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General Codes

Use these codes for works that cover an entire region or multiple regions in an area:

Regional Codes

(click on link for a represenative list of countries in the region)

Central America & the Caribbean (CJ)         Back to Top


- Bahamas
- Belize
- British Honduras
- Canal Zone
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Netherlands Antilles
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Virgin Islands
- West Indies

North America (NJ)         Back to Top


- Canada
- Mexico

South America (SJ)         Back to Top


- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Columbia
- Ecuador
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela

East Asia (EA)         Back to Top


- North Korea
- South Korea
- Taiwan

Oceania (OC)         Back to Top


- Micronesia
- Other Pacific Islands
- Papua New Guinea

South East Asia (AH)         Back to Top


- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Phillippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Vietnam

South Asia (SA)         Back to Top


- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka

Central Asia (CA)         Back to Top


- Azerbijan
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzebekistan

Australasia (AO)         Back to Top


- Australia
- New Zealand

Middle East (ME)         Back to Top


- Bahrain
- Cyprus
- Iraq
- Iran
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen

Western Europe (WE)         Back to Top


- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Greenland
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom

Central & Eastern Europe (CE)         Back to Top


- Albania
- Bosnia
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Herzegovina
- Hungary
- Macedonia
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia, Croatia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Ukraine
- Yugoslavia

North Africa (NA)         Back to Top


- Algeria
- Egypt
- Libya
- Morroco
- Sudan
- Tunisia

Diversity Codes

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