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ABBREVIATIONS ACP African Caribbean Pacific Adm. Admiral Adv. Advocate a.i. ad interim b. born bbls. barrels bd board bn. billion (one thousand million) Brig. Brigadier bu. bushel Cdr Commander CFA Communauté Financière Africaine CFP Comptoirs Français du Pacifique c.i.f. cost, insurance, freight C.-in-C. Commander-in-Chief CIS Commonwealth of Independent States cu. cubic CUP Cambridge University Press cwt hundredweight D. Democratic Party DWT dead weight tonnes ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EEA European Economic Area EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EMS European Monetary System EMU European Monetary Union ERM Exchange Rate Mechanism f.o.b. free on board FDI foreign direct investment ft foot/feet FTE full-time equivalent G8 Group Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA, Russia GDP gross domestic product Gen. General GNI gross national income GNP gross national product GRT gross registered tonnes GW gigawatt GWh gigawatt hours ha hectare(s) HDI Human Development Index ind. independent(s) ICT information and communication technology ISO International Organization for Standardization (domain names) K kindergarten kg kilogramme(s) kl kilolitre(s) 2030
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ABBREVIATIONS

ACP African Caribbean PacificAdm. AdmiralAdv. Advocatea.i. ad interim

b. bornbbls. barrelsbd boardbn. billion (one thousand million)Brig. Brigadierbu. bushel

Cdr CommanderCFA Communauté Financière AfricaineCFP Comptoirs Français du Pacifiquec.i.f. cost, insurance, freightC.-in-C. Commander-in-ChiefCIS Commonwealth of Independent Statescu. cubicCUP Cambridge University Presscwt hundredweight

D. Democratic PartyDWT dead weight tonnes

ECOWAS Economic Community of West African StatesEEA European Economic AreaEEZ Exclusive Economic ZoneEMS European Monetary SystemEMU European Monetary UnionERM Exchange Rate Mechanism

f.o.b. free on boardFDI foreign direct investmentft foot/feetFTE full-time equivalent

G8 Group Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA, RussiaGDP gross domestic productGen. GeneralGNI gross national incomeGNP gross national productGRT gross registered tonnesGW gigawattGWh gigawatt hours

ha hectare(s)HDI Human Development Index

ind. independent(s)ICT information and communication technologyISO International Organization for Standardization (domain names)

K kindergartenkg kilogramme(s)kl kilolitre(s)

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ABBREVIATIONS

km kilometre(s)kW kilowattkWh kilowatt hours

lat. latitudelb pound(s) (weight)Lieut. Lieutenantlong. longitude

m. millionMaj. MajorMW megawattMWh megawatt hours

n.e.c. not elsewhere classifiedNRT net registered tonnesNTSC National Television System Committee (525 lines 60 fields)

OUP Oxford University Pressoz ounce(s)

PAL Phased Alternate Line (625 lines 50 fields 4·43 MHz sub-carrier)PAL M Phased Alternate Line (525 lines 60 PAL 3·58 MHz sub-carrier)PAL N Phased Alternate Line (625 lines 50 PAL 3·58 MHz sub-carrier)PAYE Pay-As-You-EarnPPP Purchasing Power Parity

R. Republican PartyRt Hon. Right Honourable

SADC Southern African Development CommunitySDR Special Drawing RightsSECAM H Sequential Couleur avec Mémoire (625 lines 50 fields Horizontal)SECAM V Sequential Couleur avec Mémoire (625 lines 50 fields Vertical)sq. squareSSI Supplemental Security Income

TAFE technical and further educationTEU twenty-foot equivalent unitstrn. trillion (one million million)TV television

Univ. University

VAT value-added taxv.f.d value for duty

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PLACE AND INTERNATIONALORGANIZATIONS INDEX

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Aachen 691, 704, 727Aalborg 535, 542,

543Aalst 274Aargau 1554, 1555,

1560Aarhus 535, 542, 543Aarlen see ArlonAba 1248Abaco 245Abadan 900, 901Abaiang 999Abakaliki 1248Abakan 1371Abancay 1303Abariringa see

KantonAbbotsford 358, 375,

378Abéché 421, 424Abemama 999Abengourou 496Abeokuta 1247, 1248Aberdeen (Scotland)

1651, 1669, 1705,1706, 1707, 1708,1711, 1712

Aberdeen (SouthDakota) 1934, 1936

Aberdeenshire 1705Aberystwyth 1716,

1717Abia 1247, 1248Abidjan 496, 497,

499, 500, 501, 772Abilene 1769, 1940,

1943Abkhazia 681, 685–6Abohar 867Aboisso 497Abomey 287, 291Abqaiq 1409Abruzzi 950Abu Dhabi 1640,

1641, 1642, 1643,1644

Abu Mena 579Abuja 1246, 1247,

1248Abyan 2012Açâba 1126Acajutla 581, 583Acapulco de Juárez

1138Accra 739, 740, 741,

743Aceh 891, 892Achaia 747Achalpur 856Acklins 245Acre (Brazil) 314Acre (Israel) 943Ad-Diwaniyah 910Ada 1921

Adabeya 577Adamaoua 350Adamawa 1247, 1253Adamstown 1755Adana 1608, 1613Addis Ababa 602,

603, 605, 606Adelaide 173, 175,

176, 185, 197, 208,211

Aden 68, 2011, 2012,2013, 2014, 2015,2016

Adi Ugri 590Adilabad 828Adityapur 847Adıyaman 1608Adjaria 681, 686–7Ado-Ekiti 1248Adoni 828Adrar (Algeria) 139Adrar (Mauritania)

1126Adygeya 1365Aegean Islands region

(Greece) 746Aetolia and Acarnania

746Afar 602Afghanistan 125–32—in world

organizations 12,60, 76, 82, 89, 110,113

African DevelopmentBank 93

African Export–Import Bank 93

African Union 93–4Afyon 1608Agadez 1241Agadir 1165, 1166,

1168Agalega 1131Agaña see HagåtñaAgartala 825, 875,

876Agatti Island 889Agboville 496Agege 1248Agency for the

Prohibition ofNuclear Weapons inLatin America andthe Caribbean99–100

Aggeneys 1500Aghios Nikolaos 746Agin-Buryat 1374Aginskoe 1374Agnéby 496Agra 812, 826, 842,

878A#ri 1608

Agrigento 959Agrihan 1965Aguascalientes 1137,

1138Aguijan 1965Ahal 1616Ahmadi 1020Ahmadnagar 812, 855Ahmedabad 812, 819,

824, 825, 840Ahuachapán 580Ahvaz 900Ahvenanmaa see

ÅlandAiken 1933Ailinglaplap 1124Ain Defla 139Ain Témouchent 139Aïoun el Atrouss

1126, 1129Airdrie (Alberta) 372Aisén del Gral.

Carlos Ibáñez delCampo 427

Ait-Ben-Haddou 1169Aitutaki 1231Aix-en-Provence 629,

630, 645Aizawl 825, 861, 862Ajaccio 629Ajanta 826Ajloun 981Ajman 1640, 1641Ajmer 812, 842, 870,

871Akashi 969Akershus 1255Akita 969Akjoujt 1126Akmola see AstanaAkola 812, 855, 857Akouta 1243Akranes 801Akron 1915, 1917Akrotiri 70, 1735,

1759Aksaray 1608Aksaz-Karaa#aç 1610Aksum 606Aktau 990Akure 1247, 1248Akureyri 801, 805Akwa Ibom 1247Akyab 1178, 1179Al Ain 1643, 1644Al-Amarah 910Al-Anbar 910Al Arish 573Al-Ayn 1271Al-Basrah 909, 910,

913, 914Al-Batan 1057al-Bayadh 139Al-Buni 140

Al-Dawr 909Al-Dhalia 2012Al Ghardaqah 575Al Ghwayriyah 1337Al-Hillah 910Al Hoceima 1166Al-Jafarah 1057Al-Jayli 1528al-Jaza’ir see AlgiersAl-Jofra 1057Al Jumayliyah 1337Al-Kamishli 1564Al Kharija 573Al Khour 1337Al Khums 1059Al-Kofra 1057Al-Kut 910Al-Marj 1057Al-Morqib 1057Al-Muthanna 910al-Obeid 1525al-Oued 140al-Qadarif 1525Al-Qadisiyah 910Al Qal’a of Beni

Hammad 144Al-Qoba 1057Al Rayyan 1337Al Shamal 1337Al-Wahad 1057Al Wakra 1337Alabama 1767, 1776,

1778, 1793,1808–11

Alagoas 314Alajuela 491, 494Alamagan 1965Alamosa 1827Åland 63, 616Alania see North

OssetiaAlappuzha 812Alaska 1765, 1767,

1771, 1776, 1777,1778, 1792, 1793,1800, 1804, 1805,1811–14

Álava 1505, 1506Alba 1343Alba Iulia 1343Albacete 1505, 1506Albania 133–8—in European

organizations 55,57, 59, 60, 62, 63,65

—in otherorganizations 9, 12,76, 78, 82, 84, 85,89

Albany (New York)1906, 1907, 1908

Albany (WesternAustralia) 221

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Alberobello 959Alberta 356, 357,

359, 363, 369, 370,371, 371–4

Albina 1531Albuquerque 1768,

1903, 1904Alcalá de Henares

1506, 1515Alcobendas 1506Alcorcón 1506Aldabra 1433, 1437,

1741 Aldeburgh 1696Alderney 1729, 1730,

1734Aleg 1126Alegranza 1506Alentejo 1329, 1330Alentejo Central 1330Alentejo Litoral 1330Aleppo 1564, 1567,

1568Ålesund 1256Alexander Bay 1500Alexandria (Egypt)

572, 573, 575, 577Alexandria

(Louisiana) 1867Alexandria (Romania)

1343Alexandria (Virginia)

1769, 1949Alexandroupolis 747Alfred 1908Algarve 1329, 1330,

1334Algeciras 1506, 1513Algeria* 85, 139–45—and European

organizations 46,60, 62

—in worldorganizations 8, 12,67, 76, 82, 89, 93,106, 116, 117, 118,119, 120

Algiers 139, 140, 141,143, 144

Alhucemas 1506Ali-Sabieh 550Alibori 287Alicante 1505, 1506,

1512Alice Springs 185,

195, 197, 211Aligarh 812, 826Alipur Duar 880Alkmaar 1200Allahabad 812, 817,

823, 825, 878Allentown 1769, 1925Alma-Ata see AlmatyAlmaty 986, 987, 990Almelo 1200Almere 1200Almería 1505, 1506,

1512Alo 669

Alofi (Niue) 1234,1235

Alofi (Wallis andFutuna) 668

Alor Setar 1099, 1104Alost see AalstAlotau 1292Alphen a/d Rijn 1200Alphonse 1433Alsace 628, 629, 689Alta 1264Alta Verapaz 759Altai 1363, 1366Altamira 1143Alto Alentejo 1330Alto Paraguay 1298Alto Paraná 1298Alto Trás os Montes

1329Alva 1920Alwar 812Alytus 1067Amadora 1330Amagasaki 969Amambay 1298Amapá 314Amapala 786Amarillo 1769, 1940Amasya 1608Amazonas (Brazil)

314Amazonas (Colombia)

468Amazonas (Peru)

1303Amazonas

(Venezuela) 1997Ambala 841, 842, 867Ambato 567Ambohimanga 1092Amboina 892, 896Ambronay 645Ambrym 1991America see United

States of AmericaAmerican Samoa 115,

1765, 1767, 1776,1777, 1970–2

Amersfoort 1200,1201

Ames 1856, 1858Amhara 602Amherst

(Massachusetts)1875

Amherst (NovaScotia) 388

Amiens 629, 630, 644Amindivi Islands 873,

889Amini Island 889Amirante Isles 1433Amman 980, 981,

983, 984Amnesty International

66–7Amphissa 746Amran 2012Amravati 812, 855

Amritsar 809, 810,812, 824, 867, 868

Amroha 877Amstelveen 1200Amsterdam 1199,

1200, 1201, 1205,1207, 1209, 1210

Amsterdam Island667, 668

Amtimam 421An Giang 2003An-Najaf 910An-Nasiriyah 910Anaconda-Deer

Lodge County 1888Anadyr 1374Anaheim 1768, 1821Anambra 1247Anand 839Anantapur 828, 830Ancash 1303Anchorage (Alaska)

1768, 1811, 1812,1813

Anchorage (CookIslands) seeSuwarrow

Ancón 1289Ancona 950Andalusia 1505,

1506, 1507, 1515Andaman and

Nicobar Islands812, 815, 817, 825,828, 882, 883–4

Andean Community100–1, 109

Andean DevelopmentCorporation 106

Anderson 1853Andhra Pradesh 811,

812, 814, 825,828–30

Andijon see Andizhan Andizhan 1985, 1988Andorra 12, 55, 57,

60, 78, 146–8Andorra la Vella 146Andros 245Androth Island 889Anegada 1742, 1743Aného 1590Aneityum 1991Angarpota 256Angeles 1311Angers 630, 642Angkor 349Anglesey, Isle of

1714Angola 149–54—in world

organizations 12,76, 93, 95, 96, 98,106

Angoulême 630Angra do Heroísmo

1335Anguilla 70, 102, 103,

104, 108, 1735–7

Angus 1705Anhui 436, 448Anjouan see NzwaniAnkara 1607, 1608,

1609, 1613Ankeny 1856Anklesvar 839Ann Arbor 1876,

1878Annaba 139, 140,

141, 143Annamalainagar 875Annapolis 1870, 1871 Annecy 630Annemasse 630Annobón 585Anping 466Ansan 1005Anse-la-Raye 1385Anseba 590Anshan 437Antalya 1608, 1613Antananarivo 1088,

1091Antarctic Treaty 121Antigua and Barbuda

155–8—in world

organizations 12,68, 100, 101, 102,103, 104, 106, 108

Antigua Guatemala763

Antioquia 468Antipodes Islands

1218, 1229Antofagasta 299, 427,

428, 432Antrim 1719Antsiranana 1088,

1091Antwerp see

AntwerpenAntwerpen 274, 280,

281, 1210Anuradhapura 1520,

1523Anvers see

AntwerpenAnyang 1005Anzoátegui 1997Aoba 1991Aomori 969, 978Aozou Strip 421Apapa 1249Apeldoorn 1200, 1201Apia 1393, 1395Apodaca 1138Apolima 1393Appenzell-Inner

Rhoden 1554, 1555Appenzell-Outer

Rhoden 1553, 1555Appleton 1958, 1961Appomattox 1763Apra Harbor 1973,

1974Apure 1997Apurímac 1303

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Aqaba 980, 981, 982,984

Aqmola 986Aqtöbe 986Aquitaine 629Ar-Ramadi 910Arab Fund for

Economic andSocial Development116–17

Arab Maghreb Union117

Arab Monetary Fund117

Arab Organization forAgriculturalDevelopment 118

Aracajú 314, 315Arad 1343, 1347Aragón 1503, 1505,

1506Aragua 1997Arak 900Arakuvalley 829Aranuka 999Arauca 468Arawa 1292Arbol 908Arcadia 747Archerfield 207Arcot 873Ardahan 1608Ardabil 900Ards 1719Arecibo 1967Arendal 1256Arequipa 1303, 1306,

1309Argenteuil 630Argentia 387Argentina 47, 159–67—in world

organizations 8, 12,67, 76, 93, 100,103, 105, 106, 109

Argeº 1343Argolis 747Argostoli 746Argovie see AargauArgyll and Bute 1705Ariamsvlei 1188Ariana 1601Arica 296, 299, 428,

432Arima 1596Arizona 1763, 1767,

1776, 1777, 1778,1791, 1793, 1800,1804, 1814–17

Arkansas 1767, 1776,1778, 1817–20

Arkhangelsk 1353Arles 644Arlington (Texas)

1768, 1940Arlington (Virginia)

1768, 1835, 1949

Arlit 1243, 1244Arlon 274Armagh 1719Armenia 168–72—in European

organizations 56,57, 60, 65

—in otherorganizations 9, 12,71, 72, 76, 78, 84,89, 106

Armenia (Colombia)469

Armidale 203Arnhem 1200, 1201Arnos Vale 1391Arorae 999Arrah 834, 835Arta 746Artibonite 780Artigas 1979Artvin 1608Aruba 32, 101, 1203,

1211–13Arunachal Pradesh

811, 814, 825, 828,830–1

Arusha 1376, 1574Arvada 1769, 1825Aryanah see Arianaas-Salimiya 1020As-Samawah 910As-Sulaymaniyah 910Asaba 1247Asahikawa 969Asansol 812, 882Ascension Island 70,

1735, 1756ASEAN 46, 111–12Ashanti 739Ashdod 936, 938, 941Ashgabat 1616, 1619Ashkhabad see

AshgabatAshland (Oregon)

1924Ashland (Virginia)

1951Ashmore and Cartier

Islands 70, 174,229

Ashur 915Asia-Pacific

Economic Co-operation 111

Asian DevelopmentBank 110–11

Asmara 590, 593Assab 590, 591, 593,

602Assam 811, 814, 819,

820, 825, 826, 828,832–3

Assen 1200, 1201Assisi 959Association of

Caribbean States101

Association of SouthEast Asian Nations46, 111–12

Assumption 1433Astana 986, 987Astove 1433Astrakhan 1617Asturias 1505, 1506,

1515Asunción 1298, 1299,

1300, 1301, 1302Aswan 573Asyut 573at-Tarf 140At Tur 573Atacama 427Atacora 287Atafu 1230Atakpamé 1587,

1590Atâr 1126, 1129Ataúro 563Athabasca 371, 374Athens (Georgia)

1842Athens (Greece) 745,

746, 747, 748, 750,752, 753, 754

Athens (Ohio) 1917Athens (West

Virginia) 1957Athens Clarke County

1769, 1840Athlone 931Ati 421Atiu 1231Atiya 330Atlanta 1768, 1797,

1840, 1841, 1842Atlantic City 1925Atlantic Zone

(Nicaragua) 1236Atlántico 468Atlántico Norte

1236Atlántico Sur 1236Atlántida 785Atlantique 287Atol das Rocas 322Attica region

(Greece) 746Attopeu 1030Atyraû 986, 989Auburn (Maine)

1868, 1869Auburn (New York)

1906Auckland 1219, 1220,

1222, 1223, 1224,1226, 1227, 1228,1230

Auckland Islands1218, 1229

Augsburg 691, 711Augusta (Italy) 953Augusta (Maine)

1867, 1868, 1869

Augusta-RichmondCounty (Georgia)1768, 1840

Auki 1464Aulnay-sous-Bois 630Aunu’u 1970Aurangabad 812, 825,

855, 857Aurora (Colorado)

1768, 1825Aurora (Illinois)

1769, 1849Auschwitz 1319, 1326Aust-Agder 1255Austin 1768, 1940Austral Islands 664Australia 173–229—external territories

70, 174, 186, 225–9 —in world

organizations 9, 12,67, 68, 76, 87, 110,111, 112, 113, 114,115

—territories andstates 192–225

Australian AntarcticTerritory 70, 174,225

Australian CapitalTerritory 173, 174,176, 177, 186,192–4, 198

Austria* 230–8—in European

organizations 43,45, 49, 50, 52, 55,57, 58, 60, 61, 62,63, 65

—in otherorganizations 12,67, 76, 78, 84, 87,93, 105, 106, 110

Auvergne 629Avarua 1232Ave 1329Avebury 1694Avignon 630, 644,

645Ávila 1505, 1515Avilés 1506Awdal 1470Awka 1247, 1248Ayacucho 1303Aydin 1608Ayodhya 810, 811Ayre 1726Ayutthaya 1585Azad 1274Azamgarh 877Azarbayejan, East

900Azarbayejan, West

900Azerbaijan* 239–44—in European

organizations 56,57, 60, 65

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—in otherorganizations 9, 12,71, 72, 76, 82, 84,89, 106, 110, 113

Azogues 567Azores 1328, 1329,

1330, 1335, 1336Azua 558Azuay 567

Ba Ria (Vung Tau)2004

Baalbek 1046Baarle-Hertog 274Babahoyo 567Babelthuap 1283Babil 910, 914Babylon see BabilBac Can 2004Bac Giang 2004Bac Lieu 2003Bac Ninh 2004Bacãu 1343Bacolod 1311Bács-Kiskun 791Badajoz 1505, 1506Badakhshan 126Badalona 1506Badame 604Baden-Württemberg

691, 707–9Badghis 126Baeza 1515Bafatá 770Baffin 402, 405, 407Bafing 496Bafoussam 350Baga-Nur 1161Bagdogra 872, 882Bagerhat 260Baghdad 908, 909,

910, 911, 913, 914Baghlan 126Baglung 1194Bagmati 1193Baguio 1311Bahabalpur 866Bahadurgarh 841Bahamas 245–9—in world

organizations 12,68, 76, 100, 101,102, 103, 105, 106

Baharampur 880Bahia (Brazil) 314,

319Bahia Blanca

(Argentina)161, 166Bahla 1271Bahoruco 558Bahr al-Ghazal 1525Bahr al-Jabal 1525Bahraich 877Bahrain 250–4—in world

organizations 12,82, 89, 116, 117,118, 119, 120

Baia Mare 1343Bairabi 862Bairiki 999Baixo Alentejo 1330Baixo Mondego 1329Baixo Vouga 1329Baja California Norte

1137Baja California Sur

1137Baja Verapaz 759Bajah see BéjaBajram Curri 134Bakassi Peninsula

350Bakersfield 1768,

1821Bakhtyari see Chahar

Mahal andBakhtyari

Bakol 1470Baku 239, 240, 241,

242, 243Balaton 798Balboa 1287, 1289Balchik 330Baldonnel 921Balé 335Balearic Islands

(Baleares) 1505,1506, 1509

Baleshwar 865Bali 891, 892, 893,

897, 898Balıkesir 1608Balkan 1616Balkanabad 1616Balkh 126Ballia 877Ballsh 134Ballymena 1719Ballymoney 1719Balochistan 1273,

1274Balqa 981Baltimore 1768,

1798, 1834, 1835,1870, 1871, 1872,1873

Baltistan 1274Baluchestan see

Sistan andBaluchestan

Balurghat 880Balykchy 1025Bam (Burkina Faso)

335Bam (Iran) 906Bamako 1111, 1112,

1113, 1114Bambari 416Bamberg 702, 704,

711Bamenda 350Bamingui-Bangoran

416Bamyan 126Ban Houei Xai 1030

Ban Muang Cha1031

Banaba 999, 1000,1001

Banbridge 1719Banda 877Banda Aceh 892Bandar-e-Abbas 900,

902, 905Bandar Lampung 892Bandar Seri Begawan

324, 326Bandundu 481Bandung 892, 893Baneasa 1347Banfora 335Bangalore 812, 817,

824, 825, 849, 850Bangaon 880Bangarem 889Bangassou 416Bangda 438Bangka-Belitung 892Bangkok 1580, 1581,

1582, 1583, 1584,1585

Bangladesh 255–61—in world

organizations 9, 12,68, 76, 82, 89, 110,113, 116

Bangor (Maine)1868, 1869

Bangor (Wales) 1716Bangui 416, 417,

419, 420Banja Luka 303, 305,

306Banjarmasin 892Banjul 677, 678, 679,

680Bank for International

Settlements 67Bank of Central

African States 94Bankura 880Banská Bystrica 1452Banská >tiavnica

1457Banten 892Banwa 335Banzart see BizertaBaotou 437Ba’qubah 910Baracaldo 1506Barahona 558Baranya 791Barbados 262–6—in world

organizations 12,68, 100, 101, 102,103, 105, 106

Barbuda see Antiguaand Barbuda

Barcadera 1213Barcelona (Spain)

1503, 1505, 1506,1507, 1510, 1512,1513, 1514, 1515

Barcelona(Venezuela) 1997

Barclayville 1053Barddhaman 812Bardejov 1457Bareilly 812, 878Barentsøya 1265Bargi 854Bari (Italy) 950Bari (Somalia) 1470Barinas 1997Baripada 865Barisal 256, 260Barking and

Dagenham 1700Barlavento 411Barnet 1700Baroda see VadodaraBarquisimeto 1997,

1998Barranquilla 468,

469, 472, 473Barrie 391Barrigada 1974Barrow 1811Barsi 856Bartın 1608Bartlesville 1918Barumini 959Barwon 216Bas-Congo 481Bas-Sassandra 496Basel see BasleBasel-Country 1553,

1555, 1560Basel-Town 1553,

1555, 1560Bashkortostan 1366Basilicata 950Basirhat 880Basle 1554, 1558,

1560, 1561Basque Country

(Spain) 1504, 1505,1506

Basra see Al-BasrahBassae 753Bassar 1587Bassas da India 670Basse 677Basse-Kotto 416Basse-Normandie

629Basse-Terre

(Guadeloupe) 649,650, 651

Bassein 1178Basseterre (St Kitts

and Nevis) 756,1381, 1382, 1383,1386, 1390

Basti 877Bat Yam 936Bata 585, 587, 588Batala 867Batangas 1311Batchelor 196, 197Bath 1694, 1702,

1703

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Bath and North EastSomerset 1699

Batha 421Bathinda 867Bathurst 382Bathurst Inlet 406Batinah 1270Batken 1025Batman 1608, 1609Batna 139, 140Batokunku 679Baton Rouge 1768,

1865, 1866, 1867Battambang 345Batumi 681, 686, 687Batys Qazaqstan 986Bauchi 1247, 1248Bauerfield Port Vila

1993Bavaria 689, 691,

705, 709–12Bay 1470Bay of Plenty 1219,

1224Bay Roberts 385Bayamo 510Bayamón 1967Bayburt 1608Bayd 2012Baydhabo 1470, 1471Bayelsa 1248Bayonne (France)

630Bayonne (New

Jersey) 1900Bayreuth 705, 711Bayside/St Andrews

384Bazéga 335Beau Bassin-Rose

Hill 1131Beaumont 1769,

1940Beauport 397Beaverton 1922Beawar 869Béchar 139, 140Beckley 1955Bedfordshire 1699Beersheba 936Behera 573Beijing 434, 435,

436, 437, 438, 440,445, 448

Beira 1096, 1172,1173, 1175, 1176,2027

Beira Interior Norte1329

Beira Interior Sul1329

Beirut 1042, 1043,1044, 1045, 1046

Beiteddine 1046Béja 1601Béjaia 140Bekasi 893Békés 791

Békéscaba 791Belait 324Belarus 267–72—in world

organizations 12,60, 63, 71, 72, 84

Beledweyne 1470Belém 314, 315, 317Belene 331Bélep Archipelago

659Belfast 916, 917,

1651, 1665, 1687,1718, 1719, 1721,1722, 1724

Belgaum 812, 848,849, 850

Belgium* 273–82—in European

organizations 43,45, 49, 50, 52, 55,57, 58, 62, 63

—in otherorganizations 9, 12,67, 76, 78, 83, 87,93, 105, 106, 110

Belgrade 1418, 1419,1420, 1421, 1423,1428

Belize 9, 12, 68, 76,100, 101, 102, 103,105, 106, 283–6

Belize City 283, 285,286

Bellary 812, 849, 850Belledune 384Bellevue (Nebraska)

1891, 1893Bellevue

(Washington) 1769,1952

Bellingham 1813,1952

Bellinghausen 664Bellinzona 1561Belmopan 283Belo Horizonte 314,

315, 320Beloit 1958Beltsy 1149Belur 881Bemidji 1881Ben Tre 2003Ben Walid 1057Benadir 1470Bend 1922Bender 1149Bene Barak 936Benede-Orange 1499Benghazi 1057, 1058,

1059, 1061Bengkulu 892Bengo 150Benguela 150Benha 573Beni 296Béni Mellal 1165Beni Suef 573

Benin 287–91—in world

organizations 8, 9,12, 76, 78, 82, 89,93, 94, 96, 98, 99

Benin City 1247,1248

Bénoué see Nordprovince(Cameroon)

Bensalem 1925Benshangul/Gumaz

602Bensonville 1054Benue 1247Beograd see BelgradeBepolu 1053Bequia 1389, 1391Berat 133Berbera 1470, 1471,

1473Berbérati 416Berea (Kentucky)

1864Berea (Lesotho) 1048Bergamo 950Bergen (Belgium) see

MonsBergen (Norway)

1256, 1258, 1262,1263, 1264

Bergen op Zoom1201

Bergen-Passaic 1900Bergisch Gladbach

691Berhampur 866Berkeley 1769Berkshire 1699Berlin 688, 690, 691,

693, 697, 700, 701,702, 704, 705712–14

Bermuda 70, 102,1694, 1735,1738–40

Berne 1553, 1554,1555, 1560, 1561

Berry Islands 245Bertoua 350Beru 999Besançon 629, 630Beslan 1352, 1372Bethel 1811Bethesda 1870Bethlehem

(Pennsylvania)1925, 1928

Béthune 630Betio 1001, 1002Bettendorf 1856Bettiah 834Bexley 1700Bhadravati 849, 850Bhagalpur 812Bhandara 855Bharatpur 869Bharuch 839

Bhatinda 867Bhavani 873Bhavnagar 812, 838,

840Bheemavaram 828Bheemunipatnam 830Bheri 1194Bhilai 812Bhilwara 812Bhind 853Bhir 855Bhiwandi 812Bhiwani 841Bhopal 812, 853, 855Bhubaneswar 812,

823, 865, 866Bhuj 839, 840Bhuntar 844Bhusawal 856Bhutan 12, 110, 113,

116, 292–5Bia<ystok 1320Bicol 1310Bid 856Bida 1248Bidar 828, 848, 849Biddeford 1868, 1869Bié 150Biel 1554Bielefeld 691, 727Bielsko-Bia<a 1320Bien Hoa 2004Big Bend 1536Big Creek 285Bihar 811, 814, 825,

828, 833–5Biharsharif 834Bihor 1343Bijagós 770Bijapur 812, 848Bikaner 812, 870,

871Bikini 1123Bila Tserkva 1632Bilaspur 812, 823,

837, 842, 843Bilbao 1506, 1510,

1512, 1513Bilecik 1608Bilinga 489Bilisht 134Billings 1888, 1890Billund 542Biloxi 1882Biltine 421Bimbo 416Biminis 245Bin Arous 1601Bin Arus see Bin

ArousBina 855Binghampton 1906Bingöl 1608Binh Dinh 2004Binh Duong 2004Binh Phuoc 2004Binh Thuan 2004Bintulu 1104

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Bíobío 427Bioko 585, 588Bioko Norte 585Bioko Sur 585Biombo 770Birao 416Biratnagar 1193, 1194Bird Island 1758Bird Rock 1383Birganj 1193Birkirkara 1116Birmingham

(Alabama) 1768,1808, 1810

Birmingham(England) 1651,1665, 1674, 1696,1700, 1702, 1703

Birnagar 880Birnie 999Birnin-Kebbi 1247Birobijan 1375Birzebbuga 1122BIS 67Bishkek 1025, 1027,

1028Bisho 1491Biskra 140Bismarck 1912, 1913Bissau 770, 771, 772,

773Bistri>a 1343Bistri>a-Nãsãud 1343Bitlis 1608Bitola 1082, 1086Bitra Island 889Bizalpura 1196Bizerta 1601, 1602,

1603, 1605Bjelovar 502Bjelovarska-

Bilogorska 502Bjørnøya 1265Black Sea Economic

Co-operation Group65

Blackburn withDarwen 1699

Blackpool 1674,1696, 1699, 1703

Blaenau Gwent 1714Blaenavon 1695Blair 1892Blanchardstown 931Blantyre 1093, 1095,

1096, 1097Blekinge 534, 1540,

1541Blida 140Blitta 1590Bloemfontein 1475,

1477, 1485, 1489,1492, 1494

Bloomington(Indiana) 1853,1855

Bloomington(Minnesota) 1880

Blowing Point 1737

Blue Nile (Sudan)1525

Bluefield 1957Bluefields 1236, 1239Bo 1438, 1439Bo-Karoo 1499Boa Vista (Brazil)

314Boa Vista (Cape

Verde) 411, 413Boaco 1236Bobo-Dioulasso 335,

338Bobruisk 267Boca Raton 1839Bocas del Toro 1286Bochum 691, 727Bodh Gaya 826, 835Bodio 1559Bodø 1256Boeing Field 1953Boeotia 746Bogotá 468, 469,

471, 472, 473Bogra 256Bohicon 287Bohol 1310Boise City 1768,

1846, 1848Bokaro 812, 848Boké 765Bokeo 1030Bol 421Bolama 770, 773Bolgatanga 739Bolikhamxai 1030Bolívar (Colombia)

468Bolívar (Ecuador)

567Bolívar (Venezuela)

1997Bolivia 296–301—in world

organizations 12,76, 100, 105, 106,109, 110

Bologna 950, 957Bolton 1703Bolu 1608Bolungarvík 801Bolzano-Bozen 950Bombali 1439Bombay 811, 812,

813, 817, 819, 823,824, 825, 827, 838,856, 857, 858, 885,886

Bomi 1053Bonaire 1213, 1214,

1215, 1216Bondoukou 497Bône see AnnabaBong 1053, 1056Bongaigaon 832Bongor 421Bonn 688, 690, 691,

701, 727

Bonthe 1439, 1441Boosaso 1470, 1474Boquerón 1298Bora-Bora 664Borås 1542Bordeaux 629, 631,

639Bordj Bou Arreridj

140Bor#oy 545Borgou 287Borkou-Ennedi-

Tibesti 421Borlänge 1542Bornholm 535Borno 1247Borobudur 898Boroko 1296Borsod-Abaúj-

Zemplén 791Borujerd 900Borzaya 1161Bosnia-Herzegovina

12, 56, 57, 60, 63,67, 89, 106, 302–7,1659

Bossangoa 416Bossier City 1865Boston 1762, 1768,

1790, 1797, 1805,1873, 1874, 1875

Bota 354Botad 839Botany Bay 173, 203Botkyrka 1542Botoºani 1343Botswana 308–12—in world

organizations 12,68, 93, 98

Bottrop 691Bouaflé 496Bouaké 497, 501Bouar 416Bouenza 486Bougainville 89,

1292, 1295Bougie see BéjaiaBougouni 768Bougouriba 335Bouira 140Boulder 1825, 1827Boulgou 335Boulkiemdé 335Boulogne-Billancourt

630Boumerdes 140Bounty Islands 1218,

1229Bourgas 328, 329,

330, 331, 333Bourges 644Bourgogne 629Bournemouth 1699,

1703Bouvet Island 1266Bowie 1870, 1872Bowling Green 1861Boyacá 468

Boyer Ahmad seeKohgiluyeh andBoyer Ahmad

Bozeman 1888, 1890Bozoum 416Bracknell Forest 1699Bradford 1700, 1702Braga 1330Brahmapur 812Brãila 1343, 1345,

1347Brakna 1126Brampton 391Brandenburg 691,

712, 714–15Brandon 379, 381Brantford 391Brasília 313, 314,

315, 320, 321, 322Braºov 1343Bratislava 1451,

1452, 1454, 1456,1457

Braunschweig 691,723

Brava 411Brazil 87, 313–23—in world

organizations 8, 9,12, 67, 76, 92, 93,100, 105, 106, 109

Brazoria 1940Brazzaville 419, 486,

487, 489Brechou 1729Breda 1201Bregenz 231, 238Bremen 691, 698,

701, 704, 716–17,722

Bremerhaven 691,716, 722

Bremerton 1952Brent 1700Brescia 950, 959Breslau see Wroc<aw Brest (Belarus) 267Brest (France) 630,

634, 639Bretagne 629Bria 416Brick 1899Bridgend 1714Bridgeport 1769,

1829Bridgetown 262, 263,

264, 265, 266Bridgewater

(Massachusetts)1875

Bridgewater (NovaScotia) 388

Brighton and Hove1655, 1696, 1699,1702, 1703

Brikama 677Brindisi 953Brisbane 175, 176,

185, 204, 207

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Bristol (Connecticut)1829

Bristol (England)1699, 1702, 1703

Bristol (Tennessee)1937

British AntarcticTerritory 70, 1735,1741

British Columbia*356, 357, 359, 369,371, 374–8

British Indian OceanTerritory 70, 1735,1741

British Virgin Islands32, 70, 102, 103,108, 1735, 1741–4

Brittany see BretagneBrixham 1669Brno 527, 531, 533Brockton 1874Brodsko-Posavska

502Brofjorden 1549Broken Arrow 1918Brokopondo 1531Bromley 1700, 1703Brong-Ahafo 739Bronx 1906Brookfield 1958Brookings 1934, 1936Brooklyn 1906Brossard 397Brownsville 1769,

1940Bruges see BruggeBrugge 274, 281Brühl 704Brunei 324–7, 1659—in world

organizations 12,68, 69, 82, 89, 111,112

Brunswick (Georgia)1842

Brunswick (Germany)722

Brunswick (Maine)1868, 1869

Brussel 49, 50, 51,273, 274, 275, 278,280, 281, 282

Brussels see BrusselBruxelles see BrusselBryn Mawr 1928Buala 1464Bubanza 340Bucaramanga 469Buchanan 1053,

1056Bucharest 1342, 1343,

1344, 1345, 1347Bucheon 1005Buchenwald 737Buckinghamshire

1699Bucuresti see

Bucharest

Budapest 790, 791,792, 793, 794, 796,797, 798

Budaun 877Buéa 350Buenaventura 470Buenos Aires 159,

160, 161, 162, 163,165, 166

Buffalo 1768, 1906,1907, 1908

Buheyrat 1525Bujumbura 340, 341,

343, 344Bujumbura Mairie

340Bujumbura Rural 340Bukavu 481, 484Bukhara 1985, 1989Bukhoro see BukharaBulandshahr 877Bulawayo 2023,

2024, 2027, 2028,2029

Buldana 855Bulembu 1492Bulgaria 328–34—in European

organizations 44,53, 55, 57, 58, 60,62, 63, 65

—in otherorganizations 12,67, 76, 78, 83, 85,106

Bulqizë 133Bunbury 221Bundaberg 204Buon Me Thoat 2003Burao 1470Burbank 1769Burdur 1608Burdwan 881, 882Burgenland 231Burgos 1505, 1506,

1514Burgundy see

BourgogneBurhanpur 853Burkina Faso 335–9—in world

organizations 12,76, 78, 82, 89, 93,94, 96, 98, 99

Burlington (Ontario)391

Burlington (Vermont)1946, 1947, 1948

Burma see MyanmarBurnaby 378Burnie 212, 214Burnpur 881Burnt Pine 228Burrel 134Bursa 1608, 1613Burundi* 12, 78, 93,

95, 96, 340–4Bururi 340Buryatia 1366

Busan 1004, 1005,1006, 1010

Bushehr 900, 902,903

Buskerud 1255Busselton 221Butare 1377Butaritari 999Butha-Buthe 1048Butrint 138Butte 1888, 1890Butte-Silver Bow

1888Butuan 1311Butwal 1194Buxton 1696Buzãu 1343Byblos 1046Bydgoszcz 1320Byrnihat 861Bytom 1320Byumba 1377

Ca Mau 2003Caaguazú 1298Caazapá 1298Cabañas (Cuba) 511Cabañas (El Salvador)

580Cabanatuan 1311Cabinda 149, 150,

152Cabo Delgado 1172Èaèak 1419Cáceres 1505, 1506,

1515Cacheu 770, 773Cádiz 1505, 1506,

1509Caen 629, 630, 639Caerphilly 1714Cagayan de Oro 1311,

1315Cagayan Valley 1310Cagliari 950Caguas 1967Cairns 178, 185, 204,

207Cairo 572, 573, 575,

577, 579Cajamarca 1303Èakovec 502Calabar 1247, 1248,

1249Calabarzon 1311Calabria 950Calais 630, 639Calama 428Calamata 747Cãlãraºi 1343Calcutta 812, 813,

817, 819, 823, 824,825, 880, 881, 882

Caldas 468Caldera 494Caldwell 1846Calgary 358, 361,

365, 369, 372, 374Cali 469, 471, 472

Calicut seeKozhikode

Caliente 1895California 1763,

1767, 1776, 1777,1778, 1781, 1791,1793, 1804, 1820–5

Callao 1303, 1305,1307, 1308

Caloocan 1311Caloundra 175Calvinia 1499Camagüey 510Cambodia 345–9—in world

organizations 12,76, 78, 110, 111,112

Cambridge (England)1681, 1682, 1702,1703

Cambridge(Massachusetts)1769, 1874, 1875

Cambridge (Ontario)391

Cambridgeshire 1699Camden (England)

1700Camden (New Jersey)

1899, 1901, 1902Cameroon 350–5—in world

organizations 12,68, 78, 82, 89, 93,94, 96, 97, 98

Camotra 884Campania 950Campbell Island

(New Zealand)1218, 1229

Campbell River(British Columbia)375, 377

Campbellton 382Campeche 1137, 1144Campinas 315Campione 956Campo 354Campo Grande 315Campos dos

Goytacazes 315Camrose 372Can Tho 2003, 2005Canada* 356–410—and European

organizations 46,47, 60, 62

—in worldorganizations 9, 12,13, 67, 68, 76, 78,83, 87, 93, 103,105, 106, 110, 111,112, 114

—provinces andterritories 370–410

Çanakkale 1608Cañar 567

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Canaries (St Lucia)1385

Canary Islands 1505,1506, 1509

Canaveral 1839Canberra 173, 175,

176, 190, 192, 193,194

Cancún 1138, 1142Cane Field 556Canea 746Canelones 1979Canendiyú 1298Çankırı 1608Cankuzo 340Cannes 645Canouan 1389Cantabria 1505, 1506Canterbury (England)

1680, 1681, 1683,1687, 1694, 1702,1703

Canterbury (NewZealand) 1219,1224

Canton (New York)1908

Canton (Ohio) 1915Cao Bang 2004Cap Haïtien 780, 781Cape Breton (Nova

Scotia) 388, 390Cape Coast 739Cape Coral 1769,

1836Cape Town 1475,

1476, 1477, 1485,1486, 1489, 1499,1501, 1502

Cape Verde 411–15—in world

organizations 12,76, 78, 93, 96

Capelle a/d Ijssel1201

Capital area (Iceland)801

Capital district(Congo, Republicof) 486

Capital district (Mali)1111

Capital Territoryprovince (SolomonIslands) 1464

Caprivi 1184, 1185Caquetá 469Car Nicobar 884Carabobo 1997Caracas 1997, 1998,

1999, 2000, 2001,2002

Caraga 1310Carajás 318Caraº-Severin 1343Carazo 1236Carbondale 1852Carcassonne 639, 644Carchi 567

Carcross 410, 1813Cardiff 1651, 1687,

1713, 1714, 1715,1717

CaribbeanCommunity(CARICOM) 101–3

CaribbeanDevelopment Bank102, 103

Caribbean Group forCo-operation inEconomicDevelopment 25

Caribbean TourismOrganization 101

Caribou 1868Carinthia 231Carlow 918, 931Carmarthen 1717Carmarthenshire 1714Carnavon (South

Africa) 1499Carnarvon (Western

Australia) 181Carnot 416Carolina 1967Carriacou 755, 757Carrickfergus 1719Carrollton 1769, 1940Carson City 1894,

1896Cartagena (Colombia)

468, 472, 473, 474Cartagena (Spain)

1506, 1507, 1509Cartago 491Cartier Island see

Ashmore andCartier Islands

Cary 1910Casablanca 1165,

1166, 1167, 1168,1169

Casamance 1412,1414

Casanare 469Caserta 959Casper 1962, 1963Castellón 1505Castellón de la Plana

1506Castilla-La Mancha

1505, 1506Castilla y León 1505,

1506Castlegar 378Castlereagh 1719Castletown 1726Castries 1385, 1387Cat Island 245Catacamas 785Catalonia 1503, 1504,

1505, 1506, 1516Catamarca 160, 164Catania 950, 957Catió 770, 773Cauca 469Cávado 1329

Cavalla 746Cavan 918Caxito 150Cayenne 647, 648,

649Cayman Brac 1744,

1745, 1746Cayman Islands* 32,

70, 102, 103, 1735,1744–6

Cayo 283Ceará 314, 315Cebu 1310, 1311, 1315Cedar City 1945Cedar Falls 1856,

1858Cedar Rapids 1769,

1856, 1858Ceerigabo 1470Celaya 1138Celebes see SulawesiCentral African

Republic 416–20—in world

organizations 12,78, 89, 93, 94, 96,97

Central AmericanBank for EconomicIntegration 103

Central AmericanCommon Market104

Central AmericanIntegration System101

Central Bank of WestAfrican States 94–5

Central department(Paraguay) 1298

Central district(Botswana) 308

Central district(Israel) 936

Central district(Russia) 1353

Central EuropeanInitiative 63

Central Greece andEuboea region 746

Central Highlands(Victoria) 216

Central Highlands(Vietnam) 2003

Central Islands 1464Central Line Islands

999Central Luzon 1310Central Mindanao

1310, 1311Central-North Zone

(Nicaragua) 1236Central province

(Kenya) 992Central province

(Papua NewGuinea) 1292

Central province (SriLanka) 1518

Central province(Zambia) 2017

Central region(Bahrain) 250

Central region(Ghana) 739

Central region(Portugal) 1329,1330

Central region(Sudan) 1525

Central region(Thailand) 1580

Central region(Uganda) 1625

Central River region(Gambia) 677

Central Visayas 1310Central West district

(New South Wales)199

Centrale (Togo) 1587Centre department

(Haiti) 780Centre province

(Cameroon) 350Centre region

(France) 629Centro Sur

(Equatorial Guinea)585

Cephalonia 746Ceredigion 1714CERN 63Cernavoda 1346Cerro de Pasco 1304Cerro-Largo 1979Cerveteri 959César 469Èeské Budìjovice 527Èesk™ Krumlov 533Cetinje 1425Ceuta 1328, 1505,

1506, 1509, 1513,1514

Ceyhan 241, 1611,1618

Chacachacare 1596Chachapoyas 1303Chaco (Argentina)

160Chaco see Alto

ParaguayChad 421–5—in world

organizations 9, 12,78, 82, 89, 93, 94,96, 97, 98

Chafarinas 1506Chagang 1014Chagos Archipelago

1741Chah Bahar 902Chahar Mahal and

Bakhtyari 900Chakdaha 880Chalan Kanoa 1965Chalatenango 580

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Chalonnes 644Chalcidice 746Chalcis 746Chamba 842, 844Chambéry 630Champagne-Ardenne

629Champaign 1849,

1852Champassak 1030Champerico 763Champlain 1907Chan Chan 1309Chanda 855Chandausi 877Chandigarh 812, 815,

825, 828, 841, 842,844, 867, 868, 884

Chandler 1769, 1815Chandpur 260Chandrapur 812Chandrapura 848Changchun 436, 437Changdan 1018Changhwa 462Changi 1445Chang’ombe 1578Changsha 436, 437Changwon 1005Channel Islands

1681, 1682,1729–34

Channel-Port auxBasques 385, 387

Chantilly 1835Chaouia-Ouardigha

1164Chaoyang 437Chapel Hill 1911Chapra 834, 835Chardzhou see

TurkmenabatChari-Baguirmi 421Charleroi 274, 280Charlesbourg 397Charleston (Illinois)

1852Charleston (South

Carolina) 1909,1931, 1933

Charleston (WestVirginia) 1954,1955, 1957

Charlestown 1381Charlotte (North

Carolina) 1768,1797, 1910

Charlotte Amalie(Virgin Islands,USA) 1975, 1976

Charlottesville 1804,1951

Charlottetown (PrinceEdward Island) 394,396

Chartres 644Chatham Islands

1218

Chattanooga 1769,1936, 1937, 1939

Chavin 1309Cheboksary 1368Chechnya 1352,

1367–8Chelmsford 1702,

1703Cheltenham 1696,

1702Chemnitz 691, 732Chengde 448Chengdu 436, 437Chennai see MadrasCheongju 1005, 1010Cherkaska 1632Cherkasy 1632Cherkessk 1370Chernihiv 1632Chernihivska 1632Chernivetska 1632Chernivtsi 1632Chernobyl 1635Cherrapunji 813Cherry Hill 1900Cherthala 851Chesapeake 1768,

1949Cheshire 1699Chester (England)

1703Chester

(Pennsylvania) 1927Chetlat Island 889Chetumal 1137Cheyenne 1962, 1963Chhatarpur 853Chhattisgarh 811,

814, 825, 828,835–7, 853, 854,855

Chhindwara 853Chiangmai 1584Chiapas 1137Chiayi 462, 466Chiba 969, 976Chicago 1768, 1790,

1797, 1798, 1849,1851, 1852

Chichen-Itza 1144Chichester 1703Chichica 1286Chiclayo 1303, 1305Chicoutimi 358, 397Chihuahua 1137,

1138, 1144Chikmagalur 849Chile* 62, 426–33—in world

organizations 12,67, 77, 100, 105,106, 109, 110, 111

Chillán 428Chilliwack 375, 378Chiloé 433Chilpancingo de los

Bravo 1137Chimalhuacan 1138

Chimaltenango 759Chimborazo 567Chimbote 1308Chimbu 1292Chimei 466Chimoio 1172Chin State 1178China 87, 434–67—in other

organizations 67,93, 103, 106, 110,111, 112, 114

—in UN 8, 9, 10, 12,13

China Bay 1520Chinandega 1236,

1237Chingleput 828, 873Chingola 2017Chinguetti 1129Chios 746, 753Chipata 2017Chiquimula 759Chirala 828Chiriquí 1286Chirkunda 847Chiºinau 1149, 1151,

1152Chita 1374Chitradurga 849Chitrakoot 855Chitré 1286Chittagong 256, 257,

258, 259, 260 Chittaranjan 882Chittoor 828, 830,

873Chitungwiza 2024Chlef 140Choa Chu Kang 1448Chobe 308Chocó 469Choirokoitia 522Choiseul (St Lucia)

1385Choiseul (Solomon

Islands) 1464Choloma 785Choluteca 785Chomutov 530Chongjin 1014, 1018Chongqing 436, 437,

438Chontales 1236Chota Nagpur 834Choybalsan 1161Christchurch 1217,

1220, 1223, 1226,1227, 1228, 1230,1231

Christiansted 1975,1976, 1977, 1978

Christmas Island(Australia) 70, 174,226–7

Christmas Island(Kiribati) seeKiritimati

Chu 1025Chubu 968Chubut 160Chugoku 969Chukot 1374Chula Vista 1769,

1821Chungcheongbuk

1004Chungcheongnam

1004Chuquisaca 296Churchill 407Churu 869Chuuk 1146, 1148Chuvashia 1368Cibitoke 340Cicero 1849Ciego de Avila 510Cienfuegos 510, 514Cincinnati 1768,

1797, 1915, 1917Cinque Terre 959Cirencester 1703Cirilo Guainora 1286Ciudad Bolívar 1997,

1998, 2002Ciudad de La Habana

510Ciudad del Este 1298Ciudad Guayana

1998Ciudad López Mateos

1138Ciudad

Nezahualcoyotl1138

Ciudad Obregón 1138Ciudad Quesada 494Ciudad Real 1505Ciudad Victoria 1137Clackmannanshire

1705Clare 918, 924Claremore 1921Clarendon 961Clarenville 385Clarksburg 1955Clarksville 1769,

1937Clausthal 723Clearwater 1769,

1836, 1837Clemson 1933Clermont-Ferrand

629, 630, 639Cleveland

(Mississippi) 1884Cleveland (Ohio)

1768, 1798, 1915,1917

Cleveland Heights(Ohio) 1915

Clifton 1899Clipperton Island 670Cluj 1343Cluj-Napoca 1343,

1347

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Coahuila de Zaragoza1137

Coast province(Kenya) 992

Coats Land 1741Coatzacoalcos 1143Cobija 296Coch Behar 880Cochabamba 296, 298Cochin see Kochi

(India)Cockburn Harbour

1761Cockburn Sound 178Coclé 1286Cocos (Keeling)

Islands 70, 174, 226Codrington 155Coega 1492Coetivy Island 1433Coeur d’Alene 1846Coihaique 427Coimbatore 812, 848,

852, 873, 874Coimbra 1330, 1335Cojedes 1997Cojutepeque 580Colchester (England)

1702Colchester (Vermont)

1946Coleraine 1719, 1724Colima 1137College Park 1870Collines 287Colôane 458Cologne 691, 693, 701,

702, 704, 705, 727Colombia 468–74—in world

organizations 9, 12,77, 100, 101, 103,105, 106, 109

Colombo 1517, 1518,1521, 1522

Colombo Plan 113Colón (Honduras) 785Colón (Panama) 1286,

1287, 1289Colonia (Micronesia)

1146, 1148Colonia (Uruguay)

1979Colonia de

Sacramento 1983Colorado 1762, 1763,

1767, 1776, 1778,1804, 1825–8

Colorado Springs1768, 1781, 1825,1827

Columbia (Maryland)1870

Columbia (Missouri)1886, 1887

Columbia (SouthCarolina) 1769,1931, 1932, 1933

Columbia, District ofsee Washington,D.C.

Columbus (Georgia)1768, 1840

Columbus(Mississippi) 1883,1884

Columbus (Ohio)1768, 1915, 1916,1917

Comayagua 785Comilla 256, 260Comino 1116Commerce Bight 285Commewijne 1531Committee of the

Regions (EU) 52Common Market for

Eastern andSouthern Africa 95

Commonwealth 67–71Commonwealth of

Independent States71–3

Community PlantVariety Office 53

Comoé 335Comoros 475–8, 656—in world

organizations 12,78, 82, 89, 93, 95,117, 119

Comotini 747Comox 378Conakry 765, 766,

768Concepción (Chile)

427Concepción (Panama)

1289Concepción

(Paraguay) 1298Conception Bay South

385Concord (California)

1769, 1821Concord (New

Hampshire) 1896,1897

Congo, DemocraticRepublic of *479–85

—in worldorganizations 9, 12,77, 78, 93, 95, 96, 98

Congo, Republic of486–90

—in worldorganizations 9, 12,77, 78, 93, 94, 96

Connacht 916, 918,929

Connecticut 1766,1776, 1778,1828–31

Constan>a 1343, 1344,1345, 1347

Constan>a SouthAgigea 1347

Constantine 140, 143Contagem 315Conway 1818Conwy 1714Cook Islands 70, 110,

114, 115, 1231–4Cookstown 1719Coolangatta 207Coomacka 777Coonoor 873Cooperstown 1805Coorg 848, 849Coos Bay 1924Copán 785, 789Copenhagen 534, 535,

536, 539, 542, 543,1542

Copiapó 427Copperbelt 2017Coquimbo 427, 428Coral Harbour 246Coral Sea Islands 70,

174, 229Coral Springs 1769,

1836Coralline Islands see

Outer Islands(Seychelles)

Cordillera (Paraguay)1298

Cordillera(Philippines) 1310

Córdoba (Argentina)160, 161, 163, 166

Córdoba (Colombia)469

Córdoba (Spain) 1503, 1505, 1506,1514

Corfu 746, 752Corinth 747, 752Corinthos 747Corinto 1239Corisco 585Cork 918, 919, 921,

926, 927, 930, 931,933

Corn Islands 1236Cornellá de Llobregat

1506Corner Brook 385Cornwall 1699Coro 1997, 2002Corona 1769, 1821Coronie 1531Çorovodë 134Corozal 283Corpus Christi 1768,

1798, 1940Corrientes 160Corriverton 775Corse 629, 644Corsica see CorseCortés 785Çorum 1608Corumbá 318

Corvallis 1924Corvo 1330Coslada 1506Cosmoledo 1433Costa Mesa 1769,

1821Costa Rica 491–5—in world

organizations 9, 12,77, 100, 101, 103,104, 105, 106, 109

Côte d’Ivoire 496–501

—in worldorganizations 12,77, 78, 82, 89, 93,94, 96, 98, 99

Cotonou 287, 288,290, 291

Cotopaxi 567Cottbus 691Couffo 287Council Bluffs 1856Council of Europe

55–7Council of the Baltic

Sea States 64Council of the

European Union(Council ofMinisters) 49–50

Court of Justice of theEuropeanCommunities 51

Courtrai see KortrijkCova da Beira 1329Covasna 1343Coventry 1703Covington 1861Cowes 1696Cozumel 1143Cracow see KrakówCraigavon 1719Craiova 1343Cranbrook 375, 378Cranfield 1703Cranston 1929Crawfordsville 1855Crete (Greece) 518,

745, 746, 749, 752Crete (Nebraska)

1892Créteil 630Crimea 1631, 1632,

1639Cristóbal 1287, 1289Croatia 502–8—in European

organizations 55,57, 59, 60, 62, 63,65

—in otherorganizations 12,67, 77, 78, 84, 105,106

Crooked Island 245Crookston 1881Cross River 1247

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Croydon 1674, 1700Crozet Islands 667,

668Csongrád 791Cuautitlan Izcalli 1138Cuba 509–15—in world

organizations 9, 12,92, 100, 101, 105,106

Cúcuta 469Cuddalore 873, 874Cuddapah 812Cuenca (Ecuador)

567, 568, 571Cuenca (Spain) 1505,

1515Cuernavaca 1137,

1138Cuiabá 315Culebra 1967Culiacán Rosales

1137, 1138Culverden 1220Cumaná 1997Cumberland 1870Cumbria 1699, 1703Cundinamarca 469Cunene 150Curaçao 1203, 1209,

1213, 1214, 1215,1216

Curepipe 1131Curitiba 314, 315Curragh 921Curtis 1892Curtis Island 1218Cuscatlán 580Cusco 1303, 1304,

1309Cuttack 812, 865, 866Cutuco 583Cuvette 486Cuvette Ouest 486Cuyahoga Falls 1915Cyangugu 1377Cyclades 746Cyprus 70, 516–24,

746, 1610, 1659,1759

—in Europeanorganizations 43,44, 49, 50, 55, 57,60, 62

—in otherorganizations 12,68, 77, 106

Cyrene 1061Czech Republic*

525–33—in European

organizations 43,44, 49, 50, 55, 57,58, 60, 62, 63

—in otherorganizations 12,67, 77, 78, 83, 85,87, 92, 106

Czechoslovakia 13,55, 62, 525–6, 1451

Czêstochowa 1320

Da Lat 2004Da Nang 2004, 2005,

2008Dabolim 838Dac Lac 2003Dadar 857Dadra and Nagar

Haveli 812, 815,825, 828, 884–6

Daegu 1004, 1005,1008, 1010

Daejeon 1004, 1005Daesan 1010Dagestan 1368Dahagram 256Dahlak 590, 591Dahod 839Dahomey see BeninDahshur 578Dahuk 910Daitari 865, 866Dajabón 558Dakahlia 573Dakar 1412, 1413,

1414, 1416Dakhla 1166, 1170,

1171Dakhlet Nouâdhibou

1126Dalaman 1613Dalarna 1541Dalhousie (India) 867Dalhousie (New

Brunswick) 384Dalian 437, 445Dallas 1764, 1768,

1797, 1940, 1942,1943

Dalmatia 502Daloa 496, 497, 501Dalvík 801Daly City 1769Daman and Diu 812,

815, 825, 828, 837,886–7

Damanganga 885Damanhur 573Damascus 1363,

1563, 1564, 1567,1568

Damaturu 1247Dâmbovi>a 1343Dambulla 1523Damietta 573, 577Dammam 1405, 1409Damoh 853Dampier 185Danbury 1829Danger see PukapukaDangriga 283Danlí 785Danube Commission

65–6Danville 1864

Danzig see GdañskDão Lafões 1329Dapaong 1587Dapoli 857Dar es Salaam 1574,

1575, 1576, 1577,1578, 2027

Dará 1564Darbhanga 812, 835Darfield 1220Darfur 1525Darhan 1160, 1161Darhan-Uul 1158Darién 1286Darjeeling 813, 826,

880Darjiling see

DarjeelingDarlington 1699Darmstadt 691, 721Daros 1433Dartmouth 391Daru 1292Darwin 173, 175,

176, 178, 185, 195,196, 197, 198, 211

Das Island 1643Dashkasan 241Dashoguz 1616Datong 437Daugavpils 1035Davangere 812Davao 1311, 1315Davenport 1856,

1858David 1286, 1289Dawson City 404,

407, 408, 409, 410Dawson Creek 378,

1813Dayton 1769, 1915,

1917Dazu 448De Aar 1499De Kalb 1852De La Kara 1587De Panne 280Dearborn 1878Death Valley 1821Deba Habe 1248Débéle 768Debrecen 791, 796Debub 590Debubawi Keyih

Bahri 590Decani 1424Decorah 1858Dehiwela-Mt. Lavinia

1518Dehra Dun 812, 817,

879, 880Dehri 834Deir Ez-Zor 1564Dekheila 577Delaware 1766, 1767,

1776, 1778, 1831–3

Delft 1201

Delhi 809, 812, 815,817, 819, 823, 824,825, 826, 828, 842,887–9

Delimara 1118Delphi 753Delta Amacuro 1997Delta (Nigeria) 1247Delvinë 133Den Helder 1201,

1203Denbighshire 1714Denguélé 496Denizli 1608, 1609Denmark* 534–49—in European

organizations 43,45, 49, 50, 55, 57,58, 60, 61, 62, 63,64

—in otherorganizations 8, 9,12, 67, 77, 83, 87,93, 105, 106, 110

Dennery 1385Denpasar 892, 897Denver 1768, 1797,

1825, 1826, 1827Deobogh 836Deogar 847Deoria 877Derbent 1364Derby 1699, 1702Derbyshire 1699Derna 1057, 1059,

1061Derry (New

Hampshire) 1897Derry (Northern

Ireland) 916, 927,1718, 1719, 1721,1722, 1724

Des Moines 1768,1856, 1858

Des Plateaux 1587Des Savanes 1587Desaguadero 299,

1307Desroches 1433, 1741Dessau 704Detroit 1768, 1797,

1876, 1877, 1878Deva 1343Devanahalli 850Development Bank 57Deventer 1201Devil’s Island 647Devoll 133, 134Devon 1699Devonport (England)

1660Devonport (Tasmania)

212, 214Dewangiri 832Dewas 853Dezful 900Dhahran 1405, 1409Dhaka 255, 256, 257,

258, 259, 260, 261

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Dhalai 875Dhamar 2012Dhanbad 812Dhangarhi 1194Dhankuta 1193Dhanlagiri 1194Dharmavaram 828Dharwad 850Dharwar 848, 850Dhekelia 70, 1735,

1759Dhi Qar 910Dhofar 1270, 1271Dhubri 832Dhule 812Dhulia 855Diamantina 322Diamir 1274Diamond Fields 1499Diaoyutasi Islands

435Dibër 133, 134Dibrugarh 832, 833Diego Garcia 1741Diekirch 1074, 1079Diffa 1241Differdange 1074Dijon 629, 630Dikhil 550Dili 563, 565Dillon 1890Dimapur 863, 864Dimashq see

DamascusDimbokro 496Dinajpur 256Dinapur Nizamat 834Dindigul 873Diourbel 1413, 1416Dipayal 1194Dir 1282Dire Dawa 602, 603,

605Direction Island 226Dispur 832District of Columbia

see Washington,D.C.

Distrito Federal(Brazil) 315

Distrito Nacional(DominicanRepublic) 558

Diu see Daman andDiu

Divo 496Divri#i 1614Dix-Huit Montagnes

496Diyala 910Diyarbakır 1608Djalal-Abad 1025Djambala 486Djelfa 140Djémila 144Djenné 1115Djerba 1605Djibouti* 550–3

—in worldorganizations 12,78, 82, 89, 93, 95,97, 116, 117, 118,119

DKI Jakarta 892Dniprodzerzhynsk

1632Dnipropetrovsk 1632,

1636Dnipropetrovska

1632Doba 421Dobrich 329Dockyard 1740Dodecanese 746Dodge City 1859Dodoma 1574, 1575Dodoni 754Doha 1337, 1338,

1339, 1340Dolisie see LoubomoDolj 1343Dolni Dubnik 331Dolnoœl#skie 1319Dominica 554–7—in world

organizations 12,68, 78, 100, 101,102, 103, 104, 106,108

Dominican Republic558–62

—in worldorganizations 12,77, 100, 101, 105,106

Domoni 475Donegal 918, 931Donetsk 1632, 1635Donetska 1632Dong Ha 2004Dong Hoi 2004Dong Nai 2004Dong Thap 2003Dong Xoai 2004Donga 287Dongguan 437Donghae 1010Doornik see TournaiDordogne 644Dordrecht 1201Dorset 1695, 1699Dortmund 691, 701,

727Dos Hermanas 1506Dosso 1241Douai-Lens 630Douala 350, 351,

352, 353, 354Dougga/Thugga

1606Douglas 1726, 1728,

1729Doukkala-Abda 1164Douro 1329Dover (Delaware)

1832, 1833

Dover (NewHampshire) 1897

Dover (New Jersey)1899

Down 1719Downey 1769, 1821Drama 746Drammen 1256Drenthe 1200Dresden 691, 693,

701, 704, 732Drobeta-Turnu

Severin 1343Drogheda 916Duarte 558Dubai 1640, 1641,

1643, 1644, 1645Dublin 916, 917,

918, 919, 921, 922,926, 927, 930, 931,933, 1363

Dubrovaèko-Neretvanska 502

Dubrovnik 502, 503,506, 507, 508

Dubuque 1856, 1858,Ducie 1755Dudelange 1074Dudinka 1375Duff Islands 1464Duisburg 691Dujiangyan 448Dukhan 1337Dulles 1950Duluth 1880, 1881,

1958Dumfries and

Galloway 1705Dumka 848Dun Laoghaire 931Dun Laoghaire-

Rathdown 918Dundalk (Ireland)

916, 931, 933Dundalk (Maryland)

1870Dundee 1705, 1711,

1712Dunedin 1217, 1220,

1223, 1228Dungannon 1719Dunkerque 630, 639Duque de Caxias 315Durango (Colorado)

1827Durango (Mexico)

1137Durant 1921Durazno 1979Durban 1476, 1479,

1485, 1486, 1496Durg 836Durgapur 812, 881Durham (England)

1681, 1694, 1699,1702

Durham (NorthCarolina) 1768,1798, 1910

Durrës 133, 135, 137Dushanbe 1569,

1572Düsseldorf 691, 698,

701, 705, 726, 727Duszniki Zdrój 1327Dutse 1247Duusa Marreeb 1470Düzce 1608Dzaoudzi 657Dzhambul see

ZhambylDzhizak 1985Dzhohar 1367

Eagle 1741Ealing 1700East African

Community 95East African

Development Bank96

East Anglia 1649,1698

East Ayrshire 1705East Dunbartonshire

1705East Falkand Island

1746, 1748East Flanders 274East Gippsland 216,

217East London (South

Africa) 1477, 1486,1491, 1492

East Lothian 1705East Midlands

(England) 1649,1674, 1698

East New Britain1292

East Orange 1900East Providence 1929East region (Iceland)

801East Renfrewshire

1705East Riding of

Yorkshire 1699East Sepik 1292East Sussex 1699East Timor 12, 89,

110, 114, 563–5,891

East York 391Easter Island 427, 433Eastern Cape (South

Africa) 1477, 1478,1489, 1490–2

Eastern CaribbeanCentral Bank 104

Eastern district(American Samoa)1970

Eastern Equatoria1525

Eastern Highlands(Papua NewGuinea) 1292

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Eastern province(Kenya) 992

Eastern province(Sierra Leone)1438, 1439

Eastern province (SriLanka) 1518, 1521

Eastern province(Zambia) 2017

Eastern region(Bahrain) 250

Eastern region(Ghana) 739

Eastern region(Sudan) 1525

Eastern region(Uganda) 1625

Eastern Visayas 1310Easton 1927Eau Claire 1958,

1961Ebebiyin 585Ebeye 1123, 1125Ebolowa 350Ebonyi 1248EBRD 61Ecatepcec de Morelos

1137Echmiatsin 172Echternach 1074,

1080, 1081Eckernförde 695Economic and Social

Committee (EU) 52Economic Community

of Central AfricanStates 96

Economic Communityof West AfricanStates 96–7

Economic Co-operationOrganization113–14

Ecuador 566–71—in world

organizations 9, 12,77, 100, 105, 106,109, 120

Ede (Netherlands)1201

Ede (Nigeria) 1248Edessa 747Edgeøya 1265Edina 1961Edinburgh (Scotland)

1651, 1687, 1694,1696, 1705, 1706,1708, 1711, 1712

Edinburgh (Tristan daCunha) 1756

Edirne 1608Edison 1899Edmond 1918, 1920Edmonton 358, 365,

372, 374Edmundston 382Edo 1247Edwardsville 1852

Efate 1991, 1993Effon-Alaiye 1248Eger 791Egmont 1741Egypt 68, 85, 572–9—and European

organizations 46,60, 62, 65

—in worldorganizations 12,77, 78, 82, 89, 93,95, 106, 116, 117,118, 119, 120

Eichstätt 711Ei#i 546Eilat 938, 941Eilean Siar 1705Eindhoven 1201,

1207Eisenach 737Eisenstadt 231, 238Eisleben 704Ejigbo 1248Ekiti 1248El-Aaiún 1170, 1171El Alto 296El Bluff 1239El Ferrol 1506El Gurdakah 573El Jadida 1169El Jem 1606El Monte 1769, 1821El Oro 567El Paraíso 785El Paso 1768, 1940El Porvenir 1286El Progreso

(Guatemala) 759El Progreso

(Honduras) 785El Salvador 580–4—in world

organizations 12,77, 100, 101, 103,104, 105, 106, 109

El Seibo 558El Tajin 1144Elazı# 1608, 1609Elba 950Elbasan 133Elche 1506, 1515Eldoret 992, 997Eleuthera 245Elgin 1849Elia 747Elías Piña 558Elista 1369Elizabeth 1769, 1899,

1901Elizavetpol see

GandjaElko 1895, 1896Ellice Islands see

TuvaluEllicott City 1870Elmira 1906Elobey Chico 585Elobey Grande 585Elphinstone 883

Eluru 828Elyria 1915Emberá 1286Embu 992Emilia Romagna 950Emmen 1201Emporia 1860Empty Quarter

(Yemen) 2012Emsland 698Encarnación 1301Enderbury 999Enewetak 1123Enfield 1700Enga 1292, 1296England 1697–703

see also UnitedKingdom

English Bazar seeIngraj Bazar

English Harbour 1001Enid 1918Enniskillen 916, 1718Enschede 1201Ensenada 1143Entebbe 1625, 1626,

1629Entre Douro e Vouga

1329Entre Ríos 160Enugu 1247, 1248Ephraim 1945Epi 1991Epirus 746Equateur 481Equatoria 1525Equatorial Guinea

585–9—in world

organizations 12,78, 93, 94, 96, 106

Ercan 524Erdenet 1161Eregli 1610Erfurt 691, 737Erie 1769, 1925Eritrea 12, 93, 95, 97,

590–4, 602, 604Erlangen 691, 711Erlanger 1863Ernakulam 852Erode 812Erongo 1184Eros 1188Erromanga 1991Ersekë 134Erstfeld 1559Erzincan 1608Erzurum 241, 1608,

1611Es-Semara 1170Esbjerg 535, 536, 542Escaldes-Engordany

146Esch-sur-Alzette

1074, 1081Escondido 1769, 1821Escuintla 759, 760Esfahan 900, 906

Eskifjör#ur 801Eskilstuna 1542Eskiºehir 1608Eslamshahr 900Esmeraldas 567Espaillat 558Espargos 414Espírito Santo 314,

319Espiritu Santo 1991,

1993Espoo 616Esquimalt 360Essaouira/Magador

1169Essen 691, 704, 727Essequibo 775Essex (England) 1699Essex (Vermont) 1946Est province

(Cameroon) 350Estelí 1236, 1237Estevan 400Estonia 71, 595–601—in European

organizations 43,44, 49, 50, 55, 57,58, 60, 62, 64

—in otherorganizations 12, 67,77, 83, 85, 89, 106

Estuaire 672Esztergom 796, 797Etah 877Etawah 877Etelä-Karjala 615Etelä-Pohjanmaa 616Etelä-Savo 615Etelä-Suomi 615Ethiopia* 591, 602–7—in world

organizations 12,93, 95, 97

Etobicoke 391Ettadhamen 1601’Eua 1592Euboea 746Euclid 1915Eugene 1769, 1922,

1924Eunice 1867Euratom 43Europa Island 670European Agency for

Reconstruction 53European Agency for

Safety and Health atWork 53

European AgriculturalGuidance andGuarantee Fund 46,47

European AtomicEnergy Community43

European Bank forReconstruction andDevelopment 61

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EuropeanBroadcasting Union65

European CentralBank 45, 52, 67

European Centre forthe Development ofVocational Training53

European Coal andSteel Community 43

EuropeanCommission 48, 64,106

European Council 50European Court of

Auditors 51European Court of

Human Rights 56European Economic

Area 46, 61–2European Economic

Community 43European

EnvironmentAgency 46, 53

European Food SafetyAgency 55

European Foundationfor theImprovement ofLiving and WorkingConditions 53–4

European Free TradeAssociation 46,61–2

European InvestmentBank 51–2

European InvestmentFund 54

European MedicinesAgency 53

European MonitoringCentre for Drugsand Drug Addiction54

European MonitoringCentre on Racismand Xenophobia 54

EuropeanOmbudsman 51

EuropeanOrganization forNuclear Research (CERN) 63

European Parliament50–1

European RegionalDevelopment Fund47

European Social Fund47

European SpaceAgency 62–3

European System ofCentral Banks 52

European TradeUnionConfederation 66

European TrainingFoundation 54

European Union43–55, 106, 112,114

European YouthFoundation 57

EUROPOL 54EUROSTAT 53Evanston 1852Evansville 1769,

1853, 1855Evenki 1374Everett 1952Everglades 1839Evinayong 585, 588Evora 1335, 1336Evros 747Evrytania 746Ewo 486Exeter 1702Extremadura 1505,

1506Extrême-Nord

province(Cameroon) 350

Exuma and Cays 245Eysturoy 545, 546

Fagatogo 1970Faial 1330Fairbanks 1811, 1812,

1813Fairbanks North Star

1811Fairfield 1915Fairmont 1955, 1957Faisalabad 1274, 1279Faizabad 877, 878Fakaofo 1230Falcón 1997Falkirk 1705Falkland Islands 70,

159, 160, 161,1659, 1735, 1746–9

Fall River 1874, 1875Fallon 1896Falmouth 1703Falun 1542, 1551Famagusta 517, 521,

523, 524Family Islands 249Fangataufa 665Fanning Island see

TabuaeranFar-Eastern district

(Russia) 1353Far West district

(New South Wales)199

Farah 126Farakka 882Faranah 765Farghona see

FerghanaFargo 1912, 1913,

1914Faridabad 812, 841Faridkot 869

Farim 770Farmington 1869Farnham 1703Faro (Portugal) 1334,

1335Faro (Yukon) 408Faroe Islands 63, 534,

537, 545–7Farquhar 1433, 1741Farrukhabad 877Fars 900Farwaniya 1020Faryab 126Fasil Ghebbi 606Faslane 1660Fatehabad 841Fatehpur 826, 877Fatick 1413Fatu Hiva 664Faya 421Fayette 1858Fayetteville

(Arkansas) 1818Fayetteville (North

Carolina) 1769,1910

Fayum 573Federal Capital

Territory (Nigeria)1247

Federal CapitalTerritory (Pakistan)1274

Federal District(Mexico) 1137

Federal District(Venezuela) 1997

Federal Way 1952Feira de Santana 315Fejér 791Ferghana 1985Fermanagh 1719Fernando de Noronha

322Ferozepur 842, 867Ferrara 950, 959Ferrol 1509Fertö 798Fès 1165, 1169Fès-Boulemane 1164Fez see FèsFianarantsoa 1088Fier 133Fife 1705Fiji Islands 608–13—in world

organizations 12,68, 69, 110, 113,114, 115

Filchner Ice Shelf1741

Fingal 918Finke 195Finland 614–26—in European

organizations 43,45, 49, 50, 52, 55,57, 58, 60, 61, 62,63, 64

—in otherorganizations 12,67, 77, 84, 87, 93,105, 106, 110

Finnmark 1255Firenze see Florence

(Italy)Firozabad 812Fish Town 1054Fitchburg 1875Flagstaff 1815, 1817Flamingo Bay 1527Flemish Brabant 274Flensburg 736Flevoland 1200Flint 1769, 1876, 1878Flint Island 999Flintshire 1714Florence (Italy) 948,

950, 951, 959, 960Florence (South

Carolina) 1933Florencia 469Flores (Guatemala)

763Flores (Portugal)

1330Flores (Uruguay)

1979Florianópolis 314,

317Florida (Uruguay)

1979Florida (USA) 1762,

1767, 1776, 1778,1804, 1836–40

Florida Islands 1464Florina 746Florissant 1886Focºani 1343Foggia 950Fogo 411Fomboni 475Fond du Lac 1958Fongafale 1621Fontainebleau 644Fontana 1769, 1821Fontenay 644Fontvielle 1154, 1156Food and Agricultural

Organization 23–4Forli 950Formentera 1506,

1507Former Yugoslav

Republic ofMacedonia seeMacedonia (FormerYugoslav Republicof)

Formosa 160Fort Collins 1769,

1825, 1827Fort-de-France 652,

653Fort Kent 1869Fort Lauderdale 1769,

1798, 1836, 1837,1838

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Fort-Liberté 780Fort McMurray 372Fort Myers 1839Fort Providence 404Fort Resolution 404Fort St John 378Fort Saskatchewan

372Fort Simpson 404Fort Smith (Arkansas)

1818Fort Smith

(NorthwestTerritories) 402,404

Fort Wayne 1768,1853

Fort Worth 1768,1797, 1940, 1942,1943

Fortaleza 314, 315Forth 1675, 1708Framingham 1875France 627–71—departmental

collectivities 656–8—dependencies

670–1—in European

organizations 43,44, 45, 49, 50, 52,55, 57, 58, 60, 62,63, 65

—in otherorganizations 67,77, 78, 83, 87, 92,93, 101, 105, 106,110, 114, 115

—overseas countries664–7

—overseasdepartments 647–56

—overseas territories667–9

—territorialcollectivities658–64

—in UN 8, 9, 10, 12,13

Franceville 672, 675,676

Franche-Comté 629,644

Francisco de Orellano567

Francisco Morazán785

Francistown 308Frankfort 1861, 1862Frankfurt 689, 691,

693, 697, 698, 700,701, 717, 720, 721

Franklin 1900Fraser Island 190Fraser River 365Fraserburg 1499Fraserburgh 1669Fray Bentos 1979

Frederick 1870Fredericton 382, 383,

384Frederiksberg 535Frederiksborg 535Frederikshavn 538Frederikstad 1256Frederiksted 1975Free State (South

Africa) 1477, 1478,1490, 1492–4

Freeport (Bahamas)245, 247, 248, 249

Freeport (New York)1906

Freetown 1438, 1439,1440, 1441

Fregate 1433Freiburg (Germany)

691, 702, 709Freiburg (Switzerland)

see FribourgFreising 702Fremantle 185, 221,

224Fremont (California)

1768, 1821Fremont (Nebraska)

1891, 1892French Guiana 101,

647–9French Polynesia 115,

635, 664–7, 670Fresno 1768, 1821Fria 768Fribourg 1553, 1554,

1555, 1561Friesland 1200Friuli-Venezia Giulia

950Fromager 496Frostburg 1872, 1873Frunze see BishkekFuenlabrada 1506Fuerteventura 1506,

1507Fuglafjør#ur 546Fujairah 1640, 1641,

1643, 1644Fujian 436Fujisawa 969Fukui 969Fukuoka 969, 976,

977, 978Fukushima 969Fukuyama 969Fulacunda 770Fullerton 1769, 1821Funabashi 969Funafuti 1621, 1622,

1623Funchal 1330, 1334Fürth 691Futuna see Wallis and

FutunaFuyang 437Fuzhou 436, 437Fyn 535

FYROM seeMacedonia (FormerYugoslav Republicof)

Gaalkacyo 1470Gabés 1601, 1605Gabon 672–6—in world

organizations 12,78, 82, 89, 93, 94,96, 120

Gaborone 308, 310,311, 312

Gabú 770Gafsa 1601Gagauz Yeri 1150Gaggal 844Gagnoa 496Gainesville 1836, 1839Gaithersburg 1870Galápagos 566, 567,

571Gala>i 1343, 1347Galgudug 1470Gali 686Galicia 1505, 1506Galle 1518, 1522,

1523Galveston 1940Galway 918, 930,

931, 933Gambella 602Gambia 677–80—in world

organizations 12,68, 77, 82, 89, 93,96

Gammelstad 1551Gand see GentGandaki 1194Gander 385Gandhidham 839Gandhinagar 817, 839Gandja 239Ganganagar 869Gangapur 869Gangawati 849Gangtok 871, 872Gangwon 1004Ganjam 865Gansu 436, 446Ganzourgou 335Gao 1111, 1114Garbahaarrey 1470Gar#abær 801Garden Grove 1769,

1821Gardner see

NikumaroroGarff 1726Garissa 992, 997Garland 1768, 1940Garo Hills 832, 860Garoua 350, 354Garowe 1470Gary 1769, 1849,

1853Gash Barka 590

Gaspar Grande 1596Gatineau 396Gatwick 1674Gauhati 825Gauteng 1476, 1477,

1478, 1494–5Gävle 1542Gävleborg 1541Gaya 812, 835Gaza (Mozambique)

1172Gaza (Palestine) 21,

935, 936, 944, 945Gaziantep 1608Gbarnga 1053Gbarpolu 1053Gdañsk 1318, 1319,

1320, 1325Gdynia 1320, 1322,

1325Gedaref 1525Gedo 1470Geelong 175, 219Gelderland 1200Geleen-Sittard 1201Gelsenkirchen 691General Agreement on

Tariffs and Trade 47General Santos 1311Geneva 1363, 1553,

1554, 1555, 1558,1560, 1561

Genève-Annemasse630

Genk 274Genoa 948, 950, 957Genova see GenoaGent 274, 280, 281Gentofte 535George Town

(Cayman Islands)1744, 1745, 1746

George Town(Tasmania) 214

Georgetown(Ascension Island)1756

Georgetown(Delaware) 1833

Georgetown (Guyana)775, 776, 777, 778

Georgetown(Kentucky) 1864

Georgetown(Malaysia) 1099

Georgetown (PrinceEdward Island) 396

Georgia* 681–7—in European

organizations 56,57, 60, 65

—in otherorganizations 12,71, 72, 77, 78, 84,89, 106

Georgia (USA) 1766,1767, 1776, 1778,1781, 1793, 1840–2

Gera 691

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Geraldton 221Germantown 1870Germany* 688–738—Bundesländer

707–38—in European

organizations 43,44, 45, 49, 50, 52,55, 57, 58, 60, 62,63, 64, 65

—in otherorganizations 67,77, 83, 87, 93, 103,105, 106, 110

—in UN 8, 9, 12, 13Gerona 1505, 1512Getafe 1506Gezira 1525Ghadames 1061Ghana 739–44—in world

organizations 12,68, 93, 96, 106

Ghanzi 308Gharb-Chrarda-Béni

Hssen 1164Gharbia 573Ghardaia 140, 144Gharyan 1057Ghaziabad 812Ghazipur 877Ghazni 126Ghent see GentGhowr 126Ghubriah 1270Gia Lai 2003Gibraltar 70, 1659,

1660, 1735,1749–53

Giessen 721Gifu 969Gijón 1506Gikongoro 1377Gilan 900Gilbert 1769, 1815Gilbert Islands 999Gilgit 1274Gillette 1963Gioia Tauro 957Gippsland 181, 216Gir Forest 841Giresun 1608Giridih 847Gisborne 1219, 1220,

1224Gisenyi 1377Gitarama 1377Gitega 340, 341Giurgiu 1343Giza 573, 578Gizo 1464Gjirokastër 133Gladstone 185, 204Glaris see GlarusGlarus 1553, 1555Glasgow 1651, 1665,

1674, 1705, 1706,1707, 1708, 1709,1711, 1712

Glassboro 1902Glastonbury 1696Glen Cove 1906Glendale (Arizona)

1768, 1815Glendale (California)

1768, 1821Glenfaba 1726Glenville 1957Gliwice 1320Glorieuses Islands

671Gloucester (New

Jersey) 1900Gloucester (Ontario)

391Gloucestershire

1699Glücksburg 695Glyndebourne 1696Gmunden 236Gnagna 335Gniezno 1325Goa 811, 814, 817,

824, 825, 826, 828, 837–8

Gobabis 1185Godhra 811, 839Godthåb see NuukGoiânia 315Goiás 315, 322Golan Heights 936,

1564Gölcük 1610Gold Coast 175, 204Golden 1827Golestan 900Golmud 438Goma 481, 484Gombe 1248Gomera 1506, 1507Gonaïves 780Gonda 877Gondia 856Goose Bay 385, 387Gopalpur 866Gorakhpur 812, 823,

878Gorée Island 1417Gorey 1732Gorgan 900Gorgol 1126Gorham 1869Gori 681Gorj 1343Gorno-Altaisk 1366Gorno-Badakhshan

AutonomousRegion (Tajikistan)1569, 1573

Goroka 1292, 1296Gorontalo 892Goslar 704Gospiæ 502Göteborg 1542, 1549Gotland 534, 1541,

1542Göttingen 691, 723Gouda 1201

Gough Island 1694,1756

Goulburn 216Gourma 335Govisumber 1158Goyang 1005Gozo 1116, 1120,

1121, 1122Gracias a Dios 785Graciosa (Portugal)

1330Graciosa (Spain) 1506Graham Land 1741Grahamstown 1489Grambling 1867Gramsh 133Gran Canaria 1506,

1507, 1512Granada (Nicaragua)

1236, 1237Granada (Spain)

1503, 1505, 1506,1514

Grand Bahama 245,247, 248, 249

Grand Bassa 1053Grand-Bourg 649Grand Caicos 1759Grand Cape Mount

1053Grand Casablanca

1164Grand Cayman 1744,

1745, 1746Grand Falls-Windsor

385Grand Forks 1912,

1914Grand Gedeh 1053Grand Island 1891Grand Junction 1827Grand Kru 1053,

1054Grand Prairie 1769,

1940Grand Rapids 1768,

1876, 1877, 1878Grand Turk 1759,

1760, 1761Grande Anse

(Guadeloupe) 649Grande Anse (Haiti)

780Grande Comore see

NjazídjaGrande Glorieuse 671Grande Lisboa 1330Grande Porto 1329Grande Prairie 372Grande Terre (New

Caledonia) 658, 659Grande-Terre

(Guadeloupe) 649Granitic Islands 1433Granma 510Graubünden 1065,

1554, 1555Graz 231, 236, 237

Great Andamans 883Great Britain see

United KingdomGreat Falls 1888,

1890Great Nicobar 884Great Sark 1729Greater Accra 739,

744Greater Bombay 855,

857Greater Dublin 918Greater London 1698,

1699, 1700Greater Manchester

1677, 1699Greece 745–54—in European

organizations 43,45, 49, 50, 52, 55,57, 58, 60, 62, 63,65

—in otherorganizations 8, 9,12, 67, 77, 78, 83,87, 106

Greeley 1825, 1827Green Bay 1769,

1958, 1960, 1961Green Island 461, 466Green River 1963Greenbelt 1870Greencastle 1855Greenfield 1958Greenland 43, 47, 63,

534, 537, 544,547–9

Greensboro 1768,1910

Greenville (Liberia)1054, 1056

Greenville (Maine)1868

Greenville(Mississippi) 1882

Greenville (NorthCarolina) 1911

Greenville (SouthCarolina) 1931

Greenwich(Connecticut) 1829

Greenwich (England)1694, 1700

Greenwood 1933Greifswald 725Grenada 755–8—in world

organizations 12,68, 100, 101, 102,103, 104, 105, 106,108

Grenadines see StVincent and theGrenadines

Grenoble 630, 639Gresham 1933Grevena 747Grimeton 1551

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Grimsby 1675Grimshaw 404Grindavík 801Grinnell 1858Grisons see

GraubündenGroningen

(Netherlands) 1200,1201

Groningen (Suriname)1531

Grootfontein 1185Gros Inlet 1385Grozny 1367Guadalajara (Mexico)

1137, 1138, 1142,1143, 1144

Guadalajara (Spain)1505

Guadalcanal 1464Guadalupe 1138Guadeloupe 101,

649–51Guainía 469Guairá 1298Guam 115, 1765,

1767, 1776, 1777,1781, 1797, 1799,1972–5

Guanacaste 491Guanajuato 1137,

1144Guanare 1997Guangdong 436, 443,

453Guangxi Zhuang 437Guangzhou 436, 437,

445Guanta 2001Guantánamo 509,

510, 511Guaranda 567Guárico 1997Guarulhos 315Guatemala 759–64—in world

organizations 12,77, 100, 101, 103,104, 105, 106, 109

Guatemala City 759,760, 762, 763

Guaviare 469Guayaquil 567, 568,

569, 570Guayas 567Guaymas 1143Guaynabo 1967Guayubin 561Gudivada 828Gudiyatham 873Guecho 1506Guelma 140Guelmin-Es Semara

1164Guelph 391, 394Guéra 421Guernsey 1729, 1730,

1732–4Guerrero 1137

Guidimaka 1126Guiglo 496Guildford 1703Guimarães 1336Guinea 765–9—in world

organizations 9, 12,77, 78, 82, 89, 93,96, 98

Guinea-Bissau 770–4—in world

organizations 12,77, 78, 82, 89, 93,94, 96, 99

Guinguinéo 1416Guipúzcoa 1505,

1506Guiyang 436, 437Guizhou 436Gujranwala 1274Gujarat 811, 812, 815,

819, 825, 828, 838–41

Gulbarga 812, 828,848, 849, 850

Gulf Co-operationCouncil 62, 118–19

Gulf province (PapuaNew Guinea) 1292

Gulfport 1882Gulistan 1985Gulu 1625Gümüºhane 1608Guna 853Gunnison 1827Gunsan 1010Guntakal 828Guntur 812, 830Gurdaspur 867Gurev see Atyrau-Gurgaon 841Guruvayur 851Gusau 1248Gustavia 649Guwahati 812, 823,

825, 832, 833, 861Guyana 775–9—in world

organizations 12,68, 89, 100, 101,102, 103, 105, 106

Gwalior 812, 825,853, 855

Gwangju 1004, 1005Gweru 2024, 2025Gwynedd 1694, 1714,

1717Gyalshing 871Gyeonggi 1004Gyeongju 1011Gyeongsangbuk 1004Gyeongsangnam 1004Györ 791Györ-Moson-Sopron

791Gyumri 168, 170

Ha Dong 2004Ha Giang 2004

Ha Long 2004Ha Nam 2004Ha Tay 2004Ha Tinh 2004Ha’apai 1592Haarlem 1200, 1201,

1210Haarlemmermeer

1201Habra 880Hachioji 969Hackney 1700Hadhramout 2012Haeju 1014Haerbin 436, 437Hafnarfjör#ur 801Hagåtña 1972, 1973Hagen 691Hagerstown 1870Hai Duong 2004Hai Phong 2004,

2005, 2008Haifa 936, 938, 941,

942Haikou 436Haina 561Hainan 436, 444Hainaut 274Haines (Alaska) 410,

1814Haines Junction

(Yukon) 408Haiti 780–4—in world

organizations 12,77, 78, 100, 101,102, 105, 106

Hajdú-Bihar 791Hajipur 823, 834Hajjah 2012Hakkâri 1608Hakodate 969Halab see AleppoHalaniyat Islands

1267Halden 1256Haldia 824, 880, 882Haldwani 879Halifax (Nova Scotia)

358, 360, 388, 390,391

Halland 534, 1540,1541

Halle 691Halmstad 1542Halton 1699Halul 1337Hamah 1564Hamad Town 250Hamadan 900Hamamatsu 969Hamar 1256Hambantota 1521Hamburg 691, 693,

698, 701, 702, 705,717–19

Hämeenlinna 616Hamhung 1014

Hamilton (Bermuda)1738, 1740

Hamilton (NewJersey) 1899

Hamilton (New York)1908

Hamilton (NewZealand) 1220, 1228

Hamilton (Ohio) 1915Hamilton (Ontario)

358, 391Hamilton (Scotland)

1712Hamirpur 843Hamm 691Hammersmith and

Fulham 1700Hammond 1853Hampden-Sydney

1951Hampi 826Hampshire 1699Hampton 1769, 1949,

1951Hanau 721Hangzhou 436, 437Haninge 1542Hanish, Greater and

Lesser 2012Hanoi 2003, 2004,

2005, 2008, 2009Hanover (Germany)

689, 691, 693, 698,700, 722, 723

Hanover (Jamaica)961

Hanover (Manitoba)379

Hantam 1499Hao 664, 665Happy Valley-Goose

Bay 385Hapur 877Harar 602, 603Harare 2023, 2024,

2025, 2026, 2027,2028, 2029

Harbour Island 245Hardap 1184Hardenberg 1201Hardoi 877Hardwar 878, 879,

880Hargeisa 1470, 1471,

1472, 1473, 1474Harghita 1343Haringey 1700Härjedalen 534Harper 1054, 1056Harrisburg 1925,

1926Harrisonburg 1951Harrow 1687, 1700Hartford 1769, 1828,

1829, 1830Hartlepool 1675, 1699Haryana 811, 815,

825, 828, 841–2

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Harz 698Has 133, 134Hasakah 1564Haskovo 328Hassan 849Hasselt 274Hässleholm 1542Hastings (Nebraska)

1891, 1892Hastings (Victoria)

219Hastings and Napier

1220Hat Yai 1580, 1584Hatay 1608Hatfield 1702Hathras 877Hato Mayor 558Hatra 914Hattiesburg 1882,

1884Hattusha 1614Haugesund 1256Haulbowline 921Haut-M’bomou 416Haut-Ogooué 672Haut-Sassandra 496Haute-Kotto 416Haute-Normandie 629Havana 509, 510,

514, 515Havering 1700Havíøov 527Havre 1888, 1890Hawaii 1765, 1767,

1771, 1776, 1778,1792, 1800, 1805,1842–5

Hawalli 1020Hawke’s Bay 1219,

1224Hay 1696Hay Point 185Hay River 402, 404Hays 1860Hayward 1769, 1821Hazaribag 847, 848Heard and McDonald

Islands 70, 174,190, 229

Heathrow 1674, 1675,1797

Hebbel 850Hebei 436, 443, 446Hebron 944Hedmark 1255Heerlen 1201Hefei 436, 437Hegoumenitsa 746Heidelberg 691, 709,

728Heilbronn 691Heilongjiang 436Hejaz 1404Hel 1322Helena 1888, 1889Helmand 126Helmond 1201

Helsingborg 1542,1549

Helsinki 614, 616,617, 620, 622, 623,624, 625, 626

Hempstead 1906,1909

Henan 436Henderson

(Kentucky) 1861Henderson (Nevada)

1769, 1894, 1896Henderson (Pitcairn

Islands) 1694, 1755Henecán 788Henegouwen see

HainautHengelo 1201Henley 1696Heraklion 746, 747,

752Herat 126Heredia 491Herefordshire 1696,

1699Herm 1729Hermosillo 1137,

1138Hermoupolis 746Herne 691Heroica Matamoros

1138Heroica Puebla de

Zaragoza 1137,1138

Herrera 1286Hertfordshire 1699’s-Hertogenbosch

1200, 1201Hessen 691, 719–21Heves 791Hewanorra 1387Hhohho 1536Hialeah 1768, 1836Hidalgo 1137Hidd Town 250Hierro 1506, 1507Higashiosaka 969High Point 1910High Wycombe 1661,

1703Highland 1705Hihifo (Tonga) 1592Hihifo (Wallis and

Futuna) 669Hiiumaa 595, 598Hildesheim 691, 704,

723Hillingdon 1700Hillsboro 1922Hilo 1843Hilversum 1201Himachal Pradesh

811, 815, 825, 828,842–4

Himeji 969Himeji-jo 978Hims see Homs

Hinche 780Hindupur 828Hirakata 969Hiran 1470Hiratsuka 969, 978Hiroshima 968, 969,

970, 976, 978Hisar 812, 841, 842Hitan-al-Janubiyah

1020Hitura 620Hiva Oa 664Hlotse 1048Ho 739Ho Chi Minh City

2004, 2005, 2007,2008, 2009

Hoa Binh 2004Hobart 175, 176, 212,

214Hodeida 2012, 2014,

2015Hodh ech-Chargui

1126Hodh el-Gharbi 1126Hofuf 1409Hohenheim 709Hohhot 437Hoi An 2009Hokkaido 968, 976,

977Holetown 262Holguín 510, 511Hollywood (Florida)

1769, 1836Holon 936Holy See see Vatican

CityHome Island 226Homel 267Homs 1564Honan 446Honduras 785–9—in world

organizations 12,77, 100, 101, 103,104, 105, 106, 109

Hong Kong 67, 110,111, 435, 450–8

Honiara 1464, 1467,1468

Honolulu 1768, 1797,1843, 1845

Honshu 968, 969, 976Hoogeveen 1201Hoorn 1201Hopen 1265Hopkinsville 1861,

1937Hordaland 1255Horezu 1349Horlivka 1632Hormozgan 900Horsburgh Island 226Horsens 535Horsley Hills 829Horten 1258Horyu-ji 978

Hoshangabad 853Hoshiarpur 867Hospet 849Hospitalet 1506Houa Phan 1030Houet 335Houlton 1868Hounslow 1700Houston 1768, 1797,

1798, 1940, 1942,1943

Howland, Baker andJarvis Islands 1978see also JarvisIsland

Hradec Králové 527Hrodno 267Hsinchu 462Huahine 664Hualien 462, 466Huambo 150, 153,

154Huancavelica 1303Huancayo 1303Huánuco 1303Huaraz 1303Hubei 436Hubli 823, 850Hubli-Dharwad 812Huddersfield 1702Huddinge 1542Hudson 1897Hue 2004, 2005, 2009Huehuetenango 759Huelva 1505, 1506Huesca 1505Huevos 1596Huíla (Angola) 150Huila (Colombia) 469Hull (England) see

Kingston-upon-HullHull (Kiribati) see

OronaHull (Quebec) 358,

397Hulwan 573Humboldt 400Humphrey see

ManihikiHunan 436, 443Hunedoara 1343Hung Hom 455Hung Yen 2004Hungary 790–9—in European

organizations 43,45, 49, 50, 55, 57,58, 60, 62, 63, 65

—in otherorganizations 12,67, 77, 78, 83, 85,87, 107

Hungnam 1018Hunter (New South

Wales) 199Hunter Island 1991Huntington 1955,

1957

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Huntington Beach1768, 1821

Huntsville 1769, 1808Hunumangarh 869Hurghada 575Huron 1934Húsavík 801Hyangsan 1014Hyderabad (India)

812, 813, 817, 824,825, 826, 828, 829,830

Hyderabad (Pakistan)1274, 1279

Hyesan 1014, 1018Hyvinkää 616

IAEA 40–1Ialomi>a 1343Iaºi 1343IATA 73Ibadan 1248Ibagué 469Ibaraki 969Ibarra 567Ibb 2012Ibiza 1506, 1507, 1515Ica 1303Iceland 800–7—in European

organizations 45,46, 53, 55, 57, 58,60, 61, 63, 64

—in otherorganizations 9, 12,67, 77, 83, 87

Ichalkaranji 812Ichihara 969Ichikawa 969Ichinomiya 969Idaho 1763, 1767,

1776, 1778, 1791,1793, 1800, 1804,1845–8

Idaho Falls 1846Idlib 1564Ife 1248Ifrane 1169Igboho 1248I#dir 1608Ignalina 1070Igoumenitsa 752Iisalmi 616Ijebu-Ode 1248Ikare 1248Ikeja 1247Ikerre 1248Ikire 1248Ikirun 1248Ikorodu 1248Ila 1248Ilam (Iran) 900Ilam (Nepal) 1193Ilan 462Ilawe-Ekiti 1248Île-de-France 629Ile de la Gonave 780Ile du Lys 671Ilebo 484

Îles de Hoorn 668Îles des Saintes 649Îles Glorieuses see

Glorieuses IslandsIlesha 1248Ilfov 1343Ilhas Desertas 1330Ilhas Selvagens 1330Iligan 1311Ilitchovsk 333Illawarra 199Illinois 1766, 1776,

1777, 1778, 1804,1848–52

Illizi 140Ilo 299, 1307Ilobu 1248Ilocos 1310Iloilo 1311, 1315Ilorin 1247, 1248Imathia 747Imatra 616Imbabura 567IMF 30–2Immingham 1675Imo 1247Impfondo 486Imphal 825, 858, 859Inaccessible Island

1756Inagua 245Incheon 1004, 1005,

1006, 1010Inchiri 1126Independence 1769,

1886Independencia 558India 808–90—in world

organizations 9, 12,67, 68, 92, 93, 107,110, 113, 114, 116

—states andterritories 828–90

Indiana 1766, 1776,1778, 1853–5

Indianapolis 1768,1853, 1855

Indonesia 891–8—in world

organizations 9, 12,67, 82, 89, 110,111, 112, 113, 114,120

Indore 812, 825, 853,855

Inglewood 1769, 1821Ingolstadt 691Ingraj Bazar 880Ingushetia 1369Inhambane 1172Inisa 1248Inner Mongolia 437,

443Innsbruck 231, 232,

236Inter-American

Development Bank104–5, 106

Inter-AmericanInstitute for Co-operation onAgriculture 106

Inter-ParliamentaryUnion 81

IntergovernmentalAuthority onDevelopment 97

International AirTransportAssociation 73

International AtomicEnergy Agency40–1

International Bank forReconstruction andDevelopment 24–6

International Centrefor Settlement ofInvestment Disputes26–7

International CivilAviationOrganization 27

InternationalCommittee of theRed Cross 73–4

InternationalConfederation ofFree Trade Unions74

International Court ofJustice 10–11

International CriminalCourt 74–5

International CriminalPolice Organization81–2

InternationalDevelopmentAssociation 26

International EnergyAgency 88

International FinanceCorporation 26

International Fund forAgriculturalDevelopment 27–8

International Institutefor Democracy andElectoral Assistance75

International LabourOrganization 28–9

International MaritimeOrganization 29–30

International MobileSatelliteOrganization 76

InternationalMonetary Fund30–2

International OlympicCommittee 76

InternationalOrganization of theFrancophonie 78

InternationalOrganization forMigration 76–7

InternationalOrganization forStandardization77–8

International RoadFederation 78

International SeabedAuthority 78–9

InternationalTelecommunicationsSatelliteOrganisation 79–80

InternationalTelecommunicationUnion 32

International Tribunalfor the Law of theSea 80

International UnionAgainst Cancer80–1

INTERPOL 81–2Intibucá 785Inuvik 402, 404, 409Invercargill 1220Inverclyde 1705Inverness 1655, 1712Ioannina 746Ioba 335IOC 76Ionian Islands region

746Iowa 1767, 1776,

1778, 1800, 1856–8Iowa City 1856, 1858Ipoh 1099, 1104Iqaluit 402, 405, 406,

407Iquique 428, 429, 432Iquitos 1304, 1305Iran 899–907—in world

organizations 12,77, 82, 89, 113, 120

Irapuato 1138Iraq 8, 68, 908–15,

1659—in world

organizations 12,82, 89, 116, 117,118, 119, 120

Irbid 981Irbil 910, 913Ireland, Republic of

916–34—in European

organizations 43,45, 49, 50, 52, 55,57, 58, 60, 62

—in otherorganizations 9, 12,67, 68, 84, 87, 107

Irian Jaya see PapuaIrian Jaya Barat 892Iringa 1574Irkutsk 1375

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Ironbridge 1694Irrawaddy 1178Irvine 1769, 1821Irving 1768, 1940Irvington 1900Isa Town 250, 252Isabel 1464Ísafjör#ur 801Iseyin 1248<skenderun 1610, 1613Isla de la Juventud

510Isla de Pascua see

Easter IslandIslamabad 1273, 1274,

1278, 1279, 1281,1282

Islamic DevelopmentBank 82

Islas de la Bahía 785Islas Diego Ramírez

427Islas Juan Fernández

427Isle of Anglesey 1714Isle of Man 1681,

1682, 1726–9Isle of Pines (Cuba)

see Isla de laJuventud

Isle of Pines (NewCaledonia) 659

Isle of Wight 1699Isle of Youth see Isla

de la JuventudIsles of Scilly 1699Islington 1700Ismailia 573Isparta 1608Israel 85, 933–44—and European

organizations 46, 60,62, 65

—in worldorganizations 12, 67,77, 105, 107

Issyk-Kul 1025<stanbul 1608, 1609,

1611, 1613, 1614Istarska 502Istria 502Itä-Suomi 615Itä-Uusimaa 615Itabira 318, 319Italy 947–60—in European

organizations 43, 45,49, 50, 52, 55, 57,58, 60, 62, 63, 65

—in otherorganizations 9, 12,13, 67, 77, 83, 87,93, 103, 105, 106,107, 110

Itanagar 831Itapúa 1298Itaqui 321Itarsi 853, 855Ithaca (Greece) 754

Ithaca (New YorkState) 1906, 1909

Itsukushima 978Itta Bena 1884Ituni 777Ivano-Frankivsk 1632Ivano-Frankivska 1632Ivanovo 334Iwaki 969Iwo 1248Izabal 759Izhevsk 1374<zmir 1608, 1609,

1610, 1613

Jabal Al-Akhdar 1057Jabalpur 812, 823,

853, 855Jabiru 195Jackson (Mississippi)

1768, 1882, 1883,1884

Jackson (Tennessee)1937

Jacksonville 1768,1836, 1837, 1839

Jacmel 780Jaco 563Jaén 1505, 1506Jaffa 936Jaffna 1517, 1518Jagdalpur 836Jahra 1020Jaintia Hills 832, 860Jaipur 812, 823, 825,

869, 870, 871Jakarta 891, 892, 893,

894, 895, 897Jakarta Raya 896Jalalabad 126Jalandhar 812Jalapa 759Jaleswar 1193Jalgaon 812, 855, 857Jalingo 1247Jalisco 1137Jalna 856Jalpaiguri 880, 882Jaluit 1123Jamaica 961–6—in world

organizations 9, 12,68, 100, 101, 102,103, 105, 106

Jambi 892Jamestown (New

York) 1906Jamestown (St Helena)

1756Jammu and Kashmir

810, 811, 812, 814,815, 816, 825, 828,844–7

Jamnagar 812, 840Jamshedpur 812Jämtland 534, 1541Jan Mayen 1255,

1265–6Janakpur 1193, 1196

Janesville 1958Jangdan 1009Jangjangbureh 677Japan 967–79—in world

organizations 8, 9,12, 13, 60, 67, 77,87, 92, 93, 105, 107,110, 111, 112, 113,114

Järfälla 1542Jarian Al Batnah 1337Järvenpää 616, 625Jarvis Island 999,

1978see also Howland,Baker and JarvisIslands

Jász-Nagykún-Szolnok 791

Jaunpur 877, 878Java 891, 892, 893,

896, 897Jawa Barat 892Jawa Tengah 892Jawa Timur 892Jawaharlal Nehru 824,

826Jawf 2012Jawhar 1470Jawor 1326Jawzjan 126Jayanagar 1196Jayapura 892Jebel Ali 1643, 1644Jeddah 1405, 1406,

1409Jefferson City 1886Jeffersontown 1861Jeju 1004, 1010Jelgava 1035Jelling 544Jena 691Jendouba 1601Jeollabuk 1004Jeollanam 1004, 1007Jeonju 1005Jerash 981Jérémie 780Jerez de la Frontera

1506Jericho 935Jersey 1729, 1730–2Jersey City 1768,

1899, 1900Jerusalem 935, 936,

937, 941, 942, 944,1363

Jervis Bay 186, 192,198

Jessore 256, 260Jethou 1729Jetpur 839Jhajjar 841Jhansi 812, 878Jharkhand 811, 815,

825, 828, 834, 835,847–8

Jhunjhunun 869

Jiangsu 436Jiangxi 435, 436Jidhafs 250Jigawa 1247Jihlava 527Jihoæesk™ 527Jihomoravsk™ 527Jijel 140, 141Jilib 1470Jilin 436, 437Jimma 603Jinan 436, 437Jind 841Jinhae 1006Jinja 1625Jinotega 1236Jinotepe 1236Jizan 1409Jizzakh see DzhizakJoão Pessoa 314, 315Joboatão dos

Guararapas 315Jodhpur 812, 870, 871Joensuu 616, 624Jogindernagar 844Johannesburg 1476,

1478, 1481, 1485,1486, 1488, 1494,1495, 1499

Johnson City 1937Johnston Atoll 1767,

1978Johor 1098, 1099,

1446Johor Bharu 1099,

1104Johor Pasir Gudang

1104Joinville 315Joliet 1769, 1849Jolo 1310Jonesboro 1818Jonglei 1525Jönköping 1541, 1542Jonquière 358, 397Jordan 21, 68, 85,

980–5—and European

organizations 46, 60,62

—in worldorganizations 12, 77,82, 89, 116, 117,118, 119

Jordanstown 1724Jorf Lasfar 1169Jorhat 832, 833Jos 1247, 1248Jost Van Dyke 1742Jounieh 1045Juan de Nova Island

671Juárez 1138Juba 1525Jubail 1406, 1409Jubbada Dexe 1470Jubbada Hoose 1470Jubberhatti 844Juigalpa 1236, 1237

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Juiz de Fora 315Jujuy 160Jullundur 867Jumla 1194Junagadh 812Jundubah see

JendoubaJuneau 1811, 1812,

1814Junín 1303Jura 1554, 1555Jurmala 1035Jurong 1447, 1448Jutiapa 759Juticalpa 785Jyväskylä 616, 624,

626

Kabardino-Balkaria1369

Kabul 125, 126, 127,130

Kabwe 2017Kachchativu 1518Kachchh 841Kachin State 1178Kadiogo 335Kadmat Island 889Kaduna 1247, 1248Kaédi 1126, 1129Kaesong 1014Kaf see Le KefKafr Ad Dawwar 573Kafr Ash Shaikh 573Kafr El Shaikh 573Kaga-Bandoro 416Kagera 1574, 1625Kagoshima 969, 976Kahoolawe 1843Kahramanmaraº 1608Kailahun 1439Kainuu 616Kairouan 1601, 1606Kaiserslautern 729Kaithal 841Kajaani 616Kakamega 992Kakanda 766Kakata 1053Kakinada 812, 830Kakogawa 969Kalahari 1499Kalamazoo 1878Kalemie 484Kalgoorlie-Boulder

221Kaliapani 865Kalimantan 891, 892,

893Kalimantan Barat 892Kalimantan Selatin

892Kalimantan Teng 892Kalimantan Timur

892Kalingapatnam 830Kaliningrad 1352,

1356

Kalispell 1888Kalka 844Kalkalighat 876Kallithea 747Kalmar 1541, 1542Kalmykia 1369–70Kalol 839Kalpeni Island 889Kalwaria

Zebrzydowska 1326

Kalyubia 573Kamaran 2012Kambalda 221Kambia 1439Kamchatka 1363,

1375Kameng 830Kamloops 375, 378Kampala 1624, 1625,

1626, 1629, 1630Kamsar 768Kamthi 856Kananga 481Kanara 848Kanazawa 969Kanchipuram 873Kandahar 125, 126Kandla 824, 840Kandy 1517, 1518,

1523Kanem 421Kangar 1099Kangerlussuaq 549Kanggye 1014Kanghwa 1011Kangra 843, 844Kangwon 1014Kanhangad 851Kankan 765, 768Kannada 850Kannur 853Kano 1244, 1247,

1248, 1252Kanpur 812, 878Kansas 1767, 1776,

1778, 1800,1858–61

Kansas City (Kansas)1769, 1859

Kansas City(Missouri) 1768,1886, 1887

Kanta-Häme 615Kanto 968Kanton 999, 1001Kanye 308Kaohsiung 461, 462,

466, 467Kaolack 1413, 1416Kapisa 126Kaposvár 792Kaptai 257Kapurthala 867Karabalta 1025Karabük 1608Karachai-Cherkessia

1370

Karachi 1274, 1276,1278, 1279, 1280,1281, 1282

Karaikal 889Karaikkudi 873Karaj 900Karak 981Karakalpak

AutonomousRepublic 1985, 1990

Karaman 1608Karas 1184Karbala 909, 910Karditsa 747Karelia 615, 1370–1Karen State 1178Karimnagar 828Karlovac 502Karlovaèka 502Karlovarsk™ 527Karlovy Vary 527Karlskrona 1542,

1551Karlsruhe 692, 709Karlstad 1542Karmélava 1069Karnal 841Karnataka 811, 812,

814, 815, 820, 825,828, 848–51

Kärnten see CarinthiaKarong 859Karpenissi 746Kars 1608Karshi 1985Kartong 679Karuali 1194Karur 873Karusi 340Karviná 527Karwar 850Karyai 747Kasai 480Kasai Occidental 481Kasai Oriental 481Kasama 2017Kasaragod 873Kashiwa 969Kashkadar 1985Kashmir 1273, 1274

see also Jammu andKashmir

Kassala 1525Kassel 692, 721Kassérine 1601Kastamonu 1608Kastoria 747Kasugai 969Katanga 481, 483Katerini 747Katherine 195Kathgodam 880Kathmandu 1193,

1194, 1196, 1197Katihar 834Katima Mulilo 1184Katni 855Katowice 1320, 1325Katsina 1247, 1248

Katunayake 1520Kauai 1843Kaunas 1067, 1071Kaustinen 625Kavajë 133Kavaratti 889Kavaratti Island 889Kavieng 1292Kawagoe 969Kawaguchi 969Kawasaki 969Kaya 335, 338Kayah State 1178Kayanza 340Kayes 1111, 1112,

1114Kayseri 1608Kazakhstan 46,

986–91—in world

organizations 12,60, 71, 72, 77, 82,84, 89, 107, 110,113

Kazan 1364, 1373Kaziranga 859, 864Kearney 1891, 1892Kebbi 1247Kebili 1601Kecskemét 791Kedah 1098, 1099Keelung 462, 466Keene 1897, 1898Keetmanshoop 1184,

1185Keewatin 402, 405,

406, 407Keflavík 801, 804Keksholm 1370Kelang 1100Kelantan 1098, 1099Kelibia 1603Kelowna 375, 378Kemaman 1104Kemi 616Keminmaa 620Kemo 416Kenai 1811Kenai Peninsula 1811Kendari 892Kénédougou 335Kenema 1438, 1439Kénitra 1165Kenner 1865Kennewick 1952Kenosha 1849, 1958Kensington and

Chelsea 1700Kent (England) 1699Kent (Washington)

1952Kentucky 1767, 1776,

1778, 1793, 1804,1861–4

Kentville 388Kenya 992–8—in world

organizations 9, 12,68, 77, 93, 95, 96, 97

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Kepulauan Riau 892Kerala 811, 815, 820,

825, 828, 851–3,873

Kerava 616Kerema 1292Keren 590Kerewan/Farafenni

677Kerguelen Islands

667, 668Kerkrade 1201Kerkuane 1606Kermadec Islands

1218Kerman 900Kermanshah 900Kerry 918Keshod 840Keski-Pohjanmaa 616Keski-Suomi 616Ketchikan 1811Ketchikan Gateway

1811Kettering 1915Kew 1695Key West 1837Keyser 1957Kgalagadi 308Kgatleng 308Khaborovsk 1353,

1375Khadoli 885Khairagarh 855Khajuraho 826, 855Khakassia 1371Khalid 1644Khammam 828Khammouane 1030Khandwa 853, 855Khanh Hoa 2004Khankendi 244Khanna 867Khanty-Mansi 1374Khanty-Mansiisk

1374Khanvel 886Kharadpada 885Kharagpur 812, 882Kharar 867Khardaha 880Khargone 853Kharkhorum 1162Kharkiv 1632, 1636Kharkivska 1632Khartoum 1524,

1525, 1527, 1529Khasi Hills 832, 860Khatlon 1569Khenchela 140Kherson 1632, 1636Khersonska 1632Kheyrabad 130Khmelnitska 1632Khmelnitsky 1632Khomas 1184Khor Fakkan 1644Khorasan 900

Khorazm seeKhorezm

Khorezm 1985Khorixas 1185Khorog 1573Khorramabad 900Khorramshahr 900Khost 126Khouribga 1165Khujand 1569, 1572Khulna 256, 257, 260Khuzestan 900Kibungo 1377Kibuye 1377Kidal 1111Kidatu 1485, 1578Kidira 1416Kié-Ntem 585Kiel 692, 695, 735,

736Kielce 1320Kien Giang 2003Kiev see KyivKiffa 1126, 1129Kigali 1376, 1377,

1379, 1380Kigali-Ngali 1377Kigoma 344, 1574Kikwit 481Kildare 918, 921, 930Kilimanjaro 1574,

1578Kilis 1608Kilkenny 916, 918Kilkis 747Killybegs 931Kiltan Island 889Kilwa Kisiwani 1578Kimbe 1292Kimberley 1485,

1494, 1499, 1500Kindia 765, 768Kindu 481Kingman Reef 999,

1978Kingsport 1937Kingston (Jamaica)

961, 963, 964, 965Kingston (Norfolk

Island) 227Kingston (Ontario)

358Kingston and St

Andrew 961Kingston-upon-Hull

(England) 1699,1702

Kingston uponThames 1700, 1702

Kingstown (StVincent) 1389, 1392

Kinkala 486Kinki 968Kinlao-Muanda 483Kinlochbervie 1669Kinmen 461, 466Kinshasa 479, 481,

484, 485

Kirakira 1464Kiribati 12, 68, 110,

114, 115, 999–1002Kırıkkale 1608, 1609Kiritimati 999Kırklareli 1608Kirkuk 910, 913, 914Kirovakan see

VanadzorKirovohrad 1632Kirovohradska 1632Kırºehir 1608Kirundo 340Kisangani 480, 481,

484, 485Kishangarh 869Kisii 997Kismayo 1470, 1473Kisumu 992, 997,

1624Kitakyushu 969, 976Kitchener 358, 391Kitikmeot 402, 405,

407Kitimat 377Kitwe 2017, 2021Kivalliq see KeewatinKivu 479Kladno 527, 530Klagenfurt 231, 236Klaipéda 597, 1037,

1067, 1068, 1069,1071, 1073

Klaksvik 546Klamath Falls 1924Kley 1053Klipheuwel 1481Knokke 280Knoxville 1769, 1793,

1936, 1937, 1938Kobe 969, 976København see

CopenhagenKoblenz 692, 729Kocaeli 1608Kochi (India) 812,

813, 817, 824, 852,873, 874

Kochi (Japan) 969Kodiak 1811Kodiak Island 1811,

1814Koforidua 739Kogi 1247Kohgiluyeh and

Boyer Ahmad 900Kohima 825, 863, 864Kohtla-Järve 595, 598Koinaduga 1439Kokkola 616Kolaba 855Kolar 849Kolda 1413Kolding 535Kolhapur 812, 855,

857Kolkata see CalcuttaKollam 812

Kollegal 848, 873Ko<obrzeg 1322Kolombangara Islands

1464Kolonia 1146, 1148Kolonjë 133, 134Kolwezi 481Komárom-Esztergom

791Kombo St Mary 680Komi 1363, 1371Komi-Permyak 1375Komondjari 335Kompienga 335Kompong Cham 345Kompong Som 348Kon Tum 2003Konarak 826Konark 866Kondagaon 836Koné 661Kong Karls Land

1265Kono 1439Konstanz 709Konya 1608Kópavogur 801Koper 1462Koplik 134Koprivnica 502Koprivniºèko-

Kri†evaèka 502Korangi Creek 1276Koraput 865Korba 812Korçë 133Kordestan 900Korea, People’s

DemocraticRepublic of (NorthKorea) 12, 1013–19

Korea, Republic of(South Korea)1003–12

—in worldorganizations 10,12, 60, 67, 77, 87,93, 107, 110, 111,112, 113, 114

Korhogo 496, 497Koriyama 969Koror 1283, 1284Korsør 538Kortrijk 274Koryak 1375Kos 754Koshi 1193Koshigaya 969Ko<ice 1452, 1456,

1457Kosovo 85, 89, 1418,

1419, 1420, 1421,1422, 1423, 1424,1427, 1428,1429–31

Kosovska Mitrovica1419

Kosrae 1146, 1148

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Kossi 335Kot Diji 1282Kota 812, 870, 871Kota Bharu 1098,

1099, 1104Kota Kinabalu 1099,

1104Kotdwaar 880Kotka 616, 618, 625Kotor 1420, 1424Kottagudem 828Kottayam 851, 852Koudougou 335Kouilou 486Koulamoutou 672,

675Koulikoro 1111, 1114Koulpélogo 335Kouritenga 335Kourou 647, 648Kouroussa 1114Kourwéogo 335Kouvola 616, 623Kowloon 450, 451,

455Kozani 747Kozhikode 812, 824,

851, 852Kozluduy 331Kpalimé 1587, 1590Kragujevac 1419Krajina 502Kraków 1320, 1321,

1325, 1326, 1327Kralendijk 1214Královéhradeck™ 527Krapina 502Krapinsko-Zagorska

502Krasnoyarsk 1374,

1375Krefeld 692Kremenchuk 1632Kretinga 1070Kribi 352, 354Krishnanagar 880Krishnapatnam 830Kristiansand 1256,

1262Kristianstad 1542Kromìøí† 533Kronoberg 1541Kroonstad 1494Krujë 133Krumë 134Kryvy Rih 1632,

1635, 1636Kuala Belait 324, 326Kuala Lumpur 1098,

1099, 1102, 1103,1104, 1106

Kuala Terengganu1099, 1104

Kuando-Kubango 150Kuantan 1099, 1102,

1104Kuching 1099, 1102,

1104

Kuçovë 133Kudymkar 1375Kuito 150Kujawsko-Pomorskie

1319Kukës 133Kullu 843, 844Kulti 881Kulusuk 549Kulyab 1569Kumamoto 969Kumanovo 1082Kumarghat 876Kumasi 739, 740Kumba 354Kumbakonam 873Kumo 1248Kuna de Madungandí

1286Kuna de Wargandí

1285Kuna Yala 1286Kunar 126Kundiawa 1292Kunduz 126Kunene 1184Kungsbacka 1542Kunming 436, 437Kuntaur 679Kuopio 616, 623, 624Kupang 892Kurashiki 969Kurbin 133, 134Kurdufan 1525Kure 971Kurgan-Tyube 1569Kuria 999Kuria Muria see

Halaniyat IslandsKurnool 812Kurukshetra 841, 842Kuruman 1499Kütahya 1608Kutaisi 681Kutná Hora 533Kuwait 1020–4, 1659—in world

organizations 12,82, 89, 92, 93, 116,117, 118, 119, 120

Kvitøya 1265Kwajalein 1123, 1124,

1125Kwangyang 1010Kwanza Norte 150Kwanza Sul 150Kwara 1247KwaZulu-Natal 1476,

1477, 1478, 1495–6Kweneng 308Kyambogo 1629Kyiv 1362, 1631,

1632, 1635, 1636,1637, 1638

Kyivska 1632Kymenlaakso 615Kyoto 967, 969, 976,

977, 978

Kyoto Protocol 122,1790

Kyrenia 517, 523Kyrgyzstan 46,

1025–9—in world

organizations 12,60, 71, 72, 77, 82,84, 89, 110, 113

Kyushu 968, 969, 977Kyzyl 1373

La Altagracia 558La Araucanía 427La Asunción 1997La Ceiba 785, 788la Condamine 1154La Coruña 1505,

1506, 1507La Crosse 1958, 1961La Désirade 649, 651La Digue 1433, 1437La Dorada 473La Grande 1924La Guaira 1998, 2001La Guajira 469La Habana 510La Joya 1305La Laguna 1506,

1515La Libertad (El

Salvador) 580La Libertad (Peru)

1303La Linea 1513La Louvière 274La Palma (Canary

Islands) 1506, 1507La Palma (Panama)

1286La Pampa 160La Paz (Bolivia) 296,

297, 298, 299, 300La Paz (El Salvador)

580La Paz (Honduras)

785La Paz (Mexico)

1137, 1138, 1143La Plata 160, 161,

163, 166La Quiaca 299La Rioja (Argentina)

160La Rioja (Spain)

1505, 1506La Rochelle 630La Romana 558, 561La Serena 427La Skhirra 1605La Spezia 950, 953La Tortue 780La Trinité 652La Unión 580La Vega 558La Villiaze 1733Laâyoune see El-

Aaiún

Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra1164, 1165

Labasa 608Labé 765Laborie 1385Labrador see

Newfoundland andLabrador

Labuan 1099, 1102,1103, 1104

Labyrinth Islands 883Laç (Albania) 134Lac (Chad) 421Laccadive Islands

817, 873, 889Laconia 747Lacs 496Ladario 317Ladhiqiyah see

LattakiaLadnu 871Lae 1292, 1296Lafayette (Indiana)

1855Lafayette (Louisiana)

1769, 1865, 1867Lafia 1248Laghman 126Laghouat 140Lagos 1246, 1247,

1248, 1249, 1250,1252

Lagunes 496Lahad Datu 1104Lahej 2012Lahore 868, 1274,

1278, 1279, 1280,1281, 1282

Lahti 616Laï 421Lai Chau 2004Lake Chad Basin

Commission 97Lake Charles 1865,

1866Lakeland 1837Lakewood (Colorado)

1769, 1825Lakewood (New

Jersey) 1900Lakewood (Ohio)

1915Lakewood

(Washington) 1952Lakhimpur 877Lalitpur (India) 877Lalitpur (Nepal) 1194Lakshadweep 812,

815, 817, 825, 828,889

Lam Dong 2004Lama-Kara 1587Lambaréné 672, 675Lambayeque 1303Lambeth 1700Lamia 746Lampedusa 950

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Lampeter 1717Lampung 892Lamu 997Lanai 1843Lancashire 1677,

1699Lancaster (California)

1769, 1821Lancaster (England)

1702, 1703Lang Son 2004Langkawi 1104Languedoc-Roussillon

629, 644Lanseria 1485Länsi-Suomi 615Lansing 1769, 1876,

1877Lantau 455Lanzarote 1506, 1507,

1512Lanzhou 436, 437Lao Cai 2004Laoighis 918Laos 1030–4—in world

organizations 12,78, 110, 111, 112,113

Lapland 624Lappeenranta 616,

624Lappi 616Lapu-Lapu 1311Lara 1997Laramie 1962, 1963,

1964Laredo 1769, 1940Largeau see FayaLarissa 747Larnaca 517, 520, 521Larne 1719, 1722Larvik 1256Las Anod 1470Las Calderas 560Las Cruces 1903,

1904Las Palmas 1505,

1506, 1509, 1512,1513

Las Piñas 1311Las Tablas 1286Las Tunas 510Las Vegas (Nevada)

1768, 1798, 1893,1894, 1895, 1896

Las Vegas (NewMexico) 1904

LaSalle 397Lassithi 746Lata 1464Latacunga 567Latin American

Economic System101, 105, 106

Latin AmericanIntegrationAssociation 105–6

Latin AmericanReserve Fund 106

Latina 950Lattakia 1564, 1567Latur 812Latvia 71, 1035–41—in European

organizations 43,44, 49, 50, 55, 57,58, 60, 62, 64

—in otherorganizations 12, 67,77, 83, 85, 89, 107

Launceston 212, 214Laurentides 398Lausanne 1554, 1560,

1561Lautoka 608, 611Laval 396, 399Lavalleja 1979Lawrence 1859, 1860,

1874Lawton 1918, 1921Laxey 1727, 1728Lázaro Cárdenas 1143Lazio 950Le Havre 630, 639Le Kef 1601Le Lamentin 652Le Mans 630Le Tampon 654Le Touquet 639League of Arab States

119Lebanon 21, 46, 62,

1042–7—in world

organizations 12,78, 82, 89, 92, 107,116, 117, 118, 119

Lebap 1616Lecce 950Leduc 372Leeds 1700, 1702,

1703Lee’s Summit 1886Leeuwarden 1200,

1201Leeward Islands

(French Polynesia)664

Leganés 1506Leh 846Leicester 1699, 1702Leicestershire 1699Leiden 1201Leidschendam-

Voorburg 1201Leinster 916, 918,

929Leipzig 692, 701,

732, 733Leiria 1336Leitrim 918Lékoumou 486Lelu 1146, 1148Lelydorp 1531Lelystad 1200, 1201

Lempira 785Leninabad see

KhujandLeninakan see GyumriLennoxville 399Lens 630León (Nicaragua)

1236, 1237León (Spain) 1505,

1506Léon de los Aldama

1138Leptis Magna 1061Lepukos 1148Léraba 335, 500Leribe 1048Lérida 1505, 1506,

1512Lerwick 1669, 1707Les Abymes 650Les Cayes 780Les Rochers 671Lesbos 746Leshan 448Lesotho 1048–52—in world

organizations 12,68, 93, 98

Lethbridge 372, 374Leticia 468Letterkenny 931Leucas 746Leuven 274Levadeia 746Leverkusen 692Levuka 611Lewisburg 1957Lewisham 1700Lewisporte 387Lewiston (Idaho)

1846, 1848Lewiston (Maine)

1868, 1869Lexington (Kentucky)

1863, 1864Lexington (Virginia)

1951Lexington-Fayette

1768, 1861Leyte 1310Lezhë 134Lezíria do Tejo 1330Lhasa 437, 438, 448Liambezi see CapriviLiaoning 436Liberec 527, 531Libereck™ 527Liberia 12, 77, 93, 96,

1053–6Libertador Gral B.

O’Higgins 427Librazhd 134Libreville 672, 675,

676Libya 1057–62—in world

organizations 12,77, 82, 89, 93, 116,117, 118, 119, 120

Lichinga 1172Lièko-Senjska 502Lidingö 1542Liechtenstein 12, 44,

46, 53, 55, 57, 60,61, 1063–6

Liège 274, 280, 281Liepâja 597, 1035,

1037, 1040, 1069Lifou Island 659,

661Liguria 950Lihir 1295Lihou 1729Lijiang 448Likasi 481Likouala 486Lille 629, 633, 639,

642Lilongwe 1093, 1096Lima (Ohio) 1915Lima (Peru) 1303,

1304, 1305, 1306,1307, 1308, 1309

Limassol 517, 521Limavady 1719Limbe 352Limbo-Tiko 354Limbourg (Belgium)

274Limburg

(Netherlands)1200

Limerick 918, 924,930, 931, 933

Limoges 629, 630Limón 491, 494Limousin 629Limpopo 1477, 1478,

1490, 1496–7Lincoln (England)

1702, 1703Lincoln (Nebraska)

1768, 1891, 1892Lincolnshire 1699Linden 775, 777Lindenhurst 1906Lindi 1574Line Islands 999,

1000, 1001Linköping 1542Linyi 437Linz 231, 236Lipa City 1311Lisbon 1328, 1329,

1330, 1332, 1334,1335, 1336

Lisburn 1655, 1719Lithuania 71,

1067–73—in European

organizations 43,44, 49, 50, 55, 57,58, 60, 62, 64

—in otherorganizations 9, 12,67, 77, 78, 83, 85

Litoral (EquatorialGuinea) 585

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Little Andaman 883Little Cayman 1744,

1746Little Rock 1768,

1818Little Sark 1729Littoral (Benin) 287Littoral (Cameroon)

350Liuan 437Liverpool 1695, 1700,

1702, 1703Livigno 956Livingstone 2017,

2018, 2022Livonia 1769, 1876Livorno 950, 957Ljubljana 1458, 1461,

1462Lloydminster

(Alberta) 372Lloydminster

(Saskatchewan) 400

Lo Wu 455Lobamba 1536Lobatse 308Lobaye 416Lobith 1208Lobito 150, 153Lobos 1506Lochinver 1669Loddon 216£ódŸ 1320£ódzkie 1319Lofa 1053Logan 1945Logar 126Logone Occidental

421Logone Oriental 412Logroño 1506Lohit 830Lohja 616Loja 567Lokoja 1247Lombardy 950, 959Lombok 893Lomé 1587, 1588,

1589, 1590London (England)

1646, 1651, 1656,1665, 1671, 1674,1675, 1677, 1680,1683, 1687, 1694,1696, 1697, 1698,1699, 1700, 1702,1703

London (Ontario)358, 391

Londonderry (NewHampshire) 1897

Londonderry(Northern Ireland)see Derry

Londrina 315Lonere 857Long An 2003

Long Beach(California) 1768,1798, 1821, 1824

Long Beach (NewYork) 1906

Long Island(Bahamas) 245

Long Island (NewYork) 1906, 1908,1909

Long Xuyen 2003,2005

Longford 918, 933Longmen 448Longueuil 396Longyearbyen 1265Lop Nur 440Lorain 1915Lorca 1506Lord Howe Island

190, 199Lorengau 1292Lorestan 900Loreto 1304Lorient 630Lorman 1884Loroum 335Lorraine 628, 629,

689, 730Lorsch 704Los Angeles 1768,

1797, 1798, 1820,1821, 1824

Los Lagos 427Los Rios 567Los Santos 1286Los Teques 1997Lötschberg 1560Loubomo (Dolisie)

486, 489Louga 1413Loughborough 1702Louisiade Archipelago

1292Louisiana 1762, 1767,

1776, 1778, 1864–7Louisville 1768,

1861, 1863, 1864Louth 918Louvain see LeuvenLovech 328Loveland 1825Lovelock 1895Lowell 1769, 1874,

1875Lower Austria 231Lower Merion 1925Lower River region

(Gambia) 677Lower Saxony 691,

698, 722–4Loyalty Islands

659Luanda 149, 150,

151, 153, 154Luang Namtha 1030Luang Prabang 1030,

1031, 1033, 1034

Luanshya 2017Luapula 2017Luba 585, 588Lubango 150, 154Lubbock 1768, 1940Lübeck 688, 692,

701, 704, 717, 736

Lubelskie 1319Lublin 1319, 1320Lubombo 1536Lubumbashi 481, 484,

485Lubuskie 1319Lucapa 150Lucena City 1311Lucerne 1553, 1554,

1555, 1560, 1561,1562

Lucknow 812, 825,877, 878

Lüderitz 1185, 1188Ludhiana 812, 867,

868Ludwigshafen am

Rhein 692Luena 150Lugano 1560Luganville 1991Lugo 1505, 1506,

1515Lugovaya 1028Luhansk 1632Luhanska 1632Luik see LiègeLuleå 1542, 1551Lumbini 1194, 1197Lumut 1102Lund 1542Lunda Norte 150Lunda Sul 150Lüneburg 723Lunenburg 369Luque 1298Lusaka 2017, 2018,

2019, 2020, 2021Lushnjë 133, 134Luton 1699, 1702Lutsk 1632Luxembourg

1074–81—in European

organizations 43,45, 49, 50, 52, 55,57, 58, 62

—in otherorganizations 12,77, 78, 83, 87, 110

Luxembourg(Belgium) 274

Luxor 573, 577Luzon 1310Lviv 1632, 1637,

1638Lvivska 1632Lvov see LvivLycia 1614Lynn 1874

Lyons 629, 631, 639,642, 644

Ma’an 981, 984Maarianhamina see

MariehamnMaastricht 1200,

1201, 1207, 1210McAllen 1769, 1940Macao 32, 435,

458–61Macapá 314Macas 567Macaulay Island 1218McDonald Islands see

Heard andMcDonald Islands

Macedonia (FormerYugoslav Republicof) 12, 53, 55, 57,60, 62, 63, 67, 78,84, 85, 1082–7

Macedonia (Greece)746

Maceió 314, 315Machala 567Machias 1868, 1869Machida 969Machilipatnam 828,

830Machu Picchu 1309Macías Nguema see

BiokoMackay 204McKean 999McMinnville 1924Macomb 1852Macon 1842Macquarie Island 190,

225MacRobertson Land

225Madaba 981Madagascar 1088–92—in world

organizations 12,77, 78, 93, 95

Madanapalle 828Madang 1292, 1296Madaniyin see

MédénineMadeira 1328, 1329,

1330, 1334, 1336Madhepura 835Madhya Pradesh 811,

814, 815, 825, 828,835, 853–5

Madinah 1405, 1409Madingou 486Madison (South

Dakota) 1934, 1936Madison (Wisconsin)

1768, 1958, 1961Madras 812, 813,

817, 819, 823, 824,825, 828, 829, 873,874, 890

Madre de Dios 1304

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Madrid 1503, 1505,1506, 1507, 1510,1512, 1513, 1514,1515, 1516

Madriz 1236Madura 892, 893Madurai 812, 874,

875Maebashi 969Maekel 590Maewo 1991Mafeking 311Mafeteng 1048Mafraq 981Magadan 1374Magallanes y de la

Antártica Chilena427

Magas 1369Magdalen Islands 396Magdalena 469Magdeburg 692, 734Magherafelt 1719Magnesia 747Magwe 1178Mahabalipuram 826Mahajanga 1088,

1091Mahakali 1194Mahalapye 308Mahalla Al Kubra

573Maharashtra 811, 812,

814, 815, 820, 825,828, 855–8

Mahbubnagar 828Mahd Al-Dahab 1408Mahdia 1601Mahdiyah see MahdiaMahé (India) 889Mahé (Seychelles)

1433, 1435, 1436,1437

Mahendra Nagar 1194Mahendragarh 841Mahilyou 267, 271Mahón 1509Mahrah 2012Mahwit 2012Maiana 999Maiao 664Maidstone 1703Maiduguri 1247, 1248Maikop 1365Maine 1766, 1776,

1777, 1778, 1800,1867–70

Mainpuri 877Mainz 692, 702, 705,

728, 729Maio 411, 413Maizuru 971Majorca 1505Majuro 1123, 1124,

1125Makak 354Makamba 340Makassar 892

Makati 1311Makeni 1438Makhachkala 1368Makiïvka 1632Makin 999Makira and Ulawa

1464Makkah 1404, 1405,

1409, 1410Makkovik 386Makokou 672Makung 466Makurdi 1247, 1248Malabar 873Malabo 585, 587, 588Malabon 1311Málaga (Colombia)

470Málaga (Spain) 1505,

1506, 1512Malaita 1464Malakal 1284Malanje 150Malappuram 851Malatya 1608Malawi 1093–7—in world

organizations 12,68, 93, 95, 98

Malaysia 1098–106—in world

organizations 9, 12,67, 68, 82, 89, 110,111, 112, 113, 114

Malbork 1326Malden 999Maldives 1107–10—in world

organizations 12,68, 82, 89, 110,113, 116

Maldonado 1979Malé 1107, 1108,

1109Malegaon 812Malekula 1991Maler Kotla 867Malësi e Madhe 134Mali 1111–15—in world

organizations 12,77, 78, 82, 89, 93,94, 96, 98, 99

Malindi 997Malines see MechelenMallaig 1669, 1707Mallakastër 134Mallee 216Mallorca 1507Malmö 535, 1542,

1549Malongo 153Ma<opolskie 1319Malta 1116–22—in European

organizations 43,44, 49, 50, 55, 57,60

—in otherorganizations 12,68, 77

Maluku 892, 893Maluku Utara 892Mambere Kadéi 416Mamou 765Mamoudzou 657Man (Côte d’Ivoire)

496Man, Isle of 1681,

1682, 1726–9Manabi 567Manado 897Managua 1236, 1237,

1238, 1239, 1240Manali 844Manama 250, 252Manatee 1839Manaus 314, 315, 317Manawatu-Wanganui

1219, 1224Mancherial 828Manchester (England)

1651, 1665, 1674,1687, 1700, 1702,1703

Manchester (Jamaica)961

Manchester (NewHampshire) 1769,1897

Mandalay 1178, 1179Mandaluyong 1311Mandaue 1311Mandeville 961Mandi 843Mandsaur 853Mandurah 221Mandya 849Mangaia 1231Mangalia 1345Mangalore 812, 824,

850, 852Mangan 871Mangaung see

BloemfonteinMangghystau- 986Mangilao 1974Mango 1587Manhattan (Kansas)

1860Manhattan (New

York) 1906Manica 1172Manicaland 2023Maniema 481Manihi 665Manihiki 1232Manila 1310, 1311,

1313, 1315Manipur 811, 815,

825, 828, 858–9Manisa 1608Manitoba 357, 359,

370, 371, 378–81Manizales 468Manmad 857

Mannheim 692, 709Manokwari 892Manono 1393Manouba 1601Manra 999Mansa 2017Mansa Konko 677Mansfield 1915Mansura 573Manu’a 1970, 1971Manuae and Te au-o-

tu 1231Manubah see

ManoubaManus 1292, 1294Manyara 1574Manzanillo 1143Manzanillo

International 1289Manzini 1536, 1538,

1539Mao 421Maputo 1172, 1174,

1175, 1176, 2027Mar del Plata 162Mara 1574Maracaibo 1998, 2001Maracay 1997Maradi 1241Marahoué 496Marakei 999Maramureº 1343,

1349Maranhão 314Marbella 1506Marburg/Lahn 721Marche 950Marcus Hook 1927Mardin 1608Maré Island 659Margao 838Margibi 1053Mari-El 1371–2Maria Trinidad

Sánchez 558Marib 2012Maribor 1458, 1462Marie-Galante 649,

651Mariehamn 616Mariel 514Mariental 1184, 1185Marigot 649Marijampolë 1067Marikina 1311Marion 1856Marion Island 1476Maritime 1587Mariupol 1632, 1636Marka 1470, 1473Markazi 900Markham 391Marlborough 1219,

1224Marmagao 837, 838Maroochy 175Maroua 350Marowijne 1531

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Marquesas Islands664

Marrakesh 1165,1168, 1169

Marrakesh-Tensift-AlHaouz 1164

Marsa 1118Marsa Alam 577Marsabit 997Marseilles 629, 639Marshall 1881Marshall Islands 12,

110, 114, 115,1123–5

Martin 1452Martinique 101,

651–4Marwar 870Mary 1616, 1619Maryland 1762, 1766,

1767, 1776, 1778,1781, 1870–3

Maryland (Liberia)1054

Marystown 385Masada 943Masaka 1625Masan 1010Masat 885Masaya 1236, 1237Masbate 1310Mascara 140Maseno 997Maseru 1048, 1051Mashhad 900Mashonaland 2023,

2024Massachusetts 1762,

1766, 1776, 1778,1800, 1873–6

Massawa 590, 591,593, 602, 603

Massilon 1915Masuku see

FrancevilleMasulipatnam 872Masvingo 2024Mat 134Mata-Utu 668, 669Matabeleland 2024Matadi 481, 483, 484Matagalpa 1236, 1237Matam 1413Matanuska-Susitna

1811Matanzas 510Mataram 892Mataró 1506Mataura 665Mathura 812Mato Grosso 315, 319Mato Grosso do Sul

315Matola 1172Matruh 573Matsqui 375Matsu 461, 466Matsudo 969

Matsuyama 969Matthew Island 1991Maturín 1997Maui 1843Mauke 1231Maulbronn 704Maule 427Maun 308, 311Maunath Bhanjan 877Maupiti 664Mauritania 85,

1126–30—in world

organizations 12,77, 78, 82, 89, 93,116, 117, 118, 119

Mauritius 1131–5—in world

organizations 9, 12,68, 78, 93, 95, 98

May Pen 961Mayabandar 883Mayaguana 245Maynooth 930Mayo (Ireland) 918Mayo-Kebbi 421Mayotte 475, 656–8Mayreau 1389Maysan 910Mayumba 675Mazandaran 900Mazar i Sharif 126Mazatenango 760Mazatlán 1138, 1143Mazowieckie 1319Mbabane 1536, 1539M’baiki 416Mbale 1625M’Balmayo 354Mbandaka 481M’Banga 354Mbanza Congo 150Mbarara 1625Mbeya 1574Mbinda 489Mbini 588M’bomou 416Mbour 1413Mbuji-Mayi 481Mdina 1122Meath 916, 918Mecca see MakkahMechelen 274Mechi 1193Mecklenburg-West

Pomerania 691,724–5

Medak 828Medan 892, 893, 897Médéa 140Médecins sans

Frontières 83Medellín 468, 469,

471, 472Médénine 1601Medford

(Massachusetts)1875

Medford (Oregon)1922

Medicine Hat 372Med-imurska 502Medina see MadinahMedinipur 880, 882Médio Tejo 1330Medway 1699Meerut 812Meghalaya 811, 815,

825, 828, 832,860–1

Mehedin>i 1343Mehesana 839Mehetia 664Mekele 603Meknès 1165, 1169Meknès-Tafilalet 1164Mekong Group 112Mekong River Delta

region (Vietnam)2004

Melaka 1098, 1099,1104, 1443

Melbourne 173, 175,176, 185, 190, 216,219, 220

Melfort 400Melilla 1505, 1506,

1509, 1514Melo 1979Melville Hall 556Memphis (Egypt) 578Memphis (Tennessee)

1768, 1798, 1936,1937, 1938, 1939

Menado 892Mendi 1292Mendoza 160, 161,

163, 166Menia 573Menongue 150Menorca see MinorcaMentor 1915Menufia 573Mequon 1961Mercedes 1979MERCOSUR 63,

109–10Mérida (Mexico)

1137, 1138Mérida (Spain) 1506,

1515Mérida (Venezuela)

1997, 2002Meriden 1829Meridian (Idaho)

1846Meridian

(Mississippi) 1882Merrimack 1897Mers el Kebir 141Mersa Matruh 575Merseyside 1677,

1699Mersin 1608, 1610,

1613Merthyr Tydfil 1714

Merton 1700Meru 997Merv see MaryMesa 1768, 1815Mesaieed 1337Mesquite 1769, 1940Messenia 747Messina 950Messolonghi 746Meta 469Meteora 753Metohija 1419, 1420,

1421, 1422, 1423,1424, 1428,1429–31

Metropolitana deSantiago 427

Metz 630Mexicali 1137, 1138Mexico 62, 1136–45—in world

organizations 9, 12,67, 77, 87, 100, 101,103, 105, 106, 111

Mexico City 1136,1137, 1138, 1140,1142

Mhlume 1536Miami 1768, 1797,

1836, 1837, 1838,1839

Miami Beach 1836Miaoli 462Michael 1726Michigan 1766, 1776,

1778, 1800, 1876–9Michoacán de

Ocampo 1137Micoud 1385Micronesia 12, 110,

114, 115, 1146–8,1283

Mid-North Coast(New South Wales)199

Middelburg(Netherlands) 1200

Middle 1726Middle Caicos 1760Middlesbrough 1699,

1703Middlesex-Somerset-

Hunterdon 1900Middletown

(Connecticut) 1830Middletown

(Delaware) 1832Middletown (New

Jersey) 1900Middletown (Ohio)

1915Midi-Pyrénées 629Midland (Texas) 1940Midlands (Zimbabwe)

2024Midlothian 1705Midway Islands 1767,

1978

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Midwest City 1918,1921

Miercurea-Ciuc 1343Mikkeli 616Mila 140Milan 950, 951, 953,

954, 957Milano see MilanMilford City 1832Milford Haven 1675,

1715Millennium Island

999Millersville 1928Milne Bay 1292Milton Keynes 1687,

1699Milwaukee 1768,

1958, 1960, 1961Mimaropa 1311Mina Abdullah 1023Mina Ahmadi 1023Mina al-Falal 1272Mina Al-Zor 1023Mina Qaboos 1271Mina Salalah 1271Mina Shuiaba 1023Mina Sulman 251,

253Minas 1979Minas Gerais 313,

314, 318, 319Mindanao 1310, 1311Mindelo 411, 414Minden 1896Mindoro 1310Minho-Lima 1329Minicoy Island 873,

889Minna 1247, 1248Minneapolis 1768,

1797, 1879, 1880,1881

Minnesota 1767,1776, 1778, 1800,1801, 1879–82

Minorca 1506, 1507Minot 1912Minsk 267, 269, 270,

271Miquelon see St

Pierre andMiquelon

Miramichi 384Miranda 1997Mirditë 134Miri 1098, 1100, 1104Mirzapur 877Misiones (Argentina)

160Misiones (Paraguay)

1298Miskolc 791, 796Mission 375Mississauga 391Mississippi 1767,

1776, 1778, 1793,1882–5

Missoula 1888, 1890Missouri 1767, 1776,

1778, 1885–8Misurata 1061Mitchell 1934Mitiaro 1231Mitú 469Miyazaki 969Mize 2022Mizoram 811, 815,

825, 828, 861–2Mmabatho 1500Moanda 672Mobaye 416Mobile 1768, 1808,

1810Moçâmedes see

NamibeMochudi 308Mocoa 469Modena 950, 959Modesto 1768, 1821Modinagar 877Moenjodaro 1281,

1282Moers 692Moeskroen see

MouscronMoga 867Mogadishu 1469,

1470, 1472, 1473,1474

Mogoditshane 308Mohale’s Hoek 1048Mohammedia 1165Mohéli see MwaliMokha 2014, 2015Mokhotlong 1048Mokokchung 863Mokpo 1010Moldova 1149–53—in European

organizations 55,57, 60, 63, 65

—in otherorganizations 12,71, 72, 77, 78, 84

Molepolole 308Molise 950Mollendo-Matarani

299Mölndal 1542Molokai 1843Moluccas see MalukuMombasa 992, 993,

994, 996, 997, 1624Mompós 474Mon (India) 863Mon (Myanmar)

1178Monaco 12, 56, 57,

60, 78, 1154–7Monaco-Ville 1154Monagas 1997Monaghan 918Monastir 1601, 1605Mönchengladbach

692

Moncton 382, 383,384

Mongla 257, 260Mongo 421Mongolia* 12, 60,

110, 113, 1158–63Mongomo 585Mongu 2017Monkey Bay 1094Monmouth 1924Monmouth-Ocean

1900Monmouthshire 1714Mono 287Mono Islands 1464Monos 1596Monroe 1865, 1867Monrovia 1053, 1054,

1055, 1056Mons 274, 281Monseñor Nouel 558Mont-Belo 489Mont-Saint-Michel

644Montana (Bulgaria)

328Montana (USA) 1767,

1776, 1777, 1778,1800, 1804, 1805,1888–90

Montaña Clara 1506Montbéliard 630Monte-Carlo 1154Monte Cristi 558Monte Plata 558Montego Bay 961,

964Montenegro 1425–7

see also Serbia andMontenegro

Montería 469Monterrey 1137,

1138, 1142Montevideo 1979,

1980, 1981, 1983Montgomery

(Alabama) 1768,1808, 1809

Montgomery (WestVirginia) 1957

Montlhéry 633Montpelier 1946,

1947Montpellier 629, 630,

639Montreal 356, 358,

361, 365, 369, 390,396, 397, 398, 399,407

Montreal North 396Montreuil 630Montserrado 1054Montserrat 70, 102,

103, 104, 108,1735, 1753–5

Monywa 1178Monza 950Moore 1918

Mooréa 664Moorhead 1881 Moose Jaw 400Mopelia 664Mopti 1111Moquegua 1304Moradabad 812Moratuwa 1518Moravskoslezsk™ 527Moray 1705Morazán 580Morbi 839Mordovia 1372Møre og Romsdal

1255Morehead City 1911Morelia 1137, 1138,

1144Morelos 1137, 1143,

1144Morena 853Moreno Valley 1769,

1821Morgantown 1955,

1957Morioka 969Mormugao 824Morobe 1292Morocco 85, 1164–71—and European

organizations 46,60, 62

—in worldorganizations 12,77, 78, 82, 89, 93,107, 116, 117, 118,119

Morogoro 1574Morona-Santiago 567Moroni 475, 477Morphou 517Morris (Minnesota)

1881Mortlock Islands 1146Moscow (Idaho) 1848Moscow (Russia)

1350, 1351, 1352,1353, 1356, 1359,1361, 1362, 1363,1364, 1367

Moss 1256Mossel Bay 1481,

1486Mossendjo 486Most 527, 530, 531Mosta 1116Mostaganem 140Mostar 59Móstoles 1506Mosul 910, 913, 914Motala 1542Motihari 834Mouhoun 335Mouila 672, 675Moulmein 1178, 1182Moundou 421, 424Mount Athos 747,

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Mount Gambier 208Mount Hagen 1292,

1296Mount Isa 207Mount Pearl 385Mount Pleasant

(Falkland Islands)1748, 1749

Mount Pleasant(South Carolina)1931

Mount Vernon (Iowa)1858

Mount Vernon (NewYork) 1906

Mouscron 275Moxico 150Moyamba 1439Moyen-Cavally 496Moyen-Chari 421Moyen-Comoé 496Moyen-Ogooué 672Moyle 1719Moyobamba 1304Mozambique 1172–7—in world

organizations 9, 12,68, 82, 89, 93, 98

M’Poko 419Mpumalanga 1477,

1478, 1488, 1490,1497–8

MSF 83M’Sila 140Mtskheta 685Mtwara 1574, 1578Muang Xai 1030Muara 324, 326Mubarak Al-Kabir

1020Mudug 1470Mufulira 2017Mughal Sarai 877, 878Mu#la 1608Muharraq 250, 252Mukalla 2012, 2014,

2015Mülheim a. d. Ruhr

692Mulhouse 630Mullingar 927Multan 1274Multilateral

InvestmentGuarantee Agency26

Mumbai see BombayMunastir see MonastirMuncie 1853, 1855Munger 834Munich 692, 693,

698, 701, 702, 705,710, 711

Munsan 1009Münster (Germany)

692, 727Munster (Ireland)

916, 918, 929

Muntilupa 1311Muramvya 340Murcia 1505, 1506,

1515Mureº 1343Murfreesboro 1937Murray 199Murrumbidgee 199Mururoa 665Murwara 853Murzaq 1057Muº 1608Musandam Peninsula

1267Muscat 1267, 1268,

1269, 1270, 1271,1272

Mushin 1248Muskogee 1918Muslim Mindanao

1310Musrata 1057Müstair 1561Mustique 1389, 1391Mutare 2024Mutrah 1271Mutsamudu 475Muuga 599Muyinga 340Muzaffarnagar 812Muzaffarpur 812, 835Mwali 475Mwanza 1574, 1576,

1577Mwaro 341My Tho 2004Myanmar 1178–83—in world

organizations 12,110, 111, 112, 113

Myitkyina 1182Myjava 1457Mykolaïv 1632, 1636Mykolaïvska 1632Mymensingh 256Mysore 812, 848,

849, 850, 873Mystras 753Mytilene 746Mzuzu 1093, 1096

Naâma 140Nabadwip see

NavadvipNabeul 1601Nablus 946Nabul see NabeulNacala 1096, 1175Nacka 1542Nacogdoches 1942Nadi 608, 611Nadiad 839Nagaland 811, 815,

825, 826, 828, 862–4

Nagano 969Nagaon 832Nagapattinam 874

Nagar Haveli seeDadra and NagarHaveli

Nagarjunasagar 829Nagasaki 967, 968,

969, 970Nagercoil 873Nagorno-Karabakh

168, 170, 239, 244Nagoya 968, 969,

976, 977Nagpur 812, 825,

853, 855, 857Naha 969, 976Nahouri 335Nairobi 992, 993,

994, 996, 997Najin Sonbong 1014Nakawa 1629Nakhichevan 239, 244Nakhon Phanom 1582Nakhon Ratchasima

1580Nakuru 992, 997Nalanda 835Nalayh 1161Nalchik 1369Nalgonda 828Nalout 1057Nam Dinh 2004Namangan 1985,

1988Namaqualand 1499Namchi 871Namen see NamurNamentenga 335Namibe 150, 153Namibia 1184–9—in world

organizations 9, 12,68, 93, 98

Nampa 1846Nampo 1014, 1018Nampula 1172Namur 274Nana Grebizi 416Nana-Mambere 416Nanaimo 375, 377,

378Nanchang 436, 437Nanchong 437Nancowrie 884Nancy 629, 630, 644Nanded 812, 828,

855, 857Nandyal 828Nangal 844Nangarhar 126Nanhai 437Nanisivik 406Nanjing 436, 437Nanning 437Nanterre 630Nantes 629, 630, 639Nantou 462Nanumaga 1621Nanumea 1621Nanyang 437

Naperville 1769, 1849Naples 948, 950, 951,

957, 959Napo 567Napoli see NaplesNaqb Ishtar 984Nara 969, 978Naracoorte 190Narayanganj 256Narayani 1193Nariño 469Narmadasagar 854Narsapur 830Narsarsuaq 549Narva 595Narvik 1262Naryan-Mar 1375Naryn 1025Nashik 812, 857Nashtoon 2015Nashua 1897Nashville 1936, 1937,

1938Nashville-Davidson

1768Nassarawa 1248Nassau (Bahamas)

245, 247, 248, 249Nassau (Cook

Islands) 1232Nassib 984Natal (Brazil) 314,

315Natchez 1882National Capital

(Philippines) 1310National Capital

District (Papua NewGuinea) 1292

NATO 83–6Naucalpan de Juárez

1138Nauplion 747Nauru 13, 68, 69,

110, 114, 115,1190–2

Navadvip 880Navarra 1505, 1506Navassa Island 1978Navoi 1985Navotas 1311Navsari 839Nawabganj 256Nawoiy see NavoiNaxos 752Nayala 335Nayarit 1137Nazareth 936Nazret 603Ndalatando 150Ndele 416, 417N’Djaména 421, 422,

423, 424Ndola 2017, 2018,

2021Neam> 1343Neath and Port Talbot

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Nebit-Dag seeBalkanabad

Nebraska 1767, 1776,1777, 1778, 1890–3

Neembucú 1298Neenah 1958Negeri Sembilan 1099Negros 1310, 1311Nehrunagar 850Neiafu 1592Neiva 469Nejd 1404Nellore 812Nelson 1217, 1219,

1220, 1224Nelspruit 1485, 1498Néma 1126, 1129Nenets 1375Nepal* 1193–8—in world

organizations 13,110, 113, 116

Nepalganj 1194Neskaupsta#ur 801Netanya 936Netherlands*

1199–216—in European

organizations 43,45, 49, 50, 52, 55,57, 58, 60, 62, 63

—in otherorganizations 13,67, 77, 83, 87, 93,105, 107, 110

Netherlands Antilles*32, 101, 1203,1213–16

Neuchâtel 1554, 1555,1560, 1561, 1614

Neuenburg seeNeuchâtel

Neuquén 160Neusiedlersee 798Neuss 692Neutral Zone

(Kuwait-SaudiArabia) 1020, 1405,1408

Neuwerk 717Nevada 1763, 1767,

1776, 1778, 1791,1893–6

Neves 1402Nevis see St Kitts and

NevisNevºehir 1608New Amsterdam 775,

776New Bedford 1874,

1875New Berlin 1958New Britain

(Connecticut) 1829New Brunswick

(Canada) 78, 356,357, 359, 370, 371,381–4

New Brunswick (NewJersey) 1902

New Caledonia 114,115, 635, 636,658–62

New Delhi 808, 813,826

New Georgia 1464,1467

New Glasgow 388New Hampshire 1766,

1776, 1779, 1896–9

New Haven 1769,1828, 1829, 1830

New Ireland 1292New Jalpaiguri 882New Jersey 1766,

1776, 1777, 1779,1899–902

New London 1828,1830

New Mangalore 824New Mexico 1762,

1763, 1767, 1776,1777, 1778, 1804,1805, 1902–5

New Orleans 1768,1864, 1865, 1866,1867, 1920

New Plymouth 1217,1220

New Providence 245,246, 247, 248, 249

New Rochelle 1906New South Wales

173, 174, 175, 176,177, 181, 190,198–204

New Territories (HongKong) 450, 451,455

New Valley 573New Westminster 378New York City 1363,

1762, 1765, 1768,1790, 1797, 1798,1804, 1805, 1905,1906, 1908, 1909

New York State 1762,1766, 1776, 1777,1779, 1805, 1905–9

New Zealand 1217–35—in world

organizations 13,67, 68, 77, 87, 110,111, 112, 113, 114,115

—territories overseas70, 1230–5

Newark (Delaware)1832, 1833

Newark (New Jersey)1768, 1899, 1900,1901, 1902

Newark (Ohio) 1915Newburgh 1906

Newcastle (Australia)175, 185, 190, 199,203

Newcastle-under-Lyme 1702

Newcastle upon Tyne1674, 1681, 1702

Newfoundland 356,357, 359, 368, 369,370, 371, 384–7

Newham 1700Newlyn 1669Newport (Oregon)

1924Newport (Rhode

Island) 1928Newport (Wales)

1655, 1703, 1714,1717

Newport News 1768,1949, 1950

Newry 1655Newry and Mourne

1719Newton 1874Newtownabbey 1719Newtownards 1722Neyveli 873Ngamiland 308Ngaoundéré 350, 354Nghe An 2004Ngöbe-Buglé 1286Ngounié 672Ngozi 341Ngwaketse 308Nha Trang 2004, 2005Nhava Sheva see

Jawaharlal NehruNhlangano 1536Nhulunbuy 195Niagara Falls (New

York) 1906Niagara Falls

(Ontario) 358Niamey 1241, 1243,

1244Niari 486Niassa 1172Nicaragua 1236–40—in world

organizations 9, 13,77, 100, 101, 103,104, 105, 106, 109

Nice 629, 639, 645,1156

Nickerie 1531Nicobar Islands see

Andaman andNicobar Islands

Nicosia 516, 517, 519,520, 523

Nidwalden 1553, 1555

Nieuw Amsterdam1531, 1535

Nieuw Nickerie 1531Nieuwegein 1201Ni#de 1608

Niger 1241–5—in world

organizations 13,77, 78, 82, 89, 93,94, 96, 97, 98, 99

Niger (Nigeria) 1247Niger Basin Authority

98Nigeria 1246–53—in world

organizations 9, 13,68, 69, 77, 89, 93,96, 97, 98, 120

Nightingale Islands1756

Niigata 969, 976Niihau 1843Nijmegen 1201Nikat Al-Khams

1057Nikko 978Nikumaroro 999Nikunau 999Nile (Sudan) 1525Nimach 853Nimba 1054Nîmes 630Nimroz 126Ninawa 910Ningbo 437, 445Ningxia Hui 437, 446Ninh Binh 2004Ninh Thuan 2004Nipissing 394Ni< 1419Nishinomiya 969Niterói 315Nitra 1452, 1457Niuas 1592Niue 70, 114, 115,

1234–5Niulakita 1621Niutao 1621Nizamabad 812, 828Nizampatnam 830,

872Nizhny Novgorod

1353, 1361Njar#vík 801Njazídja 475N’Kayi 486Nkongsamba 354Nobel Peace Prize

17–18Nogal 1470Nógrád 791Nokia 616Nola 416Nome 1811Nongkhai 1033Nonouti 999Nonthaburi 1582Noord-Brabant 1200Noord-Holland 1200Noordwijk 1210Noosa 175Nord department

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Nord-Est department(Haiti) 780

Nord-Kivu 481Nord-Ouest

department (Haiti)780

Nord-Ouest province(Cameroon) 350

Nord-Pas-de-Calais629

Nord province(Cameroon) 350

Nord-Trøndelag 1255Nordaustlandet 1265Nordic Council 63Nordic Development

Fund 64Nordic Investment

Bank 64Nordjylland 535Nordland 1255Norfolk (England)

1699Norfolk (Nebraska)

1891Norfolk (Virginia)

1768, 1949, 1950,1951

Norfolk Island 70,174, 227–9

Norilsk 1375Normal 1852Norman 1918, 1920Noro 1467Norrbotten 1541Norrköping 1542,

1549Norrtälje 1542Norte de Santander

469North Atlantic

Treaty Organization83–6

North Ayrshire 1705North Bank region

(Gambia) 677North Battleford 400North Bergen 1900North Caicos 1760North Carolina 1766,

1767, 1776, 1777,1778, 1793, 1804,1909–12

North Central Coastregion (Vietnam)2004

North-Centralprovince (SriLanka) 1518

North Charleston1931

North Cowichan 375North Dakota 1767,

1776, 1778, 1800,1912–14

North Down 1719North East district

(Botswana) 308

North EastLincolnshire 1699

North East region(Vietnam) 2004

North East Southregion (Vietnam)2004

North-Easternprovince (Kenya)992

North Eastern region(Thailand) 1580

North Hamgyong1014

North Hwanghae 1014North Island (New

Zealand) 1218,1219, 1220, 1223,1224, 1226, 1229

North Island(Seychelles) 1433

North Keeling Island226

North Kerry 924North Lakhimpur 833North Lanarkshire

1705North Las Vegas

1769, 1894North Lincolnshire

1699North Little Rock

1818North Ossetia

(Russia) 1352, 1372North Platte 1891North Pyongan 1014North region

(England) 1649,1698

North region(Portugal) 1329

North Rhine-Westphalia* 691,698, 726–8

North Sinai 573North Slope (Alaska)

1811North Solomons see

BougainvilleNorth Somerset 1699North Sydney 387North Tabiteuea 999North Tarawa 999North Tipperary 924North Tonawanda

1906North Tripura 875North-West Frontier

province (Pakistan)1274

North-West province(South Africa)1477, 1478, 1485,1489, 1490, 1500–1

North West region(England) 1649,1698

North West region(Vietnam) 2004

North Western district(New South Wales)199

North-Western district(Russia) 1353

North-Westernprovince (SriLanka) 1518

North-Westernprovince (Zambia)2017

North York (Ontario)391

North Yorkshire 1699Northampton 1703Northamptonshire

1699Northern Bahr al-

Ghazal 1525Northern Cape (South

Africa) 1477, 1478,1498–500

Northern Darfur 1525

Northern district(Israel) 936

Northern district(New South Wales)199

Northern Ireland1660, 1717–25see also UnitedKingdom

Northern Kurdufan1525

Northern MarianaIslands 115, 1767,1799, 1965–6

Northern Mindanao1310

Northern province(Papua NewGuinea) see Oro

Northern province(Sierra Leone)1438, 1439

Northern Province(South Africa) seeLimpopo

Northern province(Sri Lanka) 1518,1521

Northern province(Zambia) 2017

Northern region(Bahrain) 250

Northern region(Ghana) 739

Northern region(Sudan) 1525

Northern region(Thailand) 1580

Northern region(Uganda) 1625

Northern State(Sudan) 1525

Northern Territory(Australia) 173,174, 176, 177, 181,187, 194–8

Northland East region(Iceland) 801

Northland (NewZealand) 1219,1224

Northland Westregion (Iceland) 801

Northumberland 1699Northwest Arctic

(Alaska) 1811Northwest Territories

(Canada) 357, 359,366, 370, 371,402–5

Northwood 1660Norwalk (California)

1769Norwalk

(Connecticut) 1829Norway 1254–66—in European

organizations 43,45, 46, 47, 53, 55,57, 58, 60, 61, 62,63, 64

—in otherorganizations 13,67, 77, 83, 87, 93,105, 107, 110

Norwich 1702, 1703Nottingham 1674,

1699, 1702Nottinghamshire 1699Nouâdhibou 1126,

1127, 1129Nouakchott 1126,

1129Noumbiel 335Nouméa 659, 661,

667, 669Nova Iguaçu 315Nova Scotia 356, 357,

359, 370, 371,388–91

Novara 950Novgorod 1363Novi Sad 1419, 1432Novorossiisk 989,

1359Novosibirsk 1353,

1359, 1361Nuclear Energy

Agency 88Nueva Asunción see

BoquerónNueva Esparta 1997Nueva Loja 567Nueva San Salvador

580Nueva Segovía 1236Nuevo Laredo 1138Nuevo Léon 1137Nui 1621Nuku Hiva 664

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Nuku’alofa 1592,1593, 1594

Nukufetau 1621Nukulaelae 1621Nukunonu 1230Nukus 1985, 1990Nunavut 357, 359,

366, 370, 371, 402,403, 405–7

Nuqus see NukusNuremberg 692, 701,

711Nurestan 126Nusa Tenggara 892Nusa Tenggara Barat

892Nusa Tenggara Timur

892Nuuk 547, 549Nuwara Eliya 1518Nyala 1525Nyanga 672Nyanza 992Nyeri 992, 997Nyiregyháza 792Nyköping 1542Nzérékoré 765, 768N’zi-Comoé 496Nzwani 475, 476

Oahu 1843Oak Ridge 1937Oakland 1768, 1798,

1821Oakville 391OAS 106–8Oaxaca 1137, 1144Oaxaca de Juárez

1137, 1138Oberammergau 705Oberhausen 692Oberösterreich see

Upper AustriaObo 416Obock 550Obwalden 1553, 1555Ocean Island see

BanabaOceanside 1769, 1821Ocotal 1236Ocotepeque 785Odense 535, 543Odesa 1632, 1634,

1636Odeska 1632Odessa 1940Odienné 496OECD 86–8Oeno 1755Oeste 1330Offa 1248Offaly 918Offenbach am Main

692Office for

Harmonisation inthe Internal Market54

Ofu 1970Ogaden 602Ogbomosho 1248Ogden 1944, 1945Ogooué-Ivindo 672Ogooué-Lolo 672Ogooué-Maritime 672Ogun 1247Ohangwena 1184Ohio 1766, 1776,

1778, 1914–18Ohonua 1592Ohrid 1086Oio 770Oistins 262Oita 969Oka 1248Okahandja 1185Okat 1148Okavango 1185Okayama 969Okazaki 969Okinawa 969Oklahoma 1763,

1767, 1776, 1777,1778, 1918–21

Oklahoma City 1768,1918, 1919, 1921

Ólafsfjör#ur 801Olancho 785Öland 1551Olathe 1859Old Bay Road 1754Old Bridge 1900Oldenburg 692, 722,

723Olinda 322Olomouc 527, 531,

533Olomouck™ 527Olongapo 1311Olosega 1970Olpenitz 695Olsztyn 1320Olt 1343Olympia (Greece)

753Olympia

(Washington) 1952Omagh 1719Omaha 1768, 1890,

1891, 1892, 1893Omaheke 1185Oman 1267–72—in world

organizations 13,82, 89, 116, 117,118, 119

Ombella-M’poko 416Omsk 1353Omusati 1185Onchan 1726Ondangwa 1185Ondjiva 150Ondo 1247, 1248Ongole 828Ongtüstik Qazaqstan

986

Onitsha 1248Onotoa 999Ontario (California)

1769, 1821Ontario (Canada) 356,

357, 359, 366, 370,371, 391–4

Ontong Java 1464Onverwacht 1531Oostende 274, 275,

277Oosterhout 1201OPEC 120–1OPEC Fund for

InternationalDevelopment 121

Opolskie 1319Oporto 1330, 1332,

1334, 1335, 1336Oppland 1255Opuwo 1184Oradea 1343, 1347Orai 877Oran 140, 143Orange (California)

1769, 1821Orange (France) 644,

645Orange County 1821Orange Walk 283Orangeburg 1933Oranjestad (Aruba)

1203, 1211, 1212,1213

Oranjestad(NetherlandsAntilles) 1214

Orchid Island 461,466

Ordu 1608Örebro 1541, 1542Oregon 1763, 1767,

1776, 1779, 1921–5Orellano 567Orem 1944, 1945Orense 1505, 1506Organisation for

Economic Co-operation andDevelopment 86–8

Organization forSecurity and Co-operation inEurope 59–60

Organization for theProhibition ofChemical Weapons42

Organization ofAmerican States106–8

Organization of ArabPetroleumExporting Countries120

Organization ofEastern CaribbeanStates 102, 108–9

Organization ofPetroleumExporting Countries120–1

Organization of theIslamic Conference89

Orhon 1158Oriental 1165Orientale 481Orissa 811, 815, 825,

828, 864–6Orivesi 620Orkney Islands 1694,

1705, 1711Orlando 1768, 1797,

1798, 1836, 1837,1838, 1839

Orléans 629, 630, 639Ormskirk 1703Örnsköldsvik 1542Oro 1292Oromia 602Oromocto 383Orona 999Orumiyeh 900Oruro 296Osaka 968, 969, 970,

976, 978Osasco 315OSCE 59–60Oscússu-Ambeno 563Osh 1025Oshakati 1185Oshana 1185Oshawa 358, 391Oshikango 1184Oshikoto 1185Oshkosh 1958, 1961Oshogbo 1247, 1248Osijek 502, 503Osjeèko-Baranjska

502Oslo 1254, 1255,

1256, 1259, 1262,1263

Osmanabad 855Osmaniye 1608Osnabrück 692, 723Osorno 428Oss 1201Ostend see OostendeOstende see OostendeÖstergötland 1541Östersund 1542Østfold 1255Ostrava 527, 530, 531Osun 1247Otago 1219, 1224Otjiwarongo 1185Otjozondjupa 1185Otopeni 1347Otsu 969, 978Ottawa 356, 358, 365,

366, 369, 391, 393,394, 403

Otterlo 1210Ouadane 1129

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Ouaddaï 421Ouagadougou 335,

336, 337, 338Ouahigouya 335Ouahran see OranOuaka 416Oualata 1129Ouargla 140Oubritenga 335Oudalan 335Oudomxai 1030Oudtschoorn 1489Oued Eddahab-

Lagouira 1165Ouémé 287Ouesso 486Ouest department

(Haiti) 780Ouest province

(Cameroon) 350Ouham 416Ouham-Pendé 416Oujda 1165Oulu 616, 622, 624Oum al-Bouaghi 140Ouro Preto 322Outapi 1185Outer Islands

(Mauritius) 1131Outer Islands

(Seychelles) 1433Ovda 941Ovens-Murray 216Overijssel 1200Overland Park 1769,

1859Oviedo 1506, 1515Owando 486Owendo 675Owensboro 1861,

1863Owerri 1247Owo 1248Oxford (England)

1681, 1682, 1694,1702

Oxford (Mississippi)1884

Oxford (Ohio) 1917Oxfordshire 1699Oxnard 1769, 1821Oyem 672, 675Oyo 1248

Paama 1991Pachuca de Soto 1137Pacific Community

see Secretariat ofthe PacificCommunity

Pacific Islands Forum114–15

Pacific Zone(Nicaragua) 1236

Padang 892, 893Paderborn 692, 701,

702, 727Padua 950, 959

Paducah 1863Pagalu see AnnobónPagan 1965Pago Pago 1970,

1971, 1972Pahang 1098, 1099Paharpur 260Päijät-Häme 615Paisley 1711, 1712Paita 1305, 1308Pakanbaru 892Pakistan 1273–82—in world

organizations 9, 13,68, 77, 82, 89, 107,110, 113, 116

Paks 794Paksan 1030Pakse 1030, 1031Paktika 126Paktiya 126Palakkad 851Palampur 844Palana 1375Palanga 1071Palangkaraya 892Palanpur 839Palau 10, 13, 89, 110,

114, 115, 1283–5Palawan 1310, 1313Palembang 892, 893,

1098Palencia 1505, 1506Palenque 1144Palermo 948, 950,

951Palestine 20, 21, 68,

82, 89, 116, 117,118, 119, 935,944–6

Palestine LiberationOrganization 62,980

Pali 869Palikir 1146Palisadoes 964Palm Bay 1837Palm Island 1391Palma de Mallorca

1506, 1507, 1509,1512, 1513

Palmaria 959Palmas 314Palmdale 1769, 1821Palmer Land 1741Palmerston 1232Palmerston North

1220, 1228Palmyra (Syria) 1563,

1568Palmyra Atoll 999,

1978Palu 892Pamanzi 657, 658Pamplona 1506, 1516Panaji 825, 837, 838,

857Panama 1286–91

—in worldorganizations 9, 13,77, 100, 101, 105,106, 109

Panamá see PanamaCity

Panama City 1286,1287, 1288, 1289,1290

Panay 1310, 1311Panèevo 1419Panchkula 841Pando 296Panevé†ys 1067Pangai 1592Pangkalpinang 892Panipat 812, 841, 842Pannonhalma 798Panvel 856Papeete 664, 665,

666, 667, 670Paphos 517, 520, 522Papua 891, 892, 893,

895Papua New Guinea

1292–7—in world

organizations 13,68, 100, 111, 112,113, 114, 115

Pará (Brazil) 314,318, 319

Para (Suriname) 1531Paracel Islands 435Paradip 824, 866Paradise 385Paraguari 1298Paraguay 1298–301—in world

organizations 13, 77,100, 105, 106, 109

Paraíba 314Parakou 287, 291Paramaribo 1531,

1532, 1534, 1535Paraná (Argentina)

160Paraná (Brazil) 314,

318, 319Parañaque 1311Parbhani 812, 855,

857Pardubice 527Pardubick™ 527Paris 627, 628, 629,

631, 636, 638, 639,642, 645, 667

Parkersburg 1955,1957

Parkside 1961Parla 1506Parma (Italy) 950Parma (Ohio) 1915Pärnu 595, 600Parry Island see

MaukeParsippany-Troy Hills

1900

Parwan 126Pasadena (California)

1769, 1821Pasadena (Texas)

1769, 1940Pasay 1311Pascagoula 1883Pasco 1304Pasig 1311Passaic 1900Passau 711Passoré 335Pastaza 567, 568Pasto 469Patan 839, 840Paterson 1769, 1899Pathankot 844, 846,

867Patiala 812, 867, 868,

869Patmos 753Patna 812, 813, 825,

834, 835Patras 747, 749, 752Patratu 848Pattadakal 826Pau 630, 639Pavlodar 986Pawtucket 1929Pays de la Loire 629Paysandú 1979, 1980,

1983Pazin 502Pearl Harbour 690Pebble Island 1749Peæ 1419Pécs 791, 792, 798Pedernales 558Pedras Tinhosas 1400Peel 1726Pegu 1178Pekanbaru 897Pekin 1849Peking see BeijingPelabuhan Sabah

1104Pella 747Peloponnese 747Pemba (Mozambique)

1172Pemba (Tanzania)

1574, 1575Pembroke Pines 1769,

1836Pembrokeshire 1714Penang 1098, 1099,

1104, 1443Penghu 461, 462Península de Setúbal

1330Pennsylvania 1765,

1766, 1776, 1779,1804, 1925–8

Peñón de Vélez 1506Penonomé 1286Penrhyn 1232Pensacola 1836, 1839Pentecost 1991

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Penticton 375Peoples of the South

(Ethiopia) 602Peoria (Arizona)

1769, 1815Peoria (Illinois) 1769,

1849, 1852Pepel 1441Pepillo 561Peqin 134Perak 1099Peravia 558Pereira 469Perim 2012, 2014Peristerion 747Perlis 1098, 1099Perm 1375Përmet 134Pernambuco 314Peros Banhos 1741Perpignan 630Persepolis 906Perth (Scotland) 1711,

1712Perth (Western

Australia) 173, 175,176, 185, 221, 224

Perth and Kinross(Scotland) 1705

Peru 1303–9—in world

organizations 13,77, 92, 100, 105,106, 109, 111

Perugia 950Pesaro 960Pescadores see

PenghuPescara 950Peshawar 1274, 1276,

1279, 1280, 1281,1282

Peshkopi 134Pest 792Petach Tikva 936Petäjävesi 625Petaling Jaya 1100Petén 759Peter I Island 1266Peterborough 1699Peterhead 1669, 1707Petersburg 1951Petit Martinique 755Petit St Vincent 1391Petra 985Petrozavodsk 1370Petsamo 615Pforzheim 692Phagwara 867Phan Rang 2004Phan Thiet 2004Phang Nga 1582Phek 863Philadelphia

(Pennsylvania)1768, 1790, 1797,1798, 1805, 1925,1926, 1927, 1928

Philae 579Philippines 1310–17—in world

organizations 8, 13,67, 77, 107, 110,111, 112, 113, 114

Philipsburg 1214Phnom Penh 345,

346, 348Phocis 746Phoenix (Arizona)

1768, 1797, 1815Phoenix Islands 999,

1000Phoenix (Kiribati) see

RawakiPhonghong 1031Phongsali 1030Phonsavanh 1031Phthiotis 746Phu Ly 2004Phu Tho 2004Phu Yen 2004Phuentsholing 294Phuket 1584Phulbani 865Phusro 847Piacenza 950Piatra-Neam> 1343Piauí 314, 315Picardie 629Pichilingue 1143Pichincha 567Pico 1330, 1336Piedmont 950, 959Pienza 959Pieria 747Pierre 1934, 1935Pietermaritzburg

1495Pietersburg 1497Pilanesberg 1485Pilani 871Pilibhit 877Pinar del Rio 510Pindi Bhattian 1279Pine Bluff 1818Pine Point 404Ping Yao 448Pingtung 462, 466Pinhal Interior Norte

1330Pinhal Interior Sul

1330Pinhal Litoral 1330Pipariya 885Piraeus 747, 752Pirkanmaa 615Pisa 957, 959Piscataway 1900Pisco 1305Pitcairn Islands 70,

115, 1735, 1755–6

Piteå 1542Piteºti 1343Pittsburgh (Kansas)

1860

Pittsburgh(Pennsylvania)1768, 1798, 1925,1926, 1927, 1928

Piura 1304, 1305Pizhou 437Plainview 1943Plano 1768, 1940Plantation 1836Plaquemines 1866Plateau (Benin) 287Plateau (Nigeria)

1247, 1248Plateaux 486Platte 1433Platteville 1961Play Cu 2003Pleven 329, 331Ploieºti 1343Plovdiv 328, 329, 330Plymouth (England)

1669, 1699, 1702,1703

Plymouth(Montserrat) 1753,1754

Plymouth (NewHampshire) 1898

Plzeò 527, 531Plzeòsk™ 527Pocatello 1846Podgorica 1419, 1425Podkarpackie 1319Podlaskie 1319Podor 1416Pogradec 134Pohang 1005, 1010Pohjanmaa 616Pohjois-Karjala 615Pohjois-Pohjanmaa

616Pohjois-Savo 615Pohnpei 1146, 1148Point Central 1129Point Fortin 1596Point Lisas 1599Point Salines 757Pointe-Noire 486,

488, 489Pointe-à-Pitre 649,

650, 651Poitiers 629, 630Poitou-Charentes 629,

644Poivre 1433Pokhara 1194Poland 1318–27—in European

organizations 43,44, 49, 50, 55, 57,58, 60, 62, 63, 64,65

—in otherorganizations 10,13, 67, 77, 78, 83,85, 87, 92, 107

Pollachi 873Polonnaruwa 1523

Poltava 1632Poltavska 1632Polygyros 746Pomerania 1321Pomona 1769, 1821Pomorskie 1320Pompano Beach 1837Pompeii 959Ponce 1967Pondicherry 812, 815,

825, 826, 828, 889–90

Pongdong-ni 1018Poni 335Pontevedra 1505Pontianak 892Pontypridd 1716Pool 486Poole 1699, 1702Poona see PunePopayán 469Popondetta 1292Porbandar 839, 840,

841Poreè 507Pori 616, 625Porsgrunn 1256Port Alberni 375, 377Port-au-Prince 780,

781, 782, 783, 784Port Augusta 208Port Autonome 651Port-aux-Français 668Port Blair 817, 883Port Cornwallis 883Port-de-Paix 780Port Dickson 1104Port Elizabeth 1476,

1485, 1486, 1488,1491, 1492, 1499

Port Erin 1728Port-Gentil 672, 675Port Harcourt 1248,

1252Port Hedland 185,

221Port Howard 1749Port Huron 1878Port Jackson 198Port Kelang 1104Port Kembla 185, 203Port Kochi 852Port Lincoln 208Port Loko 1439Port Louis 1131,

1133, 1134Port Moresby 1292,

1293, 1294, 1295,1296

Port of Belledune 384Port-of-Spain 157,

778, 964, 1534,1596, 1598, 1599

Port Pirie 208Port Purcell 1743Port Qasim 1280Port Réunion 655Port Royal 962

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Port Said 573, 575,577

Port St Lucie 1836Port Sudan 1525,

1527, 1529Port Talbot 1714,

1715Port Tewfik 575Port Walcott 185Portage la Prairie 379Portales 1904Portland (Jamaica)

961, 965Portland (Maine)

1868, 1869Portland (Oregon)

1768, 1798, 1921,1922, 1923, 1924

Portland (Victoria)215, 219

Portmore 961Porto see OportoPorto Alegre 91, 314,

315, 318, 320Porto-Novo (Benin)

287Porto Santo 1330Porto Velho 314Portobelo 1290Portovenere 959Portoviejo 567Portsmouth (England)

1660, 1699, 1702Portsmouth (New

Hampshire) 1896,1897

Portsmouth (Ohio)1917

Portsmouth (Virginia)1769

Portugal 1328–36—in European

organizations 43,45, 49, 50, 52, 55,57, 58, 60, 61, 62,63

—in otherorganizations 10,13, 67, 77, 83, 87,92, 93, 105, 106,107

Portugal Cove-StPhilip’s 385

Portuguesa 1997Porvoo 616Posadas 160Postmasburg 1499Potchefstroom 1489Poti 681, 682, 683Potosí 296, 300Potsdam 692, 704,

714Poughkeepsie 1906,

1909Pouytenga 335Powell River 377Powys 1714Po†ega 502

Po†e<ko-Slavonska502

Poznañ 1319, 1320,1325

Prague 525, 527, 530,531, 532, 1363

Prahova 1343Praia 411, 412, 414Prakasam 828Pram Point 1231Prashanti Nilayam

830Praslin 1433, 1435,

1437Prato 950Preparatory

Commission for theComprehensiveNuclear-Test-BanTreaty Organization42

Presidente Hayes1298

Pre<ov 1452Presque Isle 1869Preston 1655, 1702Prestwick 1708Pretoria 1475, 1477,

1488Preveza 746Price 1945Prilep 1082Primorsk 1359Primorsko-Goranska

502Prince Albert 400Prince Edward Island

(Canada) 357, 359,370, 371, 394–6

Prince Edward Island(South Africa) 1476

Prince George 375,378

Prince Rupert 377,378

Princess ElizabethLand 225

Princeton 1902Príncipe see São

Tomé e PríncipePrins Karls Forland

1265Pri<tina 1419, 1430Prizren 1419Proddutur 828Progreso 1143Provence-Alpes-Côte

d’Azur 629Providence 1769,

1928, 1929, 1930Providence Island

1433Providenciales 1759,

1761Provins 644Provo 1769, 1944,

1945Przhevalsk 1025

Pucallpa 1304Pudukkottai 873Puebla 1137, 1144Pueblo 1769, 1825,

1826, 1827Puente Alto 428Puerto Ayacucho 1997Puerto Baquerizo

Moreno 567Puerto Barrios 760,

763Puerto Belgrano 162Puerto Cabello 1999,

2001Puerto Cabezas 1236,

1239Puerto Carreño 469Puerto Castilla 786,

788Puerto Cortés 786,

788Puerto Inírida 469Puerto Maldonado

1304Puerto Montt 427,

429Puerto Ordaz 2001Puerto Plata 558, 561Puerto Quetzal 761,

763Puerto Rico 1765,

1767, 1776, 1777,1781, 1799, 1803,1804, 1967–9

Puerto Sandino 1239Puerto Suárez 318Puerto Williams 429Puglia 950Pujehun 1439Pukapuka 1232Pukë 134Pulau Pinang 1099,

1104Pullman 1954Pune 812, 825, 855,

857Puning 437Punjab (India) 811,

815, 825, 828, 867–9

Punjab (Pakistan)1274

Puno 1304Punta Arenas 427,

429Punta Cana 561Punta Gorda 283Puntarenas 491, 494Puntland 1469, 1470,

1474Punto Fijo 1999Puri 865, 866Purmerend 1201Purnea 834Puruliya 880Putrajaya 1098, 1099,

1100Putumayo 469

Puyo 567Pwani 1575Pyeongyang see

PyongyangPyhäsalmi 620Pyongsan 1014Pyongyang 1013,

1014, 1018Pyrgos 747

Qabis see GabèsQacentina see

ConstantineQacha’s Nek 1048Qafsah see GafsaQalib ash-Shuyukh

1020Qaraghandy 986, 987Qarshi see KarshiQashqadaryo see

KashkadarQasrayn see

KassérineQatar 13, 82, 89, 107,

116, 117, 118, 119,120, 1337–41

Qayrawan seeKairouan

Qazvin 900Qena 573Qibili see KebiliQikiqtaaluk see BaffinQingdao 437, 445Qinghai 436Qinhuangdao 445Qiqihaer 437Qizil Qala 130Qom 900Qoraqalpoghiston see

KarakalpakAutonomousRepublic

Qormi 1116Qostanay 986Qrendi 1122Quang Binh 2004Quang Nam 2004Quang Ngai 2004Quang Ninh 2004Quang Tri 2004Quatre Bornes 1131Quebec 78, 356, 357,

359, 365, 366, 370,371, 396–9

Quebec City 358,365, 369, 396, 397

Quedlinburg 704Queen Charlotte

Islands (BritishColumbia) 374, 375

Queen Maud Land1266

Queens 1906Queensland 173, 174,

175, 176, 177, 181,187, 190, 204–8

Quelimane 1172,1175

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Quemoy see KinmenQuerétaro 1144Querétaro de Arteaga

1137Quetta 1274, 1279,

1280, 1281, 1282Quezaltenango 759,

760Quezon City 1311Quibdó 469Quiché 759Quilon 873Quinara 770Quincy 1874Quindío 469Quinhámel 770Quintana Roo 1137Quiriguá 763Quito 566, 567, 568,

569, 570, 571Qunaytirah 1564Quneitra 935Quthing 1048Quy Nhon 2004Qwaqwa 1494Qyzylorda 986

Rabar (Malta) 1122Rabat (Morocco)

1164, 1165, 1168Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-

Zaer 1165Rabaul 1292, 1296Rach Gia 2003Racine 1958Radford 1951Radom 1320Rae Bareli 877Rae-Edzo 402, 404Ragged Island 245Raha 833Rahuri 857Raiatéa 664Raichur 828, 848, 849Raiganj 880Raigarh 836Raipur 812, 836, 837Raisio 616Raivavae 665Rajahmundry 812Rajang 1104Rajapalaiyam 873Rajasthan 811, 812,

815, 820, 825, 828,869–71

Rajbiraj 1193Rajgir 835Rajkot 812, 838, 840Rajnandgaon 836Rajshahi 256Rakahanga 1232Rakhine State 1178Raleigh 1768, 1798,

1909, 1910, 1911Ram Nagar 880Ramagundam 828Ramat Gan 936, 942Ramgarh 847

Ramla 936Râmnicu Vâlcea 1343Rampur 812Ramsey 1726, 1728Ranaghat 880Rancagua 427Ranchi 812, 825, 835,

847, 848Rancho Cucamonga

1769, 1821Randers 535Ranga Reddy 828Rangiroa 665Rangoon 1178, 1179,

1180Rangpur 256, 260Rankin Inlet 402,

406Ranongga Islands

1464Raoul Island 1218Rapa 665Rapa Nui see Easter

IslandRapid City 1934,

1936Rapti 1194Raqqah 1564Rarotonga 1231,

1232, 1233, 1234Ras al-Khaimah 1640,

1641, 1644Ras Tanura 1409Rashid 1644Rasht 900Ratlam 853, 855Ratmalana 1520Ratnagiri 855Rauma 616, 625Ravenna 950, 957,

959, 960Rawaki 999Rawalpindi 1274,

1282Rawson 160Reading (England)

1699, 1703Reading

(Pennsylvania) 1925Recife 314, 315, 317,

320Recklinghausen 692Red Deer 372Red River Delta

region (Vietnam)2004

Red Sea governorate(Egypt) 573

Red Sea state (Sudan)1525

Redbridge 1700Redcar and Cleveland

1699Redonda 155Reef Islands 1464Regensburg 692, 711Reggio di Calabria

950

Reggio nell’Emilia950

Regina 358, 366, 400,402

Rehoboth 1185Rehovoth 942Reichenau 704Reims 629, 630, 644Reirson see

RakahangaRelizane 140Remscheid 692Rendova Islands 1464Renfrewshire 1705Rennell and Bellona

1464Rennes 629, 630, 639Reno 1768, 1893,

1894, 1895, 1896Renton 1952Resistencia 160, 166Reºi>a 1343Retalhuleu 759, 760Rethymnon 746Réunion 654–6, 667,

670, 671Reus 1506Reutlingen 692Rewa 853, 855Rewari 841Reykjavík 800, 801,

803, 804, 805, 806,807

Reynosa 1138Rhaetian 1560Rhineland-Palatinate

689, 691, 728–9Rhode Island 1766,

1776, 1779, 1800,1928–31

Rhodes 746, 753Rhodope 747Rhondda Cynon Taff

1714Rhône-Alpes 629Riau 892Ribe 535Ribeirão Preto 315Richards Bay 1486,

1496Richmond (British

Columbia) 378Richmond (Indiana)

1855Richmond (Kentucky)

1861Richmond (Virginia)

1768, 1949, 1950,1951

Richmond Hill 391Richmond-Tweed 199Richmond upon

Thames 1700Rifa’a 250, 252Rift Valley 992Riga 597, 1035, 1037,

1038, 1039, 1040,1041, 1069

Riihimäki 616Rijeka 502, 503, 506Rila 334Rimatara 664Rimini 950, 1398Rinas 137Ringkøbing 535Rio Branco 314Rio de Janeiro 313,

314, 315, 317, 318,319, 320, 321, 322

Río Gallegos 160Rio Grande do Norte

314Rio Grande do Sul

314, 318, 319Rio Muni 585, 586Río Negro

(Argentina) 160Río Negro (Uruguay)

1979Río Piedras 1969Rio Rancho 1903Río San Juan 1236Riobamba 567Riohacha 469Risalpur 1276Risaralda 469Risdon 214Rishikesh 880Rishon le-Ziyyon 936Ritchie Archipelago

883Rivas 1236River Falls 1961River Gee 1054Rivera 1979Rivercess 1054Rivers 1248Riverside 1768, 1821Riversleigh 190Rivière-Pilote 652Rivne 1632Rivnenska 1632Riyadh 1404, 1405,

1406, 1408, 1409Rize 1608Road Town 1742,

1743Roatún 788Robben Island 1488Robertson Pet 849Robertsport 1053Rocha 1979Rochester (England)

1687Rochester

(Minnesota) 1880

Rochester (NewHampshire) 1897

Rochester (New York)1768, 1906, 1908

Rock Hill 1931, 1933Rock Springs 1963Rockford 1769, 1849Rockhampton 204Rockland 1868

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Rockville 1870Rodrigues 1131, 1134Roebourne 221Roehampton 1703Roeselare 275Rogaland 1255Roha 824Rohtak 812, 841, 842Rolas 1400Rolla 1887Roma see Rome

(Italy)Roma (Lesotho)

1051Romania 1342–9—in European

organizations 44,53, 55, 57, 58, 60,62, 63, 65

—in otherorganizations 8, 13,67, 77, 78, 83, 85,106, 107

Rome (Italy) 947,948, 950, 951, 957,959

Rome (New York)1906

Ronaldsway 1728Rondônia 314Ronne Ice Shelf 1741Roorkee 878, 879,

880Roosendaal 1201Roque del Este 1506Roque del Oeste 1506Roraima 314Rosario 161, 163Røros 1264Roscommon 918Rose Hall 775Rose Island 1970Roseau 554, 556Roskilde 535, 543,

544Ross Dependency 70,

1231Rosso 1126Rostock 692, 701,

724, 725Rostov-on-Don 1353Roswell 1903Rota (Northern

Marianas) 1965Rota (Spain) 1509Rotorua 1220Rotterdam 1201,

1207, 1210Rotuma 608Roubaix 630Rouen 629, 630, 639Roulers see RoeselareRourkela 812Rousse 328, 329Rovaniemi 616, 622,

623, 625Rovno see RivneRoyal Island 647Rrëshen 134

Rub Al-Khahi seeEmpty Quarter(Yemen)

Ruda Œl#ska 1320Rufisque 1413Ruhengeri 1377Ruiru 992Rukwa 1575Rum Cay 245Rundu 1185Rupnarayanpur 882Rurutu 665Rushen 1726Russell Islands 1464,

1467Russia 46, 87,

1350–75—in European

organizations 55,57, 60, 64, 65

—in otherorganizations 67,71, 72, 84, 92, 106,107, 111, 112

—republics 1365–75—in UN 8, 10, 13Rustavi 681Rutana 341Rutland (England)

1699Rutland City

(Vermont) 1946Ruvuma 1575Ruwais 1337Ruyigi 341Rwanda 13, 77, 78,

93, 95, 96, 1376–80Rybachi 1028Ryukyu 978Rzeszów 1320

S. A. S. Nagar 867Sa Dec 2003Sa’adah 2012Saarbrücken 692, 701,

730Saaremaa 595, 598Saarland 689, 690,

691, 730–2Saba 1214, 1216Sabadell 1506Sabah (Libya) 1057Sabah (Malaysia)

1099, 1100, 1104Sabaragamuwa 1518Sabrata/Sorman 1057,

1061Sacatepéquez 759Sackville 384Sacramento 1768,

1821, 1824Safaqa 575Safaqis see SfaxSafi 1165Safranbolu 1614Sagaing 1178Sagamihara 969Sagar 812, 853, 855Sagarmatha 1193

Saginaw 1878, 1879Saharanpur 812Saharsa 834Saida (Algeria) 140Saida (Lebanon)

1042, 1045St Albert 372St Andrews

(Manitoba) 379St Andrews

(Scotland) 1711,1712

St Ann 961St Anne’s 1734St Aubin 1732St Austell 1696, 1703St Barthélemy 649,

651St Bernard 1866St Brandon Group

1131St Catherine

(Jamaica) 961St Catherines

(Ontario) 358, 391St Charles 1886St Cloud 1881St Croix 1975, 1976,

1977, 1978Saint-Denis (France)

630Saint-Denis (Réunion)

654, 655, 670, 671St Elizabeth 961Saint-Emilion 644Saint-Étienne 630,

639St Gallen 1065, 1554,

1555, 1561St George (New

Brunswick) 383St George (Utah)

1945St George’s

(Bermuda) 1694,1738, 1740

St George’s (Grenada)755, 757

St Helena 70, 628,1735, 1756–8

St Helier 1730, 1732Saint-Hubert 397St James 961Saint John (New

Brunswick) 358,365, 382, 383, 384

St John (VirginIslands) 1975, 1976,1977, 1978

St John’s (Antiguaand Barbuda) 155,157

St John’s(Newfoundland)358, 385

St Joseph (FrenchGuiana) 647

St Joseph (Missouri)1886

St Kilda 1694St Kitts and Nevis

756, 1381–4—in world

organizations 13,68, 100, 101, 102,103, 104, 106, 108

Saint-Laurent 397Saint-Laurent-du-

Maroni 647, 648Saint-Léonard 397St Louis (Missouri)

1768, 1798, 1885,1886, 1887

Saint-Louis (Senegal) 1413,1416, 1417

St Lucia 1385–8—in world

organizations 13,68, 78, 100, 101,102, 103, 104, 106,108

Saint-Marc 780Saint-Martin 649,

650, 651St Mary 961Saint-Nazaire 630,

639St Nicolas see St

NiklaasSt Niklaas 274St Paul (Minnesota)

1768, 1797, 1879,1880, 1881

Saint-Paul (Réunion)654

Saint-Paul Island 667,668

St Peter 1732St Peter Port 1732,

1733St Peters 1886St Petersburg

(Florida) 1768,1836, 1837

St Petersburg (Russia)1350, 1351, 1352,1353, 1356, 1359,1361, 1362, 1363

Saint-Pierre (Réunion)654, 667

St Pierre andMiquelon 385,662–4

St Pierre Island 1433St Pölten 231St Sampson’s 1733St Thomas (Jamaica)

961St Thomas (Puerto

Rico) 1967St Thomas (Virgin

Islands) 1975, 1976,1977, 1978

St Vincent and theGrenadines*1389–92

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—in worldorganizations 13,68, 100, 101, 102,103, 104, 106, 108

Sainte-Foy 397Sainte-Marie 652Saipan 1798, 1965,

1966Saitama 969Sakai 969Sakarya 1608, 1609Sakha 1373Sakhalin Island 1352,

1361Sal 411, 413, 414Sala y Gomez 427Salah-ad-Din 910Sãlaj 1343Salalah 1268, 1271,

1272Salamanca 1505,

1506, 1515Salamat 421Salamis 749Salavan 1030Salcedo 558Saldanah 1486Sale 218Salekhard 1375Salem (India) 812,

828, 873, 874Salem

(Massachusetts)1875

Salem (NewHampshire) 1897

Salem (Oregon) 1769,1921, 1922, 1924

Salerno 950Salford 1703Salgótarján 791Salina 1860Salina Cruz 1143Salinas 1769, 1821Salisbury (Maryland)

1870Salmon Arm 378Salo 616Salomon 1741Salt Cay 1760Salt Lake City 1768,

1943, 1944, 1945Salta 160Saltillo 1137, 1138Salto 1979, 1983Salvador 313, 314,

315, 317, 320, 322Salzburg 231, 232,

236, 237, 238Salzgitter 692, 698Samakhi Xai 1030Samaná 558Samangan 126Samar 1310Samara 1353, 1361Samarinda 892Samarkand 1985,

1988, 1989

Samarqand seeSamarkand

Samarra 910Samastipur 835Sambalpur 865, 866Sambhal 877Samoa 13, 68, 110,

114, 115, 1393–6Samos 746, 753Samsun 1608, 1613Samut Prakan 1580San Ambrosio 427San Andrés 469,

472San Andrés y

Providencia 469San Angelo 1940San Antonio (Chile)

432San Antonio (Texas)

1768, 1798, 1939,1940

San Antonio de Palea585

San Baudilio delLlobregat 1506

San Bernardino 1768,1821

San Bernardo 428San Blas see Kuna

YalaSan Buenaventura

1769San Carlos (Falkland

Islands) 1749San Carlos

(Nicaragua) 1236San Carlos

(Venezuela) 1997San Cristóbal

(DominicanRepublic) 558

San Cristobal(Solomon Islands)see Makira andUlawa

San Cristóbal(Venezuela) 1998

San Diego 1768,1798, 1820, 1821,1824

San Felipe 1998San Félix 427San Fernando (Spain)

1506San Fernando

(Trinidad andTobago) 1596

San Fernando(Venezuela) 1997

San Francisco(California) 1768,1781, 1790, 1797,1821, 1824

San Francisco (ElSalvador) 580

San Francisco Coalco1138

San Francisco deMacoris 559

San Gimignano 959San Ignacio 283San Isidoro 560San Isidro el General

494San Jose (California)

1768, 1798, 1821,1824

San José (Costa Rica)491, 493, 494

San José (Uruguay)1979

San José de Ocoa 558

San José del Guaviare469

San Juan (Argentina)160, 161

San Juan (DominicanRepublic) 558

San Juan (PuertoRico) 1797, 1967,1969

San Juan de losMorros 1997

San Juan del Sur1239

San Lorenzo 1298San Luis 160San Luis Potosí 1137,

1138San Marcos

(Guatemala) 759San Marcos (Texas)

1940San Marino 13, 55,

57, 60, 956, 1397–9San Martin 1304San Miguel 580, 581,

583San Miguel de

Tucumán 160, 161San Miguelito 1286San Nicolas 1211,

1213San Nicolás de los

Garza 1138San Pablo 1311San-Pédro (Côte

d’Ivoire) 496, 500San Pedro (Paraguay)

1298San Pedro de Macoris

558San Pedro Sula 785,

787, 788San Salvador

(Bahamas) 245San Salvador (El

Salvador) 580, 581,582, 583

San Salvador de Jujuy160

San Sebastián 1506San Vincente 580,

583

Sana’a 2011, 2012,2013, 2015, 2016

Sanaag 1470Sanandaj 900Sánchez Ramirez 558Sanchi 826Sancti Spíritus 510Sandakan 1100, 1104Sandaun 1292Sandefjord 1256Sandnes 1256Sandoy 545Sandy City 1944Sandy Ground 1737Sanford 1868Sangaredi 768Sangha 486Sangha M’baéré 416Sangli 855Sangli-Miraj 812Sangrur 867Sanguié 335Saniquillie 1054ªanliurfa 1608Sanmatenga 335Santa Ana

(California) 1768,1821

Santa Ana (ElSalvador) 580, 583

Santa Bárbara 785Santa Catarina 314,

318, 319Santa Clara

(California) 1769Santa Clara (Cuba)

510Santa Clarita 1769,

1821Santa Coloma de

Grammanet 1506Santa Cruz

(Argentina) 160Santa Cruz (Bolivia)

296, 298, 299Santa Cruz (Solomon

Islands) 1464Santa Cruz de

Tenerife 1505,1506, 1507, 1513

Santa Fé (Argentina)160, 163

Santa Fe (NewMexico) 1762,1805, 1903

Santa Isabel 1464Santa Luzia 411Santa Maria 1330Santa Marta 469Santa Nome de Deus

de Macao 458Santa Rosa

(Argentina) 160Santa Rosa

(California) 1769,1821

Santa Rosa(Guatemala) 759

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Santander (Colombia)469

Santander (Spain)1506

Santhal Pargana 834Santiago (Chile) 426,

427, 428, 430, 432Santiago (Dominican

Republic) 558Santiago (Panama)

1286Santiago de

Compostela 1503,1506, 1512, 1515

Santiago de Cuba510, 515

Santiago de losCaballeros 559

Santiago de María583

Santiago de Querétaro1137, 1138

Santiago del Estero160

Santiago Rodriguez558

Santipur 880Santo 1991, 1993,

1994Santo André 315Santo Antão 411Santo Domingo 558,

559, 560, 561, 562Santo Domingo de los

Colorados 569Santo Tomás de

Castilla 761, 763Santos 315, 321Sanyang 679São António 1400São Barnardo do

Campo 315São Gonçalo 315São João de Meriti

315São Jorge 1330São José dos Campos

315São Luis 314, 315,

322São Miguel 1330São Nicolau 411São Paulo 314, 315,

318, 319, 320, 321São Tiago 411São Tomé e Príncipe

13, 78, 93, 96,1400–3

São Vicente 411Sapele 1248Sapporo 968, 969,

970, 976, 977, 978Saqr 1644Saragossa see

ZaragozaSarajevo 302, 303,

305, 306Saramacca 1531

Sarandë 134, 135,137, 138

Saransk 1372Sarasota 1839Saratoga Springs

1906Sarawak 1099, 1100,

1102, 1104Sardinia 950Sarh 421, 424Sari 900Saripul 126Sariwon 1014Sark 1729, 1730,

1734Sarpsborg 1256Sasaram 834, 835Sasebo 971Saskatchewan 356,

357, 359, 363, 370,371, 399–402

Saskatoon 358, 400,401

Sasolburg 1493Sassari 950Satakunta 615Satara 855, 856Satna 853Sattahip 1582Satu Mare 1343Sau#árkrókur 801Saudi Arabia 1404–11—in world

organizations 10,13, 67, 82, 89, 93,107, 116, 117, 118,119, 120

Sault Ste Marie 1876,1878

Saurimo 150Savai’i 1393Savanes 496Savannah 1769, 1840,

1842Savannakhet 1030,

1031Savonlinna 616Sawai Madhopur 870Saxony 689, 691,

732–3Saxony-Anhalt 691,

733–5Sayabouri 1030Saylac 1470Scarborough (Ontario)

391Scarborough (Tobago)

1596, 1599Schaffhausen 1553,

1555Scharhörn 717Schaumberg-Lippe

722Schenectady 1906,

1908Schiedam 1201Schleswig-Holstein

689, 691, 735–7

Schoelcher 652Schokland 1209Schwerin 724Schwyz 1553, 1555Scilly (French

Polynesia) 664Scilly, Isles of 1699Scotland 1704–13

see also UnitedKingdom

Scott Base 1231Scottish Borders 1705Scottsdale 1768, 1815Scrabster 1669Scranton 1925, 1928Sea Lion Island 1749Seaford City 1832Seattle 1768, 1797,

1805, 1952, 1953,1954

Secretariat for CentralAmerican EconomicIntegration 101, 109

Secretariat of thePacific Community114

Secunderabad 823Sedlec 533Seeb 1268, 1271Ségou 1111Segovia 1505, 1515Séguéla 497Seinäjoki 616, 625Sekondi-Takoradi

739, 740, 741Sekong 1030Selangor 1099Selebi-Phikwe 308Selfoss 801Sélibaby 1126Seltjarnarnes 801Semarang 892, 893,

896Semenawi Keyih

Bahri 590Semnan 900Sendai 968, 969, 976,

977, 978Senegal 1412–17—in world

organizations 10,13, 77, 78, 82, 89,93, 94, 96, 99

Séno 335Sensuntepeque 580Seo de Urgel 147,

1512Seongnam 1005Seoul 1003, 1004,

1005, 1007, 1009,1010, 1011, 1012,1018

Sept-Iles 387Seraing 275Serang 892Serbia and

Montenegro 46, 53,1418–32

—in Europeanorganizations 56,57, 60, 62, 63, 65

—in otherorganizations 13,77, 107

Seremban 1099Sergiev Posad 1363Sergipe 314Seria 324, 326Serowe 308Serra da Estrela 1330Serravalle 1397Serres 747Seti 1194Sétif 140Setúbal 1330Sevastopol 1631,

1632, 1634Severnaya Zemlya

1375Sevilla 1503, 1505,

1506, 1507, 1512,1515, 1516

Seville see SevillaSeward (Alaska) 1813Seward (Nebraska)

1892 Seychelles 13, 69, 78,

93, 95, 98, 1433–7Sey#isfjör#ur 801Sf. Gheorghe 1343Sfax 1601, 1602,

1603, 1605Shaanxi 436, 446Shaba 480Shabeellaha Dhexe

1470Shabeellaha Hoose

1470Shabwah 2012Shag Island 229Shagamu 1248Shah Alam 1099Shahjahanpur 812Shahr-e-Kord 900Shakhrisyabz 1989Shaki 1248Shan State 1178Shandong 436, 443,

446Shanghai 436, 437,

438, 442, 444, 445,446, 449

Shanksville 1765Shannon 926, 927Shanthabouli 1030Shantou 444Shanxi 435, 436, 443,

446Sharjah 1640, 1641,

1643, 1644Sharkia 573Sharyn Gol 1161Sheboygan 1958Shefferville 387Sheffield 1674, 1700,

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Sheikhpura 835Shencottah 873Shëngjin 135, 137Shenyang 436, 437Shenzhen 437, 442,

444Sheraro 604Sherbrooke 358, 397,

399Sheridan 1963Sherwood Park 372Shetland Islands

1705, 1711Shibam 2016Shibin Al Kom 573Shijiazhuang 436,

437Shikoku 968, 969Shiliguri 812, 872Shillong 812, 817,

860, 861Shimla 843, 844, 868Shimoga 812, 849,

850Shinyanga 1575Shirakami-Sanchi

978Shirakawa-go and

Gokayama 978Shiraz 900, 905Shiselweni 1536Shivpuri 853Shizuoka 969Shkodër 133, 134,

137Sholapur 812, 855,

857Shomolu 1248Shoreline 1952Shortland Islands

1464Shreveport 1768,

1865, 1867Shropshire 1699Shubra Al Khayma

573Shunde 437Shyghys Qazaqstan

986Shymkent 987Siang 830>iauliai 1067, 1071>ibenik 502, 507>ibensko-Kninska 502Siberian district

(Russia) 1353Sibiti 486Sibiu 1343, 1347Sibu 1100, 1104Sibut 416Sichuan 436, 446Sicily 948, 949, 950Sidcup 1703Sidi-bel-Abbés 140Sidi Bouzid 1601Siegen 692, 727Siena 959Sierra Leone 1438–42

—in worldorganizations 13, 69,77, 82, 89, 93, 96

Sighisoara 1349Sigiriya 1523Siglufjör#ur 801Siirt 1608Sikar 869Sikasso 1111Sikkim 811, 815, 825,

828, 871–2Silchar 832, 833, 862Silesia 1321Silhouette 1433Siliana 1601Siliguri see ShiliguriSilvassa 884, 885,

886Silver City 1904Silver Spring 1870Silyanah see SilianaSimferopol 1632,

1636, 1639Simi Valley 1769,

1821Simon’s Town 1479Simplon 1560Sinai 577, 935Sinaloa 1137Sincelejo 469Sind 1274Singapore 62,

1443–50—in world

organizations 13,67, 69, 110, 111,112, 113

Singave 669Singida 1575Singrauli 853Sinj 508Sinnar 1525Sinoe 1054Sinop 1608Sint Eustatius 1214,

1216Sint Maarten 1214,

1215, 1216Sint Nicolaas see San

NicolasSintra 1336Sinuiju 1009, 1014,

1018Sioux City 1856,

1858Sioux Falls 1769,

1934Sipalwini 1531Siracusa see Syracuse

(Italy)Sirdaryo see Syr-

Daryaªırnak 1608Sironj 853Sirsa 841Sirte 1057Sisaèko-Moslavaèka

502

Sisak 502Sisophon 348Sissili 335Sistan and

Baluchestan 900Sitapur 877Sitka 1811, 1812Sitra 250Sittard-Geleen 1201Sittwe see AkyabSivakasi 873Sivas 1608, 1609Siwan 834Skagway 410, 1813,

1814Skálafjør#ur 546Skåne 534, 1540,

1541Skellefteå 1542Skien 1256Skikda 140>kocjan 1462Skopje 1082, 1083,

1084, 1086Skövde 1542Skrapar 134Œl#skie 1320Slatina 1343Slavonia 502Slavonski Brod 502Sliema 1116Sligo 918, 931, 933Sliven 329, 330Slobozia 1343Slough 1699Slovakia* 525–6,

1451–7—in European

organizations 43,44, 49, 50, 55, 57,58, 60, 62, 63, 65

—in otherorganizations 13,67, 77, 78, 83, 85,87, 107

Slovenia 1458–63—in European

organizations 43,44, 49, 50, 55, 57,58, 60, 62, 63

—in otherorganizations 13,67, 77, 78, 83, 85,105

Smallingerland 1201Smederevo 1419Smithfield 1930Snares Islands 1218,

1229Soc Trang 2003Soccsksargen 1311Society Archipelago

664Socorro 1904Socotra 2012Södermanland 1541Södertälje 1542Sofala 1172

Sofia 328, 329, 330,331, 333

Sogn og Fjordane1255, 1264

Sohar 1272Sokodé 1587Sokolov 530Sokoto 1247, 1248Sol 1470Solan 843, 844Solander Island 1218Soleure see SolothurnSolingen 692Sollentuna 1542Solna 1542Solo 897Sololá 759Solomon Islands 13,

69, 110, 114, 115,1464–8

Solothurn 1553, 1555Solovetsky Islands

1363Soltüstik Qazaqstan

986Solwezi 2017Somalia 68, 1469–74—in world

organizations 13,82, 89, 93, 97, 116,117, 118, 119

Somalia (Ethiopia)602

Somaliland Republic1469, 1470–1

Sombrero 1736Somerset 1699Somogy 792Somoto 1236Son La 2004Sønderjylland 535Songkla 1582Songo Mnara 1578Sonipat 841Sonora 1137Sonsonate 580, 583Sør-Trøndelag 1255Soria 1505Soriano 1979Sorocaba 315Soroti 1625Sosnowiec 1320Sotavento 411Soudha Bay 749Soufrière 1385, 1387Souk Ahras 140Soum 335Souris 396Sourou 335Souss Massa-Draâ

1165Sousse 1601, 1605,

1606South Africa 1475–502—in world

organizations 10,13, 67, 68, 69, 77,93, 98

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—provinces1490–502

South AmericanCommunity ofNations 109

South AsianAssociation forRegional Co-operation 115–16

South Australia 173,174, 176, 177,208–12

South Ayrshire 1705South Bend 1769,

1853South Caicos 1760South Carolina 1766,

1767, 1776, 1778,1931–3

South Central Coastregion (Vietnam)2004

South Dakota 1767,1776, 1778, 1933–6

South Dublin 918South East district

(Botswana) 308South East region

(England) 1649,1698

South Eastern district(New South Wales)199

South Georgia 70,1735, 1758–9

South Gloucestershire1699

South Hamgyong1014

South Hwanghae1014

South Island (Cocos)226

South Island (NewZealand) 1218,1219, 1220, 1223,1224, 1226, 1229

South Kanara 848,873

South Korea seeKorea, Republic of(South Korea)

South Lanarkshire1705

South Louisiana 1798South Offaly 924South Orange 1902South Orkney Islands

1741South Ossetia 681,

687South Portland 1868South Pyongan 1014South region (Iceland)

801South Sandwich

Islands 70, 1735,1758–9

South ShetlandIslands 1741

South Sinai 573South Tabiteuea 999South Tarawa 999,

1002South Tripura 875South West region

(England) 1649,1698

South Yorkshire 1699Southampton 1699,

1703Southaven 1883Southend-on-Sea

1699Southern African

DevelopmentCommunity 98–9

Southern andAntarctic Territories(France) 667–8

Southern CommonMarket seeMERCOSUR

Southern Darfur 1525Southern district

(Israel) 936Southern district

(Russia) 1353Southern Grenadine

Islands 755Southern Highlands

(Papua NewGuinea) 1292

Southern Kurdufan1525

Southern Line Islands999

Southern Mindanao1310, 1311

Southern province(Sierra Leone)1438, 1439

Southern province(Sri Lanka) 1518

Southern province(Zambia) 2017

Southern region(Thailand) 1580

Southern Tagalog1310, 1311

Southland (NewZealand) 1219,1224

Southport 1910Southwark 1700Southwest Peninsula

(Iceland) 801Southwestern Somalia

1469, 1470, 1471Sovereign Base Areas

of Akrotiri andDhekelia in Cyprus70, 1735, 1759

Soyo 150Sozopol 330Spain* 1503–16

—in Europeanorganizations 43,45, 49, 50, 52, 55,57, 58, 60, 62, 63

—in otherorganizations 13,67, 83, 87, 92, 93,103, 105, 106, 107,110

Spanish Town 961Spanish Wells 245Sparks 1894, 1895Spartanburg 1933Sparti 747Spearfish 1934, 1936Speightstown 262Speyer 704Spijkenisse 1201Spi<sk™ Hrad 1457Spitsbergen 1265Split 503, 506, 507,

508Splitsko-Dalmatinska

503Spokane 1768, 1952,

1953Spoleto 960Spratly Islands 435Springbok 1500Springdale 1818Springfield (Illinois)

1769, 1849, 1852Springfield

(Manitoba) 379Springfield

(Massachusetts)1769, 1874

Springfield (Missouri)1769, 1886

Springfield (Ohio)1915

Springfield (Oregon)1922

Spruce Grove 372Squamish 377Sri Jayewardenepura

Kotte 1517, 1518Sri Lanka 1517–23—in world

organizations 13,69, 77, 107, 110,113, 116

Srikakulam 828Srinagar 812, 845,

846, 847, 878Staffordshire 1699Stamford 1769, 1829Stanley 1746, 1747,

1748, 1749Stann Creek 283Stansted 1674Stanton 1833Stara Zagora 329Starbuck 999Stari Ras and

Sopocani 1424Starkville 1884Stateline 1895

Staten Island 1906Statesboro 1842Statistical Office of

the EuropeanCommunities 53

Stavanger 1256, 1262Steiermark see StyriaStellenbosch 1488Stephenville 385Sterling Heights 1769,

1876Stettin see SzczecinStevens Point 1961Stewart 377Stewart Island 1218Stillwater 1918, 1920Stirling 1655, 1705,

1712Stockholm 1540,

1541, 1542, 1546,1549, 1550, 1552

Stockton 1768, 1821Stockton-on-Tees

1699Stoke-on-Trent 1699,

1703Stonehenge 1694Storm Lake 1858Storrs 1830Storstrøm 535Stout 1961Strabane 1719Stralsund 704, 725Strasbourg 51, 56,

629, 630, 639, 644Strathcona County

372Støedoèesk™ 527Streymoy 545, 546Strongsville 1915Studenica 1424Sturgis 1934Stutterheim 1491Stuttgart 692, 693,

698, 701, 707, 708,709

Styria 231Suakin 1529Suao 466Subansiri 830Subotica 1419Suceava 1343Suchitepéquez 759Sucre (Bolivia) 296,

297, 300Sucre (Colombia) 469Sucre (Venezuela)

1997Sucumbíos 567Sud-Bandama 496Sud-Comoé 497Sud department

(Haiti) 780Sud-Est department

(Haiti) 780Sud-Kivu 481Sud-Ouest province

(Cameroon) 350

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Sud province(Cameroon) 350

Sudan 68, 1524–30—in world

organizations 13,77, 82, 89, 93, 95,97, 116, 117, 118,119

Sudbury 358, 391Su#uroy 545Suez 573, 575, 577Suffolk 1699Sughd 1569Suhag 573Suita 969Suizhou 437Sukhothai 1585Sukhumi 681, 685,

686Sulawesi 891, 892,

893, 895, 897Sulawesi Barat 892Sulawesi Selatin 892Sulawesi Tengah 892Sulawesi Tenggara

892Sulawesi Utara 892Sully-sur-Loire 644Sultanpur 877Sumatera Barat 892Sumatera Selatan 892Sumatera Utara 892Sumatra 891, 892,

893, 895, 897, 898Sumbe 150Sumgait 239, 242Summerside 394, 396Sumska 1632Sumy 1632Sun City 1485Sunchon 1014Sunday Island see

Raoul IslandSunderland 1703Sundsvall 1541Sunnyvale 1769, 1821Sunrise 1836Sunshine Coast

(Queensland) 175,204

Sunyani 739Superior 1958, 1960,

1961Supsa 683Surabaya 892, 893,

894, 896, 897Surat 812, 840, 886Surendranagar 839Suriname 1531–5—in world

organizations 13,82, 89, 100, 101,102, 105, 106

Surkhan-Darya 1985

Surkhet 1194Surkhondaryo see

Surkhan-Darya

Surrey (BritishColumbia) 378

Surrey (England)1699

Susah see SousseSutherland (South

Africa) 1499Sutton 1700Suva 608, 610, 611,

612Suwarrow 1232Suwaydá 1564Suwon 1005, 1011Suzdal 1363Suzhou 437, 448Svalbard 1255, 1265Sverdrup islands 356Swain’s Island 1970Swakopmund 1184,

1185Swansea 1713, 1714,

1715, 1717Swarthmore 1928Swaziland 1536–9—in world

organizations 13,69, 93, 95, 98

Sweden 1540–52—in European

organizations 43,45, 49, 50, 55, 57,58, 60, 61, 62, 63,64

—in otherorganizations 13,67, 77, 84, 87, 93,105, 107, 110

Swidnica 1326Œwiêtokrzyskie 1320Swift Current 400Swindon 1699Œwinoujœcie 1322,

1325Switzerland 1553–62—in European

organizations 55,57, 60, 61, 62, 63

—in otherorganizations 13,67, 77, 78, 84, 87,93, 105, 106, 107,110

Sydney (Kiribati) seeManra

Sydney (New SouthWales) 173, 175,176, 178, 181, 185,199, 203

Sydney (Nova Scotia)390, 391

Syktyvkar 1371Sylhet 256, 260, 832Syr-Darya 1985Syracuse (Italy) 950Syracuse (New

York) 1769, 1906,1909

Syria 21, 46, 1563–8

—in worldorganizations 13,82, 89, 92, 117,118, 119, 120

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 792

Szczecin 1320, 1325Szeged 791, 795, 796,

798Székesfehérvár 791Szekszárd 792Szolnok 791Szombathely 792

Tabasco 1137Tabiteuea 999Tabligbo 1590Tabora 1575Tabriz 900Tabuaeran 999Täby 1542Táchira 1998Tacna 1303, 1304Tacoma 1768, 1952,

1953Tacuarembó 1979Tadepalligudem 828Tadjoura 550Tadla-Azilal 1165Tadmur see Palmyra

(Syria)Tadrart Acacus 1061Tafilah 981Tagant 1126Taguig 1311Tagus Valley 1329,

1330Tahaa Island 664Tahiti 664, 667Tahlequah 1920Tahoua 1241, 1244Tahuata 664Taian 437Taichung 462, 466Taif 1405Taimyr 1375Tainan 462, 466Taiohae 664Taipa 458Taipei 461, 462, 464,

466Taiping 1100Taitung 462, 466Taiwan 110, 111, 435,

461–7Taiyuan 436, 437Ta’iz 2012Tajikistan 1569–73—in world

organizations 13,60, 71, 72, 77, 82,84, 89, 110, 113

Takamatsu 969Takatsuki 969Takhar 126Takoradi 740, 741, 743Talara 1305, 1308Talas 1025

Talca 427Talcahuano 428, 429Tallaght 931Tallahassee 1769,

1836, 1837, 1839Tallinn 595, 597, 598,

599, 600, 601,1037, 1069

Tam Ky 2004Tamale 739, 740, 741Tamana 999Tamanrasset 140Tamaulipas 1137Tambacounda 1413Tâmega 1329Tamil Nadu 811, 812,

815, 820, 825, 828,872–5

Ta’mim 910Tammisaari 618Tampa 1768, 1798,

1836, 1837, 1838,1839

Tampere 616, 622,624, 625

Tampico 1138, 1143Tamuning 1974Tan An 2003Tanakpur 880Tandjilé 421Tanga 1574, 1575,

1578Tangier-Tétouan 1165Tangiers 1165, 1166,

1169Tangshan 437Tanjung Beruas 1104Tanjung Pinang 892Tanjung Priok 897Tanna 1991Tanta 573Tanzania 1574–9—in world

organizations 8, 10,13, 69, 77, 93, 95,96, 98

Taoyuan 462, 466Tapoa 335Taraba 1247Taranaki 1219, 1224Taranto 950, 953Tarapacá 428Tarawa 999, 1000,

1001, 1002Tarcoola 197Tarhouna/Msallata

1057Tarija 296Taro 1464Tarquinia 959Tarragona 1505, 1506,

1513Tarrasa 1506Tartous 1564, 1565Tartu 595Tashauz see DashoguzTashkent 1985, 1986,

1988, 1989

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Taºkizak 1610Tasman 1219, 1224Tasmania 173, 174,

176, 177, 187, 190,212–15

Tatabánya 791Tataouine 1601Tatarstan 1365, 1373Tatawin see

TataouineTa’u 1970Taunggye 1178Tauragë 1067Tauranga 1220Tawau 1104Tawzar see TozeurTaxila 1281, 1282Tay Ninh 2004Taza-Al Hoceima-

Taounate 1165Tbilisi 681, 682, 684Tchibanga 672Te Wahipounamu

1229Teaneck 1902Tébessa 140Tees and Hartlepool

1675Tegucigalpa 785, 787,

788Tehran 899, 900, 901,

903, 905Tekapo 1220Tekirda# 1608Tel Aviv 936, 937,

939, 941, 942, 943Tela 788Telè 533Telde 1506Telemark 1255Teleorman 1343Telford and Wrekin

1699Tel<iai 1067Teluk Ewa 1104Teluk Ratai 894Tema 739, 741, 743Temburong 324Temotu 1464Tempe 1769, 1815Temuco 427Tena 567Tenali 828Tenasserim 1178Tenerife 1506, 1507,

1512Tengiz 1359Tengzhou 437Tennant Creek 195Tennessee 1767,

1776, 1778, 1793,1804, 1936–9

Tenughat 848Teotihuacán 1144Tepelenë 134Tepic 1137, 1138Teplice-Trecianské

531

Teraina 999Terceira 1330Terengganu 1098,

1099Teresina 314, 315Terezín 525Termez 1985Termiz see TermezTernate 892Terni 950Ternopil 1632, 1637Ternopilska 1632Terrace 378Terre Adélie 667, 668Terre-de-Bas 649Terre Haute 1853,

1855Teruel 1505, 1515Tessin see TicinoTete 1172Tetiaroa 664Tétouan 1165, 1169Tetovo 1082Texarkana 1818Texas 1763, 1767,

1776, 1778, 1781,1800, 1939–43

Teyateyaneng 1048Tezpur 826, 832, 833Thaba-Tseka 1048Thai Binh 2004Thai Nguyen 2004Thailand 1580–6—in world

organizations 10,13, 60, 67, 77, 89,107, 110, 111, 112,113

Thakhek 1030Thalassery 812Thane 855, 857Thanesar 841Thanh Hoa 2004Thanh Pho Ho Chi

Minh 2004Thanjavur 826, 873,

875Thasos 753The Bottom 1214The Hague 1200,

1201, 1204, 1207,1210, 1419

The Pas 381The Valley 1736,

1737Thebes 579Thesprotia 746Thessaloniki 747,

752, 753, 754Thessaly 747Thiès 1413, 1416Thika 992Thimphu 292, 294,

295Thionville 630Thiruvananthapuram

813, 817, 824, 851,852

Thompson 379Thoothukkudi see

TuticorinThousand Oaks 1769,

1821Thrace 747Three Kings Islands

1218Thrissur 813Thu Dau Mot 2004Thua Thien 2004Thunder Bay 366,

391Thurgau 1554, 1555Thurgovie see

ThurgauThuringia 691, 737–8Thurrock 1699Tianjin 436, 437, 438,

445Tianmen 437Tiaoyutai Islets 461Tiaret 140Tibet 437–8Tichitt 1129Ticino 1554, 1555,

1560, 1561Tidjikdja 1126Tien Giang 2004Tierra del Fuego 160,

161Tiga 659Tigoa 1464Tigre 602Tijit 864Tijuana 1137, 1138Tikopia 1464Tikrit 909Tilarán 494Tilburg 1201Tillabéry 1241Timbuktu see

TombouctouTimgad 144Timiº 1343Timiºoara 1342, 1343,

1347Tin Shui Wai 455Tindouf 140, 1170Tinian 1965Tino 959Tinsukia 832Tintamarre 649Tipasa 144Tipaza 140Tipitapa 1237Tipperary 918, 931Tirana 133, 134, 135,

137, 138Tirap 830Tiraspol 1149Tîrgoviºte 1343Tîrgu Jiu 1343Tîrgu Mureº 1343Tiris Zemmour 1126Tiruchirapalli 813,

874Tirunelveli 813

Tirupati 813, 829, 830Tiruppur 813Tiruvannamalai 873Tissemsilt 140Tivat 1423Tivoli 959Tiya 606Tizi-Ouzou 140Tlacotalpan 1144Tlalnepantla 1138Tlaquepaque 1138Tlaxcala 1137Tlaxcala de

Xicohténcatl 1137Tlemcen 140Toamasina 1088,

1089, 1091Tobago see Trinidad

and TobagoTobruk 1059Tocantins 314Tocumen 1286Tofol 1146Togder 1470Togo 1587–91—in world

organizations 13,78, 82, 89, 93, 94,96, 99

Tohoku 968Tokaj 795, 798Tokat 1608Tokelau 32, 70, 115,

1230–1Tokmak 1025Tokorozawa 969Tokushima 969Tokyo 967, 968, 969,

973, 975, 976, 977,978, 1797

Toledo (Belize) 283Toledo (Ohio) 1768,

1915, 1917Toledo (Spain) 1503,

1505, 1514, 1515Toliara 1091Toliary 1088Tolima 469Tolna 792Toluca de Lerdo

1137, 1138Tomar 1336Tombali 770Tombouctou 1111,

1112, 1114, 1115Tonalá 1138Tonga 13, 69, 110,

114, 115, 1592–5Tongareva see

PenrhynTongatapu 1592, 1594Tongi 256Tonk 869Tønsberg 1256Topeka 1769, 1859Topolobampo 1143Torbay 1699Torfaen 1714

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Torino see TurinTornio 616Toronto 358, 361,

365, 369, 391, 392,393, 394

Torp 1262Torrance 1769, 1821Torre del Greco 950Torrejón de Ardoz

1506Torreón 1138Tórshavn 545, 546Tortola 1741, 1742,

1743Toruñ 1320, 1326Toshkent see TashkentTotnes 1703Totness 1531Totonicapán 759Touba (Côte d’Ivoire)

496Touba (Senegal)

1416Toukolili 1439Touliki 1593Toulon 630, 634Toulouse 629, 639,

642Tourcoing 630Tournai 274, 282Tours 630Tower Hamlets 1700Townsville 204, 207Towson 1873Toyama 969Toyohashi 969Toyonaka 969Toyota 969Tozeur 1601Tra Vinh 2004Trabzon 1608, 1609,

1613Tralee 931Translation Centre for

Bodies of theEuropean Union54–5

Transnistria 1149,1150, 1151

Transylvania 1342,1349

Trarza 1126Treasury Islands see

MonoTøebíè 533Treinta y Tres 1979Trelawny 961Trelleborg 1549Trenèin 1452Trentino-Alto Adige

950Trento 950Trenton 1899, 1900,

1902Tribal Areas,

Federallyadministered(Pakistan) 1274

Trier 692, 704, 729Trieste 950, 957Trikala 747Trincomalee 1518,

1520, 1522Trinidad (Bolivia) 296Trinidad (Cuba) 515Trinidad (Uruguay)

1979Trinidad and Tobago

1596–600—in world

organizations 13,69, 100, 101, 102,103, 105, 106

Tripoli (Lebanon)1042, 1045

Tripoli (Libya) 1057,1058, 1059, 1061

Tripolis 747Tripura 811, 815, 820,

825, 828, 875–6Tristan da Cunha 70,

1735, 1756–7Trnava 1452Trogir 507Trois Rivières 358Trollhättan 1542Tromelin Island 671Troms 1255Tromsø 1256, 1258,

1263, 1264Trondheim 1256,

1262, 1263Tropojë 134Troy (New York)

1906, 1908Troy (Turkey) 1614Troyes 630Trujillo (Peru) 1303Trujillo (Venezuela)

1998Truro 388, 390Tshikapa 481Tshwane see PretoriaTskhinvali 687Tsodilo 312Tsumeb 1185Tuamotu Archipelago

664, 665Tuas 1443, 1445Tubarão 321Tübingen 709Tubmanburg 1053Tubuai 665Tubuai Manu see

Maiao (FrenchPolynesia)

Tucson 1768, 1814,1815, 1817

Tucumán 160, 161,166

Tucupita 1997Tuen Mun 455Tuensang 863Tulagi 1464Tulcán 567Tulcea 1343, 1347

Tuli 864Tulsa 1768, 1918,

1919, 1920, 1921Tulsipur 1194Tumbes 1304Tumkur 849Tunceli 1608Tungurahua 567Tunis 1601, 1602,

1605, 1606Tunisia 85, 1601–6—and European

organizations 46,60, 62, 65

—in worldorganizations 10,13, 77, 78, 82, 89,93, 107, 117, 118,119, 120

Tunja 468Tupai 664Tupelo 1883Tura 1374Turin 949, 950, 957Turkey* 1607–15—in European

organizations 44,46, 53, 55, 57, 58,60, 62, 65

—in otherorganizations 13,67, 77, 82, 83, 87,89, 107, 110, 113

Turkish Republic ofNorthern Cyprus516, 523–4

Turkmenabat 1616Turkmenbashi 1618Turkmenistan

1616–20—in world

organizations 13,60, 71, 72, 82, 84,89, 110, 113

Turks and CaicosIslands 70, 102,103, 1735, 1759–61

Turku 616, 618, 622,623, 624

Tuscaloosa 1808Tuscany 950Tuticorin 824, 873,

874Tutong 324Tutuila 1970, 1971,

1972Tuusula 616Tuva 1373–4Tuvalu 13, 69, 110,

114, 115, 1621–3Tuxpan 1143Tuxtla Gutiérrez

1137, 1138Tuy 335Tuy Hoa 2004Tuyen Quang 2004Tvøroyri 546

Tweed Shire 175Twickenham 1703Twin Falls 1846Tyne and Wear

1699Tyre 1046Tyrol 231, 238Tyumen 1374, 1375

Ua Pou 664Ua Uka 664Ubeda 1515Uberlândia 315Ucayali 1304Udaipur 813, 870,

871Uddevalla 1542Udham Singh Nagar

879, 880Udmurtia 1374Udon Thani 1580Udupi 849Ufa 1366Uganda 1624–30—in world

organizations 13,69, 77, 82, 89, 93,95, 96, 97

Ugep 1248Uíge 150Uji 978Ujjain 813, 853, 855Ujung Padang 897UK* see United

KingdomUkraine 46, 1631–9—in European

organizations 55,57, 60, 63, 65

—in otherorganizations 13,71, 72, 77, 84, 107

Ulan Bator 1158,1160, 1161

Ulan-Ude 1366Ulithi 1146Ulm 692, 709Ulsan 1004, 1005,

1010Ulster 916, 918, 929Umbria 950Umeå 1542Umingmaktok 406Umm al Qaiwain

1640, 1641Umm-Bab 1337Umm Qasr 913Umm Said 1337,

1339Umm Salal 1337Umm Salal

Mohammad 1337Umtata 1492Umuahia 1247Umutara 1377Umzimkulu 1491UN see also United

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UN CapitalDevelopment Fund20

UN Centre for HumanSettlements 20

UN Children’s Fund9, 18–19

UN Commission onCrime Preventionand CriminalJustice 20

UN Commission onHuman Rights 22

UN Commission onHuman Settlements20

UN Conference onTrade andDevelopment 9, 20

UN Congress on thePrevention of Crimeand Treatment ofOffenders 20

UN DevelopmentFund for Women 20

UN DevelopmentProgramme 9, 18,20, 106

UN EconomicCommission forLatin America andthe Caribbean 101,106

UN Educational,Scientific andCulturalOrganization 32–4

UN EnvironmentProgramme 9,19–20

UN HighCommissioner forHuman Rights 21–2

UN HighCommissioner forRefugees 9, 20–1

UN IndustrialDevelopmentOrganization 34

UN Institute forDisarmamentResearch 22

UN Institute forTraining andResearch 22

UN InternationalResearch andTraining Institutefor theAdvancement ofWomen 9, 22

UN InterregionalCrime and JusticeResearch Institute20

UN Office on Drugsand Crime 9, 20

UN Population Fund9, 19

UN Programme forRefugeeReintegration andRehabilitation ofResettlement Areasin Eritrea 590

UN regionaleconomiccommissions 9

UN Relief and WorksAgency forPalestine Refugeesin the Near East 20,21

UN Research Institutefor SocialDevelopment 22

UN University 22UN Volunteers 20Una 843, 844UNESCO 32–4UNHCR 9, 20–1UNICEF 9, 18–19Union (Grenada) 757Union (St Vincent)

1389, 1391Union City 1900,

1902Union Township 1900United Arab Emirates

10, 13, 82, 89, 117,118, 119, 120,1640–5

United Kingdom*1646–761

—in Europeanorganizations 43,44, 45, 49, 50, 55,57, 58, 60, 61, 62,63

—in otherorganizations 67,69, 77, 83, 87, 93,103, 105, 107, 110,114, 115

—overseas territories70, 1735–61

—in UN 8, 10, 13United Nations 6–23—Economic and

Social Council 8–9—finance 6—General Assembly

7—International Court

of Justice 10–11—languages 6—membership 6,

12–13—origins and aims 6—programmes and

funds 18–22—related organs

40–2—Secretariat 11—Security Council 8—specialized

agencies 23–40

—Statistics Division23

—structure 6–7—training and

research institutes22–3

—Trusteeship Council10

United States ofAmerica 1762–978

—and Europeanorganizations 47, 60

—in otherorganizations 67,77, 83, 87, 93, 104,105, 106, 110, 111,112, 113, 114, 115

—outlying territories1965–78

—states andterritories 1807–965

—in UN 8, 10, 13Unity (Maine) 1869Unity State (Sudan)

1525Universal Declaration

of Human Rights14–16

Universal PostalUnion 35

University for Peace23

Unnao 877Unrepresented

Nations and PeoplesOrganization 89–90

Upington 1485, 1499,1500

Upinniemi 618Upolu 1393Upper Austria 231Upper Darby 1925Upper East region

(Ghana) 739Upper Nile 1525Upper River region

(Gambia) 677Upper Volta see

Burkina FasoUpper West region

(Ghana) 739Uppsala 1541, 1542Uqsur see LuxorUral district (Russia)

1353Urbana 1849, 1852Urbandale 1856Urbino 959Urfa 1608Urganch see UrgenchUrgench 1985Uri 1553, 1555, 1559Uruguay 1979–84—in world

organizations 13,77, 100, 105, 106,109

Urumqi 437

Uruzgan 126USA see United

States of AmericaUºak 1608Ushuaia 160, 161,

162Ust-Orda Buryat 1375Ust-Ordynsk 1375Ústeck™ 527Ustí nad Labem 527Usulatán 580, 583Utah 1763, 1767,

1776, 1778, 1791,1943–6

Utena 1067Utica 1906Utrecht 1200, 1201,

1207, 1208, 1210Utsunomiya 969Uttar Pradesh 811,

812, 814, 815, 825,828, 876–8

Uttaranchal 811, 815,825, 828, 876,878–80

Uttarpara 881Uturoa 664Uusimaa 615Uva 1518Uvéa Island (New

Caledonia) 659Uvéa Island (Wallis

and Futuna) 668,669

Uxbridge 1702Uxmal 1144Uyo 1247Uzbekistan 46,

1985–90 —in world

organizations 13,60, 71, 72, 82, 84,89, 110, 113

Vaasa 616, 623, 624Vacoas-Phoenix

1131Vadakara 851Vadarevu 830Vadodara 813, 840Vaduz 1063, 1064Vágoy 545, 546Vágur 546Vaishali 835Vaitupu 1621Vakaga 416Valais 1554, 1555Vâlcea 1343Valdez 1812Valdez-Cordova 1811Vale of Glamorgan

1714Valence 630Valencia (Spain)

1505, 1506, 1510,1512, 1513, 1515,1516

Valencia (Venezuela)1997, 1998

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Valencian Community1505, 1506

Valenciennes 630Valenzuela 1311Valladolid 1505,

1506, 1512Valle 785Valle d’Aosta 950Valle del Cauca 469Valledupar 469Vallée du Bandama

497Vallejo 1769, 1821Vallendar 729Valletta 1116, 1118,

1121, 1122Valley Stream 1906Valparaíso (Chile)

426, 428, 429, 430,432, 433

Valparaiso (Indiana)1855

Valsad 839Valverde 558Van 1608, 1609Vanadzor 168Vanasthali 871Vancouver (British

Columbia) 358,361, 365, 369, 375,377, 378

Vancouver(Washington) 1769,1952

Vanimo 1292Vaniyambadi 873Vantaa 616Vanua Levu 608, 611Vanuatu 13, 69, 78,

110, 114, 115,1991–4

Vapi 885, 886Varanasi 813, 878Vara†din 503, 505Vara†dinska 503Varberg 1542Vardak 126Vargas 1998Varkaus 616Värmland 1541Varna 328, 329, 330,

331, 333Varsinais-Suomi 615Vas 792Vasai 856Vaslui 1343Västerås 1542Västerbotten 1541Västernorrland 1541Västmanland 1541Västra Götaland 1541Vatican City 60, 107,

949, 956, 958, 959,1995–6

Vaud 1554, 1555,1560

Vaughan 391Vaupés 469Vava’u 1592

Vavuniya 1520Växjö 1542Vechta 723Veenendaal 1201Vega 1264Vejle 535Vella La Vella Islands

1464Vellore 813Velsen 1201Veneto 950Venezia see VeniceVenezuela

1997–2002—in world

organizations 13,77, 100, 101, 103,105, 106, 109, 120

Venice 948, 950, 951,957, 959, 960

Vénissieux 630Venlo 1201Ventspils 597, 1035,

1037, 1040, 1069Veracruz 1138, 1144Veracruz-Llave 1137Veraguas 1286Veraval 839Verdun 397Vergina 753Vermillion 1934, 1936Vermont 1766, 1776,

1779, 1800, 1946–8Vernon 375, 378Veroia 747Verona 950, 959, 960Versailles 630, 644Verviers 275Vest-Agdar 1255Vestfold 1255Vestmanna 546Vestmannaeyjar 801Vestsjælland 535Veszprém 792Vézelay 644Viborg 535, 542Vicenza 950, 959Vichada 469Vichy 628Vicksburg 1883Victoria (Australia)

173, 174, 176, 177,184, 215–20

Victoria (BritishColumbia) 358,375, 377, 378

Victoria (Malaysia)1099

Victoria (Malta) 1122Victoria (Seychelles)

1433, 1434, 1436,1437

Victoria de Durango1137, 1138

Victoria Falls 2024,2027

Vidin 330Vidisha 853Viedma 160

Vienna 230, 231, 232,234, 236, 237

Vientiane 1030, 1031,1032, 1033

Vieques 1967Vietnam 2003–10—in world

organizations 13,78, 92, 110, 111,112, 113

Vieux Fort 1385,1387

Vigan 1316Vigie 1387Vigo 1506Viipuri 615, 1370Vijayawada 813, 830Vila 1991, 1993, 1994Villa Clara 510Villach 231Villahermosa 1137,

1138Villavicencio 469Villeurbanne 630Villupuram 890Vilnius 1067, 1068,

1070, 1071, 1072,1073, 1318

Viña del Mar 428,432

Vineland 1900Vinh 2004Vinh Long 2004Vinh Phuc 2004Vinh Yen 2004Vinnytska 1632Vinnytsya 1632Virar 856Virgin Gorda 1742,

1743Virgin Islands (USA)

1767, 1776, 1777,1781, 1799, 1975–8

Virginia 1762, 1763,1766, 1767, 1776,1778, 1793, 1800,1804, 1948–51

Virginia Beach 1768,1949

Virovitica 503Virovitièko-Podravska

503Visakhapatnam 813,

817, 824, 829, 830Visby 1551Vitebsk 267Viti Levu 608, 611Vitória (Brazil) 314Vitoria (Spain) 1506Vitry-sur-Seine 630Vittoriosa 1122Vizcaya 1505, 1506Vizianagaram 828Vlaardingen 1201Vladikavkaz 1372Vladimir 1363Vladivostok 1353,

1359Vlissingen 1203

Vlorë 133, 134, 135,137

Voinjama 1053Vojvodina 1419,

1425, 1431–2Volga district (Russia)

1353Völklingen 704Volos 747, 752Volta 739Volta Redonda 319Volubilis 1169Volynska 1632Vorarlberg 231, 1065Vostok 999Vrancea 1343Vukovar 503Vukovarsko-Srijemska

503Vung Tau 2004Vysoèina 527

Wa 739Waadt see VaudWabag 1292Wabush City 386Wachau 237Waco 1769, 1940,

1943Wade Hampton 1811Wadi Adai 1270Wadi Al-Hait 1057Wadi Al-Shaati 1057Wadi Halfa 1526Wadi Medani 1525Waigani 1297Waikato 1219, 1224Wakayama 969Wake Island 1767,

1978Wakra 1337Wales 1713–17 see

also UnitedKingdom

Wallis and Futuna115, 635, 667,668–9

Wallis see ValaisWalloon Brabant 274Waltair 830Waltham 1875Waltham Forest 1700Walvis Bay 1184,

1185, 1186, 1188,1476

Wandsworth 1700Wangan 466Wanganui 1217, 1220Wanica 1531Warab 1525Warangal 813, 828,

829, 830Wardha 855, 856Warmiñsko-Mazurskie

1320Warnemünde 695Warren (Michigan)

1769, 1876Warren (Ohio) 1915

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Warrenpoint 1722Warri 1248Warrington 1699Warsaw 1318, 1319,

1320, 1321, 1323,1325, 1326, 1327

Warszawa seeWarsaw

Warwick (RhodeIsland) 1929, 1930

Warwickshire 1699Washington, D.C.

1762, 1765, 1767,1768, 1773, 1776,1777, 1778, 1781,1797, 1798, 1799,1800, 1801, 1805,1834–6, 1870, 1872

Washington Island seeTeraina

Washington State1767, 1776, 1779,1793, 1804, 1805,1951–4

Wasilla 1811Wasit 910Waterbury 1769, 1829Waterford 918, 931,

933Waterloo (Iowa) 1856Waterloo (Ontario)

394Watertown (New

York) 1906Watertown (South

Dakota) 1934Waterville 1868, 1869Watson Lake 408Waukegan 1849Waukesha 1958Wausau 1958Wauwatosa 1958Waver see WavreWaverly 1858Wavre 274Wayne (Michigan)

1879Wayne (Nebraska)

1892Wayne (New Jersey)

1900, 1902Wazeho 864Wé 661Weatherford 1920Weimar 689, 704, 737Weipa 185Weirton 1955Wele-Nzas 585Welkom 1494Wellington 1217,

1218, 1219, 1220,1223, 1224, 1227,1228, 1230

Wels 231Weno 1146Wenzhou 437West African

Development Bank99

West AfricanEconomic andMonetary Union 99

West Allis 1958West Bank

(Palestine) 21, 935,936, 944, 945, 980,981

West Bengal 811,812, 815, 820, 825,828, 880–2

West Berkshire 1699West Coast (New

Zealand) 1219,1224

West Covina 1769,1821

West Des Moines1856

West Dunbartonshire1705

West Falkland Island1746

West Flanders 274West Hartford 1829West Island 226West Liberty 1957West Lothian 1705West Midlands

(England) 1649,1698, 1699

West New Britain1292

West Palm Beach1836

West Papua seePapua

West region (Iceland)801

West Sepik seeSandaun

West Sussex 1699West Tripura 875West Valley City

1769, 1944West Virginia 1767,

1776, 1778, 1800,1954–7

West Yorkshire 1699Westbrook 1869Westchester 1909Western Australia

173, 174, 176, 177,187, 190, 221–5

Western Bahr al-Ghazal 1525

Western Cape 1476,1477, 1478, 1489,1501–2

Western Darfur 1525Western district

(American Samoa)1970

Western district(Victoria) 216

Western Equatoria1525

Western EuropeanUnion 57–9

Western Highlands(Papua NewGuinea) 1292

Western Kurdufan1525

Western Mindanao1310, 1311

Western Peninsula(Iceland) 801

Western province(Kenya) 992

Western province(Papua NewGuinea) 1292

Western province(Sierra Leone) 1438

Western province(Solomon Islands)1464, 1467

Western province (SriLanka) 1518

Western province(Zambia) 2017

Western region(Bahrain) 250

Western region(Gambia) 677

Western region(Ghana) 739

Western region(Uganda) 1625

Western Sahara 1164,1170–1

Western Samoa seeSamoa

Western Visayas 1310Westfield 1875Westmeath 918Westminster

(Colorado) 1769,1825

Westminster(England) 1694,1700

Westmoreland 961Wetaskiwin 372Wewak 1292Wexford 916, 918Weyburn 400Whangerei 1220Wheaton-Glenmont

1870Wheeling 1955, 1957White Nile (Sudan)

1525White Plains 1906Whitehorse 407, 408,

410, 1813Whitewater 1961WHO 35–7Whyalla 208Wichita 1768, 1859,

1860Wichita Falls 1769,

1940, 1942Wicklow 918Wieliczka 1326Wielkopolskie 1320Wies 704

Wiesbaden 692, 720Wight, Isle of 1699Wilhelmshaven 695Willemstad 1209,

1214, 1216Williamsburg 1951Willis Island 229Williston 1499Wilmington

(Delaware) 1831,1832, 1833, 1925

Wilmington (NorthCarolina) 1910,1911

Wilton 1659Wiltshire 1699Wiltz 1080Wimbledon 1696,

1703Wimmera 216Winchester 1687,

1703Windhoek 1184,

1185, 1187, 1188,1189

Windsor (Ontario)358, 391, 394

Windsor andMaidenhead 1696,1699, 1703

Windward Islands(French Polynesia)664

Winnemucca 1895Winnipeg 358, 361,

379, 381, 407Winona 1881Winston-Salem 1768,

1910Winterthur 1554Wisconsin 1766,

1776, 1779, 1800,1957–62

Wismar 704, 725Witten 692, 727Wittenberg 704Wokha 863Wokingham 1699Woleai 1146Woleu-Ntem 672Wolfsburg 692Wollongong 175, 199,

203Wolverhampton 1655,

1674, 1703Wonsan 1014, 1018Wood Buffalo 372Woodbridge 1899Woodbridge Bay

556Woqooyi Galbeed

1470Worcester (England)

1703Worcester

(Massachusetts)1769, 1874, 1875

Worcestershire 1699World Bank 24–6

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World Confederationof Labour 90

World Council ofChurches 90–1

World CustomsOrganization 91

World Federation ofTrade Unions 92

World FoodProgramme 9, 20

World HealthOrganization 35–7

World IntellectualPropertyOrganization 37–8

World MeteorologicalOrganization 38–9

World TourismOrganization 39–40

World TradeOrganization 41–2,47

World Wide Fund forNature 92

Worlitz 704Worodougou 497Wrangal Island 1364Wrangell-Petersburg

1811Wrexham 1714, 1717Wroc<aw 1320,

1325WTO 41–2, 47Wudam 1268Wuhan 436, 437Wulumuqi

see UrumqiWuppertal 692, 727Würzburg 692, 704,

711WWF 92Wyoming 1763, 1767,

1776, 1778, 1804,1962–5

Xaghra 1122Xai-Xai 1172Xaisomboun 1030Xalapa-Enríquez

1137, 1138Xam Neua 1030Xanthi 747Xanthos-Letoon 1614Xiamen 437, 444Xian 436, 437Xico 1138Xieng Khouang 1030Xining 436, 438Xinjiang 446Xinjiang Uighur 437Xochimilco 1144Xuddur 1470Xuzhou 437

Y Felinheli 1717Yagha 335Yakima 1952Yakushima 978Yakutsk 1373Yallourn 218Yalova 1608Yamagata 969Yamalo-Nenets 1375Yamoussoukro 496,

497Yamunanagar 813,

841Yanam 889Yanbu 1409Yandina 1467Yanggang 1014Yangon see RangoonYangyang 1010Yankton 1934Yantai 437Yao 969Yaoundé 350, 351,

354Yap 1146, 1148Yaracuy 1998Yarmouth 388, 390Yasuj 900Yatenga 335Yavatmal 856Yazd 900Yefrin 1057Yekaterinburg 1353,

1361Yellowknife 402, 403,

404, 407Yemen 13, 77, 82, 89,

107, 117, 118, 119,2011–16

Yen Bai 2004Yenagoa 1248Yeosu 1007, 1010Yeotmal 855Yerevan 168, 169,

170, 171Yevreyskaya

(Jewish)AutonomousProvince 1375

Yinchuan 437Yobe 1247Yogyakarta 892Yokkaichi 969Yokohama 969, 976Yokosuka 969, 971Yola 1247Yolo 1821Yongbyon 1016Yonkers 1768, 1906Yopal 469York (England) 1681,

1683, 1687, 1697,1699, 1703

York (Ontario) 391,394

Yorkshire andHumberside 1649,1698

Yorkton 400Yoro 785Yoshkar-Ola 1371Youngstown 1915,

1917Yozgat 1608Yucatán 1137, 1144Yuen Long 455Yugoslavia see Serbia

and MontenegroYukon Territory 356,

357, 359, 366, 369,370, 371, 407–10

Yuma 1815Yungang 448Yunlin 462Yunnan 436, 443,

445, 446

Zaanstad 1201Zabbar 1116Zabid 2016Zabrze 1320Zabul 126Zacapa 759Zacatecas 1137, 1144Zacatecoluca 580,

583Zachodniopomorskie

1320Zadar 503Zadarska 503Zagazig 573Zaghouan 1601Zagreb 502, 503, 505,

506, 507, 508Zagrebaèka 503Zahedan 900Zahlé 1042Zaire (Angola) 150Zaïre see Congo,

DemocraticRepublic of

Zakarpatska 1632Zala 792, 795Zalaegerszeg 792Zalãu 1343Zambézia 1172Zambia 2017–22—in world

organizations 13,69, 77, 93, 95, 98

Zamboanga 1311,1315

Zamfara 1248, 1252Zamora (Ecuador)

567Zamora (Spain) 1505

Zamora-Chinchipe567

Zamosc 1326Zanjan 900Zante 746Zanzan 497Zanzibar 1574, 1575,

1576, 1578, 1579Zaozhuang 437Zapopan 1138Zaporizhska 1632Zaporizhzhya 1632Zaragoza 1505, 1506,

1512Zaria 1248Zarqa 981Zawiyah 1057Zayed 1644Zdar nad Sazavou 533Zeebrugge 277Zeeland 1200Zeist 1201Zelena Hora 533Zelenogradsk, 1073Zenica 303Zhambyl 986Zhejiang 436Zhengzhou 436, 437Zhongshan 437Zhuhai 444Zhytomyr 1632Zhytomyrska 1632Zibo 437Ziguinchor 1413,

1416¶ilina 1452Zimbabwe* 2023–9—in world

organizations 13,68, 77, 93, 95, 98

Zinder 1241, 1244Ziro 335Zizya 984Zlín 527Zlínsk™ 527Zoetermeer 1201Zomba 1093Zondoma 335Zonguldak 1608Zou 287Zouérate 1126, 1129Zoundwéogo 335Zrenjanin 1419Zug 1553, 1555Zuid-Holland 1200Zulia 1998Zunheboto 863Zürich 1553, 1554,

1555, 1558, 1560,1561

Zwedru 1053Zwickau 692Zwolle 1200, 1201

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