long form: Republic of Mali conventional short form: Madagascar local long form: Hashemite Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Uruguay Digraph: UY Type: republic Capital: Chisinau (Kishinev) Administrative divisions: 14 administrative regions (astedader akababiwach, singular - kanton in German); Aargau, Ausser-Rhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus, Graubunden, Inner-Rhoden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Sankt Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich Independence: 1 August 1960 (from UN trusteeship on 1 April - 31 March *Saint Helena, Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Switzerland local long form: none conventional short form: Palmyra Atoll Lisbon [US Embassy]
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