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The /country qualifier

The /country 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

Qualifier       /country=
Definition      locality of isolation of the sequenced organism indicated in
                terms of political names for nations, oceans or seas, followed
                by regions and localities
Value format    "<country_value>[:<region>][, <locality>]" where 
                country_value is any value from the controlled vocabulary at 
                http://www.insdc.org/country.html
Example         /country="Canada:Vancouver"
                /country="France:Cote d'Azur, Antibes"
                /country="Atlantic Ocean:Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone"
Comment         Intended to provide a reference to the site where the source
                organism was isolated or sampled. Regions and localities should
                be indicated where possible. Note that the physical geography of
                the isolation or sampling site should be represented in
                /isolation_source.

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

Country List

Based on information from: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html and http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm

• 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
   
• 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
   
• 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
   
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Denmark
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
   
• East Timor
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Europa Island
   
• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
• Faroe Islands
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• French Guiana
• French Polynesia
• French Southern and Antarctic Lands
   
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Gaza Strip
• Georgia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• Glorioso Islands
• Greece
• Greenland
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe
• Guam
• Guatemala
• Guernsey
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
   
• Haiti
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Howland Island
• Hungary
   
• Iceland
• India
• Indian Ocean
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Isle of Man
• Israel
• Italy
   
• Jamaica
• Jan Mayen
• Japan
• Jarvis Island
• Jersey
• Johnston Atoll
• Jordan
• Juan de Nova Island
   
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kerguelen Archipelago
• Kingman Reef
• Kiribati
• Kosovo
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
   
• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
   
• 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
   
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Navassa Island
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Niue
• Norfolk Island
• North Korea
• North Sea
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Norway
   
• Oman
   
• Pacific Ocean
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Palmyra Atoll
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paracel Islands
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Pitcairn Islands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico
   
• Qatar
   
• Republic of the Congo
• Reunion
• Romania
• Ross Sea
• Russia
• Rwanda
   
• 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
   
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Tasman Sea
• Thailand
• Togo
• Tokelau
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tromelin Island
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Tuvalu
   
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• Uruguay
• USA
• Uzbekistan
   
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Viet Nam
• Virgin Islands
   
• Wake Island
• Wallis and Futuna
• West Bank
• Western Sahara
   
• Yemen
   
• 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

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