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Legislative Yuan–last held 2 December 1989 (next to be held December 1992);
results–KMT 65%, DPP 33%, independents 2%; seats–(304 total, 102 elected) KMT 78, DPP 21, independents 3
Member of: expelled from UN General Assembly and Security Council on 25 October 1971 and withdrew on same date from other charter-designated subsidiary organs; expelled from IMF/World Bank group April/May 1980; member of ADB and PECC, seeking to join GATT and/or MFA; attempting to retain membership in ICAC, ISO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IWC–International Wheat Council; suspended from IAEA in 1972, but still allows IAEA controls over extensive atomic development
Diplomatic representation: none; unofficial commercial and cultural relations with the people of the US are maintained through a private instrumentality, the Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) with headquarters in Taipei and field offices in Washington and 10 other US cities with all addresses and telephone numbers NA; US–unofficial commercial and cultural relations with the people of Taiwan are maintained through a private institution, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), which has offices in Taipei at 7 Lane 134, Hsin Yi Road, Section 3 with telephone 002 886o (2) 709-2000 and in Kao-hsiung at 88 Wu Fu 3rd Road with telephone NA

Flag: red with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays
– Economy
Overview: Taiwan has a dynamic capitalist economy with considerable government guidance of investment and foreign trade and partial government ownership of some large banks and industrial firms. Real growth in GNP has averaged about 9% a year during the past three decades. Export growth has been even faster and has provided the impetus for industrialization. Agriculture contributes about 6% to GNP, down from 35% in 1952. Taiwan currently ranks as number 13 among major trading countries. Traditional labor-intensive industries are steadily being replaced with more capital- and technology-intensive industries.
GNP: $121.4 billion, per capita $6,000; real growth rate 7.2% (1989)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.0% (1989)
Unemployment rate: 1.7% (1989)

Budget: revenues $25.9 billion; expenditures $33.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY89)
Exports: $66.2 billion (f.o.b., 1989); commodities–textiles 9.7%, electrical machinery 19.0%, general machinery and equipment 14%, telecommunications equipment 9%, basic metals and metal products 7.4%, foodstuffs 0.9%, plywood and wood products 1.3%; partners–US 36.2%, Japan 13.7%

Imports: $52.2 billion (c.i.f., 1989); commodities–machinery and equipment 15.9%, crude oil 5%, chemical and chemical products 11.1%, basic metals 7.4%, foodstuffs 2.0%; partners–Japan 31%, US 23%, Saudi Arabia 8.6%

External debt: $1.0 billion (December 1989 est.)
Industrial production: growth rate 4.1% (1988)
Electricity: 17,000,000 kW capacity; 68,000 million kWh produced, 3,360 kWh per capita (1989)

Industries: textiles, clothing, chemicals, electronics, food processing, plywood, sugar milling, cement, shipbuilding, petroleum
Agriculture: accounts for 6% of GNP and 20% of labor force (includes part-time farmers); heavily subsidized sector; major crops–rice, sugarcane, sweet potatoes, fruits, vegetables; livestock–hogs, poultry, beef, milk, cattle; not self-sufficient in wheat, soybeans, corn; fish catch expanding, 1.1 million metric tons in (1987)

Aid: US, including Ex-Im (FY46-82), $4.6 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-87), $439 million
Currency: new Taiwan dollar (plural–dollars); 1 new Taiwan dollar (NT$) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: new Taiwan dollars per US$1–26.3 (March 1990), 26.156 (December 1989), 28.589 (1988), 31.845 (1987), 37.838 (1986), 39.849 (1985)

Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June

– Communications
Railroads: about 1,075 km common carrier lines and over 3,800 km industrial lines; common carrier lines consist of the 1.067-meter gauge 708 km West Line and the 367 km East Line; a 98.25 km South Link Line connection is under construction; common carrier lines owned by the government and operated by the Railway Administration under Ministry of Communications; industrial lines owned and operated by government enterprises
Highways: 18,800 km total; 15,800 km bituminous or concrete, 2,500 km crushed stone or gravel, 500 km graded earth
Pipelines: 615 km refined products, 97 km natural gas
Ports: Kao-hsiung, Chi-lung, Hua-lien, Su-ao, T’ai-tung
Merchant marine: 218 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,061,960 GRT/7,634,074 DWT; includes 1 short-sea passenger, 61 cargo, 13 refrigerated cargo, 71 container, 14 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 3 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 54 bulk
Airports: 38 total, 37 usable; 32 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways over 3,659 m; 16 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: best developed system in Asia outside of Japan; 6,000,000 telephones; extensive microwave transmission links on east and west coasts; stations–91 AM, 23 FM, 15 TV (13 relays); 8,000,000 radio receivers; 6,000,000 TV sets (5,300,000 color, 700,000 monochrome); satellite earth stations–1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT; submarine cable links to Japan (Okinawa), the Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe
– Defense Forces
Branches: Army, Navy (including Marines), Air Force, Garrison Command
Military manpower: males 15-49, 5,809,354; 4,534,950 fit for military service; about 185,235 currently reach military age (19) annually
Defense expenditures: 6.8% of GNP, or $8.2 billion (FY90 est.) —————————————————- —————————————————- Appendix A: The United Nations System
The UN is composed of six principal organs and numerous subordinate agencies and bodies as follows:

1) Secretariat:
UNDRO United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator’s Office
2) General Assembly:
INSTRAW International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
UNCHS United Nations Center for Human Settlements (Habitat) UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Program UNEP United Nations Environment Program UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNHCR United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UNSP United Nations Special Fund UNU United Nations University
UP University for Peace
WFC World Food Council
WFP World Food Program

3) Security Council:
UNAVEM United Nations Angola Verification Mission UNDOF United Nations Disengagement Observer Force UNFICYP United Nations Force in Cyprus UNGOMAP United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan
UNIFIL United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon UNIIMOG United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group UNMOGIP United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
UNTAG United Nations Transition Assistance Group UNTSO United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
4) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): Specialized agencies
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization IDA International Development Association IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IFC International Finance Corporation ILO International Labor Organization IMF International Monetary Fund
IMO International Maritime Organization ITU International Telecommunication Union MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization UPU Universal Postal Union
WHO World Health Organization WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WMO World Meteorological Organization Related organizations
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency Regional commissions
ECA Economic Commission for Africa ECE Economic Commission for Europe ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia Functional commissions
Commission on Human Rights
Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Commission for Social Development Commission on the Status of Women
Population Commission
Statistical Commission

5) Trusteeship Council

6) International Court of Justice (ICJ) —————————————————- Appendix B: International Organizations
ACC Arab Cooperation Council
ACP African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries (assoc. with EC) ADB Asian Development Bank
AfDB African Development Bank
AFESD Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development AIOEC Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries AL Arab League or League of Arab States AMF Arab Monetary Fund
AMU Arab Maghreb Union
— Andean Pact
ANRPC Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries ANZUS ANZUS Council
AP Andean Pact
APC African Peanut (Groundnut) Association ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASPAC Asian and Pacific Council
ASSIMER International Mercury Producers Association — Association of Tin Producing Countries
BADEA Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa BCIE Central American Bank for Economic Integration Benelux Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg Economic Union BIS Bank for International Settlements BLEU Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union BOAD West African Development Bank

C Commonwealth
CACM Central American Common Market CAEU Council of Arab Economic Unity
CARICOM Caribbean Community and Common Market CCC Customs Cooperation Council
CDB Caribbean Development Bank
CE Council of Europe
CEAO West African Economic Community CEEAC Economic Community of Central African States CEMA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (sometimes CMEA or Comecon)
CENTO Central Treaty Organization
CEPGL Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research CILSS Permanent Interstate Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel CIPEC Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries CMEA see CEMA
Comecon see CEMA
— Conference of East and Central African States CP Colombo Plan

DAC Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
EADB East African Development Bank EAMA African States associated with the EC EC European Communities
ECA Economic Commission for Africa (UN) ECE Economic Commission for Europe (UN) ECLA Economic Commission for Latin America (UN) ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN) ECOSOC Economic and Social Council (UN) ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States ECWA Economic Commission for Western Asia (UN) EFTA European Free Trade Association
EIB European Investment Bank
EMS European Monetary System
Entente Council of the Entente
ESA European Space Agency
ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN) ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN)
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) FZ Franc Zone

G-8 Group of Eight
G-10 Group of Ten
G-77 Group of 77
GA General Assembly (UN)
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (UN) GCC Gulf Cooperation Council

IADB Inter-American Development Bank IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency (UN) IATP International Association of Tungsten Producers IBA International Bauxite Association
IBEC International Bank for Economic Cooperation IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or World Bank (UN)
ICAC International Cotton Advisory Committee ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization (UN) ICC International Chamber of Commerce
ICCO International Cocoa Organization ICEM Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration ICES International Cooperation in Ocean Exploration ICFTU International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ICJ International Court of Justice (UN) ICM Intergovernmental Committee for Migration ICO International Coffee Organization
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross IDA International Development Association (IBRD affiliate, UN) IDB Inter-American Development Bank
IDB Islamic Development Bank
IEA International Energy Agency (associated with OECD) IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN) IFC International Finance Corporation (IBRD affiliate, UN) IHO International Hydrographic Organization IIB International Investment Bank
ILO International Labor Organization (UN) ILZSG International Lead and Zinc Study Group IMF International Monetary Fund (UN)
IMO International Maritime Organization (UN) INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite Organization INRO International Natural Rubber Organization INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization IOC International Olympic Committee
IOOC International Olive Oil Council IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union
IRC International Rice Council
ISO International Sugar Organization ITC International Tin Council
ITU International Telecommunication Union (UN) IWC International Whaling Commission
IWC International Wheat Council
LAES Latin American Economic System LAIA Latin American Integration Association — Lake Chad Basin Commission
LORCS League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies — Mano River Commission
— Mekong Committee
MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
NAM Nonaligned Movement
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NC Nordic Council
NCC Nordic Council of Ministers
NEA Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD)
NIB Nordic Investment Bank
— Niger River Commission
— Nordic Council

OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries OAS Organization of American States
OAU Organization of African Unity OCAM Afro-Malagasy and Mauritian Common Organization ODECA Organization of Central American States OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECS Organization of Eastern Caribbean States OIC Organization of the Islamic Conference OMVS Organization for the Development of the Senegal River Valley OPANAL Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PAHO Pan American Health Organization PCA Permanent Court of Arbitration

SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SADCC Southern African Development Coordination Conference SC Security Council (UN)
SELA Latin American Economic System SPC South Pacific Commission
SPEC South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation SPF South Pacific Forum

TC Trusteeship Council (UN)
TDB Trade and Development Board (UN)
UDEAC Central African Customs and Economic Union UEAC Union of Central African States
UN United Nations
UNCTAD UN Conference on Trade and Development UNDP UN Development Program
UNESCO UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization UNHCR UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF UN Children’s Fund
UNIDO UN Industrial Development Organization UPEB Union of Banana Exporting Countries UPU Universal Postal Union (UN)

WCL World Confederation of Labor
WEU Western European Union
WFC World Food Council (UN)
WFTU World Federation of Trade Unions WHO World Health Organization (UN)
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization (UN) WMO World Meteorological Organization (UN) WP Warsaw Pact
WPC World Peace Council
WSG International Wool Study Group WTO World Tourism Organization
—————————————————- Appendix C: Country Membership in International Organizations
This information is currently available only as a table in the printed version of The World Factbook 1990. For the 1991 edition a new textual format will be adopted that will greatly expand the breadth and depth of coverage to include many more organizations with complete name, acronym or abbreviation, date established, aim, and list of members. —————————————————- Appendix D: Weights and Measures
Mathematical Notation
Mathematical Power Name 10 +18 or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 one quintillion 10 +15 or 1,000,000,000,000,000 one quadrillion 10 +12 or 1,000,000,000,000 one trillion 10 +9 or 1,000,000,000 one billion 10 +6 or 1,000,000 one million
10 +3 or 1,000 one thousand 10 +2 or 100 one hundred
10 +1 or 10 ten
10 +0 or 1 one
10 -1 or 0.1 one tenth
10 -2 or 0.01 one hundredth 10 -3 or 0.001 one thousandth
10 -6 or 0.000 001 one millionth 10 -9 or 0.000 000 001 one billionth 10 -12 or 0.000 000 000 001 one trillionth 10 -15 or 0.000 000 000 000 001 one quadrillionth 10 -18 or 0.000 000 000 000 000 001 one quintillionth
Conversions from a multiple or submultiple to the basic units of meters, liters, or grams can be done using the table. For example, to convert from kilometers to meters, multiply by 1,000 (9.26 kilometers equals 9,260 meters) or to convert from meters to kilometers, multiply by 0.001 (9,260 meters equals 9.26 kilometers)
Length,
weight,
Prefix Symbol capacity Area Volume —— —— ——– —— ——- exa E 10 +18 10 +36 10 +54
peta P 10 +15 10 +30 10 +45 tera T 10 +12 10 +24 10 +36
giga G 10 +9 10 +18 10 +27 mega M 10 +6 10 +12 10 +18
hectokilo hk 10 +5 10 +10 10 +15 myria ma 10 +4 10 +8 10 +12
kilo k 10 +3 10 +6 10 +9 hecto h 10 +2 10 +4 10 +6
deka da 10 +1 10 +2 10 +3 basic unit – 1 meter, 1 meter2 1 meter3 1 gram,
1 liter
deci d 10 -1 10 -2 10 -3 centi c 10 -2 10 -4 10 -6
milli m 10 -3 10 -6 10 -9 decimilli dm 10 -4 10 -8 10 -12 centimilli cm 10 -5 10 -10 10 -15 micro u 10 -6 10 -12 10 -18
nano n 10 -9 10 -18 10 -27 pico p 10 -12 10 -24 10 -36
femto f 10 -15 10 -30 10 -45 atto a 10 -18 10 -36 10 -54

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EQUIVALENTS

The exponents 2 and 3 are used for square and cubic, respectively. Name Metric Equivalents
—————————————————————————— acre 0.404 685 64 hectares 43,560 feet2 acre 4,046,856 4 meters2 4,840 yards2 acre 0.004 046 856 4 0.001 562 5 miles2, kilometers2 statute
are 100 meters2 119.599 yards2 barrel (petroleum, US) 158.987 29 liters 42 gallons (proof spirits, US) 151.416 47 liters 40 gallons (beer, US) 117.347 77 liters 31 gallons bushel 35.239 07 liters 4 pecks cable 219.456 meters 120 fathoms chain (surveyor’s) 20.116 8 meters 66 feet cord (wood) 3.624 556 meters3 128 feet3 cup 0.236 588 2 liters 8 ounces, liquid (US) degrees, celsius (water boils at 100 multiply by 1.8 and add degrees C, freezes at 32 to obtain degrees F 0 degrees C)
degrees, fahrenheit subtract 32 and divide (water boils at 212 by 1.8 to obtain degrees F, freezes at degrees C 32 degrees F) dram, avoirdupois 1.771 845 2 grams 0.062 5 ounces, avoirdupois dram, troy 3.887 934 6 grams 0.125 ounces, troy dram, liquid (US) 3.696 69 milliliters 0.125 ounces, liquid fathom 1.828 8 meters 6 feet foot 30.48 centimeters 12 inches foot 0.304 8 meters 0.333 333 3 yards foot 0.000 304 8 kilometers 0.000 189 39 miles, statute foot2 929.030 4 centimeters2 144 inches2 foot 2 0.092 903 04 meters2 0.111 111 1 yards2 foot3 28.316 846 592 liters 7.480 519 gallons foot3 0.028 316 847 meters3 1,728 inches3 furlong 201.168 meters 220 yards gallon, liquid (US) 3.785 411 784 liters 4 quarts, liquid gill (US) 118.294 118 milliliters 4 ounces, liquid grain 64.798 91 milligrams 0.002 285 71 ounces, advp. gram 1,000 milligrams 0.035 273 96 ounces, advp. hand (height of horse) 10.16 centimeters 4 inches hectare 10,000 meters2 2.471 053 8 acres hundredweight, long 50.802 345 kilograms 112 pounds, avoirdupois hundredweight, short 45.359 237 kilograms 100 pounds, avoirdupois inch 2.54 centimeters 0.083 333 33 feet inch2 6.451 6 centimeters2 0.006 944 44 feet2 inch3 16.387 064 centimeters3 0.000 578 7 feet3 inch3 16.387 064 milliliters 0.029 761 6 pints, dry inch3 16.387 064 milliliters 0.034 632 0 pints, liquid kilogram 0.001 tons, metric 2.204 623 pounds, avoirdupois kilometer 1,000 meters 0.621 371 19 miles, statute kilometer2 100 hectares 247.105 38 acres kilometer2 1,000,000 meters2 0.386 102 16 miles2, statute knot (1 nautical mi/hr) 1.852 kilometers/hour 1.151 statute miles/hour league, nautical 5.559 552 kilometers 3 miles, nautical league, statute 4.828.032 kilometers 3 miles, statute link (surveyor’s) 20.116 8 centimeters 7.92 inches liter 0.001 meters3 61.023 74 inches3 liter 0.1 dekaliter 0.908 083 quarts, dry liter 1,000 milliliters 1.056 688 quarts, liquid meter 100 centimeters 1.093 613 yards meter2 10,000 centimeters2 1.195 990 yards2 meter3 1,000 liters 1.307 951 yards3 micron 0.000 001 meter 0.000 039 4 inches mil 0.025 4 millimeters 0.001 inch mile, nautical 1.852 kilometers 1.150 779 4 miles, statute mile2, nautical 3.429 904 kilometers2 1.325 miles2, statute mile, statute 1.609 344 kilometers 5,280 feet or 8 furlongs mile2, statute 258.998 811 hectares 640 acres or 1 section mile2, statute 2.589 988 11 kilometers2 0.755 miles2, nautical minim (US) 0.061 611 52 milliliters 0.002 083 33 ounces, liquid ounce, avoirdupois 28.349 523 125 grams 437.5 grains ounce, liquid (US) 29.573 53 milliliters 0.062 5 pints, liquid ounce, troy 31.103 476 8 grams 480 grains pace 76.2 centimeters 30 inches peck 8.809 767 5 liters 8 quarts, dry pennyweight 1.555 173 84 grams 24 grains pint, dry (US) 0.550 610 47 liters 0.5 quarts, dry pint, liquid (US) 0.473 176 473 liters 0.5 quarts, liquid point (typographical) 0.351 459 8 millimeters 0.013 837 inches pound, avoirdupois 453.592 37 grams 16 ounces, avourdupois pound, troy 373.241 721 6 grams 12 ounces, troy quart, dry (US) 1.101 221 liters 2 pints, dry quart, liquid (US) 0.946 352 946 liters 2 pints, liquid quintal 100 kilograms 220.462 26 pounds, avdp. rod 5.029 2 meters 5.5 yards scruple 1.295 978 2 grams 20 grains section (US) 2.589 988 1 kilometers2 1 mile2, statute or 640 acres span 22.86 centimeters 9 inches stere 1 meter3 1.307 95 yards3 tablespoon 14.786 76 milliliters 3 teaspoons teaspoon 4.928 922 milliliters 0.333 333 tablespoons ton, long or deadweight 1,016.046 909 kilograms 2,240 pounds, avoirdupois ton, metric 1,000 kilograms 2,204.623 pounds, avoirdupois ton, register 2.831 684 7 meters3 100 feet3 ton, short 907.184 74 kilograms 2,000 pounds, avoirdupois township (US) 93.239 572 kilometers2 36 miles2, statute yard 0.914 4 meters 3 feet yard2 0.836 127 36 meters2 9 feet2 yard3 0.764 554 86 meters3 27 feet3 yard3 764.554 857 984 liters 201.974 gallons —————————————————- Appendix E: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names
This list indicates where various names including all United States Foreign Service Posts, alternate names, former names, and political or geographical portions of larger entities can be found in The WORLD FACTBOOK are not necessarily those approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Alternate names are included in parentheses, additional information is included in brackets.

Name Entry in the WORLD FACTBOOK —————————— ————————————— Abidjan (US Embassy) Ivory Coast
Abu Dhabi (US Embassy) United Arab Emirates Acapulco (US Consular Agency) Mexico
Accra (US Embassy) Ghana
Adana (US Consulate) Turkey
Addis Ababa (US Embassy) Ethiopia Adelaide (US Consular Agency) Australia Adelie Land (Terre Adelie) Antarctica (claimed by France)
Aden (US post not maintained, Yemen, People’s Democratic Republic of representation by British
Embassy)
Aden, Gulf of Indian Ocean Admiralty Islands Papua New Guinea Adriatic Sea Atlantic Ocean
Aegean Islands Greece
Aegean Sea Atlantic Ocean Afars and Issas, French Djibouti
Territory of the (F.T.A.I.)
Agalega Islands Mauritius
Aland Islands Finland
Alaska United States
Alaska, Gulf of Pacific Ocean Aldabra Islands Seychelles
Alderney Guernsey
Aleutian Islands United States Alexander Island Antarctica
Alexandria (US Consulate General) Egypt Algiers (US Embassy) Algeria
Alhucemas, Penon de Spain
Alphonse Island Seychelles Amami Strait Pacific Ocean
Amindivi Islands India
Amirante Isles Seychelles
Amman (US Embassy) Jordan
Amsterdam (US Consulate General) Netherlands Amsterdam Island French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Ile Amsterdam)
Amundsen Sea Pacific Ocean Amur China; Soviet Union
Andaman Islands India
Andaman Sea Indian Ocean Anegada Passage Atlantic Ocean
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Sudan
Anjouan Comoros
Ankara (US Embassy) Turkey
Annobon Equatorial Guinea Antananarivo (US Embassy) Madagascar Antipodes Islands New Zealand
Antwerp (US Consulate General) Belgium Aozou Strip (claimed by Libya) Chad
Aqaba, Gulf of Indian Ocean Arabian Sea Indian Ocean
Arafura Sea Pacific Ocean Argun China; Soviet Union
Ascension Island St. Helena Assumption Island Seychelles
Asuncion (US Embassy) Paraguay Asuncion Island Northern Mariana Islands Atacama Chile
Athens (US Embassy) Greece
Attu United States
Auckland (US Consulate General) New Zealand Auckland Islands New Zealand
Australes Iles (Iles Tubuai) French Polynesia Axel Heiberg Island Canada
Azores Portugal
Azov, Sea of Atlantic Ocean
Bab el Mandeb Indian Ocean Babuyan Channel Pacific Ocean
Babuyan Islands Philippines Baffin Bay Arctic Ocean
Baffin Island Canada
Baghdad (US Embassy) Iraq
Balabac Strait Pacific Ocean Balearic Islands Spain
Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Bali (US Consular Agency) Indonesia
Bali Sea Indian Ocean
Balintang Channel Pacific Ocean Balintang Islands Philippines
Balleny Islands Antarctica Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean
Baluchistan Afghanistan; Iran; Pakistan Bamako (US Embassy) Mali
Banaba (Ocean Island) Kiribati Bandar Seri Begawan (US Embassy) Brunei
Banda Sea Pacific Ocean Bangkok (US Embassy) Thailand
Bangui (US Embassy) Central African Republic Banjul (US Embassy) Gambia, The
Banks Island Canada
Banks Islands (Iles Banks) Vanuatu Barcelona (US Consulate General) Spain
Barents Sea Arctic Ocean Barranquilla (US Consulate) Colombia
Bashi Channel Pacific Ocean Basilan Strait Pacific Ocean
Bass Strait Indian Ocean Batan Islands Philippines
Bavaria (Bayern) Germany, Federal Republic of Beagle Channel Atlantic Ocean
Bear Island (Bjornoya) Svalbard Beaufort Sea Arctic Ocean
Bechuanaland Botswana
Beijing (US Embassy) China
Beirut (US Embassy) Lebanon
Belem (US Consular Agency) Brazil Belep Islands (Iles Belep) New Caledonia Belfast (US Consulate General) United Kingdom Belgian Congo Zaire
Belgrade (US Embassy) Yugoslavia Belize City (US Embassy) Belize
Belle Isle, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Bellinghausen Sea Pacific Ocean
Belmopan Belize
Bengal, Bay of Indian Ocean Bering Sea Pacific Ocean
Bering Strait Pacific Ocean Berkner Island Antarctica
Berlin, East (US Embassy) German Democratic Republic Berlin, West (US Mission) Germany, Federal Republic of Bern (US Embassy) Switzerland
Bessarabia Romania; Soviet Union Bijagos, Arquipelago dos Guinea-Bissau Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands
Bilbao (US Consulate) Spain
Bioko Equatorial Guinea Biscay, Bay of Atlantic Ocean
Bishop Rock United Kingdom Bismarck Archipelago Papua New Guinea Bismarck Sea Pacific Ocean
Bissau (US Embassy) Guinea-Bissau Bjornoya (Bear Island) Svalbard
Black Rock Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Black Sea Atlantic Ocean
Boa Vista Cape Verde
Bogota (US Embassy) Colombia Bombay (US Consulate General) India
Bonaire Netherlands Antilles Bonifacio, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Bonin Islands Japan
Bonn (US Embassy) Federal Republic of Germany Bophuthatswana South Africa
Bora-Bora French Polynesia Bordeaux (US Consulate General) France
Borneo Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia Bornholm Denmark
Bosporus Atlantic Ocean Bothnia, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean
Bougainville Island Papua New Guinea Bougainville Strait Pacific Ocean Bounty Islands New Zealand
Brasilia (US Embassy) Brazil
Brazzaville (US Embassy) Congo
Bridgetown (US Embassy) Barbados Brisbane (US Consulate) Australia
British East Africa Kenya
British Guiana Guyana
British Honduras Belize
British Solomon Islands Solomon Islands British Somaliland Somalia
Brussels (US Embassy, US Mission Belgium to European Communities, US
Mission to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization or USNATO)
Bucharest (US Embassy) Romania Budapest (US Embassy) Hungary
Buenos Aires (US Embassy) Argentina Bujumbura (US Embassy) Burundi

Cabinda Angola
Cabot Strait Atlantic Ocean Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands Cairo (US Embassy) Egypt
Calcutta (US Consulate General) India Calgary (US Consulate General) Canada
California, Gulf of Pacific Ocean Campbell Island New Zealand
Canal Zone Panama
Canary Islands Spain
Canberra (US Embassy) Australia Cancun (US Consular Agency) Mexico
Canton (Guangzhou) China
Canton Island Kiribati
Cape Town (US Consulate General) South Africa Caracas (US Embassy) Venezuela
Cargados Carajos Shoals Mauritius Caroline Islands Micronesia, Federated States of; Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the Caribbean Sea Atlantic Ocean
Carpentaria, Gulf of Pacific Ocean Casablanca (US Consulate General) Morocco Cato Island Australia
Cebu (US Consulate) Philippines Celebes Indonesia
Celebes Sea Pacific Ocean Celtic Sea Atlantic Ocean
Central African Empire Central African Republic Ceuta Spain
Ceylon Sri Lanka
Chafarinas, Islas Spain
Chagos Archipelago (Oil Islands) British Indian Ocean Territory Channel Islands Guernsey; Jersey Chatham Islands New Zealand
Cheju-do Korea, South
Cheju Strait Pacific Ocean Chengdu (US Consulate General) China
Chesterfield Islands New Caledonia (Iles Chesterfield)
Chiang Mai (US Consulate General) Thailand Chihli, Gulf of (Bo Hai) Pacific Ocean China, People’s Republic of China
China, Republic of Taiwan
Choiseul Solomon Islands Christchurch (US Consular Agency) New Zealand Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) Australia Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean) Kiribati (Kiritimati)
Chukchi Sea Arctic Ocean Ciskei South Africa
Ciudad Juarez (US Consulate Mexico General)
Cochabamba (US Consular Agency) Bolivia Coco, Isla del Costa Rica
Cocos Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombo (US Embassy) Sri Lanka
Colon (US Consular Agency) Panama Colon, Archipielago de Ecuador
(Galapagos Islands)
Commander Islands Soviet Union (Komandorskiye Ostrova)
Conakry (US Embassy) Guinea
Congo (Brazzaville) Congo
Congo (Kinshasa) Zaire
Congo (Leopoldville) Zaire
Con Son Islands Vietnam
Cook Strait Pacific Ocean Copenhagen (US Embassy) Denmark
Coral Sea Pacific Ocean Corn Islands (Islas del Maiz) Nicaragua Corsica France
Cosmoledo Group Seychelles Cote d’Ivoire Ivory Coast
Cotonou (US Embassy) Benin
Crete Greece
Crooked Island Passage Atlantic Ocean Crozet Islands (Iles Crozet) French Southern and Antarctic Lands Curacao (US Consulate General) Netherlands Antilles Cusco (US Consular Agency) Peru

Dahomey Benin
Daito Islands Japan
Dakar (US Embassy) Senegal
Daman (Damao) India
Damascus (US Embassy) Syria
Danger Atoll Cook Islands Danish Straits Atlantic Ocean
Danzig (Gdansk) Poland
Dao Bach Long Vi Vietnam
Dardanelles Atlantic Ocean Dar es Salaam (US Embassy) Tanzania
Davis Strait Atlantic Ocean Deception Island Antarctica
Denmark Strait Atlantic Ocean D’Entrecasteaux Islands Papua New Guinea Devon Island Canada
Dhahran (US Consulate General) Saudi Arabia Dhaka (US Embassy) Bangladesh
Diego Garcia British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Ramirez Chile
Diomede Islands Soviet Union (Big Diomede); United States (Little Diomede)
Diu India
Djibouti (US Embassy) Djibouti Dodecanese Greece
Doha (US Embassy) Qatar
Douala (US Consulate General) Cameroon Dover, Strait of Atlantic Ocean
Drake Passage Atlantic Ocean Dubai (US Consulate General) United Arab Emirates Dublin (US Embassy) Ireland
Durango (US Consular Agency) Mexico Durban (US Consulate General) South Africa Dusseldorf (US Consulate General) Federal Republic of Germany Dutch East Indies Indonesia
Dutch Guiana Suriname

East China Sea Pacific Ocean Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) Chile
Eastern Channel (East Korea Pacific Ocean Strait or Tsushima Strait)
East Germany German Democratic Republic East Korea Strait (Eastern Pacific Ocean Channel or Tsushima Strait)
East Pakistan Bangladesh
East Siberian Sea Arctic Ocean East Timor (Portuguese Timor) Indonesia Edinburgh (US Consulate General) United Kingdom Elba Italy
Ellef Ringnes Island Canada
Ellesmere Island Canada
Ellice Islands Tuvalu
Elobey, Islas de Equatorial Guinea Enderbury Island Kiribati
Enewetak Atoll (Eniwetok Atoll) Marshall Islands England United Kingdom
English Channel Atlantic Ocean Eniwetok Atoll Marshall Islands Epirus, Northern Albania; Greece Eritrea Ethiopia
Essequibo (claimed by Venezuela) Guyana Estonia Soviet Union (de facto) Etorofu Soviet Union (de facto)
Farquhar Group Seychelles
Fernando de Noronha Brazil
Fernando Po (Bioko) Equatorial Guinea Finland, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean
Florence (US Consulate General) Italy Florida, Straits of Atlantic Ocean Formosa Taiwan
Formosa Strait (Taiwan Strait) Pacific Ocean Fort-de-France Martinique
(US Consulate General)
Frankfurt am Main Federal Republic of Germany (US Consulate General)
Franz Josef Land Soviet Union Freetown (US Embassy) Sierra Leone French Cameroon Cameroon
French Indochina Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam French Guinea Guinea
French Sudan Mali
French Territory of the Afars Djibouti and Issas (F.T.A.I.)
French Togo Togo
Friendly Islands Tonga
Fukuoka (US Consulate) Japan
Funchal (US Consular Agency) Portugal Fundy, Bay of Atlantic Ocean
Futuna Islands (Hoorn Islands) Wallis and Futuna
Gaborone (US Embassy) Botswana Galapagos Islands (Archipielago Ecuador de Colon)
Galleons Passage Atlantic Ocean Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier) French Polynesia Gaspar Strait Indian Ocean
Geneva (Branch Office of the US Switzerland Embassy, US Mission to European
Office of the UN and Other
International Organizations)
Genoa (US Consulate General) Italy George Town (US Consular Agency) Cayman Islands Georgetown (US Embassy) Guyana
Gibraltar, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Gilbert Islands Kiribati
Goa India
Gold Coast Ghana
Golan Heights Syria
Good Hope, Cape of South Africa Goteborg (US Consulate General) Sweden
Gotland Sweden
Gough Island St. Helena
Grand Banks Atlantic Ocean Grand Cayman Cayman Islands
Grand Turk (US Consular Agency) Turks and Caicos Islands Great Australian Bight Indian Ocean Great Belt (Store Baelt) Atlantic Ocean Great Britain United Kingdom
Great Channel Indian Ocean Greater Sunda Islands Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia Green Islands Papua New Guinea Greenland Sea Arctic Ocean
Grenadines, Northern St. Vincent and the Grenadines Grenadines, Southern Grenada
Guadalajara Mexico
(US Consulate General)
Guadalcanal Solomon Islands Guadalupe, Isla de Mexico
Guangzhou (US Consulate General) China Guantanamo (US Naval Base) Cuba
Guatemala (US Embassy) Guatemala Gubal, Strait of Indian Ocean
Guinea, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean Guayaquil (US Consulate General) Ecuador
Ha’apai Group Tonga
Habomai Islands Soviet Union (de facto) Hague,The (US Embassy) Netherlands
Haifa (US Consular Agency) Israel Hainan Dao China
Halifax (US Consulate General) Canada Halmahera Indonesia
Hamburg (US Consulate General) Federal Republic of Germany Hamilton (US Consulate General) Bermuda Hanoi Vietnam
Harare (US Embassy) Zimbabwe Hatay Turkey
Havana (US post not maintained, Cuba representation by US Interests
Section or USINT of the Swiss
Embassy)
Hawaii United States
Heard Island Heard Island and McDonald Islands Helsinki (US Embassy) Finland
Hermosillo (US Consulate) Mexico Hispaniola Dominican Republic; Haiti Hokkaido Japan
Holy See, The Vatican City Hong Kong (US Consulate General) Hong Kong Honiara (US Consulate) Solomon Islands Honshu Japan
Hormuz, Strait of Indian Ocean Horn, Cape (Cabo de Hornos) Chile
Horne, Iles de Wallis and Futuna Horn of Africa Ethiopia; Somalia Hudson Bay Arctic Ocean
Hudson Strait Arctic Ocean
Inaccessible Island St. Helena Indochina Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) China
Ionian Islands Greece
Ionian Sea Atlantic Ocean Irian Jaya Indonesia
Irish Sea Atlantic Ocean Islamabad (US Embassy) Pakistan
Islas Malvinas Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Istanbul (US Consulate General) Turkey
Italian Somaliland Somalia
Iwo Jima Japan
Izmir (US Consulate General) Turkey
Jakarta (US Embassy) Indonesia Japan, Sea of Pacific Ocean
Java Indonesia
Java Sea Indian Ocean
Jeddah (US Consulate General) Saudi Arabia Jerusalem (US Consulate General) Israel; West Bank Johannesburg South Africa
(US Consulate General)
Juan de Fuca, Strait of Pacific Ocean Juan Fernandez, Isla de Chile
Juventud, Isla de la Cuba
(Isle of Youth)

Kabul (US Embassy now closed) Afghanistan Kaduna (US Consulate General) Nigeria
Kalimantan Indonesia
Kamchatka Peninsula Soviet Union (Poluostrov Kamchatka)
Kampala (US Embassy) Uganda
Kampuchea Cambodia
Karachi (US Consulate General) Pakistan Kara Sea Arctic Ocean
Karimata Strait Indian Ocean Kathmandu (US Embassy) Nepal
Kattegat Atlantic Ocean Kauai Channel Pacific Ocean
Keeling Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands Kerguelen, Iles French Southern and Antarctic Lands Kermadec Islands New Zealand
Khabarovsk Soviet Union
Khartoum (US Embassy) Sudan
Khmer Republic Cambodia
Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Kanal) Atlantic Ocean Khuriya Muriya Islands Oman
(Kuria Muria Islands)
Khyber Pass Pakistan
Kigali (US Embassy) Rwanda
Kingston (US Embassy) Jamaica Kinshasa (US Embassy) Zaire
Kiritimati (Christmas Island) Kiribati Kithira Strait Atlantic Ocean
Kodiak Island United States Kola Peninsula Soviet Union
(Kol’skiy Poluostrov)
Kolonia (US Special Office) Micronesia, Federated States of Korea Bay Pacific Ocean
Korea, Democratic People’s Korea, North Republic of
Korea, Republic of Korea, South Korea Strait Pacific Ocean
Koror (US Special Office) Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of Kosovo Yugoslavia
Kowloon Hong Kong
Krakow (US Consulate) Poland
Kuala Lumpur (US Embassy) Malaysia Kunashiri (Kunashir) Soviet Union (de facto) Kuril Islands Soviet Union (de facto) Kuwait (US Embassy) Kuwait
Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands Kyushu Japan

Labrador Canada
Laccadive Islands India
Laccadive Sea Indian Ocean La Coruna (US Consular Agency) Spain
Lagos (US Embassy) Nigeria
Lahore (US Consulate General) Pakistan Lakshadweep India
La Paz (US Embassy) Bolivia
La Perouse Strait Pacific Ocean Laptev Sea Arctic Ocean
Las Palmas (US Consular Agency) Spain Latvia Soviet Union (de facto) Lau Group Fiji
Leningrad (US Consulate General) Soviet Union Lesser Sunda Islands Indonesia
Leyte Philippines
Liancourt Rocks (claimed by Japan)Korea, South Libreville (US Embassy) Gabon
Ligurian Sea Atlantic Ocean Lilongwe (US Embassy) Malawi
Lima (US Embassy) Peru
Lincoln Sea Arctic Ocean Line Islands Kiribati; Palmyra Atoll Lisbon (US Embassy) Portugal
Lithuania Soviet Union (de facto) Lombok Strait Indian Ocean
Lome (US Embassy) Togo
London (US Embassy) United Kingdom Lord Howe Island Australia
Louisiade Archipelago Papua New Guinea Loyalty Islands New Caledonia
(Iles Loyaute)
Lubumbashi (US Consulate General) Zaire Lusaka (US Embassy) Zambia
Luxembourg (US Embassy) Luxembourg Luzon Philippines
Luzon Strait Pacific Ocean Lyon (US Consulate General) France

Macao Macau
Macedonia Bulgaria; Greece; Yugoslavia Macquarie Island Australia
Madeira Islands Portugal
Madras (US Consulate General) India Madrid (US Embassy) Spain
Magellan, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Mahe Island Seychelles
Maiz, Islas del (Corn Islands) Nicaragua Majorca (Mallorca) Spain
Majuro (US Special Office) Marshall Islands Makassar Strait Pacific Ocean
Malabo (US Embassy) Equatorial Guinea Malacca, Strait of Indian Ocean
Malaga (US Consular Agency) Spain Malagasy Republic Madagascar
Male (US post not maintained, Maldives representation from Colombo,
Sri Lanka)
Mallorca (Majorca) Spain
Malpelo, Isla de Colombia
Malta Channel Atlantic Ocean Malvinas, Islas Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Managua (US Embassy) Nicaragua
Manama (US Embassy) Bahrain
Manaus (US Consular Agency) Brazil Manchukuo China
Manchuria China
Manila (US Embassy) Philippines Manipa Strait Pacific Ocean
Mannar, Gulf of Indian Ocean Manua Islands American Samoa
Maputo (US Embassy) Mozambique Maracaibo (US Consulate) Venezuela
Marcus Island (Minami-tori-shima) Japan Mariana Islands Guam; Northern Mariana Islands Marion Island South Africa
Marmara, Sea of Atlantic Ocean Marquesas Islands French Polynesia (Iles Marquises)
Marseille (US Consulate General) France Martin Vaz, Ilhas Brazil
Mas a Tierra Chile
(Robinson Crusoe Island)
Mascarene Islands Mauritius; Reunion Maseru (US Embassy) Lesotho
Matamoros (US Consulate) Mexico Mazatlan (US Consulate) Mexico
Mbabane (US Embassy) Swaziland McDonald Islands Heard Island and McDonald Islands Medan (US Consulate) Indonesia
Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean Melbourne (US Consulate General) Australia Melilla Spain
Merida (US Consulate) Mexico
Messina, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Mexico (US Embassy) Mexico
Mexico, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean Milan (US Consulate General) Italy
Minami-tori-shima Japan
Mindanao Philippines
Mindoro Strait Pacific Ocean Minicoy Island India
Mogadishu (US Embassy) Somalia Mombasa (US Consulate) Kenya
Mona Passage Atlantic Ocean Monrovia (US Embassy) Liberia
Montego Bay (US Consular Agency) Jamaica Monterrey (US Consulate General) Mexico
Montevideo (US Embassy) Uruguay Montreal (US Consulate General, Canada
US Mission to the International
Civil Aviation Organization
or ICAO)
Moravian Gate Czechoslovakia Moroni (US Embassy) Comoros
Mortlock Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Moscow (US Embassy) Soviet Union
Mozambique Channel Indian Ocean Mulege (US Consular Agency) Mexico
Munich (US Consulate General) Federal Republic of Germany Musandam Peninsula Oman; United Arab Emirates Muscat (US Embassy) Oman
Muscat and Oman Oman
Myanma, Myanmar Burma

Naha (US Consulate General) Japan Nairobi (US Embassy) Kenya
Nampo-shoto Japan
Naples (US Consulate General) Italy Nassau (US Embassy) Bahamas, The
Natuna Besar Islands Indonesia N’Djamena (US Embassy) Chad
Netherlands East Indies Indonesia Netherlands Guiana Suriname
Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis New Delhi (US Embassy) India
Newfoundland Canada
New Guinea Indonesia; Papua New Guinea New Hebrides Vanuatu
New Siberian Islands Soviet Union New Territories Hong Kong
New York, New York (US Mission United States to the United Nations or USUN)
Niamey (US Embassy) Niger
Nice (US Consular Agency) France Nicobar Islands India
Nicosia (US Embassy) Cyprus
Nightingale Island St. Helena North Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean North Channel Atlantic Ocean
Northeast Providence Channel Atlantic Ocean Northern Epirus Albania; Greece Northern Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines Northern Ireland United Kingdom
Northern Rhodesia Zambia
North Island New Zealand
North Korea Korea, North North Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean North Sea Atlantic Ocean
North Vietnam Vietnam
Northwest Passages Arctic Ocean North Yemen Yemen Arab Republic Norwegian Sea Atlantic Ocean
Nouakchott (US Embassy) Mauritania Novaya Zemlya Soviet Union
Nuevo Laredo (US Consulate) Mexico Nyasaland Malawi

Oahu United States
Oaxaca (US Consular Agency) Mexico Ocean Island (Banaba) Kiribati
Ocean Island (Kure Island) United States Ogaden Ethiopia; Somalia
Oil Islands (Chagos Archipelago) British Indian Ocean Territory Okhotsk, Sea of Pacific Ocean
Okinawa Japan
Oman, Gulf of Indian Ocean Ombai Strait Pacific Ocean
Oporto (US Consulate) Portugal Oran (US Consulate) Algeria
oCresund (The Sound) Atlantic Ocean Orkney Islands United Kingdom
Osaka-Kobe (US Consulate General) Japan Oslo (US Embassy) Norway
Otranto, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Ottawa (US Embassy) Canada
Ouagadougou (US Embassy) Burkina Outer Mongolia Mongolia

Pagan Northern Mariana Islands Palau Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the Palawan Philippines
Palermo (US Consulate General) Italy Palk Strait Indian Ocean
Palma de Mallorca Spain
(US Consular Agency)
Pamirs China; Soviet Union Panama (US Embassy) Panama
Panama Canal Panama
Panama, Gulf of Pacific Ocean Paramaribo (US Embassy) Suriname
Parece Vela Japan
Paris (US Embassy, US Mission to France the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development or
OECD, US Observer Mission at
the UN Educational, Scientific,
and Cultural Organization or
UNESCO)
Pascua, Isla de (Easter Island) Chile Pashtunistan Afghanistan; Pakistan Peking (Beijing) China
Pemba Island Tanzania
Pentland Firth Atlantic Ocean Perim Yemen, People’s Democratic Republic of Perouse Strait, La Pacific Ocean
Persian Gulf Indian Ocean Perth (US Consulate) Australia
Pescadores Taiwan
Peshawar (US Consulate) Pakistan Peter I Island Antarctica
Philip Island Norfolk Island Philippine Sea Pacific Ocean
Phoenix Islands Kiribati
Pines, Isle of Cuba
(Isla de la Juventud)
Piura (US Consular Agency) Peru
Pleasant Island Nauru
Ponape (Pohnpei) Micronesia Ponta Delgada (US Consulate) Portugal
Port-au-Prince (US Embassy) Haiti Port Louis (US Embassy) Mauritius
Port Moresby (US Embassy) Papua New Guinea Porto Alegre (US Consulate) Brazil
Port-of-Spain (US Embassy) Trinidad and Tobago Port Said (US Consular Agency) Egypt
Portuguese Guinea Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Timor (East Timor) Indonesia Poznan (US Consulate) Poland
Prague (US Embassy) Czechoslovakia Praia (US Embassy) Cape Verde
Pretoria (US Embassy) South Africa Pribilof Islands United States
Prince Edward Island Canada
Prince Edward Islands South Africa Prince Patrick Island Canada
Principe Sao Tome and Principe Puerto Plata (US Consular Agency) Dominican Republic Puerto Vallarta Mexico
(US Consular Agency)
Pusan (US Consulate) South Korea P’yongyang Korea, North

Quebec (US Consulate General) Canada Queen Charlotte Islands Canada
Queen Elizabeth Islands Canada Queen Maud Land Antarctica
(claimed by Norway)
Quito (US Embassy) Ecuador

Rabat (US Embassy) Morocco
Ralik Chain Marshall Islands Rangoon (US Embassy) Burma
Ratak Chain Marshall Islands Recife (US Consulate) Brazil
Redonda Antigua and Barbuda Red Sea Indian Ocean
Revillagigedo Island United States Revillagigedo Islands Mexico
Reykjavik (US Embassy) Iceland Rhodes Greece
Rhodesia Zimbabwe
Rhodesia, Northern Zambia
Rhodesia, Southern Zimbabwe
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
(US Consulate General)
Rio de Oro Western Sahara Rio Muni Equatorial Guinea
Riyadh (US Embassy) Saudi Arabia Robinson Crusoe Island Chile
(Mas a Tierra)
Rocas, Atol das Brazil
Rockall (disputed) United Kingdom Rodrigues Mauritius
Rome (US Embassy, US Mission to Italy the UN Agencies for Food and
Agriculture or FODAG)
Roncador Cay Colombia
Roosevelt Island Antarctica Ross Dependency Antarctica
(claimed by New Zealand)
Ross Island Antarctica
Ross Sea Antarctica
Rota Northern Mariana Islands Rotuma Fiji
Ryukyu Islands Japan

Saba Netherlands Antilles Sabah Malaysia
Sable Island Canada
Sahel Burkina; Cape Verde; Chad; The Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Senegal
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) Vietnam St. Brandon Mauritius
St. Christopher and Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis St. George’s (US Embassy) Grenada
St. George’s Channel Atlantic Ocean St. John’s (US Embassy) Antigua and Barbuda St. Lawrence, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean St. Lawrence Island United States St. Lawrence Seaway Atlantic Ocean St. Martin Guadeloupe
St. Martin (Sint Maarten) Netherlands Antilles St. Paul Island Canada
St. Paul Island United States St. Paul Island (Ile Saint-Paul) French Southern and Antarctic Lands St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks Brazil
(Penedos de Sao Pedro e
Sao Paulo)
St. Vincent Passage Atlantic Ocean Saipan Northern Mariana Islands Sakhalin Island (Ostrov Sakhalin) Soviet Union Sala y Gomez, Isla Chile
Salisbury (Harare) Zimbabwe
Salvador de Bahia Brazil
(US Consular Agency)
Salzburg (US Consulate General) Austria Sanaa (US Embassy) Yemen Arab Republic San Ambrosio Chile
San Andres y Providencia, Colombia Archipielago
San Bernardino Strait Pacific Ocean San Felix, Isla Chile
San Jose (US Embassy) Costa Rica San Luis Potosi Mexico
(US Consular Agency)
San Miguel Allende Mexico
(US Consular Agency)
San Salvador (US Embassy) El Salvador Santa Cruz (US Consular Agency) Bolivia Santa Cruz Islands Solomon Islands Santiago (US Embassy) Chile
Santo Domingo (US Embassy) Dominican Republic Sao Luis (US Consular Agency) Brazil
Sao Paulo (US Consulate General) Brazil Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Brazil
Penedos de
Sapporo (US Consulate General) Japan Sapudi Strait Indian Ocean
Sarawak Malaysia
Sardinia Italy
Sargasso Sea Atlantic Ocean Sark Guernsey
Scotia Sea Atlantic Ocean Scotland United Kingdom
Scott Island Antarctica
Senyavin Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Seoul (US Embassy) Korea, South
Serrana Bank Colombia
Serranilla Bank Colombia
Severnaya Zemlya (Northland) Soviet Union Seville (US Consular Agency) Spain
Shag Island Heard Island and McDonald Islands Shag Rocks Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Shanghai (US Consulate General) China
Shenyang (US Consulate General) China Shetland Islands United Kingdom
Shikoku Japan
Shikotan (Shikotan-to) Japan
Siam Thailand
Sibutu Passage Pacific Ocean Sicily Italy
Sicily, Strait of Atlantic Ocean Sikkim India
Sinai Egypt
Singapore (US Embassy) Singapore Singapore Strait Pacific Ocean
Sinkiang (Xinjiang) China
Sint Eustatius Netherlands Antilles Sint Maarten (St. Martin) Netherlands Antilles Skagerrak Atlantic Ocean
Slovakia Czechoslovakia Society Islands French Polynesia (Iles de la Societe)
Socotra Yemen, People’s Democratic Republic of Sofia (US Embassy) Bulgaria
Solomon Islands, northern Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands, southern Solomon Islands Soloman Sea Pacific Ocean
Songkhla (US Consulate) Thailand Sound, The (Oresund) Atlantic Ocean South Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean South China Sea Pacific Ocean
Southern Grenadines Grenada
Southern Rhodesia Zimbabwe
South Georgia South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Island New Zealand
South Korea Korea, South South Orkney Islands Antarctica
South Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Shetland Islands Antarctica South Tyrol Italy
South Vietnam Vietnam
South-West Africa Namibia
South Yemen Yemen, People’s Democratic Republic of Spanish Guinea Equatorial Guinea Spanish Sahara Western Sahara
Spitsbergen Svalbard
Stockholm (US Embassy) Sweden
Strasbourg (US Consulate General) France Stuttgart (US Consulate General) Federal Republic of Germany Suez, Gulf of Indian Ocean
Sulu Archipelago Philippines Sulu Sea Pacific Ocean
Sumatra Indonesia
Sumba Indonesia
Sunda Islands (Soenda Isles) Indonesia; Malaysia Sunda Strait Indian Ocean
Surabaya (US Consulate) Indonesia Surigao Strait Pacific Ocean
Surinam Suriname
Suva (US Embassy) Fiji
Swains Island American Samoa Swan Islands Honduras
Sydney (US Consulate General) Australia
Tahiti French Polynesia Taipei Taiwan
Taiwan Strait Pacific Ocean Tampico (US Consular Agency) Mexico
Tanganyika Tanzania
Tangier (US Consulate General) Morocco Tarawa Kiribati
Tartar Strait Pacific Ocean Tasmania Australia
Tasman Sea Pacific Ocean Taymyr Peninsula Soviet Union
(Poluostrov Taymyra)
Tegucigalpa (US Embassy) Honduras Tehran (US post not maintained, Iran
representation by Swiss Embassy)
Tel Aviv (US Embassy) Israel
Terre Adelie (Adelie Land) Antarctica (claimed by France)
Thailand, Gulf of Pacific Ocean Thessaloniki Greece
(US Consulate General)
Thurston Island Antarctica Tibet (Xizang) China
Tierra del Fuego Argentina; Chile Tijuana (US Consulate General) Mexico
Timor Indonesia
Timor Sea Indian Ocean
Tinian Northern Mariana Islands Tiran, Strait of Indian Ocean
Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Tokyo (US Embassy) Japan
Tonkin, Gulf of Pacific Ocean Toronto (US Consulate General) Canada
Torres Strait Pacific Ocean Trans-Jordan Jordan
Transkei South Africa
Transylvania Romania
Trieste (US Consular Agency) Italy Trindade, Ilha de Brazil
Tripoli (US post not maintained, Libya representation by Belgian
Embassy)
Tristan da Cunha Group St. Helena Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea Trucial States United Arab Emirates Truk Islands Micronesia
Tsugaru Strait Pacific Ocean Tuamotu Islands (Iles Tuamotu) French Polynesia Tubuai Islands (Iles Tubuai) French Polynesia Tunis (US Embassy) Tunisia
Turin (US Consulate) Italy
Turkish Straits Atlantic Ocean Turks Island Passage Atlantic Ocean Tyrol, South Italy
Tyrrhenian Sea Atlantic Ocean
Udorn (US Consulate) Thailand Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
Ullung-do Korea, South
Unimak Pass (strait) Pacific Ocean United Arab Republic Egypt; Syria
Upper Volta Burkina

Vaduz (US post not maintained, Liechtenstein representation from Zurich,
Switzerland)
Vakhan Corridor Afghanistan (Wakhan)
Valencia (US Consular Agency) Spain Valletta (US Embassy) Malta
Vancouver (US Consulate General) Canada Vancouver Island Canada
Van Diemen Strait Pacific Ocean Vatican City (US Embassy) Vatican City Velez de la Gomera, Penon de Spain
Venda South Africa
Veracruz (US Consular Agency) Mexico Verde Island Passage Pacific Ocean Victoria (US Embassy) Seychelles
Vienna (US Embassy, US Mission Austria to International Organizations
in Vienna or UNVIE)
Vientiane (US Embassy) Laos
Volcano Islands Japan
Vostok Island Kiribati
Vrangelya, Ostrov Soviet Union (Wrangel Island)

Wakhan Corridor Afghanistan (now Vakhan Corridor)
Wales United Kingdom
Walvis Bay South Africa
Warsaw (US Embassy) Poland
Washington, DC (The Permanent United States Mission of the USA to the
Organization of American
States or OAS)
Weddell Sea Atlantic Ocean Wellington (US Embassy) New Zealand Western Channel Pacific Ocean
(West Korea Strait)
West Germany Germany, Federal Republic of West Korea Strait Pacific Ocean
(Western Channel)
West Pakistan Pakistan
Wetar Strait Pacific Ocean White Sea Arctic Ocean
Windhoek Namibia
Windward Passage Atlantic Ocean Winnipeg (US Consular Agency) Canada
Wrangel Island (Ostrov Vrangelya) Soviet Union
Yaounde (US Embassy) Cameroon Yap Islands Micronesia
Yellow Sea Pacific Ocean Yemen (Aden) Yemen, People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, North Yemen Arab Republic Yemen (Sanaa) Yemen Arab Republic Yemen, South Yemen, People’s Democratic Republic of Youth, Isle of Cuba
(Isla de la Juventud)
Yucatan Channel Atlantic Ocean
Zagreb (US Consulate General) Yugoslavia Zanzibar Tanzania
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