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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Country Groupings & Regions

When trying to identify a piece of jewelry, it is often helpful to know which region it came from. Below, I have compiled geographical regions and groupings for ease of research.

North American
Canada, Greenland, Mexico, United States of America

Central American
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama,

South American
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

The Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands

The Middle East
Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Asia
China, Japan, Korea

East Asia
Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Greater Mekong, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam

South Asia
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Oceania
Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Island Countries (Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia)
  • Polynesia - American Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Niue, Pitcairn, Tonga, Tuvalu, Samoa
  • Melanesia - Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
  • Micronesia - Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau
Europe
Andorra, Austria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Eastern Europe
Albania, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

Scandinavian Countries
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland

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