United Nations Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (M49 Geographic Region Codes) Ontology
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This ontology represents the United Nations publication 'Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use' originally published as Series M, No. 49 and now commonly referred to as the M49 standard. 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 by the United Nations. The codes included herein are current as of the version IRI for this ontology.
The https://www.omg.org/spec/LCC/20190201/Countries/UN-M49-RegionCodes/ version of this ontology has been revised to reflect the issues addressed by the LCC 1.1 RTF report. The country codes and related metadata contained herein are current as of the February 2019 revision to the online code set.
the kind of region that is a region within a continent
individual representing the continent Africa
individual representing the continent Americas
individual representing the continent Asia
individual representing the region Australia and New Zealand
individual representing the subregion Caribbean
individual representing the subregion Central America
individual representing the region Central Asia
individual representing the subregion Channel Islands
individual representing the subregion Eastern Africa
individual representing the region Eastern Asia
individual representing the region Eastern Europe
individual representing the continent Europe
individual representing the region Latin America and the Caribbean
individual representing the region Melanesia
individual representing the region Micronesia
individual representing the subregion Middle Africa
individual representing the region Northern Africa
individual representing the region Northern America
individual representing the region Northern Europe
individual representing the continent Oceania
individual representing the region Polynesia
individual representing the region South-eastern Asia
individual representing the subregion South America
individual representing the subregion Southern Africa
individual representing the region Southern Asia
individual representing the region Southern Europe
individual representing the region Sub-Saharan Africa
individual representing the subregion Western Africa
individual representing the region Western Asia
individual representing the region Western Europe
individual representing the planet World