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1900-JAN-01

International Organization ARGENTINE  AUSTRIA  AUSTRALIA  BELGIUM  BULGARIA  BRAZIL  SWITZERLAND  GERMANY  DENMARK  EGYPT  SPAIN  FRANCE  GREECE  HUNGARY  INDIA  PERSIA  ITALY  JAPAN  CEYLON  LUXEMBURG  MONTENEGRO  NETHERLANDS  NORWAY  NEW ZEALAND  PORTUGAL  RUMANIA  SERVIA  RUSSIA  SWEDEN  SIAM  OTTOMAN TURKEY  UNITED KINGDOM 

International Telegraph Union : ITU
[International Telegraph Convention]

Flag or logo since 1900-01-01*
Convention Télégraphique Internationale : Union Télégraphique Internationale : UTI (fr) + International Telegraphic Convention : International Telegraphic Union : ITU (en) Organisation
Emblem or Symbol*

Director Emil Frey (ch)
(since 1900-01-01)
 
 
 
 
Capitals & administrative places*: Berne
(Bern)
Official & national languages: English (en) . French (fr) .




32 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. ] :

ARGENTINE (Buenos Ayres a) President Julio Argentino Roca
 AUSTRIA (Vienna) Emperor Francis Joseph I
 AUSTRALIA (Sydney)
BELGIUM (Brussels) King Leopold II
 BULGARIA (Sofia) Prince Ferdinand I
 BRAZIL (Rio of Janeiro) President Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales
 SWITZERLAND (Berne q + Lausanne j) President Walter Hauser
 GERMANY (Berlin a) Emperor William II
 DENMARK (Copenhagen) King Christian IX
 EGYPT (Cairo a + Alexandria r) Khedive Abbas II Hilmi Pasha
 SPAIN (Madrid) King Alfonso XII
 FRANCE (Paris) President Emile Loubet
 GREECE (Athens a) King George I
 HUNGARY (Budapest) Emperor Francis Joseph I
 INDIA (Calcutta) Viceroy George Curzon
 PERSIA (Tehran) Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Kajar
 ITALY (Rome a) King Humbert I
 JAPAN (Tokyo) Emperor Mutsuhito
 CEYLON (Colombo a + Kandy r)
LUXEMBURG (Luxembourg City a) Grand Duke Adolphe
 MONTENEGRO (Cetinje) Prince Nicholas I Petrovich-Njegosh
 NETHERLANDS (Amsterdam a + The Hague jlr + Wassenaar r) Queen Wilhelmina
 NORWAY (Christiania) King Oscar II
 NEW ZEALAND (Wellington)
PORTUGAL (Lisbon) King Carlos I the Diplomat
 RUMANIA (Bucharest) King Carol I
 SERVIA (Belgrade) King Alexander I Obrenovich
 RUSSIA (Saint Petersburg) Tsar Nicholas II
 SWEDEN (Stockholm) King Oscar II
 SIAM (Bankok) King Rama V Chulalongkorn the Great
 OTTOMAN TURKEY (Constantinople a) Sultan Abdulhamit II Gazi the Sublime Khan
 UNITED KINGDOM (London a + Westminster lr + Edinburgh s + Windsor r) Queen Victoria


* The emblems shown for the subdivisions may in some cases be those of their capital.
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 General Internet Sources

   * Base géographique, Archives nationales d'outre-mer (FR). For the administrative divisions of the former French dependencies.
   * Centennia Historical Atlas Software, ed. Centennia (US). For Europe, North Africa and Middle East historical maps.
   * Drapeaux d'Origine & d'Inspiration Françaises - DO&IF, SFV (FR). For French colonial flags.
   * Ethnologue: Languages of the World, SIL International (US). For languages codes.
   * Flags Of The World - FOTW, Rob Raeside (CA). For the current and historic flags of the world.
   * GeoNames, Geonames (CH). Geographical names database.
   * Google Books, Google (US). Online library used for specific sources.
   * Herald Dick Magazine, Herald Dick (FR). For some current and historic arms.
   * Heraldry of the World, by Ralf Hartemink (NL). For local emblems and arms.
   * L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde, by Jacques Leclerc, University of Laval (CA). For national linguistic policies.
   * National Arms and Emblems - Past and Present, by Hubert de Vries (NL). For historic national emblems and arms.
   * Numismondo - World Printed Money Picture Catalog, by Garry Saint, Esquire (US). For national currencies.
   * Omniatlas - Interactive atlas of World History, by Rick Westera (NZ). For some geopolitical maps.
   * Perry-Castañ:eda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin (US). For some historical maps.
   * Population Statistics, by Jan Lahmeyer (NL). For historical regional demographies and areas.
   * Portale Storia, by Giovanni Fontana (IT). For photos of rulers.
   * ReliefWeb, by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). For maps of some administrative divisions.
   * Rulers.org, by Benjamin Schemmel (DE). For photos of rulers.
   * Statoids, by Gwillim Law (US). For historical administrative subdivisions.
   * The World Factbook, ed. Central Intelligence Agency (US). For the general data and profiles of the current countries.
   * United Nations Peacekeeping, United Nations (UNO). For the United Nations Missions.
   * Vexilla Mundi, by Mello Luchtenberg (NL). For flags of the world.
   * Vexillographia, by Viktor Lomantsov (RU). For flags of Russia and Soviet Union.
   * Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Foundation (US). Free-use pictures.
   * Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation (US). For general data, maps, sources, pictures.
   * World Heritage Centre, (UNESCO). For the selected photos of the countries.
   * World History at KMLA, by Alexander Ganse (DE). For historical maps and links by country.
   * World Statesmen, by Ben Cahoon (US). Main source for the historical polities and their rulers.

 General Printed References

   * Atlas des empires and other books of Gérard Chaliand, ed. Payot (FR). General historical geopolitic data.
   * Atlas of the World's Languages, ed. Routledge (UK). Most complete world list of languages and dialects.
   * Flags Through the Ages and Accross the World, by Whitney Smith, ed. McGraw (US). Flags of the world.
   * Fragments d'Europe, by Michel Foucher, ed. Fayard (FR). For the post-Soviet Union polities.
   * L'État du Monde, ed. La Découverte (FR). Yearly geopolitic cover of the world.
   * Quid, by Dominique Frémy, ed. Plon (FR). Yearly encyclopedia that was useful for countries data.
   * Statoids printed version, by Gwillim Law (US). For historical administrative subdivisions.
   * The Times Atlas of the World, ed. Times Atlas (UK). Periodical atlas of the world with its supplementary list of administrative subdivisions.
   * World Christian Encyclopedia, by David B. Barrett, ed. Oxford University Press (UK). For world religious groups but also ethnological data. First inspiring source of Ethnia.org website's look.
   * World Paper Money, ed. Krause (US). For historical currencies.

    + the other sources are added according to the consulted entity.

 



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