Geopolitical divisions of Europe

Various geopolitical divisions of Europe have been used at different times for different purposes. Accordingly, some countries may be included in different regions depending upon the authority cited.

There exist many European structures, some are political and some are event specific - examples include the Council of Europe, the European Broadcasting Union with the Eurovision Song Contest, and the European Olympic Committees with the European Games. Transcontinental countries are usually those which may or may not be included, such as Russia, Turkey with major parts in Asia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Armenia and Israel.

United Nations statistical divisions (?—2008)

According to the United Nations statistical divisions, created by the United Nations Statistics Division, Europe is subdivided into Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, and Western Europe. According to the UN, these geographical divisions are for the internal purposes of the Statistics division only and do not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliations of countries or territories by the UN.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings", United Nations Statistics Division
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