[tz] Number of active tz regions?

lennox at cs.columbia.edu lennox at cs.columbia.edu
Wed Jul 17 19:46:36 UTC 2013


On Wednesday, July 17 2013, "Zefram" wrote to "tz at iana.org" saying:

> When was the last time sovereignty changed over an appreciable conurbation
> but not over its entire country?  There were some in the resolution of
> World War II; any later?  Any since 1970?

Scanning <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_map_changes>, I'd say
August 14, 2008 -- the transfer of the Bakassi Peninsula (pop. 150,000 -
300,000) from Nigeria to Cameroon.

Both Nigeria and Cameroon are UTC+1, though.

-- 
Jonathan Lennox
lennox at cs.columbia.edu



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