User:Golbez/maps

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One day I was browsing Wikipedia and noticed that there wasn't a map of the prefectures of Japan. Sure, there was a map, but it wasn't labelled. You had to go to each individual prefecture to find the one you wanted. So I took the existing map and labelled it. And thus it began...

I started making maps. I was inspired by Morwen's work, who had made awesome maps of the many divisions of the British Isles. I adopted her color scheme, and got tips from her, and went to work.

I've made maps for many countries now, just the top-level divisions for now. Now that most countries are mapped, I thought about what else needed to be done. I started making named maps, for people who want to print out a map. And I started putting up my blank maps (currently in PNG; someday I may start using a vector format like SVG).

Note: Even though my blank maps are high resolution, this does not mean that every squiggle and line is authoritative. These are traces of other maps, usually public domain CIA or UN maps, but the fact remains that little squiggles are probably caused by my mouse slipping or my hand twitching. I don't know, I'm paranoid someone will think that my lines are authoritative.

I'm now starting to even do maps that Morwen and others have already done, because 1) I want to have a whole Golbez Suite of maps for people to use, and 2) These don't usually have named/blank versions available. This is NOT to denigrate the work of Morwen and others at all, far from it - but I just wanted to have blank maps available for myself in case they are needed, or if the regions change, etc. And there's nothing wrong with a tad redundancy, right? :)

I am making named maps using the native names, the English names, and where possible, the ISO standard names. Usually, the English and ISO maps will be identical, as the ISO is the "standard" naming. Sometimes, the native and English names are identical as well, with languages that use Latin scripts and such. English names are usually taken from the English Wikipedia.

Afghanistan (Arabic needed)

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Albania

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Algeria

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Andorra

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Angola

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Argentina

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Armenia

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Australia

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Austria

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Azerbaijan

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Bahamas (Need map)

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No maps available.

Bahrain (Need Arabic)

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Bangladesh

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Barbados

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Belarus

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Belgium (Skipped)

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skipped

Belize

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Benin (Need map)

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need map

Bhutan

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Bolivia

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Bosnia and Herzegovina (Skipped)

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skipped

Botswana

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Brazil

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hey, how could we have a detailed animated map of Brazil? I can gather written information about the municipalities but have no maps. Can you help?

Brunei (Need native)

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Bulgaria (skipped)

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Burkina Faso (skipped)

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Burundi (skipped)

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Cambodia (need khmer)

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Cameroon

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Canada

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Cape Verde (need map)

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need up to date map

Central African Republic (skipped)

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skipped

Chad (need map)

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need up to date map

Chile (skipped)

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Skipped - the existing maps are so good, and due to a lack of maps, this will have to wait until I finish the rest.

China (skipped)

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Wow, there is no reason whatsoever to duplicate this awesome work.

Colombia

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Comoros (skipped)

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not needed

Congo-Brazzaville

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Congo-Kinshasa

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Costa Rica

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Cote d'Ivoire (need map)

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need map

Croatia (skipped)

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Cuba (skipped)

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skipped

Cyprus (need native)

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Czechia (need map)

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need map

Denmark (skipped)

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existing map is perfect

Djibouti (need map)

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need map

Dominica

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Dominican Republic (need map)

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need map

Ecuador (need map)

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need map

Egypt

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El Salvador

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Equatorial Guinea

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Eritrea (need native)

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Ethiopia (need native)

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Fiji (skipped)

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Finland (skipped)

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France (skipped)

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Gabon

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Gambia

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Georgia (skipped)

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Germany (skipped)

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Ghana

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Greece (skipped)

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Grenada

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Guatemala (skipped)

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Guinea (skipped)

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Guinea Bissau

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Guyana

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Haiti

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Honduras

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Hungary (skipped)

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Iceland (skipped)

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India (skipped)

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Indonesia (skipped)

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Iran (skipped)

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Iraq (skipped)

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Ireland (skipped)

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Israel (need native)

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Italy (skipped)

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Jamaica (skipped)

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Japan (skipped)

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Jordan

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Kazakhstan (skipped)

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Kenya (skipped)

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Kiribati (no need)

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North Korea (skipped)

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South Korea (skipped)

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Kuwait (need local)

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Kyrgyzstan (skipped)

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Laos (skipped)

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Latvia

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Lebanon (need local)

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Lesotho (skipped)

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Liberia (need to verify map)

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Libya (skipped)

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Liechtenstein (skipped)

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Lithuania (skipped)

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Luxembourg (skipped)

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Macedonia (skipped)

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Madagascar (skipped)

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Malawi (need map)

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Malaysia (skipped)

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Maldives (skipped)

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Mali

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Malta (skipped)

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Marshall Islands (skipped)

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Mauritania (need arabic)

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Mauritius

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Mexico (skipped)

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Micronesia (skipped)

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Moldova (skipped)

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Monaco (no need)

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Mongolia (skipped)

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Morocco (skipped)

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Mozambique (skipped)

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Myanmar (skipped)

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Namibia (skipped)

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Nauru (skipped)

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Nepal (skipped)

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Netherlands (skipped)

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New Zealand (skipped)

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Nicaragaua (need map)

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Niger

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Nigeria (skipped)

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Norway (skipped)

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Oman (skipped)

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Pakistan (skipped)

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Palau (skipped)

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Panama (skipped)

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Papua New Guinea (skipped)

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Paraguay (skipped)

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Peru (skipped)

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Philippines (skipped)

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Poland (skipped)

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Portugal (skipped)

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Qatar (need arabic)

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Romania (skipped)

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Russia (skipped)

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Rwanda (skipped)

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St. Kitts and Nevis

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St. Lucia (skipped)

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St. Vincent (need to redo)

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Samoa

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San Marino (skipped)

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Sao Tome and Principe (skipped)

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Saudi Arabia (skipped)

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Senegal (skipped)

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Serbia and Montenegro (skipped)

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Seychelles (skipped)

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Sierra Leone (skipped)

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Singapore (skipped)

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Slovakia

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Slovenia (skipped)

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Solomon Islands (skipped)

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Somalia (skipped)

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South Africa (skipped)

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Spain (skipped)

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Sri Lanka (skipped)

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Sudan (skipped)

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Suriname

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Swaziland (skipped)

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Sweden (skipped)

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Switzerland (skipped)

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Syria (skipped)

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Taiwan (skipped)

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Tajikistan (skipped)

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Tanzania (skipped)

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Thailand (skipped)

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Timor-Leste

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Togo (skipped)

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Tonga (skipped)

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Trinidad and Tobago (skipped)

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Tunisia (skipped)

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Turkey (skipped)

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Turkmenistan (skipped)

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Tuvalu (skipped)

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Uganda (skipped)

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Ukraine (skipped)

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UAE (skipped)

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UK (skipped)

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USA (skipped)

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Uruguay

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Uzbekistan (skipped)

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Vanuatu (skipped)

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Vatican City (no need)

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Venezuela (skipped)

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Vietnam (skipped)

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Yemen (need Arabic)

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Zambia

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Zimbabwe (skipped)

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