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Updates
and Additions
(abbreviations: Admin. =
Administrator, Gov. = Governor, PM = Prime minister,
Pres. = President, Secy.-gen. = Secretary-general)
New Heads
of State, Governors and Other Leaders
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- 02/12/25 updates to
Romania
(Pres.), U.S. govt.: DNI
(Dir.)
- 02/11/25 update to Vanuatu
(PM).
- 02/10/25 updates to
Martinique,
Saint-Martin
& Saint-Barthélemy (Pref.),
South Sudan
-
state:
Western Equatoria (Gov.)
- 02/09/25
update to U.S. govt.: USCIS (Dir.)
- 02/08/25 update to Lebanon
(PM).
- 02/07/25 updates to
Russia admin.: Novgorod
(Gov.), U.S. govt.: OMB
(Dir.), NARA (Archv.)
- 02/06/25 update to
U.S. govt.: PTO (Comm.)
- 02/05/25 updates to Isma`ilia
(Imam), U.S. govt.: Justice Dept.
(Atny.-gen.), Veterans
-
Affairs Dept.,
HUD (Secy.)
- 02/04/25 updates to
Syria (UNDOF), Isma`ilia
(Imam).
- 02/03/25 updates to
Belgium
(PM), U.S. govt.: Energy Dept.
(Secy.)
- 02/01/25 updates to
U.S. govt.: Interior Dept.
(Secy.), U.S. party: DNC
(Chair.)
- 01/31/25 updates to
Tonga
(PM), Canada prov.: Saskatchewan
(Lt. gov.), Congo (DRC)
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prov.: Nord-Kivu
(Gov.).
- 01/30/25 updates to
Nicaragua
(Co-Pres.), Canada prov.: British
Columbia (Lt. Gov.),
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Papua New Guinea prov.: New Ireland
(Gov.), U.S. govt.: Census Bureau (Dir.)
- 01/29/25 update to
U.S. govt.: EPA (Admin.)
- 01/28/25 updates to
Congo (DRC) prov.: Nord-Kivu
(Gov.), U.S. govt.: Treasury Dept.,
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Transportation
Dept. (Secy.)
- 01/25/25 updates to
Albanian
Orthodox Church (Arch-Bsp.), U.S. state: South Dakota
(Gov.)
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and U.S. govt.: Defense Dept., Homeland
Security (Secy.), DNI (Dir.)
- 01/23/25 updates to Ireland
(PM), U.S. govt.: CIA (Dir.)
- 01/22/25 updates to Tonga
(PM), Canada prov.: New
Brunswick (Lt. Gov.), U.S. govt.:
-
Secret
Service (Dir.)
- 01/21/25 updates to
U.S. state: Delaware
(Gov.), U.S. govt.: State Dept. (Secy.),
Coast
-
Guard (Comdt.)
- 01/20/25 updates to
United
States: Donald J. Trump becomes the
47th President and
-
J.D. Vance Vice Pres.; U.S. govt.:
CoS, NSC,
Cabinet;
Wake
Island (Gov.)
- 01/19/24 update to FBI
(Dir.)
- 01/18/24 update to
U.S. govt.: ATF (Dir.),
- 01/17/25 updates to
Monaco
(PM), Mozambique
(PM), U.S. Govt.: RNC (Co-chair.), NIH
(Dir.)
- 01/16/25 updates to
Bulgaria
(PM), India state: Mizoram (Gov.)
- 01/15/25 updates to
Mozambique
(Pres.), New Caledonia (Pres.),
U.S. state: Washington
-
(Gov.)
- 01/14/23 updates to
São
Tomé e Príncipe (PM), ICJ
(Pres.)
- 01/13/23 updates to U.S.
states: Indiana, Missouri, West
Virginia (Gov.), U.S. govt.:
-
BLM
(Dir.), ICE (Dir.), MARAD
(Admin.)
- 01/10/25
updates to Austria (PM)
- 01/09/25 updates to
Lebanon
(Pres.), U.S. state: New
Hampshire (Gov.)
- 01/08/25 update to
U.S. city: San Francisco
(Mayor).
- 01/07/25 updates to
Ghana
(Pres.), Palau: Ngardmau
(Gov.), U.S. state: Delaware
(Gov.),
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U.S. city: El Paso, Wilmington, DE
(Mayor).
- 01/06/25 updates to
Church
of England (Achbsp.), Kazakhstan reg.: Trukistan
(Gov.),
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U.S.
city: Oakland, CA (Mayor), Guam city: Hagåtña (Mayor).
- 01/03/25 updates to
American
Samoa (Gov.), U.S. Govt.: U.S.
Senate (Pres. Pro-tem.), India
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states: Manipur, Odisha (Gov.)
- 01/02/25 updates to
Puerto
Rico (Gov.), India states: Bihar, Kerala (Gov.)
- 01/01/25 updates to Switzerland
(Pres.); Swiss cantons: Aargau, Fribourg, Graubünden,
Jura, Schaffhausen,
Solothurn,
and Zug; Palau: Angaur (Gov.);
U.S. state:
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North Carolina
(Gov.); U.S. cities: Portland, OR, Richmond, VA, (Mayor);
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EAEU
(Chair.), G-7
(Chair.), ISA
(Secy.-gen.), MERCOSUR
(Dir.), Norden
(Pres.),
-
OSCE
(Chair.), Parlasur
(Pres.), SCO
(Secy.-gen.)
- 12/31/24
updates to U.S. Govt.: EPA (Admin.), Customs
(Dir.)
- 12/29/24
update to U.S.: 39th President (1977-1981), Governor
of Georgia (1971-1975)
-
and Nobel peace
laureate (2002) James
"Jimmy" E. Carter (b.
1924 - d. 2024)
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dies at 100.
- 12/29/24
updates to Georgia
(Pres.), North
Korea (PM).
- 12/27/24
update to South Korea (acting PM, Pres.)
- 12/23/24
update to Syria: UNDOF (Cmdr.)
Recent Additions to WorldStatesmen.org
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- 12/29/24
additions to
South Korea: Exile Government
1919-45.
- 02/11/24
added to U.S.
Cities: Palm Springs, CA.
- 01/07/24
added to U.S.
Cities: Wichita, KS.
- 06/16/23
added to U.S.
Cities: Wilmington, DE.
- 05/14/23
added to U.S.
Cities: Charleston, WV.
- 05/01/23
added to U.S.
Cities: Sioux Falls, SD.
- 04/12/23
added to U.S.
Cities: Portland, ME.
- 03/22/23
added to U.S.
Cities: Little Rock, AR.
- 02/26/23
added to South
Moluccas: Provisional
Constitution
of 1950.
- 02/20/23
added to
U.S. Cities:
Burlington,
VT and Cheyenne, WY.
- 02/01/23
added to
Egypt: Multinational
Force and
Observers.
- 12/12/22
added Timbuktu
to Mali
Traditional
States.
- 11/06/22
added to
Mozambique:
British Chinde
Concession
(1892-1923).
- 11/05/22
added to U.S.
Cities: Reno,
NV.
- 10/23/22
added State
Union of
Belarus and
Russia.
- 09/05/22
added to
Chile: Regions
from 2021.
- 06/06/21
additions to Russia Admin. Divisions.
- 04/26/21
added the CED
1856-1948 to
the Danube
Commission.
- 04/25/21
added Far
Eastern
Republic
Admin.
Divisions
(1920-1922)
to Russia.
- 02/01/21
added Kenya
Regions
1963-1965
to Kenya.
- 01/29/21
added Zangezur
(Syunik)(1918-1921)
under Armenia.
- 11/23/20
added to
Vanuatu: Provinces
from 1994.
- 10/27/20
added French
India
Dependencies
under India.
- 05/21/20
added Former
Swiss Subject
Territories
under
Switzerland.
- 04/26/20
added Nepali
Princely
States
under Nepal.
- 04/18/20
added to U.S.
govt.: National
Institutes of
Health (NIH)
and U.S.
Information
-
Agency
(USIA).
- 12/20/19
added to U.S.
Native
Nations: Little
Shell Chippewa.
- 12/20/19
update to U.S.
govt.: U.S.
Space Force.
- 12/01/19
expanded Micronesia
States
(1945-1978).
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08/09/19
additions
to Burma
States
(1948-1988) and
Myanmar Regions:
Wa
Division.
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04/14/19
additions to Canada First Nations.
- 10/13/18
added to Religions: Ukraine Renewal
Church
(1923-1942).
- 06/16/18
added to Netherlands prov.: Rijnmond.
- 05/30/18
added to China Foreign
Colonies: Peking
Legation Quarter.
- 05/12/18
added to Ethiopia: Gambela
British concession.
- 02/17/18
added Nepal
Provinces.
- 10/25/17
added Roman
Empire and Eastern
Roman (Byzantine) Empire
pages.
- 05/22/17 added
Tannu Tuva 1941
constitution, Chinese
Soviet 1931 constitution,
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and Czechoslovakia
constitutions 1918 and 1960.
- 05/11/17
added Southern
Rhodesia 1961 constitution, South
Vietnam 1956 constitution,
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Yugoslavia 1974 constitution,
Hejaz
1926 constitution, Montenegro
1905
-
constitution, Indonesia 1950
constitution, Nigeria
1979 constitution,
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and Somalia 1979 constitution.
- 05/06/17 added
Frederiksnagore
and expanded Nicobar
& Andaman Islands.
- 09/07/16 added
South
Vietnam 1967 constitution.
- 06/14/16 added
Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
- 12/14/15
added Logone to Central
African Republic
- 11/11/15 added Western Kurdistan to
Syria.
- 11/08/15 added State of
Muskogee (1799-1803) and Republic of
the Floridas (1817)
-
under Florida.
- 03/20/15 added Tucson, AZ to
U.S. cities.
- 02/07/15 added U.S. Lighthouse
Service to U.S. government.
- 12/13/14 added Fuuta Jaloo
to Guinea and Timbuktu
to Mali native states.
- 11/15/14 added
annual update pages for 2010,
2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
- 03/07/14 added 5
Districts to French
Southern and Antarctic Lands.
- 10/01/13 added Aragón
Council of Defense 1936-37 to Spain
Regions.
- 09/16/13 added Charter
Company territories to Mozambique.
- 04/27/13 additions
to China provinces.
- 11/01/12 added Bank for
International Settlements (BIS).
- 10/28/12 expanded Vanuatu with 1887-1906 U.K.
& French Naval Commissioners.
- 10/01/12 added France's Hauteville House
under Guernsey.
- 09/26/12 update to Albania: Sazan (Saseno)
Island.
- 07/19/12 added Verapaz Belgian
concession 1843-54 under Guatemala.
- 07/08/12 added 1873 Cantonal Revolution
under Spain.
- 06/20/12 added Carlist governments to
Spain.
- 06/17/12 added Pious
Establishments of France in Rome and French
Domain in the
-
Holy
Land.
- 01/16/12 added Chatham Islands
to New Zealand.
- 09/01/11 added Goa Dependencies page
under Portuguese India.
- 07/09/11 new South Sudan and South Sudan states
pages.
- 05/01/11 expanded Cameroon traditional
states, Tanzania
traditional states
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and States of
Palau.
- 03/01/11 update Mayotte becomes a French
overseas département.
- 02/11/11 added new Regions to
Myanmar (Burma).
- 02/05/11 added new Regions to Greece.
- 01/01/11 added Dutch
Language Union (Nederlandse Taalunie)(DLU).
- 12/28/10 added Lihou to Guernsey.
- 11/10/10 added Trust Terr. of
Pacific Islands district administrators:
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Chuuk,
Marshall Is., Mariana Islands, Palau, Ponape, Rota, and Yap.
- 11/03/10 added Long Beach,
California to U.S. Mayors.
- 10/20/10 added Tadjourah and Rahayto sultanates
under Djibouti.
- 10/15/10 update to Bolivia Departments.
- 10/10/10 added new separate
pages for: Curaçao, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius
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and Sint
Maarten.
- 07/31/10 added to British Indian
Ocean Territory.
- 07/27/10 expanded Ghana: English Gold Coast
1632-1751.
- 07/23/10 expanded Monaco governors-general
1732-1911.
- 07/13/10 added Rimatara and Rurutu under
French Polynesia.
- 07/09/10 added Parliamentary
Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM).
- 07/08/10 added International
Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) est.
- 06/15/10 added Economic
Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
- 05/30/10 added Saipan, CNMI to
U.S. Mayors.
- 05/05/10 added Council
of the Baltic States (CBSS).
- 04/17/10 new page for Regions of Finland.
- 03/09/10 added International
Seabed Authority (ISA).
- 02/25/10 added Association
of Caribbean States (ACS) and Caribbean
Development Bank
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(CDB).
- 02/10/10 added Billings,
Montana; Jackson,
Mississippi; Lansing,
Michigan; Manchester,
-
New Hampshire; Orlando, Florida;
and Trenton,
New Jersey to U.S. Mayors.
- 09/21/09 expanded Ghana Traditional States.
- 09/07/09 addition
to Bosnia-Hercegovnia: Serbian Autonomous Oblasts
1991-92.
- 07/25/09 added Cordillera
Administrative Region under the
Philippines.
- 06/01/09 added to Croatia: Kraijna constitution
1991-95.
- 05/25/09 added United
National Environmental Programme (UNEP).
- 05/22/09 expanded Rodrigues Island
under Mauritius.
- 05/04/09 new page begun for Counties of Liberia
(incomplete).
- 04/22/09 added Comprehensive
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
- 04/10/09 added Fort
Worth, Texas to U.S. Mayors.
- 03/18/09 new page: Vermont State Government
1777-1791.
- 03/10/09 new page: Provinces of Belgium.
- 02/27/09 new page: Provinces of South Korea.
- 02/13/09 added Latin
American Parliament (Parlatino) and the Andean
Parliament.
- 12/12/08 added to
Congo (Kinshasa) prov.: Katanga
1960 constitution.
- 11/15/08 added Economic
Cooperation Organization (ECO).
- 11/07/08 added Latin
Union (LU).
- 10/27/08 addition to
Sudan: Transitional Darfur Regional
Authority.
- 10/01/08 additions to
Saba (anthem), Crete
(anthem), Azad
Kashmir (constitution).
- 09/23/08 additions to U.S.
govt.: Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp. (FDIC)
-
and the Comptrollers
of the Currency.
- 09/08/08 added 1907
constitution to Crete
under Greece.
- 09/04/08 additions to U.S.
govt.: General Services
Admin., National
Science Found.
- 08/22/08 added mayors
of Hagatna
(Agana), Guam to U.S. mayors.
- 07/22/08 added the Tangier Zone Statute
under Morocco and constitutions
-
of South Yemen and Zaire.
- 07/10/08 expanded Other Ugandan Traditional
States.
- 07/02/08 expanded Republic of
Ragusa under Croatia.
- 06/16/08 added Italo-Albanian
Catholic Church, expanded Elba under Italy
states.
- 06/01/08 expanded Kazakhstan Administrative
Divisions added pre-1991 divisions.
- 05/20/08 addition to US govt.:
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
- 03/18/08 added Amazon
Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO).
- 03/17/08 additions to
U.S. govt.: Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)
-
and Federal Trade
Commission (FTC).
- 03/01/08 additions to U.S.
govt.: Patent Office,
Bureau of Land Management,
-
U.S. Marshals
Service, War Relocation
Authority, Census
Bureau,
-
and NOAA
Commissioned Corps.
- 02/17/08 new page: Kosovo page and
re-edit of Serbia page.
- 02/08/08 added Black
Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).
- 02/03/08 added British and French forts in Benin
1650-1807.
- 01/03/08 added Constitution to
Brunei Darussalam.
- 12/06/07 added Orthodox
Church of New Zealand, Orthodox
Church of Korea and
-
Old
Calendar Church of Bulgaria.
- 12/04/07 added
Organization
of Central American States (ODECA) and
-
Central
American Integration System (SICA) and Collective
Security
-
Treaty
Organization (CSTO).
- 12/01/07 added
Nunatsiavut
to Newfoundland.
- 11/11/07 added Birmingham,
Alabama; Oakland,
California; and Shreveport,
-
Louisiana to U.S. Mayors.
- 11/03/07 added Santa Fe,
New Mexico to U.S. Mayors.
- 10/19/07 added Kansas City,
Missouri to U.S. Mayors.
- 10/18/07 added Rochester, New
York; Savannah,
Georgia; and
-
Topeka,
Kansas to U.S. Mayors.
- 08/25/07 added Kupang to Indonesian
traditional states and Islamabad Cap.
Terr.,
-
Northern
Areas and Tribal
Areas to Pakistan provinces.
- 08/22/07 added International
Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and
-
United
Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Intersputnik.
- 08/01/07 added
National
Council of the Churches (NCC).
- 07/25/07 added new
page Denmark Counties
1970-2006.
- 07/16/07 expanded Red Cross (ICRC,
ICRM,
IFRCS)
entries.
- 07/03/07 added International
Telecommunications Satellite Organization
(ITSO),
-
International
Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) and Islamic
-
Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO).
- 06/20/07 added
Permanent
Court of Arbitration (PCA); United
Nations Conference
-
on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD); United
Nations Relief and Works Agency
-
for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
- 06/12/07 added World
Customs Organization (WCO).
- 05/07/07 added International
Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- 05/01/07
expanded Malta: Gozo.
- 02/21/07 added new pages for Saint-Barthelemy
and Saint-Martin
- 01/23/07 added San José,
California to U.S. Mayors.
- 01/18/07 new page: Regions of Denmark.
- 12/20/06 new page:
Venezuela States
since 1990.
- 12/08/06 added International
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
- 12/06/06 expanded
Burma states 1947-1974.
- 10/31/06 added Organisation
Commune Africaine et Mauricienne (OCAM).
- 10/08/06 expansion
and updates to Indian Princely states A-J and K-M
-
and Pakistan Princely
States.
- 06/03/06 separate
Montenegro page and
re-edit of Serbia page.
- 05/20/06 expanded
Armenia (Eriwan khanate)
and Japan (Ryukyu Islands).
- 05/12/06 expanded
Andaman
and Nicobar Islands.
- 05/10/06 added Canton & Enderbury
Islands and Kirimati
to Kiribati
-
expanded British
Indian Ocean Terr. added English Hirado Post to
Japan.
- 05/03/06 added Gozo to Malta and Buffer Zone to Cyprus.
- 04/26/06 expanded
Pitcairn and Saint Helena.
- 04/16/06 added Inter-Parliamentary
Union (IPU).
- 04/07/06 added Albany (NY) to U.S.
Mayors.
- 03/18/06 added Common
Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
- 03/01/06 added Igelsia
Ni Cristo, Fulan Gong,
and Buddhist
Thailand.
- 01/15/06 new page:
Belarus Administrative
Divisions.
- 01/14/06 added
Podolia (1672-99) to Poland
and Kokang to Myanmar
Shan states.
- 01/13/06 expanded
of Cameroon
Traditional states.
- 12/26/05 new page:
Ukraine Administrative
Divisions and German occupation
-
Reichskommissariat Ukraine General
Districts.
- 12/01/05 new page:
Russian S.F.S.R.
Administrative divisions (to 1991).
- 11/12/05 added Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
- 10/21/05 new page:
Self-Proclaimed Micronations
(Hutt River Province, Saugeais,
-
Sealand and Seborga).
- 10/01/05 added Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) to U.S. govt.
- 09/29/05 added Croatia Counties, Japan Prefectures and Slovak Regions.
- 09/03/05 added United
Church of Christ (UCC).
- 08/09/05 added baLobedu
to South African Traditional states.
- 07/10/05 added Intergovernmental
Authority on Development (IGAD).
- 05/28/05 added Poland Voivodships 1919-39
and from 1999,
-
and General-government
districts 1939-45.
- 05/12/05 additions
to Poland: Danzig
1526-1815.
New Polities and
International Organizations
- 04/04/24
update to Venezuela
state: Guayana
Esequiba.
- 01/18/24
update to
South Korea
prov.: Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province.
- 01/01/24
updates to Norway counties restored: Akershus,
Buskerud,
Finnmark,
Østfold,
-
Telemark,
Troms,
and Vestfold.
- 10/19/23
update to Somalia reg.: SSC-Khaatumo.
- 09/25/23
update to Somalia reg.: Hiiraan.
- 08/19/23
update to Ethiopia states: Central
Ethiopia, South
Ethiopia.
- 06/25/23
update to Somalia reg.: Hiiraan.
- 06/11/23
update
to South Korea
prov.: Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province.
- 12/09/22 update to
Indonesia new province: Papua
Barat Daya.
- 11/11/22
update to Indonesia new provinces: Papua
Pegunungan, Papua
Selatan, Papua Tengah.
- 10/05/22
updates to Ukraine
reg.: Russia
annexes Donetsk,
Lugansk,
Kherson,
Zaporozhye.
- 06/08/22
updates to Kazakhstan new reg.: Abay, Ulytau,
Zhetysu.
- 01/18/22
update to Indonesia prov.: Ibu Kota
Nusantara.
- 11/30/21
update to Barbados
(becomes a republic).
- 11/23/21
update to Ethiopia new state: South West
Ethiopia.
- 10/07/21
update to Madagascar new regions: Fitovinany
and Vatovavy.
- 08/10/21
update to The
Sudan new region:
Darfur
Region.
- 07/14/21
update to Chile Regions
(elected governors take office).
- 01/01/21
update to France reg. new European
Collectivity: Alsace.
- 12/04/20
update to Panama new comarca: Naso Tjër Di.
- 06/18/20
update to Ethiopia new state: Sidama.
- 01/26/20 update
to India new terr.: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and
Diu.
- 01/12/20 update to
Nepal prov.: Bagmati
(name).
- 01/01/20
update to Norway new counties:
Adger,
Innlandet,
Troms
og Finnmark,
-
Vestfold
og Telemark, Vestland
and Viken.
- 10/31/19
updates to India new territories: Jammu and
Kashmir, Ladakh.
- 10/05/19 updates
to Myanmar: Shan
and Karen states and Yemen: Aden
Protectorates.
- 08/08/19 update to
Myanmar regions: added Wa
Self-Administered Division.
- 03/21/19 update to
Syria
(Islamic State ended).
- 02/22/19 update to
Philippines: new Bangsamoro
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
- 01/01/19
update to Taiwan (ROC) prov.: Fukien
(abolished).
- 12/15/18
update to Orthodox
Church of Ukraine (Metrp.)
- 07/01/18
update to
Taiwan (ROC) prov.: Taiwan
(abolished).
- 01/19/18
update to Nepal: new Provinces
instituted.
- 01/01/18
update to France region: Corse (becomes collectivité
unique).
- 01/01/18 update to
Norway new county: Trøndelag.
- 05/11/17
update to Yemen: South Yemen
(Southern Transitional Council).
- 10/05/16
update to
Somalia: HirShabelle
administration.
- 07/28/16
update to Russia:
federal district Krymskiy
(abolished).
- 07/16/16
update to The Sudan:
Darfur TRDA
(abolished).
- 03/31/16 updates Nicaragua
Autonomous Regions (names).
- 01/30/16 update to
Mexico: Distrito Federal becomes Ciudad de
México.
- 01/16/16
update Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
opens.
01/01/16 update to France
new regions: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine,
Aquitaine-
-
Limousin-Poitou-Charentes,
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté,
-
Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées,
Normandie
& Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
- 12/29/15 update South
Sudan abolishes its 10 states
creating 28 new states.
- 12/18/15
updates to French Guiana
and Martinique
become territorial authorities.
- 12/14/15
update to Central African Republic: 'Republic'
of Logone declared.
- 10/29/15 update to
Congo (Kinshasa) 21 new provinces effected: Bas-Uélé,
Équateur,
-
Haut-Katanga,
Haut-Lomami,
Haut-Uélé,
Ituri,
Kasaï,
Kasaï
Central, Kasaï
-
Oriental,
Kwango,
Kwilu,
Lomami,
Lualaba,
Mai-Ndombe,
Mongala,
Nord-Ubangi,
-
Sankuru,
Sud-Ubangi,
Tanganyika,
Tshopo
and Tshuapa.
- 07/08/15
update New
Development Bank (NDB) established.
- 06/17/15 update Norfolk Island
self-government abolished.
- 01/01/15 update
Eurasian
Economic Union (EAEU) established.
- 12/25/14 update
to Taiwan new special municipality:
Taoyuan city.
- 06/29/14 update Islamic State
declared by ISIL in Syria and Iraq.
- 06/02/14 update
to India new state: Telangana.
- 03/21/14 update to
Russia: annexation of Crimea,
creating a new Russian federal
-
district (Krymsky),
republic (Crimea)
and federal city (Sevastopol).
- 03/17/14 update to Ukraine: Crimea declares
independence.
- 01/01/14 Mayotte becomes an overseas
department of France.
- 08/28/13 update to Somalia: Juba Interim Admin.
recognized.
- 07/11/13 update to
Sudan province: Western
Kordofan restored.
- 05/13/13 update to
Somalia: new region Jubbaland.
- 04/22/13 update to
Indonesia new province: Kalimantan
Utara (Gov.)
- 07/01/12 update to South
Korea: Sejong
special autonomous city created.
- 05/17/12 update to Papua New
Guinea new provinces: Hela,
Jiwaka.
- 04/06/12 added Azawad under Mali.
- 01/10/12 update to
The Sudan new states: Central Darfur
and Eastern
Darfur.
- 10/27/11 update to Venezuela:
Francisco
de Miranda Territory created.
- 09/01/11 added Cabildo
Insulares to Spain's Canary Islands.
- 07/09/11 independence of South Sudan.
- 03/31/11 update Mayotte to become an overseas
department of France.
- 01/01/11 update to Greece: Regions.
- 12/25/10 update to
Taiwan: Sinbei, Taichung
and Tainan special
municipalities created.
- 10/10/10 Netherlands Antilles
dissolved into autonomous countries Curaçao & St. Maarten;
-
Bonaire, Saba & St. Eustatius become
special municipalities of Netherlands.
- 07/08/10 International
Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) est.
- 05/30/10 Bolivia departments granted autonomy.
- 01/19/10 update to
Russia: new federal district Severo-Kavkazsky
(North Caucasian).
10/19/09 update
to Uganda: Rwenzururu
kingdom recognized.
- 10/07/08 update to Nepal:
Mustang kingship
abolished.
- 08/31/08 update to
The Sudan: Abyei Area
created.
- 05/28/08 update to Nepal: becomes a republic.
- 05/23/08 update Union
of South American Nations (UNASUR) est.
- 03/01/08 update to
Russia: new kray Zabaikalsky.
- 02/17/08
independence of Kosovo.
- 12/01/07 update to
Newfoundland: Nunatsiavut.
- 10/11/07 update to Chechnya-Ichkeria:
became an emirate.
- 07/01/07 updates to Russia:
new kray Kamchatka
and Somalia: Maakhir
state.
- 04/23/07 update to
The Sudan: Transitional
Darfur Regional Authority est.
- 02/21/07 new French
overseas collectivities: Saint-Barthelemy
and Saint-Martin
- 01/01/07 updates to
EU:
Bulgaria and Romania join; Sri Lanka new prov.: Eastern
-
and Northern.
- 06/28/06 update to
UN: Montenegro joins the United
Nations.
- 06/05/06
independence of Serbia.
- 06/03/06
independence of Montenegro.
- 12/01/05 update to
Russia: new kray: Perm.
- 10/01/05 update Ibero-American
Secretariat est.
- 08/14/05 added Galmudug State to
Somalia.
- 07/09/05 update to
The Sudan: Government
of Southern Sudan.
- 06/15/05 update to
Papua New Guinea: Bougainville
Autonomous Government.
- 06/14/05 update to
Iraq: Kurdistan
Autonomous Region.
- 04/21/05 update to
U.S. govt.: new Director
of National Intelligence (DNI).
- 10/16/04 update to
Indonesia: new province (Sulawesi
Barat).
- 09/01/04 update Antarctic
Treaty Secretariat est.
- 07/01/04 updates Denmark
(regions), Indonesia:
new province (Kepulauan
Riau).
- 05/01/04 update to
EU:
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia,
-
Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join.
- 03/29/04 update to
NATO:
Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania,
-
Slovakia, and Slovenia join.
- 02/27/04 update French Polynesia
autonomy increased.
- 02/19/04 update to
Haiti: north secedes as Artibonite (to
03/19/04).
- 01/15/04 update Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) secretariat est.
- 12/14/03 update to
Indonesia: new province (Irian
Jaya Barat).
- 02/04/03
update Yugoslavia formally abolished: successor Serbia and
Montenegro.
- 03/11/03 update
creation of International
Criminal Court.
- 01/24/03 update to
U.S. govt.: Department
of Homeland Security.
- 10/12/02 update to
Mauritius: autonomous status for Rodrigues Island.
- 09/27/02 update to
UN: East Timor joins the United
Nations.
- 09/10/02 update to
UN: Switzerland joins the United
Nations.
- 07/28/02 update to
U.S. govt: Transportation
Security Administration.
- 07/09/02 update to
Organization of African Unity (OAU) becomes African
Union.
- 05/20/02
independence of East Timor.
- 04/11/02 update to
Somalia: State of
Southwest Somalia.
- 02/14/02 update to
Bahrain: becomes a kingdom.
New
Anthems, Flags, Constitutions and Currencies
- 01/29/25
update to Syria
(constitution
dissolved).
- 01/07/25
update to U.S.
city: Toledo (flag).
- 12/12/24
update to Syria
(constitution
suspended).
- 12/10/24
update to Syria
(flag).
- 09/03/24
update to Niue (PM title).
- 06/25/24
update to Zimbabwe (currency).
- 05/29/24
update to Nigeria (national anthem).
- 05/11/24
update to U.S
state: Minnesota (flag).
- 03/09/24
update to U.S.
state: Utah (flag).
- 01/31/24
update to Canada (ruler style).
- 01/23/24
update to UN
Tourism (abbreviation).
- 01/18/24
update to
South Korea
prov.: Jeonbuk (flag).
- 01/01/24
updates to Norway county flags restored: Akershus,
Buskerud,
Finnmark,
Østfold,
-
Telemark,
Troms,
and Vestfold.
- 01/01/24
update to Sierra Leone
(currency).
- 12/29/23
update to Chad (constitution).
- 12/22/23
update to Kyrgyzstan (flag).
- 11/16/23
update to
Mexico state:
Guanajuato (flag).
- 10/06/23
update to
South Korea
prov.: Chungcheongbuk
(flag).
- 10/01/23
update to Tuvalu (constitution).
- 09/11/23
update to
Mexico state:
Yucatán (flag).
- 08/30/23
update to Central
African Rep.
(constitution).
- 08/19/23
updates to
Ethiopia
states: Central Ethiopia, South
Ethiopia
(flags).
- 07/26/23
update to
Niger (constitution suspended).
- 07/22/23
update to Mali (constitution).
- 06/22/23
update to Niger (anthem).
- 06/22/23
update to U.S.
city:
Syracuse, NY (flag).
- 06/07/23
update to Vatican City
(constitution).
- 05/25/23
update to U.S.
state: Tennessee (songs).
- 03/01/23
update
to Nepal
prov.: Koshi (name).
- 02/09/23
update to U.S.
city:
Kansas City, MO (flag).
- 02/02/23
updates to Martinique (local anthem, flag).
- 01/01/23
update to Croatia (currency).
12/01/22
update to India (digital currency).
- 09/30/22
update
to Ukraine reg.: Russia annexed Kherson,
Zaporozhye (flags).
- 09/19/22
update to Kazakhstan (capital name).
- 09/08/22
update to United Kingdom (anthem, national
holiday).
- 09/03/22
update to
Sovereign
Military Order
of Malta (constitution).
- 08/16/22
update to Tunisia (constitution).
- 07/09/22
update to
Ukraine reg.:
Russia
occupied Kharkov (flag).
- 07/01/22
update
to U.S. state:
Mississippi (song).
- 06/01/22
update to Turkey (short form name Türkiye
in all
languages).
- 06/01/22
update to
Russia reg.: Penza (flag).
- 04/27/22
update to Central African Republic
(digital
currency).
- 04/13/22
update to
Venezuela
city: Caracas
(flag).
- 02/15/22
update to
Malaysia
state: Sarawak
(PM title).
- 01/27/22
update to Saudi Arabia
(national
holiday).
- 01/24/22
update to U.S.
city: Lincoln,
NE (flag).
- 01/24/22
update to Burkina Faso (constitution suspended to
1/31).
- 01/22/22
update to Honduras (flag).
- 01/17/22
update to
Nepal prov.: Madhes Pradesh (name).
11/23/21
update
to Ethiopia
state: South West Ethiopia (flag).
- 10/25/21
update
to Nigeria
(digital
currency).
- 10/01/21
update to Venezuela (currency).
- 09/07/21
update to El Salvador (digital currency).
- 09/05/21
update to Guinea (constitution suspended).
- 06/07/21
update to U.S.
state: Oregon (song lyrics).
- 05/18/21
update to U.S.
state: Tennessee (song).
- 05/18/21
update to U.S.
state: Maryland
(song
repealed).
- 05/05/21
update to Kyrgyzstan (new constitution).
- 01/01/21
update to Algeria (constitution).
- 01/01/21
update to
France reg.: Alsace (flag).
- 01/11/21
update to U.S.
state: Mississippi
(flag).
- 01/01/21
update to Australia (anthem).
- 01/01/21
update to Algeria (constitution).
- 12/02/20
update to British Virgin Islands (national holiday).
- 11/30/20
update to U.S.
state: Rhode
Island
(full name).
- 10/20/20
update to The Bahamas (digital currency).
- 10/06/20
update to U.S.
city: Salt
Lake City
(flag).
- 10/06/20
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