Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaria de Defensa
Nacional, Sedena): Army (Ejercito, includes Mexican Air Force
(Fuerza Aerea Mexicana, FAM)); Secretariat of the Navy (Secretaria
de Marina, Semar): Mexican Navy (Armada de Mexico, ARM, includes
Naval Air Force (FAN), naval infantry) (2009)
Micronesia, Federated States of
no regular military forces
Moldova
National Army: Land Forces Command (includes special
forces), Air Forces Command (includes air defense unit), Logistics
Command (2010)
Monaco
no regular military forces; the Palace Guard performs
ceremonial duties
Mongolia
Mongolian Armed Forces: Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air
Force; there is no navy (2010)
Montenegro
Armed Forces of the Republic of Montenegro: Army, Navy,
Air Force (2009)
Montserrat
no regular military forces; Royal Montserrat Police Force
(2010)
Morocco
Royal Armed Forces (Forces Armees Royales, FAR): Royal
Moroccan Army (includes Air Defense), Royal Moroccan Navy (includes
Coast Guard, Marines), Royal Moroccan Air Force (Al Quwwat al
Jawyiya al Malakiya Marakishiya; Force Aerienne Royale Marocaine)
(2010)
Mozambique
Mozambique Armed Defense Forces (FADM): Mozambique Army,
Mozambique Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), Mozambique Air Force
(Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM) (2008)
Namibia
Namibian Defense Force (NDF): Army, Navy, Air Force (2010)
Nauru
no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force (2009)
Nepal
Nepal Army (2010)
Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes
Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force
(Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu), Royal Military Police (2010)
New Caledonia
no regular military forces; French military, police,
and gendarmerie (2009)
New Zealand
New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF): New Zealand Army,
Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force (Te Hokowhitu o
Kahurangi, RNZAF) (2010)
Nicaragua
National Army of Nicaragua (Ejercito Nacional de
Nicaragua, ENN; includes Navy, Air Force) (2010)
Niger
Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army,
Nigerien Air Force (Force Aerienne du Niger) (2010)
Nigeria
Nigerian Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force (2008)
Niue
no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
Norway
Norwegian Army (Haeren), Royal Norwegian Navy (Kongelige
Norske Sjoeforsvaret, RNoN; includes Coastal Rangers and Coast Guard
(Kystvakt)), Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske
Luftforsvaret, RNoAF), Home Guard (Heimevernet, HV) (2010)
Oman
Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF): Royal Army of Oman, Royal Navy of
Oman, Royal Air Force of Oman (al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanat)
(2010)
Pakistan
Army (includes National Guard), Navy (includes Marines and
Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza'ya)
(2010)
Palau
no regular military forces; Palau National Police (2009)
Panama
no regular military forces; Panamanian public forces include:
Panamanian National Police (PNP), National Air-Naval Service
(SENAN), National Border Service (SENAFRONT) (2010)
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF; includes
Maritime Operations Element, Air Operations Element) (2009)
Paraguay
Army, National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Marine
Corps, Naval Aviation), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Paraguay, FAP) (2010)
Peru
Army of Peru (Ejercito Peruano), Navy of Peru (Marina de Guerra
del Peru, MGP (includes naval air, naval infantry, and Coast
Guard)), Air Force of Peru (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP) (2010)
Philippines
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy
(includes Marine Corps and Coast Guard), Air Force (2010)
Poland
Polish Armed Forces: Land Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense
Aviation Forces, Special Forces (2010)
Portugal
Portuguese Army (Exercito Portuguesa), Portuguese Navy
(Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps), Portuguese Air Force
(Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP) (2010)
Puerto Rico
no regular indigenous military forces; paramilitary
National Guard, Police Force
Qatar
Qatari Amiri Land Force (QALF), Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN),
Qatari Amiri Air Force (QAAF) (2009)
Romania
Land Forces, Naval Forces, Romanian Air Force (Fortele
Aeriene Romane, FAR), Special Operations (2010)
Russia
Ground Forces (Sukhoputnyye Voyskia, SV), Navy
(Voyenno-Morskoy Flot, VMF), Air Forces (Voyenno-Vozdushniye Sily,
VVS); Airborne Troops (VDV), Strategic Rocket Forces (Raketnyye
Voyska Strategicheskogo Naznacheniya, RVSN), and Space Troops
(Kosmicheskiye Voyska, KV) are independent "combat arms," not
subordinate to any of the three branches; Russian Ground Forces
include the following combat arms: motorized-rifle troops, tank
troops, missile and artillery troops, air defense of the ground
troops (2010)
Rwanda
Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF), Rwandan Patriotic Air Force
(2009)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Defense Force
(includes Coast Guard), Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force;
for national security, Saint Kitts and Nevis relies on the Regional
Security System, headquartered in Barbados (2010)
Saint Lucia
no regular military forces; Royal Saint Lucia Police
Force (includes Special Service Unit and Coast Guard) (2010)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
no regular military forces; Royal
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, Coast Guard; for
national defense, Saint Vincent relies on the Regional Security
System, headquartered in Barbados (2010)
Samoa
no regular military forces; Samoa Police Force (2008)
San Marino
no regular military forces; voluntary Military Force
(Corpi Militari) performs ceremonial duties and limited police
support functions (2010)
Sao Tome and Principe
Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe (Forcas
Armadas de Sao Tome e Principe, FASTP): Army, Coast Guard of Sao
Tome e Principe (Guarda Costeira de Sao Tome e Principe, GCSTP),
Presidential Guard (2010)
Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Defense and Aviation Forces: Royal Saudi
Land Forces, Royal Saudi Naval Forces (includes Marine Forces and
Special Forces), Royal Saudi Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya
al-Malakiya as-Sa'udiya), Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces, Royal
Saudi Strategic Rocket Forces, Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG)
Senegal
Senegalese Armed Forces: Army, Senegalese Navy (Marine
Senegalaise), Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal) (2009)
Serbia
Serbian Armed Forces (Vojska Srbije, VS): Land Forces Command
(includes Riverine Component, consisting of a river flotilla on the
Danube), Air and Air Defense Forces Command (2010)
Seychelles
Seychelles Defense Force: Army, Coast Guard (includes
Naval Wing, Air Wing), National Guard (2005)
Sierra Leone
Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF): Army
(includes Maritime Wing and Air Wing) (2010)
Singapore
Singapore Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force (includes
Air Defense) (2010)
Sint Maarten
the Royal Netherlands Navy maintains a permanent and
active presence in the region from its main operating base on
Curacao and through a detachment on Sint Maarten; other local
security forces include a coast guard, para-military National Guard
(Vrijwilligers Korps Sint Maarten), and Police Force (KPSM) (2010)
Slovakia
Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily
Slovenskej Republiky): Land Forces (Pozemne Sily), Air Forces
(Vzdusne Sily) (2010)
Slovenia
Slovenian Army (includes air and naval forces)
Solomon Islands
no regular military forces; Solomon Islands Police
Force (2009)
Somalia
National Security Force (NSF): Somali Army (2010)
South Africa
South African National Defense Force (SANDF): South
African Army, South African Navy (SAN), South African Air Force
(SAAF), Joint Operations Command, Military Intelligence, South
African Military Health Services (2009)
Spain
Spanish Armed Forces: Army (Ejercito de Tierra), Spanish Navy
(Armada Espanola, AE; includes Marine Corps), Spanish Air Force
(Ejercito del Aire Espanola, EdA) (2010)
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force (2010)
Sudan
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Land Forces, Navy (includes
Marines), Sudanese Air Force (Sikakh al-Jawwiya as-Sudaniya),
Popular Defense Forces; Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA):
Popular Army, Air Force (2009)
Suriname
National Army (Nationaal Leger, NL; includes Marine Section
and Air Wing) (2010)
Svalbard
no regular military forces
Swaziland
Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (USDF): Ground Force
(includes Air Wing) (2010)
Sweden
Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten): Army (Armen), Royal
Swedish Navy (Marinen), Swedish Air Force (Svenska Flygvapnet) (2010)
Switzerland
Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force
(Schweizer Luftwaffe) (2010)
Syria
Syrian Armed Forces: Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Navy,
Syrian Arab Air and Air Defense Forces (includes Air Defense
Command) (2008)
Taiwan
Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard
Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service
Forces Command, Armed Forces Police Command
Tajikistan
Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Mobile Forces
(2010)
Tanzania
Tanzanian People's Defense Force (Jeshi la Wananchi la
Tanzania, JWTZ): Army, Naval Wing (includes Coast Guard), Air
Defense Command (includes Air Wing), National Service (2007)
Thailand
Royal Thai Army (Kongthap Bok Thai, RTA), Royal Thai Navy
(Kongthap Ruea Thai, RTN, includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal
Thai Air Force (Kongthap Agard Thai, RTAF) (2010)
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste Defense Force (Forcas de Defesa de
Timor-L'este, Falintil (F-FDTL)): Army, Navy (Armada) (2010)
Togo
Togolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Togolaise, FAT): Ground
Forces, Togolese Navy (Marine du Togo), Togolese Air Force (Force
Aerienne Togolaise, TAF), National Gendarmerie (2010)
Tonga
Tonga Defense Services (TDS): Land Force (Royal Guard),
Maritime Force (includes Royal Marines, Air Wing) (2010)
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF):
Trinidad and Tobago Army, Coast Guard, Air Guard, Trinidad and
Tobago Police Service (2010)
Tunisia
Tunisian Armed Forces (Forces Armees Tunisiens, FAT): Army,
Navy, Republic of Tunisia Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya
al-Jamahiriyah At'tunisia) (2009)
Turkey
Turkish Armed Forces (TSK): Turkish Land Forces (Turk Kara
Kuvvetleri), Turkish Naval Forces (Turk Deniz Kuvvetleri; includes
naval air and naval infantry), Turkish Air Force (Turk Hava
Kuvvetleri) (2010)
Turkmenistan
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (2010)
Tuvalu
no regular military forces; Tuvalu Police Force (2009)
Uganda
Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF): Army (includes Marine
Unit), Uganda Air Force (2010)
Ukraine
Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces
(Viyskovo-Povitryani Syly, VPS) (2010)
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates Armed Forces: Army, Navy
(includes Marines), Air Force and Air Defense, Border and Coast
Guard Directorate (BCGD) (2009)
United Kingdom
Army, Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines), Royal Air
Force (2010)
United States
United States Armed Forces: US Army, US Navy (includes
Marine Corps), US Air Force, US Coast Guard; note - Coast Guard
administered in peacetime by the Department of Homeland Security,
but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy (2009)
Uruguay
Uruguayan Armed Forces: Uruguayan National Army (Ejercito
Nacional Uruguaya, ENU), Uruguayan National Navy (Armada Nacional
del Uruguay; includes naval air arm, Naval Rifle Corps (Cuerpo de
Fusileros Navales, Fusna), Maritime Prefecture in wartime),
Uruguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya, FAU) (2010)
Uzbekistan
Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard
Vanuatu
no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF),
Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF; includes Police Maritime Wing (PMW))
(2009)
Venezuela
National Bolivarian Armed Forces (Fuerza Armada Nacional
Bolivariana, FANB): Bolivarian Army (Ejercito Bolivariano, EB),
Bolivarian Navy (Armada Bolivariana, AB); includes Naval Infantry,
Coast Guard, Naval Aviation), Bolivarian Military Aviation (Aviacion
Militar Bolivariana, AMB), Bolivarian National Guard (Guardia
Nacional Bolivaria, GNB), Bolivarian Militia (Milicia Bolivariana,
MB) (2010)
Vietnam
People's Armed Forces: People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)
(includes People's Navy Command (with Naval Infantry, Coast Guard),
Air and Air Defense Force (Khong Quan Nhan Dan), Border Defense
Command), People's Public Security Forces, Militia Force,
Self-Defense Forces (2010)
Yemen
Army, Navy (includes Marines), Yemen Air Force (Al Quwwat al
Jawwiya al Jamahiriya al Yemeniya; includes Air Defense Force),
Republican Guard (2010)
Zambia
Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF): Zambian Army, Zambian
Air Force, National Service (2009)
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army
(ZNA), Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ), Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)
(2009)
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Field Listing :: Budget
This entry includes revenues, expenditures, and capital
expenditures. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate
basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
Country
Budget
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Field Listing :: Capital
This entry gives the name of the seat of government, its geographic
coordinates, the time difference relative to Coordinated Universal
Time (UTC) and the time observed in Washington, DC, and, if
applicable, information on daylight saving time (DST). Where
appropriate, a special note has been added to highlight those
countries that have multiple time zones.
Country
Capital
Afghanistan
name: Kabul
geographic coordinates: 34 31 N, 69 11 E
time difference: UTC+4.5 (9.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Akrotiri
name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for
Akrotiri and Dhekelia)
geographic coordinates: 34 40 N, 32 51 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Albania
name: Tirana (Tirane)
geographic coordinates: 41 19 N, 19 49 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Algeria
name: Algiers
geographic coordinates: 36 45 N, 3 03 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
American Samoa
name: Pago Pago
geographic coordinates: 14 16 S, 170 42 W
time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Andorra
name: Andorra la Vella
geographic coordinates: 42 30 N, 1 31 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Angola
name: Luanda
geographic coordinates: 8 50 S, 13 14 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Anguilla
name: The Valley
geographic coordinates: 18 13 N, 63 03 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Antigua and Barbuda
name: Saint John's
geographic coordinates: 17 07 N, 61 51 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Argentina
name: Buenos Aires
geographic coordinates: 34 36 S, 58 40 W
time difference: UTC-3 (3 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: none scheduled for 2010
Armenia
name: Yerevan
geographic coordinates: 40 10 N, 44 30 E
time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Aruba
name: Oranjestad
geographic coordinates: 12 31 N, 70 02 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Australia
name: Canberra
geographic coordinates: 35 17 S, 149 13 E
time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends
first Sunday in April
note: Australia is divided into three time zones
Austria
name: Vienna
geographic coordinates: 48 12 N, 16 22 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Azerbaijan
name: Baku (Baki, Baky)
geographic coordinates: 40 23 N, 49 52 E
time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Bahamas, The
name: Nassau
geographic coordinates: 25 05 N, 77 21 W
time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard
Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends
first Sunday in November
Bahrain
name: Manama
geographic coordinates: 26 14 N, 50 34 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Bangladesh
name: Dhaka
geographic coordinates: 23 43 N, 90 24 E
time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Barbados
name: Bridgetown
geographic coordinates: 13 06 N, 59 37 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Belarus
name: Minsk
geographic coordinates: 53 54 N, 27 34 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Belgium
name: Brussels
geographic coordinates: 50 50 N, 4 20 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Belize
name: Belmopan
geographic coordinates: 17 15 N, 88 46 W
time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard
Time)
Benin
name: Porto-Novo (official capital)
geographic coordinates: 6 29 N, 2 37 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
note: Cotonou (seat of government)
Bermuda
name: Hamilton
geographic coordinates: 32 17 N, 64 47 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends
first Sunday in November
Bhutan
name: Thimphu
geographic coordinates: 27 29 N, 89 36 E
time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Bolivia
name: La Paz (administrative capital)
geographic coordinates: 16 30 S, 68 09 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
note: Sucre (constitutional capital)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
name: Sarajevo
geographic coordinates: 43 52 N, 18 25 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Botswana
name: Gaborone
geographic coordinates: 24 45 S, 25 55 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Brazil
name: Brasilia
geographic coordinates: 15 47 S, 47 55 W
time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins third Sunday in October; ends
third Sunday in February
note: Brazil is divided into three time zones, including one for the
Fernando de Noronha Islands
British Virgin Islands
name: Road Town
geographic coordinates: 18 27 N, 64 37 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Brunei
name: Bandar Seri Begawan
geographic coordinates: 4 53 N, 114 56 E
time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Bulgaria
name: Sofia
geographic coordinates: 42 41 N, 23 19 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Burkina Faso
name: Ouagadougou
geographic coordinates: 12 22 N, 1 31 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Burma
name: Rangoon (Yangon)
geographic coordinates: 16 48 N, 96 09 E
time difference: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
note: Nay Pyi Taw is administrative capital
Burundi
name: Bujumbura
geographic coordinates: 3 22 S, 29 21 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Cambodia
name: Phnom Penh
geographic coordinates: 11 33 N, 104 55 E
time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Cameroon
name: Yaounde
geographic coordinates: 3 52 N, 11 31 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Canada
name: Ottawa
geographic coordinates: 45 25 N, 75 42 W
time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard
Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends
first Sunday in November
note: Canada is divided into six time zones
Cape Verde
name: Praia
geographic coordinates: 14 55 N, 23 31 W
time difference: UTC-1 (4 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Cayman Islands
name: George Town (on Grand Cayman)
geographic coordinates: 19 18 N, 81 23 W
time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard
Time)
Central African Republic
name: Bangui
geographic coordinates: 4 22 N, 18 35 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Chad
name: N'Djamena
geographic coordinates: 12 06 N, 15 02 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Chile
name: Santiago
geographic coordinates: 33 27 S, 70 40 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in October; ends
second Sunday in March
note: the Chilean Government announced on 4 March 2010 that the end
of DST would be delayed until 4 April 2010 providing respite to
those affected by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake of February 2010
China
name: Beijing
geographic coordinates: 39 55 N, 116 23 E
time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
note: despite its size, all of China falls within one time zone;
many people in Xinjiang Province observe an unofficial "Xinjiang
timezone" of UTC+6, two hours behind Beijing
Christmas Island
name: The Settlement
geographic coordinates: 10 25 S, 105 43 E
time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
name: West Island
geographic coordinates: 12 10 S, 96 50 E
time difference: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Colombia
name: Bogota
geographic coordinates: 4 36 N, 74 05 W
time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard
Time)
Comoros
name: Moroni
geographic coordinates: 11 42 S, 43 14 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
name: Kinshasa
geographic coordinates: 4 19 S, 15 18 E
time difference: UTC+1 (six hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Congo, Republic of the
name: Brazzaville
geographic coordinates: 4 15 S, 15 17 E
time difference: UTC+1 (six hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Cook Islands
name: Avarua
geographic coordinates: 21 12 S, 159 46 W
time difference: UTC-10 (5 hours behind Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Costa Rica
name: San Jose
geographic coordinates: 9 56 N, 84 05 W
time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard
Time)
Cote d'Ivoire
name: Yamoussoukro
geographic coordinates: 6 49 N, 5 17 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
note: although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since
1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the
US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan
Croatia
name: Zagreb
geographic coordinates: 45 48 N, 16 00 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October