Difference between revisions of "Renamed countries"
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Revision as of 20:25, December 8, 2008
Some renamed countries are well known in the West:
- Persia => Iran - the language is still called Persian
- Siam => Thailand - they speak Siamese or Thai
- East Pakistan => Bangladesh - formed after the partition of India, over Gandhi's protest, and independent from Pakistan in 1971.
Others may have escaped all but the best geography students
Middle East
| Muscat & Oman | Oman |
| Transjordan | Jordan |
| Trucial States | United Arab Emirates |
Africa
| Former name | Current name | Year of change |
|---|---|---|
| Basutoland | Lesotho | |
| Bechuanaland | Botswana | |
| Burma | Myanmar | |
| Ceylon | Sri Lanka | |
| Dahomey | Benin | |
| German East Africa | Rwanda & Burundi & Tanzania | |
| Netherlands East Indies | Indonesia | |
| Northern Rhodesia | Zambia | |
| Nyasaland | Malawi | |
| Rhodesia & Southern Rhodesia | Zimbabwe | |
| South West Africa | Namibia | |
| Spanish Sahara | Western Sahara | |
| Upper Volta | Burkina Faso | |
| Zaire | Democratic Republic of Congo |