Updates to this page
Published 8 March 2013
Last updated 22 December 2025
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The UK Overseas Territory names attachment has been reviewed and updated: rows for ‘Akrotiri’ and ‘Dhekelia’ have been replaced with a new single row: ‘The UK Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia’.
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Adding Palestine to country names list.
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The official name for Libya changed to ‘State of Libya’. The official name for Tunisia changed to ‘Republic of Tunisia’.
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Updated Micronesia to Federated States of Micronesia.
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New link to Welsh language international place-names
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Country names data updated: the official name of ‘Republic of Iceland’ has been changed to ‘Iceland’.
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Country names list updated: official name of Turkey changed to ‘Republic of Türkiye’.
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Update to UK Overseas Territory names list.
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New list added: UK Crown Dependencies.
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Country names file amended: The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal amended to Nepal
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Country names updated.
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New guidance added on the list of approved British English language names and descriptive terms for countries.
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Country names updated
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Updated country name Macedonia to North Macedonia
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Updated list of country names
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Country names list updated.
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Country names and Country and Territory names (HTML) files updated.
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Updated lists of countries and territories.
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FCO geographical names index – updated attachment.
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Updated with latest information.
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Updated with amended information.
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Update of both documents.
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First published.
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Updated Document.