Data tables, 2016 Census

Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Place of Birth (272), Age (7A) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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This table details immigrant status and period of immigration , place of birth , age and sex for the population in private households in Capital
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Place of birth (272)	Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
Place of birth (272)	Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration^Footnote 1	Non-immigrants^Footnote 2	Immigrants^Footnote 3	Before 1981	1981 to 1990	1991 to 2000	2001 to 2010	2001 to 2005	2006 to 2010	2011 to 2016^Footnote 4	Non-permanent residents^Footnote 5
Total - Place of birth^{Footnote 6}	372,875	297,140	68,925	32,495	7,495	8,990	12,065	5,100	6,960	7,885	6,815
Born in Canada	293,125	293,120	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Born outside Canada	79,750	4,015	68,920	32,495	7,490	8,990	12,065	5,100	6,965	7,885	6,815
Americas	13,255	1,675	10,560	4,720	1,170	1,185	2,370	845	1,525	1,110	1,020
North America	8,830	1,375	6,935	3,595	665	670	1,370	505	860	645	520
Greenland	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States^{Footnote 7}	8,830	1,375	6,935	3,590	665	670	1,370	505	865	640	520
Central America	1,645	140	1,290	145	265	205	405	135	270	270	210
Belize	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	80	10	70	10	0	10	35	20	15	10	0
El Salvador	180	0	175	10	90	50	15	0	10	15	0
Guatemala	110	10	95	10	50	15	0	0	0	20	10
Honduras	55	10	55	0	15	10	15	0	10	10	0
Mexico	1,095	100	790	105	65	100	325	95	230	195	200
Nicaragua	95	0	85	0	55	10	15	10	10	15	0
Panama	20	10	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Caribbean and Bermuda	1,120	105	970	590	95	90	150	25	125	45	50
Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	15	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aruba	15	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Bahamas	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barbados	90	10	75	50	15	0	10	0	0	0	0
Bermuda	120	35	80	65	0	0	15	10	10	0	0
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cayman Islands	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cuba	85	10	70	10	10	0	30	0	30	20	10
Curaçao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	45	0	40	0	0	0	30	0	35	0	0
Grenada	50	0	50	35	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
Guadeloupe	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haiti	75	10	70	20	0	25	25	10	20	0	0
Jamaica	320	10	300	205	30	35	25	10	20	10	10
Martinique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montserrat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Barthélemy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Lucia	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Martin (French part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	260	0	250	165	45	20	15	0	10	10	0
Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, British	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South America	1,660	60	1,360	400	150	215	450	180	265	155	240
Argentina	170	10	145	75	20	20	25	15	0	0	15
Bolivia^{Footnote 8}	25	10	20	0	0	0	10	0	10	10	0
Brazil	320	15	195	25	0	30	85	50	35	50	105
Chile	295	0	290	120	40	50	65	30	35	10	0
Colombia	365	10	310	10	25	75	145	70	80	50	55
Ecuador	100	15	75	25	10	0	35	0	35	0	10
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
French Guiana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guyana	100	0	100	80	15	0	0	0	0	10	0
Paraguay	20	0	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peru	170	0	140	25	15	25	70	10	55	10	25
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Suriname	15	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
Uruguay	15	0	10	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	10
Venezuela^{Footnote 9}	65	0	45	20	10	10	0	0	0	0	20
Europe	33,685	1,380	31,665	21,920	3,090	2,680	2,745	1,210	1,535	1,235	640
Western Europe	7,075	685	6,155	4,245	625	540	520	230	285	225	230
Austria	295	10	280	205	25	10	35	15	10	10	10
Belgium	190	25	160	90	10	25	25	10	15	20	10
France	705	100	570	275	85	80	80	35	45	50	30
Germany	3,710	435	3,155	2,090	360	320	275	105	175	110	120
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luxembourg	20	0	15	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	1,775	55	1,695	1,440	110	65	60	40	25	20	25
Switzerland	380	70	275	135	40	30	50	40	10	15	40
Eastern Europe	3,715	20	3,610	1,235	645	730	725	375	345	270	80
Belarus	55	0	55	10	0	10	30	20	15	0	0
Bulgaria	135	0	130	0	0	70	30	15	20	20	0
Czech Republic	375	10	370	220	70	40	30	10	25	15	0
Estonia	50	0	50	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	550	0	545	385	75	45	40	10	30	0	0
Latvia	30	0	30	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	30	0	30	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova^{Footnote 10}	25	0	30	0	0	10	10	10	0	10	0
Poland	910	10	900	295	390	150	35	10	35	20	0
Romania	320	0	315	55	25	120	105	70	40	20	0
Russian Federation	670	0	615	30	10	170	320	190	135	90	55
Slovakia	125	0	110	25	45	20	15	0	15	10	15
Ukraine	440	0	430	120	0	105	110	70	40	85	10
Northern Europe	20,120	620	19,245	14,640	1,575	1,050	1,330	530	795	650	255
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	570	20	545	470	15	35	20	0	20	10	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	130	10	125	100	0	15	0	0	0	10	0
Guernsey	15	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iceland	40	10	30	0	10	0	0	0	0	20	0
Ireland^{Footnote 11}	515	25	480	320	45	35	35	10	30	50	10
Isle of Man	20	0	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Jersey	20	0	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Norway	210	15	185	150	10	0	0	10	10	10	10
Sark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden	220	10	210	135	20	30	15	10	0	10	15
United Kingdom^{Footnote 12}	18,385	535	17,630	13,425	1,480	930	1,240	495	740	555	220
Southern Europe	2,775	55	2,650	1,790	250	350	170	70	105	85	75
Albania	40	0	45	0	0	10	25	10	15	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	135	0	130	15	0	95	15	0	15	0	10
Croatia	375	0	375	290	15	60	10	10	0	0	0
Gibraltar	10	0	15	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	245	0	230	155	30	10	10	0	10	15	10
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	720	25	685	550	60	20	30	0	25	25	15
Kosovo^{Footnote 13}	65	0	65	0	0	25	25	20	0	10	0
Macedonia, Republic of^{Footnote 14}	15	0	15	10	0	10	10	10	0	0	0
Malta	50	0	50	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	725	15	700	525	95	35	20	10	15	15	15
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia^{Footnote 15}	155	0	155	60	20	60	15	15	0	0	0
Slovenia	35	0	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	205	15	170	95	20	35	15	0	10	10	25
Africa	3,345	120	2,925	860	385	645	600	285	315	435	295
Western Africa	295	15	195	15	15	30	75	15	55	60	90
Benin	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cabo Verde	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Côte d'Ivoire	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gambia	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
Ghana	35	0	35	10	10	0	10	10	10	0	0
Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	220	10	130	10	0	20	45	15	35	60	85
Saint Helena^{Footnote 16}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sierra Leone	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Togo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Africa	1,125	50	1,015	325	165	180	210	140	65	145	55
Burundi	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eritrea	35	0	40	0	15	15	0	0	0	0	0
Ethiopia	185	10	180	10	35	25	80	60	20	30	0
Kenya	255	15	215	75	20	40	35	20	15	45	25
Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malawi	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritius	60	0	55	15	20	10	15	20	0	0	0
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mozambique	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Réunion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rwanda	20	0	20	0	10	10	0	0	0	10	0
Seychelles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia	55	0	50	0	10	30	0	0	0	10	0
South Sudan	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tanzania^{Footnote 17}	90	0	85	60	10	0	10	10	0	0	0
Uganda	125	10	115	75	10	0	15	10	0	0	0
Zambia	45	0	40	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	220	0	195	60	25	35	45	25	20	35	30
Northern Africa	540	15	435	135	15	60	130	30	95	100	90
Algeria	10	0	15	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Egypt	210	10	195	80	10	30	45	0	45	30	0
Libya	150	0	70	10	0	0	25	0	25	40	75
Morocco	120	0	115	35	10	10	35	20	20	20	0
Sudan^{Footnote 18}	20	0	15	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
Tunisia	25	0	15	10	0	0	10	10	0	0	10
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central Africa	80	0	75	10	10	10	20	10	10	20	0
Angola	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central African Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	50	0	45	0	0	0	15	10	0	20	0
Congo, Republic of the	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabon	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Africa	1,305	40	1,210	375	190	370	160	80	80	115	55
Botswana	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Lesotho	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Namibia	20	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
South Africa, Republic of	1,270	35	1,190	370	190	370	155	80	75	110	45
Swaziland	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Asia	27,745	615	22,385	4,325	2,705	4,295	6,085	2,655	3,435	4,980	4,750
West Central Asia and the Middle East	2,480	65	1,960	235	280	360	555	280	275	525	450
Afghanistan	70	0	70	0	15	10	30	25	15	0	0
Armenia	20	0	25	0	0	0	20	0	15	0	0
Azerbaijan	20	0	20	0	0	10	15	0	10	0	0
Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprus	30	0	20	15	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
Georgia	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Iran^{Footnote 19}	850	0	785	75	175	160	205	125	85	165	65
Iraq	100	0	105	15	0	20	30	15	20	30	0
Israel	125	10	115	20	0	10	55	15	40	30	10
Jordan	90	0	60	0	10	10	15	15	0	30	30
Kazakhstan	60	0	50	0	0	15	15	10	0	15	10
Kuwait	20	0	15	0	10	10	0	0	0	10	10
Kyrgyzstan	20	0	20	0	0	0	20	10	0	0	0
Lebanon	150	0	140	50	40	20	10	0	15	20	10
Oman	30	0	30	0	0	0	10	0	10	15	0
Qatar	20	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	375	25	105	0	10	15	35	15	20	45	250
Syria^{Footnote 20}	175	0	155	0	0	30	25	15	0	95	20
Tajikistan	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0	0
Turkey	155	0	125	35	20	15	40	10	30	20	30
Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United Arab Emirates	90	30	45	0	0	10	10	10	10	25	15
Uzbekistan	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)^{Footnote 21}	50	0	50	15	0	20	0	0	0	15	0
Yemen	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Eastern Asia	13,055	325	9,650	1,865	1,085	2,060	2,890	1,310	1,580	1,755	3,075
China^{Footnote 22}	7,865	55	5,595	1,040	660	1,085	1,780	825	945	1,030	2,215
Hong Kong^{Footnote 23}	1,385	70	1,250	555	230	315	85	50	35	55	65
Japan	1,340	125	905	150	70	155	405	145	255	115	305
Korea, North^{Footnote 24}	20	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Korea, South^{Footnote 25}	1,635	45	1,160	40	70	170	450	210	240	430	430
Macao^{Footnote 26}	55	0	55	30	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Taiwan	750	25	665	35	30	330	175	70	100	100	60
Southeast Asia	7,310	160	6,370	910	825	975	1,630	595	1,040	2,035	780
Brunei Darussalam	30	0	30	0	10	15	0	0	0	0	0
Burma (Myanmar)	35	0	35	20	0	10	10	0	10	0	0
Cambodia	110	0	100	15	40	15	20	10	15	0	0
Indonesia	180	15	150	70	20	10	25	15	15	25	10
Laos^{Footnote 27}	15	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malaysia	325	10	285	80	60	70	65	45	30	0	30
Philippines	4,980	20	4,380	345	290	645	1,230	430	805	1,870	575
Singapore	250	50	165	40	50	35	40	10	30	0	35
Thailand	370	45	270	20	50	40	100	25	70	60	60
Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Viet Nam	1,025	20	940	300	300	140	135	70	60	65	60
Southern Asia	4,905	55	4,405	1,315	515	900	1,015	470	545	660	440
Bangladesh	85	0	70	0	0	20	30	0	30	15	15
Bhutan	15	0	15	0	0	0	10	0	0	15	0
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	4,120	45	3,720	1,210	480	780	720	340	380	525	365
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	100	0	80	0	0	0	30	10	20	50	20
Pakistan	450	10	395	50	25	65	200	110	90	65	40
Sri Lanka	135	0	130	55	10	35	35	10	25	0	10
Oceania	1,710	225	1,375	655	145	185	260	100	155	130	110
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	945	120	725	330	70	110	140	60	80	80	90
Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	115	0	115	50	30	25	10	0	10	10	0
French Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	605	85	505	280	45	50	95	25	70	40	15
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	0
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Papua New Guinea	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samoa	10	0	10	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0
Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wallis and Futuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other places of birth^{Footnote 28}	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.

Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

For more information on immigration variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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'Non-immigrants' includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.

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'Immigrants' includes persons who are, or who have ever been, landed immigrants or permanent residents. Such persons have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this category. In the 2016 Census of Population, 'Immigrants' includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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'Non-permanent residents' includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them.

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For more information on the place of birth variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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The official name of United States is United States of America.

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The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.

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Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.

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The official name of United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. United Kingdom includes Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland (excludes Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and British Overseas Territories).

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The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.

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Macedonia, Republic of: known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the United Nations and other international bodies.

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Serbia excludes Kosovo.

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The official name of Saint Helena is Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

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The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.

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The full name of Sudan is the Republic of the Sudan.

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The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.

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The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.

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West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine): West Bank and Gaza Strip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. Palestine refers to pre-1948 British mandate Palestine.

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