Controlled vocabulary for /country qualifier

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A new qualifier was introduced in version 2.1 (December 15, 1998) of the Feature table definitions: /country. This new qualifier is used to indicate the country of origin of a DNA sample.

The text below outlines the format and the present list of allowed countries.

Initial links

A         B         C         D         E         F         G         H        I         J         K
L         M         N         O         P         Q         R         S        T         U         V
W         X         Y         Z         Historical Country Names

Defiition of /country qualifier

Qualifier:      /country=" "
Definition:     Country of origin for DNA sample, intended
                for epidemiological or population studies.
Value format:   "any country from annex 7.5.7 of the Feature
                Table documentation"
Example:        "Canada"
Comment:        /country should be a single token taken from
		the controlled list of annex 7.5.7 of the
		feature table documentation. /country can
		also have the following format: country:sub_region,
		such as: /country="Canada:Vancouver".

Country List to be included in Feature Table Definition Document
Authority:      ISDC
Contact:        NCBI
Scope:          /country=""

COUNTRY LIST based on information from: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm

A

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• American Samoa
• Andorra
• Angola
• Anguilla
• Antarctica
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Arctic Ocean
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Aruba
• Ashmore and Cartier Islands
• Atlantic Ocean
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan

B

• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Baltic Sea
• Baker Island
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Bassas da India
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bermuda
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Borneo
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Bouvet Island
• Brazil
• British Virgin Islands
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi

C

• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Cape Verde
• Cayman Islands
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• China
• Christmas Island
• Clipperton Island
• Cocos Islands
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Cook Islands
• Coral Sea Islands
• Costa Rica
• Cote d'Ivoire
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Curacao
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic

D

• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Denmark
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic

E

• East Timor
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Europa Island

F

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
• Faroe Islands
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• French Guiana
• French Polynesia
• French Southern and Antarctic Lands

G

• Gabon
• Gambia
• Gaza Strip
• Georgia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• Glorioso Islands
• Greece
• Greenland
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe
• Guam
• Guatemala
• Guernsey
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana

H

• Haiti
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Howland Island
• Hungary

I

• Iceland
• India
• Indian Ocean
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Isle of Man
• Israel
• Italy

J

• Jamaica
• Jan Mayen
• Japan
• Jarvis Island
• Jersey
• Johnston Atoll
• Jordan
• Juan de Nova Island

K

• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kerguelen Archipelago
• Kingman Reef
• Kiribati
• Kosovo
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan

L

• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Liechtenstein
• Line Islands
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg

M

• Macau
• Macedonia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Martinique
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mayotte
• Mediterranean Sea
• Mexico
• Micronesia
• Midway Islands
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Montserrat
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar

N

• Namibia
• Nauru
• Navassa Island
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Niue
• Norfolk Island
• North Korea
• North Sea
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Norway

O

• Oman

P

• Pacific Ocean
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Palmyra Atoll
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paracel Islands
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Pitcairn Islands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico

Q

• Qatar

R

• Republic of the Congo
• Reunion
• Romania
• Ross Sea
• Russia
• Rwanda

S

• Saint Helena
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• San Marino
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Sint Maarten
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• South Korea
• Southern Ocean
• Spain
• Spratly Islands
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Svalbard
• Swaziland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Syria

T

• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Tasman Sea
• Thailand
• Togo
• Tokelau
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tromelin Island
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Tuvalu

U

• USA
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan

V

• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Viet Nam
• Virgin Islands

W

• Wake Island
• Wallis and Futuna
• West Bank
• Western Sahara

Y

• Yemen

Z

• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Historical Country Names

• Belgian Congo
• British Guiana
• Burma
• Czechoslovakia
• Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Korea
• Netherlands Antilles
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Siam
• USSR
• Yugoslavia
• Zaire

Revised May 22, 2012