For works associated with a specific location, e.g. conferences, include the city, state, province, or territory as applicable. As the APA citation style is an American creation, all the US states are included in abbreviated form. For example:
Below is a list of the abbreviations for the US, Australia, and Canada.
| UNITED STATES | ||
| ALABAMA - AL ALASKA - AK ARIZONA - AZ ARKANSAS - AR CALIFORNIA - CA COLORADO - CO CONNECTICUT - CT DELAWARE - DE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -DC FLORIDA - FL GEORGIA - GA GUAM - GU HAWAII - HI IDAHO -ID ILLINOIS - IL INDIANA - IN IOWA - IA KANSAS - KS |
KENTUCKY - KY LOUISIANA - LA MAINE - ME MARYLAND - MD MASSACHUSETTS - MA MICHIGAN - MI MINNESOTA - MN MISSISSIPPI - MS MISSOURI - MO MONTANA - MT NEBRASKA - NE NEVADA - NV NEW HAMPSHIRE - NH NEW JERSEY - NJ NEW MEXICO - NM NEW YORK - NY NORTH CAROLINA - NC NORTH DAKOTA - ND |
OHIO - OH OKLAHOMA - OK OREGON - OR PENNSYLVANIA - PA RHODE ISLAND - RI SOUTH CAROLINA - SC SOUTH DAKOTA - SD TENNESSEE - TN TEXAS - TX UTAH - UT VERMONT - VT VIRGIN ISLANDS - VI VIRGINIA - VA WASHINGTON - WA WEST VIRGINIA - WV WISCONSIN - WI WYOMING - WY |
| CANADA | ||
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ALBERTA - AB BRITISH COLUMBIA - BC MANITOBA - MB NEW BRUNSWICK - NB NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR - NL |
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - NT NOVA SCOTIA - NS NUNAVUT - NU ONTARIO - ON |
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - PE QUEBEC - QC SASKATCHEWAN - SK YUKON - YT |
| AUSTRALIA | ||
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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY - ACT NEW SOUTH WALES - NSW NORTHERN TERRITORY - NT |
QUEENSLAND - QLD SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SA TASMANIA - TAS |
VICTORIA - VIC WESTERN AUSTRALIA - WA |
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