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User:David Kernow/Sandbox/List of countries by continent

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This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, displayed with their national flags and capitals. It contains:

However, this list does not contain de facto independent states that are generally unrecognized.

For a detailed discussion of how the world is divided into continents, see continent.

Africa edit

Eurasia edit

Asia edit

Europe edit

America edit

North America edit

South America edit

|   Argentina || Buenos Aires |   Bolivia || Sucre (seat of government at La Paz) |   Brazil || Brasília |   Chile || Santiago |   Colombia || Bogotá |   Ecuador || Quito |   Falkland Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) || Stanley |   French Guiana (overseas department of France) || Cayenne |   Guyana || Georgetown |   Paraguay || Asunción |   Peru || Lima |   Suriname || Paramaribo |   Uruguay || Montevideo |   Venezuela || Caracas

Oceania edit

Oceania is a geopolitical region, rather than a geographical continent, consisting of many countries in the Pacific Ocean, including the continent of Australia and the Pacific Islands. Note that some islands located within the boundaries of the Pacific Ocean are not considered parts of Oceania (e.g., Japan).

|   American Samoa (insular area of the United States) || Pago Pago |   Australia || Canberra |   Baker Island (insular area of the United States) |   Cook Islands (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand) || Avarua |   Fiji || Suva |   French Polynesia (overseas territory of France) || Papeete |   Guam (insular area of the United States) || Hagåtña |   Howland Island (insular area of the United States) |   Jarvis Island (insular area of the United States) |   Johnston Atoll (insular area of the United States) |   Kingman Reef (insular area of the United States) |   Kiribati || South Tarawa |   Marshall Islands || Majuro |   Micronesia || Palikir |   Midway Atoll (insular area of the United States) |   Nauru || no official capital (seat of government at Yaren) |   New Caledonia (overseas territory of France) || Nouméa |   New Zealand || Wellington |   Niue (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand) || Alofi |   Norfolk Island (overseas territory of Australia) || Kingston |   Northern Mariana Islands (insular area of the United States) || Saipan |   Palau || Koror |   Palmyra Atoll (insular area of the United States) |   Papua New Guinea || Port Moresby |   Pitcairn Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) || Adamstown |   Samoa || Apia |   Solomon Islands || Honiara |   Tokelau (overseas territory of New Zealand) || no capital (each atoll has its own administrative centre) |   Tonga || Nukuʻalofa |   Tuvalu || Funafuti |   Vanuatu || Port Vila |   Wake Island (insular area of the United States) |   Wallis and Futuna (overseas territory of France) || Mata-Utu

Antarctica edit

Territorial claims of sovereign states to Antarctica and its outlying islands south of 60°S are held in abeyance under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty System. Antarctic islands north of 60°S include:

|   Bouvet Island (overseas territory of Norway) |   French Southern and Antarctic Lands (overseas territory of France) |   Heard Island and McDonald Islands (overseas territory of Australia) |   South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)

See also edit

| Lists/tables of countries and territories by continent/region: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America | List of countries by continent (data file) || this data in a plain text format suitable for automated processing | List of countries (in alphabetical order) | List of countries and capitals in native languages | List of national capitals | List of national flags | ISO country codes | Transcontinental nation

References edit

  1. ^ Seat of government at Cotonou.
  2. ^ Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa; formerly known as Zaire.
  3. ^ Also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
  4. ^ Also known as Ivory Coast.
  5. ^ Seat of government at Abidjan.
  6. ^ a b c d e French overseas territory.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i British overseas territory.
  8. ^ Seat of government at Dar es Salaam.
  9. ^ Also known as Taiwan.
  10. ^ a b Australian overseas territory.
  11. ^ a b Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
  12. ^ Disputed.
  13. ^ Democratic People's Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea.
  14. ^ Republic of Korea, also known as South Korea.
  15. ^ Seat of government at Putrajaya.
  16. ^ Formerly known as Burma.
  17. ^ Previously Yangon.
  18. ^ Collectively the territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
  19. ^ a b c City-state.
  20. ^ Seat of government at Colombo.
  21. ^ Also known as East Timor.
  22. ^ Finnish autonomous province.
  23. ^ Danish autonomous region.
  24. ^ a b c British crown dependency.
  25. ^ Seat of government at The Hague.
  26. ^ Norwegian overseas territory.
  27. ^ a b Overseas country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  28. ^ Autonomous province of the Kingdom of Denmark.
  29. ^ Seat of government at Brades.
  30. ^ a b c Insular area of the United States.

External links edit

Information by country edit

| https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html | http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ | http://www.world-gazetteer.com/ | http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/

Geographical regions edit

| United Nations Statistics Division || Country and Region Codes


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