Geographic Abbreviations

Various genealogical projects, including the Obituary Daily Times and the RootsWeb Surname List, have tried to develop and use standard geographic abbreviations. This makes a lot of sense, but can be really annoying if you can't remember the abbreviations. This list has many/most of them. The left column is sorted by place name, the right column by abbreviation. Often, as in Argentina (ARG), one list would suffice, but some of them (eg, Algeria (DZA)) don't show up quite where you'd expect.

In addition, some countries have commonly accepted abbreviations for their regional breakdowns, such as states, provinces, counties, cantons, etc. The list here isn't exhaustive, but many abbreviations are available.

A | B | C | DE | FG | HI | JKL | M | NO | PQR | S | T | UV | WXYZ

Regional Abbreviations:
Australia and North America | Great Britain | Europe

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� Acadia - ACA � Afghanistan - AFG � Albania - ALB � Algeria - DZA � American Samoa - ASM � Andorra - AND � Angola - AGO � Anguilla - AIA � Antarctica - ATA � Antigua and Barbuda - ATG � Argentina - ARG � Armenia - ARM � Aruba - ABW � Australia - AUS � Austria - AUT � Austro-Hungarian Empire - AUT-HUN � Azerbaijan - AZE � Azores - AZR	� ABW - Aruba � ACA - Acadia � AFG - Afghanistan � AGO - Angola � AIA - Anguilla � ALB - Albania � AND - Andorra � ANT - Netherlands Antilles � ARE - United Arab Emirates � ARG - Argentina � ARM - Armenia � ASM - American Samoa � ATA - Antarctica � ATF - French Southern Territories � ATG - Antigua and Barbuda � AUS - Australia � AUT - Austria or Oesterreich � AUT-HUN - Austro-Hungarian Empire � AZE - Azerbaijan � AZR - Azores
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� Bahamas - BHS � Bahrain - BHR � Bangladesh - BGD � Barbados - BRB � Barbuda - ATG � Belarus - BLR � Belau - PLW � Belgium - BEL � Belize - BLZ � Benin - BEN � Bermuda - BMU � Bhutan - BTN � Bolivia - BOL � Bosnia & Herzegovinia - BIH � Botswana - BWA � Bouvet Island - BVT � Brazil - BRA � British Indian Ocean Territory - IOT � Brunei Darussalam - BRN � Bulgaria - BGR � Burkina Faso - BFA � Burma / Myanmar - MMR � Burundi - BDI	� BDI - Burundi � BEL - Belgium � BEN - Benin � BFA - Burkina Faso � BGD - Bangladesh � BGR - Bulgaria � BHR - Bahrain � BHS - Bahamas � BIH - Bosnia & Herzegovinia � BLR - Belarus � BLZ - Belize � BMU - Bermuda � BOL - Bolivia � BRA - Brazil � BRB - Barbados � BRN - Brunei Darussalam � BTN - Bhutan � BVT - Bouvet Island � BWA - Botswana
Top C
� Cambodia - KHM � Cameroon - CMR � Canada - CAN � Cape Colony - CAP � Cape Verde - CPV � Cayman Islands - CYM � Central African Republic - CAF � Ceskoslovensko - CSK � Ceylon - LKA � Chad - TCD � Channel Islands - CHI � Chile - CHL � China - CHN � Christmas Island - CXR � Cocos (Keeling) Islands - CCK � Colombia - COL � Comoros - COM � Congo - COG � Cook Islands - COK � Costa Rica - CRI � Cote D'Ivoire - CIV � Croatia - HRV � Cuba - CUB � Cyprus - CYP � Czech Republic - CZE � Czechoslovakia - CSK	� CAF - Central African Republic � CAN - Canada � CAP - Cape Colony � CCK - Cocos (Keeling) Islands � CCK - Keeling Islands � CHE - Switzerland � CHI, UK - Channel Islands � CHL - Chile � CHN - China � CIV - Cote D'Ivoire � CMR - Cameroon � COG - Congo � COK - Cook Islands � COL - Colombia � COM - Comoros � CPV - Cape Verde � CRI - Costa Rica � CSK - Czechoslovakia � CSK - Ceskoslovensko � CUB - Cuba � CXR - Christmas Island � CYM - Cayman Islands � CYP - Cyprus � CZE - Czech Republic
Top DE
� Denmark - DNK � Djibouti - DJI � Dominica - DMA � Dominican Republic - DOM � East Timor - TMP � Ecuador - ECU � Egypt - EGY � El Salvador - SLV � England - ENG � Equatorial Guinea - GNQ � Eritrea - ERI � Estonia - EST � Ethiopia - ETH	� DEU - Germany � DJI - Djibouti � DMA - Dominica � DNK - Denmark � DOM - Dominican Republic � DZA - Algeria � ECU - Ecuador � EGY - Egypt � ENG - England � ERI - Eritrea � ESH - Western Sahara � ESM - Western Samoa � ESP - Spain � EST - Estonia � ETH - Ethiopia
Top FG
� Falkland Islands (Malvinas) - FLK � Faroe Islands - FRO � Federated States of Micronesia - FSM � Fiji - FJI � Finland - FIN � Flanders - FLD � France - FRA � French Guiana - GUF � French Polynesia - PYF � French Southern Territories - ATF � Gabon - GAB � Gambia - GMB � Georgia (country) - GEO � Germany - DEU � Ghana - GHA � Gibraltar - GIB � Great Britain - GBR � Greece - GRC � Greenland - GRL � Grenada - GRD � Guadeloupe - GLP � Guam - GUM � Guatemala - GTM � Guinea - GIN � Guinea-Bissau - GNB � Guyana - GUY	� FIN - Finland � FJI - Fiji � FLD - Flanders � FLK - Falkland Islands (Malvinas) � FRA - France � FRO - Faroe Islands � FSM - Federated States of Micronesia � GAB - Gabon � GBR - Great Britain � GEO - Georgia (country) � GHA - Ghana � GIB - Gibraltar � GIN - Guinea � GLP - Guadeloupe � GMB - Gambia � GNB - Guinea-Bissau � GNQ - Equatorial Guinea � GRC - Greece � GRD - Grenada � GRL - Greenland � GTM - Guatemala � GUF - French Guiana � GUM - Guam � GUY - Guyana
Top HI
� Haiti - HTI � Heard & McDonald Islands - HMD � Holland - HOL � Honduras - HND � Hong Kong - HKG � Hrvatska - HRV � Hungary - HUN � Iceland - ISL � India - IND � Indonesia - IDN � Iran - IRN � Iraq - IRQ � Ireland - IRL � Israel - ISR � Italy - ITA	� HKG - Hong Kong � HMD - Heard & McDonald Islands � HND - Honduras � HOL - Holland � HRV - Croatia or Hrvatska � HTI - Haiti � HUN - Hungary or Magyarorszag � IDN - Indonesia � IND - India � IOT - British Indian Ocean Territory � IRL - Ireland � IRN - Iran � IRQ - Iraq � ISL - Iceland � ISR - Israel � ITA - Italy
Top JKL
� Jamaica - JAM � Japan - JPN � Jordan - JOR � Kazakhstan - KAZ � Keeling Islands - CCK � Kenya - KEN � Kiribati - KIR � Korea, Republic of (South) - KOR � Korean, Dem. Peoples Republic (North) - PRK � Kroatien - HRV � Kuwait - KWT � Kyrgyzstan - KGZ � Laos - LAO � Latvia - LVA � Lebanon - LBN � Lesotho - LSO � Liberia - LBR � Libyan Arab Jamhiriya - LBY � Liechtenstein - LIE � Lithuania - LTU � Luxembourg - LUX	� JAM - Jamaica � JOR - Jordan � JPN - Japan � KAZ - Kazakhstan � KEN - Kenya � KGZ - Kyrgyzstan � KHM - Cambodia � KIR - Kiribati � KNA - Nevis � KNA - Saint Kitts and Nevis � KOR - Korea, Republic of (South) � KWT - Kuwait � LAO - Laos � LBN - Lebanon � LBR - Liberia � LBY - Libyan Arab Jamhiriya � LCA - Saint Lucia � LIE - Liechtenstein � LKA - Ceylon or Sri Lanka � LSO - Lesotho � LTU - Lithuania � LUX - Luxembourg � LVA - Latvia
Top M
� Macau - MAC � Macedonia - MKD � Madagascar - MDG � Magyarorszag - HUN � Malawi - MWI � Malaysia - MYS � Maldives - MDV � Mali - MLI � Malta - MLT � Malvinas (Falkland Islands) - FLK � Marshall Islands - MHL � Martinique - MTQ � Mauritania - MRT � Mauritius - MUS � Mayotte - MYT � Mexico - MEX � Micronesia - FSM � Miquelon - SPM � Moldava - MDA � Monaco - MCO � Mongolia - MNG � Montenegro - MNT � Montserrat - MSR � Morocco - MAR � Mozambique - MOZ � Myanmar - MMR	� MAC - Macau � MAR - Morocco � MCO - Monaco � MDA - Moldava � MDG - Madagascar � MDV - Maldives � MEX - Mexico � MHL - Marshall Islands � MKD - Macedonia � MLI - Mali � MLT - Malta � MMR - Burma / Myanmar � MNG - Mongolia � MNP - Northern Mariana Islands � MNT - Montenegro � MOZ - Mozambique � MRT - Mauritania � MSR - Montserrat � MTQ - Martinique � MUS - Mauritius � MWI - Malawi � MYS - Malaysia � MYT - Mayotte
Top NO
� Namibia - NAM � Nauru - NRU � Nepal - NPL � Netherlands - NLD � Netherlands Antilles - ANT � Neutral Zone - NTZ � Nevis - KNA � New Caledonia - NCL � New Zealand - NZL � Nicaragua - NIC � Niger - NER � Nigeria - NGA � Niue - NIU � Northern Ireland - NIR � Northern Mariana Islands - MNP � Norway - NOR � Oesterreich - AUT � Oman - OMN	� NAM - Namibia � NCL - New Caledonia � NER - Niger � NGA - Nigeria � NIC - Nicaragua � NIR - Northern Ireland � NIU - Niue � NLD - Netherlands � NOR - Norway � NPL - Nepal � NRU - Nauru � NTZ - Neutral Zone � NZL - New Zealand � OMN - Oman
Top PQR
� Pakistan - PAK � Palau - PLW � Panama - PAN � Papua New Guinea - PNG � Paraguay - PRY � Peru - PER � Philippines - PHL � Pitcairn - PCN � Poland - POL � Portugal - PRT � Qatar - QAT � Reunion - REU � Romania - ROM � Russia - RUS � Rwanda - RWA	� PAK - Pakistan � PAN - Panama � PCN - Pitcairn � PER - Peru � PHL - Philippines � PLW - Belau or Palau � PNG - Papua New Guinea � POL - Poland � PRK - Korean, Dem. Peoples Republic � PRT - Portugal � PRY - Paraguay � PYF - French Polynesia � QAT - Qatar � REU - Reunion � ROM - Romania � RUS - Russia � RWA - Rwanda
Top S
� Saint Helena - SHN � Saint Kitts and Nevis - KNA � Saint Lucia - LCA � Saint Pierre and Miquelon - SPM � Saint Vincent & Grenadines - VCT � Samoa - WSM � San Marino - SMR � Sao Tome and Principe - STP � Saudi Arabia - SAU � Scotland - SCT � Senegal - SEN � Serbia - SER � Seychelles - SYC � Sicily - SIC � Sierra Leone - SLE � Singapore - SGP � Slovakia - SVK � Slovenia - SVN � Slovensko - SVK � Solomon Islands - SLB � Somalia - SOM � South Africa - ZAF � South Georgia - SGS � South Sandwich Islands - SGS � Spain - ESP � Sri Lanka - LKA � Sudan - SDN � Suriname - SUR � Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands - SJM � Swaziland - SWZ � Sweden - SWE � Switzerland - CHE � Syrian Arab Republic - SYR	� SAU - Saudi Arabia � SCT - Scotland � SDN - Sudan � SEN - Senegal � SER - Serbia � SGP - Singapore � SGS - South Georgia � SGS - South Sandwich Islands � SHN - Saint Helena � SIC - Sicily � SJM - Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands � SLB - Solomon Islands � SLE - Sierra Leone � SLV - El Salvador � SMR - San Marino � SOM - Somalia � SPM - Saint Pierre and Miquelon � STP - Sao Tome and Principe � SUN - U.S.S.R. � SUR - Suriname � SVK - Slovakia � SVN - Slovenia � SWE - Sweden � SWZ - Swaziland � SYC - Seychelles � SYR - Syrian Arab Republic
Top T
� Taiwan Province of China - TWN � Tajikistan - TJK � Tanzania - TZA � Thailand - THA � Togo - TGO � Tokelau - TKL � Tonga - TON � Transylvania - TRN � Trinidad and Tobago - TTO � Tunisia - TUN � Turkey - TUR � Turkmenistan - TKM � Turks and Caicos Islands - TCA � Tuvalu - TUV	� TCA - Turks and Caicos Islands � TCD - Chad � TGO - Togo � THA - Thailand � TJK - Tajikistan � TKL - Tokelau � TKM - Turkmenistan � TMP - East Timor � TON - Tonga � TRN - Transylvania � TTO - Trinidad and Tobago � TUN - Tunisia � TUR - Turkey � TUV - Tuvalu � TWN - Taiwan, Province of China � TZA - Tanzania
Top UV
� USSR - SUN � Uganda - UGA � Ukraine - UKR � United Arab Emirates - ARE � United Arab Emirates - ARE � United Empire Loyalist - UEL � United Kingdom - UK � United States - USA � Uruguay - URY � Uzbekistan - UZB � Vanuatu - VUT � Vatican City State - VAT � Venezuela - VEN � Viet Nam - VNM � Virgin Islands U.K. - VGB	� UEL - United Empire Loyalist � UGA - Uganda � UK - United Kingdom � UKR - Ukraine � URY - Uruguay � USA - United States of America � UZB - Uzbekistan � VAT - Vatican City State � VCT - Saint Vincent & Grenadines � VEN - Venezuela � VGB - Virgin Islands, U.K. � VNM - Viet Nam � VUT - Vanuatu
Top WXYZ
� Wales - WLS � Wallis & Futana Islands - WLF � Western Sahara - ESH � Western Samoa - ESM � Yemen - YEM � Yugoslavia - YUG � Zaire - ZAR � Zambia - ZMB � Zimbabwe - ZWE	� WLF - Wallis & Futana Islands � WLS - Wales � WSM - Samoa � YEM - Yemen, Republic of � YUG - Yugoslavia � ZAF - South Africa � ZAR - Zaire � ZMB - Zambia � ZWE - Zimbabwe
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