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Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names
(D Entries)

 

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This appendix cross-references a wide variety of geographic names to the appropriate Factbook ‘country’ entry.  Additional information is included in parentheses.

 

Name

Entry in The World Factbook

Latitude (deg min)

Longitude (deg min)

Dagestan (region)

Russia

43 00 N

47 00 E

Dahomey (former name for Benin)

Benin

9 30 N

2 15 E

Daito Islands

Japan

43 00 N

17 00 E

Dakar (capital)

Senegal

14 40 N

17 26 W

Dalmatia (region)

Croatia

43 00 N

17 00 E

Daman (Damao) (city)

India

20 10 N

73 00 E

Damascus (capital)

Syria

33 30 N

36 18 E

Danger Islands (see Pukapuka Atoll)

Cook Islands

10 53 S

165 49 W

Danish Straits

Atlantic Ocean

58 00 N

11 00 E

Danish West Indies (former name for the Virgin Islands)

Virgin Islands

18 20 N

64 50 W

Danmark (local name)

Denmark

56 00 N

10 00 E

Danzig (city; former name for Gdansk)

Poland

54 23 N

18 40 E

Dao Bach Long Vi (island)

Vietnam

20 08 N

107 44 E

Dar es Salaam (capital)

Tanzania

6 48 S

39 17 E

Dardanelles (strait)

Atlantic Ocean

40 15 N

26 25 E

Davis Strait

Atlantic Ocean

67 00 N

57 00 W

Dead Sea

Israel, Jordan, West Bank

32 30 N

35 30 E

Deception Island

Antarctica

62 56 S

60 34 W

Denmark Strait

Atlantic Ocean

67 00 N

24 00 W

D'Entrecasteaux Islands

Papua New Guinea

9 30 S

150 40 E

Desolation Islands (Isles Kerguelen)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

49 30 S

69 30 E

Deutschland (local name for Germany)

Germany

51 00 N

9 00 E

Devils Island (Ile du Diable)

French Guiana

5 17 N

52 35 W

Devon Island

Canada

76 00 N

87 00 W

Dhaka (capital)

Bangladesh

23 43 N

90 25 E

Dhivehi Raajje (local name for Maldives)

Maldives

3 15 N

73 00 E

Dhofar (region)

Oman

17 00 N

54 10 E

Diego Garcia (island)

British Indian Ocean Territory

7 20 S

72 25 E

Diego Ramirez (islands)

Chile

56 30 S

68 43 W

Dilmun (former name for Bahrain)

Bahrain

7 00 N

81 00 E

Diomede Islands

Russia (Big Diomede), United States (Little Diomede)

65 47 N

169 00 W

Diu (region)

India

20 42 N

70 59 E

Djibouti (capital)

Djibouti

11 30 N

43 15 E

Dnieper (river)

Belarus, Russia, Ukraine (Dnyapro, Dnepr, Dnipro)

46 30 N

32 18 E

Dniester (river)

Moldova, Ukraine (Nistru, Dnister)

46 18 N

30 17 E

Dobruja (region)

Bulgaria, Romania

43 30 N

28 00 E

Dodecanese (island group)

Greece

36 00 N

27 05 E

Dodoma (city)

Tanzania

6 11 S

35 45 E

Doha (capital)

Qatar

25 17 N

51 32 E

Donets Basin

Russia, Ukraine

48 15 N

38 30 E

Douala (city)

Cameroon

4 03 N

9 42 E

Douglas (capital)

Man, Isle of

54 09 N

4 28 W

Dover, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

51 00 N

1 30 E

Drake Passage

Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean

60 00 S

60 00 W

Druk Yul (local name for Bhutan)

Bhutan

27 30 N

90 30 E

Dubai (city)

United Arab Emirates

25 18 N

55 18 E

Dubayy (see Dubai)

United Arab Emirates

25 18 N

55 18 E

Dublin (capital)

Ireland

53 20 N

6 15 W

Dushanbe (capital)

Tajikistan

38 35 N

68 48 E

Dutch Antilles (former name for the Netherlands Antilles)

Netherlands Antilles

52 05 N

4 18 E

Dutch East Indies (former name for Indonesia)

Indonesia

5 00 S

120 00 E

Dutch Guiana (former name for Suriname)

Suriname

4 00 N

56 00 W

Dutch West Indies (former name for the Netherlands Antilles)

Netherlands Antilles

52 05 N

4 18 E

Dzungarian Gate (valley)

China, Kazakhstan

45 25 N

82 25 E

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