July, 2007
Changes affecting status:
- Russia: Koryak and Kamchatka merged.
Other data added:
FIPS released an update to the FIPS 10-4 standard dated 2007-06-11 (although it didn't appear on
the FIPS change notice website until this week). Countries affected are Bahrain,
Cyprus, Denmark, Hungary,
India, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Mongolia, Russia, and Vietnam.
- Afghanistan: Added 1982 areas.
- Aruba: Added 2000 population, comments.
- Bangladesh: Added 1991 census data.
- Barbados: Added 2000 population and a population history.
- Bermuda: Improved precision of populations.
- Bhutan: Added (most) areas.
- Botswana: Added to change history.
- Djibouti: Updated population estimates.
- Dominica: Added 1991 and 2001 census data.
- Ecuador: Added population history.
- Eritrea: Added areas of former provinces.
- Ethiopia: Added 1993 populations of regions.
- French Polynesia: Corrected a spelling.
- Gambia: Added 1993 populations and areas.
- Isle of Man: Added 2006 population data.
- Korea, North: Updated population estimates.
- Lebanon: Added 2004 population estimates.
- Lesotho: Added 2006 census data.
- Romania: Added to change history. Added postal codes.
- Russia: Revised 2002 census figures.
- Tonga: Added 2006 population data.
- Turkmenistan: Improved precision of areas.
Secondary divisions:
- Ethiopia: Added the (old) sub-provinces.
- Isle of Man: Added parishes.
- Lesotho: Added 2006 census data.
- Niger: Tracked changes, added new arrondissement.
Time zones:
- Honduras is not observing daylight saving time this year. It did in 2006, as a one-time
trial, so I had it marked for DST. I have now removed the marking, somewhat belatedly.