The 1995 CIA World FactbookPart 44 out of 45Denmark, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States countries that have signed, but not yet ratified -- (3) Belgium, Greece, Poland Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes note -- abbreviated as Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds opened for signature -- 18 November 1991, but not yet in force objective -- to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of volatile organic compounds in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects parties -- (11) Austria, Finland, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom countries that have signed, but not yet ratified -- (12) Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, European Union, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Ukraine, United States Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions note -- abbreviated as Air Pollution-Sulphur 94 opened for signature -- 14 June 1994, but not yet in force objective -- to provide for a further reduction in sulfur emissions or transboundary fluxes parties -- (0) countries that have signed, but not yet ratified -- (28) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30% note -- abbreviated as Air Pollution-Sulphur 85 opened for signature -- 8 July 1985 entered into force -- 2 September 1987 objective -- to provide for a 30% reduction in sulfur emissions or transboundary fluxes by 1993 parties -- (21) Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine Ship Pollution see -- Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL) Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water note -- abbreviated as Nuclear Test Ban opened for signature -- 5 August 1963 entered into force -- 10 October 1963 objective -- to obtain an agreement on general and complete disarmament under strict international control in accordance with the objectives of the United Nations; to put an end to the armaments race and eliminate incentives for the production and testing of all kinds of weapons, including nuclear weapons parties -- (125) Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Samoa, Yemen, former Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia countries that have signed, but not yet ratified -- (11) Algeria, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mali, Paraguay, Portugal, Somalia, Vietnam Tropical Timber 83 see -- International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 Tropical Timber 94 see -- International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS) note -- abbreviated as Law of the Sea opened for signature -- 10 December 1982 entered into force -- 16 November 1994 objective -- to set up a comprehensive new legal regime for the sea and oceans; to include rules concerning environmental standards as well as enforcement provisions dealing with pollution of the marine environment parties -- (72) Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Fiji, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Paraguay, Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen, former Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe countries that have signed, but not yet ratified -- (91) Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Cook Islands, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, European Union, Finland, France, Gabon, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Western Samoa United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa note -- abbreviated as Desertification opened for signature -- 14 October 1994, but not yet in force objective -- to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements parties -- (1) Mexico countries that have signed, but not yet ratified -- (104) Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote dIvoire, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Union, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe; note - some late changes not included under country entries United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change note -- abbreviated as Climate Change opened for signature -- 9 May 1992 entered into force -- 21 March 1994 objective -- to achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a low enough level to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system parties -- (119) Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burma, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote dIvoire, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvulu, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe countries that have signed, but not yet ratified -- (54) Afghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Oman, Panama, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Ukraine, Yemen, former Yugoslavia Wetlands see -- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar) Whaling see -- International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling ________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX F: Weights and Measures Mathematical Notation Exponents immediately follow the ^ symbol throughout this appendix. Mathematical Power Name 10^18 or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 one quintillion 10^15 or 1,000,000,000,000,000 one quadrillion 10^12 or 1,000,000,000,000 one trillion 10^9 or 1,000,000,000 one billion 10^6 or 1,000,000 one million 10^3 or 1,000 one thousand 10^2 or 100 one hundred 10^1 or 10 ten 10^0 or 1 one 10-^1 or 0.1 one-tenth 10-^2 or 0.01 one-hundredth 10-^3 or 0.001 one-thousandth 10-^6 or 0.000 001 one-millionth 10-^9 or 0.000 000 001 one-billionth 10-^12 or 0.000 000 000 001 one-trillionth 10-^15 or 0.000 000 000 000 001 one-quadrillionth 10-^18 or 0.000 000 000 000 000 00 one-quintillionth Metric Interrelationships Conversions from a multiple or submultiple to the basic units of meters, liters, or grams can be done using the table. For example, to convert from kilometers to meters, multiply by 1,000 (9.26 kilometers equals 9,260 meters) or to convert from meters to kilometers, multiply by 0.001 (9,260 meters equals 9.26 kilometers). Prefix Symbol Length, weight, or capacity Area Volume exa E 10^18 10^36 10^54 peta P 10^15 10^30 10^45 tera T 10^12 10^24 10^36 giga G 10^9 10^18 10^27 mega M 10^6 10^12 10^18 hectokilo hk 10^5 10^10 10^15 myria ma 10^4 10^8 10^12 kilo k 10^3 10^6 10^9 hecto h 10^2 10^4 10^6 basic unit - 1 meter, 1 meter^2 1 meter^3 1 gram, 1 liter deci d 10-^1 10-^2 10-^3 centi c 10-^2 10-^4 10-^6 milli m 10-^3 10-^6 10-^9 decimilli dm 10-^4 10-^8 10-^12 centimilli cm 10-^5 10-^10 10-^15 micro u 10-^6 10-^12 10-^18 nano n 10-^9 10-^18 10-^27 pico p 10-^12 10-^24 10-^36 femto f 10-^15 10-^30 10-^45 atto a 10-^18 10-^36 10-^54 Equivalents Units Metric Equivalent US Equivalent acre 0.404 685 64 hectares 43,560 feet^2 acre 4,046,856 4 meters^2 4,840 yards^2 acre 0.004 046 856 4 0.001 562 5 miles^2, kilometers^2 statute are 100 meters^2 119.599 yards^2 barrel (petroleum, US) 158.987 29 liters 42 gallons (proof spirits, US) 151.416 47 liters 40 gallons (beer, US) 117.347 77 liters 31 gallons bushel 35.239 07 liters 4 pecks cable 219.456 meters 120 fathoms chain (surveyor's) 20.116 8 meters 66 feet cord (wood) 3.624 556 meters^3 128 feet^3 cup 0.236 588 2 liters 8 ounces, liquid (US) degrees, Celsius (water boils at 100 multiply by 1.8 and add 32 degrees C, freezes at to obtain degrees F 0 degrees C) degrees, Fahrenheit subtract 32 and divide water boils at 212 degrees by 1.8 to obtain F, freezes at 32 degrees F) degrees C dram, avdp. 1.771 845 2 grams 0.0625 5 ounces, avdp. dram, troy 3.887 934 6 grams 0.125 ounces, troy dram, liquid (US) 3.696 69 milliliters 0.125 ounces, liquid fathom 1.828 8 meters 6 feet foot 30.48 centimeters 12 inches foot 0.304 8 meters 0.333 333 3 yards foot 0.000 304 8 kilometers 0.000 189 39 miles, statute foot^2 929.030 4 centimeters^2 144 inches^2 foot^2 0.092 903 04 meters^2 0.111 111 1 yards^2 foot^3 28.316 846 592 liters 7.480 519 gallons foot^3 0.028 316 847 meters^3 1,728 inches^3 furlong 201.168 meters 220 yards gallon, liquid (US) 3.785 411 784 liters 4 quarts, liquid gill (US) 118.294 118 milliliters 4 ounces, liquid grain 64.798 91 milligrams 0.002 285 71 ounces, avdp. gram 1,000 milligrams 0.035 273 96 ounces, avdp. hand (height of horse) 10.16 centimeters 4 inches hectare 10,000 meters^2 2.471 053 8 acres hundredweight, long 50.802 345 kilograms 112 pounds, avdp. hundredweight, short 45.359 237 kilograms 100 pounds, avdp. inch 2.54 centimeters 0.083 333 33 feet inch^2 6.451 6 centimeters^2 0.006 944 44 feet^2 inch^3 16.387 064 centimeters^3 0.000 578 7 feet^3 inch^3 16.387 064 milliliters 0.029 761 6 pints, dry inch^3 16.387 064 milliliters 0.034 632 0 pints, liquid kilogram 0.001 tons, metric 2.204 623 pounds, avdp. kilometer 1,000 meters 0.621 371 19 miles, statute kilometer^2 100 hectares 247.105 38 acres kilometer^2 1,000,000 meters^2 0.386 102 16 miles^2, statute knot (1 nautical 1.852 kilometers/hour 1.151 statute miles/hour mi/hr) league, nautical 5.556 kilometers 3 miles, nautical league, statute 4.828.032 kilometers 3 miles, statute link (surveyor's) 20.116 8 centimeters 7.92 inches liter 0.001 meters^3 61.023 74 inches^3 liter 0.1 dekaliter 0.908 083 quarts, dry liter 1,000 milliliters 1.056 688 quarts, liquid meter 100 centimeters 1.093 613 yards meter^2 10,000 centimeters^2 1.195 990 yards^2 meter^3 1,000 liters 1.307 951 yards^3 micron 0.000 001 meter 0.000 039 4 inches mil 0.025 4 millimeters 0.001 inch mile, nautical 1.852 kilometers 1.150 779 4 miles, statute mile^2, nautical 3.429 904 kilometers^2 1.325 miles^2, statute mile, statute 1.609 344 kilometers 5,280 feet or 8 furlongs mile^2, statute 258.998 811 hectares 640 acres or 1 section mile^2, statute 2.589 988 11 0.755 miles^2, nautical kilometers^2 minim (US) 0.061 611 52 milliliters 0.002 083 33 ounces, liquid or one-sixtieth of a dram ounce, avdp. 28.349 523 125 grams 437.5 grains ounce, liquid (US) 29.573 53 milliliters 0.062 5 pints, liquid ounce, troy 31.103 476 8 grams 480 grains pace 76.2 centimeters 30 inches peck 8.809 767 5 liters 8 quarts, dry pennyweight 1.555 173 84 grams 24 grains pint, dry (US) 0.550 610 47 liters 0.5 quarts, dry pint, liquid (US) 0.473 176 473 liters 0.5 quarts, liquid point (typographical) 0.351 459 8 millimeters 0.013 837 inches pound, avdp 453.592 37 grams 16 ounces, avdp pound, troy 373.241 721 6 grams 12 ounces, troy quart, dry (US) 1.101 221 liters 2 pints, dry quart, liquid (US) 0.946 352 946 liters 2 pints, liquid quintal 100 kilograms 220.462 26 pounds, avdp. rod 5.029 2 meters 5.5 yards scruple 1.295 978 2 grams 20 grains section (US) 2.589 988 1 kilometers^2 1 mile^2, statute or 640 acres span 22.86 centimeters 9 inches stere 1 meter^3 1.307 95 yards^3 tablespoon 14.786 76 milliliters 3 teaspoons teaspoon 4.928 922 milliliters 0.333 333 tablespoons ton, long or 1,016.046 909 kilograms 2,240 pounds, avdp. deadweight ton, metric 1,000 kilograms 2,204.623 pounds, avdp. ton, metric 1,000 kilograms 32,150.75 ounces, troy ton, register 2.831 684 7 meters^3 100 feet^3 ton, short 907.184 74 kilograms 2,000 pounds, avdp. township (US) 93.239 572 kilometers^2 36 miles^2, statute yard 0.914 4 meters 3 feet yard^2 0.836 127 36 meters^2 9 feet^2 yard^3 0.764 554 86 meters^3 27 feet^3 yard^3 764.554 857 984 liters 201.974 gallons ________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX G: Estimates of Gross Domestic Product on an Exchange Rate Basis These estimates of gross domestic product on an exchange rate basis are based on official data from national statistical offices. Country Million US$ Year Afghanistan --- --- Albania --- --- Algeria 46,823 1993 American Samoa --- --- Andorra --- --- Angola --- --- Anguilla --- --- Antigua and Barbuda 374 1992 Argentina --- --- Armenia --- --- Aruba --- --- Australia 284,293 1993 Austria 181,367 1993 Azerbaijan --- --- The Bahamas --- --- Bahrain 3,903 1990 Bangladesh 23,957 1993 Barbados 1,574 1992 Belarus --- --- Belgium 207,500 1993 Belize 524 1993 Benin 1,898 1991 Bermuda --- --- Bhutan 245 1992 Bolivia 6,058 1991 Bosnia and Herzegovina --- --- Botswana 3,702 1992 Brazil --- --- British Virgin Islands --- --- Brunei --- --- Bulgaria --- --- Burkina --- --- Burma 55,073 1993 Burundi 923 1993 Cambodia --- --- Cameroon 10,918 1992 Canada 551,645 1993 Cape Verde 286 1988 Cayman Islands --- --- Central African Republic 1,339 1992 Chad 1,383 1992 Chile 43,684 1993 China 544,603 1993 Christmas Island --- --- Cocos (Keeling) Islands --- --- Colombia --- --- Comoros 43,546 1992 Congo --- --- Cook Island --- --- Costa Rica 6,722 1992 Cote d'Ivoire 10,492 1992 Croatia --- --- Cuba --- --- Cyprus 6,700 1992 Czech Republic 31,664 1993 Denmark 135,998 1993 Djibouti 494 1990 Dominica 189 1992 Dominican Republic 8,796 1992 Ecuador 14,304 1993 Egypt 41,855 1992 El Salvador 7,625 1993 Equatorial Guinea 181 1992 Eritrea --- --- Estonia --- --- Ethiopia 3,362 1993 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) --- --- Faroe Islands --- --- Fiji 1,490 1991 Finland 83,795 1993 France 1,252,560 1993 French Guiana --- --- French Polynesia --- --- Gabon 5,913 1992 The Gambia 332 1992 Gaza Strip --- --- Georgia --- --- Germany 1,880,000 1993 Ghana 6,884 1992 Gibraltar --- --- Greece 73,100 1993 Greenland --- --- Grenada 214 1992 Guadeloupe --- --- Guam --- --- Guatemala 11,279 1993 Guernsey --- --- Guinea --- --- Guinea-Bissau 221 1992 Guyana 447 1993 Haiti 2,502 1990 Honduras 3,343 1993 Hong Kong --- --- Hungary 36,113 1993 Iceland 6,076 1993 India 272,231 1992 Indonesia 142,794 1993 Iran 1,013,890 1992 Iraq --- --- Ireland 47,678 1993 Israel 65,043 1993 Italy 999,700 1993 Jamaica 3,839 1993 Japan 4,215,546 1993 Jersey --- --- Jordan 5,190 1993 Kazakhstan --- --- Kenya 5,569 1993 Kiribati --- --- Korea, North --- --- Korea, South --- --- Kuwait 22,416 1993 Kyrgyzstan --- --- Laos --- --- Latvia --- --- Lebanon --- --- Lesotho 710 1992 Liberia 1,183 1989 Libya 21,864 1986 Liechtenstein --- --- Lithuania --- --- Luxembourg 10,600 1993 Macau --- --- Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of --- --- Madagascar 3,371 1993 Malawi 2,017 1993 Malaysia 64,434 1993 Maldives --- --- Mali 2,451 1991 Malta 2,743 1992 Man, Isle of --- --- Marshall Islands --- --- Martinique --- --- Mauritania 1,136 1993 Mauritius 3,112 1993 Mayotte --- --- Mexico 286,631 1991 Micronesia, Federated States of --- --- Moldova --- --- Monaco --- --- Mongolia 1,111 1992 Montserrat --- --- Morocco 28,762 1992 Mozambique 1,410 1993 Namibia 2,508 1993 Nauru --- --- Nepal 3,387 1993 Netherlands 308,995 1993 Netherlands Antilles --- --- New Caledonia --- --- New Zealand 43,698 1993 Nicaragua 2,214 1990 Niger 2,506 1990 Nigeria 37,250 1993 Niue --- --- Norfolk Island --- --- Northern Mariana Islands --- --- Norway 103,418 1993 Oman 11,489 1992 Pakistan 48,363 1993 Palau --- --- Panama 6,565 1993 Papua New Guinea 4,292 1992 Paraguay 6,446 1992 Peru 39,760 1989 Philippines 54,068 1992 Pitcairn Islands --- --- Poland 85,898 1993 Portugal 75,100 1993 Puerto Rico --- --- Qatar 7,473 1992 Reunion --- --- Romania 24,781 1993 Russia --- --- Rwanda 1,630 1992 Saint Helena --- --- Saint Kitts and Nevis 158 1990 Saint Lucia 393 1992 Saint Pierre and Miquelon --- --- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 192 1992 San Marino --- --- Sao Tome and Principe --- --- Saudi Arabia 121,530 1992 Senegal 4,627 1989 Serbia and Montenegro --- --- Seychelles 434 1992 Sierra Leone --- --- Singapore 55,086 1993 Slovakia --- --- Slovenia --- --- Solomon Islands --- --- Somalia --- --- South Africa 117,442 1993 Spain 478,391 1993 Sri Lanka 10,274 1993 Sudan 27,697 1991 Suriname 1,872 1991 Svalbard --- --- Swaziland 874 1991 Sweden 186,224 1993 Switzerland 232,133 1993 Syria 33,050 1992 Tajikistan --- --- Tanzania 2,086 1993 Thailand 110,429 1992 Togo 1,237 1987 Tokelau --- --- Tonga 145 1993 Trinidad and Tobago 4,538 1993 Tunisia 14,634 1993 Turkey 138,400 1993 Turkmenistan --- --- Turks and Caicos Islands --- --- Tuvalu --- --- Uganda 5,608 1988 Ukraine --- --- United Arab Emirates 34,977 1992 United Kingdom 944,902 1993 United States 6,738,400 1994 Uruguay 13,144 1993 Uzbekistan --- --- Vanuatu 153 1990 Venezuela 59,183 1993 Vietnam --- --- Virgin Islands --- --- Wallis and Futuna --- --- West Bank --- --- Western Sahara --- --- Western Samoa --- --- World --- --- Yemen --- --- Zaire 9,078 1991 Zambia 3,302 1992 Zimbabwe 6,189 1990 Taiwan --- --- ________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX H Cross-Reference List of Geographic Items This list indicates where various geographic items - including the location of all United States Foreign Service Posts, alternate names of countries, former names, and political or geographical portions of larger entities - can be found in The World Factbook. Spellings are normally, but not always, those approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Alternate names are included in parentheses; additional information is included in brackets. Name -- Entry in The World Factbook A Abidjan [US Embassy] -- Cote d'Ivoire Abu Dhabi [US Embassy] -- United Arab Emirates Abuja [US Embassy Branch Office] -- Nigeria Acapulco [US Consular Agency] -- Mexico Accra [US Embassy] -- Ghana Adamstown -- Pitcairn Islands Adana [US Consulate] -- Turkey Addis Ababa [US Embassy] -- Ethiopia Adelie Land (Terre Adelie) -- Antarctica [claimed by France] Aden -- Yemen Aden, Gulf of -- Indian Ocean Admiralty Islands -- Papua New Guinea Adriatic Sea -- Atlantic Ocean Aegean Islands -- Greece Aegean Sea -- Atlantic Ocean Afars and Issas, French Territory -- Djibouti of the (F.T.A.I.) Agalega Islands -- Mauritius Agana -- Guam Aland Islands -- Finland Alaska -- United States Alaska, Gulf of -- Pacific Ocean Aldabra Islands -- Seychelles Alderney -- Guernsey Aleutian Islands -- United States Alexander Island -- Antarctica Alexandria -- Egypt Algiers [US Embassy] -- Algeria Alhucemas, Penon de -- Spain Alma-Ata (see Almaty) -- Kazakhstan Almaty (Alma-Ata) [US Embassy] -- Kazakhstan Alofi -- Niue Alphonse Island -- Seychelles Amami Strait -- Pacific Ocean Amindivi Islands -- India Amirante Isles -- Seychelles Amman [US Embassy] -- Jordan Amsterdam [US Consulate General] -- Netherlands Amsterdam Island (Ile Amsterdam) -- French Southern and Antarctic Lands Amundsen Sea -- Pacific Ocean Amur -- China; Russia Andaman Islands -- India Andaman Sea -- Indian Ocean Andorra la Vella -- Andorra Anegada Passage -- Atlantic Ocean Anglo-Egyptian Sudan -- Sudan Anjouan -- Comoros Ankara [US Embassy] -- Turkey Annobon -- Equatorial Guinea Antananarivo [US Embassy] -- Madagascar Antipodes Islands -- New Zealand Antwerp [European Logistical -- Belgium Support Office] Aozou Strip -- Chad Apia [US Embassy] -- Western Samoa Aqaba, Gulf of -- Indian Ocean Arabian Sea -- Indian Ocean Arafura Sea -- Pacific Ocean Argun -- China; Russia Ascension Island -- Saint Helena Ashgabat [US Embassy] -- Turkmenistan Ashkhabad (see Ashgabat) -- Turkmenistan Asmara [US Embassy] -- Eritrea Asmera (see Asmara) -- Eritrea Assumption Island -- Seychelles Asuncion [US Embassy] -- Paraguay Asuncion Island -- Northern Mariana Islands Atacama -- Chile Athens [US Embassy] -- Greece Attu -- United States Auckland [US Consulate General] -- New Zealand Auckland Islands -- New Zealand Australes Iles (Iles Tubuai) -- French Polynesia Avarua -- Cook Islands Axel Heiberg Island -- Canada Azores -- Portugal Azov, Sea of -- Atlantic Ocean B Bab el Mandeb -- Indian Ocean Babuyan Channel -- Pacific Ocean Babuyan Islands -- Philippines Baffin Bay -- Arctic Ocean Baffin Island -- Canada Baghdad [US Embassy temporarily -- Iraq suspended; US Interests Section located in Poland's embassy in Baghdad] Baki (Baku) -- Azerbaijan Baku [US Embassy] -- Azerbaijan Baky (Baku) -- Azerbaijan Balabac Strait -- Pacific Ocean Balearic Islands -- Spain Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea) -- Atlantic Ocean Bali Sea -- Indian Ocean Balintang Channel -- Pacific Ocean Balintang Islands -- Philippines Balleny Islands -- Antarctica Balochistan -- Pakistan Baltic Sea -- Atlantic Ocean Bamako [US Embassy] -- Mali Banaba (Ocean Island) -- Kiribati Bandar Seri Begawan [US Embassy] -- Brunei Banda Sea -- Pacific Ocean Bangkok [US Embassy] -- Thailand Bangui [US Embassy] -- Central African Republic Banjul [US Embassy] -- Gambia, The Banks Island -- Canada Banks Islands (Iles Banks) -- Vanuatu Barcelona [US Consulate General] -- Spain Barents Sea -- Arctic Ocean Barranquilla [US Consulate] -- Colombia Bashi Channel -- Pacific Ocean Basilan Strait -- Pacific Ocean Bass Strait -- Pacific Ocean Basse-Terre -- Guadeloupe Basseterre -- Saint Kitts and Nevis Basutoland -- Lesotho Batan Islands -- Philippines Bavaria (Bayern) -- Germany Beagle Channel -- Atlantic Ocean Bear Island (Bjornoya) -- Svalbard Beaufort Sea -- Arctic Ocean Bechuanaland -- Botswana Beijing [US Embassy] -- China Beirut [US Embassy] -- Lebanon Belau -- Palau Belem [US Consular Agency] -- Brazil Belep Islands (Iles Belep) -- New Caledonia Belfast [US Consulate General] -- United Kingdom Belgian Congo -- Zaire Belgrade [US Embassy; US does not -- Serbia and Montenegro maintain full diplomatic relations with Serbia and Montenegro] Belize City [US Embassy] -- Belize Belle Isle, Strait of -- Atlantic Ocean Bellingshausen Sea -- Pacific Ocean Belmopan -- Belize Belorussia -- Belarus Bengal, Bay of -- Indian Ocean Bering Sea -- Pacific Ocean Bering Strait -- Pacific Ocean Berkner Island -- Antarctica Berlin [US Branch Office] -- Germany Berlin, East -- Germany Berlin, West -- Germany Bern [US Embassy] -- Switzerland Bessarabia -- Romania; Moldova Bijagos, Arquipelago dos -- Guinea-Bissau Bikini Atoll -- Marshall Islands Bilbao [US Consulate] -- Spain Bioko -- Equatorial Guinea Biscay, Bay of -- Atlantic Ocean Bishkek [US Embassy] -- Kyrgyzstan Bishop Rock -- United Kingdom Bismarck Archipelago -- Papua New Guinea Bismarck Sea -- Pacific Ocean Bissau [US Embassy] -- Guinea-Bissau Bjornoya (Bear Island) -- Svalbard Black Rock -- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Black Sea -- Atlantic Ocean Bloemfontein -- South Africa Boa Vista -- Cape Verde Bogota [US Embassy] -- Colombia Bombay [US Consulate General] -- India Bonaire -- Netherlands Antilles Bonifacio, Strait of -- Atlantic Ocean Bonin Islands -- Japan Bonn [US Embassy] -- Germany Bophuthatswana -- South Africa Bora-Bora -- French Polynesia Bordeaux [US Consulate General] -- France Borneo -- Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia Bornholm -- Denmark Bosporus -- Atlantic Ocean Bothnia, Gulf of -- Atlantic Ocean Bougainville Island -- Papua New Guinea Bougainville Strait -- Pacific Ocean Bounty Islands -- New Zealand Brasilia [US Embassy] -- Brazil Bratislava [US Embassy] -- Slovakia Brazzaville [US Embassy] -- Congo Bridgetown [US Embassy] -- Barbados Brisbane [US Consulate] -- Australia British East Africa -- Kenya British Guiana -- Guyana British Honduras -- Belize British Solomon Islands -- Solomon Islands British Somaliland -- Somalia Brussels [US Embassy, US Mission -- Belgium to European Union (USEU), US Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (USNATO)] Bucharest [US Embassy] -- Romania Budapest [US Embassy] -- Hungary Buenos Aires [US Embassy] -- Argentina Bujumbura [US Embassy] -- Burundi Burnt Pine -- Norfolk Island Byelorussia -- Belarus C Cabinda -- Angola Cabot Strait -- Atlantic Ocean Caicos Islands -- Turks and Caicos Islands Cairo [US Embassy] -- Egypt Calcutta [US Consulate General] -- India Calgary [US Consulate General] -- Canada California, Gulf of -- Pacific Ocean Campbell Island -- New Zealand Canal Zone -- Panama Canary Islands -- Spain Canberra [US Embassy] -- Australia Canton (Guangzhou) -- China Canton Island (Kanton Island) -- Kiribati Cape Town [US Consulate General] -- South Africa Caracas [US Embassy] -- Venezuela Cargados Carajos Shoals -- Mauritius Caroline Islands -- Micronesia, Federated States of; -- Palau Caribbean Sea -- Atlantic Ocean Carpentaria, Gulf of -- Pacific Ocean Casablanca [US Consulate General] -- Morocco Castries -- Saint Lucia Cato Island -- Australia Cayenne -- French Guiana Cebu [US Consulate] -- Philippines Celebes -- Indonesia Celebes Sea -- Pacific Ocean Celtic Sea -- Atlantic Ocean Central African Empire -- Central African Republic Ceuta -- Spain Ceylon -- Sri Lanka Chafarinas, Islas -- Spain Chagos Archipelago (Oil Islands) -- British Indian Ocean Territory Channel Islands -- Guernsey; Jersey Charlotte Amalie -- Virgin Islands Chatham Islands -- New Zealand Cheju-do -- Korea, South Cheju Strait -- Pacific Ocean Chengdu [US Consulate General] -- China Chesterfield Islands -- New Caledonia (Iles Chesterfield) Chiang Mai [US Consulate General] -- Thailand Chihli, Gulf of (see Bo Hai) -- Pacific Ocean China, People's Republic of -- China China, Republic of -- Taiwan Chisinau [US Embassy] -- Moldova Choiseul -- Solomon Islands Christmas Island [Indian Ocean] -- Australia Christmas Island [Pacific Ocean] -- Kiribati (Kiritimati) Chukchi Sea -- Arctic Ocean Ciskei -- South Africa Ciudad Juarez [US Consulate General] -- Mexico Cluj-Napoca [US Branch Office] -- Romania Coco, Isla del -- Costa Rica Cocos Islands -- Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombo [US Embassy] -- Sri Lanka Colon, Archipielago de -- Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) Commander Islands -- Russia (Komandorskiye Ostrova) Conakry [US Embassy] -- Guinea Congo (Brazzaville) -- Congo Congo (Kinshasa) -- Zaire Congo (Leopoldville) -- Zaire Con Son Islands -- Vietnam Cook Strait -- Pacific Ocean Copenhagen [US Embassy] -- Denmark Coral Sea -- Pacific Ocean Corn Islands (Islas del Maiz) -- Nicaragua Corsica -- France Cosmoledo Group -- Seychelles Cotonou [US Embassy] -- Benin Crete -- Greece Crooked Island Passage -- Atlantic Ocean Crozet Islands (Iles Crozet) -- French Southern and Antarctic Lands Curacao [US Consulate General] -- Netherlands Antilles Czechoslovakia -- Czech Republic; Slovakia D Dahomey -- Benin Daito Islands -- Japan Dakar [US Embassy] -- Senegal Daman (Damao) -- India Damascus [US Embassy] -- Syria Danger Atoll -- Cook Islands Danish Straits -- Atlantic Ocean Danzig (Gdansk) -- Poland Dao Bach Long Vi -- Vietnam Dardanelles -- Atlantic Ocean Dar es Salaam [US Embassy] -- Tanzania Davis Strait -- Atlantic Ocean Deception Island -- Antarctica Denmark Strait -- Atlantic Ocean D'Entrecasteaux Islands -- Papua New Guinea Devon Island -- Canada Dhahran [US Consulate General] -- Saudi Arabia Dhaka [US Embassy] -- Bangladesh Diego Garcia -- British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Ramirez -- Chile Diomede Islands -- Russia [Big Diomede]; United States -- [Little Diomede] Diu -- India Djibouti [US Embassy] -- Djibouti Dodecanese -- Greece Dodoma -- Tanzania Doha [US Embassy] -- Qatar Douala -- Cameroon Douglas -- Man, Isle of Dover, Strait of -- Atlantic Ocean Drake Passage -- Atlantic Ocean Dubai (see Dubayy) -- United Arab Emirates Dubayy [US Consulate General] -- United Arab Emirates Dublin [US Embassy] -- Ireland Durban [US Consulate General] -- South Africa Dushanbe [US Embassy] -- Tajikistan Dutch East Indies -- Indonesia Dutch Guiana -- Suriname E East China Sea -- Pacific Ocean Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) -- Chile Eastern Channel (East Korea Strait -- Pacific Ocean or Tsushima Strait) East Germany (German Democratic -- Germany Republic) East Korea Strait (Eastern Channel -- Pacific Ocean or Tsushima Strait) East Pakistan -- Bangladesh East Siberian Sea -- Arctic Ocean East Timor (Portuguese Timor) -- Indonesia Edinburgh [US Consulate General] -- United Kingdom Elba -- Italy Ellef Ringnes Island -- Canada Ellesmere Island -- Canada Ellice Islands -- Tuvalu Elobey, Islas de -- Equatorial Guinea Enderbury Island -- Kiribati Enewetak Atoll (Eniwetok Atoll) -- Marshall Islands England -- United Kingdom English Channel -- Atlantic Ocean Eniwetok Atoll -- Marshall Islands Epirus, Northern -- Albania; Greece Essequibo [claimed by Venezuela] -- Guyana Etorofu -- Russia [de facto] F Farquhar Group -- Seychelles Fernando de Noronha -- Brazil Fernando Po (Bioko) -- Equatorial Guinea Finland, Gulf of -- Atlantic Ocean Florence [US Consulate General] -- Italy Florida, Straits of -- Atlantic Ocean Formosa -- Taiwan Formosa Strait (Taiwan Strait) -- Pacific Ocean Fortaleza [US Consular Agency] -- Brazil Fort-de-France -- Martinique Frankfurt am Main [US -- Germany Consulate General] Franz Josef Land -- Russia Freetown [US Embassy] -- Sierra Leone French Cameroon -- Cameroon French Indochina -- Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam French Guinea -- Guinea French Sudan -- Mali French Territory of the Afars -- Djibouti and Issas (F.T.A.I.) French Togo -- Togo Friendly Islands -- Tonga Frunze (Bishkek) -- Kyrgyzstan Fukuoka [US Consulate] -- Japan Funafuti -- Tuvalu Fundy, Bay of -- Atlantic Ocean Futuna Islands (Hoorn Islands) -- Wallis and Futuna G Gaborone [US Embassy] -- Botswana Galapagos Islands (Archipielago -- Ecuador de Colon) Galleons Passage -- Atlantic Ocean Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier) -- French Polynesia Gaspar Strait -- Pacific Ocean Geneva [Branch Office of the -- Switzerland US Embassy, US Mission to European Office of the UN and Other International Organizations] Genoa -- Italy George Town [US Consular Agency] -- Cayman Islands Georgetown [US Embassy] -- Guyana German Democratic Republic -- Germany (East Germany) Gibraltar -- Gibraltar Gibraltar, Strait of -- Atlantic Ocean Gilbert Islands -- Kiribati Goa -- India Gold Coast -- Ghana Golan Heights -- Syria Good Hope, Cape of -- South Africa Goteborg -- Sweden Gotland -- Sweden Gough Island -- Saint Helena Grand Banks -- Atlantic Ocean Grand Cayman -- Cayman Islands Grand Turk -- Turks and Caicos Islands Great Australian Bight -- Indian Ocean Great Belt (Store Baelt) -- Atlantic Ocean Great Britain -- United Kingdom Great Channel -- Indian Ocean Greater Sunda Islands -- Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia Green Islands -- Papua New Guinea Greenland Sea -- Arctic Ocean Grenadines, Northern -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Grenadines, Southern -- Grenada Grytviken -- Georgia Guadalajara [US Consulate General] -- Mexico Guadalcanal -- Solomon Islands Guadalupe, Isla de -- Mexico Guangzhou [US Consulate General] -- China Guantanamo Bay [US Naval Base] -- Cuba Guatemala [US Embassy] -- Guatemala Gubal, Strait of -- Indian Ocean Guinea, Gulf of -- Atlantic Ocean Guayaquil [US Consulate General] -- Ecuador H Ha'apai Group -- Tonga Habomai Islands -- Russia [de facto] Hague, The [US Embassy] -- Netherlands Hainan Dao -- China Halifax [US Consulate General] -- Canada Halmahera -- Indonesia Hamburg [US Consulate General] -- Germany Hamilton [US Consulate General] -- Bermuda Hanoi [US Liaison Office] -- Vietnam Harare [US Embassy] -- Zimbabwe Hatay -- Turkey Havana [US post not maintained; -- Cuba representation by US Interests Section (USINT) of the Swiss Embassy] Hawaii -- United States Heard Island -- Heard Island and McDonald Islands Helsinki [US Embassy] -- Finland Hermosillo [US Consulate] -- Mexico Hispaniola -- Dominican Republic; Haiti Hokkaido -- Japan Hong Kong [US Consulate General] -- Hong Kong Honiara -- Solomon Islands Honshu -- Japan Hormuz, Strait of -- Indian Ocean Horn, Cape (Cabo de Hornos) -- Chile Horne, Iles de -- Wallis and Futuna Horn of Africa -- Ethiopia; Somalia Hudson Bay -- Arctic Ocean Hudson Strait -- Arctic Ocean I Inaccessible Island -- Saint Helena Indochina -- Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) -- China Ionian Islands -- Greece Ionian Sea -- Atlantic Ocean Irian Jaya -- Indonesia Irish Sea -- Atlantic Ocean Islamabad [US Embassy] -- Pakistan Islas Malvinas -- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Istanbul [US Consulate General] -- Turkey Italian Somaliland -- Somalia Ivory Coast -- Cote d'Ivoire Iwo Jima -- Japan J Jakarta [US Embassy] -- Indonesia Jamestown -- Saint Helena Japan, Sea of -- Pacific Ocean Java -- Indonesia Java Sea -- Pacific Ocean Jeddah (see Jiddah) -- Saudi Arabia Jerusalem [US Consulate General] -- Israel; West Bank Jiddah [US Consulate General] -- Saudi Arabia Johannesburg [US Consulate General] -- South Africa Juan de Fuca, Strait of -- Pacific Ocean Juan Fernandez, Isla de -- Chile Juventud, Isla de la (Isle of Youth) -- Cuba K Kabul [US Embassy now closed] -- Afghanistan Kaduna [US Consulate General] -- Nigeria Kalimantan -- Indonesia Kamchatka Peninsula -- Russia (Poluostrov Kamchatka) Kampala [US Embassy] -- Uganda Kampuchea -- Cambodia Kanton Island -- Kiribati Karachi [US Consulate General] -- Pakistan Kara Sea -- Arctic Ocean Karimata Strait -- Pacific Ocean Kathmandu [US Embassy] -- Nepal Kattegat -- Atlantic Ocean Kauai Channel -- Pacific Ocean Keeling Islands -- Cocos (Keeling) Islands Kerguelen, Iles -- French Southern and Antarctic Lands Kermadec Islands -- New Zealand Khabarovsk -- Russia Khartoum [US Embassy] -- Sudan Khmer Republic -- Cambodia Khuriya Muriya Islands (Kuria -- Oman Muria Islands) Khyber Pass -- Pakistan Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Kanal) -- Atlantic Ocean
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