The CIA World Factbook 1984

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World
Factbook
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Four
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Contents
Page
Definitions, Abbreviations, and Explanatory Notes
Abu Dhabi (see United Arab Emirates)
Afghanistan
Ajman(see United Arab Emirates)
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla(formerly St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla)
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Austria 12_
Azores(see Portugal)
Bahamas, The
Bahrain 15
Balearic Islands(see Spain)
16
Bangladesh
Barbados 1_
Belgian Congo(see Zaire)
Belgium 1
Belize(formerly British Honduras) 21
Benin (formerly Dahomey) 22_
Bermuda 23
Bhutan ?4_
Bioko(see Equatorial Guinea)
Bolivia 25_
Bophuthatswana(seeSouth Africa)
Botswana 27
28
Brazil
British Honduras(see Belize)
British Solomon Islands(seeSolomon Islands)
30
Brunei
Bulgaria ?J_
Burma ?J5_
Burundi 34
Cabinda (see Angola)
Cambodia (see Kampuchea)
Cameroon 35
Canada ?J_
Canary Islands(see Spain)
Cape Verde 38
Central African Republic 39
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Ceylon (see Sri Lanka)
-
Chad
44
China (Taiwan listed at end of table)
____
Czechoslovakia
D Dahomey (see Benin)
_
Djibouti (formerly French Territory of the Afars and Issas) 59
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Dominic^:
Dominican Republic
Dubai (see United Arab Emirates)
_
68
69
Falkland Islands(Islas Malvinas)
Islands
ndo Po(see Equatorial Guinea)
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ch Guiana
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ch Polynesia
Territory of the Afars and Issas(see Djibouti)
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Fujayrah, al (see United Arab Emirates)
Gabon
80
Gambia The
Gaza Strip(see West Bank and Gaza Strip, listed at end of table)
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German Democratic Republic
83
Germany, Federal Republic of
Ghana
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Gilbert Islands(see Kiribati)
87
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Greenland
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89
Grenada
Guadeloupe
92
Guatemala
94
Guinea
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Guinea-Bissau (formerly Portuguese Guinea) 95
96
Guyana
H Haiti
Honduras ?9_
Hong Kong 1*L
2
Hungary I? -
Iceland __
India
Indonesia __ _
_
Iraq _
Ireland
Israel (West Bank and Gaza Strip listed at end of table) 112_
111
Italy .
115
Ivory Coast _
Jamaica
Japan _ _LUL
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Jordan (West Bank and Gaza Strip listed at end of table) 120
Kampuchea (formerly Cambodia) _121
123
Kenya
124
Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands)
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Korea, North ]%L.
Korea, South 1%L
Kuwait 128_
129
Laos
Lebanon 131
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Lesotho
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Libya
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
M Macau
Madagascar
Madeira Islands(see Portugal)
Malagasy Republic(see Madagascar)
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
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St. Christopher and Nevis(formerly St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla) 193
St. Lucia 194
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 195
San Marino 196
Sao Tome and Principe 198
Saudi Arabia 199
Senegal 200
Seychelles 201
Sharjah (see United Arab Emirates)
Sierra Leone 203
Singapore 204
Solomon Islands(formerly British Solomon Islands) 205
Somalia 206
South Africa 208
Southern Rhodesia (see Zimbabwe)
South-West Africa (see Namibia)
Soviet Union 209
Spain 211
Spanish Sahara (see Western Sahara)
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) 213
Sudan 215
Suriname 216
Swaziland 217
Sweden 219
Switzerland 220
Syria 222
Tanganyika (see Tanzania)
Tanzania 223
Tasmania (see Australia)
Thailand 225
Togo 226
Tonga 227
Transkei (see South Africa)
Trinidad and Tobago 228
Tunisia 230
Turkey 231
Turks and Caicos Islands 233
Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands) 234
U Uganda 235
Umm
al-Qaywayn (see United Arab Emirates)
United Arab Emirates(Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, al Fujayrah, 236
Umm
Ra'sal-Khaymah, Sharjah, al-Qaywayn)
United Arab Republic(see Egypt)
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United Kingdom 237
United States 239
Upper Volta 241
Uruguay 242
Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides) 243
Vatican City 244
Venezuela 245
Vietnam 247
W
Wallis and Futuna 248
Walvis Bay (see South Africa)
Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) 249
Western Samoa 250
Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) 251
Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of(South Yemen) 252
Yugoslavia 253
Zaire 255
Zambia(formerly Northern Rhodesia) 256
Zanzibar (see Tanzania)
Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) 257
Taiwan (China listed alphabetically) 259
West Bank and Gaza Strip 260
Appendixes
A. The United Nations System 262
B. Selected UN Organizations 263
C. Selected International Organizations 264
D. Country Membership in Selected Organizations 266
E. Conversion Table 274
Maps
I. The World (Guide to Reference Maps II-XII)
II. North America
III. Central America and the Caribbean
IV. South America
V. Europe
VI. Middle East
VII. Africa
VIII. Soviet Union, East and South Asia
IX. Southeast Asia
X. Oceania
XI. Arctic Region
XII. Antarctic Region