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Toponymic factfiles

Toponymic (place name) factfile papers produced by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (PCGN).

From:
Ministry of Defence
Published
30 October 2020
Last updated
114 AprilMarch 2022 — See all updates

Documents

Albania: toponymic factfile (November 2020)

PDF, 139 KB, 3 pages

Armenia: toponymic factfile (January 2021)

PDF, 386 KB, 6 pages

Azerbaijan: toponymic factfile (January 2021)

PDF, 380 KB, 7 pages

Bahrain: toponymic factfile (October 2015)

PDF, 230 KB, 5 pages

Bangladesh toponymic factfile (November 2020)

PDF, 233 KB, 4 pages

Belarus: toponymic factfile (March 2022)

PDF, 518 KB, 12 pages

Brunei: toponymic factfile (August 2018)

PDF, 180 KB, 3 pages

Crimea: Second-order administrative divisions

PDF, 251 KB, 4 pages

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Cambodia: toponymic factfile (March 2021)

PDF, 322 KB, 6 pages

Chad: toponymic factfile (July 2021)

PDF, 270 KB, 8 pages

Egypt: toponymic factfile (March 2019)

PDF, 399 KB, 15 pages

Eritrea: toponymic factfile (January 2021)

PDF, 288 KB, 4 pages

Estonia toponymic factfile (November 2020)

PDF, 206 KB, 7 pages

Ethiopia: toponymic factfile (March 2021)

PDF, 872 KB, 5 pages

Finland: toponymic factfile (March 2022)

PDF, 207 KB, 6 pages

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Georgia: toponymic factfile (December 2020)

PDF, 396 KB, 8 pages

Greece toponymic factfile (July 2021)

PDF, 318 KB, 13 pages

Haiti: toponymic factfile (October 2014)

PDF, 255 KB, 4 pages

India: toponymic factfile (November 2020)

PDF, 258 KB, 12 pages

Iran: toponymic factfile (January 2020)

PDF, 297 KB, 12 pages

Iraq: toponymic factfile (July 2021)

PDF, 650 KB, 16 pages

Jordan: toponymic factfile (May 2017)

PDF, 395 KB, 9 pages

Kazakhstan: toponymic factfile

PDF, 343 KB, 6 pages

Kuwait: toponymic factfile (November 2020)

PDF, 1.04 MB, 8 pages

Latvia: toponymic factfile (January 2021)

PDF, 260 KB, 5 pages

Lebanon: toponymic factfile (December 2020)

PDF, 917 KB, 10 pages

Libya: toponymic factfile (February 2020)

PDF, 183 KB, 6 pages

Lithuania toponymic factfile (November 2020)

PDF, 168 KB, 6 pages

Malaysia: toponymic factfile (November 2018)

PDF, 218 KB, 5 pages

Mali: toponymic factfile (July 2018)

PDF, 212 KB, 4 pages

Moldova: toponymic factfile (March 2022)

PDF, 365 KB, 5 pages

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Niger: toponymic factfile (July 2018)

PDF, 172 KB, 4 pages

Nigeria: toponymic factfile (July 2016)

PDF, 335 KB, 9 pages

Pakistan: toponymic factfile (December 2019)

PDF, 320 KB, 6 pages

Poland toponymic factfile (November 2020)

PDF, 352177 KB, 5 pages

Qatar: toponymic factfile (November 2020)

PDF, 340 KB, 7 pages

Saudi Arabia: toponymic factfile (2018)

PDF, 665 KB, 9 pages

Slovakia: toponymic factfile

PDF, 317 KB, 4 pages

Sri Lanka toponymic factfile (November 2020)

PDF, 210 KB, 4 pages

Syria: toponymic factfile (May 2011)

PDF, 752 KB, 9 pages

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Tajikistan:Thailand: toponymic factfile (April 2018)

PDF, 700419 KB, 79 pages

Thailand:Transistria: toponymic factfile (March 2022)

PDF, 419199 KB, 92 pages

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Tunisia: toponymic factfile (June 2016)

PDF, 501 KB, 9 pages

Turkey: toponymic factfile (January 2016)

PDF, 595 KB, 13 pages

Turkmenistan: toponymic factfile (December 2020)

PDF, 385 KB, 9 pages

Ukraine: toponymic factfile (February 2022)

PDF, 309 KB, 6 pages

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Yemen: toponymic factfile (May 2011)

PDF, 342 KB, 22 pages

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Details

Toponymic factfiles produced by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (PCGN). Various relevant documents published before July 2014 can found in the UK Government Web Archive.

Any papers not in PDF format can be obtained from PCGN in paper copy. Please note that these documents are Crown Copyright.

Published 30 October 2020
Last updated 114 AprilMarch 2022 + show all updates

  1. Added new factfiles for Tajikistan, Slovakia and Kazakhstan. Replaced factfile for Poland.

  2. Addition of: March 2022 toponymic factfiles documents.

  3. Addition of: Ukraine: toponymic factfile (February 2022).

  4. Added Iraq: toponymic factfile.

  5. Added a new toponymic factfile for Chad and an updated toponymic factfile for Greece.

  6. Added an amended version of the Ethiopia factfile.

  7. Added toponymic factfiles for Cambodia and Ethiopia.

  8. Added Eritrea: toponymic factfile and Latvia: toponymic factfile.

  9. Added updated toponymic factfiles for Armenia and Azerbaijan.

  10. Added toponymic factfiles for Georgia, Lebanon and Turkmenistan.

  11. Added toponymic factfiles for Kuwait and Qatar.

  12. Added new factfiles for Albania and India. Updated factfiles for Bangladesh, Estonia, Lithuania and Romania.

  13. Added new factfiles for: Bangladesh, Estonia, Greece, Lithuania, Poland Romania, Sri Lanka and Ukraine. Updated factfiles for: Armenia and Libya.

  14. First published.