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                        <abstract>World Countries 2004 represents the boundaries for the countries of the world, as they existed in January 2004.</abstract>
                        <purpose>World Countries 2004 provides political boundaries for the world in 2004. To display World Political Organization Membership attributes or CountryWatch Demographics attributes, join these tables to this attribute table using Fips_cntry or Cntry_name as the common field.</purpose>
                        <supplinf>Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:15,000,000.</supplinf>
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                                <title>World Countries 2004</title>
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                                <edition>2004</edition>
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                                        <sername>ESRI® Data &amp; Maps</sername>
                                        <issue>2004</issue>
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                                        <pubplace>Redlands, California, USA</pubplace>
                                        <publish>ESRI</publish>
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                                <themekey>international boundaries</themekey>
                                <themekey>coastlines</themekey>
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                                <themekey>currencies</themekey>
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                                <attrdef>The country code (three-letter) for the country from the International Organization for Standardization.</attrdef>
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                                        <cntorg>ESRI; ESRI International Distributors</cntorg>
                                </cntorgp>
                                <cntinst>In the United States, contact the ESRI Telesales staff at 800-447-9778 for more information about our software and data.

Outside the United States, please direct all inquiries to your local ESRI International Distributor.  This information can be found at http://gis.esri.com/intldist/contactint.cfm.</cntinst>
                                <cntaddr>
                                        <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
                                        <address>380 New York Street</address>
                                        <city>Redlands</city>
                                        <state>California</state>
                                        <postal>92373-8100</postal>
                                        <country>USA</country>
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                                <cntvoice>800-447-9778</cntvoice>
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                                <srccite>
                                        <citeinfo>
                                                <title>ArcWorld™ Supplement</title>
                                                <origin>ESRI</origin>
                                                <pubdate>1996</pubdate>
                                                <edition>1</edition>
                                                <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
                                                <pubinfo>
                                                        <publish>ESRI</publish>
                                                        <pubplace>Redlands, California, USA</pubplace>
                                                </pubinfo>
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                                <procdesc>The following steps were performed by ESRI for Data &amp; Maps 2002: Updated Saudi Arabia - Yemen border. Updated attributes for East Timor, Yugoslavia, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.  Recalculated attributes based on area.  Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr) and ArcView GIS legend file (.avl).  Copied projection file (.prj) and created spatial indices.

The following steps were performed by ESRI: Extracted the features from ESRI Data &amp; Maps 1999 data set–cntry98.shp.  Updated political boundaries and attributes for 2000 for Macau, Hong Kong, and East Timor. Extended political boundaries into the Caspian Sea and removed the shoreline.  Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr).  Created ArcView GIS legend file (.avl).  Created projection file (.prj).  Created spatial indices.</procdesc>
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                                <srcused>ArcWorld Supplement</srcused>
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                                <srcused>Geographic and Global Issues</srcused>
                                <srcused>CIA Factbook</srcused>
                                <srcused>World Demography Project</srcused>
                                <srcused>ESFN FIPS 10-4 20000225</srcused>
                                <srcused>ESFN FIPS 10-4 20010128</srcused>
                                <srcused>TREATY OF JEDDAH, 2000</srcused>
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                                <srccitea>Geographic and Global Issues</srccitea>
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                                                <origin>United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research</origin>
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                                                <title>Geographic and Global Issues Quarterly</title>
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                                                <serinfo>
                                                        <sername>Geographic and Global Issues Quarterly</sername>
                                                        <issue>Volume 3, Number 4</issue>
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                                                <pubinfo>
                                                        <pubplace>Washington, DC, USA</pubplace>
                                                        <publish>United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research</publish>
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                                <typesrc>paper</typesrc>
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                        <srcinfo>
                                <srccite>
                                        <citeinfo>
                                                <title>The World Factbook 2000; 2003</title>
                                                <origin>United States Central Intelligence Agency</origin>
                                                <pubdate>20000101, 2003</pubdate>
                                                <edition>2000</edition>
                                                <serinfo>
                                                        <sername>The World Factbook</sername>
                                                        <issue>2000; 2003</issue>
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                                                <pubinfo>
                                                        <pubplace>Washington, DC, USA</pubplace>
                                                        <publish>United States Central Intelligence Agency</publish>
                                                </pubinfo>
                                                <onlink>http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html</onlink>
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                                <typesrc>online</typesrc>
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                                                                <caldate>20000101</caldate>
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                                                        <sngdate>
                                                                <caldate>2003</caldate>
                                                        </sngdate>
                                                </mdattim>
                                        </timeinfo>
                                        <srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
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                                <srccitea>CIA Factbook</srccitea>
                                <srccontr>Attribute data</srccontr>
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                        <srcinfo>
                                <typesrc>paper</typesrc>
                                <srccitea>NCGIA</srccitea>
                                <srccite>
                                        <citeinfo>
                                                <origin>National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis</origin>
                                                <pubdate>199504</pubdate>
                                                <title>World Demography Project</title>
                                                <pubinfo>
                                                        <pubplace>Santa Barbara, California, USA</pubplace>
                                                        <publish>National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at University of California, Santa Barbara</publish>
                                                </pubinfo>
                                        </citeinfo>
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                                                        <caldate>1994</caldate>
                                                </sngdate>
                                        </timeinfo>
                                        <srccurr>ground condition</srccurr>
                                </srctime>
                                <srccontr>Attribute data</srccontr>
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                        <srcinfo>
                                <srccite>
                                        <citeinfo>
                                                <title>COUNTRIES, DEPENDENCIES, AREAS OF SPECIAL SOVEREIGNTY, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS</title>
                                                <origin>Executive Secretary for Foreign Names - US Board on Geographic Names</origin>
                                                <pubdate>20000225</pubdate>
                                                <edition>4</edition>
                                                <geoform>tabular digital data</geoform>
                                                <serinfo>
                                                        <sername>FIPS 10-4</sername>
                                                </serinfo>
                                                <pubinfo>
                                                        <pubplace>Bethesda, Maryland, USA</pubplace>
                                                        <publish>National Imagery and Mapping Agency</publish>
                                                </pubinfo>
                                        </citeinfo>
                                </srccite>
                                <srccitea>ESFN FIPS 10-4 20000225</srccitea>
                                <srccontr>Attribute data</srccontr>
                                <srctime>
                                        <timeinfo>
                                                <sngdate>
                                                        <caldate>20000225</caldate>
                                                </sngdate>
                                        </timeinfo>
                                        <srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
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                        <srcinfo>
                                <srccontr>Attribute data</srccontr>
                                <srccitea>ESFN FIPS 10-4 20010128</srccitea>
                                <srccite>
                                        <citeinfo>
                                                <title>COUNTRIES, DEPENDENCIES, AREAS OF SPECIAL SOVEREIGNTY, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS</title>
                                                <origin>Executive Secretary for Foreign Names - US Board on Geographic Names</origin>
                                                <pubdate>20010128</pubdate>
                                                <edition>6</edition>
                                                <geoform>tabular digital data</geoform>
                                                <serinfo>
                                                        <sername>FIPS 10-4</sername>
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                                                <pubinfo>
                                                        <pubplace>Bethesda, Maryland, USA</pubplace>
                                                        <publish>National Imagery and Mapping Agency</publish>
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                                                <pubinfo>
                                                        <pubplace>online</pubplace>
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                                <typesrc>online</typesrc>
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                                <srccontr>Attribute data</srccontr>
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                                        <citeinfo>
                                                <title>Euro Essentials</title>
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                                                <origin>Europa</origin>
                                                <geoform>document</geoform>
                                                <pubinfo>
                                                        <pubplace>online</pubplace>
                                                        <publish>Europa</publish>
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                                                <onlink>http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage</onlink>
                                                <origin>International Organization for Standardization</origin>
                                                <title>&lt;front page&gt;</title>
                                                <geoform>document</geoform>
                                                <pubinfo>
                                                        <pubplace>online</pubplace>
                                                        <publish>International Organization for Standardization</publish>
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                                <typesrc>online</typesrc>
                                <srccitea>http://www.iso.ch</srccitea>
                                <srccontr>Attribute data</srccontr>
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                                                        <sngdate>
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                                                <serinfo>
                                                        <sername>BBC News Online</sername>
                                                        <issue>March 14, 2002</issue>
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                                                <pubinfo>
                                                        <pubplace>online</pubplace>
                                                        <publish>BBC News</publish>
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                                                <onlink>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1872070.stm</onlink>
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                                <typesrc>online</typesrc>
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                                        <timeinfo>
                                                <sngdate>
                                                        <caldate>20020314</caldate>
                                                </sngdate>
                                        </timeinfo>
                                        <srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
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                                <srccitea>http://news.bbc.co.uk</srccitea>
                                <srccontr>Attribute data</srccontr>
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                        <procstep>
                                <srcused>http://europa.eu.int</srcused>
                                <srcused>http://www.iso.ch</srcused>
                                <procdesc>The following steps were performed by ESRI: Updated fields to reflect change from Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro. Updated fields for East Timor, Romania, and Gaza Strip. Updated currency information for the European Euro. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices. Converted the data set to SDC.</procdesc>
                                <procsv>ArcView GIS 3, ArcGIS 8, ArcSDE®</procsv>
                                <srcused>http://news.bbc.co.uk</srcused>
                                <procdate>20020920</procdate>
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                        <procstep>
                                <procdesc>The following steps were performed by ESRI: Updated attribute values for East Timor, Serbia &amp; Montenegro, and Taiwan. Recreated country regions, absorbing the province of Taiwan into the country of China.</procdesc>
                                <procsv>ArcView® GIS 3, ArcGIS® 9</procsv>
                                <srcused>http://www.iso.ch</srcused>
                                <procdate>20040307</procdate>
                                <srcused>GMI</srcused>
                                <srcused>CIA Factbook</srcused>
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                                <srccite>
                                        <citeinfo>
                                                <origin>Global Mapping International</origin>
                                                <title>Missions Database</title>
                                                <pubinfo>
                                                        <pubplace>Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA</pubplace>
                                                        <publish>Global Mapping International</publish>
                                                </pubinfo>
                                                <onlink>http://www.gmi.org</onlink>
                                        </citeinfo>
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                                        <timeinfo>
                                                <sngdate>
                                                        <caldate>2000</caldate>
                                                </sngdate>
                                        </timeinfo>
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                                <srccitea>GMI</srccitea>
                                <srccontr>Attribute data</srccontr>
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                                                <faxNum>909-793-5953</faxNum>
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                                <othConsts>The data are provided by multiple, third party data vendors under license to ESRI for inclusion on ESRI Data &amp; Maps for use with ESRI® software.  Each data vendor has its own data licensing policies and may grant varying redistribution rights to end users. Please consult the redistribution rights below for this data set provided on ESRI Data &amp; Maps. As used herein, “Geodata” shall mean any digital data set consisting of geographic data coordinates and associated attributes.

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                        <statement>ArcWorld Supplement (source 1 of 11) 

ESRI, 1996, ArcWorld™ Supplement: ESRI, Redlands, California, USA. 

Type of source media: CD–ROM
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Attribute and geospatial data


Geographic and Global Issues (source 2 of 11) 

United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Winter 1993/1994, Geographic and Global Issues Quarterly: Geographic and Global Issues Quarterly Volume 3, Number 4, United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Washington, DC, USA. 

Type of source media: paper
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CIA Factbook (source 3 of 11) 

United States Central Intelligence Agency, 20000101, 2003, The World Factbook 2000; 2003: The World Factbook 2000; 2003, United States Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, USA. 

Online links: 
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html 

Type of source media: online
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Attribute data


NCGIA (source 4 of 11) 

National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 199504, World Demography Project: National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA. 

Type of source media: paper
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Attribute data


ESFN FIPS 10-4 20000225 (source 5 of 11) 

Executive Secretary for Foreign Names - US Board on Geographic Names, 20000225, COUNTRIES, DEPENDENCIES, AREAS OF SPECIAL SOVEREIGNTY, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS: FIPS 10-4 , National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 

Source contribution:
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ESFN FIPS 10-4 20010128 (source 6 of 11) 

Executive Secretary for Foreign Names - US Board on Geographic Names, 20010128, COUNTRIES, DEPENDENCIES, AREAS OF SPECIAL SOVEREIGNTY, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS: FIPS 10-4 , National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 

Source contribution:
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TREATY OF JEDDAH, 2000 (source 7 of 11) 

International Border Treaty between the Republic of Yemen and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 20000612, THE TREATY OF JEDDAH, 2000: Yemen Gateway - "BAB AL-YEMEN", online. 

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http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/pol/int5.htm 

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http://europa.eu.int (source 8 of 11) 

Europa, Euro Essentials: Europa, online. 

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Europa is the portal site of the European Union (http://europa.eu.int/). It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration.

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http://www.iso.ch (source 9 of 11) 

International Organization for Standardization, 19991001, 20020201, 20020520, 20021115, &lt;front page&gt;: International Organization for Standardization, online. 

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http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/03updates-on-iso-3166/nlv6e-tl.html 

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ISO 3166-1 NEWSLETTER No. V-6 [20021115]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk (source 10 of 11) 

BBC News, 20020314, Yugoslav partners sign historic deal: BBC News Online March 14, 2002, BBC News, online. 

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GMI (source 11 of 11) 

Global Mapping International, Missions Database: Global Mapping International, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. 

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http://www.gmi.org 

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Date: 20020212 (change 1 of 3) 
The following steps were performed by ESRI for Data &amp; Maps 2002: Updated Saudi Arabia - Yemen border. Updated attributes for East Timor, Yugoslavia, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.  Recalculated attributes based on area.  Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr) and ArcView GIS legend file (.avl).  Copied projection file (.prj) and created spatial indices.

The following steps were performed by ESRI: Extracted the features from ESRI Data &amp; Maps 1999 data set–cntry98.shp.  Updated political boundaries and attributes for 2000 for Macau, Hong Kong, and East Timor. Extended political boundaries into the Caspian Sea and removed the shoreline.  Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr).  Created ArcView GIS legend file (.avl).  Created projection file (.prj).  Created spatial indices.

Data sources used in this process: 
ArcWorld Supplement 
Geographic and Global Issues 
CIA Factbook 
World Demography Project 
ESFN FIPS 10-4 20000225 
ESFN FIPS 10-4 20010128 
TREATY OF JEDDAH, 2000 


Date: 20020920 (change 2 of 3) 
The following steps were performed by ESRI: Updated fields to reflect change from Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro. Updated fields for East Timor, Romania, and Gaza Strip. Updated currency information for the European Euro. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices. Converted the data set to SDC.

Data sources used in this process: 
http://europa.eu.int 
http://www.iso.ch 
http://news.bbc.co.uk 


Date: 20040307 (change 3 of 3) 
The following steps were performed by ESRI: Updated attribute values for East Timor, Serbia &amp; Montenegro, and Taiwan. Recreated country regions, absorbing the province of Taiwan into the country of China.

Data sources used in this process: 
http://www.iso.ch 
GMI 
CIA Factbook</statement>
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