TERM/ACRONYM TERRITORY/DEFINITION EASTERN EUROPE BELARUS - MOLDOVA - RUSSIA - UKRAINE - BULGARIA - CZECH REPUBLIC - HUNGARY - POLAND - ROMANIA - SLOVAKIA NORTHERN EUROPE ALAND (FINLAND) - GUERNSEY - ICELAND - ISLE OF MAN - JERSEY - NORWAY - SVALBARD + JAN MAYEN ISLANDS (NORWAY) - DENMARK - ESTONIA - FAROE ISLANDS (DENMARK) - FINLAND - IRELAND - LATVIA - LITHUANIA - SWEDEN - UNITED KINGDOM SOUTHERN EUROPE ALBANIA - ANDORRA - BOSNIA + HERZEGOVINA - CROATIA - GIBRALTAR (UK) - MACEDONIA - MONTENEGRO - SAN MARINO - SERBIA - VATICAN CITY - CYPRUS - GREECE - ITALY - MALTA - PORTUGAL - SLOVANIA - SPAIN WESTERN EUROPE AUSTRIA - BELGIUM - FRANCE - GERMANY - LIECHTENSTEIN - LUXEMBOURG - MONACO - NETHERLANDS - SWITZERLAND PAN EUROPEAN (across Europe) Countries of EASTERN, NORTHERN, SOUTHERN and WESTERN EUROPE - (see countries above) EU AUSTRIA - BELGIUM - BULGARIA - CYPRUS - CZECH REPUBLIC - DENMARK - ESTONIA - FINLAND - FRANCE - GERMANY - GREECE - HUNGARY - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND - ITALY - LATVIA - LITHUANIA - LUXEMBOURGE - MALTA - NETHERLANDS - POLAND - PORTUGAL - ROMANIA - SLOVAKIA - SLOVENIA - SPAIN - SWEDEN - UK CEE (Central and Eastern Europe)BULGARIA - CROATIA - CZECH REPUBLIC/SLOVAKIA - HUNGARY - LATVIA - MACEDONIA - POLAND - ROMANIA = SERBIA/BOSNIA - SLOVENIA - UKRAINE CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan - Republic of Moldova - Russian Federation Tajikistan - Turkmenistan - Ukraine - Uzbekistan CCAR KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGGYZSTAN, TAKIKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, UZBEKISTAN, CAUCASUS DACH DEUTSCHLAND, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND AFRICA COMOROS - CONGO CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) - COTE D'IVOIRE DJIBOUTI EGYPT - EQUATORIAL GUINEA ETHIOPIA GABON GAMBIA GHANA GUINEA - GUINEA-BISSAU KENYA LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALI MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MAYOTTE MOROCCO - MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NIGER NIGERIA OMAN RWANDA - SAO TOME & PRINCIPE SENEGAL SEYCHELLES - SIERRA LEONE SOMALIA - SOUTH AFRICA SUDAN SWAZILAND TANZANIA TOGO TUNISIA UGANDA - WESTERN SAHARA ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE NORTH AFRICA NO UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED DEFINITION, BUT COULD INCLUDE Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia MIDDLE EAST BAHRAIN - BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY EGYPT - ERITREA GAZA - IRAN IRAQ ISRAEL JORDAN KUWAIT LEBANON - PALESTINIAN TERRITORY QATAR REUNION - SAUDI ARABIA SYRIA - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - YEMEN MEA (Middle East and Africa) MENA Countries of MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA (see countries above) Countries of Middle East and North Africa EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Countries of EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA - (see countries above) CEEMEA CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA MENAP MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN 1
LEVANT THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LITTORAL BETWEEN ANATOLIA AND EGYPT (CYPRUS, ISRAEL, JORDAN, PALESTINE, SYRIA, AND PART OF SOUTERN TURKEY (FORMER ALEPPO VILAYET) DOM - TOM GUADELOUPE - ST MARTIN - ST BARTS - FRENCH GUIANA - MARTINIQUE - ST PIERRE & MIQUELON - FRENCH POLYNESIA - CLIPPERTON ISLAND -MAYOTTE - (French-administered territories REUNION - FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARTIC LANDS - NEW CALEDONIA - WALLIS & FUTUNA outside of Europe) UAE (United Arab Emirates) ABU DHABI - DUBAI - SHARJAH - RAS AL KHAIMAH - FUJAIRAH - UMM AL QUWAIN - AJMAN GCC (Gulf co-operation Council) BAHRAIN - KUWAIT - OMAN - QATAR - SAUDI ARABIA - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) AUSTRALASIA/OCEANIA AUSTRALIA TASMANIA - NEW ZEALAND FIJI SAMOA TONGA - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - CHRISTMAS ISLAND - COCOS-KEELING ISLANDS - COOK ISLANDS - FRENCH POLYNESIA KIRIBATI - PITCAIRN ISLANDS - SOLOMON ISLANDS NAURU - NEW CALEDONIA NIVE-MIDWAY ISLANDS - NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS TAHITI PALAU TOKELAU TUVALU VANUATU - WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS GUAM MARSHALL ISLANDS - MICRONESIA APAC (Asia Pacific) Australia China - Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Korea Malaysia Mauritius - New Zealand Philippines Singapore - Sri Lanka Thailand Vietnam ASIA AFGHANISTAN BANGLADESH BHUTAN BRUNEI CAMBODIA CHINA (INCLUDING HONG KONG & MACAU) INDIA INDONESIA INDOCHINA IRAN - JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN KOREA (NORTH) KOREA (SOUTH) KYRGYZSTAN LAOS MALAYSIA MALDIVES MONGOLIA MYANMAR (BURMA) NEPAL PAKISTAN PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE - SRI LANKA TAIWAN TAJIKISTAN THAILAND TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN VIETNAM (may or may not also include the countries of SouthWest and North Asia - see below) SOUTHWEST ASIA ARMENIA - AZERBAIJAN - BAHRAIN - CYPRUS - GAZA - GEORGIA - IRAQ - ISRAEL - JORDAN - KUWAIT - LEBANON - OMAN - QATAR - SAUDI ARABIA - SYRIA - TURKEY - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - WEST BANK - YEMEN EAST ASIA (aka FAR EAST) CHINA - HONG KONG (CHINA) - JAPAN - MACAU (CHINA) - MONGOLIA - NORTH KOREA - SOUTH KOREA - TAIWAN WEST ASIA DUBAI - EGYPT - IRAQ - ISRAEL - JORDAN - LEBANON - MORROCCO - SUDAN - SYRIA - TUNISIA ASEAN COUNTRIES Brunei Darussalam - Indonesia - Malaysia Philippines Singapore - Thailand ARABIA ALGERIA - BAHRAIN - COMOROS - DJIBOUTI - EGYPT - IRAQ - JORDAN - KUWAIT - LEBANON - LIBYA - MAURITANIA - MOROCCO - OMAN - PALESTINE - QATAR - SAUDI - SOMOMALIA - SUDAN - SYRIA - TUNISIA - UAE - YEMEN AMET Countries of AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST and TURKEY - (see countries above) SOUTH AMERICA ARGENTINA - BOLIVIA - BRAZIL - CHILE - COLOMBIA - ECUADOR - FALKLAND ISLANDS (UK) - FRENCH GUIANA (FRANCE) - GUYANA - PARAGUAY - SOUTH GEORGIA + SOUTH SANDWHICH ISLANDS (UK) - SURINAME - URUGUAY - VENEZUELA 2
NORTH AMERICA (North America is often divided into subregions but no universally accepted divisions exist) NORTHERN AMERICA CANADA - USA - MEXICO CANADA - USA - GREENLAND - BERMUDA - ST PIERRE - MIQUELON CENTRAL AMERICA BELIZE - COSTA RICA - EL SALVADOR - GUATEMALA - HONDURAS - NICURAGUA - PANAMA CARIBBEAN ANGUILLA (UK) - ANTIGUA & BABUDA - ARUBA (NETHERLANDS) - BAHAMAS - BARBADOS - BERMUDA (UK) - BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (UK) (Islands in and near the CAYMAN ISLANDS (UK) - COLUMBIA [San Andrés and Providencia Department] - CUBA - DOMINICA - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - GRENADA - GUADELOUPE (FRANCE) - Caribbean) HAITI - HONDURAS [Guanaja - Roatan - Swan Islands - Utila - Misteriosa Bank - Rosario Bank] - JAMAICA - MARTINIQUE (FRANCE) - MEXICO [Isla Cozumel - Isla Contoy - Isla Mujeres - Isla del Carmen] - MONTSERRAT (UK) - NAVASSA ISLANDS (USA) - NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (NETHERLANDS) - NICARAGUA [Corn Island - Little Corn Island - Miskito Cays - Pearl Cays] - PUERTO RICO (USA) - SAINT KITTS + NEVIS - SAINT LUCIA - SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - TURKS AND CAICOS - US VIRGIN ISLANDS - VENEZUELA [Isla Margarita - Isla Tortuga - Isla Cubagua - Isla Coche - Archipielago de Los Roques - Isla de Aves - Isla de Nupples - Isla Blanquilla] MIDDLE AMERICA (is a region in the mid-latitudes of the Americas) MEXICO, the nations of CENTRAL AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN CONTINENTAL SOUTH AMERICARGENTINA - BOLIVIA - BRAZIL - CHILE - COLOMBIA - ECUADOR - FRENCH GUIANA - GUYANA - PARAGUAY - PERU - SURINAME - URUGUAY - VENEZUELA SOUTH AMERICA ARGENTINA - BOLIVIA - BRAZIL - CHILE - COLOMBIA - ECUADOR - FAULKLAMD ISLANDS - FRENCH GUIANA - GUYANA - PARAGUAY - PERU - SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS - SURINAME - URUGUAY - VENEZUELA LATIN AMERICA MEXICO - most of CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA - CUBA - PUERTO RICO - that part of THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC located in the Caribbean (commonly countries of Americas where Spanish/Portuguese predominate-strictly IBERO-/ HISPANO-AMERICA) Please note that PhotoAgentsLondon takes no responsibility for the veracity of the information above. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that it is correct, the definitions above to tend to evolve over time and you should make your own enquiries if you require complete accuracy. Model agency definitions are not dictated by PAL and as such may diverge. 3
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