Geographic Area Codes (MARC 043 Fields) for Selected Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Countries and Regions

The 043 Geographical Area Code Field can be added to a MARC record if the subject heading assigned to the item includes a geographic term in any form or position--that is to say, if the geographic term occurs in a 651 field or in the subfield z of another 6XX field.

Please note that, according to the BSR Metadata Application Profile, the addition of the 043 field is, as a rule, optional; it is required only for cartographic resources.

For more information, see the Subject Headings Manual Appendix E: Geographic Area Codes.

To view additional geographic area codes, see: http://www.loc.gov/marc/geoareas/gacs_code.html

Country or Region Codes

Albania e-aa

Armenia (Republic) a-ai

Asia, Central ac

Azerbaijan a-aj

Balkan Peninsula (= Europe, Southeastern) es

Baltic States eb

Belarus e-bw

Bosnia and Herzegovina e-bn

Bulgaria e-bu

Carpathian Mountains ee

Caucasus e-urk

Caucasus, Northern (Russia) e-urr

Central Chernozem Region (Russia) e-urc

Central Region (Russia) e-ru (prev. e-url)

Croatia e-ci

Czech Republic e-xr

Czechoslovakia e-cs

Estonia e-er

Europe, Central ec

Europe, Eastern ee

Europe, Southeastern (= Balkan Peninsula) es

Georgia (Republic) a-gs

Kazakhstan e-kz

Kievan Rus: assign all three codes e-ru, e-bw, e-un

Kosovo (Republic) e-kv

Kyrgyzstan a-kg

Latvia e-lv

Lithuania e-li

Macedonia (Republic) e-xn

Moldova e-mv

Montenegro e-mo (prev. e-yu)

Non-Chernozem Region (Russia) e-ru

Romania e-rm

Russia (Federation) e-ru

Russian Far East (Russia) e-urf

Russia, Northern e-ru

Serbia e-rb (prev. e-yu)

Serbia and Montenegro e-yu

Siberia (Russia) e-urs

Siberia, Eastern (Russia) e-ure

Siberia, Northeastern (Russia) e-urs

Siberia, Northwestern (Russia) e-urs

Siberia, Western (Russia) e-urw

Slovakia e-xo

Slovenia e-xv

Soviet Union e-ur

Ukraine e-un

Tajikistan a-ta

Turkmenistan a-tk

Yugoslavia e-yu

Ural Mountains (Russia) e-uru

Uzbekistan a-uz

Volga River (Russia) e-urp

Volgo-Viatskii Region (Russia) e-ru (before Mar. 1988, e-urv)

When cataloging in OCLC Connexion, use the OCLC Macro called “Generate043” for assigning geographic area codes.

Revised: Sept. 22, 2015; August 5, 2019; July 1, 2020