The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/all/20050118091711/http://www.state.gov:80/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Skip Links
U.S. Department of State
HomeContact UsEmail this PageFOIAPrivacy NoticeArchiveEspanol
Search
U.S. Department of State
About the State Dept.Press and Public AffairsTravel and Living AbroadCountries and RegionsInternational IssuesHistory, Education and CultureBusiness CenterOther ServicesEmployment
Bureau of Public Affairs
Electronic Information and Publications Office
Background Notes
  

Background Notes

Background Notes are factual publications that include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.  The Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the Department's regional bureaus and are added to the database of the Department of State website you are now using.

In each Background Note is a link under "OFFICIAL NAME" that goes to the respective "country page" containing additional information. For a list of the countries in a region of the world (with links to respective country pages) go to the Countries and Other Areas section in each of these regions: Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia (including the New Independent States of the former U.S.S.R.), Near East, South Asia, and the Western Hemisphere

Selected Background Notes also are available for sale in print by annual subscription or individually from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office.

--  Afghanistan (12/04)
--  Albania (10/04)
--  Algeria (12/04)
--  Andorra (11/04)
--  Angola (01/05)
--  Antigua and Barbuda (08/04)
--  Argentina (09/04)
--  Armenia (11/04)
--  Aruba (10/04)
--  Australia (12/04)
--  Austria (10/04)
--  Azerbaijan (10/04)
--  Bahamas, The (08/04)
--  Bahrain (11/04)
--  Bangladesh (08/04)
--  Barbados (08/04)
--  Belarus (10/04)
--  Belgium (10/04)
--  Belize (08/04)
--  Benin (01/05)
--  Bermuda (10/04)
--  Bhutan (08/04)
--  Bolivia (08/04)
--  Bosnia and Herzegovina (11/04)
--  Botswana (01/05)
--  Brazil (01/05)
--  Brunei (12/04)
--  Bulgaria (10/04)
--  Burkina Faso (01/05)
--  Burma (12/04)
--  Burundi (01/05)
--  Cambodia (10/04)
--  Cameroon (01/05)
--  Canada (07/04)
--  Cape Verde (01/05)
--  Cayman Islands (10/04)
--  Central African Republic (01/05)
--  Chad (01/05)
--  Chile (11/04)
--  China (10/04)
--  Colombia (12/04)
--  Comoros (01/05)
--  Congo (Brazzaville) (01/05)
--  Congo (Kinshasa) (01/05)
--  Costa Rica (08/04)
--  Cote d'Ivoire (11/04)
--  Croatia (10/04)
--  Cuba (08/04)
--  Cyprus (12/04)
--  Czech Republic (12/04)
--  Denmark (10/04)
--  Djibouti (01/05)
--  Dominica (08/04)
--  Dominican Republic (01/05)
--  East Timor (09/04)
--  Ecuador (08/04)
--  Egypt (08/04)
--  El Salvador (08/04)
--  Equatorial Guinea (01/05)
--  Eritrea (11/04)
--  Estonia (12/04)
--  Ethiopia (01/05)
--  Fiji (12/04)
--  Finland (10/04)
--  France (10/04)
--  Gabon (01/05)
--  Gambia, The (11/04)
--  Georgia (11/04)
--  Germany (10/04)
--  Ghana (01/05)
--  Greece (01/05)
--  Grenada (10/04)
--  Guatemala (08/04)
--  Guinea (01/05)
--  Guinea-Bissau (11/04)
--  Guyana (08/04)
--  Haiti (08/04)
--  Holy See (10/04)
--  Honduras (09/04)
--  Hong Kong (12/04)
--  Hungary (11/04)
--  Iceland (10/04)
--  India (11/04)
--  Indonesia (10/04)
--  Iran (08/04)
--  Iraq (08/04)
--  Ireland (10/04)
--  Israel (09/04)
--  Italy (11/04)
--  Jamaica (08/04)
--  Japan (10/04)
--  Jordan (10/04)
--  Kazakhstan (12/04)
--  Kenya (01/05)
--  Kiribati (11/04)
--  Kuwait (08/04)
--  Kyrgyzstan (03/04)
--  Laos (10/04)
--  Latvia (12/04)
--  Lebanon (11/04)
--  Lesotho (01/05)
--  Liberia (11/04)
--  Libya (12/04)
--  Liechtenstein (10/04)
--  Lithuania (12/04)
--  Luxembourg (10/04)
--  Macau (12/04)
--  Macedonia (12/04)
--  Madagascar (01/05)
--  Malawi (01/05)
--  Malaysia (09/04)
--  Maldives (09/04)
--  Mali (01/05)
--  Malta (12/04)
--  Marshall Islands (10/04)
--  Mauritania (01/05)
--  Mauritius (01/05)
--  Mexico (09/04)
--  Micronesia (10/04)
--  Moldova (10/04)
--  Monaco (10/04)
--  Mongolia (08/04)
--  Morocco (10/04)
--  Mozambique (01/05)
--  Namibia (01/05)
--  Nauru (12/04)
--  Nepal (08/04)
--  Netherlands (10/04)
--  Netherlands Antilles (10/04)
--  New Zealand (09/04)
--  Nicaragua (08/04)
--  Niger (01/05)
--  Nigeria (11/04)
--  North Korea (08/04)
--  Norway (10/04)
--  Oman (09/04)
--  Pakistan (11/04)
--  Palau (11/04)
--  Panama (09/04)
--  Papua New Guinea (09/04)
--  Paraguay (09/04)
--  Peru (08/04)
--  Philippines (09/04)
--  Poland (01/05)
--  Portugal (12/04)
--  Qatar (11/04)
--  Romania (12/04)
--  Russia (10/04)
--  Rwanda (01/05)
--  Saint Kitts and Nevis (08/04)
--  Saint Lucia (10/04)
--  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (08/04)
--  Samoa (11/04)
--  San Marino (10/04)
--  Sao Tome and Principe (01/05)
--  Saudi Arabia (09/04)
--  Senegal (11/04)
--  Serbia and Montenegro (12/04)
--  Seychelles (01/05)
--  Sierra Leone (11/04)
--  Singapore (08/04)
--  Slovakia (01/05)
--  Slovenia (12/04)
--  Solomon Islands (12/04)
--  Somalia (01/05)
--  South Africa (01/05)
--  South Korea (10/04)
--  Spain (12/04)
--  Sri Lanka (09/04)
--  Sudan (12/04)
--  Suriname (08/04)
--  Swaziland (01/05)
--  Sweden (10/04)
--  Switzerland (11/04)
--  Syria (08/04)
--  Taiwan (11/04)
--  Tajikistan (10/04)
--  Tanzania (01/05)
--  Thailand (01/05)
--  Togo (01/05)
--  Tonga (11/04)
--  Trinidad and Tobago (08/04)
--  Tunisia (12/04)
--  Turkey (12/04)
--  Turkmenistan (12/04)
--  Tuvalu (12/04)
--  Uganda (01/05)
--  Ukraine (12/04)
--  United Arab Emirates (11/04)
--  United Kingdom (10/04)
--  Uruguay (11/04)
--  Uzbekistan (12/04)
--  Vanuatu (12/04)
--  Venezuela (11/04)
--  Vietnam (09/04)
--  Yemen (09/04)
--  Zambia (01/05)
--  Zimbabwe (01/05)

  
  
This site is managed by the Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein.
Copyright Information | Disclaimers