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*This page is a part of series in [[Classifying Names by Culture]] The [http://millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm United Nations Statistics Division] provides recognized names and codings for the World's countries, areas and regions that have many research applications. A text version of this classification scheme is provided in [http://www.edegan.com/repository/UN-GeoRegions.txt UN-GeoRegions.txt]. For users' convenience these names and codings have been organised into two text files: [http://www.edegan.com/repository/UN-GeoRegionCodes.txt UN-GeoRegionCodes.txt] and [http://www.edegan.com/Unrepository/UN-GeoMaMiCodes.txt UnUN-GeoMaMiCodes.txt]. ==UN Recognised Countries== The United Nations recognizes 237 countries (or did when this data was retrieved in 2007), ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. A complete list is available in [http://www.edegan.com/repository/UN-GeoRegionCodes.txt UN-GeoRegionCodes.txt]. ==UN Minor GeoRegions== The United Nations aggregates countries into 22 (Minor) GeoRegions, based largely on world geography. The UN Minor GeoRegions are:*Australia and New Zealand*Caribbean*Central America*Central Asia*Eastern Africa*Eastern Asia*Eastern Europe*Melanesia*Micronesia*Middle Africa*Northern Africa*Northern America*Northern Europe*Polynesia*South America*South-Eastern Asia*Southern Africa*Southern Asia*Southern Europe*Western Africa*Western Asia*Western Europe [[File:UN-MinorGeoRegions.png|UN Minor GeoRegions Map - (C)wikicommons]] ==UN Major GeoRegions== The UN Major GeoRegions are the five major continents: *Africa*Americas*Asia*Europe*Oceania This fits well with the six content version (excluding Antartica) of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continents|defacto standard continent definitions], with Australasia being named Oceania.