
1 GettingStarted
Main Socket Types in the Major Countries and Regions of the World
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North America  | U.S.A., Canada  | 9  | 
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Europe,  | Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Ukraine, Austria,  | 
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Former Soviet  | Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Greece, Sweden,  | 
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Union  | Denmark, Germany, Norway, Hungary, Finland,  | 
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  | France, Belarus, Belgium, Rumania, Russia  | 
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  | Spain  | 9  | 
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  | Switzerland, Poland, Portugal  | 
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Asia  | Taiwan, Japan  | 9  | 
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  | Nepal, Bangladesh, Mongolia  | 
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  | Vietnam  | 9  | 
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  | India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Macau  | 
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  | Thailand  | 9  | 
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  | Korea  | 9  | 9  | 
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  | Philippines  | 9  | 
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  | Singapore, Hong Kong  | 
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  | China  | 9  | 9  | 9  | 9  | 9  | 
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Oceania  | Australia, Tonga, New Zealand, Fiji  | 
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Central and  | Colombia, Jamaica, Haiti, Panama, Bahamas,  | 9  | 
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South  | Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Mexico  | 
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Brazil, Peru  | 9  | 
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  | Argentina  | 
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Middle East  | Israel, Iran  | 
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  | Jordan  | 
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Africa  | Canary Islands, Guinea, Mozambique, Morocco  | 
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  | Kenya, South Africa  | 
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  | Algeria  | 9  | 9  | 9  | 
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  | Egypt  | 
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  | Zambia, Tanzania  | 
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