Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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Updates 2011
Global Sourcebook | Index | Properties26 December 2011 10:23:01
Somalia: postal codes map added
20 December 2011 10:30:16
Costa Rica: telephone numbers section updated (new mobile number ranges)
Lebanon: telephone numbers section updated (new mobile number range)
Mozambique: telephone numbers section updated (new mobile number range)
Oman: postal codes map added
Tanzania: administrative districts section updated (new regions)
19 December 2011 12:36:39
Venezuela: company legal form added
15 December 2011 11:58:52
Costa Rica: postal codes map added.
Oman: postal codes per region information corrected
13 December 2011 11:42:25
Oman: company legal forms section created
Uganda: administrative districts section updated
United Arab Emirates: company leal forms section created
05 December 2011, 13:05:00
Botswana: administrative districts section updated
29 November 2011 10:23:10
Northern Cyprus: country information added; administrative districts section added.
27 November 2011 10:06:54
South Africa: place names section updated
22 November 2011 13:33:59
Guatemala: postal codes map added.
15 November 2011 10:58:16
Costa Rica: telephone numbers section updated (new mobile number range)
Libya: new official country name
Tokelau: telephone numbers section updated (new mobile number range, number length)
08 November 2011 08:31:20
Sint Maarten: telephone numbers section updated, new international country dialling code added.
05 November 2011 15:44:59
Faeroe Islands: Faeroese versions of administrative district names added
Iceland: diacritical marks added to Icelandic administrative district names.
25 October 2011 10:28:28
Egypt: telephone numbers section updated.
Iran: telephone numbers section updated (number lengths)
Ireland: administrative districts section updated (County Dublin)
24 October 2011 12:30:33
Madagascar: telephone numbers section updated.
22 October 2011 12:36:12
Central African Republic - administrative districts list corrected
Colombia: administrative districts sections corrected
18 October 2011 10:33:10
United Kingdom: place names section modified (Royal Wootton Bassett).
13 October 2011 14:32:01
Downloads: World postal code formats and Africa postal code formats maps updated to include South Sudan.
11 October 2011 09:00:55
Qatar: telephone number section updated (new mobile number range)
Solomon Islands: telephone number section updated (new mobile number range)
South Sudan: capital city information updated.
Spain: telephone number section updated (new mobile number range)
04 October 201 administrative districts section updated (disappearance of 2 governorates)
Finland: administrative districts section updated (disappearance of 1 region)
03 October 2011 03:36 PM
Belgium: photograph added
27 September 2011 11:49:57
Hungary: diacritical marks on some region names added
Moldova: telephone numbers section updated (mobile number ranges)
13 September 2011 10:27:54
Aruba: currency name updated.
Kuwait: telephone numbers section updated (number lengths)
Lebanon: telephone numbers section updated (mobile number ranges)
South Sudan: new currency information added.
Uganda: telephone numbers section updated (mobile number ranges)
30 August 2011 10:41:11
Togo: telephone numbers section updated (number length, mobile number ranges)
23 August 2011 09:19:45
Thailand: telephone numbers section updated (mobile number ranges)
20 August 2011 15:00:15
Spain: additional address format information added.
18 August 2011 15:33:24
Japan: address information updated; two photographs added; address hierarchy graphic added.
16 August 2011 08:44:36
ISO3166 country codes: South Sudan codes added.
South Sudan: ISO3166 country codes added.
11 August 2011 09:01:06
Wallis and Futuna: administrative districts section added.
10 August 2011 08:17:17
Croatia - company legal form added.
United States Minor Outlying Islands - administrative districts section added.
09 August 2011 10:51:38
Lebanon - telephone numbers section updated (new mobile number ranges, corrected telephone number length information)
Philippines: administrative districts section updated; postal codes per region table updated.
08 August 2011 08:04:55
Tuvalu - administrative districts section added.
07 August 2011 09:00:03
Tokelau - administrative districts section added.
02 August 2011 09:10:49
Country names - Spanish: new spelling of Qatar added.
Greece: administrative districts section updated.
New Caledonia: telephone numbers section added (new mobile number range)
Singapore: administrative districts section added.
Slovenia: administrative districts section added.
Thailand: postal code information updated; administrative districts section updated.
30 July 2011 08:30:32
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: administrative districts section added.
29 July 2011 08:42:52
Réunion: administrative districts section added.
26 July 2011 09:59:55
Cuba: administrative districts section updated.
Gambia: administrative districts section updated.
21 July 2011 07:00:38
Northern Mariana Islands: administrative districts section added.
20 July 2011 10:37:03
Niue: administrative districts section added
19 July 2011 10:37:31
Fiji: official country name updated
Myanmar: official country name updated
Niue: official country name updated
South Sudan: administrative districts section updated.
Sudan: administrative districts section updated; current affairs section updated.
18 July 2011 13:46:57
Using the country chapters chapter updated to include an indication of how often information is updated.
13 July 2011 13:46:57
South Sudan: international telephone dialling code added.
12 July 2011 09:13:27
Austria: telephone number section updated.
Haiti: telephone number section updated.
11 July 2011 08:41:27
Micronesia: administrative districts section added.
10 July 2011 08:24:35
Mayotte: administrative districts section added.
09 July 2011 09:46:38
Martinique: administrative districts section added.
South Sudan: current affairs section updated.
08 July 2011 08:24
Malta: administrative districts section added.
07 July 2011 08:34:57
Maldives: administrative districts section updated
05 July 2011 08:41:43
Macao: administrative districts section added.
03 July 2011 11:27:10
New chapter added: Enclaves, exclaves and addressing
Slovenia: 3 new photographs added.
28 June 2011 11:37:56
Mauritius: telephone numbers section updated (new mobile number ranges).
27 June 2011 13:17:05
Afghanistan: address format information added; postal code information added.
Palestinian Authority: additional postal information provided.
25 June 2011 12:15:04
Iceland: additional personal name information added.
24 June 2011 11:36:18
Latvia: thoroughfare types section added.
21 June 2011 10:19:10
Georgia: telephone number section updated (new system introduced)
19 June 2011 07:54:04
Jersey: administrative districts section added.
17 June 2011 10:07:31
Ukraine: additional sub-building and thoroughfare type information added.
12 June 2011 09:30:13
Isle of Man: administrative districts section added.
Jun 09, 2011 10:25 AM
North Korea: telephone numbers section added.
Vanuatu: telephone number section updated (new mobile number range)
08 June 2011 11:50:19
Netherlands: photograph added.
04 June 2011 08:58:53
Hong Kong: administrative districts section added.
31 May 2011 10:07:36
Norway: thoroughfares section updated
29 May 2011 11:03:15
India: postal codes section updated (military postal codes range)
27 May 2011 09:22:55
Germany: thoroughfares section updated
Guam: administrative districts section added.
26 May 2011 07:29:48
Finland: thoroughfares section updated
Guadeloupe: administrative districts section added.
25 May 2011 08:00:38
Denmark: (sub-)building section updated.
India: place names section updated (new entry)
24 May 2011 09:50:28
Czech Republic: thoroughfares section updated
French Polynesia: telephone number section updated (new mobile number range)
Venezuela: telephone number section updated (new mobile number range)
23 May 2011 10:00:49
Bulgaria: thoroughfares section updated.
22 May 2011 10:49:00
Albania: thoroughfares section updated
Trinidad & Tobago: postal code information updated.
18 May 2011 11:32:17
East Timor: address formats section added.
17 May 2011 09:53:16
Aruba: telephone number section updated (new mobile number range)
Czech Republic: telephone number section updated (new mobile number range)
15 May 2011 09:29:33
French Guiana: administrative districts section added.
French Polynesia: administrative districts section added.
04 May 2011 13:12:50
Seychelles: telephone number information updated (number length, mobile number ranges)
14 April 2011 11:03:32
Ivory Coast: outdated current affairs information removed
12 April 2011 08:05:59
Country names - local version: version for Curaçao added.
Curaçao: local country name version added.
Tajikistan: telephone numbers section updated (new mobile number range)
05 April 2011 11:44:01
Denmark: spelling of Aarhus modified in all places (except postal code map)
02 April 2011 09:26:24
Bosnia-Hercegovina: administrative districts section added.
31 March 2011 11:21:04
Venn diagrams for these countries and territories updated to reflect Mayotte’s new status: France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna
Mayotte: political status information modified.
19 March 2011 10:46:43
Australia: administrative districts section updated.
Bonaire: additional address format information added.
Iran: administrative districts section updated (new province)
Saba: additional address format information added.
Sint Eustatius: additional address format information added.
18 March 2011 08:11:23
Armenia: administrative districts section modified.
15 March 2011 08:36:29
Anguilla: administrative districts section added
13 March 2011 09:57:28
Japan: current affairs information added.
Libya: current affairs information added.
12 March 2011 11:07:06
American Samoa - administrative districts section added
11 March 2011 08:08:53
Netherlands: text about discontinued PostApart service removed.
09 March 2011 07:52:58
New country name chapter added: Kurdish
04 March 2011 14:06:03
Guernsey: photograph added
28 February 2011 13:18:02
New country name chapters added: Nepali, Uzbek
24 February 2011 14:13:44
Country names: local version - addition made for South Sudan
23 February 2011 12:32:19
World post office box indicators: entry added for South Sudan
Venn diagrams explaining relationships between entities added for American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, United States of America, United States Virgin Islands
22 February 2011 10:33:19
New chapter for South Sudan added.
Venn diagrams explaining relationships between entities added for France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna
Monaco - company types section added.
21 February 2011 08:33:09
Venn diagrams explaining relationships between entities added for Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Guernsey, Jersey, Netherlands, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, United Kingdom
Costa Rica - additional address information added.
18 February 2011 08:43:18
New country name chapter added: Amharic
15 February 2011 12:45:39
Swaziland - telephone numbers section updated.
10 February 2011 11:12:01
Sudan - current affairs information updated
07 February 2011 08:36:33
New country name chapters added: Kannada, Malayalam
Sweden: additional personal name information added.
25 January 2011 11:04:06
Iran: telephone numbers section updated (mobile number area codes and lengths)
Kiribati: telephone numbers section updated (mobile numbers)
20 January 2011 09:10:41
Hungarytwo photographs added.
Japan: additional personal name information added (marriage law).
19 January 2011 08:05:32
Country name chapters added for: Bulgarian, Javanese, Swahili, Tagalog and Tamil.
Intern codes added for Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten
18 January 2011 12:57:21
Namibia: telephone numbers section updated (mobile number ranges)
11 January 2011 11:23:29
Mauritania: telephone numbers section updated (mobile number ranges, number lengths)
04 January 2011 10:17:25
Djibouti: telephone numbers section updated (mobile number ranges)
Mongolia: telephone numbers section updated (mobile number ranges)
02 January 2011 14:12:37
World currencies and codes: currencies altered for Bonaire, Estonia, Saba, Sint Eustatius
Bonaire: new currency information added.
Estonia: new currency information added.
Saba: new currency information added.
Sint Eustatius: new currency information added.
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