Make Bir Tawil area a part of Africa/Cairo instead of Africa/Khartoum

evansiroky · Apr 1, 2019 · ccbd178 · ccbd178
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-## Unreleased
+## 2019a
 
 ### Zone Changes
 
 * Split Vietnam into 2 zones ([#66](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder/issues/66))
   * Make Northern Vietnam be a part of `Asia/Bangkok`
   * Southern Vietnam stays `Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh`
+* Make Bir Tawil area be a part of `Africa/Cairo` instead of being a part of `Africa/Khartoum`.
 * Update to latest OSM data
 
 ### Other Changes

diff --git a/osmBoundarySources.json b/osmBoundarySources.json
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@
   "Bermuda": {
     "ISO3166-1": "BM"
   },
+  "Bir Tawil": {
+    "alt_name:en": "Bi'r Tawīl"
+  },
   "Bledsoe County, TN": {
     "name": "Bledsoe County",
     "nist:state_fips": "47"

diff --git a/timezones.json b/timezones.json
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@
       "op": "init",
       "source": "overpass",
       "id": "Egypt"
+    }, {
+      "op": "union",
+      "source": "overpass",
+      "id": "Bir Tawil",
+      "description": "Although Bir Tawil is officially not part of Egypt, union to avoid holes. The wikipedia article on Bir Tawil suggests that Egypt retains administrative control of the area (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bir_Tawil)."
     }
   ],
   "Africa/Casablanca": [
@@ -220,11 +225,6 @@
       "op": "init",
       "source": "overpass",
       "id": "Sudan"
-    }, {
-      "op": "union",
-      "source": "manual-polygon",
-      "data": [[[33,22],[34,21],[35,22],[33,22]]],
-      "description": "Add unclaimed area of Bir Tawil to Sudan to avoid having holes."
     }
   ],
   "Africa/Kigali": [