User:Hutorok134/sandbox/Timeline of state flags/1956

Map of the World in 1956

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Recognized sovereign states

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  Afghanistan
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  Albania
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  Andorra
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  Argentina
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  Australia
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  Austria
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  Belgium
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  Bhutan (until 1956)
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  Bhutan (since 1956)
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  Bolivia
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  Brazil
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  Bulgaria
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  Burma
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  Cambodia
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  Canada
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  Ceylon
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  Chile
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  China, Republic of
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  Colombia
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  Costa Rica
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  Cuba
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  Czechoslovakia
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  Denmark
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  Dominican Republic
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  East Germany
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  Ecuador
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  Egypt
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  El Salvador
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  Ethiopia
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  Finland
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  France
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  Greece
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  Guatemala
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  Haiti
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  Honduras
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  Hungary (de jure until 12 November)
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  Hungary (de facto from 23 October to 12 November)
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  Hungary (since 12 November)
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  Iceland
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  India
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  Indonesia
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  Iran
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  Iraq
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  Ireland
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  Israel
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  Italy
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  Japan
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  Jordan
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  Laos
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  Lebanon
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  Liberia
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  Libya
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  Liechtenstein
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  Luxembourg
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  Mexico
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  Monaco
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  Mongolia
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  Morocco (since 7 April)
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  Nepal
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  Netherlands
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  New Zealand
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  Nicaragua
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  North Korea
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  North Vietnam
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  Norway
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  Pakistan
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  Panama
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  Paraguay
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  Peru
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  Philippines
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  Poland
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  Portugal
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  Romania
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  San Marino
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  Saudi Arabia
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  Sikkim
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  South Africa
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  South Korea
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  South Vietnam
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  Soviet Union
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  Spain
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  Sudan (since 1 January)
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  Sweden
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  Switzerland
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  Syria
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  Thailand
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  Tunisia (since 20 March)
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  Turkey
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  United Kingdom
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  United States
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  Uruguay
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  Vatican City
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  Venezuela
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  West Germany
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  Yemen
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  Yugoslavia

Other sovereign states

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  China, People's Republic of
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  Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli
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  Palestine
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  South Maluku
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  Tangier International Zone (until 29 October)

Colonies, concessions, possessions, protectorates, mandates, dependencies, and territories

Australia

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  Australian Antarctic Territory
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  Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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  Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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  Nauru
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  Norfolk Island
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  Papua and New Guinea

Belgium

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  Belgian Congo
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  Ruanda-Urundi

Denmark

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  Faroe Islands

Finland

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  Åland

France

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  Algeria
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  Comoros
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  French Cameroon
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  French Equatorial Africa
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  French Guiana
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  French Guinea
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  French Morocco (until 7 April)
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  French Oceania
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  French Somaliland
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  French Southern and Antarctic Lands
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  French Togoland (until 24 August)
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  French Togoland (since 24 August)
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  French West Africa
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  Guadeloupe
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  Madagascar
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  Martinique
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  New Caledonia
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  New Hebrides
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  Réunion
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  Saar
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  Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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  Tunisia (until 20 March)

Italy

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  Italian Somaliland

Netherlands

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  Dutch New Guinea
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  Netherlands Antilles
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  Suriname

New Zealand

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  Cook Islands
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  Nauru
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  Niue
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  Ross Dependency
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  Tokelau Islands
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  Western Samoa

Norway

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  Bouvet Island
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  Jan Mayen
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  Peter I Island
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  Queen Maud Land
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  Svalbard

Portugal

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  Angola
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  Cape Verde
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  Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá
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  Macau
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  Mozambique
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  Portuguese Guinea
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  Portuguese India
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  Portuguese Timor
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  São Tomé and Príncipe

South Africa

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  South West Africa

Spain

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  Spanish Guinea
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  Spanish Morocco (until 7 April)
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  Spanish West Africa

United Kingdom

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  Aden
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  Ashanti (until 1956)
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  Bahamas
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  Bahrain
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  Barbados
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  Basutoland
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  Bechuanaland
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  Bermuda
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  British Cameroons
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  British Guiana
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  British Honduras
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  British Leeward Islands
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  British Solomon Islands (until 1956)
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  British Solomon Islands (since 1956)
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  British Somaliland
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  British Togoland (until 13 December)
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  British Windward Islands
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  Brunei
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  Canton and Enderbury Islands
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  Cyprus
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  Falkland Islands
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  Fiji
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  Gambia
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  Gibraltar
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  Gilbert and Ellice Islands
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  Gold Coast
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  Guernsey
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  Hong Kong
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  Isle of Man
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  Jamaica
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  Jersey
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  Kenya
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  Kuwait
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  Malaya
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  Maldive Islands
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  Malta
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  Mauritius
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  Muscat and Oman
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  Nauru
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  New Hebrides
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  Nigeria
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  North Borneo
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  Northern Territories of the Gold Coast (until 1956)
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  Pitcairn Islands
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  Qatar
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  Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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  Saint Helena and Dependencies
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  Sarawak
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  Seychelles
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  Sierra Leone
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  Singapore
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  Suez Canal Zone (until 26 July)
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  Swaziland
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  Tanganyika
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  Tonga
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  Trinidad and Tobago
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  Trucial States
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  Uganda
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  Zanzibar

United States

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  Alaska
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  American Samoa
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  Baker Island
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  Bonin-Volcano Islands
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  Canton and Enderbury Islands
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  Corn Islands
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  Guam
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  Hawaii
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  Howland Island
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  Jarvis Island
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  Johnston Atoll
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  Kingman Reef
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  Midway Atoll
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  Navassa Island
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  Palmyra Atoll
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  Panama Canal Zone
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  Puerto Rico
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  Roncador Bank
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  Ryukyu Islands
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  Serrana Bank
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  Swan Islands
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  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
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  United States Virgin Islands
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  Wake Island