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What's New
- Country information has been updated as of 19 December 2006.
- There have been some significant changes to the latest edition ofThe World Factbook. The successful secession referendum held inMontenegro in May of 2006 allowed it to legally leave its unionwith Serbia the following month. These two Balkan countries have nowbeen formally recognized and are listed separately in the Factbook.
- In the Government category, the 'Capital' entry has been greatlyexpanded and now contains up to four subfields, including significantnew information having to do with time. The subfields consist of thename of the capital itself, its geographic coordinates, the timedifference at the capital from coordinated universal time (UTC), and,if applicable, information on daylight saving time (DST). Whereappropriate, a special note has been added to highlight thosecountries that have multiple time zones.
- The Transnational issues category now has a "Trafficking in persons"entry. Human trafficking connotes modern-day slavery and this importantnew field will include information on the most egregious countries(Tier 2 Watch List and Tier 3) as listed in the US State Department'sannual report.
- A new Appendix G lists Weights and Measures. The appendix includesinformation on mathematical notation and metric interrelationships,as well as over 400 examples of standard conversion factors.
- Revision of some individual country maps, first introduced in the2001 edition, is continued in this edition. Several regional mapshave also been updated to reflect boundary changes and place namespelling changes.
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The World Factbook (2006) - Country Listing
[Transcriber's note: To search on a country in this file, prefix thecountry's name with "@", e.g. "@Afghanistan". "Afghanistan" will findall occurrences; prefixing it with "@" will find the correct location.]
World
Afghanistan
Akrotiri
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Arctic Ocean
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas, The
Bahrain
Baker Island
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bassas da India
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bouvet Island
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma...