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NANP members are assigned three-digit numbering plan area (NPA) codes under the common country prefix 1, shown in the format 1 (NPA). 1 North American Numbering Plan; 1 – United States, including United States territories: 1 (340) – United States Virgin Islands; 1 (670) – Northern Mariana Islands; 1 (671) – Guam; 1 (684) – American Samoa
The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
All 193 member states of the United Nations plus the two observer states are given a rank number. Largely unrecognised states not in ISO 3166-1 are included in the list in ranked order. The areas of such largely unrecognised states are in most cases also included in the areas of the more widely recognised states that claim the same territory ...
The tectonic boundary remains active, and Taiwan experiences 15,000 to 18,000 earthquakes each year, of which 800 to 1,000 are noticed by people. The most catastrophic recent earthquake was the magnitude-7.3 Chi-Chi earthquake , which occurred in the centre of Taiwan on 21 September 1999, killing more than 2,400 people. [ 17 ]
BUR - IOC code for Burkina Faso [f] (since 1984) [g], and historical ISO and FIFA code for Burma [h] (until 1989) [i] In the following cases, a code for a historical country or territory matches a modern code of the country it merged into: VNM - historical IOC and ISO code for South Vietnam [j], became the ISO code for unified Vietnam [k]
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges, [14] Navassa Island, and Wake Island [c] [d] United States: UM: UMI: 581: ISO 3166-2:UM [aj] United States of America (the) the United States of America: UN member US: USA: 840: ISO 3166-2:US.us United States Virgin Islands – See Virgin Islands (U.S.). Uruguay: the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ...
A successor state to the Seleucid Empire in what is now Afghanistan and Uzbekistan lasting from 256–125 BC. Size at greatest extent in 184 BC. Grand Duchy of Moscow: 2,500,000: A precursor to the Russian Empire, lasting from 1263–1547. Size in 1505. Central America: 2,486,445: United Nations geoscheme region.
Taiwan, [II] [i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] [j] is a country [27] in East Asia. [m] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.