Global Source Book
Update 06v1 (April 2006)
This update to the book Global Source Book for Address Data
Management has been released (4th April 2006) as an Adobe Acrobat
file. The following chapters and data have been updated:
World address formats: formats altered for Germany and Russia
World post office box formats: string added for Thailand; strings corrected for Dominica, Dominican Republic
Forms of address: Catalan section added; Cantonese section added; Chinese (Mandarin) section modified; Hebrew section added; Malay section modified; South Korea section modified; Tunisia section added.
Afghanistan: population figure updated; official country name updated
Albania: population figure updated; company types section added
Algeria: population figure updated; company types section added
American Samoa: population figure updated
Andorra: population figure updated; company types section added
Angola: population figure updated; company types section added
Anguilla: population figure updated; company types section added
Antigua & Barbuda: population figure updated
Argentina: population figure updated; company types section added
Armenia: population figure updated; company types section added
Aruba: population figure updated
Australia: population figure updated
Austria: population figure updated
Azerbaijan: population figure updated
Bahamas: population figure updated
Bahrain: population figure updated
Bangladesh: population figure updated
Barbados: population figure updated
Belarus: population figure updated
Belgium: population figure updated
Belize: population figure updated
Benin: population figure updated; telephone numbers section updated.
Bermuda: population figure updated
Bhutan: population figure updated
Bolivia: population figure updated
Bosnia Hercegovina: population figure updated
Botswana: population figure updated; administrative districts section updated
Brazil: population figure updated; telephone numbers section updated.
British Virgin Islands: population figure updated
Brunei Darussalam: population figure updated
Bulgaria: population figure updated
Burkina Faso: population figure updated
Burundi: population figure updated; telephone number section added.
Cambodia: population figure updated
Cameroon: population figure updated
Canada: population figure updated
Cape Verde: population figure updated
Cayman Islands: population figure updated
Central African Republic: population figure updated; telephone numbers section updated.
Chad: population figure updated; current affairs section added
Chile: population figure updated
China: population figure updated; "For the Attention of" section added.
Christmas Island: population figure updated
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: population figure updated
Colombia: population figure updated
Comoros: population figure updated
Congo (Brazzaville): population figure updated
Congo (Kinshasa): population figure updated; administrative districts section updated; ISO codes updated.
Cook Islands: population figure updated
Costa Rica: population figure updated
Croatia: population figure updated
Cuba: population figure updated; currency information updated.
Cyprus: population figure updated
Czech Republic: population figure updated
Denmark: population figure updated; administrative districts section updated.
Djibouti: population figure updated
Dominica: population figure updated; Post office box section corrected
Dominican Republic: population figure updated; Post office box section corrected
East Timor: population figure update; new Internet country code
Ecuador: population figure updated
Egypt: population figure updated
El Salvador: population figure updated
Equatorial Guinea: population figure updated
Eritrea: population figure updated
Estonia: population figure updated
Ethiopia: population figure updated; telephone numbers section updated.
Faeroe Islands: population figure updated
Fiji: population figure updated
Finland: population figure updated
France: population figure updated
French Guiana: population figure updated
French Polynesia: population figure updated
Gabon: population figure updated
Gambia, The: population figure updated; telephone numbers section updated.
Georgia: population figure updated
Germany: population figure updated; address format change detailed
Ghana: population figure updated
Gibraltar: population figure updated
Greece: population figure updated; administrative districts section corrected; "For the Attention of" section added.
Greenland: population figure updated
Grenada: population figure updated
Guadeloupe: population figure updated
Guam: population figure updated
Guatemala: population figure updated
Guernsey: population figure updated
Guinea: population figure updated
Guinea-Bissau: population figure updated
Guyana: population figure updated
Haiti: population figure updated
Honduras: population figure updated
Hong Kong: population figure updated
Hungary: population figure updated
Iceland: population figure updated
India: population figure updated; company types section added.
Indonesia: population figure updated; administrative districts section updated; "For the Attention of" section added.
Iran: population figure updated; telephone numbers section modified.
Iraq: population figure updated
Ireland: population figure updated
Isle of Man: population figure updated
Israel: population figure updated; "For the Attention of" section added.
Italy: population figure updated
Ivory Coast: population figure updated
Jamaica: population figure updated
Japan: population figure updated; "For the Attention of" section added.
Jersey: population figure updated
Jordan: population figure updated
Kazakhstan: population figure updated
Kenya: population figure updated
Kiribati: population figure updated
Kuwait: population figure updated
Kyrgyzstan: population figure updated
Laos: population figure updated
Latvia: population figure updated
Lebanon: population figure updated
Lesotho: population figure updated
Liberia: population figure updated
Libya: population figure updated
Liechtenstein: population figure updated
Lithuania: population figure updated
Luxembourg: population figure updated
Macao: population figure updated
Macedonia: population figure updated
Madagascar: population figure updated, currency information updated.
Malawi: population figure updated
Malaysia: population figure updated; "For the attention of" section added
Maldives: population figure updated
Mali: population figure updated
Malta: population figure updated
Marshall Islands: population figure updated
Martinique: population figure updated
Mauritania: population figure updated
Mauritius: population figure updated
Mayotte: population figure updated
Mexico: population figure updated
Micronesia: population figure updated
Moldova: population figure updated
Monaco: population figure updated
Mongolia: population figure updated
Montserrat: population figure updated
Morocco: population figure updated; administrative regions section updated.
Mozambique: population figure updated
Myanmar: population figure updated
Namibia: population figure updated
Nauru: population figure updated
Nepal: population figure updated
Netherlands, The: population figure updated
Netherlands Antilles: population figure updated
New Caledonia: population figure updated
New Zealand: population figure updated; administrative districts section updated
Nicaragua: population figure updated
Niger: population figure updated
Nigeria: population figure updated
Niue: population figure updated
Norfolk Island: population figure updated
North Korea: population figure updated
Northern Mariana Islands: population figure updated
Norway: population figure updated; "For the Attention of" section added.
Oman: population figure updated
Pakistan: population figure updated
Palau: population figure updated
Panama: population figure updated
Papua New Guinea: population figure updated
Paraguay: population figure updated
Peru: population figure updated
Philippines: population figure updated; administrative districts section updated.
Poland: population figure updated
Portugal: population figure updated; "For the Attention of" section modified.
Puerto Rico: population figure updated
Qatar: population figure updated
Réunion: population figure updated
Romania: population figure updated
Russia: population figure updated; address format change detailed; administrative districts section updated.
Rwanda: population figure updated; administrative districts section updated.
Saint Helena: population figure updated
Saint Kitts & Nevis: population figure updated
Saint Lucia: population figure updated
Saint Pierre & Micquelon: population figure updated
Saint Vincent & The Grenadines: population figure updated
Samoa: population figure updated
San Marino: population figure updated
São Tomé and Príncipe: population figure updated
Saudi Arabia: population figure updated
Senegal: population figure updated
Serbia & Montenegro: population figure updated; Internet country code updated.
Seychelles: population figure updated
Sierra Leone: population figure updated
Singapore: population figure updated
Slovakia: population figure updated
Slovenia: population figure updated
Solomon Islands: population figure updated
Somalia: population figure updated
South Africa: population figure updated; additional alternative place name added.
South Korea: population figure updated; "For the Attention of" section added.
Spain: population figure updated; administrative districts section updated.
Sri Lanka: population figure updated
Sudan: population figure updated
Suriname: population figure updated
Svalbard: population figure updated
Swaziland: population figure updated
Sweden: population figure updated
Switzerland: population figure updated
Syria: population figure updated
Taiwan: population figure updated; administrative districts section updated.
Tajikistan: population figure updated
Tanzania: population figure updated
Thailand: population figure updated; "For the Attention of" section added; post office box section added.
Togo: population figure updated
Tonga: population figure updated
Trinidad & Tobago: population figure updated; administrative districts section updated.
Tunisia: population figure updated; "For the Attention of" section added.
Turkey: population figure updated; currency code corrected; "For the Attention of" section added.
Turkmenistan: population figure updated
Turks and Caicos Islands: population figure updated
Tuvalu: population figure updated
Uganda: population figure updated
Ukraine: population figure updated
United Arab Emirates: population figure updated
United Kingdom: population figure updated
United States of America: population figure updated
United States Virgin Islands: population figure updated
Uruguay: population figure updated
Uzbekistan: population figure updated
Vanuatu: population figure updated
Venezuela: population figure updated
Vietnam: population figure updated; administrative districts section updated.
Wallis & Futuna: population figure updated
Western Sahara: population figure updated
Yemen: population figure updated
Zambia: population figure updated
Zimbabwe: population figure updated
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