<p>ABBREVIATIONS </p><p>ACP Adm. Adv. a.i. <br>African Caribbean Pacific Admiral </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">K</li><li style="flex:1">kindergarten </li></ul><p>kilogramme(s) kilolitre(s) kg </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Advocate </li><li style="flex:1">kl </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ad interim </li><li style="flex:1">km </li></ul><p>kW kWh kilometre(s) kilowatt </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">b. </li><li style="flex:1">born </li></ul><p>kilowatt hours bbls. bd barrels board </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">lat. </li><li style="flex:1">latitude </li></ul><p>bn. Brig. bu. </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">billion (one thousand million) </li><li style="flex:1">lb </li><li style="flex:1">pound(s) (weight) </li></ul><p>Lieutenant longitude <br>Brigadier bushel <br>Lieut. long. </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Cdr </li><li style="flex:1">Commander </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">m. </li><li style="flex:1">million </li></ul><p>CFA CFP CGT c.i.f. C.-in-C. CIS <br>Communauté Financière Africaine Comptoirs Français du Pacifique compensated gross tonnes cost, insurance, freight Commander-in-Chief Commonwealth of Independent States centimetre(s) </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Maj. </li><li style="flex:1">Major </li></ul><p>MW MWh megawatt megawatt hours </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">NA </li><li style="flex:1">not available </li></ul><p>n.e.c. NRT NTSC not elsewhere classified net registered tonnes cm Col. cu. <br>Colonel cubic Cambridge University Press hundredweight <br>National Television System Committee (525 lines 60 fields) <br>CUP </p><p>cwt <br>OUP </p><p>oz <br>Oxford University Press ounce(s) <br>D. </p><p>DWT <br>Democratic Party dead weight tonnes </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">PAL </li><li style="flex:1">Phased Alternate Line (625 lines 50 fields </li></ul><p>4·43 MHz sub-carrier) <br>ECOWAS </p><p>EEA <br>Economic Community of West African States European Economic Area Exclusive Economic Zone European Monetary System European Monetary Union Exchange Rate Mechanism estimate <br>PAL M PAL N <br>Phased Alternate Line (525 lines 60 PAL 3·58 MHz sub-carrier) <br>EEZ <br>Phased Alternate Line (625 lines 50 PAL </p><p>3·58 MHz sub-carrier) <br>EMS EMU ERM est. <br>PAYE PPP <br>Pay-As-You-Earn Purchasing Power Parity </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">R. </li><li style="flex:1">Republican Party </li></ul><p>retired f.o.b. FDI ſtfree on board retd foreign direct investment </p><p>foot/feet </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Rt Hon. </li><li style="flex:1">Right Honourable </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">FTE </li><li style="flex:1">full-time equivalent </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">SADC </li><li style="flex:1">Southern African Development Community </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Special Drawing Rights </li><li style="flex:1">SDR </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">G8 Group </li><li style="flex:1">Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, </li></ul><p>USA, Russia </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">SECAM H </li><li style="flex:1">Sequential Couleur avec Mémoire (625 lines </li></ul><p>50 fields Horizontal) <br>GDP </p><p>Gen. GNI GNP GRT GW gross domestic product General </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">SECAM V </li><li style="flex:1">Sequential Couleur avec Mémoire (625 lines </li></ul><p>50 fields Vertical) gross national income </p><p>gross national product gross registered tonnes gigawatt sq. SSI square Supplemental Security Income </p><p>TAFE TEU trn. technical and further education twenty-foot equivalent units trillion (one million million) television </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">GWh </li><li style="flex:1">gigawatt hours </li></ul><p>ha. HDI hectare(s) Human Development Index <br>TV </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Univ. </li><li style="flex:1">University </li></ul><p>ind. </p><p>ICT ISO independent(s) information and communication technology International Organization for Standardization (domain names) <br>VAT v.f.d value-added tax value for duty </p><p>1512 </p><p>STATESMAN’S YEARBOOK SOURCES </p><p>e Statesman’s Yearbook references the following sources to maintain accuracy and currency of information contained in our database: </p><p>••</p><p>United Nations Statistical Yearbook </p><p>•</p><p>International Monetary Fund Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook <br>United Nations Development Programme Human </p><p>Development Report </p><p>•</p><p>International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook </p><p>••••••</p><p>United Nations World Population Prospects </p><p>•</p><p>Selected International Monetary Fund Reports <br>United Nations World Urbanization Prospects </p><p>•</p><p>Selected Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Reports <br>United Nations Demographic Yearbook </p><p>•</p><p>Selected World Trade Organization Reports <br>United Nations Energy Statistics Yearbook </p><p>•</p><p>Selected European Union Reports <br>United Nations Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook </p><p>•</p><p>Stockholm International Peace Research Institute <br>United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural </p><p>Yearbook <br>Organization Statistical Yearbook </p><p>•</p><p>International Institute of Strategic Studies Military Balance </p><p>•</p><p>International Labour Organization Yearbook of Labour Statistics </p><p>••</p><p>International Road Federation World Road Statistics </p><p>••</p><p>Food and Agricultural Organization Production Yearbook <br>International Civil Aviation Organization Civil Aviation Statistics of the World <br>Food and Agricultural Organization Fishery Statistics – Capture Production </p><p>••</p><p>International Civil Aviation Organization Airport Traffic </p><p>•</p><p>International Telecommunication Union Yearbook of Statistics <br>Statistical offices, government departments, embassies and </p><p>international organizations throughout the world </p><p>••</p><p>Selected World Bank Reports </p><p>•</p><p>Selected print and online national and international news media <br>International Monetary Fund Government Finance Statistics Yearbook </p><p>1513 </p><p><strong>CURRENT LEADERS INDEX </strong></p><p>CURRENT LEADERS INDEX </p><p><strong>An * denotes a further reference in the addenda, page xxxi </strong></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Abdullah, King (Saudi Arabia) 1072–3 </li><li style="flex:1">Fenech Adami, Eddie (Malta) 842 </li></ul><p>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 <br>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 <br>Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud (Iran) 665–6 Aima, Evo Morales (Bolivia) 211–12 Albert II, Prince (Monaco) 872–3 Aliyev, Ilham (Azerbaijan) 165 <br>Gašparovič, Ivan (Slovakia) 1106–7 Gayoom, Maumoon Abdul (Maldives) 835 Gbagbo, Laurent (Côte d’Ivoire) 362–3 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Gnassingbé, Faure (Togo) 1214 </li><li style="flex:1">Annan, Kofi (United Nations) 11–12 </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Ansip, Andrus (Estonia) 441–2 </li><li style="flex:1">Gonsalves, Dr Ralph E. (St Vincent and Grenadines) 1059 </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Gonzi, Lawrence (Malta) 842 </li><li style="flex:1">Anthony, Dr Kenny (St Lucia) 1056 </li></ul><p>Arias Sánchez, Oscar (Costa Rica) 358 Arthur, Owen (Barbados) 183–4 Ásgrímsson, Halldór (Iceland) 597–8 Assad, Bashar al- (Syria) 1196 <br>Grímsson, Ólafur Ragnar (Iceland) 597 Guebuza, Armando (Mozambique) 885 Guelleh, Ismail Omar (Djibouti) 405 Gusmão, Xanana (East Timor) 415 Gyanendra, King (Nepal) 901 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Bachelet, Michelle (Chile) 311–12 </li><li style="flex:1">Gyurcsány, Ferenc (Hungary) 590 </li></ul><p>Badawi, Abdullah (Malaysia) 829–30 Bakiyev, Kurmanbek (Kyrgyzstan) 768 Balkenende, Jan Peter (Netherlands) 908–9 Băsescu, Traian (Romania) 1022 <br>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 <br>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 <br>Hu Jintao (China) 320 Hun Sen (Cambodia) 251–2 <br>Biya, Paul (Cameroon) 256–7 Blair, Tony (United Kingdom) 1270–2 Bolaños, Enrique (Nicaragua) 933 <br>Iloilo, Ratu Josefa (Fiji Islands) 452 <br>Bolkiah, Sultan Hassanal (Brunei) 234 Bongo, Omar (Gabon) 499 <br>Jagdeo, Bharrat (Guyana) 575 Jammeh, Yahya (Gambia) 504 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Boni, Yayi (Benin) 204 </li><li style="flex:1">Janša, Janez (Slovenia) 1112–13 </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Jiabao, Wen (China) 320–1 </li><li style="flex:1">Bouteflika, Abdelaziz (Algeria) 94 </li></ul><p>Bozizé, Gen. François (Central African Republic) 301 Brazauskas, Algirdas (Lithuania) 804 Bush, George W. (United States of America) 1346–7 <br>Jigme Singye Wangchuk, King (Bhutan) 208 Jintao, Hu (China) 320 Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen (Liberia) 791 Jong Il, Kim (North Korea) 759 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Castro, Fidel (Cuba) 372–3 </li><li style="flex:1">Jong-wook, Dr Lee (World Health Organization)* 28 </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Juncker, Jean-Claude (Luxembourg) 809 </li><li style="flex:1">Cavaco Silva, Aníbal (Portugal) 1011 </li></ul><p>Chávez, Hugo (Venezuela) 1487 Chidchai Vanasatidya (ailand) 1209–10 Chirac, Jacques (France) 471–2 Christie, Perry (Bahamas) 170 <br>Kabbah, Ahmad Tejan (Sierra Leone) 1096 Kabila, Joseph (Congo, Dem. Rep.) 350 Kaczyński, Lech (Poland) 1001 <br>Clark, Helen (New Zealand) 922 Compaoré, Blaise (Burkina Faso) 243 Conté, Gen. Lansana (Guinea) 568 Crvenkovski, Branko (Macedonia) 815 <br>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) <br>1259 <br>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 <br>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 <br>Enkhbayar, Nambaryn (Mongolia) 876 Enkhbold, Miyegombo (Mongolia) 876 Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip (Turkey) 1232–3 </p><p>1517 <br>1518 </p><p>CURRENT LEADERS INDEX </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Palacio, Dr Alfredo (Ecuador) 419 </li><li style="flex:1">Kirchner, Néstor (Argentina) 111 </li></ul><p>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 <br>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 <br>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 <br>Pohamba, Hifikepunye (Namibia) 894 Popescu-Tăriceanu, Călin (Romania) 1022–3 Préval, René (Haiti) 579 <br>Liverpool, Dr Nicholas (Dominica) 407–8 Loong, Lee Hsien (Singapore) 1110 Lukashenka, Alyaksandr (Belarus) 188 Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio (Brazil) 228 <br>Prodi, Romano (Italy) 708–9 Putin, Vladimir (Russia) 1032–3 </p><p>Qaboos, Sultan (Oman) 958 Qadhafi, Col. Muammar Abu Minyar al- (Libya) 795 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Qarase, Laisenia (Fiji Islands) 452–3 </li><li style="flex:1">McAleese, Mary (Ireland) 682 </li></ul><p>Macapagal-Arroyo, Gloria (Philippines) 991–2 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Makuza, Bernard (Rwanda) 1049 </li><li style="flex:1">Rajapaksa, Mahinda (Sri Lanka) 1157 </li></ul><p>Rakhmonov, Emomali (Tajikistan) 1200 Ramgoolam, Navin (Mauritius) 855 Rasizade, Artur (Azerbaijan) 165 <br>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 <br>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 <br>Mbeki, abo (South Africa) 1128 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Meles Zenawi (Ethiopia) 447 </li><li style="flex:1">Saakashvili, Mikhail (Georgia) 507 </li></ul><p>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 <br>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 <br>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 <br>Nahyan, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al- (United Arab Emirates) <br>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 </p><p>Obasanjo, Olusegun (Nigeria) 943 Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Brig.-Gen. Teodoro (Equatorial Guinea) 433 Olmert, Ehud (Israel) 695–6 Ouyahia, Ahmed (Algeria) 94–5 <br>Talabani, Jalal (Iraq) 673–4 Terenzi, Gian Franco (San Marino) 1065 an Shwe, Sr Gen. (Myanmar) 889–90 </p><p>current leaders index </p><p>1519 </p><p>ani, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al (Qatar) 1017 Tihić, Sulejman (Bosnia-Herzegovina) 216–17 Toafa, Maatia (Tuvalu) 1242–3 <br>Vieira, João Bernardo (Guinea-Bissau) 572 Vīķe-Freiberga, Vaira (Latvia) 776 Villepin, Dominique de (France) 472–3 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Voronin, Vladimir (Moldova) 869–70 </li><li style="flex:1">Toledo, Alejandro (Peru) 985–6 </li></ul><p>Tong, Anote (Kiribati) 745 Torrijos Espino, Martín (Panama) 972 Touré, Amadou Toumani (Mali) 838 <br>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 <br>Uribe Vélez, Álvaro (Colombia) 340–1 Urusemal, Joseph (Micronesia) 865–6 </p><p>Vall, Col. Ely Ould Mohamed (Mauritania) 851 Vanasatidya, Chidchai (ailand) 1209–10 Vanhanen, Matti (Finland) 460 <br>Yekhanurov, Yuriy (Ukraine) 1253 Yudhoyono, Susilo Bambang (Indonesia) 658–9 Yushchenko, Viktor (Ukraine) 1252 <br>Vázquez, Tabaré (Uruguay) 1470–1 Vélez, Álvaro Uribe (Colombia) 340–1 Venetiaan, Runaldo Ronald (Suriname) 1169 Verhofstadt, Guy (Belgium) 195 <br>Zelaya, Manuel (Honduras) 583 Zenawi, Meles (Ethiopia) 447 Zia, Begum Khaleda (Bangladesh) 179 </p><p><strong>PLACE AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INDEX </strong></p><p>PLACE AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INDEX </p><p>Italicized page numbers refer to extended entries <br>An * denotes a further reference in the addenda, page xxxi </p><p>Adamstown 1329 Adana 1230, 1231, 1235 Addis Ababa 446, 448, 449 Adelaide 120, 121, 122, 128, <br>129, 136, 143, 144 Aden 47, 1497, 1498, 1500, <br>1501 <br>Ahuachapán 428 Ahvaz 663, 664 Ahvenanmaa see Åland Aiken 1440 <br>Al-Jofra 794 </p><p><strong>A</strong></p><p>Al Jumayliyah 1016 Al-Kamishli 1195 Al Kharija 422 <br>Aachen 517, 526, 540 Aalborg 394, 399 Aalst 193 <br>Ailinglaplap 848 Ain Defla 92 <br>Al Khour 1016 Al Khums 796 <br>Aargau 1186, 1187, 1191 </p><p>Aarhus 394, 399 Aarlen see Arlon Aba 942 <br>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 <br>Al-Kofra 794 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Adi Ugri 436 </li><li style="flex:1">Al-Kut 671, 673 </li></ul><p>Adilabad 617 Adityapur 629 <br>Al-Marj 794 Al-Morqib 794 <br>Abaco 169, 171 <br>Adıyaman 1230 </p><p>Adjaria 506, 510 Ado-Ekiti 942 <br>Al-Muthanna 673 al-Obeid 1163 <br>Abadan 664 Abaiang 744 al-Oued 92 <br>Abakaliki 942 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Adoni 617 </li><li style="flex:1">Aix-en-Provence 468, 469, </li></ul><p>481 al-Qadarif 1163 <br>Abakan 1043 <br>Adrar (Algeria) 92 </p><p>Adrar (Mauritania) 850 Adygeya 1040 <br>Al-Qadisiyah 673 Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad 97 Al-Qoba 794 <br>Abancay 984 <br>Aizawl 615, 617, 637, 638 </p><p>Ajaccio 468 <br>Abariringa see Kanton Abbotsford 263, 274, 276 Abéché 304, 307 Abemama 744 <br>Aegean Islands region <br>(Greece) 553 <br>Ajanta 616 Ajloun 730 <br>Al Rayyan 1016 Al Shamal 1016 <br>Aetolia and Acarnania 553 Afar 446 <br>Ajman 1257, 1258 Ajmer 606, 626, 642, 643 Akashi 721 <br>Al-Wahad 794 <br>Abengourou 361 </p><p>Abeokuta 940, 942 Aberdeen (Scotland) 1266, <br>1279, 1300, 1301, 1303 Aberdeen (South Dakota) <br>1441, 1442 <br>Al Wakra 1016 <br>Afghanistan 56, 81–5 —in world organizations 12, <br>43, 52, 55, 59, 70, 72, 73 African Development Bank </p><p>61 </p><p>Alabama 1339, 1343, 1345, </p><p>1356, 1364–6 </p><p>Akershus 948 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Akita 721 </li><li style="flex:1">Alagoas 226 </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Akjoujt 850 </li><li style="flex:1">Alajuela 357, 360 </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Alamagan 1460 </li><li style="flex:1">Akmola see Astana </li></ul><p>Akola 606, 634, 635 Akouta 938 <br>Aberdeenshire 1300 Aberystwyth 1306, 1307 Abia 942 <br>African Export–Import Bank </p><p>61–2 </p><p>Alamosa 1376 Åland 45, 457, 458 Alania see North Ossetia Alappuzha 606 <br>African Union 62 Afyon 1230 <br>Akranes 596 <br>Abidjan 361, 362, 363, 364, </p><p>572 <br>Akron 1429, 1431 Akrotiri 48, 1317, 1332 Aksaray 1230 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Agadez 936 </li><li style="flex:1">Alaska 1338, 1339, 1341, 1343, </li></ul><p>1345, 1355, 1356, 1359, </p><p>1362, 1366–8 </p><p>Abilene 1340, 1444, 1446 Abkhazia 506, 509–10 Abohar 640 <br>Agadir 879, 880, 881, 882 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Agalega 854 </li><li style="flex:1">Aksaz-Karaağaç 1233 </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Aksum 449 </li><li style="flex:1">Agaña see Hagåtña </li></ul><p>Agartala 615, 617, 646 Agatti Island 654 Agboville 361 <br>Álava 1146 <br>Aboisso 361 <br>Aktau 737 </p><p>Akure 942 <br>Alba 1020 <br>Abomey 203, 205 Abqaiq 1075 <br>Alba Iulia 1020 <br>Akureyri 596, 600 Akwa Ibom 942 Akyab 888 <br>Albacete 1146, 1147 Albania 86–91 <br>Abruzzi 706 <br>Agege 942 </p><p>Abu Dhabi 1257, 1258, 1259, <br>1260, 1261 <br>Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean 65 <br>—in European organizations <br>40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 <br>—in other organizations 10, <br>12, 52, 53, 55, 56, 59 Albany (New York) 1424, <br>1425 <br>Al Ain 1260 <br>Abu Mena 427 <br>Al-Ali 173 </p><p>Abuja 940, 941, 942 Abyan 1498 <br>Al-Amarah 673 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Al-Anbar 672 </li><li style="flex:1">Aggeneys 1141 </li></ul><p>Açâba 850 <br>Aghios Nikolaos 553 </p><p>Agin-Buryat 1045 Aginskoe 1045 <br>Al Arish 422 <br>Acajutla 429, 430 Acapulco de Juárez 859 Accra 547, 549, 550 Aceh 656, 657 <br>Al-Ayn 960 <br>Albany (Western Australia) </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">150 </li><li style="flex:1">Al-Basrah 671, 672, 673, 676 </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Al-Batan 794 </li><li style="flex:1">Agnéby 361 </li><li style="flex:1">Alberobello 713 </li></ul><p>Agra 606, 616, 626, 647 Ağri 1230 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">al-Bayadh 92 </li><li style="flex:1">Alberta 261, 263, 264, 267, </li></ul><p>270, 271, 272–4 <br>Achaia 553 <br>Al-Buni 92 </p><p>Achalpur 634 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Agrigento 713 </li><li style="flex:1">Al Bustan 785 </li><li style="flex:1">Albina 1168 </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Acklins 169 </li><li style="flex:1">Agrihan 1460 </li><li style="flex:1">Al-Dawr 672 </li><li style="flex:1">Albuquerque 1339, 1422, 1423 </li></ul><p>Alcalá de Henares 1147, 1153 Alcobendas 1147 Alcorcón 1147 <br>Acre (Brazil) 226 Acre (Israel) 699 Ad-Diwaniyah 673 Ada 1433 <br>Aguascalientes 859 Aguijan 1460 <br>Al Ghardaqah 424 Al Ghwayriyah 1016 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Al-Hillah 672 </li><li style="flex:1">Ahal 1238 </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Ahmadi 763 </li><li style="flex:1">Al Hoceima 881 </li></ul><p>Al-Jafarah 794 Al-Jayli 1165 <br>Aldabra 1091, 1093, 1321 Aldeburgh 1294 Alderney 1314, Aleg 850 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Adabeya 426 </li><li style="flex:1">Ahmadnagar 606, 634 </li></ul><p>Ahmedabad 606, 611, 614, <br>615, 624, 625 <br>Adamaoua 255 Adamawa 941, 946 </p><p>1317 </p><p>al-Jaza’ir see Algiers </p><p>1523 <br>1524 </p><p>pl ace&nbsp;and international organiz&nbsp;ations index </p><p>Amapala 583 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Alegranza 1147 </li><li style="flex:1">Anderson 1392 </li><li style="flex:1">Anyang 749 </li></ul><p>Amarillo 1340, 1444 Amasya 1230 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Alentejo 1009 </li><li style="flex:1">Andhra Pradesh 605, 607, </li></ul><p></p><p>615, 617–18 </p><p>Anzoátegui 1485 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Aoba 1479 </li><li style="flex:1">Alentejo Central 1009 </li></ul><p>Alentejo Litoral 1009 Aleppo 1195, 1197, 1198 Ålesund 949 Alexander Bay 1141 Alexandria (Egypt) 422, 423, <br>424, 425, 426 Alexandria (Louisiana) 1400 Alexandria (Romania) 1021 Alexandria (Virginia) 1340, <br>1450 Alexandroupolis 553 Alfred 1425 <br>Amazonas (Brazil) 226 Amazonas (Colombia) 339 Amazonas (Peru) 984 Amazonas (Venezuela) 1485 Ambala 625, 626, 640 Ambato 418 <br>Andijon see Andizhan Andizhan 1474, 1477 Andorra 12, 40, 41, 43, 53, </p>