FIPS 10-4

FIPS Publication 10-4, COUNTRIES, DEPENDENCIES, AREAS OF SPECIAL SOVEREIGNTY, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS, provides a list of the basic geopolitical entities in the world, together with the principal administrative divisions that comprise each entity.

Machine-readable files of the various versions are available here.

A map in shapefile format is available here.

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History:

• September 9, 2008: added the link to the map page
• September 5, 2008: first version of this page.