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Global Source Book

Update 03v2  (October 2003)


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This update to the book Global Source Book for Address Data Management has been released (21st October 2003) as an Adobe Acrobat file.  The following chapters and data have been updated:

 

New section added: Formatting an international address.

Postal country codes: section updated and expanded.

World Postal Code Formats: new Romanian postal code format added; additional information added for Latvia, Nigeria and Spain.

World address formats: new format added for Ukraine 

 

Country names: Cocos (Keeling) Islands added to list; Yugoslavia replaced by Serbia and Montenegro, French country names - definite articles added where appropriate; alternative country names added; some corrections made; some missing names added. German: some corrections made; some missing names added. Italian: some corrections made; some missing names added. Spanish: some corrections made; some missing names added. Dutch: some corrections made; some missing names added. Portuguese: some corrections made; some missing names added. Danish: some corrections made; some missing names added; Swedish: some corrections made; some missing names added, Finnish: some corrections made; many missing names added. Greek - added.

Afghanistan: international telephone access code added; telephone number section added.

Algeria: Telephone number section added.

American Samoa:additional international telephone access code added.

Andorra: additional telephone number information added.

Anguilla: additional telephone number information added.

Antigua & Barbuda: additional telephone number information added.

Aruba: additional telephone number information added.

Australia: additional telephone number information added.

Austria: additional postal codes per province added for some provinces

Bahamas: Area code information modified; additional telephone number information added; ISO 3166 country code corrected.

Bahrain: additional telephone number information added.

Barbados: additional telephone number information added.

Belgium: postal code distribution per province added.

Belize: Area code information modified; additional telephone number information added.

Benin: additional telephone number information added.

Bermuda: additional telephone number information added.

Bhutan: telephone number section added.

Bolivia: telephone number section added.

Botswana: administrative districts list updated.

Brazil: telephone number section added.

British Virgin Islands: additional telephone number information added.

Brunei Darussalam: telephone number section added.

Bulgaria: postal districts map added.

Burkina Faso: additional telephone number information added.

Cambodia: telephone number section added.

Cameroon: additional telephone number information added.

Canada: Postal code split between Northwest Territories and Nunavut added; Sub-building designators section added; Directionals section added; Additional address format information added; Additional house number information added; additional telephone number information added.

Cape Verde: additional telephone number information added.

Cayman Islands: additional telephone number information added.

Central African Republic: additional telephone number information added.

Chad: additional telephone number information added.

Comoros: telephone number section added.

Congo (Brazzaville): additional telephone number information added.

Congo (Kinshasa): telephone number section added.

Cook Islands: telephone number section added.

Costa Rica: additional telephone number information added; additional address format information added.

Czech Republic: postal districts map added; administrative districts section updated.

Denmark: additional telephone number information added.

Djibouti: additional telephone number information added.

Dominica: additional telephone number information added.

Dominican Republic: additional telephone number information added.

East Timor: International telephone access code updated; telephone number section added.

El Salvador: additional telephone number information added.

Eritrea: International telephone access code updated; additional telephone number information added.

Ethiopia: additional telephone number information added.

Faeroe Islands: additional telephone number information added.

Falkland Islands: ISO 3166 country codes added; additional telephone number information added.

Fiji: telephone numbers section added.

France: additional postal codes per province added for Corsican départements.

French Guiana: additional telephone number information added.

French Polynesia: additional telephone number information added.

Gabon: additional telephone number information added.

Gambia: additional telephone number information added.

Greece: postal districts map added; personal names section expanded; additional address information given; telephone number section added.

Greenland: additional telephone number information added.

Grenada: additional telephone number information added.

Guadeloupe: additional telephone number information added.

Guam: additional telephone number information added.

Guatemala: telephone number section added.

Guinea: telephone number section added.

Guinea-Bissau: additional telephone number information added.

Guyana: telephone number section added.

Haiti: telephone number section added.

Honduras: additional telephone number information added.

Hong Kong: additional telephone number information added.

Iceland: additional telephone number information added.

India: Postal code areas of Union Territories added; postal code areas of States corrected.

Indonesia: current affairs information added.

Iraq: current affairs section updated.

Israel: additional telephone number information added.

Italy: additional postal codes per province added for some provinces

Ivory Coast: additional telephone number information added.

Jamaica: additional telephone number information added.

Kazakhstan: telephone number section added.

Kiribati: additional telephone number information added.

Kuwait: additional telephone number information added.

Laos: telephone number section added.

Latvia: postal districts map added; non valid postal code ranges added; diacritical characters in place names corrected.

Lebanon: telephone number section added.

Lesotho: additional telephone number information added.

Liberia: additional telephone number information added.

Libya: administrative districts section updated.

Liechtenstein: international telephone dialling code corrected; telephone number section added.

Malawi: additional telephone number information added.

Malaysia: administrative districts section updated.

Maldives: additional telephone number information added.

Mali: additional telephone number information added.

Malta: additional telephone number information added.

Marshall Islands: additional telephone number information added.

Martinique: additional telephone number information added.

Mauritania: telephone number section added.

Mauritius: additional telephone number information added.

Micronesia: additional telephone number information added.

Montserrat: additional telephone number information added.

Nauru: additional telephone number information added.

New Caledonia: additional telephone number information added.

New Zealand: additional telephone number information added.

Nicaragua: telephone number section added.

Niger: additional telephone number information added.

Nigeria: postal code map added; additional postal code information provided; postal code list per region added

Niue: additional telephone number information added.

Northern Mariana Islands: additional telephone number information added, address format information updated.

Oman: additional telephone number information added.

Palau: additional telephone number information added.

Panama: additional telephone number information added.

Papuan New Guinea: telephone number section added.

Poland: additional town name information added.

Puerto Rico: additional telephone number information added.

Qatar: additional telephone number information added.

Réunion: additional telephone number information added.

Romania: new postal code system explained.

St Helena: additional telephone number information added.

St Kitts & Nevis: additional telephone number information added.

St Lucia: additional telephone number information added.

St Pierre & Miquelon: additional telephone number information added.

St Vincent & The Grenadines: additional telephone number information added.

Samoaadditional telephone number information added.

São Tomé and Príncipe: telephone number section added.

Saudi Arabia: telephone number section added.

Senegal: additional telephone number information added; administrative districts section updated.

Serbia & Montenegro: administrative districts section modified; ISO 3166 country letter codes updated.

Seychelles: additional telephone number information added.

Slovakia: postal districts map added.

Slovenia: telephone number section added.

Solomon Islands: Current affairs information added.

Spain: Postal code range and postal codes of North African enclaves corrected.

Sudan: current affairs information updated.

Suriname: additional telephone number information added.

Swaziland: telephone number section added.

Tajikistan: country telephone dialling code updated; telephone numbers section removed; address format section updated.

Tanzania: administrative districts section added.

Thailand: telephone number section updated.

Togo: additional telephone number information added.

Tonga: additional telephone number information added.

Trinidad & Tobago: additional telephone number information added.

Tunisia: telephone number section updated; administrative districts section updated.

Turkey: additional telephone number information added.

Turkmenistan: telephone numbers section removed.

Turks & Caicos Islands: additional telephone number information added.

Tuvalu: additional telephone number information added.

Uganda: administrative districts section updated.

Ukraine: country telephone dialling code updated; new alternative address format added.

United Kingdom: additional telephone number information added.

United States Virgin Islands: additional telephone number information added.

Uzbekistan: country telephone dialling code updated; telephone numbers section added.

Vanuatu: additional telephone number information added.

Venezeula: telephone numbers section added.

Wallis & Futuna: additional telephone number information added.

 

Bibliography: updated.

 


 

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