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Country Profiles
(Colombia thru Djibouti)
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- People: Population Density - 101 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Metizo (58%); White (20%); Mulatto (14%): Black (4%)
- Languages - Spanish - official
- Religions - Roman Catholic (95%)
- Geography: Area - 400,600 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Panama, Equador, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - President Andres Pastrana Arango (since Aug. 7, 1998)
- Capital - Bogota (6,288,000)
- Local Divisions - 32 departments, capital district
- Spending - (Defense) $2 bil/$30 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Textiles, food processing, clothing, cement, chemcials
- Minerals and Other Resources - Oil, gas, emeralds, gold, copper, coal, iron, nickel, forest, products, cut flowers
- Arable Land - 4%
- Labor - 46% service; 30% agri.; 24% industry
- Per Capita GNP - $6,200
- Imports and Exports - $10 bil and $11.5 bil
- Major Trading Partners - US and EU
- Communications: Telephones - 7,158,600 main lines
- Radios - 151 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 188 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 23.96 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 66.71 - male; 74.55 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 1.67%
- Literacy - 91%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), OAS
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- People: Population Density - 262 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Mulatto (51%); White (37%); Black (11%)
- Languages - Spanish - official
- Religions - Roman Catholic (85%) - prior to Castro
- Geography: Area - 42,800 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Bahamas, US, Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti
- Government: Type - Communist state
- Head of Government - President Fidel Castro (since Feb. 16,
1959)
- Capital - Havan (2,256,000)
- Local Divisions - 14 provinces, i municipality
- Spending - (Defense) $31 mil/NA
- Economy: Industries - Oil, food, tobacoo, sugar
- Minerals and Other Resources - Cobalt, nickel, iron, copper,
manganese, salt, timber
- Arable Land - 24%
- Labor - 23% agric.; 53% services; 24% ind.
- Per Capita GNP - $1,700
- Imports and Exports - $3.2 bil and $1.4 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - Spain, Venzuela, Russia, Netherlands
- Communications: Telephones - 488,600 main lines
- Radios - 327 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 200 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 7.39 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 74.02 - male; 78.94 - female
- Natural Population Increase - .5%
- Literacy - 96%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, ILO,
IMO, WHO, WTrO)
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- People: Population Density - 745 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Antalote, Cafre Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava
- Languages - Arabic, French, Comorian - all official
- Religions - Sunni Muslim (85%); Roman Catholic (14%)
- Geography: Area - 800 sq. mi
- Neighbors - Mozambique, Madagascar
- Government: Type - In Transition
- Head of Government - NA
- Capital - Moroni (44,000)
- Local Divisions - 3 main islands with 4 municipalities
- Spending - (Defense) NA
- Economy: Industries - Perfume, textiles
- Minerals and Other Resources - NA
- Arable Land - 35%
- Labor - 80% agric.
- Per Capita GNP - $725.
- Imports and Exports - $49.5 mil and $9.3 mil.
- Major Trading Partners - France, South Africa, US, Germany
- Communications: Telephones - 7,000
- Radios - 122 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - NA
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 84.07 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 58.2 - male; 62.68 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 3.02%
- Literacy - 57%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, WHO), AL, OAU
- National Website
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- People: Population Density - 214 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Greek (78%); Turksih (18%)
- Languages - Greek, Turkish, English
- Religions - Greek Orthodox (78%); Muslim (18%)
- Geography: Area - 3,600 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Turkey, Syria, Lebanon
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - Presdient Glafood Clerides (since Mar. 1,
1993)
- Capital - Nicosia (197,800)
- Local Divisions - 6 districts
- Spending - (Defense) $573 mil/$3.4 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Food, beverages, textiles
- Minerals and Other Resources - Copper, pyrites, asbestos
- Arable Land - 12%
- Labor - 66.6% serv.; 23.3% ind.; 10.2% agric.
- Per Capita GNP - $15,400
- Imports and Exports - $3.5 bil. and $1.1 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - US, UK, Italy, Russia
- Communications: Telephones - 440,100 main lines
- Radios - 287 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 160 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 7.89 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 74.6 - male; 79.3 - female
- Natural Population Increase - .54%
- Literacy - 95%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO,
IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), the Commonwealth, OSCE
- Semi- Autonomous Regions
- Turkish Republic of Northern CyprusA declaration of
independence was announced by Turkish- Cypriot leader
Rauf Denktash on Nov. 15, 1983. The state is not internationally>BR> recognized, although it does have trade relations with some countries.
(Area: 1,295 sq. mi.; Pop: 134,000; Ethnicity: 99% Turkish; Capital: Lefkosa - Nicosia)
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- People: Population Density - 22 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Kongo (48%); Sangha (20%); Teke (17%); M'Bochi (12%)
- Languages - French - official; Lingala, Kikongo, other African languages
- Religions - Christian (50%); Animist (48%); Muslim (2%)
- Geography: Area - 131,700 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo- Kinshasa, Angola
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - President Denis Sassou- Nguesso (since Oct. 25, 1997)
- Capital - Brazzaville (1,234,000)
- Local Divisions - 10 regions, 6 communes
- Spending - (Defense) $73 mil/$970 mil.
- Economy: Industries - Oil, wood products, brewing, cement
- Minerals and Other Resources - Oil, potash, copper, zinc
- Arable Land - NA
- Labor - NA
- Per Capita GNP - $1,530
- Imports and Exports - $770 mil and $1.7 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - US, France, Belneux
- Communications: Telephones - 22,000 main lines
- Radios - 312 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 17 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 99.73 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 44.38 - male; 50.85 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 2.2%
- Literacy - 75%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO), OAU
- National Website
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- People: Population Density - 388 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Czech (94.4%); Slovack (3%)
- Languages - Czech, Slovack
- Religions - Atheist (39.8%); Roman Catholic (39.2%); Protestant
(4.6%); Orthodox (3%)
- Geography: Area - 30,300 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Poland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Zeman (since Jul. 17,
1998)
- Capital - Prague (1,226,000)
- Local Divisions - 73 districts, 4 municipalities
- Spending - (Defense) $1.15 bil and $16.6 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Machinery, fuels, glass, motor
vechicles
- Minerals and Other Resources - Coal, kaolin
- Arable Land - 41%
- Labor - 32% ind.; 8.7% contr.; 46.8% serv.
- Per Capita GNP - $11,700
- Imports and Exports - $29 bil and $26.9 bil
- Major Trading Partners - Germany, Slovakia
- Communications: Telephones - 3,871,700 main lines
- Radios - NA
- Televisions - 446 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 5.55 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 71.23 - male; 78.43 - female
- Natural Population Increase - -.17%
- Literacy - 99%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO,
IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), NATO, OECD, OSCE
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- People: Population Density - 193 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - White and Mestizo (96%)
- Languages - Spanish - official
- Religions - Roman Catholic (95%)
- Geography: Area - 19,500 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Nicaragua, Panama
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - Presdient Miguel Angel Rodriguez Echeverria (since May 8, 1998)
- Capital - San Jose (998,000)
- Local Divisions - 7 provinces
- Spending - (Defense) NA
- Economy: Industries - Food processing, textiles, construction materials, fertilizer, plastics
- Minerals and Other Resources - fish, forests, hydropower
- Arable Land - 6%
- Labor - 58% serv.; 20% agric.; 22% ind. and commerce
- Per Capita GNP - $7,100
- Imports and Exports - $6.5 bil and $6.4 bil
- Major Trading Partners - US
- Communications: Telephones - 1,003,400 main lines
- Radios - 224 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 102 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 11.18 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 73.49 - male; 76.68 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 1.6%
- Literacy - 95%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), OAS
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- People: Population Density - 61 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - more than 200 tribes, mostly Bantu
- Languages - French- official
- Religions - Roman Catholic(50%); Protestant (20%); Muslim
(10%); Kimbanguist (10%)
- Geography: Area - 874,500 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Congo- Brazzaville, Central African Republic,
Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola
- Government: Type - Republic - In transition
- Head of Government - President Joseph Kabila (since Jan. 26,
2001)
- Capital - Kinshasa (5,064,000)
- Local Divisions - 10 provinces, 1 city
- Spending - (Defense) $400 mil/NA
- Economy: Industries - Mining, consumer products, food
processing
- Minerals and Other Resources - Cobalt, copper, cadnium, oil,
diamonds, gold, silver, tin, germanium, zinc, iron, magnesium,
uranium, radium, timber
- Arable Land - 3%
- Labor - 65% agric.; 16% ind.; 19% serv.
- Per Capita GNP - $710
- Imports and Exports - $460 mil.
- Major Trading Partners - $530 mil.
- Communications: Telephones - 20,000 main lines
- Radios - 79 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - NA
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 99.88 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 46.96 - male; 50.98 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 3.09%
- Literacy - 77%
- International Organization Memberships: UN and all its
specialized agencies, OAU
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- People: Population Density - 134 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Baoule (23%); Bete (18%); Senoufou (15%); Malinke (11%); Agni, foreign Africans
- Languages - French - official, Dioula and other native dialects
- Religions - Muslim (60%); Indigenous beliefs (18%); Christian (22%)
- Geography: Area - 122,600 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Affi N'Guessan (since Oct. 27, 2000)
- Capital - Yamoussoukro (Abidijan - 3,305,000)
- Local Divisions - NA
- Spending - (Defense) $134 mil/$2.6 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Food processing, wood products, vehicles, textiles
- Minerals and Other Resources - Oil, diamonds, manganese, timber
- Arable Land - 8%
- Labor - 51% agric.; 12% man. and mining
- Per Capita GNP - $1,600
- Imports and Exports - $2.6 bil and $3.9 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - France, Netherlands, US
- Communications: Telephones - 267,000 main lines
- Radios - 112 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 57 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 93.65 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 43.58 - male; 46.33 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 2.37%
- Literacy - 40%
- International Organization Memberships: UN and all its specialized agencies, OAU
- National Website
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- People: Population Density - 328 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Scandinavian, Eskimo, Faroese, German
- Languages - Danish, German
- Religions - Evangelical Lutheran (91%)
- Geography: Area - 16,300 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Germay, Norway, Sweden
- Government: Type - Constitutional Monarchy
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
(since Jan. 25, 1993)
- Capital - Copenhagen (1,388,000)
- Local Divisions - 14 counties, 2 konmunes
- Spending - (Defense) $2.3 bil/$66.4 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Food processing, machinery,
textiles, furniture, electronics
- Minerals and Other Resources - Oil, gas, salt
- Arable Land - 60%
- Labor - 71% serv.; 25% ind.; 4% agric.
- Per Capita GNP - $23,800
- Imports and Exports - $43.9 bil. and $49.5 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - EU
- Communications: Telephones - 4,011,000 main lines
- Radios - 1,145 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 569 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 5.04 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 74.12 - male; 79.47 - female
- Natural Population Increase - .11%
- Literacy - 100%
- International Organization Memberships: UN and
all its specialized agencies, EU, NATO, OEO, OSCE
- National Website
- External Territories
- Farce Islands: In the North Atlamtic,
about 300 mi. NW of the Shetlands, and 850 mi. from
Denmark proper. 18 inhabited islands and are an adminstrative
division of Denamrk, self- governing in most matters.
(Pop: 45,661; Area: 540 sq. mi; Capital: Torshavn; Primary export is fish.)
- Greenland (Officially - Kalaallit Nanaat) Huge island between
the North Atlantic and the Polar Sea, separated from the
North American continent by the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay.
Most of the island is a lofty plateau, 84% of which is
ice-capped and 9,000 to 10,000 ft. in altitude.
Under the 1953 Danish constitution, the colony became
an integral part of the realm with representatives in the legislature.
In 1978, the Danish parliament approved home rule for
Greenland, beginning on May 1, 1979.
(Pop: 56,309; Area: 840,000 sq. mi.; Capital: Nuuk; Primary export is fish.)
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- People: Population Density - 199 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Croat (78%); Serb (12%)
- Languages - Serbo- Croatian - official (96%)
- Religions - Catholic (77%); Orthodox (11%)
- Geography: Area - 21,800 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
- Government: Type - Parliamentary Democracy
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Ivica Racan (sine Jan. 27, 2000)
- Capital - Zagreb (1,060,000)
- Local Divisions - 21 counties
- Spending - (Defense) $590 mil/ $6.3 bil
- Economy: Industries - Chemicals, plastics, machine tooks, aluminum, steel, paper
- Minerals and Other Resources - Oil, Bauxite, iron, coal
- Arable Land - 21%
- Labor - 31.1% ind. and mining
- Per Capita GNP - $5,100
- Imports and Exports - $8.4 bil. and $4.5 bil
- Major Trading Partners - Germany, Italy, Slovina
- Communications: Telephones - 1,633,600 main lines
- Radios - 230 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 230 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 7.21 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 70.28 - male; 77.73 - female
- Natural Population Increase - .14%
- Literacy - 97%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO), OSCE
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- People: Population Density - 54 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Somali (60%); Afar (35%)
- Languages - French, Arabic - both official; Afar, Somali
- Religions - Muslim (94%); Christian (6%)
- Geography: Area - 8,500 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita (since Mar. 7, 2001)
- Capital - Djibouti (383,000)
- Local Divisions - 5 districts
- Spending - (Defense) $23 mil./$175 mil.
- Economy: Industries - service activities
- Minerals and Other Resources - none
- Arable Land - NA
- Labor - 75% agric.; 11% ind.; 14% serv.
- Per Capita GNP - $1,200
- Imports and Exports - $440 mil. and $260 mil.
- Major Trading Partners - Somalia, France, Ethiopia, Yemen
- Communications: Telephones - 8,800 main lines
- Radios - 80 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 43 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 101.51 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 49.37 - male; 53.1 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 2.6%
- Literacy - 46%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), AL, OAU
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