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Regions of the World according to the United Nations

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By T.seppelt (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

For detailed classification by the United Nations for statistical purposes visit this page.

 Geographical region and composition
001 World
002 Africa a/
       014 Eastern Africa
       017 Middle Africa
       015 Northern Africa
       018 Southern Africa
       011 Western Africa
019 Americas
419 Latin America and the Caribbean
       029 Caribbean
       013 Central America
       005 South America
021 Northern America b/
142 Asia
       143 Central Asia
       030 Eastern Asia
       034 Southern Asia
       035 South-Eastern Asia
       145 Western Asia
150 Europe
       151 Eastern Europe
       154 Northern Europe
       039 Southern Europe
       155 Western Europe
009 Oceania
       053 Australia and New Zealand
       054 Melanesia
       057 Micronesia
       061 Polynesia

 

   Selected economic and other groupings
…   Developed and developing regions c/
199 Least developed countries
432 Landlocked developing countries
722 Small island developing states

 

Numerical code

   Geographical region and composition of each region
002

Africa a/
014 Eastern Africa
108 Burundi
174 Comoros
262 Djibouti
232 Eritrea
231 Ethiopia
404 Kenya
450 Madagascar
454 Malawi
480 Mauritius
175 Mayotte
508 Mozambique
638 Réunion
646 Rwanda
690 Seychelles
706 Somalia
728 South Sudan
800 Uganda
834 United Republic of Tanzania
894 Zambia
716 Zimbabwe
017 Middle Africa
024 Angola
120 Cameroon
140 Central African Republic
148 Chad
178 Congo
180 Democratic Republic of the Congo
226 Equatorial Guinea
266 Gabon
678 Sao Tome and Principe
015 Northern Africa
012 Algeria
818 Egypt
434 Libya
504 Morocco
729 Sudan
788 Tunisia
732 Western Sahara
018 Southern Africa
072 Botswana
426 Lesotho
516 Namibia
710 South Africa
748 Swaziland
011 Western Africa
204 Benin
854 Burkina Faso
132 Cabo Verde
384 Cote d’Ivoire
270 Gambia
288 Ghana
324 Guinea
624 Guinea-Bissau
430 Liberia
466 Mali
478 Mauritania
562 Niger
566 Nigeria
654 Saint Helena
686 Senegal
694 Sierra Leone
768 Togo
019

Americas
419 Latin America and the Caribbean
029 Caribbean
660 Anguilla
028 Antigua and Barbuda
533 Aruba
044 Bahamas
052 Barbados
535 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
092 British Virgin Islands
136 Cayman Islands
192 Cuba
531 Curaçao
212 Dominica
214 Dominican Republic
308 Grenada
312 Guadeloupe
332 Haiti
388 Jamaica
474 Martinique
500 Montserrat
630 Puerto Rico
652 Saint-Barthélemy

659

 Saint Kitts and Nevis
662 Saint Lucia
663 Saint Martin (French part)
670 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
534 Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
780 Trinidad and Tobago
796 Turks and Caicos Islands
850 United States Virgin Islands
013 Central America
084 Belize
188 Costa Rica
222 El Salvador
320 Guatemala
340 Honduras
484 Mexico
558 Nicaragua
591 Panama
005 South America
032 Argentina
068 Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
076 Brazil
152 Chile
170 Colombia
218 Ecuador
238 Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
254 French Guiana
328 Guyana
600 Paraguay
604 Peru
740 Suriname
858 Uruguay
862 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
021 Northern America b/
060 Bermuda
124 Canada
304 Greenland
666 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
840 United States of America
142

Asia
143 Central Asia
398 Kazakhstan
417 Kyrgyzstan
762 Tajikistan
795 Turkmenistan
860 Uzbekistan
030 Eastern Asia
156 China
344 China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
446 China, Macao Special Administrative Region
408 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
392 Japan
496 Mongolia
410 Republic of Korea
034 Southern Asia
004 Afghanistan
050 Bangladesh
064 Bhutan
356 India
364 Iran (Islamic Republic of)
462 Maldives
524 Nepal
586 Pakistan
144 Sri Lanka
035 South-Eastern Asia
096 Brunei Darussalam
116 Cambodia
360 Indonesia
418 Lao People’s Democratic Republic
458 Malaysia
104 Myanmar
608 Philippines
702 Singapore
764 Thailand
626 Timor-Leste
704 Viet Nam
145 Western Asia
051 Armenia
031 Azerbaijan
048 Bahrain
196 Cyprus
268 Georgia
368 Iraq
376 Israel
400 Jordan
414 Kuwait
422 Lebanon
512 Oman
634 Qatar
682 Saudi Arabia
275 State of Palestine
760 Syrian Arab Republic
792 Turkey
784 United Arab Emirates
887 Yemen
150

Europe
151 Eastern Europe
112 Belarus
100 Bulgaria
203 Czech Republic
348 Hungary
616 Poland
498 Republic of Moldova
642 Romania
643 Russian Federation
703 Slovakia
804 Ukraine
154 Northern Europe
248 Åland Islands
830 Channel Islands
208 Denmark
233 Estonia
234 Faeroe Islands
246 Finland
831 Guernsey
352 Iceland
372 Ireland
833 Isle of Man
832 Jersey
428 Latvia
440 Lithuania
578 Norway
680 Sark
744 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
752 Sweden
826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
039 Southern Europe
008 Albania
020 Andorra
070 Bosnia and Herzegovina
191 Croatia
292 Gibraltar
300 Greece
336 Holy See
380 Italy
470 Malta
499 Montenegro
620 Portugal
674 San Marino
688 Serbia
705 Slovenia
724 Spain
807 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
155 Western Europe
040 Austria
056 Belgium
250 France
276 Germany
438 Liechtenstein
442 Luxembourg
492 Monaco
528 Netherlands
756 Switzerland
009

Oceania
053 Australia and New Zealand
036 Australia
554 New Zealand
574 Norfolk Island
054 Melanesia
242 Fiji
540 New Caledonia
598 Papua New Guinea
090 Solomon Islands
548 Vanuatu
057 Micronesia
316 Guam
296 Kiribati
584 Marshall Islands
583 Micronesia (Federated States of)
520 Nauru
580 Northern Mariana Islands
585 Palau
061 Polynesia
016 American Samoa
184 Cook Islands
258 French Polynesia
570 Niue
612 Pitcairn
882 Samoa
772 Tokelau
776 Tonga
798 Tuvalu
876 Wallis and Futuna Islands

Developed and developing regions c/
Developing regions
002 Africa
019 Americas excluding Northern America (numerical code 021)
029 Caribbean
013 Central America
005 South America
142 Asia excluding Japan
009 Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand
(numerical code 053)
Developed regions
021 Northern America
150 Europe
392 Japan
053 Australia and New Zealand
199

Least developed countries
004 Afghanistan
024 Angola
050 Bangladesh
204 Benin
064 Bhutan
854 Burkina Faso
108 Burundi
116 Cambodia
140 Central African Republic
148 Chad
174 Comoros
180 Democratic Republic of the Congo
262 Djibouti
226 Equatorial Guinea
232 Eritrea
231 Ethiopia
270 Gambia
324 Guinea
624 Guinea Bissau
332 Haiti
296 Kiribati
418 Lao People’s Democratic Republic
426 Lesotho
430 Liberia
450 Madagascar
454 Malawi
466 Mali
478 Mauritania
508 Mozambique
104 Myanmar
524 Nepal
562 Niger
646 Rwanda
678 Sao Tome and Principe
686 Senegal
694 Sierra Leone
090 Solomon Islands
706 Somalia
728 South Sudan
729 Sudan
626 Timor-Leste
768 Togo
798 Tuvalu
800 Uganda
834 United Republic of Tanzania
548 Vanuatu
887 Yemen
894 Zambia
432

Landlocked developing countries
004 Afghanistan
051 Armenia
031 Azerbaijan
064 Bhutan
068 Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
072 Botswana
854 Burkina Faso
108 Burundi
140 Central African Republic
148 Chad
231 Ethiopia
398 Kazakhstan
417 Kyrgyzstan
418 Lao People’s Democratic Republic
426 Lesotho
454 Malawi
466 Mali
496 Mongolia
524 Nepal
562 Niger
600 Paraguay
498 Republic of Moldova
646 Rwanda
728 South Sudan
748 Swaziland
762 Tajikistan
807 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
795 Turkmenistan
800 Uganda
860 Uzbekistan
894 Zambia
716 Zimbabwe
722

Small island developing States
016 American Samoa
660 Anguilla
028 Antigua and Barbuda
533 Aruba
044 Bahamas
052 Barbados
084 Belize
092 British Virgin Islands
132 Cabo Verde
174 Comoros
184 Cook Islands
192 Cuba
212 Dominica
214 Dominican Republic
242 Fiji
258 French Polynesia
308 Grenada
316 Guam
624 Guinea-Bissau
328 Guyana
332 Haiti
388 Jamaica
296 Kiribati
462 Maldives
584 Marshall Islands
480 Mauritius
583 Micronesia (Federated States of)
500 Montserrat
520 Nauru
540 New Caledonia
570 Niue
580 Northern Mariana Islands
585 Palau
598 Papua New Guinea
630 Puerto Rico
659 Saint Kitts and Nevis
662 Saint Lucia
882 Samoa
678 Sao Tome and Principe
690 Seychelles
702 Singapore
090 Solomon Islands
670 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
740 Suriname
626 Timor-Leste
776 Tonga
780 Trinidad and Tobago
798 Tuvalu
850 United States Virgin Islands
548 Vanuatu

a/ The designation sub-Saharan Africa is commonly used to indicate all of Africa except northern Africa, with the Sudan included in sub-Saharan Africa.

b/ The continent of North America (003) comprises Northern America (021), Caribbean (029), and Central America (013).

c/ There is no established convention for the designation of “developed” and “developing” countries or areas in the United Nations system. In common practice, Japan in Asia, Canada and the United States in northern America, Australia and New Zealand in Oceania, and Europe are considered “developed” regions or areas. In international trade statistics, the Southern African Customs Union is also treated as a developed region and Israel as a developed country; countries emerging from the former Yugoslavia are treated as developing countries; and countries of eastern Europe and of the Commonwealth of Independent States (code 172) in Europe are not included under either developed or developing regions.

 

 

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National Democratic Alliance

Centre-right alliance of political parties.

Formed in 1998.

Led by Bharatiya Janata Party.

Number of constituent parties has changed many times as some new parties join the alliance or the older allies leave.

From 1998 to 2004 it was the ruling alliance at the Centre.  After a gap of 10 years or two terms of Loksabha in May 2014 the alliance regained power.

 

 

 

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Chief Ministers of Indian States

Currently besides the BJP, which controls the central government, there are many other national and regional parties controlling various state governments.  In some states single parties have power and in others there are alliances ruling the state.  For example the BJP, Shiv Sena, Republican Party of India, Swabhimani Paksha and Rashtriya Samaj Paksha have formed the Mahayuti during the 2014 Vidhan Sabha elections.  For more details read the Wikipedia article.

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Unicameral legislature

A legislature having single chamber is known as unicameral legislature.  The other type of legislature is bicameral legislature which has two chambers.  Indian Parliament is a bicameral legislature.  The Loksabha where the 543 members are directly elected by the people and the Rajyasabha which has 250 members indirectly elected by the state legislatures are its two chambers.    Legislature of Maharashtra state has two chambers – Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and Vidhan Parishad (Legislative council) and therefore its bicameral.

Many states in India have abolished their second or the upper chamber where members are indirectly elected.  Currently only seven Indian states have bicameral legislatures – Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.  All other states and union territories have unicameral legislatures.  Avoiding duplication of work, reducing expenditure are the main objectives of having unicameral legislatures.