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title: client.geo.continent_code
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/geolocation/client-geo-continent-code
---

**Type:** STRING  
**Access:** read-only

**Available in:** all subroutines

Two-letter code representing the continent. Possible codes are:

| Code | Continent     |
| :--: | :------------ |
| `AF` | Africa        |
| `AN` | Antarctica    |
| `AS` | Asia          |
| `EU` | Europe        |
| `NA` | North America |
| `OC` | Oceania       |
| `SA` | South America |

These continents are defined by [UN M.49](https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/).

The continent code for the Caribbean countries is `NA`.

Note that `EU` refers to the continent name, not to the European Union. For 
example, IP addresses allocated to Norway and Switzerland (members of the 
European Economic Area and the Schengen Area respectively, but not of the 
European Union) are presented with the continent code `EU`, meaning the 
geographic continent of Europe.