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#1241713 - 10/30/09 12:00 PM Official: Geography Updates 04-26-2013
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Patience is a Virtue

Registered: 03/20/06
Loc: Indiana
1st level administration complete and listed in parentheses, where applicable.
* next to the country means it will contain 2nd level administration when active.
2nd Level Administration complete and listed in parentheses, where applicable.

Additional place names are yet to be added to the database.

Currently there are about 400,000 place names in the database. This number will rise to over 4 million as depth is added to international locations.

If you need to use an historical location, you should reference it in the bio of either the cemetery or memorial in question. Accounting for every border change over 10,000+ years is just not feasible.



Afghanistan (province)*
Albania (province)*
Algeria (province)*
American Samoa (district)*
Andorra (parish)
Angola (province)*
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua And Barbuda (parish)
Argentina (province)*
Armenia (province)
Aruba
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
At Sea
Australia (state)
Austria (state)*
Azerbaijan (rayon)
Bahamas (district)
Bahrain (governorate)
Bangladesh (division)*
Barbados (parish)
Bassas Da India
Belarus (region)*
Belgium (province)*
Belize (district)*
Benin (department)*
Bermuda (parish)
Bhutan (district)
Bolivia (department)*
Bosnia And Herzegovina (entity)*
Botswana (district)*
Bouvet Island
Brazil (state)*
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands (district)
Brunei (district)*
Bulgaria (province)*
Burkina Faso (region)*
Burma (state)*
Burundi (province)*
Cambodia (province)*
Cameroon (region)*
Canada (province)*
Cape Verde (region)*
Caribbean Netherlands (island)
Cayman Islands (district)
Central African Republic (prefecture)*
Chad (region)*
Chile (region)*
China (province)*
Christmas Island
Clipperton Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombia (department)*
Comoros (island)
Congo, Democratic Republic Of (province)
Congo, Republic Of The (department)*
Cook Islands
Coral Sea Islands
Costa Rica (province)*
Cote D'ivoire (region)*
Croatia (county)
Cuba (province)
Curacao
Cyprus (district)
Czech Republic (region)*
Denmark (region)*
Djibouti (region)*
Dominica (parish)
Dominican Republic (province)*
East Timor (district)*
Ecuador (province)*
Egypt (governorate)*
El Salvador (department)*
England (county)
Equatorial Guinea (province)*
Eritrea (region)*
Estonia (county)*
Ethiopia (region)*
Europa Island
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands (region)*
Federated States of Micronesia (state)
Fiji (division)*
Finland (region)*
France (region) (department)
French Guiana (arrondissement)*
French Polynesia (island)*
French Southern and Antarctic (district)
Gabon (province)*
Gambia, The (division)*
Gaza Strip (governorate)
Georgia (region)*
Germany (state)*
Ghana (region)*
Gibraltar
Glorioso Islands
Greece (region) (regional unit)
Greenland (municipality)
Grenada (parish)
Guadeloupe (arrondissement)*
Guam
Guatemala (department)*
Guernsey
Guinea (region)*
Guinea-bissau (region)*
Guyana (region)*
Haiti (department)*
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Honduras (department)*
Hong Kong (region)*
Hungary (county)*
Iceland (region)*
India (state)*
Indonesia (province)*
Iran (province)*
Iraq (governorate)*
Ireland (county)
Isle of Man (sheading)
Israel (district)*
Italy (region) (province)
Jamaica (parish)
Jan Mayen
Japan (prefecture)
Jersey
Jordan (governorate)*
Juan De Nova Island
Kazakhstan (province)*
Kenya (province)*
Kiribati (island)
Kosovo (district)*
Kuwait (governorate)*
Kyrgyzstan (province)*
Laos (province)*
Latvia (region)*
Lebanon (governorate)*
Lesotho (district)*
Liberia (county)*
Libya (district)
Liechtenstein (municipality)
Lithuania (county)*
Luxembourg (district)*
Macau
Macedonia (region)*
Madagascar (region)*
Malawi (region)*
Malaysia (region)*
Maldives (province)*
Mali (region)*
Malta (district)
Marshall Islands
Martinique (arrondissement)*
Mauritania (region)
Mauritius (district)
Mayotte
Mexico (state)*
Moldova (district)
Mongolia (province)*
Monaco
Montenegro (municipality)
Montserrat (parish)
Morocco (region)*
Mozambique (province)*
Namibia (region)*
Nauru (district)
Nepal (zone)*
Netherlands (province) (municipality)
New Caledonia (province)
New Zealand (region)*
Nicaragua (department)*
Niger (region)*
Nigeria (state)*
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Korea (province)
Northern Ireland (county)
Northern Mariana Islands (municipality)
Norway (county)*
Oman (governorate)*
Pakistan (province)*
Palau (state)
Panama (province)
Papua New Guinea (province)*
Paracel Islands
Paraguay (department)*
Peru (region)*
Philippines (region)*
Pitcairn Islands
Poland (province)*
Portugal (district)
Qatar (municipality)
Reunion (arrondissement)*
Romania (county)
Russian Federation (federal subject)*
Rwanda (province)*
Saint Barts
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tris (area)
Saint Kitts And Nevis (parish)
Saint Lucia (quarter)
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre And Miquelon
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines (parish)
Samoa (district)
San Marino (municipality)
Sao Tome And Principe (province)*
Saudi Arabia (province)*
Scotland (council area)
Senegal (region)*
Serbia (region)*
Seychelles (district)
Sierra Leone (province)*
Singapore (region)
Sint Maarten
Slovakia (region)*
Slovenia (region)*
Solomon Islands (province)
Somalia (region)*
South Africa (province)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Korea (province)
South Sudan*
Spain (community)*
Spratly Islands
Sri Lanka (province)*
Sudan*
Suriname (district)*
Svalbard
Swaziland (district)*
Sweden (county)*
Switzerland (canton)
Syria (governorate)*
Taiwan (division)*
Tajikistan (province)*
Tanzania (region)*
Thailand (province)*
Togo (region)*
Tonga (division)
Trinidad And Tobago (corporation)
Tromelin Island
Tunisia (governorate)*
Turkey (province)*
Turkmenistan (province)*
Turks And Caicos Islands (district)
Tuvalu
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (island)
U.S. Virgin Islands (district)*
Uganda (region)*
Ukraine (province)*
United Arab Emirates (emirate)
Uruguay (department)
Uzbekistan (province)*
Vanuatu (province)*
Venezuela (state) *
Vietnam (province)*
Wales (council area)
Wallis And Futuna (kingdom)*
West Bank (governorate)
Western Sahara
Yemen (governorate)*
Zambia (province)*
Zimbabwe (province)*


France (department)
Greece (regional unit)
Italy (province)
Lithuania (municipality)
Netherlands (municipality)
Philippines (province)

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#2369313 - 01/30/13 03:32 PM Re: Official: Geography Updates 04-26-2013 [Re: Mark]
Mark Offline

Patience is a Virtue

Registered: 03/20/06
Loc: Indiana
Place Names Added:

France (56,000)

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#2420636 - 04/26/13 10:37 AM Re: Official: Geography Updates 04-26-2013 [Re: Mark]
Mark Offline

Patience is a Virtue

Registered: 03/20/06
Loc: Indiana
GPS updates completed for:
France
Greece
Italy

GPS updates pending for:
Canada
Finland
Germany
Lithuania
Philippines

2nd level administration updates pending for:
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Austria
Bangladesh
Belgium
Benin
Bugaria
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Costa Rica
Cote D'ivorie
Czech Republic
Denmark
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Latvia
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Nepal
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Poland
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Venezuela

Additional Place Names pending for:
Canada (25,000)
Finland (14,000)
Germany (8,000)
Greece (12,800)
Italy (17,800)
Lithuania (10,500)
Philippines (42,000)

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