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'''The World Factbook''' (ISSN ; also known as the '''CIA World Factbook''')[1] is an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The ''Factbook'' provides a two- to three-page summary of the demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and military of 268 U.S.-recognized countries, dependencies, and other areas in the world.
''The World Factbook'' is prepared by the CIA for the use of U.S. government officials, and its style, format, coverage and content are primarily designed to meet their requirements.[2] However, it is frequently used as a resource for student papers, web sites and non-governmental publications. As a work of the U.S. government, it is in the public domain.[3]
In researching the ''Factbook'', the CIA uses the sources listed below. Other public and private sources are also consulted.
Because the ''Factbook'' is in the public domain, people are free to redistribute and modify it in any way that they like, without permission of the CIA. However, the CIA requests that it be cited when the ''Factbook'' is used. The official seal of the CIA, however, may not be copied without permission as required by the ''CIA Act of 1949'' (50 U.S.C. section 403m). Misuse of the official seal of the CIA could result in civil and criminal penalties:[4]
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Before November 2001, ''The World Factbook'' website was updated yearly. Since then, the ''Factbook'' website is updated every two weeks; the print edition is still updated annually.[5] Generally, information currently available as of January 1 of the current year is used in preparing the printed ''Factbook'', which is released around the middle of each year.[6]
The first classified edition of ''Factbook'' was published in August 1962 and the first unclassified version in June 1971.[7] ''The World Factbook'' has been available to the public in print since 1975 and on the World Wide Web since October 1994.[8] The Web version gets an average of 6 million visits per month; it can also be downloaded.[9] The official printed version is sold[10] at cost by the Government Printing Office and National Technical Information Service. In past years, the ''Factbook'' was available on CD-ROM,[11] microfiche, magnetic tape, and floppy disk.[12]
Many Internet sites, including Wikipedia, use information and images from the CIA ''World Factbook''.[13] Several publishers, including World Almanac Books, Grand River Books, and Potomac Books (formerly known as Brassy's Inc.) have re-published the factbook in different formats. Many electronic editions of the factbook have been available for sale from third parties since the 1980s.
Main articles: List of entities and changes in The World Factbook
As of January 2007, ''The World Factbook'' consists of '268' entities.[14] These entities can be divided into categories. They are:
; Independent countries : This category has independent countries, which the CIA defines as people "politically organized into a sovereign state with a definite territory". In this category, there are '193' entities.
; Others : The ''Other'' category is a list of other places set apart from the list of independent countries. Currently there are 'two': Taiwan and the European Union.
; Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty : This category is a list of places affiliated with another country. They may be subdivided into categories using the country they are affiliated with:
:
★ Australia: six entities
:
★ China: two entities
:
★ Denmark: two entities
:
★ France: twelve entities
:
★ Netherlands: two entities
:
★ New Zealand: three entities
:
★ Norway: three entities
:
★ United Kingdom: seventeen entities
:
★ United States: fourteen entities
; Miscellaneous : This category is for Antarctica and places in dispute. There are 'six' entities.
; Other entities : This category is for the World and the oceans. There are 'five' oceans and the World (the World entry is intended as a summary of the other 267 entries).
; Areas not covered
Specific regions within a country or areas in dispute among countries, such as Kashmir and Kosovo, are not covered,[15] but other areas of the world whose status is disputed, such as the Spratly Islands, have entries.[16] Subnational areas of countries (such as US States or the Canadian provinces and territories) are not included in the ''Factbook''. Instead, users looking for information about subnational areas are referred to "a good encyclopedia" for their reference needs. [17] This criteria was invoked in the 2007 edition with the decision to drop the entries for French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Reunion. They were dropped due to the fact that besides being overseas departments, they were now overseas regions, and a part of France. [18]
; Kashmir
: Maps depicting Kashmir have the India–Pakistan border drawn at the Line of Control, but the region of Kashmir occupied by China drawn in hash marks.[19]
; Northern Cyprus
: Northern Cyprus is not given a separate entry or listed as part of Turkey because "territorial occupations/annexations not recognized by the United States Government are not shown on U.S. Government maps."[20]
; Taiwan/Republic of China
: Taiwan has a separate entry not listed under T, but at the bottom of the list.[21] The name "''Republic of China''" is not listed as Taiwan's "official name" under the "Government" section,[22] due to U.S. recognition of Beijing's One-China Policy according to which there is one China - the People's Republic of China - and Taiwan is a part of it.[23] The name "Republic of China" was briefly added on January 27, 2005[24] but has since been changed back to "none".[22] (See also: Political status of Taiwan, Legal status of Taiwan)
; Burma/Myanmar
: The U.S. does not recognize the renaming of Burma by its ruling military junta to ''Myanmar'' and thus keeps its entry for the country under "Burma". This is done because the name change "was not approved by any sitting legislature in Burma". As a result, the US government has never adopted the name Myanmar.[26]
; Macedonia
: The Republic of Macedonia is entered under ''Macedonia.''[27] This is despite the fact that no international organisations such as the United Nations,[28] the European Union,[29] NATO,[30] the European Broadcasting Union,[31] and the International Olympic Committee[32] use this short form (they all use the phrase ''The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'') The history of the name used for the entry is a bit complex. In the 1992 edition of ''The World Factbook'', the entry for the nation was listed under the former[33] (at the same time, new entries were added for the 20 nations that were formed out of the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; the latter two being dropped.) In the 1994 edition, the name of the entry was changed to the ''Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia''.[34] For the next decade, this was the name the nation was listed under. Finally, in the 2005 edition of the ''Factbook'', the name of the entry was changed back to ''Macedonia''.[35] This came after a November 2004 US decision to refer to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as the Republic of Macedonia.[36] (''See also'' Macedonia naming dispute.)
; European Union
: On December 16, 2004, the CIA added an entry for the European Union (EU).[37] According to the CIA, the European Union was added because the EU "continues to accrue more nation-like characteristics for itself". Their reasoning was explained in this small statement in the introduction:
Before December 2004, the EU was excluded from the ''Factbook''.[38]
; United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges and Iles Eparses
: In the 2006 edition of ''The World Factbook'', the entries for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and the Midway Islands were merged into a new United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry.[39] The old entries for each individual insular area remain as redirects on the ''Factbook'' website.[40] On September 7, 2006, the CIA also merged the entries for Bassas da India, Europa Island, the Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island into a new Iles Eparses entry.[41] As with the new United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry, the old entries for these five islands remain as redirects on the website.[42] On July 19, 2007 the Iles Eparses entry and redirects for each island were dropped due to becoming a district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands in February.[43]
; Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro
: Yugoslavia has had a confusing history in the ''Factbook''. Before 1992, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) was included in the ''Factbook''.[44] In 1992, the entry was dropped[45] and entries were added for all of the former republics. In doing this, the CIA listed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) as ''Serbia and Montenegro''.[46] This was done in accordance with a May 21, 1992 decision[47] by the US Government not to recognize the FRY (or any of the other republics)[48] as successor states to the recently dissolved SFRY. The US Government also decided not recognize the FRY itself as a state.[49]
: These views were made clear in a disclaimer printed in the ''Factbook'':[50]
: Besides the disclaimer, the republics of Serbia and Montenegro were treated separately in the data, as can be seen in the map to the right.[51] In October 2000, Slobodan Milošević resigned after a disputed election held the previous month.[52] This event caused a change in the 2001 edition of the ''Factbook'', with the Serbia and Montenegro entity being renamed Yugoslavia.[53] On March 14, 2002, an agreement was signed to transform the FRY into a loose state union called Serbia and Montenegro;[54] it took effect on February 4, 2003.[55] The name of the Yugoslavia entity was changed in the ''Factbook'' the month after the change.[56]
; East Timor/Timor-Leste
On July 19, 2007 the entry for East Timor was renamed ''Timor-Leste'' following a decision of the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN).[57]
Before 1998, the United Kingdom profile contained a sentence that asserted the UK had gained independence on 1 January 1801.[58] This terse, confusing description in reference to the Act of Union 1801 has since been greatly expanded.[59]
This is a list of International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) for the Government edition and Potomac Books reprint of the ''Factbook''. For the reprint editions, the year of the data is in parentheses.
; government editions:[60]
★ 2000: ISBN 0-16-061343-4
★ 2001: ISBN 0-16-066404-7
★ 2002: ISBN 0-16-067601-0
★ 2003: ISBN 0-16-067943-5
★ 2004: ISBN 0-16-073030-9
★ 2005: ISBN 0-16-074941-7
★ 2006: ISBN 0-16-076547-1
; Potomac Books reprints:
★ 2000 (1999): ISBN 157488266X
★ 2001 (2000): ISBN 1574883461
★ 2002 (2001): ISBN 1574884751
★ 2003 (2002): ISBN 157488641X
★ 2004 (2003): ISBN 1574888374
★ 2005 (2004): ISBN 1574889427
★ 2006 (2005): ISBN 1574889974
★ 2007 (2006): ISBN 159797109X
★ Besides the ''World Factbook'', the CIA also publishes a directory of ''Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments'' each week.[61]
★ Abbreviations used in CIA World Factbook
1. Press Release: CIA World Factbook 2006 Now Available Central Intelligence Agency
2. The World Factbook - Contributors and Copyright Information Directorate of Intelligence
3. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Can I use some or all of The World Factbook for my Web site (book, research project, homework, etc.)? Directorate of Intelligence
4. Use of the Central Intelligence Agency Seal Central Intelligence Agency
5. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): How often is The World Factbook updated? Directorate of Intelligence
6. The World Factbook - Notes and Definitions: Date of information Directorate of Intelligence
7. The World Factbook -- History Directorate of Intelligence
8. Miller, Jill Young. "CIA puts data on the internet." ''Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel'' 12 December 1994.
9. CIA Download Page Central Intelligence Agency
10. The World Factbook - Purchasing Information Directorate of Intelligence
11. The World Factbook 1999 - Purchasing Information (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
12. Publication Information for The World Factbook 1995 (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
13. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): I am using the Factbook online and it is not working. What is wrong? Directorate of Intelligence
14. The World Factbook - Notes and Definitions: Entities Directorate of Intelligence
15. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Why don’t you include information on entities such as Tibet, Kashmir, or Kosovo? Directorate of Intelligence
16. The World Factbook - Spratly Islands Directorate of Intelligence
17. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Why doesn't The World Factbook include information on states, departments, provinces, etc., in the country format? Directorate of Intelligence
18. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Why has The World Factbook dropped the four French departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion, and French Guiana? Directorate of Intelligence
19. The World Factbook - China (map) Directorate of Intelligence
20. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Why are the Golan Heights not shown as part of Israel or Northern Cyprus with Turkey? Directorate of Intelligence
21. The World Factbook - Country Listing Directorate of Intelligence
22. The World Factbook - Taiwan Directorate of Intelligence
23. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Why are Taiwan and the European Union listed out of alphabetical order at the end of the Factbook entries? Directorate of Intelligence
24. The World Factbook - Taiwan (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
25. The World Factbook - Taiwan Directorate of Intelligence
26. The World Factbook - Burma Directorate of Intelligence
27. The World Factbook - Macedonia Directorate of Intelligence
28. Growth in UN Membership United Nations
29. Background information - The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia European Commission
30. "The situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is critical" North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
31. Members' Logos European Broadcasting Union
32. LIST OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES PARTICIPATING IN THE XIX OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES IN SALT LAKE CITY International Olympic Committee
33. The World Factbook 1992 - Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations Directorate of Intelligence
34. The World Factbook 1994 - Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations Directorate of Intelligence
35. The World Factbook - Macedonia (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
36. US snubs Greece over Macedonia BBC News Online
37. The World Factbook - European Union Directorate of Intelligence
38. The World Factbook - Why doesn't The World Factbook include information on states, departments, provinces, the European Union, etc., in the country format? (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
39. The World Factbook - United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges Directorate of Intelligence
40. For an example of a redirect, see what happens with the profile for Kingman Reef.
41. The World Factbook - Iles Eparses Directorate of Intelligence
42. For an example of a redirect, see what happens with the profile for Juan de Nova Island.
43. CIA - The World Factbook 2007: What's New Directorate of Intelligence
44. Yugoslavia Government - 1989: 1989 CIA World Factbook (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
45. 1992 CIA World Factbook: Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
46. 1992 CIA World Factbook: Serbia and Montenegro (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
47. Chiefs of Mission by Country, 1778-2005: Serbia and Montenegro Department of State
48. 767 Third Avenue Associates v. United States: BRIEF FOR AMICUS CURIAE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SUPPORTING APPELLEES AND SUPPORTING AFFIRMANCE IN PART AND REVERSAL IN PART White, Mary Jo
49. Serbia and Montenegro (08/99) (See Yugoslavia) Department of State
50. CIA -- The World Factbook 1999 -- Serbia and Montenegro (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
51. For an example, see the profile for the FRY in the 1999 World Factbook.
52. Kostunica sworn in as president of Yugoslavia CNN
53. CIA -- The World Factbook -- Notes and Definitions Directorate of Intelligence
54. Yugoslav partners sign historic deal BBC News
55. Yugoslavia consigned to history BBC News
56. CIA - The World Factbook 2002: What's new (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
57. CIA - The World Factbook 2007: What's New Directorate of Intelligence
58. The World Factbook - United Kingdom (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
59. The World Factbook - United Kingdom Directorate of Intelligence
60. The ISBN for each edition can be found on the Government Printing Office Bookstore website.
61. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments Central Intelligence Agency
★ Current CIA World Factbook
★ Previous editions of ''The World Factbook'' from the University of Missouri–St. Louis archive:
:1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
★ The World Factbook for Google Earth: The ''Factbook'' as Google Earth placemarks
★ CIA World Factbook for Pocket PC and Palm OS devices
★ CIA World Factbook as mobile friendly XHTML
''The World Factbook'' 2007 (government edition) cover.
'''The World Factbook''' (ISSN ; also known as the '''CIA World Factbook''')[1] is an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The ''Factbook'' provides a two- to three-page summary of the demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and military of 268 U.S.-recognized countries, dependencies, and other areas in the world.
''The World Factbook'' is prepared by the CIA for the use of U.S. government officials, and its style, format, coverage and content are primarily designed to meet their requirements.[2] However, it is frequently used as a resource for student papers, web sites and non-governmental publications. As a work of the U.S. government, it is in the public domain.[3]
''Factbook'' sources
In researching the ''Factbook'', the CIA uses the sources listed below. Other public and private sources are also consulted.
★ Antarctic Information Program (National Science Foundation) ★ Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center (Department of Defense) ★ Bureau of the Census (Department of Commerce) ★ Bureau of Labor Statistics (Department of Labor) ★ Central Intelligence Agency ★ Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs ★ Defense Intelligence Agency (Department of Defense) ★ Department of Energy ★ Department of State | ★ Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior) ★ Maritime Administration (Department of Transportation) ★ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Department of Defense) ★ Naval Facilities Engineering Command (Department of Defense) ★ Office of Insular Affairs (Department of the Interior) ★ Office of Naval Intelligence (Department of Defense) ★ US Board on Geographic Names (Department of the Interior) ★ US Transportation Command (Department of Defense) ★ ''Oil & Gas Journal'' |
Copyright
Because the ''Factbook'' is in the public domain, people are free to redistribute and modify it in any way that they like, without permission of the CIA. However, the CIA requests that it be cited when the ''Factbook'' is used. The official seal of the CIA, however, may not be copied without permission as required by the ''CIA Act of 1949'' (50 U.S.C. section 403m). Misuse of the official seal of the CIA could result in civil and criminal penalties:[4]
Frequency of updates and availability
The World Factbook website as it appears in February 2007.
Before November 2001, ''The World Factbook'' website was updated yearly. Since then, the ''Factbook'' website is updated every two weeks; the print edition is still updated annually.[5] Generally, information currently available as of January 1 of the current year is used in preparing the printed ''Factbook'', which is released around the middle of each year.[6]
The government edition of the ''Factbook''
The first classified edition of ''Factbook'' was published in August 1962 and the first unclassified version in June 1971.[7] ''The World Factbook'' has been available to the public in print since 1975 and on the World Wide Web since October 1994.[8] The Web version gets an average of 6 million visits per month; it can also be downloaded.[9] The official printed version is sold[10] at cost by the Government Printing Office and National Technical Information Service. In past years, the ''Factbook'' was available on CD-ROM,[11] microfiche, magnetic tape, and floppy disk.[12]
Reprints
Many Internet sites, including Wikipedia, use information and images from the CIA ''World Factbook''.[13] Several publishers, including World Almanac Books, Grand River Books, and Potomac Books (formerly known as Brassy's Inc.) have re-published the factbook in different formats. Many electronic editions of the factbook have been available for sale from third parties since the 1980s.
Entities in the ''Factbook''
''The World Factbook'' 2007 (Potomac Books reprint edition) cover.
Main articles: List of entities and changes in The World Factbook
As of January 2007, ''The World Factbook'' consists of '268' entities.[14] These entities can be divided into categories. They are:
; Independent countries : This category has independent countries, which the CIA defines as people "politically organized into a sovereign state with a definite territory". In this category, there are '193' entities.
; Others : The ''Other'' category is a list of other places set apart from the list of independent countries. Currently there are 'two': Taiwan and the European Union.
; Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty : This category is a list of places affiliated with another country. They may be subdivided into categories using the country they are affiliated with:
:
★ Australia: six entities
:
★ China: two entities
:
★ Denmark: two entities
:
★ France: twelve entities
:
★ Netherlands: two entities
:
★ New Zealand: three entities
:
★ Norway: three entities
:
★ United Kingdom: seventeen entities
:
★ United States: fourteen entities
; Miscellaneous : This category is for Antarctica and places in dispute. There are 'six' entities.
; Other entities : This category is for the World and the oceans. There are 'five' oceans and the World (the World entry is intended as a summary of the other 267 entries).
Oddities and controversies
Political
; Areas not covered
Specific regions within a country or areas in dispute among countries, such as Kashmir and Kosovo, are not covered,[15] but other areas of the world whose status is disputed, such as the Spratly Islands, have entries.[16] Subnational areas of countries (such as US States or the Canadian provinces and territories) are not included in the ''Factbook''. Instead, users looking for information about subnational areas are referred to "a good encyclopedia" for their reference needs. [17] This criteria was invoked in the 2007 edition with the decision to drop the entries for French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Reunion. They were dropped due to the fact that besides being overseas departments, they were now overseas regions, and a part of France. [18]
; Kashmir
: Maps depicting Kashmir have the India–Pakistan border drawn at the Line of Control, but the region of Kashmir occupied by China drawn in hash marks.[19]
; Northern Cyprus
: Northern Cyprus is not given a separate entry or listed as part of Turkey because "territorial occupations/annexations not recognized by the United States Government are not shown on U.S. Government maps."[20]
; Taiwan/Republic of China
: Taiwan has a separate entry not listed under T, but at the bottom of the list.[21] The name "''Republic of China''" is not listed as Taiwan's "official name" under the "Government" section,[22] due to U.S. recognition of Beijing's One-China Policy according to which there is one China - the People's Republic of China - and Taiwan is a part of it.[23] The name "Republic of China" was briefly added on January 27, 2005[24] but has since been changed back to "none".[22] (See also: Political status of Taiwan, Legal status of Taiwan)
; Burma/Myanmar
: The U.S. does not recognize the renaming of Burma by its ruling military junta to ''Myanmar'' and thus keeps its entry for the country under "Burma". This is done because the name change "was not approved by any sitting legislature in Burma". As a result, the US government has never adopted the name Myanmar.[26]
; Macedonia
: The Republic of Macedonia is entered under ''Macedonia.''[27] This is despite the fact that no international organisations such as the United Nations,[28] the European Union,[29] NATO,[30] the European Broadcasting Union,[31] and the International Olympic Committee[32] use this short form (they all use the phrase ''The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'') The history of the name used for the entry is a bit complex. In the 1992 edition of ''The World Factbook'', the entry for the nation was listed under the former[33] (at the same time, new entries were added for the 20 nations that were formed out of the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; the latter two being dropped.) In the 1994 edition, the name of the entry was changed to the ''Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia''.[34] For the next decade, this was the name the nation was listed under. Finally, in the 2005 edition of the ''Factbook'', the name of the entry was changed back to ''Macedonia''.[35] This came after a November 2004 US decision to refer to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as the Republic of Macedonia.[36] (''See also'' Macedonia naming dispute.)
; European Union
: On December 16, 2004, the CIA added an entry for the European Union (EU).[37] According to the CIA, the European Union was added because the EU "continues to accrue more nation-like characteristics for itself". Their reasoning was explained in this small statement in the introduction:
Before December 2004, the EU was excluded from the ''Factbook''.[38]
; United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges and Iles Eparses
: In the 2006 edition of ''The World Factbook'', the entries for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and the Midway Islands were merged into a new United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry.[39] The old entries for each individual insular area remain as redirects on the ''Factbook'' website.[40] On September 7, 2006, the CIA also merged the entries for Bassas da India, Europa Island, the Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island into a new Iles Eparses entry.[41] As with the new United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry, the old entries for these five islands remain as redirects on the website.[42] On July 19, 2007 the Iles Eparses entry and redirects for each island were dropped due to becoming a district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands in February.[43]
; Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro
: Yugoslavia has had a confusing history in the ''Factbook''. Before 1992, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) was included in the ''Factbook''.[44] In 1992, the entry was dropped[45] and entries were added for all of the former republics. In doing this, the CIA listed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) as ''Serbia and Montenegro''.[46] This was done in accordance with a May 21, 1992 decision[47] by the US Government not to recognize the FRY (or any of the other republics)[48] as successor states to the recently dissolved SFRY. The US Government also decided not recognize the FRY itself as a state.[49]
: These views were made clear in a disclaimer printed in the ''Factbook'':[50]
: Besides the disclaimer, the republics of Serbia and Montenegro were treated separately in the data, as can be seen in the map to the right.[51] In October 2000, Slobodan Milošević resigned after a disputed election held the previous month.[52] This event caused a change in the 2001 edition of the ''Factbook'', with the Serbia and Montenegro entity being renamed Yugoslavia.[53] On March 14, 2002, an agreement was signed to transform the FRY into a loose state union called Serbia and Montenegro;[54] it took effect on February 4, 2003.[55] The name of the Yugoslavia entity was changed in the ''Factbook'' the month after the change.[56]
; East Timor/Timor-Leste
On July 19, 2007 the entry for East Timor was renamed ''Timor-Leste'' following a decision of the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN).[57]
Factual
Before 1998, the United Kingdom profile contained a sentence that asserted the UK had gained independence on 1 January 1801.[58] This terse, confusing description in reference to the Act of Union 1801 has since been greatly expanded.[59]
ISBN numbers
This is a list of International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) for the Government edition and Potomac Books reprint of the ''Factbook''. For the reprint editions, the year of the data is in parentheses.
; government editions:[60]
★ 2000: ISBN 0-16-061343-4
★ 2001: ISBN 0-16-066404-7
★ 2002: ISBN 0-16-067601-0
★ 2003: ISBN 0-16-067943-5
★ 2004: ISBN 0-16-073030-9
★ 2005: ISBN 0-16-074941-7
★ 2006: ISBN 0-16-076547-1
; Potomac Books reprints:
★ 2000 (1999): ISBN 157488266X
★ 2001 (2000): ISBN 1574883461
★ 2002 (2001): ISBN 1574884751
★ 2003 (2002): ISBN 157488641X
★ 2004 (2003): ISBN 1574888374
★ 2005 (2004): ISBN 1574889427
★ 2006 (2005): ISBN 1574889974
★ 2007 (2006): ISBN 159797109X
See also
★ Besides the ''World Factbook'', the CIA also publishes a directory of ''Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments'' each week.[61]
★ Abbreviations used in CIA World Factbook
Sources
1. Press Release: CIA World Factbook 2006 Now Available Central Intelligence Agency
2. The World Factbook - Contributors and Copyright Information Directorate of Intelligence
3. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Can I use some or all of The World Factbook for my Web site (book, research project, homework, etc.)? Directorate of Intelligence
4. Use of the Central Intelligence Agency Seal Central Intelligence Agency
5. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): How often is The World Factbook updated? Directorate of Intelligence
6. The World Factbook - Notes and Definitions: Date of information Directorate of Intelligence
7. The World Factbook -- History Directorate of Intelligence
8. Miller, Jill Young. "CIA puts data on the internet." ''Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel'' 12 December 1994.
9. CIA Download Page Central Intelligence Agency
10. The World Factbook - Purchasing Information Directorate of Intelligence
11. The World Factbook 1999 - Purchasing Information (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
12. Publication Information for The World Factbook 1995 (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
13. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): I am using the Factbook online and it is not working. What is wrong? Directorate of Intelligence
14. The World Factbook - Notes and Definitions: Entities Directorate of Intelligence
15. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Why don’t you include information on entities such as Tibet, Kashmir, or Kosovo? Directorate of Intelligence
16. The World Factbook - Spratly Islands Directorate of Intelligence
17. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Why doesn't The World Factbook include information on states, departments, provinces, etc., in the country format? Directorate of Intelligence
18. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Why has The World Factbook dropped the four French departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion, and French Guiana? Directorate of Intelligence
19. The World Factbook - China (map) Directorate of Intelligence
20. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Why are the Golan Heights not shown as part of Israel or Northern Cyprus with Turkey? Directorate of Intelligence
21. The World Factbook - Country Listing Directorate of Intelligence
22. The World Factbook - Taiwan Directorate of Intelligence
23. The World Factbook - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Why are Taiwan and the European Union listed out of alphabetical order at the end of the Factbook entries? Directorate of Intelligence
24. The World Factbook - Taiwan (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
25. The World Factbook - Taiwan Directorate of Intelligence
26. The World Factbook - Burma Directorate of Intelligence
27. The World Factbook - Macedonia Directorate of Intelligence
28. Growth in UN Membership United Nations
29. Background information - The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia European Commission
30. "The situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is critical" North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
31. Members' Logos European Broadcasting Union
32. LIST OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES PARTICIPATING IN THE XIX OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES IN SALT LAKE CITY International Olympic Committee
33. The World Factbook 1992 - Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations Directorate of Intelligence
34. The World Factbook 1994 - Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations Directorate of Intelligence
35. The World Factbook - Macedonia (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
36. US snubs Greece over Macedonia BBC News Online
37. The World Factbook - European Union Directorate of Intelligence
38. The World Factbook - Why doesn't The World Factbook include information on states, departments, provinces, the European Union, etc., in the country format? (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
39. The World Factbook - United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges Directorate of Intelligence
40. For an example of a redirect, see what happens with the profile for Kingman Reef.
41. The World Factbook - Iles Eparses Directorate of Intelligence
42. For an example of a redirect, see what happens with the profile for Juan de Nova Island.
43. CIA - The World Factbook 2007: What's New Directorate of Intelligence
44. Yugoslavia Government - 1989: 1989 CIA World Factbook (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
45. 1992 CIA World Factbook: Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
46. 1992 CIA World Factbook: Serbia and Montenegro (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
47. Chiefs of Mission by Country, 1778-2005: Serbia and Montenegro Department of State
48. 767 Third Avenue Associates v. United States: BRIEF FOR AMICUS CURIAE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SUPPORTING APPELLEES AND SUPPORTING AFFIRMANCE IN PART AND REVERSAL IN PART White, Mary Jo
49. Serbia and Montenegro (08/99) (See Yugoslavia) Department of State
50. CIA -- The World Factbook 1999 -- Serbia and Montenegro (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
51. For an example, see the profile for the FRY in the 1999 World Factbook.
52. Kostunica sworn in as president of Yugoslavia CNN
53. CIA -- The World Factbook -- Notes and Definitions Directorate of Intelligence
54. Yugoslav partners sign historic deal BBC News
55. Yugoslavia consigned to history BBC News
56. CIA - The World Factbook 2002: What's new (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
57. CIA - The World Factbook 2007: What's New Directorate of Intelligence
58. The World Factbook - United Kingdom (mirror) Directorate of Intelligence
59. The World Factbook - United Kingdom Directorate of Intelligence
60. The ISBN for each edition can be found on the Government Printing Office Bookstore website.
61. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments Central Intelligence Agency
External links
★ Current CIA World Factbook
★ Previous editions of ''The World Factbook'' from the University of Missouri–St. Louis archive:
:1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
★ The World Factbook for Google Earth: The ''Factbook'' as Google Earth placemarks
★ CIA World Factbook for Pocket PC and Palm OS devices
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