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United Nations geoscheme in JSON

United Nations geoscheme in JSON

In the attached united-nations.json you will find a list of all regions/subregions of the world WITHOUT countries.

The map is based on the Wikipedia article

{
  "Africa": [
    "Eastern Africa",
    "Middle Africa",
    "Northern Africa",
    "Southern Africa",
    "Western Africa"
  ],
  "Americas": [
    "Latin America",
    "Northern America"
  ],
  "Latin America": [
    "South America",
    "Caribbean",
    "Central America"
  ],
  "North America": [
    "Caribbean",
    "Central America",
    "Northern America"
  ],
  "Asia": [
    "Central Asia",
    "Eastern Asia",
    "Southern Asia",
    "South-Eastern Asia",
    "Western Asia"
  ],
  "Europe": [
    "Eastern Europe",
    "Northern Europe",
    "Southern Europe",
    "Western Europe"
  ],
  "Oceania": [
    "Australia",
    "New Zealand",
    "Melanesia",
    "Micronesia",
    "Polynesia"
  ]
}
{
"name": "united-nations",
"version": "0.1.1",
"author": "Youri Tolstoy (https://swanest.com)",
"main": "united-nations.json"
}
{
"Africa": [
"Eastern Africa",
"Middle Africa",
"Northern Africa",
"Southern Africa",
"Western Africa"
],
"Americas": [
"Latin America",
"Northern America"
],
"Latin America": [
"South America",
"Caribbean",
"Central America"
],
"North America": [
"Caribbean",
"Central America",
"Northern America"
],
"Asia": [
"Central Asia",
"Eastern Asia",
"Southern Asia",
"South-Eastern Asia",
"Western Asia"
],
"Europe": [
"Eastern Europe",
"Northern Europe",
"Southern Europe",
"Western Europe"
],
"Oceania": [
"Australia",
"New Zealand",
"Melanesia",
"Micronesia",
"Polynesia"
]
}
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