Afghanistan * Islamic State of Afghanistan
AF Kabul
Albania * Republic of Albania
AL Tirana
Algeria * Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
AG Algiers
Andorra * Principality of Andorra
AN Andorra la Vella
Angola * Republic of Angola
AO Luanda Antigua and Barbuda * (no long-form name)
AC Saint John's
Argentina * Argentine Republic
AR Buenos Aires
Armenia * Republic of Armenia
AM Yerevan
Australia * Commonwealth of Australia
AS Canberra
Austria * Republic of Austria
AU Vienna
Azerbaijan * !Republic of Azerbaijan
AJ Baku
Bahamas * The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
BF Nassau
Bahrain * State of Bahrain
BA Manama
Bangladesh * People's Republic of Bangladesh
BG Dhaka Barbados * (no long-form name)
BB Bridgetown
Belarus * Republic of Belarus
BO Minsk
Belgium * Kingdom of Belgium
BE Brussels
Belize * (no long-form name)
BH Belmopan
Benin * Republic of Benin
BN Porto-Novo
Bhutan * Kingdom of Bhutan
BT Thimphu
Bolivia * Republic of Bolivia
BL La Paz (administrative)
Sucre (legislative/judiciary)
Bosnia and Herzegovina * (no long-form name)
BK Sarajevo
Botswana * Republic of Botswana
BC Gaborone
Brazil * Federative Republic of Brazil
BR Brasília
Brunei * Negara Brunei Darussalam
BX Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria * Republic of Bulgaria
BU Sofia
Burkina Faso * Burkina Faso
UV Ouagadougou
Burma * Union of Burma
BM Rangoon
Burundi * Republic of Burundi
BY Bujumbura
Cambodia * Kingdom of Cambodia
CB Phnom Penh
Cameroon * Republic of Cameroon
CM Yaoundé
Canada * (no long-form name)
CA Ottawa
Cape Verde * Republic of Cape Verde
CV Praia Central
African Republic * Central African Republic
CT Bangui Chad *
Republic of Chad
CD N'Djamena
Chile * Republic of Chile
CI Santiago
China * (see note 3) People's Republic of China
CH Beijing
Colombia * Republic of Colombia
CO Bogotá
Comoros * Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros
CN Moroni
Congo (Brazzaville) * (see note 4) Republic of the Congo
CF Brazzaville
Congo (Kinshasa) * (see note 4) Democratic Republic of the Congo
CG Kinshasa
Costa Rica * Republic of Costa Rica
CS San José Côte d'Ivoire *
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
IV Yamoussoukro
Croatia * Republic of Croatia
HR Zagreb
Cuba + Republic of Cuba
CU Havana
Cyprus * Republic of Cyprus
CY Nicosia
Czech Republic * Czech Republic
EZ Prague
Denmark * Kingdom of Denmark
DA Copenhagen
Djibouti * Republic of Djibouti
DJ Djibouti
Dominica * Commonwealth of Dominica
DO Roseau
Dominican Republic * Dominican Republic
DR Santo Domingo
Ecuador * Republic of Ecuador
EC Quito
Egypt * Arab Republic of Egypt
EG Cairo
El Salvador * Republic of El Salvador
ES San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea * Republic of Equatorial Guinea
EK Malabo
Eritrea * State of Eritrea
ER Asmara
Estonia * Republic of Estonia
EN Tallinn
Ethiopia * Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
ET Addis Ababa
Miracle of Lions, in Addis Ababa : Three lions cared for a 12 year old girl, after chasing off seven of her abductors who were beating
her and raping her to force her to agree to marry one of them. This young girl had been missing for a week. These lions found her and
saved her life in Addis Ababa, in Ethopia. The girl was found surrounded by the lions, who left quietly when relatives and searchers
found her after she was missing for 7 days. The lions had heard her screams, apparently, and arrived to chase off her attackers, and then
they stayed with the young girl, keeping her safe until other humans arrived to care for her. "They stood guard until we found her and
then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest," said Wondimu Wedajo, an officer of law in Bita Genet, the provincial
capital of Ethoipia. Research Source : Associated Press Article by Anthony Mitchell, in the Register Guard Article of 20050622 page a15.
Fiji * Republic of the Fiji Islands
FJ Suva
Finland * Republic of Finland
FI Helsinki
France * French Republic
FR Paris
Gabon * Gabonese Republic
GB Libreville
Gambia, The * Republic of The Gambia
GA Banjul
Georgia * !Republic of Georgia
GG T'bilisi
Germany * Federal Republic of Germany
GM Berlin
Ghana * Republic of Ghana
GH Accra
Greece * Hellenic Republic
GR Athens
Grenada * (no long-form name)
GJ Saint George's
Guatemala * Republic of Guatemala
GT Guatemala
Guinea * Republic of Guinea
GV Conakry
Guinea-Bissau * Republic of Guinea-Bissau
PU Bissau
Guyana * Co-operative Republic of Guyana
GY Georgetown
Haiti * Republic of Haiti
HA Port-au-Prince
Holy See * Holy See
VT Vatican City
Honduras * Republic of Honduras
HO Tegucigalpa
Hungary * Republic of Hungary
HU Budapest
Iceland * Republic of Iceland
IC Reykjavík
India * Republic of India
IN New Delhi
Indonesia * Republic of Indonesia
ID Jakarta
Iran * Islamic Republic of Iran
IR Tehran
Iraq * Republic of Iraq
IZ Baghdad
Ireland * (no long-form name)
EI Dublin
Israel * State of Israel
IS (see note 5)
Italy * Italian Republic
IT Rome
Jamaica * (no long-form name)
JM Kingston
Japan * (no long-form name)
JA Tokyo
Jordan * Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
JO Amman
Kazakhstan * Republic of Kazakhstan
KZ Astana
Kenya *
Republic of Kenya
KE Nairobi
Kiribati * Republic of Kiribati
KR Tarawa
Korea, North * Democratic People's Republic of Korea
KN P'yongyang
Korea, South * Republic of Korea
KS Seoul
Kuwait * State of Kuwait
KU Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan * Kyrgyz Republic
KG Bishkek
Laos * Lao People's Democratic Republic
LA Vientiane
Latvia * Republic of Latvia
LG Riga
Lebanon * Lebanese Republic
LE Beirut
Lesotho * Kingdom of Lesotho
LT Maseru
Liberia * Republic of Liberia
LI Monrovia
Libya * !Great Socialist People's
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
LY Tripoli
Liechtenstein * Principality of Liechtenstein
LS Vaduz
Lithuania * Republic of Lithuania
LH Vilnius
Luxembourg * Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
LU Luxembourg
Macedonia * The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
MK Skopje
Madagascar * Republic of Madagascar
MA Antananarivo
Malawi * Republic of Malawi
MI Lilongwe
Malaysia * (no long-form name)
MY Kuala Lumpur
Maldives * Republic of Maldives
MV Male
Mali * Republic of Mali
ML Bamako
Malta * !Republic of Malta
MT Valletta
Marshall Islands * Republic of the Marshall Islands
RM Majuro
Mauritania * Islamic Republic of Mauritania
MR Nouakchott
Mauritius * Republic of Mauritius
MP Port Louis
Mexico * United Mexican States
MX Mexico
Micronesia * Federated States of Micronesia
FM Palikir
Moldova * Republic of Moldova
MD Chisinau
Monaco * Principality of Monaco
MN Monaco
Mongolia * (no long-form name)
MG Ulaanbaatar
Morocco * Kingdom of Morocco
MO Rabat
Mozambique * Republic of Mozambique
MZ Maputo
Namibia * Republic of Namibia
WA Windhoek
Nauru * Republic of Nauru
NR Yaren District (no capital city)
Nepal * Kingdom of Nepal
NP Kathmandu
Netherlands * Kingdom of the Netherlands
NL Amsterdam The Hague (seat of gov't)
New Zealand * (no long-form name)
NZ Wellington
Nicaragua * Republic of Nicaragua
NU Managua
Niger * Republic of Niger
NG Niamey
Nigeria * Federal Republic of Nigeria
NI Abuja
Norway * Kingdom of Norway
NO Oslo
Oman * Sultanate of Oman
MU Muscat
Pakistan * Islamic Republic of Pakistan
PK Islamabad
Palau * Republic of Palau
PS Koror
Panama * Republic of Panama
PM Panama
Papua New Guinea * Independent State of Papua New Guinea
PP Port Moresby
Paraguay * Republic of Paraguay
PA Asunción
Peru * Republic of Peru
PE Lima
Philippines * Republic of the Philippines
RP Manila
Poland * Republic of Poland
PL Warsaw
Portugal * Portuguese Republic
PO Lisbon
Qatar * State of Qatar
QA Doha
Romania * (no long-form name)
RO Bucharest
Russia * Russian Federation
RS Moscow
Rwanda * Rwandese Republic
RW Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis * Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
SC Basseterre
Saint Lucia * (no long-form name)
ST Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * (no long-form name)
VC Kingstown
Samoa * Independent State of Samoa
WS Apia
San Marino * Republic of San Marino
SM San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe * Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
TP São Tomé
Saudi Arabia * Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
SA Riyadh
Senegal * Republic of Senegal
SG Dakar
Seychelles * Republic of Seychelles
SE Victoria
Sierra Leone * Republic of Sierra Leone
SL Freetown
Singapore * Republic of Singapore
SN Singapore
Slovakia * Slovak Republic
LO Bratislava
Slovenia * Republic of Slovenia
SI Ljubljana
Solomon Islands * (no long-form name)
BP Honiara
Somalia * (no long-form name)
SO Mogadishu
South Africa * Republic of South Africa
SF Pretoria (administrative)
Cape Town (legislative)
Bloemfontein (judiciary)
Spain * Kingdom of Spain
SP Madrid
Sri Lanka * Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
CE Colombo - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
Sudan * Republic of the Sudan
SU Khartoum
Suriname * Republic of Suriname
NS Paramaribo
Swaziland * Kingdom of Swaziland
WZ Mbabane (administrative)
Lobamba (legislative)
Sweden * Kingdom of Sweden
SW Stockholm
Switzerland * Swiss Confederation
SZ Bern
Syria * Syrian Arab Republic
SY Damascus
Taiwan (see note 6) (no long-form name)
TW Taipei
Tajikistan * Republic of Tajikistan
TI Dushanbe
Tanzania * United Republic of Tanzania
TZ Dar es Salaam
Dodoma (legislative)
Thailand * Kingdom of Thailand
TH Bangkok
Togo * Togolese Republic
TO Lomé
Tonga * Kingdom of Tonga
TN Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago * Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
TD Port-of-Spain
Tunisia * Republic of Tunisia
TS Tunis
Turkey * Republic of Turkey
TU Ankara
Turkmenistan * (no long-form name)
TX Ashgabat
Tuvalu * (no long-form name)
TV Funafuti
Uganda * Republic of Uganda
UG Kampala
Ukraine * (no long-form name)
UP Kiev
United Arab Emirates * United Arab Emirates
TC Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom * United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UK London
United States * United States of America
US Washington, DC
Uruguay * Oriental Republic of Uruguay
UY Montevideo
Uzbekistan * Republic of Uzbekistan
UZ Tashkent
Vanuatu * Republic of Vanuatu
NH Port-Vila
Venezuela * Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
VE Caracas
Vietnam * Socialist Republic of Vietnam
VM Hanoi
Yemen * Republic of Yemen
YM Sanaa
Yugoslavia * Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
YI Belgrade
Zambia * Republic of Zambia
ZA Lusaka
Zimbabwe * Republic of Zimbabwe
ZI Harare
20050622 : An insanity in Zimbabwe : Police are destroying vegetable gardens planted by the urban poor.
Where does the police authority insanity end ? They destroyed their homes, they destroyed their kiosks,
Where does the insanity of police willingness to be pawns of fearful politicians and thugs end ?

NOTES
Note 1: In this listing, the term "independent state" refers to a people politically organized into a sovereign state with a definite territory recognized as independent by the US.

Note 2: Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4 codes.

Note 3: With the establishment of diplomatic relations with China on January 1, 1979, the US Government recognized the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China and acknowledged the Chinese position that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of China.

Note 4: "Congo" is the official short-form name for both the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To distinguish one from the other, the U.S. Department of State adds the capital in parentheses. This practice is unofficial and provisional.

Note 5: In 1950 the Israel Parliament proclaimed Jerusalem as the capital. The US, like most other countries that have embassies in Israel, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv.

Note 6: Claimed by both the Government of the People's Republic of China and the authorities on Taiwan. Administered by the authorities on Taiwan. (see note 3)

Source: Office of The Geographer and Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
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