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Title: The 2006 CIA World Factbook

Author: United States

Release Date: December 12, 2008 [EBook #27509]

Language: English

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THE CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 2006

CONTENTS

Countries and Locations

Field Listings

Rank Orders

Appendixes

Notes and Definitions

History of The World Factbook

Contributors and Copyright Information

Purchasing Information

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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What's New

- Country information has been updated as of 19 December 2006.

- There have been some significant changes to the latest edition of
The World Factbook. The successful secession referendum held in
Montenegro in May of 2006 allowed it to legally leave its union
with Serbia the following month. These two Balkan countries have now
been formally recognized and are listed separately in the Factbook.

- In the Government category, the 'Capital' entry has been greatly
expanded and now contains up to four subfields, including significant
new information having to do with time. The subfields consist of the
name of the capital itself, its geographic coordinates, the time
difference at the capital from coordinated universal time (UTC), and,
if applicable, information on daylight saving time (DST). Where
appropriate, a special note has been added to highlight those
countries that have multiple time zones.

- The Transnational issues category now has a "Trafficking in persons"
entry. Human trafficking connotes modern-day slavery and this important
new field will include information on the most egregious countries
(Tier 2 Watch List and Tier 3) as listed in the US State Department's
annual report.

- A new Appendix G lists Weights and Measures. The appendix includes
information on mathematical notation and metric interrelationships,
as well as over 400 examples of standard conversion factors.

- Revision of some individual country maps, first introduced in the