Union The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is a customs union among five countries of Southern Africa: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. Its headquarters are in the Namibian capital, Windhoek. It was established in 1910. H ...

(SACU) **

Southern African Development Community The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. Goals The SADC's goal is to further regional socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and se ...

(SADC) **

Union for the Mediterranean The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM; , ''Al-Ittiḥād min ajl al-Mutawasseṭ'') is an intergovernmental organization of 43 member states from Europe and the Mediterranean Basin: the 27 Member state of the European Union, EU member states (i ...

(including most

Southern Europe Southern Europe is also known as Mediterranean Europe, as its geography is marked by the Mediterranean Sea. Definitions of southern Europe include some or all of these countries and regions: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, C ...

an countries and some

n countries) * ''by biogeography:'' **

Macaronesia Macaronesia (; ) is a collection of four volcanic archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of North Africa and Europe. Each archipelago is made up of a number of list of islands in the Atlantic Oc ...

* ''by historical division:'' **

Negroland Negroland, Nigrita, or Nigritia, is an archaic term in European mapping, referring to Europeans' descriptions of West Africa as an area populated with negroes. This area comprised at least the western part of the region called Sudan (not ...

* ''by geology:'' ** Kaapvaal craton ** Zimbabwe Craton

Eurasia Eurasia ( , ) is a continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some geographers, Physical geography, physiographically, Eurasia is a single supercontinent. The concept of Europe and Asia as distinct continents d ...

Eurasia Eurasia ( , ) is a continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some geographers, Physical geography, physiographically, Eurasia is a single supercontinent. The concept of Europe and Asia as distinct continents d ...

is a continental mainland comprising the

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Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

= * ''by the United Nations Statistics Division's geoscheme (see also: UN geoscheme for Asia):'' **

Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

Eastern Asia East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan, plus two special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau. The economies of China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan ...

** South-eastern Asia ** Southern Asia – the UN geoscheme includes

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

and

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

in this subregion **

Western Asia West Asia (also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia) is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions, the subregion consists of Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Armenian ...

– the UN geoscheme includes

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

, the

South Caucasus The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and West Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Armenia, ...

(

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

, and

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

), and

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

in this subregion * ''by geography:'' **

East Asia East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan, plus two special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau. The economies of Economy of China, China, Economy of Ja ...

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Greater China In ethnogeography, "Greater China" is a loosely-defined term that refers to the region sharing cultural and economic ties with the Chinese people, often used by international enterprises or organisations in unofficial usage. The notion contains ...

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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

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Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

(some geographers consider it as a part of

Northeast Asia Northeast Asia or Northeastern Asia is a geographical Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia. Its northeastern landmass and islands are bounded by the Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean. The term Northeast Asia was popularized during the 1930s by Ame ...

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Macau Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...

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Mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...

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North China North China () is a list of regions of China, geographical region of the People's Republic of China, consisting of five province-level divisions of China, provincial-level administrative divisions, namely the direct-administered municipalities ...

(Eastern

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's China–Mongolia border, border with the country of Mongolia. ...

is also a part of

Northeast China Northeast China () is a geographical region of China, consisting officially of three provinces Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. The heartland of the region is the Northeast China Plain, the largest plain in China with an area of over . The regi ...

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(AKA

Manchuria Manchuria is a historical region in northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day northeast China and parts of the modern-day Russian Far East south of the Uda (Khabarovsk Krai), Uda River and the Tukuringra-Dzhagdy Ranges. The exact ...

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Central China Central China () is a List of regions of China, region in China. It mainly includes the provinces of China, provinces of Henan, Hubei and Hunan. Jiangxi is sometimes also regarded to be part of this region. Central China is now officially par ...

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East China East China () is a geographical region in the People’s Republic of China, mainly consisting of seven province-level administrative divisions, namely the provinces (from north to south) Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, ...

(some geographers include Taiwan Island,

Penghu The Penghu ( , Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Phîⁿ-ô͘'' or ''Phêⁿ-ô͘'' ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait, about west of the main island of Taiwan across the Penghu Ch ...

Kinmen Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), only east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from wh ...

, the

Matsu Islands The Matsu Islands; Foochow Romanized: Mā-cū liĕk-dō̤ ( or ), officially Lienchiang County; Foochow Romanized: Lièng-gŏng-gâing (), are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of China ...

, Socotra Rock, Parangcho, and the

Senkaku Islands The Senkaku Islands, known as the Diaoyu Islands in China and the Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan, are a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, administered by Japan. They were historically known in the Western world as the Pinnacle ...

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South Central China South Central China, South-Central China or Central-South China ( zh, c = 中南, p = Zhōngnán, l = Central-South), is a List of regions of China, region of China. It consists of eight provincial administrative regions, namely Henan, Hubei, ...

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South China South China ( zh, s=, p=Huá'nán, j=jyut6 naam4) is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is ...

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Western China Western China ( zh, s=中国西部, l=, labels=no or zh, s=华西, l=, labels=no) is the west of China. It consists of Southwestern China and Northwestern China. In the definition of the Chinese government, Western China covers six provinces ...

******* Northwest China (some geographers consider

Qinghai Qinghai is an inland Provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. It is the largest provinces of China, province of China (excluding autonomous regions) by area and has the third smallest population. Its capital and largest city is Xin ...

and

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

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Southwest China Southwestern China () is a region in the People's Republic of China. It consists of five provincial administrative regions, namely Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Xizang. Geography Southwestern China is a rugged and mountainous region, ...

(some geographers consider

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ...

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Paracel Islands The Paracel Islands, also known as the Xisha Islands () and the Hoàng Sa Archipelago (), are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea and currently controlled by the People's Republic of China. The word ''paracel'' is of Portuguese origi ...

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Pratas Island Pratas Island,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency also known as the Tungsha Islands or the Dongsha Islands (), is a coral island situated in the northern part of the South China Sea administered as part of Cijin District, K ...

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Spratly Islands The Spratly Islands (; zh, s=南沙群岛, t=南沙群島, p=Nánshā Qúndǎo; ; ) are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. Composed of islands, islets, cays, and more than 100 reefs, sometimes grouped in submerged old atoll ...

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Taiping Island Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba, and various other names, is List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands#Features by area, the largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The island is elliptical in shape ...

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Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

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Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...

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Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

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Daitō Islands The are an archipelago consisting of three isolated coral islands, administered by Japan, in the Philippine Sea southeast of Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa. The islands have a total area of and a population of 2,107. Administratively, the whole gr ...

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Hokkaido is the list of islands of Japan by area, second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own list of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō fr ...

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Honshu , historically known as , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the list of islands by area, seventh-largest island in the world, and the list of islands by ...

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Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan's Japanese archipelago, four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa Island, Okinawa and the other Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Ryukyu Islands, Islands ...

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Shikoku is the smallest of the List of islands of Japan#Main islands, four main islands of Japan. It is long and between at its widest. It has a population of 3.8 million, the least populated of Japan's four main islands. It is south of Honshu ...

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Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Geography of Taiwan, Taiwan: the Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands (Ōsumi Islands, Ōsumi, Tokara Islands, Tokara and A ...

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Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

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North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

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South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

**** Russian Far East (also a part of North Asia, but not a part of

) ***** Outer Manchuria ** North Asia (AKA Siberia) *** Russian Far East (also a part of

) **** Outer Manchuria ** South Asia *** Eastern South Asia *** Northern South Asia *** Northwestern South Asia **** Northwestern Indian subcontinent *** Southern South Asia *** India **** Andaman and Nicobar Islands **** Lakshadweep **** Mainland India ***** Central India ***** East India ***** Northeast India ***** North India ****** Northwest India ***** South India (AKA South India, Peninsular India, including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep) ***** Western India ** Southeast Asia *** Mainland Southeast Asia **** Malay Peninsula ***** Peninsular Malaysia ***** Southern Thailand ***** Tanintharyi Region *** Maritime Southeast Asia **** Borneo (including Labuan) ***** Brunei ***** East Malaysia ****** Labuan ****** Sabah ****** Sarawak ***** Kalimantan **

(AKA West Asia, Southwest Asia) *** Anatolia (AKA Anatolia, Asia Minor) *** Arabian Peninsula, Arabia **** Eastern Arabia **** Hejaz (AKA Hejaz, Western Arabia) **** Najd (AKA Najd, Central Arabia) **** South Arabia *** Levant **** Southern Levant *** Mesopotamia ***

(AKA South Caucasus, Transcaucasia) * ''by physiography:'' ** Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula ** Arabian Peninsula *** Najd, Central Plateau *** South Arabia, Indian Ocean Coast *** Eastern Arabia, Persian Gulf Coast *** Hejaz, Red Sea Coast ** Bahrain Island ** Caucasus Mountains *** Greater Caucasus *** Lesser Caucasus **

** Eurasian Steppe ** Fertile Crescent *** Mesopotamia ** Hainan Island ** Himalayas *** Eastern Himalaya *** Western Himalaya **** Siachen Glacier ** Indian subcontinent *** Deccan Plateau ** Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula ** Indo-Gangetic Plain ** Indus River, Indus Valley ** Iranian Plateau ** Japanese Archipelago ***

***

*** Kuril Islands ***

***

**** Okinawa Island *** Sakhalin, Sakhalin Island ***

** Jeju Island ** Junggar Basin ** Kolyma ** Geography of Korea, Korean Peninsula ** Leizhou Peninsula ** Liaodong Peninsula ** Malay Archipelago (including New Guinea) *** List of islands of Indonesia, Indonesian Archipelago **** Maluku Islands **** Sunda Islands ***** Greater Sunda Islands ****** Borneo ****** Java ****** Sulawesi ****** Sumatra ***** Lesser Sunda Islands ****** Alor Archipelago ****** Bali ****** Barat Daya Islands ****** Flores ****** Komodo (island), Komodo ****** Lombok ****** Sumba ****** Sumbawa ****** Tanimbar Islands ****** Timor *** List of islands of the Philippines, Philippine Archipelago **** Luzon **** Mindanao **** Visayas, Visayan Islands ** Mongolian Plateau ** Nanpō Islands *** Bonin Islands *** Volcano Islands ** Qinghai Lake ** Shandong Peninsula ** Sichuan Basin ** Geography of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Island ** Geography of Taiwan, Taiwan Island ** Tarim Basin * ''by geopolitics:'' ** Asia-Pacific (APAC) – including Oceania *** Far East/Pacific Asia ****

***** China proper *****

*****

***** Tibet *****

**** Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula **** Japan, Japanese Archipelago **** Korea, Korean Peninsula **** Malay Archipelago **** Russian Far East ** Greater Middle East – including some Africa, African countries *** MENA, Middle East and North Africa (AKA MENA) – including

n countries ****

(AKA the Near East) – including

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(AKA the member states of the Arab League, Arab states) – including some Africa, African countries ****** Mashriq – including

and the

******* Arabian Peninsula ******* Levant – including Syria (region), Ash-Shām and

******* Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) ***** Anatolia, Asia Minor *****

(AKA South Caucasus, Transcaucasia) *** Soviet Central Asia, The 'stans ** Indian subcontinent *** Himalayan states – including

**** Eastern Himalaya **** Western Himalaya *** Kashmir * ''by economics:'' **

– including some Africa, African countries ** ASEAN Free Trade Area ** Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) – including Russia ** Asian Clearing Union (ACU) ** Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) – including Oceania ** ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ** Bamboo network ** BBIN, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal Initiative (BBIN) ** Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) **

(GAFTA) – including some Africa, African countries **

(including

and

) ** Eurasian Customs Union (ECU) – including Belarus ** Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) – including Belarus ** Greater Mekong Subregion ** Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ** South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) ** South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) ** South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) **

(including most

an countries and

n countries) * ''by culture:'' ** Eastern world *** East Asian cultural sphere ****

***** Heihe–Tengchong Line, Eastern and western China ****** Northern and southern China ******* China proper *******

****

**** Nanyang (region), Nanyang **** Vietnam **** Greater India ***** Eastern

***** Indian subcontinent ****** Himalayan states ******* Indian Himalayan Region ***** Mainland Southeast Asia ***** Maritime Southeast Asia ***** Tibet ***** Yunnan *** Mongols, Greater Mongolia ****

****

(Outer Mongolia) ** Muslim world (AKA the Muslim world, Islamic world) *** Arab world **** Mashriq ***** Arabian Peninsula, Arabia ****** Eastern Arabia, Al-Bahrain ****** Al-Yamama ****** Hadhramaut ****** Tihamah *** Malay world **** Greater Indonesia ***** Nusantara (archipelago), Nusantara *** Turkic world ****

**** Soviet Central Asia (excluding Tajikistan) ****

****

***** Dzungaria (northern half of Xinjiang) ***** Southern Xinjiang ***Greater Iran ****Greater Khorasan * ''by religion:'' ** Abrahamic religions (Abrahamic religions, West Asian religions or Western religions) ** Eastern religions *** Indian religions, Dharmic religions (Indian religions) *** East Asian religions, Taoic religions (East Asian religions or East Asian religions, Far Eastern religions) * ''by biogeography:'' ** Eastern Asia (WGSRPD), Eastern Asia ** Malesia * ''by historical division:'' ** East Indies (AKA the East Indies, Indies) *** Farther India (AKA Farther India, Ultraindia) **** Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochina **** Malay Archipelago#Insulindia, Insulindia * ''by geology:'' ** Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc ** Kuril Islands, Kuril Island Arc ** Northeastern Japan Arc ** Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu Island Arc ** Sakhalin Island Arc ** Southwestern Japan Arc

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Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

= * ''by the United Nations Statistics Division's geoscheme (see also: United Nations geoscheme for Europe, UN geoscheme for Europe):'' ** Eastern Europe – the UN geoscheme includes parts of Central Europe (Czech Republic, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia), parts of Southeast Europe, South-eastern Europe (Bulgaria and Romania), and North Asia, Northern Asia (Siberia) in this subregion ** Northern Europe – the UN geoscheme includes the Baltic states, the British Isles, and the Channel Islands in this subregion **

– the UN geoscheme includes Slovenia in this subregion ** Western Europe – the UN geoscheme includes parts of Central Europe (the Geographical distribution of German speakers#German-speaking Europe, DACH countries and Liechtenstein) in this subregion * ''by geography:'' ** Central and Eastern Europe *** Central Europe *** Eastern Europe **** Caucasus ***** North Caucasus (aka North Caucasus, Ciscaucasia) *****

(aka South Caucasus, Transcaucasia) – a subregion of

** Northern Europe *** Nordic countries, North-central Europe **** Scandinavia *** Baltic region, North-eastern Europe *** Northwestern Europe, North-western Europe **

*** Italy (geographical region), South-central Europe **** Italian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula (aka the Italian Peninsula) **** Malta *** Southeast Europe, South-eastern Europe **** Balkans, Balkan Peninsula (aka the Balkans) **** Romania *** Iberian Peninsula, South-western Europe **** Balearic Islands **** Iberian Peninsula (aka Iberian Peninsula, Iberia) **** Southern France ** Western Europe * ''by physiography:'' ** Italian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula (aka the Italian Peninsula) ** Balkans, Balkan Peninsula ** British Isles *** Great Britain *** Hebrides *** Ireland *** Isle of Man *** Isle of Wight ** Caucasus Mountains *** Greater Caucasus *** Lesser Caucasus – A part of

** Channel Islands *** Bailiwick of Guernsey, Guernsey *** Jersey ** Eurasian Steppe ** Fennoscandia, Fennoscandian Peninsula *** Kola Peninsula *** Scandinavian Peninsula ** European Plain, Great European Plain *** East European Plain ** Iberian Peninsula ** Mediterranean Basin * ''by geopolitics:'' ** East-Central Europe ** Eastern Europe *** Post-Soviet states **** Baltic states **** Commonwealth of Independent States ***** Union State ****** North Caucasus ****

**** Ukraine ** :de:Westmitteleuropa#Weitere Verwendung des Begriffes, West-Central Europe ** Western Europe *** European Union (EU) *** NATO *** North Sea Commission (NSC) * ''by economics:'' ** Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) ** Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area (CISFTA) – including

and most Central Asia, Central Asian countries ** Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) – including Canada **

(including

and the

) ** Eurasian Customs Union (EACU) – including

and Kyrgyzstan ** Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) – including

and Kyrgyzstan ** European Economic Area (EEA) – including

** European Free Trade Association (EFTA) ** European Single Market (including

) ** European Union Customs Union (EUCU) – including

and

** European Union–Turkey Customs Union (including

and

) ** Eurozone (including

) ** North Sea Region (NSR) **

(UfM) – including some

n countries and most

n countries ** Union State * ''by culture:'' ** Balkans *** Balkans, Eastern Balkans *** Balkans#Western Balkans, Western Balkans ** Baltic states ** Benelux *** Belgium *** Netherlands *** Luxembourg ** Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean Region ** Nordic countries and Karelia ** North Sea Region ** Laponia (historical province), Lapland, since 1809 divided into Laponia (historical province of Finland), Finnish Lapland and Lapland (Sweden), Swedish Lapland ** Scandinavia ** Visegrád Group * ''by language:'' ** Celtic nations, Celtic-speaking Europe ** Germanic-speaking Europe *** Geographical distribution of German speakers#German-speaking Europe, DACH countries **** Germany (Germany, Deutschland) **** Austria **** Switzerland (Switzerland, Confoederatio Helvetica) ** Romance languages, Romance-speaking Europe (aka Languages of Europe#Romance, Latin Europe) ** Slavic languages#Branches, Slavic-speaking Europe * ''by religion:'' ** Eastern religions *** Indian religions **** Buddhism in Europe (Kalmykia) ** Western religions (Abrahamic religions or Abrahamic religions, West Asian religions) *** Christianity in Europe **** Catholic Church in Europe, Catholicism in Europe **** Eastern Orthodoxy in Europe **** Christianity in Europe#Denominations, Protestantism in Europe *** Islam in Europe * ''by biogeography:'' ** Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean Region * ''by historical division:'' ** Celts, Celtic tribes ** East–West Schism *** Catholic Church *** Eastern Orthodox Church ** Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes ** Greco-Roman world *** Hellenistic period, Hellenistic world *** Roman Empire **** Eastern Roman Empire **** Western Roman Empire ** Iranian peoples, Iranian tribes ** Iron Curtain *** Eastern Bloc *** Western Bloc ** Reformation (Protestantism) ** Slavs, Slavic tribes ** Turkic peoples, Turkic tribes * ''by geology:'' ** Alpine orogeny ** East European craton *** Baltic Shield *** Ukrainian Shield

Americas

The Americas is a continental

comprising the

s of North America and South America. * ''by the United Nations Statistics Division's geoscheme (see also: United Nations geoscheme for the Americas, UN geoscheme for the Americas):'' ** Latin America and the Caribbean *** CaribbeanThese three subregions together form the

of North America. – the UN includes the Lucayan Archipelago in this subregion *** Central America – the UN geoscheme includes Mexico in this subregion *** Middle America (Americas), Middle America *** South America ** Northern America * ''by culture:'' ** Anglo-America ** Latin America *** French America *** Ibero-America **** Hispanic America **** Portuguese colonization of the Americas, Portuguese America * ''by economics:'' ** Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)

North America

* ''by geography:'' ** Middle America (Americas), Middle America *** Caribbean, Caribbean (Insular America) **** Isla de Aves, Aves Island **** West Indies ***** Antilles ****** Greater Antilles ******* Hispaniola ****** Lesser Antilles ******* Leeward Islands ******** Saint Martin (island), Saint Martin island ******** SSS islands ******** Virgin Islands ********* British Virgin Islands ********* Spanish Virgin Islands ********* United States Virgin Islands ******** Leeward Antilles ********* ABC islands (Leeward Antilles), ABC islands ******** Windward Islands ***** Lucayan Archipelago **** Central America ***** Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, San Andrés and Providencia ****** ''Bajo Nuevo Bank'' ****** ''Serranilla Bank'' **** Mexico ** Northern America *** Bermuda *** Canada **** Eastern Canada ***** Atlantic Canada ****** The Maritimes ***** Central Canada **** Northern Canada ***** Arctic Archipelago, Canadian Arctic Archipelago **** Western Canada ***** Canadian Prairies ***** British Columbia, West Coast *** Greenland *** Saint Pierre and Miquelon *** United States (excluding Hawaii) **** Alaska **** Contiguous United States ***** Central United States ****** Middle America (United States) ****** Midwestern United States ***** Eastern United States ****** Northeastern United States ****** Southeastern United States ***** Northern United States ****** Great Lakes region (including Ontario, Canada) ***** Southern United States ****** South Central United States ***** Western United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) ****** Northwestern United States ****** Southwestern United States (some geographers include the Oklahoma Panhandle and West Texas in this subregion) * ''by physiography:'' ** Atlantic coastal plain ** Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line ** East Coast of the United States ** Great Basin ** Great Basin Desert ** Great Lakes ** Great Lakes Basin ** Great Plains ** Gulf Coast of the United States ** Piedmont (United States), Piedmont ** West Coast of the United States * ''by geopolitics:'' ** Dutch Caribbean *** Caribbean Netherlands (AKA the Caribbean Netherlands, BES islands) ** Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States ** Red states and blue states ** Western Caribbean zone * ''by economics:'' ** Caribbean Community, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ** Central America Free Trade Agreement, Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) ** Great Lakes Megalopolis ** Mesoamerican region ** North American Free Trade Agreement, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ** Northeast megalopolis ** Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States ** Petrocaribe * ''by culture:'' ** Heartland (United States) ** Mesoamerica ** Oasisamerica * ''by biogeography:'' ** Aridoamerica * ''by geology:'' ** Canadian Shield ** North American craton ** Slave craton ** Superior craton ** Wyoming craton

South America

* ''by geography:'' ** Eastern South America: Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil ** Northern South America – the part of South America located in the Northern Hemisphere *** North-eastern South America: The Guianas *** North-western South America: Caribbean South America ** Southern South America: Southern Cone ** Western South America: Andean Community, Andean States * ''by physiography:'' ** Altiplano ** Amazon basin ** Amazon rainforest ** Andes ** Brazilian Highlands ** Gran Chaco ** Pampa ** Pantanal ** Patagonia * ''by economics:'' ** Andean Community ** Mercosur ** Union of South American Nations * ''by geology:'' ** Guiana Shield

Antarctica

* ''by the United Nations Statistics Division's geoscheme:'' ** Antarctica * ''by geography:'' ** List of Antarctic and Subantarctic islands, Antarctic and Subantarctic islands *** Bouvet Island (some geographers consider it as a part of South America) *** French Southern and Antarctic Lands, French Southern Territories (excluding ''Adélie Land'' and the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean, Scattered Islands) **** Crozet Islands (some geographers consider them as part of

) **** Kerguelen Islands (some geographers consider them as part of

) **** Île Saint-Paul, Saint Paul and Île Amsterdam, Amsterdam Islands (some geographers consider them as part of

) *** Heard Island and McDonald Islands (some geographers consider them as part of Oceania) *** Macquarie Island (some geographers consider it as a part of Oceania) *** New Zealand Subantarctic Islands (some geographers consider them as part of Oceania) **** Antipodes Islands **** Auckland Islands **** Bounty Islands **** Campbell Islands **** Snares Islands / Tini Heke, Snares Islands *** Peter I Island *** Prince Edward Islands (some geographers consider them as part of

) *** South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (some geographers consider them as part of South America) *** South Orkney Islands *** South Shetland Islands ** Antarctica, Mainland Antarctica *** East Antarctica *** Transantarctic Mountains *** West Antarctica **** Antarctic Peninsula

Oceania

* ''by the United Nations Statistics Division's geoscheme (see also: United Nations geoscheme for Oceania, UN geoscheme for Oceania):'' ** Australasia, Australia and New Zealand – the UN geoscheme includes the Cato Reef, Cato, Elizabeth Reef, Elizabeth, and Middleton Reef, Middleton reefs, the Lord Howe Island, Lord Howe Island Group, and Norfolk Island in this subregion ** Melanesia – the UN geoscheme includes New Caledonia and New Guinea in this subregion ** Micronesia ** Polynesia – the UN excludes New Zealand from this subregion * ''by geography:'' ** Australasia *** Australia (continent), Australia–New Guinea **** Australia (excluding the Australian Indian Ocean Territories, Heard Island and McDonald Islands and Norfolk Island) ***** Ashmore and Cartier Islands ***** Coral Sea Islands, Coral Sea Islands Territory (excluding the Cato Reef, Cato, Elizabeth Reef, Elizabeth, and Middleton Reef, Middleton reefs) ***** Mainland Australia ****** Australian Capital Territory ****** Jervis Bay Territory ****** New South Wales (excluding the Lord Howe Island, Lord Howe Island Group) ****** Northern Territory ****** Queensland ****** South Australia ****** Victoria (Australia), Victoria ****** Western Australia ***** Tasmania (excluding Macquarie Island) **** New Guinea (some geographers consider it as a part of Melanesia) ***** Papua New Guinea (excluding the Islands Region, New Guinea Islands Region) ***** Western New Guinea ****** Papua (province), Papua ****** West Papua (province), West Papua *** Australian Indian Ocean Territories **** Christmas Island **** Cocos (Keeling) Islands *** Heard Island and McDonald Islands **** Heard Island and McDonald Islands#Geography, Heard Island **** McDonald Islands (Australia), McDonald Islands *** Macquarie Island *** Zealandia **** Cato Reef **** Elizabeth Reef **** Lord Howe Island, Lord Howe Island Group **** Middleton Reef **** New Caledonia (also a part of Melanesia) **** New Zealand (some geographers consider it as a part of Polynesia) ***** New Zealand outlying islands (excluding the Kermadec Islands) ****** Chatham Islands ****** New Zealand Subantarctic Islands ******* Antipodes Islands ******* Auckland Islands ******* Bounty Islands ******* Campbell Islands ******* Snares Islands / Tini Heke, Snares Islands ****** Solander Islands ****** Three Kings Islands / Manawatāwhi, Three Kings Islands **** Norfolk Island ** List of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands *** Melanesia (some geographers consider it as a part of Australasia) **** Island Melanesia ***** Fiji (excluding Rotuma) ***** New Caledonia (also a part of Zealandia) ***** Islands Region, New Guinea Islands Region (excluding Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Bougainville) ***** Santa Cruz Islands ***** Solomon Islands (archipelago) ****** Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Bougainville ****** Solomon Islands (excluding the Santa Cruz Islands) ***** Vanuatu **** New Guinea (also a part of Australia (continent), Australia–New Guinea) *** Micronesia (some geographers include the Bonin Islands and the Volcano Islands in this subregion) **** Mariana Islands ***** Guam ***** Northern Mariana Islands **** Wake Island *** Polynesia (some geographers include Clipperton Island in this subregion) **** Cook Islands **** Easter Island ***** Isla Salas y Gómez, Salas and Gómez Island **** French Polynesia ***** Tahiti **** Hawaiian Islands ***** Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ****** Midway Atoll ***** Hawaiian Islands#Major islands, Southeastern Hawaiian Islands **** Howland and Baker Islands ***** Baker Island ***** Howland Island **** Kermadec Islands **** Niue **** Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands **** Rotuma **** Samoan Islands ***** American Samoa (excluding Swains Island) ***** Samoa **** List of islands of Tokelau, Tokelau Islands ***** Swains Island ***** Tokelau **** Tonga **** Tuvalu **** Wallis and Futuna ***** Alo (Wallis and Futuna), Alo ***** Sigave ***** Uvea (Wallis and Futuna), Uvea * ''by human geography:'' ** Near Oceania ** Remote Oceania * ''by economics:'' ** Pacific Community ** Pacific Islands Forum ** Pacific Regional Environment Programme * ''by biogeography:'' ** Papuasia *** East Melanesian Islands * ''by geology (see also: Geology of Australia):'' ** Archean, Archaean ** Australian Shield ** Centralian Superbasin ** Gawler craton ** Narryer gneiss ** Ore genesis ** Perth Basin ** Pilbara craton, Pilbara Craton ** Western Plateau ** Yilgarn craton

References

External links

UN Statistics Division – Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49)
{{Regions of the world Types of geographical division Regions Continents

United Nations subregions

Subregions by landmass and continent

Afro-Eurasia Afro-Eurasia (also Afroeurasia and Eurafrasia) is a landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe. The terms are compound (linguistics), compound words of the names of its constituent parts. Afro-Eurasia has also been called th ...

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

Eurasia Eurasia ( , ) is a continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some geographers, Physical geography, physiographically, Eurasia is a single supercontinent. The concept of Europe and Asia as distinct continents d ...

= Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

= Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

Americas

North America

South America

Antarctica

Oceania

See also

References

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Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

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Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...