Toponymic (place name) factfile papers produced by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (PCGN).
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Toponymic factfiles produced by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (PCGN). Various relevant documents published before July 2014 can found in the UK Government Web Archive.
Any papers not in PDF format can be obtained from PCGN in paper copy. Please note that these documents are Crown Copyright.
Updates to this page
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17 July 2026
Added 'Italy: toponymic factfile'. Updated 'Greece: toponymic factfile' and 'South Korea: toponymic factfile'.
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23 June 2026
'Vietnam: toponymic factfile' updated.
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18 June 2026
The Toponymic Factfiles for Azerbaijan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Egypt and India have been updated.
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29 May 2026
Toponymic factfiles updated for Azerbaijan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Egypt and India.
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20 April 2026
The toponymic factfile for Belgium has been replaced and a new toponymic factfile for Senegal has been added.
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11 March 2026
Toponymic factfiles updated for Algeria, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia and Norway. Toponymic factfile added for Sweden.
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12 February 2026
'Bhutan, East Timor, Japan, Norway and South Africa: toponymic factfiles' updated.
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3 February 2026
'Ethiopia, Kenya, Syria, Vietnam: toponymic factfile' updated.
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15 January 2026
'European Microstates: toponymic factfile' added. 'Iran and Somalia: toponymic factfiles' updated.
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8 January 2026
'Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea: toponymic factfile' updated.
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19 December 2025
'Belgium, Ireland, Norway and Romania: toponymic factfile' updated.
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16 December 2025
Czechia: toponymic factfile added. Jordan, Kosovo and Spain toponymic factfiles updated.
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27 November 2025
Burkina Faso, Egypt, Kosovo and Montenegro toponymic factfiles updated.
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18 November 2025
Albania, Iraq and Tajikistan updated and Belgium and Canada added.
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7 November 2025
Niger, Georgia and Burkina Faso profiles updated.
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16 October 2025
'Ireland: toponymic factfile' added. 'Turkmenistan: toponymic factfile' and 'Ukraine: toponymic factfile' updated.
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3 October 2025
Updated 'Kyrgyzstan: toponymic factfile'.
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4 September 2025
Updated Burundi, Georgia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Iraq, Syria, Tajikistan and Tunisia toponymic factfiles.
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27 August 2025
Added: Botswana, Guinea, Malawi, Mauritius, Netherlands and Spain toponymic factfiles. Updated: Equatorial Guinea, Kosovo, Myanmar (Burma), Sao Tome and Principe and Tajikistan toponymic factfiles.
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3 July 2025
Added 'Algeria: toponymic factfile'. Updated: Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Libya, Malta and Mexico toponymic factfiles.
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5 June 2025
'Kingdom of the Netherlands: toponymic factfile' added, 'Angola: toponymic factfile' updated, 'Russia: toponymic factfile' updated.
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31 March 2025
Added: Brazil, Malta, Mexico, and Sao Tome and Principe. Updated: Mali, Malaysia.
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28 January 2025
Updated: South Korea, Rwanda, Japan toponymic factfile.
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13 January 2025
Updated: Indonesia, Mozambique, Qatar and Syria toponymic factfiles.
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22 October 2024
Updated: Bahrain, Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, Philippines and Somalia toponymic factfiles.
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18 October 2024
Updated: Congo, Kuwait, Qatar, South Sudan and Sudan toponymic factfiles.
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19 June 2024
Updated: Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia toponymic factfiles. Added: Djibouti toponymic factfile.
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14 March 2024
Added Vietnam, South Africa, Madagascar, Zimbabwe and Guinea-Bissau toponymic factfiles. Updated Norway, Haiti and South Korea toponymic factfiles.
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6 February 2024
Updated Estonia and Lebanon toponymic factfiles.
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29 January 2024
Added Equatorial Guinea and Somalia toponymic factfiles, and updated Armenia and Azerbaijan toponymic factfiles.
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16 January 2024
Added Burkina Faso, Congo, Croatia and Zambia toponymic factfiles, and updated Democratic Republic of the Congo and Yemen toponymic factfiles.
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8 December 2023
Added Philippines: toponymic factfile and updated Georgia: toponymic factfile and Nigeria: toponymic factfile.
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9 November 2023
Added toponymic factfiles for Angola, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Laos, Maldives, Mozambique and Rwanda. Updated factfiles for Cameroon, Ethiopia, Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand.
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26 September 2023
Updated Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti and Switzerland: toponymic factfiles.
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15 September 2023
Added Mauritania and UAE toponymic factfiles.
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14 September 2023
Updated South Korea: toponymic factfile.
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4 September 2023
Added: toponymic factfiles for Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Switzerland.
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5 July 2023
Added: Cameroon toponymic factfile. Updated: Albania, Bangladesh, Brunei and Indonesia toponymic factfiles.
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26 June 2023
Updated: India: toponymic factfile. Added: South Sudan: toponymic factfile.
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23 May 2023
Added 'Bhutan: toponymic factfile'.
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16 May 2023
Added Afghanistan and Sudan toponymic factfiles, and updated Indonesia, Kosovo and Turkey toponymic factfiles.
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23 March 2023
Added Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Norway toponymic factfiles. Updated Myanmar (Burma): toponymic factfile.
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25 January 2023
Added Bulgaria and East Timor toponymic factfiles.
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19 January 2023
Added 'Slovenia: toponymic factfile' and 'Uzbekistan: toponymic factfile', and updated 'Turkmenistan: toponymic factfile'.
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10 November 2022
'Kosovo: toponymic factfile' added.
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21 October 2022
Added Indonesia: toponymic factfile.
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18 October 2022
Added toponymic factfiles for Oman and Serbia, and updated 'Kazakhstan: toponymic factfile'.
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20 September 2022
Added 'North Korea: toponymic factfile' and 'South Korea: toponymic factfile'.
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28 July 2022
Added toponymic factfiles for North Macedonia, Russia and India.
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8 July 2022
Added factfiles for Japan, Myanmar and Romania.
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21 June 2022
Updated: Ethiopia and Ukraine factfiles replaced with most recent editions.
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6 May 2022
Added new factfiles for Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
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29 April 2022
Addition of ' Kyrgyzstan: toponymic factfile'.
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20 April 2022
Replaced the Kazakhstan factfile.
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1 April 2022
Added new factfiles for Tajikistan, Slovakia and Kazakhstan. Replaced factfile for Poland.
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14 March 2022
Addition of: March 2022 toponymic factfiles documents.
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24 February 2022
Addition of: Ukraine: toponymic factfile (February 2022).
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23 August 2021
Added Iraq: toponymic factfile.
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22 July 2021
Added a new toponymic factfile for Chad and an updated toponymic factfile for Greece.
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23 March 2021
Added an amended version of the Ethiopia factfile.
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12 March 2021
Added toponymic factfiles for Cambodia and Ethiopia.
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28 January 2021
Added Eritrea: toponymic factfile and Latvia: toponymic factfile.
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22 January 2021
Added updated toponymic factfiles for Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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18 December 2020
Added toponymic factfiles for Georgia, Lebanon and Turkmenistan.
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25 November 2020
Added toponymic factfiles for Kuwait and Qatar.
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18 November 2020
Added new factfiles for Albania and India. Updated factfiles for Bangladesh, Estonia, Lithuania and Romania.
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4 November 2020
Added new factfiles for: Bangladesh, Estonia, Greece, Lithuania, Poland Romania, Sri Lanka and Ukraine. Updated factfiles for: Armenia and Libya.
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30 October 2020
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