United Nations geoscheme for Oceania
The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Oceania.[1]
Oceania
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Geopolitical Oceania in green.
| Area | 8,525,989 km2 (3,291,903 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Population | 38,304,000 (2013, 6th) |
| Demonym | Oceanian |
| Countries | 14 Associated (2) |
| Dependencies | 21 |
| Time Zones | UTC+14 (Kiribati) to UTC-11 (American Samoa & Niue) (West to East) |
| Largest Cities | List of cities in Oceania Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Perth Auckland Adelaide Wellington Honolulu Canberra Christchurch Port Moresby Nouméa |
UNSD Subregions
| Subregion | Country and capital city [Note 1] |
|---|---|
| Australia and New Zealand Main articles: Australia and New Zealand | Australia – Commonwealth of Australia Capital: Canberra |
 Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (Australia) Capital: Flying Fish Cove | |
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| New Zealand Capital: Wellington | |
 Norfolk Island – Territory of Norfolk Island (Australia) Capital: Kingston | |
| Melanesia Main article: Melanesia |  Fiji – Republic of Fiji Capital: Suva |
 New Caledonia (France) Capital: Nouméa | |
| Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea Capital: Port Moresby | |
 Solomon Islands Capital: Honiara | |
 Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu Capital: Port Vila | |
| Micronesia Main article: Micronesia |  Guam (USA) Capital: Hagåtña |
 Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati Capital: South Tarawa | |
 Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands Capital: Majuro | |
 Micronesia – Federated States of Micronesia Capital: Palikir | |
 Nauru – Republic of Nauru Capital: Yaren (unofficial, seat of parliament) | |
 Northern Mariana Islands – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (USA) Capital: Saipan | |
 Palau – Republic of Palau Capital: Ngerulmud | |
| Polynesia Main article: Polynesia |  American Samoa (USA) Capital: Pago Pago |
 Cook Islands (New Zealand) [2] Capital: Avarua | |
 French Polynesia (France) Capital: Pape'ete | |
 Hawaii (United States of America) Capital: Honolulu | |
 Niue (New Zealand) [3] Capital: Alofi | |
 Pitcairn Islands – Pitcairn Group of Islands (UK) Capital: Adamstown | |
 Samoa – Independent State of Samoa Capital: Apia | |
 Tokelau (New Zealand) Capital: Fakaofo | |
 Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga Capital: Nukuʻalofa | |
 Tuvalu Capital: Funafuti | |
| Wallis and Futuna – Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (France) Capital: Mata-Utu | |
Notes
- ↑ Regions and constituents as per UN categorisations/map except notes 2–3, 6. Depending on definitions, various territories cited below (notes 3, 5–7, 9) may be in one or both of Oceania and Asia or North America.
References
- ↑ Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings, United Nations Statistics Division. Revised August 28, 2007. Accessed on line October 11, 2007.
- ↑ CIA (2010-07-15). "Cook Islands at the CIA's page". CIA. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
- ↑ CIA (2010-07-15). "Niue at the CIA's page". CIA. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
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