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A continent is one of the very large masses of land on Earth that is linked together. Each continent is unique with specific characteristics. There are 6 commonly known continents, namely the Africa, Americas, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.<\/p>\n

This continent information is available in all GeoDataSource World Cities Databases edition, except for the Free edition. This information is represented using Region Code<\/strong> (region_code<\/strong>) field in the database. The region code is a number ranging from 1 to 6, and below are the mapping to the continent name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
region_code<\/strong><\/td>\ncontinent<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nAfrica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nAmericas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nAntarctica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nAsia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nEurope<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nOceania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The subcontinent is divided from the main continental by geographical features. It is made up of a number of countries that form a large landmass.<\/p>\n

In GeoDataSource World Cities Database, the Sub-Region Code<\/strong> (sub_region_code<\/strong>) field acts as almost same as the subcontinent. This subcontinent information is also available in all GeoDataSource World Cities Databases edition, except for the Free edition. Sub-Region Code is a sub-division of region code. It is a two-character code that mapped to the subcontinent full name. The first character represents the region code and the combination of the two-character generated the sub-region code. The sub-region code is a self-defined code by GeoDataSource. The table below shows the mapping of sub_region_code to subcontinent name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
sub_region_code<\/strong><\/td>\nsubcontinent<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1A<\/td>\nCentral Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1B<\/td>\nEastern Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1C<\/td>\nIndian Ocean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1D<\/td>\nNorthern Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1E<\/td>\nSouthern Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1F<\/td>\nWestern Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2A<\/td>\nCentral America<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2B<\/td>\nNorth America<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2C<\/td>\nSouth America<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2D<\/td>\nWest Indies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3A<\/td>\nAntarctica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3B<\/td>\nAtlantic Ocean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4A<\/td>\nCentral Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4B<\/td>\nEast Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4C<\/td>\nNorthern Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4D<\/td>\nSouth Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4E<\/td>\nSouth East Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4F<\/td>\nSouth West Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5A<\/td>\nCentral Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5B<\/td>\nEastern Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5C<\/td>\nNorthern Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5D<\/td>\nSouth East Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5E<\/td>\nSouth West Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5F<\/td>\nSouthern Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5G<\/td>\nWestern Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6A<\/td>\nNorth Pacific Ocean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6B<\/td>\nPacific<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6C<\/td>\nSouth Pacific Ocean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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