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August, 2002

Changes affecting status:

1. Bahamas: A government Web page indicates that the divisions have changed, but gives contradictory details.
2. Benin: Changed spelling from Plateaux to Plateau; changed capitals.
3. Dominican Republic: There is a new province of San Jose de Ocoa. Also, correct the spelling of one of the province capitals.
4. Libya: May have new regions.
5. Panama: There may be a new province of Panama Oeste.
6. Tanzania: Manyara region split from Arusha.

Other data added:

1. Afghanistan: Added areas of new provinces.
2. Benin: Added areas and populations of new departments.
3. Dominican Republic: Additions and corrections to the change history.
4. Maldives: Added more alternate names.
5. Venezuela: Adjusted populations of Distrito Federal and Vargas.
6. The ISO 3166 maintenance agency has issued an update to ISO 3166-2, dated 2002-08-20. It lists changes affecting Czech Republic, East Timor, India, Kazakhstan, Macau, Moldova, Palestinian Territory, Uganda, and United Arab Emirates. East Timor and Uganda have new subdivision codes; the rest are just spelling corrections and the like.

Secondary divisions:

1. Benin: Changed status from sub-prefectures to communes; assigned communes to the new departments where they belong.

Time zones:

1. United States: Made minor corrections not affecting the actual time zone data.