September, 2013
Changes affecting status:
- Taiwan: Three new special municipalities created.
Other data added:
Update 13 to Geopolitical Entities and Codes (formerly FIPS 10-4) is dated 2013-09-30. It includes changes for
eleven countries, but most of those changes don't affect data reported on this site. There are substantive changes
for Côte d'Ivoire, Spain, and Tonga.
- Bangladesh: Added 2011 census data.
- Bolivia: Added 2012 census data.
- Japan: Added 2010 census data.
- Macau: Added 2011 census data.
- Romania: Added 2011 census data.
Secondary divisions:
- Bangladesh: Added 2011 census data.
- Bolivia: Updated to 2012 census data.
- Italy: Changes to communes.
- Sierra Leone: One district capital moved.
- Taiwan: Some subdivisions consolidated.
Time zones:
- Jordan: Changed to permanent UTC+3.