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May, 2012

Changes affecting status:

1. Burkina Faso: Regions have become the primary subdivisions.
2. Papua New Guinea: Two new provinces created.
3. Sudan: Added two new states (previously reported) to the table.

Other data added:

1. An update to Geopolitical Entities and Codes, the U.S. standard for primary subdivision codes, affects Angola, Burkina Faso, Kosovo, Latvia, Malta, Philippines, Switzerland, Tajikistan, and Vietnam.
2. Historical updates ca. 1975 in Grenada and Haiti.

Secondary divisions:

1. Burkina Faso: Provinces have become the secondary subdivisions.