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Cameroon China Colombia Costa Rica Serbia and Montenegro Cuba Cape Verde Islands Christmas Island Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Djibouti Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Estonia Egypt Western Sahara Eretria Spain Ethiopia Finland Fiji Falkland Islands Federated States of Micronesia Faroe Islands France Gabon United Kingdom Grenada Georgia French Guiana Ghana Gibraltar Greenland Gambia Guinea Guadeloupe Equatorial Guinea Greece South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Guatemala Guam Guinea-Bissau Guyana Hong Kong Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Croatia Haiti Hungary Indonesia Ireland (does not include Northern Ireland) Israel India British Indian Ocean Territory Iraq Iran Iceland Italy (includes Sicily and Sardinia) Jamaica Jordan Japan Johnston Island Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Comoros Saint Kitts and Nevis Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) Republic of Korea (South Korea) Kuwait Cayman Islands Kazakhstan Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) Lebanon Saint Lucia Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Liberia Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Libya (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) Morocco Monaco Moldova Madagascar Marshall Islands Midway Islands Macedonia Mali Myanmar Mongolia Macao Northern Mariana Islands Martinique Mauritania Montserrat Malta Mauritius Maldives Malawi Mexico Aguascalientes, Mexico Baja California North, Mexico Baja California South, Mexico Campeche, Mexico Chihuahua, Mexico Chiapas, Mexico Colima, Mexico Coahuila, Mexico Distrito Federal Mexico, Mexico Durango, Mexico Guerrero, Mexico Guanajuato, Mexico Hidalgo, Mexico Jalisco, Mexico Michoacan, Mexico Morelos, Mexico Mexico State, Mexico Nayarit, Mexico Nuevo Leon, Mexico Oaxaca, Mexico Puebla, Mexico Quintana Roo, Mexico Queretaro, Mexico Sinaloa, Mexico San Luis Potosi, Mexico Sonora, Mexico Tamaulipas, Mexico Tabasco, Mexico Tlaxcala, Mexico Veracruz, Mexico Yucatan, Mexico Zacatecas, Mexico Malaysia Mozambique Namibia New Caledonia Niger Norfolk Island Nigeria Nicaragua Netherlands (Holland) Norway Nepal Nauru Niue New Zealand Oman Panama Peru French Polynesia Papua New Guinea Philippines Pakistan Poland Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pitcairn Puerto Rico Palestinian Territory, Occupied Portugal Palau Paraguay Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Solomon Islands Seychelles Sudan Sweden Singapore Saint Helena Slovenia Svalbard and Jan Mayen Slovakia Sierra Leone San Marino Senegal Somalia Suriname Sao Tome and Principe El Salvador Syria (Syrian Arab Republic) Swaziland Turks and Caicos Islands Chad French Southern Territories Togo Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau Timor-Leste Turkmenistan Tunisia Tonga Turkey Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Taiwan, Republic of China Tanzania, United Republic of Ukraine Uganda United States Minor Outlying Islands United States of America Alaska, United States Alabama, United States Arkansas, United States Arizona, United States California, United States Colorado, United States Connecticut, United States District of Columbia, United States Delaware, United States Florida, United States Georgia, United States Hawaii, United States Iowa, United States Idaho, United States Illinois, United States Indiana, United States Kansas, United States Kentucky, United States Louisiana, United States Massachusetts, United States Maryland, United States Maine, United States Michigan, United States Minnesota, United States Missouri, United States Mississippi, United States Montana, United States North Carolina, United States North Dakota, Unites States Nebraska, United States New Hampshire, United States New Jersey, United States New Mexico, United States Nevada, United States New York, United States Ohio, United States Oklahoma, United States Oregon, United States Pennsylvania, United States Rhode Island, United States South Carolina, United States South Dakota, United States Tennessee, United States Texas, United States Utah, United States Virginia, United States Vermont, United States Washington, United States Wisconsin, United States West Virginia, United States Wyoming, United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Vietnam Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Wake Island Samoa Unknown Yemen Mayotte South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Select at least one location term. If the US or Mexican state or Canadian province is known, use the US-, CA- or MX- abbreviations that include state and province information (e.g. US-AK, MX-VC or CA-BC). If the US or Mexican state or Canadian province is unknown, use the singular US, CA or MX abbreviations that do not include state and province information (e.g. US, MX or CA). Do not enter city information. Use the city field instead. For each different location, make a separate entry. city required metadata if parent tag is present 1 unbounded string two-letter country codes that are capitalized from ISO-3166; two-letter country code of US and the two letter state abbreviation from the US Postal Service and the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) US-AK for Alaska, United States; RU for Russian Federation The URL for ISO-3166 is: http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html The URL for the US Postal Service identifiers is: http://www.fact-index.com/u/us/us_postal_abbreviations.html The URL for the US Internal Revenue Service identifiers is: http://www.irs.gov/irm/part9/ch09s04.html