AMERICA

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Country Name ISO code local country name state or national flag
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country's official name (English translation)
capital capital's local name official language(s)
+ auxiliary & regional language(s)
local language name
administrative divisions (division capital)
note: if no capital is given, it has the same name as the division

Antigua and Barbuda AG  
Antigua and Barbuda
Saint John's   English  
6 parishes:
Saint George (Carlisle), Saint John's, Saint Mary (Old Road), Saint Paul (English Harbour), Saint Peter (Parham), Saint Phillip (Freetown)
+ 2 dependencies:
Barbuda (Codrington), Redonda (-)

Argentina AR Argentina
República Argentina (Argentine Republic)
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Spanish español
23 provinces (provincia):
Buenos Aires (La Plata), Catamarca (San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca), Chaco (Resistencia), Chubut (Rawson), Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos (Paraná), Formosa, Jujuy (San Salvador de Jujuy), La Pampa (Santa Rosa), La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones (Posadas), Neuquén, Río Negro (Viedma), Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz (Río Gallegos), Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego (Ushuaia), Tucumán (San Miguel de Tucumán)
+ 1 federal district (distrito federal):
Capital federal (Buenos Aires)

Bahamas BS  
Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Nassau   English  
19 districts:
Abaco (Coopers Town), Acklins Island (Snug Corner), Andros (Andros Town), Berry Islands (Great Harbour), Biminis (Alice Town), Cat Island (Arthur's Town), Crooked Island (Colonel Hill), Eleuthera (Freetown), Exuma and Cays (George Town), Grand Bahama (Freeport), Harbour Island (-), Inagua Islands (Matthew Town), Long Island (Clarence Town), Mayaguana (Pirates Well), New Providence (Nassau), Ragged Island (Duncan Town), Rum Cay (Port Nelson), San Salvador (Cockburn Town), Spanish Wells (-)

Barbados BB  
Barbados
Bridgetown   English  
11 parishes:
Christ Church (Oistins), Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint James (Holetown), Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Lucy, Saint Michael (Bridgetown), Saint Peter (Speightstown), Saint Philip, Saint Thomas

Belize BZ  
Belize
Belmopan   English  
6 districts:
Belize, Cayo (San Ignacio), Corozal, Orange Walk, Stann Creek (Dangriga), Toledo (Punta Gorda)

Bolivia BO Bolivia
República de Bolivia (Republic of Bolivia)
Sucre Sucre Spanish español
9 departments (departamento):
Chuquisaca (Sucre), Cochabamba, El Beni (Trinidad), La Paz, Oruro, Pando (Cobija), Potosí, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz de la Sierra), Tarija
note: the capital is Sucre, the seat of government is La Paz

Brazil BR Brasil
República Federativa do Brasil (Federative Republic of Brazil)
Brasilia Brasília Portuguese português
26 states (estado):
Acre (Rio Branco), Alagoas (Maceió), Amapá (Macapá), Amazonas (Manaus), Bahia (Salvador), Ceará (Fortaleza), Espírito Santo (Vitória), Goiás (Goiânia), Maranhão (São Luís), Mato Grosso (Cuiabá), Mato Grosso do Sul (Campo Grande), Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte), Pará (Belém), Paraíba (João Pessoa), Paraná (Curitiba), Pernambuco (Recife), Piauí (Teresina), Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte (Natal), Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre), Rondônia (Porto Velho), Roraima (Boa Vista), Santa Catarina (Florianópolis), São Paulo, Sergipe (Aracaju), Tocantins (Palmas)
+ 1 federal district (distrito federal):
Distrito Federal (Brasília)

Canada CA Canada
Canada
Ottawa Ottawa English, French
+ Inuktitut
English, français
+ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (inuktitut)
10 provinces:
Alberta (Edmonton), British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique (Victoria), Manitoba (Winnipeg), New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick (Fredericton), Newfoundland and Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador (Saint John's), Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse (Halifax), Ontario (Toronto), Prince Edward Island / Île-du-Prince-Édouard (Charlottetown), Québec / Quebec, Saskatchewan (Regina)
+ 3 territories / territoires:
Northwest Territories / Territoires du Nord-Ouest (Yellowknife), Nunavut / ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (Iqaluit / ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ), Yukon (Whitehorse)

Chile CL Chile
República de Chile (Republic of Chile)
Santiago de Chile Santiago de Chile Spanish español
13 regions (región):
Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (Coihaique), Antofagasta, Araucanía (Temuco), Atacama (Copiapó), Bío-Bío (Concepción), Coquimbo (La Serena), Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (Rancagua), Los Lagos (Puerto Montt), Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (Punta Arenas), Maule (Talca), Metropolitana (Santiago), Tarapacá (Iquique), Valparaíso

Colombia CO Colombia
República de Colombia (Republic of Colombia)
Bogota Bogotá Spanish español
32 departments (departamento):
Amazonas (Leticia), Antioquia (Medellín), Arauca, Atlántico (Barranquilla), Bolívar (Cartagena), Boyacá (Tunja), Caldas (Manizales), Caquetá (Florencia), Casanare (Yopal), Cauca (Popayán), César (Valledupar), Chocó (Quibdó), Córdoba (Montería), Cundinamarca (Bogotá), Guainía (Puerto Inírida), Guajira (Riohacha), Guaviare (San José del Guaviare), Huila (Neiva), Magdalena (Santa Marta), Meta (Villavicencio), Nariño (Pasto), Norte de Santander (Cúcuta), Putumayo (Mocoa), Quindío (Armenia), Risaralda (Pereira), San Andrés y Providencia (San Andrés), Santander (Bucaramanga), Sucre (Sincelejo), Tolima (Ibagué), Valle del Cauca (Cali), Vaupés (Mitú), Vichada (Puerto Carreño)
+ 1 capital district (distrito capital):
Bogotá

Costa Rica CR Costa Rica
República de Costa Rica (Republic of Costa Rica)
San Jose San José Spanish español
7 provinces (provincia):
Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste (Liberia), Heredia, Limón, Puntarenas, San José

Cuba CU Cuba
República de Cuba (Republic of Cuba)
Havana La Habana Spanish español
14 provinces (provincia):
Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana (La Habana), Granma (Bayamo), Guantánamo, Holguín, La Habana, Las Tunas (Victoria de las Tunas), Matanzas, Pinar del Río, Sancti Spíritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara (Santa Clara)
+ 1 special municipality (municipio especial):
Isla de la Juventud (Nueva Gerona)

Dominica DM  
Commonwealth of Dominica
Roseau   English  
10 parishes:
Saint Andrew (Wesley), Saint David (Rosalie), Saint George (Roseau), Saint John (Portsmouth), Saint Joseph, Saint Luke (Pointe Michel), Saint Mark (Soufrière), Saint Patrick (Berekua), Saint Paul (Pont Cassé), Saint Peter (Coulihaut)

Dominican Republic DO República Dominicana
República Dominicana (Dominican Republic)
Santo Domingo Santo Domingo de Guzmán Spanish español
31 provinces (provincia):
Azua (Azua de Compostela), Bahoruco (Neyba), Barahona, Dajabón, Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís), Elías Piña (Comendador), El Seybo, Espaillat (Moca), Hato Mayor, Independencia (Jimaní), La Altagracia (Higüey), La Romana, La Vega, María Trinidad Sánchez (Nagua), Monseñor Nouel (Bonao), Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Ocoa (San José de Ocoa), Pedernales, Peravia (Baní), Puerto Plata, Salcedo, Samaná, Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí), San Cristóbal, San Juan (San Juan de la Maguana), San Pedro de Macorís, Santiago, Santiago Rodríguez (Sabaneta), Santo Domingo, Valverde (Mao)
+ 1 district (distrito):
Distrito Nacional (Santo Domingo de Guzmán)

Ecuador EC Ecuador
República del Ecuador (Republic of Ecuador)
Quito Quito Spanish español
22 provinces (provincia):
Azuay (Cuenca), Bolívar (Guaranda), Cañar (Azogues), Carchi (Tulcán), Cotopaxi (Latacunga), Chimborazo (Riobamba), El Oro (Machala), Esmeraldas, Galápagos (Puerto Baquerizo Moreno), Guayas (Guayaquil), Imbabura (Ibarra), Loja, Los Ríos (Babahoyo), Manabí (Portoviejo), Morona-Santiago (Santiago Macas), Napo (Tena), Orellana (Puerto Francisco de Orellana), Pastaza (Puyo), Pichincha (Quito), Sucumbíos (Nueva Loja), Tungurahua (Ambato), Zamora-Chinchipe (Zamora)

El Salvador SV El Salvador
República de El Salvador (Republic of El Salvador)
San Salvador San Salvador Spanish español
14 departments (departamento):
Ahuachapán, Cabañas (Sensuntepeque), Chalatenango, Cuscatlán (Cojutepeque), La Libertad (Nueva San Salvador), La Paz (Zacatecoluca), La Unión, Morazán (San Francisco Gotera), San Miguel, San Salvador, Santa Ana, San Vicente, Sonsonate, Usulután

Grenada GD  
State of Grenada
Saint George's   English  
6 parishes:
Saint Andrew (Grenville), Saint David, Saint George (Saint George's), Saint John (Gouyave), Saint Mark (Victoria), Saint Patrick (Sauteurs)
+ 1 dependency:
Carriacou and Petite Martinique (Hillsborough)

Guatemala GT Guatemala
República de Guatemala (Republic of Guatemala)
Guatemala Guatemala Spanish español
22 departments (departamento):
Alta Verapaz (Cobán), Baja Verapaz (Salamá), Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso (Guastatoya), Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal (Puerto Barrios), Jalapa, Jutiapa, Petén (Flores), Quetzaltenango, Quiché (Santa Cruz del Quiché), Retalhuleu, Sacatepéquez (Antigua Guatemala), San Marcos, Santa Rosa (Cuilapa), Sololá, Suchitepéquez (Mazatenango), Totonicapán, Zacapa

Guyana GY  
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Georgetown   English  
10 regions:
Barima-Waini (Mabaruma), Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Bartica), Demerara-Mahaica (Paradise), East Berbice-Corentyne (New Amsterdam), Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Vreed en Hoop), Mahaica-Berbice (Fort Wellington), Pomeroon-Supenaam (Anna Regina), Potaro-Siparuni (Mahdia), Upper Demerara-Berbice (Linden), Upper Takuto-Upper Essequibo (Lethem)

Haiti HT Haïti, Ayiti
République d'Haïti, Repiblik d Ayiti (Republic of Haiti)
Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince, Pòtoprens French, Haitian Creole français, kreyòl
9 departments (département / depatman):
Artibonite / Latibonit (Gonaïves / Gonayiv), Centre / Sant (Hinche / Ench), Grand' Anse / Grandans (Jérémie / Jeremi), Nord / Nò (Cap-Haïtien / Okap), Nord-Est / Nòdès (Fort-Liberté / Fòlibète), Nord-Ouest / Nòdwès (Port-de-Paix / Pòdpè), Ouest / Lwès (Port-au-Prince / Pòtoprens), Sud / Sid (Les Cayes / Okay), Sud-Est / Sidès (Jacmel / Jakmèl)

Honduras HN Honduras
República de Honduras (Republic of Honduras)
Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa Spanish español
18 departments (departamento):
Atlántida (La Ceiba), Choluteca, Colón (Trujillo), Comayagua, Copán (Santa Rosa de Copán), Cortés (San Pedro Sula), El Paraíso (Yuscarán), Francisco Morazán (Tegucigalpa), Gracias a Dios (Puerto Lempira), Intibucá (La Esperanza), Islas de la Bahía (Roatán), La Paz, Lempira (Gracias), Ocotepeque (Nueva Ocotepeque), Olancho (Juticalpa), Santa Bárbara, Valle (Nacaome), Yoro
+ 1 district (distrito):
Distrito Central (Tegucigalpa)

Jamaica JM  
Jamaica
Kingston   English  
14 parishes:
Clarendon (May Pen), Hanover (Lucea), Kingston, Manchester (Mandeville), Portland (Port Antonio), Saint Andrew (Half Way Tree), Saint Ann (Saint Ann's Bay), Saint Catherine (Spanish Town), Saint Elizabeth (Black River), Saint James (Montego Bay), Saint Mary (Port Maria), Saint Thomas (Morant Bay), Trelawny (Falmouth), Westmoreland (Savanna la Mar)

Mexico MX México
Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States)
Mexico City Ciudad de México Spanish español
31 states (estado):
Aguascalientes, Baja California (Mexicali), Baja California Sur (La Paz), Campeche, Coahuila de Zaragoza (Saltillo), Colima, Chiapas (Tuxtla Gutiérrez), Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero (Chilpancingo), Hidalgo (Pachuca de Soto), Jalisco (Guadalajara), México (Toluca de Lerdo), Michoacán de Ocampo (Morelia), Morelos (Cuernavaca), Nayarit (Tepic), Nuevo León (Monterrey), Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro de Arteaga (Querétaro), Quintana Roo (Chetumal), San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa (Culiacán), Sonora (Hermosillo), Tabasco (Villahermosa), Tamaulipas (Ciudad Victoria), Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave (Xalapa), Yucatán (Mérida), Zacatecas
+ 1 federal district (distrito federal):
Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México)

Nicaragua NI Nicaragua
República de Nicaragua (Republic of Nicaragua)
Managua Managua Spanish español
15 departments (departamento):
Boaco, Carazo (Jinotepe), Chinandega, Chontales (Juigalpa), Estelí, Granada, Jinotega, León, Madriz (Somoto), Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia (Ocotal), Río San Juan (San Carlos), Rivas
+ 2 autonomous regions (región autonomista):
Atlántico Norte (Puerto Cabezas), Atlántico Sur (Bluefields)

Panama PA Panamá
República de Panamá (Republic of Panama)
Panama City Ciudad de Panamá Spanish español
9 provinces (provincia):
Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí (David), Coclé (Penonomé), Colón, Darién (La Palma), Herrera (Chitré), Los Santos (Las Tablas), Panamá, Veraguas (Santiago)
+ 5 territories (comarca):
Emberá (Cirilo Guainora), Kuna de Madungandí (?), Kuna de Wargandí (?), Kuna Yala (Narganá), Ngöbe Buglé (Chichica)

Paraguay PY Paraguay
República del Paraguay, Tetâ Paraguáype (Republic of Paraguay)
Asuncion Asunción Spanish, Guarani español, ava ñe'ê
17 departments (departamento):
Alto Paraguay (Fuerte Olimpo), Alto Paraná (Ciudad del Este), Amambay (Pedro Juan Caballero), Boquerón (Filadelfia), Caaguazú (Coronel Oviedo), Caazapá, Canindeyú (Salto del Guairá), Central (Areguá), Concepción, Cordillera (Caacupé), Guairá (Villarrica), Itapúa (Encarnación), Misiones (San Juan Bautista), Ñeembucú (Pilar), Paraguarí, Presidente Hayes (Pozo Colorado), San Pedro (San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú)
+ 1 capital (capital):
Asunción

Peru PE Perú
República del Perú (Republic of Peru)
Lima Lima Spanish
+ Aymara, Quechua
español
+ Aymará, kichwa
25 regions (región):
Amazonas (Chachapoyas), Ancash (Huaraz), Apurímac (Abancay), Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Callao, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huánuco, Ica, Junín (Huancayo), La Libertad (Trujillo), Lambayeque (Chiclayo), Lima, Loreto (Iquitos), Madre de Dios (Puerto Maldonado), Moquegua, Pasco (Cerro de Pasco), Piura, Puno, San Martín (Moyobamba), Tacna, Tumbes, Ucayali (Pucallpa)

Saint Kitts and Nevis KN  
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre   English  
14 parishes:
Christ Church Nichola Town (Mansion), Saint Anne Sandy Point (Sandy Point), Saint George Basseterre (Basseterre), Saint George Gingerland (Gingerland), Saint James Windward (Newcastle), Saint John Capesterre (Sadlers), Saint John Figtree (Fig Tree), Saint Mary Cayon (Cayon), Saint Paul Capesterre (Saint Paul's), Saint Paul Charlestown (Charlestown), Saint Peter Basseterre (Monkey Hill), Saint Thomas Lowland (Cotton Ground), Saint Thomas Middle Island (Old Road), Trinity Palmetto Point (Boyds)

Saint Lucia LC  
Saint Lucia
Castries   English  
10 quarters:
Anse-la-Raye, Canaries, Castries, Choiseul, Dennery, Gros Islet, Laborie, Micoud, Soufrière, Vieux Fort

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC  
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown   English  
6 parishes:
Charlotte (Georgetown), Grenadines (Port Elizabeth), Saint Andrew (Layou), Saint David (Chateaubelair), Saint George (Kingstown), Saint Patrick (Barrouallie)

Suriname SR Suriname
Republiek Suriname (Republic of Suriname)
Paramaribo Paramaribo Dutch Nederlands
10 districts (distrikt):
Brokopondo, Commewijne (Nieuw Amsterdam), Coronie (Totness), Marowijne (Albina), Nickerie (Nieuw Nickerie), Para (Onverwacht), Paramaribo, Saramacca (Groningen), Sipaliwini (Paramaribo), Wanica (Lelydorp)

Trinidad and Tobago TT  
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain   English  
13 regions:
Arima-Tunapuna-Piarco (Arima), Chaguanas, Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo (Couva), Diego Martín (Petit Valley), Peñal Débé (Siparia), Point Fortín, Port of Spain, Princes Town, San Fernando, Sangre Grande, San Juan, Siparia, Tobago (Scarborough)

United States US  
United States of America
Washington DC   English
+ French, Spanish, Chamorro
English
+ français, español, Chamoru
50 states:
Alabama (Montgomery), Alaska (Juneau), Arizona (Phoenix), Arkansas (Little Rock), California (Sacramento), Colorado (Denver), Connecticut (Hartford), Delaware (Dover), Florida (Tallahassee), Georgia (Atlanta), Hawaii (Honolulu), Idaho (Boise), Illinois (Springfield), Indiana (Indianapolis), Iowa (Des Moines), Kansas (Topeka), Kentucky (Frankfort), Louisiana / Louisiane (Baton Rouge), Maine (Augusta), Maryland (Annapolis), Massachusetts (Boston), Michigan (Lansing), Minnesota (Saint Paul), Mississippi (Jackson), Missouri (Jefferson City), Montana (Helena), Nebraska (Lincoln), Nevada (Carson City), New Hampshire (Concord), New Jersey (Trenton), New Mexico / Nuevo México (Santa Fe), New York (Albany), North Carolina (Raleigh), North Dakota (Bismarck), Ohio (Columbus), Oklahoma (Oklahoma City), Oregon (Salem), Pennsylvania (Harrisburg), Rhode Island (Providence), South Carolina (Columbia), South Dakota (Pierre), Tennessee (Nashville), Texas (Austin), Utah (Salt Lake City), Vermont (Montpelier), Virginia (Richmond), Washington (Olympia), West Virginia (Charleston), Wisconsin (Madison), Wyoming (Cheyenne)
+ 1 district:
District of Columbia (Washington)
+ 9 unincorporated territories:
American Samoa (Pago Pago), Baker and Howland Islands (-), Guam / Guåhan (Agaña / Hagåtña), Jarvis Island (-), Johnston Atoll (-), Navassa Island (-), Palmyra Atoll (-), US Virgin Islands (Charlotte Amalie), Wake Island (-)
+ 2 US Commonwealth territories:
Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), Puerto Rico (San Juan)
+ 2 administered territories:
Kingman Reef (-), Midway Islands (-)

Uruguay UY Uruguay
República Oriental del Uruguay (Oriental Republic of Uruguay)
Montevideo Montevideo Spanish español
19 departments (departamento):
Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo (Melo), Colonia (Colonia del Sacramento), Durazno, Flores (Trinidad), Florida, Lavalleja (Minas), Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandú, Río Negro (Fray Bentos), Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San José (San José de Mayo), Soriano (Mercedes), Tacuarembó, Treinta y Tres

Venezuela VE Venezuela
República Bolivariana de Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela)
Caracas Caracas Spanish español
23 states (estado):
Amazonas (Puerto Ayacucho), Anzoátegui (Barcelona), Apure (San Fernando), Aragua (Maracay), Barinas, Bolívar (Ciudad Bolívar), Carabobo (Valencia), Cojedes (San Carlos), Delta Amacuro (Tucupita), Falcón (Coro), Guárico (San Juan de Los Morros), Lara (Barquisimeto), Mérida, Miranda (Los Teques), Monagas (Maturín), Nueva Esparta (La Asunción), Portuguesa (Guanare), Sucre (Cumaná), Táchira (San Cristóbal), Trujillo, Vargas (La Guaira), Yaracuy (San Felipe), Zulia (Maracaibo)
+ 1 federal district (distrito federal):
Distrito Federal (Caracas)
+ 1 federal dependency (dependencia federal):
Dependencias Federales (-)


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The entries were done with the greatest possible care,
but nevertheless errors may have occurred.
Any corrections that might be necessary are VERY welcome.

author: Werner Fröhlich - email: geonames@gmx.net