Countries and Territories   Below is the list of Countries, sub-divided into Territories, Disputed Areas, Far off-shore group of Islands, Exclaves, Enclaves and Special Administration areas. To collect coins of different Countries and Territories, one should have a good knowledge about geographically location, how to read and intercept languages written on them, various dating systems, old and new currencies used. At least 15% which you spend on coins, should be used in purchasing reference books on coins and related information. To me coin is a piece of history in your hand. It reminds you of historical events, personality, rise and fall of a nation, endanger flora and fauna and much more. Have a look on the links below, containing images and information of coins in my collection:   AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA BÉCHAR [claimed by Morocco] SOUTH EAST ALGERIA [claimed by Libya] TINDOUF [claimed by Morocco] ANDORRA ANGOLA CABINDA PART OF THE KATEMBA REGION [disputed between Angola and D. R. of Congo] ANGUILLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ANTIGUA BARBUDA ANTARCTIC PENINSULA SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS ALEXANDER ISLAND ARGENTINA ISLA APIPE (part of Argentina in Paraguay Waters) ISLA DEL CERRITO ISLA GRANDE DE CHOELE CHOEL (inc. Isla Chica) ISLA DE LOS ESTADOS (STATEN ISLAND) ISLA HUEMUL (HUEMUL ISLAND) ISLA MARTIN GARCIA (an island off the Río de la Plata coast of Uruguay) PARANA RIVER DELTA ISLANDS ISLA DE SAN MARTIN ISLA GRANDE DE TIERRA DEL FUEGO ISLA TRINIDAD ARMENIA ARTCHVASEN ARTZVASHEN (BASHKEND) ARUBA (NETHERLANDS) AUSTRALIA STATES NEW SOUTH WALES QUEENSLAND SOUTH AUSTRALIA TASMANIA VICTORIA WESTERN AUSTRALIA MAINLAND TERRITORIES AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY JERVIS BAY TERRITORY NORTHERN AUSTRALIA NATIONS ABORIGINAL PEOPLE TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER OFF SHORE TERRITORIES ASHMORE AND CARTIER ISLANDS AUSTRALIAN ANTARACTIC TERRITORY CHRISTMAS ISLAND COCOS ISLANDS (KEELING) CORAL SEA ISLANDS TERRITORY HEARD ISLAND AND McDONALD ISLANDS LORD HOWE ISLAND NORFOLK ISLAND MACQUARIE ISLAND AUSTRIA STATE (BUNDESLAND) BURGENLAND CARINTHIA (KAMTEN) LOWER AUSTRIA (NIEDERÖSTERREICH) UPPER AUSTRIA (OBERÖSTERREICH) SALZBURG STYRIA TYROL (TIROL) VORARLBERG VIENNA (WIEN) AZERBAIJAN EXCLAVES IN ARMENIA BARKHUDARLY (SOFULU) KIARKY (TIYRANASHEN) YUKHARI (UPPER) ASKIPARA (2 unnamed places in Armenia, South of Tatly) NAGORNO KARABAKH Naxcivan Muxtar Respublikasi (EXCLAVE) BAHAMAS BAHRAIN HAWAR ISLANDS BANGLADESH DISTRICT OF COOCH BEHAR, INDIA (92 exclaves) DAHAGRAM-ANGARPOTA (largest exclave in District of Cooch Behar) DISTRICT OF JALPAIGURI (21 inclave in inclave within Bangladesh) New Moore / South Talpatty / PURBASHA (Islands claimed by India) BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BAARLE-HERTOG [in Netherlands (Baarle-Nassau) in Department Antwep] BELIZE [claimed by Guatemala] BENIN SEVERAL VILLAGES NEAR THE OKPARA RIVER [disputed between Benin and Niger] BERMUDA (U.K.) BHUTAN BOLIVIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA BOSTWANA CAPRIVI STRIP [boundary tripoints / quadripoint of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe] KASIKILI / SEDUDU [claimed by Namibia] BRAZIL ARROYO DE LA INVERNADA (RINCON DE ARTIGAS) [claimed by Uruguay] ATOL DAS ROCAS FERNANDO DE NORONHA FLORIANOPOLIS ISLAND ILHABELA (ILHA DE SAO SEBASTIAO) ILHA DA TRINDADE ILHA DE MARAJO ILHA GRANDE ILHAS CAGARRAS ILHAS MARTIN VAS PENEDOS DE São PEDRO E São PAULO BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES (U.K.) BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY (U.K.) [Chagos Archipelago claimed by Mauritius and Seychelles] BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.K.) BRUNEI DARUSSALAM ULU TEMBURONG BULGARIA BURKINA FASO KOUALOU VILLAGE [disputed between Burkina Faso and Benin] BURUNDI CAMBODIA (KAMPUCHEA) CAMEROON BAKASSI [An area of around 665 km² as part of Nigerian state of Cross River was awarded by the International Court of Justice on 22 November 2007 to Cameroon. The Nigerian Senate rejected the transfer but was formally transferred to Cameroon on 14 August 2008] SEVERAL ISLANDS IN THE RIVER NTEM [disputed between Cameroon and Eq. Guinea] CANADA PROVINCES ALBERTA BRITISH COLUMBIA MANITOBA NEW BRUNSWICK NEWFOUNDLAND and LABRADOR NOVA SCOTIA ONTARIO PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND QUEBEC SASKATCHEWAN TERRITORIES NORTHWEST TERRITORIES YUKON TERRITORY NUNAVUT CAPE VERDE CAYMAN ISLANDS CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE ARCHIPIELAGO DE LOS CHONOS ATACAMA CORRIDOR [claimed by Bolivia] EASTER ISLAND (ISLA DE PASCUA) ISLA DE CHILOE ISLA GUAFO ISLA NUEVA (uninhabited island - region Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena, near Navarino) ISLA NAVARINO (XII the Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica) ISLA PICTON (uninhabited island - region Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena, near Navarino) ISLA LENNOX (uninhabited island - region Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena, near Navarino) ISLA GRANDE DE TIERRA DEL FUEGO (shared with Argentina) ISLA SALA Y GOMEZ ISLAS DE LOS DESVENTURADOS JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS ALEXANDER SELKIRK ISLAND JUANANGA SANTA CLARA ROBINSON CRUSOE ISLAND (MAS A TIERRA) MAGELLAN REGION AND CHILEAN ANTARCTCA SAN AMBROSIO ISLAND SAN FELIX ISLAND CHINA PROVINCES ANHUI FUJIAN GANSU GUANGDONG GUIZHOU HAINAN HEBEI HEILONGJIANG HENAN HUBEI HUNAN JIANGSU JIANGXI JILIN LIAONING QINGHAI SHAANXI SHANDONG SHANXI SICHUAN TAIWAN YUNNAN ZHEJIANG AUTONOMOUS REGIONS GUANGXI ZHUANG INNER MONGOLIA NINGXIA TIBET XINJIANG UYGHUR AKSAI CHIN (claimed by India as part of Jammu and Kashmir) MUNICIPALITIES BEIJING CHONGQING SHANGHAI TIANJIN SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS HONG KONG MACAU OFF-SHORE ISLANDS (claimed  by other Far-east Countries) KAUIRIK LAPTHAL PA-LT-CHIA-SSU PARCEL ISLANDS SANG SPRATLY ISLANDS COLOMBIA BARU ISLAND ISLA DE MALPELO [located 314 miles off Colombia's Pacific coast] ISLA DE PROVIDENCIA (Providencia Island with Santa Catalina Island - part of San Andres y Providencia, Honduras does not actively pursue its claim) ALICE SHOAL (BANCO ALICIA) [reef claimed by Jamaica from its coast of 260 kms, 740 kms from Colombian coast] BAJO NUEVO BANK (PETREL ISLANDS) [claimed by the US under the Guano Act of 1856 including Low Cay] QUITA SUENO BANK [returned by the United States to Colombia in 1982] RONCADOR BANK [returned by the United States to Colombia in 1981] SERRANA BANK [returned by the United States to Colombia in 1981] SERRANILLA BANK [claimed by the US under the Guano Act of 1856] ISLA DE SAN ANDRES [part of San Andres y Providencia] ISLA GORGONA [Colombian island in the Pacific Ocean] COMOROS, THE MWALI (MOHELI) NGAZIDJA (GRANDE COMORO) NZWANI (ANJOUAN or NZDUANI) CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC RUKWANZI ISLAND [disputed between D.R. of Congo and Uganda] STRIP OF LAND IN SEMLIKI RIVER [disputed between D.R. of Congo and Uganda] CONGO, REPUBLIC COTE D'IVOIRE COSTA RICA ISLA DE COCO CROATIA DUBROVNIK (Neum municipality of Bonsia) CUBA CYPRUS EXCLAVES ORMIDHIA (Surrounded by Dhekelia, UK SBA) XYLOTIMBOU (Surrounded by Dhekelia, UK SBA) TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS CAPE KORMAKITIS (ERENKÖY / KOKKINA) U.K. SOVEREIGN BASE AREA AKROTIRI DHEKELIA MOUNT OLYMPUS RADAR STROVILIA CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK FAEROE ISLANDS (FOROYAR) GREENLAND (KALAALLIT NUNNAT) DJIBOUTI SAWABI ISLANDS (SEVEN BROTHERS) RAHEITA [claimed by Eritrea] DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EAST TIMOR (TIMOR-LESTE) OECUSSI (AMBENO) PALAU ATAURO PALAU JACO ECUADOR GALAPOGOS ISLANDS EGYPT HALA'IB TRIANGLE [claimed by The Sudan] WADI HAIFA SALIENT [claimed by The Sudan] EL SALVADOR ENGLAND (U.K.) BRITISH SAILORS in U-BOAT WWII [Two cemeteries on North Carolina's Outer Banks ceded to the United Kingdom] ISLES OF SCILLY ISLE OF WIGHT JAMES COOK'S GRAVE [James Cook's grave on Hawaii ceded to the United Kingdom] EQUATORIAL GUINEA ANNOBON BIOCO CORISCO ISLAND ELOBEY ISLANDS ERITREA DAHLAK ARCHIPELAGO ESTONIA ETHIOPIA BADME [claimed by Eritrea] BURE [claimed by Eritrea] OGADEN [claimed by Somalia] FALKLAND ISLANDS (ISLES MALVINAS) (U.K) [claimed by Argentina] FIJI KADAVU GROUP LOMAIVITI MAMANUCA ISLANDS MOALA ISLANDS NORTHERN LAU ISLANDS OUTLIERS LAU ISLANDS SOUTHERN LAU ISLANDS (YAGASA CLUSTER) RINGGOLD ISLES ROTUMA GROUP VANUA LEVU GROUP VITI LEVU GROUP YASAWA ISLANDS FINLAND ALAND ISLANDS FRANCE BASSAS DA INDIA [Claimed by Madagascar] CLIPPERTON ISLAND EUROPA ISLAND [Claimed by Madagascar] FRENCH GUIANA (inc. ININI) SAFETY ISLANDS (ILES DU SALUT) FRENCH POLYNESIA AUSTRAL AND BASS ISLANDS LEEWARD ISLANDS MARQUESAS ISLANDS SOCIETY ISLANDS TUAMOTU AND GAMBIER ISLANDS WINWARD ISLANDS FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS ADÉLIE LAND ILE AMSTERDAM ILES CROZET ILE SAINT PAUL ILES KERGUELEN ILES GLORIEUSES (GLORIOSO ISLANDS) [claimed by Madagascar, The Seychelles and The Comoros] GUADELOPE SAINT BARTHELEMY SAINT MARTIN JUAN DE NOVA ISLAND [Claimed by Madagascar] MARTINIQUE MAYOTTE [claimed by The Comoros] NEW CALEDONIA AND DEPENDENCIES NAPOLEON'S GRAVE [Napoleon's grave in Longwood, Saint Helena ceded to France] REUNION SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON MIQUELON SAINT PIERRE TROMELIN ISLAND [claimed by Mauritius and The Seychelles] VICTOR HUGO's HOUSE [Victor Hugo's house in St Peter Port, Guernsey ceded to the city of Paris] WALLIS AND FUTUNA GABON MBANIE ISLAND, COCOTIERS and CONGAS ISLAND [claimed by Equatorial Guinea] GAMBIA GEORGIA ABKHAZIA [officially recognized by Russian Federation on 26 August 2008] AJARIA SOUTH OSSETIA [officially recognized by Russian Federation on 26 August 2008] GERMANY STATES BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG BAVARIA (BAYERN) BERLIN BRANDENBURG BREMEN HAMBURG HESSE (HESSEN) MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN LOWER SAXONY (NIEDERSACHSEN) NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA (NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN) RHINELAND-PALATINATE (RHEINLAND-PFALZ) SAARLAND SAXONY (SACHSEN) SAXONY-ANHALT (SACHSEN-ANHALT) SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN THURINGIA (THÜRINGEN) EXCALVES and OTHER FOREIGN ISLAND BÜSINGEN-AM-HOCHRHEIN (in canton of Schaffhausen, northern Switzerland) ERNST THALMANN ISLAND (a Cuban Island ceded by Fidel Castro to DR Germany in 1972, now status is unclear) VENNBANN [a group of 5 enclaves (Munsterbildchen, RötgenerWald, Rückschlag, Mützenich & Rüitzhof) created by a railway track between the towns of Röetgen and Monschau (south of Aachen) that was granted Belgian sovereignty] GHANA GIBRALTAR (U.K) GREECE CRETE CYCLADES (KIKLADHES) DODECANESE (SE SPORADES) EASTERN SPORADES IONIAN ISLANDS REGION KITHIRA NORTHERN SPORADES GRENADA (U.K.) GUATEMALA GUERNSEY (U.K.) ALDERNEY BRECHOU HERM JETHOU SARK GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA ESSEQUIBO (claimed by Venezuela) HAITI HONDURAS CONEJO ISLAND [claimed by El Salvador] ISLAS DE LA BAHIA SWAN ISLANDS HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA STATES ANDHRA PRADESH TELANGANA (separate state from Andhra Pradesh expected in 2008-2009) ARUNACHAL PRADESH ASSAM BIHAR CHATTISGARH GOA GUJARAT HARYANA HIMACHAL PRADESH JAMMU AND KASHMIR JHARKAND KARNATAKA KERALA MADHYA PRADESH MAHARASHTRA MANIPUR MEGHALAYA MIZORAM NAGALAND ORISSA PUNJAB RAJASTHAN SIKKIM TAMIL NADU TRIPURA UTTARANCHAL UTTAR PRADESH WEST BENGAL UNION TERRITORIES ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS CHANDIGARH (capital of Haryana and Punjab States) DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI DAMAN AND DIU LAKSHADWEEP NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI PONDICHERRY (KARAIKAL / PONDICHERRY / MAHNE / YANAM) EXCLAVES and ENCLAVES (Total = 106) DISTRICT OF PANCHAGARH, NILPHAMARI, LALMONIRHAT and KURIGRAM (103 exclaves in Bangladesh Districts) SHALBARI (2nd largest exclave with 5 villages - contains 4 Bangladesh exclaves) DISTRICT OF COOCH BEHAR, INDIA (3 enclaves) BALAPARA KHAGRABARI KOT BHAJNI DAHALA KHAGRABARI UPANCHOWKI BHAJNI (enclave within an enclave within an enclave) INDONESIA (17,508 islands, about 6,000 of which are inhabited) GROUP OF PROVINCES JAVA [Jakarta, Banten, West Java (Jawa Barat), Central Java (Jawa Tengah), Yogyakarta Special Region & East Java (Jawa Timur)] KALIMANTAN [West (Barat) Kalimantan, Central (Tengah) Kalimantan, South (Selatan) Kalimantan & East (Timur) Kalimantan] LESSER SUNDA ISLANS [Bali, West (Barat) Nusa Tenggara & East (Timur) Nusa Tenggara] MALUKU ISLANDS (SPICE ISLAND) [Maluku & North (Utara) Maluku] SULAWESI [North (Utara) Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi & South East (Tenggara) Sulawesi] SUMATRA [Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka-Belitung, Bengkulu & Lampung] PAPUA (WESTERN NEW GUINEA) [West Papua (Papua Barat) & Papua] IRAN ABU MUSA GREATER AND LESSER TUNB ISLANDS KISH ISLAND (area of 91.5 km², is part of the Hormozgān Province and an island in the Persian Gulf of Iran. Due to its free trade zone status it is touted as a consumer's paradise, with numerous malls, shopping centers, tourist attractions, and resort hotels.) IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY REGIONS ABRUZZO AOSTA VALLEY [special autonomous Region] APULIA BASILICATA CALABRIA CAMPANIA EMILIA-ROMAGNA FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA [special autonomous Region] LAZIO LIGURIA LOMBARDY (LOMBARDIA) CAMPIONE D'ITALIA (Exclave, surrounded within the Swiss canton of Ticino) MARCHE MOLISE PIEDMONT (PIEMONTE) SARDINIA (SARDEGNA) [special autonomous Region] SICILY (SICILIA) [special autonomous Region] ISLOA DI PANTELLERIA ISLOLE LIPARI [Alicudi, di Ustica, Filicudi, Lipari, Panarea, Salina, Stromboli & Vulcano Islands] ISOLE PELAGIE [Isola di Lampedusa & Isola di Linosa] TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE / SÜDTIROL [special autonomous Region] TUSCANY (TOSCANA) ARCIPELAGO TOSCANO [Capraia, Elba, Giannutri, Giglio, Gorgona, Montecristo & Pianosa Islands] UMBRIA VENETO JAMAICA JAPAN (NIPPON) BONIN ISLANDS (OGASAWARA-SHOTO) DAIOYU-DAO (SENKAKU-SHOTO) [Claimed by China and Taiwan] KURIL ISLANDS RYUKYU ISLANDS (NANSEI ISLANDS) SHIKOKU TOK-DO (LIANCOURT ROCKS) VOLCANO ISLANDS (KAZAN-RETTO) JERSEY (U.K.) JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN OSTROV BOL'SHIYE PESHNYYE OSTROV TYULEN KENYA ELEMI TRIANGLE (Claimed by Ethiopia and Sudan) KIRIBATI BANABA GILBERT ISLANDS KINGSMILL GROUP LINE ISLANDS PHOENIX ISLANDS VOSTOK ISLAND KOREA (NORTH) KOREA (SOUTH) KUWAIT FAYLAKAH, KUBBER and QARUK UMM AL-MARADIN KYRGYZSTAN (KIRGHIZIA) EXCALVES IN UZBEKISTAN BARAK AIL of KARA-SU District DESTISAY ILYICH LAOS LATVIA LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA TANUSEVCI (A remote and strategically unimportant village claimed by Serbia & Kosovo) MADAGASCAR BANC DU GEYSER [Claimed by Madagascar, France and the Comoros] MALAWI CHISUMULU ISLAND [Malawi Island in Lake Malawi near Mozambique] LIKOMA ISLAND [Malawi Island in Lake Malawi near Mozambique] MALAYSIA STATES JOHORE On May 23, 2008, the International Court of Justice decided that PEDRA BRANCA is under the sovereignty of Singapore while the MIDDLE ROCKS (MIDDLE LEDGE) belong to Malaysia. The status of SOUTH LEDGE remained unresolved. KEDAH KELANTAN MALACCA NEGRI SEMBILAN PAHANG PENANG (PINANG) PERAK PERLIS SELANGOR TRENGGANU SABAH SARAWAK MALDIVES MALI MALTA ISLANDS COMINA (KEMMUNETT) COMMINOTTO FILFLA GOZO MALTA ISLE OF MAN (U.K.) CALF OF MAN CHICKEN ROCK MARSHALL ISLANDS MAURITANIA MAURITIUS AGALEGA ISLANDS CARGADOS CARAJOS SHOALS MAURITIUS RODRIGUES ISLAND (CRAB ISLAND) MAURITIAN TERRITORIES (Soudan Banks, Nazareth Bank and Saya de Malha Bank) MEXICO ARRECIFE ALACRAN BANCO CHINCHORRO ISLAS REVILLAGIGEDO GUADALUPE MICRONESIA CHUUK KOSRAE POHNPEI YAP MOLDOVA GAGAUZ-YERI (Autonomous Region) PRIDNESTROVIE [Pridnestrovian (Transnistrian) Moldovan Republic] MONACO MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MONTSERRAT (U.K.) MOROCCO CHIRAC PASTURES [Claimed by Algeria] MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR (BURMA) NAMIBIA NAURU NEPAL NETHERLANDS PROVINCES DRENTHE FLEVOLAND FRISIA (FRIESLAND) WEST FRISIAN ISLANDS GRONINGEN GUELDERS (GELDERLAND) LIMBURG NORTH BRABANT (NOORD BRABANT) NORTH HOLLAND (NOORD HOLLAND) OVERIJSSEL SOUTH HOLLAND (ZUID HOLLAND) UTRECHT ZEALAND (ZEELAND) EXCLAVE BAARLE-NASSAU [Netherlands in Belgium (Department of Antwep)] NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (NETHERLANDS) BONARIE CURACAO KLEIN CURACAO SABA SINT EUSTATIUS SINT MAARTEN NEW ZEALAND TERRITORIES COOK ISLANDS NIUE THE ROSS DEPENDENCY TOKELAU FAR OFF-SHORE ISLANDS ANTIPODES ISLANDS AUCKLAND ISLANDS BOUNTY ISLANDS CAMPBELL ISLAND CHATHAM ISLANDS KERMADEC ISLANDS SNARES ISLANDS STEWART ISLAND NICARAGUA CAYOS MISKITOS ISLAS DEL MAIZ (CORN ISLANDS) NIGER LETE ISLAND, TONDI BAROU and Neighbouring Islands [awarded by ICJ to Niger claimed by Benin in 2005] NORTH WEST NIGER [an area of 25,000 Sq. km. claimed by Libya] TRIANGULAR AREA OF LAND SOUTH EAST OF TOUMMO [claimed by Libya] NIGERIA NORTHERN IRELAND (U.K.) NORWAY BOUVET ISLAND (BOUVETØYA) QUEEN (DRONNING) MAUD LAND JAN MAYEN ISLAND PETER 1 ISLAND SVALBARD (SPITZBERGEN) BJØRNØYA OMAN GOVERNORATES AL BURAIMI MUSANDAM PENINSULA (Exclave) AL MADHAH (Exclave in Sharjah, UAE) MUSCAT DHOFAR KHURIYA MURIYA ISLANDS REGIONS [Ad Dakhiliyah, Al Batinah, Al Wusta, Ash Sharqiyah, Az Zahirah (Ad Dhahirah)] ISLANDS [Jazirat Masirah - part of Ash Sharqiyah] ORDER OF MALTA PAKISTAN PROVINCES BALOCHISTAN NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE [variously referred to as Afghania, Khyber, Pakhtunkhwa and Sarhad] PUNJAB SINDH SIR CREEK (in the Rann of Kutch marshlands - claimed by India) TERRITORIES AZAD KASHMIR (Pakistani administered section of Kashmir region known as State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir) FEDERALLY ADMINISTRATED NORTHERN AREA (SHUMALI ILAQE JAT) - [autonomy from 04th Jan 2008]. BALTISTAN division (Ghanche and Skardu Districts) GILGIT division (Astore, Diamir, Ghizar, Gilgit and Hunza-Nagar Districts) TRANS-KARAKORAM TRACT (border agreement with China - Mar 3, 1963) FEDERALLY ADMINISTRATED TRIBAL AREA (ILAAK-E-GHAIR or FATA) BAJAUR AGENCY (main city: Khaur) MOHMAND AGENCY (main city: Ghalanai) KHYBER AGENCY (main city: Landi Kotal) ORAKZAI AGENCY (main city: Darra Adam Khel) KURRAM AGENCY (main city: Parachinar) NORTH WAZIRISTAN AGENCY (main cities: Miran Shah, Razmak) SOUTH WAZIRISTAN AGENCY (main cities: Jandola, Wana) FRONTIER REGIONS FR BANNU FR DERA ISMAEL KHAN FR KOHAT FR LAKKI FR PESHAWAR FR TANK ISLAMABAD CAPITAL TERRITORY (ICT) PROVINCIALLY ADMINISTERED TRIBAL AREA (PATA) in BALOCHISTAN [Zhob District, Loralai District (excluding Duki Tehsil), Dalbandin Tehsil of Chagai District, Marri Tribal Territory in Sibi District, Bugti Tribal Territory in Sibi District] in NWFP [Chitral District, Dir District, Swat District (including Kalam), The Tribal Area in Kohistan District, Malakand Protected Area, The Tribal Area adjoining (Batagram, Allai and Black Mountain of Hazara) in Mansehra District and the former state of Amb] PALAU ARCHIPIELAGO DE LAS PERLAS ARCHIPIELAGO DE SAN BLAS ISLA COIBA PALESTINE GAZA STRIP WEST BANK PANAMA ARCHIPIELAGO DE LAS PERLAS ARCHIPIELAGO DE SAN BLAS ISLA COIBA PAPUA NEW GUINEA BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND SOLOMON ISLAND, NORTH TROBRIAND ISLANDS PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES LUZON (Group of Northern Islands) BABUYAN ISLANDS BALINTANG ISLANDS BATAN ISLANDS MINDANAO (Group of Southern Islands) SULU ARCHIPELAGO VISAYAS (Group of Central Islands) PITCAIRN ISLANDS POLAND PORTUGAL AZORES EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE surrounding the SAVAGE Islands [claimed by Spain] MADERIA QATAR ROMANIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL CITIES (FEDERALNYYE GORODA) MOSCOW ST. PETERBURG PROVINCES (48 OBLASTI) AMUR ARKHANGELSK ASTRAKHAN BELGOROD BRYANSK CHELYABINSK CHITA IVANOVO IRKUTSK KALININGRAD (Exclave, south-west of Lithuania) KALUGA KEMEROVO KIROV KOSTROMA KURGAN KURSK LENINGRAD LIPETSK MAGADAN MOSCOW MURMANSK NIZHNY NOVGOROD NOVGOROD NOVOSIBIRSK OMSK ORENBURG ORYOL PENZA PSKOV ROSTOV RYAZAN SAKHALIN SAMARA SARATOV SVERDLOVSK SMOLENSK TAMBOV TOMSK TULA TVER TYUMEN ULYANOVSK VLADIMIR VOLGOGRAD VOLOGDA VORONEZH YAROSLAVL JEWISH [capital: Birobidzhan (Autonomous Province)] REPUBLICS (21 RESPUBLIKI) [high degree of autonomy for numerous ethnic minorities] ADYGEA ALTAI REPUBLIC BASHKORTOSTAN BURYATIA CHECHNYA ISLAMIC (CHECHEN) REPUBLIC OF ICHKERIA CHUVASHIA DAGESTAN INGUSHETIA KABARDINO-BALKARIA KALMYKIA KARACHAY-CHERKESSIA KARELIA KHAKASSIA KOMI MARI EL MORDOVIA NORTH OSSETIA-ALANIA SAKHA (YAKUTIA) TATARSTAN TYVA [TANNU URIANKHAI] (claimed by China and Mongolia) UDMURTIA TERRITORIES (8 KRAYA) ALTAI KRAI KAMCHATKA KHABAROVSK KRASNODAR KRASNOYARSK PERM PRIMORSKY STAVROPOL AUTONOMOUS DISTRICTS (6 AVTONOMNYYE OKRUGA) AGA BURYATIA CHUKOTKA KHANTIA-MANSIA NENETSIA UST-ORDA BURYATIA YAMALIA EXCLAVES DUBKI (small Russian village in Estonia) SAN'KOVO-MEDVEZH'YE (in the east of Belarus city of Homel) SUVOROV MONUMENT (Monument near Teufelsbrücke / Göschenen, Switzerland) RWANDA PART OF GICUMBI DISTRICT, NORTH PROVINCE [claimed by Uganda] RUFUNZO VALLEY AND SABERERWA [disputed between Rwanda and Burundi] SAINT HELENA AND DEPENDENCIES ASCENSION ISLAND SAINT HELENA GOUGH ISLAND SPEERY ISLAND TRISTAN DA CUNHA INACCESSIBLE MIDDLE ISLAND NIGHTINGALE ISLANDS MIDDLE ISLAND NIGHTINGALE ISLAND STOLTENHOFF ISLAND TRISTAN ISLAND SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SAINT LUCIA SAINT THOMAS AND PRINCE ISLAND (São Tomé and Príncipe) São Tomé ILHA DAS ROLAS Príncipe SAINT VINCENT AND GRENADINES SAMOA SAN MARINO SAUDI ARABIA JAZAIR FARASAN SCOTLAND (U.K.) BUTE ISLE OF ARRAN ORKNEY OUTER HEBRIDES ROCKALL SHETLAND ISLANDS SENEGAL SERBIA KOSOVO AND METOHIJA [Kosovo unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia on 17th Feb 2008] VOJVODINA SEYCHELLES, THE ALDABRA ISLANDS AMIRANTE ISLANDS FARQUHAR ISLANDS MAHE SIERRA LEONE YENGA (BORDER HAMLET) & LEFT BANK OF MAKONA AND MOA RIVERS [claimed by Guinea] SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS SOMALIA PUNTLAND (an autonomous state within Somalia) SOMAILILAND (former British Somaliland protectorate) SOUTH AFRICA HOMELANDS BOPHUTHATSWANA CISKEI GANZAN KULU KANGWANA KWA NDEBELE KWA ZULU KANGAWANE SWAZI HOMELANDS [parts of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal, claimed by Swaziland] LEBOWA QWA QWA TRANSKEI VENDA ISLANDS PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS (U.K.) SPAIN BALEARIC ISLANDS IBIZA (EIVISSA) FORMENTERA MAJORCA (MALLORCA) CABRERA MINORCA (MENOCRA) CANARY ISLANDS LAS PALMAS PROVINCE FUERTEVENTURA GRAN CANARIA LANZAROTE SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE PROVINCE EL HIERRO LA GOMERA LA PALMA TENERIFE SPANISH ISLANDS CLAIMED BY MOROCCO CEUTA ISLAS COLUMBRETES ISLA DE ALBORAN ISLA PEREJIL (PARSLEY ISLAND) ISLAS CHAFARINAS MELILLA PENON DE ALHUCEMAS PENON DE VELEZ DE LA GOMERA ISLAS COLUMBRETES LLIVIA (exclave, surrounded by France near Andorra) MELILLA SRI LANKA TAMIL EELAM (Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka - de facto quasi-independent state) SUDAN Area Near LOGOBA / MOYO DISTRICT [disputed between Sudan and Uganda] SURINAME SWAZILAND SWEDEN GOTLAND FARÖ GOTSKA SANDON THE KARLSÖ ISLANDS ÖLAND SWITZERLAND CANTONS AARGAU APPENZELL INNERRHODEN APPENZELL AUSSERRHODEN BASEL-STADT BASEL-LANDSCHAFT BERN FRIBOURG GENEVA GLARUS GRAUBUNDEN JURA LUCERNE NEUCHATEL NIDWALDEN OBWALDEN SCHAFFHAUSEN SCHWYZ SOLOTHURN ST. GALLEN THURGAU TICINO URI VALAIS VAND ZUG ZÜRICH SYRIA TAJIKISTAN GORNO-BADAKHSHAN (autonomous province) KAIRAGACH (exclave in  Kyrgyzstan) SARVAKI-BOLO (exclave in Uzbekistan) SARVAN / SARVAKSOI (exclave in Uzbekistan) VORUKH (exclave near Near Kyrgyz railway station) TANZANIA ISLANDS IN MBAMBA BAY, LAKE NYASA [claimed by Malawi] MAFIA ISLAND PEMBA ISLANDS TANGANYIKA (Mainland) UNGUJA ISLAND ZANZIBAR ISLAND [united with Tanganyika to form Tanzania on 27th April 1964] THIALAND TOGO TONGA TRINDAD AND TOBAGO TRINDAD TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY WESTERN ARMENIA, VAN PROVINCE and KARS City (claimed by Armenia) TURKMENISTAN TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS (UK) TUVALU ELLICE ISLANDS UGANDA MIGINGO ISLAND [claimed by Kenya and Tanzania] PART OF KABALE DISTRICT [claimed by Rwanda] UKRAINE MEJLIS OF THE CRIMEAN TATAR PEOPLE (Autonomous Republic of Crimea) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ABU DHABI SAADIYAT ISLAND AJMAN (separated in 3 parts within UAE) DUBAI (separated in 2 parts within UAE) FUJAIRAH (separated in 4 parts within UAE) RAS AL-KHAIMAH (separated in 2 parts within UAE) SHARJAH (separated in 5 parts within UAE) NAHWA (Enclave) UMM AL-QAIWAIN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATES ALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING TERRITORIES AMERICAN SAMOA BAKER, HOWLAND AND JARIS ISLANDS GUAM JOHNSTON ATOLL KINGMAN REEF MIDWAY ISLANDS NAVASSA ISLAND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS PALMYRA ATOLL PUERTO RICA WAKE ISLAND KINGDOM OF ENENKIO (small separatist group of Marshall Islander heritage) URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN KARAKALPAKSTAN (autonomous republic) EXCLAVES IN KYRGYZSTAN DZHANGAIL (KHALMICON) KALACHA (CHONG-KARA) SOKH SHAKHIMARDAN / YORDAN (SHAH-I-MARDAN) VANUATU (NEW HERRIBES) VATICAN CITY VENEZUELA ANKOKO ISAND (ISLA DE ANACOCO) [claimed by Guyana] BLANQUILLA ISLAND ESTADO NUEVA ESPARTA STATE ISLA LA SOLA ISLA DE PATOS ISLAS LAS AVES [claimed by Dominica] LA ORCHILA LA TORTUGA LOS FRAILES ARCHIPELAGO LOS HERMANOS ARCHIPELAGO LOS MONJES ARCHIPELAGO LOS ROQUES ISLANDS LOS TESTIGOS ISLANDS VIETNAM US VIRGIN ISLANDS SAINT CROIX SAINT JOHN