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July, 2003

Changes affecting status:

  1. Bahamas: Clarified current divisions, added HASC codes, populations, areas.
  2. Indonesia: Added new province Kepulauan Riau, changed official name of Aceh.
  3. Kazakhstan: Name of capital of Zhambyl province changed from Zhambyl to Taraz.
  4. Papua New Guinea: Capital of Bougainville province moved from Arawa to Buka.

Other data added:

  1. Argentina: Minor addition to change history.
  2. Cameroon: Corrected the date of the 1983 reorganization. Added to change history.
  3. Colombia: Capital temporarily moved.
  4. Estonia: Added area and population data.
  5. French Guiana: Added INSEE codes.
  6. French Polynesia: Added discussion of capital of Tuamotu and Gambier Islands.
  7. Gambia: Reconsidered name of one division.
  8. Guam: Added a historical datum.
  9. Guyana: Changed a date.
  10. Kiribati: Added a historical datum.
  11. Korea, North: Remarks about Najin-Sonbong special economic zone and its peers.
  12. Korea, South: New official romanization system.
  13. Mauritius: Added a historical datum.
  14. New Caledonia: Added population and area data.
  15. Papua New Guinea: Minor addition to change history.
  16. Paraguay: Added 2002 census figures; expanded history.
  17. Reunion: Updated populations, added INSEE codes.
  18. Senegal: Displayed table with 2001 population estimates.
  19. Serbia and Montenegro: New name and ISO codes for Yugoslavia.
  20. Uruguay: Extended change history back to 1828.
  21. Vanuatu: Added to change history.
  22. Wallis and Futuna: Updated populations, added INSEE codes.
  23. Country Codes: Added a change history for FIPS PUB 10 codes. Expanded the change history for ISO 3166 codes, and removed it to its own page. ISO numeric code for Netherlands Antilles changed to 530, as it should have been since 1993. Inserted additional IOC codes. Added a column for MARC codes.

Secondary divisions:

  1. Cameroon: Added change history.
  2. Cuba: Added areas and populations.
  3. El Salvador: Added municipios.
  4. Estonia: Added municipalities. (1998 list updated to 2002 on 2003-06-16.)
  5. France: Added populations, areas, and INSEE codes. Changed names of three arrondissements (Cherbourg-Octeville, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Sarcelles).
  6. Indonesia: Updated change history for regencies and municipalities.
  7. Kazakhstan: Added rayons.
  8. Mayotte: Added INSEE codes. Added a note about the capital.
  9. New Caledonia: Added to the change history.
  10. Paraguay: Added change history.

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