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 Middlesex
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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}	448,535	349,595	90,855	31,500	12,590	15,155	19,850	9,340	10,510	11,760	8,090
Born in Canada	347,185	347,150	30	15	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Born outside Canada	101,350	2,440	90,820	31,480	12,590	15,145	19,850	9,340	10,510	11,755	8,085
Americas	17,190	1,080	15,130	3,720	2,425	2,180	4,870	2,300	2,570	1,930	980
North America	5,225	875	4,065	1,815	405	405	940	420	520	500	290
Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States^{Footnote 7}	5,220	875	4,060	1,810	405	405	945	425	520	505	285
Central America	3,415	60	3,205	140	1,395	855	485	185	300	330	155
Belize	15	0	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
Costa Rica	60	0	55	0	25	10	10	10	0	10	0
El Salvador	1,675	10	1,630	15	955	395	140	45	95	120	35
Guatemala	340	10	335	10	105	145	50	25	20	35	0
Honduras	145	0	140	10	10	50	20	20	0	45	0
Mexico	745	25	615	90	85	130	215	75	135	95	105
Nicaragua	405	15	385	0	210	120	35	20	20	20	0
Panama	30	0	30	10	10	0	20	10	10	0	0
Caribbean and Bermuda	3,065	70	2,770	1,130	320	440	550	255	295	325	220
Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aruba	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bahamas	120	0	60	10	0	10	0	0	0	40	65
Barbados	255	10	220	105	25	65	20	10	15	0	30
Bermuda	85	30	50	30	0	15	0	0	0	0	10
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	315	0	290	0	20	80	125	65	60	65	20
Curaçao	10	0	15	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominica	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	80	0	75	0	0	15	40	0	35	15	0
Grenada	60	0	60	35	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guadeloupe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haiti	105	0	105	10	15	25	0	0	0	50	0
Jamaica	1,235	10	1,160	540	150	160	185	100	90	125	65
Martinique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montserrat	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	10	10	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	25	0	30	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Lucia	50	0	40	10	10	10	10	0	0	0	10
Saint Martin (French part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Trinidad and Tobago	650	10	630	315	75	65	145	60	80	25	20
Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, British	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, United States	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South America	5,485	75	5,085	640	300	480	2,890	1,435	1,455	775	325
Argentina	185	0	170	60	30	0	65	35	25	10	15
Bolivia^{Footnote 8}	25	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	10	15
Brazil	395	20	325	40	30	60	155	45	110	40	50
Chile	225	0	205	80	80	40	0	0	0	10	10
Colombia	3,525	15	3,375	55	25	200	2,495	1,240	1,250	605	130
Ecuador	55	10	15	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	35
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	500	0	495	285	100	70	30	15	15	10	10
Paraguay	40	0	45	25	0	15	10	0	0	0	0
Peru	155	15	145	25	30	40	25	15	15	20	0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Suriname	10	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	30	0	25	20	0	0	10	10	0	0	10
Venezuela^{Footnote 9}	335	10	275	35	10	50	105	70	30	80	50
Europe	40,335	735	38,930	23,855	5,845	5,530	2,755	1,535	1,220	945	670
Western Europe	7,185	365	6,680	5,550	445	355	215	65	155	105	140
Austria	200	15	185	145	20	10	0	0	0	10	0
Belgium	415	0	410	395	10	0	10	0	10	0	0
France	400	50	285	155	30	35	40	20	20	30	65
Germany	2,640	275	2,350	1,815	215	150	125	35	90	50	20
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luxembourg	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	3,395	15	3,325	2,985	165	105	50	10	40	10	60
Switzerland	130	10	125	55	0	60	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Europe	8,980	20	8,770	1,795	2,970	2,405	1,245	770	480	350	185
Belarus	320	0	315	40	35	65	135	70	65	35	10
Bulgaria	80	0	80	10	10	35	30	30	0	0	0
Czech Republic	360	0	355	165	125	30	25	10	15	10	0
Estonia	50	0	50	40	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	930	10	915	575	180	90	45	35	10	25	0
Latvia	80	0	75	50	0	25	10	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	85	0	90	50	10	35	10	0	0	0	0
Moldova^{Footnote 10}	15	0	15	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0
Poland	4,510	10	4,485	575	2,260	1,415	170	95	80	55	20
Romania	980	0	970	75	150	345	355	230	125	45	10
Russian Federation	635	0	535	15	20	145	265	140	130	85	100
Slovakia	245	0	245	90	80	65	15	10	0	0	0
Ukraine	680	0	645	120	100	160	180	135	45	90	30
Northern Europe	11,920	305	11,415	8,915	1,040	460	690	330	360	320	200
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	230	0	235	230	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	70	0	70	40	10	0	10	0	0	10	0
Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iceland	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Ireland^{Footnote 11}	635	10	615	405	130	40	20	10	15	20	15
Isle of Man	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jersey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norway	50	10	40	25	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
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	110	10	90	45	10	10	20	10	15	10	10
United Kingdom^{Footnote 12}	10,790	285	10,350	8,155	890	400	635	320	315	275	155
Southern Europe	12,255	40	12,070	7,595	1,385	2,310	605	370	235	175	145
Albania	195	0	195	0	10	90	85	50	35	10	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,155	0	1,150	70	0	960	110	80	30	10	0
Croatia	880	0	880	465	40	320	45	40	10	10	0
Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	1,190	15	1,160	1,005	50	75	15	0	15	15	20
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	2,365	10	2,270	2,125	65	35	25	0	20	20	85
Kosovo^{Footnote 13}	490	10	470	0	0	310	140	85	55	25	20
Macedonia, Republic of^{Footnote 14}	250	0	250	65	35	75	45	25	25	25	0
Malta	310	0	305	290	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Montenegro	30	0	30	0	0	15	10	0	0	10	0
Portugal	4,550	10	4,520	3,120	1,100	215	55	40	15	35	25
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia^{Footnote 15}	550	0	545	225	50	185	75	50	25	10	10
Slovenia	190	0	190	165	0	25	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	100	0	100	55	20	10	0	0	0	10	0
Africa	5,890	95	5,320	530	630	1,070	2,020	940	1,085	1,075	475
Western Africa	875	0	630	30	30	140	280	135	145	145	245
Benin	10	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cabo Verde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Côte d'Ivoire	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
Gambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ghana	205	0	150	15	15	75	40	30	10	10	55
Guinea	40	0	35	0	0	0	10	0	0	25	0
Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia	55	0	55	0	0	0	50	45	10	0	0
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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	495	0	310	15	10	50	165	45	115	75	190
Saint Helena^{Footnote 16}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Senegal	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sierra Leone	20	10	15	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Togo	10	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
Eastern Africa	2,065	50	1,965	270	335	500	630	300	330	235	45
Burundi	75	0	70	0	0	10	60	20	35	0	0
Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Djibouti	30	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
Eritrea	305	0	305	10	95	70	60	10	50	70	0
Ethiopia	350	15	310	10	80	105	105	65	40	15	30
Kenya	310	15	280	70	25	50	115	100	15	30	10
Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malawi	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	0
Mauritius	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mozambique	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Réunion	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Rwanda	25	0	25	0	0	10	15	10	10	0	0
Seychelles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia	230	10	230	0	20	130	40	10	40	40	0
South Sudan	200	10	190	0	0	95	70	35	35	20	0
Tanzania^{Footnote 17}	110	10	110	60	25	10	0	0	10	10	0
Uganda	205	0	200	70	25	0	75	10	60	20	0
Zambia	35	0	35	0	20	10	10	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	165	0	155	35	40	0	70	30	40	15	0
Northern Africa	2,055	10	1,890	100	120	335	855	375	480	475	160
Algeria	90	0	90	25	0	25	20	0	15	15	0
Egypt	1,185	0	1,075	65	85	160	475	190	280	295	105
Libya	310	0	265	0	15	55	110	20	90	90	40
Morocco	30	0	30	0	0	10	15	0	15	10	0
Sudan^{Footnote 18}	410	0	400	10	10	90	235	155	75	55	10
Tunisia	35	0	25	0	0	0	10	0	10	10	10
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central Africa	350	0	340	25	10	25	110	40	70	160	0
Angola	55	0	55	15	10	10	10	10	0	10	0
Cameroon	95	0	90	0	0	0	30	10	25	60	0
Central African Republic	25	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
Chad	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	165	0	155	10	0	15	65	20	45	70	0
Congo, Republic of the	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabon	0	0	0	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	550	30	505	105	130	70	140	90	55	50	20
Botswana	25	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	10	10
Lesotho	15	0	15	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa, Republic of	510	25	475	105	120	65	140	85	55	45	0
Swaziland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Asia	37,465	470	31,085	3,240	3,660	6,310	10,110	4,525	5,590	7,760	5,910
West Central Asia and the Middle East	13,545	205	12,190	895	995	2,785	3,830	1,730	2,100	3,690	1,150
Afghanistan	630	0	610	0	45	145	290	200	95	125	20
Armenia	15	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	0
Bahrain	70	15	55	0	0	0	25	0	20	20	0
Cyprus	70	10	65	50	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Georgia	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iran^{Footnote 19}	1,350	0	1,145	25	175	345	340	125	215	255	210
Iraq	2,875	20	2,740	40	85	760	935	320	615	915	115
Israel	130	10	100	30	15	10	35	15	20	20	25
Jordan	550	20	515	15	40	105	165	60	110	190	10
Kazakhstan	80	0	80	0	0	15	30	10	25	40	0
Kuwait	410	10	390	0	30	95	150	95	60	110	15
Kyrgyzstan	35	0	35	0	0	10	20	15	10	0	0
Lebanon	1,830	55	1,750	505	365	360	325	170	155	195	20
Oman	35	0	35	0	0	10	20	10	10	10	0
Qatar	100	0	80	0	10	10	60	30	25	10	20
Saudi Arabia	1,295	25	820	0	0	210	430	220	210	170	450
Syria^{Footnote 20}	2,280	10	2,130	135	80	290	385	210	175	1,235	140
Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	350	0	315	25	30	85	90	55	35	75	30
Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United Arab Emirates	695	25	620	0	20	115	320	75	250	170	50
Uzbekistan	60	0	55	0	0	25	15	10	10	15	0
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)^{Footnote 21}	625	15	565	40	60	195	155	95	65	105	40
Yemen	65	0	65	10	10	10	35	25	10	15	0
Eastern Asia	10,705	145	7,100	735	670	1,390	2,890	1,305	1,585	1,415	3,460
China^{Footnote 22}	6,560	40	3,860	180	190	795	1,750	850	905	940	2,665
Hong Kong^{Footnote 23}	710	0	690	230	250	170	30	15	20	10	25
Japan	305	20	190	40	10	40	55	25	30	50	95
Korea, North^{Footnote 24}	15	0	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, South^{Footnote 25}	2,835	60	2,115	210	195	300	1,015	400	615	400	660
Macao^{Footnote 26}	60	0	55	25	20	0	10	0	10	0	10
Mongolia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwan	205	25	175	30	15	80	35	20	20	15	10
Southeast Asia	5,770	85	5,460	780	1,630	1,165	1,230	460	770	660	225
Brunei Darussalam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burma (Myanmar)	105	0	95	10	10	20	45	0	50	10	10
Cambodia	635	0	615	45	460	30	70	30	35	15	15
Indonesia	175	10	155	50	15	10	80	30	45	0	10
Laos^{Footnote 27}	115	0	120	45	55	10	0	0	0	0	0
Malaysia	190	10	165	25	65	15	40	25	15	20	20
Philippines	2,410	25	2,290	265	205	585	705	270	430	535	95
Singapore	75	20	50	10	15	15	10	0	0	10	0
Thailand	325	20	300	15	170	35	75	10	65	0	0
Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Viet Nam	1,735	0	1,665	305	640	445	215	85	125	70	65
Southern Asia	7,440	35	6,335	830	360	980	2,160	1,035	1,130	1,995	1,075
Bangladesh	365	0	325	30	15	55	125	50	70	100	40
Bhutan	450	0	445	10	0	0	105	0	105	335	0
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	4,340	15	3,365	590	260	430	1,090	630	460	1,000	955
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	395	0	385	0	0	10	130	25	105	250	10
Pakistan	1,615	20	1,545	140	60	435	640	280	355	270	50
Sri Lanka	285	0	260	55	35	45	70	40	35	45	25
Oceania	470	60	360	135	45	45	90	40	50	45	50
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	315	40	245	105	15	25	75	25	45	25	25
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	25	0	25	0	10	0	10	10	0	10	0
French Polynesia	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	115	20	90	30	10	15	10	15	0	15	10
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Papua New Guinea	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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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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