America

The listings represent recent historical, geographical information, being that of around 1957, unless otherwise noted.

America

Dates of Independence:

Haiti (1804), Argentina (1810), Paraguay (1811), Venezuela (1811), Chile (1818), Colombia (1819), Ecuador (1821), Mexico (1821), Peru (1821), Brazil (1822), Uruguay (1825), Bolivia (1826), Costa Rica (1838), El Salvador (1838), Guatemala (1838), Honduras (1838), Nicaragua (1838), Dominican Republic (1844), Cuba (1898), Panama (1903), Guyana (1966), Surinam (1975), Belize (1981)

America, Spanish (1790)

Viceroyalties:

La Plata, New Granada, New Spain, Peru

Subdivisions of La Plata:

Audiences: Buenos Aires, Charcas, Chile

Other: Banda Oriental

Subdivisions of New Grenada:

Audiences: Quito, Santa Fé

Captaincies-General: Caracas

Subdivisions of New Spain:

Audiences: Guadalajara, Mexico

Captaincies-General: Cuba, Guatemala, Louisiana, Santo Domingo

Intendancies: Nueva California, Nueva Mexico, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Valladolid, Vera Cruz, Vieja California, Yucatan, Zacatecas

Other: Chiapas, East Florida, Eastern Interior Provinces, West Florida, Western Interior Provinces

Subdivisions of Peru:

Audiences: Cuzco, Lima

Antillies, Netherlands

Islands:

Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Martin

Argentina

Provinces:

Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán

Districts:

Federal Capital

Territories:

Chaco, Chubut, Comodoro Rivadavia, Formosa,
La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego

Bahamas

Districts:

Abaco and Cays, Acklins Island, Andros Island, Berry Islands, Biminis, Cat Island, Cay Lobos, Crooked Island, Eleuthera, Exuma and Cays, Grand Bahama, Harbour Island, Inagua, Long Cay, Long Island, Mayaguana, New Providence, Ragged Island and Cays, Rum Cay, San Salvador, Spanish Wells

Barbados

Parishes:

Christ Church, St. Andrew, St. George, St. James, St. John, St. Joseph, St. Lucy, St. Michael, St. Peter, St. Philip, St. Thomas

Bermuda

Cities:

Hamilton, St. George

Parishes:

Devonshire, Hamilton, Paget, Pembroke, St. George, Sandy’s, Smith’s, Southampton, Warwick

Bolivia

Departments:

Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija

Brazil

States:

Alagôas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Guapore, Maranhão, Mato Grasso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Permambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paolo, Sergipe, Serra dos Aimorési

Districts:

Federal District

Territories:

Acre, Amapá, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Branco

Chile

Provinces:

Aconcagua, Antofagasta, Arauco, Atacama, Aysén, Bío-Bío, Cautín, Chiloé, Colchagua, Concepción, Coquimbo, Curicó, Linares, Llanquihue, Magallanes, Malleco, Maule, Ñuble, O’Higgins, Osorno, Santiago, Talca, Tarapacá, Valdivia, Valparaíso

Territories:

Antártida

Colombia

Departments:

Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santanter, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca

Intendencies:

Caqueta, Meta, San Andrés y Providencia

Precincts:

Amazonas, Arauca, Casanare, La Guijara, Putumayo, Vaupés, Vichada

Costa Rica

Provinces:

Alejuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, Puntarenas, San José

Cuba

Provinces:

Camagüey, Habana, Las Villas, Matanzas, Oriente, Pinar del Río

Dominican Republic

Provinces:

Azua, Bahoruco, Barahona, Benefactor, Duarte, El Seibo, Espaillat, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Vega, Libertador, Montecristi, Puerto Plata, Salcedo, Samaná, San Pedro de Macoríx, San Rafael, Sanchez Ramirez, Santiago, Santiago Rodriguez, Trujillo, Trujillo Valdez

Districts:

Santo Domingo

Ecuador

Provinces:

Azuay, Bolívar, Cañar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Ríos, Manabí, Napo-Pastaza, Pichincha, Tunguragua, Zamora Chinchipe

Territories:

Galápagos Islands

El Salvador

Departments:

Ahuachapán, Cabañas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlán, La Libertad, La Paz, La Unión, Morazán, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vincente, Santa Ana, Sonsonata, Usulután

Greenland

Provinces:

East Greenland, North Greenland, West Greenland

Guatemala

Departments:

Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Petén, El Progreso, El Quiché, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Quetzaltenango, Retalhuleu, Sacatepéquez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Sololá, Suchitepéquez, Totonicapán, Zacapa

Guiana, British

Counties:

Berbice, Demerara, Essequibo

Guiana, French

Communes:

Cayenne, Iracoubo, Kaw and Approuague, Kourou, Macouria, Mana, Matoury, Montsinéry and Tonnegrande, Oyapock-Ouanary, Remire, Roura, Saint-Laurent, Sinnamary

Districts:

Approuague, Centre, Haute-Mana and Haut-Approuague, Haut-Maroni, Mana, Oyapock

Haiti

Departments:

Artibonite, North, Northwest, South, West

Honduras

Departments:

Atlántica, Choluteca, Colón, Comayagua, Copán, Cortés, El Paraíso, Franciso Morazán, Intibucá, Islas de la Bahía, La Paz, Lampira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Bárbara, Valle, Yoro

Honduras, British

Districts:

Belize, Cayo, Corozal, Orange Walk, Stann Creek, Toledo

Jamaica

Parishes:

Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester, Portland, St. Andrews, St. Ann, St. Catherine, St. Elizabeth, St. James, St. Mary, St. Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland

Dependencies:

Cayman Islands, Morant Cays, Pedro Cays, Turks and Caicos Islands

Leeward Islands, British

Presidencies:

Antigua, Montserrat, St. Kitts – Nevis, Virgin Islands

Mexico

States:

Aguascalientes, Baja California, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas

Districts:

Federal District

Territories:

Baja California Sur, Quintana Roo

Nicaragua

Departments:

Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Estelf, Granada, Jinotega, León, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Río San Juan, Rivas, Zelaya

Territories:

Cabo Gracias a Dios

Panama

Provinces:

Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, Coclé, Colón, Darién, Herrera, Los Santos, Panamá, Veraguas

Paraguay

Departments:

Alta Paraná, Amambay, Boquéron, Caaguazú, Caazapá, Central, Concepción, Guairá, Itapuá, Las Cordilleras, Ñeembucú, Olimpo, Paraguarí, Presidente Hayes, San Pedro

Districts:

Federal District

Peru

Departments:

Amazonas, Ancash, Apurímac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Callao, Cuzco, Huancavelica, Huánuco, Ica, Junín, Lambayeque, Libertad, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martín, Tacna, Tumbes

Puerto Rico

Municipalities:

Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, Afiasco, Arecibo, Arroyo, Barceloneta, Barranquitas, Bayamón, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Carolina, Cataño, Cayey, Ceiba, Ciales, Cidra, Coamo, Comerío, Corozal, Culebra, Dorado, Fajardo, Guánica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Gurabo, Hatillo, Hormigueros, Humacao, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Juncos, Lajas, Lares, Las Marías, Las Piedras, Loíza, Luquillo, Manatí, Maricao, Maunibo, Mayagüez, Moca, Morovis, Naguabo, Naranjito, Orocovis, Patillas, Peñueles, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincón, Río Grande, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San Germán, San Juan, San Lorenzo, San Sebastián, Santa Isabel, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Trujillo Alto, Utuado, Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Vieques, Villalba, Yabucoa, Yauco

Surinam

Districts:

Commewijne, Coronie, Marowijne, Nickerie, Paramaribo, Saramacca, Surinam

Trinidad and Tobago

Counties:

Caroni, Mayaro, Nariva, St. Andrew, St. David, St. George, St. Patrick, Victoria

Towns:

Arima, Port-of-Spain, San Fernando

Uruguay

Departments:

Artigas, Canelonas, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandú, Río Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San José, Soriano, Tacuarembó, Treinta y Tres

Venezuela

States:

Anzoátegui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Falcón, Guárico, Lara, Mérida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Táchira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia

Territories:

Amazonas, Delta Amacuro, Federal Dependency

Virgin Islands, U.S.

Subdivisions:

St. Croix Island, St. John Island, St. Thomas Island

Windward Islands, British

Subdivisions:

Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent

(This page was updated in December 2012.)