With the addition
of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Republika Sprska, Slovakia and Poland, I am now at
101 countries, so became a member of the Century Organization in 2006.
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THIS LIST IS RECOGNIZED BY THE WORLD AS THE STANDARD OF |
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COUNTRIES AND DESTINATIONS THAT ARE POLITICALLY, |
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ETHNOLOGICALLY OR GEOGRAPHICALLY DIFFERENT. |
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Pacific |
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Nauru |
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New Caldedonia & Deps. (Noumea, Loyalty Islands) |
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New Zealand |
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Niue |
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Norfolk Island |
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Northern Marianas (Saipan, Tinian) |
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Ogasawara (Bonin, Volcano Island, Iwo Jima) |
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Palau, Republic of |
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Papua New Guinea |
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Pitcairn Island |
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Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) |
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Samoa, American (Pago Pago) |
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Samoa, Western (Apia) |
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Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal, New Georgia,Tulagi) |
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Tasmania |
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Tokelau Islands (Fakaofu, Atafu, Union) |
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Tonga (Nukualofa) |
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Tuvalu (Ellice Island, Funafuti, Vaitapu) |
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Vanuatu (New Hebrides Islands) |
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Wake Island |
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Wallis & Futuna Islands |
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Australia |
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Bismark Archipelago
(New Ireland, New Britain, Bougainville, Admiralty Islands) |
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Chatham Islands |
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Cook Islands (Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Penrhyn) |
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Easter Island |
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Fiji Islands |
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French Polynesia (Tahiti,Tuamotu, Austral, Gambier) |
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Galapagos Islands |
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Guam |
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Hawaiian Islands |
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Johnston Island |
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Juan Fernandez Islands (Robinson Crusoe Island) |
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Kiribati (Gilberts,Tarawa, Ocean Island) |
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Line/Phoenix Islands (Palmyra, Fanning, Christmas, Canton, Enderbury,
Howland) |
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Lord Howe Island |
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Marquesas Islands |
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Marshall Islands, Republic of (Majuro, Kwajalein, Eniwetok) |
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Micronesia, Fed.States of (Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk,Yap,Caroline
Islands) |
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Midway Island |
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N America |
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Alaska |
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Canada |
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Mexico |
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St. Pierre & Miquelon |
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United States (continental) |
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Central America |
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Belize (British Honduras) |
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Costa Rica |
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El Salvador |
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Guatemala |
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Honduras |
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Nicaragua |
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Panama |
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San Blas Islands |
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South America |
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Argentina |
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Bolivia |
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Brazil |
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Chile |
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Colombia |
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Ecuador |
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French Guiana |
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Guyana (British Guiana) |
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Paraguay |
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Peru |
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Suriname (Netherlands Guiana) |
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Uruguay |
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Venezuela |
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Caribbean |
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Anguilla |
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Antigua & Deps. (Barbuda, Redonda) |
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Aruba |
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Bahamas |
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Barbados |
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Cayman Islands |
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Cuba |
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Dominica |
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Dominican Republic |
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Grenada & Deps. (Carriacou, Grenadines) |
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Guadeloupe & Deps.(Marie Galante) |
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Haiti |
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Jamaica |
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Leeward Islands, French (St. Martin, St. Barts) |
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Leeward Islands, Netherlands (Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten) |
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Martinique |
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Montserrat |
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Netherlands Antilles (Curacao, Bonaire) |
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Puerto Rico |
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San Andres & Providencia |
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St. Kitts & Nevis |
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St. Lucia |
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St. Vincent & Deps. (Bequia, Canouan Grenadines) |
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Trinidad & Tobago |
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Turks & Caicos Islands |
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Virgin Islands, U.S. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas) |
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Virgin Islands, British (Tortola, etc.) |
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Atlantic Ocean |
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Ascension |
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Azores Islands |
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Bermuda |
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Canary Islands |
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Cape Verde Islands |
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Falkland Islands |
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Fernando do Noronha |
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Faroe Islands |
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Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) |
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Iceland |
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Madeira |
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St. Helena |
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Tristan de Cunha |
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Europe |
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Aland Islands (Mariehamn) |
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Albania |
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Andorra |
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Austria |
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Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Minorca) |
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Belarus |
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Belgium |
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Bosnia & Herzegovina (Sarajevo) |
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Bulgaria |
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Corsica |
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Crete |
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Croatia |
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Cyprus, Republic |
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Cyprus, Turkish Fed. State |
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Czech Federated Rep. |
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Denmark |
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Dodecanese Is. (Rhodes) |
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England |
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Estonia |
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Finland |
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France |
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Germany |
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Gibraltar |
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Greece |
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Guernsey & Deps (Alderney, Herm, Sark, Channel Islands) |
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Hungary |
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Ionian Islands (Corfu, etc.) |
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Ireland (Eire) |
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Ireland, Northern (Ulster) |
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Isle of Man |
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Italy |
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Jersey (Channel Islands) |
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Kaliningrad |
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Kosovo |
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Lampedusa |
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Latvia |
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Liechtenstein |
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Lithuania |
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Luxembourg |
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Macedonia |
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Malta |
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Moldova |
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Monaco |
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Montenegro |
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Netherlands |
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Norway |
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Poland |
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Portugal |
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Romania |
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Russia |
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San Marino |
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Sardinia |
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Scotland |
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Serbia |
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Sicily |
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Slovakia |
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Slovenia |
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Spain |
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Spitsbergen (Svalbard, Bear Island) |
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Srpska |
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Sweden |
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Switzerland |
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Trans Dniester |
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Turkey in Europe (Istanbul) |
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Ukraine |
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Vatican City |
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Wales |
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Antarctica |
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American (Palmer, McMurdo Sound, South Pole) |
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Argentine South Pole |
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Australian Antarctic Territory South Pole (Mawson, Davis, Macquarie,
Heard) |
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Chilean South Pole |
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Falkland Islands Dependencies (British Antarctica, Graham Land, So.
Sheltland, So. Sandwich, So. Georgia, So. Orkney) |
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French Southern & Antarctic Territory South Pole (Kerguelon, Crozet,
Amsterdam, St. Paul) |
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Norwegian (Bouvet) |
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New Zealand South Pole (Ross Dependency) |
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Russian (Bellingshausen) |
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Africa |
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Algeria |
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Angola |
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Benin (Dahomey) |
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Botswana (Bechuanaland) |
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Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) |
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Burundi (Urundi) |
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Cameroon |
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Central African Rep. |
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Chad |
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Republic of Congo |
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Democratic Republic
of Congo |
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Djibouti |
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Egypt |
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Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni, Fernando Poo) |
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Eritrea |
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Ethiopia |
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Gabon |
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Gambia |
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Ghana (Gold Coast, British Togoland) |
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Guinea (French) |
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Guinea-Bissau |
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Ivory Coast |
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Kenya |
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Lesotho (Basutoland) |
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Liberia |
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Libya |
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Malawi (Nyasaland) |
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Mali |
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Mauritania |
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Morocco |
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Morocco,Spanish (Ceuta, Melilla) |
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Mozambique |
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Namibia |
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Niger |
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Nigeria |
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Rwanda |
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Sao Tome & Principe |
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Senegal |
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Sierra Leone |
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Somalia (Italian Somaliland) |
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Somaliland (Brit.) |
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South Africa |
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Sudan |
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Swaziland |
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Tanzania (Tanganyika) |
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Togo |
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Tunisia |
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Uganda |
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Western Sahara (Spanish Sahara) |
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Zambia (No. Rhodesia) |
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Zanzibar |
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Zimbabwe (So. Rhodesia) |
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Middle East |
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Abu Dhabi |
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Ajman |
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Bahrain |
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Dubai |
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Fujeirah |
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Iran |
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Iraq |
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Israel |
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Jordan |
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Kuwait |
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Lebanon |
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Oman |
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Palestine |
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Qatar |
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Ras Al Khaimah |
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Saudi Arabia |
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Sharjah |
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Syria |
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Umm Al Qaiwain |
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Yemen (No. Rep. Sana'a) |
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Yemen (So. Rep. Aden) |
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Indian Ocean |
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Andaman-Nicobar Islands |
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British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos, Arch, Diego Garcia) |
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Christmas Island |
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Cocos Islands (Keeling) |
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Comoro Islands (Anjouan Moheli, Grand Comoro) |
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Lakshadweep,Union Terr. Of ( Laccadive Is.) |
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Madagascar |
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Maldive Islands |
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Mauritius & Deps. (Agalega, St. Brandon) |
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Mayotte (Dzaoudzi) |
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Reunion & Deps. (Tromelin, Glorioso) |
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Rodriguez Island |
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Seychelles |
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Zil Elwannyen Sesel (Aldabra, Farquhar, Amirante Is.) |
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Asia |
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Afghanistan |
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Armenia (Yerevan) |
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Azerbaijan (Baku) |
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Bangladesh |
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Bhutan |
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Brunei |
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Cambodia |
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China, People's Rep. |
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East Timor |
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Georgia |
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Hainan Island |
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Hong Kong |
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India |
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Indonesia (Java) |
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Irian Jaya (Dutch New Guinea) |
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Japan |
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Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) |
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Kashmir |
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Kazakhstan |
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Kyrgyzstan |
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Korea, North |
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Korea, South |
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Laos |
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Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali,Timor, Indonesia) |
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Macau |
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Malaysia |
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Moluka |
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Mongolia, Rep. |
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Myanmar (Burma) |
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Nepal |
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Pakistan |
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Philippines |
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Sabah (No. Borneo) |
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Sarawak |
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Siberia (Russia in Asia) |
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Sikkim |
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Singapore |
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Sri Lanka (Ceylon) |
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Sulawesi (Celebes, Indonesia) |
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Sumatra (Indonesia) |
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Taiwan. R.O.C. |
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Tajikistan |
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Thailand |
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Tibet |
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Turkey in Asia (Anatolia, Ankara, Izmir) |
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Turkmenistan |
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Uzbekistan |
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Vietnam |
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countries HG so far |