MAP RESEARCH BULLETIN MR-22

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I. New Japanese Prefectural Atlas . . . . . . . 1
II. Brief Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
A. A New Map of Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . 14
B. Hydrographic Survey of Jidda Harbor . . . 14
C. Place-name Changes in Hungary and Rumania 15
D. Atlases of Western Pakistan and of
Eastern Pakistan and West Bengal . . . . 16
Note: This Bulletin has not been coordinated with the
intelligence organizations of the Departments of
State, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force.
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I. NEW JAPANESE PREFECTURAL ATLAS
One of the most valuable Japanese cartographic contributions
acquired recently is the Nippon Bunken-Chizu (Atlas of Administrative
Subdivisions of Japan), Tokyo, revised edition, April 1950 (CIA
Map Library Call No. aH 112.N5 1950). This atlas, corrected to
September 1949, is the latest reliable source for postwar changes in
Japanese minor civil divisions. It also contains a number of useful
features that are not included in prewar prefectural atlases.
The 46 prefectural maps of the atlas are at scales ranging from
1:850,000 for Hokkaido to 1:180,000 for Kanagawa, but most of the maps
are within the 1:200,000 to 1:400,000 range. Each map includes an
inset of the capital of the prefecture at larger scale, generally at
1:40,000 or 1:50,000. Outlying islands are also presented on insets.
The Kuriles, Ryukyu Islands south of 30?N, and the Bonins (which were
formerly shown in prefectural atlases) are omitted; but the Ryukyus
north of 30?N, Tsushima, and the Izu-shichito-Islands (volcanic islands
80 to 200 miles south of Tokyo) are included. Japan as a whole is
covered on a large map at 1:2,000,000 at the front of the atlas.
The standard plate size is 13" x 192", but several of the prefec-
tural maps are larger. In earlier atlases with a standard plate size,
maps are distorted to fill out the sheet; in the new atlas, however,
each map has a uniform stated scale throughout and consequently can
be adapted for use as a base map. Unbound copies of each atlas sheet
have been received by the CIA Map Library but have not yet been
cataloged.
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The maps are printed in four colors and show second- and third-
order civil division boundaries; national and privately-owned railroads;
national, -prefectural, and local roads; commercial harbors, lighthouses,
and selected shipping lines; main postal and telephone-telegraph offices;
mines; and places of historical and tourist interest, including the nnewly
designated national parks. The maps have marginal coordinates, and each
sheet has an atlas grid to which a list of place names on the reverse
side is keyed.
Relief is indicated by hachures and spot elevations, and the drainage
pattern is presented in satisfactory detail, but only the most important
peaks and streams are identified. Beyond the limits of the hachures, the
land is differentiated as "cultivated" and "uncultivated". This significant
distinction was not made on earlier prefectural atlases. The large number
of place names given appears to include all oaza, the postal designations
within machi and mura (rural third-order subdivisions), and other locally
significant names.
The most valuable feature of the atlas is the location of the
boundaries of minor civil divisions, including the changes that have been
made since World War II. Although the atlas is remarkably accurate in
this respect and far superior to its prewar counterparts, a few deficiencies
should be noted. The boundary lines have been interrupted in some cases
for place names. As a result, only fragments of the boundaries remain in
densely settled areas with many administrative subdivisions and place names.
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In several cases, there are ambiguities resulting from failure to make
all necessary corrections in areas in which administrative consolidations
have been made.
The reverse side of each map contains a list of all shi (cities),
gun (counties), and machi and mura (rural third-order divisions),
with the atlas-grid location of each and its population according to
the 19+8 census. The list serves as a useful check on the accuracy
of the map, and the two correspond to a degree unusual in Japanese
publications. A further check on administrative changes is provided
by the seven-sheet map series, 1:500,000 Gun-Shi-Cho-Son Kukaku Sozu
(1:500,000 County-City-Rural Administrative Area Boundary Map),
published in October 191+8 by the Chiri Chosa Sho (Geographic Survey
Bureau) and available under the AMS Call-No. 73L 3-28-31366-500
(see Map Research Bulletin No.-5, pp. 17-18). For individual pre-
fectures, the atlas is generally more useful than the 1:500,000
series, and is more up to date. In the atlas, place names are printed
directly on the maps, whereas place names are designated on the map
series by code keyed to an accompanying text. The map series, however,
is easier to use in studies involving two or more prefectures and is
somewhat more accurately drawn than the maps in the atlas. Furthermore,
the boundaries are not interrupted by place names.
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Administrative changes in Japan indicated in the prefectural
atlas and the 1:500,000 series appear to be in line with those made
before the war. In Hokkaido some subdivision of large units has taken
place, but elsewhere entire machi or mura have been consolidated to
form a new or enlarged unit or have been annexed to shi. The new shi
are mostly former machi which have grown beyond 30,000 in population,
but some have been formed from a machi and one or more mura, which
together have a total population of over 30,000. Some machi and mura
of over 30,000 are still not shi, chiefly in Hokkaido and in areas
bordering large cities. There have been several cases of absorption
of large rural areas by shi, notably Kyoto and Kobe. The present shi,
along with their population in 1948 and annexations that have taken
place since 19+3 (the latest date covered in the most recent English-
language publication), are given in tables in the appendix to this
article.
The railroad information in the atlas includes tunnels and stations,
but not multiple trackage, electrification, or the various gauges used
for private railroad's. Most logging railroads are omitted. Correct
alignments are indicated for branch lines, which are located only
approximately on the latest available English-language maps; some rail-
roads indicated as under construction on English-language maps are shown
in the prefectural atlas as never having been built, for example two
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stretches 28 and 15 miles long near the northeast coast of Hokkaid5.
Probably the most notable new construction is a 20-mile line from
Yawatahama to UwaJima on the southwest coast of Shikoku, which
connects Uwajima for the first time with the rest of the island. A
tunnel four miles long is located on the Sendai-Yamagata line in
north-central Honshu. The boundary and railroad data were compiled
more carefully and completely than most of the remaining information
on the atlas maps, notably mines and to some extent roads; in the
case of post offices and telephone-telegraph stations, the symbols
are inconspicuous.
In addition to administrative data, the textual information on
the back of each prefectural map in the atlas includes a regional
description of the area; a list and brief description of tourist
attractions; and lists of national, regional, and local governmental
offices and of educational and other institutions within the prefecture.
The final pages of the atlas give for all of Japan several general
lists covering the following topics: national parks; mines, including
coal and oil fields; and various physiographic features such as mountains,
lakes, rivers, and islands, with appropriate dimensions such as height,
area, or length.
A publication similar, but inferior, to the prefectural atlas,
was also acquired recently: Zenkoku Shi-Ch6-Son Benran (Handbook of
Cities, Towns, and Villages) compiled by the Nippon Chiho Gyosei
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Kenkyukai (Nippon Regional Administrative Research Association), 8th
printing, August 1950 (CIA Map Library Call Number gH 14-2.N52 1950).
This handbook is devoted mainly to a list of postal designa-
tions within minor civil divisions -- the 1U (approximately wards),,
ch5 (precincts), and chome (city blocks or groups of blocks) within
shi, and the oaza within machi and mura. A comparison of the handbook
with similar listings compiled earlier provides a check on civil
division changes. This is accomplished by looking for the 'oaza
of machi and mura given in the earlier listings but missing from
the handbook. The oaza will usually be found added to those of an
adjacent unit or under a new unit not found in the earlier listings.
The handbook, unfortunately, shows evidence of careless compila-
tion and revision, and is useful chiefly for corroborative purposes
rather than as an independent authority. Maps of each prefecture
are included but they are far inferior to those in the prefectural
atlas, and some of the maps do not agree with the text.
Included at the end of the volume is a phonetic listing of
shi and gun and another of machi and mura, which is useful in
locating a place for which only the name is known. Also included
are government railroad maps and mileage tables that show distances
between intermediate points as well as cumulative distances from
the terminals of the line.
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APPENDIX
The following two tables show the changes in the number and
boundaries of Japanese all (cities) since the publication of the
latest listing in English, Administrative Divisions of Japan,
U.S. Department of State Publication 27+9, Far Eastern Series 19,
August 19+6 (data as of 19+3). Table 1 shows the shi given in the
Nippon Bunken Chizu, April 1950, with their populations as of 1948.
The code designations are those used in the Administrative Divisions
of Japan; the first number represents the prefecture, the following
letters the shi (or gun for newly formed shi), and the final numbers
the machi and mura comprising a new shi. Thus in Aichi-ken, Nagoya
is 22A and Kasugai is 22DD, whereas Tsushima (22P1) and Hekinan
(22S3, 1+, 5, 10) are new all made up of the former machi and mura
designated.'
Table 2 shows the areas annexed in the years 19+3 to 1950, to
previously established all and uses the same code as Table 1.
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TABLE I. LIST OF JAPANESE CITIES 1950
Code
Shi
1948
Population
Code
Shi
1948
Population
22
Aichi-ken
3,226,116
37
Ehime-ken
1,481,106
22A
Nagoya
915,725
37A
Matsuyama
150,976
22B
Toyohashi
135,131
37B
Imabari
55,102
22C
Okazaki
89,920
37C
Uwajima
53,603
22D
Ichinomiya
64,940
37D
Yawatahama
38,873
22E
Seto
43,883
37E
Niihama
53,620
22F
Handa
61,070
37F
Saija
46,188
22CC
Toyokawa
55,703
22DD
Kaasugai
48,014
22S3,4,
Hekinan
41,803
17
Fukui-ken.
733,374
5,10
22P1
Tsushima
30,921
17A
Fukui
82,380
17B
Tsuruga
30,260
17J1
Takefu 1
31,743
4
Akita-ken
1,258,371
4A
Akita
118,115
39
Fukuoka-ken
3,312,577
4B
Noshiro
47,339
39A
Fukuoka
348,052
39B
Wakamatsu
79,832
1
Aomori-ken
1,218,325
39C
Yawata
180,984
39D
Tobata
71,747
1A
Hirosaki
63,801
39E
Kurume
93,690
1B
Aomori
95,904
39F
Omuta
179,68'7
1C
Hachinohe
94,315
39G
Kokura
176,322
39H
Mo,j i
113,414
39J
N6gata
50,332
11
Chiba-ken
2,140,511
39K
Iizuka
49,741
39EE
Tagawa
80,459
11A
Chiba
125,134
11B
Choshi
72,089
11C
Funabashi
81,602
6
Fukushima-ken
2,026,482
11D
Ichikawa
95,091
11E
Tateyama
36,846
6A
Fukushima
89,28+
11V
Kisarazu
.38,293
6B
Wakamatsu
59,150
11W
Matsudo
51,297
6c
Ki5riyama
66,263
6Y
Taira
32,85'5
681
Shirakawa
31,59+
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Code
Shi
1948
Population
Code
Shi
1948
Population
20
Gifu-ken
1,524,812
27
Hy5go-ken
3,156,888
20A
Gifu
174,891
27A
Kobe
644,217
20B
Ogaki
73,175
27B
Himeji
200,668
20C
Tajimi
37,160
27C
Amagasaki
249,319
20D
Takayama
43,122
27D
Akashi
60,.128
27E
Nishinomiya
115,623
27G
Itami
54,957
9
Gumma-ken
1,608,894
27H
Ashiya
38,966
27NN
Sumoto
36,876
9A
Maebashi
94,123
27PP
6
27,445
9B
Takasaki
91,002
9C
Kiryu
94,167
9S
Isesaki
47,909
7
Ibaraki-ken 2,044,578
N1
Ot
0
282
9
a
5
,
7A
Mito
63,486
7B
Tsuchiura
53,913
33
Hiroshima-ken
2,045,923
7C
Hitachi
52,448
33A
Hiroshima
246,134
33B
Kure
188,949
16
Ishikawa-ken
941,772
33C
Onomichi
61,086
33D
Fukuyama
61,919
16A
Kanazawa
241,226
33E
Mihara
50,678
16B
Komatsu
62,674
160
Nanao
39,604
A
Hokkaido-cho
4,021,050
2
Iwate-ken
1,294,203
A15
Sapporo
269,136
A16
Hakodate
213,034
2A
Morioka
111,.889
A17
Otaru
169,700
2B
Kamaishi
29,907
A18
Muroran
100,387
2C
Miyako
37,953
A19
Asahikawa
111,988
2K1,10,Ichinoseki 34,752
A20
Yubari
92,577
13,14
A21
Kushiro
65,721
A22
Obihiro
48,137
36
Kagawa-ken
934,123
A23
Iwamizawa
44,629
A24
Kitami
42,671
36A
Takamatsu
109,295
A12al
Abashiri
35,364
36B
Marugame
36,933
A7e1
Tomakomai
33,131
36K
Sakaide
41,039
A14bl
Rumoi
30,574
A13a1
Wakkanai
31,029
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1948
Population
Code
Shi
1948
Population
45
Kagoshima-ken
1,766,514
23
Mie-ken
1,451,100.
45A
Kagoshima
175,837
23A
Tsu
71,578
45m
Sendai
41,022
23B
Yokkaichi
118,682
45N
Kanoya
62,305
23C
Uji-yamada
67,663
4504
Makurazaki
33,846
23D
Matsuzaka
47,617
23E
Kuwana
37,521
23Y
Suzuka
68,214
13
Kanagawa-ken
2,317,551
23Z
Ueno
4o,o81
13A
Yokohama
859,324
13B
Kawasaki
277,903
3
Miyagi-ken
1,596,307
13C
Odawara
73,626
13D
Hiratsuka
47,809
3A
Sendai
307,202
13E
Kamakura
84,422
3B
Ishinomaki
44,734
13F
Fujisawa
81,203
3V
Shiogama
40,663
13G
Yokosuka
268,587
13J1
Chigasaki
44,768
44
Miyazaki-ken
1,052,483
38
Kochi-ken
866,385
44A
Miyazaki
98,642
44B
Miyakonojo
72,830
38A
Kochi
152,738
44c
Nobeoka
77,887
42
Kumamoto-ken
1,786,058
19
Nagano-ken
2,079,682
42A
Kumamoto
252,547
19A
Nagano
98,075
420
Yatsushiro
48,632
19B
Matsumoto
85,755
42P
Hitoyoshi
44,205
19C
Ueda
42,939
42R
Arao
55,573
19D
Lida
32,309
42L3
Minamata
41,153
19E
Okaya
37,592
19Z
Suwa
36,159
25
Kyoto-fu
1,784,753
41
Nagasaki-ken
1,565,558
25A Kyoto
1,052,624
25B
Fukuchiyamal
46,275
41A
Nagasaki
208,644
25X
Maizuru
87,955
41B
Sasebo
1781878-
41K
Isahaya
64,375
41L
Shimabara
41,135-
41P
Omura
56,593
1. Text gives 96,275; figure above represents difference between Ky6to-fu
population and population of other components.
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Code
1948
Shi population Code
Shi
Population
677
8
Takatsuki
42,721
28
Nara-ken 77
,
26T
Izumi-otsu
31,439
28A
Nara 78,369 26U
Kaizuka
49,286
935
63
28H1
Yamato-takada 31,658 26P3,5,
Yao
,
23,25,
28
14
Niigata-ken 2,435,451 2683,4
Moriguchi
ta
k
Hi
54,434
459
)42
26R1
a
ra
,
14A
Niigata 210,830 26H3
Ibaraki
34,239
8
14B
Nagaoka 61,356 26M1
Izumi-sano
0
31,1
14C
Takada 37,287
14D
Sanjo 45,949
6
14E
Kashiwazaki 35,963 40
Saga-ken
931,3:3
14F3
Shibata 35,209
40A
Saga
65,367
40B
Karatsu
50,803
43
Oita-ken 1,245,689
346 10
88
O
Saitama-ken
2,132,221
43A
,
ita
43B
Beppu 94,380
462
1
43c
Nakatsu 51,791 10A
Kawagoe
,
5
427
120
43D
Hida 46,793 10B
Kawaguchi
,
980
64
43R
Saeki 39,702 10C
Kumagaya
,
7
1
1
10D
Urawa
3
0,
1
36
10'E
Omiya 1
5
95,
32
Okayama-ken-1,650,285 10N2
Gyoda
31,318
32A
Okayama
150,o84
2
775
8
32B
Kurashiki
49,842
24
Shiga-ken
,
7
32C
Tsuyama
52,137
84
L13
32D
Tamano
41,884
24A
Otsu
,
46
7
5
2
32K1
Kojima
33,185
24B
Nagahama
,
5
4
46
`
,
,
24C
Hikone
,
.x5
6,7
f
k
O
3
515
225
31
Shimane-ken
903,576
26
u
a-
sa
,
,
26A
Osaka
1,690,072
31A
Matsue
64,503
4
26B
Sakai
198,794
31B
Hamada
39,
30
8
26c
Kishiwada
99,871
31W
Izumo
44,5
3
26D
Toyonaka
79,646
26E
Fuse
140,615
26F
Ikeda
43,877
26G
Suita
74,679
1. BGN finding, 16 October 1950, based on readings for oaza.
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1948
Population
C ode
Shi
1948
Population
2,407,102
15
Toyama-ken
998,349
21A
Shizuoka
220,284
15A
Toyama
144,229
21B
Hamamatsu
133,739
15B
Takaoka
138,988
21C
Numazu
96,235
21D
Shimizu
83,298
29
Wakayama-ken
979,982
21E
Mishima
47,114
21F
Atami
35,740
29A
Wakayama
180,159
21X
Fujimiya
41,514
29B
Shingu
32,374
21H5
Ito
35,889
29C
Kainan
34,641
21U4
Iwata
34,662
29M
Tanabe
37,588
21K3
Yoshiwara
32,085
21P3
Shimada
31,445
5
Yamagata-ken
1,346,492
Tochigi-ken
1,557,860
5A
Yamagata
101,048
5B
Yonezawa
55,405
8A
Utsunomiya
100,468
5C
Tsuruoka
43,208
8B
Ashikaga
52,478
5D
Sakata
50,412
8M
Tochigi
43,032
5J1,3
Shinjo
30,710
8N
Sano
56,011
8D1
Kanuma
32,759
34
Yamaguchi-ken
1,505,532
Tokushima-ken
869,290
34A
Shimonoseki
180,587
34B
Ube
118,281
35A
Tokushima
109,120
34C
Yamaguchi
89,642
35G1,2,
Naruto
43,225
34D
Hagi
41,761
3,8
34E
Onoda
51,947
34F
Tokuyama
80,632
34G
Kudamatsu
38,530
To 6-to
5,417,871
34H
Iwakuni
58,955
341
BSfu
67,002
12A
Tokyo-to (23 ku) 4,555,565 34Y
Hikari
35,774
12B
Hachi5ji
75,674
12C
Tachikawa
49,296
12F8
Musashino
66,571
18
Yamanashi-ken
815,485
109,022
Tottori-ken
592,863
30A
Tottori
58,340
30B
Yonago
56,262
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TABLE 2 ANNEXATIONS TO EXISTING CITIES 1943-50
City
Fukushima
Tsuchiura
Chiba
Odawara
Kamakura
FuJisawa
Niigata
Nagaoka
Takaoka
Kanazawa
Kaf u
Ogaki
Tajimi
Shizuoka
Numazu
Hekinan
Uji-yamada
Matsuzaka
Kyoto
Fukuchiyama
Kishiwada
T oyonaka
Takatsuki
Kobe
Himeji
Amagasaki
Itami
Sumoto
Matsue
Kurashiki
Matsuyama
Kochi
Fukuoka
Yawata
Prefecture
Fukushima
Ibaraki
Chiba
Kanagawa
Kanagawa
Kanagawa
Niigata
Niigata
Toyama
Ishikawa
Yamanashi
Gifu
Gifu
Shizuoka
Shizuoka
Aichi
Mie
Mie
Kyoto
Kyoto
Osaka
Osaka
Osaka
Hyogo
Hyogo
Hyogo
Hyogo
Hyogo
Shimane
Okayama
Ehime
Kochi
Fukuoka
Fukuoka
Saga
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6D2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 25
7N24
11N10
13N9
13H1, 3
13H2
14G29, 30
14N10
15K36
16F2, 31, 32; G9
18G5
20J7; K4, 10, 11, 12
20U13, 14
21M13
21J4,
7, 8, .9
22S2
23S1, 7, 10
23P6, 17
25C1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8; Dl, 2
25P7, 8, l0
26K19
26J5, 6, 7
2656
27J8; M3, 7; N2, 3
4, 5, 6, 7, 8
27F (former Shikama-shi)
W2, 3; Y4, 13, 25, 27
27K3
27K2
27KK11
31c4
32M4
34S2, 7, 8, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15
37G2, 16, 17
38E1
39T9
39N4
4oG4
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II. BRIEF NOTICES
A. A New Map of Pakistan
In 1950, the Survey of Pakistan published a map at 1:3,168,000,
entitled Pakistan but commonly identified in catalogs as the 50-Mile
Map of Eakistan, First Edition. Two maps at the same scale -- one of
West Pakistan and one of East Pakistan -- are printed on a single sheet.
Information shown includes first- and second-order civil division
boundaries, main roads, trade routes, and railroads of three gauge-
catagories. This is the best available map of the internal divisions
of Pakistan and is also of interest as an example of the work of the
Survey of Pakistan. File copies of the map are available at AMS,
Call No. 5U-2-28-82035-3168.
B. Hydrographic Survey of Jidda Harbor
New hydrographic charts, more reliable than any published heretofore,
are now available for the treacherous approaches and harbor of Jidda,
on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. Jidda, as port of entry for the
holy city of Mecca, is of especial importance to the Moslem world.
At the request of the Saudi Arabian Government, the US Navy survey
ship Maury, assisted by her auxiliaries the U.S.S. Stallion and U.S.S.
Allegheny, conducted a hydrographic survey of Jidda harbor during the
early part of May 1950. The survey was conducted in eight days and was
not a complete hydrographic survey. The area was not dragged, but
.numerous lines of soundings were run. Preliminary survey charts were
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prepared, and the official charts were completed by the U.S. Navy
Hydrographic Office in September.
H.O. Chart No. 3759, Approaches to Jidda, is issued at the
scale of 1:30,050, whereas H.O. Chart No. 3758, Jidda Harbor, is
at 1:7,500, with an inset of the new Saudi Arabian Government Flier
at 1:1,200. Prior to publication of the new charts, British Admiralty
Chart No. 2599, based on surveys of 1876 and 1925, provided the, best
coverage of Jidda Harbor (1:12,500) and approaches (1:30,000). Although
H.O. 3758 is compiled almost entirely from the recent survey, H.O. 3759
still incorporates much information from B.A. 2599, particularly for
the areas some distance north and south of the main entrance to the
harbor. Slight revisions in the alignment of the coastline and.'reefs
were made from aerial photography.
With the recent completion of the new pier and the publication
of more reliable charts of the reef-lined approaches, Jidda becomes
more easily accessible to ocean-going vessels.
0. Place-name Changes in Hungary and Rumania
Since 1945, it has become standard practice in the Balkan satellite
countries to exalt Communist heroes by renaming towns and physical
features in their honor. The elinimation of names with royal connota-
tions has also been common. Two recent name changes exemplify these
policies:
Brap ov, Rumania; an industrial city and railway
center (45? 40'N., 25? 35'E.), changed to Oraeul
Stalin (Stalin City), August 1950.
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Esterhaza, Hungary; an agricultural community
(47? 38'N., 16? 52'E.), changed to Fertod, May 1950
D. Atlases of Western Pakistan and of Eastern Pakistan and West Bengal
(1) West Pakistan in Maps and Statistics, F.U. Khan and A. Arshad,
Karachi, 1948, AMS Call No. G2460 P2K45.
(2) Bengal in Maps: A Geographical Analysis of Resource Distribution
in West Bengal and Eastern Pakistan, S.P. Chatterjee, Calcutta, 1949,
CIA Map Division Call No. H3o6-46.
These are the first atlases of Pakistan that have been received by
CIA. Together they provide special-subject map coverage at very small.
scale for all of the country. The new political-administrative frame-
work has been used, but most of the information,shown is of pre-partition
dates, and neither atlas indicates the post-partition changes in the
distribution of people and crops. Although the information is not up-
to-date, much of it has never before been presented in map form.
The Western Pakistan atlas contains 35 maps of the area as a whole
at scales ranging from 1:10,000,000 to 1:16,000,000, and 25 maps of sub-
divisions of Western Pakistan at scales of 1:3,000,000 to 1:10,000,000.
Included are dot maps of population, crops, and livestock; maps showing
locations of industrial and power plants that were in operation before
partition; and a few maps of physical features, political divisions,
transportation, and other miscellaneous subjects. The maps are highly
generalized but useful.
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The Bengal-East Pakistan atlas contains 80 maps of Bengal, mostly
at scales of approximately 1:3,500,000 and 1:7,000,000; the end-piece
map is at approximately 1:1,440,000. About 80 percent of the maps
cover three major subjects: agricultural land use, 29 maps; population
and occupational groups, 20 maps; and climate, 15 maps. The remainder
are general, political, industrial, and physical maps. The end-piece
is the most up-to-date small-scale transportation map of Bengal that is
available. It shows three categories of roads, three of railroads, and
two of waterways; it also differentiates major towns according to seven
categories based on major function, such as river port, trade center,
or district town. Although the maps cover pre-partition Bengal, in
most cases they show the Eastern Pakistan-India boundary. The maps are
relatively detailed for their scale. A list of the thanas (police-
stations) of West Bengal and of Eastern Pakistan is given as an appendix.
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