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1949-AUG-24

International Organization BELGIUM CANADA DENMARK FRENCH UNION ICELAND ITALY LUXEMBOURG NETHERLANDS NORWAY PORTUGAL UNITED KINGDOM AMERICA

	North Atlantic Treaty Organization : NATO Alliance
Flag or Logo since 1949-04-04	North Atlantic Treaty Organization : NATO (en) + Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord : OTAN (fr)	Emblem or Symbol

Allied Command
(since 1949-04-04)





Capitals & administrative places:	Washington-District of Columbia (Washington-District of Columbia)
Official & national languages:	*English (en) . French (fr) .*

Organisation:

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization : NATO (Washington-District of Columbia)

1 Organs or similar:

NORTH ATLANTIC

North Atlantic Treaty Organization : NATO (Washington-District of Columbia)

Local:

Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord : OTAN (en) + Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord : OTAN (fr) (Washington-District of Columbia)

Military entity abroad, special or locally shared:

LAJES FIELD

American-Portuguese Lajes Air Base : LAJES FIELD (Lajes Field)

Local:

LAJES Field (en) + Base Aérea das LAJES (pt) (Lajes Field)

12 Members (excluding the associate or suspended members but including the countries represented on their behalf) [The rulers are not necessarily the representatives in the organisation. ] :

BELGIUM	(Brussels ^a^l + Bruges ^j)	Regent Prince Charles
CANADA	(Ottawa)	King George VI
DENMARK	(Copenhagen ^a^s + Hillerod ^r)	King Frederick IX
FRENCH UNION	(Paris ^a)	President Vincent Auriol
ICELAND	(Reykjavik ^a + Alftanes ^r)	President Sveinn Bjornsson
ITALY	(Rome ^a)	President Luigi Einaudi
LUXEMBOURG	(Luxembourg ^a)	Grand Duchess Charlotte
NETHERLANDS	(Amsterdam ^a + The Hague ^j^l^m^r + Wassenaar ^r)	Queen Juliana
NORWAY	(Oslo)	King Haakon VII
PORTUGAL	(Lisbon)	President Oscar Carmona
UNITED KINGDOM	(London ^a + Westminster ^l^r + Edinburgh ^s + Windsor ^r)	King George VI
AMERICA	(Washington-District of Columbia ^a + Arlington ^m)	President Harry Truman