United Nations geoscheme for Oceania

Oceania

UN geoscheme subregions of Oceania

Area  | 8,525,989 km2 (3,291,903 sq mi)

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Population  | 41,570,842 (2018, 6th)
Demonym  | Oceanian
Countries  | 14 (sovereign)
2 (associated)
Dependencies  | 21
Time Zones  | UTC+14 (Kiribati) to UTC-11 (American Samoa and Niue) (West to East)
Largest Cities |  Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Perth
Auckland
Adelaide
Gold Coast
Newcastle
Canberra
Wellington

The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Oceania, created by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).[1]

## UN Subregions[edit]

Oceania with its sovereign and dependent islands within the subregions Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia

The United Nations geoscheme subdivides the region into Australia and New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The UNSD notes that "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".[1] The number between parentheses is the UN M49 code (`009` for the whole of Oceania).

Subregion  | Country/Territory and capital city[note 1]

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Australia and New Zealand (`053`)

Main article: Australia and New Zealand

|  Australia (`036`) – Commonwealth of Australia
Capital: Canberra
Christmas Island (`162`) – Territory of Christmas Island (Australia)
Capital: Flying Fish Cove
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (`166`) – Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
Capital: West Island
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (`334`) – Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)
New Zealand (`554`)
Capital: Wellington
Norfolk Island (`174`) – Territory of Norfolk Island (Australia)
Capital: Kingston
Melanesia (`054`)

Main article: Melanesia

|  Fiji (`242`) – Republic of Fiji
Capital: Suva
New Caledonia (`540`) (France)
Capital: Nouméa
Papua New Guinea (`598`) – Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Capital: Port Moresby
Solomon Islands (`090`)
Capital: Honiara
Vanuatu (`548`) – Republic of Vanuatu
Capital: Port Vila
Micronesia (`057`)

Main article: Micronesia

|  Guam (`316`) (United States)
Capital: Hagåtña
Kiribati (`296`) – Republic of Kiribati
Capital: South Tarawa
Marshall Islands (`584`) – Republic of the Marshall Islands
Capital: Majuro
Micronesia (`583`) – Federated States of Micronesia
Capital: Palikir
Nauru (`520`) – Republic of Nauru
Capital: Yaren (unofficial, seat of parliament)
Northern Mariana Islands (`580`) – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (United States)
Capital: Saipan
Palau (`585`) – Republic of Palau
Capital: Ngerulmud
United States Minor Outlying Islands (`581`) (United States)[note 2]
Capital: Washington, D.C. (administrative centre)
Polynesia (`061`)

Main article: Polynesia

|  American Samoa (`016`) (United States)
Capital: Pago Pago
Cook Islands (`184`) (New Zealand)[3]
Capital: Avarua
French Polynesia (`258`) (France)
Capital: Pape'ete
Niue (`570`) (New Zealand)[4]
Capital: Alofi
Pitcairn (`612`) – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (United Kingdom)
Capital: Adamstown
Samoa (`882`) – Independent State of Samoa
Capital: Apia
Tokelau (`772`) (New Zealand)
Capital: Fakaofo
Tonga (`776`) – Kingdom of Tonga
Capital: Nukuʻalofa
Tuvalu (`798`)
Capital: Funafuti
Wallis and Futuna (`876`) – Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (France)
Capital: Mata-Utu

## See also[edit]

* List of continents and continental subregions by population
* List of countries by United Nations geoscheme
* United Nations geoscheme
* United Nations geoscheme for Africa
* United Nations geoscheme for the Americas
* United Nations geoscheme for Asia
* United Nations geoscheme for Europe
* United Nations Statistics Division
* Outlying Oceania – Name used in the Unicode Common Locale Data Repository

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Subregions and countries/territories as per the United Nations geoscheme.
2. ^ The United Nations geoscheme has included the United States Minor Outlying Islands in Micronesia despite most of its islands are located in Polynesia geographically. Wake Island is the only island in the territory located in Micronesia. Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea has been excluded from this territory by the UN geoscheme. This disputed island has not been included in the Caribbean subregion either.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b United Nations Statistics Division – Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications
2. ^ UNSD M49 Standard – Recent changes (see Note 11)
3. ^ CIA (2010-07-15). "Cook Islands at the CIA's page". CIA. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
4. ^ CIA (2010-07-15). "Niue at the CIA's page". CIA. Retrieved 2015-06-23.