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United Nations geoscheme for Oceania

United Nations geoscheme for Oceania

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The United Nations geoscheme for Oceania is an internal tool created and used by the UN's Statistics Division (UNSD) for the specific purpose of UN statistics.[1]

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Oceania


UN geoscheme subregions of Oceania

The following is an alphabetical list of subregions as defined by the UNSD geoscheme.[1]

UN Subregions

Oceania with its sovereign and dependent islands within the subregions Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia

The United Nations geoscheme subdivides the region into Australia and New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The UNSD notes that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories".[1] The number between parentheses is the UN M49 code (009 for the whole of Oceania).

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Subregions and countries/territories as per the United Nations geoscheme.
  2. [N 2]
    The United Nations geoscheme has included the United States Minor Outlying Islands in Micronesia despite most of its islands are located in Polynesia geographically. Wake Island is the only island in the territory located in Micronesia. Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea has been excluded from this territory by the UN geoscheme. This disputed island has not been included in the Caribbean subregion either.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    United Nations Statistics Division – Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications. The UNSD notes that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience".
  2. [2]
    UNSD M49 Standard – Recent changes (see Note 11)
  3. [3]
    CIA (2010-07-15). "Cook Islands at the CIA's page". CIA. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  4. [4]
    CIA (2010-07-15). "Niue at the CIA's page". CIA. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
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