Where is the Isle of Man?

Destinations of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are generally classified by POEA as follows: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania and Trust Territories. These notes are provided to be able to locate some of the "countries" under them:

Americas

Anguilla is an overseas territory of the UK found near Puerto Rico located in the geographic region of Central America and the Caribbean.

The Bahamas is a chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba. It is found in the Caribbean.

Bermuda is an overseas territory of the UK. It is located in Northern America.

Cayman Island is an overseas territory of the UK located in Central America and the Caribbean.

Diego Garcia is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Since its depopulation in 1973, it has been jointly operated by the UK and the US as a military base, but largely operated and used by the US. It is located in the British Indian Ocean, under the geographic location of Southern Asia.

Guam is not a country but one of the states in the US. It is the largest and southernmost island of the Mariana archipelago, is the westernmost possession of the United States, and has been since 1898. The Marianas Trench, the deepest known ocean depth (-39,198 ft.), is located southeast of Guam. Guam is found in Oceania.

Turks and Caikos Island is an overseas territory of the UK located in Central America and the Caribbean.


Asia

Under Asia, POEA lists China as a country, separate from the “countries” of Hong Kong and Macau, both special administrative regions of the People’s Republic of China.


Middle East

North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic) has been merged in 1990 with South Yemen and is now called Republic of Yemen.


Europe

Isle of Man is a British Crown Dependency, found in Western Europe.

Moscow is the capital of Russia, but POEA lists Moscow and Russia separately as “countries”. Russia is found in Northern Asia.


Trust Territories

The 2005 POEA Report lists the Trust Territories as follows: Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Marshall Island, Micronesia, Palau, Pohnpei, Saipan, Solomon Islands, Tinian, Turkmenistan and Vanuatu Island.

Pohnpei is one of the Federated States of Micronesia, located in the geographic region of Oceania.

Palau, the westernmost cluster of the Caroline Islands, opted for independence in 1978 rather than join the Federated States of Micronesia. Before then, it was part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific under US administration for three decades. A Compact of Free Association with the US was approved in 1986, but not ratified until 1993. It entered into force the following year, when the islands gained independence. Palau is therefore an independent country, not a trust territory, found in Oceania.

Saipan is part of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, a US overseas commonwealth located in Oceania.

Turkmenistan was annexed by Russia between 1865 and 1885, and became a Soviet republic in 1924. It achieved its independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. President Saparmurat NIYAZOV retains absolute control over the country and opposition is not tolerated. According to the World Factbook, it has extensive hydrocarbon/natural gas reserves that could prove a boon if extraction and delivery projects were to be expanded. The Turkmenistan Government is actively seeking to develop alternative petroleum transportation routes in order to break Russia's pipeline monopoly. It lies between Iran and Kazakhstan, found in Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea.