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October, 2005

Changes affecting status:

1. Cayman Islands: Districts completely revised.
2. Indonesia: Changed one capital city.
3. Zimbabwe: Changes of provincial capitals.

Other data added:

1. Angola: Minor changes, including spelling of capitals.
2. Bulgaria: Added 2001 census data, areas, NUTS codes, etc.
3. Comoros: Added 2003 census data.
4. Cook Islands: Added 2001 census data and population history.
5. Eritrea: Better area figures, other fixes.
6. Korea, North: More comments about special zones.
7. Nepal: Added 1981 census data.
8. New Caledonia: Added 2004 census data.
9. Somalia: Changed spelling of capital names.
10. Tajikistan: Adjusted dates in change history.
11. U.S. Minor Outlying Islands: HASC codes had been omitted.
12. Vietnam: Modifications to regional grouping.

Secondary divisions:

1. Albania: Added municipalities.
2. Angola: Luanda city council split into five parts.
3. Bhutan: Added subdistricts.
4. Eritrea: Added districts.
5. Nepal: Added 1991 census data.
6. New Caledonia: Added 2004 census data.
7. Switzerland: Recent changes to districts.
8. Zimbabwe: Added obsolete names.

Site design changes:

Added links from primary subdivision pages to secondary subdivision pages for the same country.

Time zones:

1. Brazil: Added DST dates for 2005.
2. Canada: Two provinces will match U.S. changes.