This international directory of world place names contains 2000 entries with detailed statistical information on location, pronunciation, topography, history, economic activity and key dates. This is the first revised edition published since 1965 and it takes full account of sites which have appeared on the scene of world events such as Chernobyl, Palestinian refugee camps, South African squatter camps and Kurdish Turkey. Dr David Munro and his team compiled an enormous database drawn from worldwide contacts to ensure the most up-to-date reference book. It should prove essential to school and college students, teachers and lecturers, journalists, import and export businesses, government departments, public, private and educational reference libraries.