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DXCC List

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July 2011 Edition
Current Entities Total: 340
Revision: February 2012
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ARRL DXCC LIST
All entities on the current list are eligible for field checking
Note: * Indicates current list of entities for which QSLs may be forwarded by the
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traffic.
Prefix Entity Continent ITU Zone CQ Zone Entity Code
1A 1  Spratly Is. Sov. Mil. Order of Malta  AS EU  50 28  26 15  247 246 
3A*  ` EU  27 14 260
3B6, 7 3B8  Agalega & St. Brandon Is. Mauritius  AF AF  53 53  39 39  004 165 
3B9 3C 3C0  Rodriguez I. Equatorial Guinea Annobon I.  AF AF AF  53 47 52  39 36 36  207 049 195 
3D2* 3D2 3D2*  Fiji Conway Reef Rotuma I.  OC OC OC  56 56 56  32 32 32  176 489 460 
3DA#  Swaziland  AF  57 38 468
3V*  Tunisia  AF  37 33 474
3W,XV  Viet Nam  AS  49 26 293
3X  Guinea  AF  46 35 107
3Y*  Bouvet  AF  67 38 24
3Y*  Peter 1 I.  AN  72 12 199
4J, 4K 4L* 4O47* 4S*  Azerbaijan Georgia Montenegro Sri Lanka  AS AS EU AS  29 29 28 41  21 21 15 22  018 075 514 315 
4U_ITU#*  ITU HQ  EU  28 14 117
4U_UN*  United Nations HQ  NA  8 5 289
 4W 44  Timor - Leste  OC  54 28 511
4X, 4Z  Israel  AS  39 20 336
5A 5B, C4, P3* 5H-5I*  Libya Cyprus Tanzania  AF AS AF  38 39 53  34 20 37  436 215 470 
5N* 5R 5T2  Nigeria Madagascar Mauritania  AF AF AF  46 53 46  35 39 35  450 438 444 
5U3 5V 5W*  Niger Togo Samoa  AF AF OC  46 46 62  35 35 32  187 483 190 
5X* 5Y-5Z* 6V-6W4* 6Y#*  Uganda Kenya Senegal Jamaica  AF AF AF NA  48 48 46 11  37 37 35 08  286 430 456 082 
7O5  Yemen  AS  39 21 492
7P  Lesotho  AF  57 38 432
7Q  Malawi  AF  53 37 440
7T-7Y* 8P*  Algeria Barbados  AF NA  37 11  33 08  400 062 
8Q* 8R#* 9A6*  Maldives Guyana Croatia  AS/AF SA EU  41 12 28  22 09 15  159 129 497 
9G7#*  Ghana  AF  46 35 424
9H*  Malta  EU  28 15 257
9I-9J*  Zambia  AF  53 36 482
9K*  Kuwait  AS  39 21 348
9L#  Sierra Leone  AF  46 35 458
9M2, 48* 9M6, 88* 9N 9Q-9T* 9U9  West Malaysia East Malaysia Nepal Dem. Rep. of Congo Burundi  AS OC AS AF AF  54 54 42 52 52  28 28 22 36 36  299 046 369 414 404 
9V10* 9X9  Singapore Rwanda  AS AF  54 52  28 36  381 454 
9Y-9Z#* A2*  Trinidad & Tobago Botswana  SA AF  11 57  09 38  090 402 
A3 A4*  Tonga Oman  OC AS  62 39  32 21  160 370 
A5  Bhutan  AS  41 22 306
A6  United Arab Emirates  AS  39 21 391
A7*  Qatar  AS  39 21 376
A9*  Bahrain  AS  39 21 304
AP*  Pakistan  AS  41 21 372
B* BS711  China Scarborough Reef  AS AS  (A) 50  23,24 27  318 506 
BU-BX*  Taiwan  AS  44 24 386
BV9P12  Pratas I.  AS  44 24 505
C2  Nauru  OC  65 31 157
C3*  Andorra  EU  27 14 203
C5#  The Gambia  AF  46 35 422
C6  Bahamas  NA  11 8 60
C8-9* CA-CE#*  Mozambique Chile  AF SA  53 14,16  37 12  181 112 
CE0#*  Easter I.  SA  63 12 47
CE0#*  Juan Fernandez Is.  SA  14 12 125
CE0#*  San Felix & San Ambrosio  SA  14 12 217
CE9/KC4^* CM, CO#*  Antarctica Cuba  AN NA  (B) 11  (C) 08  013 070 
CN  Morocco  AF  37 33 446
CP#*  Bolivia  SA  12,14  10 104
CT* CT3*  Portugal Madeira Is.  EU AF  37 36  14 33  272 256 
CU*  Azores  EU  36 14 149
CV-CX#* CY0*  Uruguay Sable I.  SA NA  14 09  13 05  144 211 
CY9*  St. Paul I.  NA  9 5 252
D2-3 D4 D6*#13  Angola Cape Verde Comoros  AF AF AF  52 46 53  36 35 39  401 409 411 
DA-DR14* DU-DZ,4D-4I#* E315  Fed. Rep. of Germany Philippines Eritrea  EU OC AF  28 50 48  14 27 37  230 375 051 
E443  Palestine  AS  39 20 510
E5  N. Cook Is.  OC  62 32 191
E5  S. Cook Is.  OC  62 32 234
E729#* EA-EH* EA6-EH6*  Bosnia-Herzegovina Spain Balearic Is.  EU EU EU  28 37 37  15 14 14  501 281 021 
EA8-EH8* EA9-EH9*  Canary Is. Ceuta & Melilla  AF AF  36 37  33 33  029 032 
EI-EJ*  Ireland  EU  27 14 245
EK*  Armenia  AS  29 21 14
EL#*  Liberia  AF  46 35 434
EP-EQ*  Iran  AS  40 21 330
ER*  Moldova  EU  29 16 179
ES*  Estonia  EU  29 15 52
ET* EU-EW*  Ethiopia Belarus  AF EU  48 29  37 16  053 027 
EX* EY* EZ*  Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan  AS AS AS  30,31 30 30  17 17 17  135 262 280 
F*  France  EU  27 14 227
FG, TO* FH, TO13* FJ, TO49*  Guadeloupe Mayotte Saint Barthelemy  NA AF NA  11 53 11  08 39 08  079 169 516 
FK, TX* FK, TX45  New Caledonia Chesterfield Is.  OC OC  56 56  32 30  162 512 
FM, TO* FO, TX16*  Martinique Austral I.  NA OC  11 63  08 32  084 508 
FO, TX*  Clipperton I.  NA  10 7 36
FO, TX* FO, TX16*  French Polynesia Marquesas Is.  OC OC  63 63  32 31  175 509 
FP*  St. Pierre & Miquelon  NA  9 5 277
FR, TO* FT/G, TO17* FT/J,E, TO17*  Reunion I. Glorioso Is. Juan de Nova, Europa  AF AF AF  53 53 53  39 39 39  453 099 124 
FT/T, TO*  Tromelin I.  AF  53 39 276
FS, TO*  Saint Martin  NA  11 8 213
 FT/W*  Crozet I.  AF  68 39 41
FT/X*  Kerguelen Is.  AF  68 39 131
FT/Z*  Amsterdam & St. Paul Is.  AF  68 39 10
 FW*  Wallis & Futuna Is.  OC  62 32 298
FY*  French Guiana  SA  12 9 63
 G, GX, M*  England  EU  27 14 223
GD, GT*  Isle of Man  EU  27 14 114
GI, GN*  Northern Ireland  EU  27 14 265
GJ, GH*  Jersey  EU  27 14 122
GM, GS*  Scotland  EU  27 14 279
GU, GP*  Guernsey  EU  27 14 106
GW, GC*  Wales  EU  27 14 294
H4*  Solomon Is.  OC  51 28 185
H4018*  Temotu Province  OC  51 32 507
HA, HG*  Hungary  EU  28 15 239
HB*  Switzerland  EU  28 14 287
HB0  Liechtenstein  EU  28 14 251
HC-HD#*  Ecuador  SA  12 10 120
HC8-HD8#*  Galapagos Is.  SA  12 10 71
HH#  Haiti  NA  11 8 78
HI#*  Dominican Republic  NA  11 8 72
HJ-HK, 5J-5K#*  Colombia  SA  12 9 116
HK0#*  Malpelo I.  SA  12 9 161
HK0#*  San Andres & Providencia  NA  11 7 216
HL, 6K-6N*  Republic of Korea  AS  44 25 137
HO-HP#*  Panama  NA  11 7 88
HQ-HR#*  Honduras  NA  11 7 80
HS, E2*  Thailand  AS  49 26 387
HV  Vatican  EU  28 15 295
HZ*  Saudi Arabia  AS  39 21 378
I* IS0, IM0*  Italy Sardinia  EU EU  28 28  15,33 15  248 225 
J2* J3#*  Djibouti Grenada  AF NA  48 11  37 08  382 077 
J5  Guinea-Bissau  AF  46 35 109
J6#*  St. Lucia  NA  11 8 97
J7#*  Dominica  NA  11 8 95
J8#  St. Vincent  NA  11 8 98
JA-JS, 7J-7N* JD119*  Japan Minami Torishima  AS OC  45 90  25 27  339 177 
JD120* JT-JV* JW*  Ogasawara Mongolia Svalbard  AS AS EU  45 32,33 18  27 23 40  192 363 259 
JX* JY#*  Jan Mayen Jordan  EU AS  18 39  40 20  118 342 
 K,W,N,  United States of America  NA  6,7,8  3,4,5  291
AA-AK#           
KG4# KH0#  Guantanamo Bay Mariana Is.  NA OC  11 64  08 27  105 166 
KH1#  Baker & Howland Is.  OC  61 31 20
KH2#*  Guam  OC  64 27 103
KH3#*  Johnston I.  OC  61 31 123
KH4# KH5# KH5K# KH6,7#*  Midway I. Palmyra & Jarvis Is. Kingman Reef Hawaii  OC OC OC OC  61 61,62 61 61  31 31 31 31  174 197 134 110 
KH7K#  Kure I.  OC  61 31 138
KH8#*  American Samoa  OC  62 32 9
KH848#*  Swains I.  OC  62 32 515
KH9#  Wake I.  OC  65 31 297
KL,AL,NL,  Alaska  NA  1,2  1 6
 WL#*           
KP1#  Navassa I.  NA  11 8 182
KP2#* KP3,4#* KP522#  Virgin Is. Puerto Rico Desecheo I.  NA NA NA  11 11 11  08 08 08  285 202 043 
LA-LN* LO-LW#* LX* LY*  Norway Argentina Luxembourg Lithuania  EU SA EU EU  18 14,16 27 29  14 13 14 15  266 100 254 146 
LZ* OA-OC#*  Bulgaria Peru  EU SA  28 12  20 10  212 136 
OD*  Lebanon  AS  39 20 354
OE#*  Austria  EU  28 15 206
OF-OI*  Finland  EU  18 15 224
OH0*  Aland Is.  EU  18 15 5
OJ0*  Market Reef  EU  18 15 167
OK-OL23* OM23*  Czech Republic Slovak Republic  EU EU  28 28  15 15  503 504 
ON-OT*  Belgium  EU  27 14 209
OU-OW, OZ*  Denmark  EU  18 14 221
OX*  Greenland  NA  5,75  40 237
OY*  Faroe Is.  EU  18 14 222
P224 P425*  Papua New Guinea Aruba  OC SA  51 11  28 09  163 091 
P526  DPR of Korea  AS  44 25 344
PA-PI*  Netherlands  EU  27 14 263
PJ250  Curacao  SA  11 9 517
PJ451  Bonaire  SA  11 9 520
PJ5,652 PJ753  Saba & St. Eustatius St Maarten  NA NA  11 11  08 08  519 518 
PP-PY, ZV-ZZ#*  Brazil  SA  (D)  11 108
PP0-PY0F#*  Fernando de Noronha  SA  13 11 56
PP0-PY0S#*  St. Peter & St. Paul Rocks  SA  13 11 253
PP0-PY0T#*  Trindade & Martim Vaz Is.  SA  15 11 273
PZ  Suriname  SA  12 9 140
R1/F* S01,27  Franz Josef Land Western Sahara  EU AF  75 46  40 33  061 302 
S2* S56*  Bangladesh Slovenia  AS EU  41 28  22 15  305 499 
S7  Seychelles  AF  53 39 379
S9  Sao Tome & Principe  AF  47 36 219
SA-SM, 7S-8S*  Sweden  EU  18 14 284
SN-SR*  Poland  EU  28 15 269
ST  Sudan  AF  47, 48 34  466  
SU  Egypt  AF  38 34  478  
SV-SZ, J4*  Greece  EU  28 20  236  
SV/A*  Mount Athos  EU  28 20  180  
SV5, J45*  Dodecanese  EU  28 20  45  
SV9, J49* T228  Crete Tuvalu  EU OC  28 20 65 31  040 282   
T30  W. Kiribati (Gilbert Is. )  OC  65 31  301  
T31  C. Kiribati  OC  62 31  31  
  (British Phoenix Is)         
T32  E. Kiribati (Line Is.)  OC  61,63 31  48  
T33  Banaba I. (Ocean I.)  OC  65 31  490  
T5, 6O  Somalia  AF  48 37  232  
T7*  San Marino  EU  28 15  278  
T821  Palau  OC  64 27  22  
TA-TC*  Turkey  EU/AS  39 20  390  
TF*  Iceland  EU  17 40  242  
TG, TD#*  Guatemala  NA  12 7 76
TI, TE#*  Costa Rica  NA  11 7 308
TI9#*  Cocos I.  NA  12 7 37
TJ  Cameroon  AF  47 36 406
TK*  Corsica  EU  28 15 214
TL30  Central Africa  AF  47 36 408
TN31 TR32*  Congo (Republic of the) Gabon  AF AF  52 52  36 36  412 420 
TT33  Chad  AF  47 36 410
TU34  Cote d'Ivoire  AF  46 35 428
TY35  Benin  AF  46 35 416
TZ36*  Mali  AF  46 35 442
UA-UI1,3,4,6 RA-RZ*  European Russia  EU  (E)  16 54
UA2, RA2* UA-UI8,9,0 RA-RZ*  Kaliningrad Asiatic Russia  EU AS  29 (F)  15 (G)  126 015 
UJ-UM  Uzbekistan  AS  30 17 292
UN-UQ*  Kazakhstan  AS  29-31  17 130
UR-UZ,  Ukraine  EU  29 16 288
EM-EO*           
V2#* V3#  Antigua & Barbuda Belize  NA NA  11 11  08 07  094 066 
V437#  St. Kitts & Nevis  NA  11 8 249
V5*  Namibia  AF  57 38 464
V638  Micronesia  OC  65 27 173
V7#*  Marshall Is.  OC  65 31 168
V8*  Brunei Darussalam  OC  54 28 345
VA-VG, VO,VY#*  Canada  NA  (H)  01-May 1
VK, AX#* VK0#*  Australia Heard I.  OC AF  (I) 68  29,30 39  150 111 
VK0#* VK9C#* VK9L#*  Macquarie I. Cocos (Keeling) Is. Lord Howe I.  OC OC OC  60 54 60  30 29 30  153 038 147 
VK9M#*  Mellish Reef  OC  56 30 171
VK9N*  Norfolk I.  OC  60 32 189
VK9W#*  Willis I.  OC  55 30 303
VK9X#*  Christmas I.  OC  54 29 35
VP2E37 VP2M37  Anguilla Montserrat  NA NA  11 11  08 08  012 096 
VP2V37* VP5*  British Virgin Is. Turks & Caicos Is.  NA NA  11 11  08 08  065 089 
VP6#*  Pitcairn I.  OC  63 32 172
VP646*  Ducie I.  OC  63 32 513
VP8*  Falkland Is.  SA  16 13 141
VP8, LU* VP8, LU* VP8, LU*  South Georgia I. South Orkney Is. South Sandwich Is.  SA SA SA  73 73 73  13 13 13  235 238 240 
VP8, LU,  South Shetland Is.  SA  73 13 241
CE9, HF0, 4K1*           
VP9*  Bermuda  NA  11 5 64
VQ9* VR* VU*  Chagos Is. Hong Kong India  AF AS AS  41 44 41  39 24 22  033 321 324 
VU4*  Andaman & Nicobar Is.  AS  49 26 11
VU7* XA-XI#*  Lakshadweep Is. Mexico  AS NA  41 10  22 06  142 050 
XA4-XI4#* XT39*  Revillagigedo Burkina Faso  NA AF  10 46  06 35  204 480 
XU  Cambodia  AS  49 26 312
XW  Laos  AS  49 26 143
XX9*  Macao  AS  44 24 152
XY-XZ YA, T6 YB-YH40*  Myanmar Afghanistan Indonesia  AS AS OC  49 40 51,54  26 21 28  309 003 327 
YI* YJ*  Iraq Vanuatu  AS OC  39 56  21 32  333 158 
YK* YL*  Syria Latvia  AS EU  39 29  20 15  384 145 
YN,H6-7,HT#* YO-YR*  Nicaragua Romania  NA EU  11 28  07 20  086 275 
YS, HU#*  El Salvador  NA  11 7 74
YT-YU*  Serbia  EU  28 15 296
YV-YY, 4M#*  Venezuela  SA  12 9 148
YV0#*  Aves I.  NA  11 8 17
Z2  Zimbabwe  AF  53 38 452
Z341*  Macedonia  EU  28 15 502
Z854 ZA  South Sudan (Rep of) Albania  AF EU  48 28  34 15  521 007 
ZB2*  Gibraltar  EU  37 14 233
ZC442*  UK Sov. Base Areas  AS  39 20 283
ZD7*  on Cyprus St. Helena  AF  66 36 250
ZD8*  Ascension I.  AF  66 36 205
ZD9  Tristan da Cunha &  AF  66 38 274
ZF* ZK2*  Gough I. Cayman Is. Niue  NA OC  11 62  08 32  069 188 
ZK3*  Tokelau Is.  OC  62 31 270
ZL-ZM*  New Zealand  OC  60 32 170
ZL7*  Chatham Is.  OC  60 32 34
ZL8*  Kermadec Is.  OC  60 32 133
ZL9* ZP#* ZR-ZU#*  Auckland & Campbell Is. Paraguay South Africa  OC SA AF  60 14 57  32 11 38  016 132 462 
ZS8*  Prince Edward & Marion Is.  AF  57 38 201

NOTES:
1 Unofficial prefix.
2 (5T) Only contacts made June 20, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
3 (5U) Only contacts made August 3, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
4 (6W) Only contact made June 20, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
5 (70) Only contacts made May 22, 1990, and after, count for this entity.
6 (9A,S5) Only contacts made June 26, 1991, and after, count for this entity.
7 (9G) Only contacts made March 5, 1957, and after, count for this entity.
8 (9M2,4,6,8) Only contacts made September 16, 1963, and after,count for this entity.
9 (9U, 9X) Only contacts made July 1, 1962, and after, count for this entity.
10 (9V) Contacts made from September 16, 1963 to August 8, 1965, count for West Malaysia.
11 (BS7) Only contacts made January 1, 1995, and after, count for this entity.
12 (BV9P) Only contact made January 1, 1994, and after, count for this entity.
13 (D6,FH) Only contacts made July 6, 1975, and after, count for this entity.
14 (DA-DR) Only contacts made with DA-DL stations September 17, 1973, and after, and
contacts made Y2-Y9 stations October 3, 1990 and after, count for this entity.
15 (E3) Only contacts made November 14, 1962, and before, or May 24, 1991, and after, count
for this entity.
16 (FO) Only contacts made after 23:59 UTC, March 31, 1998 count for this entity.
17 (FR) Only contacts made June 25, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
18 (H40) Only contacts made after 23:59 UTC, March 31, 1998 count for this entity.
19 (JD) Formerly Marcus Island.
20 (JD) Formerly Bonin and Volcano Islands
21 (T8) Valid prefix January 1, 1994, or after (KC6 prior to this date).
22 (KP5) Only contacts made March 1, 1979, and after, count for this entity.
23 (OK-OL, OM) Only contacts made January 1, 1993, and after, count for this entity.
24 (P2) Only contacts made September 16, 1975, and after count for this entity.
25 (P4) Only contacts made January 1, 1986, and after, count for this entity.
26 (P5) Only contacts made May 14, 1995, and after, count for this entity.
27 (S0) Contacts with Rio de Oro (Spanish Sahara), EA9, also count for this entity.
28 (T2) Only contacts made January 1, 1976, and after, count for this entity.
29 (E7) New prefix for Bosnia - Herzegovina effective November 17, 2007. Contacts are valid
for this entity effective October 15, 1991.
30 (TL) Only contacts made August 13, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
31 (TN) Only contacts made August 15, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
32 (TR) Only contacts made August 17, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
33 (TT) Only contacts made August 11, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
34 (TU) Only contacts made August 7, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
35 (TY) Only contacts made August 1, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
36 (TZ) Only contacts made June 20, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
37 (V4,VP2) For DXCC credit for contacts made May 31, 1958, and before, see page 97, June
1958 QST.
38 (V6) Includes Yap Islands January 1, 1981, and after.
39 (XT) Only contacts made August 16, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
40 (YB) Only contacts made May 1, 1963, and after, count for this entity.
41 (Z3) Only contacts made September 8, 1991, and after, count for this entity.
42 (ZC4) Only contacts made August 16, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
43 (E4) Only contacts made February 1, 1999, and after, count for this entity.
44 (4W) Only contacts made March 1, 2000, and after, count for this entity.
45 (FK/C) Only contacts made March 23, 2000, and after, count for this entity.
46 (VP6) Only contacts made November 16, 2001, and after, count for this entity.
47 (4O) Only contacts made June 28, 2006, and after, count for this entity.
48 (KH8) Only contacts made July 22, 2006, and after, count for this entity.
49 (FJ) Only contacts made December 14, 2007, and after, count for this entity.
50 (PJ2) Only contacts made starting 0400 UTC October 10, 2010, or after, count for this
entity.
51 (PJ4) Only contacts made starting 0400 UTC October 10, 2010, or after, count for this
entity.
52 (PJ5, 6) Only contacts made starting 0400 UTC October 10, 2010, or after, count for this
entity.
53 (PJ7) Only contacts made starting 0400 UTC October 10, 2010, or after, count for this
entity.
54 (Z8) Only contacts made July 14, 2011, or after, count for this entity.
^ Also 3Y, 8J1, AT0, DP0, FT8Y, LU, OR4, VK0, R1AW, VP8, ZL5,
ZS1, ZX0, etc. QSL via country under whose auspices the particular
station is operating. The availability of a third-party traffic
agreement and a QSL Bureau applies to the country under whose
auspices the particular station is operating.
Zone Notes can be found with Prefix Cross References.

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