Glossary of Geographic Place Names and Their Codes [acronyms]
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|>AFG = Afghanistan
|>AFR = Africa [Klare.Rising=146-76]
|>ALG = Algeria [Wiki#1 | Wki#2]
|>AMC = Americas, Central & South|>C.AMC|>S.AMC|>N.AMC=North [BUT coded here usually as USA or CAN],
|>ARM = Armenia
|>AZR = Azerbaijan
|>BHR = Bahrain [Wki | W#1]
|>BLK.S = Black Sea
|>BLT.S = Baltic Sea
|>BMH = Burma(h) G/Myanmar
|>BRUS = Belarus |>BRZ = Brazil [Wki | W(ofc.ANP site) ]
|>C.ASA = Central Asia [Wki | MAP]
|>CAN = Canada [Wki#1 | Wki#2]
|>CSP.S = Caspian Sea [W (ofc EIA site)]
|>CHN = China [Klare.Rising=63-77,82-7,132-7,171-4,194-201] [W#1]
|>CYN = Ceyhan, TRKw port [G/CYN.ptpt prj], terminal [Wki] to freeze RUS out
|>CLM = Columbia
|>EGP = Egypt [W#1]
|>ENG = England, centered in LND, the metropol ruling over three other long-time peripheries (Wales, IRE & SCT) F/UKi/GBR/a
|>GRK = Greece
|>FRN = France
|>GRZ = Georgia, Gruziia; better SKR = Sakartvelo
|>GRM = Germany
|>IND = India [Klare.Rising=77-87] [Wki]
|>IRN = Iran [Wki]
|>IRQ = Iraq [Wki]
|>ITL = Italy
|>KMP = Kampuchea or Cambodia, sometimes Khmer
|>KRD = Kurd, Kurdistan
|>KYR = Kyrgyzstan
|>KWT = Kuwait [Wki]
|>KZX = Kazakhstan [Wiki#1 | Wki#2]
|>LBY = Libya [W#1]
|>MGR = Hungary or Magyarország
|>MLI = Mali
|>MLZ = Malaysia
|>MMR = Myanmar [Burma(h)] [Wki |W#1]
|>MRC = Morocco [W#1]
|>MXO = Mexico [Wki]
|>NCR = Nicaragua
|>NDN = Indonesia [F/Aceh]
|>NDR = Nederland, The Netherlands, Holland
|>NGR = Nigeria [Wki]
|>OST = Ostreich, Austria
|>PKS = Pakistan
|>QTR = Qatar
|>rctic = Arctic and Antarctic [??RKT and ARKT??]
|>RUS = Russia
|>SaA = Saudi Arabia
|>SDN = Sudan
|>SSR = USSR| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1921-1991)
|>SYR = Syria
|>TJK = Tajikistan
|>TKM = Turkmenistan
|>TLN = Thailand
|>TNS = Tunisia
|>TRK = Turkey
|>Twrl = Third World [ID]
|>GBR = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [ W#1] F/GBr/GBR/a | F/UKi/GBR/a |  CF=ENG
|>UAE = United Arab Emirates
|>USA = United States of America
|>UZB = Uzbekistan
|>VNZ = Venezuela [Coll.Private:408-34(ch19)]
|>YMN = Yemen

Ross.Oil offers "Country Abbreviations". List more complete but often at odds w/SAC codes (N=170)
REMOVE and PLACE ABOVE WHEN ADJUSTED OR CORRECTED FOR SAC USAGE

ALB = Albania [Ross.Oil code]
AGO = Angola [Ross.Oil code]
ARG = Argentina [Ross.Oicode]
AUS = Australia [Ross.Oil code]
BHS = Bahamas [Ross.Oil code]

[The following not rearranged w/code before full name = ]

Bangladesh = BGD [Ross.Oil code]
Barbados = BRB [Ross.Oil code]
Belgium = BEL [Ross.Oil code]
Belize = BLZ [Ross.Oil code]
Benin = BEN [Ross.Oil code]
Bhutan = BTN [Ross.Oil code]
Bolivia = BOL [Ross.Oil code]
Bosnia = BIH [Ross.Oil code]
Botswana = BWA [Ross.Oil code]
Brunei = BRN [Ross.Oil code]
Bulgaria = BGR [Ross.Oil code]
Burkina Faso = BFA [Ross.Oil code]
Burundi = BDI [Ross.Oil code]
Cameroon = CMR [Ross.Oil code]
Canada = CAN [Ross.Oil code]
Cape Verde = CPV [Ross.Oil code]
Central African Rep. = CAF [Ross.Oil code]
Chad = TCD [Ross.Oil code]
Chile = CHL [Ross.Oil code]
Colombia = COL [Ross.Oil code]
Comoros = COM [Ross.Oil code]
Congo, Dem. Rep. = ZAR [Ross.Oil code]
Congo, Republic of = COG [Ross.Oil code]
Costa Rica = CRI [Ross.Oil code]
Côte d’Ivoire = CIV [Ross.Oil code]
Croatia = HRV [Ross.Oil code]
Cuba = CUB [Ross.Oil code]
Cyprus = CYP [Ross.Oil code]
Czech Republic = CZE [Ross.Oil code]
Denmark = DNK [Ross.Oil code]
Djibouti = DJI [Ross.Oil code]
Dominican Republic = DOM [Ross.Oil code]
Ecuador = ECU [Ross.Oil code]
El Salvador = SLV [Ross.Oil code]
Equatorial Guinea = GNQ [Ross.Oil code]
Eritrea = ERI [Ross.Oil code]
Estonia = EST [Ross.Oil code]
Ethiopia = ETH [Ross.Oil code]
Fiji = FJI [Ross.Oil code]
Finland = FIN [Ross.Oil code]
Gabon = GAB [Ross.Oil code]
Gambia = GMB [Ross.Oil code]
Ghana = GHA [Ross.Oil code]
Guatemala = GTM [Ross.Oil code]
Guinea = GIN [Ross.Oil code]
Guinea-Bissau = GNB [Ross.Oil code]
Guyana = GUY [Ross.Oil code]
Haiti = HTI [Ross.Oil code]
Honduras = HND [Ross.Oil code]
Iceland = ISL [Ross.Oil code]
Ireland = IRL [Ross.Oil code]
Israel = ISR [Ross.Oil code]
Jamaica = JAM [Ross.Oil code]
Jordan = JOR [Ross.Oil code]
Kenya = KEN [Ross.Oil code]
Korea (North) = PRK [Ross.Oil code]
Korea (South) = KOR [Ross.Oil code]
Laos = LAO [Ross.Oil code]
Latvia = LVA [Ross.Oil code]
Lebanon = LBN [Ross.Oil code]
Lesotho = LSO [Ross.Oil code]
Liberia = LBR [Ross.Oil code]
Lithuania = LTU [Ross.Oil code]
Luxembourg = LUX [Ross.Oil code]
Macedonia = MKD [Ross.Oil code]
Madagascar = MDG [Ross.Oil code]
Malawi = MWI [Ross.Oil code]
Maldives = MDV [Ross.Oil code]
Malta = MLT [Ross.Oil code]
Mauritania = MRT [Ross.Oil code]
Mauritius = MUS [Ross.Oil code]
Moldova = MDA [Ross.Oil code]
Mongolia = MNG [Ross.Oil code]
Mozambique = MOZ [Ross.Oil code]
Namibia = NAM [Ross.Oil code]
Nepal = NPL [Ross.Oil code]
New Zealand = NZL [Ross.Oil code]
Niger = NER [Ross.Oil code]
Norway = NOR [Ross.Oil code]
Oman = OMN [Ross.Oil code]
Panama = PAN [Ross.Oil code]
Papua New Guinea = PNG [Ross.Oil code]
Paraguay = PRY [Ross.Oil code]
Peru = PER [Ross.Oil code]
Philippines = PHL [Ross.Oil code]
Poland = POL [Ross.Oil code]
Portugal = PRT [Ross.Oil code]
Romania = ROM [Ross.Oil code]
Rwanda = RWA [Ross.Oil code]
Senegal = SEN [Ross.Oil code]
Serbia = YUG [Ross.Oil code]
Sierra Leone = SLE Singapore = SGP [Ross.Oil code]
Slovak Republic = SVK [Ross.Oil code]
Slovenia = SVN [Ross.Oil code]
Solomon Islands = SLB [Ross.Oil code]
Somalia = SOM [Ross.Oil code]
South Africa + ZAF [Ross.Oil code]
Spain = ESP [Ross.Oil code]
Sri Lanka = LKA [Ross.Oil code]
Suriname = SUR [Ross.Oil code]
Swaziland = SWZ [Ross.Oil code]
Sweden = SWE [Ross.Oil code]
Switzerland = CHE [Ross.Oil code]
Taiwan = TWN [Ross.Oil code]
Tanzania = TZA [Ross.Oil code]
Togo = TGO [Ross.Oil code]
Trinidad = TTO [Ross.Oil code]
Uganda = UGA [Ross.Oil code]
Uruguay = URY [Ross.Oil code]
Vietnam = VNM [Ross.Oil code]
Zambia = ZMB [Ross.Oil code]
Zimbabwe = ZWE [Ross.Oil code]