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Preface x The Ethos of Operation World xii Prayer and world evangelization xiii How to use Operation World xv The Operation World CD xvii Explanation of the statistics and abbreviations xviii Prayer Calendar xxii REGIONS The World - Introduction and Map 1 Africa - Introduction and Map 18 Americas, The - Introduction and Map 29 Asia - Introduction and Map 39 Europe - Introduction and Map 49 Pacific - Introduction and Map 56 Afghanistan 61 Albania 63 Algeria 66 American Samoa 69 Andorra 70 Angola 71 Anguilla 74 Antigua Sr Barbuda 75 Argentina 76 Armenia 79 Aruba 82 Australia 83 Austria 86 Azerbaijan 89 Bahamas, The 91 Bahrain 92 Bangladesh 94 Barbados 98 Belarus 99 Belgium 101 Belize 104 Benin 106 Bermuda 109 Bhutan 110 Bolivia 111 Bosnia 115 Botswana 117 Papua New Guinea Brazil 119 Britain see United Kingdom British Indian Ocean Territory 124 British Virgin Islands 125 Brunei 126 Bulgaria 127 Burkina Faso 131 Burma now Myanmar Burundi 134 Byelorussia see Belarus Cambodia 137 Cameroon 140 Canada 143 Canary Islands see under Spain Cape Verde Islands 147 CARIBBEAN see AMERICAS Cayman Islands 148 Central African Republic 149 Chad 152 Channel Islands see under United Kingdom Chile 155 China, People's Republic of 159 China, Hong Kong 181 China, Macau 184 China, Taiwan 186 Christmas Island see under Australia Cocos (Keeling) Colombia 189 Comoro Islands 193 Congo (Brazzaville) 195 Congo-DRC (Kinshasa) 197 Cook Islands 203 Costa Rica 205 Cote d'Ivoire 208 Croatia 212 Cuba 214 Cyprus 217 Czech Republic 219 Czechoslovakia now Czech Republic and Slovakia Denmark 223 Djibouti 224 Dominica 226 Dominican Republic 227 East Germany see Germany East Timor see Timor Lorosae Eastern Samoa see American Samoa Ecuador 230 Egypt 233 Eire see Ireland El Salvador 236 England see United Kingdom Equatorial Guinea 238 Eritrea 240 Estonia 242 Ethiopia 243 EURASIA see EUROPE and ASIA Faeroe Islands 247 Falkland Islands 248 Fiji 249 Finland 252 France 254 French Guiana 259 French Polynesia 261 Gabon 262 Gambia, The 265 Gibraltar 278 Gilbert Islands see Kiribati Great Britain see United Kingdom Greece 279 Greenland 282 Grenada 283 Guadeloupe 284 Guam 286 Guatemala 287 Guinea 290 Guinea-Bissau 293 Guyana 296 Haiti 298 Holland see Netherlands Holy See, The (Vatican City State) 301 Honduras 302 Hong Kong see China, Hong Kong Hungary 304 Iceland 307 India 309 Indonesia 338 Iran 352 Iraq 355 Ireland 359 Ireland, Northern see under United Kingdom Irian Jaya now [West] Papua under Indonesia Isle of Man see under United Kingdom Israel 361 Italy 364 Ivory Coast see Cote d'Ivoire Jamaica 368 Jan Mayen Islands see under Norway Japan 370 Johnston Island see under Guam Jordan 375 Kampuchea now Cambodia Kashmir see India and Pakistan Kazakhstan 377 Kenya 380 Kirgizia now Kyrgyzstan Kiribati 384 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North) 385 Korea, Republic of (South) 386 Kosovo see under Yugoslavia Kuwait 390 Kyrgyzstan 392 Laos 395 LATIN AMERICA see AMERICAS, THE Latvia 397 Lebanon 399 Leeward Islands see Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, St Kitts, etc. Lesotho 403 Liberia 405 Gaza Strip see Palestine Georgia 267 Germany 269 Ghana 274 Libya 408 Liechtenstein 410 Lithuania 411 Luxembourg 413 Macau see China, Macau Macedonia 414 Madagascar 416 Malawi 419 Malaysia 422 Maldives 427 Mali 428 Malta 431 Malvinas, Islas see Falkand Islands Marshall Islands 432 Mauritania 434 Mauritius 436 Mayotte see under Comoro Islands Mexico 438 Micronesia, Federated States of 443 MIDDLE EAST see ASIA and AFRICA 448 Monaco 450 Mongolia 451 Montenegro see Yugoslavia Montserrat 454 Morocco 455 Mozambique 458 Myanmar 462 Namibia 465 Nauru 468 Nepal 469 Netherlands 473 Netherlands Antilles 476 New Caledonia 478 New Guinea see Papua New Guinea and [West] Papua under Indonesia New Zealand 479 Nicaragua 482 Niger 485 Nigeria 487 NORTH AMERICA see AMERICAS, THE North Korea see Korea Norway 496 Oman 498 Pakistan 500 Palau see under Micronesia Palestine 504 Panama 506 Papua New Guinea 509 Paraguay 513 Persecution Index 222 Peru 516 Philippines 520 Pitcairn Island see under Cook Islands Poland 526 Portugal 528 Puerto Rico 531 Qatar 532 Reunion 534 Romania 535 Russia 539 Rwanda 550 Sahara, Western see under Morocco Samoa 553 San Marino 554 Sao Tome & Principe 555 Saudi Arabia 556 Scotland see under United Kingdom Senegal 558 Serbia see Yugoslavia Seychelles 561 Sierra Leone 563 Singapore 566 Slovakia 569 Slovenia 571 Solomon Islands 572 Somalia 574 Somaliland see Somalia South Africa 576 SOUTH AMERICA see AMERICAS, THE South Korea see Korea, Republic of Soviet Union see separate states Spain 582 Spanish North Africa see Spain Spanish Sahara Sri Lanka 586 St Helena 591 St Kitts Sc Nevis 592 St Lucia 593 St Pierre Sc Miquelon 594 St Vincent 595 Sudan 596 Suriname 600 Svalbard Islands see under Norway Swaziland 602 Sweden 605 Switzerland 607 Syria 610 Taiwan see China, Taiwan Tajikistan 612 Tanzania 615 Thailand 618 Tibet see under China, People's Republic of Timor Lorosae 622 Togo 624 Tokelau see under Cook Islands Tonga 627 Trinidad & Tobago 629 Tunisia 631 Turkey 633 Turkmenistan 637 Turks & Caicos Islands 639 Tuvalu 640 UAE see United Arab Emirates Uganda 641 UK see United Kingdom Ukraine 644 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics see separate states United Arab Emirates 647 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 649 United States of America 657 Uruguay 664 USA see United States of America USSR see separate states Uzbekistan 666 Vanuatu 669 Vatican City State see Holy See, The Venezuela 671 Vietnam 675 Virgin Islands of the USA 678 Wake Island see under Guam Wallis and Futuna Islands 679 Wales see under United Kingdom West Bank see Palestine Yemen 680 Yemen, North see Yemen Yemen, South (Aden) see Yemen Yugoslavia 682 Zaire see Congo-DRC Zambia 685 Zimbabwe 688 Audio Cassette Tape Ministries 393 Christian Radio 694 Christian Television 695 The JESUS film 696 The Internet 696 Bible Societies and Bible Translation 698 Christian Literature 699 Theological Education by Extension 700 Bible Correspondence Courses 701 Relief and Development 701 Medical Mission Work 702 Missionary Aviation 703 Maritime Ministry 704 Christian Tentmakers 705 Short-Term Workers 706 Student Ministries 706 Ministry to Children 707 Outreach to Sects or Cults 709 Urban Evangelization 710 International Cooperation 711 Operation World 712 The Lord's Return 713 APPENDICES 1. Leaders of the World's Nations 715 2. Further prayer information 720 a) Publications 722 b) Internet websites 730 c) International prayer networks 3. Agencies (selected) 731 a) interdenominational Inter-mission Agencies 731 b) Mission agency addresses and websites 733 c) Mission agency statistics 743 4 The World's Missionary Force 747 5. Abbreviations 753 6. Definitions 755 7. Operation World database 760 8. Statistical Sources 763 9. Other Operation World Resources 765 INDEX Peoples 767 Places 788

Operation World is the definitive prayer handbook and reference guide. Packed with informative and inspiring fuel for prayer about every country of the world, it is essential for anybody who wants to make a difference. It was the winner of the 2002 Gold Medallion Book Award and has been quoted in numerous journals and articles. It contains information for all the continents and every country in the world.