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Place and International Organizations Index PLACE AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INDEX Aachen (FRG), 523, 550 Adventure (Guyana), 588 AI Ain (UAE), 1280, 1283 Aalborg (Denmark),411, 419, Adygei (USSR), 1241, 1249 Alajuela (Costa Rica), 381,384 421 Adzope (Cote d'[voire), 386 AI-Amarah (Iraq), 703 Aalsmeer (Neth.), 885 IEgean Is. (Greece), 565 Alamosa (Colo.), 1439 Aalst, see Alost IEtolia (Greece), 564 AI-Anbar (Iraq), 703 Aargau (Switz.), 1153, 1155 Afam (Nigeria), 930 Aland (Finland), 469, 471 Aarhus (Denmark), 41 1,419,421 Afghanistan, 61-65 AI-Arish (Egypt), 442 Aba (Nigeria), 928 Afyonkarahisar (Turkey), 1196 Alaska (USA), 1367-69, Abaco (Bahamas), 174 Agadez (Niger), 925-26 1372,1374,1379-80, Abadan ([ran), 698,700 Agadir (Morocco), 868-69, 871 1383,1398,1402, Abaiang (Kiribati), 766 Agalega Is. (Mauritius), 847 1416,1427-30 Abajo (Cuba), 393 Agalteca (Hond.), 597 -agriculture, 1428 Abakan (USSR), 1250 Agana (Guam), 1554 -area and pop., 1427 Abancay (Peru), 982 Agartala (Tripura), 644, 679 -education, 1429 Abariringa (Kiribati), 766 Agboville (Cote d'ivoire), 386 -gavt. and representation, l427 Abastuman (USSR), 1258 Aghios Nikolaos (Greece), 565 AI Asnam (Algeria), 72 Abbotsford (B.c.), 302 Aghion Oros (Greece), 565 Alava (Spain), 1103-1105 Abdel Magid (Sudan), 1126 Agigea (Romania), 1022 Alaverdi (USSR), 1261 Abeche (Chad), 341-43 Agin-Buryat (USSR), 1250 Alba (Romania), 1017 Abemama (Kiribati), 766 Aginskoe (USSR), 1250 Albacete (Spain), 1104 Abengourou (Cote d'[voire), 386 Aginsky (USSR), 1241 AI-Bahr AI-Ahmar (Egypt), 442 Abeokuta (Nigeria), 928 Agona, see Swedru Alba Iulia (Romania), 1017, Abercom, see Mbala Agra (India), 623, 653, 681 1023 Aberdeen (Hong Kong), 603 Agri (Turkey), 1196 Albania, 66-71 Aberdeen (S.D.), 1529 Agualva-Cacem (Port.), 1005 Albany (Ga.), 1449 Aberdeen (UK), 1290, 1292, Aguascalientes (Mex.), 851 Albany (N.Y.), 1371, 1504-06 1335,1340-41 Ahmadi (Kuwait), 779 Albany (Ore.), 1518 Aberkateib (Sudan), 1126 Ahmedabad (India), 623, 641, Albany (W. AusL), 160 Aberystwyth (UK), 1340-41 644,650-52 Al Basrah ([raq), 703 Abha (Saudi Arabia), 1041, Ahmednagar (India), 663 ai-Bayda (Yemen), 1596 1046 Ahuachapan (EI Salv.), 449 Alberta (Canada), 270-72, Abhazia Rep. (USSR), 1259 Ahvenanmaa (Finland), 469 276,278-82,288-89, Abidjan (Cote d'[voire), 386-89 Ahvaz (Iran), 697-98 295-99 Abilene (Tex.), 1533,1535 Aidin, see Aydin -agriculture. 297 Abo, see Turku A"in Chok-Hay Hassani -area and pop., 295-96 Abo (Finland), 469-70 (Morocco), 868 -education, 298-99 Aboisso (Cote d'ivoire), 38n Aioun el Atrouss (Mauritania), -govt. and representation, Abomey (Benin), 207,209 846 296-97 Abqaiq (Saudi Arabia), 1044-45 Air (Niger), 926-27 Albertirsa (Hungary), 61 0 Abruzzi (Italy), 732 Airdne (Alb.), 296 Alberton (S. Afr.), 1074 Abu Dhabi (UAE), 1280-84 Aisen (Chile), 344 Albina (Suriname), 1131 Abu Gharadeq (Egypt), 445 Aitutaki (Cook Is.), 917 al-Boulaida (Algeria), 72 Abu Hamad (Sudan), 1127 Aix-en-Provencc (France), 480, Albuquerque (N.M.), 1371, Abuja (Nigeria), 927 485 1502-03 Abu Madi (Egypt), 445 Aizawl (Mizoram), 644, nn 7 Albury (NSW), 128 Abu Qir (Egypt), 444-45 Ajaccio (France), 479 Albury (Vic.), 155 Abu Zabad (Sudan), 1127 Ajdabiya (Libya), 799 Alcala de Henares (Spain), 1104, Abyah (S. Yemen), 1599 Ajman (UAE), 1280, 1282-83 1114 Abyssinia. see Ethiopia Ajmer (India), 623. 644, 653, Alcorcon (Spain), 1104 A,aba (Mauritania), 844 674 Aldabra (Seychelles), 1052 Acajutla (EI Salv.), 451-52 Akashat (Iraq), 706 Alderney (Channel Is.), 1291, Acapulco de Juarez (Mex.), 852 Akerman (USSR), 1215 1362-63, 1365 Acarigua (Venez.), 1577, 1582 Akershus (Norway), 934 Alegranza (Spain), 1104 Acamania (Greece), 564 Akha"ia (Greece), 564 Aleppo (Syria), 1164, 1166-67 Accra (Ghana), 556-60 Akhali-Antoni (USSR), 1259 Alessandria (Italy), 732 Acch (Indon.), 690, 694 Akita (Japan), 748 Alesund (Norway), 935 Achtharspelen (Neth.), 885 Akjouit (Mauritania), 845 Alexandria (Egypt), 442-44 Acklin's Id. (Bahamas), 174 Akmolinsk, see Tselingrad Alexandria (Romania), 1018 Aconcagua (Chile), 344 Akola (India), 663, 664 Alexandria (Va.), 1371, Acre (Brazil), 22 7,23 3 Akosambo (Ghana), 558 1384, 1540 Acre (Israel), 725 Akouta (Niger). 925-26 Alexandroupolis (Greece), 565 Ada (Okla), 1517 Akranes (Iceland), 615 Algeciras (Spain), 1104 Adamaoua (Cameroon), 265 Akron (Ohio), 1371, 1512, 1514 Alger, wc Algiers Adana (Turkey), 1196-97 Aksu (USSR), 1270 Algeria, 72-76 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 457-58, Aktvubinsk (USSR), 1213, AI-ghurdaqah (Egypt), 442 460-61 . 1233,1269-70 Algiers (Algeria), 72-76 Ad-Diwaniyah (Iraq), 703 Akureyri (Iceland), 615, 619 AI-Hillah (Iraq), 703 Adelaide (S. Aust.), 95-96 Akyab (Burma), 253, 256 AI Hoceima (Morocco), 868, 871 142-43,146 Alabama (USA), 1369, 1375, Alhucemas(Sp. AfL), 1104 Aden(S. Yemen), 1598-1601 1379-80,1401, al-Hudaydah (Yemen), 1596 Adilabad (India), 645 1403,1406,1424-26 Alicante(Spain), 1104, 1110. Adiyaman (Turkey), 1196 -agriculture, 1425 1114 Adjara Rep. (USSR), 1259 -area and pop., 1424-25 Alice Springs (N. AusL), 109. Ado-Ekiti (Nigeria), 928 -education, 1426 120-21,123 Adola (Ethiopia), 460 -gavt. and representation, Aligarh (India), 623, 642, 681 Adoni (India), 645 1425 Ali-Sabieh (Djibouti), 426 Adrar (Algeria), 72 Aladja (Nigeria), 931 AI-Jadida (Morocco), 869 Adrar (Mauritania), 844 Alag6as (Brazil), 227 AI Jawf(Saudi Arabia), 1041 1631 1632 PLACE INDEX AI-Jazair (Algeria), 72 Amman (Jordan), 756-59 Anshan (China), 351,357 AI Kharg(Saudi Arabia), 1041 Ampang (Malaysia), 825 Antalya (Turkey), 1196-97 AI-Kharijah (Egypt), 442 Amphissa (Greece), 564 Antananarivo (Madag,), 811, AI, Khobar (Saudi Arabia), 1041 Amravati (India), 623, 663-64 813-14 AI-Khour(Qatar),1014 Amreli (India), 650 Antarctic territories Alkmaar (Neth,), 885 Amritsar(lndia), 623, 672 -Argentina, 88-89 AI-Kut (Iraq), 703 Amstelveen (Neth,), 885 -Australia, 124-25 Allahabad (India), 623, 630, 641, Amsterdam (Neth,), 884-86, 893 -British,237 683 Amsterdam Is, (Fe. Ant), -Canada, 327 Allentown (Pa,), 1371, 1521 506 -Chile, 344 Allerdale (UK), 1287 Amstetten (Austria), 168 -France, 506 Allied Command Europe, 37-38 Am Timan (Chad), 341 - New Zealand, 916 Alma-Ata(USSR), 1213, 1231, Amur (USSR), 1241 -Norway, 946 1233,1238,1269 Anaconda (Mont), 1489 Antigua (Guat), 574 Almada (PorL), 1005, 1010 AnadoIu (Turkey), 1196 Antigua and Barbuda (W, Indies), AI-Mahra(S, Yemen), 1599 Anadyr (USSR), 1233, 1250 85-87 Almelo (Neth,), 885 Anaheim (Calif.), 1371,1435 Antioch (Turkey), 1202 Almere (Neth,), 885 Anambra (Nigeria), 928 Antioquia (Colom,), 368, 371 Almeria (Spain), 1103-M Anantapur (India), 645, 647 Antipodes Is, (NZ), 915 Admetyersk (USSR), 1227 Ancash (Peru), 982 Antofagasta (Chile), 344-45, Almirante (Pan,), 967 Anchorage (Alaska), 1371, 348-49 Almirante Brown (Argen,), 89 1427,1429 Antrim (N, Ireland), 1351 Al Mobarraz (Saudi Arabia), Anchorage Is, (Cook Is,), 917 Antseranana (Madag,), 811 1041 Anc6n (Pan,), 967 Antwerp (Belgium), 193-94, AI-Muthanna (Iraq), 703 Ancona (Italy), 732, 741 200-01 Alo (Wallis), 512 Andalusia (Spain), 1103-04, Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka), 1116 AI-Obeid (Sudan), 1124 1107 Anvers, see Antwerp Aloft (Niue Is,), 918 Andaman and Nicobar Is. Anzoategui (Venez,), 1577, 1580 Aloft Is, (Wallis and Futuna), (India), 623, 626, 640, Aoba(Vanuatu),1571 512 644,683-84 Aomori (Japan), 748 Alor Setar(Malaysia), 819 Anderson (lnd,), 1459 Aorangi (NZ), 902 Alost (Belgium), 194 Andhra Pradesh (India), 622, Aoteoroa (NZ), 912 Alotau (Papua New Guinea), 626,634, Apeldoorn (Neth.), 885 970 644-47 Apia (W, Samoa), 1592, 1594 Alphen aid Rijn (Neth,), 885 -agriculture, 646 Apoera (Suriname), 1131 Alphonse Is, (Seychelles), 1052 -area and pop" 645 Apolima Is, (W, Samoa), 1592 Al Qadarif(Sudan), 1124 -education, 646-47 Apostles Is, (Fr, Ant), 506 AI-Qadisiya (Iraq), 703 -govt. and representation, 645 Appenzell (Switz,), 1153, Alsace (France), 479 Andijan (USSR), 1272 1155-56 Altai (USSR), 1241 Andina (Argen,), 88 Appleton (Wise,), 1548 Alta Vera paz (GuaL), 574, 576 Andizhan (USSR), 1213, Apra(Guam),1554 Al Taweela (UAE), 1283 1228,1273 Apure (Venez,), 1577 Alto Adige (Italy), 731,734 Andorra, 77-78 Apurimac (Peru), 982 Alto Beni (Bolivia), 220 Andorre-Ia-Vieille (Andorra), Aqaba (Jordan), 757, 759 Altoona (Pa,), 1521 77-78 Aquitaine (France), 479 Alto Paraguay (Para,), 976 Andropov (USSR), 1213 Arab Republic of Egypt, 442-48 Alto Parana (Para,), 976, 981 Andros (Bahamas), 174 Aracaju (Brazil), 227-28 Alvsborg(Sweden), 1137 Androth Is, (India), 688 Arad (Romania), 1017 AI-Wadi al-Jadid (Egypt), 442 Anegada (Br, Virgin Is,), 1590 Aragon (Spain), 1103-OS AI Wasil (Qatar), lOIS Aneho(Togo), 1180, 1182 Aragua (Venez,), 1577, 1580 Amadora (Port,), 1005 Aneityum (Vanuatu), 1571 Aflik (Iran), 697-98 Amagasaki (Japan), 748 Angarsk(USSR),1213 Araku Valley (India), 646 Amambay (Para,), 976 Angeles (Philipp,), 988 Aranuki (Kiribati), 766 Amapa (Brazil), 227,230,232-34 Angers (France), 480, 492 Ararat (Vic,), 152 Amarillo (Tex,), 1371, 1533 An Giang (Vietnam), 1585 Aratu (Brazil), 231 Amarkantak (India), 661 Angola, 79-82 Arauca (Colom,), 368 Amarpur (India), 679 Angouleme (France), 480 Araucania (Chile), 344 Amasya (Turkey), 1196 Anguilla (W, Indies), 83-84 Arawa (Papua New Guinea), Amatuku (Tuvalu), 1207 Angul (India), 670 970 Amazonas (Brazil), 227,233 Angus (U K), 1290 Arba Minch (Ethiopia). 458 Amazonas (Colom,), 369 Anhui (China), 351,356 Arcadia (Greece), 564 Amazonas (Peru), 982 Anjouan (Comoros), 374 Archangel, see Arkhangelsk Amazonas Terr, (Venez,), 1577 Ankang (China), 359 Archnan (USSR), 1234 Ambala (India), 652-53 Ankara (Turkey), 1096-97, Ardabil (Iran),
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