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the gazetteer. The country of birth is recorded in the origin field of the gazetteer. (Effective April 2014) </p> </div> <div class="grid-row"> <div class="grid-col-5"> <a name="Africa"></a> <h3>Africa (AF)</h3> <table class="usa-table"> <thead> <tr> <th>Ethnic/Cultural Group<br/>or Country</th> <th>Abbreviation</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Afrikaans</td> <td>AI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Algeria</td> <td>AL</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Angola</td> <td>AN</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bantu</td> <td>BA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Benin</td> <td>BE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Botswana</td> <td>BT</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)</td> <td>BF</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Burundi</td> <td>BR</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bushman</td> <td>BU</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bushongo</td> <td>BH</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cameroon</td> <td>CR</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Canary Is.</td> <td>CI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cape Verde</td> <td>CV</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Central African Republic</td> <td>CA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dahomean</td> <td>DH</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Democratic Republic of the Congo</td> <td>DC</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Egypt</td> <td>EG</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Eritrea</td> <td>ER</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ethiopia</td> <td>ET</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fula/Toucouleur</td> <td>FT</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gabon</td> <td>GB</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gambia</td> <td>GA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ghana</td> <td>GH</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gold Coast</td> <td>GC</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Guinea</td> <td>GU</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hottentot</td> <td>HO</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ivory Coast</td> <td>IC</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kenya</td> <td>KY</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lesotho</td> <td>LE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Liberia</td> <td>LI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Libya</td> <td>LB</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Madagascar</td> <td>MD</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Malawi</td> <td>MW</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mali</td> <td>ML</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mande</td> <td>MN</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mauritania</td> <td>MU</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mauritius</td> <td>MA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mbundu</td> <td>MB</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mende</td> <td>ME</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Morocco</td> <td>MR</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mozambique</td> <td>MZ</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Namibia</td> <td>NM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Niger</td> <td>NG</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nigeria</td> <td>NI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pygmy</td> <td>PY</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Republic of Chad</td> <td>CH</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Republic of Djibouti</td> <td>RD</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Republic of Equatorial Guinea</td> <td>RE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Republic of Guinea-Bissau</td> <td>RG</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Republic of Sao Tome and Principe</td> <td>RS</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Republic of Seychelles</td> <td>SY</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)</td> <td>RC</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Reunion Island</td> <td>RI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Rwanda</td> <td>RW</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Saint Helena Island</td> <td>SX</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Semitic</td> <td>SE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Senegal</td> <td>SN</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sierra Leone</td> <td>SL</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Somalia</td> <td>SO</td> </tr> <tr> <td>South Africa</td> <td>SA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>South Sudan</td> <td>SS</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sudan</td> <td>SU</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Swahili</td> <td>SH</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Swaziland</td> <td>SW</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tanzania</td> <td>TA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Togo</td> <td>TO</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tunisia</td> <td>TN</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Uganda</td> <td>UG</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Union of the Comoros</td> <td>UC</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Unknown</td> <td>--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yao</td> <td>YA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Zaire</td> <td>ZA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Zambia</td> <td>ZM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Zimbabwe</td> <td>ZI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Zulu</td> <td>ZU</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <a name="Antarctica"></a> <h3>Antarctica (AN)</h3> <table class="usa-table"> <thead> <tr> <th>Ethnic/Cultural Group<br/>or Country</th> <th>Abbreviation</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>America (Antarctica)</td> <td>AM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>France (Antarctica)</td> <td>FR</td> </tr> <tr> <td>New Zealand (Antarctica)</td> <td>NZ</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Unknown</td> <td>--</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <a name="Asia"></a> <h3>Asia (AS)</h3> <table class="usa-table"> <thead> <tr> <th>Ethnic/Cultural Group<br/>or Country</th> <th>Abbreviation</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Abkhazian</td> <td>AH</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Afghanistan</td> <td>AF</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ainu</td> <td>AI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Akkadian (Accadian)</td> <td>AK</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Altai</td> <td>AL</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Arabian</td> <td>AR</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Armenian</td> <td>AM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Assyrian</td> <td>AY</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Assyro-Babylonian</td> <td>AB</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Azerbaijan</td> <td>AZ</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Babylon</td> <td>BY</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bahrain</td> <td>BI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bangladesh</td> <td>BA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bengal</td> <td>BE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bhutan</td> <td>BH</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Borneo</td> <td>BO</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Brunei</td> <td>BN</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Buriat</td> <td>BR</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Burma</td> <td>BU</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cambodia</td> <td>CM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>China</td> <td>CH</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Chukchi</td> <td>CU</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Democratic People's Republic of Korea</td> <td>DK</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Elamite</td> <td>EL</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evenki</td> <td>EV</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Georgia</td> <td>GE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hattic</td> <td>HA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hebrew</td> <td>HE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hindu</td> <td>HI</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hittite</td> <td>HT</td> </tr> <tr> <td>India</td> <td>IN</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Indonesia</td> <td>ID</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Iran</td> <td>IR</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Iraq</td> <td>IQ</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Israel</td> <td>IS</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Itelmen</td> <td>IT</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Japan</td> <td>JA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jewish</td> <td>JW</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jordan</td> <td>JO</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kashmir</td> <td>KA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kazakhstan</td> <td>KZ</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ket</td> <td>KT</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Korea</td> <td>KR</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kuwait</td> <td>KU</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kyrgyzstan</td> <td>KY</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Laos</td> <td>LA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lebanon</td> <td>LE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Malaysia</td> <td>MA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mansi</td> <td>MS</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mesopotamian</td> <td>ME</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Minyong</td> <td>MY</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mongolia</td> <td>MO</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monguor</td> <td>MG</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Myanmar</td> <td>MM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nanai</td> <td>NA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Neghidhian</td> <td>NG</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nepal</td> <td>NE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nganasan</td> <td>NS</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oman</td> <td>OM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ostyak</td> <td>OS</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ottoman</td> <td>OT</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pakistan</td> <td>PK</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Palestine</td> <td>PA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Persian</td> <td>PE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Philippines</td> <td>PH</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Phoenician</td> <td>PO</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Qatar</td> <td>QA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Republic of Korea</td> <td>RK</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Republic of the Maldives</td> <td>ML</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sanskrit</td> <td>SA</td> 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