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Global Source Book

Update 11v2 (November 2011)

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This update to the book Global Source Book for Address Data Management has been released (3rd November 2011) online and as a pdf file. The following chapters and data have been updated:

New chapter added: Enclaves, exclaves and addressing

World postal code formats and Africa postal code formats maps updated to include South Sudan.

ISO3166 country codes: South Sudan codes added.

Country names - local version: new version for Curaçao added

Country names - Spanish: new spelling for Qatar added.

Using the country chapters chapter updated to give an indication of how often different information sections are checked and updated.

Afghanistan: address format information added; postal code information added; missing capitals added to the administrative districts section.

Albania: thoroughfares section updated

Austria: telephone numbers section updated.

Aruba: telephone number section updated; currency name updated

Belgium: photograph added

Bosnia-Hercegovina: administrative districts section added.

Bulgaria: thoroughfares section updated

Central African Republic: administrative districts section corrected.

Colombia: administrative districts section corrected

Croatia: company legal form added.

Cuba: administrative districts section updated

Curaçao: new local country name version added

Czech Republic: telephone number section updated; thoroughfares section updated.

Denmark: spelling of Aarhus modified in all sections (except postal code map); (sub-)building indicators section updated.

East Timor: address formats section added.

Egypt: administrative districts section updated; telephone numbers section updated.

Fiji: official country name modified.

Finland: thoroughfares section updated; administrative districts section updated.

French Guiana: administrative districts section added.

French Polynesia: administrative districts section added; telephone numbers section updated.

Gambia: administrative districts section updated

Georgia: telephone numbers section updated

Germany: thoroughfares section updated.

Greece: administrative districts section updated.

Guadeloupe: administrative districts section added.

Guam: administrative districts section added.

Hong Kong: administrative districts section added.

Hungary: diacritical marks added to come administrative district names.

Iceland: additional personal name information added.

India: place names section updated; postal codes section updated.

Iran: telephone numbers section updated.

Ireland: administrative districts section updated.

Isle of Man: administrative districts section added.

Ivory Coast: outdated current affairs information removed.

Japan: address formatting information added; two photographs added; graphic showing simplified address hierarchy added.

Jersey: administrative districts section added.

Kuwait: telephone numbers section updated.

Latvia: thoroughfare types section added.

Lebanon: telephone numbers section updated.

Macao: administrative districts section added.

Madagascar: telephone numbers section updated.

Maldives: administrative districts section updated.

Malta: administrative districts section added.

Martinique: administrative districts section added.

Mauritius: telephone number section updated.

Mayotte: administrative districts section added.

Micronesia: administrative districts section added.

Moldova: telephone number section updated.

Myanmar: official country name modified.

Netherlands: new photograph added.

New Caledonia: telephone numbers section updated

Niue: official country name modified; administrative districts section added.

North Korea: telephone numbers section added.

Northern Mariana Islands: administrative districts section added.

Norway: thoroughfares section updated

Palestinian Authority: additional postal information added.

Philippines: administrative districts section updated; postal codes per province table updated.

Qatar: telephone numbers section updated.

Réunion: administrative districts section added.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon: administrative districts section added.

Seychelles: telephone numbers section updated.

Singapore: administrative districts section added.

Slovenia: three new photographs added; administrative districts section added.

Solomon Islands: telephone numbers section updated.

South Sudan: current affairs section updated; international telephone dialling code added; ISO3166 country codes added; new currency information added; capital city information updated.

Spain: telephone numbers section updated.

Sudan: current affairs section updated; administrative districts section updated.

Tajikistan: telephone numbers section updated.

Togo: telephone numbers section updated.

Tokelau: administrative districts section added.

Thailand: postal codes section updated, administrative districts section updated; telephone numbers section updated.

Trinidad & Tobago: postal code information updated.

Tuvalu: administrative districts section added.

Uganda: telephone numbers section updated.

Ukraine: sub-building and thoroughfare type information added.

United States Minor Outlying Islands: administrative districts section added.

Vanuatu: telephone numbers section updated.