The list of entities (countries, dependencies, territories, etc) for the CQ DX Marathon and the CQ World Wide DX Contest is a combination of the 340 entities in the ARRL DXCC list, 5 additional entities on the WAE (Worked All Europe) list (GM/Shetland, IT/Sicily, TA1/European Turkey, 4U1VIC, JW/Bear Is.), and the Italian islands of Lampedusa (IG9) & Pantelleria (IH9), in CQ Zone 33 off the coast of North Africa listed as “African Italy”.
It comprises a total of distinct 346 entities, as of 2023.
See also CQ Amateur Radio’s Detailed Listing of CQ Zones
You may wish to use a quick check tool to identify a correct zone as data bases such as QRZ many times contain errors. Go to the website zone-check.eu Copy and paste the grid square of your station worked and paste it into this program at the appropriate place. A map will result showing both the CQ and ITU zone.
Official List
A full list of entites and zones, along with extensive additional information, is available in the following formats:
- XLSX - DX Marathon Entities & Zones v1.0.xlsx
- CSV - DX Marathon Entities v1.0.csv and DX Marathon Zones v1.0.csv
See also the full list of CQ Zones.
Last Updated: January 15th 2024.
Entities
| Prefix | Name | Continent | CQ Zones |
|---|---|---|---|
1A |
Sovereign Military Order of Malta | EU | 15 |
1S |
Spratly Is. | AS | 26 |
3A |
Monaco | EU | 14 |
3B6 |
Agalega and Saint Brandon Is. | AF | 39 |
3B8 |
Mauritius | AF | 39 |
3B9 |
Rodrigues I. | AF | 39 |
3C |
Equatorial Guinea | AF | 36 |
3C0 |
Annobón | AF | 36 |
3D2 |
Fiji | OC | 32 |
3D2/c |
Conway Reef | OC | 32 |
3D2/r |
Rotuma I. | OC | 32 |
3DA |
Eswatini | AF | 38 |
3V |
Tunisia | AF | 33 |
3W |
Viet Nam | AS | 26 |
3X |
Guinea | AF | 35 |
3Y/b |
Bouvet I. | AF | 38 |
3Y/p |
Peter I I. | AN | 12 |
4J |
Azerbaijan | AS | 21 |
4L |
Georgia | AS | 21 |
4O |
Montenegro | EU | 15 |
4S |
Sri Lanka | AS | 22 |
4U1I |
ITU Headquarters | EU | 14 |
4U1U |
UN Headquarters | NA | 5 |
4U1V |
UN Vienna Int. Center | EU | 15 |
4W |
Timor-Leste | OC | 28 |
4X |
Israel | AS | 20 |
5A |
Libya | AF | 34 |
5B |
Cyprus | AS | 20 |
5H |
Tanzania | AF | 37 |
5N |
Nigeria | AF | 35 |
5R |
Madagascar | AF | 39 |
5T |
Mauritania | AF | 35 |
5U |
Niger | AF | 35 |
5V |
Togo | AF | 35 |
5W |
Samoa | OC | 32 |
5X |
Uganda | AF | 37 |
5Z |
Kenya | AF | 37 |
6W |
Senegal | AF | 35 |
6Y |
Jamaica | NA | 8 |
7O |
Yemen | AS | 21,37 |
7P |
Lesotho | AF | 38 |
7Q |
Malawi | AF | 37 |
7X |
Algeria | AF | 33 |
8P |
Barbados | NA | 8 |
8Q |
Maldives, | AF | 22 |
8R |
Guyana | SA | 9 |
9A |
Croatia | EU | 15 |
9G |
Ghana | AF | 35 |
9H |
Malta | EU | 15 |
9J |
Zambia | AF | 36 |
9K |
Kuwait | AS | 21 |
9L |
Sierra Leone | AF | 35 |
9M2 |
West Malaysia | AS | 28 |
9M6 |
East Malaysia | OC | 28 |
9N |
Nepal | AS | 22 |
9Q |
DR of Congo-Kinshasa | AF | 36 |
9U |
Burundi | AF | 36 |
9V |
Singapore | AS | 28 |
9X |
Rwanda | AF | 36 |
9Y |
Trinidad and Tobago | SA | 9 |
A2 |
Botswana | AF | 38 |
A3 |
Tonga | OC | 32 |
A4 |
Oman | AS | 21 |
A5 |
Bhutan | AS | 22 |
A6 |
United Arab Emirates | AS | 21 |
A7 |
Qatar | AS | 21 |
A9 |
Bahrain | AS | 21 |
AP |
Pakistan | AS | 21 |
BS7 |
Scarborough Reef | AS | 27 |
BV |
Taiwan | AS | 24 |
BV9P |
Pratas I. | AS | 24 |
BY |
China | AS | 23, 24 |
C2 |
Nauru | OC | 31 |
C3 |
Andorra | EU | 14 |
C5 |
The Gambia | AF | 35 |
C6 |
Bahamas | NA | 8 |
C9 |
Mozambique | AF | 37 |
CE |
Chile | SA | 12 |
CE0X |
San Felix Is. | SA | 12 |
CE0Y |
Easter I. | SA | 12 |
CE0Z |
Juan Fernández Is. | SA | 12 |
CE9 |
Antarctica | AN | 12, 13, 29, 30, 32, 38, 39 |
CM |
Cuba | NA | 8 |
CN |
Morocco | AF | 33 |
CP |
Bolivia | SA | 10 |
CT |
Portugal | EU | 14 |
CT3 |
Madeira | AF | 33 |
CU |
Azores | EU | 14 |
CX |
Uruguay | SA | 13 |
CY0 |
Sable I. | NA | 5 |
CY9 |
Saint Paul I. | NA | 5 |
D2 |
Angola | AF | 36 |
D4 |
Cape Verde | AF | 35 |
D6 |
Comoros | AF | 39 |
DL |
Germany | EU | 14 |
DU |
Philippines | OC | 27 |
E3 |
Eritrea | AF | 37 |
E4 |
Palestine | AS | 20 |
E5/n |
North Cook Is. | OC | 32 |
E5/s |
South Cook Is. | OC | 32 |
E6 |
Niue | OC | 32 |
E7 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | EU | 15 |
EA |
Spain | EU | 14 |
EA6 |
Balearic Is. | EU | 14 |
EA8 |
Canary Is. | AF | 33 |
EA9 |
Ceuta and Melilla | AF | 33 |
EI |
Ireland | EU | 14 |
EK |
Armenia | AS | 21 |
EL |
Liberia | AF | 35 |
EP |
Iran | AS | 21 |
ER |
Moldova | EU | 16 |
ES |
Estonia | EU | 15 |
ET |
Ethiopia | AF | 37 |
EU |
Belarus | EU | 16 |
EX |
Kyrgyzstan | AS | 17 |
EY |
Tajikistan | AS | 17 |
EZ |
Turkmenistan | AS | 17 |
F |
France | EU | 14 |
FG |
Guadeloupe | NA | 8 |
FH |
Mayotte | AF | 39 |
FJ |
Saint Barthelemy | NA | 8 |
FK |
New Caledonia | OC | 32 |
FK/c |
Chesterfield Is. | OC | 30 |
FM |
Martinique | NA | 8 |
FO |
French Polynesia | OC | 32 |
FO/a |
Austral Is. | OC | 32 |
FO/c |
Clipperton I. | NA | 7 |
FO/m |
Marquesas Is. | OC | 31 |
FP |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | NA | 5 |
FR |
Réunion | AF | 39 |
FS |
Saint Martin | NA | 8 |
FT/g |
Glorioso Is. | AF | 39 |
FT/j |
Juan de Nova and Europa Is. | AF | 39 |
FT/t |
Tromelin I. | AF | 39 |
FT/w |
Crozet Is. | AF | 39 |
FT/x |
Kerguelen Is. | AF | 39 |
FT/z |
Amsterdam and Saint-Paul Is. | AF | 39 |
FW |
Wallis and Futuna Is. | OC | 32 |
FY |
French Guiana | SA | 9 |
G |
England | EU | 14 |
GD |
Isle of Man | EU | 14 |
GI |
Northern Ireland | EU | 14 |
GJ |
Jersey | EU | 14 |
GM |
Scotland | EU | 14 |
GM/s |
Shetland Is. | EU | 14 |
GU |
Guernsey | EU | 14 |
GW |
Wales | EU | 14 |
H4 |
Solomon Is. | OC | 28 |
H40 |
Temotu Province | OC | 32 |
HA |
Hungary | EU | 15 |
HB |
Switzerland | EU | 14 |
HB0 |
Liechtenstein | EU | 14 |
HC |
Ecuador | SA | 10 |
HC8 |
Galápagos Is. | SA | 10 |
HH |
Haiti | NA | 8 |
HI |
Dominican Republic | NA | 8 |
HK |
Colombia | SA | 9 |
HK0/a |
San Andrés and Providencia | NA | 7 |
HK0/m |
Malpelo I. | SA | 9 |
HL |
South Korea | AS | 25 |
HP |
Panama | NA | 7 |
HR |
Honduras | NA | 7 |
HS |
Thailand | AS | 26 |
HV |
Vatican | EU | 15 |
HZ |
Saudi Arabia | AS | 21 |
I |
Italy | EU | 15 |
IG9 |
African Italy | EU | 33 |
IS |
Sardinia | EU | 15 |
IT9 |
Sicily | EU | 15 |
J2 |
Djibouti | AF | 37 |
J3 |
Grenada | NA | 8 |
J5 |
Guinea-Bissau | AF | 35 |
J6 |
Saint Lucia | NA | 8 |
J7 |
Dominica | NA | 8 |
J8 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | NA | 8 |
JA |
Japan | AS | 25 |
JD/m |
Minami-Tori-shima | OC | 27 |
JD/o |
Ogasawara Is. | AS | 27 |
JT |
Mongolia | AS | 23 |
JW |
Svalbard | EU | 40 |
JW/b |
Bear I. | EU | 40 |
JX |
Jan Mayen | EU | 40 |
JY |
Jordan | AS | 20 |
K |
United States | NA | 3, 4, 5 |
KG4 |
Guantanamo Bay | NA | 8 |
KH0 |
Mariana Is. | OC | 27 |
KH1 |
Howland and Baker Is. | OC | 31 |
KH2 |
Guam | OC | 27 |
KH3 |
Johnston Atoll | OC | 31 |
KH4 |
Midway Atoll | OC | 31 |
KH5 |
Palmyra and Jarvis Is. | OC | 31 |
KH6 |
Hawaii | OC | 31 |
KH7K |
Kure Atoll | OC | 31 |
KH8 |
American Samoa | OC | 32 |
KH8/s |
Swains I. | OC | 32 |
KH9 |
Wake I. | OC | 31 |
KL |
Alaska | NA | 1 |
KP1 |
Navassa I. | NA | 8 |
KP2 |
US Virgin Is. | NA | 8 |
KP4 |
Puerto Rico | NA | 8 |
KP5 |
Desecheo I. | NA | 8 |
LA |
Norway | EU | 14 |
LU |
Argentina | SA | 13 |
LX |
Luxembourg | EU | 14 |
LY |
Lithuania | EU | 15 |
LZ |
Bulgaria | EU | 20 |
OA |
Perú | SA | 10 |
OD |
Lebanon | AS | 20 |
OE |
Austria | EU | 15 |
OH |
Finland | EU | 15 |
OH0 |
Åland Is. | EU | 15 |
OJ0 |
Märket I. | EU | 15 |
OK |
Czechia | EU | 15 |
OM |
Slovakia | EU | 15 |
ON |
Belgium | EU | 14 |
OX |
Greenland | NA | 40 |
OY |
Faroe Is. | EU | 14 |
OZ |
Denmark | EU | 14 |
P2 |
Papua New Guinea | OC | 28 |
P4 |
Aruba | SA | 9 |
P5 |
D.P.R. of Korea | AS | 25 |
PA |
Netherlands | EU | 14 |
PJ2 |
Curaçao | SA | 9 |
PJ4 |
Bonaire | SA | 9 |
PJ5 |
Saba and Sint Eustatius | NA | 8 |
PJ7 |
Sint Maarten | NA | 8 |
PY |
Brazil | SA | 11 |
PY0F |
Fernando de Noronha | SA | 11 |
PY0S |
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Is | SA | 11 |
PY0T |
Trindade and Martin Vaz | SA | 11 |
PZ |
Suriname | SA | 9 |
R1FJ |
Franz Josef Land | EU | 40 |
S0 |
Western Sahara | AF | 33 |
S2 |
Bangladesh | AS | 22 |
S5 |
Slovenia | EU | 15 |
S7 |
Seychelles | AF | 39 |
S9 |
Sao Tome and Principe | AF | 36 |
SM |
Sweden | EU | 14 |
SP |
Poland | EU | 15 |
ST |
Sudan | AF | 34 |
SU |
Egypt | AF | 34 |
SV |
Greece | EU | 20 |
SV/a |
Mount Athos | EU | 20 |
SV5 |
Dodecanese | EU | 20 |
SV9 |
Crete | EU | 20 |
T2 |
Tuvalu | OC | 31 |
T30 |
Western Kiribati | OC | 31 |
T31 |
Central Kiribati | OC | 31 |
T32 |
Eastern Kiribati | OC | 31 |
T33 |
Banaba I. | OC | 31 |
T5 |
Somalia | AF | 37 |
T7 |
San Marino | EU | 15 |
T8 |
Palau | OC | 27 |
TA |
Turkey EU, | AS | 20 |
TA1 |
European Turkey | EU | 20 |
TF |
Iceland | EU | 40 |
TG |
Guatemala | NA | 7 |
TI |
Costa Rica | NA | 7 |
TI9 |
Cocos I. | NA | 7 |
TJ |
Cameroon | AF | 36 |
TK |
Corsica | EU | 15 |
TL |
Central African Republic | AF | 36 |
TN |
Congo-Brazzaville | AF | 36 |
TR |
Gabon | AF | 36 |
TT |
Chad | AF | 36 |
TU |
Côte d’Ivoire | AF | 35 |
TY |
Benin | AF | 35 |
TZ |
Mali | AF | 35 |
UA |
European Russia | EU | 16 |
UA2 |
Kaliningrad | EU | 15 |
UA9 |
Asiatic Russia | AS | 16, 17, 18, 19, 23 |
UK |
Uzbekistan | AS | 17 |
UN |
Kazakhstan | AS | 17 |
UR |
Ukraine | EU | 16 |
V2 |
Antigua and Barbuda | NA | 8 |
V3 |
Belize | NA | 7 |
V4 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | NA | 8 |
V5 |
Namibia | AF | 38 |
V6 |
Micronesia | OC | 27 |
V7 |
Marshall Is. | OC | 31 |
V8 |
Brunei Darussalam | OC | 28 |
VE |
Canada | NA | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
VK |
Australia | OC | 29, 30 |
VK0H |
Heard I. and McDonald Is. | AF | 39 |
VK0M |
Macquarie I. | OC | 30 |
VK9C |
Cocos (Keeling) Is. | OC | 29 |
VK9L |
Lord Howe I. | OC | 30 |
VK9M |
Mellish Reef | OC | 30 |
VK9N |
Norfolk I. | OC | 32 |
VK9W |
Willis I. | OC | 30 |
VK9X |
Christmas I. | OC | 29 |
VP2E |
Anguilla | NA | 8 |
VP2M |
Montserrat | NA | 8 |
VP2V |
British Virgin Is. | NA | 8 |
VP5 |
Turks and Caicos Is. | NA | 8 |
VP6 |
Pitcairn Is. | OC | 32 |
VP6/d |
Ducie I. | OC | 32 |
VP8 |
Falkland Is. | SA | 13 |
VP8/g |
South Georgia I. | SA | 13 |
VP8/h |
South Shetland Is. | SA | 13 |
VP8/o |
South Orkney Is. | SA | 13 |
VP8/s |
South Sandwich Is. | SA | 13 |
VP9 |
Bermuda | NA | 5 |
VQ9 |
Chagos Is. | AF | 39 |
VR |
Hong Kong | AS | 24 |
VU |
India | AS | 22 |
VU4 |
Andaman and Nicobar Is. | AS | 26 |
VU7 |
Lakshadweep | AS | 22 |
XE |
México | NA | 6 |
XF4 |
Revillagigedo Is. | NA | 6 |
XT |
Burkina Faso | AF | 35 |
XU |
Cambodia | AS | 26 |
XW |
Laos | AS | 26 |
XX9 |
Macao | AS | 24 |
XZ |
Myanmar | AS | 26 |
YA |
Afghanistan | AS | 21 |
YB |
Indonesia | OC | 28 |
YI |
Iraq | AS | 21 |
YJ |
Vanuatu | OC | 32 |
YK |
Syria | AS | 20 |
YL |
Latvia | EU | 15 |
YN |
Nicaragua | NA | 7 |
YO |
Romania | EU | 20 |
YS |
El Salvador | NA | 7 |
YU |
Serbia | EU | 15 |
YV |
Venezuela | SA | 9 |
YV0 |
Aves I. | NA | 8 |
Z2 |
Zimbabwe | AF | 38 |
Z3 |
North Macedonia | EU | 15 |
Z6 |
Kosovo | EU | 15 |
Z8 |
South Sudan | AF | 34 |
ZA |
Albania | EU | 15 |
ZB |
Gibraltar | EU | 14 |
ZC4 |
UK Sovereign Bases on Cyprus | AS | 20 |
ZD7 |
Saint Helena | AF | 36 |
ZD8 |
Ascension I. | AF | 36 |
ZD9 |
Tristan da Cunha and Gough Is. | AF | 38 |
ZF |
Cayman Is. | NA | 8 |
ZK3 |
Tokelau | OC | 31 |
ZL |
New Zealand | OC | 32 |
ZL7 |
Chatham Is. | OC | 32 |
ZL8 |
Kermadec Is. | OC | 32 |
ZL9 |
New Zealand Subantarctic Is. | OC | 32 |
ZP |
Paraguay | SA | 11 |
ZS |
South Africa | AF | 38 |
ZS8 |
Prince Edward and Marion Is. | AF | 38 |