ABBREVIATIONS
ACP Adm. Adv. a.i. 
African Caribbean Pacific Admiral 
- K
 - kindergarten
 
kilogramme(s) kilolitre(s) kg
- Advocate
 - kl
 
- ad interim
 - km
 
kW kWh kilometre(s) kilowatt
- b.
 - born
 
kilowatt hours bbls. bd barrels board
- lat.
 - latitude
 
bn. Brig. bu.
- billion (one thousand million)
 - lb
 - pound(s) (weight)
 
Lieutenant longitude 
Brigadier bushel 
Lieut. long. 
- Cdr
 - Commander
 
- m.
 - million
 
CFA CFP CGT c.i.f. C.-in-C. CIS 
Communauté Financière Africaine Comptoirs Français du Pacifique compensated gross tonnes cost, insurance, freight Commander-in-Chief Commonwealth of Independent States centimetre(s) 
- Maj.
 - Major
 
MW MWh megawatt megawatt hours
- NA
 - not available
 
n.e.c. NRT NTSC not elsewhere classified net registered tonnes cm Col. cu. 
Colonel cubic Cambridge University Press hundredweight 
National Television System Committee (525 lines 60 fields) 
CUP 
cwt 
OUP 
oz 
Oxford University Press ounce(s) 
D. 
DWT 
Democratic Party dead weight tonnes 
- PAL
 - Phased Alternate Line (625 lines 50 fields
 
4·43 MHz sub-carrier) 
ECOWAS 
EEA 
Economic Community of West African States European Economic Area Exclusive Economic Zone European Monetary System European Monetary Union Exchange Rate Mechanism estimate 
PAL M PAL N 
Phased Alternate Line (525 lines 60 PAL 3·58 MHz sub-carrier) 
EEZ 
Phased Alternate Line (625 lines 50 PAL 
3·58 MHz sub-carrier) 
EMS EMU ERM est. 
PAYE PPP 
Pay-As-You-Earn Purchasing Power Parity 
- R.
 - Republican Party
 
retired f.o.b. FDI ſtfree on board retd foreign direct investment
foot/feet
- Rt Hon.
 - Right Honourable
 
- FTE
 - full-time equivalent
 
- SADC
 - Southern African Development Community
 
- Special Drawing Rights
 - SDR
 
- G8 Group
 - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK,
 
USA, Russia
- SECAM H
 - Sequential Couleur avec Mémoire (625 lines
 
50 fields Horizontal) 
GDP 
Gen. GNI GNP GRT GW gross domestic product General
- SECAM V
 - Sequential Couleur avec Mémoire (625 lines
 
50 fields Vertical) gross national income
gross national product gross registered tonnes gigawatt sq. SSI square Supplemental Security Income
TAFE TEU trn. technical and further education twenty-foot equivalent units trillion (one million million) television
- GWh
 - gigawatt hours
 
ha. HDI hectare(s) Human Development Index 
TV 
- Univ.
 - University
 
ind.
ICT ISO independent(s) information and communication technology International Organization for Standardization (domain names) 
VAT v.f.d value-added tax value for duty 
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STATESMAN’S YEARBOOK SOURCES
e Statesman’s Yearbook references the following sources to maintain accuracy and currency of information contained in our database:
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United Nations Statistical Yearbook
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International Monetary Fund Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook 
United Nations Development Programme Human 
Development Report
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International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook
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United Nations World Population Prospects
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Selected International Monetary Fund Reports 
United Nations World Urbanization Prospects 
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Selected Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Reports 
United Nations Demographic Yearbook 
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Selected World Trade Organization Reports 
United Nations Energy Statistics Yearbook 
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Selected European Union Reports 
United Nations Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook 
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 
Yearbook 
Organization Statistical Yearbook 
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International Institute of Strategic Studies Military Balance
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International Labour Organization Yearbook of Labour Statistics
••
International Road Federation World Road Statistics
••
Food and Agricultural Organization Production Yearbook 
International Civil Aviation Organization Civil Aviation Statistics of the World 
Food and Agricultural Organization Fishery Statistics – Capture Production 
••
International Civil Aviation Organization Airport Traffic
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International Telecommunication Union Yearbook of Statistics 
Statistical offices, government departments, embassies and 
international organizations throughout the world
••
Selected World Bank Reports
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Selected print and online national and international news media 
International Monetary Fund Government Finance Statistics Yearbook 
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CURRENT LEADERS INDEX
CURRENT LEADERS INDEX
An * denotes a further reference in the addenda, page xxxi
- Abdullah, King (Saudi Arabia) 1072–3
 - Fenech Adami, Eddie (Malta) 842
 
Abdullah II, King (Jordan) 730–1 Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (Somalia) 1121–2 Adamkus, Valdas (Lithuania) 803–4 Afewerki, Issaias (Eritrea) 436–7 Ahern, Bertie (Ireland) 682–3 
Fernández, Dr Leonel (Dominican Republic) 411 Fischer, Dr Heinz (Austria) 159 Fogh Rasmussen, Anders (Denmark) 395–6 Fox Quesada, Vicente (Mexico) 860–1 Francini, Loris (San Marino) 1064–5 
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud (Iran) 665–6 Aima, Evo Morales (Bolivia) 211–12 Albert II, Prince (Monaco) 872–3 Aliyev, Ilham (Azerbaijan) 165 
Gašparovič, Ivan (Slovakia) 1106–7 Gayoom, Maumoon Abdul (Maldives) 835 Gbagbo, Laurent (Côte d’Ivoire) 362–3 
- Gnassingbé, Faure (Togo) 1214
 - Annan, Kofi (United Nations) 11–12
 
- Ansip, Andrus (Estonia) 441–2
 - Gonsalves, Dr Ralph E. (St Vincent and Grenadines) 1059
 
- Gonzi, Lawrence (Malta) 842
 - Anthony, Dr Kenny (St Lucia) 1056
 
Arias Sánchez, Oscar (Costa Rica) 358 Arthur, Owen (Barbados) 183–4 Ásgrímsson, Halldór (Iceland) 597–8 Assad, Bashar al- (Syria) 1196 
Grímsson, Ólafur Ragnar (Iceland) 597 Guebuza, Armando (Mozambique) 885 Guelleh, Ismail Omar (Djibouti) 405 Gusmão, Xanana (East Timor) 415 Gyanendra, King (Nepal) 901 
- Bachelet, Michelle (Chile) 311–12
 - Gyurcsány, Ferenc (Hungary) 590
 
Badawi, Abdullah (Malaysia) 829–30 Bakiyev, Kurmanbek (Kyrgyzstan) 768 Balkenende, Jan Peter (Netherlands) 908–9 Băsescu, Traian (Romania) 1022 
Halonen, Tarja (Finland) 460 Hamad, Sheikh bin Isa Al-Khalifa (Bahrain) 174 Hamad, Sheikh bin Khalifa Al ani (Qatar) 1017 Hans-Adam II, Prince (Liechtenstein) 800 Harper, Stephen (Canada) 264–5 Howard, John (Australia) 124–5 
Bashir, Lieut.-Gen. Omar Hassan Ahmed al- (Sudan) 1164 Ben Ali, Zine El Abidine (Tunisia) 1226 Benedict XVI, Pope (Vatican City State) 1482–3 Berger Perdomo, Óscar (Guatemala) 564 Berisha, Dr Sali (Albania) 88 
Hu Jintao (China) 320 Hun Sen (Cambodia) 251–2 
Biya, Paul (Cameroon) 256–7 Blair, Tony (United Kingdom) 1270–2 Bolaños, Enrique (Nicaragua) 933 
Iloilo, Ratu Josefa (Fiji Islands) 452 
Bolkiah, Sultan Hassanal (Brunei) 234 Bongo, Omar (Gabon) 499 
Jagdeo, Bharrat (Guyana) 575 Jammeh, Yahya (Gambia) 504 
- Boni, Yayi (Benin) 204
 - Janša, Janez (Slovenia) 1112–13
 
- Jiabao, Wen (China) 320–1
 - Bouteflika, Abdelaziz (Algeria) 94
 
Bozizé, Gen. François (Central African Republic) 301 Brazauskas, Algirdas (Lithuania) 804 Bush, George W. (United States of America) 1346–7 
Jigme Singye Wangchuk, King (Bhutan) 208 Jintao, Hu (China) 320 Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen (Liberia) 791 Jong Il, Kim (North Korea) 759 
- Castro, Fidel (Cuba) 372–3
 - Jong-wook, Dr Lee (World Health Organization)* 28
 
- Juncker, Jean-Claude (Luxembourg) 809
 - Cavaco Silva, Aníbal (Portugal) 1011
 
Chávez, Hugo (Venezuela) 1487 Chidchai Vanasatidya (ailand) 1209–10 Chirac, Jacques (France) 471–2 Christie, Perry (Bahamas) 170 
Kabbah, Ahmad Tejan (Sierra Leone) 1096 Kabila, Joseph (Congo, Dem. Rep.) 350 Kaczyński, Lech (Poland) 1001 
Clark, Helen (New Zealand) 922 Compaoré, Blaise (Burkina Faso) 243 Conté, Gen. Lansana (Guinea) 568 Crvenkovski, Branko (Macedonia) 815 
Kagame, Paul (Rwanda) 1049 Kalam, Abdul (India) 609 Kalvītis, Aigars (Latvia) 776–7 Karamanlis, Kostas (Greece) 555 Karimov, Islam (Uzbekistan) 1475 Karzai, Hamid (Afghanistan) 82–3 Khai, Phan Van (Vietnam) 1493 Khaleda Zia, Begum (Bangladesh) 179 Khalifa, Sheikh bin Zayed al-Nahyan (United Arab Emirates) 
1259 
De Hoop Scheffer, Jaap (NATO) 57–8 Déby, Lieut.-Gen. Idris (Chad) 305 Douglas, Dr Denzil L. (St Kitts and Nevis) 1052–3 Drnovšek, Janez (Slovenia) 1112 Duarte Frutos, Nicanor (Paraguay) 981 Durão Barroso, José Manuel (European Commission) 35–6 Dzurinda, Mikuláš (Slovakia) 1107–8 
Khalifa, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al- (Bahrain) 174 Khamenei, Ayatollah Seyed Ali (Iran) 665 Khamtay Siphandone, Gen. (Laos) 772 Kibaki, Mwai (Kenya) 740–1 Kikwete, Jakaya (Tanzania) 1204–5 Kim Jong Il (North Korea) 759 
Enkhbayar, Nambaryn (Mongolia) 876 Enkhbold, Miyegombo (Mongolia) 876 Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip (Turkey) 1232–3 
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- Palacio, Dr Alfredo (Ecuador) 419
 - Kirchner, Néstor (Argentina) 111
 
Klaus, Dr Václav (Czech Republic) 387–8 Kocharian, Robert (Armenia) 116 Köhler, Horst (Germany) 520 Koizumi, Junichiro (Japan) 722–3 Kufuor, John (Ghana) 548–9 
Papadopoulos, Tassos (Cyprus) 378 Papoulias, Karolos (Greece) 554–5 Paroubek, Jiří (Czech Republic) 388 Parvanov, Georgi (Bulgaria) 237–8 Persson, Göran (Sweden) 1179 Phan Van Khai (Vietnam) 1493 Pintat Santolària, Albert (Andorra) 98–9 Pires, Pedro (Cape Verde) 297 
Lahoud, Emile (Lebanon) 782–3 Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore) 1110 Lee Jong-wook, Dr (World Health Organization)* 28 Leuenberger, Moritz (Switzerland) 1188–9 Lini, Ham (Vanuatu) 1480 
Pohamba, Hifikepunye (Namibia) 894 Popescu-Tăriceanu, Călin (Romania) 1022–3 Préval, René (Haiti) 579 
Liverpool, Dr Nicholas (Dominica) 407–8 Loong, Lee Hsien (Singapore) 1110 Lukashenka, Alyaksandr (Belarus) 188 Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio (Brazil) 228 
Prodi, Romano (Italy) 708–9 Putin, Vladimir (Russia) 1032–3 
Qaboos, Sultan (Oman) 958 Qadhafi, Col. Muammar Abu Minyar al- (Libya) 795
- Qarase, Laisenia (Fiji Islands) 452–3
 - McAleese, Mary (Ireland) 682
 
Macapagal-Arroyo, Gloria (Philippines) 991–2
- Makuza, Bernard (Rwanda) 1049
 - Rajapaksa, Mahinda (Sri Lanka) 1157
 
Rakhmonov, Emomali (Tajikistan) 1200 Ramgoolam, Navin (Mauritius) 855 Rasizade, Artur (Azerbaijan) 165 
Malielegaoi, Tuila’epa Sailele (Samoa) 1062 Maliki, Nouri al- (Iraq) 674–5 Mamadou, Tandja (Niger) 937 Manh, Nong Duc (Vietnam) 1493 Manning, Patrick (Trinidad and Tobago) 1221–2 Marcinkiewicz, Kazimierz (Poland) 1001–2 Marović, Svetozar (Serbia and Montenegro) 1083 Mbasogo, Brig.-Gen. Teodoro Obiang Nguema (Equatorial Guinea) 433 
Ravalomanana, Marc (Madagascar) 819 Remengesau Jr, Tommy (Palau) 969–70 Richards, George Maxwell (Trinidad and Tobago) 1221 Rodríguez Zapatero, José Luis (Spain) 1148–9 Roh Moo-hyun (South Korea) 750–1 Rüütel, Arnold (Estonia) 441 
Mbeki, abo (South Africa) 1128 
- Meles Zenawi (Ethiopia) 447
 - Saakashvili, Mikhail (Georgia) 507
 
Sabah, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al- (Kuwait) 764 Saca, Elías Antonio (El Salvador) 429 Said, Sultan Qaboos bin (Oman) 958 Saleh, Ali Abdullah (Yemen) 1499 Sambi, Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed (Comoros) 346 Sanader, Ivo (Croatia) 368 Santos, José Eduardo dos (Angola) 101–2 Sassou-Nguesso, Denis (Congo, Rep.) 354 Scheffer, Jaap De Hoop (NATO) 57–8 Schüssel, Wolfgang (Austria) 159–60 Scotty, Ludwig (Nauru) 897–8 Sen, Hun (Cambodia) 251–2 Sevele, Fred (Tonga) 1218 Sezer, Ahmet Necdet (Turkey) 1232 Shwe, Sr Gen. an (Myanmar) 889–90 Silva, Aníbal Cavaco (Portugal) 1011 Simpson-Miller, Portia (Jamaica) 716 Singh, Manmohan (India) 609–10 Siniora, Fouad (Lebanon) 783 
Menezes, Fradique Bandeira Melo de (São Tomé e Príncipe) 1068 Merkel, Angela (Germany) 520 Mesić, Stipe (Croatia) 367 Michel, James Alix (Seychelles) 1092 Mitchell, Dr Keith (Grenada) 560–1 Mogae, Festus (Botswana) 220–1 Mohammed VI, King (Morocco) 880–1 Moisiu, Alfred (Albania) 87–8 Moo-hyun, Roh (South Korea) 750–1 Morales Aima, Evo (Bolivia) 211–12 Mosisili, Pakalitha Bethuel (Lesotho) 787 Mswati III, King (Swaziland) 1173 Mubarak, Muhammad Hosni (Egypt) 424 Mugabe, Robert (Zimbabwe) 1507–8 Musa, Said (Belize) 201 Museveni, Yoweri (Uganda) 1246–7 Musharraf, Gen. Pervez (Pakistan) 963–4 Mutharika, Dr Bingu wa (Malaŵi) 823 Mwanawasa, Levy (Zambia) 1503 
Siphandone, Gen. Khamtay (Laos) 772 Sirajuddin, King Tuanku Syed (Malaysia) 829 Skerrit, Roosevelt (Dominica) 408 Sócrates, José (Portugal) 1011–12 Sogavare, Manasseh (Solomon Islands) 1117 Sólyom, László (Hungary) 589–90 Somare, Sir Michael (Papua New Guinea) 976–7 Spencer, Baldwin (Antigua and Barbuda) 105–6 Stanishev, Sergei (Bulgaria) 238 Stoltenberg, Jens (Norway) 950 Syed Sirajuddin, King Tuanku (Malaysia) 829 
Nahyan, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al- (United Arab Emirates) 
1259 Nazarbaev, Nursultan (Kazakhstan) 735–6 Ndong, Jean Eyeghe (Gabon) 499–500 Niyazov, Saparmurad (Turkmenistan) 1239 Nkurunziza, Pierre (Burundi) 247–8 Nong Duc Manh (Vietnam) 1493 Note, Kessai (Marshall Islands) 847–8 
Obasanjo, Olusegun (Nigeria) 943 Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Brig.-Gen. Teodoro (Equatorial Guinea) 433 Olmert, Ehud (Israel) 695–6 Ouyahia, Ahmed (Algeria) 94–5 
Talabani, Jalal (Iraq) 673–4 Terenzi, Gian Franco (San Marino) 1065 an Shwe, Sr Gen. (Myanmar) 889–90 
current leaders index
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ani, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al (Qatar) 1017 Tihić, Sulejman (Bosnia-Herzegovina) 216–17 Toafa, Maatia (Tuvalu) 1242–3 
Vieira, João Bernardo (Guinea-Bissau) 572 Vīķe-Freiberga, Vaira (Latvia) 776 Villepin, Dominique de (France) 472–3 
- Voronin, Vladimir (Moldova) 869–70
 - Toledo, Alejandro (Peru) 985–6
 
Tong, Anote (Kiribati) 745 Torrijos Espino, Martín (Panama) 972 Touré, Amadou Toumani (Mali) 838 
Wade, Abdoulaye (Senegal) 1078–9 Wangchuk, King Jigme Singye (Bhutan) 208 Wen Jiabao (China) 320–1 Wickremanayake, Ratnasiri (Sri Lanka) 1157–8 Wolfowitz, Paul (World Bank) 20–1 
Uribe Vélez, Álvaro (Colombia) 340–1 Urusemal, Joseph (Micronesia) 865–6 
Vall, Col. Ely Ould Mohamed (Mauritania) 851 Vanasatidya, Chidchai (ailand) 1209–10 Vanhanen, Matti (Finland) 460 
Yekhanurov, Yuriy (Ukraine) 1253 Yudhoyono, Susilo Bambang (Indonesia) 658–9 Yushchenko, Viktor (Ukraine) 1252 
Vázquez, Tabaré (Uruguay) 1470–1 Vélez, Álvaro Uribe (Colombia) 340–1 Venetiaan, Runaldo Ronald (Suriname) 1169 Verhofstadt, Guy (Belgium) 195 
Zelaya, Manuel (Honduras) 583 Zenawi, Meles (Ethiopia) 447 Zia, Begum Khaleda (Bangladesh) 179 
PLACE AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INDEX
PLACE AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INDEX
Italicized page numbers refer to extended entries 
An * denotes a further reference in the addenda, page xxxi 
Adamstown 1329 Adana 1230, 1231, 1235 Addis Ababa 446, 448, 449 Adelaide 120, 121, 122, 128, 
129, 136, 143, 144 Aden 47, 1497, 1498, 1500, 
1501 
Ahuachapán 428 Ahvaz 663, 664 Ahvenanmaa see Åland Aiken 1440 
Al-Jofra 794 
A
Al Jumayliyah 1016 Al-Kamishli 1195 Al Kharija 422 
Aachen 517, 526, 540 Aalborg 394, 399 Aalst 193 
Ailinglaplap 848 Ain Defla 92 
Al Khour 1016 Al Khums 796 
Aargau 1186, 1187, 1191 
Aarhus 394, 399 Aarlen see Arlon Aba 942 
Ain Témouchent 92 Aїoun el Atrouss 850, 852 Airdrie (Alberta) 272 Aisén del Gral. Carlos Ibáñez del Campo 310 Ait-Ben-Haddou 883 Aitutaki 929 
Al-Kofra 794 
- Adi Ugri 436
 - Al-Kut 671, 673
 
Adilabad 617 Adityapur 629 
Al-Marj 794 Al-Morqib 794 
Abaco 169, 171 
Adıyaman 1230 
Adjaria 506, 510 Ado-Ekiti 942 
Al-Muthanna 673 al-Obeid 1163 
Abadan 664 Abaiang 744 al-Oued 92 
Abakaliki 942 
- Adoni 617
 - Aix-en-Provence 468, 469,
 
481 al-Qadarif 1163 
Abakan 1043 
Adrar (Algeria) 92 
Adrar (Mauritania) 850 Adygeya 1040 
Al-Qadisiyah 673 Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad 97 Al-Qoba 794 
Abancay 984 
Aizawl 615, 617, 637, 638 
Ajaccio 468 
Abariringa see Kanton Abbotsford 263, 274, 276 Abéché 304, 307 Abemama 744 
Aegean Islands region 
(Greece) 553 
Ajanta 616 Ajloun 730 
Al Rayyan 1016 Al Shamal 1016 
Aetolia and Acarnania 553 Afar 446 
Ajman 1257, 1258 Ajmer 606, 626, 642, 643 Akashi 721 
Al-Wahad 794 
Abengourou 361 
Abeokuta 940, 942 Aberdeen (Scotland) 1266, 
1279, 1300, 1301, 1303 Aberdeen (South Dakota) 
1441, 1442 
Al Wakra 1016 
Afghanistan 56, 81–5 —in world organizations 12, 
43, 52, 55, 59, 70, 72, 73 African Development Bank 
61
Alabama 1339, 1343, 1345,
1356, 1364–6
Akershus 948
- Akita 721
 - Alagoas 226
 
- Akjoujt 850
 - Alajuela 357, 360
 
- Alamagan 1460
 - Akmola see Astana
 
Akola 606, 634, 635 Akouta 938 
Aberdeenshire 1300 Aberystwyth 1306, 1307 Abia 942 
African Export–Import Bank 
61–2
Alamosa 1376 Åland 45, 457, 458 Alania see North Ossetia Alappuzha 606 
African Union 62 Afyon 1230 
Akranes 596 
Abidjan 361, 362, 363, 364, 
572 
Akron 1429, 1431 Akrotiri 48, 1317, 1332 Aksaray 1230 
- Agadez 936
 - Alaska 1338, 1339, 1341, 1343,
 
1345, 1355, 1356, 1359,
1362, 1366–8
Abilene 1340, 1444, 1446 Abkhazia 506, 509–10 Abohar 640 
Agadir 879, 880, 881, 882 
- Agalega 854
 - Aksaz-Karaağaç 1233
 
- Aksum 449
 - Agaña see Hagåtña
 
Agartala 615, 617, 646 Agatti Island 654 Agboville 361 
Álava 1146 
Aboisso 361 
Aktau 737 
Akure 942 
Alba 1020 
Abomey 203, 205 Abqaiq 1075 
Alba Iulia 1020 
Akureyri 596, 600 Akwa Ibom 942 Akyab 888 
Albacete 1146, 1147 Albania 86–91 
Abruzzi 706 
Agege 942 
Abu Dhabi 1257, 1258, 1259, 
1260, 1261 
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean 65 
—in European organizations 
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 
—in other organizations 10, 
12, 52, 53, 55, 56, 59 Albany (New York) 1424, 
1425 
Al Ain 1260 
Abu Mena 427 
Al-Ali 173 
Abuja 940, 941, 942 Abyan 1498 
Al-Amarah 673 
- Al-Anbar 672
 - Aggeneys 1141
 
Açâba 850 
Aghios Nikolaos 553 
Agin-Buryat 1045 Aginskoe 1045 
Al Arish 422 
Acajutla 429, 430 Acapulco de Juárez 859 Accra 547, 549, 550 Aceh 656, 657 
Al-Ayn 960 
Albany (Western Australia) 
- 150
 - Al-Basrah 671, 672, 673, 676
 
- Al-Batan 794
 - Agnéby 361
 - Alberobello 713
 
Agra 606, 616, 626, 647 Ağri 1230
- al-Bayadh 92
 - Alberta 261, 263, 264, 267,
 
270, 271, 272–4 
Achaia 553 
Al-Buni 92 
Achalpur 634
- Agrigento 713
 - Al Bustan 785
 - Albina 1168
 
- Acklins 169
 - Agrihan 1460
 - Al-Dawr 672
 - Albuquerque 1339, 1422, 1423
 
Alcalá de Henares 1147, 1153 Alcobendas 1147 Alcorcón 1147 
Acre (Brazil) 226 Acre (Israel) 699 Ad-Diwaniyah 673 Ada 1433 
Aguascalientes 859 Aguijan 1460 
Al Ghardaqah 424 Al Ghwayriyah 1016 
- Al-Hillah 672
 - Ahal 1238
 
- Ahmadi 763
 - Al Hoceima 881
 
Al-Jafarah 794 Al-Jayli 1165 
Aldabra 1091, 1093, 1321 Aldeburgh 1294 Alderney 1314, Aleg 850 
- Adabeya 426
 - Ahmadnagar 606, 634
 
Ahmedabad 606, 611, 614, 
615, 624, 625 
Adamaoua 255 Adamawa 941, 946 
1317
al-Jaza’ir see Algiers
1523 
1524 
pl ace and international organiz ations index
Amapala 583
- Alegranza 1147
 - Anderson 1392
 - Anyang 749
 
Amarillo 1340, 1444 Amasya 1230
- Alentejo 1009
 - Andhra Pradesh 605, 607,
 
615, 617–18
Anzoátegui 1485
- Aoba 1479
 - Alentejo Central 1009
 
Alentejo Litoral 1009 Aleppo 1195, 1197, 1198 Ålesund 949 Alexander Bay 1141 Alexandria (Egypt) 422, 423, 
424, 425, 426 Alexandria (Louisiana) 1400 Alexandria (Romania) 1021 Alexandria (Virginia) 1340, 
1450 Alexandroupolis 553 Alfred 1425 
Amazonas (Brazil) 226 Amazonas (Colombia) 339 Amazonas (Peru) 984 Amazonas (Venezuela) 1485 Ambala 625, 626, 640 Ambato 418 
Andijon see Andizhan Andizhan 1474, 1477 Andorra 12, 40, 41, 43, 53,