The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency (ebook reader 8 inch .txt) π
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estimates, and changes the relative sizes of many ofthe world's economies.
Concise descriptions of the major religions mentioned in the Factbookhave been added to the Notes and Definitions. France 's redesignationof some of its overseas possessions caused the five former Indian Oceanisland possessions making up Iles Eparses to be incorporated into theFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands, while two new Caribbean entities,St. Barthelemy and St. Martin, were created.
Revision of some individual country maps, first introduced in the 2001edition, is continued in this edition. The revised maps includeelevation extremes and a partial geographic grid. Several regional mapshave also been updated to reflect boundary changes and place namespelling changes.
Abbreviations: This information is included in Appendix A:Abbreviations, which includes all abbreviations and acronyms used inthe Factbook, with their expansions.
Acronyms: An acronym is an abbreviation coined from the initial letterof each
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(Eniwetok Marshall Islands 11 30 N 162 15 E
Atoll)
England (region) United Kingdom 52 30 N 1 30 W
English Channel Atlantic Ocean 50 20 N 1 00 W
Eniwetok Atoll (see Enewetak Marshall Islands 11 30 N 162 15 E
Atoll)
Eolie, Isole (island group) Italy 38 30 N 15 00 E
Epirus, Northern (region) Albania, Greece 40 00 N 20 30 E
Episkopi Cantonment Akrotiri, Dhekelia 34 40 N 32 51 E
(capital)
Ertra (local name for Eritrea 15 00 N 39 00 E
Eritrea)
Espana Spain 40 00 N 4 00 W
Essequibo (region; claimed Guyana 6 59 N 58 23 W
by Venezuela)
Etorofu (island; also Russia (de facto) 44 55 N 147 40 E
Iturup)
Farquhar Group (island Seychelles 10 10 S 51 10 E
group; also Atoll de
Farquhar)
Fergana Valley Kyrgyzstan, 41 00 N 72 00 E
Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan
Fernando Po (island; see Equatorial Guinea 3 30 N 8 42 E
Bioko)
Fernando de Noronha (island Brazil 3 51 S 32 25 W
group)
Filipinas (local name for Philippines 13 00 N 122 00 E
the Philippines; also
Pilipinas)
Finland, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 60 00 N 27 00 E
Fiume (city; former name for Croatia 45 19 N 14 25 E
Rijeka)
Florence (city) Italy 43 46 N 11 16 E
Flores (island) Indonesia 8 45 S 121 00 E
Flores Sea Pacific Ocean 7 40 S 119 45 E
Florida, Straits of Atlantic Ocean 25 00 N 79 45 W
Fongafale (largest island of Tuvalu 8 30 S 179 12 E
Funafuti)
Former Soviet Union (FSU) Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Estonia,
Georgia,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Lithuania,
Moldova, Russia,
Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan,
Ukraine,
Uzbekistan
Formosa (island) Taiwan 23 30 N 121 00 E
Formosa Strait (see Taiwan Pacific Ocean 24 00 N 119 00 E
Strait)
Foroyar (local name for Faroe Islands 62 00 N 7 00 W
Faroe Islands)
Fort-de-France (capital) Martinique 14 36 N 61 05 W
Frankfurt am Main (city) Germany 50 07 N 8 41 E
Franz Josef Land (island Russia 81 00 N 55 00 E
group)
Freetown (capital) Sierra Leone 8 30 N 13 15 W
French Cameroon (former name Cameroon 6 00 N 12 00 E
for Cameroon)
French Guinea (former name Guinea 11 00 N 10 00 W
for Guinea)
French Indochina (former Cambodia, Laos, 15 00 N 107 00 E
name for French possessions Vietnam
in southeast Asia)
French Morocco (former name Morocco 32 00 N 5 00 W
for Morocco)
French Somaliland (former Djibouti 11 30 N 43 00 E
name for Djibouti)
French Sudan (former name Mali 17 00 N 4 00 W
for Mali)
French Territory of the Djibouti 11 30 N 43 00 E
Afars and Issas (or FTAI;
former name for Djibouti)
French Togoland (former name Togo 8 00 N 1 10 E
for Togo)
French West Indies (former Guadeloupe, 16 30 N 62 00 W
name for French possessions Martinique
in the West Indies)
Friendly Islands Tonga 20 00 S 175 00 W
Frisian Islands Denmark, Germany, 53 35 N 6 40 E
Netherlands
Frunze (city; former name Kyrgyzstan 42 54 N 74 36 E
for Bishkek)
Funafuti (capital, atoll) Tuvalu 8 30 S 179 12 E
Fundy, Bay of Atlantic Ocean 45 00 N 66 00 W
Futuna Islands (Hoorn Wallis and Futuna 14 19 S 178 05 W
Islands/Iles de Horne)
Fyn (island) Denmark 55 20 N 10 25 E
Gaborone (capital) Botswana 24 45 S 25 55 E
Galapagos Islands Ecuador 0 00 N 90 30 W
(Archipielago de Colon)
Galicia (region) Poland, Ukraine 49 30 N 23 00 E
Galicia (region) Spain 42 45 N 8 10 E
Galilee (region) Israel 32 54 N 35 20 E
Galleons Passage Atlantic Ocean 11 00 N 60 55 W
Gambier Islands (Iles French Polynesia 23 09 S 134 58 W
Gambier)
Gaspar Strait Pacific Ocean 3 00 S 107 00 E
Gdansk (city; formerly Poland 54 23 N 18 40 E
Danzig)
Geneva (city) Switzerland 46 12 N 6 10 E
Genoa (city) Italy 44 25 N 8 57 E
George Town (capital) Cayman Islands 19 20 N 81 23 W
George Town (city) Malaysia 5 26 N 100 16 E
George Town (city) The Bahamas 23 30 N 75 46 W
Georgetown (capital) Guyana 6 48 N 58 10 W
Georgetown (city) The Gambia 13 30 N 14 47 W
German Democratic Republic Germany 52 00 N 13 00 E
(East Germany; former name
for eastern portion of
Germany)
German Southwest Africa Namibia 22 00 S 17 00 E
(former name for Namibia)
Germany, Federal Republic of Germany 51 00 N 9 00 E
Gibraltar (city, peninsula) Gibraltar 36 11 N 5 22 W
Gibraltar, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 35 57 N 5 36 W
Gidi Pass
Atoll)
England (region) United Kingdom 52 30 N 1 30 W
English Channel Atlantic Ocean 50 20 N 1 00 W
Eniwetok Atoll (see Enewetak Marshall Islands 11 30 N 162 15 E
Atoll)
Eolie, Isole (island group) Italy 38 30 N 15 00 E
Epirus, Northern (region) Albania, Greece 40 00 N 20 30 E
Episkopi Cantonment Akrotiri, Dhekelia 34 40 N 32 51 E
(capital)
Ertra (local name for Eritrea 15 00 N 39 00 E
Eritrea)
Espana Spain 40 00 N 4 00 W
Essequibo (region; claimed Guyana 6 59 N 58 23 W
by Venezuela)
Etorofu (island; also Russia (de facto) 44 55 N 147 40 E
Iturup)
Farquhar Group (island Seychelles 10 10 S 51 10 E
group; also Atoll de
Farquhar)
Fergana Valley Kyrgyzstan, 41 00 N 72 00 E
Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan
Fernando Po (island; see Equatorial Guinea 3 30 N 8 42 E
Bioko)
Fernando de Noronha (island Brazil 3 51 S 32 25 W
group)
Filipinas (local name for Philippines 13 00 N 122 00 E
the Philippines; also
Pilipinas)
Finland, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 60 00 N 27 00 E
Fiume (city; former name for Croatia 45 19 N 14 25 E
Rijeka)
Florence (city) Italy 43 46 N 11 16 E
Flores (island) Indonesia 8 45 S 121 00 E
Flores Sea Pacific Ocean 7 40 S 119 45 E
Florida, Straits of Atlantic Ocean 25 00 N 79 45 W
Fongafale (largest island of Tuvalu 8 30 S 179 12 E
Funafuti)
Former Soviet Union (FSU) Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Estonia,
Georgia,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Lithuania,
Moldova, Russia,
Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan,
Ukraine,
Uzbekistan
Formosa (island) Taiwan 23 30 N 121 00 E
Formosa Strait (see Taiwan Pacific Ocean 24 00 N 119 00 E
Strait)
Foroyar (local name for Faroe Islands 62 00 N 7 00 W
Faroe Islands)
Fort-de-France (capital) Martinique 14 36 N 61 05 W
Frankfurt am Main (city) Germany 50 07 N 8 41 E
Franz Josef Land (island Russia 81 00 N 55 00 E
group)
Freetown (capital) Sierra Leone 8 30 N 13 15 W
French Cameroon (former name Cameroon 6 00 N 12 00 E
for Cameroon)
French Guinea (former name Guinea 11 00 N 10 00 W
for Guinea)
French Indochina (former Cambodia, Laos, 15 00 N 107 00 E
name for French possessions Vietnam
in southeast Asia)
French Morocco (former name Morocco 32 00 N 5 00 W
for Morocco)
French Somaliland (former Djibouti 11 30 N 43 00 E
name for Djibouti)
French Sudan (former name Mali 17 00 N 4 00 W
for Mali)
French Territory of the Djibouti 11 30 N 43 00 E
Afars and Issas (or FTAI;
former name for Djibouti)
French Togoland (former name Togo 8 00 N 1 10 E
for Togo)
French West Indies (former Guadeloupe, 16 30 N 62 00 W
name for French possessions Martinique
in the West Indies)
Friendly Islands Tonga 20 00 S 175 00 W
Frisian Islands Denmark, Germany, 53 35 N 6 40 E
Netherlands
Frunze (city; former name Kyrgyzstan 42 54 N 74 36 E
for Bishkek)
Funafuti (capital, atoll) Tuvalu 8 30 S 179 12 E
Fundy, Bay of Atlantic Ocean 45 00 N 66 00 W
Futuna Islands (Hoorn Wallis and Futuna 14 19 S 178 05 W
Islands/Iles de Horne)
Fyn (island) Denmark 55 20 N 10 25 E
Gaborone (capital) Botswana 24 45 S 25 55 E
Galapagos Islands Ecuador 0 00 N 90 30 W
(Archipielago de Colon)
Galicia (region) Poland, Ukraine 49 30 N 23 00 E
Galicia (region) Spain 42 45 N 8 10 E
Galilee (region) Israel 32 54 N 35 20 E
Galleons Passage Atlantic Ocean 11 00 N 60 55 W
Gambier Islands (Iles French Polynesia 23 09 S 134 58 W
Gambier)
Gaspar Strait Pacific Ocean 3 00 S 107 00 E
Gdansk (city; formerly Poland 54 23 N 18 40 E
Danzig)
Geneva (city) Switzerland 46 12 N 6 10 E
Genoa (city) Italy 44 25 N 8 57 E
George Town (capital) Cayman Islands 19 20 N 81 23 W
George Town (city) Malaysia 5 26 N 100 16 E
George Town (city) The Bahamas 23 30 N 75 46 W
Georgetown (capital) Guyana 6 48 N 58 10 W
Georgetown (city) The Gambia 13 30 N 14 47 W
German Democratic Republic Germany 52 00 N 13 00 E
(East Germany; former name
for eastern portion of
Germany)
German Southwest Africa Namibia 22 00 S 17 00 E
(former name for Namibia)
Germany, Federal Republic of Germany 51 00 N 9 00 E
Gibraltar (city, peninsula) Gibraltar 36 11 N 5 22 W
Gibraltar, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 35 57 N 5 36 W
Gidi Pass
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