BISAC Regional Themes
Version 1.0 - January 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Europe | Asia | Africa | North America | South America | Australasia, Oceania | Antarctica

 

 

ASIA

The hierarchy is structured as follows:

Level 1 – Continents

Level 2 – Subcontinents

Level 3 – Countries

Level 4 – Subcountry regions

Level 5 – States, Provinces, Counties

Level 6 – City, Town, Area

Level 7 – Borough, Neighborhood, District

(See Organization and Structure for a detailed explanation of the hierarchy.)

 

Code    
2.0.0.0.0.0.0 Asia LEVEL_1
2.1.0.0.0.0.0 Middle East LEVEL_2
2.1.1.0.0.0.0 Bahrain LEVEL_3
2.1.2.0.0.0.0 Kuwait LEVEL_3
2.1.3.0.0.0.0 Oman LEVEL_3
2.1.4.0.0.0.0 Qatar LEVEL_3
2.1.5.0.0.0.0 Saudi Arabia LEVEL_3
2.1.6.0.0.0.0 United Arab Emirates LEVEL_3
2.1.7.0.0.0.0 Yemen LEVEL_3
2.1.8.0.0.0.0 Iraq LEVEL_3
2.1.9.0.0.0.0 Israel LEVEL_3
2.1.9.0.0.1.0 Jerusalem LEVEL_6
2.1.10.0.0.0.0 Jordan LEVEL_3
2.1.11.0.0.0.0 Lebanon LEVEL_3
2.1.12.0.0.0.0 Palestine LEVEL_3
2.1.13.0.0.0.0 Syria LEVEL_3
2.2.0.0.0.0.0 Central Asia LEVEL_2
2.2.1.0.0.0.0 Afghanistan LEVEL_3
2.2.2.0.0.0.0 Iran LEVEL_3
2.2.3.0.0.0.0 Kazakhstan LEVEL_3
2.2.4.0.0.0.0 Kyrgyzstan LEVEL_3
2.2.5.0.0.0.0 Mongolia LEVEL_3
2.2.6.0.0.0.0 Tajikistan LEVEL_3
2.2.7.0.0.0.0 Turkmenistan LEVEL_3
2.2.8.0.0.0.0 Uzbekistan LEVEL_3
2.3.0.0.0.0.0 Indian sub-continent LEVEL_2
2.3.1.0.0.0.0 Bangladesh LEVEL_3
2.3.2.0.0.0.0 Bhutan LEVEL_3
2.3.3.0.0.0.0 India LEVEL_3
2.3.3.0.0.1.0 Bombay LEVEL_6
2.3.3.0.0.2.0 Calcutta LEVEL_6
2.3.3.0.0.3.0 New Delhi LEVEL_6
2.3.4.0.0.0.0 Nepal LEVEL_3
2.3.5.0.0.0.0 Pakistan LEVEL_3
2.3.6.0.0.0.0 Sri Lanka (Ceylon) LEVEL_3
2.4.0.0.0.0.0 Southeast Asia LEVEL_2
2.4.1.0.0.0.0 Brunei LEVEL_3
2.4.2.0.0.0.0 Cambodia LEVEL_3
2.4.3.0.0.0.0 Indonesia LEVEL_3
2.4.3.1.0.0.0 Bali LEVEL_4
2.4.3.2.0.0.0 Borneo LEVEL_4
2.4.4.0.0.0.0 East Timor LEVEL_3
2.4.5.0.0.0.0 Laos LEVEL_3
2.4.6.0.0.0.0 Malaysia LEVEL_3
2.4.7.0.0.0.0 Myanmar (Burma) LEVEL_3
2.4.8.0.0.0.0 Philippines LEVEL_3
2.4.9.0.0.0.0 Singapore LEVEL_3
2.4.10.0.0.0.0 Thailand LEVEL_3
2.4.11.0.0.0.0 Vietnam LEVEL_3
2.5.0.0.0.0.0 East Asia, Far East LEVEL_2
2.5.1.0.0.0.0 China LEVEL_3
2.5.1.0.0.1.0 Beijing LEVEL_6
2.5.1.0.0.2.0 Shanghai LEVEL_6
2.5.1.0.1.0.0 Hong Kong LEVEL_5
2.5.1.0.2.0.0 Macao LEVEL_5
2.5.1.1.0.0.0 Tibet LEVEL_4
2.5.2.0.0.0.0 Japan LEVEL_3
2.5.2.0.0.1.0 Kyoto LEVEL_6
2.5.2.0.0.2.0 Tokyo LEVEL_6
2.5.3.0.0.0.0 Korea LEVEL_3
2.5.4.0.0.0.0 North Korea LEVEL_3
2.5.5.0.0.0.0 South Korea LEVEL_3
2.5.6.0.0.0.0 Taiwan LEVEL_3
2.6.0.0.0.0.0 Himalayas LEVEL_2

 

 

BISAC Regional Themes v1.0

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