Countries in the Western Hemisphere

To avoid confusion, countries that are partially in the Western Hemisphere, or have overseas territories in the Western Hemisphere, do count.
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Algeria
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Canada
Cape Verde
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Fiji
France
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Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Iceland
Ireland
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Kiribati
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
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Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Portugal
Russia
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Spain
Suriname
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
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Level 67
Mar 9, 2014
Why some Western countries like Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, Andorra... are not included?
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Level 86
Mar 10, 2014
Because they're not in the Western Hemisphere. All of those countries are east of the Prime Meridian.
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Level 74
Aug 13, 2017
Then what about Russia?
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Level 76
Dec 17, 2019
Russia goes past the 180-degree line at the tip of Siberia
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Level 43
Aug 20, 2016
Togo is in the Eastern Hemisphere not Western because the Prime meridian is on Ghana...

(sorry for my English...)

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Level 65
Apr 11, 2019
In two small points it's a bit west of the Prime Meridian
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Level 74
Nov 16, 2016
Ivory Coast is archaic. It's called Cote d'ivoire
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Level 32
Nov 22, 2017
@parinter

Tonga is an island in Oceania. Togo is a different country

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Level 59
Jun 16, 2021
I can't believe I only left out the UK (and Denmark). But leaving out the UK hurts the most
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Level 60
Sep 4, 2021
Please set type-ins to Auto! I missed New Zealand since NZ wasn't accepted.
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Level 68
Jan 17, 2022
Can you accept dr for dominican republic