Administratively, Cuba is divided into 14 provinces and 1 special municipality.
From west to east, Cuba‘s provinces are:

1. Pinar del Río
2. La Habana
3. Ciudad de La Habana
4. Matanzas
5. Cienfuegos
6. Villa Clara
7. Sancti Spíritus
8. Ciego de Ávila
9. Camagüey
10. Las Tunas
11. Granma
12. Holguín
13. Santiago de Cuba
14. Guantánamo

Cuba‘s “special municipality” is the Isla de la Juventud (“Island of Youth”) (formerly Isla de Pinos (“Isle of Pines”)) and previously as “Evangelista”, “Isle of Santiago” and “Isle of Parrots”.

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Geographic Regions of the Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is divided into 3 Geographic Regions and then is divided into 9 Sub Geographic Regions. When the country was going to be independent, the regions were the ancient provinces.

Sub Regions:
Cibao Oriental
Cibao Norcentral
Cibao Central
Cibao Occidental
El Valle
Enriquillo
Metropolitana
Valdesia
Yuma

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Departments and municipalities of El Salvador

El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (departamentos), which, in turn, are subdivided into 262 municipalities (municipios).
Department names and abbreviations for the 14 Salvadoran Departments:

1. AH Ahuachapán
2. CA Cabañas
3. CH Chalatenango
4. CU Cuscatlán
5. LI La Libertad
6. PA La Paz
7. UN La Unión
8. MO Morazán
9. SM San Miguel
10. SS San Salvador
11. SV San Vicente
12. SA Santa Ana
13. SO Sonsonate
14. US Usulután

Source: Wikipedia 2009

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Though what are the ‘engineers’ belodged.com-twitter using for? They simply complain about the new ‘community ambassador’… ;o)

Well, it might happen that you recently stumbled upon a dude named “Community Ambassador” . This guy’s mission is to take care about you and the entire belodged.com community. His ‘job’ is to answer your questions, to give feedback, to solve problems and to give advice to new and “active” members whatever they might bring up…

What you cannot see: He works like hell! He takes all the notes he get from YOU and bothers the programming team, the translators, the designers and everybody else involved in the further development of the belodged.com project / idea. As a result the team from belodged.com become more and more busy in order to get this never-ending load of work properly done.

So what exactly is the idea behind this ‘Community Ambassador’?

It is just as simple: Taking care about YOU!

This Community Ambassador is going to be your broker / mediator / spokesperson or however you name it. Contact him in the discussion boards on belodged.com no matter what you need to know/ think or miss. In order to turn belodged.com even more hassle-free he is going to undertake everything to find the best solution for all parties involved.

But, who actually is this ‘ambassador’?

For the time being it is just 1 person, Hannes Ulrich is his name, 36 years of age, called “Ambassador” by the belodged.com community.

He is fluent in English and German and already got an account in Facebook.

Apparently he lives in an happy relationship (sorry, dating is currently not wanted ;o( ).

Of course, he travels a lot. Nevertheless he promised to take all of his time available to fulfill the community’s needs.

What does he expect from you?

1. A warm welcome – just send him a hug
2. Questions, questions, questions…
3. Answers, answers, answers – and feedback from you
4. nothing more and nothing less

What can you expect from him?

1. Answers to your questions within a day (on weekends it may take longer , he is this type of party animal). (And please also keep the time zones in mind)…
2. Open-minded answers and discussions…
3. And always bear in mind: he is on your side, always ;o) ! Obviously he is unable to neither do any website programming, nor web design, nor is he a bank, nor is he responsible for peace and freedom in the world. But he will hardly try to do everything related to the idea behind belodged.com and give all support needed by the community. And if there is something he cannot solve he will discuss it with the belodged.com team and give you feedback – asap.
4. nothing more and nothing less

The Kingdom of Bhutan is a nation in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains and is bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by People’s Republic of China. Bhutan is divided into 4 dzongdey (administrative zones: Eastern, Southern, Central and Western). Each dzongdey is further divided into dzongkhag (districts). There are 20 dzongkhag in Bhutan. Large dzongkhags are further divided into subdistricts known as dungkhag.

1. Bumthang
2. Chukha (old spelling: Chhukha)
3. Dagana
4. Gasa
5. Haa
6. Lhuntse
7. Mongar
8. Paro
9. Pemagatshel (Pemagatsel)
10. Punakha
11. Samdrup Jongkhar
12. Samtse (Samchi)
13. Sarpang
14. Thimphu
15. Trashigang (Tashigang)
16. Trashiyangtse
17. Trongsa (Tongsa)
18. Tsirang (Chirang)
19. Wangdue Phodrang (Wangdi Phodrang)
20. Zhemgang (Shemgang)

Departments and communes of Benin

Officially the Republic of Benin is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north.

Benin is divided into 12 departments (French: départements), and subdivided into 77 communes. In 1999, the previous six departments were each split into two halves, forming the current 12. The six new departments have not been assigned an official capital yet.

1. Alibori
2. Atakora
3. Atlantique
4. Borgou
5. Collines
6. Donga
7. Kouffo
8. Littoral
9. Mono
10. Ouémé
11. Plateau
12. Zou

Belize, formerly British Honduras, is a country in Central America.

Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official language. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, Guatemala to the south and west, and the Caribbean sea to the east.

Belize is divided into 6 districts:

1. Belize District
2. Cayo District
3. Corozal District
4. Orange Walk District
5. Stann Creek District
6. Toledo District

Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in Southeast Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south.

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 of the 2 political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the other being the Republika Srpska) has 10 cantons or counties as the second-level units of local autonomy.

I.     Una-Sana Canton or county
II.     Posavina Canton or county
III.     Tuzla Canton or county
IV.     Zenica-Doboj Canton or county
V.     Bosnian Podrinje Canton or county
VI.     Central Bosnia Canton or county
VII.     Herzegovina-Neretva Canton or county
VIII.     West Herzegovina Canton or county
IX.     Sarajevo Canton or county
X.     Canton 10 or County 10 or West Bosnia Canton or Herzeg-Bosnian County

Source: Wikipedia

This safes you more or less 2-5 clicks and page loads. So this is becoming more comfortable to you.

Big thanks to the David which gave this input to our new “Community Ambassador” via Facebook. But please note: The first discussion and feedback platform is as always the discussion board within belodged.com .

We will write an extra article about this strange ;@) person “Community Ambassador” soon. But you can meet him already here:

• belodged.com Team
• belodged.com discussion boards
• Facebook Account of Hannes